man 15 `Being uiscusseu. _ When a. subject is offered for debate, it should `be presented in such 3.` form as to indicate two distinct sides--anv affirm- ative and a negative. The only rhetorical form that lends itself to such 9. suggestion is. the proposition, e.g., Resolved, that capital punishment should be abolished. Clearly, in th' example, there are two sides, .-It sho d `be abolished," and the negative, It should not be abolished. `Questions may be of two -kinds, fact, __..1 _..1:.__..... 4.1......... ml... .......a.....l.... .... \'Vll'!l }H|JLC.`I.` IIIIIII nl|I "Football is 2: fine. Miss S='linu Dix of comn1is of tho rn II II 1 UPI; FOOTBALL A FINE, L4 " Fox - : &%+++% %%%+%+%; `Thursday, Jnnuzl _ l{7'trnn1'Iri.~`}1 um! (`mm L. Hur:iug9_n._ with in` 1, Hum. xi. (1. MANUEL,` MGR. There's a 1 Sal_da" ORDER SR0 King Block I!` A slo W ba x 1111:5111" .thr_nnj.'s therml ht Cllllsn` Its })In,<` sprung Miss M. M4 FURS REMO AND REP The M Bank of Nova Scotia THE OLD HA Stro Li g BUTTER TUB .-mucs, whr-n .c0nt i1 oplv w :.-J1" IN Paid up Capital Reserve - - - Resources . I ESTABLISHED I832 Phone 721' Phone 277 1 $ 9.700.000 18,009,000 ` ` momm ` _ --~. `.. / V A `-I x . . - Very often peopE~'9 \v'._hp ,vwo_uld A not take the chance `c|>"I*;"`-."_.._eeping `lzfge sums of money in their homes will think little of leaving valuable bonds or other documents practically unprotected. A fire` or'-burgfa.fy- in such/. cases may easily cause a heavy loss. \ Protection for such valuables is obtai'n%d at little expense by renting aisafetyf deposit box in The Bank of Noya. 'Scotib..J apd policy `or theory. The particular na- ture of 9. question determines the wording of the proposition. For example, the pro- position, Resolved, that the alliance be- .'tween Great Britain -and Japanjis. in the interest of _world eace, is based upon a fact, something t at. exists now, and the debate is a discussion of whether the status quo shall or shall not be continued, -and the proposition, Resolved, that _there should, :be,,`educ_ational qualications for voting, gives ex_nression`to a question `of policy, andthe debate upon the question consists in offering arguments in support of the desirability or the lundesirability of nadopting that policy. In a question of A proposition should be phrased so clear- ly that each debater,_ if he is sincere, will place the same interpretation 11p0Il`lt. This enables the contestants to debate the real issue intended by the framers of the ques- i tion. of the proposition, the debate may degen- erate into a mere dispute over--the mean- ings of terms. Take the `proposition, Re- solved, that the government should dis- courage the inculcation of a spirit of mil- itarismin the pupils of the-public schools. What government, federal or provin- cial?- What is meant by militarism -'-- defence, aggression, or -both? It may read- ily be seen that, if there is not an agree- ment as to the interpretation of the -terms of a question, the.-fundamental issue may . E be forgotten in the debate. ' _,A proposition should include but one idea or main issue. Thus the opponents in 'a debate are compelled `to come to grips." Should the -proposition contain two ideas of approximately equal -importance, the affirmative might choose to make one of the ideas the main issue, and e negative the other. ffonsequently, f the debate would he a failure, since each side would be dis- cussing a different issue. In -le proposi- tion, Resolved, that" the Department of Education of the Province of (Ontario) should elivminate military drill from the pu'blic schools, since it inculcates -a spirit of militarism, there -are clearly two main issues, and, as a result, the proposition is unsatisfactory for a debating society. Then, a question may be too` broad, and involve lmore than-one issue. lsolversi, that the policy of the Government a of (Ontario) is in the -best interests of the province," is faulty for [debating purposes.. }since the policy of a government includes `every phase, of _its legisl tion--nancial. educational. social, agric tural, etc. .It is evident that there are a '-number of main I issues. , , ' . .\ I ; 1, , .._4_...-_,__ L- ____._.I _ .___-_.-_.L.-._ The question, Re? I If there is ambiguity in the wording ' a.ffir1_natively. This places the burden of proof upon those who uphold the affirma- `tive side. Thus, in the proposition, Re- Volved. that the hineise.-should be exclud- ed from Canada, theaiirinative re- W quired to advocate a change in the `policy of ~thevCanad_ian Government in regard 0 Chinese immigration, and consequently "Shoulder the -burden of showing the desir- , ability of a change. 5 , nu-nnv\nc;f:nn aknnl `An uvnrrdnrd ;IY\I'|lIY It customary to word a proposition. Clllllllay U1` il K711111155: . A proposition should be worded simply, concisely, denitely, and accurately. These characteristics in phrasing will make for clearness, unanimity in interpretation, and as a `result, for effective and satisfactory i debating. . ' A r\IIr\v\na;.f;nI\ -olannlrl kn an no n`- ' Lllikllllllllsg _ A proposition `should be phrased so as to avoid giving either side an advantage. In the proposition, Resolved, thatthe suip-_ erior generalehip of Wellington was the |sole cause of Napo1on s defezgt at Water- loo,"`the word superior maikes'all dis- ciissiou futile. It is an example of beg- ging the question. 'lKTnv# Awtinln- (\-Ann nu.-I pIIu\n`:nna AC slll I'll`: L!|-ICUIIIIII-Io "(Next Article:' Order and Functions of Speakers`). - - fact, the verb to be is usd. In aquestions of policy or theory, it is customary to use should. , ' A ....._.......:a.:..... ..L....I.l L- r\LunanA An n`nnIL (Copyrightediby British and ,Colonial Press T ' Limited) A Mhnager A. c.. M.cLELLAN. ~ Barrie N0. 5.-THE PROPOSITION` A definition for debate is, argumentation for and against. This7m1plies that in "a -debate there are two sides to the subject that is being discussed. \X7l\nn n hnklnnl a nqnro For dnhntp }'ro' oh; 'n3}3 OER-i.. E=fx{xi.L;{ 11-. p- 13;}; }:E{{..}s1ii.T-,7 ?"s2T."e w words, through your kindness, to Barrie women who, like myself, lraveto depend largely on our home newspapers. for news _of our ' home town? I love Barrie, but, like many others, .cannot. attend. meetings, -and, though a property owner, `cannot vote, as `I `am married: Still, Why can we not write to our newspapers and give expression to our ambitions and ideas,` `while our men have their say in the public meetings to which our Mayor has`. kindly invited them? Some women, of course, can" go ` and should be `given amopportunity to take part as well as the Iiien, for huge we not the training of the rising generation 6'13" our hands? We are vitally _-interested as in rule in -all that is transpiring, so why not "`nn Gino `sol-xii-`n-AC quasil-inn fn nnm nIl;i'nI`E 'get the habit'of writing to our editors FUIC Ill 1111 IJLIIII4 I5 I;l l111B]Jl.I`1llE, BU Wily HUD and have our`ay .'? We ought to have 9. lady. representative on our board of ed-J cation, parks commission and in the coun- cil. LNo wonder their _meetings are dull and poorly attended. STA V- A T`.T-'l {\M W. 1 To the Editor of The Examiner: *3. c. I. EXPEND|_TURES `Dear`Sir:--In_ the last issueof your es- teemed paper, `re editorial comxuentyon Barrie town nancing,`I believe you ex- I 1 \ pressedthe general conviction that much .l of the criticism of the towniadnlixiistration is due to a misunderstanding. asthe coun- .cil controls only a quarter of _the total e;-. penditures. A criticism, penhaps, is justly due. but should be placed'on_ the other shoulders. And perhaps your opinion ofl the efficiency of the Board of Education is open.to criticism. I think. and many ot_hers think, that there `is a" very pro- nounced lack of efficiency `in the expend- iture of public money for two years on that little plot of ground in front of the High School and it is still unnished ex- cept in the three conspicuous notices to keep off the precious plot. kthink every- one in town would be interested in _getting an itemized account of the total cost up to date. To some of us there seems to `be a craze these times to throw slathers of. ratepayers money into so-called_education- al schemes. Would they expend their pri- vate 'funds thus? 17-....- The demand for more frequent service on branch lines where passenger traffic is not heavy is something the railways have long had to contend with.> The heavy ex- pense of running equent trains to accom- 'nodate a limited number of passengers on branch lines has given railway men much food for thought. The Canadian National Railways . on its Brockville and Westort Division has for some time been experi- menting with motor driven railway cars. Instead of the regular engine and heavy train of passenger` coaches, the Canadian National\Rai1way has adopted equipment much like a moto_r bus which runs on the regular railway tracks. It is operated by one man. gives a frequent service and so far appears to be extremely successful. If continued use proves satisfactory, the plan will be adopted on other branch linw of the Government roads. Barrie, MRI-"P VAN WIVNKLE I-l\EARD l-"ROM To the Editor of The Examiner: Dear Sir :-I see we have a Taxpayer in our town. who wants more streets, etc. He -doesn t seem to know that all this means "more taxes. In ._the first place, BVarrrie..should' have been built on at cross- roads between four countiesand then the said counties would have attended to the streets. When I came here, I came for a rest. I have got used to th_e noise of the mills and railways but do not want it in- ereased. We have a. good road connecting as there is not a `vacant lot` (except swamp) on it, there issmall chance of it becoming noisy; in fact, a model street. it is in `every way. What more do we need-? If tourists want to-glbuild up a `summer resort, they can row over to town or build a bridge acro$ Suppose Tax-payer gets another street built `say from Tiffin to El- izabeth Sts., there are :-acres of ,land there that._ the owners `got for nothing except the cost. of surveying and,,moderate: taxes, and why increase their taxes by making a wide street through when they do not Eve here? A Why, a. lot of railwaymen and iechanics might buy lots and `build homes there and that would mean business and perhaps more whistles. Never, I say. ` IITYIYTTY `R 'l\ 11 the railway section to the oldertown and | Jan. 1; I n ` 'x'* LU \ UV U.-nu avIu\l Bel'0.w.ier(.).). . , Jan. 5-'Highest, during night, 40; 10 a.m., 30. -.___W `I-T `RIT'l"I"F.7RV MOTOR CARS FOR BRANCH LINES Have it placed this Fall and your plot will be in good shape in Spring. Every monument in our_ large stock greatly . reduced to clear this Fall. , Buy where you can see what you are getting. Sunbscribfor. he Barre Examiner. /55.. 53+ 24- 26- nn -'IV '_ 30- 31-- at); 29- 0I\ Jan. 3, 1922. I 'i'HE'WEATHE|'R Low High Rain Snow 4(-13 '10 22 10 -10 2 33 IA few doors horth of Post Office; M - ---W. H. BUTTERY. Yours truly, STAY-AT-HOME. 15 30 13 12 24 27 ll 27 34_ Vs '--.-I.V.M. 0.7 l Examination of Canada s br-ade gures `_brings-out a number of peculiar circum- stances. First of all, the figures demon- ustrnte _that- we-`are buying too much from the United States in comparison with their purchases from us. Secondly, while our sales abroad are in a. measure sati-sfactory,, we are not buying enough from the -foreign! lcountries that buy from us. ' | 1' lI`- I .1- u. - . . I . I I Broadly'speaking,'this results in two sets of adverse condition/s. The amount we purchase -from the United States being too large "'results in depreciation of` the Canadian dollar there.` We must equalize our pur-I chases to the basis of what they buy from us. as only by that means can the adverse exchange be adjusted. Another condition is that the ships of the Canadian, Merchant Marine are at present returning fron_x_ for- eign ports with inadequate cargoes. It is not suieient to load ships one way only. Return cargoes are necessary to the econ-' I ' omical operation of ships. ` V Thu nnnnfu-`nu fn 1nh\:nl-n 4-kn "`.or;n1'onn Lllclllo The.revision of our buying and selling operations on `this basis would result in the -adv-ance of the Canadian dollar to par value in the United States and have a most sal- utary eect on the nancial condition 5f our nationally-owned railroads and ships by diverting to Canadian seaports -a much larger proportion of the tonnage which for years'hvas entered and _le\ft.Canada through the seaports of the United States. ' Ullllliul UPULDUIUU Ul Burgu- The countries to which the Canadianl Merchant Marine are operating-British West Indies, China, Belgium, France, Bri- tain and South American ports---oer op-i portunitis for the apurchase-`of many com- modities which Canada oes not, or cali- not, produce herself; We must not simply sell to these people-=we must trade with`. them. ._,Z_!_,_ _I _..._ L.__.Z____ ..___I -_`IIZ_.`_. TO BRING _o`uR DOLLAR T0 PAR - . , c .' . . - l `I V `J V - ` I ~ 5), F r'aNL Hon.\O Icukpfrlk (AND L s . WW "`&$::`%:Q L tothe latest census, is 105,998. The num- ber shows a. steady, if slight, increase. They are found in every `province, repre- senting hundreds of tribes and branches, on 1,625 reserves, and are thus wards of the nation-human nature bound in med. 12,196 Indian children attend the 339 resei'_\'e schools. mlnn nt:nl1t`:nn Tr\rl:n~\n nu Linn vvnccn-nae ` Canada s Indian population, according N UUCI .ll7CCl..\C BUlIUUlBo The Canadian Indians on the reserves do a.` lot; of farming. cultivating 221,800 acres of land last year, -which produced over two, million bushels of gnain and roots, lvdued at three and 9. half millions. I mL..-. 1.....- - ..._.._; 13.-....` .._:n_ ;L.. r\ .... ..... I VTUCII Kl.|/ L'lIlCU -illlu H. LIZIIL llllI.llUllB- They have a trust fund with the Govern- i ment, amounting to $11,458,660. Their lands are estiniated .to be worth $52,000,- 000. -and their buildings $5.l00,000. The value per dapita. of "their real and personal property` amounts to $682. C """- "~."""""" i NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to the lTrustee Act that all; persons having claims against the Estate of Clarence Willard Sage, late of the Township of Flos, in the Goun- ty of Simcoe, farmer, deceased, who died on or about the 21st day of February, 1920, are requested to send particulars of their claiins to the undersigned on or be- fore the 3lst' day of January, 1921, after which date the Executrix will distribute the assets of the Estate among those en- titled thereto, `having regard only to the claims of which she shallthen have notice, and that she will not be responsible to any person for -the assets of said Estate whose claims shall not then have been received . DONALD ROSS. Executrik Solicitor, Barrie, Ontario. nnfnrl 7+1, 1001 0,1,. Minard s \Liniment for Garget in NOTICE TOWCREDITORS` INDIANS OF CANADA G. w; J. EASTMAN, PROP JUST.- LIKE A LETTER `Wm. Cole of Alliance, Alberta, in a letter to The Examiner, renewing his subscription, writes: We are having some lovely weath-. er up here this fall, today is the first ' snow here, the weather has certainly been Igreat. ." ,1- 1.-_..........l F.-up Hm: Rarrie been reat. V W look forward for the Barrie aperejust like a letter, it gives-us all the news, I don t think we could get along without it ' SEALED TENDERS, 'addressed to the Postmaster General, will be received at Ottawa until noon, on Friday, the 17th of February, 1922, for the conveygnce-of His Majesty's Mhils, on ti" proposed contract 4'... fnnr vnnrq six times ner week. on the Ma.jesty s Ifails, 5 proposed contract fpr four years. six times per week, route Shanty Bay Rural Route No. 1 via Edgar, from the 1st of April next. ___L:_-.. _._.'.L..:..:.... Fun-lk.no infnr. nugur, u'Uu| nu: Luv U: .-y... .....-.- Pfinted notices containing furthr infor- mation as to conditions of progosed oon-. tract may be seen and blank form of" tender may be obtained at the Post Oices of Shanty Bay and Edgar, and at the of- ce of the Post ,Oice Inspector, Toronto. ,--;_ uuo us lI..Ih AU-.`v.\/Anavv .....K......, _V.. , Ppst Office Inspector's Office, Toronto, `Jan. 3rd, 1922. ,-.-.....-v-nu`: I \vI\ 2,-4c ` `MAIL CONTRACT .A.-"SUTHERLAND, D,.-L IXMI... 1 xyuurxn u, Post Office Inspector- Simcoe Marble .Works 20 OWEN ST., BARRIE IUI Ell] IIIUIIIIIUII I _s:}\v one fontb: women and then- about it." she .c( thous:-mds of p('0_nl -joyed it ." 'I`n'n Ii`ucmnn \ JUJCU ll. ' The Evening I\ ew.~ letters on the .-11lje<-1. foot-ball ill make wc-m say '\\'(lXll9lI Kin` (Will.-`ll masculine and naturull sports. I think of Erin zn And happy frivn(l.~ ' play Ne;-.1 the old hmh ":1 The London Fmmmll his {Adopted :1 rt-strlutiu iball matches `by wmnm with protests from all ; ` -~v:..,..;\..n :.. .. 4:... 1. \A.unAII|nVI\rI|K`I III II Public Mnrals and for girl munitirm u nut , B .I I The hznvthmu at Wu clad with in \V2t.h wnight of :1 Of h'nm,-~' that um Blackhirrls and lhrl. I %Arg: Ydurg Valliable Pa jieljs 1 Safe ;?