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GODY,ItIVII 'SIGNAL AND TUE GODERICal aesSeer
rebriehed he Signal -Star I,"reee, Limiteele
West Streets Gedeliele, Ontaero
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TIIIIRSDAY„ APRIL fol'a;th, 19110
CAN 0,&14144)A. AFF91tD, •Tr4'
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.41mo:it any pereon latowe of thinga
be Shoulii hahe, to inereaso efileienci
or to maimhis fnUy )nare'coinfort-
able, teat which be cannot afford. To
go in debt for them might criePle bthi
financially, ,eo that 10 lost state wonld
be Worse than Itee• first ;• so he wadte
until his etiP emnee In and. he can
afford the things -'which lie ims waited
for Yea.re. •
So it is, or shoula he, with national
effa-irs. It le eo easy, however; for
pvernntents to go .1/Ito debt, and voters
Clamor so persieteetly for luiproveinents,
of onekind and another, that tlae eau-
etion a men. obeerves,-,in connectionwith
his private affaire is ,thrown'asidee Tim
reeult isthe piling up of governmental
'debts onewhleh interest line to be paid;
Lawrence perWer reeerveh. There will
he no relaxing ot ptesziure from the
U.S. for a twaty for their development.
As' to navireatio a St. :Lawrence
treaty along" the Rees of tile 193S draft
would couttnit Canada te spend
(a) aneeStimated $22 pillions i
the interimtional sectioi fee re-
habilitation, side locks, ete. '
(b) a- 'further $83, .millione for
Ifavigations in. Um natieeal settion
between Montreal anti -Coruwall.
(c) unknown milliene for eleePen-
ines herbore along the Great „bakes -
.$,Citwrence svstem
4 .
The diest two items ($105 hailllons
the offielel estlmates), are subject to
considerable controversy as te stbeir
eventual accuracy. They are baeee on
1020 unit prices. ' and tnen as they say "went witli a hoof
Dr. Hogg is of the opinion that t',if land a holier skimming over towarda
,this work were to be re -estimated On the swele „on flee other ' side of the
the basis of present day unit prices the clearing,
figure 'would . be lower ratlaer than . 'Silence a molting pine and a
higher.", Other private engineering eomfortable -seat ean -make a pledos-
estimates suggest the costs will Opt-
SIT63.1t CAMP IIII1 OS01'1137
Tito oneenan tear of boiling. down
eyrtip has 'probably peodneed
thinking ethals -any other' task • aroniol,
thesfarm. IVEY tile one plaee where, by
adding sap to this hettlea teeping
a. good, eteatly lire on, you line yourself
With a lot ef spare time owseltur.letuels.
The air is balrey with that eoft,reen
t'otiels ep spring ,end a person neVer
tireame of readinee . ..there's just,
nothing to do' lint think. '
With a. horse ''blapket to 'effort). pea-
teetioa ; from the ehilling damp of
hlother Earth,' not yet warmad by Old.
Sol, I lay beck la.zily to star upwards
at the blue 'Ow altered by the eroSe,
branches of the mettles. A Woodpecker
was playirtg his customary "'trouble-
sliooter" role and prospecting for grubs
and worms . and 'With, an alinost
elaildish 'delight I detected foursugar-
caniP" robin. ile aluted eheerfully
taxes-dro-Inereesed toeneet. -gavernanhilt elallyebe Julia hi' gher-s-perhaps_ two.
obligations; the cost of living goes up
bitrsefuse prices of .a.11 !Uncle of goods are
,bahreeeedto mixer theeincreased taxes
.and the, cumulative result le ehronic-
"hard timeS." • .
Votes lie cortsidering any national
ProJect should consider, along with.the
Merits Or demerits of the proposition, editor taxpayers ratty be as high as
whether'the country can afford it. A 4300 millions. From title there ehould
i
project May have many attre sabtracted eredit of $07 mulloens
active tea- on account of power works in the inter-.
awes -"which assure it of mere or less national seetion. This is part of the
aupporr eriehe people who do not coui,it contribution' made by Ontario Hydro
the cost, and teo• often such- Prdi,eetof for its power development and is not
e .
"get across" became Of tile failure ,of chargeablto taxpayers
What would,. we get ' '
voters to consider publie-thaaned as•they thatfor spendingese werway dollars? .
Jo their own financial affairs. It ;;is The fact is this : there has, been no
etaly necessary to state instances of authoritative offielal study of 'the 4te
such pruieeti .1..,,,caheee within the Lawrence -as t. na.vigation s projectin.
atebrire. of present-day needs and •probe
laet three four decades ; every 1.
Ohservant and thoughtful voter knows Canada has gone blithely ahead
of them. • spendhtg ifioney on the Great -Lakes -
St. Lawrence seaway (as on C.N.B;
At the 'present time Canada is. in-
. er transportation encumbrances) in
le fond andurt—irally illusory -114e that
a. project so hninense that estimates oe they were worth their cost, -The war
Pre- elos-eiv-at--tlus:seaskt _gift ;hemp
dollars. What a 'fine' thing. t6,, have before conCluding that its adverttages.
vessels nom all the way across the outweigh the new tax burdens it must
' ce. anS . up the 1St, •Lawrence, • and inevitably impoSe. * •
bapadian taxpayers kilo; by
ihrpagh the great Lakes right up to
this 'timethatestimated costs of Such
thieeheed 'of Lake SuPerior! (Vessels-
atahaey de that very thing every sum- Project's have little relation to ultimate
vier; the Presejet. Project would Merely 'costs., .A scheme *so huge should not
be imposed uport the people without. a
of greater draught to inake
-the toysige.) But whet would be the thoeough public digussion and Without
three .times the amount. ‘Since war's
outbreak there -le the further' hazard
of ilsing unit prices due to wartime
inflationary -factors. s
If a 'conservative figure of say $100
millions ' for harbor deepening be added
end If the 'official figures are indeea
too low, it is not iraprobable that the
gross commitment ehargeablg to Can -
Current Views on the War
Tittl TWO-IS:VW tatt, do SO OVAIS by t affAiff.fito faets.
Conseiouely or unconselously they are
Deretby Thompeon eeeently'remarlied; aareneg the game fyi Mier, anrl,Slin
ht admirableeartieleson the propa-
ganda obeeeeion With whielt America,
la at present afflicted that it ade
IneaPable of distinguiehing be-
tween what is true anol what'ls falser'
and that its victima would probebleeend
in being tahen iu, over -suspicious
people ueutilly do. A great deal oS
what is being written to prove that the
Present kvar la merely a eontintration
the first World War .seetne to me. to
support Miss Thompson. "
No ,two wars effuld be more different
in, their erigine and antecedents. I
t\No't)u hitainitriglillfclortifies*eralw1041: atill'eat?.41tdiewteatsl
Woodrow Wilson wile started •the
slogau about 4 war "ttemake the World
safe ,for democracy." Neturally the
English and Fretich adopted a slegan
so likely to appeel to American senti-
meut, but I cannot remember that any!
body lit Europe talked •,about MIT
for denteerapy before Wilson did.
11.`"he English, said in 1R4 that they went,
to war to saye "galeant little Belgitim,"
eo far as the'raass of the Eng-
lish people was concerned, wee true—
ane the French eald that they went to
opher Out -of almost Any male' It bringe „es
erer because Germany declared war
-yauh.teethe realigtiou,, that when ,the
hermits forsake the \verb" for. a life
eof shortie they may not. be so far
eetray. Man ie melt a creature of
habit.. . buffetted 'so much by what
other people say--, • . so given to at*
what the ether man dees and says. ,
The fernier who just doesn't. care
arises' la 'uneerstaiad what drives the
ambitieua farmer to amass. a fortune
and land, When, for inetande, I hear
that tbe fish are nibbling on a bright,
speing day and sally forth -with tackle
and bait.. . Neighbor, Higgins work-
ing feverishly all day far the
night must wonder how can forsake.
work for pleasure. 1, in .turn, 'wonder
;low any normal man can work so
hard that he „forgets that eveTy. man
needs relaxation , . and that while
slavisb. Work may bring a great deal of
money there is no elixir in gold that.
will- restore the spirit to a work -torn
htunan frame. ' woes • •
It beings to mind the story:of Old
Dan and his brother Eustace.. eet an
early age. Dan stopped working too
hard, . and while he was not lazy he
never exectly, went Out of his way to
get ,work. .His -brother Eustaee did
work bard,, and his -unremitting* toil
earned for him, a greater share of the,
clinger of halqua. thrust uon, it the odgeits, the Hudson's Bay Railway and
GreatLakes deep waterway .scherne— $ti
r•iraty„byThutfuteds,,o,f_44414ns_ offers, addittioned reagon for looking
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'Etta benefits from the carrying out a giving gie voters an opPortunity of
expressing their clews upou it at the
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the.' project?, 'Outside of • the Water- exp
s . ,
. power features almost the only tang- ballk-box. * ..
Ole genefit would be -the possihility of - • ....
_ moving -tye-' „Western grain prom to EDITORIAL _ItOVES.. •
-Pitrope from: the head, of the Lakes
. ivithout breaking,cargo. -If the- country
were presented with. the alternative of
the aU-water ratite (keeping in mind
the fact tbat the St. Lawrence is frozen
for four or 'five months of the year),
Or the 'present lake and canal route
with, the supplementary rail route to
all-the-year-rOund ice -free ocean ports,
*here is no doubt which would be pre-
ierred, . The present system under
*hide lake . earthen, cauel boats and
, railways co operate to"' earry grain to
• . • . •
the oeean ports has been built up until
it. has .reached very high degree of
efficieecy and economy. To disdaed it
, fee the allwaterroute At a cost of
- eetelllionS--,-(to-ebe--phithafor:,,ine.tax
`Would be• -folly. „
- Nobody, howeyer, proposes to diSeard
, ---theePresentesystenWhat is proposed
le to add the 'low eyetem, With all its
13ense, to the preSent One, so tha.t- the
. ,
country would have tO support both
Systems. „
;With the grain -carrying husinese, or%
aseoneleereblepbrtion•of itataken away
fro them, our railwaYs would Suffer
and e texpayersecrould have to 'meet
.larger e railway. deficits. ,
Canadian vessel -owners ioni elevator
eomParties, would lose huSiness and
•Canadiaii sailore ele*stor crews
would lose einployment as this buSinees
and employment, Woilia•ge to ,Europertne
Who do not Payearti-of our • taxes.
h The- partIa7Fdrerention. of the.'PreSent
earryingliWevorde affect Canadian
injuriougy in other weys", and on top -
Of, :all -tholncreased taxation and loss
•bitsinesseheould be another considera-
tion which hap', teceived little. publie
•Change in jurisdiction
• over the St. Lawrence River, as. -the
tontrol now in the banes *pf Canada
- 'would be, Oared. , with the ratted
tatate'vrelth the constant danger' of
disagreement and dis-Pate betWeen the
two cauntriei. ' •
• The "power fea.tatee of the prdjeet
;Were 4kitit 'With in. a reeent address by
Dr. T..'llogg, ehairthan of the, Ontario
1/ydrodgleetrie Power 'Ominaiesion, who
'urged that a deefilon be Made soon in
order that plane- for inereaoing 00--
eter19:1 power reapply may not be held
'thrtherirrwhich was -true:-.----.--.--,-- --- --
Through all these years (1904 to
1914) the overWhelthing MajZfity ef the
French people were, intensely pacific
iind strongly opposed to tit'efar With.
Germany eyen feethe sake of recover -
flag.' Alsace-Lorraine: . . , Peleblic° opin-
ion in .England ire 1914 was as much
oPPased, to war as in France. , On July
30, 1911, a member ' of the .British
Cabinet saw that if ,the ,Government
went to war With Germany it would be
turned out by the Rouse" of Commons.
Lloyd George was tbe leader of the
opposition to 'war, "At.'a gabinet meet-
ing held on August 2 his view prevailed,
end the Cabinet decided to remain
neutral. After the German invasion of
Belgium the decision was reversed, and
LlOrd George supported the war. INT.oth-,
ing but the violation of Belgian neu-
trality would ., ever have rallied *the.
Raglish people 'to. the war. . .
In .,..Tuly,' 1914; French .opinion was
overtwb,ehatingly opposed to war for
the salwa"Rossitr."- Tim Freneh gen-
erel mobilization was Ordered , on
August, I., 1914, but on August e Vivitull
(the Prime Minister) gaVe an under-
taking to the 'Socialist party. that
France".1vou1d, not declare war on Ger-
wehlth of his tether. AlIa• there the many In any. circumstances. Natural-
,
story begine in earnest! , ' ' „ ly- he knew it to be prObable that Ger-
uStireh"-SIAV'ed. .:"Sesetetreein strdoing '-enatesh-Wooleadeclar.e.......Svare'on, Ertinceh'
missed a greet- many ot the pleasant
things in lifer He married and de -
Mended of big 'wife the 'same toil, un-,
til she too became_like himself. Their
farm Was a bleak place, not brightened
by the , cheer of flowers in the front
yard nor a wide front door that seeta d
to beekon you In. As ace women folks
said, *Slip. Eustace is tee busy out
helping Mill make • money to do,.,. any:
thin.-i'around the houSe.", At • the age
of twelVe all of Eustae's boys were
taken from ednool on the. grotind .that
they vknOivcd enough " . . . and so they
grew lip in the toil of their father'e
footstep.
Old Dan fe1 a vastly different life.
--Robert Dell In TboNatloL --
A
JOIN WELL DONE
radddernent information about Clerman
forces witieh had been gathered by ear-
vivorn
of the first destroyer eseatet,
'There followed on, Saturday the xnain
British thrust. again.e Narelle
eWeepere, covered 4lestroYers2
esteemed up Narvik fiord, all the vessele
streantine `paravanee to proteet there
front' the deadly minetielde. Overhead
In landing the vaneuartl of an army tiew rotaries ee theeaseyar Air Force to
et or near hiarvik, the British _envy give protection against air attaele And
has emnpleted earefullY'Planned-OPer- astern, 'eereened deetroyers ' against
ation which deServes to ranit,in eubmarine attack , eteamed the great
wRh the battle against the Graf Spee. battleship Warspite. whose fifteensinele
It seems to have combined daring with guns terot hied' the crushing Toece
preeise preparations—and without pre-, needed to deal N'ith German sb01.0 bat-
po t s, (i0 '1 to •ahe smallest ae.: teries. The Ware'pitete thielt hide Was
fare now progressing along" the ceitst. betIl .abi° t° el°144°°'
can bring Probably imeervioue to the light artil-
tail, no amount cif darine
enceess in the 'difficult anZhihian war- lery witieh was all the ,(teauans bad
ot Norwey. ' The Britieh eeenl tia have followed
• The Narvik oPeration began at dawn their 11U00OS5ta tletiOX), 4'N -hist the
on Wednesday, i'vhee fiVe British it Gereaan naval forces and shore batter-
stroye'rs suffered heavily ;in .trying to, it by laiadin„,,, marines and troolte011
smash their Way into the liorti. Thiel the Lofoten 'elands 'and - at ' near-hy
was more than a gallant gesture; those !Points. At Narvik' itself, the terminue
„live smell Allies 'flying the White ensign, ,of Narvik'; vital iron ore railroad may
probably criiipled the 'German irefente 110W 1)0 1» Allied halide. It'wae noe
Puirtiegiatli ob $iTtihkel;g:praepripelay tulle ani-wayYas ma Ja B.Or ft eisriat tfolonrcettnNota4revdikt,hebruetilivtehre
for the suacesslul ,Britisn 'entry whieh 1 well trained :and well 'commanded,
followed, A day or . so after the first hatTheflortvulteethgreyniesroantieotshaottentrtattvei sotmudeieerse
*attack a littleesoticed dispa.tch reported w
that British planes hati fiown overa demonstration of hoW to Win sue-
Nakvike These. planes,' undoubtedly ees's in amphibian Operatious, that most
Ilartiensestbedimfrehmoirilagn7711._lere,tr4were w
e) nolt„s inoTheNew
Irker
- „difficult of all InilitarNYPrObolrerosgiues.
e ea
a d '"The sheriff was a
What a pleasant sound thedeep- AS 149 lee s 1 ' '
. • nip aud a tuck _behind' me, but then
toned whistleofthe steamships in the the sheriff wes..,-a-'friend • of- neineZ
harbor, especially after the long,. winter 'Yee, like everybody else . . . because
Old Dan had 'countless friends, His
farm w,as never pretentious'. . but
when the Sunday school s took a picnic
they Went to the river behind his farm.
Old Dan would always appear to show
thein where the bass were biting . .
where Mother Fox -bad a nest of pups
of inactivity and silence!
, *
• HitIee's fifty-first iiirthclay was cele-
brated in Germany last week, and-as.
a birthday gift the Gentian people pre-
sented their Fuehrer with a celleetion
. . . how to make basewood whistles,. . .
of scraparon. they have thpse junk the easiest way to swim.: . and they
contests in Nazi -land -toe! always had to stop at the house for
• * s
e Oity of Galt on Sunday observed
its 124th birthday. For the firsteleyen
years after its, feunding in 1810 it was
known as 'Shade's Mils,' the name, being
changed in 1827 to Galt inhonor of
JOhn Galt, commissioner of the -Canada
Ooxnparty, , •
. The surplus .appIe- crop of 1939 has
been pretty well disposed of as ,the
result of careful planning and a vigor-
ous advertising campaign: - As 'The
London Free Press observes, "it ,bows
what'can be .done' by judicious atner---
tishig and co -Operation.'
',Next 'year will be census year- in
Canada. On June 2nd, 1941, the busi-
ness of counting noses throughout the
Dominion will be Undertaken by an
army- of 10000 enumerators equipped
.with long lists .15f questions to be
,anSwered b househOlders, and others.
Von Rihhentrop, Httier's evil esiaelt,
at one time, lived In Ottawaeand- he
.etill ewes an Ottawa shoe merchant for
a pair of Shoes purebased in 1914. ' I3ut
that's a 8=11 affair. If, Rihhentron
:should come to Canaelte noW ehnost
anyone would be glad to giVe him ,the
beets,
* e—
Weeks ago, The'Sigual-Star suggested
that the drives for. various patriotle
funds should be combined, so that;in-
stead of separate campaigns for the
Red Cross, the Legion,' the- Salvation
Army,. the X.61.C.A., anepossibly Other
:worthy organizations, there eheuld be
one great na,tional! effort that would
Indude all.' We notice that in 'a num"-
ber of places jx merger of this kind has'
up. • -been effeeted. For one thing,' it would
./n , an editorial reference to Or make' a considerable saving itt ectst of
Itogg's ,latttire The Financial Post
,
stiyk: „ • ,
'The Post has long contended that the •The Italian preee, which wee ehowing
real enigma in the seaway has been. eteehea pro_N,,azi ihttainge after' " the
the dubious for merit • igef furthee beaey German' invaehm of Norway, has niodi
• -
eapeaditure navation purpoees, • .
oehe war has merely added ,t,...ettethee flee its tone SliateC the Alliee have, struck
etteetionenark, • 1haeke 1S„ignor Museolini ie in arc un.
Until there 13 eleai, veils/hieing site ! eomfortable • position. Ile would like
port for a further Iaege itavigation eoni. ,
seK;troY pritielt power in the Sfeal.
enitment in the tSt, Lawrenee, the Wise •
n'tdiolltel Piney, would suggest that r ne ter a 3 but ime knoere that hie people
Ifydro :make use of the alternative have no love for the Naiia; eo be
Pottree4 of Power tv11080- oxfOtum Dr. relieve; his feelinge*hy bluff. °Thee° is
Ir°44' 111)(4 nr)t t14.'"Y` year thut;' the famous„, saying of 4, rrenelt armY*
heepeeittuy to, the eh,e,a eke thee st man: 'If Italy remeine neutral, it, mal
poorete ittereaeee the ,Petential valet&
fresh,cold milk from the milkhouse
and cookies . . . and how they leved
that house with Ito brightness ' and
eheere• 'and the extra place set at
the table because somebody always
dropped in for, a.eineat:
Now we can't all live like Old Date
who at seventy, calls off for the square
dances at the village, while poor Eus-
trice is racked with rheumatisin and a
-f- ertiesehatesome--",slicker"--will-do-bi
out of hie money.' Old Dan will depart
this life with the sound of friendship
and cheer,. . . Eustnee will leave with
the cold, forbiddieg clink of dollars
but there* ray dreaming ended, heca.ush
the -els down to embers., and the
eat) 'lig cold.
tehe•ttvo .Allied divisions to Watch her;
If, she tomes into the war against' us,
ith will take four divisions to defeat
her; if she coines in on our side, it
will take eight of bur divisions to sup-
port her." '
*,
The Chesley Enterprise pohetS out an
injustiee in commetion with -the levying
of the eight per cent. sales tax on
Hydro pins. I-Xydro rates 'Vary greatly,
being -three or four 'times ad high in,
aome places 'asbit others. The sales
taxis 'collected, not on the amount of
power .used, but upon the emotes( of
the bill. So the toneumer in one place'
not ordy pays three or Sour times •as
inUeh .for his power, -but he also- has
tO 'pay the eight Dement. sales tax on
his larger bill, -,---compounding an In:,
jusilm as it wore. 'As*The .EnterprIse
says, "ft: tax that coots tnie fellow $5.1.0
and another 4140' is discrinileatory."
but in my oplAiorr he would have Sept
hie' word if the Gentian Government,
*had not made ,that blunder. °I was as
great a blunder from the political POirkt
of -view as the violation of Belgian
neutrality. If,' Frame had declared
war on Germany, there wduld have
been Such strong opposition to the.wer
that the Government Might have been.
defeated :in the.Chaniber, of Deputies.
In any ease France would have entered
the war- as et divided,: country:: The
German declaration Of war on 'France
natnrally. 'rallied the - overwhelming
majorith of the French people to the
wee -*
The present war is not a clash- be-
tween rival. - .is not a
war forced by the gnash and French
democracies On their respective govern-
ments, which yielded most unwillingle.
So far ICS Englaud and France are con-
cerned it is a people's war, tis the war
of 1914 emphatically eras not; it has the
sole -aim of putting an end to -German'
aggression and reselling its victims. So
far as Germany -and Russia are con-
cerned it is an imPerjalist war with
the 'vulgar aim of territorial aggrand-
izement. 'Those who sav there is nom-
.. .
mg to choose _between the: two'. sides
VitSPAY, APRIL ,C6th, 3940
SAVE TIM FORE. DOOR
(Winnipeg Triburte)
The, TSt, Catharines Sheudard coulee
Up with, one a the. best .storioi. about
ISeed Tweettemults It OxVrns
trip to Caneolaio Arctic eetuttr3e When"
the banquet was neer_leg the end, one of
the ladies of the community Whisperoa
to. the Governor-Geneeal: efis„„ave
forte Duel; theree pie etteelbg."
semeresueueemeseameeereese
illickache.Kidneysl
Cry for Help
)
Most 'people fail to recognize the
eerioueness of a had lack.
Tho stitchestwitchea end twine*
, aro had enough and ems() great tsuf-I
tering, but beek of the backache °
and the cause of it 01 is the dia.
ordered Iddneys crying out a warn-
ing through the back.
pais in the bahleis the kidneys,
cry for helpo Go to their aesistanee,, ,
Got a box 'Of Doan's Itidney Pills*
A remedy for backache and, afar
.1cidneyal •
4,Doan'o'$ aro" put up .in ttia
oblong grey box with our learn , •
Mark a, wihfaple Leaf" • On the
wrapper.
Refuse substitutes. Clot “Doart?s„,.
in, T. Milburn 0o., 144,1`. Toronto, o '
44We were just aranny would remember and
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. . and Peter really, knew her voice!"
• that's the re1al thrill of tong Distance.
Voices come clear and distinct. Calls .
competed quickly. -With rates so low. 1140
-(partieula0y. after 7 ..p.m. - and, art day
Sunday), why iwait 'for an excus to
c -- there' niu;st be .Someone who
would love- to hoar your'' 'voice to -night?
a
Xothee; "After all, he's only jt hoy,
and bore Will, sow their wild oats.,"
' Father; •"Yes, but I. wouldntt mind
if he didn't mix so mucb, rye with it!'
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CHILOREN
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PWORM
owders
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the needless expense of
constant re.painting,'— use PURE
White Lead and Oil. "Cheap"'
lobs — done with paste white
substitutes soon detetioxate,
but Lead' and' Oil stands up
for years, gives assured Protection,
saves., yol.x. rn9ney. it PURE
VThtte Lead and Oil job 'win
last for 4 .years at least,Ont
our painting,cots by using'
the best insist (5n PURE
White' Lead and Oil for -your
h,pme.