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ler sem moth.
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smYper lima nes lea Was MIL
MetaidediAl which to the
mesentery bias& id say :WeIs st a e soweilwesi
ale� ret &ad
Rates for moths and retract edverose-
atenta will be etve a apossiakm.
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Telt SIGNAL PIWITINU CO..Grich Limited
Britain. The difficultof the
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people to accept it.
SOMMUCM.lHUntmAT. FItB t. 19l'L
THE MAIL 000ERR QUESTION.
EDITOR $letiA .—1 am very mneb
surprised at the stand taken by The
Signal on this question. When did
you turn protectionist?
Do you think that the citizens of
Canada trill stand for a tariff wall
barring free trade with one another
Dies not the merchant of any town
it Canada get bis goods into flamed*
w the 'am. lines as the nail order
lis P And on account of the, 'erste
r/rcteem that they make, if a mail
dudm borne tato sell me sh article
etasprr, wnuM you bar me buying
where 1 tbourbt brat? And the fact
that the m.rsdbaots Lave to go to
Psrli*ment for an act to force their
ne.ighhnos in buy from them shows
onnclseively that there is something
wares .t., qtsbows. at
Mak �T TRADER.
So far as we are. aware. The Signal
bas en f.1 expressed no opinion one
way or the other on this question. It
has repotted the meetings of the
Board of Trade dealing with the
matter. but has not stated its own
views. Certainly The Signal hag not
turned protectionist. as our corres-
pondent suggests. Further, we are
not at all sure that the measure pro-
posed .by the Board of Trade of Gode-
rich is a protectionist measure. in the
sense in which the word protection is
-nmmnnly used. There is no intention
of hearing anyone fmm purchasing
goods tr+m the mail order houses, or
of barring the mail order houses from
selling to anyone. NoaM1e•to Nome
between the mail order house and the
customer in the traoeaction of their
business with each other, as .the
Customs officer interferes in inter-
national
nternational barter.
The situation is, roughly, this : The
town of Goderich and other munici-
palities need money to carry on their
public services. One of the methods
of raising this moony is the levying of
a business tax. If the local merchants
have to pay thin tax, why not outside
merchants wbo do business in the
town P The discussion at the Grade -
rich Board of Trade was largely on
these two pdinta :
(1) Is it fair to ask these outside
firms to pay a portion of the taxes of
the municipalities in which they do
business ?
(2) If so, on what equitable and prac-
ticable basis can a levy be made upon
them ?
insurance companies and other cor-
porations doing business throughout
the Province are subject to a special
tax levied by the Provincial Parlia-
ment, and the proposed taxation of
mail order hou.s i• along somewhat
similar lines. Whether any of these
special taxes is absolutely justifiable or
not is a pretty large 'question with
which The 81gna1 le not at present deal-
ing. However, if n hu.ineas tax is to be
levied at all, this municipality and
other municipalities should have quite
as much right to tax the outsider who
does business within their Hmit. as
they have to tax the local business
man. The Signe! believes firnily in
the principie of free trade: but to
long as taxes are levied on trade it
should be the aim to distribute the
taxation as equitably u possible.
FROM OUR OONTEMPORARIES.
Ottawa Quebec
Some
tre Peer.
Pe..ple in Ootario often laugh at
"01duebec." but still the people. fu
that P vine know enough not lo bold
tuuui efectitfns during a holiday
season.
Bit Reciprocity Was DeisitL
Windsor Reword -
And it was Out about this time of
The Toronto News oeght to mar
Mance publishing that little para-
graph, "This is the 'ateeoth day since
Ib. vacancy occurred in `toutb Ren-
frew."
Tbe member for West Huron is still
.'amuy. In the vote last week on Mr
Lancaster's hill to override the "oe
tasuere" decree bis Dame does not ap-
pear at ail, either am baviug voted or as
having "paired." Arad judging from
Mr. Lewin' success in the past in dodg-
ing unplesaant situations, it ie not un-
likely that inkeeping away from the
vote be has chosen the curse that is
w►fest for himself, even it it isnot very
courageous.
The Renfrew Journal 'Conservative)
is pouring hot shot Into the members
of the Government who are abetting
the repudiation of the agreement in
South Renfrew whereby Hon. Geo. P.
Graham was to be elected by acclama-
tion W the Ottawa House. It says it
"would like to see Right Hon. R. L
Borden. not only as Premier of Can-
ada.
ao-ada. bort also as leader of the honored
Conservative party. .how in no un-
certain way that he and his Cabinet
will not connect themselves in this
affair, that savors of breach of honor
and the flouting of political decency."
The question that .t strike many
le this : Why is the Conservative
machine so desperately anxious to
keep Mr. Graham out of Parlianient?
The Dominion Grange held its an-
nual meeting at Toronto last week.
The addresses given and the resolutions
adopted showed that the result of the
September election is not regarded by
organized agriculture ss the last word
in the fight against special privilege.
As one speaker pill it, the revolt of
that election "should impress the farm-
ers with the necessity of thorough
organization apd a determination to
stand firmly together. Ton, it showed
very plainly that the manufacturers
have long since 1 Ia aside party affili-
ations when it comes to a matter
affecting their business interests. This
fact should be given deep conaidera-
tbn by the farmers." Resolutions
were adopted favoring reciprocal trade
legislation, the reduction of duties on
imports from Britain and the suppres-
sion of combines, against any renewal
of the iron and steel bounties, against
military training in the puhlic schools,
in favor of Government operation of
telephone trunk lines, endorsing the
principle of direct legislation through
the initiative and referendum. and
against the creation of trunk highways
at public expenditure for the use of
automobile owners.
!'here is a good deal of grumbling
among city folks over the high prices
of foodstuffs. But the people of the
cities are responsible themselves for
the predicament they are in. By
voting for protection, which places an
unjust burden upon the farmers, they
ere driving people off the farms and
thus lessening the number of pro-
ducers. Then. a few months ago.
when the farmers were offered an op-
portunity of securing extended mar
kets, which would bave induced 1n -
creased production, with benefit alike
to producer and consumer, the city
people voted against the larger mar-
kets. if reciprocity had carried, the
result would have been an increased
employment of labor on the farms, u
our farmers could have profitably
teed extra labor to grow produce for
the larger markets. Under present
conditions, the farmer finds it to his
advantage to grow just what he can
with the labor at hand, and to make
up for the smaller output with the
larger prices. And the city people
also refused to take advantage of the
opportunity of free importation of
foodstuffs when that domestic supply
should be insufficient for the demand.
The inevitable result ie the condition
of affairs about which they are now
complaining. They have the satisfac-
tion, however, of feeling that they
were "loyal."
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Coneidereble opposition is develop-
ing throughout the Province to the
Georgian Bay canal project. Existing
transportation routes should have the
first attention of the Government_
It is reported from Dshtb that
Lake Superior appears 16 lite be+lr
over Ire entire area 0 Loi *SIM
prow to ile the case, it woad to the
Bret Uwe nn reeiwd. What a &ri-
alto
skating rink it would maks
The dates uI the exhibition for this
year were set fof_W�ti�ia Thum-
em
• and Friday, es*t#Ititre , 29th
sad 90th.
Presk1ot Salkeid was attpelated to
delegate to tiro ecouneelieie el the
Fake end Itebibitions Association to
be heat Totvow on February 7th
mid Votes of thanks were tstdcred the
thdsisee�. John n $son and
the W. R Kobwetooa nate
Win. The old auditors were
the year we espe..ted to have thous
straw and tomatoes � a
on the table at tariff -few prices. . t:dligisdo Imo., sent a oomwuni-
Jaw Bzcsrio . :.sties and nineeliressed the meeting.
I lU,bartrh UaanwTlae . fsoors �c uttering of prises
l)r. Ott. of Philadelphia. pr000saess which would tend
sooty lwethleoadbalicylic acid et alae interest in nature
cure for rbeuw*Wsw. But he prod vision d t� sou etlou of the re-
Mst was
ferred to
W. AON<AON & *Oy
soutsern J. P. Hsme, p'inoipal of Goderich
study. Illas
• soissal
to INww
t now boa aMctora for action.
It was decided to mod a,�sleg�su to
the district net titrgl at 'Lrsdon in
order to disease thoroughly !natters
paetaiaiog to obs welfare of the dit-
fiereet fairs, en as to hove the district
delegate well inforiued when he at-
tends the Association meeting ea To-
ronto.
o-
ronto.
re
ably doesn't care about pronouncing
it any oftener than he can help.
Gedericb's Pansies..
eaalltoo dpeeaator.
And so Goderich, on the broad
shores of Lake Huron, is contemplat-
ing adopting tbe pansy as its floral
emblem. Henceforth. its debutantes.
as "only a pansy blossom," Mould ac-
quire an increased attractiveness.
Keeping it Under Control.
I eton Trimmest.
A chap on the train told on thin one.
He said a man he knew bad his wad
stolen and it week later received this
Letter: leer sir—I took your money.
Remorse news my eonecieoce and I
send youflve«iolbtrs. Wben remorse
maws again I will send you some
more."
Lot's Surprise.
Horrors weekly.
"Well, I declare." said Lot, en he
realized drat his wife had been turned
into a pillar of salt. "That's a st
phenomenon. 1 always thought the
old lady was largely pepper."
Wh reupon he dug a salt c31lar and
laid her gently away therein before
•
movii•e on.
.n Opinion from Hamilton.
Hamilton Times.
The Board of Trade ut Goderich
wants to get slaw un enable rnuninipal-
ities to tax merchandise sent through
the mails as soon as it reaches the
consignee. We fear it will not work.
It will be better for them to try to
cultivate local custom then to seek for
laws to establish protective barriers
around each municipality against all
others.
Mere Form.
Montreal Oaseue.
Itis proposed in order us meet the
views of the suffragettes to have the
bridegroom make a vow to obey in
the wedding ceremony the same as
tbe bride. "Thus would they be placed
on •an equality and the advanced
women be satisfied. The result, bow -
ever, would he the same as at present,
when most husbands have to ot'ey
their wives anyway.
The Newspaper Office a University.
Orlllia Packet.
A prominent educationist says a
well-conducted newspaper office is a
splendid university for a boy to grid
uaye from. Acid a high official of the
Mdthodist church of Canada, who
travels from coast to coast., soya if he
bad a dozen boys be should wish
every one to serve an apprenticeship
in a good newspaper office.
The Spoils System
Montreal Witmer.
What is worthy of reprobation is
the openly stated fact that civil ser-
vants are being condemned' to death
on the secret evidence of men who
want their places. This system, who-
ever is guilty of it, is infamous. One
is astounded at the sort of men who,
in Parliament, are boldly associating
tbemselvee with it., and thus placing
an indelible stigma on their own
names. The matter is not at all im-
proved, but made worse, by reverting
to the past, and declaring that the
other party did the same. Those who
make this plea do not pretend that
the other party did right. It amounts
to saying : The defeated party was
rotten, therefore we propose to be.
Bir Max Aitken. the water ed stook
5ifjtissairv, i. sari to be awidiem Mr.
Bear Law. the Mader of the Opped.
tins le that SAVAk Pedisemet, Is
flossing a .rale at lariat fee greet
There IS a Quiet Road.
There io a quiet road
Worn smooth by pilgrim feet.
And over It tall. tender trees
Make shadows where they meet.
We leave the world behind
When on Met read we fare ;
scent ot the rove In summer lane..
And goodly Mao& are there.
And over hins of duok
And through • lonely way
The Reed el Mose tows all ot us
Who weary roe Ups day.
THE GODERICH FAiR,
Annual Meeting of West Huron Agri.
cultural Society—I. Salkdd, President
The annual meeting of the Weat
Huron Agricultural Society was held
Saturday, January 90th in the town
council chamber. {'resident Clark was
in the chair. The principal business
of the meeting was the election of of-
ficers for the year 1912 and the receiv-
ing of the auditors' statement for 1911.
The following officers and directors
were elecfed :
President, Haan Salkeld : first vice-
president, M. McKay: second vice-�
president, A. Young.
Directors south of town—Geo. W.
Andrews, Geo. Salkeld, A. E. Mathe-
son, David Prouse, H. L. Salkeld.
Directors north of town — T. F.
Quaid, J. T. Goldtborpe, C. McNeil,
A. J. Goldthorpe and J. 8. Clark.
Directors for the town of Goderich
—C. A. Reid. T. W. bell, J. A. Fow-
ler, W. F. Clark and J. L Aitken.
Honorary directors—K. N. Lewis,
M. P., Wm. Proudfoot, K. C., M.P.P.,
M. G. Cameron. K, C., Robt. McLean.
Wm. Warnock, 1.. L. Knox, J. N.
Kernighan, John McClure, Jas. Con-
nolly, B. C. ?dunning', J. W. Salkeld
land W. E. Kelly.
Below is a statement of the receipts
and expenditures of the Society for
the year 1911. showing a balance on
hand of $L9L 13.
sometimes It's Unwise to Substitute
What You Ask tor.
A great decal ret fait has been ex-
pended nn the evils of substitution Om -
celled) that is .oceewbat wide of the
mark.
The dealer ham Men made out to be
a monster of awtol mien l and bad
*l
mers. He ie,.Natured as whim beet
to
min his renovation with
friends. his customers. by urgg
in
them to take something inferior
merely became he makes a few cents
mere money no it.
Take a paekated medicine. for in-
stance. It le notsr'inum that there are
many widely -advertised patent medi-
cines that trade so heavily on their
came that they do not wive the quan-
tity nor sometimes even the quality
that make a fade return fnr your
money, Some other packaged medi-
cine of a similar nature is known to
the druggist to do both. and his tell-
ing his eu•torners shout it is just rut -
other sort 01 advertising that tends to
secure a square deal for the public.
A drnggiet under much circuen-
ensue/se is to IM Nxnmendal for telling
him customers of better val.r.a M he
ensured, sort it is only goo4 burins
that he should an en.
Ynur protection is in the fact that
he ham Nor matfnlied himself of tits
merits rf the gryde before h. n.uid he
persuaded to offer them to hie cue -
tamers.
No dealer, unless lie is insane, is
likely to offer you /went/thine else un-
loose it ie we good. • if not better. than
what you ask for.
MAIL ORDER HOUSES.
Board of Trade Adopts Resolutise Ask-
ing Legislature to Tax Them.
At the 'adjourned meeting of the
Board of Trade on Monday evening
the question of the tax.tion of mail
order houses was further d`acusenntl.
and the following resolution was fin-
ally adopted :
Mooed by Neil C. Cameron. sernnded
by Dermot McEvoy. that this Boatel.
after careful eons(derstinn, is nab/tied
that the large departmental stores
and others which carry on business'
by the system known as the retail
mail order and catalogue evatems are
doing a ocelot's injnry to the mer-
chants throughout the Province, and
as they onntrihute nothing towards j
the upkeep of the various municipali-'
ties: resolved. that an effort be made
to rensedy, or at any rate mitigate, •
this evil, and for that purpose the
Local Legislature be requested to paw i
an Act oompeiling roampa nies and nor -
sons conducting such hominess/1 either
to pay a flied annual litenee fee to
each municipalityin which goods are
sold and delivered by said mean.. our
to pay an aeseasmnot by way of per-
centage on the v.olrre of the goods eo
.old and delivered in any municipality
other than the noeJ0 which they are
aseereed and hay.l,,,,bhelr ehief place of
husinees. And further he it resolved. 1
that the various hoard. of trade
throughout the Proviso, he, communi-
cated with and requested to take this
matter up with their loe,d members
and urge on them to assist in procur-
ing the said legislation.
More OonWert for ta• Travelling
To meet the desire* of the travelling
Fulfills the Comedian Pr rifle Railway
Elitibacpcst Realley.
to to God/wick inwrieg
=fteihmed p r. to on Sim
eel Lestoend bo dueler where
tetresiteseets can be obtained la sate
Itse et a wm7 MON seek es mei* W.
wawa Tweet° and Seelpit
'The oempany bee beets
as Its foreeight le wrangles ser -
rico
RIG( cirri'.
Omits- owl (Vasty
Meme MI fe :
tElt Ile
Doneasies
11111 Th
Rent et areesea. Nana. see
The Woman's Missionary Society of
North street Methndist church will
meet Monday afternoon, February
5th, at 3 p. in., in the church. The
rest fund will be taken. All mem-
bers are requested to he present.
Sieet
11714 It
essitiama
mans. ste nem se
tei
Ilislesee Om MEM $
Thie seetbstr of maim made as Wet
year's eabibitine was IAN. The
memo! of seeney offered ter prime
wee .188.80 ; the auntanet awarded
wee fib end she emenent paid was
Oft
"Dr. Miles' Nervine
Completely Cured
Our 'Little Boy of
Fits."
Y Y. C. A. MJ:0..
LONDON. ONT.
last season upwantSjOrtia
DUNNE;S and SHORTHAND
s and placed every titadsilte- Saves
pdally qualified regular teachers. Coe
Modred and fifty London Arms emplo,
our trained help Collin session iter,
Sept. 5 to June S0. Enter any time.
Cst.1Tree-
Forest
:
Faest /Vl�j`y ik ntCollege
J. N. Wrsuvn.t..tt. J. W. Wzsrtavrur.
Chan end Arxwulaat t'vistdtN}
Vlof Marvel tui
SPOTTON
Stands for all that is modern in
Businbes Training. A Chain of
Seven Colleges in leading towns
and cities. Two Thousand stu-
dents in our College arid Home
btudy last year. We train from
ten to twenty student. , for
every one trained by most
schools. There's a rea.•on.
freely admitted that our gradu-
ates get best positions, and the
demand for them is 'seven"
times the supply. Exclusive
right for Ontario of the fatuous
Blies Book - keeping liystem.
You may study at home, or
partly at home and finish at the
College. A Btisine.s Education
pays a divideod ovary s7 of
your lite. - -
WINTER TERM FROM
JAN. 2, 1912
Call or write for particulars.
Spotton Business
College
CLINTON, ONT.
Miss B. F. Ward, Principal.
STOCKTAKING
SALE
Portieres sad Draperies
Don't ..s seeing this oolleetioo for January selling, Pettiness.
3 yards long, 50 incite. wide. blowy iiQpteioN ill srlitaron14
mod browse. ►.wily tringed, regular O0'per pair for..,,..
LAW
Forty pairs. full 8j yard is ong. Curtails' edges, and good width.
regular elk, foe per pair • • • • �e
Twenty -Ave pities white lace Curtains. In tour patterns. hon
width aod spl id net, regular 11004 for lie
Thirty pairs new Lace Curtains, full loggth and in Dew Set
patterss,.regular $L25. For January only alio
Floor
Tapestry Brussels Rugs eekly siu�mleas, in extra heavy pile
and patterns oskected, up for dining -rooms. living -room or
parlor.
8iae8 z 3 yards, regular $10.00, for $,350
31 4 yards, regular $10.bo, for SS.75
x 4 geode, regular 317.00. for $18.60
Sii 4{ yards r guler $90. for 31,{.00
Axminster and Velvet ,tugs in every size made' os sale &CB)
per mot. under value.
Ladies' Fur Coats
Arttaeban Lamb Coate, 24 to 87 taches long. eplesdltily made
and lined with beet satin or fanned Betio, very stylish, skin/ well
matched, glossy and beautiful Bari, rises 85 to 44.
Regular Coate for $E)
Restates MID Coats for IBM
Regular :95 Costs for $14
Cloth Coats, Fur -hand Coats, River Migk Coats,
Muskrat Coats
Values are cut to about half and choice is vt-ry large.
9lafterlds palisreu for this month all in steed.
delineator on ads and subscriptions taker! al $I.50 per sawn delis ened.
W ACHESON a SON
Garments produced by Martin
Bros. are distinctively individ-
ual. They're different. 1t
isn't just fancy. You find
out when you wear them.
LOGS
WANTED
The undersigned will pay
the highest cash pekes for
all kinds of good logs, de-
livered at. our 5 1 1 1,
north of M.rRwan s (�
Yard.
CUSTOM
SAWING
end general mill work done
promptly and et reasonable
rates.
For prices sad particular
inquire at office.
Painting Carriages
Painting Carriages
I do all lion of Fine Carriage P-.intiug and ►+elect and
Antique Furniture Finishing.
Bring your Carriages, Autos. Pianos dud Furniture of
every description.
Fifteen years' experience in the hest Piano and Org a
Factories in Toronto, Hamilton and Woe. 'stock.
Satisfaction guaranteed or no charge.
A family can suffer no greater
affliction than to have a child sub-
ject to fits or epilepsy. Many a
father or mother would give their
all to restore such a child to health.
arn heartily glad to tell you of
our lade boy sho was completely
cured of fits. I le commenced hav-
ing deem at to years of age and had
them .or four years. I tried three
doctors -and one specialist bat all of
them said he coodd not be cured.
hut Dy. Miles' Restorative Nerve's
and Dr. Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills
made a compete owe. He to now
:isle, hearty and gay. It has bees
Ouse years since he bad the Isst s IL
1 Wall give Dr. Mike
prs:.e wherever go. Von me si
liberty to use this fetter ss yea sei
fit old anyone writing to me 1 WM
family s tswer if they tractors stamp
reply -
F. M. inscPY, Windfall, Ind
Dr. Miles' Nervine
is just what it is represented to be,
• medicine coin pomaded especially
for nervous diseases. such as fits,
spasms, St. Vitus' dance, convul-
sions awl epile;av These diseases
frequently lead to insanity or cause
weak minds. Dr. iles' Nervine
has proven most effective in renew-
als three lretded nudadies.
Sole by sit dame's -G. If the first benne
teas lo bereft( yowir Sellyalay es eeteetwal.
MILOS VIROICal CO.. Terra, Cada
(iaderich
Lumber & Milling Co.
Prepare for Sleighing
Before purchasing
for the coming win-
ter, call and in=
the carload or
land and Piano Box
JOHN A. KNOX
Domtsioa Carriage
Works. Goderiek.
Cutters
wish% have NA lir
rived and are now
on view in iny show
rooms. For
Eleganandce
Comfort
the mitten manu-
factured by Mesvirs.
Wm. Grey, Sons
Omihatrpummihasn.. cannot be
HIGH IN QUALITY
LOW IN PRIOR
Cense and select yours white
you have dm full ruse to
ehrrwie from
RoOrt Wilma
Hwinilton Street
asemeeteommertmeseempoitiet
1
Bargains in iStoves
We %Woad like to talk to you
about the bargains we are offer-
ing in Stoves. For the oext
thirty days, and for perhaps
longer, we will give tan per med.
discount on the prices of all
Stoves—Heaters and Range.—
whisk we bans in the store. We
bore the MAMMA Ranges whicn
that places them le the first
rank. Art Series& Souvenir,
sad Moffatt& nesters. Any ef
three you will find are just what
t want. We have them In
t saes. seitable for any
aim et • bones or room.
Jima a word slant our
Blankets
We have a good stoat of Horse Rhsokets. the alssa that 'SSW'
on." Whet they last ten per aim. off.
FRED HUNT