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The Wingham Advance, 1908-04-09, Page 4
4 New Spring Goods. 41141114N114014444 We've just opened out our 14ew Goods for Sprang and Rummer. To say they are the nicest range ever shown here, is putting it pretty strong. But really, the Suitings are beautiful, both in design and material. The prevailing color's are elephant grays and browns, in stripes and plaids. Of course, blacks and blues are always cor- rect, and we have • a large range of these goods. HATS.—A. choice stock :of Hats for the Spring and. Summer in all the newest styles. FURNISHINGS.—A. good new stock in all lines of Shirts, Underwear, Ties, Collars, Gloves; Fancy Vests, &c. Come in 1 Conte in J • Robt. Maxwell Tailor & Men's Furnishers TUE W J GITAM 1 A "3 SAVINGS ACCOUNT is the best investment for idle funds. It offers ( ab$olute safety, and paysinterest four times a year. t: fYY THE CANADIAN ANK OF COMMERCE. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO B. E. WALKER, President ' ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager A. E. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches ESTAI3LISIIED 1887 Paid-up Capital, $ 10,000,000 Rest, - - - 5,000,000 Total Assets, 113,000,000 Branches throughout Canadaseand .in the United States and England BANKING BY MAIL 85 Business znay be transacted by mail with any branch of the Bank. Accounts may be opened and deposits made or withdrawn by mail. Every attention is paid to out-of-town accounts. W1NGHA I BRANCH — A. E. SMITH, MANA3ER. 11,44N4N4+l14/4444964444+• Nlps1444M.44.N144411444i Goal Goal We are sole agents for the celebrated Scranton Coal, which has no 'equal. Also the best grades of Smithing, Cannel and Do. medic Coal and Wood of all kinds, always on hand, Residence Moue, No, tis Office dr No. 01 Mill 4, No, 44 We carry a full stock of Lumber (dressed or undres- sed), Shingles, Lath, Cedar Po Barrels, ar els eta. t Highest Price Paidfor all kinds of Logs. J. A. MoLEAN t 1 t 44A44411i4.444b11 1+14f .....4+►N11►i44a I, lje ant � tri xc Theo, Hall - Proprietor. Ebftotf at —In the annual report of the Inspector of HIospitals and Charities for Ontario, it was stated that the average cost per patient in Ontario hospitals had increased from 88i cents per day in 1900 to $L08 in 1906, and $1.16 in 1907. •µ,~ —During the year ending June 30th, 1007, some 46 electric railways com- panies were in operation in Canada, operating 814 miles, with gross earn- ings of $12,035,005 and net earnings of $4,898,643, „A, total number of 273,099,- 401 passengers and 470,731 tons of freight were carried. * * —Here are a few examples of how the grafter gets in his fine work at Ottawa. A piece of land at Moncton was bought for $5,075, and sold to the Government for $13,580. Another lot was bought at Halifax for $18,753. This was charged up in the public accounts as !raving cost $45,000. A pump was sold for $1,024, and entered at $1,550 ; a derrick costing $756 was charged up at $1,250. A crane costing $1,040 was paid for at $2,500. Mr. Aylesworth declared at Hensall that the Govern- ment had to submit to be "held up" at such figures. Some rascals seem to think it no harm to steal the country's money. But t1Ze people at large pay the bills. p *** —The West, comparatively new though it is, shows wonderful enter- prise and vitality. This is seen in the fact that all Canada west of the Lake of the Woods will soon have Govern- ment owned telephones. Manitoba was the first to open the way with a purchase of the Bell phone system for $3,400,000; now comes Alberta with a similar purchase- for $650,000. The next in order is Saskatchewan, and negotiations are now pending along similar lines as. Alberta, and it is expected that an announcement will he made shortly, as it is simply a mat- ter of price. When this deal is com- pleted, it will take all western Canada out of the hands of the Bell company, as it does not operate in British Columbia. ,. ,, • —Sortie Liberal newspapers endea- vor to excuse the tremendous increase in the expenditure of Canada. Here is the contrast between the expendi- ture of to -day and that which the Lib- erals criticized so strongly under Con- servative administration ! Glence at these figures :- 1891—Conservative ........$ 40,793,000 1896—Conservatite 44,000,000 1809—Liberal 1902—Liberal.51,500,000 63,000,000 1906—Liberal 83,277,000 1908—Liberal 110,500,000 1909—Liberal 110,000,000 There are three facts that should not be forgotten : 1—The Liberal party was pledged to reduce the taxation, and has more than doubled it. 2—It was pledged to reduce the expendi- ture, and has more than doubled it. 3—The expenditure in 1896 was $114,- 000 a day. It is now $303,000 a day. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Quite an excitement was caused in the House of Commons recently by the report of the Commission appoint- ed by the Government to investigate the Civil service of this country. The three Commissioners were chosen by the Government, and of course were all Liberals. - Yet their report con- demns in very pointed terms, the sys- tem in vogue ender the Ottawa ad- ministration. Many of the evils com- plained of by the Commissioners have been pointed out by the Opposition, but when this was done, no heed was paid. It was thought, perhaps, by many honest Liberals, that it was mere partisan fault-finding. Nov that three Commissioners, of the Gov- ernment's own choosing, have practi- cally confirmed the charges made by the Opposition, perhaps the country will sit up and listen, Among the evils pointed out by the Commission are :— That the Civil Service at Ottawa is largely made up of men who have been ••appointed for political reasons rather than out of regard to the ser- vice they can render the public. That some of the most responsible official positions outside of Ottawa have been filled by men named by partisans in control of the local pat- ronage. That the expenditure of the Militia Department has been increased by three million dollars in less than five years. That there are more highly paid officers in the Militia Department than in all other branches of the pub- lic service combined. With a pertnanent force of less than 3,000 men, and less than 33,000 drilled two weeks in the year, we have staff enough 'for a standing army of 100,000 tilers. That the De arttelent a f Marine is p in a state of demoralization; unduly high prices have been paid for supplies purchased for the public service. The Marine Department is the one for which over $10,000 wits paid re- cently for reorganization of its book- keeping methods, some of the men being paid $16 •a clay, others $59 end others $40 a day, Surely It must have been in a'bad mos lI 1 ADVANCE, Vie HURON RH MNOS. The: Re -distribution Ilia affecting ie e I has01. Ontario onstittre s DOW be. 1414. come law. As we intimated last week might be the case, `.4'uckorsmith has been removed from the Centre biding to the South, Now that the matter is. settled, We can outline the ridings ac- eurately, and we give them below,. with the populations according to the last available returns. NORTH HURON Ashfield 3107 West Wawanosh 2218 East Wawanosh , .. , . , , . , 1000 Blyth 871. Morris 2000 Tut nberry 2141 Wroxeter...,....,.,, „ 416 Howiek , 4140 Wingham ........ 2392 Total population, 20,271 CENTRE HURON, 3557 McKillop .. , a....... , , , 2685 Hullett 2898 Colborne. .., 1866 Goderich. town.... , .. 4158 Seaforth 2215 Clinton 2547 Brussels 1114 Total population... 21,070 SOUTH HURON.. Hay he Stn Tuckersmith..,., .,,,,, Ueborne Stanley.,., Goderich township Exeter Hensel! ...... .........• Bay Held Total population .Population of North riding., ,. Centre " ` " South " Grey. .1.1.11,., IPSP, 3627 4172 • 2403 '1191 2162 . 2528 1792 • 820 558, 20,303 20,271 21,070 20,303 A fairer arrangement, so far as populations are concerned, could scarcely be conceived. Nor can fault be found (reasonably at least) with the geographical contour of the ridings. THE UNREST IN INDiA. APRT . 9, 1908. LONDON AND .HAMILTON SYNOD AP. PROVES OC COMPENSATION, In the London and Ilamilton Synod ..of elm 1 Iesb ker1n Clonal' last week,, the i t estion of Temperance Was dis- cussed et some length, Rev. 4, B. Horne, L. L, B., of Wet - ford, presented a ,notion regarding the .temperance question, His motion t:ontainecl four points, namely, to cell- ed, ail existing Heelless, that is, to ebolish the bar; to establish Govern- ment dispensaries, that is, e limited prohibition ; to remove this from Gov- ernment patronage, and finally to .;rant a limited tneasure of compensa- tion.. He said the economic waste is incalculable, of character, energy and life. This deplorable condition is proof that existing laws are inadequate, The license system ha; done good, but only a limited good. Local option is too low, and is not an effective reform, because it lacks per- manence, This is opportune tine° to introduce pleasures when our popnlit- tion is small and intelllgenee high. 'there are grave prejudice® against any Government dispensary, because it is asserted that it ie a par'teersllip with evil. But the ohjeotion is not pertinent, because we are not creating a business, but controlling it. Compensation, Mr. Horne said, is a concession, and is the key to the suc- cessful administration of the system. it is a practical way of settling the matter. We turn those who are dead against us into assistants. Let the compensation extend over three years, and let any one Tonna guilty of violat- ing.theso terms forfeit all title to this remuneration. 'Alex. Stuart, K. C., seconded the motion in a critical speech. lie advo- cated compensation, not simply to gain the assistance of the people in the business, bqt of their fx'iends as well, and men in general who see pro- petty otherwise endangered, lie advocated the action of the Presby- terian Church using its influence ppon public men, saying that higher licenses and fewer places only made bigger bars, but did not lessen drink- ing. The motion pissed, being sent to the General Assembly, Perceval Landon, writes in the World's Work, on the above subject, and from his excellent article,• we make the following extracts :— Among the 300 millions of India there tyre more than a score of nation- alities—nationalities divided one from another by sentiment, habits and pre- judices far more deep than any that exist between different European na- tions at the present day. What is true of one race is necessarily* false of some, perhaps of all, of the others. Putting aside the few and remote trlbee . whose faith is Buddhism, the Gurkhas and f'arsis, and Sikhs, who are loyal to the British, we are left face to face with the two great divi- sions of India --the Hindus and the. Mohammedans. There are about 220 millions of Hin- dus .and about 00 millions of Moham- medans. Between the two there • is eternal antagonism. It Is like a three- inch hemp hawser pulling against a seven -eighths -inch steel cable. The equilibrium is fairly well maintained, and it is upon maintaining this equi- librium that British rule in India is based. The balance is easily explain- ed. The Mohammedans, to a man, are a fighting race, The Hindus— omitting the Rajputs, the Sikhs, and a certain number of kindred races— may be said emphatically not to be a fighting people, The great mass of the $indu popu- lation of India is entirely ignorant of the present agitation, and, did they know it, they would also be indiffer- ent, Ninety per cent. of the Hindus live, love, and work out their lives contentedly, asking only that their homes and their religious prejudices be not interfered with, and that their sons may have the opportunity of liv- ing precisely the same life, dying the same death, and enjoying the same. anticipation for their sons in turn. Most of the remaining 10 per cent.— roughly speaking, the town population of India—would live and die as con- tentedly as their country neighbors were it not for the small leaven of dis- contented natives who now and then succeed in raising a ferment upon the surface of Indian affairs, This ruffi.ing of the, pool's surface attracts more notice than its impor- tance deserves. The discontent of this small part of .one section of the popu- latiop is caused • by circumstances which have their roots deeper than any policy of conciliation or repres- sion could effect, but it would be a mistake to regard 'it as a development of a national spirit. The expression "a national spirit" is entirely inappli- cable to India, for the reaeon that there is no nation of India. There are two feelings uppermost in the minds of the malcontents to -day. The first is a bitter resentment against the insignificai t position of the old religious hierarey which, before the coming of the English, bad for cen- turies' exercised unquestioned away over nearly the whole sub -continent, The second reason is a personal one. There is no doubt that a much larger Class of highly intelligent natives has passed university examinations than can possibly be given any positions for which their education qualifies them. There (WA in Ifidit tour great castes or divisions among flume wvi}e follow Hinduism Of these the first is the Brahmin caste. In the old days the h wins occ ied a lace similar, lI r u rs. p p , front a religions point of view, to that of the Levites under the Mosaic law, but politicttilly they enjoyed vastly eenentrclctrenbteas ein only bInto this birth. No qualification or move event of any kind Is suficient to pay- ment by a hair's-breadth the yawning and the resttof the world. Pherrespect of �u amhtof the Brahmin Het trouble he root WINCII4AM PEOPLE With Chronic Coughs Need Vino!. It Stops The Cough and Cures • The Cause. This is the season for coughs earl colds, and for the benefit of V1 ingham people our local druggist, J. Walton McKibben tells them the best means for a cure. Ne says; "Take Vinol, our real cod liver preparation 'without ell. It does not upset the stomach like cough syr, ups, and it is much more effective. Vinol is not a palliative but a cura- tive." This is because Vinol contains in a highly eopceptrated fortn all of the healing, strength preetipg end medici- nal elements of cod lice oil actually taken from fresh cods' livers, with all the useless, nauseating oil eliminated and tonic iron added. It tastes fine, and cannot upset the weakest stom- ach, hence its wonderful power tb cure. We ask every person in Wingham who has a chronic coegi} or herd cold to try Vinol on ger gparantee. J. Walton McWWibbot , druggist, Wing- ham, Ont, Peas Pay = Field Peas brought 87 cents, a bushel last year. The average price was 75 cents. There's good money,, in peas even at 65 cts. And you have the vines left for fodder or to plow under—better than stable manure or commercial fertiliser. It paid to grow peas last year. This year it will pay as well — de- mand keen, pea bugs vanished—plant peas for profit. Get them in EARLY. Plant Plenty Now ➢OViIN10N BANK� HEAD OFFIOE, TORONTO. Capital (paid up) - $3,848,000 Reserve (,tied ,inaicid.. $5,068,000 od profile) Total Assets, over $48,000,000 WINGRAM BRANCH. Farmers' Notes discounted. Drafts sold :on all points in Can- ada, the United States and Enrope. ,. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. tutored allowed ett dopedttt of $Leff and upwards, and 4449. 50 prinolpal quarterly'. D. T. EE?DHFR, Nanagor I#. PaltatOrle, Solloitor Canadian falp lttest©L'ei Will resthro grey hair to its natural color, Stops falling hair, causes to grow on bald heads. Curendandr'ufl, itching, scalp diseases, BY its use thin hair grows luxuriantly.. Contains no oily or greasy ingredients, Is entirely unlike any other hair prepara- tioir ever offered for sale. ) A geed, reliable Canadian preparation, lllnsclrettcd Testimonials. Edith A. Burke, Missionary IL 111, Church Akhinrlrn.f,gypt, and friends, greatly pieasoei with results after two yeare' u:itnii. L. A. Boars. Winner, Montana. My hair leeilark anby aguCanadian Ian, Restorer. id. Oruro, Burgcssvillc. Ont. Canadian Hair iiesteror is the best I have ever used, John G. Hall, Now Aberdeen, Cape Breton, Canadian ,lair Restorer has worked wonders,. My head is nearly all covered, with thick growth black hair, original color,. Sold by all wholesale and retail druggists. Mailedto any address in the civilized world enreceipt of price, 50e. Manufactured by TIDE Ii1E5IWIN C8,, Windsor, Ont., ceeeda, Sold In Whiqham by—J Walton McKibben, 4.I,, 141111140111 1P• 14, i\ralloy, Dru6tgists. W, J. PRICE �.S.A , L,D,S., Honor Qraduate of University of Toronto and. Licentiate of Royal College of Dental Surheotrs of Ontario, OFFlgt rx 13iidvsrr I3aoo r WrxorrAm MIR J. IRWIN D,D,S., L,D.S. Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pen- nsylvania College and Licentiate of Dental Surgery of Ontario. —Office in Macdonald Block— _ Elizabeth E. Grant Teacher of Piano,. Theory, Iuterpreta• tion, Harmony. Pupils prepared for Conservatory exams. Studio in Macdonald Block — 2nd Floor. Terns on application. WINGII-IAM General Hospital. (Udder gevcrpmpnt Inspoctlon.) pleasantly situated. Beautifully furnished. Open to all regularly licensed physicians. Rates for patients (which include board and nursing)—$3.50 to $15.00 per week, according, to location of room, For further informa- tion—Address MISS KATHRINE STEVENSON, Superintendent, 'Box 223. Wingham, Ont. (( Prepare F ro Posit a s Paying from $35 to $100 per month by • attending the popular ELLIOTT A 7 -is ' O 011701 9N' . This school is noted far and near for the. superior education given to the students and for the remarkable success d f its graduates. College open the entire year. Begin now. Our training will make you independent, write today for catalogue W. J. ELLIOTT - PRINCIPAL Cor. Yonge Sc Alexander Sts. . ................ CANADIAN HOME CIRCLES Wingbar Circle, N0. 434 'Meets the first Friday in each month, in the Chisholm Hall, at 8 p. m. Candi- dates for cheap, reliable insurance are soiieited. Ask to see our rates from, any of the office s. Ladies! risks t}oeepte4 at PIP Same 'rape a's mpp. iiry. T, S. Borr,a G, H. COAs;ArN flender Rep, Secretary W. J. Wytrs - Fin, Secretary ,....-. SPRINQ TERM OPENS APRii. 1 a aTRATFORD, ONT, - . Thoroughness is the key -note of this institution. Our school stands for what is fiRillBST and BLEST in business education. We have three departments —Cenupercial, Shorthand and Telegra- phip. Our graduates always succeed. If interested, get our free catelpgge, ELLIOTT & MGLACHLAN pRINcipAI-S Protection and Safe Investment ARE 0011IBXNED IN The Endowment Policies The Dominion life $ sound, well managed' Canfdign Life Assurance Company. Average rate of Interest eareed in 1300- 6.73 PER CENT. WALTER T, I,epal Agent Wingharn. foldlijkapoommumosegiamineginswimpopewamon so, YEARS EXPERIENCE TEASE MARKS DESIGNS iG is d:C, CPR H n, wot16 estadusy a(i sketnh }ids eserlpttatt mal' p M51t1y asrertdtnY ourolnnlorr, oo watcher MI invention s probe ly DIto eta Coon'xl °rite none,Orlotlsce adontln , t ptiV0 06 p t poutns tart: oidenade ncyfor.erorin atent.9..'• t1 .Monte taken tlarrOusgh �tumttc }', xp�`gl i il&dlghsotfCe, wttbint,0lia o, fit tt i¢ caf� t �Nn. 0l t tad eek r obt tr.r ni'leeta u lr y,,, in qq 4 t q f ty jJtlotOnIwa Dorn '1, erre Y 4 ne in ollottr X00 0014 • Vro it tat Baps sy O setbrnidwlty, New York ti 11111,' OA Wattaastonitiv.Sk let The Peoples Popular Store • JN WING i-1Ali , ONT. • *NV44+D41O0o4400441444Q44 ?44,90441444®4440.44444 Women's Now Shoes For Spring Wear Oxfords for Womon's wear will be very fashionable this season, in fact yonr Spring wardrobe will not be complete without one or two pairs of Oxfords. Our stook is now complete, and it is better to ,make your choice now when there is .a full range of sizes in all styles, rather than wait till later on and be unable t0 seoure what you want. ,Ask to see our Oxtord8, Chocolate Bhtcii. Qxrords, Patent Bloch. Oxfords, Dougola gid Oxfords, Bluoh. and Bal. Women's Fine Boots For Spring Wear. Cer stool: is complete. We have it'll the newest shapes and styles from the best makers in Canada, They're honest goodi— no shoddy. Fine Patent Leather Boots, hid top. Fine Dongola Kid Boots, Bluoh, and Bal. New Lace Curtains. Imported direct from England. Good siz a. Newest designs and quality guaranteed. Prices from 25o to $5.00 a pair. New Art Muslins and Art Sateens. The very newest styles and 'colorings. See them. Prices, from 100 to 25o a yard, Ladies' Home Journals for April, 15c; regular price 20c. Grit yours now. Dainty -Dress . GOMIS For Spring Wear Wo have a very wide range of lovely Dress Goods for Spriug and Simmer wear. All now styles and newest weaves just to hand a few days ago. The largest stock wo have had for Spring. In Black Goods. Wo bare Brr:lish Armure, Cheviot, Mohair, Lustre, Henri- etta, Oreponne, French Netto, Taffeta, etc., etc. In Colored Goods.. Wo have Venetian, Panama, Voile, Mohair, Cashmere, Lustre, TaffetaeEmmy Tweeds, eto. Dainty White Goods. Somo aro in sheer beautiful effects. Tlien there Are slightly thicker effects for early Spring wear, some woven plain, others with neat, small figures, or over check. Some stripes and em- broidered spots and open em- broidered work in the newest and daintiest effects, New Table Linen. We are just in receipt of a large shipment of fine Table Linen from England. We'll take pleasure in showiug these goods. Fine Table Cloths with Napkins to match. Fine Table Linen by tho yard, We have also received tv o pieces of ,i,he old style "Lem Dice Table lemon,'' the kind that wears longer than any other make, Ladies' Home Journal 14'0;1t11]y Style Books for April aro hero. Call cud got one free, ,Vyin.y-sr.,C+.•.... i.S`.dv'OF'.:'44+s}.`i'�^" ;r,.` • .,;:..,o..-e.3,4S.cr. L.:.�•t-:•.h:S�TW .L. e E.2 F We have all kinds of Grail. in stock for seed— the purest strain of Manchuria Barley—Goose Wheat for seed—Seed Peas•.—Silver Hull and Black Buck- wheat for seeding—Millet—Hungarian Red Clover— Alsike—Mammoth Lucerne and Timothy—all govern- ment standard—White Clover—Evergreen Lawn Grass —Kentucky Blue Grass—Meadow Fescue—Red Top —Orchard Grass—Italian Rye Grass—Fall Oat Grass and Essex Sowing Rape—Flax for seed, pure ground flax—ground Oil Cake—National Molasses Stock Food —Bibby's Cream • Equivalent for calves, to take the place of the cream taken out by the Separators. SEED CORN. This is going to be a hard year to get good Seed Corn but I have secured a quantity of Early Learning, Bailey, White Cap Dent, of the best germinating quali- ties, also Cotnpton's Early, Sa14er's North Dakota. Call and get your corn early as you can keep a bag better than we can a hundred, as corn heats in a pile, and you can test it before planting,, JUST ARRIVED. • A carload of Stock Feed, composed of Wheat, Corn, Oats and Barley, also Shorts, Bran and Floury Before ordering your Seeds for this Spring, you are respectfully invited to call and inspect our stock. A. Mills WINGRAM 3 �r- combines the flavor of pure white winter wheat with the body-building qualities of the best harcr Manitoba spring wheat. Jewel Flour is a blended flour. It. is a sweet, wholesome flour that makes that delicious, • flaky pastry, those creamy biscuits and appetizing bread. We have been making Jewel Flour for years and guarantee it. Ask your grocer for Jewel Brand the next time you want flour. Manufactured by PFEFFER FEFFER EROS. li/ i l'verton, Ont. A "3 SAVINGS ACCOUNT is the best investment for idle funds. It offers ( ab$olute safety, and paysinterest four times a year. t: fYY THE CANADIAN ANK OF COMMERCE. HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO B. E. WALKER, President ' ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager A. E. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches ESTAI3LISIIED 1887 Paid-up Capital, $ 10,000,000 Rest, - - - 5,000,000 Total Assets, 113,000,000 Branches throughout Canadaseand .in the United States and England BANKING BY MAIL 85 Business znay be transacted by mail with any branch of the Bank. Accounts may be opened and deposits made or withdrawn by mail. Every attention is paid to out-of-town accounts. W1NGHA I BRANCH — A. E. SMITH, MANA3ER. 11,44N4N4+l14/4444964444+• Nlps1444M.44.N144411444i Goal Goal We are sole agents for the celebrated Scranton Coal, which has no 'equal. Also the best grades of Smithing, Cannel and Do. medic Coal and Wood of all kinds, always on hand, Residence Moue, No, tis Office dr No. 01 Mill 4, No, 44 We carry a full stock of Lumber (dressed or undres- sed), Shingles, Lath, Cedar Po Barrels, ar els eta. t Highest Price Paidfor all kinds of Logs. J. A. MoLEAN t 1 t 44A44411i4.444b11 1+14f .....4+►N11►i44a I, lje ant � tri xc Theo, Hall - Proprietor. Ebftotf at —In the annual report of the Inspector of HIospitals and Charities for Ontario, it was stated that the average cost per patient in Ontario hospitals had increased from 88i cents per day in 1900 to $L08 in 1906, and $1.16 in 1907. •µ,~ —During the year ending June 30th, 1007, some 46 electric railways com- panies were in operation in Canada, operating 814 miles, with gross earn- ings of $12,035,005 and net earnings of $4,898,643, „A, total number of 273,099,- 401 passengers and 470,731 tons of freight were carried. * * —Here are a few examples of how the grafter gets in his fine work at Ottawa. A piece of land at Moncton was bought for $5,075, and sold to the Government for $13,580. Another lot was bought at Halifax for $18,753. This was charged up in the public accounts as !raving cost $45,000. A pump was sold for $1,024, and entered at $1,550 ; a derrick costing $756 was charged up at $1,250. A crane costing $1,040 was paid for at $2,500. Mr. Aylesworth declared at Hensall that the Govern- ment had to submit to be "held up" at such figures. Some rascals seem to think it no harm to steal the country's money. But t1Ze people at large pay the bills. p *** —The West, comparatively new though it is, shows wonderful enter- prise and vitality. This is seen in the fact that all Canada west of the Lake of the Woods will soon have Govern- ment owned telephones. Manitoba was the first to open the way with a purchase of the Bell phone system for $3,400,000; now comes Alberta with a similar purchase- for $650,000. The next in order is Saskatchewan, and negotiations are now pending along similar lines as. Alberta, and it is expected that an announcement will he made shortly, as it is simply a mat- ter of price. When this deal is com- pleted, it will take all western Canada out of the hands of the Bell company, as it does not operate in British Columbia. ,. ,, • —Sortie Liberal newspapers endea- vor to excuse the tremendous increase in the expenditure of Canada. Here is the contrast between the expendi- ture of to -day and that which the Lib- erals criticized so strongly under Con- servative administration ! Glence at these figures :- 1891—Conservative ........$ 40,793,000 1896—Conservatite 44,000,000 1809—Liberal 1902—Liberal.51,500,000 63,000,000 1906—Liberal 83,277,000 1908—Liberal 110,500,000 1909—Liberal 110,000,000 There are three facts that should not be forgotten : 1—The Liberal party was pledged to reduce the taxation, and has more than doubled it. 2—It was pledged to reduce the expendi- ture, and has more than doubled it. 3—The expenditure in 1896 was $114,- 000 a day. It is now $303,000 a day. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Quite an excitement was caused in the House of Commons recently by the report of the Commission appoint- ed by the Government to investigate the Civil service of this country. The three Commissioners were chosen by the Government, and of course were all Liberals. - Yet their report con- demns in very pointed terms, the sys- tem in vogue ender the Ottawa ad- ministration. Many of the evils com- plained of by the Commissioners have been pointed out by the Opposition, but when this was done, no heed was paid. It was thought, perhaps, by many honest Liberals, that it was mere partisan fault-finding. Nov that three Commissioners, of the Gov- ernment's own choosing, have practi- cally confirmed the charges made by the Opposition, perhaps the country will sit up and listen, Among the evils pointed out by the Commission are :— That the Civil Service at Ottawa is largely made up of men who have been ••appointed for political reasons rather than out of regard to the ser- vice they can render the public. That some of the most responsible official positions outside of Ottawa have been filled by men named by partisans in control of the local pat- ronage. That the expenditure of the Militia Department has been increased by three million dollars in less than five years. That there are more highly paid officers in the Militia Department than in all other branches of the pub- lic service combined. With a pertnanent force of less than 3,000 men, and less than 33,000 drilled two weeks in the year, we have staff enough 'for a standing army of 100,000 tilers. That the De arttelent a f Marine is p in a state of demoralization; unduly high prices have been paid for supplies purchased for the public service. The Marine Department is the one for which over $10,000 wits paid re- cently for reorganization of its book- keeping methods, some of the men being paid $16 •a clay, others $59 end others $40 a day, Surely It must have been in a'bad mos lI 1 ADVANCE, Vie HURON RH MNOS. The: Re -distribution Ilia affecting ie e I has01. Ontario onstittre s DOW be. 1414. come law. As we intimated last week might be the case, `.4'uckorsmith has been removed from the Centre biding to the South, Now that the matter is. settled, We can outline the ridings ac- eurately, and we give them below,. with the populations according to the last available returns. NORTH HURON Ashfield 3107 West Wawanosh 2218 East Wawanosh , .. , . , , . , 1000 Blyth 871. Morris 2000 Tut nberry 2141 Wroxeter...,....,.,, „ 416 Howiek , 4140 Wingham ........ 2392 Total population, 20,271 CENTRE HURON, 3557 McKillop .. , a....... , , , 2685 Hullett 2898 Colborne. .., 1866 Goderich. town.... , .. 4158 Seaforth 2215 Clinton 2547 Brussels 1114 Total population... 21,070 SOUTH HURON.. Hay he Stn Tuckersmith..,., .,,,,, Ueborne Stanley.,., Goderich township Exeter Hensel! ...... .........• Bay Held Total population .Population of North riding., ,. Centre " ` " South " Grey. .1.1.11,., IPSP, 3627 4172 • 2403 '1191 2162 . 2528 1792 • 820 558, 20,303 20,271 21,070 20,303 A fairer arrangement, so far as populations are concerned, could scarcely be conceived. Nor can fault be found (reasonably at least) with the geographical contour of the ridings. THE UNREST IN INDiA. APRT . 9, 1908. LONDON AND .HAMILTON SYNOD AP. PROVES OC COMPENSATION, In the London and Ilamilton Synod ..of elm 1 Iesb ker1n Clonal' last week,, the i t estion of Temperance Was dis- cussed et some length, Rev. 4, B. Horne, L. L, B., of Wet - ford, presented a ,notion regarding the .temperance question, His motion t:ontainecl four points, namely, to cell- ed, ail existing Heelless, that is, to ebolish the bar; to establish Govern- ment dispensaries, that is, e limited prohibition ; to remove this from Gov- ernment patronage, and finally to .;rant a limited tneasure of compensa- tion.. He said the economic waste is incalculable, of character, energy and life. This deplorable condition is proof that existing laws are inadequate, The license system ha; done good, but only a limited good. Local option is too low, and is not an effective reform, because it lacks per- manence, This is opportune tine° to introduce pleasures when our popnlit- tion is small and intelllgenee high. 'there are grave prejudice® against any Government dispensary, because it is asserted that it ie a par'teersllip with evil. But the ohjeotion is not pertinent, because we are not creating a business, but controlling it. Compensation, Mr. Horne said, is a concession, and is the key to the suc- cessful administration of the system. it is a practical way of settling the matter. We turn those who are dead against us into assistants. Let the compensation extend over three years, and let any one Tonna guilty of violat- ing.theso terms forfeit all title to this remuneration. 'Alex. Stuart, K. C., seconded the motion in a critical speech. lie advo- cated compensation, not simply to gain the assistance of the people in the business, bqt of their fx'iends as well, and men in general who see pro- petty otherwise endangered, lie advocated the action of the Presby- terian Church using its influence ppon public men, saying that higher licenses and fewer places only made bigger bars, but did not lessen drink- ing. The motion pissed, being sent to the General Assembly, Perceval Landon, writes in the World's Work, on the above subject, and from his excellent article,• we make the following extracts :— Among the 300 millions of India there tyre more than a score of nation- alities—nationalities divided one from another by sentiment, habits and pre- judices far more deep than any that exist between different European na- tions at the present day. What is true of one race is necessarily* false of some, perhaps of all, of the others. Putting aside the few and remote trlbee . whose faith is Buddhism, the Gurkhas and f'arsis, and Sikhs, who are loyal to the British, we are left face to face with the two great divi- sions of India --the Hindus and the. Mohammedans. There are about 220 millions of Hin- dus .and about 00 millions of Moham- medans. Between the two there • is eternal antagonism. It Is like a three- inch hemp hawser pulling against a seven -eighths -inch steel cable. The equilibrium is fairly well maintained, and it is upon maintaining this equi- librium that British rule in India is based. The balance is easily explain- ed. The Mohammedans, to a man, are a fighting race, The Hindus— omitting the Rajputs, the Sikhs, and a certain number of kindred races— may be said emphatically not to be a fighting people, The great mass of the $indu popu- lation of India is entirely ignorant of the present agitation, and, did they know it, they would also be indiffer- ent, Ninety per cent. of the Hindus live, love, and work out their lives contentedly, asking only that their homes and their religious prejudices be not interfered with, and that their sons may have the opportunity of liv- ing precisely the same life, dying the same death, and enjoying the same. anticipation for their sons in turn. Most of the remaining 10 per cent.— roughly speaking, the town population of India—would live and die as con- tentedly as their country neighbors were it not for the small leaven of dis- contented natives who now and then succeed in raising a ferment upon the surface of Indian affairs, This ruffi.ing of the, pool's surface attracts more notice than its impor- tance deserves. The discontent of this small part of .one section of the popu- latiop is caused • by circumstances which have their roots deeper than any policy of conciliation or repres- sion could effect, but it would be a mistake to regard 'it as a development of a national spirit. The expression "a national spirit" is entirely inappli- cable to India, for the reaeon that there is no nation of India. There are two feelings uppermost in the minds of the malcontents to -day. The first is a bitter resentment against the insignificai t position of the old religious hierarey which, before the coming of the English, bad for cen- turies' exercised unquestioned away over nearly the whole sub -continent, The second reason is a personal one. There is no doubt that a much larger Class of highly intelligent natives has passed university examinations than can possibly be given any positions for which their education qualifies them. There (WA in Ifidit tour great castes or divisions among flume wvi}e follow Hinduism Of these the first is the Brahmin caste. In the old days the h wins occ ied a lace similar, lI r u rs. p p , front a religions point of view, to that of the Levites under the Mosaic law, but politicttilly they enjoyed vastly eenentrclctrenbteas ein only bInto this birth. No qualification or move event of any kind Is suficient to pay- ment by a hair's-breadth the yawning and the resttof the world. Pherrespect of �u amhtof the Brahmin Het trouble he root WINCII4AM PEOPLE With Chronic Coughs Need Vino!. It Stops The Cough and Cures • The Cause. This is the season for coughs earl colds, and for the benefit of V1 ingham people our local druggist, J. Walton McKibben tells them the best means for a cure. Ne says; "Take Vinol, our real cod liver preparation 'without ell. It does not upset the stomach like cough syr, ups, and it is much more effective. Vinol is not a palliative but a cura- tive." This is because Vinol contains in a highly eopceptrated fortn all of the healing, strength preetipg end medici- nal elements of cod lice oil actually taken from fresh cods' livers, with all the useless, nauseating oil eliminated and tonic iron added. It tastes fine, and cannot upset the weakest stom- ach, hence its wonderful power tb cure. We ask every person in Wingham who has a chronic coegi} or herd cold to try Vinol on ger gparantee. J. 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Our stook is now complete, and it is better to ,make your choice now when there is .a full range of sizes in all styles, rather than wait till later on and be unable t0 seoure what you want. ,Ask to see our Oxtord8, Chocolate Bhtcii. Qxrords, Patent Bloch. Oxfords, Dougola gid Oxfords, Bluoh. and Bal. Women's Fine Boots For Spring Wear. Cer stool: is complete. We have it'll the newest shapes and styles from the best makers in Canada, They're honest goodi— no shoddy. Fine Patent Leather Boots, hid top. Fine Dongola Kid Boots, Bluoh, and Bal. New Lace Curtains. Imported direct from England. Good siz a. Newest designs and quality guaranteed. Prices from 25o to $5.00 a pair. New Art Muslins and Art Sateens. The very newest styles and 'colorings. See them. Prices, from 100 to 25o a yard, Ladies' Home Journals for April, 15c; regular price 20c. Grit yours now. Dainty -Dress . GOMIS For Spring Wear Wo have a very wide range of lovely Dress Goods for Spriug and Simmer wear. All now styles and newest weaves just to hand a few days ago. The largest stock wo have had for Spring. In Black Goods. Wo bare Brr:lish Armure, Cheviot, Mohair, Lustre, Henri- etta, Oreponne, French Netto, Taffeta, etc., etc. In Colored Goods.. Wo have Venetian, Panama, Voile, Mohair, Cashmere, Lustre, TaffetaeEmmy Tweeds, eto. Dainty White Goods. Somo aro in sheer beautiful effects. Tlien there Are slightly thicker effects for early Spring wear, some woven plain, others with neat, small figures, or over check. Some stripes and em- broidered spots and open em- broidered work in the newest and daintiest effects, New Table Linen. We are just in receipt of a large shipment of fine Table Linen from England. We'll take pleasure in showiug these goods. Fine Table Cloths with Napkins to match. Fine Table Linen by tho yard, We have also received tv o pieces of ,i,he old style "Lem Dice Table lemon,'' the kind that wears longer than any other make, Ladies' Home Journal 14'0;1t11]y Style Books for April aro hero. Call cud got one free, ,Vyin.y-sr.,C+.•.... i.S`.dv'OF'.:'44+s}.`i'�^" ;r,.` • .,;:..,o..-e.3,4S.cr. L.:.�•t-:•.h:S�TW .L. e E.2 F We have all kinds of Grail. in stock for seed— the purest strain of Manchuria Barley—Goose Wheat for seed—Seed Peas•.—Silver Hull and Black Buck- wheat for seeding—Millet—Hungarian Red Clover— Alsike—Mammoth Lucerne and Timothy—all govern- ment standard—White Clover—Evergreen Lawn Grass —Kentucky Blue Grass—Meadow Fescue—Red Top —Orchard Grass—Italian Rye Grass—Fall Oat Grass and Essex Sowing Rape—Flax for seed, pure ground flax—ground Oil Cake—National Molasses Stock Food —Bibby's Cream • Equivalent for calves, to take the place of the cream taken out by the Separators. SEED CORN. This is going to be a hard year to get good Seed Corn but I have secured a quantity of Early Learning, Bailey, White Cap Dent, of the best germinating quali- ties, also Cotnpton's Early, Sa14er's North Dakota. Call and get your corn early as you can keep a bag better than we can a hundred, as corn heats in a pile, and you can test it before planting,, JUST ARRIVED. • A carload of Stock Feed, composed of Wheat, Corn, Oats and Barley, also Shorts, Bran and Floury Before ordering your Seeds for this Spring, you are respectfully invited to call and inspect our stock. A. Mills WINGRAM 3 �r-