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Page Two The vote on the plebiscite will be taken on Thursday next, Oct. 23. It is up to every person whose name 15 on the lists to get out and vote. The real expression of the people is wzmted. The sixth annive1'sar_v of .-\.rmis- rice Day will be observed on Tues- day, Nov. 11. Though six _i'ears. have pZ1SSO(i away that memorable: day is still fresh in our memory and; it is fitting that :1 few minutes be given to pra_\'er and thanksgiving. The proposerl intelligence tests" for schools should be very carefully consi:le1'ed before being` sanctioned. It has sometimes happened that the! precocious child zzles out in its! t(.-ens and the child that is slow and almost decient (levelops later into the genius class.--Sun-Times. 1 For the first nine months of the` present year the Bell Telephone, Company has made a net gain in% telephone service of 37,600, (:0m-` pared with 35,489 for the samel period in 1923. A noticeable fea-} ture is the number of artizans andl householders who are in.=t.a11in_2' tele- phones. The Bell Telephone now has 11.250 . Of these E Zn? .-nan vu-r\\`v|rxv`\ I householders who 1nst.a1un,<.-' tr.-ie-' 5,503 are women.. In the development of telephones, accordinr: to the latest statistics on world conditions, Canada occupies a very creditable position. Only the United States of all the nations of the earth, exceeds this Dominion in the number ,of telephones per hun- dred of population. The United States has 13.1 telephones per hundred inhabitants, while Canada has 10.4. Denmark comes next with 8.3 and New Zealand with 8.1. Great Britain has 2.3. total sum of money lost each -.4.-..-.1-. Tl1(',_ --A u. ...-...L1,\-..~. nn.l C!.l|II1`_ The improvement in business con- ditions in the West recently has demonstrated the soundness of the Liberal-Conservative party s conten- tion that the tariff has not been cause of the troubles of the prairie farmer in the past. The trouble lay in the fact that wheat prices were too low; that is, they were out of line with the prices of other products g'enerall_v. A changre has suddenly come over the situation. Why ? Because the price of wheat has soared. Every farmer knows this. He also knows by this time that the tall about heavy oppression of the tarifl` has been nonsense. Confronted by `he fact that the estimated value of this vnrn- _- n-1-uin nvnn 5: (:'7`,7.,(mn_000. The total each} year in worthless . and secur- ities is really appalling, and yet men and women otherxvisc sane and in-, tr-lligent fall for this eternal effort, to get something` for nothing; From` trying to ring: :1 cane at the fair to buying of fake oil stocks the mer1 _v throng: push madly on. They have not learned that one thousand made` in some ;:et-rich-quick scheme will] be spent in some fool way 01` lost` mrnin nu =m'n n: fate. The reall In 1:01:-rlcn-qulcx scnemu \\'Hli afzain as sure as fate. reali value of money to a man is based on the way he earns it. Speculation sometimes wins like a bob-tailed ush, but it more often loses. When :1 speculator does win, tit. is the most rlangel-ous thing: he can po;<.`~'ibl_v (lo--it eg'g`s him on. Cigrarette smoking has become so common that few parents realize how the habit has grown. By en- :ourag'in;: boys of seven and eight years of age to collect cards placed in cigzarettes the mzmufacturers have made children quite familiar with cigarettes before they know anything about the effect smoking has on a mowing` boy. Now 21 cigarette maker ofTer.< to senrl a free package of ci_;':xrett:.: to all boys who haven't learned to snioke. There ou;:;ht to Goodfell0w s e2_B_ag_g1g_e. 1i1l12Nnrtl12rnAhnanr2 Good Shoes at POPULAR PRICES! Next Door to Bank of Toronto Building A. W. GOODFEWLLOW W. S. (3"""".R for A 1165. uuu Iths the Telephone , let 600, com- same ceable fea- rtizans and` t.a11ing' mo ;tat1st1cs 1 ( ( I t ( af 1 (N.-.1" 4-`Ian! be some way of protecting .boys from such seductive temptations. Next things we'll .have similar offers of other glopes under some misleading name. This summer the use of ci- garettes amongst boys of twelve and under has grown rapidly.-O1vi1lia Packet. At its last meeting the Coiling- wood Board of Education passed a resolution condemning the practice of interrupting school duties with numerous holidays and especially the holding of teachers conventions dur- ing school terms. The holiday per- iods have been lengthened so that pretty soon more than half the year will be holidays. Two days break on a week for teachers conventions in the middle of a term appears to be an unnecessary holiday from the ratepayers point of view. The cost of educating children now has mounted so high that parents want their children to make every day count. From the teachers point of view, however, the time spent in convention is productive of good and may in the year s work count more than what the children miss by having holidays for two days. Alliston Heralcl-Tihe fact of the matter is that sentiment in the country in favour of the O.T.A. has become intensied since the vote of 1919. The people of the country have found prohibition to be a boon, the like of which they never exper- ienced in their lives before. Their very existence has become safer, sweeter and more worth while in every respect. They have more money, more pleasure, more en- lightenment and more latitude. They all know it and they all realize it. Yet the forces of evil have the hardihood to subtly spread a rumour that the O.T.A. is a fziilure, that if the ggoverinnent grot a revenue from the liquor the l)ootlne;e'e1`s sell, taxes would be lighter. They say ti sentiment in the cities has 1`0\`Cl`.'~`.0(l in favour of liquor. How do they know? They know no more about it than they get from their friends who do not belong to the prohibition '+`m-nn-_- H` Hm r-nimtrv districts in be lighter. '1'ne_V 1:- How know ? they ,who not .forces. If the country the pro\'inc.e remain unmoved in their sentiment and the vote is re- corded to the last voter the major- ity in favour of prohibition will be an overwhelming: one and the ques- tion will be settled, not for all time, but just till some political party .thinks it can gain an advantage by liquor question to the people. In- vtexisifying temperance and prohibi- tion is not what is wanted most in .this campa.ig`n; organization to get the vote out on polling day and ac- ftion and lots of it on the 23rd of {October it seems to us are the two essentials that will save the O.T..-\. ___:__:j. 'submittin{2: another vote on the (Founded 1851) Published every Thursday morn- ing at the ofce, 123 Dunlop Street, Barrie. Subscription $1.50 per year in Canada and Great Britain, $2.00 in United States. Subscriptions payable in advance. Advertising rates on application. Morrison & McKenzie, Publishers. ` 'rHE TARIFF AND THE I WESTERN FARMERS i ifact that the 0SElmaEC`(l V2l.ll10 01 U115 _\`ea1"s grrain crop is 672,000,000, `the second most valuable crop in the ;history of the country, the wes'.<,-rn wfarmer cannot but be convinced that `the tariff has been pretty much a b false alarm. 'T`l~.n +rn~i(F lane 1-ant] hn n'\n1`n fn tln 1 I I raise aizmn. The tariff has had no more to do V '.th this greatly improved condition of thinfrs than the King: Government has had to do with the price of wheat. The change has come about througrh conditions over which neither the Government of this nor any other country has had the s1i_.;htest control. Providence has ...... {`n\-vnzn-5 -mn nnn nnn nf In-Ivvnva neitncr the uovernmcm; 01 mix nor iuny igxiven our farmers 300,000,000 of wheat at 21 time when a number of other countries are short of their u:~'uz1l supply. This, and this alone, has made the li'erence. 'I`1n.-n fnnh: uvlait-11 nnnnnf kn has made L110 (uirerence. 'l`he.~:e facts, which cannot be denied, show plainly that the Lib- eral-Conservative party has been sound in its tariff policy. They show also that the Liberals and Pro- gressives in bringin;.>; the changes on the tariff and on free trade, which they never `intended to introduce, have been leading the farmers along: the wrong.-; truck. They have been simply following` :1 policy of false pretences and practising the arts of the rleniagroggue. lut truth will out. The chan_Q'e that has come over the Western situation (luring: the last few months has exposed the falseness of the turifl talk. It has also (lemonstrated that the farmer who went about his hu. and put l:1rp,'e acreage under wheat, while others were raising: the dickens, acted wisely. This farmer now has the money, while the zuzitzxtors, who were try- in;: to persuade others that they had been robbed by the turi` and the big interests generally, are without li'.. lL. :lrl1'..\I('l_L_ ,`ll(.`I`l and his followers lmw \ been critici'/.ed because they have ]`(`fLl.<(`(l to join in the hue and cry over the tariff. They have re- fused to do so because they would not; countenance a policy of false pretences. To-(lay they stzmml vin- dicated in the eyes of the western farmer, and one may be sure that their straightfordwardness will be rewarded. You can't fool all the people all the time. Mr. Chairman, said the speak- or, I have been on my feet for nearly ten minutes, but there is so much noise and so many interrup- tions that I can scarcely hear my- self speaking. ` (H-mar nn. rrnv nnr, will 1: sou speaxlng." _ Cheer up_. _ guy n_or;. salgl a vmcu, you amt mmssm much. Nothing Lost | Notes and Comments I 9 .0 Although Ontario has been wet ever since the year of Confedera- tion and before, until 1916, when the O.T.A. came into force (and even since then, accordinz to some crihics), the ve previous occasions upon which its citizens have voted have shown they are in favor of a dry regime. = r*...........w.m-.+;- n+' ',I`1 nnlifir-ni onlnr FIVE VOTES IN ONTARIO, DECISION ALWAYS DRY (11`y regizixlu. - Governments of all political color appeared to fear taking the respon- sibility upon their own shoulders for devising liquor laws ever since this blessed Dominion came into being; for ever since 1894 they have been appealing to the electorate, amidst endless arguiiient as to the validity n+` Hm vnfnc +`m- f.hr=l1' mcmressions enuless arg'umenc as LU Lnu vuuulity of the votes, for their expressions upon the subject. The l`St two of these referenda were under Federal auspices. By this time a long; stand- ing argument as to whether or not prohibition was a Federal or Pro- vincial matter had been fairly well established in favor of provincial jurisdiction, so that the latter three votes have been under provincial auspices. .... vv . - rqy _,; was : Are you in favor of 1):1s:`.i115_" an act proliibitin_q' the Importation, lY:illlL1f(l(`ll1l'(.' or salre of spirits. wine, ale, cider and all other alcoholic liquors for use as u bevr:1'z).:.,-L ? 'l`o that highly inclusive question the electors of the (lay 1lHS\V(!I`0(l *`V:-: in tho fnnn nf nvr`-1' 39.000. UN.` (,`lC`CllOI'S O1 LHC (lily ilHS\VU1'(,'(l Yes to the tune of over 39,000, the _2`ur0s bem;:;: Dr_v .. . 154,498 Wet . .. . 115,284 Dry Mz1_]o1'it_v ....... .. 30,214 Federal g`ures of the Dominion- wide vote we-re, `however, less'(le- (:i>:ivc-. The total vote polled was 1,233,G27. The total vote polled \\'21.~: only 543,029, imlvicatinp; that nhout half the people were not in- tt-ru.-: The vote over the Dom- inion slmxvml : Dry .................. .. Wr-L .. Dry MzLj0rit_v . .. 278,380 . . 2a.1,r;s)3 13,687 VVI L ..... .. ,. Ln-|,u:I-1 ....... _. 13,687 The 'l`hirl Appeal Now we come to the purely pro- vincial votes, the l'1r.~;t of which oc- currml under the lloxs Government in 1002. Nothing hml been (lone as u result of the ballot in '98 he- Cl.U.\`(`, li:un'ic-1' l1('lIl that the n1:i_im`- ity was too .~'m:Lll and that :1 nmre emphatic pronouncement vvus la- sirr-rl. Premier Ross puss:-I 11 hill, thereupon, m:1kinp: mucliinery for prohibition in case over half the numher of people voting in the lust preceding: general] election voted in u. referendum in favor of such pro- hibition. The majority obtai~ne(l on this occasion was sulistzmtiul--~1nit zurnin nnf clamnirxnilur anlmOunl.'u1 LUIS UCCZLSIUII W115 SU|)SL1U1`LHlI--'*lJlll agxzun not suncn-ntly substantial. The gures showed: Dry ............................... .. Wet .................. .. Dry Majority 199,74!) 103,548 . 96,201 Drv ............... .. . ................ .. Provincial Local Option Up to this time, therefore, a licensing system had prcvailetl in Ontario and the only prohibition possible hat] been undur a system of The Votes in THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1924 lhe Northern Advance Short local option under the Scott Act, a Federal law. After the demise and later defeat of the Ross Ad- ministration in Ontario, Sir James Whitney brought in a purely pro- vincial measure providing for mun- icipal loc_a1 option and later this law was amended by the introduction of the still remembered three-fths clause providing that a majority of that proportion was necessary to -make a wet municipality dry or a dry one wet. Local Option Records Under the provisions of the Scott Act there had been out of a total 794 municipalities in Ontario, 187 dry ones. But after 1906, when Whitney chanfqed the local option law, and after the introduction of the three-fths clause,. there were 572 municipalities out of an in- creased total of 851. In addition to that there were 89 municipalities yxvhich grave a stra-ig`ht majority for local option, but were prevented from carrying; the day by reason of the much berated three-fths clause. T7n,l.-.1- l\l:~ lnnnl nnfinn lnzriclnfinn the much oerateu En1'8C-TIII-113 amuse. Under this local option leglslatlon there were only seventy contests looking` to the repeal of the dry mrsnznrn rmf. n1 :1 fnfj nnssihln of looxmg` to me repeal 0: H10 ury mceasure, out of a total possible of 1,330. This was in :1 period of six years and only one of the 70 was successful. 11:1 1-,: ;w _ n-_,n nu\.t.\,.3:Lun `.`Abolislr the Bar This narrative now reaches the modern theatre of provincial poli- tics. In the 191-L greneral elections N. VV. Rowell, then Liberal leader, I~I01l_L`llt to _L'ht the election upon a ~'trui:.-'l1t prohibition issue; lris slogran being` Abolish the Bar. He was ilefeutenl and Whitney remained in power with his three-fths clause. The Great War came. Sir James died. Hearst succeeded. As a War measure he brought in the O.'I'..~'s., which became effective upon Sept. 16th, 1916, with the provision that it would be voted upon after the war tn nu-m'tnin its nnm1l:n'it.v.i war to a. its popularity. That sustaining vote was taken Oct. 20th, 1919, the same (lay as the _qene1'z1l election. The O.T.A. was sustminetl and the Hearst Govern- ment was (1i.< In other words the Drury Government came into power, ulthougrh a majority of al- most half :1 million people favoredl the continuance of the O.T.A. I IL \VOLll(l DC V()L(.'(l UIJUII 2L1L(. l' H161 The Fourth Appeal Four (|u<-stiolls \Vt`1'L,` L1.SkO(l upon that |1i. occnsimi and the fol- l0\Vlll_!._" :1l)lm'viute form of quc.~t~ (inns and eoi'i'(,-. _LL`Ll1'C.`~X .~:h0\v what the pvoplu xvnnted : 1. Are you in {'zLvm of the )`('- ])(`.'ll of tlw O.'l`..-\. '. --Yes, 369,-'I3A1; \Yn 7`l`)().l`)- all-\' n1ninrH\', 1123.508. [NEH (H In!` U.'l'..`\. ."*'YL`S, dl)2l,*lv3`l; \'o, 702,!)-12; dry m:\jorit_\', 423,508. 2. .-\r:: you in favor of Govern- mvnt sulv of 2.51 p.c._A bver by we-i;:hL'. ---Y(-.~', 101,393; 7N0, 7-11,- 007; lry m:1jm-ity, 3311,11-'l. 3. :\rr- you in favor of hotels ...n:r - nu .... 1...`... lm .m.i..~M- {n UUY; H`_\' m:1.|m-uy, -3- : ,|1-1. 4:-llim: :3.."l p.c. In-(-1' hy xvc-ig.-`ht, in munin-1]): ilivs 1':1\'m'in_:' such 5:111-"- V.-< 2{H('._(iS(): Nu. "'.!l3.`: (Irv H1U|ll('l]H|v|l[l|`.\' Ill\'()l'lI1_`.," SUCH Silll` '? Y;-s. 2I~'(i,(i.\`(); N0, T:35,l3.`; (lry In:L.im'il.y, 3(i`.),:3.").`I. -I. .-\r:- you in f':L\'m' of Govm'n- mu-nl; .~n.l- of all l.iq11m's ?---Yvs, rlf(),: 70; N0, ($93,523-I; dry majority, 2-l3,lv1. nu 11-mu A ...__,_1 _ A man of pure thoughts and high Ideals is sel(1o1_n accused of going wrong. 'l`lu- Fifth .-\ppoul Durim: tlw 1):-ury 1`\`;:`lm(} it was not. cunsiah-rml m-coxszn-y to consult the public |'urthor as to \\'l1(a1.lwr or not it wns `R:ll.l.\`f'l(E(l with such t-'-n1- puru.nc(- logi.~'.lutl0~n as we hml. The only question submlttutl wzu-'. as to wbctlmr more was wzmtcrl. More proved by the vow to be wzxnted, and more the province got. On Apnil 18th, 1921, the electors voted on a question to (letcmnine if p1'o- hibition of i1npo1't.ati`ox1 of liquors would also be plucgul in Lb`. ..a"..l\l~l Wmm could 13011 Sell To-dang ? EACH NEW SUBSCRIBER ADDS TO THE VALUE OF YOUR TELEPHONE In Ottawa there has been a series of n]CCLll1_Q`S regardinfg unemploy- ment. Those attending included city officials, provincial officials, Canadian Government officials, re- presentatives of labor, representa- tives of industries and so on. When all was said and done little or nothing had been accomplished. l1l\'O1'_\'l)O(l)' was willing to lay this unemploy- ment war baby on the doorstep of the other fellow. The Ottawa Government did not in any way hold itself responsible for present con- ditions and neither did the provin- cial officials and neither did the city olcials. It was a case of pass the buck, and in a way all were correct in their attitude. The public in whole or in part is not responsible. It is not obvious that we have too many people in our cities. `Flu,-re not work for all, nor can '.lwre be under existing" conditions. This is not a new thing`. It has been plainl_v before us since we 111-!1 tn Vllif` flu tnn wave 01" LICCII plalmy L)(1Ur0 us since we ca-asc-(1 to ride the top wave of . post-war activities. The [F1151-ell States is now in like p1i_;`ht. It is su'c-ring from the same mal- auix . more or 1055 .<.oriou.<'1_v, and our citizens who journeyed across the boundary for better jobs and nwre money are now nding` their way l\..nl- oacx. The surplus population of our cities must flow out of the land. There is no other opening`. No g'o\'ernment, be it civic, provilicial and federal, can :itl"ord t'o keep this su1'plus city population in idleness, nor can city jobs he provided in an_\'tl1in_e,' like adequate numbers. Here is a great big country able to give :1 good living` to all who will proceed landward and work. One does not hear of any shortage of jobs in the _count.r_v. On the other hand we do hear of there being a! shortajxe of labor in a::1'icult.u1*al pur:~'.uit.s. And by the way, there was not farm representation at the Ottawa conference. Nor was there need for any. The farmer may be short; of some thi.ngs, but he. -is not short of a job. lIlUllL'j back. rm, Simcoe East ....................... .. Simcoe Norvh . Simcoe South Dry majority, 9335. LOOK FOR WORK WHERE WORK IS HIDES WANTED! This weather is good enough for a June bride. We will pay the following prices~ Green Hides .......................... .. Cured Hides ............... .. 10c tc Calf Hides .............................. .% Kip Hides ........................... .. l BARRIE TANNING CO. , Im `v\r\u< There have been startling changes in selling methods in the last two years. New Ways of finding new customers, of getting at every possible buyer are being devised every Week. Obstacles are being brushed aside. Present day business, to secure results, turns to Long Distance as its first aid. We are now handling considerably over one million Long Distance calls a month for people who must have an answer immediately. They realize that the average letter costs as much as the average Long Distance mess- age. Whom could you sell today, by Long Distance? /g-P _Em\ ---by Long Distance YV. E. Bre\\'st01` Manager Dry ...6030 ...5809 ...G374 Wet 4511 2027 23:10 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1924 Premier King is now touring" the West and making promises of rail- roads and goocl times where ever he speaks. Promises are easy to make before an election. lNew Wellington Hghl BARBIE, ONT. Rooms with Bath. Running. .;r in Every Room. Sample am. All New Steam I-Ieate(". Our Motto-Cou1'tesy E. \Vhite. \V. H. Kennedy, 1\[n.nugor. Proprietor. v ...-...--.., It was while experimenting with cod-livcr oil to unlock the secret of its wonderful health-bui1ding virtues, that the basis of its great helpfulness to mankind, the vitamins, was discovered. needs no introduction to the millions who during fty years past have been helped to strength and better health. cunu. u\.sL.\,L AA\.I.|l|.lAn Scott s Emulsion, the great strength-mal serves millions of children and adults regularly. Why not you? Scutt sEmuIsinn DAVlE S Perfection Ice Cream Manufac-tu1'ed in Barrie bv READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS. The Cream of Quality All orders given prompt attention P]1o11es--Fat-t01'_\' 226 Residence 335 or 668 Our Motto : QUALITY FIRST It is unfortunate that some of the old Liberals are trying` to make the plebiscite issue a political one. In this way they are injuring the cause which they pretend to be working for. Imvii: BROS. VITAMINS .......... .. 9c. lb. to 10 l2c ......... .. 14c. lb. llcto l?.c USE That new X-ray just invented which permits seeing through a wall or oor will reveal a lot of things.