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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1913-10-02, Page 44 THE WINGItAim El ES. OCTOBER. I91ti TO ADVERTISERS Notice of changes mint be left at this office not later than saturday noon. The copy for changes must be left not later than Monday evening. Casual advertisements accepted up to noon Wednesday of each week. ESTABLISHED 187:1 TuE WINOnnAIn TIMES, Et. B, ELLIOTT, FuBr fsnna AND Prlapit:TOB THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1913 THE CANDID FRIEND AGAIN. Apropos of the regiest of the Grain Growers of the west for action by the Canadian Manufacturers Association in support of the movement for increas- ing the British preference to fifty per cent with the aim of having free trade with Great Britain in four years, the Ottawa Citizen, the leading Conser- vative organ in the Capital again re- verts to its role of candid friend to the government. In asking the Canadian Manufacturers and the government to give prdctieal evidence as to the bona fides of "the tact: about Imperial unity and loyality to the common flag," the Citizen says editorially: "An Empire with tariff bartiers erected across its own territory and separating its own parts, is certainly not even an approach to anything like an ideal. The Canadian manufacturers have a splendid chance to make a definite pronouncement this week. Atlantic ocean freight rates ought to be sufficient ':protection" from British manufacturers to Canada's "infant industries." MR. MONK SYNCHRONIZES Coming events cast their shadow be- fore them. In his speech to the Conservative Association at Halifax on Tuesday last, Mr. Borden in dealing with the naval question had not a single word to say about "the emergency," He did say that "the genius of our race is to pro- ceed in such matters slowly and cautios- ly and to depend rather upon experi- ments and experience than upon logic." The sentence is illuminative. Certainly in dealing with the naval question Mr. Borden did not proceed upon logic. Certainly he has proceeded "slowly and cautiously;" and if "experience" is to be the guiding principle, then there will be no reversion to Downing St rule and no subversion of the principle of responsible government Synchronizing with Mr. Bordsn's drop- ping of the argument as to the emer- gency is the official announcement that Hon, F. D. Monk is to resume his seat in Parliament at the next session, and a semi-official announcement• that the government will leave the whole naval question over till the session of 1915. The conclusion is obvious. Mr. Borden realizes that the emergency has been worked to death and has been effective- ly buried by the recent official state- ment of the Admiralty. He realizes that he can no longer rely on the emer- gency as a subterfuge for not announc- ing a permanent policy. But the an- nouncement of a permanent policy in• volves an appeal to the people for rati- Capital Paid Up $3,000,000. Reserve $3,750,000. Total Assets Over $43,000,0r0, THE SAVING HABIT MANY people who are earn- ing less than you, and whose necessary expenses exceed yours, have been saving for years and now have a snug and comfortable bank ac- counts. Systematic saving was the foundation of many a large fortune, It is a habit. that is easily acquired, yffording more sanetaction and offering larger rewards than any other habit you could form. You can open an account in this bank with one dollar and every six months your savings will be credited with the highest currentinterest. C. P. SA al Manager. Wickham fication. That appeal the government will avoid as long as it in decency can. Political waters are too cold for a plunge next year if it can be avoided by the men now in power. Therefore, the whole naval question, so far as the gov- ernment can d) it, is to be *helve(' for a year ar so. And with the naval ques- tion out of the way Mr, Monk can salt ly resume his seat in Parliament. The game is so obvious that no corn- ment is necessary. COST OF LIVING MOUNTS. The cost of living still tends upward. Statistics published by the Labour de- partment this week shows that during August there was another increase in the average cost of articles of general household consumption. The increase as compared with August of last year is about three per cent. Meanwhile the high tariff friends of the govern- ment are appealing for tariff revision upwards, especially in regard to wool and iron and steel commodities that vitally effect the cost of living. Mean- while there is no suggestion from any government source of any decrease in tariff taxation or of any fiscal relief to the general consumer. Meanwhile federal expenditures which will have to be met for the most part out of customs taxation, continue to mount. Mean- while there is no sign of following the example of the United States in regard to reducing the duties on food stuffs. Premier Borden seems to think that the problem of freer trade in food pro- ducts has been solved by the action of the Democratic Congress in giving Can- ada freer access to the American mar- kets. That was only half of the prob- lem. The Canadian consumers' half of the problem still is to be met. The government will not solve it by running away from it. HUNTING FOR SPOILS. Mr. E. A. Lancaster, M.P. for Lin- coln and Niagara, probably understands that the uneasiness of the head with a crown on it is as nothing to the malaise of a party supporter looking for ap- pointment. There are two vacancies to the High Court bench of Ontario and these are greatly coveted by Boyce of Algoma and Lancaster of i.incoln and Niagara. Both are sore because they did not get the Sclicitor-Generalship which was corralled by Hon. Arthur Meighen, and both are inclined to be caustic when discussing their disappoint- ment. There is a lot of wire pulling in the situation which has been seriously disturbing every caucus of the Ontario wing of the cabinet. The position is not improved by the fact that Hon. C. J. Doherty, the Irish Catholic Minister of Justice, is by no means friendly to Mr. Lancaster, who fathered the Uni- form Marriage Bill fiasco and led the Ontario campaign which ased the Ne Temere Decree and the Eucharistic Congress as its battle cry. Altogether the position is one which would indicate thattheTory principle of "to thevoters belong the spoils" is being carried to such length as not merely to degrade the Civil Service but to even cast shad- ows across the bench. The time is not far distant when Canada will d vile fire of this place hunting government and re- turn to sanity and dignity under Li berg! administration. LABOUR'S LOVE LOSL. The Trades and Labour Council at Montreal would like Hon. T. W. Crothers to resign as Minister of Labour. Probably this wish is shared by Premier Borden and his colleagues. Since his appointment to the cabinet Mr. Crothers has been a perpetual thorn in the side of the Government. He has consist- ently made the Labour legislation passed by the Liberal government either a dead letter or the means of playinginto the hands of "the interests". Where Sir William Muldock. Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux and Hon. Mackenzie King made the Labour Department a real t force for the benefit of labour, Mr. Crothers has made it a force for the benefit of himself ens his wealthy friends. It is generally suspected that Hon. Mr. Crothers will be hoisted from the cabinet and sent to ornament the Ontario bench before very long—he is returning from England where he has avoided the coal mine strike in British Columbia and the Trades and Labour Congress at Montreal. Bnt when Hon. Mr. Crothers is no longer Minister what will Bro, Samuel Price of St. Thomas do? Will he have to give up his happy existence as com- missioner extraordinary to the Dotfsinion and go back to earring his living? Probably that is only a mere matter of Price. Moving to Strathroy. Mr. Percy Jenkins left this week for Strathroy, where he will move his family shortly. Mr. Jenkins will be' much missed ia, St. Paul's Choir where he was is valuable member. Ohfldrert Ory FOR FLETCHER'S O A I' R IA k THE DokiiNioN BANK Ina EDMUND s. O$LER. M.P., PRESIDENT. W. D. MATTHEWS, VIOE-PRESIDENA C, A. BOGERT, Genera! Manager. Capital Paid Up$5,400,000.00 Reserve Fund and Undivided Profits 7,100,000.00 You Can Start a Savings Account with $1.00. It is not necessary for you to wait until you have a large sum of money in order to start a Savings Account with this Bank, An account can be opened with $1.00 and more on which interest is compounded twice a year. WINGHAM BRANCH: N. EVANS, Manager. Progress of Dairying in Canada. Conditions affecting the marketing end of the dairy industry in Canada have undergone rapid changes dur- ing recent years, In the past it has b en the custom to estimate the growth of the industry on the export trade. This however has become an entirely unreliable guide because Canada no longer has butter to sI are but on the other hand finds it necessary to import from other countries. Cheese exports too have greatly decreased. These facts were brought to the attention of the Select Standing Committee on Agri- culture and Colonization during the past session of Parliament by tier. J. A. Ruddick, Dairy and Cold Storage Com- missioner who showed very clearly that the industry is not losing ground but is making steady progress. It was brought out that the Canadian people are consuming relatively more milk and milk products than heretofor and that an increasing quantity of milk is being manufactured into condensed milk, casein and other products. During the course of Mr; Ruddick's evidence he gave out a great deal of interesting information concerning the tendency of the industry. This has now been printed in a pamphlet of fourteen pages for free distribution to all who apply for it to the Publications Branch of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa. EDITORIAL NOTES. Following upon the issue from the Inland Revenue Department of , the annual report for 1912-13, purporting to show tremendous increase under the rule of Hon. Bruno Nantel, Minister of Inland Revenue, in which comparison was made with the figures for 1910-11 comes the report for August of this year. This report indicates a dropping off in inland revenue receipts for the month of $83,374,34. The receipts for August of this year are $1,817,395,76, as compared with $1,900,769,10 for the same month last year. "Every nation, every people, every race, must toddle in the beginning." Some wise man has called our attention to this somewhat platitudinous deliver- ance, evidently believing that it has an application to Canada at the present time. But Premier Borden says Can- ada must continue to toddle fortwenty- five, if not fifty years, notwithstanding the fact that our population is increasing at the rate of half a million a year, with every prospect that the growth of population will gain in impetus with every passing year. Canadians do not mind being classified as mere toddlers, but most of them. we think,' will re• sent being placed in the perpetually toddling class.—Victoria Times. If the people of Ontario will but wake up to what is going ;on:sin the world and what thein ownSprovince might do, we should speedily take the lead, which is our due, both from our position, history and ithe class of our population. Mr. Rowell has been ac- quiring knowledge that will enable him to head this work whenever the people shall call upon his services. The pers- onal experience and knowledge of move- ments the greatest in the world's his- tory will mean much, not only for tie province and the people who dwell therein.—Ottawa Free Press. The president of the Manufacturers' Association has urged that care be exercised in approaching the tariff question. That was hardly necessary with Hon. Mr. White as Minister of Finance, Hon. G. E. Foster as Minister of Trade and Commerce, and Hon. Dr. Reid as Minister of Customs. The manufacturers will find that their in- terests are more carefully looked after than those of any other class as long as they continue to subscribe handsomely to the Tory election chest for fostering imperialism in Ontario and Nattonalist disloyalty in Quebec. With them loy- alty tneahs an increase in tariff. In- crease in the British preference, as asked for by the Grain Growers' Association, or reciprocity with the United States, are outbursts of rahk disloyalty. Either one would reduce the coat of living and tear down the profits of the protected classes. They Make Volt Feel Moore. The pleasant purgative effect produc4 ed by Chamberlain's Tablets and the healthy condition of body and mind which they create make one feel joyful. Per sale by all dealers, r' WOMEN BEAT MEN AT FINDING BARGAINS By HOLLAND. WWOMEN spend more mon- ey than niers and they spend it wiser. They not only buy most of the articles used in the home, hut they also buy for their children and of- ten for their men folks. Women also read the ad- vertisements more than men do. This makes them better and safer buyers than men. They have equipped them- selves with the knowledge that makes them effective. They know the hest stores, the best merchandise, the best values. By reading the 'advertisements women are enabled to shop more eco- uoniicaily, to make the mon- ey go farther. IiNOWLEDGB 1S MONEY IN DOING SHOPPING. POPULARITY OF LINEN. Cool and Dainty Are Summer Suite In This Warm Weather Fabric. Despite the popularity of cotton eponge or ratipe, linen as a fabric for summer suits as many admirers, who claim that it is cooler than the newer materials. It certainly wrinkles and creases easier than eponge, although the ramie linen is not as great an of- fender in this respect as the French linen or crash. There are some very effective shades In the new linens this season, so nav- *RITE ntaEx T1t1Mn;:U w11'11 t'I.(! V el, so artistic WI VA. WWII NM 01 converts frc,n1 the ianii- ,.r r•t,ul,uo I.0 thusiasts reline linen in n st,:,ot.• bordering on leer ,;11•1.11 Is I,nr ,,t t1,. best liked of the new coeur White linen, however is :,1•'.,ln 1':. standby of the ettust•tl•tt,t,' and the pretty dress tlntstutled t,- white listen It to .Well 111l'ti'1(41 t„1 street wear bernti.• th• hi01.11 l'I a it Is mads' is tad fro 11.l.n1tgll milli 141. fitnlprt' :,mads of Clunk lel•• ::t,• 1101 un With 'tailored t'ffeet. The. Color Note. ' %Vhittever the 'fabric or fashion of your blouse. it shnuld have nn it wort*. where n totn•h at rotor, for 'the nil White Menne, It acews, to net ha the -. may,. P44o4PA94edro444P4'l4iAPON4t o O r+$PPr4PPPPPPPPwPP'01!PP11POtPP1PP ►POPPPPr mit DO YOU? buy where you can get the best value for your money. Deal with the new man at the popular store, Kerr's old stand, the same sterling values, and a few better ones. Buy where your money goes farthest. 4 Packages Corn Starch 25c 4 Bottles best Extract - 25c 6 Comfort Soap - 25c 6 Sunlight Soap - 25c Yeast Cake, per Package, 4c And a host of other attractive prices, which we haven't room to quote. This is the Rain Coat Season, and we are right at the head of the procession with the newest and most stylish rain coats in town. Ladies' Rubber Lined, with a splendid Silky Finish and absolutely waterproof seams, special at $10.00, Men's Paramatta Waterproof coats, new Raglan shoulder, a splendid heavy coat for fall, at from $8.00 $10.00. We cannot describe these coats. You must see them to appreciate the values. Truly this is going to be "Some Store." A full range of everything that's good, and everything that's stylish. We want your trade. We guarantee satisfaction. JOS. K. IRWIN Successor to JNO. KERR 82 SON WINGHAM, ONT. 4••••••••••00 ••••••••••••• n • ♦ A 0 n 0 a 4 4 4 4 d 4 A o• 0 4 • • ♦ 4. • ♦ • •• • • • • 4. ♦ 4. 4.- • • A • • 4 4 ♦ 4 • • •♦ 0 4 • • • • •♦ ♦ • • 4 e • 4. 4 ♦ •a • • • •• •• • 4 • • ♦ ♦ • • ♦ • • e 4 ♦ 4,64 04-664 00 06e00066444464444040P4+4®+404.44P4?d00♦44'a tsarttlwsm.4' ( }itr r+rt►yw +,Iw MMV fr1rA+►aMV'ar"rFd►fi GL) Keep Your Eye an Patterson's Jewellery Store Window! Three Big Three Hour e Window .Sales COMMENCING Saturday, September 20th, Saturday, September 27th Saturday, October 4th FROM 7 TO 10 O'CLOCK P.M. $r ,000.00 of Swell, Up-to-date Jewellery to be sold for $500.00 at each Sale! You.will see the goods ticketed in the Window -- Blue figures, regular price—Red figures Sale Price. It will pay you to keep tab on these Hours, as positively nothing will be sold out of the window before or after the hours mentioned. PAT N W. GoTERSO THE GREAT WATCH DOCTOR Opposite Queen's Hotel, Wingham °'AND TRUNK RAILWAY COLONIST EXCURSION Sept. 25th to Oct. 10th inclusive From all stations in Ontario. at very low rates to: Vancouver, B.C. Los Angeles, Cul. Victoria, B.C. San Diego, Cal. Nelson, B.C. San Francisco, Cal. Prince Rupert, B.C. Mexico City, riex. Portland, Ore. Seattle, Wash. Spokane, Wash. One way second-class tickets only will be issued. Proportionate low rates to other points in Arizona, British Columbia, California. t olorado, Idaho, Montana, Mexico, New Mexico, Oregon, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Full particulars, berth reservations, etc. from R. B. ELLIOTT, Town Passenger and Ticket Agent, Thom) 4. W. F BUBO - MAN, tstetion Agent. 'Phone 60, ANADIAN PAciF•1c COLONIST RATES (One Way—Second Class) Frosts all Stations in Ontario to certain points in •- Alberta, British Columbia California, Montana Oregon, Washington Arizona, Idaho, Etc. Sept. 25th to Oct. 10th Full Particulars, Rates, etc., from any C.P.R. Agent. Special rates and train service from all tatione. W. H. Willis, town agent, phone 47. 3. H. Beemer, station agent, phone 7. Men's Boots and Shoes I have put in a stock of Men's r;o+lts and Shoes and solicit a share of your pat- ronag4 , Repairing,. as usual, will have careful and prompt attention. illimelhoonsiiimosimeataiiiivenYetftwilao A. Haugh