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LWAYS realizing the ever increasing demand for a per- fect Kitchen Range. and inorder to maintain our record for producing the best in Canada, we have installed the most up-to-date machinery in our factory at Ottawa that money can buy. We have been fortunate in procuring the most ex- pert judges of range material oni the Continent. and every piece is closely inspected by them before it is made up. This is a great safeguard to our customers. as well as to the repu- tation of The New Empress. We have 30 second-hand Stoves\we willsell at your own price to clear. Your credit is good on anything we sell. ls Again onthe Ton know_ what; I ll do? Something ter- hrible, I've--no doubt, . ieplied his "8mbitf.ius= _'~*i.f,0z.:- I s poseV it would- =j1?t`% look `$19-1 1-p_rin,t,[_ I < he admitted 3 I A_ 2 . A. TMARKS, Mama;-gr. MManag er Barrie Brainch ' i 1 Limited 51-60 National` Bank Building, Molitreal Canada Cement Co. Barns cisterns Dairies Dipping Tanks Foundations Fence Posts Feeding Floors `Gutters We d be glad to send a copy of our book, "What the Farmer Can Do W it/I Concrete,"-Free-if you ll ask for it. It tells the many uses of Concrete in plain. simple language--tells how to make is your choice--expense-producing Wood, or moneysaving Concrete? You can impair a wooden trough with ,comparatively little use; but it takes a powerful explosive toput a Concrete water tank out of business. The dampness which destroys lumber only intensies the strength and hardness of Concrete. priced cigars, put on some old lothes, `go out an come in by the backiwlay, an smoke a quarter-pounhd of `cut-`up chewin tobacco.__in a_ `cob pipe ~ T -mt an Hens Nests Hltchlng Posts Horse Blocks Houses Poultry Houses Root cellars silos Shelter Walls Which Barrie, Ont. Stables Stairs stalls A Steps Tanks Troughs Walks Well curb: Flmcoz. ven on Ottawa inds 0!! ,v made ce and 353$?` Floorlnl Pine mi VH6-Suv J ~~uv----';;-2,; ` ay er usinxgf Dcliglit-1} vrs. H tapage sui cl. propen be Fined: I18 for Fllbsen ` u8.1`V pn in N EH3 ,TINGS. acturers 5i F11 and ' ;SKH rt. ou.LIi _ n uchin-' ans`! }. .`:u.:::=E Idrl rIV' Barrio, Canifton, Ont.--I had been a. great sutferer -for ve years. One doctor told me it was ulcers of the uterus, nd another told me it was a brold tumor. No one knows what I suf- fered. I would always be worse 1 at certainperiods, ; and never was regular, and the . bearing-down . V _ . amswereterrible. '-':{;::_ was very ill in y "'- bed, and thedoctor ' told` me I would .- have to have an. operation, and` that I.m1ght die uring the operation. I wrote to my 1ster about it andshe advised me to ake Lydia E. Pinkham s `Vegetable ' Cjompound. Throu h persona expe- lence I `have fouu it the best medis ; cme 1n the world for fema_le1.troubIes, - or 1t has cured me._a_nd I didnot have ' 0 have the operation.after=.all..,r`r:v:?.l2ha` p ompound also helped me while : gas;-Q . I18 throu h Charge of*_I_.1fe .:-`sf ' mm mm., anitton. T, n g... `- 1 A`.-u ~._ .: 5`. .a`. Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com-e ound. made from roots. and herb as prqved to be the most euccesetu emedy for curing th ;.woratA forms?-Qf_,-i.. ._ , I 5 .d1p_1qoemen.l DOCTOR ADVISED OPERATION - ..v..-.. ....,..... awsavb uuu ucuuur 31-iw.~;. The United Stateevpeople ex- yex-ted to get cheaper food stuifs from `unzula. There was a huge delusion] on one side or the other on this food t in evef etal basg _,.- _.. `_----vv-u Opportunity was given for more advocates of reciprocity to take the} platform, but no one responded. Condemned Agreement. I When the resolution` condemning the reoiproeity_ agreement which had been moved by Sir'Edmund Walker and seconded by Mr. J. W. Flavelle, was [H111 to the meeting, almost the "whole audience rose up in favor of it. Smnebody asked the chairman to count the vote. He however, stated that there had been found to be 302 persons in the room (the admission _hein;_5 by ticket), and he thought it would be easier to count the oppon- ents of the resolution. The latter then stood up and they were found- to he only thirteen in number*--the three S]>e:l|u.'I`8 in favor of reciprocity, ex-. Ala]. Mark Bredin and .nine others. The vote was therefore 289 to '13 against the reciprocity agreement. ` 1n'-a.-...|_-| arm, wwcw ..----.-v- Materiai V Vfside. Sir Edmund Walker dealt first with the nmterial side ofthe question and. then with the national andlmperial ll:-zpevt. Both in this country and `the United States, it was argued by 8.dV03 ates of the agreement, he said. that `t would mean larger and better hriunu rphn TV`-|:5nr'I C16-.15.. -\n4.-In -- In favor of the agreement the} speakers were Mr. F. W. Hay, of Listowel, Mr. H. P. Eckhart and Mr. -J. E. Atkinson.` The latter speakersi certainly did not receive 8. very sym- pathetic hearing, although the inter- ruptions were not serious, except in one or two instances. One member of the Board of Trade urged that the opponents_ be given a perfectly fair hearing lest the newspapers should spread abroad the idea that they had not been treated fairly. Mr. R. `S. Gourlay, President of the Board of Trade, who was in the chair, replied that the disturbance was chiefly due to the persistence of the rst two ad- vocates of reciprocity in trying to getl answers to their questions from heck-' lers in the audience. Mr. J. E. Atkin- son later met with considerable in- te1'1'upti0n when it was thought by. some that he was bringing politics into the discussion. He replied that it was entirely a matter of politics, and could not be taken out of politics. l\....,....J..-_-2J.__ ___ lured % by Lydia E. Pink- 1am sVegetableCompound , The speakers `who epposed the agreement were Sir Edmund eWalker, Mr. J. W. F1avel1e,` Col. George T. Denison, .Mr. W. F. Cockshutt and Mr. J. D. Allan. Mr. Hugh Blain' also sent a letter expressing entirei dissent with the policy of such an agreement. ' - ' The meeting held by the Board of Trade in Association Hall last week for a discussion of the proposed reci- procity agreement between ,Canad_a| and the United States showed an over- whelming sentiment in opposition to the agreement. D By a Vote of 289 to "13 Members Show an Ovei-whelminga Senti- ment in Opposition tp -Reciprocity Pact--Sir Edmund Walker (Uh- eral) Moves Resolution Condemn- ing the Agreement -- Speech which Should he Read hy Every V Patriotic Canadian. e I PHURSDAY, `miisgiim-Ri?; fTf ;....;1?e o.pl9 1% a_r,__ an -is? ch- bi.18., iiked :aiii%+ a " bitiyke foolml gj;9'e,j.n_d1 (Applaus_e.).* 3 0 - o 7' h ' ' . . 1 The recmrocltv agreement 15 not only a matter of` trade, added Sir 'Ed- mundd Walker. _- I am a. ._Libera.l, but I am `a Canadian vrst a,IvlVc1_gl_lV'the>l ` We `A have practicllv thrott1e{iV5.n,d hamstringed, the fruit industry_ of British .Columbia_.. ._ ' V T Then there are the -. interests in-I Eastern Canada that will be .a:'e_cted'. The Niagara. Fruit .Growers are l amongst these . I have learned of a fruit farm that was bought for $40,- 000, and is now oered for $20,000. .Whether the owner has become panic- stricken I don t "know. Both `in Bri- tish` Columbia ' and in Ontario, .,we'- lhave been getting into fruit growing on" an important scale. In Washing: ton State as ;a result of irrigation they are produeiniz $7,000,000 worth . of, apples, and will" satin produce` `$25,- , l0O0.000 `worth pf apples and o t-hergj fruits. , . ` L " I Po;t A1:thui' and Fort William `have had a phenomenal growth. That_ is the natural place _for grain to be col- lected.` This practically _set_s them` back for years for -the freight will turn south from Winnipeg. ` VL-_ J.1_..._ __ I Winnipeg is growing fast. It has become the greatest wheat market in North America. That is a matter of great p:-actical importance in hand- ling the wheat crop. -A It is very. im- portant to the Western country.` What will happen under the new agree- ment Duluth and Minneapolis will be the markets, and _Winnipeg must pass away as the greatest grain mar- ket. ` ` . T Must Have Manufacturers. The West must have manufacturers. There `are 300 manufacturers in Win- nipeg, with 15 or 16 millions invest- ed. Anything done by the Govern- ment to arrest that movement is a very great misfortune. If this agree- ment goes through. Winnipeg must lay all its claims aside as a manuac- - turing city. E There_is no greater folly in the bill than the free wheat. Canada_ will lose both the carriage to the east and the milling of the -wheat .into our. The farmers cannot be benetted. The [United States grows 600 million bush- els of wheat beside great quantities of come and other grains, and the taking of the duty o Canada's` 100 millions of wheat is not going to" af- ifect the price. ` ' - . `I ? V U I The cffectof the agreement on Al-' berta would be that whether the meat packers would be -ruined, as they would be-in Ontario, the Alberta cat- tle `would be shipped to, Chicago. Canada would lose the haul eastward, The same would happen in the case of the wheat of Saskatchewan and Mani- toba. ` Hereferredeto halibut sheries on- ` the Pacic Coast controlled_ by, the` New England Fishing Company, vvhich' would be given an even better oppor-I itunity than before to secure the pro- ,fit from these sheries which Can- adians should receive. We don t` need the United States market for sh caught in the Pacic Ocean. ` B. O. Lumbermen. Referring to the "British _Co1umbia, lumbermen, he said` that 65 or 70 per} cent.` of the lumber made there was low-grade. Just across the line a! great deal more was made than in British Columbia,` and the latter Pro-_ |vincc did not vvant it shipped in there. While one British Columbia lumber- man was quoted as favoring the free lumber, the whole body oflumbermen of the Province had declared againstll Hr ` . `A The speaker `questioned the right of Messrs. Fielding and Paterson to make a treaty for the whole of Can- ada,. requiring so much technical knowledge and covering such widely varied interests. The agreement was made in `secret, Then deputations go. down to Ottawa, and though the Gov- ernment must see that it was wrong,` it tells the deputations that they came too late. _ onia. `get on? if applica-* 5. VugnneS&* use thcf` ncss and?-`_7;`-, yccdonifmg; ` _- I `"f'` I don't hesitate to say that, ex! cept for the shermen and the farmers -. `in few" quarters, the agreement will] lnot work out as expected. 1 questiovn, and it is mostly a matter of the food question. ' ' : /' ' ' ' Be it resolved that in` the opinion of this Board the proposed reciprocity: _ agreement with the United States of America is oppos- ed to the true interests of Canada, threatens `Canadian nationality, and should not be consummated. . T i . ` (4) That the proposed agreement would weaken the ties which bind Canada to the Empire. A A - (5) That to avoid the disruption of trade which after somc years under said agreement would result were said agreement `terminated and a protective tari against` Canada established by the United States, Canada would be forced to closer trade relations with them, which would still further weaken those ties and make it more diicult to avert political .union with the United States. GQEAIIVAA :1\' A` LL:.u ").......`l 1.1.. __;.-__ -___ fl ' "`(3) ' That any present` benet toany section` of Canada or to any interest therein which might accrue from said agreement would be -more than oset by the loss and injury to other sections and in- terests. ` '* .._.._, .. v-----q~-- aouauvovnaulnnll (2) `That very V_largeMe;penditures have been made upon railways,_ ~canals, steamships `and other means of transportation between `east and west and west and east to promote such development and trade, and_ that the proposed reciprocity agreement with the United States of" America would seriously check the growth of such development and trade and would curtail Canada s freedom of action with respect to herutaritf and `channels of trade, ' - - I V ' Q . The. resolution was as follows: a . 7 `f5g'1') That the present unexampled prosperity of Canada is the result` `of the policy which has been pursued in the development of her trade and of her `natural resources, and that any policy which would hamper the; development of Canada s resources in, her own way any by her own people, or which would check the development of trade. between the various parts of Canada with each other ,or between `Canada and the various parts of the Empire, would be detrimental` to the true interests of Canada and to Canadian nationality. `` "n`|n`- I7;]'I' 11-yuan` Ac.-ma-u.::L.-_.... L____ L_-_ H )R'rER : test 1'33 33801.01-1oN\. I nickll !l.o'p con; )3. cm-on`-colch`. \ _ , .,_ . . 1 oI:hr9ntandlug1: 35; vv uvovv I ra ied. vuun We should mind our own business and .glo it well to the best of our power. We want nothing to cause `us `deep concern as to our relations with the Mother Country or to the dierent Provinces. _ We should ask no one if we have the right to mind `our own aairs and `go on our` own way. ,``I hope then-,-. in the discussion fthrough the country, seine spirit of wisdom\ may; cI`om,_e, andivthe; Parlia- fment -[of Canada .m8ysdiacover:a means ' 1-whcr "by;_ thisV ;i' teggieeinent "not: ' L-be . ratinaagm V - - uuuua uuu. 5U Ul.l. our OW] ~ I in through the son: wisdom may come, and "rnnf nl Hanna; .`....- .'-I2--~ I believe if,the public men of this country had gone to the West and met the farmers and the active men _of the West they would see a` fair thing when a" fair thing was presented to. them. - " 11-rrv I` I-`- - 4 _ --- .._-`- vvvv - We fought in the open before.J This time we ght with hands tied be- hind our backs. An` option was given on our" country without our having the right to say anything about it. God forbid that we should give it. Parties are so in this country that it is al- most impossible to get a man in the House of Commons to go on the; other side.` -There is~:~a national aspect jto this movement. It is not a`ques- ytiongof the East against the West, norzof the manufacturers against thei "farmer. `We are one people and one Dominion. l L - ` ` I (LT I,'<|- ` I; -- --- ' va. vuv auuwlualuvuul UUll1lU5.l'y. Have these people changed? Have their political instincts changed? Is there anything to-show that a less scrupulous. man than the present President might not put up the bars again? They have not changed. They are-a clever, able and strong people, who believe it would be to the glory of Canada, as well as to the advantage of .the.UnitedStates, if these" two he- came one country. A @0441... u n - a 4 The fallacy of wider markets has lived long at Ottawa. It is not wider markets of temporary duration, but constant markets taking continuously that are the really important ones. Our British trade is regular and even, and we want our inter-Provincial trade. What we want is the intelli- gent development of our own resourc- es, -and to trade where we may, so long as we do not pay the price which will hamper us later. Inathe future, as now, we will have friendly relations with the United States. But we have been served with notice not once, but twice, that the international boundary is a very real affair. When the. United States altered their tari no question was raised as to our com- fort. After the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty_ in} 1866, when our trade relations were broken o , men almost wished to become part of `the United States; But we pulled our selves together, and built railways to connect the Provinces. There grew 11 a national spirit and a unity between the Provinces. Higher taris were raised, and we were again reminded of the international boundary. Wnvn 1-nnnnh: nhnnnn C unuon 1 us` so ts she Iv Qua 51.3556 `vs 0511 We made a treaty with France gwheh we. should not have made. It gis because~of the French treaty that iwe were compelled to have _the con- ferences vwith the United States. This is the cause of our anxiety and -the anxiety of England, the mother of `us all. ` _ ' ~---~ ~~- \--rr---.~-~I' . I _Mr. J. W. -Flavelle said he did not, `believe in treaties or agreements with any nation in regard to `trade with Canada, other than members of our own family. Changes are so rapid we can t estimate what even ve years- will bring forth. Yo vnna n J--.-...L.. ;.:4.1'_ 'n_-___-_ ; call it. (Applause). ; This thing is a trade measure, but :it is also a matter` of British con- jnection or `continentalism, as some `I l'__ 1* 11v 131 I don t say Canada would yield to annexation, but the country` is get- {ting along Well, and we should con- ltinue on_ our present course. f'lII_!__ L1 ' ,- The most` deadly thing that ever` could have been invented to interfere I with this assimilation is the proposed reciprocity agreement. 1 " I l T `I I -other. countries. joining the United States. have -changed. Many people have come from the United States to Can- ada. And many have come from All have to be as- similated by this country. Some of them are from England, and have a Socialistic tinge. nu, - _,, , 11 nun .- Things 1 A 'Nat13iza1 Aspect. Important Markets. ` `T1{AEv%%N0RTHi3RN AD\l'A1Ic14`;: - otca 1; day in 3: nouncemq eek folldq ' L ~ . nzanaoy. ,; ` 1`_he..`ret iredf contractpr sighd as he `gbt 5. ilgtq his g1_ressL jinit. and "5 thought " V _ ; , Vahd }&; iMulcastei' Street The Nat_ipg_a__1_IfHg. Co. \/VIIII-I (I05 VV II-II ' IIIIU RIC KIIJI CIJIIII-J cl nliness and well-a-or_dered appearance of ' oncretc. ` The best of wood cannot withstand, `for long. constant dampness and soaking. Its tendency to rapid decay _, soon shows itself in leaks and stagnant pools of water around. trough. V They are short-lived and require re- placing every few years---n_ot to mention continual patching to keep them in repair. VVooden drinking froughs are about as reliable as the weather, ` Sloppy, leaky wooden troughs, or" clean, durable Concrete ? The New Empress Range CE9ntra$t \`vitl1:.`this` the`: durability, u L4IJl`)l'I" fuarv Pom