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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1913-2-6, Page 2• Tbuastose, Famat sat ti, 1913 isbealksi ooDEKICf OMT Aida FUBI-IMHRD 1BVuY THURJ6DAY Dv 1HE 4IONAL PRINTING (b. Waited. Teleeheas Can Na M Teres of [hies r.•n•w We par &swim le stases s mo ria. ala : taros mu•L & Ma. To United Stara .ahami4rs, We • rear tatrien, is adymesso who rap a Tim TBreast wt .tea r • brat by as is the eles�thlast et s. data • daso salWass Few aidroes d salons be old seta a AdemaMea none : Lanai and ether a`Oar adverasrssnta, leo pet [Unn• for emt lsemli10 and Ile ter line ler snob sal rooms* i e nkon. lt•awred by • nonpareil scala twelve liar to aa Mob. Business cards of d: lines and nods:. At par year. Advertisements td01 Len. Fouad. &* u& 811. lisle r Taoist.salaam Farms Mmaneas eg anted.Ba�sltee lar DOW eta. not ear sash eahesquant Its RemLometi� Iar advertise- meets Aaaoeasameats b ordinary reading type ten mats ow the. Ne antics ler than We Any ate losadtt et any ay Indlvidua amime of la r lata4 agged smonliaglj. bo armaiderad as advertisement sad Rates for display and oncost[ •drank's mews will be given m agpltoatioo_ £dater all eam,aenisttmr a THE 8IONAL PRLYTINU CO.. Ldtad. tioderiol. Oat • liODERUCH THUEBDAY. F1iS.. 4 1113 NO DANGER IN FREER TRADE. The Democratic party, now in the ascendant in the United States, is talk- ing of reducing or abolishing the duties on cattle, meats. wheat and other products, and Conservative or- gans are gleefully asserting that this justifies their opposition to recipro- city. Canada, they say. is now "get- tiug for nothing" what the Liberals proposed to secure by making conces- sions to the United States. But what are the anti -reciprocity crgans going to do about the so-called evil effects of freer tt•ane with the States ? They said it would rmnit i4 the de- velopment o-velopment of trade north and south. instead of east and west, with the con- sequent ruioatlon of Canadian rail- ways. What are they going to do about this? They said it would place Canadian producers at the mercy of the whims of United States politicians. What ▪ are they going to do about this? They said it would result in the deg - ./eclat -ion of the standards of Cana- dian wheat, and the "loos of identity" by Canadian products, to the injury of the Canadian producers. What are they going to do £bout this ? They said it would mean the crush- ing of Canadian industry. because the United States would not for long consent to the free admission of Canadian nature! products without demanding the free adntirioo by Canada of manufactured articles from the United States. What are they going to do abaut this ? They said it would make our farmers dependent upon the United States trar•ket and would lead eventually to annexation. What are they going to do about this i Are they going to sit still and with- out a remonstrance allow the United. States to bring all these evil things to pass Surely the anti -reciprocity organs would not be pleased with the prospect of the enlarged rnarket for our farmers unless they realized that they were talking a lot of nonsense when they marshalled such arguments aa they did against the reciprocity propoeaL B.tt look at the ,natter a little more closely. Supposing the Democrats do, carry out their supposed design of permitting the free admission of food- stuff+ and other natural products, will Canada be getting ail [bat she bar- gained for in the reciprocity agree- ment ? Not by a good deal. Under that agreement Canada was to have an exclusive right of entry for her products into the United States market Under the action now said to be in contemplation she will have to share that market with all the nations of the world. Further, if the United States of her own accord reduces or abolishes the duties in rotation. it will he conclu- sive proof -if any proof is needed by reseonable people -that the alarmist talk of a "plot" against Canadian na- tionality was what it really was, mere moonshine. The advocates of reci- procity declared that the genesis of the offer of freer trade by the United States wee the discontent among the people of that country over tie grow- ing cost of living and the desire to remedy conditions to some extent by widening the source of supply for the oo°snming public. This naturally led to the negotiations with Canada, and anyose who is at all well informed of the tonnes of United States politics Meows that the problem now peesing is the same as that with which the Repsw...s bad 104.04 when they were in odes. and is purely economic. The eller ef reeipsodty was so favor- able be Qeoada that Mr. Taft was im- pelled te make Ilse of some "interims - ate ezprasdene Is jestlyisag it to the people a/ W own ee®try ; bet (an- lages bills fity was not threatened to She •stili of err degree more by the proposal of reciprocity than it is Dow threatened by We development which is giviog so much joy to the anti-esti• procity organa THE FLOOR SPACE RATE, When Hon. Adam Beek was in tlu,darich a few weeks ago he was quite indignant that anyone should make the statement that the floor space method of charging for electric Tight was not plot the proper thing. Now hen is Tb. Guelph Herald, a Con- servative paper, telling bow it works out in Uuelpb. 1t says : "Mayor Carter was in his office thls morning. looking worried and unwell He admitted be era. not feeling any too good, and said that be was some- what worried over the new electric lighting rates, and how they were going to work out. People were pro- testing that their bills were larger than before. but Mayor Carter declared that this could not be avoided tinder the new scheme of charges imposed by the Hydro -electric Commingles. Thew worked out to the imposition of heavier payments oD thermal! neer of electricity in a large house, but if the residential lighting account showed a surplus at the end of the year a further dleconot would be made, which would perhaps work things oat all right" Mr. Beck and his engineers have doubtless figured on coojitioos as they have them in the large cities -long rows of one-story houses occupied by workingmen, with a small area of floor space. But these are not the conditions in Goderich, nor presumably in Guelph. Here the workingmen, or most of them, live in fair -aired houses, and the floor space charge, unless it is made very low, will work out unjustly to them. The people who will benefit will he those who keep their lights burning most of the night with card parties and such affairs, and who will thus, after paying the floor space rate, get their light at. the cheap rate for current. Anyone cin figure it out for himself, and he will find it just as The Signal states. "THE BEST OF A BAD JOB.. Norman Duncan is a benefactor to his rase. A perusal of his book, "The Best of a Bad Job," will have a tonic effect on any reader except a persis- tently obstinate pessimist Those who feel that fate has dealt hardly with them will consider their lot quite bearable when they read of the dis- astaers that overtook, but never con- quered, "Old Tom Tulk." The dis- heartened and dejected will be ashamed to despond when they find a Winded sea -captain declaring with a hearty laugh, ••1f I can't see my way tbrough.life, I'll smell it" And the cowardly will hate their cowardice when they read of the old fellow, de- termined to "make tbe best of a bad job," refusing to give up and die, when abandoned on an ice -pan, miles from shore, and resolutely Gawling shoreward when no longer able tb walk. The story of the old captain's failure in courage, his subsequent growth, the lessons taught him by the plucky little "Dian' -killer," and his final mastery over despair and fear, is at once touching and amusing. The tone of the whole bookmay be judged from the following paragraph : "'Me cronies with trouble,' says Tom; when life had teached bim not t' be. 'Not much ! I've too much self- respect You'll never cotch me in low company. My friends is Laughter from Get-Along-Somebow4 says be, 'an' my best bedfellow is called GriL'" Many a smile is provoked as one reads, by the names given by the fisher -folk to their blots, their har- bors, rocks and passes, and to some of the Characters in the story. Who could imagine mote fitting names for difficult spots on those rocky shores than "Poor -Luck Tickle," "All -in -the Way," "Soap and Water," and "Tickle -my -Ribs" ? One can feel the rough winds on "Blow -Me," and can see the "Quick -as -Wink" and "The Blue Streak" dodging the rooks and scudding before the wind, while such men as "Pinch -a -Peony Peter" and "Jot -it -Down Jones" are to be found in other places betides the Labrador. In these days when magazines and book. and newspapers show us so much of the sadder and more morbid phases of life, it is refreshing and heartening to read such a book as "The Best of a Bad Job." EDITORIAL NOTES. The Home Rulers now have a ma- jority from Ulster. Ulster may be right, after all. The bear saw his shadow oo Candle- mas Day. and we shall have a few hockey games yet. 7 he Ontario Legislature .oaveasd on Tuesday. The session paembles to he en unusually interesting ems weds a number of dire Maass up ter doses Son. The Minister of Flamm le lindinit out that them Is sale /ales epblioe worth cansideebeg outside at Tairesto and . iaueW cheeks la which has been moving. it le not .ae ,Zai to Tess that or- ganised lobar en both sides d sit os.a. is opposed to the ' den navel THE 1310NAL GODERIOR : ONTA 1(1 t 000tsibatiaa. It adds to the hardens Iaaed's Day le too numb gives of the workbag classes both la Cassia to tl IIISeesuMi *Otieity. isierfselr.g and in Britain. with the hrglea1 and reasoeabls rights •wwaos stet tIs do ,ti they phase o0 of Major Beatme. to I,00do.. «Metz d the on1 dDy r a dry of oompllete rest, of refuses to take aay responsibility /¢r the reoeot dismissal of Poste/los lee spector CampbelL The Postmaster- Ueneral should be given an opportun- ity of explaining his action in the matter on the floor of Parlianant,. The Looduo Free Press oompiaies filet the Laurier Administration did not do much for London in the way of money approp.-iatioes. even when the Minister of Public Works lived in that city. You don't catch the present Government making any mistakes of that klod, do you ? The estimates tabled in the House of Commons this wee. total $179,15$- 188, and it is expected the supplement- ary estimates will swell the total to over two hundred millions. As the great proportion of this money is raised by indirect taxation, the people don't know when they are paying it, and consequently do not grumble. A proposal is now before the United States Congre,at, and L receiving seri- ous coosideration, to make the Presi- dential term six yeah, instead of four as at present and to render any per- son ineligible for election who has already held the office by election or in any other way. This is looked upon in some quarters as a stroke in- tended for Roosevelt, to prevent him from ever again being a candidate for the Presidency. It would. however, bar Mr. Wilson or Mr. Taft from a second term. The Canadian shipbuilding firms are asking for assistance, claiming that if present conditions continue they will have to go out of business. Certain dredging companies are being "investigated," on the suspicion that their profits on Government contracts were too large. These two "synchron- izing" facts lead a Goderich citizen to remark that the Government might Hake things right by giving the dredging eootracta to the shipbuilding companies. We peas the suggestion on to the powers that be. The Seaforth Expositor proposes that the townships of Tuckersmitb and Stanley should each vote two hundred dollars towards tbe mainten- ance of the non -licensed hotels at Kip - pen and Bruce0eld, each of the hotels thus receiving two hundred dollars, and that the townships of Grey and Morris should each vote one hundred dolltrs for a similar hotel at Walton. It argues that, as a "temperance" hotel cannot be conducted profitably in such places. it is incumbent upon the municipalities to see that reason able and necessary hotel aceommods tion is provided. s Keeping Lent Is this • het to keepe The leder lean And cleans From fat, of realm sod eheape I Is it to fait the dish Of Mob, yet still To Au The plater high with Ash I Is It to hest an hoer, eh ragged Qom, Or Wow The dowecast look and sours 1 No! Tis a east to dole Thy ,[[seats of wheats. Ay swats. t'o s the beagry rats is ha fast from strife, From fid debate, And baa, To oiroamene "thy ufe" 1 To show tis heart.. grhte-rent. To starve thy am Not bin, And that's to keep thy lent -Robert Herrick. FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES. Surer, Quicker and Cbeeper. Barris Examiner. Ten millions is to be spent by the Dominion Government to teach the farmers bow to get more money out of their land. Wider markets and a reduction in tariffs would bring the same result much more surely and quickly and at less expense to the country. The Benefactor of His Race. Med/elm Hat Nowa Lloyd George was fifty years old on Friday. He as already a000mplisbed more for humanity and hie nation t hen most men who are called great have dons in a whole lifetime, if he could keep up the pace. humanity would be better off if he could live for another fifty yeses. A Brave Bngadir-Goasrsl. ]recusal Heald, Brigaiter-O.seral Qars°oe R. Ed- wasd% U. 6. A.. says that one United Boehm soldier emasot -net" three to els Milkers of any other °stifle, that the i1isM histories are full of was th � t.. that e United State, is every battle of the weed NIX that Ire Iigbtiag i° this war, la the war of the Rwai.tlo., and 4. the Olen War, was plimbla. sad that the United Statue Lwiliest a mn.bpe arwy Nin* weld be weed la case of war. This is pttebM tie Bugle's tall with . ~aMmMs► Mik _ barmy and sehisas `kr him w°rSeiess- llyile le a• Ota whore lye* L dose able prevail. Let'. Imp Ow Busdes. reesamor Baum Is be deigned by emu peoples sod winos "lib maw OM tits eteti,seti.a hens all but the mo -t butanes. 1. one of the great rooks upon which Can.dma net loDal merit is built It is nee of the fuadameeW distinguishing dtQee- eeese between she United &atm and this country exemplifying the mon coli., the more eco Cplaa- i.m, the a *obi tet y of tempera of Two 1.ss1 to be blood on this side of the, women.—Their statements harder. The restrictions placed on Sunday amuesessnts may seem drown • little tightly, but, taken es a whole, the strict Sunday has far greater advantages and beoegts to the poeuletiou as • whole titan the wide- open Sunday. DANGER PERIOD OF WOYANB'LIFE FROM Aa Honorable Confession. ltereseter Harald_ And while American misconduet in the Olympic games is being apologized for and its fact, annulled, would it ne. be worth while to mend the reputes• ion which the nation bas, by similar methods, scqulred in another sphere of international relation ? We nod not specify the time, place and meaner of this o1endiog. It is known to everyone,, from President Taft, who is chiefly accountable for it, down to Senator Cummins, of Iowa, who think* that no agreements which are not profitable are binding upon us as a people. Let us go to the bottom cf this reputation for trickery and bad faith which we have gotten ahroad, and be rid of it if we can. 11 may be necessary tor the Amateur Athletic Union and the United States Congress I to sit publicly together in gaekcloth and a.bM for a season, but, if so, so br- it. eiia That would he an event of some local. as well as much international, -inspiration and joy. Worth Reading. . Whits Oak, Ont -''At Change of L1fs when doete.s could do no mere and I wen lyesepe)ml �Ykekhosa's Vegeta. Cenpo ed mem le the front and did [treaders for is.. I hod been bevies is. teals troilism for years, my hand teen - 14.4... nes sever* at doss. I hod Waft drwapelmandtask- ache wed I was war) _ from ammo°. your Compound hid4 std de all I can to advertise it as a genies wo- man's medicine." - Mrs. By1.v . S Maisano. White Oak, Ontario. Th. Case of Yrs. Firths. Cirdsvms, Ohio, -"I ma truthfully say that I never had anything do nen so much good during Change of life es Ly- dia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Comp .ted. 'Before I had taken ewe half a betfls ret it I began to fess betbr. min have THE CLINTON MUDDLEconfined taking it. Myhealth isbetter than it has been for ssusel yoga. It all women weal' take it dog weri e► cape untold pain and miser at lkls thee of life." -Mrs Ata= KM" S W. Mill St. Circleville. Obis. 1 The Change of Life is ens d this [wast critical periods of a .. a.&'s sziitome. Atrocb timeewomen say rely's= & Plakhem'e Vegetable Cumpstmd. Alleged That Ballots in Local Option Vote Were Tampered With. Clinton, Fels. 3. -The adjourned sitting of the scrutiny into the local option vote in Clinton, being con- ducted by Judge link of Goderich, was held in the council chamber here this morninv. At the last sitting ..f the court about thirty ballots were reserved for argument One had been marked with ink, three bad not the deputy returning off{eer's initials, one had two crosses, one bad a double cross, but the Judge held that he had authority for allowing all of these. which be did. There were alio fifteen blank ballots, and the Judge held that these should not be counted in the re- turns. In three wards it was shown that there was no change in the result a. reported by the deputies, the ballots in reserve baying all been allowed as good ballot.. In SL John's ward, where the deputy reported 81 for thx bylaw and 51 against, also 5 blank bal- lots, the scrutiny shows that only OR ballots are now do the box marked for the bylaw, while there are 64 against, 5 black ballots and three b.11,os marked both ways, eo that if this scrutiny is not appealed from or taken toa higher court the vote will stand 316 for the bylaw and 2:'7 against, and the bylaw will fell short of the re- quired three-fifths. W. Proudtoot, K. C., appearing fcr the supporters of local option, stated be wished to put in evidence to show that ballots in St. John's ward bad been tampered with since the elec- tion. The deputy returning officer made his report to the town clerk, and afterwards the ballots were placed in the poll-ttox and locked with a very inferior lock in a cell at the rear of the hall, which was not locked either in front or at the back, and it would be easy for any unscrupulous person to tamper with theta. He argued that the Judge should allow bim to produce evidence to show that some of the papers which were now io the box were not the ballots that were there when the deputy bed made his returns. He also wished to submit to the court affidavits sworn to by the deputy poll clerk and scrutineer, certi- fying thee the original l'eturne were correct, and that the returns now shown were not according to the will of the people in that ward. Charles Garrow, of Uoderich, acting for the botelkeepers, stated that there was not the slightest ground for the objections of lir. Proudfoot, and on behalf of the h..telkeepers re- Cdiated ahsnlutsiy ,hat there bad horn any at•eropt to tamper with the ballots, wed quoted tutb•.rity 4, :bow Unit the evidence era- root permin-ibl-. The Judge said that -tot bine should be done to soar her the metier up," and if it could be showo him thtt be had the right to take the evidence be would do s... He said t hot he did not want to think that anyone would be guilty .•f r. eerwus a c. i ..e, iniuding, as it [might, burglary and forge, y. "It ie a remit, k.ble .occurrent*. at,d diffi- cult to account for." .aid the Judge. "1t might be care -Neonate •.n the pert of the deputy returning offl -er, m- elee some evil-disp s -.t pe son+ .red rht have tamper.d with the harlot- ;" if the latter were the ra..e he hoed the guilty party or p•rtiee puu- i►hed severely. In b- m•-antin.e he would adjourn the court till February 17. His Honor stated that in his opinion the town official i.. who -e ke.ping the ballot tored w -re from Jenuauy 3rd had done all that could ,'e..onably he exp-ct d, a red 'bat no Nome could be attached to them. "Money, you know, is loan's wont enemy." "I suppose t hat'. a by •oroe folks like it tot the enemies it has made " Tommy -""other, what makes you so bald ?" Father -"Oh, t hat's be- cause my mot her u.ed to pat me so much .,n the bead for being a gond boy." May -"Do you think one should marry for love or for money r De- ormber-"My dear, love is AD excuse for marriage, but money is a justifica- tion." Gladys -"Why not speak to peps now? liie'e in the billiard room." Gussie-"Wait till he goes to the library. I'd sooner get bit with a book than a billiard ball." What kind of music de you like beet-opeiy concert or waudevi t The Edison Phonograph plays records cowrie, every Pb,m of B.urrit:—records mode by the world' s greatest artist A sapphire reproducing point that wait wrack, a smooth ranting motor -every demi oewtrt'butes in bring - Mg out just theflight volume of tear, dearly and weedy. Ash your Men dealer as play some of the new 1�we Aattherol Licari on as 7.46.0 11 zoPb000grih lot Gaut_.7 set be settlta ed d you own as Eton lie im oodenoat i rate how it greater ties yes Bier drrnaed e1. Thum A. Mum Iba.11M tassels essaga 6 L u. t A. t A BIena6is ins et Witten Phonapephs gad fusmi w/ be /tied et 3 3 3 3 W. Clearance Prices on ACHESON cESON FURS al 1 Tbis is a "moth of Fur prices so low with us that it is prod- ent to stretch • point and buy Pur. even for seat season, During Pehe°ary every Pur Garment. Muff and Nicht Riese la 4 our Fur department we win sell out at from twenty to fifty per Dent. soder regular price and valu.. Ladies' Beaver and Heresy cloth Costa, beautifully lined t1 3 with No. 1 Alar,not Fur, deep collar and revere of c� �(� fur. Oisarile at each 1a . M .��eW 3 American Sabi. and China Mink Dt CJ� 3 Muffs February prise, each 3 Persian Lamb Neck Pisces, MIMBI, for eeeb $15.00 Coate. all heavily quilted A ($) Ladies' Fur trimmed • ��3soo • Wised, at special .... .. 3 �W(� ladies' Cloth Costa, all this ssssos's, $g .00 to $5.00 14 )1100. Your choice s.Vp�J/ Vl) Blankets 3 He4vy weight, beautifully white, all pun wool Blankets. 3 ease GUN inches. Nicely wblpped and bordered, 3 made it Huron County. Special value per pair ,� 3 Union Blankets 9 Largest doable bed she, mill made, grey only. $2.75 • Regular price $3.50. per pair 3 Gloves for Winter 3 Ladies' Silk -lined Gloves, all sizes, $1.50, for.... ,....... $1.00 9 Ladies' Rid Mocha Mitt., wool lined, 11.00, for Iso Men's Wool -lined Hod Gloves, 11 00, for- Iso 3 Men's Wool -lined hid Gloves, 11.25, for.. $1.00 j Men's Underwear Stanfield's famous make is every she. par g , sll ti ar. �n 3 mein 11.00, $L25 and 1 Floor Rugs Stock-takiog prices for abrewd buyers who take this oppor- i tunity. 3Seam j leee Velvet Rugs, two only, conven- $12.00 tion! pattern, 313 yards, $18.00, to clear ... .... 7 3 Seemlee. Velvet Rug, one only, 3:34 yards Si3e00 $20.00, to clear .3 . W One only sample Rug. Brussels, in two-tone $14.00 green, best Brussels, 3x4 yards, $25.00, for <j�J • Three Duly seamless Wilton. two-tone green, (� 3 size 31x4 yards. 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