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IISTABLISIT D 1816
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W. H. Robertson, Editor and Manager
Thursday. May 19, 1927.
EDITORIAL NOTES
May is moist and moody, but frag-
rant and charming. We like May.
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Here's to the 24th of May—the first similar position la the entire Province.
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summer holiday. •Long may she wave. Nd public exptaeatila has bees given
• • • I Wr Mr. Yellow's release from his of -
The next great question to he de- 1ct Wthe
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butreturned Ottawa, May 16. quite frequently wages may bo low in daps ego. The scheme was not finally
duty ablytully, without fear or favor, • country and actual wage assts high.'abandoned but no action will be taken
f t 1 t t The lasts were plaunerd
vttabl k hemi w end in thin, Owen Sound, Collinga nnd.
along with the changes foliowiatt the - vow me the toure.g� to meowed thatMidland-kAd_I'_arre Sound as ports of
Li everybody knows csev; the emotes. -_.. _.
, resignation of the former Attorney- Cssadian manufacturers making ala Uunlst—and he ictus, to know be- call-
!General,
all•!General, Mr. W. F. Mettle, and the plications for increases might do much cause tie flan the truth rvoultl fegaore
adoption of new policies in the matter to Improve e
coat for an inrrea.e
An es ileacs of over a year and wages may be h ' s prrsen .
nal practice before the Tariff Board wage- costs low, and i that is a fact to Include
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Ostarlo's Orme permits ere on sale
this week. It's • mighty fine chance
to save $2.
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The Mississippi is still on the ram-
page, swollen by water stolen from
the Great Lakes by Chicago.
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Children should be warned of the
tb briefs presented. The a part of his protection. 1 suggesnao'
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average spell the applicants for increases of !k,to So many radiant things are bete—
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of liquor law have eprive may lie the shirts off with the assumption that proteetloen that they cntr.ltke this Heavens of fragile turquoise tint:
causes which have Mr.ethe county' the members of the Board are not
phase of the problem before they' pre Thin, curling smoke: a seaward view
and the Province of Fellow's see -worldly wise and that they have not tient their arguments 'rhes can beep!, • The eyes of laughTrig girls. that hint
vices as inspector.
1Jr.• Fellow 'low still passed through the,traiaing In the lit -
fain of this: their steietiieniTtrear}rge (Sf sadden stars or sua•touched dew;
holds the omen of county constable. tie red school -house 'thee* two lull 1 ill •ttgtd So Re the Tariff many dear delightful things
• • • ivt t ns court, seeking facts, strl♦ rttel
danger of playing ball on the street. The busy statisticians at Ottawa
It's pretty herd on the youngsters who have figured out that Canada's pope.
have not 1 part or a vacant lot near, latloa on June 1st bast was 9,389A9Qe
by, but plying on the street 1s taking am increase of (00.000 over the gems
a big chance. of the 1121 census. More interesting
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7 L their *affiliate of Canada's national
The attempt to re-establish the wealth (hot - Isdudtag undeveloped
death peaialty for murder to Midget= I natural resources). Agricultural val-
has failed, for t'he present at least. ues make up about $8,000,00Q1100 of
The State House of Representatives, the total, „urban real estate nearly
following a strong trend of public $6,000,000.000, and railways over $2, -
opinion. passed a bill to bring capital 000,000,000. 'The average o� wealth
punishment into effect. bat the per capita is .Canada is estimated at
measure was thrown out bt the State $2,5225', anti while many would guess
jlfsate. that tits eve -retie would be highest in
Ontario the figures show that this is
not the case. By Provinces, Canada's
entimstod_saalth
Capital Per Capita have chanced to come together. Not
..$ 119,912.060 $1.� by direct intention, not hr accident.
752,007.9.96 1.437 but surely by a kind Providence were
597 596.369 1.541 we able to Ret mer of such comps
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Here's a new idea. When a young
l` -Ontario farmer was married recently,
d• his men friends presented him with a lows: ,
number of agricultural implements Provieees
and garden tools. Hereafter the P. E. ls:aui
newspapers may be called upon to re Nova S''"tis
N.
Brunswick
port the giving of "showers"of farm 5,541,819,907 2347
machinery along with the usual wed- Ontario 7,353.397.810 2,507
ding ansegncement� Manitoba 1,650,495,868 2.706
7i • •' • _ Saskatchewan 2.845,642.985 8,757
Alberta . 1,950973,479 6,317
B. Columbia See.120 2,604
1 ora! I Yukon 16,069.712 4,0511-
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'1,uted by the Safety League in On -f Totals ...$22,195,302,443 R9,a25'
e' tarso. He was rushed to the hospital,'
where the button was located and re-
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Why Some People bwagger
moved, and now the Safety League has (Toronto Star)
two equal four. 1st
for Instance. for
a large and I
make au appea
so trivial and a
imagine that
without *Beret
storks of The
pato.
The Tariff
does not make
e u '- Forget -me -note. and gentians too;
peesentat Ye r rrttae truth. and nothing A bloehird's crisp and curving
nt l'state to can le more useless in presenting a wings-
1th a statement case aifore it flan vacant. vagueand I think the soul's own hidden hue 1 that one would
almleat asett;ttetll. "Yost be some lovely shade of bloc!
ad pitted it upe I —Iori Petri In the Lyric. West -
from the bedtime Masa Production
andel Post of Tor- Anotitee argument conataaali Virtue pays! The "5" is ceook•d, but
brought forward ne the applicants is look what a straight and narrow path
rd, let me repeat. that ii@,;eaaoot �campete with corm- Aries for it : $.---Publishers Syndicate.
riffs. It is :entre::
titteb of -large. lemon gauss mass
finding organ on. Piece all the peodoetlem bow cast. Does it?
smphasta pea call upon the word fact. ,Quite,
ly, gu how much dose
The Board'hma been singularly forte- iiletf . jam- put this problem
nate In its chairmen. The appoint- to gar Pea intelligent man.
ment,of Messrs. Graham and Moore to- co the to .l of shore produced
this pogition reminds one of the com- to Canada in amounting b over
ment made by George Bernard Shaw $45,000,000, the total wage bUU,L was
In regard to the Webbs of statistical tweatp.three per cent. Our shoe fan
fame hi the Old Country. 110-101.111/..4000, on the image ate not more
that the irarriage of those titins a1rt ''tlltn half the the average allleifiletids s
alae of Americium Jecto-
fatly eampe'tent people war
distributed as fol- proof of the existeaee of Divide Provi- factory would employ twice the uifillle
deuces toe b1. no2ther meataa in the her of hands employed be the average
world could they by any pom{pilltye Canadian factdty. !roam anyone our
gest that betsttse •f that fact we
ought to have a, MAW of thletll r
tea os sines iced* from the ('
States? if difference In dost Of pro-
duction k to be the basis of our tariff..
thee surely with labor costs amount-
ing to only twenty-three per cent. of
the value of the shoes it would be ab -
sued to have a tariff amounting to +
thirty per cent. And let roe add this 1
fact—in ('anadian oboe factories to- I
day. a dollar paid In wages produces
as many 'dollars' worth of shoes as
does a dollar paid in 'wages to the
average factory in the United States.'
The t'anadlan manufacturer knows
that if he knows his business. Then
why should be come before the Tariff e
Board pleading mass production as en !
excuse fur a high tariff?
No Dodging
Again I suggest to my friends of the
Manufacturer[' Association that cold
faetseongitt to be faced. Once or twice'
there has come before the Board a •.
A yottin down at Sime swill -
lowed
owed the lapel buttosli, with
pin attached. which are being distil -
another "Beware” to add to its list: People who lack brains and tact gen- Some Examples
"Beware of Safety League buttons." orally champion big -stick policies. 1I Take this as a sample of supreme
• • •I childishni'ss. The Canadian Litho -
Where Fortunes Are Made i grapiers' Association applied for an
The Wiarton Echo evidently does (The Farmers' Sun) I increased tariff on lithographed wit -
not believe "Government control" will
i A surrogate judge of Goderich notes• ter. in the course of their argument
be a success. It says: "Liquor beat' that the formers of Huron are passing; ji stated that s great deal et com-
the Roes Government and the ifearst I and leaving tetntea o[ $1(M)(aai tad peLStlaa was coming from Japan. It
ecru $'200.1101 their business. Some
Government and t)1P Drury (:uveral-, he says.
meat. and 1t will finish the Ferguson I petits
Government. By hook and by crook, prospect, we should say; than that of meet printing Is coming in from Ja-
in a private or 1n a public way, St to a I Huron, especially in springtime, or in I pen?' etid the chairman. and his
curse to everybody who has anything June. But the fortunes are mate In i voice sounded mild and interested.
to do_�rith it." I the cities. Turning to the Provincial '�f don't know" was the restinnse. "I
• • • rreaeirer's last report. we find that.
Huron contributed only $14.000 in Sues
The Inmates of Bing Sing were the cession duties last year. It was ex -
subjects of a • recent experiment. An (veiled by twenty-seven counties, and
exhibition of beautiful paintings. in- have cities to thoselly by hoases counties
icles hone -
placed
which
eluding a number of old masters. was lug retire:dd lumbermen. n. York. Went -
afternoon
In the prison chapel. On the worth Middlesex ,IAnafln Vanart,
afternoon on which these paintings on and Brent were the
were open to inspection by the prison-
ers, there was also a baseball game in
the prison yard. The attendance at
the 'ball game was sixteen hundred.
while (ift)e went in to see the pictures.
Criminals, it would seem. are just iike
Other people. f
fence ter this position. Mr. Moore
now holds the chair, He has a einem
tarty clear and telable mind. He is
not easily led from the thread of fact
he is pursuing. lie. is determined
that the facts and the whole facts
shall he brought out. and therefore I
snipe to applicant; for tariff in-
creases that.. In fulnre. statements
which are perfectly silly and abjectly
absurd might well be dropped from
.the briefs—they will not get past the
chairman for a second.
I. These facts warrant, was endangering e r ' • s • naive. Ingenuous soul Who told his
the claim of Huron's pros -1 thing had to is done aloof it. They story frankly and clearly. He wanted'
}e is nit a mere pleasing were terribly alarmed. "Just how a higher price for his product. He I
wanted a permit from the Govern-
ment to charge other people a higher
price. He made no bones about it. I
The statement hail all the011eletm in- I
have not the figures." "But You nocence of the flue -old who looks
Mould know," said the chairman, "If up int your face -end mys, "Dadt1`y. I
it is endangering your bushiest`• you get me a car like that." One can
ought to find oat about it" So we understand inch a statement—it's I
foynd out right there and then. The human. My sympathy goes out to 1
Nal imports from Japan amounted such an applicant. but alas: how rare
to $4.3711- -probably just a few stray is such a story! Instead, we Have the
bits of printing to Japanese. imported intense narrowness which looks only
for the few .tapanese who hapten to at one side. 1Snmetimes the smallness
uteri, York contributing I he living in the itominion of Canada. of the application, the pettiness of It.
if Millions, Carleton two; Still the applicant was not satisfied. is fur beyond lime poser of weals to
rter millions, Wentworth I 'Rut this Is a growing import." he describe. At a recent sitting there
a 'million and Middlesex' sold. "it is n potential menace." was an application from eight of the
and fifty- thousand. A' Then we looked It np to find' how fast largest paper mills in Canada asking
et is that the population it was growing. in 192222. the imports for a flatly on paper twine coming In- `
s fallen from sixty -flour were $5.223: in 102(1. t-t.:t7e1. So it to this country. The combined capital 1
Orly tire'hmtanud growing and growing hnckwt+rtls• of the appileants malt hey. run some -I,
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Quebec has given the Taseherean
Government another lease of office, in-
creasing its strength in the Legisla-
ture so that its supporters now num-
terlaeventy-tour in a House of eighty-
five. Quebec has hall a Liberal Gov-
ernment eontinuously for thirty years,
and Mr. Taschereau appears to be as
firmly entrenched as any of his pre
decessors in the office. At this dis-
tance there appeared to be no issue
of any consequence between the Gov-
ernment and ifs opponents hi the cam-
paign which hail just been concluded.
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The Toronto Star in its issue of
May 13th proposed the ,bemestic hen
as the national bird of ($nada. But
The Signal wee there first, having
unwell the hen In its Issue of May 12.
This paper also was more specific.
'laming the barred Rock .as.the par-
ticular hen which it proposed should
be chosen. There ere several reasons
for this particular selection. First,
the barred Rock is easily der
tinguished. A white hen might be a
Wyandotte, a Leghorn or some other
variety There are black hens of
various breed. find unless a tuna is
hen seise he cannot distingnish them.
Pitt it he baa woe been introduced to
barred Rank he know. her again
sees ,der. Alen. the hare
sass for the •rant and
>p1K glee aatton/A
eels Pettit. Also, the
w the ala rnrin % 'stuns
good layer a: I an ex.
Essex, Carlet
chief eontrib
four and a -ha
and three'qna
,a quarter of
one hundred
significant fa
of Huron ha
than"and to f
T; . f.(cpae•.
d eprlvt.n•„+a
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mental sial.:- -
WELL!
was
it was not n menace the centleo'nn where between twenty-five d fifty
o —It was n night- s import of
Anything can be sold -
by -Long Dist -In
No matter what you have
to sell, do not think it can-
not be sold bg Lopg•[I -
tante. It ern—if the pyf�
is right. People arc rapid-
ly becoming tdu ,',ted tu,
buy by telephone many
things they formerly
thought they had to ex-
amine before purchasing.
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Those who have ,!r',' ely ac-
cepted Long Diotat,.. "or sys-
tematic selliig t. II n, — and '
the number is ri"oily growirg 1„
— that where tl.ey do not sur-
reed in making a sale on the
first try, the prospect nearly t
always comes back later to buy.
tgaat the Long Distance habit. t
There ora 40,000 sure telephone
prospects in Ontario mrd Qua -
bee this year., -
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for
KGoodY S.
ellog love
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N o ors! te• f `notciao r
Kellogg's! crispness •dad l
flavor Qr �a` a4' hod for
that'• Oasis ciao ick or
tit
And With fruits or
everybody.
d nd add for tmndh
honer. thorn for Wevening
honey. Woe r ilii af�'f or tho
� attitn t �.1�1
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Ontario.
Iliad• Kogt `'t �iQnf•�d'o
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the
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packa
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S-pring Footwear -
With the coming of Spring the mind
naturally turns to new Shoes'
We1iai►e in stock very attractive, up-to-the-minute
Footwear for everyone
YOU ARE INVITED Ti) SHOT' AT
W. HERN'S SHOE STORE
Phone 43w• The Place of Reliable Footwear
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WELL! was tnnfferin� from milli.❑ dollar.. The 1 1x
LOOK WHO'S HERE! -mane. The alarm he felt most hove paper ttjne•amount to approximately 1
been due to something he ate the right $6,000 and they wanted to check this' l•
I hefnre and not to any real danger roe by a tariff. Don't yon think I. s
tening ttirnndinn industry. This t ahnnld have stared at Dame? 1.
George Snot
The Win
last week h
The Adv.
close poi t if
George Spit
tidied to eon
parte of the
that he offer
the coming
impressed u
I'mgrettsi ve
height he ra
late J. W. K
on the rear
the seet by
was revere
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and those w
ton Throws His Hat (al three e7
the Ring I little incident reveille how (lovely Could you conceive of anything inure I.
Wing
Adv:uneTimeM of facts are r•hfwked when cases ore be- trifling and picayune and email? le
d the following: fore the Tariff Board. It by such things as this the nation
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Bankrupt Stock-
a PleaseDant grows Has big business n I
to fel ds o Ex -Mayor of reason In a
ton that he has finally ac- never for a moment considered the There ought to Is a
tinuoas pressure from all
riding of North Huron
himself as a candidate in
bye -election. It has been
pun him that when the
movement was at Sts
n neck and e r
init. it being sokcloseithat attention. Let newerroblem has been
Ovcon consider the to titwo
tint Mr. Spotton was given mein erfttments--end they appear in
the ('aunty Judge, Mut this
ed by it High Court Judge.
roan his lint in -the ring,
hn know ligan know he will
encs -Times learns from
f F N r Our Canadian protectionists have to do then chase a tr. of this kind?
other side of the question. it would the application" for tariff protection.
appear that they had never read the
standard textbooks. They dlacnsa
every gricatioe brought before the
Board from e,pnrely theoretical stand
point. Thi' practical aspect of the
almost. 'very application for an In-
crease brought to the attention of the
a.ree• OM It aeatll 30 1539 ar(j, •pa•" It
tion that we cannot compete with
go in after it, regardless of the results. other countries. berenee our wages are
Apparently his friends feel that since I much higher. Now, +mr ly It wnnl.l •
the ('onsercative party will have no l nigestr to everyhndv that we act enm-
permanent feeder, and no new plat- peting. Canada's exports are greater
form. until the Winnipeg convention than her Imports Nominal wage's hear
on October 11th, that there Is no time small retatlonship to total cost of
to be lost. We nre Nit that he has production. Wage* tin ,tn hefarmstineaof
organization well under way, and jndia. Egypt
andthere Is no mon in the ridlag who has lower then ufaces
fer In Wes
tcrn Caned*.
n Western
more personal friends reldy tai get. in- The wage
to tine hornet than he. The King Canada are probably the bighead
Government' entity now rest assured Arrelre paid to farm labor In any part
they will have n real ORht from title of the world Yet Western ('.nada is
doughty warrior. We are also told able to protl'tee wheal more cheaply
that If the North Huron Conservative than enmiet R
Assoriatlewa shotilrl happen to mall the broad baste fact. One would Imagine
party i•tether for advice. Mr. 9astton that the decencies of pretectlon would
er
wouldtiO called, to wbn dothetisquare.' and Mme before It.
the Board aryl gnot.
for pm
ventlnntheiricon fectlon becaaee of differenee In wane..
*Ohl by derision. Mr. Pia evieted. it
retia that for. ty heIaright p Si). it'theM�henceOanedinnictermer who
that his for the party give
the pa from such A condition.
that his Meads
to. .will glue him one .tiffenders Moait t he absolutely ewnttal
mot.. chance to inial his work.
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eese et ice -
While you
ate enjoying
Wrigley's, you are
getting benefit as
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LADIES'
Silk Dresses
A large assortment to
choose from
Reduced for quick
selling at
$2.95 to $7.45
East Side Squate
for Ladies
WATCH TEXT WEA'S
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Ladies' and Misses'
HATS
CLEARING OUT
AT
$1.39, $, ' . .95
M.
LADIES'
SKIRTS
All shades and sines.
Clearing out at
79c and 95c
South Side Square
for Men
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