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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1917-8-30, Page 22 THURSDAY, AUGUST 80. 1917 &1 olutt CHS SiGNAL PRINTING CU., Lau. Pe atisaelte Tug 8IONat be published ever Thursday om the o1L v Signal The S8nal BuLl0ing. North titreet. tioderlcb Ontario Telephone No. )a ':larl'aiPrwN 'l'aarts.--Oce Dollar and Ptt y vents per you ; tt paid strictly In advance One Dollar will be accepted • to subscribers in the United Statee the rate to One Dollar and Platy Cents strictly in advsuoe, Subscribers who 611 to receive TR/ tlruNat ewrutarly by mall gill confer • favor by aoquaioUug the publish. of the hot ettweedy adaw•spomade. When Ching, of address is desired, both old and toe new address should be elven. Retelltauoe• may be made by bank draft. esprow moos/ order, test-otaoe order. or registered letter. eubscrlptlon. may commence at an time. m AlleT$!NU Tana,. -galea for any and wutrect ad verrlsemeuts will be riven on appli- cation. 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No oom munloation will be attended to unless it 000 - Woe the name and address of the writer, not neoewlty for publication, but as an evidence of rood faith. New, Items should reach Tor Stomal office not later than Wednesday b000 of each week. THURSDAY. AUGUST 30 1917 THE C. N. R. DEAL. The Parliament now nearing its end is celebrating its obsequies in advance by putting through a deal which it in strongly suspected means the handing over of some fifty -ar sixty millions of dollars of the people's money for the benefit of certain Toronto interests re- lated to the Canadian Northern Rail- way. Three years ago Mackenzie and Mama, WI o had already been gener- ously assisted in the C. N. R. enter- prise by Federal and Proviucial grants of lands and money, came before Par- liament with the plea that they re- quired one more grant to put the C. N. R. on its feet. Atter considerable opposition from the Liberals and a 'few independent Conservatives in the Rouse. Parliament handed over the vast sum of g45,000,000, with the pro- vision [bat in case of default Parlia- ment might take over the ownership of the road. Later another sum of 815.000,000 was granted, on the ground that the necessities of the railway re- quired thatfurther aid should be given and that it was not its the public inter- est that default should be made The Government appointed a commission to examine into C. N. R. affairs, and the majority report, submitted a few weeks ago, was to the effect that the stock of the Company had no value. Now the Government is ap- pointing another eommisehmer, Chief Justice Mir William Meredith. to put a value upon the same stock. which it proposes t, purchase, and the result may be -a., evidently it is in- tended it shall be -that the people of Canada will he further feted in the *unto( fifty or piety million dollars for ra'Iway stock for which little or noth- ing was paid and which it is not 'mortuary that Parliament should putcha.e in order to come into poser. •ion of the railway. \ It is well known that M',clenzie and', put ane recti ms into the heads of the Neon have become mill;onaires by 1 cl�vic f Goderich. their exploiting of the C N. R. project. atbe>h + The railway was built out of subsidies Fist thing know Moyes will be and land grants from the Federal and mining back asking the muni - Provincial . Governments, and there it cipalitiels to lay fm for his stick in no obligation, legal or moral. resting the O. W. M. RailWpy. He r,tu point upon the people of Canada to pay a to the exatuple of Ottawa in the Dent for the stock of the Company. C. N, R. deal. Indeed, there in no evidence that Mackenzie and Mann or anybody else ever paid a rent for it. Of course, there is a reason and there is an excuse for the extrairdin- ar7 and unjustifiable proposal put for ward by the Government. The reason is believed to be that certain Toronto interest*. with which the present Gov- ernment, and particularly the Minister of Finance, are allied, stand to profit by the transaction. itiaone of those bite of "high finanee" by which rich wen add millions to their wealth by manipulations which ate carefully kept from public knowledge. Distinct from the real reason, there is an excuse which ie put forward with great plausibility, namely, that the legisla- tion is a great step forward in the application of the principle of public ownership. The Toronto interest* de- clare that the C, P., R. wants to gobble up the Canadian Northern and that tido it the 'reason for the Mobtreal opposition to the Government's pro- posals. There is a good -deal of truth In this : the C. P. R. would no doubt like to absorb the rival railway and prevent its coming under public own- *rehip. But. that is no reason why the people of Canada should pay fifty millions unnecessarily for the benefit. of Toronto's rich men As between the Are f e doing our part in eontribut- Toronto interests and the Montreal ing t the comfort and welfare of the Intereete, the people of Canada may wounlel (ecidlers ? There can be no well say. "A plague on both your let-up in the work of the Rets (Was blouses." The election of 1011 put. the Society. it the boys in the trenches Toronto interest. largely in control of were to quit became. they were tired the Government, with their pet., now or didn't feel like fighting any more, the Hon. Sir Thomas White. at the what would be the result? Have we head of the department of Minanre, any more right to quit giving In thr and at the time the country Willa Ret Orme fund, just Iweatuae we are 'remand that it would have to pay for tired of giving P It is a debt of grati- Its experience. The tlijrridng ip now being fulfilled. The ruggertion made in:some quar- ters is that the C. N. R., if it is really as hard up as it is said to be, should be allowed to go into a receivership, an has been the experience of many' of the united States railways. This prxess would squeeze the wateg out of the concern, and the country would then be in a position to handle it with its eyes open. To luny .the sb ek now would mean the incurring of obliga- tions of which nobody, except pomsibly the proInoters of the railway, kuuws thelwtGrm. . The Government is determined to put the deal through M the dying lollies of Parlament. and the closure rules are being invoked to choke off the Opposition. Popuhir interest in the conscriptibn question is relied upon to keep the people from taking any but a secondary iftereet in the transaction : in other words, the Government's scheme is to empty the people's pockets while they are think- ing of something else and looking the other way. HOOUWINKINU THE PEOPLE. Three weeks ago The Signal said : 'The electors should be on their guard against an attempt of the Big Interests to 'slip one over' while they (the elect ors) are excited over the con- scription issue." We did not know then what was in the air, hut the C. N. R. deal now shows bow the Big Interests expect to take advantage of the situation. They have roped in The Toronto Star, Which is busily engaged in circulating half-truths and dishonest arguments in the attempt to cover up the deal by which' Toronto interest. expect to add fifty or sixty million dollsrs to their funds at the expense of the people of Canada. The electors outside of the cities must make up their minds not to look for guidance in political mat- ters to the city papers. The Montreal papers are for Montreal ; the Toronto p.pere are for Toronto. and the coun- try must look after itself. EDITORIAL NOTES. What are you doing for the Red C rose ? In the war on high prices, Mr, Hanna appears to be using bleak cart- ridge. At Ottawa we have a Go ernment of the interests, by the ingests, for the iptereeta. _ - ` -- This union Government confusion recalls the stcry of "Off again, on again, Finnigan." The British authorities refuse to buy the high-priced Canadian bacon. Can you blame [hent P The C. N. R. Beal is a barefaced attempt to square things with certain Interests that gave powerful assistance the Borden party in the election of 1;1. The vote on the C. N. R. deal should be closely scrutinized by the electors. „No member who votes for it should be alloweij, another chance, to rob the pimple.\\ Graverihurete tax rate this year is fifty twills. We trust the publication of this piece of information will not The new Gerettan imperial Chancel- lor. Dr. Michaelis, cannel Pet" why the Allies, having been beatek,tfq not seek peace. But Dr. Michaaelis\eyepight ice going to be improved w ttltin\the `course of the nest few tuonths. Fifty or sixty million dowotthl be a nice price for the Govern -went to pay for the friendship of Toronto`! Big Intereate; but so long as it ie\the people's money what difference d it make to the Government wbeth. r fq� ten millions or fifty ? You don't see the Toronto paper's, Tory or Grit, protesting against the use of the "gag" at Ottawa to put through a deal In the interest of Tor- onto millionaires. The people of On- tario ahould realize that the Toronto papers are boosting Toronto, and the rest of the country may go hang. The Toronto Star is acting aa "barker" for the Toronto moneyed interests in oonnectionwith the C. N. R. deal. Tbe people ahould not allow thetntelves to he deceived by its loud piofeseiona of anxiety for the public welfare. The liter mise "Stop thief" in order to divert attention from the .real thieves. THE SIGNAL - GODERICH, ONTARIO You may be deceived Isms day by an imitation ot A 1 8114 and possibly you will not detect this imitation until the tea-pot reveals it. Demand always the genuine "Salads" in the sealed aluminum packet, and see that you get it, if you waldt that unique flavour of fresh. clears leaves properly prepared and packed. tulle to the boys at the front that we ahould be glad to pay, even if we have to give up some other things. The Toronto Star is dishonest when it says the principle of public owner- ship is at stake in the C. N. R. bill. The helots is not between public owner ship and private ownership : it is be- tween the people and the C. N. R. in- terests centred at Toronto -and The Star is taking the side of the C. N. R. interests against the people. The published correspondence be- tween Sir Robert Borden and his erst- while Minister of Public 'Works indi- cates that the Hon. "Bob" was not satisfied with the slow progress made with the conscription bill. Mr. Rogers is now out of the Cabinet, bnt his services will be available for the com- ing election, and he does not intend to desert "the old party." Mrs. Joseph Ball, of Victoria Har- bor, seventy-seven years of age. has so far knitted over L)I) pairs of sock» for theauoldiersoverseae. This is a splendid record, and this Page is not sure that it Irma beard of an instance bo equal it. If there are others, we shall be glad to learn of them. This is fr •nl The Orillia Packet. We have sent The Packet a marked copy of The Signal containing the record of Mrs. Reynolds, of Goderich, who, though deprived of her eyesight, had up to August 1st knitted 520 pairs of socks for the soldiers. The %'ictoria Harbor lady has done well, but is a long way from Mrs. Reynolds' truly wonderful achievement. WHAT OTHERS SAY. rite sacs Mostly Bluff. Guelph Mercury. A perusal of the coreeapindence that pseud between Sir Robert Bor. den and Hon. Robert Rogers fails to make it certain that the ex -Minister is going to be very far removed from the polittcal seena. The charge he makes of inaction and indecision seems to be meant primarily to say that there should have been mon action in getting atter the men who dared to make any charges against the Hon. Robert Roger.. It begins to look as though Rogers' chief grievance was that the country snickered when the McLeod-Tellir cowruission plumped him in white- wash and the seventy faithful Tories bowed low at the new -white figure. There has been very little in dispute between the Premier and his Minister of Public Works. We may be all wrong, Mot our one best gusts is that Rogers will now be given the assignment of winning the election. Sir Robert Borden's Mistake. Mo trsal tepee+.. Probably most people, not can trolled by party remits/is, would have been glad all along W see a 'Lion coalition war uuniet'y forced, al though all must rtaltse the value of an opposition where patronage an pluuuer have to be dealt with. Tb time, we take it, for Sir Robert Bo, den to have taken his opponent, in counsel war when he asked for tit unlimited confidence of the country iu the p, osecutiou of the war. He would indeed have bad to do so, had stere been here, as in Ragland, a bullying tires., detsrmiued to wake itself groat by worrying honest Governweute. Both the Liberal party in Parliament, apart from a few habitual scolds, and tue worthier Liberal {mss stood loyal- ly by the (iuveraareut in its war measures, except where criminality ws acharged. Flit'Robert Burden having tailed to 'propose a national war Guverument et the time when chivalry demanded that of biro, and having lather forced tuoee who were thus cut oft from any she e in the country'. patriotic service tato oppo- sition, be mace his great mistake when what he saw at rue front cou- vinced nice that conscription was necessary.• For the count ry'• sake it was theu his supreme duty to avoid, if he by any means could. such • peril- ous schism in the nation as 111) policy notoriously threatened. Then at least be should have nought the co-op- eration of those who had the con- fidence of the great mass of the French-Canadian pe. pie. Instead of that, he first set the woods on fire and then asked his goored oppuueute to help him put out the blaze. Had he, before announcing his decision, cuo- fided to them the necessity which he had learned on the other side of the sea, and had they [ben refused to support biro in it. his record would have been clear. But, consciously or unconsciously, he saw that the other coulee would smash the Liberal perry, whores,n tide, rising on all sides, threat- ened biro ; and, conscious y or uoct- viciousfy. he pretested the smashing course to taking the step that might possibly save the country's unity. daring thus played for pasty rather than country, it became the game of his organs to shout against those whose cleavage sae the cleavage of the nation, [bat in trying to hold to - Rather they were ptte party be- fore country. g d e to e Reports from the West do not give encouraging news of this year's wheat crop. Drought hats done great dam- age in southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, southeastern Alberta. The Goose Late country of Saskat- chewan bas also been affected. Can- ada will have to make up tar this shortage by snbetituting other foods for white whesten bread. Silos In Western Canada lip - t -date Silo and Barn in the µest FOR many years Western Canada baa not treed thought of as a silo country. The enormous areas ot unoccupied land. on which cattle roamed at will, or the settler cut hla year's supply of native bay, to a large extent met tbe fodder problems of the country. With closer settlement and mon Intensified agriculture. however, a change 1. coming about. Particularly on amount of the rapid advance of the dairy Industry the farmers are becoming more interest- ed to the various means of caring for their herds. especially during the winter months. The sno bas beep found to solve one problem. and Is making Its appearance in many parts of the country. Prom experiments that have been undertaken at the various expert meotal farms it would appear that the silo method of feeding dairy stock 1s one of the very best Superin- tendent O. H Hutton. of the [A minion Experltaental Firm at La- oomba A'berta, claims that whiter allege le enc of the best means of keeping the farm glare wall iaA dor ing the winter and baa solved the preblae of eeturtng suceehat feed for the dairy eattle. In his report Mr. Hahne says that the treeing 0f Meta has met with many objectless. among them being th• high reef of tabor and the dew eiitty of sterleg , Vlore theme dlflt ewlttee can he serer/vane rests aid vwn eegsersally be the rimless fo. the dole/ mew eat ere a ,mesas where by the silk predeet4.0 nee ha la erases/ hs 14 gest hew after freshen HICA01018 M a' Was daft verage throughout the winkle months. Ile believes that aha solution Iles 1r. tae silo since I[ can be erected at a comparatively low initial cost, con. , sidering the tons of material that caa be stored. and conaldering also that silage can be made from peas and Data. or oats atone, a crop which eta be uolversally and successfully strewn and which will yield a greets weight of from eight to twelve tons per acre. The crop Intended for the sib is cut white the oats are to the milk stage and 1e at once run through the cue ting box and cut as One es possibie. going into the silo abaoletely green. It is Important that the silage 1N thoroughly tramped. A rt10 10 het hugs and 11 feet In diameter will hold frem sW to 90 tong. according to the aoouut of moisture In tate trop at the Use 1t le cut. At the Lu,oetbe P:xpartraenW Farm soma balky red- der. es hay or eat straw, Is nrnatly fed in cenl.edies with this Mia/s sa well se the. &anal grata radon. When en tad mows on fall Sew of self will consume amend 40 ill m& pew day. Etperlaasts which akvs;ag•a a&w ducted at the fasts M1sg- the past two pears to 4eterallne the 10.41.g value of tbl. sllaga as ossapyeg WItll the rime feed eared is the s.dteary way In the short of green lead. elree' results very decidedly 81& time et; wiling the 'rap, shawls 'halta saving 1e tae eaot of peednet M' e potted of hatter of ea match as tear testa per Fears(, sad M steel sa eaves wOs par pt+mt re , w1eALTH OF FRANCE Idttie Outward Display, bat There's Plenty of Kieffer. It has long been known to the economist and statistician that France is the richest country In Eu- rope. But the easaul observer rarely realises that fact because in France there 1■ little outward display of wealth, To assign the inhabitants of a small provincial town to their respec- tive places in the scale of wealth one must have a very keen insight Into French social maanera and customs. The accumulation of riches does not draw In its train all those differences In the way of lite, In dreu and social position which we are wont to asso- ciate with It in other countries. One may go into the principal cafe of a French town and watch two men playing bollards. They appear to be on a footing of perfect famil- iarity ane toward another. There would be no way of telling that one man was living on an Income of 820,- 000 a year and that the other was it druggist barely able to meet Ills cur- rent expenses. Americans stopping at a Parisian pension and paying perhaps 11.50 a day apiece for room and meals, sit at the same table with at French family, presumably that of a clerk. They are amazed to learn that the bead of the family 1■ a cabinet minister. When he has laid by a "pile." which the Englishman or American would consider ample to Justify him In taking a house in the suburbs, "climbing" in society and retiring from business, the Frenchman still clings to business. Although his everyday expenses are very probably less, he has as a rule far heavier drains on his purse. Each of his daughters will claim a handsome dowry if she is to be mar- ried well, and these dowries must be paid without impoverishing the busi- ness. Tbis system of Interwoven family and business arrangements naturally is associated with the closeness of the ties of French families. A man and wife would as soon think of de- serting each other as of deserting their "1n -laws." In no country is the passion for hoarding money developed to such a degree as it la in France. Tbe bounds of praiseworthy thrift and economy are too often left behind and the passion for saving grows Into miserly avarice. But pauperism has been reduced to the lowest possible minimum In France. Most of the tradesmen have two or three'Iigies of financial defence be - bind which to retire In case of busi- ness reverses. Small trading leaves no slur and the Fre-chman feels no passion for disassociating himself from anything suggestive of the shop. The barriers of class and caste fell with Louis XVI.'s head. There L no straining of one class to enter an- other, and consequently very little of that sense of discomfort which arises from false position. Few men in France Ind It desirable, or even profitable, to, conceal their social origin. England's Naval Genius. Sir Eric Geddes (he was knighted last year) 1s only forty-one yeari old. and is the ablest administrator la the British Empire. Mr. Winston Churchill is a brilliant parliamentar- ian and writer, but he was a failure in naval management at the opening of the war. ' Sir Edward Carson 1s a great lawyer and politician, bat not an executive. Geddes, as a boy In India, derided that he wanted to be an engineer and run railroads. He came to tbe United States and spent some years in practical railroad work. Twenty years ago, when be was only twenty-one, Geddes went back to India, where his rise in rail- road administration was marvelous. Later on he became a railroad man- ager In England, and at the outset of the war be handled troops and supplies both to England and in France, and Kitchener learned to rely absolutely upon his etlicfeocy. He went to the ald of the French Government when the railroad situa- tion Aeeded straightening -out atter the battle of the Somme. Then he became Sir Douglas Haig's director- general of transportation. He more than anyone else developed the busi- ness of munition production In Eng- land. Two or three months ago Sir Edward Canon needed him at the Admiralty, and be was given a tem- porary rank of Vice -Admiral with the title of Controller of Shipping. This young railroad man of American training has now the titles of major - general and vice -admiral, besides having been knighted by the King. Geddes bas the reputation of being a genius for cutting tbrbugh ob- stacles and getting things done. Everybody co-operates with him wherever he goes.—From "The Pro- gress of the World," in the Ameri- can Review of Reviews. Perth's the well-to-do clans" In Penia Is extravagant— I partly because they are lavishly hos- pitable, partly because all houme- servanta are ted from tbe leavings of the master's table. A favorite dish le the following: Smart pteees of Iamb of the rise of a walnut are skewered on a slender rod of Iron; two plane of lean and a piece of the delicate fat of the huge tall of the Orieatal sheep are put on alternate- ly, a soupcon of garlic or onion is added• and the kebab le touted over a fierce Ore and handed het: it 1. eaten with a little salt and • agtreese of lemon. Plllaws are merely tolled meat, venison, or fowls, smothered In mountains of rice. This rice Is delirately bored, aatd a little clarified bullet 1e added. Tiny chickens, Quaint, pigeons, doves, and young partridges are handed bot, on the spit Itself, to each gdest. EDITORIAL GLEANINOS. An official of the board of health in a town not far from St. Marys, says The Journal. notified a ratings that his license to keep a cow on his premises had expired. In reply to this letter, the.oAlclal renal rod the following com- annn+eetion: "snake Bort of salt -1 just get Q W. ACHESON & SON STORE CLOSES WEDNESDAYS Alt O'CLOCK DURING JULY AND AUGUST ongoleum Rugs A splendid choice in the new moderate -price Con- goleum Rugs, in sizes 2x3, 3x3, 3x3 1-2, 3x4. Linoleums In 2, 3 and 4 -yard widths. Old values. Ranging in price per square yard ....60C to 75C Brussels Rugs Forty Rugs just received, a delayed shipment bought a year ago. English Rugs, Brussels, Tapestry and Wilton. Sizes 2 1-40, 3x3, 3x3 1-2. 3x4. Designs suitable for any rooms or halls. At prices away below what makers are asking today. Dress Silks French Silk Poplins, 36 inches wide, moat service- able and most beautiful material for dresses or suits in the world today, black and in all leading shades and colorings, at per yard, special ....$1.35 Black Satin Duchess and black Pailette Dress Silks, at per yard . $1.35 and $I,50 W. ACHESON & SON or your notis that my licens to keep my cow has expired. I wish to inform . you, M'sieur Hord of Helt, that my cow etre beat you to it -she expire l tree week ago. Much oblige. Your, with reepeck. Pet. --- When someone stops advertising, snw.one stops buying. When some- I one stops buying, someone stops sell- ing. When someone step, selling. someone stops waking. When some- one stone making, someone stops earn. ing. When everyone stops earning everybody stops buying. Keep going Often t he htrap. t— Always the Best W. WALKER Furniture Dealer and Undertaker Clouse Furnishings The Store of Quality PHONES STORE as RES 197 I SEASON ABLE FOOTWEAR BELL QUALITY is never questioned ; the name is sufficient Those who demand the best footwear in either men's or women's fine Shoes should not fail to see the fine shoe- making and quality of leather that have so long character- ized Bell Shoes. The styles are always up-to•date and the prices most reasonable. —REPAIRING— Geo. MacVicar Northside of Square, Goderich DUNLOP(( A Greaf Response! Watch "Dunlo Tires'• U • in the emergence: There's a wealth of security in that re+• to the b !J© 1 1