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list, no doubt, gave the endorsement referred ¢<o hy Mr. DeFeu. â€" Kyveryone, af course, knows that at what was called the Temiskaming Convention aef the Indopendent Labor Party Mr. RNocbuck was formally nominated as eandidate. â€" This Convention, did not necessarily represent Lmbor in any broad way. The Indeâ€" nendént Labor Party of Timmins, for ‘nstance, does not include all the Unâ€" ion men. The point was that Mr. Roeâ€" "wek was ecarcely justified in his preâ€" tenee to be a special ‘"Labor‘‘ egadiâ€" go is ig The P r rate pe or T type, exc WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5th.,‘17 Professional and Business Cards.â€" 4B cents per inserfion or $12 per year. WE CC GCGondensed Advertisements.â€" Loest and Found, Wanted, For Sale, To Recst, etc., one inch or less, 25 cents per insertion. g* t Th k 217 To insure insertion, copies of adâ€" vertisements should be in the hands of the printer by Tuesday noon of each week. Reading Notices.â€"â€"Reading notices of% entertainments, etc., whore aA agu"e is to be made, will be inserted ih The Porenpine Advance at the regâ€" r rate of Scems per line for news pe or 7 cents per line for black faee type, excopt where the job work is done at tke Advance Printing OMeq, when notice will be inserted free of cBarge. Advertisements â€" inserted _ without wBitten instructions will appear until writtea orders for their discontinuâ€" ence shall have been received COCHRANE CLAYBELT SUSPENDS PUBLICATION. In last week‘s issue of The Cochâ€" rane Claybelt there appears ithe anâ€" nouncement that the paper has deâ€" cided to suspend publication for the present. The reasons given are the loss of the printing plant through the fire last year, the advance in the cost: of producing the paper, and the lack of wholehearted support from the peoâ€" ple. _ The Claybelt was bright and carefully edited and showed many evidences of ability, but the regret at its discontinuanee, because of these qualities, will not be as marked as it would have been hgd it not appeared to show a hidden and undesirâ€" able tone in some ways. To the carpâ€" ing criticosm that makes for disunon to the violent opposition to Union Government, and to the other ways that seem to lead only to lack of harâ€" mony and waste of effort. ‘The Clayâ€" belt has contributed more than s share in an insidious way. When the mnajority of men of both parties seemâ€" ed to be uniting in a common purpose to help win the war, The Claybelt ecould find many po ty things to say to raise suspicion and prejudice and so hamper the good work.As an exâ€" ample just three cases from the last issue may be cited. One is the famiâ€" liar dodge of insidiously suggesting that production is more desirable than Conscriplion. Another is a paragraph closing with the senseless words:â€" ‘*God help the ecountry if the present oligarey is <o supplant démocracy in Canada.‘‘ The third is the anâ€" nouncement of the Union Governâ€" ment‘s intention to increase the sepaâ€" ration allowance from $20 to $25 per month, this announcement being marâ€" red by the added comment:â€"‘‘Could this be meant as a vote geter? Why otherwise this tardy recognition just: at this time, when parliament was in session all summer?"‘ The meanness of this comment should surely t» plain: when it is remembered that the Union: Government is only six week old. It was just chis hidden, «lisuniting preâ€" qjudiceâ€"raising tone that would work more in loyal Canada than even the high eost of publishing to injure a aper‘s «hances. MR. ARTHUR W. ROEBUCK AND THE LABOR VOTE At the Labor Parvly meeting Friday cvening Mr. Wm. DeFeu emphasized the fact that Mr. Arthur W. Roebuck had been endorsed by the Independent Labor Party of Canada. Mr. DeFeu usually is careful to know what he is talking about and to talk what he knows, so there is no reason to (quesâ€" tion his statemert. _ Nevertheless, and Dad stated 1 OI UC Canada » §2%.00 a year United States â€" â€" $3.00 a year Published every Wadnesday by Gee. Lake, Publisher MMINS â€" â€" â€" ONTARIO TELEPHONES : he Adx: r the s lumns abor w. 1O onl css wed ut Mc nek ) e ty Wik ied 7 §0 1‘1"xe is no I uis ~sftatemers‘. dvxance has no ap{ e statement appe ns last week su was not behind ad no eall to s4; ast week when 1 Subscription Rates : Hil« or s support, Mr. hoeâ€" was omitted. A later gave the endorsement Mr. DeFeu. â€" Kveryone, ows that at what was »miskaming Convention ndent Labor Party Mr. formally nominated as o. This Convention, ill to saipport him. k when President canrdidates that sho or‘s support, Mr. 3 was omitted. A |}; as no apologies to ma ient appearing in the weoek sugzgesting h Residenee 112 date. Ilf the times were not * seriâ€" ous it would be amusing for a lawyer to take such a stand. Apart from this, though, the abuse of Union Govâ€" ernment systematically irdulged in at the Roebuck mesetings is particularly out of place In the next riding to ;thls, for instance, (Nipissing), Mr. \Charles Harrison is the accredited Laâ€" bor eandidate. In a speeefi at Budâ€" bury last week Mr. Harrison said :â€" P‘I am in complete sympathy with the ar policy of the Union Government. As a loval British subject I have no A recent issue of a Vanceouver newsâ€" paper gives extended reference to two brothers, Pte. A. W. Moore, now held in a (German prison camp, and Lieut. D. A. Moore, now in Camp on leave of absence after spending 18 months on active service in France. Lieut. Moore was formerly a resident of South Poreupine where he was woellâ€" known and very popular. In lus serâ€" vice overseas he was, among other duties, attached to a machine gun i Complete New Fall Stock of Gents‘ Furnishings ; Boots, Shoes, Etc. MUEL BUCOVETSKY All goods of the best makes and bought right, so there are big values here for you in these lines. Come in and see our specials Pine Street, Fimmins eorps and was given a commission for distinguished work on the battlefield. ! On being invalided ta C anada he went: to Mentreal where he spent a \\e]l- earned rest with his sister, Mrs. J. K. Oswald. The Vancouver paper pubâ€" lishes good photographs of <the two brothers and gives a particularly inâ€" teresting amccoun t of Pte. A. W. Moore‘s part in enlisting. _ He was employed by Lord Rhonda at his exâ€" tensive mining properties at Great (Glass Lake in the Aretic, and when he heard of the outbreak of war he packâ€" ed this outfit and walked back to Edâ€" monton on snowshoes,â€"a distance of some 600 miles. After being in many fieree battles on the western front he was taken a prisoner in September, 1916, and his parents only recently learned of his whereabouts when a letter came through from the Prison Camp in Germany. The many friends in the Camp of Lieut, D. A. Moore (Dune.) will join in sincere wishes for the fullest recovery of his health and strenceth. Well ! ~*" PgB ADBVANORE Answer to the Criticisms _ Made Here by J. W. Mahon LOGICAL CONTRAST OF HON. FRANK COCHRANE AND A. W. ROEâ€" BUCK, AS CANDIDATES IN THIS RIDING. THE WAR, THE I8SSUE. . Some time ago the supporters of Mr. Roebuck held a meeting in Timâ€" mins on his behalf in which they inâ€" dulged in a great deal of wild talk. This is especially true in the case of J. W. Mahon who spoke in English. to the crowd... Mr. Mahon condeéemned the Union Government as being simply the Old Tory Government in other colors. That just about shows the atâ€" titude of the man who made the stateâ€" ment tnd the lengths to which some people will go in their partisanship. Let Mr. Mahon remember that there is a war on and the solemn duty of all in these times of stress is to bend all energies towards prosecuting it with utmost vigor. Let him remember that there is no Conservative party and Liberal party. Apparently though he thinks of the local selfish things rather than nationally as all true paâ€" triots should in these times., Liberals and Conservatives all over the country have dropped petty politics and joinâ€" ed hands in the greatest union of the political forces since Confederation was consummated. The question is asked why have they done this? Conservatives and Liberâ€" als from all over Canada have enlistâ€" ed, fought for their country y8a and died for it. Conservatives and Liberâ€" als in the firing linres are being smitâ€" ten down day by day in the shrapnelâ€" swept lines and they call for help to aid them in their extremity. They have no politics. Tney have one idea in viewâ€"to beat the Hunsâ€"and to that they have given up everyâ€" thing and are berding all the art and cunning and energy they possess. Theirs is a sacrifice which we cannot approach until we too offer our life‘s blood. Unless help is speedily sEnt to these men the divisions will dwindle from four down to one and then none and Canada‘s national honor will be gone. Can we desert the Canadian boys overâ€" seas? Sir Arthur Currie commander of the Canadians in a recent Cable said in part ‘‘If support is now withâ€" held or even delayed, it means that additional burden will have to be borne by the men doing the already seemingly impossible. The fight must go on until final victory is achieved. From the agony of battlefield goes forth the prayer that our homeland does not desert us in the hour of our need and our approaching triumph.‘‘ Can you desert the men? A thous-| and noes Union Government is pledgâ€" ed to immediatély relieve the Canadiâ€" an heroes who have already done their bit and more than their bit. Mr. Maâ€" hon charges that the Union Governâ€" ment is only the old government in ; a new suit of clothes but he is entireâ€" ly wrong. Mr. Hugh Guthries‘s Words| will best show up the deficiencies of Mr. Mahon‘s reasoning. ‘‘I know said Mr. Guthrie‘‘ that it is someâ€" times said that the Union cabinet conâ€". tains only a thin veneer of Liberalism, and when you scratch that veneer with your thumb nail you fird the old Borâ€" den Government still in power. Is that true? The president of the council, Hon. N. W. Rowell, has been for the last six or eight years the outâ€" standing Liberal figure in the Provinâ€" ce of Ontario, a man whose sincerity has never been questioned, a man to whom the Liberals of Ontario have committed their leadership. Stated next to him is Frank B. Carvell, who has been the most persistent and fearâ€" less critic the Bordén Government ever had. Is not he a representative Liberal? A. K. McLean of Halifax has been the financial critic of the Government ever since 1911. Jim Calâ€" der of Saskatchewan is the biggest Liberal figure of the west. There is not a drop of Tory blood in that man‘s makeup or in Frank Carvell‘s either. A. L. Sifton has fought the itory hords of Alberta ever since he became premier of the provinc?:. Mr. Crerar is the head of the greatest orâ€" ganization of farmers on the Ameriâ€" !can continent. Have not these men the very leaders of the Liberal 'party in this country and cannot they be trusted now? Do you thkink for one moment that the Torits are going to ‘put anything over‘ Frank Carâ€" vell? Not on your life! Do you think that the Grits are going to put anyâ€" thing over Borden, White and Cochâ€" rane? Not on your life! But party consideration have betn cast aside, and the cabinet is bound in honor to act together as the government of this country so long as this conâ€" flict remains undecided. They have already taken off their coats and got down to work. Patronage lists have been abolished. â€"Henceforth no man will be appointed to public offce for political reasons the man best fitted (Contributed by the Union Government Publicity Committe.) for the job will be asked to fill it.‘‘ Mr. Mahon is reported to hkave riâ€" diculed the idea that 100,000 men from Canada could win the war. Let Mr. Mahon remember that Canadians areâ€" n‘t swelledâ€"headed enough to expect that their final 100,000 will win the war. ~What the men are néeded for is the salvation of our Canadian boys over there and the salvation of Canaâ€" da‘s honor. We don‘t want to do it all. We want to do our bit and not be put to the humiliation of letting others do it for us as the Laurier policy undeniably do. Mr. Mahon thinks Canada coula o more by proâ€" duction than giving men. Let Mr. Mahon remember this is a gigantic war and that Canada needs not only to help with men, money and munitiâ€" ons, but also with focd. Every Cnerâ€" gy of the nation is needed to win and the sconer the war will be over. In closing Mr. Mahon made his greatest mistake. Sir Wilfred Lauriâ€" er he said had never broken a pledge. What did Sir Wilfred Laurier do with the Prohibition referendum? He proâ€" mised to abide by the decision of the electors. Every province throughout the Dominion voted for prohibition ex cept Quekec and because Quebec didâ€" n‘t want it he went back on his pledge. Again in August 1914 Sir Wilfred promised to aid the government in all war measures. Has he done so? In April 1915 he said ‘‘I do not care for my part so long as vne war lasts to open the portals of office with that bloodykey.‘‘ However Sir Wilfred Laurier, Arthur Roebuck and Mr. Maâ€" hon are now not a bit above using that ‘*Bloody Key‘‘ to sneak into office beâ€" cause they are thinking personally inâ€" stead of rationally and because they think of winning the election more than winning the war. As election time draws nearer the electors are weighing the merits of the two candidates in Temiskaming, Frank Cochrane and Arthur Roebuck, and the merits of the Union Governâ€" ment platform and that of its opponâ€" ent. To say the least the balance is all in favor of Mr. Cochrare and Unâ€" ion Government. The great vital issue is Conscription and all others pale into insignificance beside it. Union Government is pledâ€" ged to carry it out fearlessly and with out favor all over the Dominion. Thus our Canadian soldiers will be assured of adequate reinforc@ments to permit them to hold their lines and help smash the Hun. The Laurierâ€"Roebuck policy is one of vague promises and ‘ifs‘ on the great vital issue of the war. _ Mr. Roghbuck is endeavoring, with all the energy he possesses, to mislead the voters and make small issues the great ones. There is only one great issugâ€"the warâ€"and all the others such as profiteering are small beside it. Mr. Roebuck would lead the electorate to believe that the govâ€" ernment is doing nothing to curb proâ€" fiteering. In this he is distinctly wrong. The high cost of living has been in the hands of Mr. Crerar who is well able to control it. The packâ€" ing houses have already come under his displeasure and they cannot take a profit of over 7 per cent. All profits over 7 per cent. and up to 15 per cent. have to be divided with the governâ€" ment so there can be no repetition of the Flavelle scandal. Drastic restricâ€" tions in connection with the cold storâ€" age warchouse in Canada are also unâ€" der way and this has been done by a government which is but a month old. And now to get to the merits of the candidates themselves. Mr. Roebuck styles himself a laborite but it is difficult to conceive how a Torâ€" onto lawyer can. repres@nt Temiskamâ€" ing labor. He professes a desire tfto win the war but how he declines to say and meanwhile Sir Wilfred Lauriâ€" er has taken him under his wings and patted him affectionately upon the bead. Mr. Roebuck has been conspiâ€" cuous by his absence at any gathcrâ€" ings for the raising of money for the Red Cross and Patriotic Fund while his voice has never been raised to get recruits which everybody knows are badly needed nor has he done anyâ€" thing in public to further the Victory Lozn. In fact when oth@r people were patriotically doing their bit Mr. Roebuck was enjoying the comparaâ€" tive seclusion of stua‘ng law. Frank Cochrane nas been a valued public servant and has commanded the attention of political friends and foes alike by his peculiar energetic way of accomplishing things. Hon. Hugh Guthrie, the former Liberal member of Guelph and now Solicitorâ€" General in the new Union Governâ€" ment, paid Mr. Cochranec a decided compliment recently when he was tour not know Mr. Cochrano personally, and anything I did know of him I(wu afraid to say at that time, but diring the six years he has sat on the govâ€" ernment benches the House of Comâ€" mons has formed an entirely differâ€" ent opinion of him. We have come to thoe corclusion that while he is a man of a few words, he is a man of great driving force, of ripe experience and of great executive ability. When he first came to Ottawa he was a marâ€" vel to us on the Opposition benches. We could get nothing out of hin practically but ‘yes‘ and ‘no‘"bre6 when he said ‘yes‘ he meant ‘yes‘ and when he said ‘no‘ he ‘no‘. iI think all will admit ne has been one of the the ablest administrators the government ever had.‘‘ ing the north country. ‘‘Until six years ago‘‘ said Mr. Guthrie ‘"I did This , coming from a political opâ€" ponert of years‘ standing, is quite a tribute to Mr. Cochrane. Then take the tribute of ‘"‘"Kit‘‘ a deceased lady writer, of the Toronto Mail and Emâ€" pire. ‘‘Kit‘‘ was a woman of wide experience and had seen a grێat deal of the world. ‘‘One clean of heart‘‘ she said ‘‘nonâ€"impetuous, capable and full of knowledge in all that regards mines, mining, settlers‘ rights and mining rights.‘‘ As to who is best fitted to represent Temiskaming in the House of Comâ€" mons the electors must decide but let them not forget that their primary obâ€" ligation and duty is to help the boys at the front. 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