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Y, AUGUST 12, 1921.
� Advance Showing of
New Fall Coats
For Women
We are showing a large range of very Beauti-
ful Coats. The design are altogether new, and the
cloth of pure wool manufacture, in colorings which
are rich and which' will not fade.
Velours and Duv'eteens are the favored cloths
for Fine Dress Coats fur trimmed, if desired. .We
shall be pleased to show and fit on Coats. Prospec-
tive buyers will find our Coats somewhat above the
averagefor style and service and. the prices sur-
prisingly low for such rich garments.
Our Prices range from $15.00 to $30.00.
The Early Choosing is always the BEST.
The August Sale of Men's and Boys' Clothing
continues thrbughout the month.
25 Mon's Suits, sizes 36 to 42, your choice . . . . $15.00
20 Boys' Suits, sizes 28 to 34, your choice . , .. $7.75
60 pairs Men's Trousers, dressy stripes ;
your choice $2.95
75 pair Boys' Knickers, good strong worsted;
your choice $1.25
48 Suits Balbriggan Combination Underwear,
per suit $1.45
10 dozen Boys' Khaki Nickers, all sizes. Each ..95c
3 dozen Small Boys' Play Suits, per suit $1.15
5 dozen Men's Overalls, blue and white stripe
with bib $1.65
15 dozen Men's Sox, good quality lisle, per pair, .20c
All Straw Hats—HALF REGULAR PRICE.
4 dozen Men's Khaki Trousers, per pair $2.50
3 dozen Boys' Khaki long pants, per pair $1.35
Our Goods are all Fresh and New.
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West Side Main Street
Sooner or Later
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—if you wait until later you'll wish
you had come sooner.
Tailor -Made Suits
$20 Up
"MY WARDROBE"
MAIN STREET - - - - - SEAFORTH
P•ARLIAMENTARY LETTER
Liber in 'Ontario demonstrated
,their .interest in national affairs dur-
ing the, past , week when splendid.
crowds greeted Icon. W. L. Mackenzie
King, Leader of the Liberal Party,
accompanied by such staunch eep-
porters as James A. Robb Lucien
Pacaud, W. C. Kennedy and other
speakers, and the Liberal members
of the ',various constituencies in which
he spryke.. Mr. King and his com-
panions spoke in every •instance to
capacity crevrds and during the series
of eve meetings held over the week
end gave the people of Central On-
tario a splendid resume of the po-
litical history of the day, and ouislin-
ed the stops which should be taken
in an 'effort to bring Canada back to
the stage of prosperity and peace she
enjoyed under Liberal administration
before -'the war,
The fallacy of the government try-
ing to blame the war for condi-
tions brought about by itself and its
friends, was exposed by Mr. King,
who pointed out that the situation
to -day was an outgrowth of the com-
bination of political and industrial
forces ruling the country as they had
done during the last four or 'fi've
years.
"The situation to -day," said Mr.
King at Aurora, "is that the political,
industrial and to a considerable ex-
tent also, the social life of Canada
lies enthralled under the subtle and
malignant influences of combined au-
tocratic and phlitical control, which
seeks only the aggrandizement of a
few individuals at the expense of the
state and is .regardless of the well-
being of the people at large." The
attitude of the Meighen Government
since its accession to office had been
one 'of reaction when reconstruction
was needed. Instead of reconstruc-
tion there had been usurpation of
power,
The Union Government was return-
ed purely as a war government with
the aid of the War Times Election
Act and the Military Voters' Act. It
was the duty of that government to
have gone to the country when the
war ended or when peace was signed.
Instead, it hung on to office, and then
when Sir Robert Borden resigned a
new leader seized the reins of office
and carried on despite any wish of
the people of the country.
During the past four years more
than twciik1ons of had been
n
loaned to
the government by the coun-
try, and this in turn was disbursed
under government direction, among
frielnily interests. There had been
no election. since the war because
these interests which were responsible
for keeping the government in office,
did not wish to lose any of their
chances of further profits. These
interests were the real power behind
the throne at. Ottawa.
Though Canada had been denied a
general election there were pieces
where the voice of the Ito iple had
made itself heard, and everywhere P.
had been against Toryi.a:n. During,
the session as outside of it, the ream!
of the government hat been one of
reaction. Any move by the peaple'a
representatives to secure the -passage
of progressive legislation or to secure
information which would tend to show
the government connection with the
Big Interests, had been voted down
by an obsequious government follow-
ing, and the people were denied in-
formation which was theirs by right
until they could move the ,Meighen
Government out of office and choose
one which represented public opinion.
At Brampton, Mr. King gave his
audience an inside glimpse of the
country's finances. The Meighen
Governrisent was guilty of extrava-
gant and unjustifiable expenditures
while it preached economy among the
people. Every Haan and woman' had
to share the burden of taxation and
therefore everyone ,had a vital inter-
est in the country's financing.
Parliament had voted between
$500,000,000, and $600,000,000, to be
spent during the 'present year, and
with a population of ten million -peo-
ple (which we have not yet reached)
that would Mean the outlay of from
fitly to 'sixty dollars per year for
every than, woman and child.
The government Thad not sought to
meet war expenses out of current
revenue, Mr. King said, and it had
not sought to get back for the state
through taxation sonic of the im-
mense fortunes) that -were being
amassed by war profiteers. Thad war
wealth been properly taxed the pub-
lic debt of Canada to -ley would not
be what it is. Loans and sundries
to railways during the war should
have been curtailed. the one to two
hundred millions expended in this
way being most unwarranted. The
public debt had soared beyond the
wildest expectations sod st ill the
government was not making a decent
'effort to retrench.
Since 1911, and without consulta-
tion of the people, the government
had taken over an immense railway
system, spending millions of dollars
-wi:theut a hope of early returns. To
the public the only change through
government ownership was ;Nigher
rail fares, and the deficits which this
year threatened to reach $100,000,000.
On top of that the government had
handed over $70,000,000, worth of'
shipping' contracts without calling for
tenders, and acquired a lot of vessels
that to -day were not worth one-third
of their cost to the country.
Navy, Militia and Mounted Police,
all called for heavy expenditures, and
the government sailed merrily along,
increasing the Mounted Police force
until it seemed, as though the idea
was to transform it into 4 standing
army at great public cost.
Public expenditures were kept from
41.,,
d
Ht+,.;Si'rtkd 4 eel , a%'rbnh�` e't4tt MB `Yn;•. , ' •�S: s Dli?r 'k;4 ,4 yk, t'tv-
the iespecjjon el
eel: ;atives, • arida.
tion . t er 'cidl
(tion there could:
An auditor We*,
troller ;Mater fie*Q
par lament, elCete,i#e
a general election, ;8i
long denied,
•
At Tilsonbmtr +: Sng dealt with
the tariff. Itt B011e,Mri Moighen had
been knowingly eeelding to mislead the
public on a tars lame, Mr. King de -
dared. The Premier .'bad said there
were only two kir}drof tariff, a pro-
tective tariff and a free .trade tariff.
There was. no emelt thing as a free
trade tariff, Mr, .King ass, -ted. The
Liberal Panty was not, and never had
been for free trade. The issue Was
not there, it wan between a tariff im-
posed primarily for the purposes of
protection and a tariff for the pur-
poses of revenue. A customs tariff
was necessary and the Liberals re-
cognized this, but it should be a tariff
based on revenue requirements. The
aim of a tariff should be t,, make tax-
ation fall as lightly as possible on
the people of the country.
Dealing with the :tariff revisions,
1VIr. Klug said •the• 'Lib,•ral policy;
which had never changed, was one of
downward revision=in the interests of
the producers and consum, -s. if the
Liberal Party was called upon to re-
vise the' tariff, as the believed it would
be, the home and its need- would re-
ceive first consideration vitI, due re-
gard to the conditions of business and
changes would be made so that they
would cause the least ,p"ssible dis-
turbance of ,business. A tariff for
protection was bound to le in favor
of the special interests, whereas a
tariff for revenue would he a tariff for
the people.
Tariff revision in Canada was long
overdue. There 'hadtbeen many pro-
mises and as many disappointments.
The Meighen Government was not a
free agent in the matter. ltevnsfon
,was delayed to ;further add to the
wealth of the few Wealtey men by
giving them a monopoly af 'he home
market, in addition to marl.:,•ts abroad,
secured for them by. Gov, rument ac-
tions at the taxpayers' expense. It
would be disastrous to the well being
of the people for the Weather) Gov-
ernment to revise the tariff. the speak-
er asserted,
The PrimeMinister is• h: ,
m .I declared
a ed
that "we are all in protec-
tion,"
favor ,�f t
a rotec-
tun " trot the protection f ,r
which
t
the Liberal Party stood .": a: • the pro-
tection of the people agar•: ; e.,nthines
and profiteers and not t'.•• protection
of specially favored organ.•:.ations.
Al Hamilton, Mr. Kind- devoted his
(into to an explanation of the railway
problem ,and the meam necessary for
its -solution. Canada's greatest pr., -
blear to -day is her r, .'way lreelem,
he said, and that can , my be s.,lce1
when Parliament and :he public aro
permitted 'the fullest possible inf
,nation as to the expwt.liture of ever •
Miller of the public fee !s on this sub -
leen .t.The .vv, � •.i '
)ec ret • ,y ,tion wax the
very crux of the tint: :al problem "'
the Dominion.. turd fairing its saris --
factory solution, ('., 'idians would
look in vain for any I,--'sening of the
annual debt or for a:y substantial
reduction of .taxation.
If the present eanbtion was per-
mitted to continue. 11r. King declar-
ed, it would bring the ration to bank-
ruptcy. The question was not now
one of private verso,: public owner-
ship; it ,was rather private interests
against the publi:: ire rests in oper-
ation. Of roughly 2.:20.] miles of rail-
way now under Goo—anent control,
ownership and operas ,n; over 2,000
miles had been taker. ..ver during the
last ten years. The people of Can-
ada had not been eneulted, though
they had to foot all an bills in con-
nection with that trap-'er. When the
Government decide,. t take over the
C.N.R. and the Grand 'Trunk Systems,
it was its duty to have dissolved
eople'e repre- Parliament and gone before the pec -
this inspec. 'pie for ,their approval.
shrdlui egkq ! 'In addition to spending millions of
proper check, the people's money on the railways,
but the only the • Government -had . constructed a
ado was a new
he people at
had been so
Canadian Merchant Marine 'et emor,
moue coat, so that there might be a
sea and land transportation at the
service of its friends. The Merchant
Marine project also had been carried
out without reference to the people,
Mr. King asserted, and Bafflement
was called upon to vote money for
obligations already entered into, by
Order-tin-Counoil, This comtbineds-ail-_
way and merchant marine enterprise
threatened to become an octopus
which would drain the very life blood
of the nation.
Onthe railways there had been
an appaling increase in deficita,which
threatened to reach $100,000,000, for
the current year. The Government
merchant marine bad an alleged profit
but when the Minister's figures were
analyzed it was found that he had
not made the customary deductions
for depreciations and interest charges.
In addition to that, the value of the
ships had fallen from $190 per ton
the cost of building, to perhaps $45
Ter ton to -day. The Government bad
made y colossal blunder when it con-
tinued 'its shipbuilding programme
after the war ended.
' Not satisfied with its wasteful
scheme of railway and steamship con-
trol and operation, the Government -
had thrown to the four winds of heav-
en the fundamental principle of min-
isterial responsibility in the matter
of public administration and public
expenditure's. There were opportuni-
ties for unlimited extravagence and
patronage in the present system of
administration of the roads and
steamships, but tine Government re-
fused all information to Parliament.
The placing in control of contracts
for the necessities of the railways and
steamship lines of men who were
themselves interested in companies
selling such commodities, to the rail-
ways and steamships, was a serious
problem- Members of the Parlia-
mentary committee, had found that
the -Canadian National Railway Board
placed •1108,000,000 'in insurance,
practically all with the Western As-
surance Co. two of whose directors
were also directors of the Canadian
National Railways. These two in-
stances would go far to explain the
railway
deficits.
Thereould
c be no solution of the
railway problem 'until the combine.
tion of political and industrial forces
now in control at Ottawa was broken
up by the people at a general elec-
tion, Mr. King asserted. That it
would be broken up by the election
of a general renresrntative parlia-
nn•nt was certain, and then there
must he it proper accounting to par-
'iantent and the people for every dol-
lar of t'.e public•, funds expended.
Honesty and publicity wore nee,le, in
I'anadien public affairs to -day, and
,'re one must not be expected without
:he other.
Daring the last. week of August
Ma. King will stake a speaking tour
:}:rough Western Ontario during
-sbi,-1, he will address ineetings at
Windsor, Strathruy, Parry Sound and
Seaforth.
A DREAM—BUT TRUE
"Brucefield next stop," announced
the trainman. The little engine chop•
chooed, and I climbed down to make
connection with the Bayfield stag;
for Seaforth.
The day was a hot one in August,
1917. A bird in the woodiot sweetly
called to its mate. The scene was
resting and peaceful to the tired
nerves of et road moot that had cover-
ed 3.000 utiles in the previous three
weeks—from the Mississippi River
over to the Atlantic coast and north
and south from the grand chain of
lakes. Sleeping in a Pullman every
Removal Notice.
HARDWARE
1LTA�'l�tl lnirchased the building formerly known tie
t7 the 1?,yal Hotel, I have mads' extensive altora -
tions and saute has been fitted up in order to slake an
Up -to -Date l hardware Store, which will enable its to
give the puhlic a much better service. Our veer} large
and well selected stock of up-to-date hardware can lx'
seen to nuu'It better advantage, enabling our stall' to
give an A 1 s,'rvice. Our large warehouse is at rear of
store. Thi.. rnables our customer to get his load of
Cement, Limo, (Taster, Wire Fencing,'Iieadv Rooting,
Furnace, I'Inothing Goods, Pumps, Piping, etc., 'l c., in
short order. Our tinshop is on the same floor as store
and is up -to trate. We extend a hearty invitation to
our many l:ini1 customers to call and see our new prem-
ises. Don't wait until you want goods, conte anyway.
We thank yen for past favors and solicit new ones for
the future.
The Big Hardware
Corner Main and Goderich Streets
H. EDGE - - e _ Seaforth
night ,and working different eiGte,9
each -day ,gets ones goat and ,IA. yea.
Change of.. scene was°' necessary,
where I, was knolwn and knew people,'
So k the "Bruce" from London
and•s' in the baggage car, .of
course •passing my' railroad,itirket to
the man in brass buttons.
There were other reasons Why I
sought rest by this route. •Born in
London -the -less, I knew the Proof
Line and the London road fairly well,
for it • was over these turnpikes that
I first saw Seaforth in Christine '69.
The next tri.¢ I made over that route
I- in the fall '75, the 'ifallast trairasl
Were putting the "Bruce" tracks„in
shape. The best investment npy home
city ever made was the day it bonus -
ed the London, Huron and Bruce rail-
road. Lt helped London, but it did
not help Seaforth. That is 'another
story,
There. were old familiar scenes on
the London gravel that I wished to
renew acquaintance with, there was
also the old Mill Road. So the stage
man .peeked us in among boxes and
egg crates. We thought he had suf-
ficient, but there ie always room for
"one more,” in this case being a fat
woman and a little girl. When we
crossed the intersecting London road,
headed for Seaforth, I fell into a day-
dream. My dream led me to believe
that Tuckersmith council was meet-
ing in Brueefield. Soon we would
meet David Walker, reeve. I nodded
the time of day to David. He drove
a bay horse and rode in a top buggy.
The fat woman punched me with her
plump elbow, but it had a Dempsey
wallop at the bone end, "Bill, you
remembev David Walker?" Sure I
did, strange the telephathy. She
had divined my dream.
7'he stage horses jogged a but, but
enne,l most of the way. My eyes
were wide open. Still I dreamt. Mc-
Cartnsy's place Might see Bob
somewhere's around. Where was the
cheese factory? The fat woman jolt-
ed me another. She ch etted on. But
I wanted to indulge Inv fancy—my
dreaming of the long ago. "Bob Mc-
Lean. Sure I knew Bob." I could
see him staff in hand, coming towards
us, a picture I had seen somewhere
of a Sect walking Mean a Highland
road. The artist most have had a
model who looked like Bob -staff in
hand. In my dream I blended the
Mill Road and Robert McLean into
the' artist's vision of the Highlands.
"Widow cLean's farm,Bill," yen
unteered
u -
unteer•ed the fat woman. "Jack lives
on the old place." I woke and look-
ed towards the river, I remembered
a beautiful young woman, Mary
Modelaud that seas. The thought 1
!tete to mysrlf.
"Sure I remember the widow Mc-
Lr:,r,. Sandy Macdonald and I were
a dance at the, widow's. I re-
n.-mb,•re l the Misses. M,Le•an." Th.•
fart woman laughed aloud, "That. ,vac
a long time ago." The fat woman's
ugh •a -to insinuating. She cast an
e;,• to my-ilvery lucks, and at that
she was not what the bays call 'cal
to -day, •'a chicken."
Toe fat woman kept further infor-
nrr.i.,n to herself. I .retd my
dream in quietness. The -panorama
n1' the old Mill road flashed and re -
Cashed, ,lohn Cameron and his dug,
Bill Charters and his black whiskers.
They were arguing it out who had
the best fall wheat. Jim McIntosh,
tan. We neared the corner, Gordon
'.McAdam and his collie were down
the side line. The widow Halliday's
place was there. Bill Ireland, I saw
and spoke to. The old toll gate!
Did the stage driver have to pay toll'.
Bob Donsnv,re is not there now.
Bob's postmaster of St, Thomas. I
.v. -as enjoying my dreant-'nay fancy—
to the fullest.
A buggy was coming towards us.
This was council day at Brurefield.
It must be William McConnell, the
clerk. So in fancy, I speak to hili(.
"Docs William Payne still live bekr.v
your bush, Mr. McC'•onnell?"
"No, Willie), Payne lives with Inc
among the granites. We are all ov,,•
yonder, Willis. The old Mill Itoad
that.
Tait knew --sleep in yonder
city."
I awoke, startled. The silver thread
of the Ttnefteld wound and trickled
and babbled in its cours • 1., the lake.
just as it did years agnn', wh,'n the
Old :!fill Road WAS not among the
granites --in E:gmnndville•'o Auld Kit -i:
Yard.
it was only "a dream—but true."
BILL r'OWEI,L.
PKU\( .lN (11,1) .McKlLLOP
CORRESPONDENT
Toronto, August 8th.
Dear Exp„sits,', -We have been
getting petf,ct weather the past
week Speaking aborti weather con-
diti,:n: :1 Hibernian on one of the hot
daps ••',i!erl on the ratan who makes
fnre.•as:c for the province. "When
will is :men cute-id7” inquired Irish.
"Weil," said the forecaster, '.th •
humidity was sixty yesterday and it.
I•. s:vrn,y to -day." "The devil's in
you and your humidity," cried the
Iri.shmaan, "won't you tell me is it
going to get cnwltler soon""
The Massey -Harris shut down last
week which has increased the unr.nt-
ployed in the city by thousands. Thr
management are not prepared to say
when the shops will open again.
Shuter Street between Venice and
Termly is now getting the name of
the Midway. On last Saturday even-
ing there were four groups being
hantngued by four different spealcers.
Two of these were of a religious or-
der 'arid the men who addressed them
acted I-ike fanatics, shouting at the top
of their voices and displaying acro-
batic stunts. They preached two
som'ew'hat different forms of religion
but both declared they were getting
n
eft
err
ft'he other two
iets .and whorl.. cif
get tired there. wore
to take their ;Places On ftp
es. To be sure' Mrs, .Kid
hand. This lady Gas tal;
bona .,without notes and
halt. To try to tell nI
would be out of,the qqueptiorp,•'
peroration -4 thiole that is wilt
call the finish up of an deaUt
tried to get into my mpgtaijty;`
will attempt to reproduce it, ,.
said: "We workers must estand.I
gather in• one big union. We are ruse(
yet prepared for revolution but thwi
coming winter may tell the tale. We;:,
are told that the police are here to,'.,
protect us, many of us have noth-ing..''
to protect .but our 'poor bodies and'•
these they ,beat up with their batons:
at the bidding of the master class.,
The capitalists control' the churches-.
and they own the bishops, priests and'
preachers, body and soul, and we,
have few, if any, friends among the
newspapers; because they are owned
and controlled by the capitalists. Our '
worst enemies are that dirty yellow
sheet, the Telegram. and that saintly
old hyprocrite, the Globe." •
A very sad eent took place a few
blocks from my room the other day.
Two bright and pretty little Jewish ,
girls, one aged six years and the
other nearly four, were sitting on the -
curb at their home. A fellow came
along with an auto, tried to turn and'
backed it on the children, [The
mother heard a scream and ran out,
and the eldest child, although both
her arms were broken and her chest
crushed, was trying to help her little
sister who was breathing her last.
As your readers are aware, there.
were two men hanged for robbery,
and murder here on the' third. I
noticed that women don't like to hear
of men being put to death on the
scaffold. It also pains men very
much to hear of a woman being exe-
cuted, but it is, perhaps, better to
have this feeling exist. At the time
Garfield was hanged the sixteen year
old daughter of our landlady wanted
to learn from me what cemetery in •
this city he was buried. I told her
and said: Why do you want
to know?" `Because," she said, "I
would like to see hisgrave."
M
My
answer wits: "Up at Woodstock
there is a freshly moulded grave; it
is that of a man robbed and murder-
ed by Garfield. U•p there, there are
a sorrowing widow and two- little' ,
fatherless boys, the result of this
wretches crime."
At a ,nesting at St. George's Hall
ono 'vrning _uct .brf••re McCulloch
was hantr,•d foo murder of -a
i,,',, :,n elderly woman came
at. •,•,d with a pcthis,. to have his
s. ❑ en..- commuted. I would not
I : •'d 11ar he !til killed a good
the dis,.`ta .,' of •his duty.
t • :•l, l -u ging hint won't
, teeth,r bask to life and be-
st', corny 't ono has done the same
1,f -re." 1 hie) leerd this same re-
n•- made befnn• by scoundrels of
n',a,• s. -s on a p'ea and excuse
f, , .^no friend er relation, who was
gut! eo :,rent wickedness. If
were not for hanging I believe
w
Mid b,• ten murders commit -
t, f ::one !her.. is. I believe there
art ;f rr,thundreds, in this
ii , 1,n :,h,c dutely without mor-
... nn1 ,e ,;;,1 kill a man or
a lily as they would a fly
if . "' y saw a pt's -peat of gain by so '
\\-'• slimly( all exert our -
sr -ix, t , . this n safe country
to 1- in. `. that men and women,
L ,y- „rd gi. Is ear g, up and down
nit o. dty •.,. bolt t being molested.
J. J. I.
I'SRORN E
'fh,,n+,•-• Rood Neese—Rev. James
Fon'of Cave!) Church, Exeter,
Ist'r .it„tl :,a ryer'lent sermon in Beth-
ary or Sun la: last • Mr. Foote is
,.0 .a„•d of a ,v,•',•:,:r,, any time he
,t ti:.• mein i•, that church
il:: -erne-rto :n': of thigh order and
! in a manner which can-
t-• f SII to ",t,' an impression on
-Mss II'r.;_•! Bohnsley, of
has I, •, t naiid:wing at Mr.
I*, nee r.n.I Mrs. Cornet
I • .. .. a • ; 1; 'l,rnvorthy visit-
ci i:iri.t"n an Sunday
l-tt.N:Sr.l\t'E
\',.'s .-.\i.. T.•'•'i'•
Lawson and Mr.
I' c, - ..keted for the
11 1O f this week.—
la , en. (;• t `,otoe and fate -
.'f X".,. , . -' are visiting the
f,,. u • - ` Ii'i' William Clarke.
way. ---The W.
birthday party,
21" anniversary of
Thursday, August
at. st . , lea
. ,-f Mrs. B. B.
c: _ _ .lir.:;T,,I Mrs. Charles
peel, e ;.vyr., are visiting at
m...•,•f 'h, farmer's parents,
Hall: --Mrs. Dol-
or,,,- ban i"t r•n•d !-ante after spend-
er :' few weeks with her daughters
in inerm .. Mrs. Clark, sr., and Mr.
find 'sirs. Vr •' - cn•,n Clark, of Wind-
Sor• r,re ri5i:,,1' ',t the home of Mr.
G. R. Sl.ept,nson.—Mrs. Anthony
i,av cute'
and children, from Toronto,.
are vis`'in* a, the home of Mr, Jas.
Me -Id.- Mis< Nellie Medd, of Exeter,
is visiting at the home of her bro-
ther, Mr. James Me'bl.—Miss Squires
of Kiliarney. Manitoba, is visiting at
the home- of Mr. Wi",lam Rinn.-'-Miss•
B. McCullough and Mrs. Clark and'
friend, Miss Squires, spent Tuesday;
in Goderich, guests at the boats of;'
'Dr. Heileman.
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5. 0
A Splendid Recipe
FIG TOMATOES: -2'L pounds small green tomatoes, lin pints
Wilson's best White Spirit Vinegar, 3 pounds sugar, 2 table-
spoons celery seed, 1 tablespoon mustard seed, 2 tablespoons
cinnamon, 2 tablespoons cloves, 1 tablespoon allspice.
Peel the tomatoes and cover with water, boil tender and drain, then
stick two whole cloves in each. Make syrup and put in spices,
Drop in tomatoes, scald and bottle.
This is one recipe out of over 30 good thoroughly tested recipes, which
we shall be pleased to give any of our customers who will call
or write for them. -
We have the pure spices necessary, also the good vinegar which you
can buy from us at as low a price as is usually' charged for
just ordinary vinegar, ,
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COMPLETE SET OF HIGH-CLASS ALUMINUM WARE?
For cash purchases aggregating $25.00 a set can' be had at
absolute cost from us. Each set is divided into five parts so
it can be taken in small lots if desired.
AT b
E. D. Hutchison's
North End Grocery
Sooner or Later
you will come here for your Clothes
—if you wait until later you'll wish
you had come sooner.
Tailor -Made Suits
$20 Up
"MY WARDROBE"
MAIN STREET - - - - - SEAFORTH
P•ARLIAMENTARY LETTER
Liber in 'Ontario demonstrated
,their .interest in national affairs dur-
ing the, past , week when splendid.
crowds greeted Icon. W. L. Mackenzie
King, Leader of the Liberal Party,
accompanied by such staunch eep-
porters as James A. Robb Lucien
Pacaud, W. C. Kennedy and other
speakers, and the Liberal members
of the ',various constituencies in which
he spryke.. Mr. King and his com-
panions spoke in every •instance to
capacity crevrds and during the series
of eve meetings held over the week
end gave the people of Central On-
tario a splendid resume of the po-
litical history of the day, and ouislin-
ed the stops which should be taken
in an 'effort to bring Canada back to
the stage of prosperity and peace she
enjoyed under Liberal administration
before -'the war,
The fallacy of the government try-
ing to blame the war for condi-
tions brought about by itself and its
friends, was exposed by Mr. King,
who pointed out that the situation
to -day was an outgrowth of the com-
bination of political and industrial
forces ruling the country as they had
done during the last four or 'fi've
years.
"The situation to -day," said Mr.
King at Aurora, "is that the political,
industrial and to a considerable ex-
tent also, the social life of Canada
lies enthralled under the subtle and
malignant influences of combined au-
tocratic and phlitical control, which
seeks only the aggrandizement of a
few individuals at the expense of the
state and is .regardless of the well-
being of the people at large." The
attitude of the Meighen Government
since its accession to office had been
one 'of reaction when reconstruction
was needed. Instead of reconstruc-
tion there had been usurpation of
power,
The Union Government was return-
ed purely as a war government with
the aid of the War Times Election
Act and the Military Voters' Act. It
was the duty of that government to
have gone to the country when the
war ended or when peace was signed.
Instead, it hung on to office, and then
when Sir Robert Borden resigned a
new leader seized the reins of office
and carried on despite any wish of
the people of the country.
During the past four years more
than twciik1ons of had been
n
loaned to
the government by the coun-
try, and this in turn was disbursed
under government direction, among
frielnily interests. There had been
no election. since the war because
these interests which were responsible
for keeping the government in office,
did not wish to lose any of their
chances of further profits. These
interests were the real power behind
the throne at. Ottawa.
Though Canada had been denied a
general election there were pieces
where the voice of the Ito iple had
made itself heard, and everywhere P.
had been against Toryi.a:n. During,
the session as outside of it, the ream!
of the government hat been one of
reaction. Any move by the peaple'a
representatives to secure the -passage
of progressive legislation or to secure
information which would tend to show
the government connection with the
Big Interests, had been voted down
by an obsequious government follow-
ing, and the people were denied in-
formation which was theirs by right
until they could move the ,Meighen
Government out of office and choose
one which represented public opinion.
At Brampton, Mr. King gave his
audience an inside glimpse of the
country's finances. The Meighen
Governrisent was guilty of extrava-
gant and unjustifiable expenditures
while it preached economy among the
people. Every Haan and woman' had
to share the burden of taxation and
therefore everyone ,had a vital inter-
est in the country's financing.
Parliament had voted between
$500,000,000, and $600,000,000, to be
spent during the 'present year, and
with a population of ten million -peo-
ple (which we have not yet reached)
that would Mean the outlay of from
fitly to 'sixty dollars per year for
every than, woman and child.
The government Thad not sought to
meet war expenses out of current
revenue, Mr. King said, and it had
not sought to get back for the state
through taxation sonic of the im-
mense fortunes) that -were being
amassed by war profiteers. Thad war
wealth been properly taxed the pub-
lic debt of Canada to -ley would not
be what it is. Loans and sundries
to railways during the war should
have been curtailed. the one to two
hundred millions expended in this
way being most unwarranted. The
public debt had soared beyond the
wildest expectations sod st ill the
government was not making a decent
'effort to retrench.
Since 1911, and without consulta-
tion of the people, the government
had taken over an immense railway
system, spending millions of dollars
-wi:theut a hope of early returns. To
the public the only change through
government ownership was ;Nigher
rail fares, and the deficits which this
year threatened to reach $100,000,000.
On top of that the government had
handed over $70,000,000, worth of'
shipping' contracts without calling for
tenders, and acquired a lot of vessels
that to -day were not worth one-third
of their cost to the country.
Navy, Militia and Mounted Police,
all called for heavy expenditures, and
the government sailed merrily along,
increasing the Mounted Police force
until it seemed, as though the idea
was to transform it into 4 standing
army at great public cost.
Public expenditures were kept from
41.,,
d
Ht+,.;Si'rtkd 4 eel , a%'rbnh�` e't4tt MB `Yn;•. , ' •�S: s Dli?r 'k;4 ,4 yk, t'tv-
the iespecjjon el
eel: ;atives, • arida.
tion . t er 'cidl
(tion there could:
An auditor We*,
troller ;Mater fie*Q
par lament, elCete,i#e
a general election, ;8i
long denied,
•
At Tilsonbmtr +: Sng dealt with
the tariff. Itt B011e,Mri Moighen had
been knowingly eeelding to mislead the
public on a tars lame, Mr. King de -
dared. The Premier .'bad said there
were only two kir}drof tariff, a pro-
tective tariff and a free .trade tariff.
There was. no emelt thing as a free
trade tariff, Mr, .King ass, -ted. The
Liberal Panty was not, and never had
been for free trade. The issue Was
not there, it wan between a tariff im-
posed primarily for the purposes of
protection and a tariff for the pur-
poses of revenue. A customs tariff
was necessary and the Liberals re-
cognized this, but it should be a tariff
based on revenue requirements. The
aim of a tariff should be t,, make tax-
ation fall as lightly as possible on
the people of the country.
Dealing with the :tariff revisions,
1VIr. Klug said •the• 'Lib,•ral policy;
which had never changed, was one of
downward revision=in the interests of
the producers and consum, -s. if the
Liberal Party was called upon to re-
vise the' tariff, as the believed it would
be, the home and its need- would re-
ceive first consideration vitI, due re-
gard to the conditions of business and
changes would be made so that they
would cause the least ,p"ssible dis-
turbance of ,business. A tariff for
protection was bound to le in favor
of the special interests, whereas a
tariff for revenue would he a tariff for
the people.
Tariff revision in Canada was long
overdue. There 'hadtbeen many pro-
mises and as many disappointments.
The Meighen Government was not a
free agent in the matter. ltevnsfon
,was delayed to ;further add to the
wealth of the few Wealtey men by
giving them a monopoly af 'he home
market, in addition to marl.:,•ts abroad,
secured for them by. Gov, rument ac-
tions at the taxpayers' expense. It
would be disastrous to the well being
of the people for the Weather) Gov-
ernment to revise the tariff. the speak-
er asserted,
The PrimeMinister is• h: ,
m .I declared
a ed
that "we are all in protec-
tion,"
favor ,�f t
a rotec-
tun " trot the protection f ,r
which
t
the Liberal Party stood .": a: • the pro-
tection of the people agar•: ; e.,nthines
and profiteers and not t'.•• protection
of specially favored organ.•:.ations.
Al Hamilton, Mr. Kind- devoted his
(into to an explanation of the railway
problem ,and the meam necessary for
its -solution. Canada's greatest pr., -
blear to -day is her r, .'way lreelem,
he said, and that can , my be s.,lce1
when Parliament and :he public aro
permitted 'the fullest possible inf
,nation as to the expwt.liture of ever •
Miller of the public fee !s on this sub -
leen .t.The .vv, � •.i '
)ec ret • ,y ,tion wax the
very crux of the tint: :al problem "'
the Dominion.. turd fairing its saris --
factory solution, ('., 'idians would
look in vain for any I,--'sening of the
annual debt or for a:y substantial
reduction of .taxation.
If the present eanbtion was per-
mitted to continue. 11r. King declar-
ed, it would bring the ration to bank-
ruptcy. The question was not now
one of private verso,: public owner-
ship; it ,was rather private interests
against the publi:: ire rests in oper-
ation. Of roughly 2.:20.] miles of rail-
way now under Goo—anent control,
ownership and operas ,n; over 2,000
miles had been taker. ..ver during the
last ten years. The people of Can-
ada had not been eneulted, though
they had to foot all an bills in con-
nection with that trap-'er. When the
Government decide,. t take over the
C.N.R. and the Grand 'Trunk Systems,
it was its duty to have dissolved
eople'e repre- Parliament and gone before the pec -
this inspec. 'pie for ,their approval.
shrdlui egkq ! 'In addition to spending millions of
proper check, the people's money on the railways,
but the only the • Government -had . constructed a
ado was a new
he people at
had been so
Canadian Merchant Marine 'et emor,
moue coat, so that there might be a
sea and land transportation at the
service of its friends. The Merchant
Marine project also had been carried
out without reference to the people,
Mr. King asserted, and Bafflement
was called upon to vote money for
obligations already entered into, by
Order-tin-Counoil, This comtbineds-ail-_
way and merchant marine enterprise
threatened to become an octopus
which would drain the very life blood
of the nation.
Onthe railways there had been
an appaling increase in deficita,which
threatened to reach $100,000,000, for
the current year. The Government
merchant marine bad an alleged profit
but when the Minister's figures were
analyzed it was found that he had
not made the customary deductions
for depreciations and interest charges.
In addition to that, the value of the
ships had fallen from $190 per ton
the cost of building, to perhaps $45
Ter ton to -day. The Government bad
made y colossal blunder when it con-
tinued 'its shipbuilding programme
after the war ended.
' Not satisfied with its wasteful
scheme of railway and steamship con-
trol and operation, the Government -
had thrown to the four winds of heav-
en the fundamental principle of min-
isterial responsibility in the matter
of public administration and public
expenditure's. There were opportuni-
ties for unlimited extravagence and
patronage in the present system of
administration of the roads and
steamships, but tine Government re-
fused all information to Parliament.
The placing in control of contracts
for the necessities of the railways and
steamship lines of men who were
themselves interested in companies
selling such commodities, to the rail-
ways and steamships, was a serious
problem- Members of the Parlia-
mentary committee, had found that
the -Canadian National Railway Board
placed •1108,000,000 'in insurance,
practically all with the Western As-
surance Co. two of whose directors
were also directors of the Canadian
National Railways. These two in-
stances would go far to explain the
railway
deficits.
Thereould
c be no solution of the
railway problem 'until the combine.
tion of political and industrial forces
now in control at Ottawa was broken
up by the people at a general elec-
tion, Mr. King asserted. That it
would be broken up by the election
of a general renresrntative parlia-
nn•nt was certain, and then there
must he it proper accounting to par-
'iantent and the people for every dol-
lar of t'.e public•, funds expended.
Honesty and publicity wore nee,le, in
I'anadien public affairs to -day, and
,'re one must not be expected without
:he other.
Daring the last. week of August
Ma. King will stake a speaking tour
:}:rough Western Ontario during
-sbi,-1, he will address ineetings at
Windsor, Strathruy, Parry Sound and
Seaforth.
A DREAM—BUT TRUE
"Brucefield next stop," announced
the trainman. The little engine chop•
chooed, and I climbed down to make
connection with the Bayfield stag;
for Seaforth.
The day was a hot one in August,
1917. A bird in the woodiot sweetly
called to its mate. The scene was
resting and peaceful to the tired
nerves of et road moot that had cover-
ed 3.000 utiles in the previous three
weeks—from the Mississippi River
over to the Atlantic coast and north
and south from the grand chain of
lakes. Sleeping in a Pullman every
Removal Notice.
HARDWARE
1LTA�'l�tl lnirchased the building formerly known tie
t7 the 1?,yal Hotel, I have mads' extensive altora -
tions and saute has been fitted up in order to slake an
Up -to -Date l hardware Store, which will enable its to
give the puhlic a much better service. Our veer} large
and well selected stock of up-to-date hardware can lx'
seen to nuu'It better advantage, enabling our stall' to
give an A 1 s,'rvice. Our large warehouse is at rear of
store. Thi.. rnables our customer to get his load of
Cement, Limo, (Taster, Wire Fencing,'Iieadv Rooting,
Furnace, I'Inothing Goods, Pumps, Piping, etc., 'l c., in
short order. Our tinshop is on the same floor as store
and is up -to trate. We extend a hearty invitation to
our many l:ini1 customers to call and see our new prem-
ises. Don't wait until you want goods, conte anyway.
We thank yen for past favors and solicit new ones for
the future.
The Big Hardware
Corner Main and Goderich Streets
H. EDGE - - e _ Seaforth
night ,and working different eiGte,9
each -day ,gets ones goat and ,IA. yea.
Change of.. scene was°' necessary,
where I, was knolwn and knew people,'
So k the "Bruce" from London
and•s' in the baggage car, .of
course •passing my' railroad,itirket to
the man in brass buttons.
There were other reasons Why I
sought rest by this route. •Born in
London -the -less, I knew the Proof
Line and the London road fairly well,
for it • was over these turnpikes that
I first saw Seaforth in Christine '69.
The next tri.¢ I made over that route
I- in the fall '75, the 'ifallast trairasl
Were putting the "Bruce" tracks„in
shape. The best investment npy home
city ever made was the day it bonus -
ed the London, Huron and Bruce rail-
road. Lt helped London, but it did
not help Seaforth. That is 'another
story,
There. were old familiar scenes on
the London gravel that I wished to
renew acquaintance with, there was
also the old Mill Road. So the stage
man .peeked us in among boxes and
egg crates. We thought he had suf-
ficient, but there ie always room for
"one more,” in this case being a fat
woman and a little girl. When we
crossed the intersecting London road,
headed for Seaforth, I fell into a day-
dream. My dream led me to believe
that Tuckersmith council was meet-
ing in Brueefield. Soon we would
meet David Walker, reeve. I nodded
the time of day to David. He drove
a bay horse and rode in a top buggy.
The fat woman punched me with her
plump elbow, but it had a Dempsey
wallop at the bone end, "Bill, you
remembev David Walker?" Sure I
did, strange the telephathy. She
had divined my dream.
7'he stage horses jogged a but, but
enne,l most of the way. My eyes
were wide open. Still I dreamt. Mc-
Cartnsy's place Might see Bob
somewhere's around. Where was the
cheese factory? The fat woman jolt-
ed me another. She ch etted on. But
I wanted to indulge Inv fancy—my
dreaming of the long ago. "Bob Mc-
Lean. Sure I knew Bob." I could
see him staff in hand, coming towards
us, a picture I had seen somewhere
of a Sect walking Mean a Highland
road. The artist most have had a
model who looked like Bob -staff in
hand. In my dream I blended the
Mill Road and Robert McLean into
the' artist's vision of the Highlands.
"Widow cLean's farm,Bill," yen
unteered
u -
unteer•ed the fat woman. "Jack lives
on the old place." I woke and look-
ed towards the river, I remembered
a beautiful young woman, Mary
Modelaud that seas. The thought 1
!tete to mysrlf.
"Sure I remember the widow Mc-
Lr:,r,. Sandy Macdonald and I were
a dance at the, widow's. I re-
n.-mb,•re l the Misses. M,Le•an." Th.•
fart woman laughed aloud, "That. ,vac
a long time ago." The fat woman's
ugh •a -to insinuating. She cast an
e;,• to my-ilvery lucks, and at that
she was not what the bays call 'cal
to -day, •'a chicken."
Toe fat woman kept further infor-
nrr.i.,n to herself. I .retd my
dream in quietness. The -panorama
n1' the old Mill road flashed and re -
Cashed, ,lohn Cameron and his dug,
Bill Charters and his black whiskers.
They were arguing it out who had
the best fall wheat. Jim McIntosh,
tan. We neared the corner, Gordon
'.McAdam and his collie were down
the side line. The widow Halliday's
place was there. Bill Ireland, I saw
and spoke to. The old toll gate!
Did the stage driver have to pay toll'.
Bob Donsnv,re is not there now.
Bob's postmaster of St, Thomas. I
.v. -as enjoying my dreant-'nay fancy—
to the fullest.
A buggy was coming towards us.
This was council day at Brurefield.
It must be William McConnell, the
clerk. So in fancy, I speak to hili(.
"Docs William Payne still live bekr.v
your bush, Mr. McC'•onnell?"
"No, Willie), Payne lives with Inc
among the granites. We are all ov,,•
yonder, Willis. The old Mill Itoad
that.
Tait knew --sleep in yonder
city."
I awoke, startled. The silver thread
of the Ttnefteld wound and trickled
and babbled in its cours • 1., the lake.
just as it did years agnn', wh,'n the
Old :!fill Road WAS not among the
granites --in E:gmnndville•'o Auld Kit -i:
Yard.
it was only "a dream—but true."
BILL r'OWEI,L.
PKU\( .lN (11,1) .McKlLLOP
CORRESPONDENT
Toronto, August 8th.
Dear Exp„sits,', -We have been
getting petf,ct weather the past
week Speaking aborti weather con-
diti,:n: :1 Hibernian on one of the hot
daps ••',i!erl on the ratan who makes
fnre.•as:c for the province. "When
will is :men cute-id7” inquired Irish.
"Weil," said the forecaster, '.th •
humidity was sixty yesterday and it.
I•. s:vrn,y to -day." "The devil's in
you and your humidity," cried the
Iri.shmaan, "won't you tell me is it
going to get cnwltler soon""
The Massey -Harris shut down last
week which has increased the unr.nt-
ployed in the city by thousands. Thr
management are not prepared to say
when the shops will open again.
Shuter Street between Venice and
Termly is now getting the name of
the Midway. On last Saturday even-
ing there were four groups being
hantngued by four different spealcers.
Two of these were of a religious or-
der 'arid the men who addressed them
acted I-ike fanatics, shouting at the top
of their voices and displaying acro-
batic stunts. They preached two
som'ew'hat different forms of religion
but both declared they were getting
n
eft
err
ft'he other two
iets .and whorl.. cif
get tired there. wore
to take their ;Places On ftp
es. To be sure' Mrs, .Kid
hand. This lady Gas tal;
bona .,without notes and
halt. To try to tell nI
would be out of,the qqueptiorp,•'
peroration -4 thiole that is wilt
call the finish up of an deaUt
tried to get into my mpgtaijty;`
will attempt to reproduce it, ,.
said: "We workers must estand.I
gather in• one big union. We are ruse(
yet prepared for revolution but thwi
coming winter may tell the tale. We;:,
are told that the police are here to,'.,
protect us, many of us have noth-ing..''
to protect .but our 'poor bodies and'•
these they ,beat up with their batons:
at the bidding of the master class.,
The capitalists control' the churches-.
and they own the bishops, priests and'
preachers, body and soul, and we,
have few, if any, friends among the
newspapers; because they are owned
and controlled by the capitalists. Our '
worst enemies are that dirty yellow
sheet, the Telegram. and that saintly
old hyprocrite, the Globe." •
A very sad eent took place a few
blocks from my room the other day.
Two bright and pretty little Jewish ,
girls, one aged six years and the
other nearly four, were sitting on the -
curb at their home. A fellow came
along with an auto, tried to turn and'
backed it on the children, [The
mother heard a scream and ran out,
and the eldest child, although both
her arms were broken and her chest
crushed, was trying to help her little
sister who was breathing her last.
As your readers are aware, there.
were two men hanged for robbery,
and murder here on the' third. I
noticed that women don't like to hear
of men being put to death on the
scaffold. It also pains men very
much to hear of a woman being exe-
cuted, but it is, perhaps, better to
have this feeling exist. At the time
Garfield was hanged the sixteen year
old daughter of our landlady wanted
to learn from me what cemetery in •
this city he was buried. I told her
and said: Why do you want
to know?" `Because," she said, "I
would like to see hisgrave."
M
My
answer wits: "Up at Woodstock
there is a freshly moulded grave; it
is that of a man robbed and murder-
ed by Garfield. U•p there, there are
a sorrowing widow and two- little' ,
fatherless boys, the result of this
wretches crime."
At a ,nesting at St. George's Hall
ono 'vrning _uct .brf••re McCulloch
was hantr,•d foo murder of -a
i,,',, :,n elderly woman came
at. •,•,d with a pcthis,. to have his
s. ❑ en..- commuted. I would not
I : •'d 11ar he !til killed a good
the dis,.`ta .,' of •his duty.
t • :•l, l -u ging hint won't
, teeth,r bask to life and be-
st', corny 't ono has done the same
1,f -re." 1 hie) leerd this same re-
n•- made befnn• by scoundrels of
n',a,• s. -s on a p'ea and excuse
f, , .^no friend er relation, who was
gut! eo :,rent wickedness. If
were not for hanging I believe
w
Mid b,• ten murders commit -
t, f ::one !her.. is. I believe there
art ;f rr,thundreds, in this
ii , 1,n :,h,c dutely without mor-
... nn1 ,e ,;;,1 kill a man or
a lily as they would a fly
if . "' y saw a pt's -peat of gain by so '
\\-'• slimly( all exert our -
sr -ix, t , . this n safe country
to 1- in. `. that men and women,
L ,y- „rd gi. Is ear g, up and down
nit o. dty •.,. bolt t being molested.
J. J. I.
I'SRORN E
'fh,,n+,•-• Rood Neese—Rev. James
Fon'of Cave!) Church, Exeter,
Ist'r .it„tl :,a ryer'lent sermon in Beth-
ary or Sun la: last • Mr. Foote is
,.0 .a„•d of a ,v,•',•:,:r,, any time he
,t ti:.• mein i•, that church
il:: -erne-rto :n': of thigh order and
! in a manner which can-
t-• f SII to ",t,' an impression on
-Mss II'r.;_•! Bohnsley, of
has I, •, t naiid:wing at Mr.
I*, nee r.n.I Mrs. Cornet
I • .. .. a • ; 1; 'l,rnvorthy visit-
ci i:iri.t"n an Sunday
l-tt.N:Sr.l\t'E
\',.'s .-.\i.. T.•'•'i'•
Lawson and Mr.
I' c, - ..keted for the
11 1O f this week.—
la , en. (;• t `,otoe and fate -
.'f X".,. , . -' are visiting the
f,,. u • - ` Ii'i' William Clarke.
way. ---The W.
birthday party,
21" anniversary of
Thursday, August
at. st . , lea
. ,-f Mrs. B. B.
c: _ _ .lir.:;T,,I Mrs. Charles
peel, e ;.vyr., are visiting at
m...•,•f 'h, farmer's parents,
Hall: --Mrs. Dol-
or,,,- ban i"t r•n•d !-ante after spend-
er :' few weeks with her daughters
in inerm .. Mrs. Clark, sr., and Mr.
find 'sirs. Vr •' - cn•,n Clark, of Wind-
Sor• r,re ri5i:,,1' ',t the home of Mr.
G. R. Sl.ept,nson.—Mrs. Anthony
i,av cute'
and children, from Toronto,.
are vis`'in* a, the home of Mr, Jas.
Me -Id.- Mis< Nellie Medd, of Exeter,
is visiting at the home of her bro-
ther, Mr. James Me'bl.—Miss Squires
of Kiliarney. Manitoba, is visiting at
the home- of Mr. Wi",lam Rinn.-'-Miss•
B. McCullough and Mrs. Clark and'
friend, Miss Squires, spent Tuesday;
in Goderich, guests at the boats of;'
'Dr. Heileman.
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