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R SWELL DRESSER
ARE YOU R ADY
FOR QR ¥OUR
TIUP?
MR. DRESSER:
IF' 390 U ARE NOT WEADY FOR .YOUR
VACATION, COME, LET US FIT YOU OUT
FOR IT,
GO 0 CLOTHES WILL MAKE THE
STRANGERS 320(1 MEET THINK MORE OF
YOU.
(1.
WE WILL SATISFY YOU WITH WHAT
YOU 73U3? FROM U.S. IF NOT. WE WILL
NOT DE SATISFIED.
WE HAVE GOT THE GOODS.
$'15.00 WILL 23 U3) YOU A GOOD SUIT.
AND THERE WON'T DE ANY COTTON IN
17' EITHER. ALL GOODS SOLD AT THESE
PRICES Dy ALL CLOTHING MERCHANTS
ARE NOT THE SAME QUALITY.
I\lcGoo & Campbell
CLOTHIERS eat. MEN'S
FURNISHERS
Keep After Them,
Files transmit disease, chiefly be-
came they are essentially nnolean in-
sects. They are born in filth and they
delight in living in filth, and if vaults,
and cesspools, and manure piles, and
Garbage piles could bo shut out from
Mee, the fly pestilence would be at an
end. 7'he feet of the flies are suction
Witco, and when a fly alights on any
object �'
ect it causes more or less of that
material to stick to its feet, and when
he flies elsewhere he may leave the
particles on the object on which he
alights, This has been proved bj al-
lowing a fly canght in the house of a
typhoid fever patient to walk over a
gelatine plate, leaving on the plate
not merely his tracks, but the germs
which his feet had carried. When
the plate was exposed in an incubator
it was found that within two or three
days millions of bacteria had grown
from the number deposited by
one tly.
Faithful Sheep Dog,
A. despatch from Portland, Orel,
tells of keeping together a band of
sheep numbering 3,035 animals for
two weeks after the death of the herd-
er, on the lonely range near Wagon -
tire Mountain, Lake county, Ore„ the
feat of a sagacious sheep dog belong-
ing to Manuel Saunders. The dog
lost hnt one sheep dnring that time.
The herder, John Sagoiday, died of
heart failure while out alone • with
Saunders' band of sheep. It was two
weeks before his body was found by
the camp tender who visits the herd-
ers at infrequent intervals, bringing
food and supplies, But the sheep
were safe, the faithful dog hwing
kept the flock from scattering and
guarding it from coyotes, although
the Wagontire Mountain range is
among the roughest country in east-
ern Oregon. Saunders said he would
not believe it possible for a dog to
have handled such a large band of
sheep alone had not the count of the
animals disclosed the facts, No
amount of money, he says, would buy
the dog.
Why Not Ontario.
The Irishman's staple, the potato,
does not seem to be as popular in On-
tario as a money -making crop as it is
in somo other parts of the Dominion.
Outside of Simcoe county, the potato
crop can scarcely bo said to bo gen-
erally grown on a commercial scale,
It is estimated that for nine months
of the year 75 per cent. of the potatoes
consumed in the city of Toronto are
imported from the Maritime Pro-
vinces. It reflects little credit on On-
tario growers that these maritime po-
tatoes invariably command prices
ranging from 10 to 15 cents a bag
higher than the price quoted for On-
tario potatoes. Why is it that Mari-
time potatoes command a premium
over the home grown variety ? The
reason given by produce dealers is
that in Maritime sections, potato
growing is made a business. In some
sections every farmer will have from
five to 10 or even 20 acres of potatoes.
All the farmers in a section and some-
times all in a whole county will grow
the same varietyofUniform
t potato.
carload lots, therefore, can easily be
obtained. A carload lot of Ontario
potatoes may contain a dozen varie-
ties widely differing in color, shape
and size. Maritime growers consider
potatoes one of their best money
crops, There is no reason why in On-
tario as well it should not make,
money and supply our own home mar-
ket at least.
-Reeve Wallace of Pilkington has
a brood sow which gave birth to 22
poling pigs, every one of which was
able to get up and walk.
Far Thirty-four Tears,
The blowing of all the Listowel
factory whistles on Friday afternoon,
signalized the retirement from active
service of "Sandy" Lochend, who has
carried his majesty's mail between.
Listowel and Molesworth for 31: years
and is now forced to retire on account
of the encroachment on his route of
the rural free mail delivery service.
Previous
to his departure from town
on his last trip, Mr. I.ochead was pre-
sented with a purse of gold, In front of
the post office. An address signed by
over a hundred names was read by
II, B. Morphy, it. 0., and gave expres-
sion to the citizens' appreciation of the
old mail carrier's unfailing concien-
tions service,
'Hews Items
-Bodin reports a population of
15,000.
-Mrs, John Dresser of Bolton
drowned herself in a well on Friday
last.
-B. 1), Kerwin of Clifford raised a
barn last week, on stone walls
100x0-1,
-On June 21st, a hug was marketed
in Kincardine that tipped the scales
at 710 pounds.
-While doing road work at Cargill,
Robt. Bremen was thrown from his
waggon and killed.
-Wiarton Town Council has asked
the Hydro -Electric Commission to
quote figures for the supplying of
1,6000 horsepower in the town.
-According to a. correspondent of
Clifford Express, one of the Howick
census men was +'too conscientious for
the job',, Explanation is necessary.
Proper Way t; Feed a Horse.
The stomach of the horse is quite
small -that is, it will hold about two
gallons. If the horse is fed his grain
first, then hay and then watered, the
grain will be pushed out of the stom-
ach before it is digested. The best
way is to water first, then feed some
hay and then the grain. In case the
horse is warm it would not do to give
all the water it would take, but it
should be given a little even then.
Live Stook Notes. -
Sugar beets have long been highly
valued as a feed for cattle, and espe•
cially for mill: cows, but it has lately
been demonstrated that they have a
high feeding value for bogs as well,
Behind the uncurried horse rides a
worried man.
Little pigs may be kept from danger
of crushing by the mother when she
lies down by having a fender made of
n scantling, rail or pole securely fas-
tened, say; eight inches frons the wall
and the same distance from the floor.
The silo is usually thought of as an
accessory of the dairy, but it is equal-
lyvaluable
fou• beef cattle The e cow
brute has been trained to produce
either beef or milk, but her digestive
apparatus has not been changed.
Pick out the `best lamb in the flock
to keep or else buy one of some suc-
cessful breeder of sheep.
Salt is necessary to the health and
thrift of the domestic animals, and
they should have it in winter as well
as in summer.
Many a colt has been spoiled by in-
discriminate petting and handling. Let
the master pet and govern the young-
sters until they know who is boss.
An occasional handful of ollmeal will
'do the horses good, especially if their
main grain is corn. The pea size oil
cake Is handiest for this purpose. sass,
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Clothing Department.
If its anything in Ready-to-wear Clothing you want for
or Boys`- and want to save money - this is the place to
Our stock at present is too heavy, and we are going to
it. Prices will do it. For 3 weeks, Men's Suits, Braes'
Men's Pants, Boys' Pants, Men's Rain Coats, Men's Cra---'-
Coats, Sic„ will be sold at Out Prices. No room to quote
Call in. We'll be pleased to show yon the goods.
Capital Paid Up $ a,ry$o,000
Reserve and Undivided Profits . . 3,150,000
Total Assets . . . . . . . . 40,000,000
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Besides offering an incentive to save,
a savings account affords a safe and con-
yenient method of keeping the accumu-
lating dollars.
Safe custody is of paramount im-
portance - either for the hard-earned
savings of the worker or for trust funds. �3ftr"r
The Bank of Hamilton invites your t'S4,e
savings account, whether large or small.
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Keep After Them,
Files transmit disease, chiefly be-
came they are essentially nnolean in-
sects. They are born in filth and they
delight in living in filth, and if vaults,
and cesspools, and manure piles, and
Garbage piles could bo shut out from
Mee, the fly pestilence would be at an
end. 7'he feet of the flies are suction
Witco, and when a fly alights on any
object �'
ect it causes more or less of that
material to stick to its feet, and when
he flies elsewhere he may leave the
particles on the object on which he
alights, This has been proved bj al-
lowing a fly canght in the house of a
typhoid fever patient to walk over a
gelatine plate, leaving on the plate
not merely his tracks, but the germs
which his feet had carried. When
the plate was exposed in an incubator
it was found that within two or three
days millions of bacteria had grown
from the number deposited by
one tly.
Faithful Sheep Dog,
A. despatch from Portland, Orel,
tells of keeping together a band of
sheep numbering 3,035 animals for
two weeks after the death of the herd-
er, on the lonely range near Wagon -
tire Mountain, Lake county, Ore„ the
feat of a sagacious sheep dog belong-
ing to Manuel Saunders. The dog
lost hnt one sheep dnring that time.
The herder, John Sagoiday, died of
heart failure while out alone • with
Saunders' band of sheep. It was two
weeks before his body was found by
the camp tender who visits the herd-
ers at infrequent intervals, bringing
food and supplies, But the sheep
were safe, the faithful dog hwing
kept the flock from scattering and
guarding it from coyotes, although
the Wagontire Mountain range is
among the roughest country in east-
ern Oregon. Saunders said he would
not believe it possible for a dog to
have handled such a large band of
sheep alone had not the count of the
animals disclosed the facts, No
amount of money, he says, would buy
the dog.
Why Not Ontario.
The Irishman's staple, the potato,
does not seem to be as popular in On-
tario as a money -making crop as it is
in somo other parts of the Dominion.
Outside of Simcoe county, the potato
crop can scarcely bo said to bo gen-
erally grown on a commercial scale,
It is estimated that for nine months
of the year 75 per cent. of the potatoes
consumed in the city of Toronto are
imported from the Maritime Pro-
vinces. It reflects little credit on On-
tario growers that these maritime po-
tatoes invariably command prices
ranging from 10 to 15 cents a bag
higher than the price quoted for On-
tario potatoes. Why is it that Mari-
time potatoes command a premium
over the home grown variety ? The
reason given by produce dealers is
that in Maritime sections, potato
growing is made a business. In some
sections every farmer will have from
five to 10 or even 20 acres of potatoes.
All the farmers in a section and some-
times all in a whole county will grow
the same varietyofUniform
t potato.
carload lots, therefore, can easily be
obtained. A carload lot of Ontario
potatoes may contain a dozen varie-
ties widely differing in color, shape
and size. Maritime growers consider
potatoes one of their best money
crops, There is no reason why in On-
tario as well it should not make,
money and supply our own home mar-
ket at least.
-Reeve Wallace of Pilkington has
a brood sow which gave birth to 22
poling pigs, every one of which was
able to get up and walk.
Far Thirty-four Tears,
The blowing of all the Listowel
factory whistles on Friday afternoon,
signalized the retirement from active
service of "Sandy" Lochend, who has
carried his majesty's mail between.
Listowel and Molesworth for 31: years
and is now forced to retire on account
of the encroachment on his route of
the rural free mail delivery service.
Previous
to his departure from town
on his last trip, Mr. I.ochead was pre-
sented with a purse of gold, In front of
the post office. An address signed by
over a hundred names was read by
II, B. Morphy, it. 0., and gave expres-
sion to the citizens' appreciation of the
old mail carrier's unfailing concien-
tions service,
'Hews Items
-Bodin reports a population of
15,000.
-Mrs, John Dresser of Bolton
drowned herself in a well on Friday
last.
-B. 1), Kerwin of Clifford raised a
barn last week, on stone walls
100x0-1,
-On June 21st, a hug was marketed
in Kincardine that tipped the scales
at 710 pounds.
-While doing road work at Cargill,
Robt. Bremen was thrown from his
waggon and killed.
-Wiarton Town Council has asked
the Hydro -Electric Commission to
quote figures for the supplying of
1,6000 horsepower in the town.
-According to a. correspondent of
Clifford Express, one of the Howick
census men was +'too conscientious for
the job',, Explanation is necessary.
Proper Way t; Feed a Horse.
The stomach of the horse is quite
small -that is, it will hold about two
gallons. If the horse is fed his grain
first, then hay and then watered, the
grain will be pushed out of the stom-
ach before it is digested. The best
way is to water first, then feed some
hay and then the grain. In case the
horse is warm it would not do to give
all the water it would take, but it
should be given a little even then.
Live Stook Notes. -
Sugar beets have long been highly
valued as a feed for cattle, and espe•
cially for mill: cows, but it has lately
been demonstrated that they have a
high feeding value for bogs as well,
Behind the uncurried horse rides a
worried man.
Little pigs may be kept from danger
of crushing by the mother when she
lies down by having a fender made of
n scantling, rail or pole securely fas-
tened, say; eight inches frons the wall
and the same distance from the floor.
The silo is usually thought of as an
accessory of the dairy, but it is equal-
lyvaluable
fou• beef cattle The e cow
brute has been trained to produce
either beef or milk, but her digestive
apparatus has not been changed.
Pick out the `best lamb in the flock
to keep or else buy one of some suc-
cessful breeder of sheep.
Salt is necessary to the health and
thrift of the domestic animals, and
they should have it in winter as well
as in summer.
Many a colt has been spoiled by in-
discriminate petting and handling. Let
the master pet and govern the young-
sters until they know who is boss.
An occasional handful of ollmeal will
'do the horses good, especially if their
main grain is corn. The pea size oil
cake Is handiest for this purpose. sass,
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Farmer Jones And The Tariff
AR, A FRIEND IN DISQUISE
Farmer Jones eat on his back ver-
andah watching liis crops grow under
n-
tlte gentle influence et a May o5 e
ing. Isle feet were up, his pipe was
going, the smell of the new spring
earth was in his nostrils. Out in the
harrowed fields the grain was show-
ing in long green lines,, while on the
rolling hills across the river the sea-
son's hay was standing in tangled.
richness , Mingled with the songs of
birds, his eager ear caught a sound
quite as. attractive -the insidious
something which told him pf abundant
and progressive life. It was his hour
of pleasure, and he enjoyed it to the
full. But on this particular evening
he was doomed to become the prey
of a foreign influence which threat-
ened to turn his contented brooding
into a fit of melancholy. As he watch-
ed his fields he began to estivate his
profits, subtracting expenditures from
receipts and calculating how the for-
mer'might be reduced. The things he
had to buy, the wear and tear on the
things he already possessed were duly
taken into account.
Agricultural Scare Crow
At this point, that agricultural scare
crow, the tariff, stalked into his solilo-
quy. He recalled' fragments of the
pamphlets and newspapers he had
read, wild words from the inaccurate
orations .lie had heard on the subject,
all of which claimed to have proven
that the tariff was the yoke upon the
Canadian farmer's neck that chained
him to perpetual slavery on the land.
If these allegations' were true, the
tariff, and those corpulent monopol-
ists who were represented as profit-
ing by its existence, would take their
toll of every broad acre he possessed.
This was the reason, then, that there
was not a larger margin between his
annual debits and credits.
Farmer Jones put down his feet.
IIe leaned anxiously forward and
scanned the fields already disappear-
ing in the twilight as though capital-
ists, with giant hands, were sntch-
ing them bodily away. He could easily
imagine that he saw stout little men,
with seal rings and heavy watch
chains, scurrying over the fences,
carrying bushels of wheat, sheaves of
corn and baskets of fruit. Depressed
by his vision, Farmer Jones put away
his now tasteless pipe.
In a Pessimistic Mood
"Blast them!" he remarked, refer-
ring to the absent tariff makers, "I
wish I had them out in the hay field
on a hot day. I'd take the humps off
the stomachs and put them on their
backs.”
This remark showed tbat the genial
Jones was in an extremely pessimistic
mood, which compelled him to turn
his back on his fields, enter his house,
and sit down before his great old•
fashioned desk with its quaint pigeon
holes full of musty books and papers.
Mr. Jones' intention was to reduce
himself to a state of absolute depres-
sion by reading anti -tariff literature,
but his attention was arrested by a
blue book which had just arrived that
day from Ottawa. It contained the
returns of the Customs Department.
Mr. Jones glanced through the order-
ly array of figures and terse signifi-
cant statements, so different from
those which had threatened to under-
mine the cheerfulness of his disposi-
tion a few minutes before. He no-
ticed that the duty collected on spirits
and wines imported into Canada dur-
ing 1910 amounted, to $6,955,645.40,
which went into the Dominion treas-
ury and helped to make up the total
revenue of the country..
Who Pays This Bill?
"Who pays that six millions?" asked
Farmer Jones of himself.
"I don't drink spirits. No one on
this concession drinks. Practically no
one in the township touches liquor.
We have had local option for three
years and .c has not been sold in the
county for that time. e
"Clearly the farmers about here do
not pay'; any of that six millions.
Who dc#3 then? Temperance statis-
tics show that most liquor is con-
sumed in large cities, where there are
at least two distinct classes of peo-
ple, the very rich and the very poor.
A duty on liquor is a tax on a luxury.
It tends to place it beyond the reach
of the poor and takes a little of the
extra pocket money of the rich.
Therefore, it has a moral effect on the
poor at all events. Moreover, it does
not tax a necessity such as bread.
Therefore, a great sum is added to
the revenues of the country. Where
is the harm in that bit of the tariff?"
More Customs Returns •
Farmer Jones, after arriving at this
stage of his argument with himself,
turned over more pages of the cus-
toms returns, Having started with
one kind of intoxicating liquors he de-
termined to find out how much other
kinds were adding to the national
pocket of Canada. He found that the
duties on ale, porter and lager beer
amounted to $211,733.$3 in 1910. Ale,
porter or beer had neVer touched his
palate, or those of 'his four sons.
Wine was a mere mysterietis stranger.
He had read about it in the Bible, and
fully believed in its powers as
mocker, but had never seen it, to his
knowledge, and he would have staked
his farm that Mrs, Jones had never
gazed on it when it was red or any
other
color. Yet, those intoxicating
liquors, which were unfamiliar bevels,
ages to him and to all his aequain"
Mime, furnished over six millions of.
customs duties,
Mr, donee is Puzzled
Mr, Jones knew that all the nation•'
al revenues are "pooled," that is, put
into one vast account, from which all
expenses are paid. His taxes went in
with the rest, .It was quite clear,
therefore, that his taxes would be legs.
ened in proportion to the amount of
national revenue derived from other
sources than a direct tax on land,
Consequently, those six millions, col-
lected in duties on intoxicating liquor,
lessened to some degree the taxes on,
his property. - Mr. Jones was pep-
plexed. He had been taught that the
tariff was his enemy. In this case, at
any rate, it was .his friend. He con--
tinued to run over the items In thea.
schedules. The duty on animals im-1
ported into Canada during 1910
amounted to $167,360.38; on butter,
$15,702.48;. on eggs, $20,306.42; on
grain and products, $273,424.17; on
green fruit, $267,937,9.4; and on vege-
tables, $350,661,85. •
The effect of this duty was twofold;
$1,095,381SS4 was added to the nation-
al revenue, and his competitors were
placed under a handicap in competi-
tion for the Canadian market. He had
all these articles on he market him-
self, Therefore, this much -abused,
tariff was conserving a selling field
for him and making his rivals help
pay his taxes.
Helping Him Out
Mr. Jones, being a man of ingenious
turn of mind, looked at the problem
as it affected him in another way. He
knew what few realize -that out of
the special revenues of the country
the majority of the great public works
are financed. He thought musingly
of the outcry which would be raised
by some of his tight-fisted neighbors
if a levy was made upon them directly
to build the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail-
way. Yet this great transcontinental
would benefit their agricultural com-
munity. Farmer Jones began his cal-
culations again. •
Rock cut, fill, timber land and open
prairie averaged, railway'construction
costs about $36,000 per mile. The
duty on spirits for 1910 would build
170 miles of the Transcontinental.
The combined revenuee derived from
the duty on animals, butter, eggs, •
grain and its products, green fruit and
vegetables, would build 31 miles. The
consumers of intoxicants, and his riv-
als who had farm produce lo sell, were
actually paying for the railroad which
would transport his produce to a wider
market than it had enjoyed before the
advent of the line.
The next item upon which his at-
tention rested was "Electrical Appar-
atus," on which the revenue 'collected
through the duty in 1910 amounted to
$909,482.72, There was not a cent's
worth of electrical apparatus • used
within a. radius of -ten miles of where
Mr. Jones lived. Dwellers of towns
and cities used electrical apparatus,
and consequently paid all or part of
the duty on it.. The amount collected
through this duty went into the na-
tional treasury and eased the financial
burden of Farmer Jones.
"It strikes me," said Farmer Jones
finally, "that a moderately protective
tariff is not so black as it has been
painted."
A Great Country
He . began to analyze the present
period of Canada's industrial and
commercial development. The Grand
Trunk Railway was linking up two
oceans. Would it have been built if a
plebiscite had been taken in a country
where the agricultural classes aro in
the majority in the absence of a sys-
tem of moderate protection? Would
the C.P.R. have been built out of the
proceeds of direct land taxes? Farm-
er Jones was inclined to answer these
questions in the negative. The
Georgian Bay Canal, connecting•Port
Arthur and Montreal, will be built
some day; the Welland Canal will be
deepened; the St, Lawrence Canals
will be enlarged and a great water-
ways will be opened for ocean steam-
ers to the head of the Great Lakes.'
What does the completion of these
vast public works mean to the farm-
ers of Canada, particularly those in
the Prairie Provinces who have grain
to ship across the Atlantic? The cost
of maintaining the militia, the army,
the great non -dividend -earning public
services are direct charges on the
national revenue. They must be paid.
If a tariff secures part of the bill it.
lessens the inevitable burden of direct
taxation on the land, income taxes,
poll taxes or business taxes, imposed
on all urban and rural communities.
It was inidnight when Farmer
Jones, having smoked three pipes of
horse -grown tobacco, made a state-
ment to hiniself.
"1'11 bring this thing up at the next
meeting of the lxrange," lie said.
"There is too much aimless talk about
'bloated capitalists' and 'down trodden
farmers' indulged in by the orators
who visit us. I'll take the cestofns
returns over and read a few hard facts
and figures to -the boys."
"Farmer Antes," he continued to
himself, "is not paying all the taxes
in this country as he has been led to
belieVe, and he is getting a good deal
of benefit from the money expended.
or. the nation. Even if I am paying;
taxes on a few things because of this
protective tariff, it seems to me I am
benefitting in part from it as well as
from the. taxes levied on all other
classes. And more, I am paying my
own way as a Self-respecting citizen
ought to do," concluded Farmer Jones.
Some; Of The Favored Nations
Denmark, in Ole year ended Decem-
ber 31, 1909, exported butter, eheese,
eggs, animals, grain, meat products
and vegetables worth $100,860,029.
Argentina, in the year ended 1909.
exported animals, grain, neat products
vegetables and butter worth $191,-
893,562.
191;893,562.
Russia, in the year ended 1909, ex-
portee anirriais, grain, hay, meat pro-
ducts and vegetables worth $119,828,-
790.
1'9,828;790.
Austria-Hungary, in the year ended
1909, exported animals, grain, hay,
straw, meat products and vegetables
worth $39,065,201.
New Zealand, in the year ended
1909, exported animals, fruits, grain,
treats and vegetables worth $22,794,-
030.
Some English Surnames,
The fulloeling lf„t, of surnames 5c-
tuatlly extant in Regl irad today was
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in 1)oi tree,' C; annrnn', who had his
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A Sale To Reduce Stock »»» ..o.. Mone
Not ToMake Y
LACES - 80 pieces Torohon
Laces ; reg. 1.0c -Sale 50
EMBROIDERY -0 pieces of
Corset Cover Embroidery ;
reg, 50e to 65c-Sale40e
DOSE—Oashmere, seamless;
•sizes 9, 9a, 10 ; regular 35a
value -Sale Price 25c
RIBBONS - Special lino of
very wide Ribbon -2 yds20
for 25c
PARASOLS -- All kinds Sum-
mor Parasols to clear at '20
per cant. off.Wash
VESTS -10 dozen Ladies'
Vests, no sleeve and short
sleeve -Sale Price 10c
SUPPORTERS - Children's
Hose Snpporters, all sizes
-to clear 100
GLOVES- Long Gloves
for Ladies, with lace top,
Black or White ; regular
$1,00 -Sale 750
SLIPPERS - 2 dozen Child-
Ian's tan or black Slippers ;
good stock -Sale Price25c
PRINTS -A large stock of
g
Crum's English Prints in
new patterns and color-
Inge ; best washing Prints
made ; regular 15c value -
Sale Price 12ic
BOOTS AND SHOES -This de-
partment is full of all kinds
of Bargains. The very latest
styles. We can save you
money on your Footwear.
Try us.
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Farmer Jones And The Tariff
AR, A FRIEND IN DISQUISE
Farmer Jones eat on his back ver-
andah watching liis crops grow under
n-
tlte gentle influence et a May o5 e
ing. Isle feet were up, his pipe was
going, the smell of the new spring
earth was in his nostrils. Out in the
harrowed fields the grain was show-
ing in long green lines,, while on the
rolling hills across the river the sea-
son's hay was standing in tangled.
richness , Mingled with the songs of
birds, his eager ear caught a sound
quite as. attractive -the insidious
something which told him pf abundant
and progressive life. It was his hour
of pleasure, and he enjoyed it to the
full. But on this particular evening
he was doomed to become the prey
of a foreign influence which threat-
ened to turn his contented brooding
into a fit of melancholy. As he watch-
ed his fields he began to estivate his
profits, subtracting expenditures from
receipts and calculating how the for-
mer'might be reduced. The things he
had to buy, the wear and tear on the
things he already possessed were duly
taken into account.
Agricultural Scare Crow
At this point, that agricultural scare
crow, the tariff, stalked into his solilo-
quy. He recalled' fragments of the
pamphlets and newspapers he had
read, wild words from the inaccurate
orations .lie had heard on the subject,
all of which claimed to have proven
that the tariff was the yoke upon the
Canadian farmer's neck that chained
him to perpetual slavery on the land.
If these allegations' were true, the
tariff, and those corpulent monopol-
ists who were represented as profit-
ing by its existence, would take their
toll of every broad acre he possessed.
This was the reason, then, that there
was not a larger margin between his
annual debits and credits.
Farmer Jones put down his feet.
IIe leaned anxiously forward and
scanned the fields already disappear-
ing in the twilight as though capital-
ists, with giant hands, were sntch-
ing them bodily away. He could easily
imagine that he saw stout little men,
with seal rings and heavy watch
chains, scurrying over the fences,
carrying bushels of wheat, sheaves of
corn and baskets of fruit. Depressed
by his vision, Farmer Jones put away
his now tasteless pipe.
In a Pessimistic Mood
"Blast them!" he remarked, refer-
ring to the absent tariff makers, "I
wish I had them out in the hay field
on a hot day. I'd take the humps off
the stomachs and put them on their
backs.”
This remark showed tbat the genial
Jones was in an extremely pessimistic
mood, which compelled him to turn
his back on his fields, enter his house,
and sit down before his great old•
fashioned desk with its quaint pigeon
holes full of musty books and papers.
Mr. Jones' intention was to reduce
himself to a state of absolute depres-
sion by reading anti -tariff literature,
but his attention was arrested by a
blue book which had just arrived that
day from Ottawa. It contained the
returns of the Customs Department.
Mr. Jones glanced through the order-
ly array of figures and terse signifi-
cant statements, so different from
those which had threatened to under-
mine the cheerfulness of his disposi-
tion a few minutes before. He no-
ticed that the duty collected on spirits
and wines imported into Canada dur-
ing 1910 amounted, to $6,955,645.40,
which went into the Dominion treas-
ury and helped to make up the total
revenue of the country..
Who Pays This Bill?
"Who pays that six millions?" asked
Farmer Jones of himself.
"I don't drink spirits. No one on
this concession drinks. Practically no
one in the township touches liquor.
We have had local option for three
years and .c has not been sold in the
county for that time. e
"Clearly the farmers about here do
not pay'; any of that six millions.
Who dc#3 then? Temperance statis-
tics show that most liquor is con-
sumed in large cities, where there are
at least two distinct classes of peo-
ple, the very rich and the very poor.
A duty on liquor is a tax on a luxury.
It tends to place it beyond the reach
of the poor and takes a little of the
extra pocket money of the rich.
Therefore, it has a moral effect on the
poor at all events. Moreover, it does
not tax a necessity such as bread.
Therefore, a great sum is added to
the revenues of the country. Where
is the harm in that bit of the tariff?"
More Customs Returns •
Farmer Jones, after arriving at this
stage of his argument with himself,
turned over more pages of the cus-
toms returns, Having started with
one kind of intoxicating liquors he de-
termined to find out how much other
kinds were adding to the national
pocket of Canada. He found that the
duties on ale, porter and lager beer
amounted to $211,733.$3 in 1910. Ale,
porter or beer had neVer touched his
palate, or those of 'his four sons.
Wine was a mere mysterietis stranger.
He had read about it in the Bible, and
fully believed in its powers as
mocker, but had never seen it, to his
knowledge, and he would have staked
his farm that Mrs, Jones had never
gazed on it when it was red or any
other
color. Yet, those intoxicating
liquors, which were unfamiliar bevels,
ages to him and to all his aequain"
Mime, furnished over six millions of.
customs duties,
Mr, donee is Puzzled
Mr, Jones knew that all the nation•'
al revenues are "pooled," that is, put
into one vast account, from which all
expenses are paid. His taxes went in
with the rest, .It was quite clear,
therefore, that his taxes would be legs.
ened in proportion to the amount of
national revenue derived from other
sources than a direct tax on land,
Consequently, those six millions, col-
lected in duties on intoxicating liquor,
lessened to some degree the taxes on,
his property. - Mr. Jones was pep-
plexed. He had been taught that the
tariff was his enemy. In this case, at
any rate, it was .his friend. He con--
tinued to run over the items In thea.
schedules. The duty on animals im-1
ported into Canada during 1910
amounted to $167,360.38; on butter,
$15,702.48;. on eggs, $20,306.42; on
grain and products, $273,424.17; on
green fruit, $267,937,9.4; and on vege-
tables, $350,661,85. •
The effect of this duty was twofold;
$1,095,381SS4 was added to the nation-
al revenue, and his competitors were
placed under a handicap in competi-
tion for the Canadian market. He had
all these articles on he market him-
self, Therefore, this much -abused,
tariff was conserving a selling field
for him and making his rivals help
pay his taxes.
Helping Him Out
Mr. Jones, being a man of ingenious
turn of mind, looked at the problem
as it affected him in another way. He
knew what few realize -that out of
the special revenues of the country
the majority of the great public works
are financed. He thought musingly
of the outcry which would be raised
by some of his tight-fisted neighbors
if a levy was made upon them directly
to build the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail-
way. Yet this great transcontinental
would benefit their agricultural com-
munity. Farmer Jones began his cal-
culations again. •
Rock cut, fill, timber land and open
prairie averaged, railway'construction
costs about $36,000 per mile. The
duty on spirits for 1910 would build
170 miles of the Transcontinental.
The combined revenuee derived from
the duty on animals, butter, eggs, •
grain and its products, green fruit and
vegetables, would build 31 miles. The
consumers of intoxicants, and his riv-
als who had farm produce lo sell, were
actually paying for the railroad which
would transport his produce to a wider
market than it had enjoyed before the
advent of the line.
The next item upon which his at-
tention rested was "Electrical Appar-
atus," on which the revenue 'collected
through the duty in 1910 amounted to
$909,482.72, There was not a cent's
worth of electrical apparatus • used
within a. radius of -ten miles of where
Mr. Jones lived. Dwellers of towns
and cities used electrical apparatus,
and consequently paid all or part of
the duty on it.. The amount collected
through this duty went into the na-
tional treasury and eased the financial
burden of Farmer Jones.
"It strikes me," said Farmer Jones
finally, "that a moderately protective
tariff is not so black as it has been
painted."
A Great Country
He . began to analyze the present
period of Canada's industrial and
commercial development. The Grand
Trunk Railway was linking up two
oceans. Would it have been built if a
plebiscite had been taken in a country
where the agricultural classes aro in
the majority in the absence of a sys-
tem of moderate protection? Would
the C.P.R. have been built out of the
proceeds of direct land taxes? Farm-
er Jones was inclined to answer these
questions in the negative. The
Georgian Bay Canal, connecting•Port
Arthur and Montreal, will be built
some day; the Welland Canal will be
deepened; the St, Lawrence Canals
will be enlarged and a great water-
ways will be opened for ocean steam-
ers to the head of the Great Lakes.'
What does the completion of these
vast public works mean to the farm-
ers of Canada, particularly those in
the Prairie Provinces who have grain
to ship across the Atlantic? The cost
of maintaining the militia, the army,
the great non -dividend -earning public
services are direct charges on the
national revenue. They must be paid.
If a tariff secures part of the bill it.
lessens the inevitable burden of direct
taxation on the land, income taxes,
poll taxes or business taxes, imposed
on all urban and rural communities.
It was inidnight when Farmer
Jones, having smoked three pipes of
horse -grown tobacco, made a state-
ment to hiniself.
"1'11 bring this thing up at the next
meeting of the lxrange," lie said.
"There is too much aimless talk about
'bloated capitalists' and 'down trodden
farmers' indulged in by the orators
who visit us. I'll take the cestofns
returns over and read a few hard facts
and figures to -the boys."
"Farmer Antes," he continued to
himself, "is not paying all the taxes
in this country as he has been led to
belieVe, and he is getting a good deal
of benefit from the money expended.
or. the nation. Even if I am paying;
taxes on a few things because of this
protective tariff, it seems to me I am
benefitting in part from it as well as
from the. taxes levied on all other
classes. And more, I am paying my
own way as a Self-respecting citizen
ought to do," concluded Farmer Jones.
Some; Of The Favored Nations
Denmark, in Ole year ended Decem-
ber 31, 1909, exported butter, eheese,
eggs, animals, grain, meat products
and vegetables worth $100,860,029.
Argentina, in the year ended 1909.
exported animals, grain, neat products
vegetables and butter worth $191,-
893,562.
191;893,562.
Russia, in the year ended 1909, ex-
portee anirriais, grain, hay, meat pro-
ducts and vegetables worth $119,828,-
790.
1'9,828;790.
Austria-Hungary, in the year ended
1909, exported animals, grain, hay,
straw, meat products and vegetables
worth $39,065,201.
New Zealand, in the year ended
1909, exported animals, fruits, grain,
treats and vegetables worth $22,794,-
030.
Some English Surnames,
The fulloeling lf„t, of surnames 5c-
tuatlly extant in Regl irad today was
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A Freak Colt.
A tri Wit belonging to Wm. Ludlow,
Proton Station, near Dundalk, gave
birth recently to twin colts, ane of
ordinary size and the other very
The , n
mall. 1 , 1 tr P one deal, 1. T x r i d but the
r
,•
, w
tint 1lct� one, which le ..rrt'�ithTn� fit it
freak for size, ie alive, ant! it sta,teis
to^t•. �. .. ,.`e !� '.:ti. 1F C�,`, 1f:t.t3,rj•,, }; 13
Pighc'ad. Poker. Radish,1•iottensoose, long. iRi incites s girth, at inehel arta
Shue g' , Stvine, Vfttles. -girth, and Weighs 22 pran:nds.
Wool. Wanted!
CASH or TRADE
Bring your. Wool • to us and receive in exchange
the best Blankets, Sheeting, and Yarns made from
good long wool by the Wroxeter Mills, not made
from ippI
ng, and will give the best satisfaction.
Carpets, Rugs and . Matting
Nairn's Scotch Linoleums in a variety of patterns ;
best stock in town.
Men's and Boys' Suits
We have a large stock of the most up-to-date
Suits -that can be obtained, which we have marked
very low, considering the quality. Boys' Suits, very
nobby, double seat and knee.
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Men's Working Clothes
Men's Work Shirts, Fine Shirts, Overalls and Pants.
We handle the Leather Label Overalls and Smocks
—fully guaranteed. Shoes of all kinds,
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Summer Wear
Anderson's Zephers, IVIuslins, Foulards, . and
thing for , the hot weather. Men's Cotton
Ladies' and Children's Hose, we handle the
Wear Well Brand, &c., &c.
every -
Socks.
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No. t Granulated Sugar, $4.75 per cwt., which is
less than wholesale price to -day. One hundred sacks
P y
to sell at that price. We must make room for
another car to arrive in July.
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All kinds Produce wanted—Highest Prices Paid.
Phone 89,
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JUNI3 ]ARGAINS
A Sale To Reduce Stock »»» ..o.. Mone
Not ToMake Y
LACES - 80 pieces Torohon
Laces ; reg. 1.0c -Sale 50
EMBROIDERY -0 pieces of
Corset Cover Embroidery ;
reg, 50e to 65c-Sale40e
DOSE—Oashmere, seamless;
•sizes 9, 9a, 10 ; regular 35a
value -Sale Price 25c
RIBBONS - Special lino of
very wide Ribbon -2 yds20
for 25c
PARASOLS -- All kinds Sum-
mor Parasols to clear at '20
per cant. off.Wash
VESTS -10 dozen Ladies'
Vests, no sleeve and short
sleeve -Sale Price 10c
SUPPORTERS - Children's
Hose Snpporters, all sizes
-to clear 100
GLOVES- Long Gloves
for Ladies, with lace top,
Black or White ; regular
$1,00 -Sale 750
SLIPPERS - 2 dozen Child-
Ian's tan or black Slippers ;
good stock -Sale Price25c
PRINTS -A large stock of
g
Crum's English Prints in
new patterns and color-
Inge ; best washing Prints
made ; regular 15c value -
Sale Price 12ic
BOOTS AND SHOES -This de-
partment is full of all kinds
of Bargains. The very latest
styles. We can save you
money on your Footwear.
Try us.
BLINDS - A lot of Litton
Blinds, complete with rol-
ler -Sale. Prtoe.... , .. , ....25e
RUGS -Large stock of Rugs -
Tapestry, Brussels, Wilton ;
all sizes, 20 per cent, off all
regular prices,
CURTAINS -Lace Curtain s„ all
new patterns ; to reduce stock
per cent. tuff reg, prices.
WASH SUITS -Boys' Fancy
Sailor Wash Suits 75s
SKIRTS -A line of White
Top Skirts --- to.
clear $1.50
GOWNS - Ladies' Cambric
Night Gowns, nicely trim -
med-sale 750
-
UNDERSKIRTS -One doz.
White Cambric Under- •
skirts with deep flounce -
$1,25 value for ,.... ..... $1.00
WAISTS -Ladies' sizes, Fine
Persian Lawn Waists ; reg.
value $1,75 -Sale $1,25
LINEN SKIRTS -Linen Top
Skirts - nicely made - to
clear at $1,50
DRESSES -Children's White
Muslin Dresses -Sale, $1.00
DRAWERS - Ladies' Fine
Cambric Drawers - Sale
price 25c
CORSET OOVERS - 5 doz.
Fine Cambric Corset Oov-
era -nicely trimmed with
Lace -Sale price......... ,25c
Men
buy.
reduce
Suite,
enette
• prices.
Clothing Department.
If its anything in Ready-to-wear Clothing you want for
or Boys`- and want to save money - this is the place to
Our stock at present is too heavy, and we are going to
it. Prices will do it. For 3 weeks, Men's Suits, Braes'
Men's Pants, Boys' Pants, Men's Rain Coats, Men's Cra---'-
Coats, Sic„ will be sold at Out Prices. No room to quote
Call in. We'll be pleased to show yon the goods.
H. E Isard & Co.•
Wool. Wanted!
CASH or TRADE
Bring your. Wool • to us and receive in exchange
the best Blankets, Sheeting, and Yarns made from
good long wool by the Wroxeter Mills, not made
from ippI
ng, and will give the best satisfaction.
Carpets, Rugs and . Matting
Nairn's Scotch Linoleums in a variety of patterns ;
best stock in town.
Men's and Boys' Suits
We have a large stock of the most up-to-date
Suits -that can be obtained, which we have marked
very low, considering the quality. Boys' Suits, very
nobby, double seat and knee.
rug Monomial..
Men's Working Clothes
Men's Work Shirts, Fine Shirts, Overalls and Pants.
We handle the Leather Label Overalls and Smocks
—fully guaranteed. Shoes of all kinds,
111011111144049504540441114141
Summer Wear
Anderson's Zephers, IVIuslins, Foulards, . and
thing for , the hot weather. Men's Cotton
Ladies' and Children's Hose, we handle the
Wear Well Brand, &c., &c.
every -
Socks.
famous .
111111=111141.11•111114.111111121.1 11/11011011111MNIIIIIMINIII
No. t Granulated Sugar, $4.75 per cwt., which is
less than wholesale price to -day. One hundred sacks
P y
to sell at that price. We must make room for
another car to arrive in July.
komunimumi
All kinds Produce wanted—Highest Prices Paid.
Phone 89,
,Ill
AI
1!
HA