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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1919-4-3, Page 2A --Thursday, April 3, 1919. aflaSional fht f NB &ION L PRasIN O W., LTD. Pc Thornley, April 3, 1919. THE REAL QUESTION. In the discussion on Hydro pewee rates at the Boards of Trade conveption at Toronto last week, Mr. T. J Hannigan of Guelph objected to the statement that Tea Obtainable Anywhere. the power was the property of the people Question ... of tete whole Province. He coitended t i TES . $IO>IAL In infusion is worth every cent of its cost, the Savor is Delicious and the strength Abundant. Beyond All The Most Economical 5 a4/ that it belonged to the municipalities who had banded together to build the power lines. Mr. Hannigan i* partly right and partly wrong. The transmission system belongs to the municipalities so far as they have become responsible for its cost: but the sources of p ,wer und.lubtedly belong to the whole Province. and if the people of the Province wished to do so they could charge a price for tapping Niagara. or other power sources, that would cripple the whole system as at present cunduc ed. The municipalities that are now enjoying the grea'er part of the benefits of power development should not run away with the idea that their position of advantage over the rest of the Province is unassailable. The real question is, what will be of greatest benefit to the whole Province'.' Is it best that the industries of the Province should be clustered in two or three, Of half -a -dozen, small areas, and the rest of the Province remain indu-trially undeveloped, or would it be better that the advantages of waterpower development should be spread as far as W„ible over the Province EDITORIAL NOTES. -The times atm nut of joint-” March carne in like a lion and welt out like a Pular bear. _ What the farmer doesn't understand is why city people cannot get up an hour earlier in the morning without fooling themselves into the idea that it is an hour la er than it really is. Abraham Lincoln is tieing quoted a sin advocate of the protection. system. Lincoln was a great men. but we never heard that his fame war in any way• connected with his ecrwernic beliefs or policies. moot remarkable events in the history of political parties. When the 1,11wral eaueuM wet on tilt. Monday following CIH• fuller.11 of the thief an extraor- dinary thug happened. The member- ship of 1Le 1.1111•(18 WON 1011)' 110 per 1,1e44e10t no °list/tele to vette 4'atholie and, at least, se leer cent. if they have only an elementary too -and it is put there in good faith. not Freul-h-1'aumdiau. Three °Mien pied- Lietwleelee of finance. Surely a well- for prodigal sons. but for old friends and time had h, til tilled, viz.. chafrwan advent -eel shod buy could devise a members of the family who may be wan- uf 111e caucus, seiodotwl leader, and system of 'mishit reeeuue Just a' denng in the cold and the dark. chairman of a new advisory commit- (spnitnble luso Just Ns f1 Ir as the one Tile last thing the light in the window tee. For these p sitione malty a thaw• we have long endured. and without the wants to becko.l es the rough company of among the ('atlantic and French 1ua- Cellist lees which it indicts 0u the prodigal sons and sinners. It Is simply, jority were eligible. But thew' wen 1niiest" for the leuetit of the few. catling the boys home -a friendly twinkle quietly but firmly 4.1004 aside ami Tile farmers of Western Canada are that conveys nothing but goodwill. It is made unanimous' the chole• of thew taking a Hem stund. The matter Bute more than a light- It is warmth and a F li 1 king Pruteotoulit - W' 11 not be shelved. The attitude of our welcome, and if anybody thinks he has to i come in through the window simply bo- cause the Tight is there he has another guess coming. The light is a sign that the door swings free and the latchstring is on the outside, and sensible people will. of course. come in by the door. which is the place tee come in by, and not through the window. which is the place where mos- quitos and burglars and other pests enter. Meanwhile the strayed Liberals on the other side of the Clouse cast various doubts on the light. Some say that it may be only a light and a windowframe with no stow planks to make a sielter for the regenerated Lb ral party. Others complain that, while leader McKenzie is ting official signaller, he is assisted by a committee of ten, which makes the light hard to follow. When the light is in so many hands it is hard to keep track of as a wino' -the -wisp -now here, now there. now nowhere at all. They're wait- ing- so they say -until the Tight becomes one man's job and he has the job' for k ps The do not expect the light perity :a possibility, .t,l*oca tl•M of high tariffs ask: 11044 are we to false ecce • and meet our heavy obligations if we Interfere with our old tariff looney? This should legislature GODEBICH, ONT. 11111.10 FOLLOW 71H GLEAM. [SPECIAL �x����iOIXx]IXxxOeoIX% By H. to. GadsbYe SELLING OF COTTONS # Ottawa, March 31. -There has been much talk of the light in the window and some peevish newspapers have pretended to view it as an insult -as a signal placed there to guide the prodigal sort home. They o5j_ct to being treated as "Prodigal Sons." This only goes to show that they do not know their Bible, because there were no fights in the window for the prodigal son. All he got was gold chains and fatted calves and he had to find his own way home. Even if the Liberal Unionists were prodigal sons -which they are not - the Opposition could not afford to kill any veal for them on account of the high cost of living. The light in the window is much cheaper -although oil has gone up, Detroit is living up to its reputation as the paradise of hold-up men. The other day a bank was entered in broad daylight, and cleaned out of cash while employees aid customers were overawed by a flourish of revolvers. And it wasn't done fur a movie picture, either. The Board of Trade, and particularly Mr. Hume. the chairman of the Hydro committee. is doing good,ork in getting .Ing M 1-Mawn White sous eh(Is•u ns chairman u1 the W'eeterl mwmlwrs is refreshing. and a yawns: I1. l 1. McKenzie as sessions leader, and J. A. Itolab aM chairman of the advisory committee. Yet WY harm witnessed. in Canada. attacks up- on both Euglieleet ak'illg ('(1tholic% and Fr•uch-('alwdluu8 as men of intolerant and unpatriotic eympeitllfest f new spirit is being lutrudu1r11 into the Hones of Commons. They have ilium h, Wawa to represent their con- stituencies, and party affiliations will be sub 'rgesl in their desir•ew for legislation h1 the interests of the Can- adian people. The Situation In Canada. 1 dmonton Bulletin. If no one works, none can eat. 1 hat is a condition of human life. The less work is done, the less there will be to eat. Canada owes more money as a nation than she ever did before. She has to carry obligations of honor atising out of the war of a kind and to an amount never before dreamed of. United•States. Several members on the • War conditions have been accompanied Government side of the House declared by a riot. of expenditure. their adherence to the policy' set forth by could be spent Now t interest Mr. McMaster, while at the same time NOTES FROM OTTAWA. There was a fluttering in the l'niet» st dovecotes when Mr. McMaster of Brome 'aet week suomitted a resolutilin calling for substantial reductions in the tariff and the acceptance of reciprocity with the The meaty a Ls lila. borrowed b •fore it he must be earned if It is to be paid. - they declared thair intention of voting Production mu t pay all bilis-whether against the resolution. on the ground that for interest, wages or tether expenditure. it was not introduced at the proper time, 'The volume of before -the -war predur ox was intended (they said) to embarrass tion cannot cony the load of after the -war burdnM them, or That they would stand by the Production must be increased or the Government until the war periodewas country cannot pay interest and wages i definitely over. At the same time the and provide for necessary expenditures.Western mrmhoers who have been bom- Production must be relieved of all pore Bible burdens and must be expanded by ; batded at long range by their constituents the mere efficient appiicati(n of indus:rye with messages urging them to secure relief or Canada will cea•e to be a country. fine the high tariff. sere decidedly un• Canada can only be saved by the in l creased industry and better directed � comfortable. and showed it. It is going efficiency' of her citizens. , to be rather difficult to keep their con- flashing it vigorously. But just now Mr. Who Don't Come Rack.stituents in line if they continue to show Oliver has gone out of the signalling bust- Lads ee , r to shine steadily and clearly until the national convention is called and a per- manent leader chosen. This is a slim excuse. of course - there's really nothing uncertain abut the light -but it goes to show that the wanderers are wistful about it. The Hon. Frank Carvell. as I remem- ber. refused to see th - Tight, for the present. Like the farmer who saw a giraffe for the first time, he said. "There ain't no such dunned thing." Carvell has long had a low -tariff light of his own and it isn't so longing() that he and that other Fighting Frank -Oliver to wit -were L mins Advehl.er I snore regard for a high -tariff Government seas and the gleams he sees across thepreciou, loads of browned veteran . vho ' they are supposed have served nobly overseas. swing into I ever, the excuses preva ied, and friends and relatives invariably are on PeoPle who carrY glass lanterns 200C)CMC500CMCCDOCCCDOC,C=X=OCXMOC=Ntr2OClocal railway stations daily, their manyluti in was voted doen by a vote of I 15 the Liberel organisation in Western On - As the troop trains bearing their filen for the wishes of the people whom waves nare atone atvtthegCaSrmebody ie -- represent. How- light hand to greet them with loving embrace, ,�- __- Charley gMurphy. perhaps -and somehow and welcome them home once more. If the low -tariff men on the Govern- shouldn't throw stories -it's a bad way to To glimpse the happy reunions after ment side of the House voted against the grain, not so two protectionist mem n - months and years of separation and an- he harmonize the party. xiety is a very beautiful and touching scene. But, on the other hand, who has of the Oppos lion, Mr. McCrae of Sher- Meanwhile the light holds out to burn. a word of cheer for the little midew, the brooks. Que., and Mr. Lap ince of Mont- The Hon. James Calder sees iL but is loth, who took the ground that a was too good wearied, white-haired mother and the real who voted with the Government. for the time being. to leave the Union to be true. He surmised that it might be fatherless children, dependents o some 1 WHITE CHEESE CLOTH 34 to 36 inches wide, soft, bleached, Yogic. 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Among those who temporized with the light in the window w is Dr Michael Clark; d f Government, which at least keeps his friss , morning, sun dogs, a Catherine When the budget is brought down, in a allnowt anything but a real light in hero who pard the supreme sacrifice in back warm, and to step out into the c,ldwheel Flanders Fields during the past our years the question of uniform potwrr rates before f few weeks there will be a further strain window. He would have to be the I'rovince. The light will not be won of conflict:' upon the ingenuity of the Westerners In he set§§ his own light in the atridow for surerof it before he made a move. His emih Gouin of who is o -I the future whither the light leads. Instead a real in a day, ora year, and powerful interests Their hearts are burdened at the ..keeping themselves square. Quebec. will be arrayed against any alteration al Present time. for it is only now that the _ %aside looking in. What will Premier full shock of the h!ow will bear down(main do' What did September Morn Aresolution submitted by a Vancouver do -did she take the plunge or did she the present system; but persistent effort will accomplish results. upon thl m. when his pals, with whom he enlisted and served. return home and his face is not among those peering an - What France is looking for at the Peace xiously from the car window as the train slowly draws up at the platform It is only now that the tiny tots will come in to 1he wearied m• they, and ask why Daddy does not come home like Willies Conference is soma definite and tangible evidence that she and her allies. and not • Germany, won the war. There is a great deal of force in the contention that, as or Amy's or Jane's father has come France will continue to be Germany's home. The old folks who, have lost a next-door neighbor, her position should boy wilt, within the nl xt dew months, have ampleopportuni for thetlad to mmmune to - be made doubly secure against aggression gether and grievewho will not from that quarter in tilt future. The come back. United States and Britain. not having the in the excitement and happiness of the same danger to guird asainst, miy b: homecoming and the elaborare welcome to tx tendered, the next of kin of our inclined to grant easier terms to Germany dead heroes are liable to h, forgotten. than France considers right and reason- This must not occur, and it is our duty, able. both individually and as a state, to pro - Lieut. -Col. A. ('. Pratt, who is] the member for South Norfolk In the Pro- vincial Legiodature. made aslashing attack from the floe of the House !set week upon tlue Canadian overseas' }„ tullitany administration and declared that the Ithyl riots were the direct consequence of the improper treat- ment of the men. An official invent gallon under the direction eft Paella. 'mem would seem to he overdue. The Circumstantial charges mule by Lieut. - Col Platt sad others cannot be lightly regarded vide every faculty for that ray of sun- s' ins to gleam from behit d the cl rod, and lighten the future of the dependents of our dead heroes in Flanders, whose heritage is a wooden cross. (.overnment Must Art. The Farmer's Advocate. The 1'nuudisu 4 overunteut enlist realize that the demand for tariff re- duction is not tII(' child of a radical, . verso rouglit hen b1, but the ttlttmatnm of H plq,le w -In, are beginning to have Monne may in the administration of fila ybgrruutry. The demand for tariff m- 11411011 ,rysta111z4M the desires of a buying pull(c who have awakened to the fart that self-expression and aelf- deternlinatinuI tire the hl w- fill attrl- �butes of it free. self-goverinsl 4Nro{,Ie, WHAT OTHERS SAY. to le' 114411 by them in the aequl1itbon of Just 11 1111 equitable legislation. The demand for tariff reduction 4' es A Pertinent View. her for the re-enactment of the "day- continue to shiver on the brink :' light -saving" measure was defeated by a The lion. Thomas Crerar recognized trate of 51 to 10.5. It was not made a the light at once, answered heartily that Government measure, and party lines it was the same old light that he had always worked by. a light that Grain Growers and United Farmers admitted was almost identical with their own -a good light. a true light. Almost was the Hon. Thomas -no Thomas the doubter this -persuaded. He put one foot out toward the friendly beacon -then he backed up. Henden and Richardson and other Western members saw the light more or less distinctly but professed to HOUSING REGI'LATiONS. fear politics -thought politics might clog the wick -and said they would stay The New Provincial Law to Assist In where they were for a while anyway. Erection or Houses. Maharg had no misgivings about the itetrnlnril„s ruder the Ontariolight in the window -admitted that there • Ino n few was a light and a window and a welcome 1"""0 Alt 'M44' Ws"' behind it --and then asked savagely why drys ago. hare been pi-.iuiIdKHtP4I by Union Government hadn't a light of its Mr. J..1. F:Ilis, diem lair of the Bureau own. Maharg rather ruffled Union Gov- T.te St Joan Telegraph. Ottawa despatches Intimate that the ae8*ionai indemnity of lnemhera of the Mouse of Commons and of the Senate iN to he increased from $2.501 ler W'10110n to $4,3110, if not to =4,(*Jtl, 05 account of tbq increased coat of living. Aa there are x14 membelw of the Howie and 118 mem he re of the Senate, 111s increased expenditure, it it it/ put through, would apnlonnt to nearly half a million dollars a year, an imnlonee sum in itn4t, and etre that world pay the interest on • yaws fond. The onantry at large, which • boa been watehing Ottawa In cornice - Mom with tariff matters and others stooddaily prices, wonkl he better f it the louse of Common% mall dI_____ what it Is going to do ~with o tapost to tint. growing reweave upon IllbogpaMMde consumer before It decided the salaries of Its own mem- bee's Forbearance. The Stat•aman. Mad front non presented by IM 441• 111 O1a' of time from within the (luvenu044ut 1111 well nM 11.101 a Minot. Id fhb Cabinet Itm•If are members with strong leanings toward lower tariffs, and there are those who m11st support the demand If they Nn' to retirement the people by a hos' gritty they 11114 stoke'. There are (intern- ment Mllpp/rter14, too/, who must 1114)' up 111 the aide of lowt•r tarIffs when the Know is called. It rhgnld not e111b1n-r14 ss a Iddon (lover •nt In any way to 11114 144, N revision downward or Ilpwll l'll NM 11144 (1.nIltry dlemands. Union signifies attend 411 of party platforms and party policies. Union (;overunent IM R111111E11 bly gn811flel to deal with this matter of tariff revision. for It MI Id not be 1ifluenell by party traditions regarding fro trade or I,rote•tlon, This (Invernm('nt «AN hrolght Into i*•ing In order that ran - might mire NIl(Ye1aflllly (•arry nn the war, and If Ise mime (lmernna•nt nndertakea to cary its through the period of reennstrnetlon then they will be expected to anuo)Ilc' a flolr•al policy That w•111 make devebrpaient and were obliterated, even the members of the Cabinet d viding on the question. The cleavage. roughly speaking. was be- tween the members representing city con- stituencies and those from rural con- stituencies, and this time the farmers won. immiserelotweiwoussweemew of M0ui'ipal affairs. These provide that In a munleipallty 44bieb las build- ing bylaws all 'MOWN SIu111 he erected in aceordnne• with the restrictions. provided that the minimum require, mento regarding general provisions 1111(1 housing stenda Mee of the Province shrill take prevellen(e over the pro- visions of the building bylaw's of municipalities When, Mneh provisions fall below the mhhlrlu0 repdreuent4 and 1 ing standards of the 1'rovin(44. It Is also I1r,vItled that a house erected slider the provisions of the Art shall not be emnvrtel into a store or used ernment. They are not in a position to start a light of their own , but rumor has it that they will burn the seven per cent. war duty and the duty on agriculture. implements to keep the Western members. feet warm until they get home. in the fullness of time-andehow full time will have to be before it happens. nobody knows -Union Government mal break up into its component pares and the Liberals in it will lollow their low -tariff light and the Conservatives their high - tariff lieht which glows clear and steady in the hands of Hon. Bob Rogers, Sir Sam Hughes, Col. John Currie and the other for any purpose other than a dwelling, auld lichters. All of which means that if except with the approval of the Muni- Union Government started to hang out Opal Housing (' mission. • any other lights now than a red one to Special regulations heel to he merle indicate danger or a green one to ay ''go for fanners who desire to avail them- steady," it would have *0 many lights t0 steer by that the ship would go on the rocks. As soon as the two parties have their charts mapped out, their courses laid and their pilots aboard. Union Govern- ment will cease to exist. Meanwhile, to use a nautical phrase, the ship of state is "in stays." and as far as lights are con- cerned the casual observer doesn't know whether they are bow lights or stern lights, whether the ship is going or com- ing, hacking or ;,,11(4441. drif ing or sailing The chances are that she is doing all six Union Government is a fore -and aft arrangement. anyhow. Mr Fielding did not apply the Mind eye to the light in the window. No. in- deed. He saw it the very first time- good old light shining bravely as ever But he said, "111 take it for `ranted. A light like that has plenty of oil from public opinion. it will be shining with as a flame a year hence as a is now. Cheer Blue boy -keep the home flres'haming, and when these fellows are up to their necks in the swamp, i'll lead the rush toward your friendl • weal." Mr. Fiekling is a pluloaopber. He knows that evey- Meh-,' 111 the .141g NM they may borrow dint f the (;0vernmo•nt, and not through the nnnlilipl . Isabrnw. Before making app111ation to the Director for a loan N farmer 14)11441 eh'Mlgnate And s't aside a glove of good Hgrk•ulturnl land, lot less than one Herta in extent, Immeil1,1te1y- adjacent to the propns'd dwelling h(ns'. for the use of the 1111•nptint of 811111 dwelling boils'. Plans, poppet Ilea tion M and an estimate of the cost of (1111Mtrnctlon must he gimlet 6t(el to the Director for approval A farmer nhtalol44 a loan moot give a first mortgage on the a hole of hila farm to the ( 18,1011 aM severity. With the approval of the Ilire•tor, larwe%er, 1411.14 Morten (e 111Ny he given upon part of the farm. Likewise, with the Npv.), 1 t.1 (he 4)bre•tor, • recon 1 mortgage may lie given upon the wiole firm. T1,e mortgage mn*t contain coten- ant,' by the farmer to keep the homer. 111 repair and to fay taxes sold ruler raterr of ht•urauce. etperience was that the Tight got smoky when everybody was inside and the door locked. As if to answer him the McM ester resolution was produced, which sh owel that the light in the windo v was In good working order. the wick tri nm gid, the 'ail pure and the flame ste .dy. Union Government did with it wit it did with the knihthoad question -treated it as a want of confidence notion. In other weds, It drew the blind, so that til. ' tierce wrote light in the window wouldn't Inu t its eyes. However, the light is sti I there a 14 any strayed +out that remains out on 1h+ hills away has only hums elf to ' hlanle. A good fighter dodge. lots of quarrels. Your Other Brain Down in the abdominal cav- ity lies a great "plexus" or network of nerve centres, that has been called the "ab- dominal -brain." It cannot think. Its functions are to superintend and keep in operation various mechan- ical processes, such as the proper secretion of mois- ture by intestinal glands and adequate action of intestinal muscles in the walls of the bowels. it receives messages from nerves in various regions of the body ,but being unable to reason, it often acts blindly, imperfectly. or improperly. It may stop secretion, lessen muscular action—and the result is constipation. Castor oil, pills salts, min- eral waters, elo., do not reason with the abdominal brain, they force it to tem- porary action to unnatural effort, until the bowels move. But this is followed by a sulky attitude or even a "strike" by your other brain, and the constipation is increased not cured. 90* of human illness results from self-poisoning, caused by constipation. • But Nujol acts differently. Nujol is not a drug, does not act like any drug. Nujol acts mechanically to coax the bowels to move easily and thoroughly at regular intervals. Nujol supplies necessary moisture to bowel contents, makes it easter for tired istestiaad muscles to set, absorbs poisonous matter, over- comes stagnstios and by so doing persuades the andomimal brei• to /et ratioeally and efficiently. Nujol bee so deleterious after dents, forms good habits instead of bad ones, overcomes dosatibetioa et asy age, under any oosditio•s. 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