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is elally in & GCampnigns have a!""° ad, for both partios, by © from keen politicians who Mr. Crerar‘s statement that the Govâ€" etnment Party‘s campaign fund being suppled by ‘big interesis‘ is simply a tatement without toundstion in the slightest degree; and if he was called to name any particular firm or Ahy parficular man, who was supplyâ€" Ing campoign funds J« «impIÂ¥ 20 ment porty‘s éleotion, he would | be ‘stuck‘ and compelled to eraw! into ” u 2oL k a a 1 Mr. Crerar works on the theory ‘nl.annv'iuhcphu-.lth only says it in a general enough way â€"and his statement that the Govern» ment was being garried on with money supplied by the ‘big interesta‘, «hows that he is quite willing to make any kind of a statempnt, wheâ€" Mhhtmomfflnâ€"mlouun L es i gains a either his logic.. of Wis statements Ameeanel WE NU LC cous Fhe Hon. T .A. Crerar was cuttivg guite a awath through Ontario, last week and like all other voteâ€"seekers. he was not very particular about oo o mis logic. or the truthfuiness ‘This matter is of a sprious enough wature to call for all the patriotism in McKenzie King‘s makeâ€"up; and, herefore, he should have acted like a statesman and not like a wardâ€"poliâ€" Ticlan looking for votes. But, McKenzie King had no object in writing these letters and giving lhenwttomum.aufin of securing votesâ€"it may turn out that this matter was a military secret â€" of vast importance; and it also may turn out that the Hon. W. L. McKenâ€" tie King, in his desire to put the Government in a bad position to grin n few votes, may have been putting himself n ‘the position of a man gullty of an unpatriotie act, or A traitor to his country. _ McKenzie King does not KNOM, M 1 bmtlm.urmnmfim knowâ€"except the military authorities UE T O ho hk EEemmmed COOT t in taking interest in military . affairs juss nowâ€"when he is seeking votesâ€" BUFT HE WaAs NOT 80 KEENX OR PROMPT TO OFPFER HIMSELF FOR aVERSEAS SERVICE, during . the war ; mlhmnplull workâ€" ing for & millionaire corporation Jn the United States, at a salary of Ten Thousand Dollars per y:lr. Ansther Wind Jammer YVisits Usâ€" EME 2eR TNE C enale â€"what those shells were for, nor what their final destination was, Of is;â€"and _ McKentie King hbas NO right to put Canada in a faise posiâ€" tiow before the world at large, like this, without first being sure of his MeK®nzicâ€"King‘s ‘Interest‘ in the At this writing I have not seen the Premier‘s replyâ€"but this much I know: that if the Hon. W. L. McKenâ€" zie King was a man of good judgâ€" ment, he never would have revealed a fact of thisâ€"nature to the whole world, until he had\received an . anâ€" swer to his letter to‘ the Promier. jer. t‘ l I notice by the Toronto ‘Globe,‘ and other daily newspapers of Saturâ€" day, October 22, that the Hon. Wilâ€" lam Lyon McKenzieâ€"King has gone into the game of giving away military secretsâ€"many a man was shot at sunrise for thingh of that kind durâ€" in the Iate war. It appears that on his way home from the Maritime Provinces, the other day, McKenzie King stopped off a few minuutes at Point Levis, Quebec and there he saw a large quantity of explosive shells being unloaded from a Merchant Marine vesselâ€"he also saw a large quantity of these shells in boxes, stacked all around the wharf; and several cars being loaded with them. ‘The writing of this Intwer was quite right and proper; but the publishing of it, simultaneousiy, all over the Doâ€" minion, in the newspapers, was not right and properâ€"in fact was highly improper, and in my opinion, shculd be regarded as a revelation of miliâ€" He immediately wrote a letter to the Premier of Canada, the Right Honorable Arthur Mcighen, demandâ€" ing an explanation. _ Best Weekly Editorial Page In Ontario MeKentic King is mighty '.«n!: THE PEOPLE‘S PAPER ESTABLISHED JAS. A. LIVINGSTON & SONS, Owners and Publishers, few votes by it TELEPHONESâ€"Business Office 36; Editorial Office 23 a4 ced REREE CAE S ane S anbas THE INDEPENDENT Issued every position . 10 have always Member JAS. A. LIVINGSTON, General Manager J. A. M. LIVINGSTON, Business Manager J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor er Canadian Weekly Nmp;po} Association Member Selected Town Weeklies of Ontario. Wednesday from the Office of Publishers, Main and not know, and ya been raisâ€" contributions o were finanâ€" , eontribute affairs His bombast about ‘A T?"" iff" also shows the imorance man, because many of all of : cultural _ implements e&mir Canada have a lower duty .( than the recognized tariff for policy would ‘put upon them. s # ® # ®# The recognized tariff for standard, in Canada, for the «ho PBR t PPNCCCOOC s bombastâ€"he has no standard of poâ€" litieal principleâ€"he . shouts ‘Free Trade‘ in the west but daren‘t even whisper it in Ontario; so he talks a log of clapâ€"trap and mouths a lot . of highâ€"sounding phrases, to eatch . votâ€" ‘This corporation, with Its millions of dollars of capital, has gone into a system of buying farm implements in the United States, with a firm deterâ€" mination to ‘bust‘ the | manfacturing of farm implements in Canada. Not only is this so, but of the Grain Growers LAmited ,a Mr. Wood, is whose whole interest in Furthermore, the corporation or ‘big interest‘ with which Mr. Crerar is connected, has been steadily workâ€" ing to destroy the manufacturing . of Canadian made | agricultural | impleâ€" ments, in Canada, for years and years; and it has set about, sy8â€" tomatically and consistently, to ruin the farm implement trade of Canada, ‘The whole game of the real leaders of the Farmers of the west is to work for the benefit : of the United States, to the injury of Canada . and the big fish in the pond who are working this game, are Americans who have taken up land in the Canaâ€" dian West but still are Americans in sentiment and thought and ambition., 4 a o # # # And the Canadian suckers have falâ€" len into their trap just because these Americans | yelled ‘United Farmers, on to Ottawa.‘ _ _ _ _ _ it possible Not only is this so, but the ‘boss‘ of the Grain Growers Association, lAmited a Mr. Wood, is an American whose whole interest is in turning over the trade of the Canadian ‘Wost to the United States. a e e e e ® Â¥ His idea is to ship the products of the west, to the south; and purchase the manufactured goods of the Unitâ€" ed States to be shipped to the northâ€" c B c lt sds d w 1 Aute?) wlhre ern farmers;â€"thus . diverting the whole traffic of this enormous Canaâ€" dian territory, to the railways of the United States, running east and west, to the utter destruction of our own Canudian rallways, running east and west Mr. Crerar makes another stateâ€" ment that is not founded upon fact and that is his statement to the effect that his party‘s campaign fund is contributed by ‘all the ~people‘â€"this statement is not true. ‘The campaign fund for Mr. Crerar‘s party‘s election is largely supplied by the big corporation of which Mr. Crerar is the headâ€"the Grain Growâ€" ers Association, Limited of the Prairâ€" and this cry of ‘big interests‘ supplyâ€" Ing cam,paign funds is simply an election dodge to gain votes, and has no foundation in fact. The corporation of which . Mr. Crerar is he head, issues a mail order catalogue and price list, which is one of the largest in the world, and in it, from beginning to end, this catalogue booms American made goods and ilâ€" lustrates American made goods, and gives prices onAmerican made goods, to the utter neglect of Canadian made goods, and gives prices 0 American rando . goods, T0 â€" neglect of ‘Canadian made agriculurâ€" al implements and other goods, of that nature. _ _ _ _ _ _ ie Provinces. Mr. Crerar forgets, while talking about ‘big interests‘, that he is the head of one of the very biggest of the soâ€"called ‘big interest‘ in the Dominâ€" ion of Canadaâ€"a huge monopoly alâ€" most, that controls everything in the Not only is Mr. Crerar‘s corporaâ€" lon a ‘big interest‘ but it is a big inâ€" terest working against the best inâ€" terests of Canada and working for the interests of the United States. Crerar‘s apeechesare . nothing about ‘a revenli© 17"" the ignorance of the iany or all of the agri« sments _ e@ming . Into lower duty on them isad taviff for ""““1 ff for revenue for the past filâ€" ‘a revenue tarâ€" but ty years, has been seventeen and one half perâ€"centâ€"all or nearly all of the agricultura limplements coming into Canada from the United ~States, toâ€" day, come in at a duty of fifteen perâ€" cent or less. So that Crerar‘s plea for a tarift for revenue, and his plea for n list of free goods, is simply bombast put forâ€" ward by a clever man because he thinks the common people, to whom he is talking, are not posted on the intricacles of the tariff. The Local Situationâ€" William Scull, nominated by m‘ United Farmers of Ontario, in the County of Lincoln, two years ago, has resigned the nomination and deâ€" clined to run. Canadian Elections I have not talked with Mr. Skull, Nor have I heard his reasons for deâ€" clining to hold the nomination; but . Mbeegp ied Reotd bet ce semage {â€" 1 0104 his reasons are very plain to me, and they are simply because the Farmers of the west, with their cries of ‘free trade‘ are seeking to dominate the The date for the genewi1 election has been announced‘for December 6. This date has never been chosen beâ€" fore, the nearest approach to it being December 17, 1917. When the speed of compiling election returns today is considered, with presses standjng in readiness to turn out extras by the tens of thousands a few hours afâ€" ter the voting has ceased, it comes like i# glimpse into the far distont past to recall that in 1867 the elecâ€" tions were held from August 7 to September 20. In 1872 it also took from July 20 to October 12. With tmeso two exreptons, the oloalcu‘ have been oneâ€"day affairs and on the following dates: ‘ 1874 ..... }.. .... «)â€"January 292. | 3878 .... .. .......Sopcember 17 _ 1900, Liberals, 128; Conserve 78; dual representation and Ind: dents, 8. \ â€"1896, Liberals 117 $9; Independents, 7. has made a good start tOW success who takes pride in bread winner for & family. VIle When he regards a with exhilaration. The res chuckles when he feels the I. When he kngws it down d his heart. . ‘The difference be selfâ€"confidence and selfâ€"concelt knowledge that there are "more inside." It is no crime to put what in the show window as lor ‘lth merely an earnest of a | stock on thg shelves. e ‘llâ€"-â€". T Â¥, He becomes strong wh¢ learns to suffer in silence. ‘The er is always a weakling. That : fine plcture in Jewish history â€" in time of famine the hungry _ lnce found . their monarch . w sackâ€"cloth benenth his royal ap The nobility of Coriolanus appel its best when he positively refu display his wounds in the m place. Â¥1, When he assames, un ingly, those necessary burdens matrimony and parenthood plac man‘s shoulders. A man mu them shead, prepare‘ for the willingly embrace them. Tha L ALG inwnv 1882, 4 R 1911 .... .. .......September 21 1917 .... ...... ... . Decemberi17 1921 .... .. ........December. 6 In the House of 1867 the Conservaâ€" tives had 101 members, and the Lib= erais 80. Other contests gave the following results: v > / ho Vk _'l'i $18, 69. L A man is strong when developed sound â€" reasoning Lincoln, the struggling lawyer told to go home and master t six books of Euclid. And, if glance through his state pa will find â€" the spirit of reasoning pervading them all. mentaily sturdy always have vantage over their weaker they easily and inevitably retu the main question. j DWB CC Ulillls IÂ¥, When he keeps faith wi In conscience. When he can "I Qught" and answer with =y wWirl he has joined the coyipany of the Wfile. He must learn to refuse his 0 sires with a contented heart an P to the trench of duty with a sh@f of gladness. . > % _ Oemorar T e 6 Eo Pm o JII, You are strong when yollhre able to put yourself in the ot! els low‘s place and see things fronfiihis viewâ€"point. _ That means that MFOR will always be able to decide i8 right with yourself left out. * PPCRF epuap oob en P oo7 PV 1891, 1872 1874 THE INDiPENDENT. GRIMSBY, ONTARIO en 20000E T Conservatives, 122; Conservatives, 137; Conservatives, 103;. Liberals, Liberals, 138; ConservatiÂ¥(s, Conservatives,, 139; Conservatives, good start toward@ !" takes pride in * : for a family. k 4 he regards an #DMUM! lon. ‘The resolfte mÂ¥ 128; Farmers of the east, many of whom wre protectionists. My own opinion is that Mr. Skull does not believe in free trade as beâ€" iIng in the best interests of Canada, and therefor he would not run on a platform forced on the Farmers of the east by the Yankee Farmers of the west. . Mr. Skull and a great many of his United Farmers of Ontario supportâ€" ers are in favor of protection against United States products, and when he mecepted the _ nomination for the County of Lincoln, he did not expect that his party in Ontario would be ndvocating free trade; but it has been shown to him that the party in â€"On tario must either submit to the manâ€" date issued by the Farmers of the west or else get out of the game in this election altogetherâ€"and he quite wisely and . quite .properly, deâ€" elined to be a candidate and advocate m policy and support a theory in which he did not believe. 1904, Liberals, 139; 75; Independents, 3. 1908, Liberals, 133; 85; Independents, 3. 1911, Conservatives, 133; Liberals, 86; Independents, 2. 1917, Government (Unionist), 153; Opposition, §2. a Probably two of the most outstandâ€" ing general elections, carrying with them the mo,st striking results, were those when the Government of Sir John A. Macdonald was thrown from power following the publicity that was thfown on the deal which passed Into Nistory under the headâ€" ing of| the Pacific Scandal. Of alâ€" most ¢qual magnitude was his return to r, turning an adverse majorâ€" ity to a favorable one of 66. Sir Wwil Laurier‘s sweep in 1896 was also of the outstanding elections, He faced with a House of 123 ves and 92 Liberals, and back with 117 Liberals and 89 VIII, When he accepts the dictum that broad shoulders were meant for heayy loads. ‘The man who has been given exceptional strength must acâ€" quire a sense of stewardship for that strength; he must accept the sight drafts of special responisibility. I went to the only rich man in my litâ€" tle parish, reasonably expecting that he would subscribe at least a couple of hundred to a $3000 organ | fund. He said, "Let me se; you need $3000, and you have about 300 pocketâ€"books in the church?" "Yes." "Very §°°‘.5 more recent date, and still fresh in minds of yotere, is the conâ€" testJof 1911; when on the reciprocity eleqtion the Liberals were overâ€" w y defeated, to the surprise of Fonservatives fully as much as to his cheok. Henry Ford does; Thomas A. Edison, also, Put this motto of Carlyle‘s high on your wall, young man: "The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a steppingâ€"stone in the pathway of the strong." _ you can send for my $10 any time." With all his treasure, he was a poor, weak, cowardly fellow, unable, or unwilling, to rise to the sublime . opâ€" portunities _ which _ success had brought. Â¥ T. + Conservatives, Conservatives, y \ Do you recall how the fugitive Davâ€" id found his murderous enemy, King Saul, asleep in the cave? He could have slain him in a trice. Instead, he cut off a patch of the roya) skirt When weather and calendar Illli‘ beginto point to Christmastide, and you notice the youngsters tramping by on their way to school,, your mind goes back to the closing exercises in "the little red schoolhouse" you used \h know. ® What a . day! How anxious you were that all your folks should be there,. Not only because you were to be promoted, but because you were to take part in a dialogue with Fatty Boges and the two Slissons girls. "Castles in Spain,‘ it was called; a charming little bit of byâ€"play, with the reward of industry as its keyâ€" note. You read it now sometimes in the faded, ragged Peerless Reciter," to which you have clung through the vicissitudes of years. You smile . as you recall the trouble you had, and the scheming the teacher resorted to, so that you might rehearse it with the other three pupils, without half the country side knowing it before the closing exercises took place. _ Even grandma.braved the cold nd‘ the snow to go to the ceremony, vowâ€" ing that she didn‘t "hold with such foolishness as they put into the heads of the youngsters nowadays," but she supposed they‘d pester her to death if she didn‘t go.. ‘The folks thought you did it pretty well. But you nearly forgot every word of it when you stood near Fatty Boggs, before the audience that alâ€" most bulged out. the sides of the schoolhouse. ,Never had you seen a face on which the skin was n‘ shiny or 50 tightly drawn; never had ‘m seen such startled eyes as those which Patty turned to you. He seemâ€" ‘dunuuthoflmo'hll appearâ€" ance, and while the crowd was inâ€" dulging in an anticipatory round of applause, whispered right into your eear "These pants is chokin‘ me to death." 5 You never knew how you got through your part of the program. You almost choked to death right there in an effor; to hold back a wave of laughter. A watchful teachâ€" or.attributing a smothered snigger words of encouragement and . you managed to ‘begin right and_ get through somehow, the climax Being greeted with rapturous applause and demands for "encore", to which you four responded with little verses, the girls starting and the boys finishing. Nonsensical bits of rhyme they were. Your grandchild likes that one you tell him sometimes: " ‘When I was young‘ said an old, old whale,, ‘I could ‘smash a ship with a flap of my tail‘, ‘When 1 was young,‘ said an old, old crow, \ ‘My voice from the lark you would hardly know.‘ " ‘There was a long program of songs, duets, _ choruses, _ recitations, diaâ€" loguues and speeches by the school trustees, to say nothing of the proâ€" motion lists and the remarks by the teacher. Lots of it has no fixed place in your memory. Jt comes back to MWms enE NT Mess you in flashes on occasion, as when you were nodding in the course of last Sundgy‘s sermon ‘and the minisâ€" ter brought down his fist with a thump on the pulpit, raising his voice at the same time. You sat up with a start, but it was not of the minister or the sermon you thought. In a trice you were back again in the schoolhouse listening to little Harry Bailey reciting a poem. He had been admonished by the teacher to try to overcome his bashfulness, and to be sure to speak loudly enough for all to hear. You picture him, a transâ€" formed, . little _ figure, advancing boldly to the front of the platform gesticulating in a determined manâ€" ner, and shouting the verses at the top of his voice. You mnle llno: proy T200 02 Catitier â€" re prince and Maggle _ Miller recited a touching poem ‘"The Heart . of â€" & Maid." _ The teacher himaelf _ gave gome selections from Scott and old Hiram Baxter the enjor school trusâ€" tee made his annual address and . reâ€" view of the "scholastle year" in his usual ponderous and dogmatle style. Striet on all questiona . of morals M L LEEC zons ‘in â€" berin form to be petted and comI an elder sister, who divined torture he had gone through der to do his part. Mary Swanson and the G girls had a dialogue of their pretty . little thing . about prince and Maggle _ Miller _ touching poot "The Hear Maid." _ The teacher hims¢ sB ts P COs mss EPRRTECoSn Ce sn repeat them word for word as he said them: "The warâ€"rior bowed his cresâ€"ted head And tameâ€"d his heart of fâ€"ire, And sued the haughâ€"ty king to free His long imâ€"prisâ€"onâ€"ed sire." He proceeded to the end, . loudly, boldly, still waving his. arms and turning his body to the right or 1eft, as if he were trying to act the story. PETT TTE CCCGLLL anaind! ME P t C tn‘ y‘ When he had shouted the last word, a storm of _ applause and . cheering t Nowed. He stood for a moment, gozing in a dazed fixed way before him, and \horr seemed . to Wilt, and looked as/if he might â€" faint. When the teacher touched him gently on the shoulder he started _ to CfY, and was led to the rear of the platâ€" form to be petted and comforted | by an elder sister, who divined all the 8B C0°° °N2A sana through in orâ€" THE CLOSING EXERCISES he last word, and . cheering c a _ moment, | â€" way before med â€" to Wilt. Gilbertson own _A i fairy which, .a moment later, he held beâ€" fore the eyes of the poor, weak, amazâ€"ed king to mutely declare the magnanimity of his sonâ€"inâ€"law. That was David‘s biggest triumph. to play cards was an invitation to the Almighty to send disaster. ‘To awear was to flirt with sudden death. Smoking was an abomination but there was room for argument he adâ€" mitted as to the benefits of hard eidâ€" All the grownâ€"up folk knew that Hiram would start by praising everyâ€" body and everything and would not fail to detail the strenuous efforts made by the trustees to keep the school up to the pitch. _ They knew too that there would be a string in the tail of his discourse. ou were 400 young to appreciate it and the afterâ€" mathâ€"you smile over them now. Of course he had something to say about the "beauâ€"tiâ€"ful program" all had so much enjoyed. If he had a word of criticism it would be that the selections were inclined to be a little too much on "the amorâ€"ous side conâ€" sidering the age of the pupils." There were same whisperings and mutterings at that and finally a small gale of laughter from one side of the building caused as you afterward found out by by Grandma‘s sharply uttered "Amorous! amorous! And him geiting ready to marry a third time. Humpht" Do you remember? (Copyrighted by British & Col@uial Press Limited) avenue south, between King and Main streets, and five doors north of the H., G. & B. railway line. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public 45 Federal Life Bullding _ Hamften Miss Jones‘ Private School for girle and boys, top of Mountain street, GRIMSBY, morning andâ€" afternoor elasses. Class for very young chilâ€" dren, mornings . only; all the usual subjects . taught, including Freach. Music by Mrs. W. E. Johngon, at the school and _ practice hours at the schoo! can be arranged. For further particulars, apply to Miss _ Jones, ‘phone 375, GRIMSDY and boys, top of Mountain strept, GRIMSBY, morning and -Mft classes. _ Class for very young dren, mornings only; all the usyal subjects taught, including "n= For further particulars, apply to Jones, GRIMSBY. f LAND SURVEYOR MacKAY, MacKAY & PERRIE Dominion Land lm“ Ontarfo Land Surveyors, Engineers James J. MacKay, Ernest G. MacKay, BUSINESS DIRECTORY ~ _ William W. 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