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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1916-8-24, Page 2r- • i 1 a 1HCMaDAT At•ot'wi 34, 1.16 arailksional Tis iIYNAL PUNTING cu., LTD. Pvausr s Tela aWNaL V pa NW v�ef T'a•rrsy� • . t . asks 1a T1s tllga�T WM . Semis ilreel. Oote a Ns aa 4V .tMLPTION TIMMS.-QI• D011ar awl fttte • este serear ; u paid .trletly is advaans Ues ����s.f1tp..r� will seogned , to ..b.orlbecr le Ike CLW stat.. the rater one lidlar and nfty l'euIe strictly is ad. anew. dakmrtbsn wise ..*1aresely. Tex eiWN*L repodarly weseter • tarot by ergnaiu tM *wail SO l nl er .f ttbe toot est Gamely • d ate as a•ssol,W. w ase I change lit wdrr.. u doersd, tete W W tailless eddrwa should be gtr.a kaalttaru w ay be wade by bank draft- .Mgrs. mewl order. pa -.filo. seder. » roirisuknol Yam. SebrrIptione 1•.yeome.eoee et any naw. AevaaruuMN T.aM..-nava ter eine* sad 0 0tract dveniaameot• will be elves os spelt ay..., Legalese other similar senwti.raenaa. ter canto per Use for ere la.nwtao0 sad four vet. per line for •sobubseguent I.eertian. Y...ared by..ail. of solid oesperell-t wet.. (tale to an lank bestow caed..f sin Wes sad under, nee Douai, par year. Ad erti s- meaw Of lot fogad, Strayed, thtuatloar V &cant. tilt 'taboos W acted, Ho use. for dale t r to Kent. r arm- for rile or to Kest. Article. tor 1..I.. ata, not exceeding eight liner. Twenty are tent -,rash tu.eerioa; One 1)011., fur first mm t4 wii fty encslot wproN�r` on. Au. r is 10 sen. A.- soi.elnneen.. in ordinary reading type. Tea Costs per line. Nu notes 1.r. than Tempty- fire C.nt.. Any special natio*, the ob)ed of which Is the pecuniary benefit of any Individ- ual or arociatioo, 10 tis oua.ld.r,d .0 .1. er- dement and obscene accordingly. To CouMgaruroasra-The 00op0r11100 of our .n*rriber• and readers is cordially writ- ridtowered making Tin tlwsrt.& weekly rveerd Wall local. count yend diet riot dolor, No cow m otc.tion will be attended he urea. 0 ran. tales the nesse end ddreas of the writer, not nooses for psblicatloo, but as en evldeure of good faith. New. items should rnaob THE d.eaa1oaks not Iter the. Wednesday noun of .see week. THC RSDAY, AUGUST 21 19113 • SOUTHWEST TORONTO. The bye -election in Southwest Tor- onto for the Provincial House re- sulted db the election of Mr. Hartley I ewart, the unofficial Liberal candi- date. Mr. Dewart bad a clear majority) of tbe votes cast for the four caodi-, datee, the return. bring : Dewart (Liberal), 2,705; Norris (Conserva- tive), 2.11142; Panner (Yocia1ist sed Peoh.bitaonistI. 44. ; Waldron (anti -Prohibitionist Liberal). 131. The total vote polled was over three thou.• and abort of that cast in the election of 1914, when the late Hon. J J. Foy h..d a majority Of 3,7(ii in this con- stituency. ApparestUy dissatisfaction s sr) h. the Government wete expressed 4v thousands of votess in their ab• t settee from the poll". The fight was one of the moot lover- i e+ting the Province has had in teeent u seer., chiefly from the Circumstance t t hat party line.' wete .o largely ahlit- w erstel. Nott is, the ('on.er van ivt can. dilate. bad the support of the Admin- t vitiation, but was not exactly in line b with the Govet•nnien '. prohibition legislation. Dessert has been a life- lung Liberal and on two previous or.. w cantons had contested seats in the Lib- eral interred., but he fought this coo- t Inst without the ,-ndorsation of either is of the two Lit.ri ai papers of the city, al The Globe and The Sur, these papers th net bwitip.satisfled with his attitude on er the prohibition que.tiou. The Star a supported Conner, the Socialist -Pro- d M� who are farmers themesly. '•'itis fart remains,' says The Advocate. "that in proportion to population farming is very poorly represented i THE KJGNAl. GODLRICH prove that the world was round ! How dues The Globe know that rerulu of vast iwportaace to mankind may not n fallow the exploration• of the polar 0111 partiaweotary halls. We wish to go one further and state tbet a gree deal depends upon the farmer repro tentative sent to Parliament eve though he he in the majority in th Howse. All too often when • farmer goes t0 iepr•aent his constituency i Parliament he is overshadowed by lawyer. and other men gifted in plat-. fonts swum y and aJwa yrs ready to ex- press their ,pluiuns, and too often. •leo. the Lamer stays in the back- ground because he is given no real chance to expires his opinions and do the wink w bleb be should do. change must come over the country before we can expect very much of a tight -about -lice in the mat- ter of carr ing 00 is Faderl and Pio- vincial •ffaire O.ar turners must nand together and must to a certain extent insist upon iodependence within the patty, and, to get that, they muely exercise that indepeodence at the polls. There are in every rural constituency farmers 1111110 capable of representing Oust t'onetitueocy red it is not neces- sary to go to the towns or cities to find the best candidates. Whet is wanted is a capable young farmer or older man who hu the courage ot his convictions, who is not married to any political party, although be may have party leaning., and who is ready to go to Parliament and .peak and act for the rights of his constituent.. ••Thete is no getting around the fact, and politicians recognize it as well as anyone else. that agriculture has not been getting its just dues •t the hands of the legielat.ois for many year' and 1t is about time that the rural districts were represented by men who would do considerably more than fill • chair in the House and vote when a division of the House occurs. and men directly representative of the people who elect them. Tee matter is n the bands of the electors them- selves, anti they sbould, after they have elec:ed their representative oaks it • point to fatuiliaize them - elves with what he is doing as their representative. it does not look well o find only a mere handful of the 'umbels of Parliament in their places u the House when important hills are nder discussion. About the cnly time he House is well filled is when the hip cracks and a divi.iob occurs. %bout the poorest class of rrpreaenta- ive a constituency can have is a miner who is afraid to stand up for is rights and the righte of his con- tituency and keeps quiet during the bole term. or one who yields to the palaver of polished politicians, listens o the old hunk that the fainter the backbone .ot the count ry and an 1•roultd good fellow and lets it go at at. Canada needs wide Awake farm- * in Palliatuent as well as wide - wake representatives of all other in- ustties and calling. " rrg.uoe. t Doi 't let yourself ••get tired" of subecrih:ag lend paying) to It d Croat a and other patiiotic fund.. Suppose • the lads in the trenches should "get tired" and cows home without flnish- n ing their job. 1f the work at the hattIefront is to be kept up, w must the pew difficult and le.wi d sngerous work at a.tme. 'libation candidate. The Toronto World (Con.., vat ;we,. which has leen ronducting a vigorous campaign in criticism of both the Provincirl and the Federal Government on the nickel question, gave strong support to 51r. Drwart. The 3leil And Empire, The , News and Thr Telegram Were lined up AO usual behind the Conservative can- didete. More than in a regular party fight. the individual voter bete a chance .n a contest of this kind to express his vi-ws ard to make 1 ' elf felt. There was abundance of evidence in the campaign which clq.ed on Monday that the electors tit the cou,t tourney wete exhibiting an unusual independ- ence of thought and arsine. Flom the tints of the holding of the 1.;1.eral run- , caution, when Mr. Drwart was nom- inated in spite of the efforts of the would-be do•tato.a of the party, to the close of the polling, when it was found that the voters had kicked over the tradition of a solid Tory Toronto, there was a euccer..inn of incidents which showed that the voters had departed from the party tuts and were beating out new pathways for themselves. A spectacle .,f thea kind, partirul,tly in party it nnid 'Toronto, sea. indeed re. fleshing and ctinnnt but have gond re. milts in reviving ieterest in poli• deal dissuasion and bringing the intelligence and will 011 the people to bear in in- creased measure in th g of tb• country'M problem.. Furthermore, the ioltoduclion of Mr. Dewittt to the legislative hall. will mean •n ium( rt - ant .addition to the debating slte'ngth of the House. Tue questions which had greatest prowiuenre during the contest were those of Hydro control, probib:tion. and rt enervation of the nickel re- sources of the Province. Ti whatex- tent, relatively, these and other tarns influenced the electors it is impossible at this distance to elate.Ith North Perth, Peel and other recenn bye -elec- tions in mied. the Hearst Government appears to have • rocky road before it. FARMERS IN PARLIAMENT. That ez-.11wrtt p itineration, The news, Advor•at-, "truss that ,o I eeee,e the right kind of legislation for t lbs agricultural e., ultural i*tere.thesouls W is Partisans( a fair reptessntauos of the agriculture/ dist: tel. by Nobe I -- EDITORIAL NOTES. 1)11 you notice the change in the weather ? -- — - 1 . — There war not a single citizen in the town council eh anther if thing tbe council meeting on Friday evening outside of the member. of the council, civic officials and the press represent- atives. Citizen. who are tow indiffer- ent to pay any attention to the doings of the council sill expect the coubci'• low to give their strict attention to the toed• business to the •xteot of attending half••-arzen inert igs • month and neglecting their own business. A c„nvrlttion of Bingle -taxer! at Niagara the. week adopted s reu.lu-' tion eating upon the t)Nninirin Goy. ernwent to liars the needed extra! revenues by a tax upon the load values of the Dominion. It wee pointed our in the resolution that the national debt of ('.nada already ex- ceeds half a billion Iollsrs, and at the present rate of expenditure it will in •ll probability reach one billion dollars at the close of the war. This prodig- ious debt and also the pension fund for disabled soldiers and their depend- ents would neeemitate an enornluas increase in Canada's national revenue. it was declared no material increase in revenue could be derived through customs duties without seriously in- creasing tbe c0.t of living and crip• piing trade. adding greatly to the burdens of the Canadian people. The land values of (•&hada wete a cations' resource, created by the community at large, which might he taxed with- out interfering with industry, :rip- pling trade, or Increasing tbe.,eo.t of INTARIt Judgment h.s heeom* well listened nosed year. of the choicest put of their livers .aefed nut! A roan should 1 he st bis best up to seven[ 1f • mem disappear. at fifty-five, he Is in- efficient. no platter what M has dose before that time -Inefficient Inesu.e he has throw° away the ripe fruit ot all his life. The British Will bisect. Kona our Herald. England did not desire Co toter this war, did not desire to enter any war, felt she is in it now, and with the bull- dog tenacity characteristic of the English, will .Or it through to the fin- ish. We believe that Kai/land would now gu on fighting to the end, even if doing so meant bankruptcy. If lbs Keiser should •,ia.unce his wiling. new to yield lwtv,re the fighting has hero transferred to German roil, he maysive hie throne and his liberty. Hutif he should not yield before that time, it is rather rupee than probable tnst be will not save either, A Few for the Firm.. 'sire farmer• Advorata, Get through bat vest in time to have • day at the fair. Go anyway If there is • good coli or • choice calf on the farad eneourage the boy to exhibit it. Star t biro right by letting hien have the prize money. The wan who expects his boys to work on the farts for board and clothes until they are thirty or more is a big factor in rural depopulation. No successful man bides what be has to sell from the public. barmen might, to tree( advantage, make a wider and more profitable um) of ad- vertising. Get away front the old ferns for • day or two once in • while. Encour- age for grosso folk to take an occae- ionel holiday. See what the other fellow is doing and then tee letter appreciate your place through a letter - directed effort m amav s► a 1 fel\• BRITAIN'$ WAR ORGANIZATION, The Right Hon Sir Gilbert Parker, Bart, M. P., whose services to the British cause have been notable in the field jf publicity in the United States, has made the following statement on the European war : "You ask me to make a statement Hun Warfare d, • The Acta Raid—►iy Forain, in Lr Figaro. Paries. y Southwest Tcronto knocked the out of Hearst and put him in the to mainder. The Allies baja begun an offensive in the Balkan.. ' Serbia d hour of lib. elution is at hand. 1f Attorney -General Lucas kept his ear to the groun.i" in Southwest !Toronto be must have had it stepped on. Hearst sod Rowell are both in Europe. and the voters are doing all k ed. of things too the patties they left behind them. Well. The Globe night call' it a "moral victory." 1t w"asn't in favor of !any of the eandidstra, anal three of the efour ,weie defeated. A!beeta and Saskatchewan are again reaping good h a Following last year't great crop, this year's retnrus should put the puitie Provinces 'ton their feet." Monday's election i.'.ts • nick in the t> traditions of Tory Toronto. ewart is the Hist L ih,erel in over twenty-five years to he elected to the Legislature from • Toronto constituency It is not the Hearst Government alone that can take a lemon from Monday's voting in Toronto. Tb. occupants of the editorial offices of The Globe and The Star might do a little considering. We may have miwsomething..l smething, but we did not notice all through the Tor - 1111n0 bre election eampiiign any refer- ence in the i4h•rai papers of Toronto to the financial record of the Hearst Government. Is it of no importance that the finances of the Province .re getting into very bad shape t Shackleton'. failure to reach the marooned crew In the A.tartie sboulde. further the prohibition of thw worth - ass esenp.d.m l;i viltud nat ion* Maul/ loi• Mose, polar ett}*di- one—TsvAia a pity It i. The (slobs wasn't rommi slime eeoteries ago to dismal, tris Otlllas .Lee Ioolbardy .et*wpt to t living, but. on the contrary, would have a reverse sheet of forcint adle land into use and promoting enter- prise and i usinea. activity. it was estimated. ,for instance. that a tax of one per cent. on the land values .f l &nada would produce an additional revenue of apprmxtenet ely $80,(M)O,- 4551 per annum with a maxinIum of equity and certainty, and it knight Ise collett-,d throu:h existing tuunicipal organ.z Itious with a wjuIn.uw of ex- pense. WHAT OTHERS SAY. Not So Foxy after AU. Hamilton Time. Foxy Ferdy of Bulgari• now knows what it eerie mike W h -t oa the wrong hone. Hungry Berlin. 1'Li;idelphla North Ann•rit-an. hiench aviator who dropped hand -hills ..n Berlin nii.mcl a track. He should have created a riot by dr.1p-, pang a tenderloin steak. Sea Power Rules the World. Pi't -Ararat fiat et1r Tirno.. The truism that the nation that rulee the mea rules the world is having fresh confirmation every day. Ti,e upon the two !care of war, in which England witn her allies. France, Rus- Isi►. Italy, ,li-Igiuw, Portugal, Serbia and Moulenegro, bas been engaged I Three months ago the tart would have Wren tar wore difficult than it is total. Since then Great Br:tai° and France hare moved forward on 1 hen seelemseisseswe Runde would have been driven hick •••••••••••••••••••••••••• into bar stepper and pians, ouoe moretrol• the slave of Germain iuflnence aid con• and the Hri,., .-.,w.ro i we • i j Je A C uEC O A, & SON know it would bate boa Empire • 1b. 4 f j J ` r . the past. • "Whitt the British navy did was to sweep German merchant commerce Trow the *ease, prevent Germany noise trading with the rest of the world. except by crooked methods, bottle up her fleet to useless/sem, di in. her South Atlanto, fleet to the b.ttoul of the sea and ebrcttle and choke German ex - ort to an extent that great cities like Hamburg have lost the bum of lhe'r activity, and, outside the HJtic Hen, 4 the.. is no stir of German commerce neve in a freakish ens, prise like that • of the Deutschland. Those, however, wbo count the wort of the Deuts •b- • land as exusotdinary should rewem- • ber that it is out original, since a con- siderahle number of British sashimi- O rinse have crowed the Atlantic dui- • ing the las. year safely and surely. It is not strange that the Deutschland • accomplished its feat. It will be very • strange, however. if that feat in iv- peated by many sister submariner. • • • EXTRA • Dress Goods Values ! AN To NI-IIM.ARINE pl/M Stant N. "German foreign commerce cannot • be rehabilitated by the activities of • submarines. Since the battle of Jut- land it can be safely and surely said • that the sera are still controlled over- • wbelmiogly by the British fleet. The German fleet cause out. end then fled III to rover again aft., a stiff fight. • 'But let us now take the field of S battle on the western trout. For a whole year or more critics in the • United States, whose only idea of warfare was that of constant action. O have continuously asked why was it • Great Britain, which had recruited be- tween three and tour millions of Men, • sbould he doin nothing on the west- • ern front. They complained tbat /franc. was left alone at Ver fun and • elsewhere. They did trot realize that • France knew she had at her disposal at any moment the British troops O which were bolding their own line of • the front and steadily extending It. • They did not remember that et the • beginning of the war Great Britain was armed on a basis of a mere hand- ful of men : that .11 the machinery of equipment was upon a basis of the handful, and that having men—a mil- lion or ter . millions -she still could not equip them, because she had not fac- tories of munitions except upon the scale of the handful. "Men had to be recruited, fed, uni• formed, equipped ; artillery had to be developed And extended beyond all ex- peeience of the past. Rifles had to be supplied. And the one reason vby there was such delay in making a move on the western front by the British was lack of equipment. The push forward at Lars was out final and effective, because there were not -3fldci•nt munition*. "But what is the condition of af- fairstod.7 'r There are enough muni- tions. W b) Bet Buse big men have given their breinr and skill to the task of rgenizarino ; because the tuanual workers of England have roused them- selves to a complete sense of duty ; because they have given rap trade union regulations for the pealed of the WEE : becau.., without murmuring, they have thrown up their holiday. because hundreds and thousands of women have joint ti the munitions swot Lel, or hear 1,trted into fields of occupation formerly monopuliz-d by wen, such as the conduction. of cats on train lines, driving van., working upon farina, clerkrnst in offices. doing wen's work in .roars of *well trades because all England, in every corner of it, is alive to the terrible signifi- cance of the writ hi fight and his. given its best blood, mind, strength And craft to the Dation', eap... •'in spite of a ritici.w and complaint. England would not and did not loose on the western front until she was ready. though ahs was willing to alp et Verdun if needed, and said so. nd aha was not ready uuhl .he could omInAte, as she has done, the Ger- tan artillery by a greater weight of etal ; ootid, making a move f.nw'rid vet the whole of her line, tbey Nabwld nuke gow.4 their successes, mile y nide. and steadily and surely (furn- ish the rsparity ..1 re -deters,-, neon ^part t,f Germany. Tn.s thry have a. "%Vbat is the i.c.siticn today? Evert ne of the Allies has moved forward nd •t the man r time, and Avery one as encceeded, se she ha. moved Aly, like Milt.,., France and England succeededhswhere, has succeeded in her held .lost Austria. Germany cannot it forward her men to help Austria. tetra is harassed by Italy end by uvea. Germany vs tensioned and ammered by England, Rus,ia, France d Belgium. "There is nn rest for Germany any - h. re. She cannot *heft her troops mu front to (root, as *be did in the ly days of the war, smashing one 'toy 1 ere and then whisking her cop* over to smash anntner enemy h A d u e't h fronts, and with tremendous effect— in but lit that laver. Also, ,during that th tittle. Hussies h:u moved heavily upon di the troops of the Central Etnpi rpm, nod In the'ioutheaatern corner of the Bea_ n ani front baa driven in, league upon a league, the Austrian troops, has cap- h Cured sector upon sector• city upon It city, in the reg; ma where Auntie was • t d:iios.m,IsN) inanmet. n. bgnu nes made prieoere of •ft IN -Over en Asi* Minor the field of A conquest hoe Leen enlarged and (level- R °ped. E zenuo and Erziugab have h Leen captured and other centres of •. Turkish autism ity knee been taken The eenowttesi too Hindenburj, up in w the Riga Dot - art, bas been driven back fr mile upon toile. and Bunten prowess ••1 has proved Itself beyond question. on Roasters generale, like Bnin,loff and Ir (ireuti Duk, Nicholas, have re-eateh- tb liehed the ►{usaan positions, weekened at the beginning of the war through ba lack of munition.. m ha second bevy is bottled up. Insult to the Scotch. [atom 1',, pet "(loll has been changed to •locker- h•llmpiel' by German prof,eeurs an that it will haveo n British weeny • says an exchange. How the S•otrh w1U roar at this. Our Big Task. Toronto (:lotm The lindericb Signal fa trying t o ez• plan 1 . The tVrekly Sue the differ - mice between land values and tbe talo.e of labor products, Moo 1 le dill- eranee between Socialism and 1 dualism. There is much bard ahead for the Signal. Pe spl. Die Too Soon. motorise iteoor.1 Her AM The president of one of the big insur- anre compa.nle• mond, a timely warn- ing on the suhjert of eMe .ncy. Any eAtdeney "chow he says, that faille to take account of the conservation of human 'lM ran areomplisb is ab- ; jots. Avid the great., 1 .take of the .., perhaps. is the"speeding tap" . waists greats men out hy the Come thee n reaebwaddle lite ••Tbiak of,b. value' 1 of 11... •flu(fed 0111 at flit -flea," he a thenlays. "Just when th.lives have w r..ehed their m•tlurity, whew kaewl- F sego has nears. nrI ork et e. "M,.take. % 'rhe Allies no doubt ve made mistake., but England hal ade no such mistake• as h.vo been at, by Germany. all of whom. plane ve /War awry. England was ex- pected to, and promised to, furni.b 1501100 sero for -the protection of Bel •01/0 In case of a European war—and that was all She has, in fact, pro- •ided an army and navy personnel of *early 6.01.1),000 met, and has trebled the pera000el of her fleet. Could any other nation in the world furnish over timer's) men on a vnlontary basis as (beat Britain has done ? •'Amerinon* sbould understand that it is not alone in the field of battle that (i.eat Britain hu proved her capacity for organisation. she hoe proved it in tbe civil field : she has nalioeah,-d the railways of the country and etaa paid the regular divid.rrde; she se- cured the sager crop of the world at the very beginning/of the Isar, through 'Which sugar is cheaper today in Great (ritain than it isle the United States, .And at the .asps time has got oat of It • revenue of nearly 1134,000,1110. oITwrrr.n vs.+T TRt-*711. "She rescued the British people from being doers by meet tenets by "Asia( all ships wbirh mold carry chilled tweet, and, having the ships, she costa get her meat nn fair terms, and h.. Brine •o -40,0110 toes a meson for Orval B eital..red Prance, and Iu,n011 tome felt Baty. Abe has also supplied Priam with steel, hoot., shoes sad wI*lavas.. Mbut has mad. Boal • p .b lie `Ilifary servie• madhy set of Pats. » -tSimi ot has Sl th e profit of the anal ositstisi toad dui supplies tis British "Looking hack, one is forced to wonder bow Germany was stayed in her march of conquest. According to every i tile she should have been in Para, at the time she het self tip pointed—early in theseWmn of 19111 She came vr-y near It. "What stopped her ? Sbe had left out of her eaIrnlatbes the strategical skill which belongs by nature to the French army, the new F,ench army, from behind Para.,, and 'the contempt- ible lit:le British army.' titRMANy a *ABLY 1iA1Re. "It is a remarkable thing that on the western front the only /Mine of Germany weer achieved in the fleet few week• of the war. These g.4 s wet• of imnense etrstegical value to her. They auiledsd the mining and induetrisl dtstrictiratte tarre and nearly the wholea B•4Riun,, /rem whlce •ne. ha. •t.Miily dtawn prat, ti-al support •nd advantage and sup- plies. 'rhe writ der le not that the Allies base done eo well, but that, with all her preparations and her per feet Armament (hwmany and her obedient rolleakner. Aiwa, i • and Tur- k gan/L. bane d..ns en badly "Apparently at the beginning o/ the war eve, y. bine IPSO in their hard.. verytbing steeps one -the British Ivy If Germany eould ba.. numb. .red her as &h. maM,,red Belgium and gondly petition of Franey the woe mild long sine. have hews neer. ranee would halm Mein a third -este power MAW praetieel Gerais •eateel; oma WSW' Fall term begins September 5th. Students may enter any time. • • •• 0 • • •• •• • 40 to 44 -inches -wide all -wool Dress Goods in Whip- cords, Serges and Tweed Effects.. August 54k sale price • •lV 30-inch all pure wool genuine Halifax Tweeds, noth- ing better made for boy's or men's wearing suits. Greys and navy blue (old buying), worth 60c 90c, at per yard Linens Our stock of old Linen value, is still very large and prices we have not changed from old before the war buying. Damask Table Linen, bunched ti uneacd, Linens at per yard $OC, �, 73can, $1 andbl51.25heall Cloth. with Napkins to match in all desirable sires. Tea Sets with -Napkins to match $2.50 to 55.00 • •• •• •• •• • • •• • ••• •• • • Turkish Towels • •• • French Silk Poplins • Special clearing sale of .10 dozen Turkish Towels at about half price. Per pair 30c, 40c, SOc, and 75c Fine showing of tltese high-class materials in all• • forst shade. and black. A beautiful material of silk • and wool. iii inches wide and recommended for service, at per' y and • 51.25, 51.35 and 51.50 Knitting r. arns • • • Superior yams specially priced. t'ndyed natural di soft mill Yarns at per Ib • t 90c For the women who knit for the soldiers—and who does not T 2 -ply Scotch Fingering in light grey at per lb 5 • l0• •• Finest Soper Scotch 4 -ply at per ib 51,60 • • W•. A Cf7ESON car SON • 100041411000000000000000000.0 ',9 i1 6 We one J s est? The person trained in a Commercial School. guarantee to give a Stenographic and Commercial Course equal to that given by any School in the Province and to place yoti in a position when you graduate. Write for rates and make arrangements to enter as soon as possible. School of Commerce CLINTON. ONTARIO. PHONIC 208. B. Ir. WARD, B.A.. M ACCT&, PRINCIPAL French, and Italian n•vi.s with roe!. "She ban orgenized the purchase of wheat by • •wall committee, which eh* buy. end ships wheat and oats, fodder, etc., f.w Italy. She has hougbt up the flab nt.rply of Norway, and eery lately bought up against German intrigue the great bulk of food ex. port. of Holland. "8hebas put t/a a :.shilling Income tax, wbirh ha. been paid without mo- tes' by the maw of tre British 4Mwsple, She has drawn upon her flnanrial re. soarr'ere 1111 she bas loaned her Mlle" end he, oversea dominions L'M11,(Q1.• On and stir hes talon as high es ftp per Benjof the war profits of the greet manufacturing firma, "The organisation of Great BrjWn u not ornate and spectacular, heat there never was • time when all the people "f the country wares° occupied In aati.onal things, when leo many hams given the sselt s p, without pay or reward, to doing national work Her power of organization is proved thotr•- Oefrbly hy the wroth of the Ministry of Nineteen*, whieh, tinder the Indishal- gehle Mr. Lloyd Geon, has increased the three Goverwtlseet o.00iN,ia 1.11. eneiM h.1n,•. rho war tot tots 0 eel aMi.h' areasired meet., wa h 2,taln,tk0 wm s••rs ; il• WOW mid bap lors**M ! f-MMNtalalnrk!�• 141111.r ea* ores% a �sAlgtlaa 076.1Z' IIIMI people. "Aer fur maoufaeture---io a fortnight as easy heavy shells can he made ea were made is the first year n( the war. Gnat Britain hes shown her ancient fai11 for ne'g oisetion in a new .ad eueose*ful light" • ► i a