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Thursday, March 31, 1W21.-3
Don't Asa _._.
Another Burden
to the Taxpayer's
Load
Ontario's Burden
Public Debt - - $1,153,000,000 \
(Federal, Provincial and Municipal)
Annual Taxation - $186,000,000
(Federal, Provincial and Municipal)
Ontario's Drink Bill - $36,000,000
(Year previous to ProvincialProhibition)
THE Importation of
"Booze" is adding dead
weight to the heavy burden
of taxation now borne by
the people Qf Ontario.
Importation of "Booze" is
adding to the cost of law
enforcement.
Importation of "Booze" is
-- ad ing to The cost of jail
maintenance.
Importation- of "Booze" is•
adding to the ,cost of hospi-
tals and asylums.
Importation of "Booze" is
adding to the cost of living.
Importation of "Booze" is
bedevilling the administra-
tion of the Ontario Temper-
ance Act, and d-fying the
temperance sentiment of
the province.
Shall the importation and the NO
bringing of intoxicating
liquors into the Province
be forbidden?
VOTE
and vote
A GLADDaNING SIGHT.
An Incident of the CWnewe Famine.—
Thousands Saved from Ikeda.
From The Ilonau (China 1 Messenger.
No matter how poor a f.o.i stuff may
be, in these days of growing stress it
does one good to seer It. Summoned
by the executive of Presbytery's fa-
mine relief committee to assist them
at t'hangte, the tonna of the Mtswenger
experienced singglar emotions of joy,
as he stood belittle a train •f six open
ears leaded high with grain hags. It
was the wares -sot food the ('bines• eat
—await= : black and uninviting to
an 1krldenta1 palate: but It had come
as • peculiarly welccuw gift from a
Shanghai Relief So1siety. We fairly
feasted our eyes upon it. The chair-
man of the relied organization hap-
•pentd to the at our elbow. WC asked
how many of the poor erratum., could
be navel from death by this supply.
An expert in mathematics, he promptly
figured out that ten thouaaud persons
could revive, each of them each day
for a month, one catty of sorghutu :
about a pound and a third In our table
of weights anal measures. I1 will not
amount to a great deal, but how much
better than nothing. It should he
borne in faind that ashen we speak of
35 In Canadian or American currency
as being saaklent to 'supply food for
our person to the enol of the famine.
It will at best be a very meagre dole.
No one's appetite will be glutted.
The Anxious Strada.
if our readers only knew. the night-
mare this famine has been tis all of
us In taw Interior of China since the
eouaelousness that It was cunning grew
agonizingly upon us at till. end of
August : if they knew the straln it has
been to plan 'methods of saving the
victims: and if tlwy half realized the
nature of the difficulties that hare had
to le overcome through Impediments
imposed by militarism, brlgamlage and
official Itwffic•ie1'y: then they would
understand something of the mental
rebound produced by the actual sight
of grain for distribution at Inst withh,
our grasp just as the swine begins 1•
tighten its grip.
increasing Stress.
The steady work of preparation dur-
ing Mese past months, greatly helped
by the British press in ('hiva and Can-
ada. has put the working forces in our
territory In the way of grappling ser.
lously w h the tremendous problem,
the graveaspects of which seem to
have (4011144 en earlier than we were
forecasting: prially if there is
foundation fo rumors 'that typhus
fever has already set in. A member
of Hw'aiking station writes u.: "i
have been having In'' first experiences
.with real suffering iu the city ■1d It
makes one dread making further in-
vestigations." With this, our are in a
position to sympathize. We have our -
*elves known what 11 means to pro-
ceed with empty hauls into a famine
region ■nd undergo a numb feeling of
helplessness in the prownee of several
hundred famine -sufferers. with starved
•faaccs. falling on the ground and plead -
Ing for 10041. With rash's 11andN empty,
as we hinted in a previous issue, the
Impulse was to shut one's eyes and
refuse to see any more of it.
The Carl te, Action.
Our haudi', are no . longer empty:
but they are rapt quite, so full ns we
had ' been misibd into imagining
through a mistake in a cablegram
which antoun4d the tronsmission of
l4:o0,000 from ('anad* to the lInnan
I'rotin•bal Committee alt Kaifeng. and
which turned out, to 4., $4:e.ttlal. i4)
our wrestlings With the ` problem of
stretching our ures, w�itich in a
less grave snit [ion might
siden+l large nd ample. in u
make them e'en sewn adeluut
actual demo ds, ewe Inure ssmetilpes
felt not tin ke Diogenes who, whin
he found himself i4) a besieged town
rolled himself beekwarls and forwards
In his hatred, and said that he must
do sumetbing. Itecause everyslooaly else
was ting wrrarthing. It is plain.
that. With tis resources in hand and
in si t, n cannot ,toy save all.
but • We ern at least try ,to save some.
Irk God's help, let us do it. iu
fa ine times. ('nrlyle's dictum holds:
"It is tetter to erect a hut. than to
dream of erecting a palate."
cnn-
ler to
for
This is no time to add another burden
to the taxpayer's load
Ontario Referendum Committee
10
Was Something of a Disturber.
iawyer—".Now. sir, tell me, are you
well aegnalnted with the prisoner ?"
WItneaa—"i've known him for twenty
years." Lawyer—"have yon, '1 mnst
now •sk, Mer known him to be a (no-
tnrber of the imbibe peace ?" Witness
—"well—,4'r—he nerd to belong to a
be nd."
II'm going to a restaurant."
Wife --"Walt just five minutes."
Husband --"Will It be ready then ? "
t Wife --"No, but then i'll go with
you."—lloustnn Post.
Sueeeaaful.
"Were gnu trying to catch that
train, sir ?" he asked pompously.
The panting would'be pasaenger
Ready t• Oblige. eyed him balefully for a se4oud before
' he tossed to reply : "Oh, no. i merely
Hnsleand (angrily) "What ! do wanted to chase it out the station."—
sopyer ready f This els the limit The Artlisht.
A Friend of theFam1y
Over fifty years ago a young
physician practiced widely in
Pennsylvania and became famous
for his uniform success in the
curing of disease. This was Dr.
R. V. Pierce, who afterwards estab-
lished himself in Buffalo, N. Y., and
placed one of his prescription,
which he called "Golden Medical
Discovery," in the drug stores in
the United States and Canada, so
that the public could easily obtain
this remarkable tonic, corrective,
and blood -maker. Dr. Pierce
manufactured this "Discovery"
from roots and barks without
alcohol—a corrective remedy, the
ingredients of which nature had
put in the fields and forests, for
keeping us healthy. Introduce
pure red blood into the system,
and health is assured. When you
feel run-down, out of sorts, blue
and despondent try the energis-
inginduence of this reliable tohic.
You an obtain Golden Medical
Discovery in tablet or liquid form
at all drug stores, or send lOc for
a trial package to Dr. Pierce's
Laboratory in Buffalo, N. Y.
Mitt+. J. M. CRAIG. et les Ane
galea, Calif.. wbo says no one
tall feel more grateful for what
Tanta( has done than abe daces.
Has gained twelve pounds and
health is better than In roars,
"Of al: the people who have taken
Tarlac I don't believe there is anyone
who feels any more grateful to it than I
do," said Mrs. J. M. Craig, of 6741 1 E.
Fortieth street, Los Angeles, Calif.
'•I suffered frim nervous prostration
and was so weak that 1 could not even
sweep the floor and during the day 1
would have to lie down four or five times.
1 tried to walk, but found out that hall a
block was all i could stand before I wou'd
give out. Nervous spells came on me
often. Finally my husband urged me to
try Tanlac and I ant indeed glad he did,
for it proved to be just what I needed.
"The first two bottles did not seem to
help me. 1 guess it was becau,e 1 was so
bad off, but on the third bottle I could
tell I was Improving and that gave me
more hole than ever of getting well. My
improvement from then on was rapid and
by the time I had taken five bottles I was
better and stronger than 1 had been in
years.
"It enabled me to sleep ss.nily at
night and I have gained twelve pounds.
That was several months ago and from
then until now I have been in as good
health as I ever was in my Fie. 1 have
told all of my friends and relatives what
a wonderful medicine Tarlac is."
Tanlae is sold in Godertch by E. 11.
Wigle and the lending druggist. in
every town.
SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
To tht• Editor of The Signal.
Sir.—If you can find spoo, in the
.'olntnus of your valuable paper to dub- .
lish the following clipping from a Lon-
don taper I think you would i." ion -I
ferring a publk Iwntit :
"In this elty, and in the__ very Sap.
able and willing haul- of the local
branch of the iktrlghters of the Em-
pire. 14 centered the effort toward
hullding, as a waffler-. memorial, a
children's hospital which will serve the
nwisl. of the whole of \ western
Ontario.
"'Splendid success i4) the ra1�
the required fund has already
made. Anil yet tlw undertaking
large one. and much nom still mina us
to toe done. The ,stlniattsl root w I
Is' two hundred and fifty thonstn
dollars : of this wlnething over ore\
hundred thousand has already been
subs•rllasl. Frankly, much more
motley than is yet in sight is needed
to assure the successful completion of
this most deserving enterprise.
"And it scents iIIi1a.,Ni1,11, that we.
the pople of Western Ontario and
lours of children wlwret'er this pro-
ject becomes known, can feel that we
hare dls•harlcel even that small pro-
portion that tato cyer ase repaid of the
eft debt of love sal gratitude we
• to the doer w'ho 11441 011 (11,4141111
fields for us, until We have made
It I11 rally possible for the sick and
,ripple children whom this memorial
would . rre to fled that cluanw to-
ward heal and h'ppin,ss that should
otherwise I" de•toi441 them.
'No OUP wa. n more ,arnest and elo-
gni•tot advot' to or this hospital than
the hate iIr. H. A. McCallum, renowned
ployaietun, id4ali$L •hnlar and orator.
.tad we 4.0101141yr 1t Tallage• to have
the opportunity of pit ishigg in brief
'111s address in this resit I to tfI Ro-
tary Club of 1.0111111.01111110,-011n,l of a 1a!
of lila public nddr'sst•s• deliterel
January 10th last, just fit at days
before his death."
Dr. M,('ullnn,'s address (in Dart 1 :
"'in no other .ity on MIS eont1u,nt
is there a children's hospital being
eretssl ash a war memorial. There
has lawn no such nttempt, elsewhere,
to keep pate with the changing years.
$on14s11e Inas said flyys1t the se•ve•ntmnt11
Century we/1S r.rsn111er1, its pomp andl..
imperialism, that the eighteenth w'al+
for man, tow nhuetw•nth meat for
htrmantty. rant the twentieth its
of the ,hil4 nal life.
"'Tile Daughter+ of the Empire hare
enaght an in,plrntinn—to blend the
ancient and the modern. And the lige-
long cenotaph of the pstgans hits leen
,haute, from an empty tomb to a
strut -Dire containing living childhood—
twentieth century Ii,'Olism overshadow-
ing the long Past. Not only a memor-
ial to the !ware dead. but a life -airing
measure for sick children.
"'.b, few words on this prnjls•t as it
memoirist to our heroin dead. For
Ther, laid the world away", poured
out the rel
Sweet wine of youth, gar, up the
yes r'. to la,
Of w•nrk and joy, and that lin-
hoped serene
That men Ball age. and those apo
would bare Man
Their lona, they gate, their im-
mortallty."
"'Not alone I,4 it to (9mnnemorate
bhe dead, but also 10 ate the rhos of
the children of those they loret, their
hrothwrs' and sister'' children. As the
dead diel fighting, an stall this memor-
ial institution give battle to ,very
subtle Inc of childhood, consenting to
neither intro nor dlewrnasnent.
" There is no qu."etion of the sue.
ream of this hoopital, either In erection
nr maintenaner. stat Int n4 not ire
feeble in our efforts, nor weak -hearted
Ing 01
Men
s a
In mutate iu owrrying this worthy pro-
je9•t to a sac ewsflll issue.
"'Make good our boast of Nervi-•. i
fellow•I(tarlans. You cau1ot serve
striekeu little children without In+•om•
tug a latter man, getting a moral' ele-
satio11, earning even tow comweuda1lun
of the Master Himself.'"
What du your readers think of this
ideal ? of course, if our town built
a memorial 'hospital it would serve all
sufft•rIng humanity of the illstrict, old
as well se young, hut this would only
he broadening its nada of s•riee.
Do our e tzr:,s feel that they prl•fe•r
to sorra unume•nt of stone to which
the mint .es of our fallen heroes may
come to we4•p and mourn for tlwir
dead, or du they prefer to eret a
building whk-b aill Ito its appearance
be as fitting ami 111111445Iug a memorial
as any monument, and will Nowt help
to k.sp our eltizena In Iwa1(h, that they
may be In condition to do their Best
for thele tvuntry ? Could we imagine•
which our soldier's would prefer (or
their memorial ? It open's to fur that
they wyild prefer that service to hn-
manity 114. continued by 0 hospital. as
they began It by the sacrifice of their
lives.
There are those 8144) 0.411 the fully of
ert+'tipg a memorial which will toot
semi• those in 114181, and who will not
snloscrils• to such a final. but who
world willingly subscribe liberally to
a fund for which they se the meed for
the lasting Iwiwfit of the towu alld
comity.
41NF INTERESTED iX A
FITTING MEMoRI tL�
Try a Want Ad In The SignoL
Canada Steamships May Reduce Wages.
Toronto, Manch 2C. --That the can-
asta Stt•amahtps ('onspany contemplate
making a «generat cut i4) its wage lists
was intimated today by the rysid,nt
manager, Perry Grunt. Mr. 4:r IIt
stated, horsier, that the company has
not yet fixed a •mute for all ratings of
its employees. -
"Tlle minor that the company is put-
ting a 30 per owut. cut in wages into
effect ha:: no hasis in fact," said Mr.
(:rant.
Ile could not my whetlwr there had
been any reslueti(fn or hot so faros the
captains and engineers were co ne•rne 1.
"I do know, however," he 114141e411,
"that the 4 -tympany headquarters at
!Montreal fowl that a general reduction
in w•affes is LI order. although what
this reduction will be hos not yet town
definitely deckled."
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Government
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Endorsed by Thinking
Men and Women
Cardinal Gibbons:
"1 am persuaded that it is practically
impossible to put prohibition into effect in
any Targe community. I believe in Tem-
perance ; that is, moderation in all things,
but not absolute prohibition.
The Bishop of Montreal:
"Sixteen years ago I made a thorough
investigation into the working of various
systems of liquor administration, and be-
came convinced that the beat system was
that of Government Sale and Control."
Lady Henry Somerset:
" Government control is what is wanted,
not prohibition. This campaign for pro-
hibition is not dealing honestly with one of
the most solemn questions affecting the
whole future of our national life, because
everyone who looks seriously at`the present
conditions knows prohibition to be im-
possible."
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Mail and Empire Building, Toronto.
1 •m is favor of • L•ee•abidu/ Country True Temperaaea—
Ibe Permanent Abalitioa of the Bar, end • Wise Svsiem of
Government Control of Spiritaoas Liquor.
Pleas..atoll me •s • marcher of 1 be Woman's L•sgue for
Temperuce sad Government (..o•erol, and read me • copy of
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