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UJl12Nnrtl12rnAhRL; Fmm information gleaned at a meeting of Prog'ress'ives in the Par- liament Buivldings, Toronto, last Fri- day, a big effort will be made to de- feat the Ferguson Government at the next election. Hon. W. E. Rancy presided and a msolxition was pa:`.;~`- etl enr1`:1'sin;.-' his I-;a`.c1'.<}iip. Rt."-.'. Ben. Spence, A. W. Roebuck .1z;Q,_ Arthur Hawke.-` \ve_vw U-}(,;(.-(_.;i"a1 _;-1;, `?'9i`h01'i[1f-f_ `"35 .~'oni(- time aw} pl-ans "t"c)'i-Kine-rit-xt 2-1(`C[`:0I`I campaign were xii.-`cu.-:. Hon. F. C. Big `s inti- mated that the next provincial elec- tion would be fought on the temper- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1926.` H.on. George S. Henry, Minister of Highways, is giving considerable thought at the present time to the establishment of a tax on freight carrying motor trucks, accord.in.,r2; to 3 the amount carried. It is pointed out that the trucks use the Ontario highways and pay nothing, from ordinary licenses `.0 the upkeep of their right of way. There possibility that legislation will be brought down at the next session of the house` to introduce such a levy. The trucks, it is stated, compete with he railways without the right, of way char,<.,res that the steam roads are forced to meet. The innumerable variety of trucks using the road makes. the problem one of (Lifculty. 4 apart . i.=.a Lord Bym: of Vimy has nished th his zerm of office, and leaves Canada w with the best wishes of the people'cl of the Dominion for his future. We sa have hadmany able men as Governor- k: General, but none of them have gotldi so close to the ma:~:s(;s in all parts of cl the country as has Lord Byng. For a. ve yaers he has travelled the re- W mote, as well as the settled, portions 1'! -of this wi unit of thegs-1 British Em.pire. This experience hasla in:~'.pir4-d him with the 0ptimi;~7m that n -Canada is to become a great l`.2).T.l()ll.. His ]')(:l'(:L{`l`ln2ll.i0nS have re- 4 veale- the wonderful potentialities o of the Dominion, and he goes away `. convinced that with the united efforts :1 `of Canadians these can he turned i4 into realitie:-1. Few of our own 3 people have had opportunities equal} L to those which Lord Bym: has en- L l l joyed to estimate the extent of our emlow-men`. of natural resources. The l`ev(:'i'ipmL-lit of our rich heritaxge` is the task that confronts us. To I acccomplish it there is net,-d for thell growth of national unity. And Lord Byng has striven as have none of his JGTGIICCCSSOTS to brin-gr that uhtuz. It is keenly to be re;:rette that during the Last two months of his szay a i con,trovers_v should have arisen over his oicial conduct. Had it been pos- sible to avoid that, his departure woum have been to him the end of ve happy, busy, and useful years of service. As it is, he goes with the heartful wishes of Canadians for his future prosperity and further vusefulness to the EmP5T9- become an , and a cure, be found. The Milwaukee Journal, in its issue of August 31, sheds some light upon how Chicago has succeeded for years in extracting Lake Michigan water , against the protests of Canada, New York State, and the American War Department. The Journal thus quotes the report of the Chicago ' Association of Commerce on the sanitary district: In two years 46 5 lawyers were paid $90,120 to ght Chicago's case; 304 invest.ig'ato1-s" collected $426,302; 47 engineers re- ceived $77,717, and ve special re- - present-wives got $32,163. The sanitary distric-t paid $624,875 to this group of gentlemen, who found 1 ar_2'unients and evidence to show why Chicagio should extract water from the lakes. But that was only the beginning. More special attorneys and engineers drew $522,216.41; then travel, meals and entertain- ment to the tune of $247,787.20 seem to have been necessarf to win favor for the Chicago position, and $140,683.43 for advertising, and 1- $70,837.17 for miscellloneous gen- >- oral expenses were incurred, appar- e ently to clinch the arguments or >1` break down opposition. Among` the it list of interesting` and eminent people `P who helped--for generous cash con- : siderations--in this Chicago effort ap- ' pears the name of T. Challvkey Hat- _1_ ton, Mi-ltwaukee s sewerage commis- .o sion engineer. Mr. Hatton s com- pensation for advice on the lake 1,, levels situation is put down at $10,- 885.50. The total of Chicag`o .s so- ;y called lake levels expenditures, the -Chicago Association of Commerce is told by its accountants, was $1,606,- 400.17 in two years. In one of the palaces in the cityii _of Genoa there is a g`-lass case very i carefully guarded. It contains aii violin which was used by the great ` violinist Paganini. This violin was bequeathed to the city of Genoa on condition that it should never be played again. It has been preserved since then as the greatest treasure of the city. But the violin is perish- ingr and some day will fail to pieces. When i- . was used and the touch of the bow kept; it in vibration, it was safe. Now that it is perfec'J13' stiili it is attacked bf tiny in=:c'.s xvhich are de;*-tro_vin_;' the \\ Cml. Under I.h..` hdl`--`i of 25 nl1`..Lf}1` 3! forth the ':no. wrm`:-,ri'u1 music a violin `ms I I UH`? i-:_3`*('4i`. .\.u\v it 1:. u.-u1I.~.~`s and --- `kilem. com: 21 hvandful of (lust. That what harppens to every "man who withhold-s from God the life and ser- vice whic}: belongs to him.-Seecto.(l. .VuIv |U ._x ;.-.y.-_.`.; uuu In course of time it wild be-* .\ otwithstand'in:.r the millions of dollars spent every year in this pro- vince upon education it fails to reach, or if it does, to benet a con- siderable portion of the people, and it is from this class that come many of the persons sentenced by the courts to short terms in prison for minor offences. For the year ending October 31, 1924, 4,328 persons were sentenced to v`.he ve provincial reformatories or farms of Ontario. and to the two Toronto municipal farms. Dr. Lavell, Commissioner for Extra Mural Employment, states that out of those so sentenced, 443, or more izhan 10 per cent., could neither read nor write. Little better prob- ably were the 1,555 who classed themselves as laborers, or of no oc- cupation. Of the 1,289 who Cilllltll themselves mechanics, very few would be recognizt,- as real me- 'chanics. Many of them are, -they say, auto mechanics," who hardliy know how to do more than handle a dust rag or Lake a tip. Of the 360 classed as agriculturalists, not ma".y r are intellix.-;env`. farm hands. In other 1 land their economic value words, Dr. Lavelil`, the meat majority of the inmates of these in- .s".itutions are practicality untraimni, ` is by no means high even as free men. Dr. Lavell believes: that of the 4,328 pris(mers mentioned over 3,000 have not the ahiliay nor the aptitude .wl.ich would make the payment of wa;-;es ~`.o them econom- ically possible under any practicable internal custodial c.ondition::. ll these men have liu`.l.e economic value under supervision and instruction it i.~s obvious that `.h(:_V will oe of lr.-.ss use when {real to shift for them- II... . IIVL. L....A:._.. . LI..- al)o\'(-, ` i Notes and Commeunmtg AALIII U. .~'.-!l'v<.-:4. T111: siiuznjon is :1 bl-3'. on the ;~:tz1te csf civi`1iza.tion which the ,provincc thinks it has reached. 1 nn\\.r\.:- VVI-I\p|uI.4na mu .4-.-u. Mcawford, Oct. 2.--}I. N. Butt` of St. Catharincs, trolflirng here yester- day for trout caught the largcsi that has been 1a'n(l0(l in years. 11, wr.-ig'h-. ed 28% : lbs. and mczLsure(l 47'/_- inches in length. The big trout was son`. to Tm-on*oo to be mounted and V will be exhibited th 0. ' Hawaii is said to have twice as many motor trucks as there are in |Chim\. ' TROUT WEIGHIED 28 LBS. II 5 I n, 11 \v 11`. GIFTS UNUSED USELESS MEN The appalling waste by res in Canada is shown in a statement is- sued by the Dominion Fire Commis- sioner in Ottawa. The value of the property actuaxltly destroyed was $40,729,724 in 1925; $45,906,531 in 1924; $48,282,354 in 1923, and $54,- 390,688 in 1922. If to these amounts are added insurance premiuins in ex- cecss of losses, and cost of re pro- v tection, public and private, the total - cost of res averag'es over $100,000,- 000 a year. The worst of it is that in spite of warnings and precautions ' the cost per head has grown from $3 in 1916 to $4.35 in 19:25. On- -tario is by far the worst o'end`er among the provinces. The greatest loss per head occurs in smalil towns of 1,000 to 5,000. The greatest ag'greg1a'.e loss is not from spectacu- lar coiiflaigrations. Smal res be- low $1,000 to the number of 27,111, caused a total loss of $9,664,800. " .-. Gun.-. 41,- -.. .... .. ,..,.,, C21 ubltll it Moreover, the origins of res are ;_renera1`1~y very simple. Overheated stoves, furnaces and pipes, sparks on roofs, defective chimneys and ues, carelessness with matches, smoking, coal oil stoves, hot ashes and coals, grate res, account for two-thirds of the classied causes. It is estimated that at least, 75 per cent. of all res are caused by carelessness, and therefore, i can be prevented. The week beginning: October 3 has been designated Fire Prevention Week inz` order to draw attention to,_tl1e:.=.e enormous and unnecessar_V ex~pendi-1 ULc&l tuna V). -,:.,, L: `J -,V..... tures. TO TEST VALIDITY OF THE. '\COMBlNES ACT` That the legznlity of its endeavor` to fix drug prices will be taken into the courts by the Proprietary Ar- ticles 'I`1`a(l~e Association and that the constitutionality of the Combines Act will then be C21alllC(l into questionl was expressed by several memlbersl this week. \V . 1,, 3, L1._ :......-.I:..L,. ....,\. Page Two _-}c ::.nt.< .-\:~:.~'ociation, while HOL .=pea'.<- or ,}. '17, Crowcier, nianager of the ocers section of lluf P.-;:*.L`l .`.I*-:1`-I ` l A `i. *i11`g in any way for the ll`Uf.`,`}. ,'l.~`<`.S. said : Some of the outstanding; leguilu authorities on commercial and con- stitutional law are 0-f the opinion. that the Combines Investigtation Adt is Ulnra vires, as was the legislation creating the Board of Commerce, and if a court action follows, as it prob- ably will, it will mean the testing` of the entire legislation. 11.. r~..-_...i-.. .......,\...I dun Ln LINE \`VCCl\o Not only is the innnediate quos-i` tion raised of the P.A.T.A. having the right to establish prices for all members of the trade, but the gen-] eral principle will have to be settled} they say. The grocers, for ins`.`a.ncc,l ,have been contemplating: a similar, .course. If the (lru`g'g'ists cannoti iestablisli a scale of prices then n0{ - H L... I . _ . . ..,i 41.... ...:n L. 41.. `LHU UIH/Ill: l.lS_,IUl`a.\;l'Vlln Mr. Crowder agreed that the g*rocc-rs were contemplating` a course simiL1~ar to that in -the P.A.'1`.A. I utx ,, :_x-... r....... LL.` .`..L }SlIIlllAl`i1l` LU Lallilb Ill bill: L.r\.L.rx. One might infer from the pub- lished report from Otuwa that the function of the wholesaler is obso- lete, said Mr. Cmiwder, explaining that -the wholesaler and the joblwr are necessary to stabilize and pro- vide credit for the retailer. Roger W. Babson, '.he American stutisLic'i:-m, he pointed out, has stated that the jobber will be in l)us'inr:;='.<: one hun- dred years from to-day just as truly as he is to-day. Mr. Crowder de- clareal that it is the ind.ivid`ua'l* re- } tailer, and not the chain store, which v is the pioneer in new elds. He is the builder, while the chain store v comes ulontz` when the market is um An. In uvnu thmi not Lhr pioneer I-ulrl ishm I. ".`/.1lv|IlIDlllIll- 'l`h<- indivixlual ret:1iiIr-r must lie- pencl on the jobber and the inten:;iv.- 'pricv.--cuttinxz of the chain and mam order houses is very (I<:I11()1'zuli7.in;'_': for the .n1m:r`..l' bu-sziness man," he ursxuml. Thte essence (nf the whole movr-ment in the retail clru;.:' and _;'r0cery `.ra|es is to xzuurnntee to the- retail merchant :1 reusonzwle profit. and to protect him from the inrozulw of the large cocmipetitom wh.n sohl uoocls at. cost or somie1,imes less than cost to create an iinprt-.~'.si(ni that in` is very cheap." Mr. Crowder Iechnw-I that `Jr P.A.'I`.A. price lists haul 11-s11ili`.(,-(I in :1 ]0W('1`il'1L': in the price of elnurs in some plzlces, while on other proprio- uzry nrticcnies which were being: sohl at cost, the price increusocl. . trouble. AUTOMOBILE BURNS 1 A new McI,.au'.;:'hlii1~Buick cou.p- ; owned by R. I-I:1.mi.1'Lon was alm1o.-.1. who/y ulemoli. by re last Saturtlny afternoon. Mr. Hamilton was moLorin;: towarL< Bur- rie when his car of 'l`on':~nto (l(.`V(`iu )'p(,`(i en`;-,'ine He got out at the Hamil ton track crosrsim: to invostii.-cute and V almost at once the rear end of the car burst, into ames. Mr. Hannlmon and a companion travellling with him (lid their utmost to put out the ve, but failed. Only the engine and 1 front part of the chassis were left un d.an1`aged. wuuau ct cyan. ux luu,\.u nu... uu` '1' t2'aI+,- can and that will be the; _r :4 WASTE `BY FIRE The Northern Advance Af-ter noting the temperature on Monday, no one can say that this was a summerless year. I Edmonton.-Lar-ge mouthed black bass may soon be available to Al- berta sportsmen for a batch of fingerlings and yearlings from the Kootenay Lakes have been placed in Lac La Nonne by the Northern Alberta Fish and Game Protective Association. ` Here anc1There I McGill University opened her; senior football season in Montreal _at the Percival Molson Memorial Stadium on October 2nd, with a game against the Old Boys. One of the most enthusiastic fans of this game 1 is E. W. Beatty, President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who is an annual ticket holder, and who will be present at all the big games this season. In a recent despatch from the ` west, W. L. Smith, former editor of the Farmer s Sun, estimates that approximately $1,000,000,000 will be added to Canada's income this year from the products of the farms of Western Canada. Last year's field crops were valued at $1,112,659 ,000 to the growers and it put the est in the prosperity column. Mr. Smith believes it is :1 fair assumption that ` this year the return will not be less. .. ; Egypt may include Ganada among those countries in which she will be without representatigm, according to 1 2- Stat`cmeit m;1o`.~ recently by Emile `Sharbeni, acting as unofficial am- .bassador to Canada who arrived in .Canada on the Canadian Pacific liner Minnedosa." Mr. Sharteni is `. trying to interest Egypt in Canadian `flour and timber, and in return ex- pects the Dominion to reciprocate by purchasing cotton, dried fruits, etc., direct from Egypt instead of through the middlemen in London or New York. An interesting estimate of Cam- , ada's per capita wealth has been , made by the League of Nations, with ` comparative figures of 22 years ago. In 1925 the per capita wealth in this country amounted to $2,406, as contrasted with $1,100 per capita in 1903. Out of the 35 nations listed, Canada ranks third, the United States showing $2,918 and Great Britain $2,459 per capita, respec- tively. With a view to obtaining financial assistance of some kind with which Ito aid the emigration of Austrian farmers to Canada, Dr. Heinrich Mantel, an Austrian Government official, arrived in this country re- cently on board the Canadian Pacific S.S. Mont:roya1. There are 10,000 ,Austrian farmers who would emi- `grate to Canada, stated Dr. Monte], all of them practical farmers, but "they do not possess sufficient funds ` to pay their passage to this country. Walking about on a two-foot wide platform, 200, 300 and even 500 feet up the outer surface of huge chim- neys is all in I day's work to Henry Held, expert chimney builder and climber, who was employed recently by the Canadian Pacific Railway to overhaul a 200-foot chimney in the station yards at the Windsor Street Depot in Montreal. It took eight days for Held and his assistant, Richard Boucher, of Three Rivers, to move the platform, secured by 3 heavy cable, up the side of the chim- ney, in order to begin work at the top. Lord Clarendon, Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs in the British Government, sailed for Englnnd from Quebec on the Cana- dian Pacific liner Empress of France," September 29th. bringing to a close an extended tour of the Dominion investigatiiuz the condi- tions under which the 3,000-family immigrant scheme is being carried out in Canada. His Lordship, who is chairman of the Overseas Settle- ment Board under whose auspices this scheme is being conducted, made the statement before his departure that he was greatly satisfied with ` the conditions amongst Britishers who have settled in Canada under this scheme. He personally visited pvor 180 families. OHIHWI, Oct. 2.--~Di\-ring` from thn other rt-venues, that of the Post Oico I),wpzu'L1n(,-m. is rmmin_L:' behind this ywar, (luu lurmvl-y to the i!`|:lU;.'.'1lI'~ aiion uf penny posuuzc-. The hospitals of the United States are occupied daily by 800,000 pat- ients. 'l`vhi.< lwcmnv t.*(i'L~ctivu on July lstl uml in tin` t.hru(- months the valui- of .~".:nn.ps isvstlt-tl xleuliim-tl by $2118 000. The revenue from actual sales, howow-r, nmy not indicate such a fzmlilvinq: on`. 'l`hc reumis are not yet in. The drop lxetier rate being: m:-1in- tuinvcl will, it is cwliculaiml, very much minimize the deficit; but never- timitess it will he pirc-My heavy. Stump issues since the start of the scal year on April ls are, over two and Z! ` ;ha.]1f mililions less in vailue than in the corresponding period. BARRIE S BEs'r LAUNDRY E A---j-Lji 17 Eliznbeth 5!. -Phon ` Open Day and Night l.ll1|\n`na up -_._ _ {LEM 151303.; Plmne 616. - Five P0int. Laundry called for and delivered Pri<-cs reasonable I I \V()l`l{lll&11lSlll}) glmrmvteed on all fnmilv wnslng Motor Amblance in Connection | Open day and night. Morgue anr Chapel in connection. i CLOTHES =-- Dry-Cleaned and Pressed Phone 82 THIS IS THE ONLY DRY CLEANING PLANT OUTSIDE THE CITY HANDY TO YOU. Goods Called for and Delivered Out of Town Orders Receive Prompt Attention . Dyeing Chicken thieving has epedemic in this section, however drastic, should 109 Dunlop Street. FUNERAL DIRECTOR AN D EM BALMER DL___ 7` -. G:.N!1_T._*_!=._F- THE NEW LOAF WE ARE MAKING is just what the name implies Bright Golden Crust Bezultifully \\'hite and Flaky F1111 Rich Nxltt)` Flavor Finest Ing1'ediev.1ts Used -. 9, LLOYP .-....n-r.-\n Phone 26 or 56. MBANIQFTORONTO FUNERAL DIRECTORS GOLD KRUS__T_ BRANCHES A new committee has been ap- pointed by the King Government to continue the Customs scandal, but it will be merely a job for a few good Grits. BRYSON S BAKEI3_Y__ Established 1869 W. FIRTH 10c PEP: `i}6A*C T Have Our Salesman Call Points BARBIE Allandalc H. A. Sims, Mgr. Phone ZI5 Barrio. On- Elmvale H. R. Wan-en, Mg:-. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1926. The (lay aftcr t'~w Kiwanis Kam- ival Cliff. Dier said he was the hap- piest man in Barrie. Cliff. was the originator and strongest booster for the karnival. Motto-If you want to be happy do something` to helip others. EBarrie - Marble-Works Memorial Tablets Corner Stones Markers Monuments Ca_.na.dia.n 8; scotch Granite ' M PR ICES REDUCED JOHN F. MURPHY, Prop .79 Bavcld St. - Barns RITZ TWO-CHAIR BARBER SHOP QUICK SERVICE AND SATISFACTION ` Three doors east of Queen's Hotel Full Stock of Smokers` Supplies Special attention given Ladies` Bob and Trim. Walter A. Reid Repairing Telephone 734 ` Phone 229. BARRIE ,. We need leaders of the right kind. To-day we have not too few,'but too manyf The trouble is that we do not. have enough of the right sort. And that is no-`. due to the lack of them, but. rather to our own inaJbi`1ity to recog'nize the qualities that con- stitutes leadership. A Collingwood man who attempted to hang on to $50 which was given him in error by a bank teller `V315 summoned before the police magis- trate of the town. After paying the . court costs, re .u`1'ning' the fty doli- lars and listening to a lecture from the bench, the o encIer was let go. His summons to court followed his statement when asked to return the over payment that the mistake was not his.