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(iODLRUCH. THUIWUAY. AUG. 31. til
ONE RECIPROCITY CANDIDATE.
Theelector. of West Huron should
not allow the lyes to be deceived.
There is only (rhe reciprocity candi-
date in West Huron and that is Mr.
Campion. Whatever may be Mr.
Lewis private view- regarding the
great issue. his vote. in caw of his
election, would be root against reci-
procity. He teas pledged himself to
this effect, and anyone who votes for
Mr. Lewis is voting against reciproc-
ity: anyone who votes for Mr. Lewis
is voting against the opening of the
United States market to the pro-
ducts ot Canadian farms. A vote fns
Mr. Lewis Ns vote against giving the
farmer a fair chance.
come dew and I. valuable to Emitters
horrs,breedera as the Western fermate
go moire extssaively into the easels'
of horse* for themselves.
In other columns of this Wows of The
Signal we publash the t hews of Meows.
Yeager, Gardhouse and Smith. which
should be read by all Huron farmers
who are interested in horee*-
A PRINCIPLE TO BE GRASPED.
1t is impossible, as The London
Advertiser says. to measure the full
benefit of reciprocity by asking how
mach more it will bring for this
horse. nr this basket of eggs, or this
box ref strawberries. The great prin-
ciple that must be grasped is this: just
as it pays a man to raise such things
on -ht- farm, selling a portion of these
sod buying other things he cannot
raise to such good advantage. so it
pays a nation to do the same. and the
wider the zone of reciprocal fres' trade
the better.
Artificial restrictions at present are
causing us to ship coal from Nova
Scotia to Montreal. and fro" Pennsyl-
vania to Boston: fruit from Niagara
district to Saskatchewan. and from
l'alifornia and Oregon to New York.
the natural market for Niagara fruit
horses from Ontario to the prairie
West, and from Chicago to the Eastern
States, the natural market fn,4Ontario
boners These unneces.arily long
hauls represent a dead eronionic waste
that tale+ the o'smsumer heavily to
benefit the railways slightly. It is ex-
travagant ani much of it wo,Jd be
obviated by a root inen, al zone of free
exchange.
It is not necessary to uuderstand all
the ins and wits of the tariff question
to realize that reciprieity trust prove
benettcial. To argue otherwise is
tantamount (except in degree) th
saying that it is easier and better to
make water run up hill than let it
run in it• natural course. Under
reciprocity conmerce, like water.
will seek its most Advantageous chan-
nele.
RECIPROCITY AND HORSES.
Anti -reciprocity organ, are at-
tempting to create is -care :tuning Ibe
farmers over a proepert of as collapse
of the horse market as the result of
mei pr city. They (•(aim that the
Western ni:atket will he lost to On-
tario breeder*. hut are careful to say
nothing about the great market
which will be opened up in the East-
ern State,. A numtwr of letters on
the 'subject bare appeared in the Tor-
onto paper,. and the advocates of reci-
peewits en far bate easily the winning
end of the argument. The poblisbed
statemente of such inen we J. M. (hard
bone. . if West on: A. Yeeget. of
Nim(or. and Walter Harland Smith.
formerly for many year. connected
with the well-known biome Rea ,•itory
in Toronto. ge• t'. show that throe will
be • derided advantage to the farrier
of °stario in the erxtditioru that will
prevail under reciprocity. Mr Smith
points out that the int.•,.'ts of the
horsedealer and those of for farrier
who mime borers are not identical
e nder reripeneity the dealer will have
mare romp/stk..," in the buying. of
borers sod the farmer who rostra,
horse* will benefit It would oeltahnly
raven .,. he a geganrie mere of foil, 1.
Hides, tivii opportunity d sernoncg the.
eearby market of 1 he States stmpls
browses of a more (w $ omelet -Pun
,seepert of in... an the faraway West-
er market, whirlh ts eq (eye wtU be.
EDITORIAL NOTg3.
A vote for Lewis is. vote for the
trusts -
Laurier and freedom from the
trusts.
A vote for Borden is • vote for
Bourses'.
Prosperity for the fernier* means
prosperity for all.
Reciprocity means better times for
the farmers sod the artisans- Let the
millionaires look out for themselves.
The farmer wbo votes for Lewis
vote* away the greatest opportunity
of a lifetime to increase the, profits of
his fartu.
Mr. Tory Farmer : "1 have been
voting for party long enough: I am
going to vote for any- pocket this
time."
"Let well enough alone—'• until you
can do better. Reciprocity will help
all classes except the trusts, the mon-
°pclists, the "big interests."
The adoption of the reciprocity
agreement will be a splendid method
of celebrating the century of peace be-
tween Britain and the United States.
"Let well enough alone" is a good -
enough cry for the monopolists.
They are getting along "well enough"
as it is; but the farmers and artisans
Can stand a little more prosperity.
Conservatives say that things are
"well enough" after fifteen years of
Liberal: government. But the Liber-
als believe they can make things a
good deal better yet.
Why is it that the Conservative
press and party do not distribute cop-
ies of the reciprocity agreement itself,
and let the people see what it is? u
it because they would rather misrep-
resent it ?
THE SIGNAL : I GODERICH, ONTA
Resents the Annexation Cry.
In his tension last Sunday night
Ree. George W. Dervey, a Methodist
pros her of Loadun, Oot-, said :
••('alai* is the richest portion of
the earth in agriculture, forests, guinea
and d.beeiea. and is destined to be the
Montreal Herald : if the "British
born" want to get right down to brass
tacks they will easily learn that one
of the first things to happen after a
change of government would be a
hoisting of duties on British goods.
(Jld residents of Goderich have told
us of the busy times at Goderich har-
bor in the old reciprocity days, when
often there WAS not enough dncaing
room for the vessels that came and
went with their cargoes. A big busi-
ness across the lake was done then.
Reciprocity- will nuke the lake porta
boom. and Uraderich's shipping trade
may easily be doubled.
Mr. Borden in his Napanee speech
on Saturday (+s reported by The Mail
sod Empire) declared it to be his pol-
iry to educate the farmers in modern
)agricultural methods. The farmero
will not thank Mr. Borden for his pat-
ronizing offer in the face of his at-
tempt to deprive them of the oppor-
tunity of securing enlarged markets
for their products. What the farmers
w'ant is fair play—exactly what Mr.
Borden denies* them.
A leading .amci•l ot the C. P. it., on
being asked about the Opposition
rumor that that road would oppose re-
cipeocity, said : "We have nothing to
fear from reciprocity: IT NViLL UN-
DOUBTEDLY TEND TO FiLL VP
THE WEST AND THUS MAKE
MORE BUSINESS FOR ALL THE
LINES. Our road is as well managed
and as *hie to hold its own as any rail-
way on the continent. We are not
afraid of competition front any
quarter."
During his speech at St. John. Sir
Wilfrid Laurier observed that both
Sihon and Borden had criticized his
Simc oe speech on t be ground that he
had offered little worriment in support
of reciprocity. -May tie -• added the
Premier, smiling. "i was simply stat-
ing a case. You der not argue that
the sun shines. you state the fact : you
do not argue (hat rivers run t.•ward
the sea : you do not argue that Mr.
Nifton is ambitious: s-ou do not argue
that Mr. Borden is M %arable as the
four winds of heaven. All these prop -
coition' are self -es ident •
John's Notion of Music -
*Old John was employed at a place
where work was hard and earh mad
had plenty of it- The youngest part
nor of the Arm. hav,ng heen reoenUy
married, invited the empk vee• to a
mu.iaal reaping. "Oh. John.- el-
el/dined the bride. • o •.0 will erase.
tenetnu i We she risme selections
from Handel Rem t •nes. and all the
Rowse eornpxwr' TWO will Ne the
rest mimic y ha, a ewer tweed
•Welt. thank re mom,- ratified the
&orient one • 1 d coma. i don't know
moth &h . t Handles sod Reef •evens
an' all the rest of 'tri i but It'll have
to be pretty good envie M it beats tis
woad ot ver eM imeser wises It
wtded a ere Week oft work."
f
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country to ktMs all they eau
sheat pets on both sides. 1
!teed the newepa
r•essmt for taunt
tbe insult implied
tv
this toaides MY to= iat+el t• of annezatw$ and
ver dotal west slay race eek. questioned You know ofan ant aa-
ly for the best le et C wen my
loyalty is
either.
"1 have bees palmed by our politi-
ciao@ (they ars not statesmen, but
Ontario Farmers Sold Sheep, Cattle, 1
Horses to U. S. in Hundreds of
Thousands Before McKinley Tar -
it f ; Hou Many More Would They I
Sell Now rr,ith no Tariff at All !
Around 30 years ago moderately good farms in the counties
of Ontario, York, Siwcoeand Durham *old freely at 1100 an
:.ere. In not a few cases prion sent up to 1125.
The same farms, if offered today, although with bet-
ter buildings, and in a better state of cultivation, would do well
to bring 170 or 1180.
Whythe decline?
The chief cause is found in the exclusion of Ontario farm
products from the tnsricao warket,whi:h fsllowef upon the
enactment of the McKinley and Dingley tariffs.
In 1fael, before the development of our Western Provinces had
really begun, and when prcduction in Ontario was much lees
than it is today, Canada exported $2.1,000,000 worth of farm
products to the United States.
Two years after the McKinley tariff went into effect we ex -
potted about half that amount.
That was the darkest period, even surpassing that of pioneer
days, in Ontario agriculture. While the bush was being cleated
away there was hope of the comforts to be realized when the
.oil began to produce. In the early- nineties there was produc-
ion, but no market for that which was produced. Not only were
-ales to the United States but in two, but the values obtainable in
t ue home market were correspondingly curtailed. Every Ontario
farmer's wife, whose memory goftsback twenty years. rememi,ers
the prices at which butter and eggs sold in the early nineties.
18,000 HORSES -363,000 SHEEP.
Some details of the Canadian farm products sold in the
United State., before the days of McKinley, will pros e alike in-
teresting and informing.
to 1887 we sold 383,000 sheep in the United State-. That was
nearly four times the number we sold in 1910.
In 1887 we sold over 18,000 horses in the same omelet.
That was upwards of ten times the number sold in 1910.
Our sales of cattle In 1887 totalled nearly 46,00 ; last year
12000.
Our neighbors took Dearly two million dollars• worth of Can-
adian eggs in 1887; a year ago less than 112.000 worth.
These things are not the raw products of the farm : tbey are
the finished products. A mere enumeration of the facts as given
as sufficient answer to those uvho say that the re -opening of the
American market to Canadian farm products would give an im-
petus to poor farming.
They show. ton, bow valuable the American market was to
Canadian farmers twenty-three years aro, and indicate how
much more valuable it would he today.
BALANCE OF FRUIT TRADE IN OUR FAVOR.
The recofds of our trade with the i•nited States before the days 1)
of McKinley have special interest for tbe fruit grower. They
show that in the fiscal year of'88, before the McKinley tariff Se -
came operative, we imported about 1100,000 worth of green
fruits from the United States and`ezported $284,000.
ationist in this; country. 1 as lash you
would make it plain for hi that be
batter move out tight way. I
never mat a single Uao who
d
anise zatiou to toe Ucited
States.
'•If our sons cos go to the United
States without Canadians becoming
disloyal. why can't we send a new
hogs over?
"Plate a high value on your fran-
chise. Remember. it was not woo
easily, but had to to wrested from the
hand of the autocrat- I hope W sown
see in the Old Land one mans vote was
good aa another's, and not as thiogs
are now when one wan has ten votes
to another map's one."
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ELEVEN AND ONE-HALF MILLION BUSHELS OF BAR- I
LEY -90e A BUSHEL. 111
For barley the United States afforded an enormous market
before the McKinley duties came into force. in 1882 we exported 1
eleven and one-half million bushels. almost all from Ontario.
at a value of nearly 9k. per busbel. That amount of barley
sold today at that price. would buy a pile of earn for finishing
hogs and beef cattle.
jr • Of potat ws we shipped to the UnitedStete. in the same year
I ver three and one-half million bushels at a calasti000f 60c. per
t• h ushel.
WE NEED THE AMERICAN MARKET TODAY.
t' It has been said that the American stark, -t is of less import-
ance to Cenada now then it was in theearly nineties,. itistrue farru-
ers have, by developing a line of production suited, to the British S
j market, attained a measure of prosperity—that they have par-
tially recovered from the damage inflicted by the loss of the Ameri-
can market in the 'eighties and nineties. We have even re-
t
covered
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covered a little in the United St Rtes market itself. The home
market has ale) improved. Rut Ontario farm values are not yet
back where they were beton the American market was so
largely lost. Neither are farm profits as great a• then. The aver-
age good Ontario farmer thinks he is doing well if be has a bal-
ance of $0 00 at the end of the year over and above running ex-
penses on a honored -acre farm. That represents about sic per
rent. on the investment in land. sink, and implements. All
the fernier has to show for t he labor of himself And family is his
bare living. There are net many business men who would be
satisfied with that. Give the termera chance.
A GREATER BOON TODAY THAN IT WAS IN THE
EIGHTIES.
That the re -opening of the American market would :add to
the prosperity of Ontario agriculture is apparent to everyone
who Woke at the case tree of prejudice Since we exported $21,-
010,000 worth of farm products to the United State. in 1882• when
our production was much Tess than it is now. and when the propr,r
( tion of consumers in the United States was mug h lees than it is
today, it is obvious that we would. if tariff conditions were the
s same*. then, be exporting a great deal more than ft2.5,rl$1.(e0
now. indeed. if tariff conditions had remained the same- we
ought today to be ezporting not 11125,0tsi,Uf10 worth of titin pr.•d-
uvea to the United States. but $73,000.000. As a matter of
fact. our exports to the United States to this line IMt rear wen-
s beggarly $19.000,(100.
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO U S. SHOULD REACH
1100.000.000.
Reciprocity provides for better tariff ronditr,,n. than exist,d
in tfi*--for abnnlntely free access. to the United States market.
so far ee farm products are eoneerned. With such conditions
in effectour exports should, in • few years. reaeb $106.000,teln.
With that inereaae in effect. rnral land rola,,.. would attain ad-
vance. farmers profits wouM increase. and with an enhance-
ment in agrieultnral pr oaperity the prosperity of Ontai io cities
sod town. would he based ..a a surer foundation. -Toronto !ttar-
c
1
worlds gnMrK produces of natural
products And It �. matured peed
nets the • he 'seiprocity treaty
towhee on.. Memstseturtesse esly
sill y t embed. sed any man wan
.p.•akt to tt,e eeaw$e,trT ie only mislead-
ing yos God expects the lose of this
FROM OUR (;ONTEMPORARIES.
Keep to the Point
t'bicyo Daily Nero.
Canadian spellbinders will please re-
member that the topic is reciprocity,
not annexation.
A Conundrum.
Montreal Herstd-
The latest Toronto conundrum :
When is Reciprocity "honorable"?
When it is Conservative.
Tart Fumy News.
MontrealHerald.
The Toronto New explains that the
trouble in Britain is due to free trade.
They don't have free trade in the
United States, but The News is very'
anxious for Canada to do all her ;lad-
ing with the country that has free
trade and therefore (according to The
News) trouble, and have nothing to
do with the country next dor which
has not free trade and ought therefore
to have no trouble.
What Reciprocity Means.
V anconver 8aoast.
These better trade arrangement., are
the best thing for all the people of
Canada, from west to east. The adop-
tion of the reciprocity treaty by Canada
means nothing but vastly enlarged op-
portunities for trade in this country's
natural products. it mean. the op-
portunity to .ell and the chance to
buy in the best markets. It means
enormously increases prosperity for
all Canada. It is the very thing that
Canada bas always desired, the thing
that bas been sought by both Coulees -
relive. and Liberal statesmen for
many years. it means a great for-
ward stride toward fuller and health-
ier nationhood.
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DRESS GOODS
FOR SATURDAY AND MONDAY
Twenty pieces of 91 to 42 inches wide wool Dress Goode. Tartans
and Plaids, in beet calorinos. Prices ranged in the lot from 35c
to tdOc a yard. One large tableful. Your choice at, per e)
yard.
FLANNELETTES
Two hundred sod fifty yards 31 -inch cream Flannelettes. 121
Regular afslue 16c. At, per yard
GINGHAMS and PRINTS
Fifteen hundred yards of &I -inch Eoglish Prints and Scotch,
Ginghan.a, Regular valuta 124c and 1be. One tablet&- 10c
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LINOLEUMS and OILCLOTHS
A large selection, florid and tile patterns. Vneleum*. 2 and 4
cards wide, at, per square yard iio and sea
FALL COATS
The new Fall Coate, in stylish tweeds acid cheviot*. Ir -1
We hive for your inspection very stylish effect* and beautifully
finished. Ranging In price • $7.50 to s111.00
FLOOR ;RUGS
-71
Our special reduction sale in Floor Rugs continues. Velvet,
Brussels, Axminster Rugs in every- size up to 3i and 4i, at
reduced prices.
INSPECTION INVITED.
W. ACHESON a SON
GOOD FUR THE WORKINGMAN
Reciprocity Will Tend to Break op
Food Monopolies.
That recipro( ity win help both pro-
ducer and consumer is well demon-
strated by the Minister of Labor, wbo
dealt with the question in a recent
eireech in the following manner : .
•-What the Liberal party, wants to
do. and will do by reciprocity. is to
breve up food uacnop(.lies and help
the people iu their everyday life. espe-
cially in the cost of living."
••In the first place it gives increased
opportunities to the producer by fur-
nishing him with a larger market. In
the second place it also help* the con-
sumer. the purchaser of commodities.
for it deals a blow to the food monop-
olies which have gradually been
growing up on this continent.
"The cause of the howl against re-
ciprocity is tt.e fact that in Canaan%
there has been growing up a class of
aristocrats, :• class of plutocrats. who
only see good to a nation in terms of
their ewt, benefit. They call out blur
rule whenever they themselves and
their mouopolistic powers are threat-
ened-
••These men have been trying to
keep down tbe prices .of production.
:end to raise the prices for consumers.
They have been securing profits in
both ways.
'On the whole pr,duceri prices in
this country are lower than in the
States. On the other hand. the con-
s:gmer prices :are higher. Take the
case of bogs. for example. The cost
of production in 5'annd:. is Icwer. hut
Jou can buy the finished prdduct..
bacon :and laid. cheaper in Buffalo
than in Toronto. How ? Because
gentlemen here have :, monopoly of
raw material. i-nder reciprocity
Americans would come into Ontario
to any hogs from the farmers. This
would ,also• the porch/Lee price for the
packers. Therefore they bowl.-
Mackenz•e King on Loyalty.
Hon. Mackenzie King dealt in a re-
cent speech with the anoexation cry.
"There is nothing new in all thrs
ranting about loyalty." he said.
"When it was first proposed that we
abould use dollar. and cents instead of
sbilliogs and pence. the ham- cry
went up. We were imitating those
awful 1•ankro-.. and if we cbaoged our
money we would soon ebange our flag.
Weil, we haven't become 1-at11era
yet. have we ? Still more terrible was
the outcry wben it was proposed to
change the then narrower gauge steel
of Canadian railways for the standard
gauge of the United States, Better
far tear up our railways altogether.
we were told. than make it possible for
Ameriean trains to come right into our
hief cities. Why, it was iust invit-
ing invasion. and the day would come
wben the deluded one* who favored
the strung( would see the enortnrt• et
their mistake. Well. eentlemeo. 1
dont think any of those living. .•r the
deerendants of any of those dead, have
rrala-ed the error yet.
..They tell me that because i want
b. do trueloves with a friend's neigh-
bor in certain thing. in which we
ought to trade, f am disloyal to the
flag which drapee the wall yonder.
Why, the man who talks much con-
summate non ere n+e a. this cannot
know what that flag *tends for, not
only in Canada, but at borne in Eng-
land. it stands for liber•c and free-
dom. and patticutarly It +taods for
treed. of tradeu to trade
with soy oraH tttg►tioos,, frerdorwithout toeing
aroused by some irresponsible shouter
of being diolnyal to the dear old Hog •
The Montreal Herald piste oboe +
d,-ip.t,-b trout Pe •..bington giving de-
fin•t,• •nformatsue of the raising of •
burr unraig�n fund to he •.seed G, k
feat reciprocity re C/seaia The 1nse
bar trust, the paper tried and the beef
trust see mid bile the ebief runtrih o•
fsawsiians ,-- ,• eaten Reit;•, bre 1 tore to 'Le, feed, the Ismie, r root
►s if they haat .e- •.a, .a England al ,e .• :. in 4 willing 1n Flom() a million
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mail meat: 'appealing the Braids
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Dr. C. Qordon Howitt, Dominion Kn.
tOmolOg'lst, says, referring to the infantile death rats
from intestinal diseases and diarrbaea spread by the lam
111, he believes that the so-calied harmless fly is yearly car"
lung the death of thousands of Wept', as vii aaapir■il
the genus of typhoid fever.
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