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duet, over the counters p~‘ce took place. iive The rstailer can show, from his involces that he is not making an exâ€" mho-nfl;flm.mluurnlt-fl?blhm * # @ a a a # # L f A . a motter of fuct the wholesale meat should be to de mhnvunvm--chmllnndtfliim‘-su#dm‘ fre u-thhmflhatmu‘mdmnm-fidmj a ccmpared to the retailurs bundreds of pounds. ® a 0 a % e a °s a ® ® In August Ny-n-mumwumnmm'Mhl 1 ~~~ at outside points. I When it is considered that very, very little of the total weight of the hog is sold nnder thirty cort«. we must assume that all the rest of the hog should be sold to * Q‘f‘ll v.w.y.ll.u::'.!rllvy-lno.h * *# t _ 1 have sever bien abie to purchase any part of the hog from the reâ€" tuilers as inss than thirty conts, with the exception of the liver, heart, feet and spare ribsâ€"and -.nnmuntn-tv..bv-l.-nh-m\ mmt.umvhmhuwu the other cuts of pork snould sell at not higho» than thirtyâ€"five cents; we find, in actual practioe, that all the other cuts of the hog sell at from thirty to sixty cents, ‘ From the investigation into this matter which 1 have made, I have come to the conclusion that the wholesale houses are taking an excessive profitâ€" and it is up to Mr. o'cauo: !o.h'm :h:..-tllru Ince, In my opinion one hundred per cent. on the original cost of the hog at the railway station is ample to cover wastage, freight and wholesale and retail profit and when pigs are selling on foot at Smithville at sixteen cents per pound, live weight, the consumer at GRIMSBY should be able to buy the finished product ot an average, for the whole hog, of thirtyâ€"two cents per When 1 spoke to our local butchers about this mautter they produced their invoices from .2e wholesale houses and showed that they were not charging an excessive profit on the cost of the pork to them. 1 > The result is that the pric. : of millâ€"feeds still remain at an exce Mich paint and consequentt7 te,v7ice of mite must remain high sioo: Worthy of His Attentionâ€" . mmrmmlnnmmmmmu mmumuunummmm-fiau- mmam;mmwuunflâ€"unmmmu were not under his control and they practically told him to mind his own Since that time Mr. O‘Commor has looked further into the matter, and he uusuulmmnmuumm-mmm-um-h-m m-‘(.'-m-lnlnmn‘“lhnmulhmdlhmd“ going m. Mll-n-olhc'lh(lr.mxnorfluth."luhmm nul.u‘lmhduhu-o._n:-lw-uuhm thing Mr. O‘Connor would have to do before he the price of milk or mmmm:&;ummnuuuw ummamm-mmmunmmdm # 0 # e o# e % e # e lmmummwmm-mmm-umm uuummuumhmmmmmm“-mm as high, in proportion. # a 0 e e s e e a # e mmmm.mmm-muu-m. vflmmpdmm-uummm'mumw for ‘the farmers to reduce the price of milk or to produce it at a proft. mh.l?n-mun'lMll.l‘%'n: hm'd-m or Ago, mu:‘mu-m“-u-unmmumuu-mhn in uced s @‘Connor and the Price of Milkâ€" Mere is work for Mr. O‘Connor if he wants a Jb. When Presidem Wilson, of the United States, started his campaign ‘nct cxcessive prices of mcat in that coâ€"ntry, the porkâ€"packing houses in cawo stopped buying hogs and allowed them ic stind in the yards for +; and when they did comx mee to bu» .gain they puld very much lova} es than they hso paid previously. _ mâ€"ate â€" ‘ Nor has any corresponding drop in price yet tak n place, although prices semed off to a certain extent ‘This sitnation was reflect.. on he hog market in Canade, Jor og* dropped from §23 75 untiy ‘....-_; reached a point around Th e m.‘ # # Did anyone notice a corresponding drop in the price of the finished proâ€" Issued every Wednesday from the Office of Publishers, Main and Oak Streets, Grimsby, THE PEOPLES PAPER _ ESTABLISHED 18s; JA8, A. LIVINGSTON & 80N8, Owners and Publishers, «on now the ordin uts of pork, ove> d» ver, show an adâ€" * wwer one huadred ::r,:ul. -mndu.;u%v loading n le the choics cuts show a profit of néarly twe b.Mz0g nap .l.‘ *o case of tender}oins, nearly four hundred per cent. THE INDEPENDENT JAS. A. LIvmNGSTON, 0 J. A. M. LIVINGSTON, 8. J. ORLON LIVINGSToNX ? *â€"I say NO, and no sugh eosrecponding drop in TELEPHONE 36. hame ay 22 50C P l <trealcss Li OR 3 Therw ie not a woree plece of road today between hell aud Owen Sound. Q' '..‘ ve aytomoblles were pulled besyeen Jordar and tarmer wha did.ths puillag is reported _ _ If it is placed in the hands of the eounty councits, it wilt be wasicd as mwmhro':ndln:'uh * of thousands of dollars in the mhvm-â€"-mmrnmn&hnm-nmm ylhumq\untlcuyu., work upon them. w w wo% a ue w# # # % Iln--nula'nh-u-lu-:- superyiston of the Pro vinoir! Co~erament, who is poing ;) 'fi'-a’ We have not a road Luider iz the country, ‘ ..0--...:'.“0__ Ous proviacial .u'.lf, y NOE UR LC men en â€"nten verentes : ‘ The plece of road between Git BBY ARA St Uatharines Las been, gurâ€" lfl“lh‘o#m-u-a;.dwm fln-nildlhw.: ®4 4a, Ontar . and has beea W-a- Mhunm;fl-uy_rgg w Owen CR # 0 6 0 a 4 w 4# &# # They are the men who do the work; they are the men who yupe mmu-umwmwwmu,fi.’. are responsible, mumnumm'hmflumcmum lowns and cilies; it cert.miy is not the or lawyer or doctor, or newspaperman; it is not the fault of business men. It is too fault of the All over this country the conditions are the same. Culverts are left six Inches below the level of the roadâ€"or else six Inches above it. Sods, clods, and stones, cover the surface of the roads so that it is impossible, in any township, to travel a halfâ€"mile without bumying into a hole or jumping over a stone, a clod or a low culvert. _ _ _ _ _ And that is how we find things on our own provincial high mhfluh‘.ormlm.-e:.'fl,“‘m"".v“u # a 4 # s a a 6 a a # % +_ Incapability is stamped every of road in this country, All the mm-'rmm"::n n-"-'-mum'“-"w*"“" -cnmuuwh-uunm,--qfiw““"‘“ « # o# a a e # o# e ® e more mre Aght tps in dolent or too eareiess or too tenorant to see that upon are left in a proper condition for traffic. _ _ Apes hoondourvhh-n“fiflsvutaflhm‘hm or he would not allow these conditions to exist, w a a 0 0 4 a a a a a ® And the Deputy Minister is either slothful, or incapable, or ho would not allow these conditions to exist. Now if the farmers have asted the money, to a great extent, that has mw‘m:mhznhzu:.rnt‘;m'mm":;: they waste to * 4 money that spent on the roads mmummculnnmmâ€"-{mhtm of farmer road commissioners and In no single case have 1 seen a P1GC@ of road that was left in a shape fit for trafic, after the farmerâ€"road comm@*#l0ner got through with his work upon it. ," W abraer® have, for the past fifty years, had an opportunty 9f building ’Mmfiu&ow:mwfl:n‘dlh“m" nnh-u-tnu.-“umu‘uumawh""m mmumm;mm-tnnmuq.“‘:" d a great deal of the work that has put onto these roads has wast and the farmers lh-dv.-.?...h.-:m.d.lh wasting,, In spite of all that has been written and spoken on road building !" this province, during the past twenty years it is almost impossible to get ~ !2"Mer, when he is placed in the position of road commissioner to go out 204 40 a decent job on the roads, even past his own farm. The traffic on the main arteries o the Province of Ontario !# Afty times -m-nhnmumfiummunmflg this trafiic is furnished by the farmers. themselves; and the ba!*"©® mhmm-fl“w»nhmunmm traffic from the United States, ® # 0 # e e s e e # % ‘ The farmers have, for the past fity years. had an onnortunty Of bullding INODRBRIE shat Premier his new mummm.mmm-a m'nmkndlluhnmhchnlc:h“"“ in his statement that he is going to improve the side roads and %@%@@*i04 u"'."”"l farmers, and neglect the runk lines that are used by *Y°*7004Â¥ ie mt h...'..‘..r?ct.oo > # # # ww 0 6 e # # In the frst place, the matter is »o: entirely one of ,.. policy; as h-uvnnn-mumuhmmum-mm amms to the provinces for tae purpose of road improvement, an ot that mfiulfiomeuvh&hflmM“:‘ mmhfluhn.~â€"-n-uu«uhlh%-'“h (nuleg of Migh class provincial roac« than Premier Drury as there cortainiy is lots of room for baprovemes,._ b0t Promier Irruty hat not ret yuite aot &wu:' "the aituation or he would amit that mbfle.:_w’!..n!n_;w-l progratme for the Government to earry out. T p Jon of the Premier Drury hus made & nt with to the %, lew ry -E regara posit # # # a e 6e 6 # # a says that The Premier is to ilncial high ins. i+ opposed ur::.-: \ehad‘o andzsion lines m-umuul-»d-mh...wm than provincial bighways, or trunk line yosis. I am that # # 0 ue ce # 6 # # the Province sure everyone who takes any interesi in rosds in . of Ontario, is anxious to nee the sidereads and oncession linea,S $JZ, (t" proved, as there cortainly is lotw o rowm for improvemess._09t Promier Premler Drury and Provincial Wighws)sâ€" THE INDEPENDENT, on .SBY, OW T ARI On 1 CCCERCEAAinnsca ded fientiteinninbedinl Aivdahd ustt thin the pss* monthâ€" and the collected five bucks por pait lon of the ‘The council do not seem to care a smap about fire prevention or proâ€" tectionâ€"the Citizens do not seem to care a snap about fire prevention or gflflh .-l the firat .:ll:: I‘O..M lh‘.ll':rnu u::.u:‘l-. r:nl.“ furee lally in the business section of the Village. hhhmhmmdmwmmt-umnudikn. of the merchants waste and at six o‘clock leaving 10e mre Snd burning paper going away We would have had another conflagration on Friday night of last woek, Of a most destructive nature, had not Fire Chief Smith accidentally discovered the fire in full swing, and put it out before it had spread. It was blazing merrity when Fire Chief Smith discovered it and quickly extinguished it. As soon as a fire is out everybody home and nobody seems to care nmhlfl(hm.w"mhwmmhmm I do not care where Preinier Drury spends the provincial money for rosd buildingâ€"but 1 do care how it is spent. What we want Premier Drury and his Government to do is to get a staff of men who have some knowledge of road building, and if they only build ene mile or road, let it be a mile of good road \ m'..ll a o e e e a a % a # a # And that condition was brought about by nothing else than the bungling umdm::-m'uu:w:ef-num. Last week, in these columns. 1 drew the attention of our cit‘zens to the fact that we require a Board of Fire Commns>ione:a in GRIMSBY. LINCOLN MOTORS, Dpeausrs, st. CATHARINES F. W. DeWITT, Dealer, FRUITLAND / J. FISHER, Representative, GRIMSBY WM. JEROME, Representative, BEAMSVILLE age of the ecqnomy of pua C hnd LAKe advant vibrators are worn out. Probably the rest of the car is as good as new, Medical men agree that the human body is renewed, cell Izos':. every seven years, You can the same with Ford Car and prolong its life at d-;:nn enst by reriscing worn parts from time to time. Mmbuh-&omdhflb. in depmenst se on ns e a Ford Touring Car, which costs $000, f. a. L. Ford, Ont-':n“lfiu:ehnimb:‘,a. economy of driving a Ford Car, It will pay you to have car overhauled daring the winter months: 0 Canndian Demiers sod evee W Trat ce b0t cortaih parte wees car, wear mm‘rs&umm There is no need of scrapping your car because the piston rings have seen their da~, piston rings have seen their eaug oo piumce mog o Economy of Ford Service S TS Poy you to have car overhauled during the winter months, mc!:-..u..u... Buoen oo se Seree SuppIy genuine Ford parcs Wednesday, November 26th, 1919