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tOUERI/'R. THURSDAY. NOV. 21. WL
THE STAR IN LINE.
produces between Canada ted tbli
ed States could benefit both pro -
and ooneunter should make au
attemptfcs
look at the matter (t the
light thra o on is by this report or
the TomeiBoard of Trade.
A CONTRAST.
Tomato liter.
In Hochelaga. the Liberals have not
placed a caudidate in the field. and The
Montreal Herald. Liberal, advises the
wnembets of its party to vute for Mr.
Cuderre, the new Minister.
In 1910 tbere was a bye -election io
Arthribaska. The issue was the nary.
The candidate supporting the Laurier
Government was opposed by a Natioo-
*11st, upon the ground that the Laur-
i
ier Gov eroutent bad organized a navy.
Among the Nationalist speakers who
took this ground was Mr. Mantel, who
is today a member of the Borden Gov-
ernment. .
Conservatives also gave the Nation-
alist candidate their support. Mr.
Foster. now Minister of Trade and
Commerce. and Mr. Rogers. now Min-
ister of the Interior. Loth advised tbe
electors to vote for the Nationalist
candidate. ''
Mr. Foster's action was all the more
remarkable because he had supported
the naval resolutions moved ty Sir
Wilfrid Laurier in Parliament and
had strongly advocated a Canadian
navy as preferable to direct conttibu-
cione.
The lioderich Star has taken The
Signal's advice and has been doing
some thinking, with the result that it
now states that what it wants is &
contract for a "supply of Hydro -elec-
tric poaet which will -include the de-
velopmeot of the Maitland River."
That is just the kind of contract
The Signal has been working for. and
it is a pleasure to see that The Star
has come around to the position
which this paper has taken :dl al ung.
THE HIGH (OST OF LIVING.
A committee of (lir Toronto Board
of Trade has issued a report en "The
High Cost of Living" which eppeateto
be a deliverance of real value. The
report sets forth the facts:, First.
that there bas been a worldwide in-
crease in the coif of living : second.
that Canada has to a great extent ex-
perienced this tendency : and. third,
that it costa much more, to live in Tor-
onto than in the smaller centres of
Ontario. Following this statement of
existing conditions, causes and revue•
dies are discussed.
Reasons given for the universal ad-
vance in prices are the great and
steady increase in the production of
gold and the enormous growth of ex-
penditure by the great nations of the
world in preparations for war.
For the advance in the cost ot living
iu Canada the city ward trend of popu-
lation and the absence of free com-
petition in- the '-ale of foodstuffs are
causes assigned.
Local conditions. such as inadequate
market facilities. high rents, and cir-
cuuntancee making it possible fur
merchant". especially wholesale, to
combine and control the supply of
foodstuffs. are held responsible for the
fact that pricee in Turunto ale so
much higher than in other place', in
tbe Province.
Foodstuffs are found to be higher in
price in Canada than in England -a
finding which fully beau., out an argu-
ment which was frequently used in
the discussion of reciprocity last year.
A paragraph of the report is as fol.
lows:
EDITORIAL NOTES.
It is teported from Ottawa that a
redietribution bill will not be intro-
duced at the session now opening.
Perhaps the members from Western
Canada a patt of the country that is
now under -represented, will have
something to say about this.
At the opening of ti -e first session of
the newly -elected Legislature of Sask-
atchewan the address in reply to the
speech from the Throne was moved by
5. J. Latta. a former Huron county
school teacher wbu now represents
the constituency of Last Mouot•in.
Tbousanois of people are living in
Toronto in abject misery. They are
herded together in noisome slum
dwellings where their health is under-
mined. their moral stamina weakened
and their zeal for work destroyed.
This is from The Toronto News. It
would have put bis life in dangerif a
(frit advocating reciprocity had made
such a statement just a little over a
year ago.
BIG
At
Out in tee FieidS with Chad.
The liW meet that betted ass.
I lost then yet terear
Ammo Measles .aero tae sat.
Ames tat winds at Wes;
eases rho Mertes et tb. err
T be minas et the teed%
writhe oho einele. at tae tie,
The huerantt.. of tae beim
The foaasb tsars of what sdgM* happes-
I east toss all away
Aaesaa the ca=rer -so ettd grass.
Auras the Dew mown hay ;
Amoss the hunkiug of ter more.
Whore drew.), poppies nod.
Where W thoughts ale and good are sere-
r tat 1a the adds with God.
-Elizabeth Barrett Brownies,
FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
A Lecky Farther.
tsetse Ad moue
A London toad farmer says that be
has oar hag of sound potatoes out of
the fifty bushels that he dug.
Why the Spec Worries.
Hamilton Spectator.
Do not be at all surprised if the
present struggle in the Balkans de-
velops into a tight between the com-
batants thetusel'ies over a division of
the spoils.
Why Aretaton Agitate.
(ewes CiUssn.
GQ'',
CR . :ONTARIO
FREEADV11J
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Thousands Mire Bess HeIpadl
By C',oainsen Sera
Wangs were,* from w ferret fe-
male Wm are invited to epdsioata
Fm�r wide demonism �a pdaa
Tsto rre-
iPmt�esps dspaetaent of the Lydia L
Neither Medisine Co., Lynn. Marg.
Year Mir will be opened. red ad
eswred by a women and held 1s strict
essddsre. A woman ran freaky talc et
her private mesas to a wawa; tins has
boss ootaWbhhd a conddhntlal terra'
spondseoe which ►es extended wee
=say yore ani which has as bass
Wire. Nat have they pa'lfi" a
tsslieodd ere used a letter without aha
writer Deana of dr writer. and aerie
has tbs'Caspeny allowed tber.t000bden-
del lettere to get eat of their poseuniss.
ser the hoodreds of tbooads tet them le I
their dies wID attest
Out of the wet volume of
draw Class,. tt =perigees
MIM I
effort on bs. part. and %without ----- b than that they
prom the very
Today Vincent Astor, without any w5pos
bddbM ' 8.
L BTa pp
et the
Singer Store
offers at good priors and MRM
all styles of Singer Sewing YM
chisee.
Some gond eeoond-bar ree
ebine* formate.
Oil, attachment', repairs and
needles for every make of lege
chine.
Aswan stock of fancy Roar
onside. such as hand kerchieb r
apeon", cape. bap, etre
Eiderdown yarn for caps and
inetructiooe given Cut making
tonne.
Irish crochet jabot.., Lace sod
insertion oo hand and wed, tae
order Also.
Satin roses for hat -trimming.
Stamped centrepieces, doilies.
rte.. and embroidery thread.
Stamping Ione at moderate
OS%ee.
uting a single sou to the wealth or
welfare of the world, receive* $70,000.-
00t1. It is small wonder that agitators
should agitate.
Why Jingoes Exist
Toronto Star.
The Turks found their ammunition
boxes filled with soap, and many of
their cartridges were blacks. War is
a tine game for the grafters. Itis no
wonder that some of them are contin-
ue'', 'rying to inflame the great pow-
er - contlicL
Borden's Hard Job.
Acadian iteoorder.
If Mr. Borden is able to carry nut a
policy in accord witb the stand taken
on every o'casioo since being leader of
his party. then • corkscrew ie a
straight fine. twice two is pix. grass
can be blue, riven flow uphill, and
navigators can steer notth by south
and east by west.
This is the North Street Dictator.
according to out local contemporary.
We have no particular objection to
the Lille, except that it does not seem
to fit. The Signal claims that the
people should have a chance to vote
on the power question. Is that the
mark of a "dictator On the other
hand. the spect.acle presented over on
Welt street, where the editor has
been hounding the Mayor to hurry
up and sign a contract neither he nor
the Mayor has ever seen, Without; giv-
ing the people an opportunity of say-
ing "Yes" or "No," smacks strongly
of the Would-be Dictator.
One cause operating io Canada as a
whole which permit,' the prices of
foodstuffs to be higher in Canadian
cities than in London is the tax levied
on imports of food from abroad and
paid, ot course, by the Canadian con-
sumer. This tax was iuteoded to pro-
tect the Canadian farmer in times of
Canedian scar.ety and to be inopera-
tive In times of Canadian plenty. but
Cie development c1 the packing and
canning industries. coupled with the
growth of cold -storage facilities. his
made it possible today for i group of
men to entirely control the prices at
which our termer!' must sell certain
pioducts-newly all the possible buy-
ers being in the group and also to
maintain the price.. at which the con-
sumer roust buy the wine products up
to the level of the foreign price. plus
freight. plus duty. We all know ow
high are the prices of domestic fruit
and vegetables, while imported tropi-
cal frusta. upon which there is no
duty. are said to be as cheap in Toson-
to ere in any other city outaide tbe
tropics. It was never intended
that a tax imposed to protect the
fennel* should be used by dealers
to corner dor»Mtic moduce. If
Argentine beef. New Zealand mut-
ton. and Australia) butter, for ex-
ample. had free wares tr. Canada, no
one could doubt that the prices of
these commodities would at once drop
to about the i.oedoo level. and it is
Lpretty rettaio chat the Canadian pro -
would, on the average, get at
lost as much as be is getting now.
That 151. tat on Use importation of
food has resulted in raising the price
of food to all who live within the
taxed arts is now clearly seen by tbe
hin=t -W classes of Germans- and of
Lastsia. sail is apparently itecooieg
rimier gores in the United Poetise la
tbass eouwtrtes manufacturers ted
_.salami crowede are joining tom,*
with the reser 1. dlereodtes
rumwat et the tax ea fnodatufe aha
Them peewees whit were nimble to
re how the freeing of trade la est..
knowledge needed In yaw ears. i'lofh-
iag M irked is retire aserpk Ts
rack Surly m4 will. and their abbe hr lei de
woman, rich oc pow.
should be glad to
t a k • advantage of
this generous Geer
ot assistance. Ad-
Ptak -
hem Medicine Oa,
(oonfideitisp_Ly
Every wnremas aught to Yaw
Lydia E. Ptakaaes 110.saigia
Text Book. It 8. tet a book Ise
general distag ssfiss► as It Is too
expensive. It le tree awl awls
Obtainable 4 riga Int
t today.
forces are driving the Turks Before
Saved by a Wodoagrnao them in a rout of disceter and deft at,
Toronto Star. and when the powete of Europe ate
apparently at one in con•-.d'ng the
tight of both victory and ocen et on
to the Balkan allies, the e'at'rrnent of
the great British state. nen I*. rimer -
remarkable piophecv whit•h has al-
most been fulfilled. A Letter instance
of that faculty of tat-sighttesrase
which he peset:ad to in l•rtte *degree
could hardly be found. By Novi -inter
:•.11th nest the prophecy . ruay have
found its complete fulfilment.
A disgraceful riot in the British
House d Commons is started by aris-
tocrats. They burl epithets like
"traitor':" and "apes" at the respon-
sible Minister, of the Crown, and fin-
ally resort to physical violence.
A battle royal is threatened when
"Will Crooke, tbe Labor member.
poured oil on the troubled waters by
starting the singing of Auld Lang
Syne."
If the cases had been reversed. what
lectures we should have read on the
decline of the fine old aristocratic
manners of the House of Comwooe,
caused by the entrance of the Leber
members and other representative* of
the common people.
Deuooeracy never was more trium-
phantly vindicated than when the
British House of Commons, converted
into a bear garden by the members of
the privileged classes. is recalled to t
decency and commonsense by a work-
ingman.
Those who read The Signal's article
of two weeks ego on the position of
the Ontario Liberal party would be
surprised to see how The London Free
Press twists it into an admission that
the Liberals will use the temperance
policy "for purposes of gaining power"
and will endeavor to win Conservative
temperance men from their party
aMliation in order to bring victory to
the Liberal party. This is to absolute,
and cannot be other than a deliberate.
wistepreaentation of The Signal's
article, which The Free Prete takes
good care not to publish. What The
Signal actually did say was that prob-
ably very few Conservative temper
ance men would leave their party on
this issue, and there was not the
slightest suggestion that it should be
made a party cry in order to win poli-
tical success. But The Free Press
seems to be incurably crooked. and
the pursuit of • liar ie almost a hope-
less task.
Borden's Chace.
Hatauton Times.
It was only the other week that our
Minister of Militia picked out Armand
Lavergne aa Canadian military repre-
sentative at the Balkan -Turley war,
but Mr. Lavergne backed out at the
last moment and refused to go. Now
that gentleman comes out with the
announcetnent tbat be was offered a
portfolio by Mr. Borden when be was
making up his Cabinet, and so far the
Pretnier bas not denied the statement.
Now it might interest the British -born
and the Imperialists in our midst to
know what kind of man Mr. Lavergne
was tad why Mr. Bolden wanted to
do him such honor. During the
I)rummond-Ar thabaskaville campaign
Le Devoit, Mr. Bouts/ma's own paper,
reported Mr. Levet-glee se saving at
&enfold : "We are French -Cana -
diens, not English. Irrench-('ana-
dians will nut go down on their knees
before the English. They will not
have their backbones smashed for
them. Vote agftinst Sir Wilfrid
Laurier. who wants to buy $15.0101.000
worth of guos." Mr. Lavergne was
Mr. Bout sass 1 lieutenant in the gen•
eral election campaign, and. naturally,
subscribed to all the Nationalist
speeches in opposition to a Canadian
navy and in attack. upon Great Brit
ain and the British people. He never
repudiated any of these, and does not
now repudiate them.
And this is the man Sam Hughes
wanted to send to the Balkan& to rep-
resent Canada, and he is the man Mr.
Bolden wanted to exalt to it Cabinet
pwition. If the Empire bleeds to be
saved, it is Irmo such individual. as
Mt. Kaden and Mr. Hughes.
The Winnipeg Telegram, the Man-
itoba Government organ. makes a
vicious attack upon Rev. C. W. Gor-
don t"Ralph Connor") necause he had
the temerity to second a resolution in
a meeting 4 the Presbyterian synod
at Brandon deploring the methods
uaed in the recent bye -election in the
constituency of Macdonald. "Gor-
don." says The Telegram. '•ie a man
entirely under the dominion of his
peeelons and prejudices and incapable
of sane judgment on any shatter even
remotely connected with politica' --
and much more to the name effect
The impression of one reading Tb.
Telegram's outburst is that if any per-
son has lost his wit. It is the edIos
who penned the articlewhich only
serves to draw public at sea1.1ou mere
closely to the workbags el the asses
ts&ehine. The election .4 Mantra.
the Ooaserretive meditate 1e the
lyaadesald contest, la 1.. en attacherd
Is the emirts. and the trial et tie orae
pwtdua to bootee.* one of tbe famous
isgliests 4 Maaltobsie estitteat Mfr
Mrs.
Mr. Gladstone's Prophecy.
Ottawa ( Mese
Tbitty three years ago the Mhofthis
month, Mr. Gladstone made a proph-
ecy during a .perch at Edinburgh t bat.
regarded in the light of recent events.,
is to be considered remarkable. He
said :
"Who is it that ought to posse.&, who
is it that ought to swapp those rich
and fertile countries kdown as com-
prise what is called the Balkan pen-
ibsula' It seems to be agreed tbat
the time is ecme wben all real may of
Turkish power over those fair prov-
ince.. must erase, if it were ooly by
reason of impotence. Who, then. ie to
have auceeoaloe to Turkey From the
bottom of my heart, with the fullest
eon victims of my understanding. I will
give you my reply --a reply which 1
am perfectly ewiain is a tree, gener-
ous, unaniwtous ecbo in your bosons.
That suooee&ioo Is not to pose to Rus-
sia. It is not to patio to Austria. 1t
is =set to per to Ens land, unite, what-
ever ware of At.gbTnrklah coarse-
tr. or within,/ else It Ito pass to
the puspe of those rountrise ; to those
who have inhabited them foe so many
oeaturiee ; to thcleet who bad roared
them to a *tote of vitalisation woes the
wrest calamity of Ottoman realest
swept like a wild waw over that
portion of ter* earth. and Myriad that
eivilizatket ond.v its overwhelming
torn -
tn three toter days white the Balkan
Jr___111 .. , -emeses • _....+e+..'.+ww
CENTRAL
BUSINESS COLLEOE
STRATFORD. ONT.
WILL YOU
..rite fur the large free ental sera se
.s
i h .chool. and you win leers h•w flan
can auCC55d It will then rat w4► gra
to decide if you w.8 succeed.
Wefare placing student. Itl
nay Ina Sar) to pro per annum. w.
hare many loch applioalInfo for
which we cannot supply. The
time to eat -r our class is now. Write
fir onr tree catalogue at omen.
GD. A. )tcLACHLAN. Principal.
W. ACHESON a SON
e' 4pr W. AOH SON 1.8ON
CURTAINS
AND CURTAIN NETS
We plane one entire tableful of new Curtain Materials
at ado prices. also about one hundred pairs sof Swigs sad
Nottingham Curtsies.
Curtain Scrims mNote in a large choice. all this sea- 19
son' , 15c and 3Uc, forss telc
.
Swim Curtains. Se yards coag afun wid15. 11.00 $1
and 18.50, for and
.75
Nottingham Curtains, 34 yards long, $2.50, for 111.$O
Sale of Corsets
Nearly one hundred pairs of beautiful stylish Corsets, balances
of P. D. and bait-adoaen other prominent makes we ate dis-
continuing, made of finest materials and splendid models, rsog-
tng in prima. 11.00. $1.25, IY.00 and $2.50. Saturday and e
W
Monday we will clear them at your choice W
New Dress flaterials
Sierqui.sttes and Voiles. new Persian patterns in materials
of crisp beautiful qualities, latest creation for dresses or .)
dainty waists, thirty loch wide materials. Special
Floor Coverings
Heavy Velvet and Axminster Squares. 3x3 yards, sale price
*12; 3x3i yards, for 115; Set yards, for 118.
Furs and Pur Coats
Natural Muskrat Coats, fifty inches, long, wade from select
Canadian skins, semi -fitting, deep storm collar and large
revers. Tined throughout with guaranteed satin. $75*00
Special price ...... Vll
Ameriean Seal Plush Coat, fifty inches loos, lined with
best satin and guaranteed, large.00llar of Sable fur. The hand-
somest garment we ever offered for anywhere near $��C`fn� 0�((��
the price. Special • �W.W
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EDUCATION
THAT PAYS
is just the kind you go'- under the very
bt,,t conditlon at any of Shaw 'a Schools.
Tereetn-The Central Budneaa Collette
-The Ceotrai Telegraph School. tad
font city Bramrh Business Schools Our
new curriculum explains tee practical
.-nurre.vee. Write for a copy. K. R.
"haw. President. Tong* nil Gerrard
etrrat.. Toronto.
"Highly Recommended."
"I would certainly recommend that you get a Gurney -
Oxford, Mary. Mother had one, and when I furnished
my house, I got one; Every maid 1 ever had has
been enthusiastic about the Gurney -Oxford."
" What are its good points r
" Well, the blest is that it cooks and bakes like a dream.
I never tasted such golden brown biscuits or such flukey
pastry as my Gurney -Oxford turns out, and roasts,
fowls and puddings are always a success."
" Is it easy to operate r
" My dear, it's simplicity itself. The Gurney Econo-
mizer, which you cannot get on any other range,
regulates the fire simply by putting one small lever up
or down. You never beard of anything se simple.
And by a systems of divided fines Nae ovate is always
uniformly heated. You know what that awns—biscuits,
bread, roasts, not one half overdone and the other half
underdone, but properly Bose all through. Yes, hay
dear, you take my advice as 1 Ise& fir's, and get
a Gurney -Oxford Ranges"
C. J. HARPER
Goderich - Ontario
The. Signal ro NEW SUBSCRIBERS $la0o
to Jan. 1st 1914, for
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RAGLAN SHOULDER. and also the easiest adjusted
two-way collar made. Our stock includes all that i,
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Prices for Men's Overcoats $10 to $25
Prices for Boys' Overcoats $ 4 to $ 8
Our Special Order Business
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made to special measure by the famous 2oth Century
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to chcose from.
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Agent for 20th Century Clothiog, Staoield's Underwear, ging Hats
411
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GOAL OIL RATERS.—beet the thing 10 take the chill � Y
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