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THE WT fiGTTA, ADVANCE, 'THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1908,
New Spring Goods.
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We veJ
just opened out our New
Goode
for Spring
and Summer. 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 colors are elephant grays and browns, in stripes
and plaids. Of course, blacks and blues are always cor-
rect, and we have a lame range of these goods.
BATS.—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, &e,
Come in 1 Come in 1
Robt. Maxwell
Tailor & den's Farnishers
Money placed in your care, temporarily or
otherwise, by relative, friend or organiz-
ation, should at once be deposited in ra
Savings Bank— for your own pro-
• tection.
We invite such trust deposits.
THE CANADIAN BA
OF COMMERCE
BEAD OrFICE, TORONTO
B. E. WALKER, President
ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager
ESTABLISiIED 1867
Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000
Reserve Fund, - 5,000,000
Branches throughout Canada, and in the United States and England
COUNTRY BUSINESS Lvery others Tor ythe otrl tred ansaction the ers r
banking business. Sales notes will be cashed or taken for collection.
B•AN KI N G BY MAIL Accounts nilly be opened by mail, and
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Coal Goal
We are bole agents for
the celebrated Scranton Coal,
which has no equal.
Also the best grades of
Smithing, Cannel and Po-
mestic Coal and Wood of
all kinds, always on hand.
Residence Phone, No, 55
O" No. 64
Mill
" No. 44
We carry a full stock of
Lumber (dressed or undres-
sed), Shingles, Lath, Cedar
Posts, Barrels, etc.
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Highest Price Paid for all
kinds of Logs.
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D.D.S.
Honor Graduate of 'Universityof Toronto
and Licentiate of Royal College of
Dental Surgeons et Ontario.
OFFICE IN Mosta BLoott wrftilr Thr
GO YEARS°
EXPERIENCE
?AMIE MARKS
DESIGNS
COPYRtGHTtS &O.
Anyone sending a sketeb and description map
quickly ascertain our opinion � ret, whether an
Invention 1s probablynUat Hath _, ('omtnuniea•
done met oontldentra . Natio opt on Patent&
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➢OMINION BANK.
IIEAD OFFICE, TORONTO.
Ice xl &1 m Ahb'nnr.,c
Theo, flail 7 Proprietor,
Then A Deficit, NOW A Surplus.
--lion. A. G. MacKay's new text,
"Trust the people" is a good one, but
the trouble is drat the preacher in this
case is the tag end of an old corrupt
aggregation, whose political record as
written indelibly in the Courts, show-
ed .that instead of PRUSTIN(i the peo-
ple,. they DEFIED the popular will,
until honest Liberals joined with Con-
servatives in hurling them from
power. The retaining MacKay as
leader, does not indicate true repent
tante for the wrongs committed upon.
the electorate of this province.
**
—"Canada," a paper published in
London, England, has the follow-
ing ;—"There is,•Jittle chance that the
embargo on Canadian cattle shipped
to Great Britain will be removed, and
the cattlemen of the Dominion—espec-
ially the Western exporters— bet-
ter
l be t
ter make up their minds to try and
send properly -fitted steers to the Bri-
tish market in future. A Canadian
contemporary has been interviewing a
number of gentlemen with Large ex-
perience of the Anglo -Canadian cattle
trade, and one and all are of opinion.
that it is worse than• useless to ship
poor stuff to the mother country.
Year after year the bulk of cattle
from the Canadian ranges arrives in
an unfinished condition—probably
1907 was a record year for badness in
this • respect—and the result is that
there is a prejudice in the minds of
British buyers against the Canadian
range steer, except, perhaps, in Scot-
land, whore Baillie Watson of Glasgow
spoke recently of "the thrifty Western
steer," in words full of regretfulness.
Good stuff fetches a good price in the
British market, but the lower grade is
barely on a par with the chilled beef
of Argentina. Canadian cattlemen
should remember that the capacious
all -red route into John Bull's abysmal
stomach is only open to the best that
goes on four legs."
**
Altogether the Whitney Govern-
ment's record has been characterized
by integrity and ' progressiveness.
Tried by ran unconscionably long
period in Opposition, it entered into
office with absolutely clean hands, and
the First Minister does not seem to be
the man to dip them into dirt. If he
possesses any one quality more than
.another it is that of downright, al-
most aggressive honesty. As a conse-
quence there has been an entire ab-
sence of disclosures of, electoral scan-
dal, or administrative graft. Elector-
al irregularities, ballot box stuffing,
ballot switching, the pitiable wrigg-
ling' of desperate men determined to
remain in office, have all ceased. A
strongly entrenched Government has
no temptation to resort to devious
methods, but thost. who have watched
the Premier's career are warranted in
feeling that no sharp practices or
crooked devices will ever enter into
any campaign of his. The IegisIative
atmosphere has been cleared. One re-
sult of the change of Government is
that the time of the House was not
consumed in angry discussions over
administrative and electoral wrongs
and miscarriages. The Legislature
was able to devote itself to the public
questions of the day and to frame
measures calculating to advance the
Province. In this respect the Ontario
Assembly under Mr. Whitney ap-
proaches in some measures, the high
standard set by the Parliament of
Great Britain.
Capital (paid up) • $3,848,000
Reserve (ata pro e)- "` $5,068,000
Total Assets, over $48,000,000
WINGHAM B)tAN011.
arllaersdiscounted.
Notes
Drafts sold. 'on all points in Can-
ada, the United Mateo and Europe.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
interetrt allowed on deposits of $1.ea and
upwards, and added to Prinoipal iluartorlr.
b. T. EEPBt7Rli, Unger
ger
It."treeRteee, li*tieltir
Agricultural Training In Schools
An independent Step Taken. Teachers
To Act As Agents Of The Depart-
ment Of Agriculture For The Benefit
Of Farmers.
In 1004, an appeal was made by the
Union of Toronto, to Iron. G. W.
Ross, then Treasurer of Ontario, ask-
ing for assistance for the University.
Mr, Rosa replied (as reported in the
Globe of March 23, 1001) as follows
"l=Ie would like to place a quarter of
a million dollars or more at, the
dis-
posal of the University for aPkYales
building, He believed in it at heart,
and so did his colleagues; but would
tlfil House provide it just now? The
normal revenue,the Premier pointed
out, is about one million dollars short
of the normal expenditure. If It had
not been for the results of tirhber sales
a reduction of expenditure or an
increase of taxation would have been
necessary. The' Government bus put
a tax upon corporations, and there
was a complaint. It was proposed
this year to tax railways. Where can
the money be got, if not by more tax-
ation ?"
This statement of the situation was
no doubt correct. The cash surplus of
$3,800,000 left by John Sandfield Mac-
donald had been spent by his i,ncees-
sors and a debt had been incurred.
To meet the needs of the Treasury
encroachments had been made upon
the revenue of the municipalities, and
taxes of various kinds had been devis-
ed. Yet, as Mr. Ross reported, the
ordinary income was about a million
dollars less than the ordinary expendi-
ture, consequently the sale of timber
limits was resorted to.
At the same time there was a grad-
ual increase in the debt of the pro-
vince, which had been incurred in the
granting of railway subsides. This
liability, consisting of railway aid cer-
tificates and annuities payable in
yearly instalments, stood thus in the
years inentioned :-
1891 . , --
1891...,
1898
1900.
190102.
19
1903
1904,
•
After more or less agitation of the
subject for a number of years, during
which nothing practical was done, the
present Government took the first
step Iooking to the teaching of agri-
eulure in the schools of the Province,
As a beginning, courses in agriculture
have been organized at six High
Schools, and the work placed in
charge of trained scientific agricultur-
ists ---graduates of the Ontario Agri-
cultural College. This moVement will,
it is hoped, gradually extend through-
out the Province, and is destined to
a far-reaching effect on Ontario agri-
culture. Three additional teachers
have been provided for in the 1908
estimates.
The men in charge of these classes
have also made district representa-
tives of the Department, with local
office accommodation._ This movement
is designed to bring the farmers into
closer touch with the work of the
Department. It will afford a more
direct and ready means of communi-
cation and assistance. Local problems,
conditions and -needs will be more
easily ascertained, and better means
of communieation established.
It IS proposed to increase these
branch offices of the Department
along with the extension of the Agri-
eultural courses, until the whola Pro-
vince has been covered, the work of
scientific instruction, and the results
of investigations carried en at the cen-
tral institution at Guelph, are brought
right home to the farming coin -
inanity, and every couha,s Within
its bounds an expert agriculturist who
advise and assist the fanner. These
are departures that have received the
highest praise from the agricultural
prose of the Province.
$3,229,420
5,016,911
5,214.698
5,870,810
. 0,846,049
6,075,931
'13,713,957
In 1905, the Whitney Government
came into power. The first move
made looked to the proper collection
of the revenue of the province,
It was found. that this business had
not been efficiently conducted, and
that much public money had been
lost. The revenue of the public insti-
tutions was not looked after, and the
income from lands, timber and mines
called for more careful supervision.
In addition to this there were sour-
ces of revenue which had been over-
looked. Public property which might
have been sold had been given away,
and franchises which should have con-
tributed largely to the income were
not paying their share.
THE RESULT,
The result of the iniprovement in
financing the affairs of the province
has been that an acknowledged deficit
of a million has been turned into a
surplus. Here is the surplus for each
year: -
1905.
•
$020,160
1906 420,229
1907 606,17.4
Where The increase Comes In,
(Guelph .Herald.)
In view of the attack made upon
the Government by Mr. MacKay and
the Liberal press, as to the smallness
of the increased expenditure upon
agricultural objects, the following fig,
iwes taken from the public accounts
for 1004 and 1907 respectively are of
interest, The
he a orag
e
farmer does
not take much
stock in such cries, so
long as he knows that the Govern-
ment is doing its duty by the agricul-
tural interests of the Province, and
the record of the Whitney Adininis-
tration stands out prominent enough
in that respect, The unfairness of the
attack, however, in view of the outcry
on the part of these game Opposition
gentlemen, regarding the increased
expenditure, makes it desirable that
everyone should understand how well
that increase is distributed, and there-
fore the following comparative figures
will be of interest ;
1904. 1007.
General agricultural
outlay $4.10,481 $480,317
Sugar beet industry 75,000
Buildings in Agri-
cultural College,. , 31,959 00,83:1
Agricult'rl training
in High Schools6,000
Agricult'rl training
in rural schools304 833
Field crop competi-
tion 950
Grants to rural
schools ... 123,750 358,175
Grants for roads.:07,03.1 115,900
Colonization roads., 106,005 335,155
Total surplus... $1,655,503
Besides this, the Government has paid
off on the debt or liabilities of the
province.
1905 $223,700
1006 223,700
1907 223,760
Total paid off $671,280
That is what good financing has done
for Ontario. Is it not a record to be
proud of.
—The advent of a Conservative gov-
ernment in New Brunswick is un-
earthing a curious state of affairs in
the finances of the province, and it is
reported that when the accounts come
to be investigated there will be facts
come out that will cause people in
high places to attempt a lot of ex-
plaining. The idea of an account for
over $,17,000 being outstanding for six
years until $8,000 of interest had ac-
crued on it is only one feature of this
very high financing. Incidentally it
illustrates that an occasional ehange
of government enables the electorate
to get an insight into conditions of
affairs and saves a lot of money,
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
The record of the Whitney Govern-
ment is one to be proud of.
It took power at a time when, ac-
cording to Ron. G. W. Ross, the in-
come averaged a million less per an-
num than the expenditure. It faced
an annual deficit of $1,000,000.
It has wiped out the deficit;.
It has increased the grants of edu-
cation by $750,000 per annum.
It has increased the grants of agri
culture by $100,000 per annum,
It has given $110,000 per annum
more to hospitals and charities,
It has given to the municipal trees -
titles, thus relieving the people of
taxes, $88,000 per annum, from the re-
ceipts from the railway taxation.
It has reduced the debt by $223,700
per annum, or by $071,000 in all.
It bas given us a surplus in every
year of its administration, the total
atnpunt f or the three years reaching
$1,O55,503
ammieremmosommoroorra.
ti
---Angus Martin (retired fa rtnet� o f.
Ripley) who was employed en Mon-
day feeding a number of cattle for
Thos. Harris, had the misfortune to
be severely injured on the face and
head. The cattle knocked Mr. Marlin
down And one of the animals .kicked
hint several times en the head. It
ware .a miiraele that he escaped with
his life.
Total $865,650 $1,189,234
On these services alone, all of which
concern the agricultural community,
the increased expenditure is as fol-
lows :
1907 ' $1,439,234
1001 865,050
Increase.... $573,581
That is a remarkable increase, in-
deed, and should cause Mr. MacKay
to be more candid in giving figures to
the people, which only partially repre-
sent the truth and which he uses to
make an entirely false comparison.
The electorate will also remember
that this is not all that is done for the
farmer. The Government, in addition
to giving more, to rural' schools, to
roads, and to the agricultural institu-
tions, has contributed to the munici-
pal treasures more largely than in the
past. The Whitney Government has
given the municipalities $200,000 more
from the license fees than the Ross -
MacKay Government gave, and it has
distributed over $80,000 a year
among the municipalities as their
share of the taxes collected from rail-
ways. Here is an addition of $310,000
to the revenue the municipal authori-
ties need, and this sum reduces the
taxes the farmers would have to pay
were it not that the Government thus
subscribes tr' the local income.
Keep The Kidneys Well.
Health Saving Explained By A Wing.
ham Citizen Who Knows From
Experience.
ARTHUR J. IRWIN
D,D,S„
Doctor of Dental, Surgery of the Pen-
nsylvania College and Licent ate of
Dental Surgery of Ontario,.
—Oates in Macdonald Biotic—
WINGI-IAM
General Hospital.
(Under Government Ins eof
ton
Pleasantly situated. Beautifully furnished.
Open to all regularly licensed physicians.
Hates for patients (which include board and
nursing) -3.50 to $16.00 per week, according
to location of room, $'or further infortna-
tion—.Address
Many Wingham people take their
lives in their bands by neglecting the
kidneys when they know these organs
need help.
Sick kidneys are responsible for a
great amount of suffering and ill
health,
The reason so many use Booth's
Kidney Pills is their quick relief for
all Kidney weakness. Here is what a
Wingham citizen says :—
R. Leary, of Minnie St., Wingham,
Ont., says :—
"My back had been weak and ten-
der, and a severe, grinding pain would
catch me across the kidney region if I
would stoop over or lift anything.
The kidney secretions had become un-
usually irregular and frequent, and
the urine was highly colored and filled
with brick dust sedinient. I bad tried
several different kidney remedies but
had found none of them to benefit me.
I learned of Booth's Kidney Pills
through an advertisement and pro-
curing a box at Mr. McKibbon's Phiu--
macy I commenceclOtheir use. I was
soon convinced, however, of their
wonderful curative merits. My back
soon had strengthened and the pains
and tenderness had left it. The kid-
ney secretions were reduced to normal
and the urine cleared. Booth's Kid-
ney Pills are a fine and reliable reme-
dy and I will always recommend
them."
Sold by dealers. Price 50 cts. The
R. T. Booth Co., Ltd., Fort Erie, Ont.,
Sole Canadian Agents.
PROPERTIES
FOR SALE
Frame Cottage Minnie St.
Frame Cottage Patrick St.
Frame Cottage North St.
Frame Cottage Frances St.
Frame 1; Story Victoria St.
Frame Story. Edward St.
Frame 1 Story.,... Scott St.
Frame 2 Story. r Minnie S
t.
Brick Story
Victoria St.
Brick 1 Story.....,.... St,
Brick 2 Story (new)Victoria St.
Brick 1 Story.. ,.Josephine St.
Brick 2 Story (modern) Minnie St.
Brick 2 Story (new) Catharine St.
Properties in Pleasant Valley, Lower
Town, Town Plot, Greenville, Ohis-
holmtown and in the central parts of
the town.
OALL ANI, SEE Ui3.
WE CAN SUIT YOU.
DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE.
and
0hoioo rarffis at right prices
ell easy terms,
TNSITRANOI—All kinds,
FARM LOAN'S—Low rata.
Ritchie & Cosens
AUL 1✓STATB AND
INSURANCE = trINGHAM
MISS 5. 38, WELCIT
Superintendent,,
]fox 223, Wingham, Ont.
Summer S ion For Teachers S
and others during ,July and August.
TORONTO, ONT.
Remains open throughout the summer
and many students enter at this time.
We have a greater ter nt en an e this ea
r
than ever before. Graduates readily se-
cure employment. Write to -day for hand-
some catalogue. It pays to attend the
best,
C W. J. ELLIOTT - PRINCIPAL
Cor. Yonge & .Alexander Sts.
CENTRAL
STRATFORD. ONT.
Is the leading business training school
in Western Ontario. We give a thor-
ough, praptical training on Commercial
Subjects, Isaac Pitman's Shorthand
Touch Typewriting, and in Commercial
and Railroad Operating. Each depart-
ment is in he hands of experienced in-
structors. We assist students to posi-
tions. Our graduates always succeed,
for our courses are the best. Get our free
catalogue and learn more about us. You
may enter now.
ELLIOTT & MCLACHLAN
•t•.. P5INc1PALa
1Civ�i wJ
CANADIAM NOME CIRCLES
Wingham Circle, No. 434
Meets the 1st Thursday in each month,
in the Chisholm Hall, at 8 p, In: Candi-
dates for cheap, reliable insurance aro
solicited. Ask to see our rates front any
of the officers, Ladies' risks accepted at
the same rate as men.
Rxv',T, S. BOYLE T. E. RonINsoN
Leader Roe. Secretary
W. 3, WYLEs - Fin. Secretary
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You Make
A Mistake
If you buy a Piano with-
out seeing our stock, comparing
prices • and taking into account
the quality of the instrument.
All the best makes always in
stock — Heintzman, Newcombe,
Dominion, and others.
Also Organs, and the very
best Sewing Machines.
David Bell
Stand—Opp, Skating Rink
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Protection and Safe
Investment \ ..
ARE COHEINED IN
The Endowment Policies
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.
A NEW BUIT
will give you much pleasure if it
is correct in style, fit and finish.
THE SUITS WE MAKE
are the acme of perfection in
Tailoring. Our stock of new
Spring and Summer Suitings sure-
ly contains something that will
please yon, Come in and look
over the fabrics.
CLOTHES CLEANED AND
PRESSED PlitOMPTLY.
K. C. McIver
Wilson Block, Wingham,
The Peoples Popular Store
WINGIIAM, ONT,
Agent
Ladies'
'
Home
Journal
JNO. KERB
IR -IE
DIES HOME JOURNAL.
THE SUMMER FASHION NUMBER
WITH 100 MINION eICTPRES
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Ladies'
Home
loom
Journal
Patterns
,„ The hone in whioh you spend
most of your time, is worth
thought and consideration. There
are suggestions iit the June issue
of "The Ladies' IIome Journal"
on making the Home more attrac-
tive. The Ladies' Horne Journal
is on sale here every month at
150 per copy. Order early.
Dressmaking Made .Easy,
The woman who would be a
snceessful dressmaker must be
sure of her patterns and instruc-
tions bow to use them, Every
woman can
i be an accomplished
d
am l e
p
dressmaker. 13uy a Ladies' Home
Journal pattern. The picture
tells the style. The guide chart.
tells you how to -cut and fit,
The rest is easily done.
Patterns, 100 and 15c. Wo are Sole Agents for Wingham.
The Summer Style Book.
Be sure you get a copy of the "New Quarterly Style Book." Every
page smacks of Summer, Three hundred thousand worneu in America
will buy the Summer Quarterly. It is a veritable store house of dress
ideas and a reliable fashion authority, You cannot afford to be with-
out it. The Summer Quarterly and a 15o pattern all fol. 35o.
We are Sole Agents for Wingham.
WARM WEATHER DRESS GOODS.
We have a splendid assortment of dainty, new, Summer Dress
Goods, something a little prettier and better than others are offering.
We buy direct from the Old Country.
NEW SUMMER DRESS GOODS.—White and Colored Dress Mus-
lin, Mercerized Muslin, White Duck, Linen Dress Goods, cream and
white with white spot, colored spot or plain. White English Lappet
(Muslin), English Zephyrs, Gingham, Chambray, Dress Prints, English
Cotton DeIaines,
WOOL DRESS GOODS, LIGHT WEIGHT.—Voile, Crepe de Chine,
Mohairs, Sicilian, Canvas Cloth, Fancy Lustre, Eolienne, Fancy Waist-
ings in Wool or Silk, etc.
Summer Hosiery
ISummer Gloves
Summer Underwear
Dress Trimmings. Laces.
Insertions. A11 -Over Laces,
All -Over Embroidery.
Another lot of Prunes -4 lbs. for 25o.
Evaporated Peaches -15c a ib.
Bee Jelly Powder -0 packages for 25c,
PINE APPLES.—Buy your Pine Apples now, only 100 to 150 each.
Choice Bananas, Oranges, Lemons.
Record - Breaking Prices.
ilameminsmsa.
New Spring Dress Goods. Special value from
15 cents to $1 .00 per yard. All colors,
A large assortment of beautiful dress Muslins
from to cents to 3o cents per yard.
New English Prints, extra wide.
American and Canadian Prints, from 7 to 10
cents per yard. New Ginghams, Persian Lawn,
India Lawn, Organdies, etc.
A large assortment of new Lawn and Mulle
Shirt Waists for ladies ; very special value.
Ladies' Whitewear, beautifully trimmed—cheap.
Special In Hosiery.
Fine, pure Cashmere, reg. 35 to 5o cents—for
25c per pair. See our line of the WEARWELL Boys'
Hose, double leg, guaranteed stainless and extra
heavy.
loo pairs of Ladies' and Children's Shoes to
be cleared out at 5o cents on the dollar.
Floor Coverings.
Linoleunis 2 and 4 yards wide, also Oil-
cloths ; we are making special reductions on all
these lines.
5o pieces of Carpet, 27 in. to 1 yard wide, to
be sold at cost and under,
The Wool season is now at hand and we are
prepared for it with the finest range of heavy
Blankets and all kinds of Yarn.
Bring along your produce and secure some of
the bargains,
Best Flour always on hand.
T. A. Mills
WINGHAM