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CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY OCTOBER 186, 1917. W.H. Kerr & Son, Editors and Publisher's,
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Every Person is aware of the prevailing High
Prices, We are fortunate in being able to supply
you with
PALM OLIVE PREPARATIONS
at the old price, and better still we will give you 2
full size cakes of Palm Olive Soap FREE with a 50cent
parttime of Palm Olive Goods.
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OF OANADA
Incorporated 9869.
Capital' Authorized $25,000,000
Capital Paid-up 12,911,700
Reserve and Undivided Profits 14,324,000
Total Assets 300,000,000
420 BR A N C H E S—With World-wide Connection
Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits,
General Banking Business Transacted. • •
R. E. M A N N I N G. , Manager . Clinton Branch
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INCORPORATED 1$'55
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CAPITAL AND RESERVE $8,800,000
98 Branches in Canada
A General Banking Business Transacted
CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT
BANK MONEY ORDERS
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
Interest Allowed at Highest Current Rate
H. R. SHARP, Acting Manager Cii;xton
15rderascl lke:tray-to-Wear
Clothing CIotheug
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How about a New Suit ?
We are showing a splendid line of snappy
new models in serges, worsteds and tweeds.
$12.00 to $25.00
See our special at $15.00
How about a New Raincoat ?
These handy, dependable garments that
are always ready when you want them. $5.00
to $24.00. See our special at $7.50.
How about a New Hat or Gap ?
We have an immense assortment of caps
in all the latest styles and cloths. 50c to $2.25
How about a New Overcoat ?
Now is the time to make your selection
while the assortment is at the best.
See our' new models in Pinch -backs, belted
sacks, etc.
The Morr'i5h Cpot in ;�.
Agent for C, P. lit, 'Telegraph Co.
A Square, Deal for 4t'e'a^r•y Man
Why This is Caja o 61
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(Toronto Saturday Night.)
A slacker, who is resolved to re-
nnin in that blissful condition, has
been writing to the daily newspapers
to proclehn his defiance of the War
Service Act. He demands an explana-
tion as to "what grounds of reason,
justice or common sense, free-born
Canadians should be forcibly reduced
to slavery, be transported to Europe
to die ''like dumb, driven cattle,' to
fight and die in a world -war with the
origin of which neither they nor their
country have anything to do what-
ever?"
The writer seems quite convinced
that his citizenship as a free-born
Canadian carries with it lee obliga-
tions of any kind, The soldiers who
have already gone to the front to light
the battles of liberty told civilization
are "slaves," "dumb, driven cattle."
He, who sits at home, is an im-
mensely superior being, to whom lib-
erty and humanity frankly mean noth-
ing, for he adds it as a special griev-
ance that conscripted Canadians "ere
forced to tight for nearly all other
countries in the world hut their own,.
What happens' to other countries is
obviously no concern of his. He is
content with the older Chinese mode
of thought which catalogued other
peoples as "foreign devils" anyway.
The crux of this person's reasoning
is to be found in these sentences: "Mv
country was not. is not, and is not
likely to be attacked. Then, why in
reason and justice (these superior fel-
lows are fond of slinging phrases like
'ra,ason' and 'Justice') should I be sent
as a conscript slave to Europe to light,
where, if it was attacked, 1 could not
defend it?"
This is the stock argument of those
who hold that Canada has no business
taking part in this wet' anyway. They
fully subscribe to the emphatic de•
clarations of Count von Bernstorlf and
Dr. Dernberc on this very point. The
latter individuals said Canada onttht to
have hard sense enough to stay out,
but the 1011)11ca tan of their remark;
was that Caned would be better off
as part of the German Empire. To
yt MEN AND EVENTS
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at „ t5 r:' :a it ;t
Chief Justice Sir William Meredith who
will represent the Government on
the Arbitration Board in connection
with taking user the C. N. R.
after all Canada's position, in case of
a German victory, would not be so
secure its his fancy paints it. But he
.would add: "The United Slates would
never have permitted Germany to oc-
cupy Canada." Granting the truth of
this conclusion, which shifts the bur-
den oi' defending us to oia neichbors,
the sltek'r•philosopher must realize
that any war for the expulsion o1 Ger-
mans from Canada would have been
fought on C.:utadian soil. in sending
Same Figures .in
Union Coverrrnent
T. E. CRERAR
Thomas Alexander Crerar is, almost
lit
alone, responsible for the tvottderful
success 'drat has attended the efforts
of the grain -growers of the Western
Provinces to sell successfully their
own products through the niedium.of
their own company, In 1903 the grain -
growers' movement entered Manitoba,
having been started in Saskstched'nn
the previous year. Prom the very be-
ginning Mr. Crerar was Interested in
the organiaticfil of the grain -growers'
associations, Ile himself at that time
owned an elevator at Russell, flan.
In 1906 the Grain Growers' Grain
Company was formed as a means or
giving the farmers better selling fa-
cilities for their grain on the Winni-
peg Exchange, it, did not: start aus-
piciously. Its capital was :5,000• It
had obtained that with incredible diffi-
culty by erecting a tent at the Winni-
peg Fair, and begging--e-that is almost
the precise word—the farmers to sub-
scribe fur the stock, In 1907, with its)
career and his own still to make,
Crerar carte to Winnipeg and became
the President and the Manager of the
young co-operative company. The
company had to light the Grain Ex-
change through tite late courts before
it could gain admittance to the sacred
rights of the floor, it won its light,
and, under Hie 'management of Crerar,
it entered upon a career of success
that was nothing short of denting, To-
day it is the largest selling concern in
dee Exchange. On September 1, 1917,
the Grain (,rowers' Grain Company
tend the Alberta Co-operative Elevator
Ce.mpany amalgamated under the name
of the United Grain Growers, Limited.
The capital of the new concern is live
millions of dollars and this 35,000
shareholders, Largely farmers of the,
West, The i'resident of the new com-
pany is Mr. Crerar.
Not a Politician,
:ilr. Crerar has never been a politi-
cian, Ile inclentified himself with
our men to tight on the soil of France neither the Conservatives nor the Lib -
them, Canada's folly lay in deliberate- we have been simply ira•eslalling what er:tls. If he has any political opinions,
Iv attempting to cut herself off from would have happened on the shores of they are those of the new radicalism
the blessings of German "kuPu'r•" the St. Lawrence ltd Gern:atty been o1 the West that are so firmly rind
•I , Our c,stunanicetive sleeker, Ilea- victorious in this tear. The saying popularly held aurong the farmers on
ever, dues not adnt4t that he would that Canada had -nothing to d' with the prairies,
like to be a Gern,aat subject. Ili does this war" is horn of mere puppy -blind- Ontario can claim Mr. Crerar as a
not witot to be :ut}•thing which would 'less. It is fallacious and stupid from native son, though his family went to
involve sarcritice. He warts 'to sit as every point of view•. The clear and Manitoba as homesteaders when he was
one apart, and sing himself to sleep inevitable c:m:'.egttence of a German live years of age. Ile was burn in
with the refrain illy country is not in• victory tarnish the "reason" and "jus- itolesworth, June t 7th, 1976, 1lis
danger." Of what conceivable use lice," not to mention the necessity of people settled ht Russell, Mao., and at
are eyes, ears, fittculties and educe- our participation, It is eeite clear to the public school there and at Portage
tion to the man who still holds that all who have grappled with the prob. la Pairis, as well is the Portage Colle-
Canada was Curt, and Is not, in danger km, that German defeat can only be giate, he received his early education
from a ruthie$s Poreur wha
a moreeffectivelyaccomplished by conscriP- He helpeded his father
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farm until
t
• publicists toolauna every -1
outspoken 1 stn i d tine in all the countries at our with I he was t., thea taught school for live.
ttthere tiering the first year of the war Germany. Canada is the last of them I years, later attending Manitoba Col=
"Germany demands ;t -place in the to realize the truth, but art last those lege. Ile took up farming and ''tile.
sum." And if they are' still satisfied elements among her population with elevator business in a snort way at
that the Pan-Gett•ntanists had no covet- the courage to face the (ruth, have re- Russell until his opportunity carte. tie
t e.erned
fm'we ;u• concerned. so grasped i short ideas se as e solved that she shall not shirk the 6 a, ped t, and in ten sh I t ye:u•s he
do they beli$ve that Canada could scarilices that oilier lands have vulun-t has leaped to the front as one of the
have retrained till now unscathed and rarity imposed on themselves, / Continued on Page 2,
unaffected? Go they argue that Can -I
ado would have been more immune!
than Argentina from the plots of the I
•fueton? Do they imagine that tete,
logic -of -events -that -has brought'
great countries like the United States
and China into the war, would have
ceased to operate in connectivn with
the richest of the overseas dominions
of the British lintpire, that the agri-
cultuists to Canada 'would have been
permitted to markets their products,
serene and unmolested 1 Do they
argue that Canada with great naval
bases on the Atlantic and the Pacific,
not to speak of enormous natural re-
sources, would have offered to temp-
tation to a wGeneral, nation seeking �. ere ra 1, to Handle ��+
'nd.
world -dominion as her natural right?
if one could get this reasoner, and
zithers like him, under Cross examina-
tion, ire would probably admit that
ITA .T1 APPEALS TO CANADA
IN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
Goal of $1001000 Set for Southern and
Western Ontario District.
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T. O'NEIL
THE EIUB Gx'1ROCEk
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Italy's magnificent fight in the
Alpine mountains of Austria is
costing hundreds of tkeiusands of
brave Italian soldiers' lives. An
appeal is now being made by the
01:u1VATOIE L L. a5II)U,1NI,
Royal Italian Consul-C.leneral to
Canada,
Government of Italy to tete people
of Canada through Chevalier L.
Zuttini, Royal Italian Consul Gen -
oral, Montreal, for the Italian Red
Cross and orphans of iter fallen
heroes, sponsored by the youthful
Crown, Prince Umberto di Smvota,
to meet pressing needs,
In answer to this appeal, South-
ern and Western Ontario have fixed
a goal of $100,000 to be raised by
popular subscription during August
and September. Royal Italian Con-
sular Agent Giovanni Danovaro at
Welland has been appointed official
representative of the Italian Rod
Cross. in this division,. L. P. Shute
way and le. Porter 'Moore, of the
Army and Navy Y, M. C. A. of the
United States, and associated with
the War Council, American Recl
Cross during its recent successful
drive , for $100,000,000 in the
United States, officially represent
the Italian Iced Cross as divisional
directors and campaign organizers.
'their headquarters are ai Brant-
ford.
Through Colonel Noel Marshall,
chairman of the Central Executive
Committee, the Canadian Rod; dross
has pledged its support, and that of
all local units is asked, for the Ital-
ian Red Cross campaign. "Every
dollar that le gl.ven will make its
bon,' between Italy and Canada. Let
us show our Italian friends within
our borders that mos hold fit grateful
regard the land. that gavo thorn
birth; that we appreciate her tiro-
moodous sacrifi.ees in the great
cause for *bleb we fight, and that
we eauntiL regard with indlffore
rice
h elis-
o bubon to i e
hoz noble a noxi
cats that is yet to be ours and hers,'
fe a
recent editorial comment on the
Italian. lied, Creta caitrpaign is
Canna
Limn Board attar Manufacturers
>k n: >k ,I: t1 is et is i' tk en the lirst step toward launching the
MEN AND EVENTS promised campaign against the menu- t
''' facturers of medicated wines that serve
r ,p ;a it i, ,I, as a substitute for the beverages baton
ed Iy the Ontario Temperance Act.
The Board has instructed one of the
provincial inspectors to secure samples
of the products of three 'of the prince- u
ped manufacturers nett will have them
analyzed to determinethe percentage
of alcohol and the amount of medicat-
ion, Where the analysis shows that
the medication is simply a cover for the
sale of a beverage prosecutions %writ be
instituted, Under the amendment in-
troduced at Ottawa during the past
sessions prosecution of manufacturers
can no1e be instituted under the Ontar-
io Temperance Act, which contains
penalties 10 to 20 troves heavier than
those for infractions of the Proprietory,
Medicines Act and shuts out the privi-
lege of appeal, The new prosecut-
ions will he directed against "media
ines" that have had some trade re-
putation, but which since prohibition
went into force, have been "pushed"
by manufacturers and druggists in a
way that has brought then' under tete
ban of the Board,
It
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The Ontario License Board has tttk-
Sir Edward Kemp, Minister of Over-
seas Service in new Union Govern-
ment of Canada..
NEW REVOLVER MASSIVE
.
Increases Number of Bullets Fired by
Autotnatic—An English Invention.
An Englishman, Charles J. Cooke,
has invented a new magazine ,attach-
ment for the au1 ttlStic revolver.
The attachment is simply a holder
w Holland red
3erni i
s
Some interesting and valuable in-
formation has been collected by the
United Stales Government in cunuec-
tion with the negotiations regarding
the embargo placed on shipments to
Holland and other neutrals. It is
shown that Germany, in dire need of
fats with which to feed her army, has
which enables a number of stored been demanding that Norland give aper
magazines to be fed into tite revolver the greater portion of certain exports,
as fast as they ora needed. Such ten {t if Holland is to obtain coal and other
"automatic" as the Cott .45 is pushed I commodities from Germany. Here are
into the saddle on the upper end of a few of the Kaiser's demands from
the !Older. When the eight shots HotLmd.-
1 • • „ At least 75% of the total exports of
rata teen aired the usual ejecting exports
spring is pressed. the empty maga- butter.
tint drops from the gun dawn into At least Cie 2.3% of the total exports
the slot in the holder, and is refected. of export cheese
lestantly one of the full magazinesheld in readiness in the button.) of
the holder Is pushed up into place.
When this magazine is exhausted,
the two others can be fed into the
hollow end of the revolver,—Popular
Science Alonthly.
THE PAPER QUESTION
The Is', Goderich newspapers stake
the following reference to the increase
on the subscription that is soon to take
plate.
Goderich Signal:—A meeting of the
liewspaper publishers b'
alers f Goderich 1C1 :lltd
Clinton was herd on Monday at Clin-
ton, :utd it was decided that within the
next fete months the advance subscri-
ption price of the newspapers repres-
ented at this meeting will be increased
to 31.50 a year,
This step is taken not to swell the
bank accounts of the pnbtistters, but
simply to stake ends meet in view of
tete heavy increases in the cost of pro-
ducing a newspaper. The movement
for an increased subscription price is
general throughout the country, and
the Goderich and Clinton papers are neutrals to supply the whore German
about the only ones in this section that army on the western front,
have not already made the change.
With the prices of paper, Ink, type and Holland for example, before the war
and practically everything else that took 12,000,000 bushels of .American
goes into the making of a newspaper wheat In 1915 that country took 3-1,
Increasing by leaps and hounds, and the ono,000 bushels. The European net,.
prices received by the pubtishe.rs re -
At least as much pig treat and s:att-
sage as was exported to other comt-
tries, including exports for the relief
of sufferers in Belgium.
At least the same amount of live
cattle or meats as was exported to
other countries.
,}1t least 75`i of tare toll export of
vegetables.
At least 75% of the total export of
fruit and marmalade,
At least 75`•''0 of the total exporta of
fresh and preserved chickens'
and
ducks' eggs.
At least half the total exports of
Ilax.
It is pretty certain that there will
be no more shipments of American
commodities to holland as long as
any such agreement is in effect or to
any other of the neutral countries of
Europe, for that matter. It is esti.
stated that enough fats were being
shipped into Germany by the northern
naming at the old low figure, tate news- trills took a y tarty average of 2,009
paper man leas had a hard time of it, pounds of condensed milk, before the
and the increase of tee' subscription war, from the United States. 111 the
Trice is absolutely necessary to enable liscal pear, 1917, they took 13,000,000
the business to survive. pounds, white batter ext
Later on a definite announcement i exports from the
will be made as to date upon which the United States to the neutral nations,
increase is to take effect. Subscribers of Europe, Jumped frim 1,619 pounds
will be given several weeks' notice, a year before the tear to 295,001)
pounds,
Godertc5 Star—Cyn account of the The lotiser will have to find sone
advanced costs of everything entering rather source of supply for his army.
into the production of a newspaper the Uncle Sam. will no longer permit
31,50 rale has been pretty generally
adopted paper, 'lis Holland arty other ut the ueutai
Belting toby be theweekly exceptiosn atod seeit a Huttons toar furnish his enemy's ozones
weekly paper of tory ',retentions at all with Inodatuf's,
stick to the 31 a year rate, In Huron
county the Seaford) Expositor was the
first' to put its subscription price up
and the outer papers in the county
have, practically without exception, ad-
opted the advatneed rate, while The
Star, a Lader in the quality of the
publication we have been giving the
public, was a tail -ender in advancing
the subscription price. The force
of circumstances has at last forced us
to fall in line with the general advance.
For the present we are still receiving
subscriptions to The Star at 31 a year
in advance (50c, additional to United
States addresses On' postage) but, atter
a date to be announced shortly, the
31,50 rate (32' to United States addres-
ses) will be strictly enforced. After the
advanced rate comes 'into effect the
price of the Goderich Star will be $1.50
a year payable in advance, $12 tulle) not
so paid. The addresses in the United
States ills price will be 32 a year i) ad-
vance, 32,50 when ti8t so paid, lit the
nteantinte ample opportunity is given,
anyone to pay up his arrears (if tiny)
and to pay in advance at the old rate.
Owing to 'tie impossibility of forecast-
ing conditions it has been decided not
to accept payments for more thee'ttva
years in advance -at the old rate of 31.
Now is tite golden opportunity of any,
subscribers who. may. be in arrears
to get square with the publisher, as,
after Hie advance comes tato effect, tee
tnere sed. )rie i
(+ cella 'l o'll.rr '
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apply
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NATIONS LOOK TO THE FUTURE
London Visitor Tells how all Bringer.
ents have Eye on Titles to Come
Ottawa, Oct, loth—The true benefit
of lite Military Service Act will not
be realized in full even when the need-
ed reinforcements arrive at the front
and the Canadian Expeditionary Force
returns to its work strengthened and
reinvigorated. This is the opinion of
a London business ratan of high stand-
ing who is now visiting Canada on a
Government mission.
All (Inc belligerent nations, this vis-
itor says, are lighting to -day with one
eye on the future. The desire of all
is to go through war with a business
and industrial organization ars firmly
stabilized and normal as possible, The
industrial value of the Military Service
Act will be that It will leave at their
tasks those whose work is needed in
the national interest and help to insure
future prosperity. Assurance of this
coming benefit helped to make the
draft law more popover In Entg.and ihazt
was aver expeetcd, despite ifs di'ytstty
pvovis#ons, -r