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THE TOWN COUNCIL.
The time for choosing a municipal
council for the coming year is ap-
proaching closely, tut so far hardly
a word his been heard as to probable
candidates It is altogether likely that
several members of the, present coun-
cil will ret ire at the end of the term,
&Id their should be some movement
towards the securing of good men to
tike their places.
The selection ora touoicipel council
is so mu, h of a haphazard proceeding
iu Godeticb—and we presume Ciode-
ricb is not much different from other
towns io this respect—that it is a
wonder the results ate so good as they
are. Better resu', , .i..ubtleie could he
had if the citizens would take a more
lively and more personal interest in
seeing that good candidates ate
brought out.
Cannot something be done this year
in • concerted way t. secure several
good new men to take the places of
those who are about to retire from the
council ?
TRYING TO SOAK THE FARMER.
The secretary --treasurer of the
Sarnia Fence Company makes certain
charges that should be ventilated on
the Boca of Parliament. He states
that Major Currie, M. P. for North
Siwcoe, tried to force his company
into a merger by stating that the
Government was about to take wire
for farm fencing orf the free Hat and
piece a duty on it, by which means the
Canadian steel intermits were to se-
cure control of the wire market in
Canada, freeze out the independent
conipany, and then, of eourae, make
the farmers pay more for their fencing
wire.
incidentally this is another illustra-
tion of the way in which protection
benefits tbe fanner/
ABOLISH THE SENATE.
1e it not time for the Liberal party
of Canaille to inscribe afresh upon its
banners the motto, "Abolish the
Senate" ?
The Senate is well-nigh useless at
any time. Sometimes it may he harm-
fully obstructive. it is easy to imagine
circaws•ances in which it might be a
inenacc to popular government.
Always it is an expense.
it is out of joint with modern in-
atitut' If the democracy of Can-
ada cannot be trusted to rule through
its elected representatives, without
the interference of an assembly of
political failures, misfits and hasbeens,
we might as well conclude that
democratic government in Canada is
an impossibility and hark back to the
days of plutocracy and star champed
rule.
Either- the Canadian senate is a
ridiculous institution or out belief In
representative institutions is only
pretence.
rHE LESSON OF HOCHELAGA.
In the 1)ruwwond and Arthabaska
bye -election, previous to the last gen-
eral elections. the Conservatives and
Nationalists combined to defeat the
Liberal caodidate. At that time, as
now, the Liberal party stood for a
Canadian navy, in a oordaoce with a
resolution previou.ly passed to the
Hours of Commons with the approval
and eo-operation of Mr. Breeden and
tis ether Conservative leaders go
deeperet dy modem however were
the Conaervatives for a party victory
that they openly •'rpportsd the
Natloestet esadidattand at least
three at tam iwsben of the prom=
Otlbise1 advised the Oesservativse d
ONamMll sell Avthabeaka to veep
iter the r--' ellen. wits deal. Qas-
saa imagparrindan taNs irMsa► too Ref dime h
What a eoNreet leanehelaga lot
THE SIGNAL GODERICH : ONTA RTO
week! Thema s. ve Moister
was opposed by Mr. Doyon on the
Natiosaliet pla&iores. The Liberal
garesatioo wok no part in the
bat The Montreal Herald, the Hogllsb
Liberal daily, and Ise Canada, the
French Liberal paper of the city, ad-
vised the Liberals to vote for Mr. Cod -
erre. the Conservative candidate. In
preference to the Nationalist. Ms.
°adorre was elected, of course.
Conservative organs now make the
belated announcement that "the
people of tlushec are just as loyal to
British co*nectiou w the people of
any other Province." No thanks,
however. to the Conservative party,
who were ready to make use of Ne.
tionalism, as in the Drummond•Artha-
bask& contest, so long as it suited
their party purposes.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Ottawa M. P.'s want another
raise of salary, this time to $3,010 a
session. Ever notice how these salary
raids happen after an election—not
just before an election
Having failed to sell the city's bonds
in London, the city treasurer of Tor-
onto will try W dispose of them in
New York. Strange, isn't it, that the
most "loyal" city in the Empire
should thus encourage Yankee annex-
ation designs!
Sir G. W. Ross bits Leen chosen by
the Liberal Senators to lead tbe Op-
position in the ,second chamber. It is
perhaps entirely fitting that an old
Tory tools, hack like Sit George Koss
(although called a "Liberal") should
occupy such a position in the chamber
of arcbaics.
A Winnipeg wan opened a barrel of
Ontario apples and found in it a uote :
"I got 75 cents for this barrel of ,
apples. How much did you pay tor;
it?" ,The Winnipeg man paid $5.75 I
When producer and consumer in '
Canada get a little closer together'
there will not be so nu:b tack about
the high cost of living.
Reports from Ottawa indicate Yhat;
Mackenzie and Mann are again look-
ing to Parliament for aid in'their rail -1
way plans. If a calculation were
made of the land and money grants
and various other forms of assistance
received by these men frnni Federal
and Provincial Parliaments. the re-
cult would be a staggering total.
The End of the Day.
Here's the end o' the day,
An' thi,. weary onld planet
Turns again to the grey,
Dewy dusk that began it.
An' meself that's no more
Nor a midge or • Ilea
Or • sand o' the shore.
- %t'oa'd be thlnkiu' o' me
At the end co' the day t
Here's the end o the day,
An' it's Rule I'm wivoln'
Wid my toilin' away
Sins the same was begin nin
But for all I'm 'o .mall.
Trudgin' on by my lone.
If no evil befall
I've a world 0 my own
At the endo the day.
Herr s the end o' the day.
An the .+tan, gr twin' bolder.
Now the sur 1. away.
Peep above the hill's shoulder.
Au"tie they that coo see
That the dusty boreen
Is the king's road for me
To my casUe an' queen.
At the end o the day.
T. A. Darr
THE SESSION OPENS.
NOT MUCH IN THE SPEECH FROM
THE THRONE.
Naval Policy of Government Still a
Subject for Guessing—No Prom-
ise of a Redistribution. but More
Western Senators to Be Appointed
--The Hochelaga Result.
Ottawa, Nov. 21st. —Parliament's
opening today was a brilliant time -
tion, as befit• the opening • f tbe Par-
liament of Great Britain's fleet over-
sewn dominion. presided over by a
Royal Duke. the uncle of the King.
In all its us state trappings it
was a • en id piece of ceremony,
beautifully staged and admirab
acted.
But ae an illumination of the course
too be pursued by the Government and
the work for which Parliament las
Seen summoned it left much to be de-
ists -ed. The speech from the Throne,
as pot into the mouth of the Royal
Governor by Premier Borden. was
little more thee a series of platitudes.
more remarkable for what it did not
saythanfor anything it ventured to
grI
There were centime admissions
that (beads had had weather during
the past ossa ser, that Illus had hers
• harvest aid that a s either d hon, I
g�rrsaests had been welanasd is Our
daMa Tho rig pisses of Be.
thematioa, wit h s tisane t..
tate Debi of OS'e trip .nos.
tbe.seMsaat. esieupb.l the eager pot
t,
eaelisiase Osumid'e rade (raise
bad reads' that of
scar. sod dist as a eat
til small Ms raver gat W been
ISM lssgsmt this over.
I whto!► Icy
g Vag.
oleins kiarlrm interest.
the.
.o+utios Bowe ltMtjc had yet cos= to
Easikateleit Teamed issue was left
Y I�wM before t lbs
Was not one
worth 1R k5 show that the
moushad been in labor for
V) 'Ithpg hal even brought forth a
mouse -
Ali that was vouchsafed to au
anxious public was the fact that after
Mr. Bordeo and his Ministers bad
spent so witch time in England this
year they had concluded something
must be done by Canada. Tbat con-
clusion had been reached years ago by
the Laurier Government and prepera•
tions made to take definite action—
rpantioos which were nullitled only
the overturn of the Government iu
111 and the return of a Government
without & policy.
Referring to the visit of four of the
Ministers to England. the addreas
said : "Important discussions took
place, and condlUons were discled
which in the oploion of say advtsereos
render it imperative that the effective
naval knees of the Empire should be
etreggtheoed without delay. My ad-
visers are of the opinion that it is the
duty of Canada at thin juncture to
offer reasonable and nerewry aid for
that purp.ue. A hill will be intro-
duced accordingly:"
With such cursory generalities was
this important natter dismissed. 4
supporter of the Laurier policy moot
well say that at most it amounts to a
confession that at last the Ministry
had wakened up to the fact that
Canada should do something in the
matter of naval defence. After all
that has been said about an emer-
gency the address makes no mention
of it., What is the "reasonable and
necessary- aid" that Canada should
give remains to be seen.
The whole phraseology bears out the
expectation that the Governnient will
seek to avoid the main issue of pro-
pounding a defir-ite permanent policy
by the easy, if comparatively useleer,
expedient of demanding a contribu-
tion to meet a suppc.ed emergency,
the existence of which bas been eo re -
ready denied by Aft-. Asquith, the
Prime Minister, and Mr. Cburcbill, the
First Lard of the Admiralty. A more
extraordinary prunouocement on •
subject which has so profoundly
moved the nation and engaged Gov-
erotnents could scarcely be imagined.
Govemimmt Fears Redtstributtoo.
Disappointment and indignation
will be Telt throughout the Dominion
that therpeecb from the Throne ha
(mitten all reference to the redistribu
tion of the ridinge consequent upo
census u( 1911. Ever wince ('on
federation it h•as been the practice U
bava redistribution as nearly as pots
Bible the first session after the census
The desirability of chi. practice is
easily Apparent
With the iambi growth of papula
tion inequality in the principle of "rep
by pop.' always springs up after enc
decennial census, and these ioequal
ties have to be smoothed out by redis
tribution. The custom' has been t
love as little time as poesihle. Th
reason is obvioue. Parliament *away
has an uncertain tenure. At, any
time some crisis may develop demand
ing an immediate appeal to tis
country. as was shown recently i
Great Britain when two general elee
tions took place within a year. Sue
a condition knight arise at any time i
Canada, and if no redistribution bill is
weed the election would have to be
held under the old division, which
would practically disfranchise a co
siderable proportion of the people an
be roost unfair to parts of the Dornin
ion which have added large numbs
to their- population. There is the less
excuse for this delay since the present
census was taken In 1911, while this
is the session of 1912-13. If no redis-
tribution is made at this session it will
thrrrefore probably be 1914 before anti
can go into effect which will
equalise representation on a just basis.
The census figures on which the redis-
tribution is based have been in the
hands of the Government for a consid-
erable time, sc that eon* for delay i
with the Governtnent, not with is
census workers.
During his pre-election Western
tour Mr. Borden everywhere promised
immediate readjustment of the repre-
notation alter the census, so that the
increase of the population of the Web
could be taken care ot. But the stet
tion o.�et;z red and the vote of t hey Wes
doesensised to absadoo the ill-oun-
taril[ on and T.
Ir, 0. tnWrayU$I �M� thane
were scot tells( r �s h.
k is *mounted thblakwwys
aidbill will be rsisteteodeod "for tiro
�t°Ir ttessi»otun to
in td
inapra sash d facilities. In
this, as atleei Ooverasasot
will meat with the oordial aid el the
Uppositioty bat it they persist in so
framing the betas W leave large loop-
holes by which the money voted can
be used as a speaks of national bribe
to any constitnesey where a bye-
eleotioo or other excitement may
require special nursing it will
again meet with the opposition it
deeervra. Sir Wiltrid Laurier and his
followers strongly approved the
principle of the bill, but demanded
that it provide for division of the
money atuongst the Provinces them-
selves in accordance with constitu-
tional practice. This was refused by
the Ooveroment, and on this ground
the Senate rejected the bill.
The rest of the sessional bill of fare
i. to comprise a bill to effectuate the
reciprocal trade agreement with the
Went iudies, substantial aids to
agriculture, the Bank Act amendment,
and a lot of midor and unspecified
business. Under the spurring of en
active Opposition the unspecified hu.i-
nem .nay. well prove the most im-
portant.
The coming week will probably be
taken up with the debate on the
add' eta m reply to the speech, so
that it may he a week or mote before
the Prime Mini -tet is &tile t..min ncc.•
the expedieot by which be hopes to
tide over his Cabinet naval emergency.
Horbelaga Result insignificant.
Great efforts are being made by the
Couservati ve press too wake it a ppe. r
that the election of Hon. LouisCoderre
in Hocholaga was a brilliant victory
for t he Conservatives and their "naval
policy." As a matter of fact. nothing
could have been further from the
trt.tb. Politically the election was a
bleak cartridge. as there was n i con-
test between the parties, and. es usual,
the position was forced by Sir Wdfrid
Laurier. The Liberal chieftain took
the around that since the Government
had no known policy on the only
great Issue of the day there was no
reasonable ground ou which to fight
en election. Therefore he advised
the L;bee- is of Hothelaga to refrain
from entering the contest, and made
e it known that until Mr. Borden had
- plucked up suMLient courage to devise
poo a naval policy and take the people
into hie con8deoce the Liberals would
apt Undertake to play "blind man's
- buff." The coalition Government was
left alone Go try to straighten out
the difficulty between the Conservative
and Nationalist wing.. The result of
- the abstention of the Liberals from'
the fight was the entry of a Labor -
5 Nationalist candidate. He wee, of
1- course, defeated by the Conservatives,
- who turned out in strong force, while
o few Liberals voted at all. The net
e result of the election is therefore really
tc emphasise the difficulties of the
covert alliance between the Conserve-
- tives and the Nationalists. Hon.
e Messrs. Nantef and Pelletier are still
n in the Cabinet, they still represent
their Nationalist pledge in opposition
Is to naval expenditure generally, and
n especially contribution or anything
else without a referendum. It serves
to intensify the interest as to what
poet the Nationalist Ministers will
o- ph.y when Mr. Borden announces hi.
d plata
The comparative triviality of the
numbers
I election was shown by the fact that
the two candidates together did not
receive ae wan votes as Hon
on his
occasion Mr. Coderr•i s vote was almost
19110 lees than that given to Mr. Rivet.
the Liberai candidate, in 1911. In
September, 1911, Mr. Coderre received
Mt( votes and Mr. Rivet 5806• At the
bye -election just rompleted Hon. Mr.
Coderre recei • '1 42.1 and Mr. Doyon
ithe Labor-` tionaliet candidate)
i 15)16.
e
this
Coderre alone io 1911 while
FROMfbUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Explained at Last.
G oel: qh Mercury.
t The stony is nqw circulated that it
- was the woolen of the Taft and Rootle-
t vett (anti lies who caused all the trouble
between these two men. The old
Adam and Eye story ail over agalo. ; 1
Hydro Cbarges.11
:Hensel' Obeerver,1J •
A great mistake area made in tie
placiog of charges for Hydro -electric
power when it was first put In. Toron-
to and Hamilton, owing to clow prox-
imity to Niagara, are able to uode•rsell
the other cities, towns and villages
throughout the Province. The charge
should he more uniform in justice to
the more distant place.
Sir James an Obstructor.
,K.tww4 CWraR.
Francis Neilson, M. P.. of England,
declared 'in a lecture in London on
Monday last that Edmonton, Alberta,
was "toe freest city on the face of the
earth," by reason of its unique and
successful method of tasiog land val-
ues . only. The door to similar free-
dom in Ontario is closed and locked.
Bir James Whitney has the key and
refuses to give it up.
The Food Globus..
London Advertiser.
It the farmers of Canada ret all
tbe Advantage of the i price
of foodstuffs, there would be no valid
grievance over the incased cost of
wing. if the tariff biped to make
higber prices for the farmers they
shook' sot to deprived of it without
compasemiag eisteaai.a of their
markets. tie Ir. es they have to bear
O hunts of a tart. on their articles
of
was not ery pleasing to Mr. Borden
—hence his evident desire to delay
giving it proper representation.
The present is precisely the time
when under constitutions) govern-
ment CIO delay sho•lld occur in read-
justing the representation. The Cab-
Ineut has not recovered from one
crisis. Another may well develop
any time in the disputes between the
divergent branches of Um coalition
Government and its supporters over
the naval program.
With the possibility of an appeal to
the people to decide upon a matter of
such epochal importance to the nation
in itself, and sea part of the Empire,
it is' ominously significant that Mr.
Jin der, should have neglected to pro-
vide for the rnustitutional redistribu-
tion.
Senators, Not Members.
F.ven is more sinister corollary to
this avoidance of redistribution is the
announcement of the Government's
intention to increase the senatorial
representation of the West by giving
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta
two moi a Senators apiece. Appar
ently while the Premier is afraid to
trust the people there to elect their
own representatives be is willing to
give them more rspreseotatio--pr�n-
sided he can do the choosing. mis
is Mr. Borden's fulfilment of the
Senate reform plank in his Halifax
platform. The West iw to be et long
as possible deprived of its share la
tthe work of the Commons. but •
sop is to be !linen oat in the a
p-
po(ntaseet of half a doe= "discred•
Red politicians" to the Sews. The
Premier le evidently asixlotss to meet
the head of thine by appo(atlnr Sere
of hie politest friends to the iesato.
& h was e 01
mal�r tS dialle tmd o sli.ht"r'stp,
leg the pomplo the
law, they ellsthe House gro 1004
sad to
se Itsresties he rarer* ra mmaass-
Nab,. l■ the theigher it lite saiaetiat
oofi the persessei s with the people
Nigbwys Ali N d.aia
1ppae.nthy t1. Aer•ttoolost irl
Hoe tHiseMnvoo so old to the bulk
a the thimillen femora. and they
have sat roepiv.d the full hum* of
the ?here... paler leys ins pada
that Doan hetereentoillsiosturseare avid
mesamsre beth a
shoe dT The indelesse .Millon
/fsea aeamatef subs*, 1 MaThe lde
Under
=nIslemsteeaglag
um o.udleth neat
the mar meat is neuter le the 1411.-
1*
41Egob maraef. is the Melted etre, Mie
err state of Whir nista, it was
fpr af eMtheW lessee le t
WFRED
EYERr�N1
ler Yearn% Restored To Heals
by Lydia E Mmes Veg-
etable Compound.
Herniae women are continually writ-
ing v each lettere as the two following,
which are heartfelt ezpresaloos of grati-
tude far r et...d health:
Wanted natue. Oat —"I have ta-
kes Lydia s Piddise.'s Vegetabie Com-
pound and sever
Coin -
=
any m�
to compare with it
I had aloes and fall-
ing of w.eab and
dodoes did me no
e� od. _ I &offered
ffr.+dra14 far years
ttsU11 began taking
your medic/as. I ah0
eo recommend it far
sanetenese and in-
digeetiian. " — Mr
EMMY CLAM Mustard Station. Oat.
Osear.'iUe, Net. " 1 board your
meadows highly !Pini. sed a year ago
I bags taking thou for fallings( womb
aid ovarian trouble-
"Ky left dee pained am all the time
end jest before my periods which were
irregular and painful it would be worm.
To Nit down caused me pain and suffer-
ing
uffe -keg and I world be so servo= some-
times
tag♦
times that I could not boar to see say
one or hear my one speak. Little spseb
would Boat before my eyes and f was
always constipated.
I cannot say too mach fee foes 1.
Ptnkham's Vegetable Compound and
Liver Pills, for there aro no mod less
lino them. I have takes them oma I
y.e traer►d them to all woman. You may
pealilb this testimonial." — Yrs. ere-
Miff
M.o&TDI. ( e ek Ostarisr
�f
A Caadird Friend.
Toronto Saturday N4rht-
it w.,uld seem, +.cenrding to The
Tomtit, Telegratu, that if one wishes
t,, di,cuee the whys and whet efores of
the• w
t i
M s nor ad •t t
mini r sen of the
hydro-•lectrie you should go behind
the barn or under the bed; to do so,
and then talk in whispers. in the
best interests rel a publiely-ow ned
rlertrical system such a procedure is
rank folly. Whist Saturday Night
said, and what it repeats is. that the
administration of the hydro -electric
in Toronto is by no means all that it
should be. The hydro-elsetric system
as a whole or in parts is no god that
one should place upon a pedestal and
worship on bended knee. It is a
human made machine, and as such ,is
liable to err, and when it erre, as we
believe the Toronto end of the concern
has, it is the suhjeet for legitimate
criticism. What people desire and
expect of the Toronto Hydro -electric
is a first -rias.+ service in every par-
ticubar, administered in a broad,
economical, painstaking nisoper. The
hydro -electric service means ranch to
Canada. It i4 the first eerious
attempt by the Canadian public to
n wante in
regard to electrical energy, and it
deserves to sireceed. The system will
rise or fall of its own weight. If it
falls, it is the fault of those who, like
The Telegram, would make it a demi-
god, in pla, a of considering it man-
made and liable to go wrong.
A Statesmanlike Course.
Gueipb Mercury.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier has been charged
probably more than any other ma'Di
who everenlered nuhlic life in Canada
with appealing to race prejudice. and
with turning every situation to his
political advantage. There is orobably
not a man in public life today whore
whole career give.' a more absolute
denial to ands tactics than the same
Sir Wilfrid. If an doubt exirts on
this point the Hochelaga incident
should clear it up most effectivele.
It would have been. a comparatively
easy matter for Sir Wilfrid, in the
face of the present political unrest
in Quebec, to have entered the
Hochelaga contest, and won the seat.
Why did he not do it?
Because Sir Wilfrid knew full well
that the naval question would be one
of the chief issues, and Premier Borden
i
W. ACHE80N cit Sp/y
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dainty waists, thirty inch wide materials. Spacial ..... 35(
Floor Coverings
Heavy Velvet and Axminster Squares. 3x3 yard., sale price
$12; 3x34 yards, for $15 ; Sze pard., for $18.
Furs and Fur Coats
Natural Muskrat Coats, fifty inches long, wade from .elect
Canadian skins, semi -fitting, deep storm collar and large
revers, lined throughout with guaranteed statin. $75 A^
Special price JAs
American Seal Plush Coat, fifty inches long, lined with
beat satin and guaranteed,- large collar of Sable fur, The hand -
gooiest garment we ever offered for anywhere near $60•00 A,�
the price. Special W
W. ACHESON d SON
us close up the privy council toots at
Ottawa and transfer the adwiuiatra-
tion of our national affairs to a com-
mission appointed by the British Cab-
inet.
Win Seek Renewal of Charter.
The Siwcne, Grey and Bruce Rail-
way Company will ask for a renewal
of the company's charter Ecom the
Federal authorities.
The company when formed contem-
plated the etection of a railway to fol-
low the littoral of Georgian Bay and
Lake Huron from Kincardine to
Southampton. and thence to Owen
Sound. From the tatter point it was
intended to build to Orillia via Mea -
ford and Cotlingwood. The company
was formed, Owen Sound business
men being interested chiefly. A Gov-
ernment subsidy of over $300,000 was
franted last spring, but the company
ound that the were unable to go
&bead during the current year. Coa-
0equentiy they will ask for a renewal
of their charter. Among those who
are interested in the oowpany are Jas.
McLauchlan, Hoo. A. O. Mackay. Ben
Allen and Christopher Eaton, of Owen
Sound.
Human Kindness.
Many a story that isn't funny gets
laughed et because there's no use of
hurting the feelings of a man who
doesn't mean any harm.—Washing-
ton Star.
Special Train to Portland. Maine, tor
Sailing S. S. "Teutonic," December
14th.
For the acsotnmoiation of pasien-
$ere sailing OA the White Star -
Dominion Line steamship "Teutonic"
from Portland, Maine, December 14th,
the Grand Truuk Railway will run a
special train consisting of vestibuled
coaches, tourist and first-class stand-
ard Pullman sleeping cars, leaving
Toronto et 1.15 p. sr. Friday. December
13th, running direct to the dock at
Portland, arriving there at 9.00 a. in.
December 14th. Berth reservations.
tickets, and full particulars can be
obtainel from F. F. Lawrence k tions,
city passenger- and ticket agents,
phone 8, or write A. k. Duff, D. P. A.,
Union Station, Toronto, Ontario.
has made no pronouncement on the
subject yet. To enter Hochelega
would mean the discussion of an un-
known policy and Mir Wilfrid simply
refused to prejudge Borden's policy.
There is something in such conduct
to arouse admiration and respect, and
win the confidence .4 Liberal and
Cooaervatives alike. The Conserve-
tive press, however, are already bogy
tv•isting and misrepresenting the rase.
The only time they would give Sir
Wilfrid any credit would be when be
stepped down and out of political life.
Against a Cash Coatribetion.
comedian Courier.
New Zealand bee given a (head -
nought to the Britannic navy. The
Malay States have offered to pay for a
first -claw armored ship. Australia is
building a Beet of her own. partly in
Britain, partly at home. Only in
Canada fat the visions principle of giv-
ing money to the British treasury be-
ing ss -td. It is not a plearsot
oont.emplat ion.
If Mr. Borden goes in for s c ish con-
trihutfo, It will be became be is afraid
of Quebec, and hewed his Cabinet will
have b1��l g via down to a
level ill
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CITY TAiiLORING
AT TOWN PRICES
/ARE is one of the score o
"NEW 2Oth Century Brant,
models for Fall—a three -hut -
ton sack, with soft roll lapel,.
Hand -tailored and man -tail-
ored in the finest tailor .hop,
in Canada, by expert city' tail-
ors who have their finger. on
the pulse of style.
Walter C. Pridham
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Pandora Range
Do you need a range ? Is your stove giving satisfac-
tion ? Do you know the pleasure of owning :t
PANDORA? it has many exclusive features. Ask
your neighbor about them. Call and see them here.
We will be pleased to show them to you.
BASE BURlfgR$.—Mc0isry's Bre Hams as a house beater, with
semi -steel gra-bei, % eb saes be geenetr.d std through the
front doors ;snaranteed. 411111. jjgell,tr ; right plated ; fully
FAMOUS1w� bey. lig s beater. is tial tall to are the
GOAL OIL 1104111111111.—Just the thing to oaks the chill off env
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