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The Wingham Advance, 1907-12-19, Page 4fr 4 THE WINGHAM ADVANCE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1907. ar 1 Christnias Gifts for Men & Boys. It is difficult at times to know just what to get for the Men and the Boys, but something use- ful is always appreciated. Our store is full of useful as well as beautiful things suitable for Gifts. Look over this list. It is sure to suggest something you want:— Smoking Coats Fancy Vests Neck Scarfs U)oves - Cuff Buttons Watch Fobs Hose Hats Handkerchiefs Belts Suits House Coats Fancy Shirts Mufflers Gauntlets Tie Pins Cuff Holders Garters Caps Umbrellas Underwear Overcoats Lounging Robes Fancy Suspenders Neck Ties Nits Shirt Studs Tie Holders Armlets Fur Collars Sweaters Fancy Collar Boxes Pants Come along and see our stock. Bargains For Saturday, Dec. 25 % off oil oiir I`.)wVt'aters for Mell slid Buys. Maxwell i11 Tailors and Fen's Furnishings Every H .usewife Should .Have A "Ui 'ersal" Food Chopper. -�. It frill chop all kinds of meat, raw or cooked, and all kinds of fruit and vegetables, into clean-cut, uniform pieces, fine or coarse, as wanted, without mashing, and with great rapidity. It does away with the chopping pp g kn' Ifs and bowl entirely, doing its work in one- tenth the time, and producing an absolutely uniform product. For cutting sausage meat it cannot be surpassed. Sold by J. D. BURNS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS INVITE.® INTEREST PAI QUARTERLY amessw WINGHAM BRANCH C. P. SMITH - AG -ENT kIECANADIAN t ANK OF COMMERCE HEAD OFFICE. TORONTO B. E. WALSER, President ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager A. H. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches ESTABLISHED 1887 Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Rest, - - - 5,000,000 Total Assets, - 113,000,000 Branches throughout Canada; and in the United States and England BANKING BY MAIL $5 Business may be transacted by mail with any branch of the Bank. Accounts may he opened and deposits made or withdrawn by mail. Every attention is paid to out-of-town accounts. WiNGHAM BRANCH - A. E. SMiTH, MANAGER. ♦000+0010000.000•••0000000 0.1.0*t•MN•••N•I•N••••A Goal 1 We are sole agents for the celebrated Scranton Coal, which has no equal. Also the best grades of Smithing, Cannel and Do- mestic Coal and Wood of all kinds, always on hand. ReOidence Phone, No. 0 ]lull " No.44 We carry a full stock of 'Maher (dressed or undres- sed), Shingles, Lath, Cedar Posts, Barrels, etc. Highest Price Paid for all kinds of Logs. J. A. MOLEAN mit 40.4 4w0 011clinOant': bbanct Theo, Hall - Proprietor, tbitotiat —It is said that hard times and the scarcity of work have also had the ef- fect of filling up the county jails and prisons of the province. Last week there were 185 males and 31 females in Toronto jail, 00 of the inmates being Central Prison prisoners. A year ago at this time, there were 115 male and 27 female prisoners. —Prof. Dean, of the Ontario Agri- cultural College, at a luncheon in con- nection with the experimental union week, declared that the condition of the aver'iago dairies in the province was conducive to the spread of in- fectious diseases among cows, and that the diseases were thus spread to children, 25 per cent. of whom died under one year of age, as a result of being fed on impure milk. The .gee, the oil and Wood of Ca• UlaiA aL1 PUinexhaustible. "We areIl t largely dependent on the United ;tete~ for our real, and there the Coal Trlt-t vont vols the supply, and also :lye of the great railways that carry the bulk of the coal. In the years to Fume, as fuel becomes scarcer in Cana- da, we shall be more in the power of the Coal monopoly. What will solve the heating problem of the future. Will electricity ? The Great All -Wise One always provides for his greature man, and some provision will be made, though man himself be allow- ed to become the instrument of its development. A * —A great deal has been said of late about Government ownership of rail- ways, telegraphs, etc. It is difficult to see why the Government could not manage not only these, but the tele- phone and express bnsiness. If Ca- nada groans under a worse monopoly than the Express companies, we are not aware of it. If the Government can manage the Postoffice business successfully, and in the interest of the people, why not the others ? ' The Terniscauiing and Northern railway is managed successfully by the Ontario Government, t me t and if political pull was + G P p eliminated from the Intercolonial, it might also be made a paying invest- ment. The future has great possibili- ties in store for the nation as well as the people, if these possibilities are seized and developed. * —For a conntry ,of six million population, Canada's estimates as brought down to the House, show a total that is almost staggering. Es- pecially is this the case, when it is re- membered that the leading Liberals held up their hands in horror, when the estimates were only forty million, and with one consent declared, that if they were placed in power, they would reduce the expenditure two or three million dollars. Now, the ap- propriations have reached the enor- mous sum of 119 millions. But just wait until you see the supplementary estimates, including bounties and rail- way subsidies added to these, and it will not be surprising if the amount asked for, reaches 130 million dollars. For a country of the size of Canada, it seems to be an enormous sum. xi. —Sir Wilfrid Laurier recently in- formed the House that Mr. Hyman gave up control of his department, December 4th, 1906. He had offered his resignation at the time of the Lon- don exposures in November and it had not been accepted. But he did no more work at Ottawa. In May 1907 he wrote to Sir Wilfrid that be could not take up work again, and on June 12th Sir Wilfrid replied from Milan in Italy accepting the resignation. In July Sir Wilfrid returned and soon afterward handed the resignation to the Governor-General. The new Minister was not appointed until Aug. 29111. Mr. Hyman's salary was paid clown to that date, or nine months after he gave up his public duties. Mr. Hyman is believed to be a rich man, but the people of Canada, most of whom are not rich, paid him $5,250 in these nine months, when he was enjoying himself in California. AM* ---Perhaps the man who fared best during the last year in the matter of public earnings under Government favor, is Mr. G. W. Shepley, Who re- ceived $25,000 for his services in the Insurance Commission. He carried on hie own private practice during this period, and frequently the pro- ceedings of the Commission were de- layed while he appeared in court on other (natters, But he gathered in $22,000 in nine months ending last :1Mat•eh, and $3,000 during part of the previous three months. His associate, Mr. Tilley received $12,300 in pay, and $1,100 in living allowance and travel- lingexpenses. } )en ses. Tho Commissioners re- ceived from $1,200 to $1,650 each in pay plus about $1,000 each in ex- penses, one of them earning a salary as a Judge and the others attending to their private business during the year that this inquiry went on. It does not appear that the 'Commission ac- complished much, but it wan worked for a political purpose so far as the Government and the managers were able, and the people haver paid $00,. 000 for the job. THE FRENCH TREATY, Speech By Dr. Chisholm, M. P. For East Huron, In The House Of Commons, December Sib, 1907. Mr. Speaker, wo have had a number of very interesting speeches in this debate, The last two speakers, I think, spoke in a fair spirit and ex- pressed themselves in good tet•tus. I am not much dissatisfied with the speech of the hon. member for South Essex (Mr. Clarke). It is impossible for me, as a medical Into, to say that I am not in favour of tho inspection of meat. Wo know that tapeworm is conveyed through the eating of pork as well as trichina spiralis and other diseases. The communication of tub- erculosis in this way is in doubt ac- cording to the best medical men in the world, but it is better for us not to run any risk. We should have some .way of indicating to the foreign buyer that our meat has been proper- ly inspected, and is in h healthy con- dition and fit for food. But I should think it would be much better if the Act were so drawn and the regula- tions so made that our Canadian peo- ple would be protected also. It would appear that this is not provided for by the present regulations. I was pleased to hear the hon. member for South Essex say that when the in- terests of our farmers were being dis- cussed, politics should be left out of the question. I think that is a proper stand to take. It would be well for the members on both sides if they would try and give a little more at- tention to our farming interests and not carry politics into these discus- sions so freely as they do. However, I rise, not so much to talk on this question, as on another ques- tion that has attracted my attention. I wish to make a few remarks on the subject of the treaty which our gov- ernment have been negotiating with the representatives of France. When I glanced at the terms of that treaty I was very much pleased. I thought it would benefit the farmers of this country to a very great extent. I was inclined, if possible, to give credit to the government, to commend them where I thought they were worthy of it, going on the principle of the hon. gentleman who has just sat down— that is, that we ought to leave politics out of consideration when the great farming interests of this country are under discussion. For almost the first time in the history of Canada, we were in a position to discuss a ques- tion of this kind properly in this House. Formerly, when treaties were made between Canada and foreign countries, we always had some British nobleman, or some great jurist or other prominent Britisher, as part of the commission. Now, we have had a treaty directly negotiated by two of our own ministers, two of our experi- enced ministers, and two men in whom I myself would have had con- siderable confidence. They must, I think, receive credit for all that is good in this treaty ; but, for once, we have them in a position that they must take the blame for all the bad points in it. Formerly, when a treaty was negotiated a the members of the Lovernment, whether Conservative or iberal, have been able to put the blame for the faults of the treaty on the British member of the commission —he was made scape-goat for any mistakes, while the government al- ways took the credit for the good points in the treaty. Now, in these matters the govern- ment must get the credit for all the good points of the treaty. and must for once take blame for all the had points. When I began to examine the treaty, I saw that our horses, cows, cattle and wheat, and ail those things would be introduced into France under the minimum tariff. 1 read schedule A, where horses were found, and I could not see that our farmers were going to be greatly benefited by this item. But on exam- ining more closely the item of horses, I found out that the duty on horses under the French general tariff was 200 francs and under the minimum tariff 150 francs, that means that a duty of $30 has to be paid on a horse going into France even under the minimum tariff. I thought that would be of little use to our farmers. No farmer in Canada would ship horses to France and pay a duty of $30 each on them, when he could take them across the channel into England for nothing. I thought the duty might just as well have been $100 on each horse, because it is already pro- hibitory. Then I took the item of oxen, on which there is a duty of 30 francs per 100 kilogs under the mini- mum tariff, that would be about two cents a pound. You would have to pay $30 or $40 to get a good fat ox in- to France, and that is a prohibitory duty. It is no use to our farmers at fall ; and this, remember, is the mini- mum tariff. Then I took the items of steers, heifers, bullocks, and so on, and I saw that these would pay two cents a pound, which will arnonnt to a prohibitory duty; it is of no use to us at all. Then I saw some words in italics, and turning back to the end of the book, I found that the articles in italics are those appearing only in the general tariff, on which the duties are identically the same in both tariffs. When they say that some of these Canadian products get the benefit of the minimum tariff, there is practical- ly no such tariff. Then I found that on the item of fresh meat there is a duty of three cents a pound on mut- ton, of more than two cents per pound on pork ; and the duty on beef, if it is under this minimum tariff, was still more than two cents a pound. Why, that is a prohibitory tariff, it is no use to the farmers of Canada. Then I found dead poultry in italics, which meant that there really was no mini- mum tariff on this also. Why was it put in there ? Well, I thought that if wo could not make anything out of the cattle sche- dule, nothing out of dead meat, per- haps this wise government had been successful in getting our grain into France on better terms. I turned up to the item of wheat and I saw that it was in italics also, no minimum tariff on wheat, just the same as be- fore the treaty was concluded, and still under the general tariff. Tho same on barley, on rye, on maize, on buckwheat ---what advantage is this treaty to us in these artieles ? Then I noticed potatoes similarly situated, and I said to myself : If the farmers got no benefit out of these items I have mentioned, perhaps we are going to get some advantage on some other industries besides the farming in- dustry. I saw that we were to have the privilege of taking our great iron products into France, and I began to think that, we might get some benefit for the iron industry on the millions and millions of tons of iron that we might be able to send into France. But then I considered that it would after all only benefit onr iron mann. facturers on the sea board, because they had the benefit of ocean trans. portatton. I thought perhltpe that the Il'ranee Minister, following out the old suggestion about some one being good to his own, had kept in mind the iron mina and furnaces of Sydney, and that ile was trying to do some- thing for them. I could see that these iron manufacturers at Sydney bad the advantage of ocean transportation, not only so, but they had in the• im- mediate neighbourhood of their works all the ingredients necessary for the manufacture of iron, millions of tons of iron ore, immense beds of coal ly- ing beside the limestone necessary to be used its flux, and I thought they would be able to send a great deal of iron to France. Then I looked to the county of Huron to see if the farmers there would bo benefited by the im- mense amount of money it would cost them to pay the bounties on that iron going to France, I saw that the manufacturers in Sydney world put the money they got from the farmers into their' own pockets and pay it to Franco to get their leen into that country. Once more I was at a loss to see how we were going to he bene- fited in Huron and Ontario by this French treaty. Then I turned to the other side of the treaty, to look at the products that were coming into Canada from France. I thought that perhaps we might get a certain amount of benefit from them, Schedule B gives the pro- ducts coming into Canada which en- joy the benefit of our intermediate tariff. I-Iere I read about what was coming into Canada, and that this treaty was to encourage the importa- tion of certain things into this country under the intermediate tariff. I found spirits, wine, gin of all kinds, rum, whisky, spirits of alcohol, and finally I came to absinthe. Why, that poisonous, deadly drag that has been called the curse of France ! In the treaty 01 1843 it slipped in in some way, but you remember there was a good deal of talk about it being allow- ed to cone in. Why, sir, the use of that absinthe has been totally prohib- ited in the French army. I was read- ing in the Lancet the other day where an assembly of medical men in France had passed a resolution asking the government to prohibit the use of it entirely in France. Are we poor Can- adians to be fed with this deadly in- toxicating drug? Are the manufac- turers of this poison looking for a new market in our country? It sends more lunatics to the asylum in France than alcohol, opium and the nicotine curses all combined, and now it is gc- ing to be introduced here. In France it produces so many evils and halucin- ations that it has been called the Lady in Green and the curse of France. Is that the advantage we are getting for being allowed to send our cattle into France for a duty of $30 or $40 each and our horses for $30 each? Then further down I saw brandy, and it is mentioned as artificial brandy, an im- itation brandy, that is to be brought into this country. We have seen a great deal written not long ago about this very thing. In France you can buy a bottle of this imitation for one franc, while a bottle of real brandy costs 20 francs. It is one of the most poisonous of drugs, and should not be allowed into the country at all. Now, here was a grand chance for our Lib- eral friends who are so fond of posing as friends ofIn t e Conservative princi- ple of protection. They had a grand chance tom make e a tariff against the in- troduction of this French absinthe, a chance to put up a prohibitory tariff against it. Why did they not do it? They could put the tariff up as high as H':.man's gallows, and the peo- ple of Canada would have thanked them for it. But they did not see fit to do it. I hope, however, that even yet this item will be stricken out of the list of goods to be encouraged into our country under this new and much vaunted tariff treaty with France. It is not going to benefit our farmers, I do not think it will benefit our iron manufacturers a great deal, and I am sure it will not benefit the young peo- ple of Canada to become intoxicated with this stuff that they have such a dread of in Prance. I hope that even yet the government will see that this absinthe is prevented from coming in- to our country. I am sorry for having token up so much of the time of the House, but I thought it was right that I should draw the attention of the House to this matter. Just The Medicine You Need. Your color is bad, tongue is furred, eyes are dull, appetite is poor, your stomach needs tone, your liver needs awakening. Try Dr. Hatnilton's Pills. In just one night you'll notice a differ- ence, for Dr. Hamilton's Pills search out every trace of trouble. You'll eat, sleep, digest and feel a whole lot bet- ter. You will gain in strength, have a clear complexion. experience the joy of robust health. To tone, purify and enliven the system there is nothing like Dr. Hamilton's Pills. 25 cts. at all dealers. --The Government has approved the plans of the county of Oxford for a system of good roads. There will be 255 miles of highways improved at a cost of $336,000. 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Our specialists examination of the eyes for glasses, tor which there is no charge, cannot bit equalled in Canada for accuracy. THE TAIT•DRO'WN OPTICAL CO. tumour SPECIALIST* 237 Dundas Street, London, Oat. ARTHUR J. IRWIN D.D.S., I.,D.S. Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pen- nsylvania College and Licentiate of Dental Surgery of Onturio, —Office in Macdonald Block— W. J. PRICE B.S.A, L,D,S., D.D.S. Honor Graduate of University of Toronto and Licentiate of Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. OFFICE IN BEAVER BLOCK — i'i'INORAIA Miss Elizabeth E. Grant Teacher of Piano, Theory, Interpreta- tion, Ilarmouy. Pupils prepared for Conservatory exams. Studio in Macdonald Block — 2nd Floor. Terms on application. WINGHAM General Hospital. (Under Government Inspection.) Pleasantly situated, Beautifullynsed furnished. Kates for pen to all atien patientsregularly clirinclude boardiand nursing)—$3.50 to $15.00 per wook, according to Location of room. For further informa- tion—Address MISS IKATIIRINE STEVENSON, Superintendent, Box 223, Wingham, Ont. AFTER XMAS. Is a good time to start. New Term opens on Jun. 2nd. Writo for catalogue ; our moderate rates and other advantages will interest you. BRITISH AMERICAN BUSINESS COLLEGE ( Y ongo & McGill Sta., Toronto ) THE LEADING SCHOOL CENTRAL STRATFORD. ONT. By giving a bettor course of training than that given by any other similar in• stittitim) in Ontario, we have become one of the leading business training schools in Canada. Onr graduates are in demand as Wilco assistants and bust - nese college teachers. Our courses being the best, our graduates succeed. If in- terested in your own welfare, write for catalogue, Three departments—Com- mercial, Shorthand and Telegraphic. Winter term opens January 0th. ELLIOTT d, MCLACHLAN PRINCIPALS "Business Knowledge" and "Everlasting Push" are two essentials to success. Attend ELLIOTT t� '.t:Os ONTO, ONT. 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Vanetone, Solicitor You Make A Mistake Ifon buy a Piano with- out out seeing our stock, comparing prices and taking into account the quality of the instrument. All the bust makes always in stock — Heintzman, Newcombe, Dominion, and others. Also Organs, and tho very best Sowing Machines. David Bell Stand --Opp. Skating Rink ♦41•410*40.41.i1144. 'Eo,err's `I3A, More Wingharn, Ont. We Wish Y©u A Very Merry Chisturas, JUST A WORD :—Be Sure that you come to this "Big Store" for your supplies with which to fill the stockings. Also for Table Delicacies for Xmas. Christmas Candies. Bright Mixed Candy ....3 lbs. for 25o Dark " " ...3 lbs for 25c Chocolate Cream Drops, per lb20c Choice Mixed Oream Candies 20c Best Marsh Mallow, per lb 20c Choice Maple Oream 25e 1 lb. fancy box ohotce Chocolate Cream Bou Bons, per box only. 250 1 lb. box Preserved Gtnger, some- thing very nice, try a box 25o Fresh Oream Almonds, Cough Drops, Gum Drops, Peppermints, Hum- bugs, eto. Pure Maple Sugar and Syrup. Pure Maple Sugar, a cake..5, 10, 13o Pure Cream Maple, por tin... ...25o Pare Maple Syrup, per bottle... .40a Try Toasted Marsh Mallow. Christmas Nuts. All new. fresh Nuts—Almonds, Walnuts, Filberts, Brazils and Pea Nuts. Shelled Almonds and Walnuts. Salted Pea Nuts in 5o packages. 25c Bottles Perfume For r9c Christmas Fruit. California Navel Oranges, bright, heavy, sweet, juicy fruit, price por doz 20o, 30c, 40o Choice, new, layer Figs, per lb... 100 to 15o Choice new Dates. ....4 lbs. for 25c Best new Dates, 1 lb. pkgs..3 for 250 Best seeded Raisins, pkg...13o to 15o Seedless Raisins, new fruit, 2 lbs..25c Table Raisins, 1 lb. pkg 15o 112511111111111121111211 Big Sale Of Fancy Combs. 60 dozen Ladies' Fancy Back Combs and Side Combs at 25 per cent. off. There will bo quick selling iu this department. Never has Hingham had such a sale of Combs. All now, right up-to- date goods. $1.00 Combs now on sale at...15o .75 'a " to " ...55c .50 .35 .25 20c for 15o; 15c for Tic; 10o for 8c .t 11 " " " ...3Se ...27c 20c Big Sale Of Fancy Chinaware. Tho largest stock of Fancy China, rich cut Glass, etc., shown in Wingham, and we're offering nearly the entire stock at CLEAR- ING SALE PRICES. Never did the people of Wingham have such a moneysaving chance at this sea- son of the year. $12.00 Dinner Sets for only ..$9.00 9.00 " 11 " , . 6 75 5.00 Tea " " .. 3.75 10.00 worth rich cut Glass.. 667 5.00 " " .. 3.34 Come and share in the bargains. Big Sale 'Of Silk Ribbons. . Another lot of Ribbons, new- est shades. They're on the Bar- gain Counter at Cut Prices. 50 Ribbon -3o I 10c Ribbon.. 7o So " ..5e I 15c " Big Clearing Sale Of Furs. Furs for Christmas presents at big reductions in prices. Come early. All Furs are offered at reduced prices. 1 ABOUT WHAT TO BUY FOR A Xmas. Gift. W. G. Patterson has done the worrying. He has a fine stock of the latest and best Jewellery that money and skill can buy. Come and see our stock, and you will be surprised that such goods can be purchased in Wingham. W. G. Patterson The Watch Doctor, Wingham, Luninumeiommommumiammosm.J