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-- V -1 uwuvvv-cw, -rv< Saturday `only I-`INE s 77TH CaOUlIl5l.V '7` Above 2111 wonder aw and the L": "His perm]-u `to encieamz D1`. Drumm `thing: for `stands: to V trustf'u1lj.' :1 Him Who r` "the rain fa much rnr>:-z- sgrace fall `theim fruitf LL, . The appointment of 1 Hon; Charles Dunning, Premier of Saskatchewan-, as Minister of Railways and Canal, adds immensely to the `strength ._of the King Government. Mr. Dunning is one of the big men of the `West and has a splendid record of achieve- ment. He is"a man of ideas, of ad- ministrative ability, of courage and high integrity-. LAICIII 1 A u I L In the text W:~1.<, of the Hon 15:35). F earnest 1111' the hiqhi- :fel`ow rm :2 `gradually tm LU puuu\uU~ I HERB .H' from a for: prominent pr: study and pr as the nanw i: herbs, roots" earth for th Indians lived. healthy and < fact that the-_\ all their me from herbs, 1` of study and Astrated the F :1 eases and su! caused by an ous wast in 1 diseases. imn and stomuul. and many on sound sloop .- eliminatim: n perly the Yo blood; if Iml. fex'n1ontml n that is z1l>\~._V HERB .ll~ l('l edy, acfs on tion. not on and bowels :1 gans to more mild, g'ener:1l discomfort 0 Vgter-effect i net. For sale by Price $1.00. On Wr).'Iti: bers of th- s her of z1}>.~:;: `tea meetitar. `had been nu cellent ;<}m-:L f0H\`.I in the .\`('}]-V? was chairmn. Mrs. H. E. \ Don and _\ Messrs. Shun addresses hf.- man, Rex`. -chairman. Miller's C My < from \ l"|.LV:1J./|.'x.v on the m:n'l; created u I. city in whim Scores of su prompt and stomach tion, liver 1 bi1iousno.<.< :1 their gzmtitu for publiczui urrnu L 99%. D] -' People :11` rather than things raun- ing childish right if th Dr. Drumm know say in pOSS(`.'<.\`in thing else. rather than They say 1` give up th. quire w<-:11` else, but xx. are gum ': their habit< are oV'cr1n.; have, but v. declared tim- ideals and Ask those xv see if the, thoughts, 1- courage. tr` things tha . f lastingly Wm AL,..,. ..n CAL1\:":\D I ._ L`. , ... Llucubcn. Declarin by principh ical well-M called th- .-sickness an and 1'e\~ari ' pleased or z ies about fa shattered. all in the maintain, business, in sions are h tion, and ; politics and forever is 1 theories m I! \J`lll seem that to characu that comes is charactm Life is 2. tr brings sum :ing. It gix ._good and :- may be thl If good ca: it would `u be the thix going to In to us shoul tion. Onv living faitr quences." hnnlu win: The Oshawa Reformer has opened an office in Toronto in order to go after city `business, including job printing. This is carrying the war into Africa and is very fair retal-- iation.,for thepractice of city print- ers to canvass the country towns for business, frequently selling at prices less than" they `get in -the city. f1'1`-wnsm The A\V|Y H itfu They are not supposgd t6 be '33 gre,a_b bglievers, in_V.adygi'eiaing in` Eng-' land as on'this `side.-rot the water, yet the` London D'aVily4-Mail gets $75 an inch per issue .-913 it space and al- ready has all its'*,space -sold fa the` -year 1926. 9 f2. The ruling has been given,that:1ec.~: tures are not to be classed as amuse-. meats. We `presume the curtain yar- i'etY is?`included.' . ` `-x '. Ep1f1*oR1AL c%Q%MMEm+%%V%% *;*****x***w*******;**** 4. u_ _ >14 >14 >14 '1` >1! I-azorvlvgsu .r THE LATE cARD_iN'AL Mgncnnn ab) !,va.\a\nI I ` The Toronto Globe very well siies up -the situation when it says: The investigation at t cawa' would do well to forget their politicaLaffi1iations_at this time. This question isetoo im- V committee eng ed in the'smuggling ` .po.rtant, and the need` fora thorough` probe too vital, to permitthe injec- tion ofpolitical spleen for thepur-4 pose of bringing discredit upon or of shielding `anyone. The public hasl been told that -a highly organized sys- tem of piracy has been robbing the treasury of millions of dollars, dam-, aging the interests of `legitimate bus- iness - firms ' and demoralizing -an im- portant branch of the public service, and wants the facts laid bare; in the most direct and impartial Lmanner which the cominitteeican employ. The tactics _of the personnel "of tli`e,_com-- ' People of independent mind can hardly fail to be disgusted by the ex- hibition of political partisanship by representatives of both Liberals and Conservatives on: the committee in- vestigating the_ customs irregular- ities. What the public desires is that the.charg'es. should be probed to the limit -entirely regardless of whose ox is gored. - A p e - _ 'I"L.'. VI`--Auk- l"I..L-.. ........ .....II .3... the customers -that drift in. vyuxov VVLVJAVUIU Unvvyvnulao . Not only is volume assured, but this also is true-itntelli'gent1y han-t dled advertising establishes bmtrade that cant `be depended upon`. The noh-advertiser struggles along with. _1,1 ,_ 1 V 3 I. vnnv u usuuv talus D uuluv An able merchant who" plans his advertising as carefully as he does his store methods gradually builds up an \-Iln'4$L ll lilo entrenched position in the commun- ity; `his policies and claims are ac- cepted -at par, and steady" growth is inevitable. . . - ' vcvuv vv ywsaunv All: His reasoning was margin of_ prot` was he did not advertise. nun u Advertising .increases- business; it adds to its volume without adding to overhead. More business is donei at the same expense and the net prot on the` whole volume is` larger. T HTha't is ;{ bugagggseeeggg that has been demonstrated in every line `of trade without exception. ' % ' \T>.J. .....`l... .'... --..1....._ ..... .._-.'l L--J. in-,.vac'or,dance_ . `wit.h.-the- '-conte`n.ti6fns; -. of The 1Exaniiner,, and 7 fully` i`ju_sti_`es -- -i `the Z-criticisinsi 1jma'de\`fconcern,ing the . `matters C This ,-incident very-.gcl_'early i the ,oici~als.`-T When the iinspectori.` _ `was --in'- -Barrie some weeksjago, the showsrlaxity in the administration` of the `department and ignorance or in- c'ompetence= on the part of some of . whole situation was very fully ex-x plainedto-him, but he _said `that. those _ attending the lectures were liable for thetax, and that the impost must be paid for members as wellas for non-members who paid admission fees. Following up the interview, with the inspector, a solicitor wrote to the _ depgrtment, on behalf of the W0- men s Canadian 'Club, setting out all- the facts clearly. `Again came the answer. that the club was liable for V mission that such-. lectures `-as given under the auspices of these `\ladies never were within the scope of the Amusement Tax Act, it must be very evident that `these officials whmpress- edythe club for payment are -very in- adequately informed concerning -the measure they are trying to enforce. Had, it not been for the vigorous pro- test of the Public Library Board, the Amusement Tax Branch would have continued to exact from the W0- men's `Canadian Club a "levy for which .it is now -admitted they are in no way liable. All of which goes to show that it pays, to kick when gov- ernment officials try to- put over_ something which youthink they have lno right to `do. the tax. In view of Mr. Orr_ s ad-" I can't a`o1v'dZ-to advertise," said. a young merchant the other day, be-. "cause-my margin of prots is.too close to permit it." 'l'_'l' . _ _ . _ _ . _ . . _ _ . .. n__._:_.|.._ .1 r1':._ cufr out THE POLITICS T rr curs OVERHEAD twisted. His small because . I . Amusement Tax`. Fa1~m'ers?' Sun: The amusgment tax shou_ld`1be;__limi'ted_-to places of amuse`- ment that `_are conducted pi-imarily `Au I-his I1nu\I- AI C-u`\n:- Auuvnnun ~ uuvuv Iutuv 95 vuuuuvvvu Ill]! liter` the prot of their owners. - Vbvvllv IIIVGDUIEGUIVIIO ` `?In his evidence, Mr. Sparks said that conditions "in Montreal were scandalous; smugglerss were ' not preventive officer in `Montreal, told - one of the Association officers, `High ' officials at Ottawa are `interested and you should "read between the lines and you will make money. Such _` statements as these challenge the un. divided attention of the committee. The public wants to know about this Montreal . situation, about" Bisaillon, `to what extent. this alleged xmesh of corruption extended through \the Cus- whitewashing. properly punished; that Bisaillon, toms D artment, and why-not' about pp itical `intrigue or. political _ `which. roused business men, regard- less of party, to organize` for their mutual protection, caused them to spend time and money and to make repeated representations. to the Gov- ` ernment for the public welfare, can- not be made the_ subject of political recriminations without a reaction. The Commercial Protective Associa- tion -obviously was formed only after theserious depredations of" the smug- gling industry had become apparent. I It represented the united expression` of individual alarm over overwhelm- -f"i~`.`X of grave public moment ingconditions. R. P. Sparks, the president, told the committee that] the organization estimated the loss i_n public revenue annually through smuggling -at $10,000,000, and that the competitio of smuggled g-o.o'ds. was driving ms into bankruptcy. The situation was __ laid before" the Cabinet, -Government 4 assistance was rendered, and "the Protective Associ-. ation began to gather evidence which, apparently, was the incentiveto the present investigation. . : at... 1.:.. ....:.1-_.... 11.. c`o__..1__ _-_':_n `ling charged. Partisanship will help neither side. If Mr. Istevens made Already partisan motives are he-E his motion for -an in-quiry merely] with a desire to discredit the Govern- l ment, and proceeds on this policy in the committee, he will gain nothing. If the.Li-beral members assume that it istheir duty merely to prevent Mr. Stevens from proving his charges, they will condemn their party by in- ference. t -Zeal in- bringing out the, facts fairly and squarely will be the only `basis on. which either side can claim credit. _ v ~ 7111 .5 ,III mittee are being watched as `keenly `as the evidence is `being read. Any effort to becloud the issue, to color or suppress the facts, will be weigh- ed properly -by the nal judges in the case--`-the voters. ' ` I Buy TlLvo:-thud: ` " "l.'h!n'co.'` BIGGI-`R Am `BETIER Bu1NEss %0URi 110110" FOR 1926 1 _ ouR7 FINANClAL_ FOR 1925 WAS A maconn. THANKS TO You FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. `OUR DEsuzg1s.tb Do EVEN BETTER FOR 1926. HENCE THE UNDERNOTED SPECIAL VALUES. J PRICES SPEAK FOR ! A ' Servic Electric IRON, 64119., guaranteed, special .. Seafoam Electric WASHER, Dolly. type,` special , Domaco Elect:-ic'6-I-blRON$ .GI:1aranteed ~ FOREVER, pnce complete . . . . . . `swam; Electric CURLERS, guaranfeed, special ea. Dianhiond Tungsten? BULBS," 25, 40 and 60watt, special 5 . . . . . . . for $l.0_( ~10o-WATFQNITROGEN % BULBS, . . ; ...`. In this ` h 1: _ vure the disting_i1ish'd iixiigia-:'}`e1ae is shown `in. h` iardoh. a.t.I[.li:1eos.gT:urrounded -by some ~01 `the-"C!:madia1"1 news aperme: Hg-:.baside `thevcsrdinal. v'For% the use.` of the en- e receivd o'n";`th__eh' -`visit in July, 1924-. `H. (E. `Rice, `editor ofit e Hunts-- ` ,% ,.._1(lebte:!4..to.Ilr..Vl3enilol:1::`A9! the V Nu.ma'l`;rihu1_:9,. OTTON HARDWARE CO. p ; $1.00 if:-12 3Aa k__naV zxA_mNI.-:1__z 11` pus TO READ OUR ADS`.AND TO WATCH OUR wmnows -. .V .' ._.-`7$6_75 "The Nuisance Taxes .1 Renfrew Mercury: Di erent'week- 9 ly newspapers of Ontario have of late I been campaigning against. the nuis- .V ance taxes, no doubt doing so with `I the hearty approval of all their read- . ers. With both Federal and Provin- \ cial Governments `collecting money > intthis -way, the p ple are beginning . to" grow restive`, a d once the sov- i ereign people make up their mind on any question, something is bound to happen. A way to solve the prob- lem is to get after the"'M.P. s and M. L.A. s personally. Let letters- be written to `them, or let them be seen ' in person._ With opinion -in Parlia- ment and the Legislature thus` inu- nced, the nuisance taxes must soon go. It is urged against the re- moval of these charges upon the pub- lie that there `are debts which must be paid. That is true, -but the remov- al. of -- certain taxes would make for; economy, would -cut o` unnecessary expenditure, and we all know that of l ' such both~on Parliament I Imposing on the Press" Forest Free Press: Many people [who would not for an instant think `of going'to a merchant to ask him for free goods have no hesitanbyp lwhatever in coming into a newspaper. office to ask the publisher for free' space--and actually are aggrieved if they do not receive it. ' When one; "considers the public service that a newspaper at all times freely ren- ders,,i_t iswperhaps not surprising that the patience of -the publisherat times `becomes exhausted when these pri- vate appeals are made. Watch the Little Cuts ' Bracebridge Gazette: `Put some- thing on it right away. A circular from the Ontario Safety League says that "from seven and one-half per cent. to ten per cent. of compensated accidents are caused by neglect of cuts and scratches. A sad example `occurred in Bracebridge last month, where a man lost `his life- as the re- sult of cuttinghisthumb on a stove; pipe. Clean it and saturate it at once with some disinfectant. Iodine, they say, is one of the best. If the Town Council can legally dis- pose of the old Queen's Hotel proper- ty, it should not lose the oppor unity of doing so, even at a small imm diate sacrice. For years these ruins have been an eyesore, an ugly blot on the appearance of the main streetand a` serious detriment to the business sec- tion in which this unsightly condition has existed. Even if the Town. should sell at a few hundred dollars less than the charges against the proper- _ ty, this will 'be more than repaid by the removal of something th-at has too long marred our `business section `and it will be further repaid in dol- Jars and cents by the increased as- sessment of ` the buildings `which would replace the ruins. `; V Law Against Gossip I H C-hesley Enterprise: The State of [Kentucky has legislated against gos- sip, making the `malicious sort punish- I able by nes or gaol sentences ac- cording to the enormity of the scan- dal-mongering. We.would liketo see such a law in the criminal code of Canada; We have laws against the defamation of character but `we should have a gossip law too. _ V , `AMONG EXCHANGES K014 >X<>I0X<$>I<>E wmixmwmmwwmmwwm Back-Yard Handled Axes, cast steel, special . . . . 94 . PHONE. 123 - BARRIE Happy Thought Steel RANGE as good as new, ' ` cash price . . . . . . . . 4-tine D handl Maple Leaf BARN FORKS, regular $2.35, gpgcial P 1-less ovsnzn SHELLS, is in! . . . $1.79 per 100 lbs. - Saturday only ` COAL OIL. in 5 -gal1or.1 lots, ' `Saturday special ; . . . . $1.19 Not delivergd at above prices. Royal urple CALF MEAL, % 25-`lb. bags, regular $1.35, Saturday special . . ' $1.19 bag The ruling giv n by thegamuqe ment tax department that the W0-' men's Canqdian Club need not pay the tax on admissions to"`lectures. is ' vv vulu n\cv|vc alnglng DCIIOOIS Almonte Gazette :" Our Canadian life is 'su"ering/inconceivably from the fact that we `have largely ceased to sing. We do not teach the child- ren to sing in the schools. In the welter of arrangement and re-ar- rangement o_f schedules to suit this doctrinaire and that, we have forgot- gmuch. Certain imposts are referred `to by the people as nuisance taxes because of the trouble which organ- izations require- to go to in their collection. It is not too soon towipe out _such taxes as baseball and hoc- key clubs require to pay. !.Hi-ll and in 'Queen s Park, `there is. Would Revive Singing Schools V an'ANc|_-sass, . Speaking at the Midland Kiwanis Club last week, Mr. Laidlaw of Tor- . onto gave some interesting history concerning re insurance. The idea -originated in London, England, after` the great conagration of 1666, he said. In 1700 a number` of compan- ieswerc organized to `carry on a re- insurance, business as at commercial proposition, and each company had its own re brigade. The buildings were marked so that in case of re a brigade would know if it was insur- ed in their company or not.` About. fty years ago the last of these pri-_ ._vate fire brigades in London was tak- -_en over by the city. __.... .. `uuvnnnv urn.-stlltvlo snrplusuge wisely deposited` in the Bank of Toronto.- Wiser still, he sought the expert in- vestment counsel of his Bank of Toronto manager. 1 "fortable and prospero`us., That was years ago. He is now retired, com- '.. .` D--- L. 14211 'BhtVh:;ti!lreox:1:s'i:1v-for advice on banking end investment matters. For he regards the Bank of Toronto as a good frie_nd-a friend that gives ser- vice and that Is unfailingjn its welcome. A friend . that has earned the trust `and cordial good-will of thousands of farmers like himself. T E was.a farmer of sound charact-er and ability. So `when he asked for a lo5n to further _develop his farm it was readily granted, . wrm.` 4.- I.`___1__ 1_,,, -4- , ~-;- ------ -- -~- ""`T"l 6" V the loan he bought more stoclk, machin- ery and seed. His farm prospered and his prots swelled. After selling his crop he paid back the loan and had a handsome surplus. . TL}- ;--.._I-__ L- WA, A FriendIy Bang :n I71: undouuuu 1 _ lIIJllCICIDOX' gr-`la: ..m_,,,,._' .................. llllllllllllllllll I I I I v. .. I WIMMM .u.wm// nuyuo -unuuuuau - I _BARRl)E-I-I, A. atm. manager. ALLANDALE - . ('ELMVALE-A-H. R. Wart.Qn_..Manaor. Vetcraft Zinc Wash Boards, Saturday special . . . . .~ . 39 `TIN CLOTHES BOILER with copper bottom, speclal `Through an arrangement ma'de "between 'V the . Federal Government and the`Governments of Ontario` and Alberta`, guaranteeing to meet any excess of transportation costs over the $7.00 rate, Ontario is assured of an ample "supply `of Alberta coal at `reasonable prices for the remainder of the winter at least. This arrange- ment was made upon` the initiative of Premier Ferguson. His prompt as- sistance in the fuel situation will be appreciated by the people. _ &'1'{o7\'TER' . "33ii'e'. W W special . . . . . . . . ; . . $3.98 Size 16"xvH%"x8V2" high. Wear-EverV Cover-V I j 10% OFF DINNERWARE Al_`J D FA_._NCY TC]-!IN_A. GILLETTE RAZORTBLADES Pkgs. of`5 blades, special 39 Pkg s. of 12 -bladeg, special 74 GLASS FLOWER BASKETS Regular 43c, special 29 Buy now for future use. uj --QQITQ DQBIIC +Your Opportt`1'nity! ` .'ten that music is oneof the richest assets of -personal and domestic life. The ideal` state for improving the present condition of things, to set Canada singing, would be to have it done through the schools, but if that cannot be done surely there is enter- prise enough among those who have the gift of song, and the necessary _quality'of teaching it to others, to re- vive the singing school again. We `need not pitch our key for a dirge of death, but we may be well assured that the people who will not sing will lose the `gift of song, and the foun- tains of poetry, will not ow. How poor is the.land which has no poet's laurels and no chaplet of song. FEBRUARY 25, 1925. _ VTh_'e'L'ondon Advertiser, the oldest and_ most inuential Liberal news- paper in Western Ontario, has been bought by interests closely associat-' ed, it is said, with the Conservative d'aiIy,;the Free__ Press. J. E. Atkin- son of- the Toronto Star, who owned the controlling interest in the "riser, is reported to have dropped $300,000 in llisf London newspaper venture. Once more is demonstrated how easy it -is to lose moneyrunning `a daily 'newsgaper..: "