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OODZRR,H. THURSDAY. JAN.
PARLIAMENT SHOULD ACT.
The T. 1.101.0 Star, 5 Bich ham tae u
giving ; ! ; ciao attention to the corn -
lanes fcr some months, calls up e
Parliament to deal effectively with
the question at the present session:
The Star charges that in a number of
cases Canadian manufacturer laking
advantage of the protection the tariff
affords against foreign competition,
have forrdbd combinations for the pur-
pose of eliminating domestic cowpeti.
Lion. 1t instances the cases of canned
goods', starch, rugal• rubbers, enam-
elled war• and cotton goods, and
states that there are "many other
lines" in which combine: have leen
effected.
The same law which pluviales pro-
tection for Canadian nutnufacturers
against foreign competition contem-
plates the reduction or withdtawel of
protection when, as in the cases re-
ferred to, combinations are formed
for the purpose of arbitrarily fixing
p110110 of the home product. Why.
asks The Star, in nut that portion 01
the law designed for the protection of
the consumer put in'T ter'' Thue
question is certain to be raised at
Ottawa now that Parliament is again
in session. it should bre anticipated
by an official statement of the Gov-
ernment's position in the matter.
• The people ere with The Star i11.•
this matter, and will look for smite
definite, effective action on the pat of
those in authority-.
NEWSPAPER DISCUSSION.
\ The Signal's "sermonette" of last
week kept at 'coat one reader awake,
\s, and as a result we have this week a
fetter from "A Local Optionist," pub-
lished in another column. The alth-14'
to
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port th
tempora
that a nedo$paper should not refuse
space in its\advertising columns "so
long am the Matter offered is not
libellona, slander sus or immoral."
We du not un
respondent to dissent
usition ; he appears, ra
the manner in ,which i
and supported.
Perhaps the connection
the editor's text and hie remark
not stated es clearly as it might have
been : but this im at fault that is not
confined to newspaper "sermouettem,"
find we fancy that our correspondent
is wasting a good deal of sympathy on
The Expositor's subscriber. We know
nothing of him except as the moving
cause of The: Expositor's statement
The Signal's article clearly stated that
several local newspapers of the Prov-
inee had found occasion to defend
their right and duty In the matter
of the admission "t advertising mat-
ter : and the article w•aa intended by
The Signal as an academic discus-
sion of a goestion that was engaging
the attention of several of its Con-
temporaries and that might posses
Dome interest for readers of this paper
to view of the recent local option
contest her.•, The reason the article
took the trend it did -appearing to le
pe et+iettlerlv'trr t e -m paean ce"
people 01 local optionisto," :and sn
arousing our correspondent's indigna-
tion -was that every one 4,1 the con-
temporary editorial articles e•nming In
our attention was callers forth by (he
attitude of the tempi -lance people 1,1
local optionisto, and if it is a terrible
thing to be the subject of an editorial
article it is only right And (air that
the persons who call it forth should be
the "rictime," The Signal's article
expressly ba
led that this paper had
nn complaint to make fur itself.
There were those on both sides in the
recent contest who were disappointed,
or annoyed. et The Signal's course
during the campaign : 1,111 5r are
glad 1" feel that, having done Mint
we considered right in circumatanrr.
which are known beet to onreelve•s,
we still retain the confidence of the
generous, intelligent, fair-minded
people of • constituency, The Sig-
nal is a temperance paper, and "the
other fellows'. probably did not ex-
pect anything of it hut the fsir•neets
which everybody has the right to az-
pact. The movers in the local option
eampaign were not advised by The
Rlgnal, they did not consult The Sig-
ne„ and had no goal melon to ex-
pect that The lslgnal would do other
than it did.
Our correspondent has something .e
hich our correspondent refers was
which we endeavored to .11p -
principle stated by our eon -
The Se'aforth Expositor,
tand our cor-
rom this prop-
er, to dislike
was stated
tween
WAS
to say as to the responsibility of news.
paper publishers in the matter of ad-
minimg or refusing itd ,i 1100100 to it.
colutuus ; but as he evidently has to
gu to souse other paper than The Sig-
nal for an example of whet ie to be
*Voided in tbie respect we are not
(ailed upon for any explanation or de-
fence. We might say, however, 111 a
contribution to this discussion, that
The Signal has repeatedly and con-
sistenlly refused contracts 10 r
liquor ad vertietnlents and other ad-
vertising which it did mut sew fit to
adroit to its columns. Our corres-
pondent mentions Tbe.-Ulolw, which
prompts us to propound this question
\1'bich is the more justifiable course -
lions the standpoint of temp'rauee :
to give active support to a local up -
tion muvetueut and at the salve time
publish :pages of whiskey advertise-
ments las The Globe choral, or to 1e• -
main neutral on the local Option ques-
tion and at the same time refuse ad•
tum. - to whiskey udverlieentents 7
The (dole and The Signal are on the
saintr gerund aa tegmr a the admission
of anti -local opptinn literature. Beth
publish it in their advertising col-
' nit,
ul•owns, and the fail to M'e how nay
newsp:apr could tea,ouably 1efuse it.
Our rotr'wpoudent aiao raise's the
question es to the right of a man to
discontinue his subscription to to
ra•wspaper otiose course dues nut
Oen-4, Mims -Tbereseares--efroe tam he
ar doubt a► to a mit:,'s right to refuse
to subscribe 'it any 1 upper, whet her it
pleases him a :• not. The Signal 11.141
a very large u"d wide view of a tuan'e
right.. Ile "L..s the right" to be un-
fair and arbitral y : he "has the right"
to he as nal row as ashen s face and its
reloae-ea the la, k uf- a tree.- In the
481104 Sense he "has the right" t.. get
mad and stop his paper,•and he "has
he right to drink himself Meek in
he face ever y day in the week. Our
orrespondent probably would try to
curtail the exercise of the tast•netmed
'i-.ght" by separating Ole think and
ran by force of lets. Two 'tun -
ears ago-iIhis party happened
to he 1 power -the newspaper man
sight have had the man who slopped
ie paper placed in the sharks for the de-.
Won of passersby Vail we can do in
his degenerate age is to "pillory" him.
gurat ively.
1n another sense (the only one
optth disctl,ifaingh-4104 this brings its
tack to where we eta! ted -n elan has
right to stop his paper because it
as admitted to its columna some stets
vet ar he
es not agree. No paper could
properly and fairly end rightly
oeducted which would net alldw the
Presentation r4 both sides t rat Wane
pest ion, within , e•asollable condi) lone.
it correspondent hintself believes
TS, lir be would not so confidently
(wilt for l.ublication a letter
rongly criticizing the paper by
hirh he expected it to be published.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Monitore is coining ; but it ie a few
months off yet.
The Free Press seems In olje 1 to
Dr. Macdonald's appointment as post-
master of London- ors account of his
age. The Klee Prete should remem-
ber, however, that people with-eiMfu•"
to their Humes do not grow old so
quickly se some others.
Our excellent crmripondent at
Lorhal.h, who writes interestingly of
the Mellen events in his neighbor-
hood, evidently keeps hip eyes open
also for the. doings in the world of
nature, and his paragraph this week
on the prairie horned lark is a very
welcome contribution, There is it
!;rowing interest in nature Molly, and
the person who possesses , the sym-
pithy with the denizens of the woods
and fields and the knowledge of their
habits which are necessary to enable
one to write intelligently on the sure.
jest will always fled Seger reader•',
A..,",diig to -The` -London Free
Press, the Middlesex r. ti a mined
has been in the habit each year of
commencing its first session with a
party- Mrlggle over the w•ardenshipi.
This is the way it need to be in Huron
county, Let some years ago th4etnem-
Is•rs of the council of That year ragweed
10 favor an arrangement whereby a
Libotal and a Conservative sh(n(ld he
elected war•JPn in alternate years.
While' this agreement 584 mut bind-
ing upon the members of subsequent
councils, it ha. leen adhered to faith -
FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES
Bat the Senate Is Old and Deal.
Guelph Mun•ur>.
If the Senate heard all Ilse nice
thiugs that have been esti about it,
(herr is no doubt that it would go and
abollah Itself 101 very shame's sake.
Our Popular Governor-General,
London Adverltwr. -
The end of Earl Grey's term ao gov-
ernor-general is appruarhiug, and a
01011on to give hie a second term
would be carried unanimoo4ly in Can-
ada.
Goderich's Fame.
1 sills Packet.
In tiodetich the local option bylaw
lacked only eight voter of the neces-
sary three-fifths. Like 011111x, Gude-
rich is a beautiful and ovular 4411111 -
mer remit t.
Fut Colon.
Toronto. star.
Halifax his formed it Moi -n1 :and So-
cial Reform Council. One of its (im-
pure-, will be to promute the cause of
total ;tbsthlenee, and so prevent Blue
Nines from turning red.
To Meet the Cssnpebtion.
Montrcut [testi.
\fills
the Rev. Donald Mimick in
-barge of the Ontario Liberals -if it
happens -and the Rev. J. A. Meedon-
a1d in charge of the Ontario Lib4t•ai
newspaper, there is really nothing left
but fur Sir .lames Whitney and The
Toronto Mail, to take holy orders.
A Foolish Habit. -
Toronto New..
Thismove(trent intheRomana Cath-
olic church against the prevalout pro-
fanity of the day deserves the support
of all citizens of whatever creed. The
111011 wl>o has 10 resort to laid lan-
guage to express his ideas often has
few ideas worthy of expressinu
Habitual swearing indicates an im-
poverished vocabulary.
No Bargain Day Crowds.
Hamilton' Spectator.
The Dominion Government his at
lecturer travelling over the country
telling tire people all about the new
government system of old -age annui-
ties. The particular trouble seems to
be that the people will 1101 come 10
ilia meeting,+ to lir told. The old -age
{pension scheme would be more popu-
lar, no doubt, if it offered something
for nothing.
The Poet of the People,
Hamilton Tomo..
This is the
birthday of Robe
ated by Scots the
not by Scots alone. -
h of January, the
Burns' eonuurn(or-
world over. And
Every man with
poetic instir.rts has a arum feeling for
the memory of the (ire t Poet of the
People -he whose heart took in not
only all mankind, but to d a place
for all sentient beings, e 'n to the
field mouse. In' spite of admitted
follies and weaknesses, n0 pu haus u
irteatee hale;.. ibe•-lsewras tie
mesas than the "Hard of Ayr."
based his remarice. The ei nal of die
Peps Mr. Manning pointed out, was
the one thing ueceesealy to tad ig aid.
Iheu in graphic style be Hew the sig•
ual of distress of the foreign lends,
allowing the iniquity in which the
foreign people are living, picturing
the burning of the child widows in In-
dia and China. the mannep• in which
baby girls ere thrown into baby tow-
ers to die in China, and pointed out
the great need of the nations to have
a glimpse of the religion of Jesus
Christ.
From the situation of the foreign
missions Mr. Manning turned to those
at home. here also. be printed out,
existed great need. ?reel an econ-
omir reason alone, it wa.. necessary
that thee! people cowing to the IA, -
minion f foreign lands bhOuld 1>e
lifted by Christianity to higher ides!..
The cry of "Ulunlda for the Uaua-
diens," as mut mainly raised, Mr. Man-
ning thought to be the ery ttf• the dem-
agogue and not of a !!patriot. The
lanai wits tiod'e, and God did mut Is••
stow r inonupuh' of lis-btvore upon
the Anglo-Saxon, 'I'Ite fight hdtng
waged in British Columbia to keep
out t he Japanese and Chinese, the
speaker thought wrong, but he adroit.'
ted the dangers of the iunoutiug'of
these people. daugets which nothing
tut the 1(111ueuce o1 elitist email re-
move, .
Them was a hint of the pell.ov peril
cry in the utterances of 51i. Manning
as ha referred to the growing piracy
of China. China ut the piasant 5.844
advancing along eei,'utitic lines. The
country would- eho,tly have a great'
Heel and u greeter army. atul if Can-
ada insulted the Om ientals beyond neer- .
WO l• ' , the insult might be re- '
craved guests- tedal best TOME Mira --
these Orientate would come to British
Cul bib and by force of arcus make
Uanadr s 44)414 hewer*. of wood - steel-'
(Ire e(ersof wa'er. _ l
.Ir. Manning also saw thecousiog
of the (ley when Chinese, Jhpanese
a u d Doukhobor (epresentatiViet ' t
would have scats at Ottawa, 'Then it
would 4. , end upon the Paining '
h;a 1. they save m ei, ed whet hetr 'I
their legislation wool I 1e 1(1 towards 1 t
good or evil.
minded Meat it.? To au unprejudiced
judge he will appear .w natter gentle•
meanly than either lie editor of The
Ise poeitor or the editor of 1 h Signal.
1 preemie that the facts of the ease
air these: The atd1O4 Owe id a temper-
ance 'tau ill 1. 1 tuusicipwl11) where
foal option was, before the voters :
the liquor party', towards or at the
end eft he cau11psige, insetted roue of
_their alt ivied tPruttahly._of _the Baum
mature as those in The Signet and The
Star just before voting day) ; the edi-
tor 1('Inainetl discreetly silent (again
like The Signal end The Ster,. though
unlike The ((pole, whose editor (lows
e tpwxak out 1 ; the euhrerils'r, seeing iu
the Paper 'tithing 011 (he question ex-
cept "anti" literatul'r, wouderl p( this
really expresses the editur'e own -
views and writer to Hud mut, Prob-
ably he had expected to 80e 1'411101We
favueiug his views, 01' at any rate die -
cowing the question frankly and fair-
ly, endr not wishing 1u - s"ppm an
amt(-teulperauce paper, he adds that
hbs.pape•r is to Is• (henna blued ifthe
editor allows three Jtdve" tisrments to
appeur in his cult because lw
agrees with their st81e(1euta for mis-
e tete11lenlsl, 'this the tsliloa con -
shins air. (sigh oration end he pro•.
creeds to pinery (hie preetnnptlions-
rebel. Anal his contrera throve a few
mutters eggs at the unfortunate a•let imm,
••rn a gt 111.4111 4enrt•."
Any inti l ranee that is shown in
this iu•taare *tams lu be more un the
put of the editors than in 1110 action
of the cu11 411Iwr. , It w, -old b. 11 if
editors would consider theirn , i-
tilhiets til' well its their privileges.
They hate n right to refuse, as well as
to grant, adult ' to their cul
anal subscriber, who give to a 3,a_r
risen -.ilii _atTvrut•stirg 5aiue, lave a
right to expect the publishers to exer-
c'se c ale Med judgment is regent to
w hat thetallow to appear In their
!taper. Such unfair articles as ap-
peared on the last rage of the fir at is.
41110 of 'ties Near m 1111) i- t be.
dl el fair. discussion and might well
be !alerted by a self-ro-p'rting editor.
And no enrneet advocate of temper -
141 to be blamed -who woukTrefuse
o admit to his house any paper that
contained such articles, especially
when nothirtpt on the other side of the
W. ACHESON & SON
A Big Clearing of Furs
The ensile stock, of Furs fur sten and Women we have marked
new to oltar ..at a reds -action of from t-Welty=llvWto-fIhy 1161'T* lt, Off
(4.44111(11' p1'10041
Dozen$ -of coats for men and women
to select from, and all of e • ':tntad quality.
Ma'n's $8U.IJ %Vonatwt Coats . .
Men's $22.00 Black I)i.,gg Coats
Men's $35.1111 Bleck lialloway Coats
Men's $65.00 Uo1111 Coats
320.00
Women's 1000 Astrachan Lomb Coats
Women's $35,00 Aelrachan LAwb COOS
W4111ae11.8 01.1.0) 1100110rais lamb ('ants
312.00
$28.00
.114 5.00
• $18.00
,325.00
$28.00
Fur Boas, Muffs, Ruffs, etc.
Sable, Isabella Fox. Lamb. Mink. at Thirty to flfty per cent,,deatir.g.
SALE OF BLANKETS
411 paiis largest double -last size Wt lilallketr, putts wool-fi11ee1. 114444 .
1.y °neat our near mills. Regi(liu• valise $;1,50 per pair, per !pair fur Satur-
ttt
drey only nt 1.... $2.45
DRESS GOODS and DRESS TWEEDS
SIM) yards 5ttinch lhess'1lrtest., and Cheviots, all pure wool goods, and
this se l4011.1., $1 2'i, e.1 -.1 awl $2 00 q u ►l i ti esa, at pee yard 15c
W. ACHESON di SON
sevretl ehttrlrven . •,•t tbbtva,.7rRran.1 It'peatit - Shiintl'.Ot11-- will
children believe ways care my coughs and colds."
POLITICAL NOTES.
The Ontario Legisla'ure will rei
on Tuesday, February 10th.
1 h election for the Yukon seat
the House of Co was held la
week and was won by F. -T. Copgdo
Liberal, by a substantial tun jt-rity.
Wu,. Sloan, M. P. for Conine -Atli
B. C., has resigned his seat in order
enable Hon. SV IO. Templeu,an. 5:
Wad defeated at the recent election
1•etttin. his. place in he tiosentup
Mr. Sloan is a Iturun old ley-, and he
hats the unique distinction of bay':mg
beet' twice elected by ar,clamatiou to
represent his constituency-. The new
election in U x -Actin will be held
shortly, and the Coneervativen prom.
isle to (Imam. Mr. Templeman.
'Hest ion Appeal* itl it.
1 think, ale°, that you are wrong in
)'our opinion that 413 votes could not
et t" be seethed in (bidet jell against emy of
1the explicit commands or laws of Got.
1 am confident that i am nearer the
rt i truth when i say that it would not be
n, difficult to obtain that number of
. votes in Trevor of doing Away with the
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A TEMPERANCE POLICY.
Petri Ryan, of Toronto, was in
Montn•il the other- day and is re-
ported by The Montreal Herald as
giving him views ell the question of a
temperance policy for the Liberal par-
ty of Ontario, of which he was at one
time an Active and prominent 1110111 -
ler.
"I think the Liberal party in On•
tabu should advocate the abolition of
the bar," said Mr. Ryan. "The bat-
hs undoubtedly the 011114e 111 much of
the intemperance in the Province, and
its abolition would are a move which
world hetpto keep the Liberal party
the put? of penmen."
"What would you do with the
wholesale liquor business:?" Mr. Ryan
ryas asked. '
"1'd make it a Government mon-
opoly, -amt give theprlflts to a gocd
roads fund. The state now partici•
pates in the traffic -through license
fees. Why not through profits ?
There would then he no incentive to
the pi. tion of liquor consumption,
as is the case where the private iu-
dividuar hes to make his living by
pushing the business."
"The sentiment of the tempera(re
people of (intarin,T bays The Herald in
comment. "is probably (against the
latter part of r, Ryan's proposal."
To go into direct partnership with the
traffic -to father it. as it were, and
to o411ei411y recognize it as a function
of the state -- would no doubt he ab-
horrent to many who are wilting to
see it restricted by 110011se laws and
made less &1tractive by a stale (Inc.
Hut the proposal for the abolition ttf
the bar hes much to commend it to
the extreme temperance advocate and
the moderate drinker. It is to the
bar we owelhe prrniei"ets-awe-alto t
gether undeeirnble treating system,
than which no feature of the liquor
traffic is more fraught with danger to
our young men. A well-known de-
fender of the liquor busine4s in this
city argues 11111 he abolition of pub-
lic drinking will intensify many evils
by driving the drinking 11110 the
horses. This 11111• be the ease with
the confirmed drinkers ; but will (ar-
t/May not be the eau. with the young
men who have not yet grown fond of
liquor for its min sake, and use it only
because it begets amiability."
The herald etnneludes : 'The On-
tario (Abend patty might d0 worse
than take Mr. It an's advice'. As
A Scottish Criticism.
_ London Free !'rc>w- .
The -Scotch fanner delegates who
visited Cattalo last year report that
hey had not much to hero of our
m
rieultural ethods, end that is
pr ',ably cur rt et, 'There are no het ter
fe►nserewaywheree then the 14 Mich.
u
.One paint mptt•+oed upon tbeta
especially was the tired nusisu0P, the
over abundance of •growths which
good farming endea%ols to suppress,
This also is too true. The tact is
recognized on all hands. Booklets,
pamphlets, bulletins and papers read
at Fermera Institutes have dwelt
upon it as a serious menace, which
should be suet and conquered. But
while many farmers are alert and
keep ars their lands de,hy bard, eys-
temalic lab tr, the majority are de-
serving of the Nrotchurrm'r criticism
for 'slovenliness."
From papers submitted from time,
to time un this subject, and printed in
the Government ea -ports oris, we lestn
that the prevalence et-weets iv a teal
loss to farming, caused by lack of
labor, and the effort to Mlork more
land than can be well cared for. One
of the wont intruders is the meek or
couch grace. spreading rapidly and
hard to eradieetr. It rouses more
annual Ieeas than any other. A close
second is the perennial sow thistle,
easily spread by the wind with its
Paraehute-like attachment. A strict
aw is called for to keep it in check.
The field bindweed or wild Morning
Flory is another enemy, through slower
an spreading. The ragweed grows o
late in the poison that it is ne'glerted,
until the fields are black with it.
Mention is temde_-.4-;Ltr
e noaioa
weeds very likely introduced in quan-
tity last winter lilting with the frozen
feed from the westein provirt'•ea,
This (e4s1 wheat eonteine.l more per
Tess seeds of wild oats, p lIfl)Cress,
hare's ear en11 (4544, wild buckwheat,
etc.
1110 observation of the Heol eh dele-
gates should stir np our people t o the
need of a mole vigorous fight ngainht
then' foes of agriculture. which Are
akin to t.he-tnseock moth in our shade
trees, and s Menace to gond crops.
fullt, and the rvnu.lt has been peed ie 'Billy' Maclean saline, "ut, if itistx
sluts party feeling has been ton rent s'Mome once more the hope and main-
-
stay of the Province, if it is In lend
extent eliminat-A from '-0unty roues- the march if progress• it needs he up
ail nbfavrs, and stirring."
Middle-aged.
lt' hen youth .1 dc.lrv• of plen.n re .
And life ha. reached a weer stage.
TL..weet to armpit the placid in>+
of middle age.
No more the lone of hvnsied aura.
No more the thing• to do and phare,
ll'Ith mild philosophy 1 emelt
My envy chair.
There with my .nothing pipe 1 .11
And watch its graceful ring+ arra,
F militia my clsion nod my wit
'crow ripe nrd wl:..
No noes 1 join the weary wlght.
ll'he dangle Inn rn4Men r trail,
lying their de) llines and their night.
To woeful well.
I smelt no mad emprl.r to pe;p
And ((owl me In periloue way,
lint meditate that every deg
Must have hie dee.
I note the Klee M .tock and .harm
With cent tear, speculative ends,
And to the credit side I bear
Life. dividend..
Perchance In terming nest. 1 fere.
To entarprl•e with putt and lees,
And amen the eeddide furtive steer
At what he sees.
i never oak of Ole ton much
And she re etude with ample ware
Of pcarefnl joys that are In touch
With middle age.
- Pall Melt Ossetia.
'CANADA FOR THE CANADIANS.
Ina NCI mon at London on Sunday
Rev, C. E. Manning, of Tomnto, one
of the usissiOnery Pecteterles of the
Methodist church, cense out strongly
in comma( ion to the policy of "Cann -la
for the Canadians" as applied to the
11(0x11011 of immigration.
,>dr. Manning ezpreseed lbe heli(1
that this country did not Iwlong to
Canadians lot In (40d, and he did not
believe et
that t ) od
gave x,11110,1 q0 people
any right to have complete possession
of 306,000,000 sues of flne land, while
the inhabitant.. of other countries
were in need.
Contrary to the rushers Mr. Man-
ning did not take a text, at least not a
verse from the Bible. Graphically he
related the 'tory of the IPscue of Dr.
Grenfell of Labrador, who had (wee
carried out to sea while crowing the
ice in an effort to reach a- patient to
whose aid he had been summoned.
Through the long night the 01.7a1 -
clan had tweet by killing his doge end
wrapping himself in (heir skins. The
morning broke and the doctor could
see fishermen on the slime. 110 wee
unable to attract their attention until
tying the bones of the dog.i loge to-
gether he made a staff from which hos
flew a signet of dletrem•, bringing the
men for whn r'• "-fit be is giving his
life.
Upon One 14.1040111 Mr. Meaning
THE SIGNAL CRITICIZED.
To the Editor of The Signal.
Dg.ut Sim . _ 1 notice in your editor
ial columna 4.1 last week's beim n
serreonette Apperuntly intended for
the benefit of the temperance people
and based upon a text taken lr The
fieri fn1111 Rx posit or. As one of the
_temperance .peophi-thus favored 1
should like to make n few eonamenls
011 the snhleet matter of this etlicl0.
in the first place, 1 do not bee why
this lecture on intolerance or one-
sidedness Omuta be addressed r artic-
ularly to temperance people or
Tore! optionisto. Are they sinners
above others in this respect? i think
not. 1 imagine 1 hat at least an equal
degree of bigotry or fanaticism or
narrnw-mindedne'es is to he found in
the Liberal party. not to mention the
Conservatives or the Orange. Society.
Ptet hap.. The Toronto News could give
some information
n 'loutthe number
tm er
of subecrilrers who "stop their paper"
on Account .of politics. Even news-
paper editors generally present only
one side of a question when writing
on it, and the Signal editorial (Yews
paper Discneaion) is a gloving example
of this methrd.
The choice of a text is also ua-
fothntate. Of what was thle poor
nubecriber of The Expositor guilty ?
Had he not a right to Inquire of the
editor whether• the views expressed in
the so called Advertisements were his
own ? And if they wets., erondd he not
have been quite within his rightrs in
ceasing to subset ib a toe piper that ad-
v 'rotted views ).p whte•h he was or pos-
ed? Ifni the man hastily concluded 1 hat
these articles diel Ptple.m (1e e:l tor's
u•an opie•ions mitt had t.e Ihrn el ru t-
oy discontinued his.uhscription to the
paper, be 'would have leen hleme-
worthy. Het ho did not do n0. A
patently he did rot object t i the
re of the.e articles In the pa! er.
'rohably he would have 51 Icon ed
fair discussion of the quit 4t.hsn, Wb
should he then he held up to ridicule
sad .areaad, as Nt notate, narrow-
Adding
Machine
Looms leaf ledger,
bill and charge carr(
•$.tem, and all mod
ern device. known
to bovines.
.Mance are •t
deposal of our
et udente Co n-
spueutly barmier+ house. of bedew Can-
adian and American cities are calling
loudlyfor our grad uatea.
Indvidual instruction. Enter any day.
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Business College
Ggu �r..rn... - -- Principal
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Our graduates readdv obtain good positions
Our handnorue catalogue o. free. tVrite for '
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WINTER TERM OPENS
JAN. 4111.
CENTRAL
STRATFORD. ONT. `✓�
TAI+ echoollle one of the- largest in the
Prov -ince. It is noted for the thoronghne+e
of Its work and the rmccee. of It. students
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Our graduate. aro 14, -' 1 a. 1tn•inr.-
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Winter Session
Opens January 4th in all depart -
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Catalogue explains our supenorlts 1
in Equipment, Staff, Method and
Results. Yon are invited to write
for it if interested in the kind of
school work which brines best
success, Address W. H. S'tAW,
President.
� am
fourth cotnmandn(ent of the dent -
!ogles if the matter were decided by a
secret bsllot and if Rome Intern. ted
rattiest were Okayed 1.. canvass "on
the quiet.' 1t is much more sign111-
cant that (7.) votes Wel.* .-ant in favor
of local option th,
n that Ila erre cert.
against it. -
Let mo Ray in conclusion that many
citizens of (ioderich felt a keen senae
of disappointment that neither of the
town papers had a word to may editor-
ially Abut such nn important subject
am local option, which wee before the
people for months, whieh the temper•
mice people tiled to have diecoseed, on
Moth sides, in public meetings. and
which brought out a l.r ser number of
votes, 1 am told. than a es ever polled
before in (iodet'ich. .And, i say it
with regret. Berne of them will not
have in future the 'nater kindly inter-
est in there papers nen- the same con-'
fldence in those ref a edit them.
Thanking you, lir, for the spare you
hen. given My renter lengthy letter,
1 ant,
Yours renpttrtfolly,
A LOCAL OP'r'towlwr.
Power of the Will.
"I've just. been reeding about tha
power of the will. It'at a wonderful
thls,"
"ieTea; 1 know of a will that makes
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wdl strongly appal to you. Reed every stem,
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MENS SUITS AT▪ BAR
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as .ort
Tweed Suits 33 50
$5 75 11.1k1 Tweed Suits 3.98
6 95 0.30 Tweed "tilts 4.25
7 75 :,.U1 and 0.50 Overcoats, 3 75
2.50 and 3.00 Men's St i R Hetes 98e
±k and 75c Muter Cape, ase
$LLi Mocha Gloves. . - 95C
'2:a' and 'air Neckwear, TSC
31.00 and $125 Shirts, 69c
of other -bargains not mentioned in this
list. Come and see.
College U I+teres 9 95
12.00--Tweedpverenata,-- 6 5o
12 (4) Heaver Overcoats, 8. so
one $211.00 lhrgakin-t3pgL (3.00
Lots
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During January all
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