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1111E SILENT SIGNAL 'BROWN AND JACKSON
13,y E. P. Holt By. Marian G. Wilion
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4 When you Were et achoel yott learned Brown and Jackson the two book -
that Sark was one a the Channel Is. keepers looked admiringly after Miss
ands. Bet thee never mentioned Elsie Leslie the first morning elle
Breehou, au island Which is a Itingdem came into the office.
In itselt—a rock-bound, gale -swept bit Brown and Jackson nad been gOod
or mether earth with half a. mile of friends up to that time. It was their
swift ruuning green aea between it and custom to go out to luncheon, to-
gether, ande after lancit, they would
Sark. It is lonely enough on a calm foregather in front of the big build -
summer's day, with 0111Y the screaming ing in which they passed most of their
mail of sea birds to disturb its soli- waking hohrs anti smoke cigars and
twee. It iss in winterbowever, that considerable spaces of time say
tnaorthing in a comPanionable way, and
one may stand. an Brechou and learn everything was perfectly serene and
what solitude really is. Great, moult-
tain-higb waves smash themselves in- beautiful.
to foam against its rugged ,sicies, However, one day towards the end
until those waves assume more peace of the week that brought Miss Elisio
Leslie into the office, Brown made an
tut form a Man on Brechou is out off elaborate toilet about ten minutes be -
from the world as completely *a fore lunch-eontime, and when Jack -
!though he were buried in a Cellar. a S073. looked lip and said; "I aar. old
nine under St. Paul's Cathedral, for
'there is neither telephone nor tele- chap, bold on a minute, I want to add
up this column before I go," 13rown
erraldi on tbe Island, and no ship ate
effect a lauding, even on the lee side, made a gargling sound in his throat
sonless the 'weather be fairly calm. and bolted uesociably. When be re -
I was standing on Ws lonely place turned Jackeon was haUghtY, but
a week ago when a weather-beaten Brown was too full of conteut to be
small of Sark told me shat happened. ,Affected be mere surface coldness.
there. I filed his tale is unvarnished Street Is
new place over in Market
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truth. treet is a fine place to eat," he jubi-
j A hardy Scot formed the "You ought to taste their oys-
ter fritters."
xearing a few shin
eep and chinning but-
ter whenthe weather was fine enougb , Brown removed his cuffs and stood
;for a small boat to make the trip :tback of the high desk at which he
hem up neatly on the ledge at the
across the evielooking green channel.
ISornetimes the giant seas ran riot for •and Jackson worked. "Would you like
a week, and the men of Sark would t° with me there some day?"
'turn their eyes occasionally to the bJackson extracted the pen he had
'storm -beaten rock and wonder who- .theen using from the penholder and
Sher all was well with the Scot and rew it viciously on the floor. "Fine
his wife and two children who shared Place for mugs to eat, I should say," he
his hermit life. The Scot was a man Thn. "I've been there. I'
the sort
not
sort to be done twice."
;Of few words, utterly without a sense
othumor, and spent his life trying to Brown looked rather crestfallen for
make a meagre profit out of the island moineutbut recovered hiMself
,
Inute who rented Brechou and placed ie
;:`tilVaicehlii,Y.Inay"That "1" he queried.
be I didn't notice things
for the benefit of the Guernsey trades -
Chine there to work the farm. When a it
much. When a fellow has good
eittle boat danced over front Sark the leompanit don't make so much dif-
y
'Scot would place his basket of butter !eernce what he eats. You see, Miss
'an board, turn on bis heel, generally Leslie happened to be over there, and
Without a word, and, with a far -away
look in his oyes, stand on a high rock
and watch the fisherman's boat grow
-Sark.
The Man of Sark who told me all
this, said he and the Scot had been
as David and Jonathan in other days,
Once, when the frenzied seas had been
battering Brechou for nine days, he
glanced across the impassable water-
way, and felt a nueer sensationat the
back of his throat. There was one,
and one only, way of communication
between Brechou and Sark. A little
mast stood on the topmost peak of the
island farm. It had never been used
before Now a flag fluttered angrily
in the gale at halfenast.
The Man of Sark was not used to
emergencies but it needed no effort on
his part to picture the bitter sorrow,
surrounded by every circumstance of
.111Wathos ,which lay behind that silent
'nignal. Breathlessly he scrambled
over the cliff top, and in ten minutes
was hammering on the door of a fish-
erman's but. In a few words he, told
his story. The fisherman crammed his
sou' -wester on his head, cast an eye
over the wild waste of white water and
looked grave. He knew that no boat
l-ould live for sixty seconds in that
swirling pass.
"The Scot or his wife is ill—may be
dead," urged the Man of Sark. "Per.
haps it is one of the kiddies," he added
in a grim voice. The Man of Sark is
'very human, and he has lived on Bre.
ehou with a child.
The fisherman shook his head and
called two others of bis craft. it was
agony for them, but they had to stand,
there idle. They had families of their
own, and to put off in that sea was
suicide.
"Can nothing be done?" asked the
Scot's old friend.
"In two days, perhaps, three, we may
j be able to cross," said the fishermen:
There was only one way left, and
the Man of Sark made up his mind
instantly. He ran to the little tele-
graph office at Sark and wired to
Guernsey, to the Scot's employer:
"Flag at half-mast on Brechou. No
communication for nine days. Can
you send steamer?" Then he breathed
more freely; he had done all he could
for his friend.
Four hours later the good ship Alert,
training and panting in the rough
water, came around the bend at Herrn.
Her captain knew every inch of those
freacherous waters with their veno-
mous spikcs or rocks dotted about
,verywhere, but the steamer was toss-
ed up and down like a cork. He might
not have taken tbe risk for the sake
11 the mere fee that •had been paid for
r-hartering his vesesel specially. He
knew the Scot and he knew the des-
perate need that flag at half-mast in-
dicated.
With delicate manoeuvring the Alert
was brought round to the lee side 'Of
the island. The Scot, who had watch-
ed her coming, stood on a rock.
"It is evidently the woman or one of
The nippers," said the captain io his
mate, as the steamer drew near. Then,
e *making a miniature megaphone with
his hands he roared out an inquiry as
to what was wrong. The Scot could
not, or would not, speak. The steamer
drew close to the rock, and the captain
pointed to the fluttering flag.
"What's amiss?" he asked.
"Mon," said the Scot. making one of
the longest speeches of his life, "I'm
a' richt, but I'm clean oot o' matches,
an' I canna licht ma pipe. I was hopin'
they'd send a sma' boat across when
the weather faired up."
It was a month later when David
met Jonathan. The Scot eyed the Man
ef Sark sternly.
"They tell me ye wired to Guern-
sey," he observed drily.
"Yes," said the Man of Sark, feeling.
that he had at least one good action
set down to his credit.
"I'm tellin' ye, mon," snapped the
Scot, "ye'd nae richt tae dae it."
SAYING DADDY'S EYES THE SIMPLE LIFE
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Daddy wee to go blinde-quiteequite
blind-auniese he could get up to the
big hospital where clever doetors gave
eeople back their sight,
This was what Jack and Jill were
thinking of as they sat on the forme
Wet ran round Farmer Adams's corn-
field.
That field was like a. beautiful, gold-
en sea now, with bright -red poppies
peeping Out here and there.
In. a few days the reaping -machines
would be at werit—the corn would be
gathered in.
Daddy had worked in that field last
harvest -time, end now he was sitting
at home,. waiting to go blind, beceause
it cost money to travel all the way to
the big hospital, and he had not beet
able to earn any for so long,
"Jiff," Sala Utile suddenly, "I have
got a plan! How would it be if we
were to ask Partner Adams to let us
take Daddy' place in tile barvesting?
I ant fourteen and you are nearly that,
and we are both of us big for our age.
and, oh, Jill, we cotild get enough
money, eerliaps, to send lern to the
hospital!"
"Jack," gasped, Jill—e"oh, Jack, do
you think we really could? Do you
think Farmer Adams would really let
us work like that, and pay no like
grown-up hands,"
"I don't know for eertain," was the
slow reply. "Let's go and ask him."
Fernier Adams was a big, gruff
man, but his eyes were very kind as
he heard their request.
."Thu!" he said, looking down at
them. "Want to work, do you? But
you aren't old enough,"
"Oh, yes, we are!" • cried Jack.
"And we are awfully strong! The two
of us together would make up 'for
daddy, sir; and we could take just tho
one wage. We know all about the
corn—daddy has often told Ws. Could
you take us on, sir? It is for daddy's
eyes, you see."
The farmer frowned fiercely.
"Right!" he 'said. "I'll have you."
•,we .sat at the same table. And so Jack andaii joined the har-
t Jackson looked more contemptuous vest hands, toiling with. a right good
and 'Brown climbed up on his •high their merry faces brown as ber-
ries in the'hot sun.
And Farmer Adams watehed them,
a queer -look in his eyes. -
Every . evening he paid them for
their day's work -:--not one wage be-
tween them, but •one each; and Jack
and Jill went home bursting with
pride, for this ehowed them he count-
ed them as grown -nil hands.- •
Then came the evening when the
last load of golden sheaves was carted
up the lane, • Jack sitting astride the .
foremost horse, Jill walking soberly
behind, She was feeling dreadfully
afraid that when they counted up their
earnings they would Mad thee had not
ly thereafter the two book-keepers &lough, .
would begin . buckling on their -cuffs , .!Come here," said Irarmer Adams,
and pulling down their sleeves in pre-
wneu the Other halide lied been, paid
paration for :departure. • • off, "Here is your wage, and right
Thus matters event on until the tole well you•have earned' it! And here is
day season arrived. Mies Leslie left a bit of gold for you for luck!"
Half A sovereign each!. There was
no fear liow in 3111's • anxious little
_heart. '
"Run along!" grunted the farmer,
when they Would :have tried te thank
him. • "Itun• along home! And God
bless the pair of you!" .• '
With beating hearts . and shining
'eye's, they scampered up the 'road.
And a -few dates later daddy -Went' up
to the hospital, where the doctors
gave' him beck his .sight. . •
'chair, humming in an exasperating
!way, and went to work.
The devotion of Brown end Jack-
son to Misa Leslie -became the main
ilia -Wrest of the office force before
many weeks. had slipped by. They
would work glumly side by aide during
the day, appEtrentle oblivious of each
other's movements, but as five -thirty
O'clock and closing time approached
each would keep an :queasy eye turn-
ed upon the 'other. •
They knew the.. exact moment at
which Miss Leslie left her desk and
began the somewhat prolengedprocess
of engulfing herself in her hat. Short -
the office late in August and for sev-
eral days Brown and Jackson were
unable to conceal the fact that her
absence had made life seem for the
time a desert. About Thursday, how-
ever, Brown entered the office in the
morning whistling blithely, and every
now and then a fatuous smile would,
overspread the features of Jackson,
'while occasionally his hand would
steal to the region of his breast=
pocket. .
Towards noon Brown broke the long
-sielnce that had until then hung otter.
them like a pall.
"I'm thinking," he said, clearing his
throat consciously, "that I'll go oVer
to. Douglas this Saturday. A lady
friend of mine saes it's a fine place."
Jackson looked at him suspicious-
ly. "I was thinking of going over
there myself," he responded. "I know,
a lady—that is—there's some folks.
spending their holidays over there,
that are anxious to have me visit
them."
Brown clasped hie hands behind his
head and leaned back in his chair;
curling his legs backward about the
round:
"Miss- Leslie says she's having a
grandtime" he. volunteered. •
"Who told you?" ' Jackson glared
at his eretwhile friend, with the glare
of a man-eating tiger. "I suppose.
you've got nerve enough to say Miss
Leslie's been writieg to you."
Brown glanced at him kindly from
under his raised elbow. "Well, it
you're so anxious to know," he said,'
"she did." He fixed his eyes raptur-•
ously on a black spot on the Wall.:
"She says there are not many fellows!
,there, but she has a great time taking
long walks by herself, and she says
there's a beautiful little place up on;
the head where a person can go and
sit and think about the folks they like
best and—"
"Yon don't say," gulped Jackson:
Then he stopped abruptly.
Brown looked at him politely, then,
resumed: "And she says there's a.
good many pretty girls." • ' •
"Did she wind up," asked Jackson,
"with a piece of poetry like this: •
RUSSIAN DINING -ROOMS
The dining -rooms of soine of the
.rge cafes in Russia contain a pool of
-Nresh water in which fish of various
kinds and sizes swim about, Any pa-
tron of the restaurant who may wish
a course of fish for dinner goes to the
P00!, picks out the particular One he
may desire, and in Et meinent the
" 'When this you see remember =ie.!
For I shall always think of thee'?":
Brown bristled ,up like a turkey -
seek
"You've been . reeding my letter,",
Ito asserted, angrily.
For answer Jackson, drewlaVender
colored envelope fromeds pocket.- ,
• "You can read it," he, said. "I ex -
pact there aro no. secrets in
For a space there was silence as
13rown turned the letter back and
forte, up and down,- 'showing plainly
his familiarity with the combination.
'Then he handed it back to Jackson
looking rather angry, slightly amused,
end et the same time thoroughly crest-.
fallen.
"They're duplicates. Thet's a sure
thing," he said. "But she :hasn't got
the first principles of 'economy. She•
miglit have used carbon copies on a
couple of great big ninnies like us."
Nothing more was said, but at',
luncheon time Brown stretched his,
arms above his head and gave a yawn
thet seemed to include • Je;ckson a
friendly way.
"Ready to eat?" he asked, aa be lew-
*Bred his arms arid reached for his bat.
"I feel like having a sandwieh and a
up of coffee myself." • ,
waiter has captured it with a dip -net Jaeltson nodded and the two went
Gild sent it to the chef. •, • ' eat together.
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NARROW ESCAPES
Thrilling Experiences of Sir Claude
de Crespigny
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Sir Claude Champion de CrespignYi
who has. recently given to the public
a highly interesting' 'volume entitled
"Forty. Years of a Sportsman's Life,"
is ceedited with having more lives'
than the, average cat,.• and. with, pos-
sessing mord thaevellous good hick
thau any other personage in the pages
of Debrett. indeed, in his younger
days • it .was' regarded As quite .in. the
ordinary •-course of • things.. that Sir
Cleude's name should 'periodically be
mentioned* in. connection with some
particularly narrow escape from sud-
den deetle In the matter' of broken
bones' alone few men have been More
•
peculiarly unfortunate than this mott
popular. of Essex sportsmen, against
whose nanie must be placed ' two ,leg
benes,;fractured a.balloou accident,
three arm bones fractured whilst
-hunting, three ribs broken by a: fall
during a' steepleehase, and 'another by
a more prosaic cab accident, to say
nothing of various fingers broken in
boxing or by kicks from horses. To
this may be adde.d repeated visita-
tions ef concussion of the brain, none
of weleh, - however, have seriously
affected hie health. In his early days
Sir Cleude, who is new sixty-three,
qualified,. both •a,soldter and sailor.
He was the Rove Navy for five
years, and then .spent four years ..as
an ensign. in the '60th 'Rifles: ,Since
then few parts of the world have fail-
ee to witness, his adventures in on0.
form or another.. He is one of. the
•very few men who have ever crossed
the :North See en a balloon, and he is
also one of the etill rarer few who
who have escaped. alivo out of the
coils oe Et python. has had miracti-
11108 escapes from sharks in Bermuda
and. falling trees in Florida. Once; in
India, he got into uncomfortably elose
quarters with an infuriated wounded
tiger, which he subsequently despatch-
ed. • Sir Claude Is also the only Euro-
pean who ever swam the narrow gut
of the first cataract of the Nile, and
ho was among those who witnessed
the accident on the .warship Sultan,
which se nearly preyed fatal to the
late leiter Edward,. then• Prince of
Wanes,. The Prince, who had been
examining the worlEing of a new.type
of gun, turned round to Ask one of the
officers. question, when the windiaen
took charge, and, runhing round with
terrible velocity, only by a hair's-
breadth missed the Prince's head.
THE SUBJECT OP HUMOR
•
There WAS- oue at the station, but
we did not expect to be met. A alrabby
tingle, with a shaggy pony, stood out-
side, and a depressed man, with a
scanty red beard, held the reins.
When he smoke it Was a ShOck, his
voice was so high and squeaky. "Be
you the ladies for Lesroakers?" raid
he, and to my surprise Mabel answer-
ed "Yes" with a brief aside to me,
"Les Rochers—you know that is the
name of the house." We got in the
jingle.
The pony jogged on between bedges
wlech were a dreana et beauty and a
tangle of wild roses and. honeysuckle.
Men our driver spoke -I gave a jump
—his voice was really surprising'.
"What time to -morrow will you want
the jingle to take 'ee to the station?"
he piped, aud Mabel replied, "Ob,
we're not going back to -morrow, We
mean to stay several days." "Aw,"
said ' he, and spoke no more for a
space. Then again he broke the se
twice. "The last lady what stayed
here was mortal fond of my missusee'
pasties." "I beg your pardon?" said
and we glanced at °ea other.
Evidently a inild lunatic, but he seem-
ed harmiese.
"Indeed?" said Mabel politely, and I
snallecl—we didn't know what he
meant, but we thought it best to hu-
mor hira.• On 3ogged the pony, and we
turned a corner. "That's the gate,"
gaid our driver, and we stopped. A
gravel slope led down to the white
gate, and descending it was the most
extraordinary figure I ever saw.
"Great Scotland Yard!" I heard Mabel
isay—in moments of excitement she is
slaugy. A fat middle-aged man, with
thick, greasy hair, parted in the middle
and touching his shoulders, clad in
aomething like a dressing -gown, with
bath Weals slung over it, came to
meet us. He spoke in a voice with a
strong accent, "Welcome, dear friends;
at the house my wife awaits you." We
hesitated—Would it be correct to
shake hands? However, he seized
mine in both his, very fat and podgy
' they 'were, and drew rae inside the
• gate. But where was Mabel? I look-
ed. arouud and saw her in deep con-
verse with the driver, and she came on
after a moment, flushed and breath-
less. "How do you do, Mr..
• she said briskly, shaking his hand,
"and how's Gertrude? I .1.1-st stopped
a moment to look ror aly Pocket hand-
• kerchief."
WOmen have always been the sub.
Jett of humor, whether as mothera-ite
Mee Wives, or spinsters.—Mrs.
Paik-
hurst.
Gertrude met us in The hall. She;
'too, Was clad M the dressing -gown and
towel style, and had her hair coiled
out in a point at the back. She has
got so stout, "fallen abroad," as the
folks, here say, but she was glad to see
us, and kissed 'us- with real kindness.
Her little bow ---peer little wretch, bad
e seirripy tanteon his thin body and
sandals on his • poor little feet, but
seemed a . dear mite, although he did
look like a skinned rabbit.. "Our even-
ing Meal it spread," said the master
of the houte, 'twill you with us of the
fruits Of the earth partake'?" . It was
unreasonable for me ta be angry with
. the man for talkinglike that, but I
felt cross, end wished he'd just say.
• "Let us allgo in to supper," or what-
ever he- called it., • '
I can see that meal now if I close my
eyes. There were two- diehes full of
nuts—nuts, walnuts and Brasil nuts,
•
all shelled, atid heaped, im together.
There was a dish of gooseberries, and
another �f plums, both very green and
colicky in appearance. Some awful
preparation of rye bread, which 'look-
ed, like leather, and tasted like saw -
'duet, was placed in the eentre, and
there was nothing else, not vent' Mite
ter. Well, no one will -believe me if I
say that Mabel and I tat down to this
• repast, and actually managed to swal-
• low some huts and a portion of that
awful. bread. There was a fearsome
concoction in a bottle, which the mas-
ter said was unfermented wine, but
we absolutely couldn't get that down;
and had to ask for water. ,
Afterwards we set • out in theegaie
den; it was pretty' but. chilly,- and I
wanted a warm shawl. Gertrude's
husband read alcud—Browning, whom;
I never could understand, and '1 was
so• cold and -hungry I shouldn't have
enjoyed Anything.. • "We •go to rest
early,' said the gentleman (ills name is
• Greek, and is. yards. loeg), "and ,with
• thedawn we again. arise.:• Sleep well,
my .friends! My wife Will to your.
sleeping chanthers lead you." •
I could have cried, when I was left
alone,and sat down on the side of my,
lied entirely wretched. All the In
dows were fixed to remain open, and
•there was a draught through the room,
enough to turn a Mill. 'Then the bed
clethes were "hygienic," nasty prickly
khaki colorstuff, which I knew . would
keep me awake.. A ter on my door, and
Mabel enteied. "Yesu poor thing!" said
she, "you do look .mieerable. I'll shut;
the window, 1 found .out how to da
mine." This •accomplished, she..pro-
duced a small bag. •• "You remember
whee we cable back from Brest?" she
asked. "Well, I found- that Mask of
brandy and. water wa ttiok and the'
biscuits in this bag, rsnd 1 thought• ,
you'd be • glad of something, if ;those
awful, nuts are making you feel ere ure
comfortable as I am." •
,
•
It was like an angelic visitor! a
nibbled the biscuits and sipped the'.
beverage, and felt after all life wa's
worth living. Mabel joined in the,
feast, remarking, "No wonder the poor
• lady who was here last liked the pas-
ties and hogs puddingsl 1 could' do
with some myself at this very mo-
ment." She stayed until I was corn'
fortably tucked up, and then launche4
her parting shot: "You :remember I
went back to tipeak to the . driver!
Well, I asked him to bring the jingle
early to -morrow for us, ' X knew,
direetly I saw that awful being pm-
ing down.- the path, that we shouldn't
be able to stick it here atty longer.",
As a rule, I reprove Mabel for he
slang, but I toted say nothing severe
to her then. And When I think of the
inventions she reeled off glibly 'next
morning, to e.ccount for our leaving
so soon,. I blush even 'When alone—es-
pecially as I backed her tip. Our
charioteer arrived early, and as we
had half an hoer to wait at the station,
we visited his, "missus," and tasted
her "log's middens," washed down by
a cup of! tea. So we did nett feel so
dreadfully empty when we finelly
boarded the train, And for ones
agree with Mabel when she armountes
in her own picturesque way thrt, tar
her, the "simple life" is "off."
4.,..1111,401.01.17
- FREE ENTRANCE TO CANADA
Following is third of the series of articles oc'n Reciprocity
republished from the Canadian Century Magazine of Montreal
• Cora and Tobacco
(From the Canadian Century.)
lb will be remembered that at one
time quite an extensive area of Seeth.
westtru Ontario was devoted to glow-
ing corn. The duty, on coea coming
into Canada. from the United. States
was removed and the Canadian Mark -
at was impiedie,tely •floodeci with
importations of corn from the United.
States, and corn grow,ng had to be
almost cornpletely abandoned by Can
-
adieu farmers. About the same time
additional protection was given to
Canadian tobacco growers, Red the
result was That tobacco crops took
the place of corn erops in that part
of Ontario forineay most lioted for
its corn.
WHAT IS THE 'MATTER WITH
MAINE?
The farmers of the State of Maine
have all the advantages that recipro-
city could bring to the Maritime Pro-
vinces of Canada and none of the dis-
advantages. They have free access to
the much -talked -of "market of ninety
millions;" and cannot he shut out of
it suddenly by a Vote of Congtess, as
Canadian farmers might be at any
time utbder.the Reciprocity •Agreement.
They are near to the Markets of Beet -
on and New York than any part of
the Maritime ProvinCes, and yet the
farmers of Maine are no inore prosper.-
oue than those of New Brunswick,
Nova, Scotia and Prince Edward
Island. They have no dreams about
the value of the market of "ninety
million people." They *know that the
cost of railway haul shuts them. off
from most at the markets of the Unit-
ed States, although there is no tariff
to keep them out. The peezentage of
increase in population is lose in Maine
than in the Maritime .Provinces.
Thee: are said to be many thous-
ands of acres of abandoned farms in
Maine, New Hathpshire and 'Vermont.
Many of these farms were. occupied for
generatioes, but this young people
moved to the cities or to the Western
States and the folks clied.
THE PRICE- OF HOGS.
Canadian „farmers may as well make
up their rn,incle to give up the' business
The isTews-Record gr•ows iii circulation because it excels
t44.
for Town and Tovniship News.
of raising hogs if the Reciprocity Ag-
reement is adopted.. The average
liDecember 31,
pricela.eofrhogs in Chicago and Montreal
for tbe five years ending
1910, was as lollows :
Chicago Monts:al
1906
11 $6.20 $7.77
6.10 7.43
908 5711305• 87.:611,()
• 8,00 9.60
In October, 1907, ,live hogs sold in
Chke.go as low as $3.80 per cwt.,
against $6.65 ye: cwt. at the same
time in Montreal.
During the same petted prices of
hogs have averaged lower in Buffalo
than le Toronto. Occasionally the
price geoi higher in Buffalo, hut com-
monly it is lower.
The farmer of the Southwestern
States has it longer stoson than the
Canadian farmer. Ile not only has
cheap eerie but he is able to grow
several crops of alfafa, and this • en-
ables him' to produce hogs very cheap-
ly.
The C-aaadian packing houses expect
to be 'crowded out of business by the
importations of hog products from the
big Chicago packing houses, so that
the Canadian hog raiser wile have no
home market.
THERE IS NO WINTER THERE
In the severe Canadian souse there
is no winter in Australia, New Zea-
land and the Argentine Republic. ,Cate
tie can live outdoors throughout the
year, so the farmers of those coun-
ries do not have tee expense of winter
shelter and winter feeding, They are
consequently able to products butter,
efheeSe, eggs and meats much rnore
cheaply than Canadian farmers • can.
No part of New Zealand is far from
the ocean, And, while Auettalia has a
va
. . f t I 1'
are ell near the sea coast, so that the
the • railway haul to. ocean ports is
not great. In spite of the fact that
they are very much farther from, the
Ilsaish •market than Canada' is, im.
teensy riteentities of food fora those
eanntriee' are sold in the •taited
King-
dotn. Now the Canadian market is to
be fairly opened to them as a moult of
the ReciProofiy clompact, and we get
notleng in return•
The Farmers Minister •
Talks to the Farmers.
Exeter, 'March 8rd—Before an audi-
ence of fartnere that taxed. the capa-
city of the opera house, four shirring'
speeoh.es on the reciprocity issue were
heard here , today at the rally bele
bv the Conservative Atsoeiatian of
South Buten with a heartinessthat
could not fail to convey its meaning.
• Hon, James Duff, Ministzr of Agri-
culture, aroused the gatherlog to a
high pitch of enthusiasm.• .
"Ibelieve tkatthe rank and file pi
the Liberal party. in Canada. are a.f
heart opposed, to this agreement," he
said, *and . the rank and ffie of the:
Liberal party in Canada have it
their .power to say to Sir _Wilfrid,
(You shall not disturb ..tho conditions
tinder which we have .prospered. "The
rank and file' of the .party can • force.
the heed • of Sir Wilfrid ie. tbe inat:
ter.' •
The. Mieister .pointed out. that ,reci-
.
preCity was not of interest • toe one
class elope ; on the contrary, it must
have its iiiket on every borne and ev-
esy individual inthe whole eounti3r.•
It was remarkable that the .akreeraent
which the Government ..tires 'trying to
force on the country had not • betel
asked for by the farmers.
• It was claimed' by Liberal speakers
that both partieshad been trying-, to
• seems% reciprocity but in eain' for for-
ty yeats past. Whfte, asked. Mr.
Duff, had there been any inentienof
reriproeity in the pletform. of , the
Liberal part y :since. 1891, when they
had been ad t (seating. unwistrieted reci-
procity. itt 1897 had taken the
provision relating to reciprocity cons-
ple,tely aut.of theie tariff policy, fLad
not a mention, 01 reciprocity had been
heard clueing the election campaign of •
1900. '1904 and :•.408. . .
- No Mandate For It.
Now, wiehont it Mendate. Went the
people, and without cetisulting Parl-
lement ,in any way, two members . of
the cabinet had 'gotta to Washington
mei Made an •agreement Which ' they
demanded ahead be aceepted Without
aniendMeat of any kind. , •
Mr. Duff devoted some 'thrice, to it
review of the wolts. done by the Ont-
ario . Agricultural Departmeat.- He
feared .that . in Huron, as elsewhere,
there. was. not it Ina understaadMg ,of
the variety of ,a.griceitural interests
ie • Ontario' which had to hci looked
afterin carrying on the, various lin-
,of work, the department had • spent
three-quarters of a million dollars hitt
year.
• Specialization the Aim.
• "Our aim," said the minister, is
to get people to leek about Mon and
secure what is the best line of • agri-
culture for their locality. After • they
heve found their field wt want them
to specializa."
Reference was titan to the develop -
tient of New Ontario. Wheat, oats,
barley &ad other grains were grown
there timi. would equal atsythitrg, the
prairies could, produce : Ladt year at
the Monteith Experimental loam
pub was grown equal tei • anythieg
in Ontario. Fall wheat sown in Sep-
tember lied matured spleedidly, and
sprit* wheat was up to the Vilest
Fife wheat of Cho west.
Refee.tnee was made to the dairying
indestryin Eastern .ontaelo, and Dego
• to the fruit growing induetry in, the
Niagara peniesule. Between Hamil-
toe. sand, Deauville had been all big
fatins tWenty-fiVelyears to, but utew
It Was, 11 oontiuttous stuttesOlon of
farras,..erchards and vineyards.
On a ferns that once supported. One
family theremay no be found as
ninny as forty, famieles.
New Markets Opened:Up.
.•.
New ,markets had been found fon the
increased product. • The west had
drawn . largely on Ontario for ite
supplies, and last year 6,000 beskete
of peaches had been placed On the
British -market. •
- "There is it tremendous market in•.
the west,' l said:Mr. Duff, "and ithas
grown very ratedly.", •
Mr. Alex. I-Ieegart M. P. of Win-
nipeg' paid particular attention eo the
results' which would ,follow ware -reei-
precity • brotighti into (;•ffect, andalter-
wards abrogated by either nation for
any reason. He emphasised the fact
that today Canada Was snake% a
eboice between going after- the, Brit-
ish market Or aftee the •thaited. Stat-
es. market. The British market was
thelogical market .for Canada, but if
it were •• let slide other agricultural
countries like Dummier, the Argen-
tina, etc:, woad quickly. stepin and
get.so than a holt on it that Canada
would be put back years itt liar trade
progress. '
•
-A Liberal Ag,ainst It.
• Ile referred to the fact that his ape
patient in the last DOrnitifon eltsction,
C. 'Cameron,. • Wag' Out hi opposi-
tion to reciprecity, and had. seconded
the resolution of the Winnipeg Board
of Trade opposing the pact. Mr. Cana
eyon had stated • that he could •easily
sell offles Umbels holdinge in the far
wt•st and make a fortune, but he knew
Perfectly well that the United. States
timber harona would simply hold the
supply. till' Canada heeled it and then
make Caierdiens pay up we'1 .
Mr. William Wright 'M. P. for Mus-
koka • saki that 'In the midst of the
reciprocity discussien it, tvas well to
rentealbue' that the reign oe graft was
gentle oa unchecked at ,Ottawa. With
eVer- .classification" on the Naticnal
Transcontinental, millions lost on the
Quebec bridge, with ..sawdust wharvest
and illegal, dredging, there bad been
no cessation of the blunderiag.
• Mr. larry Eilber'S• Speech.
, Mr. Harty Either was given a good
reception by his constituents, He
paid a tribute to his political 'leader,
Sir James Whitney, a premier who
was doing, his best for the prov-
ince, ancl doing it in an honest,. fair-
minded and just way.. Ile likewise
complimentel the lion. Mr. Duff on,
Oa work his department was doing
for. the farmers of:Ontario, and felt
that if the faithers would not take
advantago of the work which was
being done for them they' were prov-
ing their oWn Woret enemies.
. "It amazes Ine," he saki,' "when I
see thu hmount of money that is being
made out of apples in the Niagara
dietrict end in Prince Veitteri
in Ilutori, I am afraid, 'that scree
apple trees get as little attention as
a hill of potatoes. We have much te
learn in that respect."
Dealing with Ow reeipnoeity. issue.
• Mr. Eilber held that when the 'United
• f4tates refused reciprocity in the Ira#p
• Canada had songfit out now markets
and now it was too late for the Thai -
tad States to be corning around ask-
• ing faVors. What they really want -
it] to secure from Carada Was raw
• materials, and if these mild be Se„Mif-
ed they eared tiothing for the rebt
the country. Wait wao not %Wort
SOLD THE
WORLD OVER.
States capftal which had built up
Canada, IV was British, and if Canada
turned anywhere it Eshould be to the
old land whieh had helped to make it
a nation.
Mr. T, 13. Carling of Exeter acted.
as chairenan and with him on the
platform were David Cantelon,
Clinton; J. A. Williams, Zurich ;
Horton, Hensall ; John McArthur,
Bengali ; Rev. W. J. Doherty, Bien -
sal ; L. II. Dickson, Dr. Bright, V,
Sanders, W. Weichethainer, Rev. D.
W. Collies, Rev. R. Hobbs, 'Rev. ae.
G. Powell, Rev. S. F. Sharp, alt tt
Exeter.
Mr. Alfe.se Freed was Brad $140
at Cribait • for having esghe beaver
pelts in his possession.
Miller's Worm Powders correct all
ouch troubles as lack of appetite, MI-
loueness, drowsiness, sallow complex-
ion, etc. ; nice to take. For sale , :be
J. y;.1 Hovey, Druggist. •
• Charles Toutser of Wellingtiott
swallowed woad- alcohol in mistake .
for medicirte and died . from, it. .
The Bald Headed Man may
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