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4 Chiotket Confed if, Time in its flight. When you come to the end of your earning years what inâ€", come will you haveâ€"to continue the mde-~ _ pendence you value, and provide for the comfort and standard of living.â€"you" now ‘~enjoy ? ‘ Ihywm’l) do your part, the Confpder-f "tation> Lif ig . ;lm).-vmonth when you retire. Under this plan_ you can provide for the future E g . the depomts, qnd you Timmins FE._M. Burke Ltd. Earning years must eventually. cease, the period of retirement must inevitably arrive for each of us, for we cannot stay ©100 a Month Confederation Lifé Association Toronto, Canada * _ fls ~« obligation, send ‘nfe "Your Key to Happiness‘" and full information ®‘ of ym -pn,,!f‘oo a month.f’ _ y Naflé%flr.; MYS. OF M en , Druggist Happy Months For You â€" When Earning Years End! : Time to play and ttavel comes to fl)ose o plan. lwxll have ‘the satisfaction of watching your savings grow. THEN . . . with the assurance of the monthly income you must have for complete independence; leisure to rest or play, as the fancy takes you; and with health, which freeâ€" ‘dom from financial worry promotes . your, later years may well be your hap- pielt Decide NOW that you will investiâ€" ' gite this plan. Send for the folder, "Your However, it may not be out of place ‘in view of the fact that The Mail and Empire published <"the .despatch aritiâ€" cising the soâ€"called subsidizing of gold mines, to @allow The Mail and Empire C:C:M + Skate and Shoe Outfits are designed to meet skating requirements. The very best suggestions of famous Hockey players and skaters are continually sought by our research department in order to maintain Câ€"Câ€"M s leadership. Thirty years‘ research in skate steels, constant study of shoe designs give ol you C°C â€"Mâ€" ‘Outfits . that combine speed; comfort and long life. # se un ce enc ie ce oi es c c the Government ceased paying the world price for the yellow metal. In that event the embargo on the export of gold would have to be lifted, and the mines would be in the same posiâ€" ‘tion as they are toâ€"day, so far as inâ€" come is concerned. It will, therefore be clear to everyone that ‘it is the Government, or rather the country, and not the mines which benefits from the present a.rrang;emexfl: The â€"Governâ€" ment requires the gold to meet obliâ€" gations abroad, and particularly in the United States, â€"andâ€"to provide anâ€"adeâ€" quate basis for Canadian currency and credit. t As a matter of fact, it is immaterial to the gold mines whether they sell their product to the Ottawa Governâ€" ment or to the United States. In eiâ€" ther case they would get the world price for it. They would be in posiâ€" tion to adopt the latter recourse if The history of the case is just this: Gold being the only international meâ€" dium of exchange, it pays to ship it from countries with depreciated curâ€" rencies to coutries whose currencies reâ€" main at par. When, after the fall of the pound, the Canadian dollar declined on the New York Exchange it became. increasingly profitable for our mines to send their product to the American Republic. In selfâ€"defence the Can@â€" dian Government intervened by passing an. Orderâ€"inâ€"Council prohibiting the export .of gold except under license. The cbject was to prevent the depletlpfi Cof Canada‘s gold reservesâ€"to accumuâ€" late the new gold from Canada‘s mines in order that the Government might be in position to take care of various international obligations payâ€" able in gold. The Government had to ‘have the gold, and still has to have it It nas preferred to buy it in Canada, and it pays the market price as measâ€" ured in American currency for what it buys It is the différence between the valties of the American and Canadian currencies which is being paid to Canaâ€" dian gold producers, and which has given rise to the erroneous term "preâ€" mium." As we have said, it is not a premium. "premium.‘" > The ~illâ€"informedâ€" politiâ€" cin, or man on the street, is very far astray when he entertains the idea that the Government, out of the goodness of its heart. is propping up the gold mining industry while other industrics are prostrate from the depression. sion. There is no measuring the exâ€" tent of the ignorance which accumuâ€" lates in the minds oAf some â€" radical parliamp>ntarians. Nor is there any possibility that the Government will pay much attention to ‘any protests which they may make. The fact of the matter is that the gold mines of Canaâ€" da have not been, and are not "sub« sidized," they have not recelved and they do not receive a Government Ottawa . correspondents â€" stating that some members of Parliament may raise objections to what they call the "subâ€" sidizing" of Canadian‘ gold mines by the payment of a "premium" on the go!ld produced, while other industries are accepting their share of the depresâ€" "Câ€":Câ€"+M*" on skate and shoe is your guarâ€" antee of complete satisâ€" faction and good value. , 3HD held nine héamkts, two clubs ; diamonds,â€" and bid three ‘beasl She was playing with three other| in this way the community will be able womenâ€"Mrs. Jack Warren, Mrs. Ross! to add approximately twoâ€"thirds of the Williams and Mrs. C. C. clermontâ€"mumwbymem and about the strangest distribution of| The suggestion is that everyone in t.he cards on record was dealt out around community.donate a day‘s pay, or conâ€" the table. Mrs. Warren held 11 clubs, ,trmcw b.xmnt.h If this phn is one ‘spade and one ond,‘and bid.| follomwed ‘out it is ~the , one club, Mrs. Clermor vas Mrs.| will ‘be . sufiieient funds to reliev Grant‘s partper, held nine diamondd| the cases of need in includirg the ace, and four bearts. this winter. . _ She bid three dia: ds, Mrs made a grand slam, a, Rggina newsâ€" paper reports. , Mrs. Don. Grant nee Edna McParâ€" land, of Haileybury, held a bridge party Held Twelve Spades in Bridge Hand at Regina "Cobalt Board of Trade at a sparsely attended â€" meeting on Tuesday night went on record as urging the gov ment ‘to concentrate road that might be planned for the: comi § winter on ‘Transâ€"Canada HighwaÂ¥y, rather than on other.roads. The me- tion was the development of a distusâ€" sion which took place on a resolution submitted by the Ottawa Board of Trade, which had urged that several roads might be built in the Muskoka district, east from the Torontoâ€"North Bay highway, rather than spend money on direct relief, a system the measure denounced. It was claimed these roads would be valuable in securing tourist traffic, and it was estimated that on basis of paying and maintaining a man at $1.40 per day, about $12,000,000 would be needed for the four months, ending April 30 next. The suggestion was that. the men be fed and housed and given 20 cents per day, and that no direct| relief would be. given families unless the men took the work if ofied At the Cobalt meeting, one mem tookl gxception to the money. pro , and urged that the motion paésed be amenâ€" ded to include a living wage clause, but this idea was rejected on the ground it should be ijeft to the Government. , The meeting endorsed a resolution from | the Union of Catholic farmers of Teâ€" miscamingue, who are seeking to tutiâ€" lize the Narrows at the Old Mission as a means of shortsning the road. from the Ville Marie district to this side of the.lake. Cobalt will bring the matter to the attention of Hon. W. A. Gordon. | The annual meeting of the board will be held on January 17 next, and will ; take the form of a supper. Arrange- ments have been left in the hands of | the executive committee who will anâ€" nounce the programme later.; _ The Haileyburian last week had ‘the following paragrapn' in its “Community ‘News." Wants Roadwork Centred . on Transâ€"Canada Highway All three results are clearly apparent in Canada toâ€"day. The dividendâ€"payâ€" ing mines are paying higher dividends. Ol;her mines are jsining or are about to join the dividendâ€"paying list. There is great activity in prospecting and in the development of new â€"properties. Many millions of dollars have lately come into this country for investment in Ontaric, British Columbia and Queâ€" bec gold mining enterprises. This parâ€" ticular industry is the most forward looking industry in Canada toâ€"day. It is buttressing the Government‘s reserves and thus strengthening our credit and currency position.. It . is, therefore, unlikely that the Governâ€"< ment will abandon its present polisy of prohibiting gold exports except uxaâ€" der Government license and of buying all the gold preduced by our mines at American prices. When commdity prices are low gold becomes relatively more valuable. .‘ is one of the reasons behind toâ€"day‘s world scramble for the yellow metal. As pointed out by Mr. R. C. Rowe in the Canadian «Mining Journal, the doâ€" mestic mining industry is affected . in three specific ways: (1) Thoase produâ€" cers which operate: profitably normal conditions make more money; (2) properties which are unprofitable producers underâ€" normal â€" conditions approximate towards profitable operâ€" ation and many actually achieve profitable ogrrration; such properâ€" ties with their increased earnings are able to consolidate their position, undertake extensive exploration proâ€" grammes and generally place<themâ€" selves in a favourable position to meet the future; (3) there is a general: tenâ€" dency for capital to turn to gold mining for profitable investment. n This country is exceedingly fortinste in having deveisped a great gold mining industry at this particular stage in the world‘s histery. This year‘s fl}d‘ preoduction throughout the Dominion is placed at between. sixty and seventy millicn dollars: The annual cutput is expected to reach a hundred million dollars in the near future. Only last year this country displaced the States as the second largest gold proâ€" ducer in the world, being now exceedeéd in this respsct only by British South Africa. * C t-o.moum by .government grants. mwnmeveryonemthe Kirkland Lake has a new Communiâ€" ty Finance Committee to secure funds to carry on the relief work expected in the unity this coming winter. Chas. ‘W.. Tressider, publisher of The Northerh News, is the chairman; Dr. Cliffe McKee, viceâ€"chairman, and Wm. Howes is ~secretary. The township treasury is to . handle all the funds and mth!;way%eoommnnitywmbeable toaddapprox!matelymmofthe Outsiders Orderedâ€"to Keep Away from Kirkland haven‘t the interests of the city at heart.. Only Mr.~Casselman knows what is right, and has a stake in the city. The Nugget, which pays out in round figures some $42,000 year in payrolls, pays heavy taxes to the city; pays large amounts to the Hydro Elecâ€" tric Commission, the Bell Telephone Company and the telegraph companies has an investment of about $200,000 in North Bay, has no stake in the city. At the present time The Nugget emâ€" ploys 29 men and women who with their de_gendents number 67. In addiâ€" tion 28 newsboys make an average of $20 a month, which helps considerably in many homes and there are 20 corâ€" respondents in various parts of the disâ€" trict all making some part of their inâ€" come out of this newspaper. We could‘ go on but it is hardly necessary. There is scarcely an industry in this city, outâ€" side of. the railways with the stake in community that The Nugget has, and remarks such as those made by Ald. Casselman indicate one of two things, plain ignorance or deliberate malice toâ€" ward the newspaper." > i pL Eh m ifi . 4. h d EOm PmE ation ‘of the mdfiey he BOt from the city, so he didn‘t bother sending it on to the council to get their opinion. He thought Rowe ought to be sued, so he and Ald. A. T. Smith arranged with the city solicitor to do it without reâ€" ference to the council. He didn‘t like the way the public works committee was doing its job, and he interfered, or so the chairman says and held up the work, and now the costs are appallingly high. When any member of the counâ€" cilor The Nugget presumes to criticize they are being obstrtictionists and He didnt like exâ€" ation ‘of the md ness affairs, Before we go into what this paper may have in the way of a ‘stake we might pcoint out that Mr. Casâ€" selman‘s stake is a modest home and a government pension on which to live. He is not an employer of labour or a participant in any way in the industrial life of the city. We have borne rather atiently with bis fulminations this year ‘because we ‘believed that he was sincere. . However, the revelations at, Monday night‘s meeting were rather too much for us, We ‘find that he is the Alpha and the Omega of the city council, the beginning and the end. * Just Plain Ignorance s ‘"We are not‘ much given to poetry. but a few lines of Shakespeare‘s came vividly to mind in thinking of Ald. Casselman‘s tirade against the Nugget at Monday night‘s council meeting. It runs something like this "Most izynorant of what he‘s most assur‘d, his glassy essence like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before High Heaven, as make the angels weep.‘"‘ Mr. Casselman expressed the view that this paper had no stake in North Bay; that it was Sudburyâ€"owned and really had no Busiâ€" ess taking any part in this city‘s busiâ€" any improper burdens Of criticism. Public men are usually ready to accept the fact that newspapers are an imâ€" portant factor in the life of a comâ€" munity and that in additfion the newsâ€" papers are equally important to the ccmmunity from the standpoint of inâ€" dustry and business: It has been notâ€" ed, however, that in some towns muniâ€" cipal fathers have a tendency to hit cut at the newspapers to hide their own shortcomings and it is surprising how often theyâ€"get away with it. Occasionally, however, there is a showâ€" down and it seems good for the souls of all concerned. â€" A case in point is that of a recent editorial in The North Bay Nugget. The editorial exprlains itself. It speaks for itself. It is well wortn hearing. . Here it is in full, heading and all:â€" 'â€"v same time The Advancd, admits qulte freely that the majority Of public men are fair to the newspipers and do not attempt t.o shoulder off on the press Newspaper Shows its Stake in Community e‘s explanâ€" a manâ€"handicapped by ‘blindnessâ€" to lend his aid for a cause he believes to be worth while. And those who saw the incident went away with a new conâ€" ception of the word fellowship." The many who met D. B. Lawley, the organizer for the Canadian Institute for the Blind, on his recent visit to Timmins to oversee the campaign here to raise funds for the carrying on of the good work of the Institute for the Blind, .will ‘be interested to read the following paragraph in The Northern News, of Kirkland Lake, last week:= "Don Lothian was in charge of one the booths at the recent Canadian Leâ€" gion carnival one night when D. B Lawley, of Toronto, general organizer for the Blind, paid a visit to the big fun-fest He was standing near Don‘s Booth, and happened to overhear the \local newspaper man tell a friend that he needed some extra help to man the booth. "How about me?" asked the Blind Institute organizer. "Sure," reâ€" plied Don. The assent was no sooner given than the Toronto men (who is himself blind as the result of a mine explosion) clambered over the counter and revealed himself as a ballyhoo man of no mean ability. Pretty soon the. booth was doing a land office bixéinm, and the shekels began to roll in. There is no especial moral to this story, unâ€" less perhaps it shows the willingness of D. B. LAWLEY PROVED TO BE GOOD MAN FOR SPIELING provided a good fire hall, with all sorts of the most approved and modern equipment, but the inurance rates did not go down following this.. Rates still are high, but the town has the exâ€" tra protection against fire given by the. equipment bought and the fire\brigade services secured. ‘These protections in case of fire have been well worth all they have cost Their direct returns have been of much value to the people; of the town, but at the same time it is felt that there should hiave also been further returns in the way of still lowâ€" er insurance rates. count: of the general sityation and plan of the town here. Timmins also has spent very freely to secure the best : possible fireâ€"fighting equipment and services, In his address Reeve Hunt asked for support for the byâ€" law to provide a new fire hall for Kirkâ€" Profit is the difference between your cost and fi g:ice per dof:en. You get more tter eggs for every dollar spent on feed when you use Blatchford‘s. h The new low prices of Blatchâ€" ‘@_, ford‘s make your profits even @. You want More Eggs NOW ® 2 and More Frofit-â€"-$ $ °$ â€" e You can get bOth by feedingâ€" Return 14 Wilson Avenue TO CANADA‘S WINTER | evergreen £ 29 Ingredients, Fillâ€" theâ€" Basket Egg Mash C o e A Y Te n _ similar to this one. When the blood stream‘â€"becomes ~thinned, rheumatism «attacks ‘the: system.© «Dr. WilHams‘" Pink Pills {actually create an abundance of new red blood cells, which enrich the ‘blood stream and revitalize the entire system.. They‘re highly recommended for ALL rundown or nervous conditions. They are a great help to growing girls. Get the Pills at your Druggists. 50c yea es n'-n Jus 2s ticed, and when three boxes had .tgen taken‘ the trouble had completely disâ€" appeared. He never had the slightest returnâ€"of the rheumatism." â€"~<â€" ! * \. Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills have proved wonderfully effective in numerolus cases ie TA _2 >A ce ic t package. life, was stricken "‘«wlth rheumatism in the knees," ’m;ites Mrs James â€" Mitchell, Sememammmen St . Cathsmnes. Ont. "So severe was the attack that he was unable to take one step Without assistance. We concluded‘ that the trouble was constitutional, so. we proâ€" cured.a supply of Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills A decided improvement was. noâ€" Credit Given Dr. Williams‘ P For Ending Severe Att « of Rheumatism, â€" Couldn‘t Walk a Step "I suffered for a long time _ ? backache," she writes, "but put it déwn to my age . Reading youranâ€" nouncement, I thought I would‘ tr Kruschen Salts. I have been for some time and have f relief.‘ I thought you would to know it has done me a world 0f @bod: â€"(Mrs.) E. R. o Pains in the back are the B6j paid for inactive kidneys. ‘Kpum he Salts:can be safely trusted to set. the matter : right, because Kruschenâ€" conâ€" tains just what Nature needs to ;perâ€" suade" your kidneys back into a healthy aormal condition. After that, ‘your alood throws off all impurities; {gé‘;'e‘:s 10 more trouble; no more pains;*Bckâ€" ache becomes merely a bad memory, Many people think that backsche a trouble that â€"comes. naturally W advancing years, but this woman: proves that it is not. Rheumatism _/‘ Never THURSDAY, DECEMBER i8tT i1893 " BACKACHE not : D0E 4) a