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-" PAGE SIX "WORTH IT'S WEIGHT ww as Tanlac Has Made in My Daughter," Says. Mrs. Smithson. "I believe. every bottle of Tanlae worth its weight In gold," said Mr Ellen Smithson, who resides at ? Parliament street, Toronto, recently, "My daughter has s from stomach trouble, off a during the past seven months her condition became so serious that 1 almost lost hopes of her ever getting well. She suffered terribly from in- digestion, complained of a dull, heavy feeling in the pit of her stomach and sometimes she would almost double over with pain. She was too weak to do her housework and I would have to go fn and help her out every day The least little exertion or work of any kind would completely exhaust her and she hardly had any color at all. 'Her nerves were in such a shat- tered condition that she was very ir- ritable and easily upset, and would get up In the morning complaining of feeling all tired out, . She also sut- fered terribly with headaches, which at times were so bad I was actually afraid she would go out of her mind. "Now, this is just the condition she was In before she began taking Tanlae aml I had worried over her until I was almost sick myself, . She was in such bad health that my neighbors were constantly asking me about her and I always had to give them a dis- couraging answer. But now when they ask me how she's getting on, 1 tell them, fine, dor I have never in all my life seen such a wonderful change in anybody. She now has the color of health in her cheeks, she looks bet- ter and says she feels bétter than she has in years. She hasn't had a touch of indigestion or pain in her stomach since she began taking Tanlac. All nervousness and 'headaches have left her and she gets up in the mornings feeling fine and her strength has in- creased until she can do all her housge- work, never complains of feeling tired and is always bright and cheerful, We are all simply overjoyed to see her at last enjoying life and health, and as there are so many people needing just sudh a medicine as Tanlac 1 feel it my duty to tell everybody about it. I certainly do believe Tanlac is the best medicine in the world and will take pleasare in telling anybody who cares to call on me just what 1 think of it." r Tanlac is sold in Kingston by A. P. Chown. In Plevna by Gilbert Ostler. In Battersea by C. 8. Clark. In Fern- leigh by Ervin Martin. In Ardoch by M. J. Scullion, ----ADVT, Bissell Carpet Sweep- ers Made Over New. ALL Repatr Work Done, 301 Barrie St. Ph.1270 ------n, mn, Are sanitary and sist an Kent Co. IN GOLD," 'SHE SAYS "] Never Saw Such a Change , all her} life," continued Mrs, Smithson, but], GANANOQUE dent) (From Our I | | air X ge Funnell, of 78 4 font Own Corr . fr ] wife>of passed here for and was esteemed. sucker season" e numbers in dip below the s-lower dam. the swi ater Power Com William Corboy, who left here late last fall in company with" John E George Andress, to Florida, has re- and Miss spending a sts of Mr, and Wellington Lindsey and d the wintér in irned to town Mr Charles ston, of Esc hort ime in town, | Mrs, David H. Stunc street, Stunden it a Ain mi-- More Wheat Than Canada, The Ukraine, which is reported to have concluded & separate peace with iermany, is a territory of seme 850,- 000 square kilometres, one-sixth of Russia's area, and of this total over half--63 per cent, to he exmct--is farmed, the highest European culti- vation average, with 'he sole execep- tion of France, which bas §% per cent. of her area under ¢rop. ' { - According to the Winnipeg Free { Press, the grain production of this important Russian province is grest- er than that of Canada, and amounts to one-third of the whole Russian output. The Ukraine also produces five-sixths of the country's sugar beets, has fifty per cent. of Russia's supply of shoep, goats and pigs, and thirty million head of cattle, The Ukraine stands in the same position to the rest of Russia in min- erals as in agriculture. Two-thirds of the country's iron is mined with- in her confines, one-sixth of the whole world's supply of manganese--a most important munition product--and 99 per cent. of Russia's anthracite. Her ofl wells have been developed by Anglo-American capital. The Ukrainian -opulation in Eu- rope is roughly 30,000,000, of which 25,000,000 are Russian subjects, and though they have fretted for cemtur- Tes; under the Russian yoke, they have no love for Austria, and both hate and fear Germany. Should they establish themselves as an entity af- ter the war and annex the two Ruth- enian provinces now held by the dual empire, then Austria-Hungary will find herself flaiked by an anibitious state little defieient to herself, eith- er in population or resources. There are a quarter million Uk- ranians in Canada to-day, some 3,000 whom live in Toronto. Their priest, Rev. J. Boyarczuk, prediets that at least 75 per cent. of them will re- turn to the land of 'heir birth after the war if it remains a republic. » Human nature gets a man up as a judge of his neighbor. i g Hardwood Floors good to look at. In- on getting Beaver Brand, made by the Square pianos, th the best Used organs in mahoginy prices. % We have @ new Jos $825.00, ear this piano. «+ Rwclasive Terms arranged. of condition, £75 and $100. pidnb case, at especially low upright colonial piano in mahogany case, Guaranteed for ten years, You should grb and ageney for Nordhelmer and Steinway Pianos. R. J. RODGER Jeweler, Printess Street. = rm THE BEST QUALITY i # hE # # 3 soe & ITY FOR oe LEAST » $18.00. «© 50; $2.00, etc., up f{the fact that we wore largely living iin a fool's paradise. 'i operations, But waste i BURNING UP CANNED. Terrible Losses Caused 'In Pecent Years by Fares Pires, At one time it wad the proud boas! of Canadians that in the Toresis or the country was & supply of eom- mercial 1ber prietisally Wallmited in extent. € are now awakening to ROBERT MEEK | DES. SUDDENLY {Continued from page 1.) 1962 he was prevailed upon to en-| ter Council again and represented Rideau Ward during 1903, 1904 and | 1805. Mr. Meek was ope of thé | best aldermen who ever sat in City | Council, as he gave careful study to all civie matters. : | } : | i The investiga- {tions which have been carried on during the last few yedrs have. de- monstrated the fact thet while. our forest resources are stfil endraiois they are by no means unlimited. in fact, so far as timber for lumber- producing purposes is concérned, we are told that we are gradually ap- proaching the danger Zome. . The root of the trouble fs not that the liberality of nature was under- estimated. It is simple waste. Much of this waste is ascrited fo ignorance of practical methods im, lumbering from this cause is nothing compared ' with that through fires. Year after, year wil lions of dollars' worth of commercial timber has been destroyed in this way. In 1915 alone ten million dol- lars' worth is estimated fo have beén wiped out by fire, An expert who Las made a persomal inspdetion of the forest resources of Northern Can- ada is authority for the statement that in that part of ihe country 16,000,000,000 feet, board measure, of spruce and pine has been destroy- &d during the last thirty-year period. Through fire waste alone more tfm- ber had been destroyed. in the Dom- inion than had been felled by the woodsman's axe for ordinary com- mercial purposes. This ls nothing short of appalling when we take into account the fact that the primary forest products of the country have a 'value of approximately $175,000,000 annually, and the output is being imperiled through a waste that is largely preventable. No less an authority than Senator Edwards, the well-known lumber- man; has more than once declared within the past year that "it will be only a few years when lumbering will be go reduced that, excapt west of the: Roeky Mountains, if will be a very small industry indeed in Canada." White pine, which was long the leading commercial tree of Canadian forests, is supplying less lumber than it did five years ago by over forty per cent,, while Its proportion to the total cut of all kinds is only about one-fifth, Oak, which was at one time one of our "standbys," ig stead- fly diminishing in supply. A yegr ARO the cut was about sixty per cenit. smaller than it was five years pre. viously, and furniture manufacturers ard pow dependent upon the United States for their necessary supply. White oak, the most valuable of the species, is disgppearing even . more rapidly than the other descriptions, Now, after spme. of our best "hordes" have been stolen, we are attempting to lock the stable doer. Feder! and Provigelal Governments | are taking an incredmingly active in. terest in both fire prevention aud afforestation, but, strange to sav, Ontario has been theuslowest of all the provinces to fall into*line. As over 87 per cent. Of thé woodlands in Casada are estimated to be Cov ernment ewned, the gitultion 'is largely under theft conttol. . But the unfortunate part about the forest situation is that we cannot repréduce frees with the facility that we can grain, as, according 19 Prof. | Fernow, it takes 60 to 120 years for a forest crop to mature. As some sixty per cent. of the'fand area of the Dominion is held to be mare suit- able: for tree produetion than agyl- cultdre, there is ample room for fop- est cultivation. While the present generation of Canadians will not he the beneficiaries, that twice or thrice removed will be. At ally rate, be- cause of our waste, we Uwe some- thing to posterity. Two things stand out prominent- | Iy as: miopuments to Mr. Meek in| Kingston's cfvie life. It was he who | secured the amalgamation ef the | city's money collection departments fa 1904, when what is known -as the "taty treasury' came inte being in | its present quarters at the City Hall. 'This amalgamation included the appointment of a permanent city itor. The second great ecivie ( of Mr. Meek was the placing of the Home for the Aged on a busi- Wess basis. This institution is now thMving as the result of his work in reorganizing it. Mr. Meek served on the School twenty-four years. He was chairman of the old Public Sehool Beard, and it was chiefly through his instrouvientality that its jurisdie- tion was enlarged to include the Collegiate Institute. He was the first chairman of the Board of Edu- cation as at present constituted. Throughout this long period of ser- vice he devoted his energy toward the promotion of education. 4 Mr, Meek was past grand master of Cataragui Lodge of Oddfellows, district grand master for ithis dis- trict and past grand patriarch of the Grand Encampment of Ontario. For years he represented <Cataraqui lodge at the Grand lLédge, and only on. Tuesday evening he was once more elected as representative of this lodge. ; Mr. Meek was an ardent Liberal | in politics. He was #fso a strong sup- porter of Union Government, Long Before conscription was discussed by the Canadian parliamentarians, Mr. Meek 'advocated it, as dome of his| Whig editorials show. | Fewer men had a wider acquaint- ante or stronger grip than the late Mr. Meek, and hig influence and) his | life will be a constant force for many | years to come. He has laid down the | purdens of life in his sixty-seventh | year. His days were filled with help- | fulfess apd Every- | kindly deeds. where in the city his passing will be | deplored, and the splendid qualities | that chardcterized him will help all | classes to "Carry on." | Deceased wasn native of Kingston. H8 worked himself up to the high | position 'he occupied, unaided, save | through his native talents. Footy years ago he was married to Miss Nellie Lanigan, a sister of Andrew Lamigan, of thig city, and his home life was beautiful and pweet. A fam- ily of three children were surroundad with all the Ohristian graces that marked the characters of both Mr. and Mrs. Meek. Lesslie MeoX, a graduate in science at Queen's Uni- versity, was budding - inte aetive architectural life when he abandoned Kis work anad went overseas, and has beem in service therefor three rears, He went as a sapper and later was granted a commission as lieutenant, He is in the midst of the fighting, we was the glory and pride ef his father. Mrs. George Birch, of Fort Willtam, his eldest daughter, is an raccomplished miisician. Another daughter, Miss Helen, is at home, Deceased is survived also by four Sisters, three in Kingston, Mrs. Uor- don, Miss Sarah Meek and Miss Are Ofeck, and also Mrs. Robert Stokes, of Sombra. * The shock of his death came with great suddenness, and all classas of citizens were saddened by the an- mouncement. While it was known he was unwell for the past week, ye. no one for a moment imagined that there would be a fatal termination, and all over the city men have been recalling the last iime they had seen him, the geniality of his person, and the kindliness of his words. He wus cheery wih everybody, hopeful and optimistic, and his memory will be like sweet perfume to his fellow- citizens. He was broad-minded, pub- lic-spirited, a man of big ideas, and by that wé do not mean inflated or borbastie, but always practical and helpful. As ghé years grew, he wiflened and expanded, and it can be trithfully said of him that no more hen or able citizen has lived in Kingston than the man who has Sd away with such a warm heart wnd tender spirit, His Tak Work, Mi. Meeks last work was in con- nection with the presentation of the needs of the Military ¥.M.C.A. to the Frontenac County Conneil. There he spolte with vigor ana knowledge of the claims of the splendid service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. officers at the front, and besought thoughtful tonsideration on behalf of fhe coun- A Wartime Story. "The Ontario Legislature saved $2,000,000 by deferring the Provia- clal general qlection until one year after demobilization of the Canhdian army is complete." This is the esti- mate of a prominent Government of- ficial, who stated that previous to the declaration of a itieal truce until after the war he had been busy préparing for a war-time election, to be held in June next. It was also learned that the politiéal parties had acted very wisely in ealllng 'off toe election, because arrangements for taking the vote could not possibly have been completed before June, the month decided upon hy the Covern- ment for the verdict at the polls, The Government still-has power to bring om an election amy time, not- withstanding the extension legisla- tion, for the arrangement to put off the day of reckonin after the soldiers come home is, after all, only & "gentlemen's agreement." This is proved by a clause inserted in the bill extending the life of the Larls 'ature, which is to the effect {hat __THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1918. Baron Shaughnessyonthe C.B.R. A Fascinating, Historical and Political Record Lord Shaughvessy's report to ages of shareholders, put the coms thareholders at the apnuil meeting pady in a position efticlently aud of the Cansdian . Pacific R&tiwsy economically (o deal with a large and Company, embodied .a review of everdncreasing volume of traffic, at {Be sailent features of the company's the same {ime enabling the directors tinaneiil policy and Progress leading | substantially to reduce the bonded up-to Its present stable position, It! debt. Notwithstanding the low price is shown that under the terms of the | a which the original $65 000.000 com- coutract dated October 21st, 1380, be- | mom stock was 80ld: {$46.00 3 share) tween the Government and the C.P.R. | the entire $280,000,008 of sthis com: the Governmen{ undertook to give. mol stock pow outstanding bas by way of subsidy, to assist In thé yielded to the Company's Treasury completion of certain western feos | ip eash sn average of $112 for each tions of the system then. if process $108 of steck, and if the SUMS Pro- of construction under government | vided for capital out ef surplus auspices, $26,000,000 in cash and 25,-/ earmibgs are considerod (a quite pro- 000,000 acres of land suitable for | per. calculug settlement. Subsequently the cash | were at all times applicable for divi- subsidy was increased Dy $16/000,000 dends) the sharsholders paid an aver and as an offset the land subsidy Was age of $143 for each $10 of stock decreased: by 6700000 acres. | that they hold, in yiew of the present high credit| The explanation of the company's of the railway it is luteresting to uote | extraordinary success in face of the that the company's desire In the early | above record, is to be found in the days to finance with capital stock | company's palicy of. kéeping down | insted. of boads, was demonstrated | Lhe annual fixed charges, while exo! to be an iogoesibility, and as a come tending its rails into new Productive seffuelite . Parliatuent authorized the | territory as opportunity oifered; alse issue of $35,000,000, 5 pc. bonds and $65,000,000 comunon stock. Unfriendly influences at hone and:| eliminating heavy tolls for switch abroall o8 prejudiced the internation. ! fngand other kindred services be- al meliey tharkeis that the original | tween connecting companies $66,000,000 stock ouly yielded ag aver-| A brief reference to the Océan and age of less than 46 pc. of its face | Cobstal Steamship branches 1s to the valee.. The unwillluguess of ibwes: | effect that this property is secured 4 tors to pay a higher figure for the by & comparitively small demand on | stock in those dikys need not be con- Capit] accounl, snd has a presen: sidered extraordinary, however, when | market value in ekcess of $5 008 000. it 1s own thet as Inte as 1895, when | Other properties and msséts of the the railway bad been in operation for | company were purchased or develop- over nine yehrs, the stock was of-'ed by the surplus income held in| fered in the market as low as 83. pic. | trust for the shareholders. with but few takers. In 1885 Baring | Bros. of Lendon were induced to find | purchasers for the $35,000,000 first mortgage bonds, and by this means | the company was edabled io repay |" | have only half studied the subject" The review goes on to describe the | is treated at considerable lepgth in linking up of easterm Canada with [the review. Ag late as 1888. when Something About the Land Great, The company's the company's systefn which served | the railway had been 1 operation thousands of miles of territory tHat for some time, the Dominion Govern wis practically uniphababitéd. <The ment consented, aga ocotsideritivn eastern consection was Imperative if | for some concessions under the Char. the unremunetative territory was to ter to gudribtee the (nterést on §i5- be sutcesstully developed, [000,000 Land Grant Bonds, bat would The history of capital expenditure [In mo circumstatices guarantes the | is ah interésting chapter, noi only in | payment of the principal which would the history of the C.P.R. but also in| have given the security jucreased that of. the Domiuion itself. After market value, although the bends had 1899, so rapid was fhe traftic des |Mfty years to run and only represent: velopuiéat, it wis necesgary to pro-|ed a value equal to 75¢. per ace vide substantial additions to traffic | This did not reflect much confidence facilitles of every description. From | on the part of the Government. io 1902 do 1914 inclusive, the records! Wards Land Grant values, and there show @xpenditures for secomd tricks, |is no doubt that at that time the rediiction of gradients, termifale, Goversmant could Wave recovered the work-shops, etc, of $206,300,000; and | whole Land subsidy at the price per for. cars, lovemotives, and. other #g-|atre just mentioned; is, 76c. For uiptient $130000.000. . To 'meet this| many years thiy Lasd Grant way a expenditure of :$333,900,000 the direc. | drag on the: Gemphny's development. "tots appedled, successfully, to the or- | Miterest hed to be met on the Laud dindry shareholders of the company. Grant bonds, whose procesds had been In the thirteen years méutioned, the | devoted to> the purposes of the rail shzreholders ware offéred andl dc-| way; and sithough considerable sams cepted $185,000,000.par valine of Coth- | Were spelt on fmm {ton « propé- man stock for im they pmid tHe | ganda, land baled pb 3 Fotins company no fesy a sum than 3262. | and unsatisfactory, the prices yield 100,000. « Out of this $33750400 of | Ibg the company only from $1.50 to bounds were paid off aud rétired; atid | $2.50 per acre, after selling expenses $26,200,000 was used to pay tie 'ost had been paid. It was not until of rallway liwes acquired or tures were sold. The remaining sum | 248000 wores were sold, and in the the sale of preferred stock aud equip. | turn was only $286 per sere. ment totes bringing ia $66.500.000 and making a total of $268,650060 to | was made, (he Peferal Parligment apply against expenditures af $306, | commenced to vote grants of Yad 11 $00,000. . The difference Ut $77,656,000 | very large areas by way of subsidy was provided fropi the surplus rev. for the cosstruction of railway enue of (he company being a further | lives in western Canada, contribution by the shareholders of | that amount. from surplus or. "un | pose, divided profits' traterialized, though much This remarkable financing, made | was bespoke by them, thus neces. 'pisible only by fhe fAlth and cour: |sitating the C.P.R. going furtherafield Most of these compahies day afternoon, and iil be of a pub- lic nature, Representative citizens, including the mayor, will act as bear- ers. India's Coal Supply. The war bas forced India to de- pend upon Her own supply of coal and has drawn attention anew to her large deposits. For the last ten years, one is told in the Géographical He- view, India's output has been grad-y ually Increasing as a consequence. of the extension of railroads and the development of indastries. In 1918 the production increased to 'more than double the amount produced in 1905, India now mot only supplies fof, as (hose ecarnibgs! {18 dhe economies attending the long | | bul of traffic over owe huge system, | coms | 1898 that agricultural lands in West. | structed, and of additional stéam- ern Canada attracted buvers in any | stilps, on which no bonds or deben-| numbers, and even fu that year when of $202,150000 was supplethented by | three subsequent Years, the net re. Shortly after (he: CPR. contract to many | companies lncerporated for that pair | never | little or. 4 val good land | jd0 shiisfy (he lust 2,000,000 acres of is Grant. The compaly was com. | polled fo accep: lands along the line west of Medivine Hat, (an the "setoi- rid' district, where there was little or Bo water, which made the lKbds practically valueless. To recover this {Ret Ht was decided lo adopt a plan {of frrigatlen, and an expenditure. of | $14008000 was mdde in. ihe eet | struction of works and ditches eom- prising an area 240,000 acres, Of [this Ares, Bot previously. worth five | cents an gcre for pracricsl purposes, | portions. now served by (he ditches [command high prices. The coapany. bas expended ap proximately $17.000,000 in the eu- couragement of lmmigration, snd to forward ihe sale of such lands as it {had received. Branch ines of rail Way were also consirucied to open uy the ternilory for prospective get. tiers fi ; Of the origipal Land Cract 1400 + G00 acres have been sold to date, yieWing approximately $64 000.000, OF an average of $6.73 per acre, from which, however, must be deduct. ed the expenditures during. thirty years for Immigration propaganda, agencies, commissions, ete, together with Irrigation costs, making the net return less than $6.00 per acrb. On the 14,000,008 acres thus far sold, tixes (0 the amount of $20,690,000 have Beonpaid into the Public Treas ury, ; The "Ten Per Cent Clause." In regard to the much discussed "Ten per cent ciause." the peyview (Slates that the suggestich made. in seme quarters that the spirit and in- tent of this Clause was to 'imit the 'Company's dividend to teh por. cout i 13 entirely out of barmony wich the ° * of lear, unquestionable language of the instrument. The Clavee bad 2o more relation, direct or indirect, to tbe C.E.R, dividends than it had to the dividends of any gther allway com. PROY, or of any commercial or in- dusirial corporation. . Seventeen per veh instead of. teh per went per an- bum might properly haye- Yes dls. tributed from the a¥erage earnings of the rallway had the direglors net been convinced that a prudent snd con- iServative policy was in the best in. | terest of the property. x The total capital of the CBR. is $623,000,000 which contrasts with the actual cost of the company of $687. 000,000 exclusive of $31,000,000 of Fail- way constructed by (he Government {and handed over to (he Company. it i1s aleo exclusive of $151,000,000 pro- | vided frem surplvs earnings, land | Bales, otc, expended on the property |and written off witlout bein, capit- | allzed, so thay bided pan cost, the | inuspartation systefn represents an outlay of $818,000,000 or. about $61, 1000 per mile. 4 { The congervative financial pottey {of the directors cannot be better i) lustigted than by the, feet. that: the. 1Net curnings per mite required" to {reel annual ioterest charges on the G, Tela € NuR., GT. B, and the No. T. R.-would suffice: to cover the Ennual interest charges, dividends on the preference stock, and seven par cent dividend on the common stock tof 4he C.PR. ! Extraneous investinents, imecloding steamship lines, railway companies |otitside Cans, Government secur. | Heeand loans, money set asider ay Vestment, unsold Mbds; ambunts pas- { able on d, deal a } ing ! pi properties, are apprafs. t $255.000,000 which is substan. tinlly below the market vaiue Many of these Propertins and resources had ue when they came intel Possession of the company, but werd { developed and sife-guarded until they, | became prefiiabie, her own needs, but exports to Ceylon and the Strait Settlements. India's coal deposits are scattered well over the east-central part of the country. The reserve field in Assam axtension act "shall not. deemed to affect or abr x rogative of the crown or power Lientgnant:Governor to di | Legislative Assembly at an earlier date than the one m tion ene" of the bill. See the part respecting ex one year after full TG ee One night a noncommissionad cer of the Second Cauadian The work of Mr, Meek in connee- tion with the Oddfellows' Relief As- tion, 'was of the highest charae- ter. The institution grew constantly | under his able administration, and few fraterryl societies of an insut- &hce type was better constituted of g r managed. He was ideal in his af work, constant in-his watchful 3 offi- | IF Lroper laws and regulations, which 1%gely emanstéd from his experi- : ence, made the association progres site and successful The Bags cn the city buildings and "the schools are floating as a token fo d {6 te late Mr. Meek. The faneral will rake place gn Fri: gent (now in France), the gate of Exhibition & Ars a | che salute, knowing full we aot entitled to it. nk enthusiastic in its advancement, and | in miging population is developing, = colonel, pleased ready wit. Jsmizsed Bim-- 3 tin, 3 dates mead found to be free from Prudence and poverty never | welt bitchea up together. after more than forty-g¥e years ae Bem Ey grt aor work on account of its aluminum features, "weather. proof : s music may be ction