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owing to a conqmtiiig niilwny. Urillin` ` Jun goods :Lippcd f.-um Toronto there at , Iovm freight rates thniithey um delmzrml ' ' 1 ~ ItBarrie; and theI\'urthern milwny dis- ." iciiminntes ngninstuinlllim time. Itis ` _ -, i this fact that prevents ua fruui beucxliiiig J` I great business centre. Time and nguili We manufacturers visited Dunie with ` ` intentiuir of utarting business, but 111! Ind to givn it up on account zit` -` "_ . I excessive freight charges; und it is no use i iorthe Advance runiiilig down the town one day. and the next, rlenyirig the exist- ` irtqnce of commercinl depression at nil. I There is bill little hupe of Barrie s being I Ablh to more than ban-ly held its mm, 1 while it is aimed bya railway mminpuly, i which, mprgover, it is ntprrsent,'ntlensr, ' V yerlzutqremoym, Give us a compel- ilinp, nd there are i1ie_fnty_oI men, in , mtements made by ltlesurs. much to an mrny other cities and towns- tha Aduixce, in spin: 0! overwhelming nidonu to the contrary, stupidly airms that `the country, and our town, an : as prosperous is ever; and has aciunily the impudonce to give tha lie direct In the Sewrey, rkgrnntenl by; tho N. I .~thuugh not in I th`1s.g-.ne'rnl dopruaiombmughtahout and " Iggnmed by ;'| oth_er cit_ies h A-mute is prepared, nt uny moment, 1.0 mm: that the town (nnl I)ominipn, 200,) is proaperous or depressed,_nol as (net: may wannnt, bulns party exigencies ra- quiru. Ab n limu_ when Barria was com- juracivuly prosperous, our Tory neighbor wrow scandalous edltumls dnmnglng to ~ ..,. rativuly neighbor II l th: tqvu_1,mLing Ihntwn were rnpinlly 1: gniag to tha dogs, and should soon, in all C lil<:lil1oml,sea the gums: growhlg on our l , tha dogs, am snoum mm : lilcelihoml use wuss arowin 01 _ 1 is c E 1*usumsa streets, These nmcl nllicles were copied far and wide, to the lawn`: injury, lrlklhen tlnouyh thu N. 1 .\vns.nursl1iIu.r, lh- re was I: Gm Town Council, who wens, Mi-l lhcOll L-ndy, tn blame fur lhellwn n rt being mum prospexous. Now, l1-mu ever, that Bnrrieis llmlULll)l:Lll} sharing in the general depression largely causal], `and certainly illtcnsiml, hy the N. l ., our aged Tory confrcre lnmtically screams nut, "Il. snll1l1u.lr.~ringG1iL lie, for the ToEy lmnticaliy sex fc town in male prmperous t_hun 4 ' Barrie, however, is (his: `TlicvN.1 ,, `Jim is it, in any Igvent dugijce, respnusihie "U11. 7 F . ' ` . The plniu ami unvnmishml lrulilnbnut Ivan in its pulmiesl daya,nc\'nr hencltuti the town to my appreciable extent; nei- fortha pmenl business glngnntion in our `midst. Norarebur mnuied men primar- ily blnmlblefor this state of {Fin II The iprimnlimnce of businesainnr.-nuty and | paucity ofmnnu ictures, lies in our having no competing lino nf mihvuy, and `the consequent exorbitant height rules, `whinh new highns nozoulyto iuaku `mluufnclugera give this place the gn by, vbui actually prevents thus we imvu hem from extending their huliness. ` Why, ruilwny; Oriilin :Lippcdf.-um E nu-- -..- - . s i KfIuEuL9remo7u,, Givo , Tlfyp, y Inf town, that w_ill_1sa_I.utin levul- d :$sfuTium_irnMium._. ,ll uvg.I `bus 3 ` [arm mgney. `_ than ever." _ :1 way. uLl lady, nobody heads 5 `fEonvar.wo mt Ionian at at " ' , nlltheh uliuiiur lxullun in llnulilaulsulitmccnmy `U l'|'"-M dccidml qr. Ballast. Mr. 0`Driv:n mini Ullikfyllnt Km .v.!uLnL42 !`1_I.I.wwA. to, a1vunUs KW 05391 br ngin [1 t II`! and nsaungena and goody Irma` / 5il1fvCliX);;` :1 all -\'C.:.s&J} two yea: mm H. puullmw 'th0`dmdence of Ban} ' that thin Iowa was ` .o.:-{ma hv com olis to g -rnaninlii-srnuizsnaygqa. 14, 1334 ._._..---_ - Bnl-rle_a7ndtl1c K. P. .__._ \ ` I. V 093 mm Tory neighbor is a veritable chauzideon in the facility witlnvhich it can {urn it: cant} - It is but little over ` an since it publislvzd odibozials on " :I!:lhnn alleged If "V \r`n . _ Luau` cotmv. srmcouknvocm. | ` u *'r#s9+,-a.e1e:F9= vv" : ._...,-_.., ` -*" @!1`7t':'5v:(|i?e: c2tt1ii1t2 r; {.....` m`n.-mv :r'mcoz'knvocm yea: published ommnais ~"tlu`deudence Battle. :Il: than `being rapidly out~ ` Itripd l;_y contiguoiis towns, and that [he would soon. nnzlouhwlly, grow un qurllmts. So exaggerated, indeed, in! l'1;\\`.)l`tl.l0l1B, that it was severely condu ' for caueleaely befoglljng its ` own nes1,aiid. for a political puipose, in- 'uring,tl1town. `AH.hnHime,lio\v2ver, l lxaiN. 1 . had given a fictitious and in- {Med pmlperity to _the country; and in- ` umuch ll some of our public men were ` ol_tha Grit persuuiun in polizics,1lie Ail- ` vmee charged iL'np,ainsL them that it was ' not ring parent: : politics,1he Au- : aha ed throughvtli it lack of enterprise the town In notin a position to take advantage of the N. P.whicl.r was dotting the Province with rnanufrgturing establishments` A lalvrnantlre afterwards. however, a general Elebtion came on, and because lIay_or_ Bewrey hlppenecl just then to be busy in his f9'tr_ndry, he was roundly rated by Mr. Serr,re;yl'tucl_ the Advance, hacnuseha did in praisii of the NIP which, they ailirrneil, was the cause at his prosperity; though, illogicnlly ennugh, they refuse to credit the N.'P. with being in any way responsible fur tllE:Ileprt:SEl0ll existing in his,=an.l many other branches of buaincns, not only in our town, but throughout the country. And not only so, buguow that the N. P. is discredited mry where, ml by everyone except a few Tory tirst men,and Barrie alrnres in thug-.aeral dopruaion.bmughtahout mil Iggrmtenl rmgudonce tha lie direct In me -- 4 Means. ; Bull and McKay, as to 1113 state of their G oyr. business. The poor, blind party V` Jngotl Doestbe old grnnddarxretlriuk Ii ' |!_re puhlicis to be gulletl by such lmn- iv ornba.Istlrn'.1 Alllhisslruwl tnattlru `J ' momeumo 3 towrr(nn1I)ominipn,!oo,) L;