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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1909-4-1, Page 44 Taoasuat. APRIL 1, 1909 THE SIGNAL : CODER1CH. ONTARIO NEWS FROM OTTAWA CANADA ST ANUS LOYALLY BY THE MOTHER COUNTRY. Resolution Unanimously Passed by House of Commons Pledges Sup- port of Canadian People in De- fence of the Empire—Lanadian Naval (/nitre to Us Organized - Lord Strathcona's Offer -- Th. United Butes Tariff 8111. "Thu House fully recognizes the duty of the people of Canada, aa they increase in numbers and wealth, to assume in larger measure the respon- sibilities of national defence. - The House is of opinion that under the present constitutional regulations between the mother country and the self-governing dominions the pwayineot of regular and periodical contribu- tions to the Imperial treasury for naval and military purposes would not, no far as Canada rs concei ned, be the most satisfactory solution of the question of defence. "The House will cordially approve of any necessary expenditure designed to promote the speedy organization of a Canadian naval service in co-opera- tion with and in chase relation to the Imperial navy, along the Tines sug- freeted by the Admiralty at the last Imperial Conference, and in full sym- pathy with the view that the naval supremacy of Britain is essential to' the security of commerce, the safety of the Empire end the peace of the world. "The House expresses its firm con- yiction that wb, never the need arises the Canadian people will be found ready and willing to make any sacri- fice that is r, paired to give to the imperial authorities the most loyal and hearty co-operation in every movement for the maintenance of the integrity and the honor of the Em- pire Ottawa, March 20.—Canada's tri- bute of loyaltyto the Empire wasof- fered in the ouse of Commons today amid a scene which was marked by the significance and impressiveness of • critical occasion in the history of the Ikuuinion. The public galleries were crowded to an extent associated only with parliamentary events of the first importance. The members were nut in full force, eager to hear in every detail what was expected to be a pronouncement of great moment. Over all brooded a spirit of gravity that seemed to have been reflected from arrose seas. For the time being party issues were forgotten in the com- mon tbought that Canada was about to make her response to the call of duty. There was an intense hush as Hast Mr. Foster. then the Prime Min- ister, and after him Mr. Borden voiced the sentiments which have found so acute expression throughout Canada during the past few days. Mr. Footer's speech in moving hie resolution was delivered with a due sense of responsibility. It was lofty in tone throughout, picturesquely phrased and broadly Imperialistic in spirit, but it lacked deflniteneea, in thio respect resembling the resolution itself, which was in the following terms :— "That in the opinion of this H„ise, in view of her great and varied re- sources, of her geographical position and national envirrntnents, and of that spirit of self-help and self-respect which alone befits • strong and grow- ing people. Canada should no longer delay in Resuming her proper share of the responsibility and financial bur- den incident to the suitable protection of her exposed coast line and great seaports." Mr. Foster's Plea. Narrowed down, Mr. Foster's plea was that the time had arrived when Canada should undertake a share of the burden of Imperial defence by constructing roast defence works as necessary and permanent hisses, creat- ing an auxiliary Heet, and developing steel shipbuilding enterprises on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts. It was only incidentally that he alluded to the recent developments, and it was to assure the Government that if it were resolved to amist the mother country in the present sup- posed crisis in the way of eontributin either Dreadnoughts or money the Opposition would support the move- ment. The Premier's Response. ft was an occasion on which much was expected from the Prime Min- ister. and he rose to it. in speech that was eloquent, dignified, frank and courageous. While agreeing in the main with the resolution, be cam. mented upon its indefiniteness and up- on the corresponding vagueness of the mover's speech. Canada, he claimed, had already done much and was wil. ling to do more in fulfillment of her duty to the Empire, hut the Govern- ment declined to be stampeded by any wave of popular enthusiasm into hasty and ill-considered action. The policnce to defence had of the Dominion u been een laid down atthe imperial ('onferenoe of 111a and to that they adhered. It wase true that Canada hall not done as much for naval defence as for the militia, but a beginning��dat b could be made along lines the creation ofa nuce leusofa navence y controlled by the Dominion Govern- ment, hot cooperating with the Im- perial nary. The prinriple of auton- omy must he preserved, however, and as a fret step there should Ilea con- sultation with the Imperial authorities and naval experts. it might be that Germany was ront.empintmg an effort to wrest the supremacyof the seas from Britain, but he did hot think there was rause to be unduly alarnrMl. fair ►Wilfrid closed by moving a resolution as an amendment to Mr. Foster's motion. Mr. Borden, who followed. main- tained the high plane set by Mr. Fns - ter andtthe Prime Minister, and, while ■ecepting In the main Air Wilfrid's pr000hlncement, nig rated several changes in the Prime Minister's resol- ution which, he thought, would give greater point to the message. fair Wilfrid accepted the changes pro. posedby the leader of the Oppnwition, and after • seriee of able spes.ches the resolution as printed above was car- ried enanirnorrsly. To Encourage Military Traioisg. Another evidence of i.ord Rtrath- ronas liberal patriotism is his offer of a nim of $10,000 per annum for the purpose of encouraging physical and military training in the puhllc schools of the Dominion. In his letter to the Minleter of Militia containing hie pro posal Lord Rtnit.hcona said : "While 1 attach the highest im- portant -it to the advantages of phya- le•1 training and elementary drill fir all children of both sexes. 1 am per- ticnlarl AA ...AM that the especial valve of military drill, including rifle - Shooting for boys eapable of icing rifles. should he constantly borne in mind. My object is not onlyito help w 9wprove'the 'physical and intel- lectual caps bilitieaof the children by inculcating habits of alertness, order - linens and, prompt nlwilit/nee, bot also to bring up the boys to patriotism) avid to • tealizatiun that the,first duty of a free citizen is to be prepared to de- fend hie country. The Dominion at the present time and for mealy years to come can hardly hope to be able to give so ;long a period of training to her military forces as by itself would softice to make then efficient *oldie's, tint if alt boys had acquired a fair acquaintance while at school with simple military drill :andrifle-shoot- ing the degree of rfHcie-ncy which could be reached in the otherwise short period which can be devoted to the military training of the Dwain - ion forces would, in my opinion, be enormously enhanced.'-, A resolution thanking Lord Strath. cants for his generous offer was moved by Mir Wilfrid Laurier and seconded by Mr. Borden, the Opposition leader. and was carried with a display of ,en- thusrasue Level Crossings Protection, l'he railway oomuuttee of the Sen- ate. by a vote of flfteeo to nice. sub- stituted for the Lancaster level cruss- luge protection bill a eueaaure of their own. This was prepared by Senator Beique last year in amendment to Mr. Lancasleris measurer _ it was sent to the Commons so late in the session that it was not considered before prorogation. The Senators believe that it is a more effective and more reasonable crossing protection meas- ure than the Lancaster -WI, and they insist that the Commons shall pro- nouoce upon it. Government Will As ...it Devel.ipm.n .. The Canadian Got rnment will tont deal this session with my of the tariff questions arising out .'1 the changes in the t•nited States tariff as con- tained in the hill now before Congress It will be months before the Payne hill passes the House of Itepreeenta- tives and the Malonate, and meanwhile many modifications mal be made in IL The Government will simply jltwait developmentartil next session. BANQUET ATCNTON. Citizens of Clinton Honor Messrs. Holmes and Hodgen*. One of the most enthusiastic and elaborate banquets ever given in Clin- ton was tendered on Friday night to Messrs. R. Holmes and F. R. Hod- gens, two well-known citizens of that town who3are leaving Clinton. ,Mr Holmes is an ex -M. P. of Nest Huron, and has been appointed surveyor in the Toronto customs department, and his removal from Clinton is much re- gretted by all classes. During the last twenty-two years he has edited and published The Clinton New Era. Mr. Holmes was mayor of the town for several years and has always been a prominent figure in church circles: Mr. Hod ens is a member of the well- known dryBoods flrnt of Hodgen• Bros. He, too, has taken a promin- ent part in the local affai-s of Clinton. The Hotel Normandie .lining -room was tastefully decorated, and about 151 eat down to a splendid banquet, while music was supplied by the Citizens' Band of ('int".n and the Blackstone Orchestra t Goderich. Among those present were prominent citizens from (;oderich, $eaforth and other plata of the county. W. Jackson acted as chairman. "Our Quests" was proposed by J. Ransford and W. Brydone, the former making a witty speech. Both Mr. Holmes and Mr. liudgens re- sponded in well-chosen words. The toast "Canada" was responded to by M. (1. Cameron. W. Proudfoot, M.P.P., and Andrew Porter, of Oode- rich, and Thomas Fraser, of Bruce- fletd, responded to the toast "Candia Politico.' The speakers gave ex- pression to their appreciation of the worth of the guests of the evening and to wishes for their future success and prosperity. Messrs. Holmes and Hodgen. leave Clinton with the ree'pect and good,., will of the whole community, SiCK ONE YEAR. London. Ontario, Man Says. "For Chronic Coughs. Colds or Bronchial Troubles Vinol 1s Without an Equal. ' "1 was ill for over a year before tak- ing Vinol. i bad triad cod liver oil, also other remedies. i was influenced to try Vinol by seeing it advertised and i can safely recommend it to any- one.requiring a flit -class tonic. it is quite palatable and pleasant to take. with all the nourishing -putilities of the hest cod liver oil. For chronic coughs and colds, or bronchial troubles., it is without an equal. at the same time building up the run-down system. strengthening the appetite and producing sound sleep." A. J. Gilmour, opo Acklaict street, London, Ontario. This is Invent* Vinol is A genuine tonic end hody-builder which con- tains peptonate of iron together with every one of the body-building med- icinal elements of cod liver oil, but without one drop of oil to upset the stotoach and retard Be work. Vinol acta directly on the etomach, creates a healthy appetite, and enables the di- ge'stive.orgens to obtain the nece.sm-y elements from the food eaten to make rich, ted blood, healthy nosh and muscle tissue and create strength. Your money hack if Vtnnt fails to benefit. H. C. Dunlop, Druggist, Ooderich. Th. Dear Child I A district visitor was sent to call on & Mn. Smith, guilty of keeping her children from Bunday school. Rhe ar- rived at the model buildings, where Mrs. Smith lived, and found them vast and towering. "Could yon tell ran," she said to a emelt girl. "where Mrs. !Snaith lives ?" The child said calm- ly, "Come on, I'll dhow you," Then they hegan 10 go upstairs. They went on going up stain for about fifteen flights. At the top the kind child turned to the palpitating, pant- ing district visitor. ''Kre's where Mrs. Mtnith lives." mid oho. ••Bit," and she painted nut of the window to the courtyard whence they had pain- fully climbed, 'there's Mrs. Smith.'" *100 Reward, 11100. The renters of chi. paper will he cleaned to learn that there 1. at least one dreaded diens* that science hoe been able to fore in all 11. .tae'ee and tial is eat*rrh t(wl!'. ('aterr, ('ire M the only positive corn note known In the m•diral fraternity. ratat rh;'wing a eon .minllonal Alamo*. reptirne a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure 1. taken Inter, natty. aetlnsdirerfy upon the blued and mo- rn". eurfA"w of the aretem, thereby deaf rorin. the fnnnditinn of the Comoro, and eon. the Mt.lant .innsth by building np the rvrn.tlr•r- tlnn and wcl.tlng 115151. In Aetna 1'e wort. e r,mprtetem here so mires faith In Itw curative power. that they offer min humus l dollars for any rase thin It fall* to sura. Pend for A the of tee ImonlMa He44 T .1. Cheney A (b., Te1Mn, fr. MRM all drusr4N� Tab 1t'. [rarely Mb fes rep.tlpstion. } .-a. .Rea 114. UNDERHAND PROTECTION. How the "Dumping Clause" Oper to Disadvantage of Consumer. From The Toronto Star. r By the application to goods on free list of the anti-dumping clause the Canadian tariff something w is given with one Land may be to away with the other. Take the case of cream separators an illustration. These ink:chines as a concession to the agricultural Wrest, placed on the list of arti which way he imported duty f But if an American manufectu sells such ruacbiues to a Caned dealer, for import iuto this count al • leas price than be sella aim machines to American buyers, anti-duwpiog clause is at once m to apply and a duty up to fifteen cent. way be imposed on those sent Canada. American separator manufacture are encouraged, by protection in bows market, to muntain the ho price at an unreasonably high ler They are restrained by our anti -duty ins law from selling at anything 1 than this same unreasonably hi price in the Canadian market. Th the Canadian cream separator m• facturer, while apparently witho any protection at all, is in reali given a very effective measure of p zealots, and the farmer who thinks is buying a separator in a free opo market is really being handed • re neat thing in the line of gold bricks. ales the in hick ken as are, in- cise res. ser ian ry, Bar the ado per to rs the me el. ober g6 1:s ou- ut t ro- he ry Cess. al he be s are pe- as is the of it se t o- a The Same in Ttn Sheets. . The samething occurs in the of tin in blocks, plater or shoe l'in in this form is the raw Luster' of the en melted -ware factories an esteblishut La turning mut fniahe tinware. is raw tin isalso on t free list, but 's likewise subject to t anti-dumpin enactment. T h u American p cera of this article restrained fro selling in Canada low the price ch aged et home, and the bonne price 's made artiflciall high by home p tion competitio from the United tea in tin sheets also made non-eff Live. Thus raw material of our manufacturers enamelled ware is mate dearer than otherwise would be, but as the manufacturers have a •rotectioo 0 thirty-five per cent. un • r the ordin ary tariff, plus the sur as agains German competition. anhave su seeded In eliminating dom *tic c om petition, they,Jare in a posit n to ad the extra.coet of the raw m - ial to the finished product and to coupe the patient consumer to pay t. bill. Both Bounty and Protection. One of the most objectionable tures nconnection pthe tion ofthis anti-dp um in part of law to 'free goods is found in the of steel rods. As a means of enc aging the manufacture of steel in this country resort has been had to a lib- eral, one might almost say to a prof- ligate, system of bonusing. A bounty is paid from the Dominion treasury on alt the pig -iron trade its Canada ; an other is paid when the nig is turned into steel, and a third when the sterol is t, ineformed into rods. the latter buuuty being Se per ton. The Domin- ion iron and Steel Company alone receive nearly one and a quarter milli n dollars out of this bounty fund in the year ending with March last, over *317.000 of this sum being, on rods alone. in order that the con- sumers of rods might not be taxed *( both ends—first for the bonus given the Canadian rod manufacturers, and then to alio form of excessive prices paid for steel as a result of protection against foreign competition — rods were placed on the free list. But here, nein, what is given with one hand is withdrawn with the other. the anti-dumping clause being applied against rods brought in from abroad in any case in which the importer secures them at lea than the dou+eetic price ruling in country of purchase. Where Protection Goes Full Length. This underhanded method of pro- tecting the manufacturer is, however, in its effect on the consumer, not to be compared for a moment to the effect of the regular tariff, plus the German surtax, in cases in which the protective policy is open and avowed. Take enamelled ware as an example. In this line outside crrropetition would, under normal conditions, be mainly from Germany. Bot German import.. are held in check by the regular tviff of thirty-five per cent., plus one-third. The effect of the restraint on trade thus created is seen in the fact that in the year ending March last only $25,300 worth of enamelled ware was imported from Germany sod the duty paid on this was $l1,85278. This was at the rate of *lomat forty seven per cent. B the time duty on packages, ocean freight, end extra root of packing for ocean transport were added on the protection accorded the home combination as against Germany must have amounted to at least fifty per cent. it is no wonder ARPrs of enamelled warn have to pay tall pri•:es ; it is not surprising manu- facturers of such ware are growing in riches almost as fest as are the benefi- ciaries of the railway subsidy system. CURRENT LITERATURE. WIGS %WA Ilosta COMPANION. -The Wow fn's Home Companion for April is full of Easter suggestions, spring fashions. Easter entertainment« and Rester dishes. Grace Margaret ()mild describes and illustrates the new styles in gowns. shirt waists, hate and dress aeceasoriee. Fannie Merritt Farmer gives the recipe for many de- lightful spring dishes. It is a big magazine, full of interesting articles, stories. illustrations and valuable in- formation. Dr. Woods Mitchinson gives expert advice nn what to eat in the *prior. There in an interesting article on the Emmanuel movement, en titled ''Ifow Psychotherapy Works." Prof. Frank A. Waugh se- piolite "The Foundation of Good Oar- dening." We are told how to make window and porch boxes for plants. A milk expert tells how to intik° sure that milk Is clean. Cvr a Townsend Brady's new novel, "Hearts and the Highway," in begun in this issue of the Companion, and there are stories by Nellie 1, McClung, Laura Spencer I'ortor, hops Forrester and Florence Morse Kingsley. THE RrgINo Bone- ARia.--A .'v encyy-t was thousand dollar a year roan - Hugh ('balmers—tells "How to Hire, Train and Supervise Men" in the April number of Husy Man's Maga sine. It is a topic full of inspiration and narrated in a hrighl, snappy style by a salesman who, at twenty-nine years of age. capitaliked himself at s million dollars annually and sold his servitor to a company employing five thousand Panton,, as well sew a force of five hundred salesmen. Another article of timely interestis one on "('anadiens and imperial Titles." by .1 M. McConnell, who spe.aka of 1 he change in sentiment and attitude with which decoration* are now viewed In the Dominion as eomrs--4 with the feeling that existed v ,ars ago. "Canadian Mesita. . is A THE object of all expert bakers and cooks is to make a pure white loaf And this object is attained by the use of PURITY FLOUR Purity is a hard -wheat flour of decidedly superior whiteness. It bakes into a pure white loaf. So, you see, to get the really beauti- ful white loaf you must use PURITY hard -wheat flour. "Moro Bre run' bettor b,.ad. " Western C.rrh A. M.it. Co, yet Mdse a W.,",pa 6wdw. Cwelia seasonable contribution from the pea of G. W. ('ooper. Splendid cut,'are presented of several l' uit7 moots in different cities. The April issue of Busy Man's Magazine contains many other racy articles on political and commercial affairs, system` and busi- ness, life stories of successful people and men and events in the public eye. It is artistically illustrated and makes an excellent travelling companion for Easter -tide or a welcome visitor to the home during the present holiday period. - . CANADIAN MAGA%INR. -- The Caua- ditto Magazine for April makes sn- ottier record in the magazine Held in Canada. It gives a frontispiece of at least six colors. reproducing a fine drawing by C. W. Jeffreys,- depicting the death of Brod: at Queenston Heights. There is considerable color brotighaut the magazine, which in le respect is unusually attractive. e table of contents int'ludes some og names and equally strong con - tions. Goldwin Smith comes importance- with-sn attirte e*'' 'labor and Rociatism." Wizard of Settlenieut," il- lustrate 1 in color, is a significant article, written by Clayton M. Jones. Other contributions are "A Canadian Literature," by Arnold Haultain Digby—An Impression," by Newton MacTavish ; "Lord Milner's Imperial- ism," by John te. Ewart ; "Photo- graphing Wild Birds," by Ronald L I Forst, with a number of unusually at- rive illustrations: "Can Wwnaai_ tete History 1" by Arthur Hawke': "After t&chimpf," illustrated, by Aubrey Fullerton, with short stories by Jai $J1turB. chy and Albert R. Car- man, and\poems by L. M. Mont- gomery, Jean Graham, Isabel Ec clestone Mackay,George H. Clarke,C. L. Armstronand R, Stanley Weir. Repeat it="letttitoh r Cur, will al- ways cure my cou- h. And olds." A girl thinks it is flirting if she catches a young man looking at her. • RiGHrs DISEASE is the deadliest and most painful malady to which mankind is subject. Dodd', Kidney Pills will cure any case of Bright's Disease. They have never failed in one single case. They are the only remedy that ever has cured it, and they are the only remedy that can. 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