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CURRENT COMMENT NEW TRAILS IN TAXATION. Whatever may be thought by the politicians the people will Judge the present Ontario administration l>y its business capacity. The, provincial fhanceltor of the exchequer brought down his budget and confessed to a deficit of $802,748. y a liltle book, koepln he could have made t*-.is a surplus of $875.198. Adopting the policy at paying as you go, he decide:! not to stall off any accounts th<it couid be i;ii I. Stalling off In the IIL.-I created nurp'-uien, but they oreate deficits some time. Tin pro- vincial treasurer has gathered them all together and expects to liave no more. T-iere was $608,000 election expenses, and $400,000 for the Uni- versity deficit, and $460.000 to the teachers' superannuation Cund, and another $460,000 for toeraaspj salar- ies to civil servants; and tliere was $391,000 exchange payable in New v 'ork on $3,000,000 treasury notes that the former provincial treasurer had Issued. Other large siune for ex- change had to be met aluo, innking a >tal of $789,000. It Is easy to sec liow a surplus could have been con- structed out of these amounts. Hon. Peter Smith Is apparently pve,arlnR the way for a budget and statement next year in which the surplus will be unimpeachable and Wke Caesar's wife as far a.-, the financial crltirs ttrc concerned. H will take some tatins to do it, but Hon. Peter is not afraid of levying taxes. What the people will want to know , whether they ire gotling value- for the money expended, and if It can he shown tlhat they are they won't object. Everybody knows that the cost of liviiiK is douWled. end that wagea have doubled. If lion Peter can run the (province far less than double former cost he will be doing better thsn moit peop'.e are doing in their own affairs. If ho can provide revenue from resources of the province that will lighten some of the burdens borne at present, he will con- tribute to the popularity of his Gov- ernment. There are grftit pwmlbHi- 4 ten In th* way of taxation reform, but financial authorities are proverbially conservative; not -to say obstinate. nod it will take an Hon. Peter to find some of the new trails. CLASSICS OF TODAY. We talk a great dea aixmt the classic*, 'but. as some one has saM, the classics are books th.it every- body talk a-bout and nobody- read*. All the anve the classic's are read, nd whit Is more, they are written. There are. and hive been things wrlt- tn In our days which will be revered as classics a thousand years hence. These things make their way slowly hu-t they have the stationers' hall mark. They carry their own Irres- istible appeal. It 1 not only the thought, not only the expression, but the incommunlca/b'.e magic whteh lodges >bo:h in memory like those "Jewel, fire words long, which on the stretched forefinger <f Old Time, ttparkle forever." as Teainyson praises H. Prejudice UMially pre- vent* people reading these classics at first, and people are of course free to take ttielr own course and make their own choice In their reading. There is something In a man's own con- Hctouanest) that guides him to the right kind of mental food, or what will suit him, just as the cattle know what he.rbs to eat and what to avoid. In literature what is one. man's meat Is snotlier man's poison, and vice versa aKks sonis one. Virtue Is *ron. nays the d<-atinlHt. The virtue of the calsBlcft of modeirn liter- ature Is "In wrong" in our modwrn l,nr-:. lri% there is no rea-son for (hi* and H should -be made plain that tJiere IB not. Here i a paragraph -ram a little classic that tho mlTHonn who read never hnir of, yet It Is a- lesson they need: "Listen to the ong of life. Store in your memory tlie melody you hear. Learn from It the lesson of harmony. Life Itself Ivaa speech and m never silent. And 4ts utterance Is not, as you that am deaf may aunpose, a cry: H Is a song- 1/oa.rn from It that you are a part of the harmony; learn from It to obey the laws of the harmony." And hero is a kindred thought from another modern classic: "The workman- ship or nouls Is by those inaudible words of the. earth; the maMems know the earth's words and use them more thin audible words." Hy the way, would that l**t sentence not be a . ;i,|.ii i! motto for a farmer? llrvnipy re those who c-an discover and troas- i ure i .ii-ir own <!<> H Is not uch who form a subject fr such a lecture M George K. Chesterton's "The Ignorance of .the Bd-ucated.' 1 IT STRIKES SOME. .Does H ever strike ttia outsider while the legislative mills are In < " eration that the object of all the ac- tivity Swi directed lesa to the bene- III of the country than to the glory out of office respectively? Of course the true party man will not admit Hvls. The true party man insists that Government cannot bo carried on without irty. and there would somo iii .p --it:i i: to agree to this if he did not also Insist that It could not be carried on without the palpable faults and deficits of party. Many defini- tions !>-.ive been given of a statesman, but tin- essence of statesmanship not to oare vJio does things or who gets tho credit far them so long as the right things are done. In contra- distinction to this the rabid purty man does not care what is done, as long as ills na/ty ami Its friends reap ome general or personal advantages. 'IViis latter attitude means that par- tinanehrp resolves itself into a strug- gle to obtain office. It is rather a roproadi to democracy that many in- telligent leaders aprear to ue willing to acxruesce wifh this view. As long as one party attributes the basest pos- sible motives to the other, and men are willing (o admit that partisan fol- lowers imiat be inspired with tlie hope of Knot-Is 4n order to set-lire their allegiance and loyalty, -we cannot Iioi/c for cny high tone in the politi- cal world. It Is a fact, nevertheless, that the real character of most often leading men is much above the aver- age -Uiis low level would indicate, and thero Is no question at all that the average tone of the country U very imu-h higher llian our potttics rep- resent It. The nolsior, more aggres- sive element lend color to th^ appar- ent average, and drive of* the quieter and more inoffensive citizens who do not care to yell and shout and make lihyHk-al demonstrations of their views. nut t<ie vote of <fco q>udet man 4s jivst as effective as thai of the bo!s!ermn onf. This fact Is grad- ually soaking into the politician con- science, a!ong with woman suffrage. THE SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTIONS. Hon. Mr. Rowoll's- forecast of the South African elections proved to be reliable and Premier Jun Smuts, who aiipealod to the country on tho Issue of rennining within the "Umpire," which means of course retaining the 'Hritiuli connection a one of th? Com- numwoalthi of the TJrktih union on an equal fooBlrtj with ie other mt-m- lipps of the union, was sustained by n swbstanttai pturalky. Tli feature of the el"CtloB was the self-abnesa- lion of the Lahoi- Party whloh sac.rl- ttced itpelf to t'oenie SmuH' victory. Tho I^alxir meinbent Vo.st more th-.in half Iheir seats but have constituted a claim to rrrxigivition wliic-h r-.innot be forgotten. General Hcrtzog ami his part}' gaiuc.>d nearly one-third of the seats, so that -the nepara'Ust sen- timent is by no means t;> hn Ignored, hut another term ot office for Prem- ier Smute at this time shouH serve to allay much feeSing, and give op- portunity for the bitterness among the Dutch, oonsequeut on their exper- iences during thn last generation, to be outgrown. Tdme works wonders, and a progre*slve and tolerant admln- (Rtration sudi us may be expected from Premier SmutH will do much to create the South African entlment that will IJ'IK! all sections of the coun- try together. The dlffwonro In lan- K'i':i< < if an obs>uc-le, but no!, more HO thau in (Unadn whnre Uic unity of the Dominion IH u fir-st consideration with all, and the Hrltish connection goas without s.iyin;s. The real dlf- tlcnilty Is the racial one of color, and tho white, races are likely as time paasos to be dri\j*Bi closer together. Tho n.Ulve races v.iry considerably In calibre, but same of them are exceed- ingly intelligent and education may give lhm h moral power which will constitute thorn a factor in the devel- opment of the country. There Is a deeper bond than that of education or jnoi\il9, and It depends very larg?ly on tho p.ttit\uli> of ihe white races to- wards the 'blac.k whetlier a solid oitl- zon -peace will l>e ipossible In South Africa. If tho native races could br sogrogatwl it would bo an immense advnntngo, bnit tlie roipacity of the wlilto rafta niftkeu this difficult, if not IniinosHUjlp. The experience of the Rod Indiun in the United States Indicates what would probably hap- pen to the t>larJv man In Africa. The white, man profosses religion, but the native ra>oes find wliito men actinc? on other priiwilnli'H than those thoy pro.ac.li, so thefr religion falls Into dis- repute. In A/frioa the Dutch race has always 'bnrne hesvvily on the 'black, ami they regard them still as inferior beings. In the solution of the nativs problem depends the future of the South African Union. DISARMAMENT OR WAR. Among ihe iplang to lighten the load (hit bears *itpon humanity and the iriilonfl at the. prneent time none Is more necessary nor more reasonable than ttoe (prtposails for dtoannament. The fact that President-elect Harding has declared httnse'jf in favor of It HOME SWEET HOME JA.OK. WHAT'S THE MATTEP DEAR.? L U^" IcojNTi.0 I /THAT'S RIGHT, -// KEEPQuiET,PoM 120 *^ V 120 JSZSlWK PULSE IS THAT AlMT MY POLSE!! THE VMST WATCH You GAVE ME FOR CHRISTMAS"! is b&coming" to bring It about is a hopeful sign. If the United States joins the League of Nations there .-hould be no great difficulty about ar- ranging for disarmament. it Is re-c- ognized that a police force of some k.ind Is nestled to keep the unruly of the world in order. When every nation organizes a force sufficient for this service then trouble ensues. But the League of Nations coti'.d depend on Its senior members 1 1 look after trouble makers among the Binal-Ier fry. if they developed the same trust and confidenca In. reasonable methods which have existed among the Eng- ish-speaking nations for a century or nore. If any great nation insists on remaining outside the League and 3uildtng up a great armament of its own. nothing can stop other powers, which think themselves threatened, rom doing the same, and given great armaments it Is difficult to prevent war. Militarism consists largely in the opporrunty and means to ffeit. When the late Tsar of pitiful memory ssued hts peace rescript many good >eople thought that tho nilllpniu.ni was In sight. The Tsar and Ills ad- visers no doubt saw the Inevitable oncliiKlon of the trend of event, And le did what in him lay to stop the catastrophe. But the causes of no- lonal and International wrlfe gener- ally lie too far back for the catas- rophe to be averted at the eleventh lour. The forces of greed ajid sel- fishness, of cruelty and hate, are not 'irst of all national, hut grow out of he iinlivMn.il sentiments of each nan and each woman In every na- lon; and all this latent force breaks >ut into un overwhelming fur)- on oc- asions when leaders refuse to rec- i/iuzfi the ministrations- of reason and justice. There Is no reason in the world why reason and justice should not control and order all the dealings of mankind, but human ob- stinacy, pride and conceit, massed nto national arrogance ignores all reason and refuses to count the cost. The cost in the recent European cate has been HO calamitous and appalling that It scarcely seems possible that any nation would risk such another xperlence. The remedy Is the ..eague of Nations, with which goes llnarmanient and an International ourt for the settlement of all dis- putes. Such a disposition of events would give humanity an opportunity or .peaceful development, which It mrdly seem.9 possible any canntry would refuse. Yet the United States s still standing aloof. L<et us hope hat the Harding administration will ioln hands with the rest of the world. CREELMAN GETS $12,500 Will Become General Manager of On- tario Fruit Grower*' As;'n. Another good position is about to open up in Ontario Service for some returned soldier It Is understood that Prof. George Oreohnan, former- ly of the Guel'ph Agrciiltunal 0!- c, and later Agricultural Com- missioner for Ontario, and at pres- ent Ontario's Agent-General in Eng- land, Is to return to Ontario. Statements in well-Informed cir- cles are to Uie effect that Prof. Creel- man has been offered and has accept- ed a position with tho Ontario Fruit Growers' Association a-s general man- ager at a salary of $12,500 a year. This Is considerably more than the London, Kng., position is worth. The change. It la rumored, la to be nvade almoet Immediately. MM) satisfaction of tho partie In aodand promlimd to do "overytlilnx that SPICED R'HUBARB. Wipe, skin and cut up two and a lalf pounds of rhubarb. Port this in a (preserving kettle with two (pounds of sugar, seven-eights cuip vinegar, one teaspoon cinnamon, and a half a easpoon ground cloves. Bring to boiling polmt agd let simmer until as thick as marmalade. Pill Jelly glasses with mixture, cool and seal. Onions can he added, according to taste. POEMS MISCONCEPTIONS This Is a spray the Bird clung to, Making it blossom with pleasure, Ere the high treetop she sprung to, Fit for hw nest and her treasure. Oh, what a hope beyond measure U'as the poor spray's which the fly- ing feet hung to So to be singled or.r, built In, and sung to! Tills is the heart the Queen leant on Thrilled in a minute erratic, Ere the true blossom *he bent on, Meet for love's regal dalmatic, Oh, what a fancy ecstatic Was the poor bear's, ere the wan- derer went on. lx>ve to be saved for it, proffered to, spent on! Robert Browning. CANNOT BECOME CENSUS OFFICIALS ENUMERATORS BARRED WH< ARE CONNECTED WITH MUNICIPAL COUNCILS. The Department t Statists &-t Ot- tawa will notify the Assessing* Com- raitHiionerB In earn riding that It will not be permitted to make any ap- pointments of any officials onoMt- cd with Municipal Con*iU to tin po- nltlon of anumerator or iy other po- sHion in connection with tk talcing of the census. Th raaaoi for thia in that there la a lot ! Information which ilia Government will require to be taken and wtiloh will h of a confidential nature. Tk orrn- tnent desires to mak it Impossible for this Information to b* used tor taxation purpose* sither for Munici- pal, Provincial or Dominion legisla- tures. This prohibition will *xtn4 to reeves, rural councilors, town clerks, assessors, collectors, road masters, etc., or any person connected in any way with Provincial or Municipal of- fices. BRUTE CENTENARIANS. Elephants are perlraips the longest- lived members of the animal king- dom, averaging between 10D and 200 years. The.ro are records of ele- IjJiants living 350 years. Most nat- uralists allow the whale about the same length of life as the elephant. Thii camel oomes third, averaging about 7,5 years. The averag life of a lion and a tiger Is 40 and 25 yars, respectively. RAW FURS TRAPPERS OPPORTUNITY Special Prices For AW Prime Furs 10,000 SPRING RATS WANTED OLIVIER & CO. 59 Wellington St., West. Toronto. Paris - London - New York. 11 THE LITTLE GEM EAR PHONE Smallest electrical he.xrln^ device invented. Awarded- Gold Medal et International Exposition. We have various tyipes to milt every degree of deafness. Our auto ear massage is used to stop head noises. Write for booklet which explains everything. Gem Ear Phone Co. of Canada 415-16 Dept. "U", Ryr| e Bldg., Toronto; Ont. 11 HAVE YOU A CAMERA? Send us one negative and we will make one print FREE to show our quality cf work. This places you under no obligation to us. Judge from our one sample print if you wunt to send us the rest of your photo finished. Oevelopinfg and Printing. Enlarging, Copying, Color, nj. hUNTBOY MAIL ORDER, Dept. C, 166 Bay Street. N Toronto. MEN WANTED--$6-$10 PER DAY Special 4 Weeks' Gas Tractor Course, $50. Special 4 Weeks' Auto Metfhartics' course, $50. Now on, at Hemph'.ll's Anto & Gas Tractor Schools, 163 King Street West, To- ronto. Write for particulars or come at onco. 10 $10 to $50 a Week at Home in Your Spare Time Increase your income at home in your spare time. You can earn $10 to { > each week writing show , cards at home or qualify for a position paying a good salary or soliciting. We teach you how and supply you steady work. Wrhe | today for full particulars. NATIONAL SHOW CARD SCHOOL, LIMITED. Roo.n, 43, 44 Adelaide St. Wst_ Toronto, Canada. 13 MISCELLANEOUS. GET INTO THIS BIO PAYING BUSINESS FOR YOURSELF. The supply or sxiuea motor me- chanics, chauffeurs and garage men Is alweya fair below the demand. Next aprdng this business wilj offer more opportunities than ever. A usual trained men will command the high- est wages. You can be one of theae and earn big money all year round by preparing yourself for the jot thi winter. The International Automo- bile School has fitted scores of men to make big uccees. Some are earning as high as fifteen dollars a day. We can do the same for you by girlag you a complete practical course in every branch of automobile wonk. Our course conalftta of two to three months' practical garage in- struction, with individual attention and help which will enable you to take any responsible position. Not mere book learning, but sound teach- ing and experience under actual working conditions. W e are the largest school in Canada and 1 the only automobile school in Toronto which allows the prospective student Join- ing to go thi-ough the school and talk with the man taking the course. Call or write INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL, LIMITED A OA.RAGE, 211-213 Victoria St., Toronto. Adelaide 6676. Best equipped school in Canada. 10 MAKE MONEY AT HOME) $15 TO $60 paid weekly for your ?pare time writing sbowcords for us. No con- vassinig. We instruct and supply you with work. West- Angus Show- card Service. 57 A. M. Ctolborne 9t. Toronto. 11 LADIES WAITED TO DO PLAIN and light sewing at home; whole or spare time; good pay; work eent any di&taucc; ohangea paid. Send t>ainp for particulars. National Manufacturing Co., Montreal. 1C WANTED GIRLS OP GOOD EDU- catlon to train as nurses in Wel- latul'ia Hospital, St. Oaitharines. 10 KNITTING YARNS LOVffiLY OOL ors, pure wool, but very moderate prices. Sample shades free Georgetown Wollen Mill*, George- town. Ontario. u WE WILL SPIN WOOL. INTO YARN or blankets. Address Georgetown Woollen MHIs. Ont 15 THE SAFE WAY TO SEND MONEY by mat; is by Dominion Express Money Orders. It wiH Prevent Ulcerated Thro*t. Art the first symptoms of sore tfhroat which presages uhceration and In- flammation, take a spoonful of Dr. Thomas' Eclectrlc Oil. Add a Htttle sugar to It to make it palatable. U will allay the Irritation and prevent the ulceratlon and swelling that are so painful. Those who were periodi- cally subject to quinsy have thus made themselves Immune to attack. ISSUE NO. 10. 1621 HELP WAITED MALE! ^.^N^.^.^, , (.(^^oiw^xooxKo^mo^o^ WE WANT 200 MORE MBN AT once to fill positions in early wring. at $125 to $200 per month operat- ing gas tractors, driving motor trucks and cars, selling tractors,, cars and farm power machinery, or as auto tractor meehancis. In oitj and country garages. Only * few weeks required to learn these- trades in the day or evening class- es at the H&nrphlll Government chartered Motor SSchool in every large city of Canada. Start, now and you will be ready for spring rush. Call at near- est branch for free catalogue. Visitors always welcome. Hemp- hill Motor Schools, 209 Pacific- Avenue, WinnJpeg. Branches at 103 King Street West, Toronto. Re- gina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, *Cal- gary, and Vancouver. 3fr. SALESMAN WANTED. GRAMOPHONE MANUFACTURER, wants agents. Sample gramophone and records at factory price. Cata- logue free. Volce-O-Phone Co., 1 Adelaide Street East, Toronto. 12- HBftE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR. an energetic man to be Indepen- dent and free from the worry of un- employment, representing a strong Health and Accident Company. Lib- eral policies, good commissions and opportunity for advancement to po- eion of District Manager. A. F. Stolz, Manager, Merchant* Cas- ualty Company, Royal Bank Bidg., Toronto. g-22 SALESMEN AND AGENTS WANTED. AGENTS WANTED FOR 5,<W> Pacts About Canada, 1021 Edition now out. Compiled by Frank Yeigh. 50 chapters full of Canada's wondw- fill story of progress in a nutshell. Send 30 cents for a copy to Cana- dian Facts Publishing Co. 688 Hur- on Street. Toronto. n POULTRY WANTED AND FOB SALE. HENS WANTED ALIVE. 25 OE>rT a pound, any size. Dudes 3&c; roosters, 22c. I pay express with- dn 200 miles of Toronto. You oar, ship t'.O.D. Eggs wanted. CraUe loaned fre:>. Albert Lewie, MC Dundas West, Toronto. i $7.00 Per Day Profit. OUR HENS PAY A PROFIT OF ($5.00) each over and above feed bills. (500 hens will pay you a profit of ($7.00) per day. A Cock- erel of our strains will pay you many times over in extra egga Irom your pullets next fall and winter. Our stock wins ftrtit place In the Sas- katchewan Laying Contest and second place in the Canadian Laying Con- test. Write for beautifully Ulus- tr.ited catalogue. It's free. L. R. Guila, Box 8, Rockwood, Ont 11 BABY-CHIX. FROM OUR HEAVY producing Barred Rock, Rhode is- land Red best strain*. Lire de- livery guaranteed. (.'-nicks 30c Eegs $2.50 per setting. Circular' free. Alfriston Poultry Fajmu!,' Currie's Crossing. Ont. 11 ELMGROVE FARM. EGGS TOR HATCHING BRONZtf. Turkeys, Embden. African nf Toulouse geeae, Pektn and Indian Runner ducks. White and Barred Rocks. White \VyondotU, Riiudt Island Reda, and Silver Cmnjines. Write for catalogue. J. C. iRuttier-' ford, Albion, Ont. U ARTICLES WANTED. ALSE TEETH (OLD) ANY CON- ditlon $1 to $25 per set. Also old gold discarded jewellery, watchec ' and diamonds. Kilt sou M7 Church Street, Toronto. IT 'AISLEY SHAWL WANTED. IN good condition. Write Mm. MoCfenn. 194 Jameson Ave, Toronto. tf MEDICAL. FITS STINSON'S HOME TRBAT- ment for epilepsy. Twenty years' success. Thousands of test!-' monials. No case should be con-, sldered hopeless. Free booklet. Wm. Stlnson Remedy Co. of Can- 1 ada,, 2611 Yonge street Toronto. 2T RHEUMATISM ROUTbRS AN EF- fecUve, scientific remedy for Rlheu- matlsm, Chilblains, Cold Feet, Nervous Troubles. No drugs. Con- venient to use. Regular price $2.00. Send $1.00 for special lim- ited introductory otter, or write for particulars. Rheumatism Routers Co., 96 Hil'sdade Ave, Toronto. 11 FARMS WANTED. DO YOU WANT TO SELL A COR- n*r ofif your (arm., about five aoreaf Must have trees and good creek and be on good stone road, in vicinity of Toronto, Hamilton, Milton, Oak- vflle, Brampton, Piokering, Oshawp, WtHby. Write Advertiser, 5* King Wffltam St., Hamilton, glvta* exact location full partknllae* and MONET TO LOAN Loans made on farms, tint, , second mortage*. M ortgact u purchased. REYNOLDS, 77 Victoria at. Toronto. 12 M fnard's Liniment for Mie everywhere In a funeral procession of am army officer, It Is customary for a hone to follow the casket with the boots of the soldier reversed on the Middle.