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The Signal, 1917-1-25, Page 2rfil$ SIGNAL PRINTING cu.. LTD, PusL.8Hsxe. '1`Mi— Iia- L—kr published ever, needle use the oast la The ay1gival Bedding. North Street. god, Aoh Ontario Telephone No. 34 RMC•HU-rtuN TIMMS.-line Dollar and Fifty emu. net yeet: tf 'mud ecrlotly in advance One Dollar will be tweeted ; to +ubeorlbere In the United Slate„ the rata L, One Dollar and Fifty ('este .tnotly in adveuax Sube,orlbern who sell to receive Tits nluvAl. regularly by used Nll,unfer r favor by teoutinUtot the Wibileb- of the trot at to early •dale at possible. N' ben thugs of Andrews t. &mired, both old and in.. new address should to given. Itrmlttaooen way to made by bank draft. expires mousy order. post oleos order, or rtodrtared letter. Yubsrrtpttone luny a AHA:AAA rt any time. .a DVOJTWINU Trgra-states for di,play and a.wtrant ad vert %%entente w111 be given on appll- .suon. Legal and other .Imilu tdvertientente, an puts per Iina for tlrst lneerttun rod four -tote per line for teach ubeeyueut (nnortluu. Mea.ured by a wade or solid ooripueil--twelve Intent* as itch. Hindus. cud+ of AIX boos and under, Five I4olbu • per year. Advertlee- monte of Lied, Found, Strayed. Snurttone V scant:equations Wanted; Boner for Sale t - lo Rent. Fanuc for Sale or to Kerr, Articles for SAW. eta.,,wt. exoeedingelelit line•, Twenty- five .'ene.each blew, nc tine Dollar fur deli mouth. Piny tent. for er. belt .. •uuent month. Larger adverttwmrnt. u, vroporllon. m we'teeeeets te oedraary =ton., per Inc.iNo 001 MO I.er than Twenty live (vents. Any %portal no -lint the ob.lect of whiehie the perunr.ry benefit of am indh•1d- eel or aewrlulo'. to be considered au adver- ti.emrnt and channel at •onttnriy. To lbMRtuusovu1NTs.-The tau operation of our .ubw•riber• and reader. i. cordially Invit- ed towardem.tking THE aluSA1. a weekly nvore of . 1 I.avtl, ennui and dietHet doing, u cunt munlcatton will be at tended to m.l•,.s it c»n- trin. the nAme and- addrese of the writer. nut oecesrrily for publication, Lit ow an evidence of go d faith. New- item...beuld reach THK 814.1.11( iodine not later than Werineeday nmu of seers week. THURSDAY. JANUARY 2i. 1017 a NN -�-r EDITORIAL ORUL NOTEti. Northwest Toronto went Tory on Monday. The Dutch have taken Hol- bta- Anothel Patriotic Fund campaign 18 in the offing. _Pe prepared to do Anyway. how Id the Toronto (ills expect to down • inan named MacPherson ? it{e fair redeeklui. r As soon as that diepule over the Bowe report is settled Canada will he ready to give its •ttenI ion to the war. The rights of humanity will not be secured by speeches delivine i ht the United States Senate -or anywhere else, for that matter. 1, Seven new Senator. have been ap- pointed, but as (ioderick's nominee, ••Hoh" McLean, is riot it.clnded list we are not interested fife flet -An- noullcement. ...�,. 'l heosly thing Ixcking at 'I'assdiij night's farewell to Rae_. J. H. Fothel- Ingham wee a speech in ((relic by That ardent Scot, "Ire" Kidd, Un- fnr ornately bewas otherwise engageda ed that evening. Dr. Milne has been elected \\•Arden of Huron -whereat the county clerk may he expected to remark that tbe Doctor owes lite sir's*• As a O'sblie representative to the feet that he is constantly feeling the pulse of the Pro e. •- P nt has opened for knottier ems on, which, may ptfoye to t bust one fore a general election. For the first ti a since the election of 1911, the Cnneer.>etives are now in control of both Housirs, recent appointments to the Senatekavit g given the Minis- terisliste a majont.y in theft chamber, Mr B owrnan wait one of the men who organised the left!) Bruce Hattslion Land not only hie tine but his fih{inay in securing proper equipment fo the soldicre before going overseas. The feeling here is strong against the tactic+ of Col. Currie on the political platform, and his unfair attack on Mr. B ,*men will do himself and his party more hams than good. A staff correspondent of The Tor- onto World, reporting the.recent con- vention of Wattern farmer* at Bran- don, rays : "In too part of the rountry does the fire .•f pattiuttru, burn with such a fierce weld*. Howe of unee!Hab devotion as in the prairie Nest. 10 Brandon the other day the tarmacs refused to adopt a reeoletion against the leor• rrnmet,t cowwaudeering their wheat. Individually they thdught that such couauandrering would be unfair. host if the (1lovernutent needed the wheat to gerey no the war that was .11 there wtw to It; bio swatter wbat price war paid, or whether any price wee paid at all. In much therein. unerl9-b spirit the Western farmers have declared _' •eel sauy Dt eference 11y. tete Uri' 'eh Government in favor of colonial wheat if thrroby the laboring pe..ple of Eng. band have to pay a fat tieing cute for the bread 1 hey nerd." Thr U, 'Ilia Packet declares that the Libel al leaders err responsible for the "scandal" of a contested election in West Siu,coe at iamb a time s1 tine. \1'e do not follow The Packet in this statement. While there are strong reerou!_e gine the. plunging_ of We country into the turmoil'0'C" it genet al . election while the war is still unde- cided, such reasons do not hold against the contesting o( bye -elections. Unless we art{ to have something approaching a diet,torship, the people should have none opportunity of directing public policy, And bye -election campaigns Afford such opportunity. In Great B, itain bye -elections have leen con- tested right along+ nd we We never beard any complaint about. it. It may be that in • contest like that,io•West bIIHCO. more heat than light was gen- erated, but at any rate this was not the fault of the Liberal candidate, and it would be going A little oto far to say that the Liberals should not bring un contests .because the Conservative campaigners do not tehave them- . selves. The vacant siege lacus Hasse of Commons should have teen fttkd brfere the present session commenced. and if this bed been done Premier Borden would be able to present a stronger CAW. for s further extension of the life of Parliament. tWILLIAMCAMPeteLL HLAPPOINTED *a55130RANDTAX COLLECTOR. e THE MINISTER OF FINANCE REQUESTS THE PEOPLE OF CANADA TO BEGIN NOW TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE -Y NEXT WAR LOAN A8'4,8 NW DAPAATKIENT a PUKAPICII OTTAWA • •• THE TOWN COUNCIL WHAT OTHERS SAY. Does Patriotism Pay ? I'ure•,t Free Preen Twenty two member," of the (7 toe dian Parliament have crossed the At - lento:: to unit om,melitisrel Conserve- dyer ob•erv -fver and three Litetsle. l'be three Liberals are on active service D,. Beland, of Beaute, has been a prisoner of war in Germany for almost two years. Major ( Dr.1 Astley, of Hutu - tepid t, Sask., is doing good work in the Army Medical Corps. Private VarrniI. of (Jape Breton, wee so anxTou. to get into the trencher that be spurned com- missions and went u* a cotton et sol- dier. Of the nineteen Conservative P,'■ two have wren actual fighting. Hart y Baker, of Krouse,- was killed in action. Colonel Jobn Corrie, of Siwcoe, war gassed at Ypres and is now on leave. Ma1o • ) Major 11 1. Stewart, wart ofu r lit p L 1, n t g, N. 8., is an incluse buns member of the A. my Medical Corp., The remaining sixteen Conservative M. P,'s in uniform are on hill pay, but without command'. As nlentters of Perliawent and member,' of the Ex- peditionary Force -with the force in rbryaoce-tbese gentlemen are en- titled to three pay envelopes. the re-- sion indemnit y of $2,5110 and their ac - tire *ervlce pay, which is chnaidesably better, and the separation Allowance.) They sling their beloved country th,se Lodes in the same place. 1t is not on re-ord that any of them have refuted to take any one of their three blessings. Every last man of thorn will be found in company with the last duller that is coming w them. Having German Names. The Weekly scan. A hundred years or more ago, a cnnsidrrahie immigration crowd the Niagara River, settling the adjacent townships and advancing s. far around the lake as North York and Markhaut. Many of these settlers were Penueyl- van1a Dutch, as they wrote celled, and descendants of ,efugtes nom Holland and the German States snd Switzer- land, who had come out about l680 on the invitation of 11 Miami Penn, to aid in the foundation of "A Christian state on Quaker model." Nome years later, a settlement from the same source was made in the county of Waterloo, off rhooU of which later settled at Zurich, in South Huron, and in Nos th Perth. In Bruce, Grey, Huron, Waterloo, Middlesex and Oxford are thousands of so-called Germans, whose import- ance has Increased by reason of the large immigration to the %Vest of the fanners of British origin. PuIlticnlly they control many constituencies. Smith Huron, for example, which was long a Grit hive of Scotch. now .ends ode of these Germans to the Legis- lature and another to Parliament, both Conservatives. There bas kern for years • small immigration t from Germany, mostly to the factories of Waterloo county. Apart from tbe•e, it is inconceivable that the so -celled Germans, who are generally by re- Iixious conviction opposed to war, .whose anrem or. In many caries eon - beamed with the authorities of the tittle for recognition of their moralities, are' now unfriendly to tee Rritish Reuse. It would he tenet unfortunate were politica& viulence to drive •11 those who are not of Rruise origin in to Dot politiasl camp. The West Simooe fight wat-i-hum- ger, and down in Dorche'teraonnty, Q„ c, they are having • bye-efeet ion campaign that reminds one of the rough -end -tumble contests of the good old days in this county. \Vhet's in the Air ? In it the influence M the war that recedes the combativeness of the politicians At Woodstock eleven different con- cerns were engaged in the milk -dis- tributing business. Ten of three have been consolidated in one organization, the number of delivery riga bas been cut in half, other economies hare been effected, and consumers are being .ap- plied with milk At a price one cent a quart lower than before. The question tie, how long will the reduced price to consumers continue, when the hive - nese is in the hands of only Qoe or two concerns ? Monopolies usually tend '-to higher prices. t Goderich 'aye it bee, now, to pay to muep for electric power. Yet it vo against s scheme which would redur the cost to the consumer, by eilowing•'that municipalities to deitelop their nwn gwsr.-8esforth News, 1f The NeM's will explain how the voting on the intention subtnitted at New Yeat's will 'affect the price of power, The Signal w ile glad to pant the explanation on to the people of (ioderioh. Up here, after dnnsider•ble investigation, nothing could be dis- covered to ntbststitiate the claim which The News repeats, Let nsitave dotes light os thsashjeet, brother. •� This is what The Ripley Raprses, published in Blues cmalty, says of Uol. J. A. Currii s attack on Mr. C. M. Bowman : In the Aye -election In %Vo.t Aimene (Jot Currie rolled Cbai lie Bowman, minder fn► Nabob Hruee in the Lexie- let tore, • German symp st his -r, b.c•uM his father was' horn In Pwitserland, if Dol. Coal. was to name irno Bruce oonnte and repeat what he 'mated 1n Wray Bi,eres, he would M hooted oft the Platform. The.. is no man In Basle' moiety morel reit. ne Inset to the �ritfkb Arg than Chdrlie Bowman. For nearly a week altar marriage w man will eat things he doesn't like just because she arnked theta. One trouble with fete le that it band* ire mewed beef and cabbage when we expect pis and los cream. Three Thousand Dollars to Be Ad- vanced tO Goderich Manufacturing Co. of Money Kept Back from Loan -Question of Selling West Shore Rai'way Material -A Brief Sitting of Council. -The session of the Mery eoneeil lata Friday evening etla $ brief one; adjournment being made at 3.40. All the members were present except Dr Clark. The report of Street Inspector Pos- tleithwaite for the month of December showed that be had been a very bury man. hav,ug attended to A Doge amount of work which wee repo ted in some detail ()oifretor ()ampbetl reinserted that be -fad collected during 1914' 870,888.88 of taxes, au increase of $,ll,tr.'1.4.4Q4 over the coil,cliims in 1915. Referred to (Snance cora,llli tee. The annual request for a grant to the National Sainte' elm Associatioe was referred to the finance committee. Mr, %V. F. Saunders wrote complain- ing of a post at the southesut corner of Nelson and Church streeta with which his moEor car had collided. Hr raked that the poet he removed and suggested that the town should be- come reeponeihle for the amount of the damages to his ear. Keret red W the public i works committee. The tressuirr of the (inn tai. e b Pat- riotic Fund called attention to the fact that there was still due to the Fund from the town the sure of $1.2.90.04. the balance of $5,01lO ►uhsctibcd in October, 1915- - - When the town council vote( this contribution in 1013 it was stipulated that the payments were to be in twelve monthly instalment.} dating from the sale of the bonds. The bossdr were sold in April last and payments have been made regularly esnh month. fteeve Nadi n- gave notice that --be would move 't the next regular meet- ing of the council to rescind the mo- tiont K n alio this • i t llatitn as to monthly payments. Thio will enable the council to pay op the ballfnce in one sum, if it sees Ht to dorm. The finance cornnlittee recommended the payment of a large number of ac- count., and the grant If $10 to the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. A further recommendation was as follows • "In the matter of the rrquert from Metiers'. Proudfoot, Killoren K Woke on behalf of the Goderich Manufactur- ing Co., Ltd., for payment over to the C pany of the $o,IXX) whicb is being retained by the town until the 'Com- pany has constructed a dry -kiln, your committee find that the dry -kiln has not been constructed, butour com- mittee hoe been handed a list of ar- ticles which have herr) Added Ln the plant since tbe inventory was made by the town -lee valuation of thew new at ticles bring 'shown se about $Xf,500 and your commmittee recommend tae That $3.000 be advanced to the gode- tick M..nufectuiing Cu„ Limited, out of the $3,01i0 twin[; retained, and teal the matter he left with the chiirwen of this committee and the solicitor to make the neceseaty arrangements' to pry over this $3,000. Your committee have bed a._Ieater. from our &elicitor, dated January 19th. on the matter, .latlltg that there would be no legal difficulty incurred by paying this pot - Linn of coney as recownrended Tie report was ad 'pied without die- C11Mi0n. The public wo ks committee re- ported that permission bad been granted the Bell Tel. phone CO. to place three poles and wipes nn Trafat gar street, west from ('niubrta road. In the matter of the public works em- ployees' the committee reported that John Johnston had been laid off. Acid Unit, Alert. Clark had been allowed two weeks' pay while sick and hen mho o held . R anti, r. quirrd. The re- port was adopted. Reeve Faint started that people had been 1..^king over the Doty plant and a few other* were expected bon no far there was no definite offer for the plant. • • The wetter of the insurance on _the Doty plant, whicb bee been kept in force by J. W. Craisie witb.,uit any definite understanding, was ref -,red to the spreis! tdmmit'ee on the Doty and Wheel Rige planta. On motion of Reeve Nairn, recnndrd by Councillor Wallis, Mi. \\'illi .tai Campbell was rdap i ' ioted P•eseor and collector at a salary of $7110. he q iestinu of payment for his bond to he re ported on by the finance committer. Councillor Wilson raid he "did not want to throw any stones at Mr. Campbell," hot 1:e 'bought it should he understood that the sown -meta should he completed this year within the eta,ntory tome. °num-illor Mower said he quite agreed wish *bar Uouncilldr Wilson ball 14111. The motion to reappoint Mr. Camp- bell waw can ied unanimously end the bylaw coefirwing the appointment we. read three times and passed. Councillor Curt brought up the question of the riling of tbe rails of the O. W 8. Railway. Owing to the delay csueed by the necessity of con- sulting the other municipalities, she opportunity of disposing of the reds had heen missed, and he considered thet -*the: 'cnencit abound through a committer keep in touch with the 7other municipalities, en that, should then opportunity come again. • u n as art d PD y wg age could be taken of it to make • good hap gain. Hi, Worship the Mayor remarked that it was intended to have a weeL- ing of the repr•eeentativee of the municipalities, but they were appar- ently waiting for the report ot the Hydro engineerb, which was expected shortly. The council then adjourned. the Pigheaded English. (A German pastor on the battle of the Homme. ) Many wounded men are coming hack to odr church from the dreadftol western front. They have kern right- ing the lino' ant English. and they flnd that so ignorant are the English of warfare ybwt the Rng)iah soldiers on the ynrnfne refuse to surrender. not knowing that they are really beaten, with the result that terrible losses are inflicted on our heave troops. Rapid Growth in Assets of Union Ban Increase of Eighteen and a Half Muttons Or 20 per Cent., in One Year Bongs Them to a Total of Over roq Millions -Bank in a Very Strong Liquid Poutiop--Rendering Much Assist " ante to the Financing of Imoertal War Orders in the Domtnioo. • Although enlarged deposit accounts stud note cilculalloo have been a lea - tine of many annual tack etatrmrots recently published. there have been no increaser recorded on a reale propor- tionate to that shown by the Union Hunk of Caosd& in its remarkable balance -.beet fur the year ending No- vember 30, 1910, lately made public. Thio powerful Bank,which unites wi b headquarter* in Winnipeg and a very strong connection throughout the Wert an old•ertahliebrt and very pro- ductive branch system in Harlem Caoada, ba. reaped a full harvest from the renewed pio.pesity of both .rcticne. Its ctrl asses. which a year ago amounted to $90,0f1&UIs& and in 1914 to $81,581,8.10, have now risen to the tre- mendous total ot $1119,0(Q•�4, an he cs eoer of *lout 20 me. Dent. for the year 1916 and of 3a (.1-r cent. in two youse, Its •non•intereet-[caring de- porits have incsrased in the year by more Lhon eight millions, and its lb- trtert•braring deplete by nine and a -half millions, its cod note circulation 'hews an advance of well over A Million dullatr. This very remarkable vol of business is not for the moment pro- ductive of any exceptional profits, ow- ing to the green. 1conditions surround- ing the bankh g businees. Pr fit. 10r lir year were about the nano. es Inst year ($051,184 against $1159,01iQti, and we -ie subject 1e the came deduction of $150,000 for eootiuge..t saecount. They Were sufficient for the payment of the regular dividends and honor totalling b per cent. on the stock, which biter been maintained throughout the war. sou( for the payment of the war tax of 111110n s d • donation n f>b".111X1 to the British Meliora' Relief Fund, Along witht'the regular payment of $111,011111 to Pension Fund. Kver since the war began this Bank has, out of its annual profit., met all r.quiremeut+ for De- pirelation and contingent account., kept up ins Pension Fund subscription and many large donations. paid its dividenda and bonuses, and bar today a larger profit balance than at the end of 1913. This very creditable showing, with its present enlarged business, suggests that as soon as conditions re- turn to normal President Celt and General Manger 0. H. Balfour will be able to exhibit proflta considerably in excess of even the palmy day before 1913 Current loans are practically un- changed, and are not likely to expand while husinetis house. continue their present policy of paying off hank in+, det,tedness and refraining from\ Targe commitments. The Hank's new funds fa TO .INVESTORS THOSE WHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE FUNDS REQUIRING INVESTMENT MAY PURCHASE AT PAR DOMINION OF CANADA DEBENTURE STOCk.IN SUMS OF Principal repsyah'e 1st October, 1919. Interne payable half -yearly, let April and 1st October by rheque (free of a"change at any chartered Bank in Canada) at the rate of five per one per annum from the date of pus. base. Holders of this stork will have lb. privilege of nrcrrndering at par and &emoted interne, as the equivalent of cash, in pay- ment el any allotment made under any future war loan inane on caned• other than an issue of Treasury Billie or other tike abut date aeeurit.v. Proceed• of this stork are for war purposes only. A caeeiaaion of one-quarter of one per cent w1l be allowed es simegaised bond and .In -k bookers on allotments made is respect sf 'mobs -snow far thio ,Leek whir/ bear their .tamp. isr application forma apply to the Deputy Minister el ](brie*, (Straws. OraaTMM=tWT Or r/NANC*, OTTAWA OCTOiaa Ths. Yla. •••••••••••••••••••••••••: • W. ACHESON & SON • -4 -_ • •• : aleofFvrs!: • • :�UR January Sale of Furs and • •O Fur Coats Is a splendid op- • : portunity to secure. best. styles. , ••._ • and values while stock is so large. • • • Men's black China Dog Coats, made of select skirts, 0 - • collar of Bocharan lamb, wool cuffs in sleeves, _• • •farmers' satin lined and quilted, sizes 40 to 46. . • , ' • Special at each $25.00 • Black Bulgarian Lamb Coats of selected 'skins, a 0 , •t coat for warmth and wear, sizes 42 to 46, at • each _ $132.00 • Ladies Muskrat Coats /of dark wellmatcllled . skins,. • with Skinners guarante`o satin'1 iI -itrrt • • ' and tery handsome, sizes 36 to 44, at each • • • N .. 1.... $50 and $60 • • Black Wolf Muffs, large pillow style, with head and • • tails, beautifully !fined, at each $6.00 • • • Black Wolf Scarfs and Boas in a variety of shapes • • and styles, uced to each ..$5.00 and $6.50 • •\ �\ • Large size white or grey woc4 Blankets, beau- Ai tiful pure stock, size x 80 inches double, L at Per pair $0.50 • : Blanket4 ; •• • •Whte Cottons ' . : • Ira Lonsdale Cambric, 500 y On sak. • • ---- ular 22c, at per yard ....... r . #21':'C • • 1 r • • r♦ : W. ACHESON & SO1�` i••••••••••••••••••••••••: -- so.'---aassare.r.aprg -- are therefore chiefly invested in cash and sernritlec, cit which the Rank holds fifty --ix and a-hnlf millions •� mat .f about one lid million. hundred mill n •1'lirU1 inn Bank's tk'' ',contribution Lc the financing of the Brit ieh munition Mosinee. in Canada is .hown in the i .111 Municipal fl terrine. teed B iti•l Foreign and 0J.0.4401 neeneitiee ether than f ansulirn," which r.w,idna $14.-1 445,700 as SS .ins 1 .•.,tg $:113,1190 is year 1 ego, the dif erenee (wing unlrtstnnd to consist of Britisb Trrd•u, y recur Ries. fort nn the 'sorb and the, other on the running hoard of his Ford. A smelt NI passing called out : "Hey, mister. where a your other roller skate?" Incriminating. WMlie-•'I due., my dad t have been w pretty had boy.' Tommy-••Wbat maker. you think that?" -- Willie- 'Hrrau*s he knows -racily what questions to ask nir et ben he wants to know what I have barn do - A commercial•man 011.041 with one .ing"- Puck. ra '1 RACCOON TRAPPERS 6cet`_ Money" qtr- rases*. reals. rarvat, whits weasel. Mak melee, .starteeLaa,letherrerN Bearers SHIP TOI7 PITHS DIRECT is "SHCHpRT--Ike 51awe'.�er•. homer Me Medd wags/ exer/Net= / ly la Net= RAW= a reuabw--evapun.ulee-erje Fur House 'rah ao unblennsbr, rep- utation existing for more than a third of a century.- a'nnr ems Cewfel record ofeending Pur Shippers prnmp..SATISPACT'•RY AND PROFITABLE returns Write for tb.In1 tlleteeer the eels reliable. accurate 'Market report and pre-eh/it pu bbshed. Write for lit -MOM -W• PUPS A. B. SHUBERT4 Inc. Dept( -27 "L HlAcwscoTIN tau s School of Commerce CLINTON ONTARIO Winter Term Begins January 3rd, 1917 YOU have always intended to take a Commercial and Stenographic Course some time. Do it now. A course here puts you in a position to command a good income whenever and as long as you want it Can you invest your money and time in any stock, war loan or anything else that will promise yon so great a return ? WE GUARANTEE POSITIONS TO GRADUATES. Write for full information. DO IT NOW. B. F. WARD, 3. L, M. Accts. PHONE 208 PRINCIPAL •