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THE SIGNAL (IIODERICH , ONTARIO
agriculture, taxation storm, social
ferment, educational adv&.oetnant,
uoillieglikirtilini atm
casce
i ezteoaioo of the ple of
public ownership as applied to puhllc
utilities and natural resources (includ-
ing Provincial ownership of iS ephoos
lines). in addition to administrative re- with the most advanced policy that
forms specifically mentioned, make up has ever been placed before them, and
a program worthy of • great Province be should have the support of every
and a Irma party• progressive voter In the Province.
Perhaps the must important pro -
pond in the wbole program --because TAXATION OF LANO VALUES.
ft affects the very foundations of so- _—
ciety—ia the adoption of the poUcy The Ottawa Citizen, a C'otuervative
of the Tax Reform Association of On- journal which bar team a progressive
ta.-io to &flow municipalities to ex- stead in regard to taxation reform,
rapt improvements from tazetion, remarks :
either In whole or in part. This is a
reform along the same line as that on
which Lloyd -George's tai ous budget
was fronted—a step in the relief of
the people from the greatest of mon-
opolies, the monopoly in land. It is
only a step, but it is a most impor-
tant one, and thousands of earnest
edvoc&tes of social reform throughout
the Province will hail it with pro-
found gratification.
Of only secondary importance &re
the proposals with regard to agricul-
ture. It is useless to blink tbe facts
that agriculture in this Province is
Lacing serious conditions: snd that tbe
people of the whole Province. urban
and rural. are vitally concerned in
the bringing &bout of better conditions.
Is it any wondet the people of the
towns and cities complain of the high
cost of living when the farms are
producing only a traction of what
they should produce? And first and
foremost of the reforms to be made
under this head is to place in charge
of the Department of Agri:ulture a
man who will command the attention
of his fellow -farmers and who will be
an effective leader in agricultural re-
form. The present Minister of Agri-
culture is a fiat failure.
in tbe Department of Education.
too. personal leadership is „required.
The Liberals could not possibly select
for this Department a more incapable
and absolutely useless head than Dr.
Pyne has proved himself to be. With
*man of the right kind in charge of
this Department adorational raters
should proceed apace, end it is moth
needed. The restoration of the model
schools, which should never have been
abolished is one of the specific reforms
promised by the Liberal parte. ' It
will also be the earnest aim of a Lib-
eral administration of the Department
of Education to give the pupils io
every school of the Province a
thorough education in English.
The temperance question is handled
in a moderate and satisfactory man-
ner. The abolition of the three-fifths
handicap in local option contests and
the better administration of the
license law,are promised for the pres-
ent: the further development of the
party's policy in this matter will come
after due consideration. Some people
hoped that the new leader would com-
mit himself to Provincial prohibition ;
but such a step at the present time
would, in the opinion of many temper-
ance people, do neither the temper-
ance cause nor tbe Liberal party env
good. 3y many elector it would have The Liberal platform is well put to -
been looked upon as a mere hid for getber, without undue verbiage or re -
voter, and not as an ezpressicn (-tithe rept to hyperbole. Some radical pro -
sincere opinion of the party When pose's are presented in quite matter-
of-fact manner. We should like to
wager that Scottish temperament or
training hued a part in the framing of
the document. If anything of equal
leadership of the party's effort to give importeoce had come from the hands
effect to its views. of Sir Jamey whitoey it would have
Under the heading of public owner• bristled with superlative ad actives.
ship the Provincial ownership and
operation of telephone lines is indi-
cated as • feature of the policy of the
party. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta have Provincial ownership of
telephones : Ontario should not lag
behind. The utilization of the water-
power,
aterpower throughout the Province for
the generation and distribution of
electricity. the conservation of timber
resources and the encouragement of
reforestation, and in general the MM.
ration of natural reeour•cee for the
benefit of the people are all in line
with advanced public opinion and air
essential features of Literal policy.
The development of New Ontario
and the pcal recognition of thesel
needs and i iilities of the great
northern onun r= within the bods
of our Prowls= are glom • prominent
place in the program of the party. it
was a Li:,eral Government which
opened up the north country with a
Government-owned railway. and the
Literal party is ready to do much
THE LIBERAL POLICY. more of this important development
work which le for the benefit of the
The plat/nem of O- ntario Liberalism province aa 1 wbo)..
Wdied bar been put forth by the sew In other matters the Liberal oilier
leader 16 os. en which any mao may holds out the promise of legislation
set both feet with the eonsriosseswa and administration in tbe intetwts of
that be is on • finn footing and that the people, and espsrlally wlitb a view
be leas full scope tot his progressive to the proset nn of the public ia-
tend.nciee. Tbm document is an et- terns from the operatiooa of trusts
refloat one. Not mooch spree is elven and minibines.
to er•itietern orf the present Govern- Bneb • platform calls for a pable
m.nt-mot home. the delinquendes I.aad.rahip, and liberals expert much
of the Government have bon few or of the new leader. Newton W. Rowell.
of email importance, but became it is flees is no question of hi. abilities as
r. afts.d that the people are more lee a worker and a pl&tfo r ,, speaker : in
rerestad M knowtng what the Llberwln awaociation with such a policy thene
will do in AU* thee in bearing of the esa be no question of his e•rseetaem
failures of the rem whin are now in of- In tbe celse of reform Thee ars
Iles The pastimes N radleatly pew- I those wbo would say. Oan any gond
lereasiwe. while at the same time it l coma oat e f Toronto s it mesh he re.
tbNu..1 ly practised he devdee.`msmheeed. however. that Mr Rowell
two td Wm Oster Ss IM p•ewaetiire W eerietentl• disswsodated himself
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OODIMILICIL TBUSEUAY. NOV. . 111.
THE POWER QUESTION.
Tbe hydro -electric power policy is
sot a party question. It is supported
by Liberals as well as by Conserva-
tives and is opposed by Conservatives
ars well as by Liberals. It is reported
that the Conservative candidate for
Centre Huron in his private canvass is
making statements in regard to the
power policy tbat are not warranted
by the facts. We do not know that
these reports are well founded, and
we prefer to believe that they &re in-
correct rather than that Rev. Joseph
Elliott is taking liberties with the
truth.
In the Leal place. the policy of the
tifistalte4rateel Nieves power will be
eoatitistad ;ly any . Ge ern meot, Lib-
eral or Conservative. that may bold
office in Ontario. Tbe only import-
ant change of policy that is suggested
in regard to Niagara power is that it
should be distributed on a flat rate.
At present those places in the neigh-
borhood of Niagara get power at from
912 to 95), while in Huron the cost
will be tram 11135 or 940 up, with coat of
distribution to he added. The Inevit-
able effect of this, if no remedy is pro-
vided, is that the industries of Huron
and other outlying counties will be
attracted tc the Niagara district. If
the flat rate were adopted. all parts of
the Province served from Niagara
would get power at the same pate. just
as a two -cent stamp will carry a letter
twelve miles from Goderich to Clinton
or a hundred miles from Goderich to
Hamilton. This would place all sec•
tions on an even footing. it must be
mid, however. that neither party thea
so far committed itself to advocacy of
the flat rate.
Then there is the question of devel-
opment of lora) power. Possibly
Maitland River power would have
been developed before this hut for the
interference of Molter -Vs Commission,
and if it is to be developed at all it
will not be by the Commission. What
Mr. Beek proposes is that the county
of Huron should develop the power
and sell it to the Commission. which
would distribute it to the roneumer..
He holds out the hope that in this
way power can be obtained in Huron
for as low es 9r,. This is only an es-
timate. and of course it depends
upon the county. or failing
the county. possihly the town of
Goderich. whether the project will be
carried out or not. The price of the
power does not depend upon the good-
will of Mr. Beck, or of the Ontario
Government. or of the Hydroelectric
Commission : it depends upon the
possibilities of the Maitland River as a
developer of power. All that we get
from the Government is some advise
and co-operation in the project : the
county is to put up the money for
tie development of power. and the
consumers will pay the tills when the
power is delivered to them.
The whole scheme is outside of any
question of party politics, and Res.
Joseph Elliott can make no votes on
the powoo question if the elect ire are
put in clear poinsasoon of the facts.
from Toronto opinion in political
matters. and ne doubt at some cost to
himself has upheld the Liberal cruse
in that Tory tdpnrtfhold. He is in
Toronto, tut ask of it. He givers the
electors of the whole Proviso • lead
The Liberal party in Ontario has
Mown itself particularly sensitive to
public feeling in the adoption as •
plank in its reconstructed platform of
the principle of taxation of land val-
ues. According to the published
ecbedule of reforms to be advocated
in the future by one of the grant poli-
tical parties in this Province. the sys-
tem whereby industry is encouraged,
and the holding of land out of use
rendered unprofitable, is to find a fore-
most place. 1t may not be even too
much t0 say that this particular plank
will eventually prove tbe most effec-
tive and popular of the various meas-
ures to be advocated by the Liberals
of Ontario in their efforts to again
control the destinies of the Province.
It is a natter of regret that the
Government has allowed the Opposi-
tion to forestall it in the advocacy or
adoption of a principle which has suc-
cessfully appealed to the democracy of
Britain on three successive occasions
and which is today engaging the at-
tention of progressive and enterpris-
ing localities throughout the western
half of our own land. The immediate
ferules of the taxation of land values,
ratite' than tbe improvements upon
the la ^t. have become .o visible in
the cm- - of Oanadian Western cone
muniti• - that academic discussion of
the ecouomic aspect of the question
has no longer obstructed the progress
of the movement. The West has been
shown, to use a native colloquialism.
In Ontario the educational move-
ment is bearing fruit. It is rather
disappointing to flud that the Govern-
ment of the dry has thus far failed to
recognize the growth of the sentiment
in favor of tax reform in this direc-
tion, but now that the issue is fairly
before the people the opportunity to
impress tbe Administration with the
trend of public thought alone, them
lines should not be neglected.
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EDITORIAL NOT ES.
The Liberal party stands for a thor-
ough English education for every
child in the Province.
The announcement of the Liberal
platform should be widely circulated.
It is good campaign literature.
Wtat's this? Mr. Borden and Mr.
Foster addressing the Quebeckers in
French ! Will the Orange lodges
stand for that?
Since the recent election there has
been a multitude of counsel as to what
shep. Canada's contribution to the
naval strength of the Empire should
take. The only sure woes to decide
that point to the satin actinn of all
c 'corned is to submit the question to
the British Admiralty.—Ottawa Citi-
zen.
But would Bourassa permit this
the party is in a position to determine
its policy in this regard Mr. Howell's
record as a temperance reformer will
be a guarantee of capable and earnest
Friendship.
Just • word or two of pretne
We have hoped lone. lona to hear.
And Use dreariest of days
Mows with gladness and good cheer.
Just • friendly word or two
And • sympathetic smile.
And &'tad courage comes anew.
Sborte.ing the weary mile.
Jest the clasp of someone's hand
Or.look of kind goodwill.
And the triumphs we have pt.noed
Urge a bravely onward still.
Jost • word that 1.. sincere
When Use way 1s rough and long.
Aud the lost hopes that were dose
Maim us glad eosin rad stress.
Jest to know that ethers oars
If we can sr it we tan.
Aad the illls that b.seatt despair
Ream bet trifles. after all
—8. K. Kiser Is Calash,' R.eerd Herald.
Now it Works.
Ottawa Cider.
Then is a story in circulation which
admirably Mustn't*" the working of
the present haphazard aytsts m of as-
sasmeot and the manner in which the
average ee•esnor goes about seeking
improvement' he may penalize. A few
pears ago • local jurist of repute who
had a wooden tenet around his lawn
took down the wooden fano. and pact
up an ornamental iron fence. 11e
eagle eye of the ammeter detected this
crime against the community and pun-
ished it by putting up the assessment
on the property Win. Thereupon the
owner of the property was wrath and
removed the iron fence. tearing the
lawn lwealessend et peeing. of merle.
that his aesussneot wnuid he pet back
where it was before 'he °Seeding
tense was pet up Rot tbe uneasier
wise not to he batted He .aid that
the lawn looked en etxd better with
eat my hone. that he wneid leave the
pleased assessment os.
loon' roanneves oake tis. elm
take of tefileg • girl that Foe ars un
worthy of her She maw marry von
and monad you of it.
wileriehhar
FROM OUR UONTEMPORARIES.
Can't Gat It ham Whitney.
St . ThessrJouroet
Provincial contra and oper•tior of
the trunk telephone lines—that's what
we need in Ontario.
Mr. Meet la
Ottawa (ties Pees
Louis ()odor% the new M. P. for
HoebMa s. ghee a new definition of
the Prime Minister. He describes
Hon. R. L. Borden "ru a follower of
Mr. Monk." Who M the leader then i'
The Ssmsskiet Ministry.
Eads. Adveettrer.
The Seven Sleepers : Whitney.
Pyne, Duff, Retwme, Matheson. Poy
and Cochrane. Mr. ()ochrous bas a new
berth, but the others are still snoring.
Wake 'em up !
Teresa* T01 rr.m
Ontario will sow moderate in a call
to Rev. .7. A. Macdonald to preach a
campaign sermon frost, the test
Rowell ezalteth & nation.
but Whitney is a reproach to
any people."
He Will Bs Mused.
Ouelpl, !..Bury.
It will he a rather ununtal Con-
servative catnpaigu without Dr. Beat-
tie Nesbitt on the stump. Too bad
he couldn't be secured to tell what be
knows about the connection of the
Treasury Department of the Wbitoey
Administration with the Farmers
Back.
The Georgian Bay Canal.
Landon Free Pres...
The Berlin News -Record asks if the
Georgian Bay Canal is a Newmarket
ditch. Certainly the country should
be committed to the proposal only
after the fullest enquiry. There is no
reason why- the Canadian taxpayer
should be saddled with a 112014$)0.000
outlay for the benefit of Ottawa and
Mon treal.
A Serious Condition.
Woodstock Sentinel Review.
Whatever the explanation may M.
the fact of the relative decline of
the rural population is one that
ought to receive the attention of
serious-minded statesmanship. There
must be something seriously wrong
when such condition.' a.- are revealed
by the census prevail in a country so
young as Canada is and with such
agriculture' poesibilities.
Qualification for Public Onix
Tetoeto Saturday Night
Let us drop this era of good fellow-
ship in our municipal politics. Be-
ibg a good fellow doer not qualify
a man for public office. I know of
no place it doss qualify him tor ex-
cept membership in a club. As a
rule it disqualifies him. He is too
many-sided, nae too large a bump
of approhativeness, is fonder of pleas-
ing people by neglecting his duty than
of doing his duty no matter wbo gets
hit or turns sour.
Not So Vey (fold.
Toronto Pta r.
To escape a discuaeion of bi-lingual
schools in the Legislature. Dr. Mer-
chant was appointed to make a re-
port on the conditions prevtiliog in
these institutions. • There may be 310
schools but there are only two or three
conditions to be reported on.
Dr. Merchant may have had but 190
days for his task. vet the particular
schools or class of schools which ex-
cite dispute and represent the system
could have been thoroughly inspected
in less time than has been consumed,
hail this been desired.
But the point is that the Govern-
ment shelved the question by ap-
pointing an investigator. when the
school conditions shoold have been
and were en t. elv familiar to one of its
own highly organized departments.
Having appointed an investigator and
baying found that he needs a lot of
time, what was the hurry about bring-
ing on the elections
The hurry was to get to the polls he -
fore Dr. Merchant got to the I.eRirla-
ture with bio report.
It is a natural desire and readily un-
derstood. But it puts out of cam-
patRo use the stirring poem about the
leader wbo is "bold enough to be hon-
est and bonest enough to be bold?
From the bi-lisgual ecbool question
the member of the Wbitney Cabinet
are running away in several directions
at once.
S1 MILD
Made Well By Vinol—Lettere
from a Grateful Mother
New Haver. Coen.—"My little girt,
over dace her birth, was frail and
sickly and nothing seemed to do her
any good until we tried your cod liv-
er and Iron tonic, Vinol. As soon as
she commenced to take It, I noticed
u im'lovement in her health and ap-
pearance. She has now taken three
bottles of Vino/. and from the good it
has done her 1 can say it will do all
you claim for It in building up and
strengthening frail and delicate chil-
dren." (Name furnished on request )
Another mother of Chicago, 111..
writes: "I can not say too much In
praise of Viso' for delicate, ailing
children."
We ask every mother of a frail.
sickly or ailing chUd in this '.Eetaity
to try vleol o& our agreement to re-
turn their money if it does not do alt
we claim
1i.C. Dunlop, Druggist, Goderick, Out.
An Unanswerable Argument
Tbe Poor Relation had not been in-
vited to the formal function at the
great house, but be went to the door
In spite of that oversight.
, Where's your card r' inquired the
Fiat Qentlsmao in Welting.
"Hay.n'tgot as responded the
Poor Relation meskJy. .
"Nobody can get in without & card."
"Well. I'm nobody." murmured the
Poor Relation, but the First Gentle-
man in Waiting could not grasp tbe
delicate humor of it and the Poor Re-
lation was turned away.—Lippincot t's.
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DYSPEPSIA CLAIMS
MANY LIVESI
But John Mitchell's Life
was saved by Morriscy's
No. 11 Dyspepsia Cure.
Woodstock, N.B., Aug. 10, 1910.
" I had a very severe case of stomach
trouble which caused me great pain, and a
lot of distress I tried several doctors, but
could get no relief. I else tried about all
the patent medicines that are recommend-
ed for stomach trouble, and still I was
getting worse'—in fact, I felt like dying,
and had to stop w, k. Hy friends thought
my days on earth were few, and I thought
so myself. I had heard a great dal about
the wonderful skill of Father Morriscy, and
thought I would go and see bis. He
prescribed his No. 11 Dyspepsia Cure fa
me, and I took his medicine as he directed,
and soon began to feel relieved, and to-
day I am a very well man; have gained in
flesh — have no pain in my stomach, and
am feeling first-rate. There is no doubt
but that he saved my life, and 1. only wish
1 could find words to express my gratitude.
i hope all who suffer as 1 did will use has
marvelous No. 11 Stomach Remedy."
Jobe H. Mitchel:.
The above prescription is not a "Cure-
Alr or so-called patent medicine. Dr. Mor-
ri•cy prescribed it for 44 years, and it
cured thousands after other doctors failed.
Price, 60c. per box at your dealers or
Faber Murriscy Medicine Co, Limited.,
Moo ireaL •.o
Sold and guaranteed in (:odericb by
F. J. Rutland
J{fothing known to Science is better for this
painful ailment than Zana-Buk. It reduces
infantmotion, stops bleeding, ends the agony.
Easily applied and cleanly. Why go on suffer-
ing? Why not try it? Read the following cures.
Some Proofs of Zaaa•5ulti's Power.
Mit THOMAS J. HOGAN, Champion Clog Danner of Croda,
59 tlamb.rd Street, Montreal, writes:—
"For some tame past I have been troubled with Piles, but this
year I quieted i s mach that I was obliged to cancel a number of engagements
I toed all the so-called remedies that were recommended. Met they seemed to
do are no greed. Having been advised to try Tara -Bak, 1 porchase•d • fifty -test
hoz and after applying it • few timer 1 felt tnark...1 relief. I ors tinuei with
the 7•am-Bak treatment and the relief was extended into a permsoeot cure.
MI. WILLIAM RENTV of Upper Nine Mils River, Hants Co., N. g.,
syr:—"L .uttered terrib&y from Piles, the pain et Mme. being almost un-
bearable. I tried ',mous ointasenre but all tonsil to do me the alrghtm* good.
1 was tired of trying ressdwt when i heard .f %•m -Bun rood thought as • last
wwatras I word j S lis balm • trml. I pnrared • supply, and after • very
short time Tim Bak silmied what reveal other oxmtasnis aad modicums had
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W. 'AOHE*ON i SON
This Week's Specials
New Showing in Floor Rugs
A large lot of $roan)... WUtos, Axminster ad morsels Rog"
elbowing now this week. Pattern. suitable for rtoyom, oriel
and sl z 3, b z 9, 9 x $ x 4, x yards. Priced wary
at 9100, 99.00, $1tCO MOO. S90.90, U(.00.
Tweed Coats
This tall'sOros. demand in ladies' Coats i• in the reversible mis-
treat trimmed materials: We show a grand display in all weights'
and colon from 99.00 up.
Our fur-trimosd and fur -lined Coats, sable cellar, lined
with heavy quilted farmer's 'satin, are wonderful and beautiful
garments, warranted in every respect. Price 9ei.00.
Blankets
Genuine Na I Sssee, purest wool Blanksta, fancy Pak and
bine borders and each Blanket whipped singly, weighing 9 to 9 So
Prices $3.75, 94.76, 943% $7.00.
Blanket Cloths and Elder Down
Fifty-four inabeli wide, cloths for coats rad Blessing sacques in
all finishes and colon, 9De or 91.00 and 91.95
Wool Batting
We have Wool Batting for comforters neatly done up in bun-
dles. Price per pound 40c.
Cord Velvets
All shades ia 1)rewa Velvets for suits and coats in handsome
French cord, extremely fheblonable. Per yard 00e.
Butterick Pat terns all in Stock
We will receive for & short while longer subscriptions for The
Delineator at the old price of 11.00 per year.
W. ACHE SON SON
In making a study of Tailoring there
is one part of the business we have
sadly neglected ; that is the slighting
of our work.
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The:Name On The Sole
The "INVICTUS" name and trade-
mark on the sole means a great deal to
any shoe -buyer.
It means footwear that will stand up
under every test for fit, style and wear.
It therefore means more for your
money, as well as for your feet and for
your sense of pride as to appearance.
Behind that trade -mark is the assur-
ance of an honest -made shoe—the shoe
you should always buy.
THE BEST GOOD SHOE - "INVICTUS"
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The Square Goderich
ee FALL AND WINTER
Footwear
We are ready for this
season with & good variety
of mens, women'• and
children's Footwear — the
kind that give. to your
feet style and comfort.
Also a Iarge stock of
GRANBY RUBBERS,
made to fit all shapes of
boots.
TRUNKS, ETC.
Ws bsere is stock at •11 those •
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