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THE THREE YEARS' RECORD.
Rev. 1►. 1'. Hoarraek, "t Toronto,
who delivered a manifesto against the
Roar Government previous to the last
i'rovincial general elections. 'hair now
issued a letter in which he severely
criticizes the \Vhitney (h.vernment.
A great many peropi' have little •tee
for the minister who dabbles in poli-
tics, and Mr. Hoemick's opinions at
the present juncture are worth nu
more than they were when he fulmin-
ated against $.be Roel. Government,
but his letter may be taken aa a sign
of the tittles indicating that Mr.
\Vhitney baa to a greet extent, by his
own acts in office, lust the favor of
many voters who helped to elect hint
in 11105.
Mr. Hoesack recalls the appeals
made by Mr. \Vhitney to Liberals
prior to the last election and Mr.
Whitney'. owii acknowledgment after
the election of the support of "Lib-
erals in large numbers" towards plac-
ing him in office. Under such circum-
stances it was to be expected that the
Government would not display an un-
due party bias. Indeed. "for a time
the Government did well," says Mr.
Bosack. "None would deprive their
of their due. The Liberal press was
generous." But after a time Mr.
\Vhitney evidently forgot, er chooeed
to disregard, his obligation to the Lib-
eral and indepeod mit voters. The
spoils system was introduced. un-
necessary dismissals were made, and
men who had been inclined to con-
sider Mr. Whitney a superior poli-
tician began to believe that they had
been deceived and that the new Pre-
mier was of "thg ordinary brand."
Mr. Hossack criticizes various
features of the redistribution, which
he characterizes as • gerrymander and
as the act of a "commonplace and
tr::ky politician." Mr. %Vhitney
promised law refortu and his Govern-
ment has failed to give it. In the
three•flfths clause of the local option
act the Government ha. been "guilty
of reactionary legislation." The La -
retie training interests received $l:NI,twut
during the Cueing hours of the see-
sion. 4when there wan no time for in-
vestigation. lieu this Mr. Hossack's
comment is :
"The explanation of the transaction
was extraordinary. The members of
the Government were not obliged to
decide this case . the courts could
have done that. Having constituted
themselves judges, the member of
the Cabinet should have exercised
that sense of honor and of the fitness
of thing. which usually characterizes
our judges. A judge only a few days
ago declined to hear a caw in which
his son-in-law was a witness. In the
Larose case the brother-in-law of nue
of the Ministers was a claimant, and
SIllnelen was given to him end to his
associates. The elplanat' im that
the recipient,' of this large soon fur-
nished valuable information to the
Government. What was the informa-
tion ? The people paid for it and
should know what it is. If the Min-
istere are to art as judges their trans
actions should be public, es are courts
of Lw."
On the Niagara lower our. tion and
in the guarantee of 1112,500,01 in for Mar•-
keuzie & Mann Mr. Hossack says the
Government nor gone wrong, and in
other respects he finds it open to
censure. The present duty of the
electors, he declares, is to strengthen
the Opp -within.
"It is the duty of all, Liberals and
Conservatives, to elect independent
tetwesentalives and to return a really
strong and capable Opp.osiLion, It
will he a calsnull should the Opposi-
tion not be able G. snake the Govern.
men, move with caution and give the
fullest information upon every platter
which it brings to the attention of the
House. The close of the session wit -
nisei a rapid degeneration in the
Government. Their ecu have been
suspicious. and the Province should he
on the watch."
it may be taken for granted that
Mr. Hoeseek is only one of many who
at the forthcoming election will lay
their votes administer a rebuke to the
Government which they helped to
bring into power. The gerrymander,
the introduction of the spoils system,
and other eels of Mr. 1Vhitney's all•
ministration rennet he overlooked by
Independent voter who desire to see
a .quare, hone.! Government at Tor
onto. - ----------
THE MANCHESTER ELECTION.
The defeat of IN ineton Churchill in
the Manch .ter bye -election is re-
garded se a *rims sefebitek to the
Asquith Government, in which Mr.
Churchill has been given the offlree of
Preeidcnt of the pearl of Trade.
Yahoos causes are &reigned fur the
deftest : the Iie'euse bill, the edueati
bill, the tariff question, the "'suffra-
gettes," the Leer of socinlisw, and
other iufloeMxw of more er lees im-
portance The whole liquor trade is
in arms against the license bill, the
established church is in opposition
over the education bill, the landlords
are afraid of the Ooverumeut'a radial
tendencies, and other Internet. are
arrayed against the (,overnweut for
various reamme. The truth of the
matter Brews to be that the Geveru-
urent is trying to carry through too
heavy a program. On any one of its
larger measures it might r sea .d
the support of the people, but in hu-
trxdueuig at the salve time three or
four measures of first-class importance
It Ie a *tagorrlaiilg too uaauy iitel•ewte
at once. The Canadian politician,
who is nothing if out canny, would
attempt only One thing at a time ;
and, indeed. if he seemed danger in
advocating the one thing he "would
not improbably be quite content to
drop that and simply "hang on" to
office. But the Liberals of Great
Britain take their opportunities mrl-
ously, and whatever else may happen
they will fight to the huish. In the
present instance Mr. Churchill will.
find another seat and the Government
will proceed with its program. "No
surrender" is the motto of British
Li petal iaui.
The death of Sir Henry Cawpbell-
Hannerrnan, whose retirement from
the I'remierehip was made necessary
by his illner, occurred last week and
has removed one of toe potent forces
in British politics. Sir Henry was
not accounted a great MAIL but with-
out brilliancy or showy qualities of
any kind he brought his party tri-
umphautly through .a grave crisis in
ire history as perhaps no other man
could have done. His name will rte
revered by Liberals for many years to
1.011144.
FRANK CRITICISM FROM A FRIEND.
That the \Vhitney Government has
been going seriously astray, even in
the e.ntimate of we.ne of it, friends. is
evident from the criticisms it such s
strong Conservative jouroall as The
Toronto \Vorld. In speaking of the
work of the teat session, The \Vorld
says:
Premier Whitney started in 1905
with as strong a following as any
leader could desire. It was the opin-
ion of many that its ilVo eweelming
strength was a weeks.... At ail
events it. strength was such as LA
eliminate any temptation to do those
things which had wrecked the preced-
ing Government, or 10 any way to fell
away from the ideal of "playing the
game."
Yet Premier, Whitney. whether
from confident integrity lir force of
circno.etance, or submission • to in-
fluence, did some things in this last
week or two, and one or two things in
the Isar days of the session that are
not aecording to the edea of the game
as he interpreted them. or as he would
interpret then) if he was umpiring h's
opponents' play.
If it Litwin! Government had done
things parallel to the "readju.thtent"
of some of the changes adopted in the
redistribution measure, Hon. Mr.
\Whitney, as Opposition leader. would
have stormed the skies in protest.
Take a last instance : If any Liberal
had lifted a township out of one rid-
ing ioto another as has been done in
the Lanark', what would Premier
\Vhitney have said ?
The change in South Lanark is
effected by placing Beckwith in North
Lanark and North Sherbrooke in
South lauark. In Beckwith the Grit
candidate had twenty-eight votes and
Col. Mathmon ninety-seven. In
North Sherbrooke the (irit candidate
had I:(R votes and !)r. Premien) :re
The transfer thus adds 17'I Conserva-
tive votes to Ur. Preston's somewhat
close constituency. It is things like
these that give a government a bad
repetition. and. ',enlisted in, eventu-
ally wreck it. Had there been any
necessity for it. and it is not a solitary
instance in the redistribution measure
lel any means. one could pardon the
yielding to circumstances. With a
majority of forty-five had Premier
\Vhitney any fears of an adverse ver-
dict from the people? With the hith-
erto excellent record of the party did
be feat' the defetaat of hie admirable
and highly respected whip ? Should
that contingency have occurred the
rules of the game are to provide the
defeated hut impottent and tweeter/try
official with a wife seat elsewhere.
No one can suppose for a moment
that, such a thing as this can really
help the party. if Premier Whitney
had done nothing el'yC thio in enough
to convince a w ,vernlg (crit that after
all Whitney 1. no Letter than his pre-
decessor.. And if Mr. Whitney at-
tempts to justify the tuition lie eau
only have the sial reflection that his
effort t tend to demoralize his
party by Iowerieg their ideal. and
their sense of righteousneen.
Caesar's wife must be above .aspic=
ion. It is not enough to be able to
explain compromising appearances.
These are not the reflections that will
occur to ward heelers and feeders at
the trough, but it is the fire thought
of all who sought in Premier Whitney
a strong, clear-sighted leader, honest
as the day and supreme above trick'
and dodges, that the Government hen
erred most humanly and in opposition
to the plainest dictates of common
sense and even, it is reported. In the
ince of advice. When the 1A Rose
pat tnent of 1111#I,01NI les considered it
will be seen that it in a matter that
meet have iteen under consideration
for some time. \thy the Govern-
ment should have appeared to desire
to conceal it until the last hours of the
merlon only the lunar deities can
explain. And en mush may be said of
the 1'. N. R. guarantee. if Premier
\\ hitney has no one around hint to
advise the widom of early publicity
in mature that cemmter his moat eni
phatieally enunciated principles he
Amid(' chomp others. If he has been
advised end has not been wise enough
to hearken, the public will inevitnhly
judge with iudgtuen1. H{drls.*snd
pet•tl.ans think it in treason to think
quell td gbh' and rebellion to utter
them. The contrary is the came. The
Rarity and atebility and serenity of
the party depend tarns the diagnosis
of its (Internees.
Premier Whitney fluty declare in all
honesty that he despl.e. gossip and
rumor and misreptesentat.ion, but if
he in earnest in desiring to give honest.
government to this country he should
be realot,. In pllrslling the mean." to
immure itm continued existence.
THE SIGNAL : OODICRI011. ONTARIO
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The leaf ul .OHIO romantic book.
The "beet List chronicles the ago,
'Die weir un w blah ilio wile .hell kali,.
lint ah' out yet ; full well he know.
No unifier live.. erwu error trot;
Aral in thaw Hunt and worried roe.
Are letter.. Lime uughl out to la.
Ile takes bis proof ..hoot aith a sigh.
Deleting here, rod adding there.
'till not the kee•nr-1 Mader'. eyo
Ilut um.l outdo,. lb.. whole 1. Lair.
And shall the rigor of um 11*t
Lotter to letter daily eel
lie .0 Qtucl, wheat he eud arri. 1"-,
To no rel ring process yet
Sometimes dor eyes are blurred will' tear.
:Morel linea our Mindy -with Irtr.ion sk:vle
sometime. a tempting Iry 11 kin,
At all the erruaa that au make.
Forbid. lr qud' that work w van
shall .tenet lei an eternal smolt -
Stith fruit. of .lei, and Joy and rytu
A. lung a. future sea roll!
- Rernat lehirEvoy.
FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
A Cure 1*ti Sbyeess.
Totunto suer.
Princess Mary pf Wales will Ile seat
to school to be cured of shyness.
Judging from the ,aplomb of twelve-
yeer-old mimes in this eteedueative-
pultlic-school (;*nada of ours. the
treatment ought to be successful.
Where Does the Money Come Fns
Woodstock Sentinel Review.
Au eeteetued codtewporery Ilse
made the discovery that the money
which the Dominion is spending is a
tax on the cost of living in this coun-
try. It is an important discovery.
But where did our contemporary
think, before it,.made the diseovary
the revenues of the c try eauue
from ? The money doesn't grow on
trees. nor is it to be picked up in the
woods. If the taxes were collet'ted
more directly there would be lees re-
joicing among the politicians over
enormous revenges, :Lod less tempts"
tion towards enormous expenditures,
One of the .•vile of protection is that
it encourages extravagance in the ex-
penditure of public money. 1n the
eyes of the raft-and-otat protectionist
extravagance must often appear in
the guise of a virtue. An accumula-
tion of revenue might possibly lead to
a demand for t.arii, reduction.
A Good joke Gone Wrong.
Montreal 11,•rakl.
Mr. Whitney perpetrated rather a
good joke on his followers in the On-
tario legislature in the iaaat week of
the session just ended. He' came
down one day in one of hie teuriug
rages :and told the House what a
bertden his life was since the lobbyists
had got after him. He could not.
dodge them. They were after him
verywherr•. He couldn't walk limn
the office where the Cabinet suet to
the legislative chamber without twin
waylaid half a dozen tittles by peopl
very respectable people must o
them -- asking for things they
shouldn't get, and which the Govern-
ment couldn't let theta• have. Some-
thing must really be done. he insisted,
to save him from the wiles of the.
lobbyist. And then—Mr. Whituey
had the Legislature guarantee the in-
terest, on $2,500.0110 in favor of Messrs.
Mackenzie and Mann. two gentlemen
who, with their advisers, are rightly
considered the most accomplished
lobbyists this young Dominion has as
yet produced. The worst of it is that
when he was in opposition Me. Whit-
ney made the welkin ring with de-
uunciatiou of a similar guarantee to
the very same men for the very same
road. Quite a lot of people thought
he meant it, including one of his fel-
lowers in the Legislature, Mr. Hugh
('lark, who was so gracelese as to
stand right up in the House and say
Only for that the success of Mr.
Whitneys joke would have been per-
fect. The trouble with Mr. Clark is
that he is a bumoriet himself.
POUT KJAL NOTES.
The Liberals of the town of (rode -
rich are requested to meet on' Friday
evening, May 8(h, in the room over
the Standard Loan Co.'s office, to
appoint delegates to attend the Centre
Huron convention at Seaforth on the
I2th of May. in addition to this busi-
ness, there will he other matters be-
fore the meeting, and it is hoped there
will he a large and representative
gathering. Remember the date—Tris
day, May 8th.
1
John T. Currie. the Liberal eamli-
date in North Huron, is a well-known
resident of Faat \Viawanost'. Ile has
for many yeah taken an active
interest in municipal affairs, and tditer
being for several years a member of
the county council he was elected
Warden of the county in 1107. He is
well posted in political platters and
can take MVP 01 himself on the plat-
form. A lamer himself, his appeal
will he largely to farmers, who torus
the great proportion of the electorate
of North Huron., Though the riding
has Leen carved to suit the Conserva-
tive candidate, haul work by his sup.
tenter; throughout the constituency
fluty win the seat fur Air. (uirie.
A. H. Musgrove, the Uohwervatve
c*tldidete for the legislature in North
Huron, has bean for many years the
principal of Winghant public school.
Ile 1a ae gopRd rl*ttorul speaker and is
well ;seated in political alfnirs. He
was smite years ego the defeated can-
didate in a contest for the representa-
tion of the gild riding of East Huron
in the Provincial House. He is an
Orangeman of pronounced anti-Cath-
olic view. and it is said that he was a
member of the 1'. 1'. A. when that or•
ganizttion II imbed in (Mewlo. The
Onnservetives believe that in Mr.
Muegrnve they have a winning can-
didate,
1►avid ('antelon, of Clinton, is
spoken of as a likely candidate in the
('onnet•vative Interest In ()entre
Horan. There will not Ie. Any
.eranible for the nomination, as it
means nitrated, certain defect(: 'Inst
oven the defeated candidate has
sonrcee of consolation.
The North Huron Liberals no sooner
east eyes on the Young man beim
Anborn than they made him their
itminient. And the -longer they know
' the better they will like him.
The (' .111ngwirod Bulletin reports a
great gathering of office -holders under
the Provincial Government at the an-
nual meeting of the Conservative As.
.o.-Intion there Hut w'e don't nee•d to
go nut of this county to Olid examples
of that sort of thing. One of the ran.
didatea for nomination of 15.' (Inn.
..ervative convention .t. \Wingham Inst
NEWS FROM OTTAWA.
RADICAL CHANGES IN CIVIL $IR
VICE SYSTEM.
Government Preparing New Act to
Carry Out Needed Reforms Im-
migration and Free Rural Mail
Delivery Discussed ir. the House of
Commons Mr. Lemieux Gives
Some Facts and Figures.
intewa. April 2711,.- Thr Cabinet
"u Saturday held 11 long sitting, die -
cussing leperlatimi of large twpor•-
taauce t" be presented Lu Parliament
at an early date. Tin• principal ques-
tion before the Ministers was the pro -
week was Matthew Lockhart. one of
the license comwissionere. It was a
great joke the Whitney Government
perpetrated when it started in to
'take the license administration out
oflitics'' by making Matt. Lockhart
a license commirsiouer. Mr. Lockhart
is not a bail sort of rhes at all, at all :
but he's a Tory from the time be gets
up in the "corning until he gone to bed
again at night.
1
Montreal Herald : The Ontario
political situaliou is interesting. 1'p
to it few weeks or almost a few day,
kgu, the Whitney Govern'oenl was
getting along beautifully in a lath of
high moral rectitude with the genial
approval and sympathy tit a large
section 0 the Liberal press and the
Littera! electorate. Tifen it occurred
to its leaden that ail election wait
imupiinent, and k proceeded to stack
the cards. By its fear to -trust the
people and its desire to wake things
easy fur its candidates it was led into
a series 0 acts which have alienated
the affect lone of all but its thick -and -
thin semen tans. The Redistribution
Act, the guarantee of the Marckeuzie
bond., the grant of 111:11,1N111 to a min-
ing company with which it we. et law
only a few months previous. may
hese provided the Conservative per -
(p with the sinews and the stretegi-
c:al positions of . wan', but. they have
done re than that for the Liberals.
They have given the Liberal party a
stroug, fighting spirit cod something
very definite to fight.
F. W. flay. the Literal candidate
for the Legislature in North Perth. is
the Listowel grain dealer, who is well
known in (n. derich. He in snaking an
energetic light for the seat, which is
now hell by a Conservative.
•
The Conservative nominating` con•
vention for Centre Bruce is to be held
at Pinkerton today. Ilugh Clock, the
present member. will undoubtedly to
the candidate again.
The Provincial Liberal leader, kite
Hon. A. G. MacKay is throwing atre-
mendous amount -of vigor into the
Work of campaigning. `He is address-
ing cunveotions 01 Liberals in all
parts of the Province, and every-
where he goes he arouses enthusiasm
and spurs his followers to increased
effort. , last week, in order to he
resent et the various gatherings
hich he was to address, he travelled
nue t4N1 miler. His speeches Are
aminating. forceful and inapiriog,
a are aving no uncertain effect to
yiog the Liberals for the coming
eon : t el the polls. ,
•
So u• of the Ashfield delegates to
the N rth Huron convention on Fri-
day h to drive twenty-five miles to
get tit. re. Ashfield will hand the
gerryum oder candidate it lemon on
election
ra
wee
Nerth 1 Ikon is largely an agricul-
tural cons ituency, and should give
the fennel candidate a hearty stip-
At the So th Eseex nomination
meeting Hon. A. G. MacKay dealt
with the school rook question.
"The preeen Government." said
Mr. Mackay. "a taking great credit
to themselves in inflection with the
reduction in the p •ce of 'school read-
ers. nor the tin e iwing Ontario
readers are being Id cheaper than
formerly. The feats, owever. in eon -
neaten with the p .nt short-term
contract with the pu slishe..; should
be clearly understood. 'hen the De-
pet•tment had declared et After the
lapse of a year and e half the old
theario readers would crime to be
authorized, and their lige in the pith-
lic Id:11006 W011ill no longer he al-
lowed, they then Ada ertised for tend-
ers for the publication of theme old
residers for that short period. When
the tenders Were received the con-
tract Witir not let in atcordence with
the specifications and requirements,
but a special bargain was made with
the Slttlle firm of publishers, who at
Dud, time, of course, had la 'eery large
stock on hAnd tif the Ontario readers
state. The contract, therefore, for
this 'short, period with the 'same old
publinhing firm partook rather of the
nature of tereinnant gale thati other-
wise. The old publishers well knew
that if they tlid mit get the contract
they would have a treinendotis
amount of dead meek on their betide.'
Proceeding. Mr. MacKay said : "An
intelligent ten -year-old Cl411 retuilly
see the different:4. between the price
they would qiude 'seeder circum-
stare:ye of tide kind and.the price they
or other firm,. wiiiihr quote if risked
for tender; for the flUbliose of an
entirely new weirs, which they heti
not theretofore published. and of
which they had no !dock in hand. It
nimply ridiciiiiiiis to nay that the
conditions are at all similar or that,
the price. quoted for the publication
of the text-hookri would be at all
"It will lw recalled that the Govern-
ment appeinted cointaismion to in-
quire into the cost and suitability of
the present text-liooks. John A.
frervative in politics, was remember of
the commission. The Government in
appointing him and paying hint
vouched for his erelibility end him
vegtigated the 'natter And knowing
tuff wall the peculiarities of the con-
trive made for A year arid a half, he
ought to have an opinion of some int -
pretence. He known, an any xane
man knew., Gilt "the teinporary
price,' for which the old refuter+ are
now being *old under Emelt exeep-
111111A1 vire lances cannot perne
governThe Valle -aeon th.-
pertinent hart men now At work pre-
paring an entirely new met of school
reader& Mr. Cooper undergoes& all
the eiretimetancem and known per-
fectly well that them new reader'
rennet and will not he published at
the bargain entinter pricen now being
peel for the old readers. After
arguing the neuter nut at some
reduction In price lasts only for one
posed new Civil Service Aet.
bill am now oceitenuplated will be ot
radical charecter, end will prim:limn
revolutionise the civil service "'vette'
in respect to appointments, pronto -
Goes. claasification of the y111'101111
(Adele. employees and so forth. t, It
is understood that the uew aJt wall be
hawed largely on the liritish civil ser-
vice system, and will ubviate as far as
the civil service counniewion. It ix
probable that a civil service bored will
meets end peoueitions. The 31
ister and Deputy Al inhaler o
each Department will exercise
larger authority than at pre,,ent iti
the matter of appointing itiel
ling ()Miele Their tee
Lions will then go to the civil eervice
board, who bill paw' tip(111 them. It le
tate intention a Liie act to take the
arvice out of politica end make it
prectically independent of patronage
committees and parthein influence&
l'here is little doubt Dust this will re-
ceive the hearty eupport of all the
Illelliberb till both shire of the House,
to whom the question has always
been A constant bother and beta noire
Sir Wilfrid on Immigration Policy.
The debate MI the Goveraimenee
immigration policy was concluder' by
it divirion of the theme toe
Goverument wan sustained tiy V011,
Of 115 GO 11. A number of iuteresting
eptieches were brought. mit by the de
bate, and that itif Sir Wilfrid Laurie
ill C0111:11481011 Wad 0111113eially note
worthy. Sir Wilfrid Acknowledge(
huportance of the subject of immi-
gration, and pointed out that the
Government's pelicy had brought
under cultivation lands Die %Vest
w hie& had long been dormant, con-
stituting perhape the most important
feature of Canada's development. In-
stead of a flow of emigration from
Canada et the United States, there
Wad 110W large immigration from the
United States to Canada. Sir NViifrid
quoted from an article in The New
York Sun. pointing out that wince the
beginning of the -century ,nearly
MI people had left the United States
to make home% in Canada; while cone
peratively few Comedians went to the
United States. 7'he value of the MI
migrant was uot only in the money
he brought into the country, but in
the value of his labor also. Quoting
(rem the authorities of other countries
un this point, Sir Wilfrid estimeted
the average earnings of immigrents
at one dollar per day. On this basis
the 910,0110 immigrants received in
Canada last year added to the wealth
of the country $12,(1u0,1s10. Then,
•
again, the innnigrants brought
int* this country in one year goods to
the value of $19,000,11100, anti in an -
Other somewhat over $51),(leitteri.
Was not tnis worth haying ? Would
anyone say that it ethetild he turned
away, that Canada ehould deprive
herself of the' wealth ? "I do not pre-
tend to say," he et dad, "that our
policy en immigration is to be per-
manent. It is only a temporary
policy t it matelot lase forever. But,
under the existing circumstances.
with a population of hietX10,11110 in the
country 1.0 the mouth of us. and our
population of only 6,11011.1,10111. the t itne
has not- c lllll e for ri reversion of that
policy." The policy of immigration
wee not the invention of this Govern-
menL It was the Invention of the
Conservative party. But they did not
seem to Ire proud of it today, becatiee
it was tot) succesetal. They did not
want it. and yet they had it when it
was not successful.
Reforming His Department •
The Miuister Merin'. and Fisher-
ies, lion. L. P. Brodeur, is continuing
his investigritit.n Into the internal
economy of his Departineut, and Nev-
er/al officials haee been suspended.
One employee has been distubseed for
dishonesty, and Another will be asked
to tender his reeigniation promptly.
The disinisised employee was a steward
on one of the boatel iif the hydro-
graphic survey fleet and made over -
chargee to the Department for sup-
plies t•eceived. Thus the work of civil
service reform goes on.
Rural Mail Delivery.
The queistion of free rural mail de-
livery came up in the House today,
Mr. Aruistrimg (East Linibtont hav-
ing mentioned the example of the
United States. 'rhe Plerttuaster-Gen-
eral. Mr. Lemieux, said he intended
to make a statement on the subject
when the estimates came up, but
meantime Mr. Armstrong's compari-
son with the Visited Stales could
wieily be dieposed of. Ha (the Poet -
master -General) was not. opposed on
principle to free rural mail delivery.
()n the contrary, he hoped that before
long when the count.' y wax fairly
settled they would enjoy the same
facilities' as exieted in the United
States. but he reminded Mr. Arne
strong that the United States had a
population nf MAMAS) and a postal
revenue of $1413,000,01.9 as compared
with Canada's 7,000.000 of population
and posed revenue of go,00kono. As
a matter of fact, the United States
adopted free rural meil delivery only
and &half genre. What will happen
then is a matter of curijmetire. The
probability is that if a new met. of
readers in prepared and the paper and
binding brought up to date the price
will be back to the old figure, if not
"Gentiemen, I give you this as la BRUSSELS CARPETS
clearly expressed opinion of the oinn-
who is in a position to know the facts.
Accepting his opinion as accurate,
you will readily see that the people
are being largely humbugged by Con-
servittive politicians, who preteml
that the present low mimes will perm -
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l'll$14111101't: At every turii every way, preved by
t heir llllll 131114VNIorilla Ht0Ckd, 111111 lair locating tit the
high rent circle rt Tag saving 4)11 price&
OVER 500 SEPARATE SPRING SKIRTS
.111 seccialij bought, representing in styles and ineterialni
everythina thin, is newest and right for Spring and
lei lllll uer Wear, Black and new shades'. 'in N'oiles. Pan -
*Mae Milk& Luella& Vetwthin Cloths, tee. In this vent
amortment you'll find what you want— ell are temptingly
priced -we invite your inspection
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Nubby style. in Fawn and New Striped Coverts, also
tight. semi, or tome styles in Black Coate.
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on full value for your money Absol-
utely the fullest value 1r. good (10thes •
tor mot are the
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garments. Ttus 1., not an arcsponsiba
advertising statement. Wc stand be
hand it and ate prepared to prove it m I
every particular.
Suits, 512 to 520
Overcoats, 515 to 520 1
SOLI ACI NT t -Olt
King and Borsalino Hats
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0110, and last year it cote $21terstissr,
or three times the total revenue of
our peetoffIce. Officials rif the Post -
office Department bad gone to Weals-
ington sand inveetigated free rural
mail delivery. and they hitind that on
eighty -our routes the revenue hatl in -
creamed during nix months loy only
8511 thet on ilfty-one routes there
had been no increase. end (het int 1:,12
route.' there heal beeil 11 diminution
it weeder:W*1de that them cold facts
and figures should be considered by
the advocates of free men deli verv.
Peter MacKengie's Speech.
Some remark's in it recent speech by ,
Peter lilacKenzie. the representative
of the agricultural constituency 0
South Bruce, go to show that the
people of the rural eectious are not
disposed to press the adeption Of a
free postal delivery at the present
time. Mr. MacKenzie expreesed the:
opinion that. however desirable. rural
mail delivery would coat the country
too tnuch, and he doubted whether
Ins constituent% would eupport hien
neking for much an It xiurtsdlittars• at A
tune when the Government lied se
tummy tither 'natters of p:eseitig
port:ince requiring attention and
An Interesting Comerison.
wile chairmen ef the aglirtiltoral
lttwe of the Hotter, MOW'
very interesting ',MUSLIM t lie
magnitude of the sigricult
in writedown. in Canatla today -112.-
3110.11111111.1111n. The valtie • tarn" prod
lees exported aml committed at home
hiet year war letillettettsio, compel,
11810 there was irkinikillAkillin orleti
that Invested in agriculture: '
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A GRAND SHOWING
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SPECIAL VALUES REDUCED PRICES
rIUR SPRING IMPORTATIONS OF RUGS,CAR-
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are on sale and now our showing is unequalled in the
county for variety of styles and beautiful designs and
qualities.
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TAPESTRY CARPETS
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and 0 a splendid appearance. A large chirWe of coloring(' and 5c
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Vaud wide, revermible, pure Wool (bevels, nem best a"
Canadian Husker,. rind for coloring. alitl eifectS voided from hest nal
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selected and is marked et especially rime priees.
CURTAINS
101 pairs of Not. itighain Cut loins. lo incite, Si 510 in 4 different
new patterns. laid *side for Saturday end Monday selling, regular 95c
111 :LI rind e1.50 quality, on 91.11(4, et per tank
CURTAIN POLES
PE only eek and eherry color pole with firneket and ring& ell com-
plete. regular, 25c rind llilW line, on reale Mattirdmy and ;Rands's-, at 17c
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