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THURSDAY, MAY 24. 1917
CONSCRIPTION.
'1'bete are those who say that con-
seription is the right way to raise an
army—the quickest, easiest, least ex-
pensive way ; that the state has the
right to enroll in its fighting ranks
auy or all of its citizens as it chesises
that 'ilbere war ix concerned there is
no "loch thing as individual liberty.
We do not stand with these people.
There are those to whom conscrip-
tion is a hateful word : who do not bra
lieve that the state has any inherent
\ right to compel a anon against his will
\ to go forth to slay another man, or to
\\be himself slain ; who wouldgive their
Yet to Ifiye`practice 4 cinupulsion
only in circumstances sd dire extrem-
ity. With [heap people we would
stand. syfkrtr
The voluntary m has been the
beef' under which Canada s forret+
have hitherto been enrolled, but there
has been a growing feeling that volun-
taryism has not met the necessities of
the situation, and after a visit to" the
„war front in Europe the Prime Minieter
hart returned with a ueessage to the
Canadian people that the Gor.•ee of the
Dominion overseas are in urgent need
of reinforcements, and to secure the
number of fresh troops required the
Government has resolved ti,put con-
scription in force.
With this derision set z we
believe, will be inclined Gr quetrrel.
No appeal could conte with greater
force than that of the boys who have
voluntarily gone forth to the I laced of
danger and who Nee their numbeni
sadly diminishing ax death and wounds,
thin the ranks. The Premier has
taken the responsibility of placing
that appeal before the people of Can-
ada in terms of pulsion, and while
there may be questioning -and honest.
questioning—in rams quarters; we be -
here the utasoen of the people will
loyally respond.
Of enure it roust be assumed that
conscription will be carried out with
wisdom and judgment ; otherwise
there will be ground for serious 1 -
plaint- The needs of agriculture t
be kept in mind. in order that the
people at home and the armies abroad
may be fed. There are other es.eutial
Industries—fur instance, transpn•ts-
tion—that must be protected. and
doubtless these things will be provided
for its the system of conscription that
is to be adopted. There is also a very
general demand that when men's lives
are -being • plated under c pulsen'y
service there should be similar trim-
` pulsion upon wealth in private hands.
To some the new order of things
will come AN a relief from indicis .
they will not, have the trouble peaking
up their :ninth; as to what they should
filo. Its other case' it will relieve tyfen
who CA t or ',hould not, go from the
suspicions otethoae who do not know
the cirrumstanes.' 'And a good many
people will take an unholy glee in see-
ing confirmed 'Wicker," marched off
to do under compulMon the duty
which they would not willingly under-
take. Apart from consideration of
the ignontiny that attwhes to the
conscript, there are eertnin other ad-
vantagese in the peition of the volun-
teer, and any young man who has
been hanging lack with no better
reason than that he "didn't have to
go" well he will advised to look up the
recruiting officer and get into khaki
before the law of conscription becomes
elfecti ase.
There is another aspect of the present
circomatancee in ('•nada that may
ROOT) 14)004) in for public attention and
Parliamentary di/emotion. A Govern-
ment. that taken upon itself the re-
.ponaiMltty of enforcing eonaeriptlon
ah„Old feel .[ a ..,eery thsrsrugghly
in precession of public oonfidenrs. Ae
a matte, of fact the'prearnt. Govern-
ment of Canaria 1. misting on suffer-
41MS. mg, unlike the Government of
fdy'Mwlyienis, le not a coalition tepee -
mention names in oonaection with the
statement that there are oertain
members of the Ottawa Government
who must decidedly have not the con-
fidence of the people of Canada. It
need surprise no rine if within a few
weeks Mir Robert Borden is compelled
either to agree toe re nonetruetion of
the Government or to face a general
electiop.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
is Mr. (rothers still "keeping tab'
on the high costof living ? \
The funny man of The Guelph Mer•
Bury remarks that, "with live hugs sell-
ing above the $16 mark, surely the
porkers ought to be allowed the use of
the parlor for a couple of days in the.
week.”
AL the graduation exercises .•f a
hospital at Niagara Falls, N. Y., to he
held May 29th, all but one of the
eleven graduating nurses will be Cana-
dians. The war is giving the go -1 op-
portunity for service which they are
not slow to seize.
The Hydro -electric Board of Hamil-
ton is protesting against the auto-
cratic oontru1 assumed by the Provin-
cial Hydro Commission. The adoption
of the Hydro system was supposed to
give the municipalities' public owner-
ship, but they have about as much to
say in the management of their prop-
erty
roperty as the purchaser of a ticket on
the C. P. R. or the G. T. It. has to say
about the management of the railway
Various suggestions are made as to
what the Government should do to
put a crimp in the high cost of living.
If the Government would show itself
determined to protect the people from
the greed of the food monopolist'', it
would not malts a great deal of differ-
ence
ifference what measures it adopted in the
natter; the monopolists would prob.
ably throw up their hands without
waiting for the Government to shoot.
ANOTHER WAY TO SAVE.
ProwlegiomEPiesollitierld Help Solve the
Food Problem.
The fire waste of the Province of
Ontario for the first three months of
1917 as shown by reports to the fire
marshal, amounts to :3,321,981. In
1916, it amounted in round figures to
6112,000,000, and if the waste is not
stopped the year 1917 threatens to be
as disastrous as at predecessor.
The unfortunate part of the whole
matter ie that the waste conies letgely
from the destruction of field products
in barn., elevators, and warebnuses,
ur in cauning facto' tee, cereal milli",
and otber places where the raw pro-
duct is being turned into food for our
own needs and fur the armies of the
Allies.
It is equally true that many fires,
probably one half of them, could be
•voided by • little care and thought.
t uerly, as a people we should be ready
and willing to take up this liwpire
call and preserve what we produce.
mad.way of example r. ference is
to barn fires. Last year in On-
tario alons over 000 barns were dee-
ttoyed, involving a low of mon than
one million dollars (111,000,000), of
which shy[ hundred tbriusaud dollars
I0tl110,U101 peon produce, implements,
and live stock. It by a little care we
can save one half this lose we should
be doing the equivalent t.f that much
extra production, and who is there
suiting its who is not prepared to do
his "bit" un this line ?
Three vet y simple suggestions are
thrown out which if Adopted will go s
long way to accomplish the result :
1. Install lightning rods on barns
and save tires 'tom lightning. The
impartment of Agriculture, Parlia-
ment Buildings, Toronto, wi11 furnish
anyone with a pamphlet showing how
the node should be made and erected.
It is an absolute fact that barns pro-
perly rodded and grounded are not
liable to be struck by lightning.
2. The crow should not be put in
until it is rrrtaio they have been prop-
erly cured. Evidence it daily accum-
ulating that the heavy clover crops of
last year did not receive full and
proper care and resulted in the firing
of barns from spontaneous conibur
tion. Many doubt this theory, but rec-
ognition of the cause is growing very
rapidly. •
8. Ventilate the barn so that gases
caused by the fermentation of imper-
fectly cued crops will he aucceeefully
carried off. in an unventilated barn
to keep the door, and windows closed
after harvest, and then Admit air by
the opening of the doors, windows. or
other apertures during the warns fall
weather is to invite the tire fiend to
get in his work.
Surely if thew three simple sugges-
tions will accomplish any saving the
call of the Empire's needs should be
incentive enough to giving them a
fair trial.
Fire is always the enemy of the
human racy, but, in wartime, it is •
traitor in eamn, a foe in the trenches.
Not only is the waste of food by fire
an unmitigated calamity, but any
fire waste is just that much of • bur-
den at a time when the last straw may
break the camel's hack .
Killed by Lightning.
Exeter, May 20. --During the
heavy rainstntm, aceonipanied b
thunder and severe lightning, whish
peened over this section last evening
about 6 o'clock. the tower of James
street Methodist church we. struck,
and some brickwork was torn out on
the west side, hut otherwise no dam-
age was done.
Mr. Samuel Rieke, a well -knows
farmer of the township of Claiborne.
who resided about a mite and a quar-
ter east of Centralia. we. *trunk and
instantly kilted. He and hie seine bad
been working around the barn, at:d
while stand's* in the doorway of the
barn ha was Mtrslok . He was aged
fifty-seven years and wven months.
Reside. bis wife. he N survived by
Iwo sons and two daughters.
THE SIGNAL - GODERICH ONTARIO►
TO ADOPT CONSCRIPTION.
Reinforcements of 30,000 to 100,000 Men to Be Raised
In Canada by Compulsory Enlistment—Premier
Borden's Message on His Return from Europe.
Bir Robert Borden annuuoced in tbe
House of Commons on Friday that the
Government bad decided to adopt •
from any responsibility which the oc-
casion calls for. if the cause for which
we lilgbt is what we believe it to be,
the issues involved are those which
form of conscription for the raising of have been repeatedly declared by all
reinforoewente for the Canadian divan- out public loco and by the prase of
the Canada. I believe that the time hes
this come when the authority of the state
should he invoked to provide rein-
forcements necessary to sustain the
gallant men at the front who have
held the lines for months and who
have proved thewerlves more than •
match for the best troops the eneqty
could send against them and who are
now fighting in France and Belgium
that Canada may live In the, future.
No one who has not sten the p'eitions
which our men have taken, whether
at Vimy Ridge, at Couroelette or else-
where, can realize the megultude of
their task or the splendid resourceful-
ness which its accomplishment de-
manded.
lone overseas. The portion of
Premier's speech dealing with
matter was as follows :
.'Now as to our own efforts in this
'war, and here I approach a subject of
great gravity and eer.oueneee, mead 1
hope with a full spree of the responsi-
bility whi,;h devolves upon myself and
upon my colleague., and not only
Upon theca, but upon the members of
this Parliament and the people of tbia
country.Ye1 have fors Canadian
division. at the front. For the im-
wediMe future there are sufficient
reir.forc•�q
cenmlt he\\
ough prow
'Dents. If t
P
nee. But four divisions
maintained without thor-
ium" for future require -
eve reinforcements are
not supplied, ,wbat will he the conse-
quence ? The consequence will be
t hat the four divesiine will dwindle to
three, the three will dwindle to two,
and Canada's effort, so splendid in
this war up to this Lame, will not be
maintained as we desire it CO iw main-
tained. I think that no true Canadian
can bring himself to consider with tol-
eration or eeriousneas any suggestion
for relrixation of our efforts. The
months immediately befoie us may he
deeisive. They may he decisive even
if the war could not end this year.
Germany is bringing into play d& ng
the present season the last nunof
her manhood. What have we done
in this war ? We have sunt 3'[6.(1110
men oversea in the Canadian expedi-
A Message for Help.
"Nor can anyone realise the condi-
tions under which the war is being
carried on. 1 base been somewhat in
the midst of things at the front, yet I
know 1 cannot realize what life in the
trenches means. Yet I can realize it
better than those who have not been
as near the front as I have been. I
bring hack to the people of Canada
from these men a message that they
need help badly, that they need to be
sustained, that reinforcements must
be sent to them. Thousands of them
have made the supreme sacrifice for
our liberty and preservatioo. Com-
mon gratitude, apart from all other
considerations. should bring the whole
force of this nation behind them. I
have promised, in so far as 1 sm cou-
tionery force. including tbo.e wbo
have been B itisb and allied men and
those enlisted for naval defence, 3tg1,-
(1(K) sten at least have left the "holm!
of Canada. it is a great effort, but
greater still is needed.
Nothing More from Voluntary System.
"Hitherto We have depended upon
voluntary enlistment. i, myself,
stated to Parliament that nothing but
voluntary enlistment was proposed by
the Government. But i return to
Canada impressed at once with the ex-
treme gravity of the situation, and
with a tense of responsibility for our
further effort at the most critical
period of the war. 1t is apparent to
me that the voluntary system will not
hfield further substantial results. i
oped that it would. The Government
has made every effort within its
power, so far se i can judge. 1f any
effort to stimulate voluntary recruit-
ing still remains to he made, i would
like to know whet, it is. The people
have co-operated with the Govern-
ment in a moat splendid manner along
the line of voluntary enlistment. Men
and women have in [emoted t hemsetves
in building up the ranks of the regi-
ments that were organized. Every-
thing has been done, it seems to me,
alrng the lines of voluntary enlist-
ment. All citizens are liable to mili-
tary service for the defence of their
country. and 1 conceive that the battle
for Canadian liberty and autonomy se
being fought today upon the plains of
Franey and Belgium.
'Then are otber places besided the
soil of the country itself where the
tattle for Its liherties or the existence
of its institutions eon be foogbt, and 1
venture to think that if this war
"should end in defeat. Canada in all
theears to come would be under the
shadow of German military domina-
tion which is e lowest we ran put
It. 1 th
believe that that fact cannot be
gainsaid.
Tisa far Casecriphea Arrived.
'gibe question arises as to what le
our duty. 1 repeat once more, • gnat
responsibility rests upon three who
see entrtsebed with Ore adwlnlstpatlon
of mobile affairs. Bet they are net 6t
to he entrusted with the adminissrs
lion of public affairs If they shrink
.
cernrd, that help will be given. I
should feel myself unworthy of tbe
responsihility devolving upon me if
1 did not fulfil that pledge. i bring a
message from them. Yes 1 a message
from the men in the hospitals who
have come hack from the very valley
of the shadow of death, !many of them
maimed for life. 1 saw one of them
who bad lost both legs, pretty well up
to the hips, and be was se bright, as
cheerful, as brave and am confident of
the' future es anyone of the members
of this House, a splendid brave boy.
But is there not some other message ?
1s there not a call to us from those who
have passed from the shadow, into the
Light of Perfect Day, from those who
have fallen In France and Belgium,
who have died that Canada may live,
Is there not a call to us that their sac-
rifice shall not be in vain ?
"i have had to take these matters
into consideration and i have given
them my full consideration. 1 realize
the reeponsihity is a serious one, but 1
do not shrink from it. Therefore it is
my duty to announce to the House
that early proposals will be made on
the part of the Government to provide
by compulsory it/Hilary enlistment, on
a selective basin, such reinforcements
a may to necessary to maintain the
Canadian army today in the field as
one of the finest, fighting forces in the
Empire. The number of men required
will not he leas than liO,(IUO and will
probably he 100,000. Thew proposals
have been formulated in part. and
the will lee presented to the Howe
with the greatest expedition that cir-
cumstances will permit. 1 hope that
when they are submitted all the mem-
bers of the House will receive them
with a full sense of the greatness of
the Issue Involved In this war, with a
deep realisation of the sacrifice that
we have already made. of the purpose
for whish It boa been made and with •
firm determination that, on our part.
we will do our duty in this .[.niggle to
the very end, whatever it may be."
Though the top rung of tie ladder
of enemies i■ the .met slippery. incus
people fail off the others.
Your Mead's sympathy le like your
own lank ase rnint. it is beet net. to
draw too heavily upos it,
'Shortage of Swede Turnip Seed.
Swede turnip growers are urged
this spring to endeavor to recurs and
traosplant a few sound roots 10
pro-
ducer seed for tbetnselves and their
neighbors. Owing to tbe abnormal
oosdltiuns now prevailing there will
likely be very little swede sed for
plant -log in the spring of 1918 unless
our Canadian swede turnip growers
make provision for their own supplies
by growing the seed tbewselses.
Canadian supplies of swede and most
other field root and garden seeds for-
merly came from Europe. but this
souroe is now practically cut off. The
prospects for bon.rngrown seed bays
been reduced by the present price of
swede turnips for food purposes, as it
would now take nearly two hundred
dollen' worth of full-grown swede
turnips to transplant an acre for seed
purposes. This factor has had the
unfortunate effect of reducing the
area in the Eastern Provinces that
would otherwise have been planted
for the produe Loa of swede seeds.—
Seed Branch, Ott.ws.
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Often the Cheapest -
Always the Beat
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aid Undertaker
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MGM EMT WAT1ER
DIMMING � �r �117 TOO
ioiV ll FEEL EL RIGH Y
Says glass of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisons.
1f yon wake tip with a tad taste, bad
breath and tongue 1s coated; if your
bead 1s dull or aching; N what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid In stom-
ach, or you are bilious, constipated,
nervous, sallow and can't get feeling
just right, begin Inside bathing. Drink
before breakfast, a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in It. This will flush the
poisons and toxins from stomach, Uver,
kidneys and bowels and cleanse,
sweeten and purity the entire alimen-
tary tract. Do your Inside bathing Im-
mediately upon arising in the morning
to wash out of the system all the pre-
vious day's poisonous waste, gases and
sour bile before putting more food Into
the stomach.
To feel like young tolls feel; Itke
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body im-
purities, get from your pharmactet a
quarter pound of limestone phosphate
which is inexpensive and almost taste-
less. except for a sourish twinge which
is not unpleasant.
Just as soap and bot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so bot water and Itmestone
phosphate act on the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels. Men and women
wbo are usually constipated, bilious,
beadachy or have any stomach dis-
order
ieorder should begin this inside bathing
before breakfast. They are assured
they will become real cranks on the
sublect shortly.
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of 81.50 French Silk Foulards. Colors are warranted fast,
neat and stylish designs, in black and white, white and
black, also colors. Most fashionable and most serviceable
for waists or dresses. See them, at per yard 66c
White and Colored Wash Voiles
Selection and choice is so large and varied as to be almost
bewildering to choose. Sheer Voiles, Marquisettes,
Crepes, Mustins and Palm Beach, in checks, bar effects,
stripes, flecks and convectional patterns. Widths range,
from 36 to 4.2 inches, and prices are very moderate, mostly
ranging 2Sc to Sec
Curtains and Draperies
40 -inch hemstitch edge with insertion, plain Marguisette,
in white, ivory or Beige shade, at per yard 30c to 35c
Nottingham Lace Curtains
2i and 3 yards long, in white. Tamboo edges. New
patterns, at per pair 39c, SOc, 75c, $1.00lasd ;LSO
Tapestry, Brussels Rugs
A large selection of English Rugs in 24x3, 3x3, 3x3, ,
3x4, 34x4, 4x4 yards. Special prices, as nearly all these
were bought over a year ago.
Linoletuns
2, 3 a`nd 4 yards wide, at per yard..........5c, 7Sc and Ins
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Tennis, Bowling and. Sporting
SHOES
The rife -Buoy Ten-
nis, Bo diing and Sport-
ing Sh\are here. The
styles this season are
more varied than ever.
For ladies, Pumps and
high laced Shoes will be
popular. For girls and
boys, Roman Sandals
with solid rubber heels and laced Shoes in white, black and
brown colors. The wearing qualities are better than ever
and the prices most' reasonable.
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North side of Square
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