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Poultry | Poultry Try a2sc Package _ORVAL Bree . Port Perry _ PRICES RUN FROM $26. 00 To $650. 00 BiG REDUCTION ON MEN'S PANTS going to Sell 100 pairs of Men's Pants for i on THE un. 00 ~ |learn that they owe something of loy. alty and fairness to the townmerchant stores in country districts; but 'that | the producer might get into touch direct trade between these two. i ] out well. | of cheap transit is very small---within |of shipment. Beyond that distance | In the second place the weight of par-| {of butter and eggs. Then, too, the fa'. | partmental store trade. .| phone connection, which practically | merchant and buyer to make use of increasing the trade. of departmental with the consumer and establish 4} So far this latter idea is not working In the first place the area a radius of twen y miles of the place the rates increase double or more. cels as yet permitted to be sent is: too small to give the farmer any shipping facilities by which he could estnblish a direct trade with the consumer, sa cilities for handling goods like these SINGLE COPIES 60. : ne No. 30 to buy? Some do. Many do True patrotism is not shouting | t quietly and persistently working for the home town. erchants, too, wll have to do all | Goreament ir power to meet the new con- ns; by turning over stock quickly he narrowest margin of profit con- with permanent trade, by ng the needs and demands of ommunity, and by steadily adver- ig their goods in sucha way as to | constantly inform the public of the riety and value of their stocks. ese conditions are 'not going to irought about in a day or a year; but the ulti nate prosperity of the town and community, depends upon "get- ting together" and working more fully for the mutual interests. Everybody should be withing to some sacrifice for the general prosperity of the town, which means the prosperity of all the citizens. Parcel post has gone into effect. are not known to be good. It has not been stated so far. as we know that cold storage will be provided for such. carrying trade. Evidently the scope of parcels post will have to be wid- ened before it becomes useful for trade between producer and consumer of p provisions. Eventually it is likely that these restrictions will be removed and the and the scope of the parcels post idea will be much greater. Buf as soon as this happens a number of problems will be presented to rural communities I'he most dangerous of these will be the tendency to close out the small town merchant and increase the de- Such a result would be disastrous not only to the small merchant but to every rural citizen. If the small town declines the value of farm property must de- cline, too. What are we going to do about it? Already the big city merchants and manufacturers are making plans to take advantage of the new privilege. They are not standing aside to see how the thing is going to -work out: They are busying themselves to have the scheme work out to their advan- | tage. That i is. what the town merchants and the far-seeing members of the rural communities must . do, too They must get together-and see that parcels post works to their mutual advantage. If a mail order business can be established between ihe city and the rural buyer, it can be estab- lished between the town and the rural buyer, Indeed it should be more easily established in the latter case, because we have a wide spread tele- includes every buyer iu this commpun- ity. It will be the business of both the rural mail delivery, The rural buying public have yet to For the benefit of our readers we pub- 'lish some of the most important parts of the regulations showing the rates and the offices within the 20 mile zone. Articles of mail matter acceptaile at parcel post rates include farm and factory products, merchandise of all deschiptions such as dry goods, groc- eries, hardware, confectionery, station- "ery(imchuding blank books, etc.), seeds cuttings, bulbs, foots, bedding plants, scions or grafts, and all other matter not included in the first class, and not excluded from the mails by the gen- eral prohibitory regulations with re- spect to objectionable matter. Parcels containing intoxicating liq- uors or explosives are expressly pro- hibited. The rates of postage on articles ac- cepted for transmission by parcel post are as follows: Five cente for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional pound or frac- tion thereof, up to four pounds, and 2 cents for each subsequent pound up to eleven pounds within a rads of twenty miles from the place of mail- ing, irrespective of provincial bound- aries, Ten cents for the first pound and 4 cents for each subsequent pound or fraction thereof, for all points in the]. Province in which a package is post- "ed, outside of the Sh mile radius, Ten cents for the first pound and 6 cents for each subsequent" pound or fraction thereof, for all points outside the Province in which a parcel is post- ed, and beyond the twenty mile rad- ius, with an additional charge of 2cents a pound for each Province that has to be crossed to the destination of the parcel, mot including the Province in which it is to be delivered up to a maximum of 13c lb. Parcel post 'packets must not be registered: Parcels must be prepared for mail- ing in such manner that the contents can be easily examined. : It is desirable that the sender's ad- dress should appear inside the parcel or on the cover. This must be kept dis- tinct from the address proper. not fair to buy" everything on from him and send cash to the is not fair to go to his store iim no opportunity to know The limit of weight for a parcel post is eleven 'pounds, and the general limit of size is thirty inches in length by one foot in. or ep _but parcels r as much as 2 ft 6 in, i in the thickest part); or y be thicker; thus if] STATE. COND, =F | ow STANDARD BANK of CANADA | EMENT NSED From Report to Dominion Government, 31st Jan., 1914 RESOURCES Cash on hand and in Central GoldReserve and Notes and pe Bs $7.915,545.95 on. +». 130,000.00 . ~~ 610,623.02 . re 659,645.86 vallable c > be ,507.41 Ribiliy wide Letters of Sites «10896837 hy rechold, o Office and Branches 1,053,505.51 Other Assets . . . . 66919.14 s re] S-- LIABILITIES - $2,8060,240.00 So Fund ho hel on Di Saeoutied Notes in Circulation Deposits . 2,643.00 . 35,018,592. 1L115,53558 108,968.35 $45,749, Letter from Cuba This extremely interesting letter was received a few days ago by Mr. Joseph Bigelow. Habana, Cuba, Feb., Dear Father;-- ; Well we,ve been so busy we' ve not had time to write to you. We arrived herc-about ten days ago and received your letter which was for- warde 1 to vs here from Miami. This is the most beautiful and de- lightful city I was ever in. It is a city of 40",700 people and occupies the smallest area of any city in the world for its population, The buil liugs are all one and two storey high, built with colonades along the streets all on the Moorish style of architecture. The buildings are all built solid white brick covered with a mixture of lime, which makes it look like a city of marble. T'bere are numerous small parks and seeds | beautiful boulevards. The language is here of course Spanish, and Amerlcan and Spantsh money circulate equally here. We've been through the celebrated Morro castle with its celebrated dun- geons etc. and found it very interest- ing. We also took a forty mile auto trip ihto the coutry and saw the sugar plantations, tobacco plantatons sugar mills etc. They raise three to four crops of all kinds yearly without ferti- lizers. We have corn on the cob.fresh tomatoes etc. on the table. We went through the markets which are the lar- gest in the world and cover half a doz- en blocks. There were tons, of pine- apples, bananas figs, oranges, guavas, ete. All the fish are kept in the market alive for sale. We have a fine hotel opposite the 12, 1914; . beautiful Colon Park at $2.50 per day | on the American plan.- Thereis a first-class orchestra and the guests are supplied with wines and cigaréttes The blacks, muliastoes and whites mix here quite freely. Our orchestra is composed of one negro, two kalf- breed Cubans and a couple' of Span- iards--a mixture it would be hard to find in America However, the guests are all white. The Cuban half-breed women smoke cigars on the street the same as the men. We went up to the Romeo and Juliet Cigar Factory, and bought a couple of hundred cigars ranging from 5c to 12c each. These same cigars sell in Canada, from 15c to 30c, each. Down on the ocean shore is a park where the swells of Spanish and American society go out driving and walking, We attended Cuban and Spanish funerals yesterday. There are several kinds of funerals The first class funerals consist of eight horses hitch- cd to the hearse. ~~ The second class has six horses, etc. The fifth class carries the funeral on their shoulders. The hearses are elaborately gilded y one {affairs and look like num & Bail- ey's circus wagons. The horses are all covered with gilded blankets. On each horse is mounted a man with a wide brimmed feather trimmed hat, red claw hammer coat, purple knee breeches, white stockings and jewelled shoes, There are also from one to three of these men driving the hearse. They come driving into the cem smiling and smolang cigarette, Pg The burial plots be sl ete nd if he rent 1s not about a thousand excited Cubans afi% Spaniards there. Day bef re yesterday we weil: hrough the Botanical - Gardens afigh* ueneral Weyler's home. We intend going 66 miles by aus to-morrow to Matanzas, a very im teresting city of 60,000. Cuba is about one hundred milgss: wide and sevea hundred miles loag.- It has a population of two and a halls million people. No tairen land bess Some of the finest tobacco lands brig | fabulous sums, the price being almoss as higa as cy lots I did not think there was such om foreign looking country in the Wes tern hemisphere, Nearly all the houses and places f° business are either named after pretty women or some saint or holy names. . The piace where the cock-pits are 3 - called Jesus del Monte Street. Aw one point we passed a place where thy - sign read (hansiated) "Jesus of Nas areth, Wines and Liquors," There fs. a bakery here called "The Sacred Heart of Jesus Bak: Shop. 'I'he people here are all Romasw. Catholics, and some of the churches. here are the finest in the Western: hemisphere. 'This 1s a great city for cafes andh. drinking places. There are GD liquor licenses here, and the charge : for a license 1s $19.50. We have not seen a arunken man since we came tm» Havana. Most of the people drink pineapple _uice, orange juice, etc, and very little liquor is consumed. I'he temperature in Havana $s about 70 degrees. 'I'he air is very moist and the bedding is alwaysdamp.. It bas been impossible to keep one's clothes freshly pressed on account of the campness. When we go to bel we do not require any blankets, as thes i the temperature does not drop suddems- | ly towards morning as it does in the north, We went out to see the source '@f the city's water supply, and were sur prised to find the pipes laid above the ground. 'L he ceilings here are all from 18 to 25 ft high, and all the rooms have tiled floors. All the beds have canopies over them, C. A. BiGeLow. The Carnival The Carnival announced for Thurs day, promises to be the best of tlm season, by a long way. Several have expressed their -intention of entering: Costume Contest The racing events will be-- Matched Race -- Healtie, of Little Britain, vs. Johnson, of. Uxbridge. Matched Race--Ivan Bowerman and Ross Roach, both of Port Perry. Hockey Race--Carrying puck, Con testants to carry the puck not ovex 3 feet in advance. Barrel Race Blind Man's Buff '| Backward 'Race Post Offices within Twenty Miles Blackstcck, Caesarea, Nestletong, Cadmus, Burketon, Enield, Enis