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TE SIGNAL GODERICH, ONTARIO
•
MILLERS AND
RECIPROCITY.
FLOUR BUSINESS IN CANADA IN HANDS OF
THREE OR FOUR LARGE CONCERNS,
WHICH ARE MAKING HUGE PROFITS
--PAY LESS FOR WHEAT THAN THEIR
UNITED• STATES COMPETITORS AND
MAKE CANADIANS PAY MORE FOR
FLOUR THAN IS PAID FOR SAME FLOUR
IN GREAT BRITAIN.
lo order lbal rt.,dess of lite Signal
may understand more clearly the pee -
emu of_ the flour milling business in
('amide, in relation to the tariff, some
• • • •ra herr• given from A letter
Written. by R. MrKehtie. ets0411t'y bei
bad on the grilling industry of Waimea
Cruseing Out Smaller Concerns.
"It would be iutere.ting loo know
what reason Mr. Meighen can advance
why the nulls of Uaumda are not oper-
ated to their full cApac,ty and why
!bey do not grind the whole of the
• •."^ ..•h.••• A review of the
til M, 1)!1 p nae
the Manitnl•s Groin Orowrfw iso@i$
tion, and published in The Weekly Sun might give the key to tbat situation.
tloronto) of Match 15, 1911. Mr. Me The census returns of 11191 show that
E the to1M'•.l�r tails
i reply to a letter tbert• were 2,2E9 grist and•
Never null
K e r letter was in
V Y Set ('auada ut that year, employingg 8,-
..rilt.n by the late Robert Meighco, g17 ale to whom the id :M8,•
cos
pr p Y PA
pm.'dent of the lake of the' Woods tisi ,n wages, amd prcwucung to the
Milling Co. 'value of $51,4'C3,280. The census of ItkL'
Mr. McKenzie petard out that the gave only 839 grist and, flour mills in
l:anaa, rm o •io 5.819 pre. pay -
flour husinese of Caned* is practically log a' . ltf,lt�i7 �o wages and with a
controlled by three or four milling total output of 1456,703,2110. Tbal dues
firms, and that in conjunction with elevator rm., tsot indicate that Lee willing industry
light
ttogresst lhrt
one or two large firms i
g might be :epee"
hxpecteas wdadeundet
also in a large measure control the
price of wheat which they use in
their mills, thus practically control -
r rue ewiditi'iss
that have prevailed in Canada during
the late twenty years. There seema to
have been a large amount of capital
destroyed through the ahrinkage to
ling (be price oto their raw material tee number of grist mills, and that
and 'tie selling pr ice of the mann• snuffing out process is constantly go-
factured article in the home market. ing
on.
loeetThe
realare
mores
Vtof mills
swench
have h
Huge Profits. which represent a large amount of
Mr. McKenzie continues . capital. lying idle through being at
"The adventxge•oua position which
these mills are in is indicated by the
prohu; of their &tusi less, notwithetand-
ii g their huge capitalization. Tbe
combined capitalization of the three
cotopaniee is $3,500.000 of 7 per cent.
preft reed stock. $6.6116„000 of common
tuck. and $1,573,001) of bonds. The
net earnings from the business of these
three cotpoeations in 1909 were suffici-
ent to pay all the expenses, the divi-
dends on the preferred stock and the
Loads, and leave a balance of $925,902,
or over 1511 per cent., for the common
or bonus stock. The net eerniwgs of
these three companies on their actual
investment must have been consider-
ably over 50 per cent. Of course such
a large percentage was not paid. The
Ogilvie paid 7 per rent. on their com-
mon stock and the Lake of the Woods
8 per cent. The Western paid 7 per
cent. in rash, and gate a bonus of 15
per cent. of new common stock, there-
by further increasing their watered
stock by this amount. The surplus, or
undistributed eat tangs of these three
companies at the end of 1900 amounted
to $2.360,625.
"The Maple Leaf Milling Co. was te-
ceol ly organized and attempts made
to etnulaLe the other larger concerns.
This organization is capitalized at We -
000,000 ; $2.5110,000 of common stock
sod $2,500.000 of preferred, although
the cc•meined capital of the companies
absorbed was only $1,150,000, SO that
it is not sin prising to have the manag-
ing directors of these large concerns
solicitous of retaining a condition of
nffairs that would enal.le them to pay
handsome profits on their keel.
"Now to show bow these (*sleet ns
waaipulate the price of flour, 1 quote
ren herewith the price of flour in
Liverpool on January 31. 1910, as
given by the Corn Trade News:
Per Per
260 lbs. 100 lbs.
approx.
the mercy o[ the large coocerna. Can
these financiers wbo are so solicitous
as to the protection of unrested capi-
tal do something fur those wbo have
invested their alt in some of these mills
that are now Idle through the opera-
tion ut the combiue ?
Prices of Mill Products Boosted.
"1f tbe milling industry has not
made much progress it has succeeded
in raising the price of mill products at
a much greater ratio than the price of
wisest. Tbe price of wheat in Winni-
peg on the first day of each of the
Itour months. Septemeer, October, No-
vember and December. in 19U0 and
1900, are as follows :
English made --
High Glade. 31s. $2.03
Patent 28e. 840
Makers 25s. (id. 2.15
American -
Spring, 1st patent. 30s. 2.56
SPring, 2nd patent. 28e. 840
♦V inter, lel patent. SW. 845
Low grade 19.. 1.00
Kansas patent Mts. 2.45
(%rn. Spring M. 2.45
Can. Winter .... 27s. 2.30
Hungarian. 38s. Od . 3.96
German ... 30e. 2.56
Australian 27,.. 2.1)
How the Canadian Consumer is Soaked.
. *The wholesale price of flour in Win-
nipeg at present is about. $2.95 per 100
11*. The wholesale price of the same
grads of flour at Manchester, England.
and Glasgow, the home of the two co-
op_tative whole'.4c societies of Great
Britein, is 29s. for A wck of 2su
or Weeper 1011 the. The cost of tak-
ing the flour from Winnipeg to Man-
chester, Kogland. or Glasgow. Scot -
laud, is about rA cents per 100 lbs., and
the result of this ie that the agent of
the British co-operative society- can
buy flour f. o. h. cats Winnipeg for
about $2 per 000 lbs., while the focal
merelunt in Winnipeg baa toy
about $2.911 for the same grade. But
when the flour is retailed in small
quantities such as the poorer people
ere compelled -to buy. the difference In
fetor of the Englishman it very much
^rester. For insolence, the price of a
7.11.. earl in Toronto 1. 30 rents. or at
1 be rate of $4.94 per 1001bs. At Win -
nips g, it is :-t cents. or M the rate of
K. for 1(0 lbw. Tbe price of a 7.11. Back
in Manchester, Kngland, for the wore
Ronde of fl is 11 pence, or 22 cert.',
which is at the rate of $•3.14 per 100
1M. Of enure. the milieu are not te-
eponsiele fit 1 be ret ad price of flour,
leo it is a clear elimination of the
effect of p• of a el inn on the selling mice
of all 11•avr. of grs.da.
"Mr. Meighen c .mphins that under
the new ..iangMnent the Nutt e.rola •
rustler he.. an adrantsge of $2 el pot
t'.r on mill feed as aga.n.t the ('enr-
d it. roll -t. but ('anadian ron.umer•
nt mill feed io WeNern Canada are at
the jot -int tome bitterly rr.mptaining
that they ramie get nrfllt'enl moll
feed 1.. meet their ieq..iremen: • even
at an i•eos.ively high prier
'Mr Yfeige.e.m »tate. that it wnsld
he *Memel toe eta to send tor.• raw Ina
Wrest to the Unites eta Ise to h.
slflld thatand that ,he Dominion
Mw Itis a *tillieg pram wh.nb.. if up
rseLM to Its naps. icy, weirM prosier'
floor to 'ripply thirty millions of
pre and rewuirint 1f%mill Iion
1
September
October. ,
November
December
Average
1900. 190e.
(ants. Cents.
84 96
814 964
76 90
Nes 96i'
"These figures show in ten years a
gain of 17.5 per cent. According to
tete wholesale prices In Canada com-
piled by the Department of labor, the
nictitate, in the price of flour. bran
and shorts is very much larger. The
following table shows the average
price in those years in Toronto :
I ant working for bins. The reason for
this is twofold : in the terra place 1 am
heatl.ily in favor of redprocity, and in
the secondplace 1 have to acknowl-
edge that the Liberal party bar do 4
more forabur in the last few y
than bad been done by either part
for bale a entury before.
"Tbis question of reciprocity is not
one which concerns the farmer alone.
It concern the consumer and the
workingman just AS wuch as it does
the agriculturalist. Don't imagine
that we do not realize this just as
keenly hete in Berlin as you do inTor-
onto. The middleman is taking the
bulk of the food supplies which are
at our very doors, and is forcing priors
up all the time. The reciprocity pact
burts the middleman, and, of course,
he is squealing. But he does not re-
alize, perhaps, tbat the louder he
aqueals the inure he attracts the at-
tention of the consumer, who knows
what kind of profits he has been mak-
ing.
'tJ come in contact with a large
numner of tourkingtnen and am close -
ly identified with thew, end 1 can 1 r
assure you that the • are not wor[yr{' nE
•bout the /rig
pate- �"r-
BRONCHITIS COIPLBTBL!
CURED.
8t. Jean, P.Q., Jab. Stb. 1110.
Father M Med. Co. Ltd.,
1 can gratefully testify in fame et
Father Mummy's Remedy for Broadest
trouble. I had suffered for some time
from Bronchitis, and could get nothing to
give me ease, until 1 tried Father Morris-
ey's Prescription (No. 10). To my peat
surprise, after I had takes this remedy I
commenced b pow better, and soon ter
I was completelyocured.
Mde. GEORGE DEBMARAIB.
Everybody knows that Seamy oommstr
roots, barb and herbs contain Nature%
own provision for the relief of coughs and
colds. It remained for Father ldiwrssey,
with his wonderful medical skill, to cone
bine tentacle from these in such a way as
to maks the most effective Otho for all
fes, of throat and lung troubles.
His prescription; known as " Fatisr
Memory's Na Iv ' or " Lun. Tone ".
tcooppse • cough by curing the in}Tamed eco-
dition of throat or lugs Which causes it.
v.
.. goes a step further „too, and earns its
same of " LungTonicby strengthe sing
the weakeeed Trial 21e. Regular aims OOe. At
yyoouurr d�ealer's a from Father. Morrie:
Mediefae Co , Ltd, Montmi, Quo. Morrie:
eed in Goderich
But land
Conser%atrves like to talk about,
but they are determined to have a
full dinner pail. whicb shall not cost
q lite so much we'it costs now."
••Tne Yankees Will Get the Best of Us
by Reciprocity."
Reciprocity give-. the INDIVIDUAL
iu Canada the privilege of trading
with the IND! VilellAl.in the United
States First of all get that into your
head. Then ask yourself, who am 1.
or what am I? Am 1 a fool or an idiot
or have 1 the bruins of the? ordinary
man? Will you buy or sell to 'a
Yankee unless he does better for you
thait a Ctuudiatt Dealer? Get it into
Pour head that you ate not COM-
ELLED to buy or sell to env
but that you have the PRIVIt. GE of
doing so. Get it into your head that
Laurier and Taft are nut buying and
selling your barley and hears and
bogs Out that you are doing the trad-
ing yourself, and you may etude or
not just M you wish, Tbe Urita bare
faith that a Canadian farmer is sharp
enough to look atter bis own interests
when an American buyer is dealing
with bim. The Tories may the oppos-
ite. Stiffen up your backs.. fellow -
farmers, and show them that a Cana-
dian farmer can trade with an Ameri-
can dealer as well u the American
farmer can. Now it the cba.tos of our
life. Our farces will certainly increase
twenty-five per cent. in value. If rec-
iprocite does not turn out a• we think
It will . can repeal it. Farmers. all
togetb. 'or our best interests this
tune.
19C0. 1900.
Manitoba patents. per bbl. $4.18 $5..78
Shorts, per ton 15.04 23.97
Bran. per too. 13.20 2.402
"This makes' a gain of 38.8 in flour.
59.5 in aborts, and 87.5 in been, A.
compared with 17.5 in wheat.
Where the Public Interest Comes In.
"All disinterested students of poli-
tical economy cannot hut arrive at
the conclusion that with the control
of the milting of Uanadik'n wheat in
the hands of a few large concerns,
both the producer of wheat and the
consumer of flour would be benetttled
by free (t,ule in those commodities.
With the natural advantages the
Lake of the Woods Milling0o. enjoy.
situated on the direct line for export
of wb,•at, with their mills operated by
what is unquestionably the beet
waterpower in America, and with the
president of the company a director of
the C. 1'. R., there is no tear but that
they .vill be able to compete on equal
terms with other mills fn any part of
the world. True, tee Lake of the
Woods will lose the cinch they have
now. Fot the last two years their
competitors at Minneapolis have been
paying from 10 to 15 cents a bushel
more for their wheat, and with that
handicap have placed their flour in
the British market in competition
with the Van/Wiwi mills. undoubtedly
tet the advantage of the British oon-
sutner. who gets his Sour cheaper teau
the Canadian who lives within the
shadow of the mill where it is manu-
tec tared.'
GREAT FIGHT IN
NORTH WATERLOO.
FARMER.
BLYTh.
TU<sDAT. Sept. 12th.
THE HAT gobartute. A great deal
of ha) is being dilated from the G. T.
R. station at present. Last week
alone thirteen cars were ehipped to
the States and yet Conservative
speakers will get on the platform and
sate that we have no bay to sell and
that if the duty is taken otf the farmer
will not get any benefit. The farmeia
must be very easily gulled if they be-
lieve such rot.
Workingmen Serenely Support the Min-
ister of Labor.
A great fight is no in North Witter-
too.
aterloo, and the Liberal workers exsect
to put Hon. Mackenzie King. the Min-
ister of Labor, again at the head of
the polls. He is heing supported
s(totgiy by the wokingmen ot Ber-
lin, whu,ealire what he has done in
the rstwe of labor. Many who torbs-
etly voted (kns.rvative are now sup-
porting Mr. King, and .h • stories of
defections from tate Liberal ranks are
exaggerated.
William Snider. tier-pi.•►ident Wa-
terloo Manufacturing (k.mpsu.y, mak-
ers of fetor tmpt'tneutu, president of
two insurance companies. and th•
largest miller in the rounty of Water -
kin. says : "We are sorry the Govern
*tent raw NI to eat us, hut we ar•o hop
ing 'het Mack.waie King will he re-
eky t..1. The Torict mutat to hard up
for argumente when they puhluh wen
/,a.r• reports it.. I h.1 concerning rmr
h,dher whish appeared in The Mall
arae Empire 1 had the Keehn(' of
nonrnelong Me King. sod my Irrother
Qt•eatd^d at our of liar rr.eetnt' That
r where we stand."
t'ha,lea C. Nahn we, relay) .f (ie
1',n,tneoal R...pinyineet l ream, wad
es Mayor ,t Kerlin www three yours
ono ea egp,ne.ot of Mr Ring. but
t till/ is WOO Of hie morn • •Lbv. suei-
t'tri true, he .ay 1'that at the
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Sold
and
guarttu
F. J.
by
sled taking is both of the fairs A
number of the horsemen are on the
track these daya exercising their
horses. getting them in shape for the
fall fair races 1.V. Rahoe, who
WAS threshing on the farm of B. Mor
ritt on Saturday, had a break which
caused a delay until the part could be
sent away and repaired. On Monday
they were_,aoime full swam again.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. McTaggart
visited their friends, Mr. and Mrs.
Bobier, at Belgrave on Sunday
It is; taking the bort/lees quite a while
to finish their tournament, but last
Thursday the second prize we. won
by 0. E. McTlaggart's rink, consisting
of W. Sims, P. (iatdiuer, J. Glennie,
and Mr. McTaggart. The last prize
will be played for on Thursday after-
noon . .. Thursday afternoon of this
week will be the last half -holiday the
merchants will bave this summer and
after this week their stores will he
ooppen Thursday afternoon.. . Mr. and
Mrs. I. W. Murray, of Carson City.
Mich.. visited at Mr. McKellar's a fee
days this week and on SAturday they
left for Gordis to visit friends there
A. McKenzie, wtlo has been engaged
in the lightning rod business in the
West, is at present on a visit with hie
family, but intcnda returning to the
West about the 19th. He claims to
have had a very successful season.
Mies. L. Begley hal socureda posi-
tion ea milliner in a store in Cbatham
and lett for there last week The
milliners bave Arrived and are busily
engaged getting tbeir stocks ready bli-
the
urthe openings, which will take place
on Saturday, September 23rd $
A. Popplestone, Grand Master of the
I. U. 0. F., .+as in Hamilton on Satur-
day. and laid the corner stone of a
new 1, wple that is being built there.
for wh eh he received a silver trowel.
He Mao attroded divine services on
*Sunday and on Monday he visited the
Parry Sound Lodge. On account of
Mr. P. ppleetooe having to be away
et much this season attending to his
duties as Grand Master he has found
it necessary to engage a clerk for his
store, and Mr. Acheson, of Millbank,
arrived Monday to start work
Miss E. Gracey, of Winghsm, visited
friends io tows the peat week J
('arter, of Mowat Forest, visited with
his parents here the past week
Mrs. McKenzie and daughter, of
Galt, visited • few days the past week
with her brothers here, Messrs. A. and
F. Brinton Mrs. J. Gardner, of
Clinton, visited with her sister here
this week.
Tile leureTtoes.- The time for cast-
ing our votes is now drawing vet),
cluee and before another issue of the
paper we will know the results. At
present pis in East Huron look
very might for A. Hislnp's election. al-
though the Conservatives seem to be
q.ete jubilant and think tbat their
utan will head the polls. The
Blyth Liberal organization seems very
'trek and doesn't seem to be doing
much : in fact. they don't pull well
together : and until that is remedied
good work is impossible. The farming
community, however, shoukt certain-
ly eome out strong for the Liberal
c.ndidate, As it is for their great bene-
fit and it cugbt to be clear to them,
the way the Targe industries are
against them. that it is time for them
L.sbow their independence and vote
for their own interests independent of
p•ililies. to fact, there never should
have been any polities in this question,
a- it is for the general good of the
count' y, especially if the farmers. and if
they don't take advantage of this op -
p .rtunit ). they cannot complain if
th y suffer in consequence. One Con-
servative farmer in Ibis locality
claims that 0 will be worth $4410 a
year to him. if it is worth that much
to him, it is worth equality as much to
the rest of them, and they are very
foolish to listen to tbe paid men who
ars going amongst them trying to con-
vince them that it is for their inter-
ests to vote against reciprocity.
BRtare.-For the past two weeks
a great many from here have been in
attendance at the Toronto Fair, but
they- have now all arrived home and
this week large crowds from this dis-
trict are rating in the London Fair.
Miss Annie Spafford left on
Tuesday for London. where she is go-
ing to enter 8t. Joseph's hospital too
study for A nutty. Miss Bridget Kelly
accompanied bet. and is going to visit
there for A few days Mesa Middle-
ton, of Goderich township. who ie via -
king ber sister, Mrs. O. Taylor, sang a
w.lo in the Presbyterian church last
Sunday evening. She has a very good
vole. and sang the s.lecti..rt in ex-
cellent manner The anniversary
service. of Trinity church will he held
September lith, when Rev. Mr.
Jeakins, of Clinton. will occupy the
pulpit. He is a splendid preacher and
will no doubt have a large congrega-
tion to hear him . 1. Carter wee in
Auburn last week on a husine., trip.
ale. on a visit to friends .1 it.
Forsythe. who has leen visiting his
meter here, returned to (toawa on
Monday . .. 8. H. (tidley was In
Kreter last week in attendant's. at his
cousin's funeral. It seem• be died
very suddenly, being /mind dead in
bed ... C. Spati.rd. U 1'. R. agent
tont very sick last week and hsd,to
quit work and al one time it
was thought h, had borer. tut
we
aritAilad to .sy le fidn't have
that. He i• sN11 eonflned to his toed,
but is irupreving nierly now and ea
poets anon to he •hl. to resun.e hi•
work. i)sting his &bene. fr,.n. his
duties Mr (bort. who has been work.
leg in (4nd.rirh relieving here
Mr and Mr. R. Isar an. at
prua.nr .m a visit to relatives in Lon
don Mrs. hitt-Wait and grand
daughter are at poorest viaiting
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I OUR EXHIBIT
AT
STOCKMEN HIT RECIPROCITY.
Meeting at Monmouth Adopts Resolution
Denonnane Plan as Peril to Farmers
of Country.
'Monmouth, Ill., Sept. 2. -(Sped a1.1
-At the annual meeting of the Mili-
tary Tract shippers of the Live $tock
Association today, a resolution pro-
testing egiti cot the action of C.,ogress
in passi Its the Canadian reciprocity
was ad ,p eel
Many of the farmers complained of
the brevity of the resolution, dea'ring
that a et r infer statement he made at
tbe annual banquet of the association.
Henry L. Jewell, form.r member of
the State Le isletnte, bi'terly at-
tacked the bill as a detriment to the
agriculturists and stock raisers of the
United Staten.
The above is from The Chicago
Tribune of September 3rd. Note that
it is the United States farmers who
are making such streruons objection
to the reciprocity measdre, which
gives the Canadian stock-raiser•e free
entrance to their market.
The dates of the Ontario Provincial
Winter Fair at Guelph are annoirneed
aa Deeemh.r 11th to 16th. The Huron
county council has donated two
special prizes for Hnr,n county exhib-
itors. A prize of $15 is offered for the '
hest beef animal shown by an ams -
tour exhibitor and the Rum of O10 will
be given the exhibitor showing the
second beet beef animal.
THE FALL FAI
The educational value of the County Fair is undisputed. ,
To:make our Fall Fair a huge success let everybody come and
do his or her part. Remember the dates --Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, September t8, 19 and 20 -next week.
We wish to announce that we purpose to make one of the best
Hard'wre Exhibits we ever did.
We propose to demonstrate and show you how easy it is to
stain and grain floors and woodwork of a room with China Enamel.
We also will direct special attention to the Famous Pandora
Range -a range that has a semi -steel firebox that will not cost the
ll'er a cent for repairs, for upwards of ten years or more, and the best
baker on the market.
Mr. Thompson, of the sales department of the McClary Mfg.
Co., of London, will be on hand and will be pleased to show you all
about the Pandora and the Famous Heaters.
We want you to meet our Mr. J. G. Stewart, who has recently
joined our staff. Mr. Stewart formerly conducted a hardware busi-
ness of his own at Wingham and understands hardware.
We invite you to make our exhibit or store your headquarters
and we will give special care to wraps, etc., you wish to leave in our
care.
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"Kellogg's" is a wholesome
cereal that satisfies a child's
longing for sweetmeats. You
can give them all they Brave of
it, too, for while strong in quality.
it is tight in digestibility Be
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