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stouffville ontario thursday may 11 1933 groceries chocolate marshmellows cakes per pound jubilee cakes per pound magic bleach per bottle floor wax 1 lb tin cherries fancy quality per bottle locjsome grape marmalade bottle 29c come 15c 15c 8c 30c a new typo of safetyrazor has little wheels which run over the face by means of an ingenious device the user can change gear when climbing a double chin 50 years ix business for more than halt a century i have been doing business and in real estate since 1900 watch your step when doing business with real estate men for of them are to yake and get a square i the annual call cleanup to redistribution and electoral reform toasted wheat crisp pkg 12c deal jacob yake real estate jeweler main street east stouffville a w- stouffville scott ontario pure maple syrup per gallon 200 bensdorps cocoa half pound tin 20c mclarens imperial jelly powder assorted flavors 5 packages 25c prunes good size 3 pounds 25c finest canadian june cheese per lb 14c st lawrence bensons cornstarch per pkg lie matches per package 25c bulk baking soda per lb rolled oats regular and quick cooking 7 lbs maxwell house coffee 1 lb tin ovaltine 46 oz tin 45c 9 oz tin english multiplier onions per pound 10c seedless raisins 2 lbs 25c 5c 25c 45c 65c garden seeds blue bantam and american wonder peas golden bantam com butter beans genuine dutch beet seed finest for table use oz 20c fine quality dutch settes 2 pounds 25c eagle brand milk per tin 19c special black tea 35c lb 3 pounds for 100 bulk peanut butter lb ratcliff co town delivery phone 7112 stock i implements agent for international harvester machines and repairs also agent for r a lister peter hamilton fleury and commonsense fanning mills for sale- ayrshire bull disc harrows cream separator melotte cream separator massey harris flint motor car sedan real estate frank baker phone stouffville 15204 that a municipal council should give leadership to the householders in keeping the village or town clan over which they direct affairs is firmly believed in by the town fathers in whitby is evident from what is taking place in the ontario county centre stouffville council abandoned the annual clean up deadbeats da ou tle 8 of economy and i lit would have been in our opinion j a backward step had not a private trucker stepped in and thus will save the accumulation of tins etc from littering our back yards v in which many take a real pride in fairness to our councillors however we feel they anticipated the out come of financing can day would be to turn it into private hands here is what they are doing in whitby as reported editorially in the whitby gazette last week the council has set may 10 17 and is as the annual clean up days in whitby on these days citi zens are requested to gather up in bags or boxes all the refuse which has accumulated in the back yard or cellar during the winter and pile up same neatly at the side of the street so that they can be easily picked up by the town teams to clean up is the duty of every citizen as it removes fire dangers and things that breed disease while it helps to maintain the towns re putation as a clean beautiful and healthy town this year as last the council is enlarging the scope of the clean up campaign by asking the citizens to undertake painting and necessary repairs in order that the towns appearance might be im proved and that idle men may be given jobs citizens during the past two years haye withheld works of a clean up or paint up nature in the hope that good times will soon re turn but meanwhile property is depreciating in value by being left to the mercies of the elements it is the property that is being carefully cared for during the hard tipies that is going to bring the price when good times return and whatever money is being saved now by ne glecting your property will be lost on its value when marketable pro perty is in demand again look around your premises today and see what you can do to put across this clean up campaign there is something every citizen can do to make it a suscess by to the editor alex d bruce unionvllie ont r r 15c send the tribune to absent friends for summer wear fancy printed rayon rayon and cotton mixed assorted patterns and shades from 29c up fancy printed voiles in many delightful shades and patterns from 25c up kiddies suits and dresses in a wide range of styles from 59c up dainty house dresses in an infinite variety of styles and colors from 79c up peter pan and winnie winkle prints in many delightful patterns 29c up dainty lingerie notions corsets girdles and corcelettes below we list a few items from our notions many styles to choose from in our large c stock all well made and boned for slight e wide 6 yard package 15c average and larger figure types pnces hah pins two package for 5c range from 95c to 4 50 pi 5c 10c rayon vests panhes and bloomers of a safety pins assorte per card 10c fine close even weave and cut to fit smoothly rohed ta white m back 5 ds 5c and qci and evenly per garment 39c 49c 59c dress buckles ah kinds 15c to 50c dress shields per pair 25c linene frocks colorful cool cheese cloth 5 yards for 25c and crisp mending wool per skein 5c sunny yellow soft blues green and mercerized mending per ball 5c danty linen are all represented in this group mercerized crocket cotton per ball 10c 20c you will want these frocks for the garden p cotton per ball 15c the porch and for picnics very attractively cotton thread 2 spools for 15c trimmed in contrasting colors special 100 princess pat hair nets three for 25c silk hosiery sew on ose supporters per pair 25c this is the time to consider replenishing baibies rubber pants 15c 19c 25c your stock of silk hose we offer a fine variety of hose at very moderate prices knitted blouses pu fatnesilkhsse lfthe newest these daint little blo are exceedingly u a li oil cill j vi 9 m attactive and must be seen to be appreciated shades and in all szes 79c 95c 125 149 jn white gl blue and y ea 75c silk gloves firm smooth weave and newest designs very moderate prices per pair 59c to 135 shop at shaws and save money then you will probably require new curtains for some of the windows and we are showing a splendid range of curtain materials by the yard and also in curtains ready to put up at very moderate cost misses dresses this seasons unusual sleeves and neckline in these cascade and rough crepe gowns with dainty contrasting trims are exceedingly attractive in black navv red blue green gray and white sizes 14 to 20 525 and 595 afternoon frocks rough and cascade crepe in new and delightful designs beautifully tailored to give that perfect fit and that comfortable feeling which is the right of the well dressed woman all sizes and shades you will be surprised at the high quality and the low price of these frocks each 695 house cleaning time requisites wallpaper costs but little and a few dollars spent in redecorating that room will bring a return in satisfaction out of all proportion to the cost pay our wallpaper department an early visit and make your selection from our complete showing of new patterns the wh shaw store phone 9512 stouffville ontario in connection with the redistri bution of constituencies we read in the press that a sale seat is to be created for one member of parlia ment and that liberals will be hived in a certain area doubtless the reporter is responsible for the phraseology descriptive of the situ- tion as he sees it yet it is undeni able that the words accurately de scribe what has been done under past redistributions in addition to plans tor safe seats and for hiving electors if such is the case we know that compulsory voting is re ceiving serious consideration of tho three suggestions not one is con sistent with representative govern ment since each involves arbitrary interference with the exercise of the franchise that this is true of the first two suggestions requires no argument compulsory voting is more plausible while representative government presupposes that all citizens have the right of voting and should exercise their right yet it is possible that a citizen may find him self unable to vote confidence in either of two candidates must he then ho compelled to express a confidence that is not real if the state expects the citizen to vote tho citizen has the right to demand an opportunity of voting honestly or failing that of refraining un fortunately with that of retraining with single member constituencies as the basis of our representative government it sometimes happens j enlightening according to mr i humphreys analysis in the virit- jish election for every 29000 votes jcast throughout tho country for j national government candidates a government supporter took his seat in parliament while it required on the basis of the vote cast through- cut tho country an average of 144- 000 laborite votes for every labor party member elected in other words the voto of 1 national government supporter was wortii 4 si votes cast by a labor support er such a result makes mockery of representative government compare this result with the re suit in the irish election where according to mr humphreys do valeras supporters in the ball re present on the average 9378 voters while cosgraves supporters repre sent ou the average 95ss voters an inequality of only 210 votes as compared with an inequality of 115000 votes in the british election the merits of the issues at stake in the irish election do not concern us at the moment what does concern us is the accuracy of proportional representation as a method by which the wishes of the electors will bo reflected in the personnel of par liament certainly thelrish obtained i parliament truly representative of the wishes of the voters and is not this supposed to he the supreme ob jective in every election in the light of the foregoing com parison it is evident that propor tional representation surpasses our present system of election as com pletely as does the modern rifle in ancient blun derbuss under proportional representa tion there can bo no safe seat boots headquarters for shoes drschollssupplies for tired feet walkstrate for tired heel pads nugrip heel liners zinopads for anterior metatarsal arch supports corns callouses and bunions 35c per box fixo corn plasters remove corns in 48 hours box of six for 25c the three foot foot balm a remedy for sore tender perspiring feet pedico foot necessities foot powder antiseptic and deodorant soap o lehman tiik shoe store j3ervice stouffville ontario phono 4301 quality salt tile that the only honest course open to j su ss tuo the elector is to not vote in addition to those electors who have a purpose in not voting there are many electors i who are alive to public questions but who because of local conditions arol for a1 b legislation ou indifferent about voting in a large j halul mcn who are o loiul proportion of our constituencies the calibre would ho assured of result can be certainlv foretold even their places in parliament coun- beforo the candidates are in the field j ll wouui savcd tlie oss tnat has in those constituencies many electors j frequently occurred from local con- who would vote were they residents jitions forcing a great man out of of a close constituency excuse them- public life it would also be un serves upon the ground that it possible to hive the supnortei oi ls useless the assumption that non- it you want to raise your baby chicks use marmill starter we have it on hand always call and get our prices be sure you come in and see our seed grain and grass seeis before buying we have been selecting from only tho bast coal coke always ox hani s w hastings phone 169 coal stouffville ont coke use of the franchise can only mean indifference on the part of the elec tor can not be justified by facts let it be noted that the foregoing phases of the problems which are exercising the thought of our public men are the result of our single mem ber constituency basis of represen tation let us now consider our electoral problems from another angle in the years immediately following the war the outstanding feature of our political life was the multipli cation of political groups in the general elections of 1919 ontario provincial and of 1921 federal in many constituencies three and in some instances five and even six- candidates contested the elections with the result that in these multi- candidated constituencies the one declared elected frequently repre sented only an insignificant propor tion of the electorate certainly in one instance the representative re presented only 1367 per cent of- the registered electors this was little better than were the rotten boroughs in britain in the prereform bill days in the post war years so seriously was the prestige of parli ament weakened because of the development of political groups that serious consideration was given to proportional representation as a system well adapted to the now conditions in 1s23 it appeared prob able that this reform would he adop ted in ontario but owing to the wav ering of some supporters of the gov ernment the measure was with drawn and the tide ebbed we are today expeciencing a recurrence of conditions similar to those of 1919- 21 in the next general election we will in many constituencies hayo a hotch potch of candidates and in the next parliament we will prob ably have the spectacle of members representing only shreds and patches of the electorate yet ful filling tho duties of a representa tive under proportional represen tation no candidate could he de clared elected who had not re ceived such a proportion of the total vote polled that his right to speak with authority as a representative from his constituency could not bo challenged moreover practically every voter would be able to point to some member of parliament as the member for whom ho had voted and who would therefore be his re presentative whereas under the system now in force the elector constituting the minority in each constituency are not only repre sented in parliament they are mis represented can there be any doubt as to which system is most conductive to that confidence and contentment which are the strength of tho nation surely if there is any emedy for tho manifest imperfec tions of our electoral practices that remedy should bo adopted john ii humphreys j p secre tary of tho proportional represen tation society of london england has published a comparative analy sis of results ot the last british gen eral election held in 1931 and of tho irish free state elections re cently held under proportional representation tho comparison 3 any political party finally with the removal of the handicaps which we have been discussing electors would discover that no matter what the im mediately local conditions might be their votes would be worth their actual face in determining the result of an election sham battles would become matters of history interest in elections would he uniform throughout the country and the de sirability of compulsion of yoters would be forgotten three quarters or a century has passed since hare published his theo ries concerning proportional sii sentation from the day of publica tion to the present many of the keenest minded publicists have been warm advocates of the reform more than a score of countries have adop ted it in part or wholly again and again it has proved its efficiency yet it must be admitted its addption has made slow progress why of his own experience the writer can testify that it is comparatively easy to win the sympathetic interest of ordinary citizens when presenting the case for pr hut if there happens to be in the audience a member of parliament from him hostile criti cism may be expected with all due respect let it he said that some of our members of parliament believe they have a vested interest in their constituency and that the system which has placed them in parliament should not be touched on one occa sion one of these gentlemen was very frank in stating his position ho said i suppose proportional represen tation would be all right but i can easily see how it might he the death of me politically we cannot have pr until our members of parliament are ready to legislate for its adoption and un doubtedly the vested interest attitude on the part of members of parlia ment is the greatest overcome won tho task is not a hopeless one yet until the friends of pr become jactivo in pressing their- cause the xoe30e aonoc bray ci icks effective 30e30 xew today zsuoaoi prices o d o buy right and have no regrets ami for under government hatchery approval for j years years settings from bloodtested stock only used per 100 leghorns white brown i3 haired hocks kcds 1005 white hocks and wyandottes 1105 deposit dollar per hundred balance arrival 100 li delivery buy ow fph pltofit pkoducrhs eray chick hatchery si clay burn avenue st catharines ontario branch at xewniarket s isotsford street phone 420 loaoi logo aqbiocssmoaoi and n o o m but under our representative system imperfect though it is our parlia mentarians are responsible to public sentiment when strongly and persis tently expressed let the friends ot proportional representation act accordingly cleaned out the rats one morning not so very long ago a farmer went down into the barn lot he noticed rats running out from under the barns and corncrib in a terrorstricken sort of manner he found the cause of this to be a black mink and he was not only scaring the rats he was killing them the farmers dog curly helped get some of the rats but for fear curly might attack the mink hir a rat to he found on the place all that the mink and curly did not kill finally shut him up in his kennel in three or four days there was no left for a safer habitation thlt little incident trifling in itself holds a lesson for tho farmer mink is not a poultrydevouring creature his prey consists of vermin and his value is not in his pelt hut in his activities farm implements all kinds of stiff and spring tooth cultivators late model manure spreader massey and mccormick seed drills 11 and 13 disc we carry various makes of mowers and binders as well as all other machin ery wagons etc mostly good as new and with long years of wear international engine 1 34 hp also beatty pump jack and abeatty car and track for 80 ft barn highest prices for fat poultry wool 1020 mccormick tractor good as new priced for quick sale ben heylin cream wanted obstacle to be j low before the reform can he place your order now for tomato plants sold retail or wholesale at prices robt stewart ph 1208 the ever increasing demand for bowes butter which com mand the highest prices en able ns to give the very best possible returns to the pro ducers of good- quality cream our truck will collect your crcnm twice weekly which enables the cream producer to secure the best grado and test for his product write at once to have our trucks call wo supply cans and pay promtly for each ship ment the bowes company ltd toronto ontario chance of p r becoming the law of this land is slight indeed in the past parliamentary and eloc i stouffvilles private nursing home church street graduate nurse in attendance medical convalescent and maternity cases accepted toral reforms have been the result of private and somlprivato rooms weekly rates 20 and 25 inspection invited phone 191 pressure from without parliament i rather than of leadership from with in and so it will be in the fulure- mrs e r good round trip bargain fares saturday may 20 announcement hamilton buffalo london stratford passengers meeting requirements before entering that r25 2 so 250 250 to toronto 50c ouelph 150 niagara falls 200 kitchener 200 tickets to buffalo sold subject to of us immigration if and country usual half fare for tickets good in coaches children only no baggage checked insult current time tables reconnections from and to torontt going returning lv up to monday may 22 stouffville 1053 am 330 pm obtain tickets and information 731 pm from nearest agent c a n a d i a n n a t i 0 n a l t ii we take pleasure in announcing to the people of stouffville north markhamwhit- church and uxbridge township that we have opened an under taking establishment in stouffville a competent man will be in charge and my personal super vision and attendance will be given day or night make chapel cost funerals moderately priced r g clendening funeral director photne stouffville 263 use of our at no extra l