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and digestive organs, ry ating the He and ing the tgg production an d raking larger Fendor Poultry Pratt s Poultry ave 25c Package 4 ORVAL BYER ~Drigygist and Optician, Port Perry Those who live alon, 'Rural Mail Routes can now have a dsil papey morming Ete edition by placing your Drder with and get rates. ; fowls. ns wei | ical party. es progra oment suppose * thi b, or put in such 'a light as to {be misleading. This policy of making a pretty picture (or a lurid one, according. to the party represented) is not confined to any particular" polit- It'is part of the way the warfare is carried on. Canada is in a situation where this -| bigoted partizanship will be increas. ingly dangerous to her because of the very large number of easily in- | fluenced voters that there are in the country. Some of these areinfluence- ed by bribes of different kinds; but prejudice or the fact that the crowd is going in a certain direction, If we could cut ourselves loose from the personal element 1n politics --the abuse of political opponents, and get some real program of ~deve- lopment for Canada, we should. be taking a step in a good direction. It has always seemed to the think- ; ing man, a reproach that' politicans should be able to count on the sup- port of men no matter what the policy of the party. Party loyalty may be carried so far that it robs a man of his patriotism, We badly need a.calm re-statement, of party principles, or else we need' something to rouse us beyond our desire to get our share of the * "Pork- | barrel." Port Perry Paces RUN FROM $26.00 TO $650.00 BIG REDUCTION ON MEN'S og Mén's Pants for ann THE $100 Temperance Convention Report by MR. JAMES STONEHOUSE The Temperance Cony ention which was held in Massey hall, Toronto, last week was the greatest and most significant convention of its kind ever held in Canada. . 1t was a three days convention aud the enthusiasm and optimism which | prevailed from start: to finish augers well for the cause of total prohibition in Ontario, at least. The convention, however did not stop at provincial | prohtbition ' but included Dominion wide prohibition in its propaganda. There were well over a thousand delegates present and they came from 2 every corner of the province. Grits ' {and Tories met on common ground }and worked harmoniously for a com- mon end. Many prominent business men-of Toronto took an active part in 'the proceedings and the chair was oc. cupied at times by such men as ex- Yao Oliver, R. J. Fleming, F. S. Spence 'and others. Mayor Hocken was' also 3 prominent figs. on the they are often not the whole! most of them are influenced ty their; SINGLE COPIES oe. No. 5 regard to adopting the C, I A. unless' would be et A letter was read to the convention 'from the Hon. W. J. Hanna guaranteeing to seaithe C. T. A. enforced as 1igorcus- ly 'as the Local Option Act in 'so. far as the province had powers to do it, and it is well understood that the Privy Council has conferred pretty full powers on the provinces in regard to law Sforcement of temperance legis- lation. The three-fifths clause was condem- ned even more vigorously than hereto- fore as it was made evident from facts and figures that it was the greatest hindrance to the adoption of local op- tion of any thing the temperance people have to contend with and the government was called upon to fulfil its pledges regarding its removal when it was demonstrated that it was not necessary for permanency, which fact has been fully demonstrated for years + by having norepeals where repeals are possible by the score on majorities. . The present year is pregnant with important results from a prohibition standpoint and the Convention realiz- ing this fact and also the necessity for money to carry on the campaign work, they went into the financial part of the programme with a"vim and money flowed into the treasury by thousands showing that there is some: thing more than sentiment behind the movement for provincial prohibition. simple Li decaiivon 2 -- en Parlor Meeting « About fifty persons attended a most interesting meeting of the WC T U at the hone uf Mrs. Faggart on Wed- nesday afternoon of last week, 'The President, Mrs. Whiteway was in the chair. After the usual business was transacted, Mrs. Star, of Whitby, County President, adcressed the Union, Among other things Mrs Starr spoke of the need of doing all that was possible to improve the san- itary conditions and moral tone in our own community. An effort should be made to see that the schools are in a sanitary condition both "inside and out. Filthy or immoral conditions in schools should not Le tolerated. Touching upon the subject of dress Mrs. Starr deplored the immodest ten- dency and urged that by example and kindly tactful advice this tendency be discouraged. The speaker referred favorably to the Bay Scout Movement. A true scout is clean of body and mind, busy physi cally and mentally and develop- ing into a good citizen. If our' boys are not well trained the country can- not continue to prosper. To-day. scout masters are being well trained and can render extremely valuable service in a community. The meeting was concluded by a social half hour, and several new rember were added to the Union. Abolishing Entrance Examinations A year.ago Inspector Putman, of Ottawa, got rid of the High School entrance examinations in that city. And now the ' Toronto board of exam- oan by the ion separate schools will be mittance, into the high on 3,901,434.57 92,579. 35018, 1,115,535.51 Two Kinds of Property There is not much sense in theudis- tinction between real and personal property as the law has applied 'it time out of mind. A farmer takes up a gnarter section of raw land and by his skill and industry makes it highly productive. From the produce of his industry he erects buildings and buys cattle, which increase under his care, Presently he has a house, a barn, a thousand bushels of grain in a granary, twenty head of animals--perhaps some money in the bank. All these things are equally the re- sult of his labor applied to the land. He "made" them, in the sense that they came into their present position of usefulness and exchangeability through his effort. There is nothing more real about the house and barn than about the corn and cattle. They arg not even immovable, as the law pretends them to be. So, too, if the land now yields wheat and corn where it formerly yielded only twitch-grass, that is a result of his effort. He made them. From well-directed play pupils wii benefit mentally, moraly and physi~ cally, and I believe their parents will™ financially, if we take into consider- ation the cost of the sickness for which the schools are sometimes responsible. Independent Telephone Situation In Uxbridge two parties were trying to get possession of the Uxbridge & Scott System, The Independant Unicn and the Bell Telephone Co. The matter has been before the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board for some time, this body giving the In- dependent Telephone Union until February 24th to purchase the system This privilege was granted on the ground that the Independent Systém would be injured if the Bell Company were allowed to purchase this unit. On February 24th the Indepeh- deat Telephone Union made a deposit The true distinction is between gratuitous and earned property--be- tween that which is simply a bounty of Nature and that produced by human effort. On this farm the only thing the farmer did not make was the raw land. The Government gave that to him or to some predecessor No one can earn or honestly make anything without: benefiting other people. The farmer's wheat and beef benefit others. If a merchant suc- ceeds it is by serving his customers well. All that a man can produce by his skill and industry he should enjoy as fully as possible On earned property taxes shoul fall lightest. more--not less--taxes should pay than the one that human effort he is | would really do. made useful to the community distinction between real and personal | property that the law draws obscures the true distinction, nd a---- Organized Play in Country. Schools MRS. E A WARREN Danforth Out, 1t is as impossible te organize play in a school yard with nothing to work with as to organize any other school work without equipment. If high shool boys need a gymnas- ww to develop their bodies, why not the boys who never reach the high school, for the person who has a poor education needs a strong body if any- one does. 1 strongly recommend appliance for sport in the playgrounds of our coun- try schools, to be substantially built, safe and durable, and enough of them to afford every child a chance to use them during the recreation periods. I never have had any trouble arising from the playground. Our rural school grounds are usual- ly the most neglected and" uninviting places in the whole land, with no at- traction what ever to win children or anyone else to them.' Too often country children have no form of amusement at school except rudely he, | chasing each other about the yard Is it any wonder children dislike to go to school? By having proper ap- pliances for play the pupils could ave more recreation in tae open' air, on|and benefit both themselves and the cack of wings provided with steel rounds will d in the pls in school ) the chi The unimproved quarter section held speculatively for a rise | Ihe | ingeal of $1000 on the purchase price of the Uxbridge & Scott System, the balance of the money to be paid within ten days of that date. Mr. Hoover says that the Uxbridge System will remain' Independant, and that now that the matter is settled immed- iate steps will be taken to improve the service. There is considerable activity in Uxbridge regarding the purchase of this telephone system. Itis one of many such, which present problems i] both 10 the companies themselves and It is a consider- build, operate and where one ling Merchants have to the rival companies do not readily give long [ the general public. able expense to maintain two lines two phones; --and distance connection: A healthy competition is neccessary in any business enterprise to prevent the methods of monopolies in overs charging for service rendered. It is evident that in this locality the coms« petition has stimulated development. While the task would be extremely difficult, and could only be accom= plished by fair minded men, it would seem to be time for a committee of arbitration to be formed to relieve both companies and general public of the burden of double lines. We would not advocate -that any telephone company be given undup favor, nor that any action be taken td remove healthful competition from the field That might prove even more expensive to the public than the present wasteful system of maintain- ing two lines. Of course the usual method is the survival of the fittest, but we havg neither labor nor money to waste in erecting utilities, which will eventually be abandoned, and allowed to rot. That is crude. A fair division of the territory un- der proper conditions of efficient 'service would relieve the situation, Card of 'Thanks Mrs. Chas, Rose and daughter wish [to thank the friends and ghb