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Perri's Bold Announcement-- Rocco Perri, has astounded part of the people by his bold announcement that he has followed "boot- legging" for seven or eight years and that he is the "king of bootleggers”. A» Chicago is keeping up her record: On November 15th a gangster was, shot which made 301 murders in Chicago this year with 46 days to go. The question is, will she complete the tally of 365 murders in 365 days? If she accomplishes this feat she will stand pre-eminent in the whole world. Even if Chicago falls down in her effort to make the even 365 mark she will istill lead all. other cities in the world, in the murder line, and strange to say, she hasn't got "government control!” - Sturgeon Falls council has decided that if Ferguson and Nickle want to enforce the O.T.A. in that town they can do so at their own expense-mot at 'the expense of the people of Sturgeon Falls. Great Britain's quick move to land troops in Egypt and put a strong heet into Egyptian waters is a gobd one and a wise one, and it is the only thing that will preserve peace and quietness in that turbulent country. And the right party is in power in England to do the job with neatness and despatch. No Gladstonian par- leying; no Asquith hesitation and 'doubtfulness; but slam, bang from the drop of the hat and the trouble is ended while the other fellow is thinking and talking about it. F Mexico Again Talks Fight-. There is talk about another rebellion in Mexico-- the sooner the better-u-the more Mexicans there are killed each month in the year the sooner Mexico will "snap out of it", and adopt the' common sense plan of being a civilized nation; the better it will be for her- self and the rest of the nations that have to deal with her. A Fine Murder Record--- Many of. them ,are only satisled when mounted on a good horse with a spear in the hand and a carbine beneath their cloak, ranging the desert ,seeking whom they may waylay, rob and kill. For_wh.at good is d horse, a gun and a spear if they cannot be used for the benefit of the owner? , In addition to this the wild spirit'cif the desert and individual independence runs in the blood of many who make Egypt their headquarters, and these turbulent spirits are eternally plotting against the bonds or fet- ters of staid, steady and good judgment. O.T.A. Squabble--. It is as impossible to Christianize a Mohammedan as it is to convert a Jew. Bash of them look with scorn upon Christian religion and cherish their own religion with, pride, , _ No Christianizing influence can be brought to bear on these people on account of the fact that they can- not be brought under the influence of the Christian re- ligion-some measure of success may attend efforts to spread Christianity in China Gr even in Japanfbut in Mohaihmedawcountrits, never! . fiIf the inhabitants of Egypt and similar countries can be brought to live half decent 'lives, it will be be- cause it will pay them to 'live that kind of lives-not be- cause their natural bent is in that direction. ii' Facts and Fanmes i'i'i" Today it may be truthfully said that the only goal Mohammedan is a dead Mohammedan and the Egyptians are all Mohamedans." Egypt is‘Egypt tiful always will be Egypt While the Mohammedan religion prevails, and that will be al- ways, even unto the end. e. n.0- Egypt, Persia, Arabia, Turkey and India can only be civilized by the force of circumstances-in other words, the force of arms. _ In former days irwas a common expression in Can- ada that the only "good" Indian was a "dead" Indian. Great Britain has found out that the adage, "rule by love instead of fear" isn't all it's cracked up to be in Egypt. _ Dead Ones Are the Good Ones-- 0:0).0.0.0.I -1 TWO Members Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Member Selected Town Weeklies of Ontario. Member Grimsby Chamber of Commerce Issued every Wednesday from the Office of Publishers, Main and Oak Streets, Grimsby, Ontario TELEPHONES--. Business Offict, 36; Editorial Office, 23 Established 1885 JAS. A. LIVINGSTON & SONS, Owners and Publishers THE INDEPENDENT jAS. A. LIVINGSTON, THE PEOPLE'S PAPER . ORLON LIVINGSTON, . A. M. LIVINGSTON, - Business Manager General Manager '()-0-().0-0.1 Editor - v-0 50 x-lO:O . In the meantime, Hamilton people, under private ownership, are only paying five cents, and, in addi- tion to that, the city receives eight per cent. df the gross receipts. Yet letters appear from time.to time in the Hamilton papers complaining of the high fares paid the street railway, etc.; verily a lot oi Hamilton people don't appear to know when they are well off. In addition to all that it is stated upon good au- thority that the continual drain on the transportation commission for capital charges has run expenses up to the point where they are exceeding revenue. The award will add to the drain, a strong argument in the direction of higher fares. - . "discriminating legislation in Alberta is scrapped and business placed on a normal and safe basis." Mr. How- ard also advocated a more intensive policy of coloniza- tion. _ ' ' Unfortunately it appears to be only too true that organized bodies of the unemployed are used1y agi- tators for the advancement of radical propaganda by fostering discontent rather than bysendeavoring to improve the position oEl those out of work. Toronto people are wondering Iif street car fares are to be raised to 8 cents before the end of this year. A good many individuals think that they will be, and this gossip has become stronger since the final cost of the original system to the city has been decided. And, indeed, the railway is costing the city very much more than was first anticipated. . At first the city estimated that the Mackenzie sys- tem could be secured for about $3,000,000 and the highest estimate was not more than $8,000,000, where- as, now that the final price fixing has been arrived at, the price is around $12,000,000! T T Meanwhile the city has spent a lot of money On rebuilding, betterments, and extensions, until now a conservative estimate of the capitalization of the sys- tem is not much under $50,000,000. _ Mr. Howard said that mortgage companies could not and would not lend money on farms until the He urged the settlement on Alberta lands of ag. ricultural immigrants carefully selected, and assisted after going on the land, by government aid and sug. gested that a corporation similar to the Soldiers' Set. tlement Board, with government backing, would ei. fectively handle the problem of land settlement, 2 question of supreme importance to western Canada. Mr. Jerry O'Brien has handed in his resignation as secretary-treasurer of the-Unemployed Association of Canada, on the grounds, "that bolshevism and. com- munistic propaganda were creeping into the associa- tion". That discrimination against mortgages in the west has had a serious effect on its development, is evidenced by the recent statement made by W. H, Howard, Western manager of the Trusts & Guarantee Co., and president of the Calgary Board of Trade, in addressing the Lethbridge Board of Trade at its Weekly luncheon. There seem to be indications that the provincial government does not propose to give the Hydro Com- mission a monopoly in the field of local transporta-. tion, in spite of the opposition of Sir Adam Beck to government sanction and regulation of motor-bus lines on routes that compete with Hydro-owned radials. Accordingly, the Hon. G. S. Henry, provincial Minister of Railways, has decided that, the motor-bus lines on Yonge street will be regulated and put under a tariff, and it is altogether likely that similar action will be taken as regards the numerous motor-buses using the Toronto-Hamilton highway. "We cannot turn the traffic away," says Mr. Henry. "People have been using these lines, and they demand the service." "In fact, Canadians are paying an increased price for the loaf of bread, as a result of the farmer getting this benefit. When the sentiment of the west is not dictated by agitators, and becomes a give and take one, perhaps Canada will be ablexto adopt a stabilized policy of benefit to all and the .country" will then march on to unexampled prosperity." : , The immense improvement in the condition of the western farmers during the past few months has great- ly Weakened the previous contention of these same farmers that the tariff was the big cause of their falil- ure'to make good. And in this connection the St. Catharines Standard makes, the following sensible re- marks: “It would be a fine thing to take the tariff out of politics, but that will never happen as long as po- tential votes for party victory can be won by special pleading on this question It is reassuring to note that this year the farmer, having to accept the price of wheat as set by the world markets, has no complaint. qqrqr+g+gqtagqrq"e+g6te"g+gq"t+Fgq"t+a"gq+g4rrgq"trql' f+FFFFe"e"e"FFe"e"FFFt+e'eqeee6eq9ee+e+Fe"t"t"e' Truly in the case of the Prohibitionists it has been the "blind leading the blind" and it took the startling announcement of Rocco Perri to open the eyes of the blind so that they could see now in this present, what thousands of other people saw all along for the past seven years. Oh, there are none so blind as those who will ndt see! I condemned bootlegging almost weekly, and for so doing I have been termed "a child-of the devil". Many ministers of the gospel stated last week that they would refer to the Rocco Perri announcement in their sermons dn Sunday. Why didn't they refer to it long ago? Why did they not expose Perri years ago? Why didn't they tell the people about the giant octupus that was holding Ontario in its clutches? Why did they not condemn bootle'gging weekly in their sermons? _ I say that Perri's announcement has shocked part of them-the other part has known all along that Perri was a "wholesale bootlegger" and was behind all, or nearly all/the big movements of liquor in. Ontario. This incident has proved the statements that I have often made to the effect that thirchurches, the preach- ers and the prohibitionists have been helping the boot- leggers by denying and ignoring the existence of a bootlegging traffic when they should have been eNpos- ing it and condemning it. As a matter of fact, a certain portion of the peo- ple of Ontario have deliberately "shut their eyes" to what was going on, and even refused to believe it when told about it, and all the time Rocco Perri was becom- ing a millionaire by handling first-class liquor by the car 'load, truck load, boat load and automobile load'--- over highways, railways and water ways, and laughing at the people who were helping him with his nefarious traffic by their silly course of denying the existence'of any such traffic as he was carrying on. Therefore, the part of the people. that has "shocked" at Perri's announcement, should not shocked at the announcement, but at their own norance" of what hasltaken place all around t without their knowledge for the past seven years. NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT EVENTS BY PE'I‘ER PETERKIN THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO the " IR 122 be a 12 She thinks liking-tackle is some kind of trout bait She thinks-pocrching game is like poaching eggs. She thinks til? “Fast Mail" refers to Rudolph Valentino. That " where the dividends are _ endeavor something cheerful to earned-in the difference made in tell the lives of thousands of children {Should ill-natured scandal you hav- through the voluntary contributions DC.“ to hear, . " _ ', _ _ . . . . Inclined to damage another a career. which render it possible. to main- tain an institution where pallid [Do you hasten away with bated cheeks become rosy and twisted i breath. " ._ limbs are made straight. (ies, tho , matter ..o/, life.ol death, _ . Longing the details aga‘n to repeat If that were not dividend enough (To the very first person you happen one might try to estimate the g to meet? * _ t hild..1ite in I . . . . . enormops salvage o c I . ls It not Wiser, with kindly heart, Ontario which has taken plnce BIneE Ever to cho.ose the merciful part. “Sick Kids" doctors and 'fsiek Kids' And evil report, so, prone .to grieve. nurses have been going out through Unless l is proven decline to be- this province equipped with a ' lieve? , knowledge ot children's diseases Perhaps there are moments where one which they could not get except in must expose, some such highly specialized and And as needful warning some evil dis- pre-eminently efficient institution B tli€5¢;t i enou h for us all . . r as the Hospital for Biek Children. '11: r,i1eAi,ey,1l1,5,er,11,,o,' Slde,r, ataother'r,, On this year’s service the Hospi- tal expended $345,126 and finds, itself in the hole to the extent 0', $134,284. What comes id around Christmas-time keeps the Hospital going. So long as the word "Christ mas” retains its original significance could any charity possibly enlist more of the sympathy of your readers or entitle itself to more oi their support? Faithfully yours, _ I. E. ROBERTSON, Chairman Appeal Committee She thinks B01? Law is a amendment. ' 75 Your readers have probably had their appetite for statistics satiated during the past few months. Still they will, no doubt, want to know something of the work accomplished by the hospital to which they have so generously contributed in the past. They are shareholders in a Mission of Mercy. Their dividends are not paid in coin of the realm May I trespass upon your’space tc Outline What those dividends are? She thinks 'Méf? Bradstr . popular novel. Ill')',. eet IS a She thinks' ou,. Twist . ot chewing tobaitiE) IS a brand Firstly, the daily average ot chil- dren occupying cots in the Hospital for Sick Gillijgliren was 255. The total ea,reir'cftjr" as in-patients was 6,397. That is equivalent to the population ..ot a good-size/ Ontarir town. And secondly. the out-patient de partment, This is a wing of offices given over to consultation and mine] operations. oh an average there were 190 young Callers a day. To keep the nttghbors from worry- ing, it has beerr.j)ptrgested that the words "Paid foffjg7he painted on the spare tires of au/1turtor cars not mopt- gagged. V ','i'ir. _ GLADYS IS SO DU1;B_ She thinks a _'lllt,i'_,9tba11, coach has wheels. _ f,',' She thinks "f1lil_')",_t" is Babe Ruth's play. ‘. ‘ Kr Dear Mr. Editor:--- The country isffléécoming more Ioros- perous. Every p'liitc you run over on a country road 1s _'l'it,'.k registered thor- oughbred worth $35 Dogs once inlti/ated poverty, but that was when thaw stayed under the house instead otlt a lap. Money is cauettilfdough" because one rises with it. _ li:?)', . Hospital for Sick Children 67 COLLEGE ST., TORONTO Pin-headed petiiire seldom see the point. m1: T Near-sighted tutstomes---Aren't you making the rollsi'a little larger these days, Mr. Bakeryman" Baker-Moat? R-r-olls? Themiloaves. The thing a woman always sees in a show window sheglikes 'best, is the ye-. flection of hersel Tivo's company and three's more than a Ford front seat full. In all countrfeir--a kiss is nothing divided by two. GHICE Mt A MINUTE OF MERCY COSTS FlFTY CENTS H It _ r hai'ii'tttllll C, i ‘. (i, iii 1 . . i," ... 1hil l . . _ r l s9 ' as-.","? " 8) '( " ti tif,); " iii' 'tts,, = d T H E SHORTEST POEM Kisses Mrs. new On enterin the tal f -b F day g por s o a new orn, DENTAL ' Do 37911; ever think of the words. you "trNgrhtf%g%f_f-%PtPtf%_%fNf%foNf'__%f9"H'hf9'h.r%wr9%_ w; say; i VVhethei(‘1 your influence balance for" A. L. PHELgeitilgéDS” D.D.S. goo , Benevolent action or baneful mood; Ip/tce-rose Block, Main St.. . If you meet an acquaintance from over _, Office 1yu.rs.----9 to 12, 1.30 to 130. C) the street, i Gas administered for extraction r Jause a it f . _ . F Igreot. mome 1 some riend to l Phone 92. . . Grimsby Perhaps there are moments where one must expose, And as needful warning some evil dis- close; . But life is trying enough for us all To proclaim without reason another's downfall. ' A successful business man had been persuaded to take six months' holiday from the city and accompany a friend to Africa for big game hunting. Al- though he concealed his nervousness Starting off early the next morning the pair had gone only a short dis- tance when they came upon the tracks which the friend identified as being those of a lion. "Come on, 'we may be able to bag this one," he said. "No; I'll tell you what we'd better do," said the business man brightly, "You go ahead and see where he's gone to and I’ll go ‘back and try to find out where he came from." as best he could, the first night spent in camp in the wilds was a restless one. If you meet an acquaintance from over the street, Or pause a moment some friend to f greet, Do you question in a most querulous tone In cadence resembling a grouchy groan: "How is it that you are not looking well?" Or endeavor something cheerful to tell ' Should ill-natured scandal you hav- The desire for fine clothes and the ambition to dress ‘better than others has proved the T downfall of many. But it is within the meaning of good thrift to dress sensibly Money spent to maintain such standards is not wasted. . Any movement which has tor its object merely making people spend more money for clothes is economical- ly unsound, but any educational movement which seeks legitimately to encourage sensible practices in these matters is worthy of praise. ls it not wiser, with kindly heart, Ever to cho.ose the merciful part. And evil report, so, prone to grieve. Unless it is proven decline to be- In this day and age of the world, no man, especially the young man with his hopes and dreams of great success, can afford to neglect his personal ap- pearance. Clothes do not make the man, but a good appearance is part of one's equipment. for the battle ot life. , One of the outstanding, characteris- tics of the miser is his slovenly, ill- kempt appearance. One of the pre- dominating characteristics of the spendthrift is his tendency toward flashy clothes. . It cannot be denied that appear- ances influence our judgment of others. For example, the young man who is applying tor a position is at a great disadvantage if he is slovenly attired or it he is flashily over-dress- ed. It is not the amount of money spent on clothes that counts; it is the general impression of neatness, cleanliness, self-respect, success, am- ition and respect tor the good opinion of others, all of which are in part conveyed through the medium of one's apparel. There come to the mind with the mention of this movement the prob- lems of personal thrift in dress. These are questions of more import- ance than might seem to be the case at a casual glance. (By S. W. Straus, President American , Society for Thrift) A movement is in progress which has tod its object the encouragement of better standards of dress among the men of this country. As the Great Lakes grain carriers unload in Montreal harbor, waiting their turn in endless procession, the big ocean-going steamships line up at adjacent berths to fill their holds with the same grain as it pours in a golden stream from the spouts of the harbor's efficient carrier system. So great is the pressure on the Port's fa cilities that the Lake'Cantains tele- l LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT SCANDAL Making Sure of, a Harbor I3ee,,tv'::,hrt. asmore Dentist Office-Corner Main and Mountain Streets. Office hours----!) ton?, 1.30 to 5.30 Phone 127. Grimsby, Ontario Grimsby Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public 45 Federal Life Building. Hamilton f tf Funeral Directors and Licensed Embalmers Motor Hearse. Office Phone 72. Night calls 333j Residence, 24 Ontario Street. GRIMSBY ONTARIO G. 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ONE of the safest ways of carrying money when travelling is by means cf Travellers' Cheques. fllillnllll The ”251 Bank offigfiéda Ontario tf TravtOrrs' Cheques in your pocket are equivalent to ready money. ti Wednesday, November 26, 1924 John Clarke, C. A., W. F. Houston, CA., M. I. Long, CA. 809 Bank of Hamilton Building, T Phone Regent 1549 Hamilton 58 Wellington St. E., Toronto CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS CLARKE, HOUSTON & C0. Dominion Land Surveyors, Ontario Land Surveyors, Civil Engineers James J. MacKay, Ernest G. MacKay William W. Ferric " Phone Regent 4766. 72 James St. N. Home Bank Building Calder & Hazlewood MONEY TO LOAN REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, Phone 7, Grimsby Hamilton _r'9%.'%f%ri'%f%."-%-sr'-'hs'%e'-.rursr_.-ses-s._ MacKAY, MacKAY & PERRIE 30tt this year, Montreal exported 22,- 000.000 bushels more grain than the seven next important ports of Ameri- CO <‘-0n'1hinr>d. The total was over 99,000.000 bushels. DR. R. A. 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