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THE)`SIGNAL - GODERICH'; ONTARIO '
IS[M1-G[NT[NNIAL
Of CONFEDERATION
forowth of National Spirit and
Rosman Sines first
Dominion Day
irlILOVINCrn BEFORE)l. UNION
rst
eated
aid Narrow tart Ladies
We and Ideas of rase atrtttes-
Canada in th. Onset War
ally lot. 1617, marts the labile* of
is nationhood. ()r Jett lot,
the Bratsk North America shat
weal Into effect sad the Dsmtaloa
oe Its woaderAY career. It is
t to realties that tear fifty years
there was me BoarWes; baa In
place, a group of ,mall and cost-
ively aaLmportaat Bridal colon -
Nora SootLa. New Brunswick.
Prates Edward lalaad were than
Le. sparsely nettled colonies. ta-
mpon their owe local problem,
having little interment* wttk the
of British North America. The
O nce of Canada was better settled
Morn important, hut the great
-West eat only a vast wilder-
Mali
ilderMal1 ander the control of the
salt's Bay Company. A few mfi-
MMnarles, traders. and settlers were
*berm but the whole white population
dad sot exceed 20,000 In number. Still
Esether west, many thousands of min -
had been attracted to British Col -
mitts. by the discovery. In 1857, of
Id (lathe bed of the Fraser River;
t. after the ttrat rush was over, only
few thousand remained, and the
its population of the colony was
ly 12,000 in 1861. It is not very
tprtsing, therefore. that a member
the British Parliament declared a
years earlier that the whole col-
, was not worth £ 20,000.
The Dominion of Canada. as It ap-
ra on preaentday maps. 1. not the
minion of (,'anada created In 1867
the British North America Act.
ova Scotia and New Brunswick,
on they entered Confederation, had
o same area as they have to -day.
t Ontario and Quebec were .then
ash smaller than they are at prea-
1. In tart, to 1867, they had no
nits northern boundaries, ae ,the
gh country to the north was little
own, and the disputes about bound.
Arles had not yet begun. The areas
1867 of Ontario and Quebec are
orally given as 121,000 and 210.-
square
10:square miles. Add to these
as those of Nova Scotia and New
'wick. 21,000 square mil.. and
8,000 square miles respectively. and
s ohtaln the total area of the new
'minion of ('anada, which was about
80,000 square miles. e s Canada to-
y Inas an area of 3,729,000 square
lee, or almost ten' times the area
the Dominion at Confederation, it
evident that her growth In area has
ulte kept pare with her development
other dir .;tlons.
"Greater Canada" of Future
The chief areas of British North
m„Hca, not included in the original
minion, were Newfoundland and
nee Edward Island on the east, and
rittsh Columbia on the west; Rap-
's Land, a vast territory around
edsem Bay with no distinct bounder-
s; the Bermudas, the British West
ndlco. and honduras. It seems ap-
roprtate that to this semi -centennial
✓ proposals are being publicly
e looking to the Inclusion of at
■t. Newfoundland, the British West
IIIPd and the Bahanmer' to a Greeter
rade, which would thus become an
empire in itself Wane contTnuing •
jprt of the far-flung British Empire.
The Twentieth Century ts, indeed,
'Canada's. It does not need the eye of
le prophet to see that in the very near
•lure Canada's population will be
haled or quadrupled.- The temperate
"regions of the earth have few vacant
e!arra, the tropktal practically none.
'Tet the people of the earth continue
to Increase and multiply. The south-
ern' parts of Western Canada. South-
ern' filberts, certain parts of South
,merlca, South Africa, and Australia
Mre Mut sparsely peopled at present,
rot all are eminently suited for set-
tlement by white races. And of all these
pocentrles It would seem as if Cana-
da
anaida would be firat to receive the great
Eses of emigration. She appears to
better prepared and better fitted to
Ire them. This proepective rapid
a ovelopment of ('anada demands the
mareful organization and utilisation of
lter wonderful material resources.
After Fifty Years
Since the outbreak of the Great War
'(Mirada has made rapid strides as a
nutarturing country. in spite of
agricultural and mineral w
rues. almost one half 1469E 1 of her
pie dwell In urban centres On-
o and Quebec practically monopo-
the manufacturing indasert.. of
• Dominion. The value of wanufac-
red products of these province. for
91 l were: Ontario, 1679,810,128,
teueLeq 8350,901,656, out of a total vat -
me for the Dominion ' r 11,166./16,610.
loaned% used to be a debtor nation.
that 1., the value of her Imports ex-
yoeded that of her exports. 'This state
or affairs is now reversed, and the bat -
oboe of trade Is no longer against her.
'or example. Canada's trade for the
•so•I year of 1916-16 reached • total
11,411,000,000. Exports amounted
a total of 1741,000,000. dlstrtbnted
follows: Manufactures, 8141.000,-
Es,
Agrlrnitural product.., -160.000,-
1 Animal products. 1102,000,000;
oov.15, $61,000,000; Lumber, 111,-
a/041;
11.,600; and Ptah, 113,000,000 iin-
w�rla valued at i16.000,000, of
1169,000,000 we0r7e dutlabl•
and 8118,000,000 free goods.
the oommerctal sod tneaufactar.
Leimposts ars the least in whlob the
imposter
War has affected Canada While
mlgretloa-tin recent decades •
factor In the national lits has
, Use nation has made great
*torte towards the maintenance of the
ynfdsrtivity of its vartoua tanto Indus-
htos-agrtoulture, mining. lumbering
sued gnhtng- and bas given great mow
Mors of its sons to the fighting tomes,
ithea gldag the answer to the Meese -
An 9aretnld that (1aSiadia would
rtIfspiretotimedeverlatton of Germany bas
nal, ted the flft► rears of
. aged.wal Ute f ral.b a wen
example of the triumph e[ faith ,AIS
In.ptred the ?'ether* ut bo.fed•,wtlsa
mad the public mea of the Mettker
Country to the shake.
The anal step towards Ooattiderw-
ttoe was taken when • conferees* wee
held la LAO b Loads*, b.tweee 841 -
,ah sad Caaadtaa statesmen. The
result et their wort was the Brtt1ob
North America ata. watch pawed the
British Meese practically eneem sed.
and come tate throe July 1st, 1967.
The Act provided that Canada (Upper
and Lower), Nov& Stetter, and New
Bruaswtek should be united umber one
federal 'retirement, but that oath
should maaag. ns rarefy local aeehs
The salted ceaalry was to be caned
the Domlatoa of Oanada. sad hence
forth Uypor and tower (!nada were
to be known as Oatarto and Qtubec
It is interesting to note that the ant
draft of the BW sails the country the
"Kingdom of Canada." This did not
mesa as tnd.pesdeat kingdom, but
so auxiliary one, wilt the moziarcb of
Osgtand at Iia Lead Tb. term "Do-
mlalon" was Debilitated, lout the word
"kingdom" might head the Repwbll-
caa susceptibilities of our Amertcan
notgbbours!
The New Constitution
A Governor 3eneral to represent
the sovereign of Great Britain was
to be appointed for five years. Each
province wee to have a Lieutenant -
Governor appointed by the Governor-
General-tn-t'ouacf for ave years. The
functions of Governors were to call,
prorogue, and dissolve parliaments, W
choose councillors, to assent to ms.a-
urea passed by Parliament, and to ex-
ercise a general ears over the later
eats of the couutry. Tae real govern-
ing power was left to the councillors.
whom the Governor or Lieutenant
Governor should choose from the
party in majority In the House of
Commons or Assembly. Title. of
course. is the principle of Responsible
Government.
The Dominion Parliament war to
consist of two houses, th Senate and
the House of Commons. he Senate
Was to have 72 members: 24 from
Ontario, 24 from Quebec, an 24 from
Nova Scotia and New Brunsw k com-
bined: The Senators were, to ap-
Ceatfared with Uelbd *takes
It V often said that OW ooastltu
tie* i* • direct copy of that of the
Called Slater. Tbfs is untrue In some
HON. GEORGE BROWN, Macdonald'.
eolith a1 opponent hut faithful taw
adJutor in creating the Confident -
thin.
very important respects. In the Unit-
ed States the central government re
, civets its powerrfrom tbe "Sovereign
States" within clearly deflnedl thins.
Everything which the states did not
specially part with at the outset. Is
jealously guarded. Thus, theoretical-
ly, It 1s a very slender thread which
binds a state to the union, and 1t was
largely this centrifugal force which
caused the American ('evil War. The
framers of the British North Ameri-
ca Act took warning from the weak
points Ip the American scheme. The
provinces ceded all their powers tc
he Crown, and received back such
es of self-government as their
reesentatives had agreed upon as
den 8116. Again, with us, judges are
not : ected by popular vote as in the
t'ntt States. but are appointed by
the Go error-in1'ouhcil for life, and
thus are • ot dependent "on the caprice
of the • . le of a province for their
nomination and retention in office."
it is enoug to nay that Confedera-
tion has ful led the expectations of
its most can ulne advocates. The
Act stands to-das on July 1st, 1867,
except that several new province
have been admltteed-an added proof
of the advantages 24 union.
Period Prevailing 1867
After the union of tapper and Low
er Canada to 1841, the hefted Province
of ('anada made rapid progress. The
population rose from 1,106,000 In 1841
to 2,507,657 in 1861; and yn coni
parison with what they are ay, the
chief cities were still sinal Mon•
treat had only 90.323 Inhabttipts in
1861, Toronto 44,821, Hamilton 1,,096,
and London 11,565. On the her
hand, many of the villages and sd pe
of tits towns were tar larger and mo
prosperous than they are now.
In- the period Just before Confedera-
tion moat of the people of ('anada
were engaged in agriculture and lum-
bering. Grain was grown more ex•
teaslvely then than now, and many
parts of central and southern Canada
still contained great pine forests.
Moreover, the operation of the Reci-
procity Treaty created • very large
and lucrative trade aha the United
States In the products bf the farm and
the forest. Much of the grain and
lumber was carried by water, and aa
a result many an Ontario harbour on
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario was then
a very busy point of departure for
wiling vessels and steamers engaged
to this export trade. At the same
time the valley of the Ottawa produc
ed an Immense quantity of squared
timber, most of which was exported
to Europe. On the other band, manu-
facturing was confined almost exclu-
sively to the supplying of local needs,
and little attempt was made to export
manufactured goods
in the fifteen years before Confed-
eration a very wonderful development
in railways took place in Canada. The
first railway in the country. the six-
teen -mile line between Lapralrie and
St. Johns, LC., had been opened in
1836, but in 1861 there was not yet
a single mile of railway track In Up-
per Canadain the following years.
however, development was raptd, and•
by 1865. 2,1481a miles were built and
la use
Union Followed Progress
in the Maritime Provinces railways
had made little progress, and to 1866
New Brunswick had only 196 miles.
and Nova Scotia only 93. Even after
the eonetrurtlon of all these railways,
colonisation roads, built through the
bush by the government, continued to
be very Important for giving sec..s to
them' parts of the country not to be
reached by the railways, and for en-'
e.oragtng settlement. in 1863 there
were seven of these rods to tipper
(',anada, and five In Lower Canada
A. would be Indicated by the activ-
ity of the ('.anadlsn Government In
batldtag c iontdiUon roads. pot of
forts were being made to Induce Ire
mi4rants from Europe to settle in
(latasta. Goverum,at publications de -
dared that 7,004,000 acres of Brown
loads were surveyed and open for sale,
al from thirty cents to one dollar per
aero. la 1261, 24,687 Immigrants ar-
rived le Canada, bet a thee* 10,000
litc"ed to the tinited States
nmaleder settled In the fol.
districts: Weeterw part of
e sada 0,850; Ottaws District,
Eastern Canada. 1,800; Gasps,
i and ltnknown, 941 Total, 11,117.
a lad Lower O.nada, b the per
just boa ore ('crtfed oration . and.
eon. Pse years atter that, were mat-
hs" the same appeal to the dere ,can
hamigreat that is now being mad* by
our great Western Pro -dares In
essay part. of the nocotry metiers
wsee hewing homes nut of the forest,
adan e..ttag many of the semis dtlfi.
males that bid u
been •se ntmrod
=been
the United Ear
SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, Canada's
first Premier, a Statesman of tact,
power and foresight
pointed for life by the Governor-Gen-
eral. A Senator must be at least
thirty yearn of age, and must be pos-
sessed of at leas 94.000 worth of
property. The Senate's functions are
identical with those of the Britlah
House of Lords prior to 1911. The
House of Commons was to be elected
by the people. With respect W Its
membership, the principle of repre-
sentation by population was adopted.
Quebec gas taken as the standard and
given 6 members, while the numbers
from the other provinces were to bear
the same relation to their populations
that 65 did to the population of Que-
bec.
Provinces and Powers
The Provincial Parliaments were to
be shdllar to that of the Dominion,
except that It was left optional wheth-
er • province should or should not
have a Senate. To avoid confusion,
the old names, Legislative ('ouncil and
Legislative Assembly were to be the
official names of the provincial houses.
The duration of the Dominion Parlia-
ment was fixed at five years, that of
the Provincial Parliaments at four
years. All parliaments were to meet
once a year. The seat of the Dom1n-
Ion Government was to be Ottawa;
the provincial seats were: Ontario,
Toronto; Quebec, Quebec; Nova Sco-
tia Halifax; New Brunswick, Preder-
Icton.
The Dominion Parliament was to
have control of the general affairs of
the country. Such were: regulation
of trade, postal system, public debt
and borrowing money on public cred-
it, military and naval matters, navi-
gation, fisheries, currency and coin-
age, banks, bankruptcy, Indian affairs,
naturalization of aliens, customs, mar-
riage and divorce, public works, rail-
ways. criminal law, commercial law,
etc. The Dominion Parliament was
also given power to disallow Provin-
clal Acts. The Provincial Par
(laments were given power over dl
Parliaments were given power over di-
rect taxation within the province, bor-
rowing
orrowing of money on provincial credit,
management of ppublic Janda, timber,
etc., Ilcens.., puMltc works within the
province, civil (nd property rights,
provincial courts, prisons and Impris-
onment, enforcement of the law of the
provinne, education, maniclpal institu-
tions, and generally of all matters of
a local or private nature wltbtn the
province.
Other Important provisions et the
Act were: These airfield be absolute-
ly fr.e trade between the provinces
of Canada Money bills mast origln
ate to the House of Commons in
Parliamentary debuts either the Eng-
lish or Trench language algid he need.
and proceedings mast be reeord.d in
both. Tlt• constrnstion of the inter
celonlal Railway was to hecomatose-
eel within six mouths It was also
pvnvlded that saber provinces Wild
be admitted at ea/ ties.
ur IESS AND ray
SA[jORFOR, KIDNEYS
Take a glee of Salts before breakfast
if 'war leak karts or Eladilar
Witten
• AIL�-- 764
n6 America mea and women must
laxed estaatly gigatongigatonKidney trouble,
iaeaawoawe est too midi anti all our food
L rich. Our blood is filled with urs
and whisk the kidm.ye strive to liter
out, they weaken from overwork, become
sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and
the result L kidney trouble, bladder
weakness and • general decline in health.
When your kidneys fed like lumps of
lead; your back burta or the urine is
cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night; If you suffer with sick
beadectes or dizzy, nervous spells, acid
stomach, or you have rheumatism when
the weather is bad, get from your phar-
macist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take a tablespoonful in a gime of
water before breakfast for a few days
sad your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the said
of grapes and lemur juice, combined with
Lithia, and has been• used for generations
to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys;
to neutralize the ands in the urine so it
no longer is a sours of irritation, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jed Salts is inexpensive; cannot in-
jure, makes a. ,delightful effervescent
1ithla- water beverage, and belongs in
every home, because nobodycan make
a mistake by having a good idney flush-
ing any time.
Homeseekers'
Excursions
Every Monday till October 26th.
LOW FARES
FROM
TORONTO
10
AIbreda . 954.00
Athabasca 411.50
Edmonton . 47.00
stettier . 47.00
Canova 35.75
North Battletord 43.75
Regina ... 40.50
Forward ... 40.25
Saskatoon . . 42.25
Dauphin - , 37.75
Lucerne .. 53.00
Calgary . . 47.
Camrdes 4s.
Hanna 46.00
Roeetown . . 43.50
Vorkton . 35.25
Moose Jaw 41.00
Prince Albert 43.50
Brandon . .. 37.00
Winnipeg ... 35.00
IFor Tickets, Reservations. Liter-
ature and Information, apply to
J. W. Craigia, Insurance, Ooder-
ink or write R. 1.. Fatrhairn,
a G.P.A., 18 Hing St. E., Toronto.
CANADIAN NORTHERN
-.tree "! !
Kee U l With
the Imes !
AND have our house
lighted m „ modem
way -with electri •• . We
know how to do l and
will cheerfully f u r n' s h
plans and estimates •r
wiring, fixtures, etc.
A lame assortment of Elec-
trical Sundries and Supplies
always on hand.
RobtjTait
West Street, Phones
Next Postoffice 82 and 193
Burns
and
Sores
quickly healed by
CCA
Ointment
"wee Oweeen lap tie the by them heal
miellist as
say /mews* � kW mess tM with & �a�
use. Th
swag, s. /.-s}. Lad vser9fed
tAe.ogi 4 etyaess. Airs oleo easaaL,'
�ea.i.asas ere e1 Mass my
filo saes ss seri lrseeas last
isle" -101.
LTD.Paspaivad by
POSTICR-Dita 01).
maimQlft
Sold by J. A. Campbell, Gedsriclt
An Easter Outing
Y
Wantaleutet to The armee by tier. Donald
rse, of ubaagbal Chloral
in recent years a number of holiday
resorts have been opened up at differ-
ent points in China, partly through
better communioiUoo and partly be-
cause things permitted now would
never bees been allowed by the Chin-
ese authorities in the earlier days.
Thew resorts have raved wany lives,
Physically and also epirituail9. The
latter need is often more subtle and
fatal than the former. At these re-
sorts during the summer time confer-
ences have been held and great spirit-
ual leaden from the West have come
and given their inspiring rnessagee.
But this Easter we began • new ex-
periment in a new Placa easily acct••
sable from Shanghai by rail. The city
of Hangchow it • very famous one in
history and the attraction of
a beautiful • in which there are
several islands with historic buildings
and remains. On the shone of it
several foreign buildings have been
erected, and it carte as en inspiration,
why not use them for a little Easter
school ? A small committee worked
up the idea and hence a little party
equal to the accommodation available
faired itself this Heater heside the
lake.
Trains to Hangcbow were very
crowded. Many people not pound for
the school were hurrying away for a
short breathing space in Hangchow,
away from the smoke of Shanghai, to
wander over tbe green hills or sail on
the waters of the lake. The lake it-
self is not of any great extent, but it
is bounded un two sides by low bills,
while the newly opened and modern
portion of the city occupies the other.
in pre -Manchu days the Manchu city
.but off the lake from the rest of the
town, but now the ruins made by the
revolution have keen cleared away
and a beautiful city laid out on up-to-
date city -planning lines. The lake it-
self is very 'bellow and in tad need of
dredging. The possession of such •
late is indeed a bonanza to the city
and doubtless improvements will he
made from time to time.
'1 he house we occupied was erected
by Dr. Main. the world-famous medi-
cal wie sionary of Hangcbow, as • con-
'valescent home, It Ir one of the
numerous institutions provided, how-
ever, by Ibis Scottish genius whose
motto is "Keep smiling, When the
Chinese were asleep he realized the
value of these sites from a health
point of view, and had no difficulty io
buying the lofty point oyerlooking the
lake on which there was a tall pagoda.
He has now agreed to give that site
back to the Chiueee on his owti de-
cease. But meanwhile this house wae
consecrated anew by the presence of
these young teen front Shanghai,
some of them engaged in missionary
work and some in business. The de-
votional and other meetings were very
refreshing, but the open air also wooed
many either for walks or for boat. -
rides. At the close of such a time of
retirement from the dust of Shanghai
we all felt refreshed and thankful
that we had come for such a purpose,
and hoped that this would be the first
of a series which would make the
West Lake of Hangchow as famous as
the lake at Keswick.
The nights were delightfully quiet,
but in the morning ceaseless streams
of pilgrims pawed the doors on the
way to a famous shrine -some in
chain, some in rieshas, but most on
foot. Rich, middle-class and poor.
they were all intent on obtaining
some blessing from the idols. Some
had come long distances, even women
with little feet bid stumped along the
loug and dusty roads in answer to the
vague inward impulse which impels to
worship. Some of our patty went to
visit the shrine, but they came back
with such a tale of the hundreds of
disgusting beggars infesting the road-
side that the rest of us preferred to
remain away. We hear tbat a famous
Chinese sage visited tbe shrine this
year and was so shocked with the
sight of such misery that he resolved
to build • refuge, but one would like
to tree it first. These lusty beggars
would probably prefer the freedom of
the outdoor lite than to he cooped up
in an institution, even if there be room
for them all, which is very doubtful.
A lurid light on at least one home
from whicb the worshippers came was
seen by us on our return journey to
Shanghai. In the missionary hospital
hall -way to Shanghai we found s
young woman who had attempted to
commit suicide with the aid ofscissor..
She told us that the rest of the family
had gone to Hangchow to worship,
and life to her was so miserable that
Mae thought she had better end it
while they were away.
The more educated Chinese seem to
show some love for scenery, and all
day long upon the lake could be seen
host. of tall kende conveying well -
deemed idlete to the various pointe of
interest. (in the temple• and arches
were to be found inecripatons in praise
of the world-famous lake. And yet
one had only to (to a short distance
from the shore among the hills to nee
countless graves, the site of which had
been chown accoriing to the tyranni-
cal bonds of superstition, the well-
known wind -and -water theory, which
gives employment to thousands of
fortune-tellers and so forth. Nature
in such a cane is something not to be
admired, but to be propitiated by e
metieoteus choice of the gravel Mte.
Niters oppresses the dead and dis-
turbs the tiering.
At one corner of the lake Lan island
known es the Emperor's island. in
the old days the Emperor occasional)]
travellei through his domain, though
this custom had entirely disappeared
during the last few reigns of the Man-
chu d namty. One of the Emperor*
visited Hangchow, and for some rea-
son a causeway was built to connect
the island with the mainland, and
various kiosquee, stairways, and
arches are still pointed out as baying
the honor of the Emperor's presence
if even for a few night. only. Hnt
more Interesting to me than these
were the memorials dedicated to the
patriots of the revolution of 1011-12.
Many soldf.re of this province had
pertehed In this cause and the eltlsens
had the Irxllee none/Tod to thin beau-
tNnl reetineeplsoe and various' mono-
ruentel .hafts were tweeted before
them. Ono was glad to see that there
was no evidence. of any worship to
the spirit at the deported. Along the
*bore ow eters side was ,sat plentiful
Tennis, Bowling and Sporting
SHOES
5P13R11NG
The new Life -Buoy Ten-
nis, Bowling and Sport-
ing Shoes 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 heater than ever
and the prices most reasonable.
- REPAIRING --
Geo. MacVicar
North sidle r.f yuan.
Guden� II
building material, and on inquiry we
found that the wife of a Jewish opium
merchant who is an ardent Buddhist
was going to build a Buddhist temple
there, as it seems the island lacks any
Buddhist building. I should say that
the lady ie a Chinese.
On Saturday evening 1 received a
telephone message to come and ad-
dress the boys ot the Hangchow Col-
lege on Sundaymorning. I proceeded
by the college unch to the beautiful
site on the banks of the river. It is
said to be the finest college site in
China. 1 spoke to the boys an Easter
message, dwelling at length on the
life of Mary Steseor. Returning in
the afternoon 1 was present in tae
united Easter service of all the mis-
sions in Hangchow, after which we
adjourned to the hospital chapel,
where Anglicans end Nonconformists
alike listened to an Easter serwoo.
The genial Doctor who presided over
this wonderful group of buildings was
'oniginally dnigiated for India. but
God had a work for him to do in
China.
Returning to Shanghai we sat beside
r Chinese lady deeply engaged in the
perussl of a hook of Chinese odes.
We saw at once tho,t she was one of
the new type of educated lady -and on
inquiry found she was • teacher in a
scbool. She told us that she had gone
to Hangcbow on a holiday, but the
real truth probsldy was that she had
gone like the rest to the temple shrine
in hopes of obtaining some blessing.
We realized that the parched fields
now suffering an unusual and pro-
longed petiod of drought for greet dis-
tances on both sides of the railway
were a very fitting emblem of the dry
heart of this people. The farmers
were engaged in emptying the remain-
ing water from a few muddy pools in
hopes of saving their crops. The pools
evidently remelting the native rell-
gions, and nothieg will do but the
showers from Heaven.
A woman's shoe is usually large for
its size.
Speaking without thinking is shoot-
ing with the eyes shut.
A woman knows more about styles
in a minute than • man does in a life
time.
Don't be dissatisfied with your lot.
Hang on to it and wait for a real estate
boom.
GRAND TRUNK sY's EM
Attractive Trips
TO
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ALGONQUIN PARK
MAGANETAWAN RIVER
LAKE OF BAYS
KAWARTHA LAKES
GEORGIAN BAY
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dile from stations in Ontario at
very low tares, with liberal
stop -oven.
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all Grand Trunk ticket °dice. kx write C. g.
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ton Street
THE FUEL SITUATION'
Present Difficulties Attributed to a Number of
Causes -An Important Statement
THE tolliewtng statement is sent
ont les lir. A. D. keener, Geo -
is of elf• C. P. R:
It V seethed to moat quarters.
some man than others, that this
soaotry 4 flee to rhos with a coal
fht.ws of very alamatng proper-
nenL and that by next winter, it coo -
Mims weer wheat fuel may be
obtained do iibt alter 10 the mare
dose. a past mans industrial ode
terns and bonesbolders will be n-
ails to supply themselves with su81-
zlent ooal to carry them through the
severe weather.
181. present w dlt5c ul-
(1 . In the way
and d bringingpraspecttcoal tato
Madera Canada my be attributed to
1 number or amass, principal
'monist witch are dearth of mitring
labor and deort•a• of Doll carrying
g atpment at tits tines. Ti. situ-
ation In some of the mining terri-
tories se the present time, is that,
eves with the labor shortage, mise
o perators are able to turn out oriel
at a greater rate than tarry nen ob-
tain can to carry it away. it. thew
fon, naturally follows, that more coal
nazi be brought Into Canada 1f the oar
simply 1s Increased.
Unfortunately. it Is out of the gore
tion to obtain any number of new
oars at this Ume, and the situation ma
be asst only by obtaining more servtoss
tram the present rolling stook. To
do this tars mast be moved promptly
betwesh the mines and de•tlnattow,
sad must be un'oadod am goon ass they
ach asa.lguees.
Rallwayk must bare noel In order
toredtseharg, their obeipt4u« to fhs
tottetry, and for their owls
Um, as well as tar the hsosflt
timer patrons, they are paellas
their utmost mesh to mtnlmiem de-
lay to ears whine ea Touts to and
from the re Imre.
All efforts In this dirertima how-
ever, will be of little avail widest
the whole -hearted asoperetbon of the
Tusan wtto rlales4. the Boal and re-
leases the mar after 1t web to Its
4srinatton. Rise readiness. wbn
tLornaghh appreciate tee altoatien,
have almost a bpndred per ant t�
mrd In the ptee pt kwlnadlste of real
earn bat there aro dimers wen are
helping to crests • 881. prnspeetlye
shortage of seal by keegting the eentp-
m.i.t not of settee modem To day
there are In Mmes town et reamer&
tively small stat fifty two mal ear,
smafting nnleeding. The arrival of
elsese rare was I+read *•w a aerial
fJS 1 8daafi r18. Y mem .
received per day a 1.61. Thee
ocndgned to three organisations
have the facilities for unloading
large nuhber of can each day.
My -two nn have baso out of
vtos a total of 1026 oar dnt♦a
oars that are not held for
as thew cors are, average
fifty miles per car per
the fifty-two ears been
they would bate. kb
travelled 81,450 mUes
tttataaoe from the point where
ars now located to the og� ml
le approximately liar
miles. It follows, the,'r,
the fifty-two oar, hese m
service they would have
able to bring into the
four carloa4s, or about
hundred tons, of coal. The
Is not very large. it V tree,
Lodi demand t• considered
would hare kept over three
warm for the winter
the boners in an industrial
for some 11ttle time.
(late tunately, the case cited 1s n
the only one of ata kind. 1t t• cos
the were[ at present but there
hundreds of cars at this moment that
ere lying idle wafting to be reffev
of their loads, •0 that tbsy moy gal
back to the mines for more mal. Ties
�and nscan thecountry immeeoks
9smDtly releasing roll stock well
helping to redoes ear shortage at the
mama.
mea.
There is alae the man who has ele
ways called for open top ears for tate
handling of his goods because the
leading and unloading with that clam
of egulptmwt M more economlest
than tw wing closed cars When ig
inmate on being snpplted wltb sero
that should 8e to the coal in dn.m. he
is helping to create a coal shortage
by tamping tars away from the mines.
No doubt he Is a hoary mal cmenmevti
lie a bn.fne.a proposition would 1t,
not be more aeonomical for elm tf
by used closed tan now and ees *ag
the railways to transport more mai
Iain the reentry so that he weed not
he In danger of having to clomp down
his plant altmether later m aerostat
of being ar>ahle ta obtain foal?
The Canadian Pad& Railway (ranee. _.
pane, for Itself, and mt babel/ of
ether railway cenw•yn frost
asr.estly calls urine Its rearms and
.Tnpleyere to db their etmmt to
elf the Impedlma shortage et feel
b••Dly sal eon wrotirsoosrap la tale
pfop•r movies. white h I1w
fit sial, `"'�