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W. 11. Robertson, Dditor and Manager
Thursday, May 20, 1927.
EDITORIAL NOTES
The country has gone wet again.
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The Flying Fool bas the world at
his feet.
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Hislop - }tricker - ('oaten.--slue--
Spottoa. Next!
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Yea. it has bets pretty wet
here this weeki but think
Mississippi 600dr!
Many a smelt bog -and perhaps
•one large- of u --asked this week,
"What's the um of a bondap when it
rains all day?"
around
of (lbs
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Our toast to the 24th of May last
week was "Long may she wave-" The
weatherman seemed to think It was
"Long may she rain."
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Really. The Globe In Iia editorial
folly seems to be as far gone as The
take another
linec tale of human aelk'vv .itit1he
mime ry of natural Lt..... min T_
bo ii endowed with {weer" Ili*, phisotr
extent of -which has never ref btee
determined, and men 111.e l.iudberth
and his pre.keeeiors In a long line of
tliscuverera. inventors and tnve,ti-
gator• will serer be satisfied until
they have tested to the limit the pow
err of the human mind and hod). The
fast a tltury-yes, the last twenty -live
yearn --has seen some marvellous
achievements. Who will nay when the
last new thing has keel dlacvrver(d. I)r
the last new thing dace?
A Chaplet Cloaca
(London Adrbrtlser)
The Navy I segue of (snatch .would
rejoice today ton leer a naval program
'etch as Laurier proposed In 1910. But
the Conservatives and Natlooatists
combheed to kill the project, and now
no party will revive It.
11(IIFACTURERS AND
THE PREFERENCE
Ottawa, May 23. -:since first the
tan titefaetiseers-4wme•-i5)-,Sly-tariff
Bun rd. with smiles and tows to ask for
further extension of favors, the cry
Eros been for a reductlou of the extent
of the British preference. During tie
last few weeks these same gentlemen
have been equally urgent In their pro-
tests that they have never considered
for a second the Idea of doing away
with the British preference.
Now the British ripreference it not
sacrosanct. It is simply a feature of
our tbnadian customs tariff Sud,
therefore, just as open to attack as
any other phase of that exceedingly
ridiculous document devoted to the
Telegram --until you task of obstructing bualuese. There
look at The Telegram. ff la. of coarse, much to be said in de-
• • • 1 fence of the preference. It glvee a
tariff advantage to the Motherland.
Mackenzie Bing Is said to be related There is in that a sentimental Idea
distantly to Lindbergh the aviator.
We hope this will Dot make the Prime
Mintater too proud and uppish.
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1-terteirhave been fixed for the hold-
• Eng of the trite., in conntetlon with
the election proteets in Bruce county.
The trial for North Bruce is to be at
Southampton June 20th; that for
Booth Itruee at Watterieeks4une 23rd.
.ot
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We here not noticed that 'The Lon-
don Fro. Press, which has a horror of
patrotwge (if controlled by the Ot-
tawa Government). has anything to
say clout the way that Jobe ere being
handed out by the Ontario Liquor eon- thing else in Its place they feel the
trot. Board --to CoOkstyatives . ex-
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vacuum. and the touch of Ctwptine's
thereby ereat d Sasses them tl9retest
that (trey- aeeer -east it. Just ate taebri.
ated so•:tlegten so fr'quentle hst•t on
welkin the straight line as ocular
demonaration of their sebrktelf.
The Facts Speak
When the application ..f the woollen
manufacturer, was before the Tariff
Board their request rend (see Page 2.1
ref. No. 42, printed application, Cin-
aeiiau Woollen and Knit floods ltanu-
facturersi : "We, therefore. respectful-
ly submit that, under present condi-
tions governing our raw materials. the 1
re-eetabliahmeut of the genernt tarot
rates is net•esenry." New the rem tab-
lishment of the general. tariffff-rate is
the rate 'applicable to goods eutering
('auada from foreign countries. In 1
the language of the application, there-
fore. the applicants *Ale t 10 alwlbdi
the British preference. That is the
inference which every l.erpet present
took from the brief It was reported I
Foitrotting on ficin splay toes In many Canadian papers 'as an appli-
But how my heart doe* yearn for I Carlon- tar the ' considered
rthe prefer -
them I encs. It was so0 connsideree d in leading
\Citi I British papers. If the applicant.; now
gret•n la'asi nd potatoes. feel hurt because Rome people took
i` their application at rte fate. value.
The London Advertiser points ro¢it they have only themselves to blame.
that the man moat responsible for the
ruling w•hielt is caueiug such concern
et Windsor and other pntntg to ,taffies
John Davis. Secretary of Labor In the
LVnshington (;oternment. 1.1e w'na
born in Willes. and If the quota dew
which he now seeks to invoke agaluet
British-tsorn ('nnartlanw had been in
effe.•t In levee ellen his parents eml-
Rfiles1 to -\nx•rieahe might have leen
kept ant '.f the t ,ite.l States htntew•lf.
which bas a value. Eren nitre im-
portant, as I view It. is tbe fact Nat it
give: to a country which extends to
generous treatment in her markets a
Mee restricted opportunity for the
sale of her goods In our own. But the
trouble Lies in this: The manufac-
turers have always arrogated to tbem-
selvee about ninety-nine per cent. of
the patriotism of thea Dominion of Can -
ado. If Ivory warp toutaiha only, 1-
100th per cent. of impurity, then our
Canadian manufacturers have cer-
tainly not more than tone per cent. of
anything save patriotism in then an-
atomy. Now they feel that laving at-
tacked the preference virtue has gone
out of them. and having lost a certain
amount of their patriotism with noo-
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'That 'was a fine letter from Wi$
Mc(:tuskey that we published in The
Signal last week. and It is a fine spirit
'he and other G. C. 1. ezauu,knta are
showing in perpetuating the
of their former headmaster in =
arship endowment. The presentation
of the scholarship wilt ire one of the
notable events of ('eltennial week
next August.
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Tai% T great year for lends.
Everywhere in the country they sem
-to he in larger numbers than usual.
The poet of The Toronto Tek -gram has
olwerved them also and sentiment-
alizes thug:
See. ere the woolly lambs.
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GODERICH, ONT.,
Sure To Say'
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It is by far the most deliciinus. Asti It's it.
gible ezpreaaioa of regard now given
by a more material form of preference.
The linea manufacturer. also carried
forward the same attack upon the
preference. In linen fabrics the rate
today. is only a little over 10 per cent.
on goods coming from Great Britain.
The wording of the linen application
for increased tariff protection was as
follows:
"We respectfully ask that a minf-
mua dui ji.-4-BO p`eir-`cefit. nd ratorem
be imposed on a separate eustome etas
of labile Composed wholly or in part
of far:."
Surely that change implies a very
sharp redaction of the BritisL prefer-
ence, or at least it carries with 1t the
suggestion that it a preference were
retained while the minlmnm was made
30 per resit. the maximum would come
near to the protectlonist's Ideal of a
tariff gaikn --lei:h-tbat is, a tariff
where anyone enperttng would be sub-
Jectett to tie ,. vereat penalties and
hanging would Itanlly be thought too
had for him.
Honesty .above All Things
i Let ue, after all, have a touch of
oomtnon honesty in regard to this mat-
ter. We are our own gnardtatut. It WV
wish to abolt.ti the ltritisb preference
and remove it entirely from Csinedian
tariff palter, ic-t--aa.-.4o -au frankly and
without cireutnlocution. In a flashing_
sentence in the Life of Lord Saihmnry,
written by Ida daughter. Lady Galls-.
dohs*. Oecii, there ot•eurs this sentence:
"All unreality of thought or laugtage
stirred Mw to impatient mockery."
We can stand for the honest truth in
these things --away with humbug: The
Manufacturers' A+soeiatiim has no-
thing to fear in presenting its nrgtl-
went, but when ItAloes present it, and
the argumeut calla for what L In ef-
fect the %audition of the British prefer -
wee, it should steud to Its guns and
the guns should be manned no matter
what the public may say In the way of
criticism. This slinking from Mets !s
unworthy of the men who did It. lee.
us have honesty even In the argumeut
for high tariffs.
$2,000 REWARD
FOR ARREST OF SLAYER
Prevt•elel Authorities Seek Murderer
' of George P. fiance
Sarnia. Muy 19. -Following the no-
.urceseful efforts of specially detailed
l'rov'lnclel officers and county and city
lwlhe to find any definite clues to the
Identlt7 of the murderer of the late
George P. France. the Ontario Govern-
ment now offers a reward of $2,(0)
fur arrest, or such Informattat a• w-111
lead to arrtlst, of tate slayer. Circu-
lars anuouncing the offer were re-
ceived at Provincial attd city pollee
utti ea today.
The late Mr. France. fortioer secre-
tary of the Chamber of (commerce and
uttker of many other organizations
died at the hospital here February
4 last from wouticta received when he
was shot by &onto unknown person at
bice summer cottage. Bewchehffe Lodge,
_Iwo days before. Numerous -inrltet
marks In the basement of rhe cottage
indicated that a revolver battle had
taken plate before Mr. France received
the mortal wound.
('rocstIa pad quite a reputation for
wealth. but be probably never was ore
fered a billion for his chariot works.
-Minneapolis Star.
Spring Footwe'ir
With the coming of Spring the mind
naturally turns to new Shoes
We have in stock very attractive, up-to-the-minute
Footwear for everyone
YOU ARE INVITED TO SHOP AT
W. HERN'S SHOE STORE.
!'hone 43W
The Place of Reliable Footwear
Ala* Calico !
Cakes baked with Purity Flour keep fresh for three or
four days. Purity is a vigorous, "dry' lour that absorbs
and holds more water or milk. Testy cake, rich pica, and
large, light buns and bread aro always your* when you use
PURITY FLOUR
Seal 30c M stomp) fin •er 700 -stir Psreft, Hoar Coo4 Boo4. ss
wa•twa coma* now idMIAG.i 1...0.11.14. T•.•..s. Mamma. Ona-., 11.4.1)•••.
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The (phoria Government. evidently
considers Nettie owner+Lip of tele -
Surely. however, It 1s not ne eseary
for them to insinuate that a false im-
yrensioe leas been purposely created by
those who are opposed to their appli-
cation. 7'he Canadian Textile Journal
is the latest sinner. - It says:
"Obviously, it Is opposition tactics to
dlspsraee the very [Hund Gasp preent-
ed by the woollen industry for more
adequate protection .by exaggerating
or mkt...presenting the Jodi:stry's at-
tltntle and. unfortunately. the impree-
sion la .o newhet Wldewpread that the
woollen application is Ole Mittel at-
tack by Canadian Industry against the
Itrltish preferenee."
The fact Is that the woollen mann-
phones n Federal rather time a Pro- faetun•rs let their bander and minds
vine•lal pro p...ltiote 1D Great Britain slip when they wrote their application
the telegraph and telepho.nc ere nm In for tariff increases. Their nppllcn-
connection with the pnstornee, which
seen)* to be a ntei*ible arrangement.
It will be a rood while, though, be-
fore any Government In Camelot takes
over tbe hell ardent It Is t4.uhtful
1f the seetem -would he better ctxl-
(tnrted meter peddle ownershlp than it
le at presort. and rates are alreaely
t'ontroliovt by e public testy. the Do -
minim,
minim, Italie-ay Wooed.
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flop makes clear the Net thea the}'
wanted elle abolition of the prefer -
Teel repent now tit this late
cls " end ere willing thea. Instead of
abolitboa, w.• shat} hare a tariff high
enough to keep out Braid) Imola.
while allowing the nominal retention
of n preference by thrifts .ren higher
upon the prodneta from other conntrles.
Bests. Too
But the woollen monnfacturers are
not the only section of the Mannfne-
tnren' Association seeking, by hell-
reetlon, the redaction of the British
t'ttartee A. Lindbergh el voting preference. The ohne• manufacturers
American aviator. has ti -i:1'.1 the nre very clear and explicit upon the
world with his feat of flyii q alone, tariff not n ittBritish
le + of e
Sow Brfootwear
from New York to Parts,, ma k i i z the
trip of steno :1(1.10 miles in thirty-
three hours and a3hatf. A few .Inya
ago known only in * Malted circle In
. his own rountrv. *.stay his Marr' is op
tinder the preference at 171,4 per eenL
This 1. subject to a farther s to aunt
of 10 per rent , making the actual rate
of duty. 15% per cunt. The request of
the oboe manufactnrera was that this
lir Ibe ocean, made ade to read 23 per cent. Theo diol
w•P not, ask for an Inerryse In the general
and*d his pluck and daring teateLgivesi rote and(i' which Shoe' Mining from
inerts permanent nk'he la the ole mntslotte•albdntrles suets as tate United
of fetter . "What tpotod has Ile aeenmp- `tete. lay 30 per cent., but they did
}lab•de," Perhaps nothtteg tangible ask the the rate npnrr.imptrts from
.Arlator4 had erosion.*.fie .Atientic to
Great Britten ahonld be increased.
They may come forward, of ennrse,
Monett not alone. Rut what- and ser that they do not ask the aholl-
elvr Oslo be hie arae. M hes glees aI tion of the British prefereace-the
ewe,* aim***„counsels. Odesl change requested eonsiatt of dtrkitng
- tate present preterente by three and
rstalning one-third of it and at the
boa ! mew time nreklitg up by peofests of et -
"1"b" fectlnn and loyalty for the more tan -
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ANNOUNCEMENT
BANKRUPT STOCK .SALE
Having recently purchased the Bankrupt Stock of the Capital Ladies'
Ready -to -Wear, 2511 _Yon ge Street Toronto, At the rate of 38c on- the -
dollar, we are offering -the people of Goderich and vicinity high•class
ladies' Ready-to-wear, the latest creations, at prices that will be the
biggest surprise of your life. You will never have another opportunity of
b►u-ying_such values again, so be here when the doors open for this Sale
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They Won't Last -Long - SallSe Job
Starts Saturday, May 2$th,at 9 a. m.
19 Ladies' Spring Coats
In the Veiy Latest Styles
All sizes in the lot
Regular prices from $18.50 to $35.00
Bankrupt Stock Sale
$7.95 to $I8.95
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•Broadelotfi Dresses
In the Newest Styles and Shades
1 Lot of Broadcloth Washable Dresses in the
newest styles and shades.
Regular prices $7.95 to $12.50.
Bankrupt Sale Price
$2.95 to $6.95
'Dresses
Satin -faced canton,
georgette, crepe
and flat crepe in
all the new shades.
Reg. prices $18 , ; ( )
to $28.5o
Bankrupt Sale
$4.9Sto$12.951
PARTY DRESSES
TAFFETA and GEORGETTE
In all the bright shades for evening wear
Regltlar prices from $17.50 to $29.50
Bankrupt Stock Sale
$7.95 to •$16.95
WINTER COATS
DUVETYNE and SUEDYNE
1 Lot of Winter Coats of duvetyne and suedyne
with fur trimmings. All sizes in the lot.
Regular prices $17.50 to $38.50
,Bankrupt Sale Prue •
$8.95 to $19.50
We must vacate. The store has been leased. Take our tip and be right on the job Sat-
urday morning at 9 a. m., so you will be sure o 'good selection
Watch Our Windows m. ROB I
SFutures for Sale
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