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A. Q. SMITH, Editor and Prole,
Conservative farmers. will do well to
note that certain men in North ,Huron,
are out canvassing to get them to vote
for the U. P. O. candidate while they
themselves are not going; to leave their
Party but are quietly whispering to other
friends that there is no need to fear, they
"are still for Fraser."
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There is more their 'ignorance behind
the statement of Hartley Dewart at the
Milverton convention when he says the
liquor interests do not want the return of
the bail He should tell that to the Lib.
erty League who are advising everybody
to vote "yes" on that first question of the
ballot, which he says should have been
kit off—Listowel Banner.
A misunderstanding prevails as to
the marking of the referendum ballott,
We have been asked, several times, if it is
right that an X put on the no column and
X on the yes column of another question
would mean that your ballott was spoiled,
No it does not a person may vote three
times yes and once no or three times .no
and once yes. All that you must do is to
vote four times. If you are for total pro-
hibition you should vote No four times
though,
PUBLISHING WHISKEY ADVTS
Editor Robertson of Goderich Signal
takes this view on pubishing the advertis-
ing of the Citizens, Liberty League:
"We learn indirectly that some critic-
ism of the local papers has been made be.
cause of their insertion of the Adver-
tising of the Citizen's Liberty League.
The criticism arises from a restricted con-
ception of the obligations of a newspaper
to the community in which it is publish-
ed A queston is before the public with
regard to which there is a variety of opin-
ion, and any man, or anybody of men, is
entitled to a fair and reasonable opport-
unity of publicly stating his views onthe
question. To deny this opportunity is to
deny a fundamental right of citizenship.
Those who assail the newspapers for
granting this opportunity to the Citizens,
Liberty League might as well say that the
poll officials should accept the votes only
of those who vote their way. The adver-
tisements in question are signed with the
names of citizens of this Province, any
newspaper publisher who for fear of offen-
ding his constituency would reject them
would, in our opinion, be unfit for his po-
sition, In their zeal for a great. cause,
advocates of prohibition should not forget
that there are other great causes, and one
of these that the newspaper man has espec-
ially in his keeping is the cause of freed-
om of public discussion ,"
As "THE ADVANCE" circulates through
out a large portion of the same territory
as the Signal does we are taking time and
wasting space to answer the above. Tan
ADVANCE was one of a very few weeklies
that refused this advertising and we did
so as keepers of our own conscience and
are pleased to notice that at least a few
who commenced this advertising are foll-
owing our example and cutting it entirely.
We possibly need the money as badly as
Robertson or any others, but our soul is
not for sale and if we decide to not adver-
tise for the Liberty League it is purely
our own business and there is no occas-
ion for any contemporary to worry. It is
just one of our peculiarities that we have
decided we do not wish to Iook back on
our files in the . years to come and read
this whiskeytrash that we secured a few
paltry dollars for, As John R. Grant, or-
ganizer for the Citizens Liberty League in
North Perth,'says "the Fight tor booze is
as important as that against Germany"
we believe it is. Should the first question
on the referendum ballott carry for a re-
peal of the Ontario Temperance act would
our lives be safe in the hands of the many
autorists who would occasionally be over-
come with intoxicants. The automobile
is so much more numerous to -day than
before We bad prohibition that we believe
it would be a crime to bring back booze.
"The fear of offending our constituents"
as the editor of the Signal puts it, is cheap
talk and works both ways, in fact we have
good reason to believe that to be the very
reasonwhy Robertson and others are
publishing Liberty League advertisements
It has been suggested indirectly that a
committee from the temperance associat-
ion may have caused us to refuse this ad-
vertising, well for the information of those
interested, we had refused the contract
and informed the advertising agency
to that effect before they approach-
ed us and even if we hadn't they would
have had no weight with us. As for cat-
ering to business, there are certain leading
workers'in the local temperance association
whom we would be greatly suprised to re-
ceive anything from but whatever they
happen to not be in touch with.
Our stand is purely principle and with
best regards to Bro. Robertson we wish
him to knew it's our own business. He
may continue to work for his "great
cause" that's his business.
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A ALP A W
e Why? of Another
Victory Loan
'WHEN, on the morning of November 11th, 1918,.the guns were hushed and
t;F ��v glad tidings flashed across the world, there followed with the Nation's
Prayer of Thanksgiving, one yearning query, which found echo in the faster beat -
h. hearts of wives, mothers, fathers, brothers,' sisters and sweethearts. That
clt,a.>t y was, "How soon will our boy be home?" And, from. France and Flanders,
from Italy and Egypt, from Palestine and from far-off Siberia,, there came an
answering echo, "How soon, how soon, may we go home?"
ANADA caught the spirit of these longings, and at once resolved to satisfy
them. It was an appalling task. Shipping was tragically scarce, The corn-
position of the Army of Occupation had not then been settled. And other parts of
the Empire as well as Canada were looking for the speedy return of their men,
Pr HE problem was this. The half -million men that Canada had overseas had
4. taken more than four years to transport to the field of battle. To bring
there home in a few months was a gigantic undertaking --one to tax all Canada's
ingenuity and resources. Canada solved the problem,but it meant crowding into
a few short months, an expense for demobilization which it was impossible to foresee.
'THEN, too, besides the sentimental aspect of the necessity for bringing the men
home quickly the economic side could not be overlooked. That was, to trans-
form efficiently and speedily the nation's army of fighters into a national army of
workers.
Need
Divides
Itself in
Two Parts
(b) To provide
The answer 'to the question "Why.
does Canada need another Victory
Loan?" divides itself into two parts.
(a) To finish paying the expenses
of demobilization, and the obliga-
tions we still owe to our soldiers.
national working capital.
Obligations
to Soldiers
The obligations to soldiers in-
clude:
That already incurred cost of
bringing home troops from overseas.
The payment of all soldiers still undernobilized. This
includes more than 20,000 sick and wounded who are
still in hospital, and who of course remain on the Army
payroll till discharged.
The upkeep of hospitals, and their medical and nursing
staffs, until the need for them is ended.
These three items alone will use up at least $200,000,000
of the Victory Loan 1919.
Gratuities There is also the gratuity which
has been authorized, and has been
and is being paidto assist soldiers to tide over the period
between discharge and their re -adjustment to civil life.
For this purpose alone, $61,000,000 must be provided
out of the Victory Loan 1919, in addition to the
$59,000,000 already paid out of the proceeds of the
Victory Loan 1918.
Land
Settlement
Furthermore, soldiers who desire
to bepome farmers may, under
the . Sgldiers' Land Settlement
Act, be loaded money by Canada with which to purr
chase land, stock and implements. The money so
advancedwill be paid back; meantime each loan is
secured by a first mortgage. Up to August 15th,
29,495 soldiers had applied for land under the terms
of this Act; and 22,281 applications had been investi-
gated, and the qualifications of the applicant approved.
For this purpose Canada this year requires $24,000,000.
Vocational FM' this work which, with the
Vocational Training and Soldiers'
Training
Service ' Departments, embraces
the major activities of the Department of Soldiers'
Civil Re-establishment, an appropriation of $57,000,000
is necessary.
These national expenditures are war expenses. They
will be accepted readily by every citizen who gives
thought to the task which Canada faced following the
Armistice, and to the success with which she has inet it.
National
Working
Capital
Canada needs national working
capital, so that slie may be able
to sell on credit to Great Britain
and our Allies the products of
our farms, forests, fisheries,
mines and factories.
You may ask "Why sell to them if they can't pay cash?"
The answer is, "Their orders are absolutely essential
to the continuance of our agricultural and industrial
prosperity."
The magnitude of these orders and the amount of em-
ployment thus created, will depend upon the success
of the Victory Loan 1919,
The cc Why" 'Farmers and manufacturers (and
of " that includes the workers on these
orders) roust b;: paid cash for
Loans their products. Therefore, Canada
must borrow money from her
citizens to give credit, temporarily, to Great Britain and
our Allies. Actually, no money will pass out of Canada.
If Canada dors not give credit, other countries will;
and they will get the trade, and have the employment
that should be ours, to distribdte amongst their workers.
And remember, we absolutely need these orders to main-
tain employment. If we don't finance them business
will feel the depression, employment will not be as
plentiful, and conditions everywhere will be adversely
affected.
For Trans- Money must also be available to
carry on the nation's shipbuilding
portatlon programme, c.:).c` other .transport-
ation development work. •
For loans to Provincial Housing Comririssions who are
building moderate priced houses.
These, then, are some of the things for which Canada
needs national working capital. She is in the position
of a great trading company, and her Citizens who buy
Victory Bonds are the shareholders.
Those who give thought to our outstanding obligations to soldiers, and to our need for
national working capital, cannot fail to be impressed with the absolute necessity for the
ictory Loan 1
"Every Dollar Spent in Canada"
Issued by Canada's Victory Loan Committee
in co-operation with the Minister of Finance
of the Dominion of Canada.
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.lpantitioiis (Area by Eminent Vrench.
melt.
"The hlesRirtgs of v - we" ie the
subject upon which .t+igero of
.earls has canvaseeci a number of
prominent French ,authors and other
pubite men. A few of the opinions
;Callow:
Maurice Maeterlinck: "It ie to be
feared that it will take about ton
years before we diecover that the
peace just made is a peace of dupes.
In the meantime, let us recognize
that its principal benefaction is in
reaffirming our faith in that justice
which rules the destinies of peoples,.
.Let us rejoice In this reaffirmation
which has become only too nee
sary, and in order to make our joy
last, let us never lose out of sight
the wise words of Saint•-Evremont,
Who sloes not know that the destruc-
tion of Carthage was the destruction
of the Roman Republic? She had
every reason to fear lierself when She
had hone to fear the foreigner.'
Marcel Prevost, of the French
Academy: "The war has rid >! urope
of the !german cancer: this is the
benefaction now efanseerated by
peace. Alas! the operation was long
and painful, even though we may
well say that but for it France would
have perished.
"On the other hand, don't let us
pretend that now that the operation
has been performed, we may return
to normal conditions- immediately,
without an intervening state of con-
valescence.
"And by an energetic effort, let
us exclude from our convaleseenee
all neurasthenics, anxiety, cant. Our
grandchildren will envy us for hav-
ing lived through the present age,
and yet there are Frenchmen who
sulk. Who are they? Those who
have suffered? By no means; rather
those who are inconvenienced to -day
in their lazy contentment, or who
are disquieted for the morrow, about
their flat repose.
"The French victory does not
mean rest or stagnation. It is the
commencement of an active, ardent
period. The burden of our
convalescence is preparation as well
as reparation."
Henry Bataille, dramatist; "Free-
dom of thought,"
Gen. Messimy: "The advantages of
a victorious peace? Tliey are every-
where,',,they are innumerable, if one
balances them up against the hor-
rible consequences that would have
followed defeat.. But even considered
in itself and without arguing the
merits of . this or that stipulation,
1 this peace renders to the world and
to France an invaluable service.
"From the point of view of
humanity, this peace rids the world
front the gory nightmare which has
haunted it perpetually — the prox-
imity of war, the catastrophe always
impending.
"From the. French point of view,
in particular, the greatest service
rendered by the peace is, in my
view, this: that it has remade us into
a people of victor, after two gen-
erations had grown up oppressed, de-
pressed by the memory of de-
feat.
"The victorious peace restores
France to her proper place In the
world, the first among all,
"It behooves that we and our sons
after us shall know, under these cir-
cumstances, how to display the vie.
tgrieus spirit. It behooves that we
shall preserve in peace the virtues
that have given us the victory: con-
fidence in ourselves, steadiness of
effort, energy, initiative • and valor."
Albert Guillaume: "Peace? Alt!
how beautiful she was during the
war!"
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Mystery of Coal Beds.
Whence did we get our greatest
national treasure? No one can say
with certainty, says Tit -Bits. The
origin of the coal deposits still baf-
fles science, Some men, after years
of investigation, say that bitumen
Rowed out of the earth into lake bot-
toms and estuaries, and there, in the
course of ages, was gradually chang-
ed into coal.
Others believe it to be of animal
origin, like the great guano and ni-
trate beds. But a majority of scien-
tists believe that coal resulted from
a great accumulation of vegetable
natter, At one end of the various
kinds of coal fuels we
haveeatan
lignites, and in these the vegetable
remains are clearly visible. But at
the other end is anthracite, in whieh
no traee of vegetable structure can
be seen.
In all the main types of coal there
is some evidence of vegetable origin,
excepting anthracite. But one great
problem that cannot be solved is,
How did this vast accumulation of
vegetable.matter take place? It seems
incredible that sufficient could be
gathered together to form the thick
seams of coal so common in England
and Wales. The question remains a
mystery or nature,
Canada's War Trophies.
Canada owne over 460 big guns,
scores of airplanes and many thous-
and rifles and machine guns, The
trophies are too many to house in the
proposed War Museum at Ottawa,
and a great number will fall to the
lot of various municipalities through -
Out the Dominion. The distribution
will start immediately,
Prince Joachim's helmet, the
plume of which alone is worth $350,
is among the war trophies owned by
the Canadian Government.
Dr. A. O. Doughty, Dominion
archivist, spent over three years col-
lecting war trophies for the Cana-
dian Government, and his search was
a most fruitful one,
' Princes Learn Prado.
In possible anticipation of Just
such an upheaval as has now occur.
red, it becaruo the custom of the
13oltenzallerfts many generations age
to require each of the princes ta.mas-
ter a trade, so that he might qualify
to earn a livelihood if the necessity
arose, 1:n hie youth the ex -Emperor
Willlam ll was taught several handl.
crafts. 10 is said to be particularly"
expert at bookbinding, which he
learned Prone the court bookbinder"
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