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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1908-05-14, Page 4TUE' W NGTIA .A.DV".ACE, THURSDAY, 'MAY 14,. 908. New Spring Goads. ♦••••+. o44oNi`4. We've j estopened out our New Goods for Spring and Summer. To say they are the nicest range ever shown here, is putting it pretty strong. But really, the Suiting' are beautiful, both in design and material. The prevailing colors are elephant grays and browns, in stripes andp laids. Of course, blacks and blues are always cor- rect, and we have a large range of these goods, H .T .—A choice stock of Hats for the Spring and Summer in all the newest styles. FTrRNISHINGS.—A good new stock in all lines of Shirts, Underwear, Ties, Collars, Gloves, Fancy Vests, &c. Colne in 1 Come in 1 Robt. Maxweli Tailor & Men's Furnishers JEWEL FL I U ISABLEN ED FL UR It is made from a choice selection of the best Man- itoba hard wheat and the pure white winter wheat of this Province. The expert care in the milling and blending makes JEWEL FLOUR give such splendid results that it quickly be- comes the housewife's favorite. For pastry, biscuits or bread it is highly recom- mended, and our many years' experience insures uniformity of quality. In- sist on JEWEL BRAND. Your grocer can get it. Manufactured by PFEFFER BROS. Milverton, Ont. THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE INVEST- MENT OF SAVINGS IS SECURITY Bank of Hamilton Capital - - - $2,500,000 Reserve - - 2,500,000 Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. WINGHAM BRANCH C. J• Smith - agent THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMME'CE HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO' ESTABLISIUED 1887 B. Z. WALSER, President JliiM'Jt, LAIRD, General Manager A. 8. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches 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 A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED FARMERS' BANKING livery facility afforded Farmers for their banking business. Sales Notes cashedor taken for collection BANKING BY MAIL.—Deposits may be made or withdrawn by mail. Out-of-town accounts receive every attention 86 WINGHAM BRANCH - A. E. SMiTH, MANAGER. Coal Goal We are sole agents for the celebrated Scranton Coal, which hal no equal. A.Iso the best grade of Smithing, Cannel and Do- mestic Coal and Wood of :ill hinds; always on hand. Phone, No. 55 Pas -Wanes Plr , Ofgoo111 " No. 44 We carry a full stock of Lumber (dressed or andres- sed), Shingles, Lath, Cedar Poste,Barr. r els etc. Highest Price Paid for all kinds of Loge. J. A. cLEAN .0.1k040.0.4•04/44,...“. t 7 c Weingbam Ab nit.cc ,Theo. Hall - Proprietor. (4ww�rrnn,rvriw�nni.n�.nnr�r��ry (t oaf totif aY 2S( wwJ -A statement brought down bythe gh Dominion Government recently shows that the woollen industry of Oanadais making progress backward. There was an industrial census in 1905, which showed the employment of 4,587 hands in that year, while in 1901 the number was 6,750. The value of pro- ducts fell from $7,359,000 to $5,717,000. The trade returns show that the quantity of wool imported for manu- facture in 1008 was 6,129,216 pounds, while in 1808 it was 11,785,890. The value of woollen manufactured goods imported increased from $8,115,909 in 1808 to $21,213,234 in 1008. So that we are employing a less number of hands, manufacturing less woollens, and buy- ing more from other countries, who reap the benefit, -Speaking in Hamilton, Premier Whitney said : "In 1904, G. W. Ross, (then Premier of Ontario) said -"The normal revenue of the province is one million dollars less than the expendi- ture." "Under our administration," said Mr. Whitney, "there has been a large surplus every year, and it was a surplus that you could put your hands down into the treasury and feel. (Ap- plause.) In 1905 . the surplus Was $620,000 ; in 1900 the surplus was $429,000 ; in 1907 it was $600,000. In three years the surpluses aggregated $1,655,000. We have paid out these increased allowances and increased grants and expenditures on education and for other purposes -*e have done all that, ladies and gentlemen, and yet in spite of Mr. Ross' words of doom, we have had annual surpluses aggre- gating $1,655,000. Why, ladies and gentlemen, the tale I am telling you to -night is almost a fairy tale. It sounds like one, but, thank God, it is true." A Good Record. applied, Increased grants were given to education, and teachers are now encouraged tp put forth effort, by a reasonable increase in their salmi's, At the same tune, the sections receive nereased grants, Trustees are en- couraged, to engage the best teacher, by the Government paying 40 per cent. of any increase of salary over $300, and a farther grant of $20, if a second-class teacher is employed. They are also encouraged to equip theirschools sc col properly by a grant hes- ed on equipment. Teachers also have benefitted by the increased grants to the schools, and their remuneration and status have received a much re- gttired advance. .Agricultural schools have been inaugurated so that to -day the study of agriculture is going on to aremarkable extent. I r nis know, without being told, the saving effect to them by the breaking of the school book monopoly, The Provincial Uni- versity has been placed on a better footing, so that higher educational interests have not been neglected. This is a record along educational lines, that is exceedingly creditable, especially in view of the fact, that nearly nine tenths of the children of Ontario receive their education alto- gether in the Public Schools, Other reforms have been beguh�,. fir instance -law reform ; prison labor changes ; reform in the treatment of the, insane ; the power policy. The reform in the school book system is not yet completed, though a spendid beginning has been made. 1f, aside from party bias, the work of the Government was only fairly considered, electors would find a faith- ful discharge of the duties of public trust, an honest administration of public funds, and clean election methods. These are surely grounds for appealing for a renewal of con- fidence. The Whitney Administration in appealing to the people for a renewal of their confidence, can do so on a clean record. and very much good and useful legislation in the interests of the peo ale. Graft has had no place in the gov- ernmental transactions. No Cap. Sul- livan itinerate through Ontario de- bauching constituencies. If for no- thing else, Mr. . Whitney should receive credit for improvement in our election methods. No more can the Government trace how the elector votes, for one of the first acts of the Conservative Administration was to• sweep away the pumbered ballot which was used to such advantage in the past. Equally, too, has the stuf- fing of ballot boxes and the switching and spoiling of ballots been made as impossible as the law can make them ; in fact, no longer can the ballot thief work with impunity. The financial record of the Govern- ment is an excellent illustration of what can be done by a Cabinet desirous of conserving the resources of the province. Valuable rights be- longing to the people (given away to favorites under the. previous adminis- tration) have been made to yield revenue for the people. By preserv- ing the mineral and pulp concessions which were formerly regarded as of little value, the present Government has enlarged the revenue, increased by a million dollars its expenditure upon education and agriculture, reduc- ed the public debt in the making of railway grants, and yet has rolled up a surplus in the three years of 81,600,000. Ontario's public domains have been placed on a sound and revenue-pro- ducing basis, the result being that the treasury is enriched by the proceeds from concessions which were formerly given for nothing. The giving away of lands and moneys to railways has been- stepped, all that the latter receive now being the guarantee of bonds, which costs the province nothing. New Ontario is receiving aid to advance its development, and it is a tribute to good management that the Temiskaming railway is already being made pay. Tho municipalities have also been the gainers by the increased dxpendi- ture of the Government in various ways. By increasing giants to chari- ties, by giving half the proceeds of railway taxation to the municipali- ties, Ontario's Administration has lightened the burden of local taxation considerably. In Education affairs, the policy of the Government has been to legislate on behalf of the people. When 11fr. Whitneycame into pewer, the rural public schools were, many of them, in poor condition. The best taaohers were leaving the profession, or going West, so that in 1005; in rural schools, the teachers were :--1st class, 143; '2nd class, 1603 ; 3rd class, 2004. Worse than this, permits Were given by Wholesale. In 1903, there Were 463 teachers teaching on permits, but two years later the number had more than doubled, and reached 954. The hold - ors of these did tot think it Worth while to qualify themselves, As a resalt, the rural schools' often fell into the hands of inexperienced, ungltali. fled teachers. Something draetle were acaellear7, and tale remedy was Toronto Telegram Pointers. The Toronto Telegram of May 'nth had a column and a half of strictures on the issues of the Ontario campaign, from which we make the following ex- tracts "Ontario cannot create a stronger Opposition by multiplying the fol- lowers of Hon. A. 0-. McKay. The only Opposition worthy of the name was improvised by Major Clark, Major Craig, Messrs. James Tucker, P. H. Bowyer and Donald Sutherland, all staunch Conservatives." "The hatter of Rev. D. C. Hossack's attack on the Whitney Government is open to criticism. The motive of that attack is patriotic and unselfish. Mr. flossack is partially wrong in his diagnosis of the Whitney Govern- ment. overnment. He is wholly wrong in his remedy for the ills which he deplores." . "The Whitney Government has re- deeming qualities and possibilities of usefulness. The McKay Opposition has no redeeming qualities. It has certainties of usefulness." "Ontario has more to hope from a Government that has Hon. J. P. Whitney for its leader and Hon. J. J. Foy for its Attorney -General than from a Government that would have Hon. A. G. MK ay for its leader and J. N. McEvoy, K.C., for its Attorney - General." - "The Ontario Legislature needs more independents like the five Con- servatives who repudiated the leader- ship of Hon. J. P. Whitney where that Leadership was at fault. The Ontario Legislature also needs Liber- als who are capable of -repudiating the leadership of Hon. A. G. McKay. Conservatives who will keep the Whitney Government right by going against that Government when it is wrong, will be of more value to cheap power and public rights in the next Legislature, than partisans who will follow S. G. McKay, right or. wrong." INCREASE OF POPULATION. The Monetary Times recently made' the prophecy that in forty years more the population of Canada will be 55,000,000 souls. The result is arrived at by reckoning a 15 per cent, natural increase and immigration. As regards immigration, a basis for calculation is supplied by the official returns. In 1871 the year's arrival numbered only 27,773. In 1$81 the total had increased to 47,091, and in 1801 to 82,165. The number reported in 1901 fell to 49,149. After that, the number gradually increased until in 1907 the arrivals reached the eomparatively enormous total of 300,000 souls. In the same period of time the immiigration to the entire North American continent had reached, roughly speaking, a million and a half yearly, most of which has been absorbed by the United States. In Canada, every indication now goes to show that as the West develops the Dominion's reasonable share of this vast volume of humanity must cor- respondingly increase. If develop- ment proceeds as it should do, the volume of immigration, it is claimed by our contemporary, will grow at a rate justifying the expectation in a few years of a million soul, a year. Computations on this basis tend to show that the estimate of the popula- tion of 55,000,000 people In the Domin- ion forty years hence, Is likely to be under rather than over these figures; They are startling figures, indeed, but they are not without a basis of reason. Is the present alip•shod methods of inspection to be the sole provision against this horde, of whom many are foreigners, or shall some efficient system of inspection, such as the grand jury suggests, be Instituted to protect the natural lift of our beloved Dominion? The New Ballot Law, Under the old regime, the Govern- meat attended to the printing of the )allots, and they were printed in such targe quantities, that it was perhaps difficult to keels an accurate account of them. As a result, extra ballots were easily obtainable, and unprinci- pled persons could, and did (as was re- peatedly proven in the courts) obtain extra ballots and stuff tho ballot boxes, The new law changes this. The Returning (Officer for each riding must now look after the ballot print- ing account, but in order that the pa- per shall be uniform, the Government will supply the quantity required. In order 1,o prevent the printing of extra or bogus ballots, the law provides, that thepe rson who prints s ballots _. with fraudulent intent, or prints more than the Returning Officer authorizes to be printed, shall be guilty of an Of- fenee punishable, by imprisonment, and shall be tried summarily. The old ballot, provided by the Ross Government, was capable of being spoiled, and if by any means it was spoiled the vote did not count. Hence there was•room for the ballot spoilers to act. Even the •Liberal leader, Mc- Kay, owed ]tis election to four little crosses made on four ballots, while in the custody of an official. Such spoil- ing of the ballots is now prevented, by making the edge all around black, The only white spaces are those in which the names of the candidates are placed, and those reserved for the electors to place hie mark.. Thus it will be seen that the new ballot law is intended to protect the voters at every point. The absolute secrecy of the ballot is an additional safeguard, Not only is the ballot secret, but any person who represents to an elector that it is not secret, is guilty of a corrupt prac- tice, and liable to a fine of $200 and imprisonment for one year. A FRANCHISE CONTEST. A stiff fight is on in the Dominion Parliament just now, with reference to the voters' lists for Manitoba, Bri- tish Columbia and the unorganized portions of Ontario. To make the matter plain to our readers, it is necessary to state that the Dominion Election Act passed by the present Government makes the provincial lists available for Dominion purposes. But in the cases of Manitoba, British Columbia and the unorganized por- tion of Ontario, the Act is to be set aside. The Ottawa Government arbi- trarily steps in to make lists for itself. The "thin red line" by which nearly 10,000 Conservative voters were dis- franchised was a ,most disgraceful affair, unworthy of any government, and should the Bill now before Parlia- ment pass, it will do wholesale and by legal enactment what Leach did in the 1901 elections in some of the con- stituencies of the Prairie Province. The London Free Press says :-` "By dexterous manipulation under the directing hand of Mr. Leach, who was the Liberal organizer, some 9,400 Conservative electors lost their votes. The lists were sent from Ottawa to his care, and carefully revised so as to change the votes about in a confusing manner. Hundreds were struck oaf by drawing a line across in red ink. Other hundreds were shifted to new pollingplaces without being notified. They had to search at great incon- venience, and comparatively few of the voters whose names were thus tampered with, were able to get their votes in. By this nefarious trick sever- al seats were gained for Laurier which would have gone Conservative. It was so successful that the Franchise Act now introduced means to make the method permanent. A cartoon in the Winnipeg Tribune pictures Hon. Clifford Sifton seated at a table, pen in hand, surveying the voters' lists with a bottle of "all red ink" before him. "Let me make the voters' lists of a coiintry," he soliloquizes, "and I care not who makes its laws." The Opposition is determined to -pre- vent the outrage if possible, and there is no knowing how long the struggle may last. . Is Your Corn Troublesome ? Why not cure it-erradicate it with Putnam's Corn Extractor ? No pain or sore-Putnam's is a guaranteed suc- cess, try it. PROPERTIES FOR SALE Frame Cottage ....... ...,..Minnie St. Frame Cottage Patrick St. Frame Cottage North St. Frame Cottage Frances St. Frame 11 Story Victotia St. Frame 11 Story ....Edward St. Frame 11 Story Scott St. Frame 2 Story Minnie St. Erick 11 Story Victoria St. Brick 1 Story John St. Erick 2 Story (new). -Victoria St. Erick 1 Story .Josephine St. Brick 2 Story (Modern) Minnie St, llriok 2 Story (new) Catharine St. Properties in Pleasant Valley, Lower Town, Town Plot, Greenville, Ohts- Ilolmtown and in the central parts of the town, CALL AND BEE U8. WE CAN SUIT YOU'.. DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE. Choice Farms at right Prices and on easy terms. Ii SI]'RAN'01l---All kinds. 'ARAE LOANS -Low rated. Ritchie & Covens REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE 'WINGHAM BEFOfl ANOAFTER ,TREATMENT. Canadian Tettertne Is an absolute certain 'cure for Eczema, Acne Rosea, Tetter, PImples, nlackhexds, Ringworm., Barbers' Itch Scald Dead, Itching Piles, Ulcers, Sores, and all cutaneous and facial blemishes.. Das been thoroughly and successfully tested In hundreds of so called incurable cases. It is entirely unlike any other preparation, nii eture or ointment that has been sold, or pie - scribed. A few applications will convince that is has wonderful medical virtue and intrinsic merit. It is made in Canada, A good honest Claim - dine preparation. Price one box Fifty Cents, or five boxes. Two Dollars. Mailed to any address on receipt of price. Sold and recommended by all leadtag Drug- gists in Canada. Pamphlethlet free to any address.ress Manufactured and soldby the so_e proprie- tors. The Tettorine Chemical. Co. Windsor, Ontario. Sold in Wingham by -J. Walton koKibbon, A. L. Hamilton, 1+.13. Walley, Druggists. 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. ONFre1➢ IN BEAVER BLocx - WiNoneM ARTHUR 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- WINGHAM General Hospital. (Under Government Inspection.) 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 SATHRINE STEVENSON, Superintendent, Box 223. Wingham, Ont. 2 Prepare For Positions Paying from $35 to $100 per month by attending the _popular ELLIOTT ij TORONTO, ONT. This school is noted far and near for the superior education given to the students and for the remarkable success of its graduates. College open the entire year. Begin now. Our training will make you independent. Write to -day for catalogue W. J. ELLIOTT - PRINCIPAL Cor. Yongo & Alexander Sts. STRATFORD. ONT. Is the loading business training school in Western Ontario. Wo give a thor- ough, practical training on Commercial Subjects, Isaac Pitman's Shorthand, Touch Typewriting, and in Commercial and Railroad Operating. Each depart- ment is in the hands of experienced in- structors. We assist students to posi tions. Our graduates always succeed, for our courses aro the best. Get our free catalogue and learn more about us. You may enter now. ELLIOTT & MCLACHLAN Pa'NCtPAt$ CANADIAM HOME, CiRCLES Wingham Circle, No. 434 Meets the 1st Thursday in each month, in the Chisholm Hall, at 8 p. m. Candi- dates for cheap, reliable insurance are solicited. Ask to see our rates from any of the officers. Ladies' risks accepted at the same rate as men. Ray. T. S. Borax T. E. ROnINsoN Loader Rec. Secretary W. J. Wvtxs - FIn. Secretary Protection and - Safe Investment ARE COMBINED IN The Endowment Policies —OF— The Dominion Life A sound, well managed Canadian Life Assurance Company. " Average rate of Interest earned in 1906- 6.73 PER CENT. WALTER T. HALL Local Agent - Wingham: ➢OMINION BANKI HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. . C1t I a(paidup)� , 3 848 000 Capital Reserve (a©a p2caa,a- • $5,068,000 Total Assets, over $48,000,000 WINGHAM BRANCH. Farmers' Notes discounted. Drafts sold on e,11 points in Can- ada, the United States and Europe. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. o It e n e osits or 1,00 and interest, a owetd o a r #� apWards, and added to lirino1pal quarterly, A. T. 1011311RNI Manager R.It.Nrseetatie. bsitattsr The People's Popular Store WINGHAM, ONT. Ladies' Home Journal Vatteree 100 and 15e }E 4 Agent t 1�or LADIES' HOME JOURNAL 000004►000s000000e0000�000rosen�oeo��o Money Saving Opportuuit!os In Every Department. See our large stock of New Goods for Spring and Summer Wear. We can supply you with the very Newest Fabrics for Skirts, Waists, Suits, etc. No trouble to show goods. $1.50 Pants. For $1.19. 25 Pairs Men's Pants bought last week at ieduced price. They are good material, well made, correct style. On sale for ten days at $1.19. Every pair worth $1.50. Flannelette Shirts, 25c. 5 Doz. Dark Flannelette Shirts on sale for ten days at only 25o each. When yon got a Shirt for 25o, all you pay for is the making of the Shirt. Everything eisa is thrown in. 75c Shirts For 32c. A quantity of good Summer Shirts, white cotton body, fancy front. Regular price 750 each. Special to clear quick, 32o each. Something New. Cameo Sash Pins ; get one. They are the newest thing on the market, very fashionable. Three designs. Prices 25c to 35o. White Metal Brooches. A large quantity of White Metal Brooches, assorted designs. Have al*ays been sold at 25c each. We succeeded in getting a quantity at a very low price and will sell them at 10c each. 10c Elastic Sc. A quantity of colored Elastic, regular price 100 yd., special to clear quick, 5c yard. $1.50 Tan Oxfords $1.19. Here's a bargain in Shoes that yon cannot afford to pass. Ladies' Tan or Chocolate Oxford Shoes, sizes 2e. to 7, regular price $1.50, special to clear quick, $1.19. Paper and Envelopes. We are just in receipt of about 30 thousand Envelopes, all of which weare offering at very . low prices,. Ditch Fabric Envelope, pkg.. loo No. 6, Ladies' Dainty " " . , 5o Good XXX Square " " .. 5a No. 7, splendid quality " . 50 No. 8, large, Linen Paper En- velope, per pkg .......... 5c No. 7, medium quality Euve- lope,• 8 pkgs 10c No. 7, fair quality Envelope, 4 pkge loo Note Paper, Dutch Fabric, splendid quality, 24 sheets100 Note Paper, medium, 24 " 5o Real Irish Linen Paper m Pads, regular price 15c each, our special price only 9c Largo size Linen Paper in Pads, regular each 20e for15c Colnbs. Another lot of Combs bought at a low price. The saving is yours. We offer 10 dozen Toilet Conibs, black or white, regular 20c Comb, our speoial price 2 for 25 cts. 13 cloz. Combs, regular price 15 cts., unbreakable quality, our special price, 10 cls. each. SEEDS FOR 1908 We have all kinds of Grain 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 Leaming, Bailey, White Cap Dent, of the best germipating quali- ties, also Compton's Early, Salzer'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 Flour, Before ordering your Seeds for this Spring, you are respectfully invited to call and inspect our stock. T. A. Mills .WINGHAM