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SPECIAL ATTENTION._ We are now taking stock and have a large quan- tity of Men's Suits, Boys' Suits, Men's Pants, which we will sell for 25 per cent. off for cast. Also a large assortment of Ladies' Skirts, which we will sell at same discount, Men's, Boys' and Ladies' Boots and Rubbers. These will also be sold at 25 per cent. discount. Call in and take advantage of this J anuary Sale. JOS. B. ABRAMSON'S 257 Princess St. Phone 1437 Anyone wishing to exchange Shoes, bought at our Red Letter Sale, must do so before March 1st We cannot exchange Sale Shoes after inventory is taken. J. H. SUTHERLAND & BRO. THE HOME OF GOOD SHOES How yeu smack your lips over the delicious tang of a golden 'Sunkist' orange! Breakfast wonld be a blank without it. " "Sankist"' are the finest selected oranges grown. Seedless, tree-ripened, thin-skinned, fibreless. Picked and wrapped in tissue paper, and packed by gloved hands. Cleanest of all fruits, "Surkast" Guacraniced Rogers A-1 Standdrd Silver plate. Rich, heavy. Exclusive "Sunkist' pattern. 27-different premiums. For this orange spoon send 12 trademarks cut from" Sunkist' orange wrappers and 12 cents, "Red Ball' orange wrappers count same as Sunkist." In remitting, send amounts of 20 cents or over by Postal Note, Postoffice ar Express Money Order. : 3 a Send your name for of com- plete free "'Subkist"' premium circular abd Pre- : mium Club Plan. yon SUNKIST™ % i Reduced prices at dealer'son ~~. Origen by the box or half box. 'orders for premium silverware and 10 1% Actual Size) A FRUIT GROWERS EXCHANGE Si, East, cor. Church, Toronto, Ont. Prof, H. H. Dean Sounds the Call for Better Leadership -- Strenuous Toil' on Farm is Not sufficiently Ecewarded--Serious Problem on the Dairy Farm In the past the dairy farmer has not received just rewards for the capital invested, the risks involved, nor the labor performed in the pro- duction of milk, on which rests the whole Canadian dairy industry, said Prof H. H. Dean, at the convention of the Eastern Ontario Dairymen's aseociation. He has been able to make a living, lay aside a little for old 'age in many cases; in sQme cases '| not, but has had to rely upon the bounties of children, that most gall- ing of all conditions to a self-respect- ing farmer. No class of men has wotked harder nor for longer hours than has the dairy farmer; hence his reward should bave been greater than from almost any other line of farming in Canada and the cash more certain year after year, much of the profit which should have been the farmer's has gone into .other pockets, because of the trusting dis- position of farmers, and also because they have not been organized to de- mand theit share of the profits. On the average, our dairy farmers have not received for milk more than a dollar per 100 Ibs., for a period of years in succession, which leaves practically no profit, except Where land and labor are cheap. The cheap land was got in newer, or less favored sections, and the cheap labor .came largely from his own family until they got wise, then the boys, and in many cases the girls, also, left the farm to look for the other fifty eents ofthe consumer's dollar paid for farm products. But, you say, look at fhe splendid farms, good fences dnd good build- ings to be found in the.best dairy sections! Were these not made by dairying? Yes, in some . cases, in others not. Many such farms wero preduced from profits made out of side-lines, such as land or live stock speculations. Where this is not the case, these farms are the result of n Icng life of self-denying labor, and spending very little of the hard- earned money. "A dollar saved is a Collar earned," has long been a popular maximum on the farm, hence farmers have received credit for being "close," and even "stingy." If this is the case it is because circum- stances have made them so. On the whole, farmers are generous with everything except money, and the reason they are not generous with money is, they have seen so little of it, as a rule, in the past. Whatever may ove the financial re- turns of the other classes interested In the dairy business, it Is certain that the dairy farmer i= not receiv- ing sufficient remuneration. In an address recently givem before an audience composed almost entirely of breeders of pure-bred dairy cattle, we suggested that farmers should make the price for which they sell their goods, and not allow this to be done by "the other fellow." As a first step, we said the farmer must find out what it costs to produce his goods, add sufficient for interest, la- bor and profit and make the prices accordingly. A member of the house of com- mons in: Canada, who was in the chair, commenting on our remarks, disagreed with some, but said, *'he ¥as absolutely right in saying that farmers should know the cost of pro- duction of their goods." A farmer present--one of the oldest breeders of pure-bred dairy cattle in Western Ontario, an ex-president of one of the largest and wealthiest cattle terrupted the MP. with this signi- ficant renfark, "It would make them sick if they did." There was a word of truth in this sententious re- mark of a good farmer and keen ob- server of matters agricultural, In a recent number of a well known United States dairy journal, the fleld agent or supervisor of farms owned by the United States Borden Condensed Milk Co. makes this remarkable confession: . "The exploitation of the several farms by the Bordens has also tanght an in- valtiable object lesson to the corpor- ation: because the company had itself always heretofore insisted when discussing the subject that at the price their factories pay the farmers for milk there is a big pro- fit in @airy farming. But to their great surprise in practice, they found incontestable facts that even with silage and other home-grown rough- age. they actually produced milk on their own farms at a considerable loss when obliged to sell it to their own plants or factories at the same price the farmer receives." The writes goes on to tell how the company blamed the ioss on poor cows, and gave orders to clear out all the unprofitable animals. '"Not- withstanding this drastic remedy," he says, "the Borden Condensed Milk Co. fell down flat trying to selling the product at the same price they paid the farmer. "In this dilemma the city man- ager pet a date for a personal in- terview with the writer, who had now also more or less to do with the dairy herds, to talk over the business end of making and market- ing the milk, which as every dairy farmer knows, is the problem of chief importance, viz.: the market price of the product, For what value is any article after it is grown on the field or made in the barn un- fit? If any business is all outlay and little or no income the zeal is flattered, the enthusiasm blunted and the ambition cooled. Yet the writ: er is a staunch supporter of the doctrine of cheapening production. but that does not mean that the pro- ducer is runing an eleemosynary in- makes the profit in dairying, all oth- «er conditions being equal." If our dairy farmers would adopt this motto in their stable and in their breeders' associations in Canada----in-§ make milk on their own farms and |dol less it can be sold or used at a pro-. stitution," "He cemeludes the argu-| jie '| ment by saying "it is the price that minx YOU, bwiit Ne CANADIAN SUFFRAGETTES START "WE ALL STAND CLUB." "Won't you take my seat," asked the young man, chivalrously. "Thank you, I will stand," was her repl, .~ That was all. The above is a sample of dialogie heard on the street cars of To- ronto any day now. Somewhere among the Women's Literary Societies of University College, a secret "Independence" organization has been formed, and is pledged to spread i in Canada. homes, and upon it, we would see things wearing a different 'aspect on the dairy farms of Canada. For years we have been told to "'cheapen production," "never mind the selling end of the business," ete, but farmers have grown tired of these soothing syrup speeches and now lovk for a change. Too long farmers have been blamed because they did not produce more milk at less cost, but in many cases the dairy farmer is doing the best he can under his special circumstances, and far bet- ter than most of those persons could do, who: are offering advice so freely to the farmer. This is not to justify the careless indifferent farmer, nor lo adversely criticize those who are doing the best they can in advising farmers; but it is necessary to take into ae- count the "flattened zeal," the "blunted enthusiasms," and the "cooling ambition" caused by the hard work and small returns which ar? all too common on Canadian farms. We are facing 'a condition, not a theory." Our dairy farmers must be reliev- ed of the heayy interest: charges they are paying .under present con- ditions. It ds reported that the farmers of the. province of Saskat- chewan are. paying iwelve million dollars annually in interest, a debt NAT. €. GOODWIN Whe appears in the comedy success, "Never day Die," atl the Grand on Sal urday, Feb. 25th, matinee dud night, charge equal to twenty-five dollars for every man, woman and child. In the province of Ontario farmers are paying interest om over two million dollars chattel nortgages alone. This is a millstone about the neck of our farmers that must be removed. Who that has eyer struggled with a depressing mort$ge, and its damn- able lead of interest, but can sympa- thize with farmers who are carrying KEPHALDOL COMES TO CANADA Originated by Dr. Stohr; a famous physician of Vienna, Ayatria, Kephal- is known and used throughout Europe and Great Britain, Now, backed by the endorsements of hundreds of physicians, and hoe pitals, it comes to Canada to relieve in and cure Rheumatism, Sciatica, Rabanne Neuralgia, Neuritis, Head ache, La Grippe, Fevers and similar 'troubles. : Kephaldol = has received the high. est commendation from the medical profession because of its direct stren- glhening action on the nerves, with- oul injury to the heart, and its lasting regulative and curative effect upon the whole system. ; Unlike other pain-killing remedies, Kephaldol is absolutely harmless. Tt causes no intestinal irritation, and has no depressing effects. : Kephaldol will now bring to pain. wracked C; ns the untold bless ings which it has already conferred in the Old Counfry--ioy of = perfect again to those who, perhaps for many Years, have dragged. through a torment existenoe:. Get a 50¢. tube of Kephaldol tab lets at your iets. Ki . 3 Drpggist Limited, 31 Latour strogt, det STAND J Zr "ia Prospects are good for the early "Independence" Le of Women, has developed from an organization of university girl suff- ragettes who demanded some middle course between simply support of votes<dfor-women ideas, and the militancy of the Engish suff- ragettes which has not been very effective, A ------ tself among the women of every city, passive the burden of a mortgage in addi- tion to their own' burdens. Dairy farmers and' all other farmers must be able to secure capital at reason- alle rates, if they are to drain their farms, repair old buildings or build new ones, buy improved stock, and hive modern conveniences in the farm homes. This is another of the problems our statesmen must grap- ple with. Verily we need a Lloyd George in Canada! We say this with all due respect to Canadian states- men who have not had the experi ence of those in Great Britain, and, whe may we add are'lacking in the courage of a Britisher. The second great agricultural pre-, blem is that of marketing. The principles of production have heen fairly well worked out. All that is neaoded is the application of these principles on individual farms. This our farmers will do as soon as they have the necessary means to carry out new ideas and are convinced that it will pay them to de so. In the last report (1912) of the dairy commissioner for Canada, p <3, we read: "Investigations in both this country and the United States have shown that there is unquestion- ably too great a spread Letween the price the farmer gets for much of his preduce and the price the con- sunter is obliged to pay. Various causes for this condition have been advanced and many remedies sug- gested, but it is undoubtedly true that the lack of organization in the marketing end of the farming 'busi- ness has been responsible for a good deal of. the difficulty and that the formation of co-operative selling as- scciations offers the most promising solution of this part of the problemi." The unfavorable condition is ad- mitted, and a remedy suggested, but may we not ask the writer of this! paragraph (the chief of the markets division) and all persons occupying siiiilar positions, what are you doing to remedy these matters? W hile there are cases in which it # better to do than to be simply an adviser, Summing up the piace of the farmer in the Canadian dairy indus- try, we may say that in the past he has been a hewer of wood and =n drawer of milk to the factory for nughty little returns, but times are changing and the dairy farmer is changing with them. At 'present, and in the future, he will'demand a greater share of the price paid for dairy goods by the consumer. Ir he does not get it, there will be something doing all the time until he does get it. When farmers have more money as a result of their la- bor, they wil spend more, which will incrense trade and manufacture, and result in such a forward stride in; the welfare of Canada as she has never known. To keep farmers in the position of menials is a suicidal policy for any country. Let's change it! RADIUM LAND 2'v RCEASE | European Capitalists ay Thousands od Acres in YU, NS. . Denver, Colo, Feb. 27.--Negotia- tice by a syndicate of , European capitalists for the purchase of thous- and: of acres of radium ore lands iu Utah and Colorado have 'just been concluded here. The foreign in- vestors have closed a deal with the American Radium and Mining com- pavy,"& Colorado corporation, for the control of a big part of 'the radinm- producing land. in the two states. The holdings of the Colorado com- pany are mostly in the Rafael district in Utah and in San' Miguel county, Colorado. The lands were obtained by TF. T. Smith, president of the corporation, who was the first prospector, tg ship radium-bearing ore from Utah. Found Headless Bodies of Soldiers Nelsse, - Germany, Feb. 26.--The decapitated bodies of two orderlies of Major-Gen. Bossa, coinmander of the infantry brigade here; were found yesterday on the railroad tracks. 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