The Wingham Advance, 1911-01-12, Page 5THURSDAY, JANUARY I2, 1910
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New Year
Gifts
To any person buying Clothing
from us on and after December
the 29th, we will give a CASH
DISCOUNT ' of
20 Per Cent
What better New Year gift would
you want than this.
This discount will be given on all
Men's, Youths' and Boys' Suits,
Overcoats, Odd Trousers
and Knickers.
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Don't Overlook This Opportunity
McGee & Campbell
CLOTHIE PS ea, MEAT'S
FURNISHERS
E. C. Wt:iI.TE
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Tailor
The only stock I carry contains the newest All-
wooI Fabrics, embracing beautiful and exclusive
weaves from the most reputable mills in the
world., Inspection invited.
You will find our Kingfisher Cloths in Black
and Blues, Fancy Worsted Snitings, Tweed
Suitings, Melton, Beaver, and Crombie's Over -
coatings' give the best satisfaction.
Your order is cut and fashioned in the style pre-
vailing the day you are measured. You get every-
thing the very latest and best when you let us
make Clothes expressly for you,
E. C. WHITE
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WINGHAM
The. Fashionable Men's and Ladies' Tailor
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The Middleman.
Peter White, in the Olube's Fir:are
eel t;ul•vey ways:---,"rize coriettmer in
Ontario complains that he is plying
too much for hie ptodure, stud the
farmer complains that be le not get-
ting enough for it, stud both are large-
ly right. The trouble is that it caste
tea much to sell farm produce. :flow
long would the manufacturer. of
staples last who was paying sixty per
cent, of the selling price to sell Iiia
goods? Yet the farmer seems eozne-
how to struggle along under this
handicap. ILe seems the only pro-
ducer who hoe nothing to say as to
the price of his wares."
Cobalt's Wonderful History.
The history of Cobalt is one of
astonishing development, with the
result that the eyes of the whole
world are on northern Ontario, The
public little realizes what this develop-
ment means to the Province. The
Cobalt district gives employment to
about 5,000 amen. It has made a
market for machinery, merchandise,
foodstuffs, etc„ during the past five
Sears totalling in the neighborhood
of $50,000,000. The Government rail-
road, built for colonization purpq,-4
es,
now promises to return a profit, and
is a source of jay to the Provincial
Premier and his Cabinet. It bas
enriebed the Provincial Treasury,
encouraged the pnrsnit of agriculture
in the north,and playel an import-
ant part in the recent prosperity of
the lesovince, and C;inada, in genera.
13y the end of 1910 it will have added
to the norid's supply of silver about
$17,500,000, and I venture to predict
that before the mines of Cobalt az e
I exhausted the total production will be
lin the neighborhood of $100,000,000.—
[Financial Survey, Globe,
ACHES, PAINS AND I,lIEU'
MATISM ?
Zam-Buk Will Give You Ease.
Have you a bad attack of "general
aching"? You know the feeling.
Limbs ache, muscles seem to have
become tired out,your back aches,
now and again a twinge of rheumatism
strikes you here and there. Your
cbest feels tight, there is a pain be-
tween your shoulders, and altogether
you need toning up.
Cold is responsible for this con-
dition, and a vigorous application of
Zam-Buk will put you right. Take
a hot bath, if possible, and then rub
your ehest and the acking limbs well
with Zam-Buk.
Mrs. B. Gorie, 70 Berkley St., To-
ronto writes :—"I cannot speak too
highly of Zam-Bulc. A few weeks
ago I suffered from a badcold, which
had settled in my throat, chest and
limbs. I tried all kinds of remedies,
new and old, and found very little
relief until I used Zam-Buk, • On ap-
plying this to my throat and chest 1
found such ease and relief from the
tightness and soreness I determined
to use only Zam-liuk. I also rubbed
it on my limbs where I felt the rheu-
matic pains,. In three days from the
time I first began applying Zum•Buk
I was free from the cold in throat and
chest, and also the rheumatism in my
limbs."
Zam-Buk will also be found a sure
cure for cold sores, chapped hands,
frost bite, ulcers, blood -poison, vari-
cose sores, piles, scalp sores, ring-
worm, inflamed patches, babies'
eruptions and chapped places, cuts,
burns, bruises and skin ihjories
generally. All druggists and stores
sell at 50c box, or post free from Znu-
Buk Co., Toronto, upon receipt of
price. .&void harmful imitations and
substitutes.
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AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
There are many restful places to re-
cuperate at, nearby is the St.
Catharines, Preston and Mt. Clemens
mineral resorts. The "Highland Inn".
at Algonquin Park, you can enjoy the
pure air and winter sports, and rest to
your heart's content. A trip to Tem-
gami, Cobalt, Gowganda or new gold
field of Porcupine will suit the pros-
pector. The Sunny Soutb, Florida, Cali-
fornia or Mexico will appeal to those
who wish to get away from the cold
winter. Full information, tickets, il-
lustrated literature frons Grand Trunk
Agents, or address J. D. McDonald,
District Passenger Agent, Union Sta-
tion, Toronto. Ont.
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DoYouRealize
the Adnan-
Cages of Concrete?
T1IE rising price of lumber has compelled
the farmer to look for a suitable sub-
stitute.
Concrete, because of its cheapness, durabil-
ity and the readiness with which it tan be
used for every farm purpose, has proven itself
to be cheaper than lumber and far more dur-
able. Our Free Book—
" What the Farmer Can Do
With Cooereta "r
shows the farmer how he tan do his ownwork
Without the aid of skilled mechanics. It de-
monstrates the economy of Concrete eotYstrtic-
tion as tampered with lumber, briek or stone.
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It shows how Concrete tan be used to ad-
vantage on the farnt in the construction of
almost every practical utility.
Send for this book to -day. you'll find it in-
tensely interesting, oven if you don't intend to
'build for a while. It contains much useful
information that will put you In the way
or saving money. Among the subjects
treated aro: Barns, Dairies, Fence Pate,
reeding Fkk.ors, Hitching Posts, Root
Cellars, 811oe, Stable*, 'Stairs, Stalls,
Troughs, Walks, Well Curbs, and
se forth.
REMKMEIBR.---This enol! is
yours -a , oatai will brine it
promptly. Wring now.
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TO THE
FARM"
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Hl7 high' Cost of living, or the
"cost of high living," es James
J, Hill puts it, is a subject
which just now is engrossing
the attention of the entire nation. The
cost of the necessaries of life bas been
steadily increasing since 1890. The
symptoms have been viewed with in-
creasing alarm by nearly all -classes.
•;Within the last year the matter teas
reached en acute stage. Tbe average
increase in the cost of necessities Iran.
Jan, 1, 1909, to Jan, 1, 1910, was 11.7
per cent. The increase over July 1,
1890, was 61 per cent.
Thewage andsalaryearners In e
th
e
cities have seen the "bread line" grads
uaily drawing closer. The margin be-
tween income and expenses, narrow at
best, has shrunk to the vanishing
point. All this wbile newspapers have
been shouting prosperity, forgetful of
the old maxim that "the real prosperi-
ty of a nation is the citizen's margin
of saving."
Whatever the cause of this increase
In the cost of necessities and comforts,
there are but two ways in which the
citizen as an individual can meet it.
The first is to increase his income,
QUITO doiu roll FUEL 12i 1891
and the second is to lower his stand-
ard of living. The wage earner, band-
ed
anded together with his fellows in a un-
ion, has been able to Increase his
scale of wages to some extent, though.-
not nearly enough to fill the gap be-
tween income and expenses. The wage
earner who does not belong to a un-
ion has profited to some extent by the
general rise in wages, though not so
much as the union man.
Tbe salaried man bas borne the hard-
est brunt of the rising prices. He be-
longs to no union, and his demands for
increased pay have brought little re-
sponse.
All classes that are compelled to
work for a living have had to turn to
the other alternative in a greater or
less degree. They have been forced to
lower their standard of living. The
first item to be attacked is the food
supply. Russell Sage once said, "As
the cost of living increases the use of
meat decreases, the proportion of dark
rooms increases and child labor be-
comes plentiful." I:ess meat means
poorer nourishment, less resistance to
disease and a higher death rate. Other
foods of cbeaper quality are used.
Oleomargarine takes the place of but-
ter. Cold storage eggs ere a luxury
and frost) eggs unknown, and cheaper
brands of- canned goods are used.
Aside from food, the big item of ex-
pense in the city is rent. in order to
keep up with the increased cost of
things property owners have been forc-
ed to raise rents. The frenzied crowd-
ing of the people to the cities has en-
abled landlords to make these increas-
ed rents effective. The result is that
a house•with a porch and a bit of lawli
has become a luxury,' anti more end
{Wore tee middle classes, the classes ee
whom -prosperity should react most N.
vorably, have been forced into fete
and apartment houses. The p'gre}
classes have moved into teienli.ntsl.
The high cost of room has matte crowd-
ing inevitable. human beings heye
been forced to herd together like cat-
tle or worse. The modern dairy barn
is a palace beside some of the tene-
ments that pass muster as humau hab-
itations.
Many causes bare been advanced by
economists and others to account for
the rise in prices. Dlany blame the
tariff, but that will hot explain why
prices are rising nearly es rapidly in
England as In the United States. The
economist's faz•orito reason is in the
increase in the supply of gold. Money
is becoming, cheaper, he says, anti
therefore it takes more 4f it til 14117
a given amount of any commodity.
This explanation sounds very plans'-
bie, but it does not explain the fact
that prices have at other timos Bono
down in the face of increased gold
production. The gold supply to un-
questionably a factor influencing ris-
ing prices. 'That it Is the fundamental
factor mai* well be doubled.
Other writers try to lay the whole
trouble to the growing extravagance
the American people )!o anti to the In -
of i c
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creased standard of living. It is true
that at the present time we regard as
necessaries what yesterday were luxes
ries. This increose in the standard of
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Canada's Flour.
Mr. Robert lelelghen, President of
the Lake of the Woods Milling Com-
pany, writes In the (114b&a Financial
Survey, that "Canada is capturing,
and Will continue to capture, from the
United States miller the foreign con«
miming market for our hard wheat
floor," Mr. 1Mtkeighen *aye that the
flour taint of Canada., 0 operated to
their oapaaoity, would supply thirty
million people.
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L—The Growth of the Cities
and the Increased Cost
of Living,,
By C. v. GRECCORY,
Author of "'home Course In Uva Stock
I''erming," "Making Money on the
l+arzn," "Hazne. Couue In Mo. d-
cru iS$ricultureoclation," lCtc..
Copyright, 1910, by American 'Press
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living is but the product of civiliza-
tion, bowever, and is something to be
encouraged rather than discouraged..
Furthermore, it le responsible in but
a. small degree for the increase in the
cost at living, The increase in the
standard of living has manifested it-
self most strongly iu better bouses,
better clothing and more conveniences.
Yet the great increase in cost has been
not In these materials, but in food,
Between .lint' 1, 1$06, and ,Tan, 1, 1010,
breadstuffs and live stock increased in
price 108 per cent. During the same
period tete increase in the textiles was
73
per ceut, in metals 65 per cent and.
in building materials only 15 per cent.
That luxurious living bas bad much
to do with the increased pieces cannot
De denied. That it Is wholly response
Ole is far from the truth,
If we are to seek the real cause of
this cr•si t o
t s t at con our country
we must go back. to the old cause of
supply and demand, coupled with other
factors that Wave grown out of this.
The period from 1870 to 1595 was the
period of development of the middle
west, the bread basket of the world,
Dere were lands of unparalleled fer-
tility' that bad merely to be scratched
to give forth their bountiful supplies.
The result was teat the markets 0f the
world were flooded with foodstuffs.
By 1890 the middle west was pretty
well settled. Tbe bloom of its virgin
fertility hall been removed. Soon the
days of using corn for fuel and wheat
to feed the hogs were past, Prices of
farm.products began to rise, If there
had been no ether factor entering in
they would soon have reached a nor-
mal level, and the readjustment would
hare come with little trouble. Unfor-
tunately the tide of population toward
the cities had become too strong to be
turned in a day.
From 1880 to 1000 the percentage of
farmers decreased from 44.8 to 35,6,
a decrease of 8.7 per cent. During the
same period the percentage of persons
engaged in manufacturing increased
from 21.8 to 24,3. This increase of 2.5
per cent is no more than normal and
may be accounted for by the increase
in the standard of living and the con-
sequent demand for manufactured ar-
ticles. The increase in professional
lines during this time was eight -tenths
of 1 per cent, while the number of per-
sons engaged iu domestic and personal
service decreased one-tenth of 1 .per
cent.
The great increase came in the num-
ber of persons engaged in trade and
transportation; an increase of 5.5 per
cent. Of the 16.3 per cent of the works
ing people engaged in trade and trans-
portation in 1900 only nine -tenths were
engaged in transportation proper. The
others, 15.4 per cent of all the people
of the United States who work, were
simply middlemen. Complete figures
since 1900 are not available, but the
city ward trend has increased rather
(ban diminished.
Isere is the true explanation of the
high cost "of living. There are more
thou one-third as many men engaged
in distributing food as there are in
producing it. Tbe consumer's dollar
is worn thin before it gets to the pro-
ducer. The 10,000,000 men tubo farm
must supply food to the 7,000,000 peo-
ple who are working in the factories,
OVERCROWDED T1;NtnI1 NT DISTRICT IN A
Out:AT CITY,
to the 12,000,000 people who are dollen
nonprodectil'e work and to the 40,000,e
000 people who do not work at all.
And because the changed ratio of sup-
ply and demand are enabling the Partly-
er to make a profit where before he
worked at a loss there is a great outcry
over the high cost of living, This out-
cry will not ehange things in the least
Neither will boycotts nor anti -meat So.
eietles.
There is only one remedy, a reversal
of the title of population. The abnor-
mal growth of cities must be checked.
Farming must be restored to Its proper
place in the industrial world. In the
succeeding nrtiekee we shall note 201110
of the forces that are ht';nging tide
about,
Farmers Organize.
A public meeting was held in Sett.
forth Saturday to hear the teport of
V earY,
McMillan tinct Shillingllin
g re -
glutting the work othe tariff deuf i p
talion of Ottawa. At the close a
branch of the National Council of
Agriculture wan formed udder the
Pmsidency of James Cowan, a very
efficient staff of afters, Salty mem.
hers were enrolled, other branches
will be enrolled throughout the
ottenttt'y!.
Rousing Stock Taking Sale at Isard's
DOWN GO THE PRICES on Ladies' Coats, Skirts,
Fur Lined Coats, Fur Coats, Fur Collared Coats
RIGHT NOW is the best time to get a new Coat, Skirt or, Dress, • You
know what styles are best, and PRICES have reached the lowest limit. Ilio
not delay. Come at once, and get your pick of the season's smartest sty'iOs
at prices far below ordinary,
REMEMBER, TSIs IS A BIG STORE AND A BIG STOOR,, COMPRIf3ING'
NEARLY EVERYTHING THAT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WEAR
This Great Stock Taking Sale opens Saturday, January the 7th,
and continues to the end of the month
We are overstocked, but we don't intend to be very long. We
are determined to do triple the ordinary amount of Business for
this month, and PRICES have been made with that idea in mind
C�*�0 For your choice of any $12.00
Garment in our store. These
great values, so many , of aur customers have
said, are not equalled elsewhere.
$1.25 Undershirts, perfect in every way,
only • 98c
Big snap in Girls' Coats; 18 only to sell ;
value up to $4.50, for $2.98
20 "PER CENT.
Off regular prices of TOP SKIRTS. Lots
to choose from.
imilimmoutut
N "'fere else can you get such
`i' *2 '' excellent„Iialues-'n $15.00 C
as here. Compare them with any yore- gee
where at that price. Your choice,'$1X.25.
SILK SKIRTS Good value at $5,00
$3.95
now
A lot of Coats to clear, not this season's ;
all prices;, you choice for ......... $1,98
FUR COATS.
1 Persian Lamb Coat, worth $75, for $59.00.
One Coon Coat, worth $60, for $48.00.
MEN!
MEN! MEN!
GO WHERE YOU WILL, and when you will, you cannot find better Clothing
Values than we offer at our regular prices, Here is your chance to save 20 per
cent, off our' very low prices. If you want to wear better Clothes than ordinary
without paying as much as usually asked for thea common kind, you want attend
this Rousing Stock Taking Sale.
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Remember, this Sale includes every Ready-to-wear Garment. None are re-
served. First come, first served.
NOTICE—All accounts must be settled by cash or note by January .r5th.
H. E. ISARD & CO., Wingham
Enormous Business.
The United States public pays the
six big packing concerns of Chicago,
the colossal sum of $015,000,000 a year
for meat. The net profits of these
concerns, which are being prosecuted
by the Government as a monopoly in
restraint of trade, amounts to $25,000,-
000 a year. Such is the light thrown
on the. present high coat of living, as
seen in the enormous profits made this
year by the big beef barons. The
Armours have a surplus capital invest-
ment of $74,000,000 which represents
their gigantic profits: of past years.
Morris & Co. show a profit around 50
per cent. annually, last year 69 per
cent. being earned on the stock.
Boasting of their vast business recent-
ly, President Sulzberger said the pack-
ing business was one of unusual sta-
bility, the profits being rarely subject
to wide fluctations. In declaring the
annual business of his house to be
$100,000,000 annually, he said it was
exceeded only by the gross earnings
of two railroads, the Pennsylvania
and Southern Pacific.
Canada Prosperous.
In discussing some curious phases
of the western) situation, Mr. William
Whyte writes of Manitoba :—"Our
sole resource is agriculture. Yet this
year there were imported into Mani-
toba over our line more than twelve
million eggs. For our dining cars we
are now bringing in chickens from
Chicago. We are also importing
cream from the United States, The
trouble.is that our farmers are wheat -
mad. They have made money with
wheat and they have not the labor
that mixed farming involves. They
can go away in the winter and leave
the hired man to take earn of the
horses. The farmer is not selling his
wheat, but selling his farm. He is
using the land, not like a farm, but
like a mine." In a summing tip of the
situation it is said that there is an
almost jubilant note in the reports
from all centres in Canada, in striking
Contrast with the hesitation in trade
which prevails in the United States.
THIN HAIR.
LIBERAL O
A LIB PER. P
.When the hair thins out on the top
of the head and the bald spot is get-
ting ready to appear in publie. don't
get discouraged or irritable. dust go
to your druge,t and ask for .Parisian
Sage Hair Torr.. Ile will charge you
110c for a large bc.' tle, bat if it does not
cause hair to gro\ 'where the hair is
thinning out nothing on this earth
gill,
And we want to say to everybody,
man, woman and child, that you can
have your money back if Parisian
Sage isn't the best hair grower, hair
beautifier and dandruff cure on the
market to -day.
It stops itching scalp and falling
hair and, makes hair Al ow thick and
abundantly. All druggists everywhere
soil Parisian Sage or postpaid from
TCtl i (lirouxt Mfg. Co., Port Erie, Oat.
See that the girl with the Aitbut n hair
is on every Sold and guaran-
teed'by J. W.MoKibboira,
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Get Your Over -Hauls, Working
Pants and Coats from T. A. Mills.
Good as the Wheat
AND JWITIi SUCCESS1
WILL BE SATISFIED ONLY WITH THEBEST
OVER-HAUL THAT CAN BE MANUFACTURED:;
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u
ARE1GH GRADE,
UNION M
pNp. ADE.
mon x.nt
AMERICAN STYLE'.
WORK CLOTHES..
THEY ARE DOUBLE STITCHES THROUGHOUT. ,
GIG AND GENEROUS (IT TAKES FROM 42 T044
YARDS TO MAKE A DOZ EN),MAVE SEVEN POCKETS,
IMPORTED BUCKLES AND BUTTONS THAT WONT
COME OFF,ELASTIC DETACHABLE SUSPENDERS,ETt-
LOOK FOR 7 N TAN COLORED TRW/ f...en UN YOUR OVERALLS,THE LEATHER LABEL.
WE ARE THE AGENTS FOR LEATHER LABEL OVERALLS..
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JUST ARRIVED—Fresh Frozen Trout and _
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ring, Also Pickled herring --heads off, and
Split --in 25, 50 and 100' ib. kegs ; will keep
till next spring ; call and get a pail or
keg.
Produce of all kinds wanted. Potatoes.
in any nnantity.
A. Mills
WINGHAM
wern