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Thursday .august S,. 1919.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The cat came back: so did the( steel
plant. This must be its home. all n ht.
Now. none of this bwm stuff. toys.
It's slier to keep within the speed limit s.
The United States Government is
getting after the profiteers with a sharp
stick. In Canada any thing goes, ap-
parently.
If the progressives divide their forces in
the coming elections they will simply be
handing the victory to their opponents
The standpatters will not divide.
Conaenative journals and members of
the Legtslature are calling for a Provincial
convention of the party before an electron.
But the Cabinet Ministers say. No.
Premier Hearst has taken the people
into his contdence to the extent of stating
in a public address that the referendum
on the liquor question will be taken
between the 1st and 22nd of October. He
gave no tntimatnon as to the date of the
general elecuon.
Labir is beginning to see that a reduc-
tion in the cost of living. rather than
increase of wages. is the cure for present
conditions. Wage increases simply serve
as an excuse for further boosts in the
prices of commodities. so that labor finds
• itself in a worse state than before. In
other words. it is not how many dollars
one gets. but how much the dollars can
purchase. that really counts for satisfac-
tion in the hay envelope.
The first untested byeele:tions for the
House of Commons since before the war
will be held October .7th. There are
eight vacant seats to be filled, anci the
results sill be significant as showing how
the political wind blows. Neither Mr.
Mackenzie King. the new Liberal leader,
nor Sir Henry Drayton. the nes Minister
of Finance. has yet secured a seat. and
the% will not be able to appear in Parlia-
ment during the extra session which opens
next seek.
Gambling in the future of Godtrich
should be sternly frowned upon. It is one
thing to make an investment which will
give increased employment to workers. or
provide needed accommodation far the
people who may reasonably be expected
to come to town. It is quite a different
thing to engage in the "boom" game and
seek to gather riches through the exertions
aid the enterprise of others. This is
'•profiteering' of a particularly obn zious
sort and the spirit of the time. is set dead
against it.
TSI .SIGNAL
0ODIRI(TH, owe.
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i that under present conditions manufst
Good Qualityproperly brewed, I Owing concerns locate in the alreaoy
Tea, p p I crowded centres where slum" develop.
He believed that uriftxm rates would
takes away fatigue, and is absolutely teed to increase the number of small
towns and stop the congestion of one or
two large centres. because they happen
to be situated nearnratNiagara or other
harmless, as a daily beverage - TRY power-generattrig ed
localities
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He declared the coal situation was be-
coming so critical that. unless there ewere
1 � toulthe
virtual ten uance
time would we the discontinuance
of large coal consumption for manufactur-
ing. With the rising cost of coal and the
corresponding decrease in electric power
coat, a mighty factor w ,cid be deveiopeel
for manufacturing orogress. he believed.
F.H Briscoe of Chatham also endorsed
the resolution, while T J. Hannigan of
Guelph was 01 the optnton that nothing
could be done without the unanimous
consent of the municipalities who under-
took the responsibtlity when the power
scheme was first planned. I complaining. are that easy-etting pair
Other delegates expressed a desire to I or shoes we repaired for you.
see the organization investigate the 1 If you are thinking of taking a trip.
possibilities of flat rates, and it was sig- come in and let us tix up a comfortable
seated that if it were found that nothing ;old ir, that will bel you to enjoy
could be done the Idea would be droppe.i. pa P
5575
once, and you'll never forsake its use.
Nli \T OTHERS BAY. HYDRO KATE ASSOCIATION.
Too Mack Extravagance.
tirantiord Eipas tor.
Lloyd George atomising that the
Organisation Formed at London to In-
vestigate Uniform Rates.
Forty delegates from Western Ontario
people of Great Britain spend too much municipalities in the Tecumseh House
and produce too little. Herein is one of 'Fnday afternoon passed a resolution
the clue( causes of financial emb trrass- calling for the formation of (he delegates
ment. What is true of Great t3ntain is ;,oto a body so be koo„o as the Ontario
equally true of the United States and 1 Hyde' Power Uniform Rate A•socatIoa.
Canada. A magazine writer finds too I which will investigate the feasibility of
much buying of things not needed and : securing flat rates to all municipal con-
payingo exorbitant prices without wen• sumacs ot Hydro electric power through -
plaint: ever growing insistence upon the out the country.
most expensive in foods and clothing. J. P. Hume. B. A., of Goderich. was
regardless of income endurance: a too elected president of the new organization.
general predilection for "keeping up The executive committee wit. commence
with the Joneses." an investigation immediately into the
Level Rates for Hydro. p �bilittel ot securing uniform power
Loado. Advertiser. Sir Adam Beck, in the course of a half -
The London Free Press is within its
rights in opposing the proposed flat rate
for Hydro power. but it should not be
ridiculous. 1t says in the course of an
argument against the proposal:
1Ve need only to carry the flat rate to
an exaggerated case to prove. we think,
how impossible is the idea. 1f distance
from the Falls rs to be annihilated and
disregarded. then the power consumer in
the most remote part of Canada is entitled
The Advertiser has always favored level hour address. in which he outlined the
rates for hydro. there are many reasons Hydro power scheme from its inception
why level rates should be charged. Geo- and development up to the present time.
eral Manager Buchanan thinks the tend- advised the meeting that legislation for
ency Is towards equal or level rates. but uniform rates could hardly be secured
that the time for them has not yet arrived. unless the unanimous consent of the 134
11e thinks it will arrive when the cost of mnniciptlities which are now consumers.
TRAVELLING
companions, that you can always de-
pend on to be agreeable. in no way in-
terfering with your comfort Mid stand-
ing every test without giving out or
Mayor E. R. Wigle. of Goderich. who
presided at the meeting. expressed the
feeling of the assemblage to making tit
clear that no animosity was held toward
the Hydro-Electnc Commis -ion.
Adam Beck was loudly applauded at Ude
conclusion of his address. and the dele-
gate from Kitchen. r stood up. pointed at I
Sir Adam. and declared "That is the man
we ousts to have for Premier.'
W. S. Bowden. also ut Gderich, was j
appointed temporary secretary of the
meeting. The plan to organize Western I
Ontario to investigate the pos-ibilities of
securing flat rates was conceived by the'
Godench Board of Trade.
The officers of the new body. in addi-
tion to the president. J. P. Hume. are as
follows: Vice-president. F. H. Briscoe.
Chatham; secretary treasurer, W. S.
Bowden, Goderich. and six directors:
W. H.,- Sanderson. St. Th arias: T. G.
Ramshaw, Milton: R.H.Bellamy, Mount
Brydges: P. F. Reilley. Petrotea: John
Smith, Thamesford: Dr. H. B. Atkinson,
Embry
travelling.
We excel in
SHOE REPAIRING
building the system has been met. When were obtained. Delegates who handed their names to
the system was started. Hamilton was He declared the twelve onginal muni- the secretary as members of the Uniform
paving SUS for 1,000 horsepower and cipalities which fathered the scheme were Rate Aaw ration are. Mas or E R.
London 429. Hamilton's pncr has beeu
reduced to 815 while L etdom's his dropped
to 819.
It will be remembered that London was
paying the whole shot from Hamilton
west. and as each new customer came in
there was some reduction due. London
guaranteed the Hydro Cormi sion against
loan for the whole distance. This was not
a fair proposition.
Hydro power is public property. A
common argument is the postodice. It
costs as much to ..end a letter to Dorches-
ter as 11 does to Great Britain. Magnifi-
cent postofhces are • mit all over the
country. and they and the De; ar;ne t of
the Po -'master General are raid out of
the revenue of the postofhces. and when
short made up nut of the public funds.
There is no attempt to subdivide the
costs an) g toe 'various munictoa4•tes
ac ceding to resenw. But there are
stronger rear n• th.n this. N a ara Falls
is one of • he seven wonders o1 Inc world
and hr logs jointly t•• Canada and the
United stair,. It is like a great harbor.
The harbors of Halifax,St. Johns.IQuebec.
Montreal, Vancouver. Victoria. Pence
Rupert and others all have public moneys
spent on them because of their public im-
portance. because they serve not only the
cities in which they are situated but the
whole country. A -similar argument ap-
plies to canals. if the Georgian Bay Canal
were built, with the Welland Canal. it
would serve vast territories and the public
pay the cost.
Hydro power may be regarded as a vast
coal field. Everyone w ho can reach it is
entitled to it on equal terms. Sir Adam
Beck's view has been that it is similiar to
a railway. You must pay according to
distance. This is not a parallel case be-
cause, as Mr. Buchanan points out.
eliminate the cost of construction and the
rates will became equal. It is not, as in
the case of the railway. the cost
of carrying that makes the
difference. It is not fair to make
London pay the whole colt from
Hamilton to London, waiting for inter-
mediate customers to lessen the cost.
Neither is it fair to extend to Windsor on
similar terms.
The proper view of the question is that
it is pub is property similar to the harbor
of Halifax and others named. that it has
responsible for its success. and that the
Provincial Government took none of the
responsibility. but acted only as backers
of the undertaking.
o, Dealing with the advantages possessed
by municipalities in their geographical Dickson. St. Marva: Geo. Hogg. M.
location. Sir Adam asserted that only Comfier, John Smith. of Thamesford;
Wigle. Wesley Walker. W . S. Bowden,
T. R. oaths, Dr. W. F. Clark. T. M.
Davis, J. P. Hume. all of Goderich;
Wallace Tuttle. Robert H. Clark. E. J.
Cody. Dr. H. B. Atkinson. ot Embro: R.
when London owned boats for lake
merchant service would the construction
of the electric radial line from London to
the lake be regarded as having attained
its full oblecuve.
J. P. Hume of Goderich, who intro- Stephen Water, W. A. Root. Alex.
duced the re olution asking for the or- Humphrey. R.Bellamy of Mount Brydges;
Finizatioat ot al investigating body. Mayor E. F. Earl. V. G. Ram -haw. of
advocated a uniform power rate if it Milton; T. J. Hannigan of Guelph: P. F.
could be attained. and explained the Reilley. Petrolea. and John; H. Laughton
advantages derived from uniform rates as of the London Chamber of Commerce.
applied to enterpris-s such as the postal
system. educational sy stem. highway
maintenance. and manufacturers' deliver
res. in which the oust of the enterprise is
met by a uniform charge without differ-
ence according to distance from the
source of delivery,or benefit derived by
individua s.
Greater opportunities for manufactur-
ing. and better citizenship throughout the
country. would be a direct result of uni-
form power rates. he behoved. declaring
R. N. Price. A. A. Ingram. W. R. Sand-
erson. of St. Thomas: C. G. Caister,
Dresden; Ernest Wells. Princeton: A. B.
Carscallen. Wallaceburg: Aid. Fred H.
Briscoe. Ald. E J.Prudty rn. of Chatham;
to Cates ar low as are those of the con• a capacity of millions of horsepower. the
sumer who lives within sound of the equal of millions cif tons df coal almost i
cataract'- roar. But to take the power to i imttahle
and nd unending. that it is the
duty of the Province to use as much of it
as possible. to furnish the means to use it
to every municipality within its reach.
The charge for doing so ;din s not belong
to the separate municipalities any mote
than any other public expenditure such as
pc.stof ces, harbors, canals • or coloniz-
ation ,or to open up a new country like
the Temiscaniing Railway.
such customers would tax the finances of
the nation and make the cont of the power
so great as to render its use by' anybody
out of the question.
Nobody in his sense advocates such a
system. There is a flat rate in
the postal service, there ie a
flat rate in the street car
service in the cities, but the postal routes
do not extend to everybody's front door.
and the street car lines are not on every
street. The object sought in both these
cases i- the reasonable accommodation of
the people. So it could be with Hydro
power. it could be determined how far
the system could reasonably be extended
and let it stop at that. but give every-
body within the power area the same
rate. Advocates of the uniform rate are
not attempting to change the laws of
-.nature or to defy the limitations of
geography. It should be borne in mind
that. a., Mr. Hume has frequently poipted
oil'. a small increase in the rales in the
well -populated areas wouldl allow of a
relatively large reduction from the
present rates in the outlying districts.
Or, to get the thing down to a working
bast.. The Signal renews the suggestion
that. instead of making further reductions
in the rates at those points which now
have rates below the. average. any further
excess profits from the system he applied
to the reduction of rates where they are
abin•e the average.
A Bcy's Argument. ..-,.
The hall had gone over the railings. as
balls will in suburban gardens. and a
small but unabashed batsman appeared at
the front door to ask for it.
Then appeared an irate father
-How dare you show yourself at my
i.,ouse ? How dare you ask for your balk
rip you know you nearly killed one of my
ciiidr•en with it '''
"Hut you have got ten children." ward
,y 1 lad. "and I've only got one
r�ryT1.' —Chicago News.
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AFTER FIVE YEANSOF TROUBLE
Mrs. Brewer Turned to Dodd s Kidney
Pills.
S. SMITH
East Street o;„derich
Nothing to Nor.
Hostess (at party; --Does your mother
allow you to nave two pieces of cake
when you are at home. W dlie
Willie ( who has asked for a second
piece)—No. ma'am.
t 'Well, do you think she'd like
have two pieces here '”
"•Oh," conhdently, "the wouldn't care.
i This isn't her cake. "—Prarson's Weekly.
you to
Imrie. Alta. Aug. 25 (Special).—Ad•
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vised by her friends to ure Dodd's Kidney
Pill• for heart trouble from which she Had
suffered for five years. Mrs. Marie Brewer,
well-known and highly respected here, h
telling hos much she benefitted from the
treatment.
That Mrs. Brewer's trouhte came from
her kidneys is shown by her symptoms.
s i suffered from rheumatism. gravel.
aiffness of the joints. backache ani,
headaches. My sleep was broken and ,
unrefreshing. i was nervous and my limbs
swelled. My skin itched and burned at I
night. It was after a doctor had failed to
cure me 1 tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. i1
must admit they did me a lot of good:' I
A Glutton for Work.
Weary William's wife. after having lit
the tire. fried the bacon and made the tea.
called him one morning at 7 o'clock. Wl-
liam. in the warm bedclothes gave a great
yawn. and said:
"Is it rainin'?"
..No, William."
'Is it %mein' "
"No.
"1a it blowin'
"No. William."
"is it hailin'
„Na..,
William. with another sawn, drew the
bedclothes more tightly around him.
"Then i don't think I'll go to work
this marnin'," he said. "Cm feelin'
poorly."
Hard Wood j
— AND -
Light Wood
From $2.00 to $6•oO
per cord
Delivered to any part of the
town.
Also a quantity of
KINDLING WOOD
Phone 1&i
Robert Wilson
Hamilton St. Goderich
"if" is a little word that spoils Boos big
plans.
Farmers Buy
they save labor, save time, save money.
The Ford Truck is the most general-
purpose implement on the farm.
The farmer can get his breakfast at
home, take his produce to market, and
be home again for dinner.
He can command the highest prices
for his vegetables and fruit because he
gets them to market while the dew is
still on them.
He can take his hogs, sheep and
other stock to market,
s stom the well as haul
roots, potatoes and apples
The Ford Truck brings the city to the
farmer's door.
It solves the problem of the shortage
of labor.
A saving in horses, a saving in men.
Ford One -Ton Truck (Chassis only)
Trucks Because
$750. f. o. b. Ford, Ontario!
Buy only Genuine Ford Parts
700 Canadian dealers and over 2,000
Service Garages supply them.
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"A Jailor has a wife in every pert, they
say,"maid Mira Simper.
"That's the reason he spends most of
his life at sea.' growled the bectelor.
P. J. MacEwen, Dealer
Goderich Ontario
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W. ACHESON & SON
First Showing of Women's Coats
and Dresses for Fall
Dresses
Materials are Georgette, Satin, Taffeta, combinations
of Satin and Georgette. Tricotine and Serge. Braid and Em-
broidery are extensively used. and Dresses are beautifully
made. and prices moderate. One dress of a color or style.
Ladies' and misses'. prices 117.00, 420.00, 425.00, 430.00
and 1135.00.
Coats
Materials of softer finish are particularly good; Silver -
tone. Frostella, Tweels and Cheviots. Prices rauge 812.00,
$16.00, 820.00, 425.00 and $!0.00.
Suitings
All pure wool Serges. Broadcloths, Cord:. Cheviots,
getting bask to the good old pure ell -wool qualities, at per
yard, 11 41.73, 12.50 and 43.51).
All -Wool Challies
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Finest all pure wool real French Challies, iu light and
dark )(rounds, exquisite patterns and colors fa_.st: will wash
beautifully. Goods :12 inches wide, worth 81.50, at per yard
81.00.
Dress Silks
at. -inch Silk Poplins of splendid quality. Popipis are
the most popular and serviceable material one can buy. We
have almost every color and shape, at per yard, special, 81.'41
and 81.75.
Black and Colored Taffetas
Yard -wide best French Taffeta Silks. quality guaranteed,
Navy., Blacks, Browns, at per yard, special, 42.40.
Pussy Willow Taffeta
Yard -wide. good weight. in Black and Mid -navy, worth
112.00, at oar yard, special, $1.50.
Silk. Foulards
Yard•wide, in a large choice of neat new designs just
arrived --delayed in shipment. Regular $I.5C and 81.75, at
per yard 11 00.
Gossard Corsets
The original front -lacing Corset. The Corset that nev-
er loses its shape. Every pair sold with highest warrant and
t;trarantee. We have styles for every figure. Price per pair,
42.50, 43.00, 43.50, 44.00 and upward.
W. ACHESON & SON
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WOOD
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A quantity of dry summer wood, I 2 -in. long, at
$ 1.50 per single cord
or $2.00 delivered. Terms cash with order or
C.O.D. We will sell only on cash terms.
Orders may Le left at house or store.
'Phone
W. R. PIN DER
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£DVIRTISE IN TIM SIGN&L. IT PAYS.
"Meet 'line at Blacketooe's.' they are
all saying, "where they hare tote pure
We create."
•l♦1 I♦Ir I1l♦.1♦SINS
* The Singer Store
II Ladies' and Child-
ren's Underwear
11 The New Collars
with pleated•effects
just in
a Stamped Goods
i/ of all kinds for ladies ■
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$ A call solicited. Ix
MISS S. NOBLE
1 East side Sqnare 1
fancywork
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XX XIS SUM1RXXJA
Building, Contractingand General
Carpenter erk
The nader.igned are prepared 10
lake contracts and eeenthe orders
for ail work In the above liars.
Raving had years u1 experience, they
can immure the public of eritclsra,
dependable work.
All orders will receive prompt
attention.
050. WESTBR(K)K•
'Trafalgar !Street.
Napier Mtrret.
MODE L
BOOT and SHOE
REPAIR DEPOT
Orders eolielted for all kind., o,
Footwear Repairs
Goo,) work and rrs,onahle priers
SamL Ward & Son
Hsinilton .trool (.tan,l formerly
ire eupir,l ht Ihr lair Tho.. 11011