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GODERICH
INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
MONDAY - TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY
September 18th, 111th au3 20th
ATTRACTIONS
Ktnesto wieters,
Marionette Circus,
Tug -of -War each day,
The Aerial Carpenters,
Burlesque Aniwal Show,
Art Bongo, Clown Juggler,
Troup of Scotch and Iriab Danoere.
Fast, exciting, honest raring, speed and sport
assured Ly the purses offered and the entries
made.
Iiskimo Mumtny,
John's Glans Blowers,
Donkey -Riding Circue,
Freak Colt, three-legged,
Wells Broe. Wild West Show.
Bobby Leach, the conqueror of Niagara Fall;.
A complete Midway is promised.
Get a prize list frow the secretary, F. E.
Bingham.
Arrange your affairs to attend this Fair. Re-
duced rates on both railways
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f-u11F'1, IOH, TUESD
. SEPTEMBER 19, 1911
THF: d1GNAL PtThVNu Cu., Ltd., Pi worm&
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J. S. CLARK, ' F. E. BINGHAM,1
PRESIDENT. SECRETARY.
RECIPROCITY A BENEFIT
TO ONTARIO ELEVATORS.
ELEVATOR BUSINESS HAS ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING TO FEAR FROM FREE TRADE
IN GRAIN — GODERICH ELEVATORS
HAVE PECULIARLY ADVANTAGEOUS
POSITION.
CANADA'S NATIONAL
INTEGRITY IS SECURE
REV. ANDREW MELDRUM, A GODERICH
"OLD BOY" OF WHOM WE ARE ALL
PROUD, WRITES THE SIGNAL REGARD-
ING THE ANNEXATION CRY.
lna recent note to Rev. Andrew Meldrum, D. D., of l'leveland, the
edi or of ?Fe Signal mentioned the cry of "annexation" which is being used
671I -e—, opponents of reciprocity vtitii'the United States. The following letter
i• in reply :
��THF OLIY,STONE CHURCH, CLEVELAND, OHIO.
September 11th, 1911.
am To ii:F:dnor�ot be n•L
(tcdet icb. Ont.
'vIlxwe(ste,—Iteplyirg to your favor of the Stb inst. let me ;ay
Lw u 'en praair t tat at y ft ar on the part of Canadians that tbe adop-
tun o freer trade bet wee n l'anat'a and the United States may lead to
the satexataon n C'arai a by:the United States is a fear that, in my
"""7 dem( nt is utterly greundlese. 1 have beeoa resident of this Re-
g) 'ublic f(ow w. 1 nigh thirty ye are, and have bad ample opportun-
ity h -r learning ad- yet tirnents of Americans in all walks and station°
of life. this 1 unhesitatingly aver—annexation is not even
reamed of as a remote:possibility. Never was a statement farther
Y fromttetir Fan that recently made by a Canadian member of
Parliament, now or poring Reciprccity, when he said. "Every intelli-
gent American cherishes the bupe that Canada will some day be part
of the United States." The very oppwite is the truth. No intelli-
gent American desires or hopes or dreams anything of the kind. If
Canadians think that Reciprocity will be to the commercial dieadvam
tape of the Dominion, let them vote against it on that ground. As
to the intrinsic merits of the proposed agreement, I have nothing to
say ; but to oppuae the agreement from fear of its leading to annexa-
tion is to betray an absolute misconception of the attitude of the
Republic toward the Dominion. With every passing year • deeper
respect is cberiehed by "every intelligent American" far the splendid
and rapidly developing Dominion across the borders. Reciprocity or
no Reciprocity, Canada's national integrity is secure. Fear of ulti-
mate annexation on the part of Canadians is unintelligent and
groundlees.
An attempt is being made to create a scare as to the effect of reciprocity
upon the grain elevator tiade of Canada. This business is increasing in im-
portance as tbb Western production of grain increases. and Goderich is inter-
ested because of the large business in this line that passes through Goderich
harbor.
So far as the export trade is concerned, reciprocity makes no difference in
the situation. Export grain is now. and always has been, carried in bond
from one country through the other, and as the Canadian route is the short-
er it is gradually getting a larger proportion of the business.
But, eay the objector, the United States will take our wheat and mill it.
Well, if that ban injury to Consider it is one which the States can inflict upon
us at any licca., simply by the removal of their duty. Tbe matter is in tbeir
own heeds. There is, then. absolutely nothing in the reciprocity agreement
to injure our elevator trade.
Further light upon the elevator business is obtained from the statements
of a tative of the Goderich Elevator k Transit Co., who says :ter r
"1'he statement that reeiprocity will be injurious to Ontario grain eleva-
tors. ally our local terminal, is entirely unfounded and incorrect.
V, hide tis elevators on Georgian Bay. at. Port Colborne, and Kingston are
operated principally in the handling of export business by transferring grain
from lake to cars or barges, which re destined for export via Montreal
or other ports, they ars used principally as feeders for the railways
io seearlsg traffic. Ali of these elevators ars taxed to their capacity opting
and fall. and in feet for the greater part of the navigable season. despots tbe
fact that the port of Buffalo and eastern American tailways have reduced tbe
ctstof handling. and each year the volume of bu.inees increases over our Can-
adian bake aid rail and all -water routes, simply because these routes afford a
more economical and faster means of transportation. and as the grain yield of
our Western Provinces increases each year so will these Canadian elevators
and railways continue to handle as large a percentage of the export business
nt their capacity will permit.
"Whiletbs elevators of the Goderich Elevator &Transit Company handle
ot.1y a ,mall qusnlity of export grain, they Hod their rapacity required for
the domestic milling and fettling bisfiees of Ontario and Quebec. and finding
this more profitable they ate satisfied to leave the export business to Georgian
Bay elevalots. Oeogrepbically Goderiob holds an exceptionally advantageous
position for the storage and trans -shipment of domestic grain for the milling
and feeding trade 01 Ontario, ss with a short water -bawl from the Upper
Lakes aid bring the radixes of an area comprising the larger interior mills and
feeding tetritesy. tte Uode is reached with a lower nil haul than from other
porta, wbile the out ins ills are leached on a parity with other ports by
e inpetlthe rates. Aurns
fireproof concrete elevators secure themini-
um it
a issesaace tate, and with en outlet by two railways the shipper
n Oat advantageous to centralize bis business at this port. for dist ibution to
the stilling and reeding trade.
"The cty that reciprocity will clops up (be Ontario mills upon which the
coral elevalurs are dependent foe their business is absolutely unfoueded and
.oetee sats, es 1t is well known that it he upon these mills that the merchant
sod bessdreeper depend foe their supply of pastry Hour. Purely Manitoba
t lends Ohara wheat flour, or the flour of the Amer scan hard wheat, are not
s.+ /citable for pastry purposes se the flour secured from the blending of the
un/ario soft wheat and Manilots hard wbeat together. Every image Cana-
dian millleg ct,mpany necessarily hes some connection with the interior mill -
4" of Osfarin wheat., whereby they obtain sufficient stir wheat noun for
their pertly sales. A local instance of this is the acquiring of the Seerforth
mills by lbs Ogilvie ('ompasy, who use this mill for the blending of chi Oa-
tarlo sad Manitoba wheat flour, aid as long .. wheat is grown in Ontario
,bene mills sill Irove A factor in the millingtrade, and Goderieh elevator.
will realism to supply them with the hard weat Nom the Western Prov-
. -5
FUTU*E
FOR HURON COUNTY
UNDER RECIPROCITY
The above sketch shows the favorable position of Huron county in regard: to`;the
great market which will be opened ut? to Canadian producers by the adoption! of the
reciprocity agreement.
The circle inc'udes territory ttithin approximately 425 miles 01 Godcri h.i:The Canad-
ian territory within this circle contains a population of about 3,000,000, while that part
of the United States within the circle is inhabited by about 40,000,000.
Within this territory that will be opened up to our producers by recipriocit) are twenty-
nine large cities with an aggregate population of 15,000,000, besides numerous smaller
cities and towns. This great and populous portion of the United States cannot produce
what it consumes and the nearest source of supply is Ontario.
Goderich with its rail and water connections should build, up a large trade with the
border States. We already have the best harbor on the east shore of Lake Huron, and M.
G. Cameron is the man to see that we get the further improvements that are needed.
VOTE FOR CAMERON
AND RECIPROCITY
.n re a.
"TM Iueieflt ..( reefpxotity to OUT kcal e'evators will serene in the removal
.-1 the duty on oats aid barley, thus giving !hipper. a new field Inc the sales
.f these Manhole grades in the New England Atater some three or four
veru ago • ebwt crop of oafs le the Malted states necessitated pat chases
iron) Canada, sad our elevator bashed a Mese vottatse of Manitoba oats for
distributiss to NV* notglond Oita. The e.eelleat finality of Canadian
Warless onto wasrsnted the As.siiee1 Meer in paying the duty, and
sills W r ooval of tits tarts a las1S MiM MI is messed ttWhile 'tappers Milk
is
�'::l�ea'aaa r bestow V Ws the oats for the Mew 1Ma-
Polling Day—Thursday, September 21st
" 'Tis only the obscure is terrible,
Imagination frames events unknown
In wild fantastic shapes of 'hideous ruin,
And what it feats, creates."
With unbounded affection for Canada, the home of my youth.
f remain,
GREAT
Sincerely yours,
A. B. MELDRUM.
How to Vote for Reciprocity :
CAMERON
M;LOLM GRAEME CAMERON, Of tet
Town of Goderieh, Barrister.
LEWIS
EDWARD NORMAN LEWIS, of the Town
of Goderich, Barrister.
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