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Published \Daily and Semi-Weelkily by THE BRITISH WHIG oF UBLISHING ©O,, LIWTED, J. G. BiMott Leman A. Guild President aging Direct and Sec.-Treas. ar Tele; : usiness Office - nes RB . Inditorsal Rooms b Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city .. One vear, If paid in advande One year, by mail to rural office Une Year, to United States -... Six and three months pro rata (Semi-Weekly Edition) Une year, by mail One Your to United States . ¥ X and three months pro rata Attached is one of the printing offices in Canada TORONTO Fr 4 RESE] H E Smal) pe 8. ite his New York om RA Chicago . Tribune Bld Franic R. Northrup, Manager 5 best job NTATIVE INSPECTION AT FAULT The proud of the manner in which the law is enforced, but two inspectors Mr. counties provincial secretary may be on the confessions of that Snider enforcement ix very lax. made a tohr of the weaknesses of the Canada Temperance Act, as partment, several and discussed a representative of the de without the provincial se cretary knowing where he was or what Le doing. Mr. his folly, and, for some saved him from censure. Mr. Morand acted license inspector in North Essex, from 1905 until recently, and did not see any borrowing money from cannery of It occurred to others that was Hanna excused reason, as impropriety the hotel which he was president could violators men for a he not very well prosecute the of the law and seek and receive their favours, and this was the view of the goverument. The resignation official and but. the circumstance was suggestive of the was asked for accepted, The : government is clearly not dis posed to hamper the liguor traffic in any way. If it were as exacting as the provincial people to believe its inspectors would be under arrest. THE PROBE The, pPa-tizan nature of Guletins secretary would lead WAS SH RT of th& report Lynch-Nt aunton has the and been demonstrated by the Public National Transcontinental sion, under the liberal government bad deducted $512,000 from the Me Arthur contract, and the dispute was enquiry of Fhe Commis Accounts' Committee on when the government passed from the liberal party to the party. The comunission was speedily changed, and the McArthur claim was and conservative revived reconsidered, As a re sult, the Engineer Grant, and on recommendation the was the consent of $150,000 compromise contractor to lop off accepted as a Nothing was said about this--about the ment of $350,000 than [ranscontinental ( ommission and pay more the allowed the circumstance is the remarkable in view of the special com HUSsIOn Ss aim to find grie vances against the liberal government The present commission proceeding on the ground that the in vestigating supposed more and magnify justified this commissioners look transactions occurring den govermment came into power authority given them was ample sufficient, but for political reasons MANAGING THE UTILITIES Owen Sound is confronted with the proposal sthat, if the will : nchise, a company will 'estab were not to mto any of the Bor I'he and since the it was not exercised; city give ita i lish or install a street offer looks enticing, as the city is concerned, present expenditure of money, vestment of funds on capital vount. But the Advertiser wisdom of going slow in dealing with any scheme which involves the trol of a valuable municipal iranchise by a private corporation. It called that a company in each case projected the water, the gas, and the electric light systems, and the bad to later buy them from the com panies, and at once proceed, at an outlay of hundreds of thousands of dollars, to improve the plants. It pays the city to manage its utilities The consumers of water and gas have enjoyed low rates for service, those dor gas being really lower shan the circumstances warranted. The electric light and power have not been cheap Land the rates cannot be lowered, ap- iparently, under present circumstances. Pleetricity, produced by steam pow- er. cannot compete with electricity produced by hydro power, and the railway because, xo far iL means no no in ac sees the con is re city { ernment' (of the redistribution bill The | demand of the hour is that the gov- give to 'the east sa facilities and as much help in attain ing © then as it west. Adam Beck promised this city or three years electrie light cheap as candle light, and it is about that he redeemed his promise. ~ good gives to the two y as ago, tune NO LIBERAL NEED APPLY. A redistribution of seats in the leg- ' islature .is in order afjer each census and when it is necessary to adjust the representation according to popula- tion. The prjmeiple is and correct, there can be no objection to any réa- But party when the sonable application sees the straits of. a of it. one measure it for the between the I'he sible projects, and presumably adjustment of boundary lines, constituencies, carries on its face evidence of unfairness theory is the that as pearly shall be foromio is as pos equally re addi dis people presented given tional members, two for certain tricts and one each for other dis circumstances which the In the trict, and under guarantees a control of voles in the interest ol case of the varies, party. counties, /where the population the representation 18 not in creased according to that plan, but the and its friends, by re sorting to a gerrymande the as possible, gov eroment r, of slicing 2, leg liberals constituencie the and patching islate, of the ing which cannot be approved ase far out house, and it is a proceed liberals can only that the they the and aceept I'ne protest against it, and move boundaries re main as (there being no are, cause for change several the in mn stances), result as the got strongly which, the through an I'he J deal oi a government though entrenched for present, has its fears of defeat the people suitered a appeal to govern ment has good mits reputation daring the last two or three vears It has been giving evi dence of apacity, of errors Of judg conflict with public the them. ment, of opinion, of failure to understand needs of the people and supply interpretation that government A ger method of pre Fhere can be only one it arms to keep the conservative faults, in "legal representation with all the power. rymander is a venting a law of the people in parliament It is no more however, than act which liberals ground justifiable, rendered an ineligible for of the lice on the that their politics f the conservative brand CAN'T CHECK CORRUPTION The corporations, and a dicect desire (o influence it atiempt to restrain financial having and a associations interest in legislation, mM any way, will Le made at this session of the legisla At least the have cannot liberals, the Lure. alter many made tight which 1s the been a the revmlls, act, It government again and to And the down, 8 i put again, that manifestly the $0 advantage of provioce there has surrender of government on question of public ity with regard to campaign funds and violators of the the punishment of Ibe two bills of the the a committee law opposition aud the one by government, have been before for considera tion It has been decided that every cor and every director, manager poration or ofticer of + corporation, every licensee, every member of a liquor as public con tly contributes sociation which, and every tractor vho, either dire or indi rectly, pays or sum Any order the of money, or its equivalent, in to aid or promote or prevent uomination or election of any person to the assembly or to any public of fice, or in order to aid, promote, hin political oO the province, der or dd t any party, vote of the upon shall amount ol inthuence or eliect the to elec {ors oi an tion submitted to them, in cur a penalty equal to the the 9100 It subscription and not less. than was agreed to impose the se same penalty on the recipient as on In the tase of abets, less than 350 nor mre than than #50 the donor a person who aids or the penalty was put at not put ar not less nor more than $200. Will this entorced, iaw, when approved and impossible for the their influ maxe in to exert ence in the elections ? The I'he Americans, by thigir oR to hold the cor- monied interests answer is obvious, actments, have essayed raptors in check, and have, oun penal ty of heavy fines, insisted on the pub election accounts. The fact in many cases, that heity has leaked there was no pretense withsthe polit; cal parties to comply with the This will be the experience in Canada. In one election the financial men par- openly, dictating conditions and subscribing more money than the party receiving it could spend. They will do it 'again, not so openly per haps, but as effectively. are made to be broken, when they deal with the politicians and their devious ways. ol out, law. ticipated quite Laws EDITORIAL NOTES The Bufiaio Times is persuaded that the United States, for the first time in ite history, is conducting a war on a purely professional basis. The Spao- ish-American war was a political event, eh? In what way or respect ¥ The Americans, in their war in Mexi- co, ale apxious to stand well wn the estimation of the Nropen powers. All will depend Gn - how the United States army acts mn vindicating a na- tion's hobour, not an invision' for conf quest, According to Mr $60,000 was spent in three counties of Powman, at least Outario to defeat the Canada Temper- Aet Never province there effort hus heen very ance in the history been such a deter The has mined to 'defeat temperance cost great , the good its pro And Fhe to we "The Hydro," says Toronto Telegram, "must make mises of cheap power and light the the reason in east as well as west east have the Commission has shown people in the offended neglect which the Hydro- Electric to 1t over Utilities Commission should an effort to get the lighting sys possibie I'he make tem completed as soon as Two or three men have been puttering last fall, tired of the delay and the Pres ently there will be a display of indig without Oddiellows, (Independent Order the tablishment Over over the business since people are nation, and not reason I'he observe ninety-fifth anniver will of its es by a service ary on Sunda) two millions men and women will participate 1 event which marks the progress and work lent of one of the mightiest benevo the times. mstitutions of I'he Canadian London correspondent of the home item of 1g to the Press sends a news from abroad It effect that solve the Canadian parliament will di "appeal to the I he the tat vear and the next on navy navy people What and ple hard times, that about the other things touch the pe where 7 Ihe of cadet movement will be the bet ter the attention it Is now receiy ing the Board of Education is see ing that the enrollment of cadets is made with the understanding that the parents are consenting parties Fhe effects on the studies of the boys, ii any will be apparent later I'he politicians who distributes the boodle elections there mas In some of all o worry or which will forbids being no way by be accounted for not about the law which political subscription There will be a way ittering the comm the of collecting and sc n spite of laws to contrary \ war use » be regarded as the Our wa) good talk they precurser times grand My receive if £50,000, dads used to that what a thrill would to read about the here 000 which congress has appropriated instalment the Ameriezn war If prosperity as a hrst un Mexican money-spending the United moans will have it this PUBLIC OPINION Full of Hope. Hamilton Spectato rate of England decrensec While Wales shghtly an increase in marriages look is fall of It Would So Appear. Toronto Sta birth and there is the has has hope Ii the doc had posit in they cellars of Ma on de failed the thousand inhabitants half 'a million dollars the local bank that gold mines in must have His Own Farmer thbridge Herald to the Le will start A postal Board of 'Trade farmer Get thoro your thbridge you in as a spuds that what the do with some and see will \ i vhred baek d the ge Ar then A Tong Wait. Ottawa Fres Dress United States congressman whe that iw till the plannmg t¢ That declared in a would stay war was over is burst of heroies Washington surely in receive one of 'the lirst consignment of medals Did Not Brant Materialize. ord Courier who died recently in Mont real kindly left $50,000 to McGill Uni versity. As his entire estate worth #200 his spondulix did actly jibe his desire \ man was onl not ex with Blunders, legraph Welcomes Such Montreal Te The Borden government bids fair to go down in history as the Master Blunderers. A wore inopportune an nouncement than the one made to-dav of sweeping reductions in western freight rates it would be impossible to make, Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. A cricket club was formed at the Y.M.C.A., with the following officers President, G. E. Hague; captain, Gilbert: vice-captain, J. J. Burton; se cretary, F. Cook; treasurer, H. Jack J. Bannister, Portsmouth, is erect ing a fine house on Livingstone ave nue. Residents are required, have tin or zinc barrels into. \ Rideau station will be-closed. The G.T.R. will be foreed to open it when the Kingston and Smith's Falls branch is opened off it. Omar L: Kilbors, M.A. beep appointed lecturer in aunalylical to ashes by law, to put M.D., has practical chemistry during the summer season at Queen's University. of the | vis and. Otherwise ¥ As Far 3x He Went, 2 x maxix but 1 hardly 'ev- Bunkers, 1d the That gent is a all I can say gives 'isselfl a rd labor Under the New Law, a bird ef wcks 18 bough Mrs udub th Geographical. West Not For Him. SATURDAY, APRIL TWENTY-FIFTH R. EMILIUS JARVIS celebrates M vis fifty-fourth birthday to-day b3 ng from the Com modoreship of Roya Canadian Yacht Club, to which office eley During that t he has flawn flag lowing fol- vachts Merry over the Samoa the present flag ship theschooner yacht "Zahra." He has also been interested in as owner or part owner during the same period of the "histledown,™ "Canada," "Beaver" and "Minota" and has been an active racing man since the 70's, he being said to have won over 200 races during this time. mast but returned to more pleasant sailing waters and yachting. His line of amusements has been exceedingly varied, as a young man having won {oot races and bicycle races, and was stroke of the Leander crow when they won the Canadian Association Regat ta on Toronto Bay in 1883. He also won many single scull races balween the years 1879 and 1883. He is a keen lover of a horse, particularly the hanter alass, and Is generally to be sean during the season with the Toronto bounds and has for many years gone to England in the winter time to enjoy this sport over there. He was also reckoned the Best man In RMamilton with the gloves and !s nearly always to be seen If there are any boxing contests In reach. His business Interests are as varied as his sporting tastes. He was Hiainly vegpensible for the Hamilton Iron and Steal Company Inj Hamijton, wholly responsible for 'the consolidation known as the Btish Columbia Pack- ere' Association which has large in- tapests both in fresh fish and canned, salmon in British Columbia, promoted the King Edward Hotel, the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Rafiway and the Canadian Locomotive Com- Suitcases and "Handbags Sale English Ralicoats "8. Rd ax Jeg as 10 | ... Our Hand Made Don't Suits for NSS seeing bovs, 6 vrs. to £3.00, $6, 50, $8.5 Bor Kiem Boys' Shirts, 50¢ and Knit Underwear, piece suits. BOYS' SUITS our ), $10 and $12. Buster Brown stockings. Boys' Collars, same style as men's Boys' Caps, 25¢, 35¢ and 50c. Boys' Hats, 50c, 75¢, $1.00. See our window display of True union * and two- Saoriety Brand Clothes Cupyright (911. 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