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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1919-5-22, Page 22 -Thursday, May 22, 1919. SIM THE .SIGNAL GODERICH, ONT. "Nil SIGNAL PRINTING OU.. L'!s'+ Pvatasatkna Thursday, May ''22, 1919. EDITORIAL NOTES. Reading the newspapers these days. we realize what a nice, peaceful world it is. Parliament is still in session. but no- body appears to be paying much attention to it. The eyes of two continents are upon the men who are essaying to make an aerial crossing o[ the Atlantic. How long will it be until the Hight across the ocean by aircraft w 1I be as commonplace as the transatlantic trip by boat' Instead of sending returned soldiers and other settlers away up to the clay belt of Northern On:ano, why not help them to settle on the vacant lands of Western Ontario, where they can live in mentor and balso produce more 1s- the Pro- vincial Government doing all it might in this connection ' ' The meeting between the\machinists and the merchants. reported in The Stgnal last week. is a most encouraging indication of the interest taken in our town hos men many of whom have lived in it but a few months. Their representations. w were submitted in the most friendly spiv will n , doubt be n ctived in the sa way, and a bond of mutual interest will thus be formed which will do much for 111 the welfare of the town. "SALADA" Tea is Pure Tea, Fragrant and of Delicious Flavor, stimulating and refreshing. "Watch for the Name" on every genuine sealed packet. Pi LAD 27 Years in Public Service. 1171 WHO STANDS FOR CANADA? The following nettelr from the eliturial colon/me of The 1'rter44u. the oIIi1II orguu of the t;r•ut loser Veteran.' Association of ('anseb. •'slls attention to the serious sfllaathot which •.. lrwelopine In this country. Ity midsummer Canada may he Humor lulu the throws of n revolution. Powerful tope. are at work with tlw• avowed indention of overthrowing eon. -I il(1tiva'' -`--- ith So tet rule. ('lan- are being elnl"•ralell *Melt owl: 44. ...Ns 44 ids e•14•a4•10.11e1 lei and order. and rarry the .1 Hag 1rieempleautly from Vito. e.,uver lu Ihllifax by "any uu•:llw wldrh jeedily the cull." '1'iRMssly the prnpal'14wli-l- 'r Itoh.hevi,w are working. it) -ca -.•u mid out. herr. there anal i'41ry%boo.. 1oe.1p1►r the surf*te rrilw n,l emt%urd signs of pewee and quietude %leech prevail. (1isfurhed oily ley 1"r•1siemal mudding% 4.4 a wtufel ,vel dis,rwtrut 114 the larger Atte-, Canada ch t f' at this lie alien( in imminent danger uf the theme. of annrolly %Mie•le have . 'so rnpi•Ity -peerd fu E"r.pe .unsung the Mast six months. Enders from the intermittent tires 04 ninefold s14'44411sa4 re being zealously failed to %hide -hot at ley revolutionary 'In4..r leaders' hl Tutkwnvel' `ami. PIs.•w9n•re, in the hal flet spark: may ultimately wet 11.1:17 • 14 411 II,h,ielu-wide prairie tiro wchtrh rill blot out existing landmarks 1.f soy I. erra41.uel.• 1111.1 industrial oq:oler•, tee liropugnuda dr.tuua411.'.• 1 lwul4 • I Tne Wingham Time, commenting upon the 'otter of Dr. J. P. Kennedy advocat- ing a divided hospital grant by the.county cr.nncil, says: "We may say that we are heartily in sympathy with the sentiments expressed in this letter and hope tt.e movement to improve hospital conditi.'ns • will meet with the united support of tt.e county council. We might point out that at the pres nt time many counties in the Provirte have two or three hospitals. The county of Slmcoe, for example. has for years maintained four hospitals. viz.. Co;iingwuud• Barrie, Midland and It the recent labor .rmsett- 4iun ha 4'a Kary ,s. and has lawn. a-sldn41u-Ic currying alt its purpose Ivy leery w ins 1111r1114111y l".stile. The (' 711 ubil44•ts 1 I r o the ell alive tsitua- tion. 7 nN• tion. V`er• the public to he tmrdt• rcdp111hated with he (4144 sisiitie•ane• vrlul gravity of i.• ',Milli n, The 1'e1461a111 i14 conyfw Nat 11 %NV*• 04 314 rut, 141141 1.1'4.11 f"ullr, %•011141 seize Ih41 4.411101'y which might 'elf pnr'ipit»t• cat*unity-. 1'Iw.r s4ltetu tuts are Wilde • It ll el (1111 wens• 4.4 resp" sibilitr. lull with kIuwfdrlgl• of shoat chs. It is our intent' to minima to he utter - wast limit this element 141 lar•hy. *Welt seeks to Qe•.trny the t rtiurall life of remote. and set up in .pluses thereof' the lenspnhalele-lubialty end 111nos of blind revolution. lee tend . n4. trolled by fanatics who seek tun nu 1 - Omits:' • We used to attribute the cold. Tate` springs to the pres nce ul ice on the lakes. but this year a late sprng Ioilows a winter 1 in which there was very little ice. A • tot!ii devsh 1404 trader of The Signal offers the suggestion h'1714onour tphawNnrr theroolast in of the Hous. that the backwardness of the weather is Thinking men 141141 women will really due to the mildness of the winter. mono- that It is impossible for us to g print to thew "'lulu"' (tae row1lertr An unusually large number of `icebergs. i f � lav in dentine with the ••new Dauer" d' we condole or mitigate lu tiny way 1111' 4:nuu:ihle e.n•upflou and J/lebery whish has $e lung I114.11 Iirectisrl by the ••rotdN•rine- lu high 44(45114.4. 441141 fadlhlmt clnles. use things have• INr•11 allowed to develop and continue Until the pendulum has reach,rl 4114 furthest extremity owl now cumuellees 14. swing lack Wit 1i gathering MI44we11- tow. R.crhutnHlioils and excuses for the last will not. however. avail In the ' pr•wed crisis. Promises send ',lend- hugs for the future are not otecep aisle. The ilnre /His 4.0l/le for actino---Ilirtr•t and preempt. There 114 hat one recourse for the Govereement. and that ix to --steal the I thicaohv'' of the rising fore', of 01111111.1 tion. TIWre is no wi+hllr WAY. There is 1141 time fur temporizing. 016 place for timid Pad tfstN tel' st1bis.rh retie - Monitories. 11'1 arefacing n crisis it) the 11istury of the nation. 1 11 the one hand we have n (;ur.rnwcut *5-4)4,4,. from Zack of leadership and ee"raige, has host the cvlutidenee et 1111• people. who NI* risk to death 01 111.' "steals. - lie d.rr•pll.>tet, [hr hypwriaes. the 111sfuc.•rilk's. *ted 111,• eame etiage whir,) is slmnneed 1114 111 the one word "poll 111 the other .4dt. there is the rising tidy of drterulharl desire for a Ih 111' K 1I4'u1N 1' 111' 4s•IN4 I I N111 awak- ened by the 1nlge,Ie of wear 111111 slIffe•r- ing. The 111114.4'- won the war and the rinssrs profited thereby-. The tight Is now 'n for ultimate control. (;rave danger lies 111 the exploitation which fat...i eall exponents of bloody • Pool- she%i.m 4,111 acl.aupIGh 111 the u)i114114 ed t1) sort•4y oriel people, s rrerlilg grievously from an ever inrreusing r,rul'ult, pressure against their rights :Ind _r. /trio 1111.1 441q6011 111110 11, 4lye{ ..1•-4414111 141141 ewIteltrl Ifyes. This strain 4 rapidly rearhittg a breaking print. 1 k'In •. and yet 411444.46 delay. has been 111molt the sole 1.111114• or uumsr 4411(1 111s•ontent alumna Il- returned Inell of this country. Every legislative propose, 111a1e 00I their behalf has Lw. n spool 11r1 by flu• "masterly his,tivtty" of the 1;uv,rnme(t 111 carryfug ant its nvn pro4w1nls. Irritation has resulted , •hush is easily fomented by pmpa- lists into 'wagons tllw•u11truf. 44,'. • our own ell dictate hew the I principles of the detuti•ruey for which ..e fought "hall lie brought Into bei4Ig in our country? 1411e11 we allow our fawlly quarrels 111 be hutted Into by the traitors who tried to shoot us In the hotel: while w'1' stayed the Hun over yonder? IN this our ernuOry, or is it theirs? Did they tight our It, or 41d they help loo owe iota while we were toyer then.? dry we going to he Qfctatel to by tueu %vitt) claimed allegiance to no cu11ut'y %title we v4ere at war, lout Who row presume 10 oh -ter- mite- !low olds 1klwiuiou Khalil be governed? As veterans w'1' have our grievances, many of thew dor to luck of tinder - standing on the tart of those In au- thority. We hese borne with very creel eihle larienee matey irritating delays, and a lotlg list of exa1perating st•audals. We have our share of printf.' a1111' 1)111111.• (cods and it full mees114..' of nimbi trlation dtttk•ldthes, but --'u first duty, .as vett-runs with a p f reeved of seryls• behind us. Is to ('an44ela -*rill her ititereett.. lu rater of the greater daurn•r uuw' threat- ening we wick our comrades from Van- couver to Militax to stars! shoulder to shoulder, forming a buttress against (lar invasion and devastation low plauuel lis the followers of Lenin,. uud Tntal-y, stoking Iwtty feuds, laying aside for the time (wing all p•t•simal grlevauees. and thereby proving to the people of ('*nada that the (;resat War Veterans' -1$Ne"datdw is a solid unit in support of !frit(. -h ideals and eon- stitutienal minus. ,1.rordfug to the manner in wldeh Nr acquit ourselves at this Juncture shall we he Judge, it) file future. 11'e appeal also for a full nle•*xn«• of support (1',w sorry toTa17 j citizen to old in stwuplug ant the. Inmate,. 1111%' creeping stealthily late t 1 the 14114•tity of . it h'welaud. When Canada is rid of the foul brood who 'preach and teach 1uar•ehr, we shall hare s, wrthillg to say to the profiteers 1 • ..914o el eorint a rev*.Iuifuu. >,1e.nwltle, without tontine lre•ra- %ism, 11111 wltlWlr s11r.-1114i4*geeiug, 'rhe Veteran cottonwoods to the 1111 - mediate attention 'f Parliament the situation *s it exists: 11w revwwruda- liens lwrew-Ith offeror! lu sincerity anal faith, and ('alts (11am ull who decal themselves true citizens to plainly prove "V4'110 stands for ('auada?" 144 n ormat.on up.n which this app4nl '- now Pummeled clay easily hrtug Mont weather front the northern ice fields, and elrne•st and scrbou14 nature. an appeal ; We slolke of a re•mely. 11'1' bell,'" floating southward they have so chilled to the loyalty reed ..o-.gwrutiou of all ' that ren sly or preventive to le n the atmosphere that the effects are felt ''hlssr of the community M prevent spr•41y der' ration of outlive p41icy los tar inland. Whether this explanation• sit lntu•hsm whh•h thlratens Itring rhe an41r11 cut. We saiy tmph*ttc• :1f thh rout -ohm rellf opp.r(11ttity fur 4111,4 that ,hely I' bol our 111('tI1.NI by i' would stand a scientific test we do 1,ot t4,,. ,•1.ILr rlon of sellable tnfmrwaN'll , with 1, the prut11ga41da of the "itele" ` kilos.. but it Is probably as go -*1 a one as I from all tarts of 4'140140171, The Veteran' 4.1111 1*• bs.k-19;144) sal 4ha1 Met 11041 114 ee shall get. h lhr•tus it 11 duty sod 'hlieution to give for the Gover1111Mtil to Ilet4•1•Illil4r on an 1 warning of the Intp•lidin% rrmsh noel ,nrtidmte of prlagK,ssive. le•gislat1ou. 14t•u is every effort tee stay tit evil that ,i,',,i g with suo•h inn' questions as The question of taxation of mail-order jis threatening w4 eto-els. 'In dotuK s'• roofer ew}sol of prh ,,h foodstuffs • houses, presented at the meeting of the; we' oIsis it to be clearly uudrru'""I ant, fir ner•14slti of ) {r: nntwplur- Hoard of Trade last week, was referred sol thato w1' 144.4."1' uo parr, 01, -Interests." unmet insurentr: state dtvl•Iopm1•nt of jj Holl no ornubinseti'n. tial w1• til w9sll 1'o our natural resource.. %911 -44 include ice retail merchants' committee. it twotv'rv1• remelts We offer we apology fishing. agrlrulutre. luulerhi ,oil and however, not a question that concerns the 1 for the too-ern/nein. which. it roust ie 1,141 pr.lhlttlon 111111 the der opwrnt merchants only. It is a question of tax- I ndmlttel, has lw4•u Largely napealsitle ,of mineral areas; stare h:41lkIt and ' edam and concerns everyone who pays 1 for tit present (laulgd•rou. e.nolition of state lift in.nrawr: li mstfoual` pro- , lir bv.itr eoltonel policy of bll I he believes, were detached by the mild 1 sol r/ r 11 1. an a1) "41I of the most f revolts fin 14V t nme nl tie w1' ; 'le �of Irineyitle,ll and s•1e 1 taxes. At present the merchants of every optinlisul tad '•hiss•z-finer:' mse•Ithrgq�att municipality : epud rights for wt) tnicipality pay a business tax, supposed tnxu4iou oof l,11e• loud wallies: the 1111•16111 int to have some reference to their opportune 4 of tion a 'i111, industrial. and land ities for making profits. The question is high cost of living, it is to be h•,ped it will monopolies: the establishment of pub- whether the proceeds of that tax should !succeed. Since "that man O'Connor" lie welfare I.uretten ; Industrial eo- f'qwrltt'u 111)41 (111 revgilitiot, of go entirely' to the municipality in which w'as removed from office there has been I:11",1''s rights: these 11(1'1 ohrr the sol re is situated or should be divided little indication that the Government had - meas(1re14 which are 111 d4notel 17v the among the municipalities in which the I ass intention of seeing that the public so-e,11e1 '•preletnrhat:' hot %hul) ore , of fnwhlmo:ltaI M•nitit to all. Syne- ' pithy 1Nofu of 'mitering Is leading 1111114 good men into the in1411rre•tioulst 11111144. Insidious propaganda proves j The Wiarton Echo is of the opinion to them that, after NII. the«• is to l that too much attention is paid to taxes tendency towar4s true deinucri1•y en • "THE HANG OVER." ily H. F. Gadsby, Ottawa. May to. -This Parliament, it; far, as I can see, is acting like a hang -over. 1 am not an authority on hang -overs. but I am informed that a hangover is a bemused and befuddled condition arising out of excesses the might before. The victim's mind feels like a scrambled egg.. and to get it back to a tolerable state of clarity much money is spent on John , Collinses and other tonics About a billion and a -half dollars was sunk in the war. 1t was the greatest spending jag Canada ever had. We got used to throwing money around and now we cannot break ourselves of the habit. Weare still drunk with the blood -red extravagance 01Jour years, and, being drunk, we have the customary illusion of tithes which fs not borne out by the famished state of the treasury. We ought to be saving- pinching pennies -but we go on spending. A hundred million oollan•! on Government railways -three hundred and fifty million dollars after -the -war vote -seventy million dollars credit to three busted countries in Europe. These are the cxktails and Collinses on which w'e sustain false hopes -filling ourselves with the cast wind and calking it nourish- ment. Parliament gulps down its cocks,' tails without fluttering an eye. sticks its thumbs t)1 its vest pockets and says, "How clever am i! '' It does not choose to think of the day of reckonia g when the accounts can no longer be squared with stage money. A sensible man just naturally hates to reflect on the exiguity of the gold reserve which carries all this high finance. The announcement is made that there tbe another domestic loan in the fall t is to ray,we shall borrow from Peter topay Paul. We are going to tilt ourselves by tkpr bootstraps again. One loan washes the other. it Is even on the cards that we may use the principal of. the last loan to pay interest on the others. This pro- cr'ast,natina finance must come to a show- down somewhere. The most cheerful observers predict an annual deficit of one hundred malion dollars- which is approxi. mately the intereE on the war debt -and having predicted that they throw up their hands --I am thinking now of Frank Carvell's gloomy candor -and say, "Heaven knows how we are going to get it! - There is one way to get it, of course - more texts; but this,is a Union Govern- ment, meaning that it consists of two parties which are a4raid of each other. It follows that neither party will do any- thing to get in wrong with the taxpayers, and matters are at a standstill. Union Gov- ernment is willing enough to share office. but it draws the line at sharing blame. It prefers to pass the buck to various boards and commissions which will stave off the evil day by dilatory proceedings. Like the old woman who lived in a shoe, 1'nion Government has so many troubles that it doesn't know what to do. It doesn't know what to do because it doesn't want .to do it -begin taxing -so the shoe goes on pinching. business is done. We can see no reason, had a square deal from the food manipul- except that of convenience in collecting 1 ator_ ' for the present system; but because it is convenient it will be difficult to secure any change. The strikers at Winnipeg, although they disclaim Bolshevism. clearly are to :king ' use (cur pounds of butter per week about forward to an entirely new order of things 12. whereas it cost them five years ago in the industrial world. Perhaps the term tf0c' This makes a difference of $ai2.4O per year, w4here the tare- may be about Socialism would most accurately describe =l0 higher fa that household. No one the system for which they are, consciously hears anything abut the cost of butter as or unconsciously, striving. There are. enough to drive a man 1 ut of town, it is however, many people who are %ailing to altogether on accounte ofi the taxes that ft admit the workers' grievances who would , everyone inathat family h oe two pairs di y y R pairs of strongly oppose a socialistic form of gov- boots per year, at it per pair. it Ihen cost link IT. the• ineamous „huhu they 111•.' ernment, and it is just as true that the 1140 per year or footwear. Now if they forging whl'•IIpresents the gre*tes(' strikers are by their methods alienating j get two pairs of44 .willstilltcost he at only the I^1st t4+i0sae, 11411"ert11110: Is the nttitnele o4 returned increase ,n thing the par( ,.f our "lenders 111141 tearbers." as a cause for grumbling. it says: and that there en 111104 e w u4 I1 long ns In Wiarton it costs a family of five whs. they remelt' bound by the pre-war i41i11s of capitalism. And flint the only I was' to leriigtnl",nt Ill• desired change Is ley tire and annihilation. Ilake 1144' tris(*let' n1"nd it. the disciple. of anarchism are 1o•kiig overtime In , Canada: and the harvest they seek t41' gather 14.01.;!.teulptlugly el.,' and alluring. 1f they fail In the attempt. ►ie Olen,. trill be lelatnel. It they slimes' --blit they will not. The 41110 ein•n. Errs} e4f'rt is Iw111R rr01«'.4 un to a considerable degree the sympathies of can find to complaf in about is the taxes. %1un11.g them over to tit,• e,n)sr." menv reformers who believe in the slower And so we may go Ihrou gh all the various t•11engdoynlent 1111•646111. file utwnfug. methods of education and evolution. It ' items of h usehold expenses, which have lnvldlous ,.,,mparisene are drawn le. has always been a puzzle to us to under- ; irtcre sed from =1100 tel tl -,000 per year, or twe•n the tighter and 1lie prol1twr : stared why,when an election cernes on, higher, according to our pace -still it is the reit %I of newmployme'ut nre• I the 140 of additional taxes we move talk 14111,414 "ngg'•stell, uu'I t,•ngPntee and the workers in Canadian cities are rarely about. We should give the taxes a rest. er411nlizatid'n ore -(1044.1, t.. 4"• ,,tits able to elect a Labor representative to I This may he very go d logic. hut it will possible throng!' the with of Ielee ll/i11 Parliament, though the workers greatly !not put a atop to grumbling about the nn11 n•e,,huion. Vital Is -nes hinge outnumber any other class in the con- taxes. There fs a psychological reason if the problem of volution. munity. Their votes, if intelligently used. could secure for them their just demands. perhaps in a slower, hut cer- tainly in a' surer, way than that which they are trying at Winnipeg. Even if W'nnipeg should adopt the socialistic, or communistic, system which seems to be the aim of the striker& or of some of them, that city would find itself in conflict with all the other communities of Goads which should not hold similar dEws. and the only sure result would be misery for the people of Winnipeg. So', far as tar s tike ,' a protest against Gov- the kind, and he will grouch about it arnesentat apathy and the diwnal until he thinks he has got the value of his Whim d Ottawa to check profiteering money in grouching. It is just the way nod- to ileal at an adequately with the 'e humans are built. 101' fur,• sf",ktn ,,f the 41nog"r uml for it -in other words, it is in human (lar, rrraelr; n'w %v euro to (lir n o *•a, tl nature. The reason a man kicks so much which coastltues the «•14141.11 for ehly abr•ut his tax hill is really not that it represents so Targe an amount of money, but that it means an much money that he doesn't have the fun of spending himself A man may spend on perfectly useless things, during a twelvemonth, a much larger sum than he pays in taxes, and be quite cheerful abut it; but present him with his tax bill, or his bill kir church or lodge dues (especially if he is not a regular attendant), or for anything else of s nrtl,le, nod which I" mads 1., all who. 4bllm citizenship and the Weak of 4 omerlinnisw. 4'srtWide rly do we a,ldre.e ourselves to the well w•ho reeved ('ala/da on the baffle/11411s of 4:uropr. it• %•1114 Illey w -ho nulled the flag ,lf trite l'ana4lsnIsni to the mast. and 111 flee coling struggle for all that , Is most dear omit noble It Is to them Haat caned,' will look for leadership and protection. Should out the war Teter,' ,s 1w In 4Iw forefront of (hose ! who drunantl e.nstltntlonal re•arrangr- mens of the social order'' can we, w -h,, 1104114. written'(nor rerlr,l of loyalty Ito letters of blood, "tanl4 idly tin while the welltlon-mongers, the when%,. the onarehteta and the rtnegadtr. among There aie signs and omens that Union Government is beginning :to fade away and gradually die. The country is ahead of Parliament in its yearning to get back to party lines but even the politicians are commencin,4 to hanker for the system by which a man might say the thing he willed in open meeting instead of breath- ing it to his shirt -front or not saying it at *4 fielding has served notice that he will shift at the right time; Carvell has more than once cast a wistful eye at the Opposition benches; Crerar has spilled a bean or two lUV to show what he will do with the pailful when the need arises; Maharg has to the moon complained; the twenty free (rode irate in the West threaten to take the oft pedal off: Dr. MichaelClark has shifted to the toss benches to be nearer his forrner opinions; and Fred 4 ardee has cone over body, bones and breeches to his old (riende All thew! things go to anpriee union Government that the rapids are near and the daylight is past, and that the Midget speech -which cannot he postponed much longer -may be the final plunge. There can be hardly any doubt that both parties are waiting for somebody to lead them out of the wilderness. And their waiting is more than watchful -it is eager. In a word, Union Government is ,a hang -over from the war and it displays the mental confusion incidental to that low state of health. it is true that every other Par - 'lament in the civilized world is in the same state of hang -over. but that doesn't make it any the more pleasant for the governing classes, or for the governed classes either. The mental fog, as I said before• is evidenced chiefly In our weird financing. Whenever I see a crowd in the Chate 'u Laurier lobby -end there is a new one every day except Sunday -I know that it is another band of patriots invaiing the capital to grab s "credit." A lot of money was raised in Victory loans and of course everybody with something to sell has to "get his bit." Nobody stands to lose but the people who put up the "bit." The process is limp a but effective. The manufacturer of woolen. or tinware or plows or cement or bacon, or whatever it may b., sells to a bankrupt country in Europe, accepts a long-time note with Canada's name on the back of it, and discounts it at the Dominion Treasury. As Omar Khayyam might have put i - had he known anything of post-bellum finance -he takes our cash and lets their credit go. lee must have money to burn because we go on burning it. Not only d > we plunge into new expenditures in the name of export trade. but we even neglect to make such retrenchments as we can. Being in the hang -over stage we are too low. bpirtted to lift a huger and so we allow war boards and commis -ions. that have outlived their usefulness to go on drawing pay when there is no work to do. The Repatriation a,pd Employment Commit- tee. although quite dead as far as public service is concerned. goes on speaking to the extent of 8200,000 a year. The censor's department lags superfluous at the rate of =100.000 a year; so does the Department cf Public Information -an other 'hundred thousand. Nobody is cruel enough to lift anybody else out of an unnecessary job. Two-thirds of the inside civil service ought to be fired and the ocher third hired at better wages. bot nothing has been done except to "classify" it., which means more pay all round. The war bureaus are crowded with women clerks whose occu- pation is gone but who are kept on because they have acquired the seal-skin-saccese and srk stocking habit and don't want to go back to their dishpans. The man who will lift his hand against a woman -on the pay roll -is a brute. Union Government is nothing if not chivalrous to the fair sex, but it rue's into a lot of money. Would Not Be Without Baby's Own Tablets. • Once a mother has used Baby's Own Tablets for her little 'n -s she would not be without them. The Tablets are a -ppeerfect home t' med:.. They regulate the bowels and stomach. drive out Consul) alien and irdiges')4m: freak up colds aril simple fever and make baby healthy and happy • Concerning them. Mrs. Noble A. I Pye. Ecum Secum. N. S.. writes: '11 have found Baby's Own Tablets of great benefit for my children and 1 would not be without them." The Tables are sold • by medicine dealers or by mall at 2:; cents a boz from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville. Ont. s - - We bave TELEGRAPHY, ('Oyl- MER('i.el. and i4HOR'I'HANi4 Depart mentos 11'e give indiriduel instruction. Students are entering each Week. Our genduates secure positions of tru*t. Get our free.atall/gue now, It may interest you, D. A. McLACHLAN, Principal, Table LinensExtra Bleached, 72 inches wide, heavy double Satin Dalmaftk all pure linen Tabling. A good choice of handsome designs. Qualities are best we ever offered. Per yard $2.75, $3.00 and $3.50 NAPKINS .111 pure linen flue Satin Damask, sizes 22 and 24 ineh, .11 tier dozen $8.50, $9.00 and $12.00 TOWELS .111 pore linen hemstitch Buck Towels, sizes 22x44 it) illi stork, worth 18 3.00, at per pair $1.50 LINEN TOWELLING . 16 to 18 inch, all pure linen Roller, Tea or Hand Towel- ling, heavy ,'rade. Old stock. Special at per yard 25c and 30c PIU OW COTTONS Heaviest, best quality made. t'ircillar :Pillow Cottouir. ' 40-I2, 44-46 inch, at per yard 45c SHEEIINGS 72 -inch heavy Bleached Sheeting, heavy round thread and free from dressing. Reduced to 58c :36 -inch Twill Sheeting, bleached, 40e, for 28c TAPESTRY, WILTON AND AXMINSTER RUGS All size* in stock\ and designs, patterns and colorings are new and moat\pleasitlg. 1"ter May cleaning prices are reduced. MATTINGS Japan 11attillp,•s and Hugs .with heavy cotton warp, wear well and splendid appearanec, at moderate priors. CONGOLEUM RUGS All sizes in stook, at per square s'ar.l $1.25 W. A CHESON, & SON M OD EL' BOOTSHOE AND S OE REPAIR DEPOT The hoot and shoe repair , shop of the late Thos. Hall, corner of Ilamilton and New. gate streets, has been re- opened and orders are sulk. ited for all kinds'of Footwear Repairs Good work and reason_ able prices guaranteed Saml. Ward & Son ON account of pres- ent weather con- ditions the wholesale companies have been able to make better deliveries of Coal and we are now able to supply : - Chestnut Stove Pea and Egg Coal Soft and Cannel Coal in any quantities. MacEwan Estate Feb. Ist,•191q • • You Can Start With 25 Cents and be An Investor In Mar W-S.S. Case $4.04 In lows W.S.S. Case $4.011 And you can invest it in securities as safe and profitable as any held by capitalists. Twenty-five cents saved each week can be made to earn 't !/2'/„ interest by a very simple plan. Thrift Stamps cost twenty-five cents each. Sixteen of these when exchanged for a War Savings Stamp become a 4%7, inter- est-bearing security for which the Government will pay you $5.00 in 1924. In other words, if you lend the Government the $4.00 odd you have saved by this easy means, the Government will pay it back to you WITH AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR five years from now. And you become an investor in the safest of all securities -a Gov- ernment Bond. Canada needs the small savings of her people to finance the work of reconstruction. Wen Savings Stamm,* den be &mew ,aAar- a w Aim .ian i1 disataya. Make Your Savings Serve You and Serve Your Country -Invest Them in War Savings Stamps.