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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1912-09-12, Page 44 THE WINGI1AU. TIMES SEPTEMBER 12, 1912 TO ADVERTISERS Notice of changes must be left at this oface not later than saturday noon. The copy for changes must be left not later than Monday evening. Casual advertisements accepted up I to noon Wednesday of each week. ESTABLISIIBID 1872 Tal WINGHAM TIMES. Ii. B. ELLIOTT, PUBLISHER AND PROPiETOR. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER. 12 1912. EDITORAL NOTES. Succession duties received by the Ontario Government for August this year totalled $49,340.26, which is $5,- 299.21' in excess of receipts for August, 1911. For the past ten months up to August 31, the dues from succession totals $670,546.41. During the first ten months last year $891,294.37 was re- ceived, showing a decrease in the pres- ent year so far of $220,747.90. It takes the Cabinet and a vote of the House of Commons and Senate to raise or ]ewer the Canadian tariff a single degree on any one article. But an obscure departmental official can say: "In future binders and threshers coming in from the United States shall be valued at $150 each for duty estiKna- tion instead of $100 as formerly." The effect of this, in operation, is the rais- ing of the tariff on these articles from 20 per cent. to 30 per cent., or in other words, the addition of 50 per cent., to the present tariff. -Ottawa Free Press. If Bonar Law, Smith and Carson, who propose to turn Ireland into sham- bles, should succeed to power, they will control the whole foreign and dom- estic policy of the Empire. We in Canada must trust them, so far as relates to anything outside of Canada. How could Canada trust such men to deal wisely and justly with Germany or any other foreign power; with India, with Egypt, with South Africa? If Canada is to take a greater part in im- perial affairs she must look somewhat anxiously at the men who are to become the counsellors and guides of the Em- pire. Are these great affairs to be in- trusted to men who fall far below the standards not only of Gladstone and Salisbury, but of Macdonald, Laurier, Borden and Joseph Howe? -Toronto Star. "The question (the navy) is one which must be settled. We solved it in a manner which we believed was our best duty to Canada and to the Empire. "It is easy to insure terror among the people. But I would rather have been beaten than tohave won by such means. After three months in England Mr, Borden has returned. He went over to discuss the naval question. He does not seem to be any nearer a solution than he was before, He is going to submit the mat- ter to his colleagues. 1 do not reproach him for taking his time about it. We will discuss it when it comes. But I will say in advance: `Never, never will I raise my voice in appeals to race or religious prejudices.' "We will discuss the matter calmly and with dignity, and I will try to do my duty as a Canadian and a British subject. "I consecrated my life to making Canada a nation. If we are faithful to our program the nat- ion will live and the party triumph." - Sir Wilfrid Laurier, at Marieville, Que- bec, on Saturday. Some of the Ottawa newspaper cor- respondents, notably Mr. Hamilton of The Toronto News, are still referring to the "tin -pot" or "Laurier" navy. These references are quite unworthy. Mr. Hamilton, an ex -military man and a university graduate, shows a lack of judgment quite inconsistent with his record as a journalist. Perhaps it was done by a "substitute," while Mr. Hamilton was on holidays. If so, Mr. Hamilton has a grievance. But some Conservatives, who are neither mem- bers of Parliament nor of the Press Gallery, are also guilty of using the same phrase. True, Canada's navy is small and insignificant, but it was a beginning, and it was Canada's, not Laurier's. Personally, I was one of those who thought the Laurier policy might have been broader, but a build- ing program involving $40,0100,000 and an annual upkeep of six or seven mil- lion dollars is not so bad as a start. Indeed it was an excellent beginning, and as such The Canadian Courier sup- ported it. The Conservatives who talk this way are perfectly free to criticise, but it should be a reasonable criticism. To throw mud at a national movement for poliitical advantage is the meanest and most despicable kind of partisan ac'ion. Besides, the Conservative pol- icy must ultimately be a Canadian navy.- Canadian Courier. THINNESS is often a sign of poor`health. Loss of weight generally shows something wrong. Scott's Emulsion corrects this condition and builds Mp the whole batty. 'Au Druesists. Scott l4 Bowne for oto. Oaf. 1240 A DISCREDIT TO CANADA. From the Canadian Courier. New Zealand is again to the fore with a scheme to eliminate political patronage. It is to have a civil service commission of one to make all appoint- ments to and promotions in the civil service ---the Government railways ex- cepted. This officer is to be respon- sible to the Governor, but may be re- moved for certain reasons by Parlia- ment. His decisions are subject to re- visions by a special board. Canada has a civil service commis- sion of a similar character, consisting of two persons. But the flaw in oint- ment is the fact that only the civil ser- vants at Ottawa, what is known as the inside service, are subject to its 'super- vision. The outside service is still be- devilled with political patronage. For example; about four years ago Mr. William Ireland was made Customs Collector at Parry Sound. Mr. Ireland was publisher of the Parry Sound Star, a member of the executive of the Can- adian Press Association, and a highly respected member of the craft. He sold out his publishing and printing business and settled down to earn the moderate salary attached to this civil service position. Two weeks ago, with- out any investigation or trial he was suspended from his position and Lieut.- Col. ieut:Col. Knifton appointed in his stead. Col. Knifton is in England and it is not yet known whether he will accept this office or not. What a travesty! A man, who four years ago sold his business to enter the service and who is now too old to build up another, is summarily dismiss- ed and left stranded. There was ap- parently no demand for his removal," and he claims that four-fifths of the people in Parry Sound admit that he has taken no part in politics during his term in office and that his administra- tion has been locally satisfactory. Nor is this an isolated case. There are hundreds of others equally unjust and equally indefensible. It was the same under the previous Administra- tion. No one party has a monopoly of this crude form of political retribution. We expected better of Mr. Borden's Government, because Mr. Borden came into office pledged to civil service re- form. Unfortunately Mr. Borden's colleagues were not similarly pledged and Mr. Borden's party was not privy to his promise. A SUMMER LIVER. The liver is likely to grow percept- ibly larger in August and September, especially in hot weather climates. A man finds his liver is troubling him; or he feels sick and enervated and blue, and doesn't know what is the matter with him. His physician tells him it is an enlarged liver. He thinks he knows what to do for that com- plaint, and immediately takes a course calomel.. If he were to trace the condi- tion and study his own frame a little more he would know that an enlarged liver is due to an over -supply of food. Instead of a dose, or several doses of a strong drug, he would cut down his supply of food, and secure a perman- ent, gradual and natural cure. The liver is the storehouse of the body. Its volume changes constantly It retains the surplus food, storing it in preparation for a rainy day, in the form of fat. Ordinarily the liver comes down as low as the edge of the ribs. When it grows larger it pushes downward under the softer muscles and a practiced hand can easily feel it. Don't be alarmed if the doctor tells you have an enlarged liver. Just remember it is a case of too much food; eat less and reduce it. Call of the College. "Oh, why be farmers, stockmen, sawyers?" the college clamors, loud and clear; "why not be editors or law- yers, and wear fine linen all the year? Why soil your hands with loathsome labors? Why carry swill to cow or hog? Rise, rise above your toiling neigh- bors, and be a fourth rate pedagogue! Why wear duck overalls and curry the humpbacked mule and brindled steer? Come to the college in a hurry, and learn to be a bank cashier!" Through all the land the boys are dropping the yeoman's tools in deep disgust, resolved to learn the trade of yawping, resolved to wear boiled shirts or bust. Profes_ sions all are overcrowded; the starving lawyers throng the streets; and there are men in surplice shrouded who should be busy hoeing beets. Stenographers we've by the legion who haven't learn- ed the way to spell; and in the fertile farming region the grangers raise an awful yell. "Oh, send us help," we hear them crying, imploring with ten thousand tongues; "send us the husky skates who're trying to earn their liv- ing with their lungs! Send us a grist of half-baked preachers, of lawyers who have known no brief, Bend us stenographers or teachers, to shuck the corn or bind the sheaf!"- Above i the grangers' mournful bawling, above their pleas for working men, we hear the college sweetly calling; "Forsake the plowshare for the pen!" SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE. Unanswed yet the prayer your lips have pleaded. In agony of heart these many yearn? Dpes faith begin to fail; is hope depart- ing, And, think you, all in vain these fal- ling tears? Say not the father has not heard your prayer? You shall have your desire some -time somewhere, Unanswered yet? thcugh when you first presented This one petition at the Father's throne, It.seemed you could not wait the time of asking, So urgent was your heart to make it known; Though years have passed since then, do not despair; The Lord will answer you sometime, somewhere. Unanswered yet? Nay do not say un - granted, Perhaps your part is not wholly done. The work began when your prayer was uttered, And God will finish what he has begun. If you will keep the incense burning there, His glory you shall see sometime, somewhere, -Robert Browning. Taxation in Victoria. More evidence disproviug the asser- tion that the exemption from taxation of improvements has proved a failure in the west has been received by the Tax Reform League of Eastern Canada. A letter from Edwin C. Smith, Collector for the city of Victoria, says: "The ratepayers are strongly in favor of the improvement exemption principle. Only the land has been taxed in 1911 and 1912, and for ten years previous only 50 per cent. of the assessed value of im- provements was taxed. Land has in- creased in value from 1911 to 1912 by $25,156,095, and now has a total assess• ed value of $71,672,300. LIVE STEER 11IARKETS. Toronto, Sept. 10. - Union Stock Yards -Receipts yesterday and to -day included were 103 cars with 1,687 head of cattle; 195 calves, 1,054 hogs, 1,234 sheep and lambs. Trade was good and active and with such a heavy run on hand, prices were all maintained all through "the list. Quotations are practically steady with last week, lambs only quoting a little easier. Export cattle, choice $7 00 to do medium 6 75 do light 4 50 do bulls . . . . 5 50 do cows ..... . 3 75 Butchers choice 6 00 do medium5 00 docows .... ........... 500 do common .... 3 00 do canners .... 1 75 Short -keep. .... ..... .... . 5 60 Feeders steers 5 00 do bulls 1 00 Stockers choice ... 5 05 do light 3 50 Mileh cows,• choice, each40 00 Springers . 40 00 Common and medium .. 30 00 Sheep, ewes 4 50 do bucks 2 50 Lambs, yearlings 9 00 Spring lambs, each 5 25 Hogs, f. o. b. ..... .. 8 35 do fed and watered 8 65 Calves ... 3 50 $0 00 6 PO 6 20 6 00 550 7 00 8 00 5 50 3 50 3 00 5 55 5 50 4 25 5 40 4 00 80 00 80 00 45 00 5 00 3 50 10 00 6 25 8 75 9 00 WINGIILAAI MARKET REFOItTS. Wingham, Sept. llth, 1912 Flour per 100 lbs ..... 2 75 to 3 25 Fall wheat .... 0 90 to 0 90 Oats 0 35 to 0 35 Barley 65 to 0 80 Peas . ... 0 90 to 0 90 Butter dairy .......... 0 22 to 0 24 Eggs per doz.... ..• 0 20 to 0 25 Wood per cord 2 75 to 2 80 Hay per ton .. 12 00 to 13 00 Potatoes per bushel, new. 60 to 6O Lard 0 18 to 0 18 Live Hogs per cwt .. 8 25 to 8 25 Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Com any VACATION TRIPS Steamers "Toronto" and "Kingston" 2 30 p. m. daily from Toronto. Running the Rapids. 1000 Islands and return.... $13.00 Montreal and return 24.50 Quebec and return 33.50 Saguenay River..... 46.50 including meals and berth. Steamers Belleville and Bundurn rti _ THE DOMINION HANK 11" EDMUND B. OILER. M.P.. PRESIDENT. W. 0, MATTNEWa. VN)E-PRS$IDENr. C. A. 13OGERT, General Manager Capital paid up - . . - $4,7o0,000 Reserve Fund • .. . . 05,700,000 Total Asset, - - . - 070,000,000' Farmers' Sale Notes The Dominion Bank collects Farmers' Sale Notes, and makes advances on such notes at reasonable rates Farmers, Traders and Merchants are offered the best banking facilities obtainable, at this bank, WINGHAM BRANCH, • N. EVANS, Managers The Fall Fair, The big fairs throw their banners across the city streets and set their posters up at every railroad station in the country, but thisis no reason why we should ignore the little country fairs which have their brief day each autumn. Every day the main difference between the great city exhibition and the coun- try fair become more clearly defined: the country fair is essentially a farmer's concern. Every year agricultural feat- ures at the large exhibitions are crowd- ed farther into the background. Despite the Dominion bonus to the large ex- hibitions, which is intended to apply to agricultural department, the farm- ers of the country find the little fairs in the country towns to be far more valuable to them as farmers. Both kinds have their function. -Collier's Weekly. The Wingham fall fair will be held'on Thursday and Friday, Sep- tember 26th and 27th. Do your share in helping to make 'the local fair a suc- cess. Leave Hamiton and Toronto every Tuesday and Saturday. HAMILTON TO Montreal and return. $19.00 Quebec and return , .. 25.00 TORONTO TO Montreal and return $18,00 Quebec and return.... 24.50 Including meals and berth. Low rates to intermediate ports. • For rates, illustrated folders, etc. or write H. FOSTER CHAFFEE, A. G. P. A,, Toronto, Ont. Twenty notices of application for di- vorce to come before before Parliament next session have been filed with the Government. Probably not in the history of the Canadian west has the crop situation looked so promising as to -day. In spite of showers well distributed since har- vest commenced, over eighty per cent. of the;grain in Manitoba is in the stook. More than half of that in Saskatche- wan is harvested and all of that in Manitoba. First Train in 1914. Chairman A. W. Smithers of the Grand Trunk Pacific, who has just made a tour of inspection of the wes- tern construction work, stated that, as representing the British investors, he was entirely satisfied with the work being done, and would take back a very satisfactory report to them. He said he was particularly pleased with the manner in which the road was being completed, and he believed no trans- continental or any other great railway had ever been built in so satisfactory a manner. The only difficulty was the lack of labor, which was very pronoun- ced. Mr. Smithers said that between the work proceeding westward and that coming eastward from the Pacific the G. T. P. could easily employ 5,000 more men, but it could not get them. Had they been able to get the neces- sary labor, Mr, Smithers said, the line would have been completed next year. As it was, he expressed' confidence that the first Transcontinental train from Montreal to Prince Rupert would cer- tainly be run early in 1914. Robert. McEwen of Stratford, G. T. R. brakeman, was almost instantly killed at the Owen Sound yards. A Peterboro' machinist, Wm. E. Leal , shot his wife, but not fatally, after an altercation over money, while despond- ent from ill -health. Robert Desmond, a young English- man, was eloctrocuted at Lindsay by coming in contact with a hanging live wire of the Light, Heat & Power Co. 1 GRAND TRfUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM ANNUAL WESTERN EXCURSIONS September 12, 13 and 14, return from Wingham to Detroit • $5.65 Chicago 11.50 Port Huron 4.10 Bay City 6.50 Cleveland (via Buffalo) 8.85 Cleveland (via Detroit) .. .... 8.65 Grand Rapids 8.35 Saginaw ...... .... .. 6.40 St. Paul or Minneapolis all rail 28.40 Rail and Boat ... .... .... 32.40 Tickets are valid for return to reach original starting point not later than Monday, September 30th, 1912. Last Ilomeseekers' Excursions September 17, via Chicago Winnipeg and Return 03400 Edmonton and Return 4240 Tickets good for 60 days. Special train will leave Toronto 10.30 p.m., carrying through coaches and Pullman Tourist Sleepers. FARMERS' EXGURSIONS TO NEW ONTARIO September 1.41 and 25 Round trip second-class tickets will be issued from Wingham to all stations on Temiskaming and Northern Ontario By. including the fo:lowing points: Haileybury $7.95 New Liskeard . 8.05 Earlton .... ' 8.35 Englehart 8.55 Monteith .... .......... 10.15 Cochrane.... 10.85 Matheson .... 9.90 Tickets good going September 11, are valid returning September 21, and tickets ,issued 25 and good to return until Oct. 1st. Western Fair, London Winghern to London and return $2,25 Sept 6 to 14 6175 Sept. 10.12-18. Special train for London will leave Sept. 10-12-13 at 6.20 a.m. All tickets valid for return until Monday, September 16th, 1912. Wingham to Ottawa and return 311.65 Sept. 4 to 9; $8.70 Sept 9 and 11. All tickets valid for return until September 17. Full particulars, tickets, etc. from any Grand Trunk Agent or write A. E. DUFF, D.P.A., Toronto, Ont. G. F. HOLLEY, DEPOT AGENT, PHONE 50 1 •••♦•♦••♦••••••••••••••••• 4404,+44♦•••••••••••••••O•• • • • • • • • •• • •••••••••••••••••••••••••• •• i' • ♦ • . . ••• • • • 4, 4 O • • • • • • . • • • • • •• • • • CREAM WANTED Our cream wagons . are now on the road. If you have not been called up- on, let us know and we will place you on one of our routes. We are pay • • - • ing 2 6c per lb, fat for this week. For further Parti- ; cularsapplyat Creamery • • i i :• WM. PAVI[S : . WINGHAM ONTARIO. • •s+••••••44•••s•••s••s•+•4 •.••••••••••••••••••••••+• co., LIMIE[P The People's Popular Store, Wingham Agents -Home KERR 86 Journal Patterns BIRD Agents --Ladies . Home Journal. New Good FOR Fall and Winter 1111111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111111111011111110111 We are receiving New Fall and Winter Goods every week. Some lines are already all in, some are yet to complete, Oar stock of Uunderwear is complete and all in the shelves or on the counters. Our values in Under- wear are really encellent. Splen- did quality -Prices Right. Underwear --Penman's Penangle for Men Natural Wool, fine goods, all sizes; price $1.00 to $1,50 each Heavy Ribbed Wool, unshrinkable, sizes 33 to 44, $1.00 each Sanitary Fleece Lined, unshrinkable, sizes 31 to 42 50e each Boys' All -Wool, Union and Fleece Lined, All sizes r..o. Turnbull's Ceetee Unshrinkable Wool for women Perfect fitting Ribbed Underwear, Union and Pare Wool, inECream, White and grey, - - - - 25e to $1.50 each Fine Combinations Snits, perfect fitting, price - $2,00 Black Drawers, fall fashioned, ail sizes, price 50e to $1.00 Misses' All -Wool and Union Underwear, all sizes Infants' very fine, soft pure All -Wool, unshrink fhle, in all sizes Hosiery We take the lead, not only for excellant values in Underwear, but also in Hosiery. These lines we buy direct from the manufactur- ers and they guarantee the quality, For Women and Misses' we carry several fall lines, Fine Pure Wool Cashmere, Plain Wool, Ribbed Wool, Ribbed Worsted, Fine Pure Wool Ribbed, ete., Little Dairy and Little Darling for Children. These are a very fine soft pure wool hose, good quality, fast colors. SCITIOOL OPENS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd For High and Public School Books a nd Supplies Go To A. M. KNOX'S JEWELLERY STORE In the Wilson Block Opposite National Hotel