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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1904-03-31, Page 4THE WING}IAM ADV.;A,.NCF, WINGtIAM'S DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS HOUSE EASTER. as,.owl.�..s�uawraar,.._:,_�w►� .��_.,.w���. The coming of Easter will prove a signal for the • smartest dressing of the season. The Easter spirit is abroad and "The Big Store" stands prepared to meet your every need. All over the store Easter merchandise blooms and blossoms with a myriad of brilliant colors, This will be the greatest and most ambitious Spring display ever put forth in this store.. With this slight introductory we send you our Easter Greetings, and invite you to our Easter Festival. EASTER GLOVES. It won't do to appear on Easter Sunday with soiled or shabby gloves. No excuse for • it. The best gloves are moderately priced here, and those from one dollar up- wards are guaranteed. The new Venetian Kid Glove in all colors, special good value at.... $1.00 pair. The Rouillivn in all colors and sizes $1.25 pair. The Waldie Lavable, a wash- able glove in all sizes.. $1.50 RITCHIE'S. for Dress Geodbi & Trimnt'gs: 14410.• 1111,11111.41111111111111110 _asa�a�ia� EASTER NECKWEAR FOR WOMEN. Beautiful and dainty neckwear in silk at 35e, 50c, 75, $1,00 up to $2.25. The new Bulgarian cuff and col- lar setts at 50c and 00c. Fancy lace collars from .... $1.60 to $2.25. NEW BELTS. For Easter we are now show- ing our choice new line of Belts. In the assortment there are many new and pretty styles "just out." Ask to see the new Gilt Belt at $1.00 to $1.75. Crushed Silk Girdles all the rage at present. Alex. Ritchie BEAVER BLOCK - WINGHAM Who hasn't a Couch, Lounge or Chair needing repairs ? Don't wait until after house-cleaning, but tele- phone No. 51, and get an estimate of the cost. We have in stock a splendid assortment of coverings to select from. Being practical Upholsterers, you can be sure of satisfac- tory work. UNDERTAKING Residence—Patrick St., Sth house West of Hamilton's Drug Store. Night calls receive prompt at- tention. 1 Ball Bros. RITCHIE'S for Carpets, Rugs, Etc. - f The People's Furniture Store Jill1,Tillllillfllltllllilliillliflull111lillllllillllitlitlilllllillil,T� w O ▪ we w w Or▪ rw 11100.• 1. .w. w 1111▪ 1.. E E 400. SEEDS! SEEDS! ................ T. A. Mills has just com- pleted his stock of Garden and Field Seeds. Common Red, Mammoth, Alsike and Lucerne Clovers ;. Timothy Seed, Orchard Grass, Blue Grass, Red Top, White Clover, Lawn Grasses. A new lot of Corns and full line in Mangolds, Carrots, Sugar Beets, Rape and Tur- nip Seeds. When in the market to buy see my Seeds. T. A. MILLS .00 4..00 (Tile zt Zilo1mx cabb rift TUE°. HALL, PROPRIET!)It, rMARCH, 1904. Sun M'n Tue We Th Fri, Sat • ,.0. •,7• 1 2 80 11 122 13 14 15 10 17 -18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 - 27• 28 29 30 31 ... ... abzlorxal odes —,A. Toronto lawyer is authority for the following :--"Things are shaping up in the legislature so that Hon. J. M. Gibson will retire to the bench soon after the close of the existing session. Things are also shaping in the direction of Mr. Stratton continuing with Mr. Ross but a number of the other members besides Mr. Gibson dropping out of the cabinet, likely Mr. Harcourt and Mr. Dryden, and on some kind of a reconstruction of government, Mr. Ross will go to the country instead of going on with the elec- tion trials." —Referring to the probable in- troduction of restrictive legislation along temperance, lines, the Wine and Spirit Journal, fully discusses the situation. Among other things it says :— ` As it seems quite certain that the liquor industry is to be dragged into the arena .as the football for strategi- cal politics, it is as well to definitdly announce that the liquor vote in the province of Ontario, with all its auxili- ary support, must and will become a single political unit, whose support must and will be extended to that party which best protects its legiti- mate interests. Ini1ividual freedom in politics, which the trade has long sought to observe, must in all proba- bility now come to an end—and there is no good reason why we should be other than perfectly frank in the mat- ter, If the temperance problem in this province was being dealt with on purely moral grounds, and in response to an honest public opinion, there would be nothing left for the trade to do but to bow to the will of the people. As is quite well known, however, the referendum of 1002 wan a political move, and 75 per cent. of the vote, both for and against the measure, was instigated on political motives ; and it was therefore in no way an expres- sion of public opinion. The measure now being proposed by the govern- ment, whatever its ultimate form may be when submitted to parliament, will be prompted solely by political con- siderations, and the trade, reluctant as they may be, to be dragged into politics, have no recourse but to enter the fray as a solid body. HUGE TAXES. SAME OLD TACTICS, A. rather accusing episode oe- eurred ha the Legislature on Thurs. day last, which is thus described : Major 1iugli Clark of Centre .Bruce enlivened the last moments of a dull session of the Legislature last night by projecting the follow. ging query just before the adjourn - mut ;--"As a follower of his 011 this particular question, I want to ask the premier when he intends to introduce his temperance bill?" Amid great laughter Mr. Ross replied :-"I will be delighted to inform my followers at the earliest possible moment." "It is a source of gratification to me," spoke up Mr. Whitney, "to notice that as the years go on and oar physical powers grow less, the premier remains ever the same. My honorable friend will go down in history as the most unique per- sonage in the civilized world, able to get up here year after year and repeat amid jeers and laughter this long -continued, never-ending com- edy connected with his treatment. of a great moral question." • CANADA GROWING. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, presi- dent of the Canadian Pacific RaiI'- way, writes in " the New . York Daily News of the tide of pros- perity which is turning Canada's way. Sir Thomas has this to say : "The tide of immigration is turning from the United States to Canada, and. is sweeping through the great Northwest at a pace that is amazing to Canadians. Towns and villages have risen where but a few months ago there were only vast plains and forests. "During the past year 32,000 homesteads sprang up in the North- west, and the same number of farms have been created and made profitable for their holders. Though the present year is still young, immigrants continue to pour into Canada; "Canada is going to have great industries, and it is going to make all of its own home products and take care of its workingmen. "Canada, after all, has had a protective tariff almost on the same basis as that of the United States, but there has still been a marked difference, and the prevailing sen- timent in Canada is to put it on exactly the same basis as that of the United States. "Keep your eyes on Canada, She is well worth studying at this important period of her growth." From the Winnipeg Tribune (Liberal,) It is estimated by an official of the Ottawa Government that this year the Canadian people will pay in Customs taxes, exclusive of ex- cise, a sum amounting to over $43,000,000. For demonstration sake call it $40,000,000. Now the tariff isractically the same as it was under the "wicked Tories," and this is what the old-line Lib- erals, and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who was in 1890, an old-line Liberal, said about the 820,000,000, in round .figures collected under the similar tariff of 1895 :— "In considering the cost to the con- sumer of the National Policy, it has to be remembered that an immense amount of money is annually taken from the people by the manufacturers, besides the tax which goes into the I public revenue. t is of the essence of a .protective tariff that the manufact- urers shall be enabled to collect from the consumers a larger snip tb.0 goes into the treasury. .,s a rule the home manufacturer will charge all he can without admitting the foreign article. This is made easier in a small market like Canada by the ease with which rings and combines can be formed. To illustrate :—Last year the duties were, say. $20.000.000 in round figures. The wholesalers and retail dealers' profits upon their increased outlay as a result of their having to pay the duty would be forty per een ., or a total of $5.000,000, That was an incidental tax. Then, too, many political economists lay down the basis of calculation that for every $3 of duty paid into the Government the farmer pays $6 of incidental taxation to the domestic manufacturer. Upon that basis the incidental tax the con- sumer has paid to the domestic manu- facturers tri consequence of the exist- ence of the duties upon the clams of goods brought into the country which are manufactured in the country pas amounted to $31.000,000. So the grass amount besides the $20,000,000 is; The merchant's profit upon the dot, which is practically a first cost, $S, ,- 000, together with theincidenta taxa- tion or the enbanasd cost of the do- mestic goods produced in this country, $34,000,000. The cum of $04.(100,000 is thus extracted from the pockets of the consumers, of which only *20,000,000 goes into the revenue of the country. This may not be mathematically cur- ; sect; it is an approximate calculation, It is probably well within the mark, Whatever the exact figures the sum is enormous and the farmer is bled in the mitnner illustrated by these iig- ures." Having quoted Sir Wilfrid as above, the Tribune (which is a Liberal paper) says :-- "If the reader will glance at the et theefigures f $r 19034, over $40,000,- 000, ha tmlll see at A glance that Accard- ing to the atst.emnent advanced by Sir Wilfrid and his friends we are payin this year tui a result of the high tariff; a sub; /weeding $125.000.000. And a the ;Giheral peophlet at page 10 says :r 'The farmer is bled in the manner Illustrated by these figures.' The Lau- rier Government should hang its hsaa In shame over Its record on the tariff glostion•" •.,.1I11I.Mho Win I MUST FIGHT TO A FINISH. and generally doing more harm to themselves time to the enemy—it will be of interest to sec if his views are also well founded as to the Russian army. This officer be- lieves that the Russian army will be proved far interior to its effi- ciency of thirty years ago, for the reason that the Russian in the ranks is not a thinking man or capable of independent action, In the old manner of fighting in mass one man was as good as another so long as he had a strong stomach for combat, since he could be di- rected and controlled by the officer standing near him, even flogged (literally with whips) into quick and soldierly action, In the fighting line of to -day, however, the men of the ranks, strung out at great distances, in "open formation," taking ranges where the enemy cannot even be seen, and in return being fired at by those they cannot see and whose position they cannot locate (thanks to smokeless powder) without in- telligent deduction, must all be capable of independent action and thoughtful action or they will fail to perform any useful function in a battle. A subaltern cannot be near all his men. He cannot give • them commands except for general formation and maneuver unless by signal. If a soldier does not find the right range, there is no one to give it to him, if he is firing to the right when his enemy is to the left of him, no one will discover the fact for him. On the firing line to -day every man who carries a rifle, to be an efficient soldier, must be capable of self -command, his own sub -lieutenant, lieutenant and captain when necessary. And he must know something of the sci- ence of war, of . which, the Ameri- can officer declares, the Russian in the ranks, having an extremely low intelligence and absolutely no education (ninety-six per cent. of the Russians cannot read) is totally and densely ignorant. The conclusion of the London Spectator that Russia's tremendous stake will compel her to fight on doggedly, regardless of early re- verses, has much reason 'in it. Complete defeat wool[ paean much more than the loss of Manchuria. Russian diplomatic prestige at Pekin would be ruined for a gene- ration, for the Ohinese would no longer stand in awe or fear of a European power that had been soundly thrashed by Japan, Not only that, but more. In all Cen- tral Asia, where the Russian sway over Tartar or Mongolian peoples is now uncontested, a serious set- back by Japan would weaken Rus- sian authority. These are politi- cal effects profoundly menacing to Russia's position in Asia. It is now evident, however, that, aside from political or diplomatic pres- tige, Russia's strategic position in the Far East would be immensely Weakened, compared with what ii, was even before 1900, in case Japan should defeat her disastrously in this war. The Japanese seized Masamplio, the . point in Korea which, 'in cool unction yith their own island of Tsp-shims,, com- mands the I4,oreau Strait, A. des- patch from Tokio says the Japa- nese will at once fortify the place and establish a naval base there. If they are able to retain Masam- pho permanently as a result of war, the Japan Sea will become a Japanese lake, and the Korean Strait another Dardanelles, Driv— en out of Port Arthur and Man- churia, with the Korean Strait dominated from both shores by Japanee3e batteries, the Russians would have left no Pacific outlet except Vladivostock, now bottled up, in ease of war, by the Japanese i grip on the entrance to the Japan See,. Thio eitpustion suggested would be so humiltil.ting $l'I en. feebling to Russian power in Asia that no Government at St. Peters- burg, it would seem, could afford to yield everything in this war. without a, stubborn struggle. What complications may ensue, of course, to weaken the Government's reso- lution, cannot bo foreseen, AN AMERICAN OPINION. A United States naval. oflcer of high military reputation. gave his opinion ab the outbreak of the war that the Russian war -ships, guns and torpedoes would be of no value to the Czar, because hie "people do not know how to use theiF ipols." Since the Russians have so abunilr p ly confirmed his judgment of their' ay -b10 ing up their own ships on their bwli mines,. tiring NS their own tinsel THE ADVANCE OFFICE for tasty and down -to -date Job Printing. Prices right. MANY CALLS businessifirmA from Many Students aro placed in good posi- tions each year by .the famous CENTRAL fig/di6TRATFARI?F oNT, This school stands for the highest end L in business education in Canada to. day. Many business colleges employ our graduates as teachers. Wp havo scores of applications from other colleges. Ask to two them the day you. enter. YIJEIIitt Principal. o , Every Box of is guaranteed to give entire satisfaction in all cases of Stomach trouble —if' not, money refund- ed. Try a box and be convinced. I have room for two students in Telegraph office. R. A. DOIIGLASS Chemist & Druggist Waco Q,A.W. Tel. fig. Nillllillllilill ll1IMIIlllillMIA .w-- • We are sole 3 ....= • agents for ▪ DR. flJ$E'$ !STOCK FOOD 1 E For Sale only by 3 Colin A. Campbell TILE DRIJGOIST �1tt�i�li��i►�it���f iltUlU Thursday, March 31, 19(14 ,MI .1i 1 I .Ii I. 1 I 1 uI 111 11 I.1 11 4 no. & 2as1 The Largest Store in Wingham. Spring ! Spring !' We're keeping Spring in this Big Store, whethei nature is or not. Store full of Spring Goods. The breath of Spring in everything. Spring fashions, Spring brightness, Spring weight, Spring lightness, Spring daintiness in shades and styles. Fancy and Staple Dress. Goods • for Tailored Suits and Street Gowns add to the spring-like feeling, noticeable throughout this beautiful store. And Bargains—Spring Bargains in every department. We flake The Largest and (lost Complete Display Of Fashionable Dress Goods Ever Shown • In Wingham. Everything that is exclusive, new and ti in good taste will be found in this Store. A range of prices that from the lowest to the highest represents the very best qualities obtainable at anything near such - prices. Silk and Wool Crepe Eolienne Silk and Wool Eolienne Silk and Wool Crepo De Shine Victoria Panama Canvas Victoria Panama Knicker Victorian Flaks Tweed Scotch Tweed Suitings Irish Tweed Suitings Silk and Wool Drape De Paris Striped and Spotted Lustres Venetian Ladies' Cloth Every color, style and weave, Etamine Voile Silk Dotted Voile. Canvas Voile French Cheviot Worsted Venetians Mohair Zibelines Cords De Soie Black Silk Grenadine Cream Silk Grenadine Knicker Suitings Flaked Box Cloth that fashion demands. • Our supremacy in Dress Goods, Fancy Blousings = and Suitings is fully demonstrated by the magnificent display of choicest New Dress Tabrics. Ours; variety of weaves,rstyles' and colorings.' is so large that the I most fastidious can rely' onrprocuring just,;whatlithey want. a • THE ROYAL GROCERY - BANANAS. This week we start to handle Bananas, and at present will have thepa arrive twipe a wee$ -24c per doz. THE HAPPY TWINS. Buckwheat Pancakes and Maple Syrup. Try a tckage of our Buckwheat Flour and some new Maple Syrup, ex- pected to arrive this week—Buckwheat flour 15c per pkg. ; Maple Syrup 35o per qt. CANNED GOODS.. You all know the way Canned Goods have advanced in price lately. At present we are selling at the same price as the canners—Corn, Peas and Beans, 10e per can ; To- matoes 121c per can. at. Qriffin's Hornuthr . � os . TAILORS and GENTS' FURNISHERS emoved. We have removed to the store lately occupied by Jno. and Jas. 3. herr in the Macri, donaid Block. Call on us there. Your esteemed orders shall re- ceive careful attention.