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Thursday, April 22, 1920. THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE. CURRENT COMMENT Higher Cost For All But Local Paper. Nobody on earth is so long suffering as the country editor. He can make jokes about the high cost of living even as he starves to death. Expenses have doubled, trebled, quadrupled, but he gets no more for hia paper than the ancient dollar and a half, which was less than enough before the war. He pays his help more, he pays the farmer more for leas food, the grocer more for his supplies, the tailor more for hia clothes, the shoemaker more for his shoes, and everything else in proportion. Yet he continues to charge $1.50 and is mildly thankful when he gets this much. He is afraid of a rural revo- lution if he charged $2. But if he does not arrange for more revenue he will find himself in a state of suspended animation. The farmer who is getting double prices for his wheat should think little of a higher price for the home paper with its interesting local budget. Advertising is a force for higher honesty ; for when men found that goods would sell by advertising their merit, they began (to put more merit into the goods in order to advertise their merit. â€" David Gibson. The Quiet Observer ^ai Alien Strike Promoters 1 is afraid of a penalty attached to , conduct, whether It be tie public Drury Team Has Two Errors. It looks as though the Drury Government had made another mistake. The first was in the handling of the Massey Education Commission incident, when The Toronto World foolishly stampeded them into refusing expert assistance from a group representing all the best authorities in education in the labor, the political, the collegiate, and the lay ranks, under the absurd misappre- hension that capitalists were trying to overthrow representative institutions, conclusions arrived at by an independent body of educationists conducting an enquiry would be no different whoever supplied the funds, and action upon the conclusions arrived at remained entirely in the bauds of the Government. A really serious encroachment on the traditions of representative government is to be feared in the pro\-iaion in the new election act for a four-year term for the legislature, including a stipulation that the present body remain in power until October, 1923. There can be no objection at all to limiting the Ufe of the legislature to four years, but the old prerogative of the people to bring about a dissolution through pressure of public opinion on their repre- sentatives should not be interfered with. It is the great safety valve of Brit- ish democracy that no government can consider itself entrenched and superior to the will of the people. It is the weakness of the United States system that in spite of the utmost dissatisfaction with the governing authority, the people must sit still and wait for an appointed hour, whiah may be two or three years off. Mr. Drury should see that his bill sets four years as the legis- lative term, dating from the day of election, but the House should be imme- diately dissolvable on a vote of want of confidence, and at the option of the new majority. 1 HE BRAIN BOX CONDUCTED BY E. GUNN RAMSAY. Renewed outbreaks of .nrikes on opmion bebind a .Methodist discS he rai ways of .America and in other the dread of panishmem affer de^h' »!^ .u misdirected purpose degeneration of character conaeouent i fhfn.'?^"'^'*''"- , ^^^"^ *''" <1" "^M"" addiction to trlvtai or ^S^te ihmk for themselves but are willing pursuits eneminate to believe and follow leaders of any kind la any matter or in any walk of life without taking pains to verify the authority and authenticity of the leader and his message are bound to suffer from their negligence. u is An Ontario Divorce Court There is to be a divorce court in _ I Ontario. a great deal of feeling has tr-uT^hkVmen^reTorrblame.'aTJS^'Tr'. '^"^ matter on both Sides. The proximity of the United States and the facility for divorce in a. a general rule, and usuaUy men i [i\'*T^ '^^'' ''^t-°"* ^«"<l«'-ed the iâ„¢ --. ^ "lenjiack of a proper divorce law in On- j tario such a hardship as it might together for their ignorance, but Ig- norance is the !>esult of ignoring facu i ignore fact.-i The Population Leakage. It has been announced at Ottawa that an official estimate of the popu- lation of the Dominion sets it at about nine millions. In some respects Can- ada has grown slowly, but the country has been the gainer on this account. Those who remain, who acclimatize themselves, who survive and produce an acclimatized stock are forming the foundation of a great and hardy nation sudh as the northern latitudes have always been noted for. There are no sta- tistics available to indicate what the actual leakage is from the Canadian population, but considering the birthrate and the active immigration of the last twenty-five years it must be heavy. The number of Canadians in the United States is enormous. Unfortunately, too, among those who leave the Do- minion are some of the brightest, brainiest, most talented aud gifted children of the northern zone. Patriotism in the European seuse is not a feature of this con- tinent. Love of the land, the actual earth, the place where one was bred, born and nurtured, is a European characteristic, but the Canadian is at home in any one of the nine great nations, just as the United Stateser is at home in any one of the forty -odd. And there is so little difference between Ontario and New Vork, Ohio or Michigan that the Canadian does not feel he is violating any patriotic tradition in crossing his border and going into Uncle Sam's laud, as the French- man would feel in leaving La Patrie and going iuto Germany. At any rate the Canadian crosses the border and leaves a gigantic inheritance behind him for those who remain. Next year's census should be taken in some more accurate and scientific way than has hitherto been the case, and only people actually present in the country counted. In Great Britain the whole forty-five millions are numbered iu a single night and the advantage of this system over the American method of prolonged enumeration is very great. , Think: I How do you think? ; How much actual serious thought goes into your daily work, your daily ! actions, or how many times do you act without thinking f Have you ever studied the faces of I the men and the women, the boys and the girls whom you meet day by day as you go through life? In repose, often, more often than not, you will : catch your neighbor in the appearance iof a "brown study." \ He appears deep in thought, indeed; but make the experiment some day of asking the same man in all serious- .ness at several different hours of the I day of what he is thinking, and how many times will you receive an an- swer that may lead yon anywhere be- yond the immediate future. He may be thinking of his next meal, of the weather, even something of his job, t but how often will you find a gem of ! thought bubbling up whic h will en- I rich for you the day, and for him place another brick in the temple of constructive ide*la. Right thinking is the root of all true and purposeful action, action which brings results. Therefore THI>rK, but think sanely, think deeply, not along the mere sur- face of things. Learn to look below. This is a word for both workers and employers, for the man at the head as well aa the man at the foot. You who work for a wage, for a salary, you think that you should get something bigger in remuneration. Is this thought merely a surface ripple, stirred up by the prevailing discontent around you caused by "the high cost of living," though spring not actual- ly from an apparent need upon your part? If this is so, you will have a little farther to go. Think deeper. Why, apart from the fact that others demand high wages and that living has soared, should you, John Brown, or I Tom Smith receiver a higher wage than that at which I came into my jobt How far has the wage been earned ? What new contribution has been brought to the daily taskf What zeal exerted which was unknown hereto- fore? Think it over. .\11 demands upon the part of the laborer if they be hon- est, must be accompanied by equal re- sults. It must be a fifty-fifty at least. We live each by the other and you or I as the workers in this world have no more right to demand from anyone more payment in return for a day's work, than that we honestly have striven to fulfill. How About Employers? We live, one by the other, and if the worker must think, here too is the dav, if never before, when the employ- er "also MUST THINE, and think seri- ously of his obligations, which, in pro- portion to his opportunities for serv- ice, both individually, to the commu- nity and nationally are bigger than those of any other citizen. The employer of today must think along the line of action which will lead him into closer relationship with those who are in his service. The gulf between the worker and the man at the head which has here- tofore existed must be bridged, the barriers must ciome down, force from either side must give way to confer- ence, confidence, and co-operation, the three "C'»" which will lead to direct construction. Force upon either side can only lead to the building of more barriers be- tween employer and employed and barriert when they come to be torn down ruthlessly by the hands of those who have suffered by their obstruc- tion, will finally lead to destruction and chaos. Therefore give ui men who will think. Men upon both sides and in every section who will think aright. This is too big a subject to be han- dled in a paragraph or two. There is another iSsue which will be taken up' in this corner next week. be quickly recognized, the real causes of justifiable discontent would be lo- cated, and the possible elements of friction In our social and economic conditions eliminated. Of and are consequeait- i rarm ly ignorant because they are too in- 1 ^1"° b^'n ^^^M^"" „ . ' dolent to exert themselves in learn- P^^in„ Besides, all the nine ing or are moved by some s^flih^ S divorc«ZV?."tS^ n"'K°"T'°- Sire which supplants their- reason. riacI^^m^X-b^vS'd'Ivor^e It 13 absurd to expect a perfect sense , Ontario will be in line with seven oi o justice and reason m the masses her sister pnivincef in aHordlng t of men. but if more pains were taken rich and poir alike th^rem^vlhi^ by those who know, or ought to know, only the wealthy in Ca^a^a cTn ^^urt ; the origm of most of the destructive ; For those who regard mardLr"^ a agitation that is bemg carried on, ' religious ceremony or rUe iher^ U these alien sources of trouble would , a phra^ of it which s^s to have been entirely overlooked. The text is constantly quoted in this connec- tion: -Those whom God hath joined together let not man put asunder ' .,,, ,„,„,. , . . '^°'*'"^ I But surely the conveiTBe of this is just .h.s implies a desire on the part of as true: -Those whom God hath separ- those in authority also to get at the ated let not man bind together - It facts and know the truth, and to ciU- : is true that marriage is a divine in- tivate a sense of justice in their deal- ' stituiion. but marriage in the ab- mgs in industrial affairs. It is only | stract and marriage in concrete hj- common sense, however, to preserve ; dividual cases are different. Bishop such a policy. None other has ever Fallon has recently referred to mix succeeded. All the eame. German. : ed marriages as a scandal. He would Russian and other alien agitators not consider God guiltv in these cases should be Identified. I of causing the scandal. The effects of ' ill-judged human action may surely be Killing the Golden Goose remedied by well-considered judicial I human correction. There are evidently The strike of the switchmen in ' P'^nty of such cases in Ontario, the United States may have a basis ' Eighty in Toronto alone have applied of economic justice behind the de- â-  '" ^^^ Senate this year. mands made, but the strike itself is ^ merely part of the tragedy that has An Englishman on Ireland been going on for some years of the i killing of the goose that lays the • Philip W. Wilson, the Washington golden eggs. It is part of our eco- correspondent of the London Daily nom;c ignorance ihat we do not ' News, gave an exceedingly tair-mind- fully realize that when one suffers ed presentation of his views on the all suffer, that we are all members of Irish situation to the Canadian Club one family, and that whether it be at a recent luncheon. -I observe," he a switchman or a railway president said, -that the Canadian clubs avoid that suffers, the rest of society suf- , all discussion of politics or religion, fers with him. Society is a great ma- and that is why, I suppose, you have chine in which every nut and bolt and ' asked me to speak on the Irish quee- rivet 16 needed for the full efficiency ' tion. ' He Dismissed DeValera's as- of the whole. The machine may make '' sertion that Irishmen wanted Germany shift for a while with much of its ' to win the war. by declaring that from parts missing or broken or unused, his knowledge of Irishmen this was a but its effectiveness and producing great slander on the Irish people. He power will be limited and eventually thought mistakes had been made in badly impaired or ended. The grjat war has demonstrated all this for us failing to recognize and acknowledge the heroism of the Irish regiments in on a gigantic scale. Still we are not the early days, when they had sacri- sa lis tied tives or A Case of Civic Financing. In the retirement of Thomas Bradshaw from the City Treasurership of To- ronto there is much to cause reriection on the part of those who have the wel- fare of the country and especially of civic government at heart. The finances of the City of Toronto had fallen into a woeful condition before the war ow^iug to the policy of postpouement and procrastination that had been followed by cotmcil after council of vote-seeking aldermen, not brave and honest enough to face the situation and raise sufficient current revenue to meet the city 's needs. In the worst of this situation Aid. Wickett was elected. He was an LLJ). of Harvard, a clever business man, and one of the most public-spirited of the younger citizens. A dead set was made upon him by the Evening Tele- gram, which always panders to the baser sort, and his reforms and suggestions were sneered and jeered at in the usual style. He got other support however, especially by the Toronto World, and much was done to convince the people of the necessity for sweeping changes. Just when it was evident that the cam- paign was to be crowned with success. Dr. Wickett died. He had had Mr. Brad- shaw in view aud acted in co-operation with him till his death. The prepara- tions he had made and the seed he had sown bore fruit, and the result was that Mr. Bradshaw accepted the position of Commissioner of Finance for the city. In its usual style. The Evening Telegram took all the credit for the ap- pointment. How Mr. Bradshaw handled seventeen millions of undigested civic securities, introduced a new system of aceouuts, reformed the budget methods, hurried the collection of taxes, set the city's affairs in order to meet the pur- chase of the Street Railway next year, and carried the city through all the difficulties of war finance, is fairly well known aud constitutes a brilliant rec- ord of financial achievemeut and public service. The city after great squeezing paid him $15,000 a year. He saved them nearly two niillions iu his first month of office. It would pay the city to give him $50,000 to stay. He goes to the Mussey-Uarris Corporation for $30,000 a year. Great cities must learn to pay bigger salaries. Greenwood to Hive the Orangemen. Sir Hamar Greenwood's appointment to the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland • a brilliant bit of statesmanship. Sir Hamar is taking his political life rn his hands by accepting the X'ost which has broken many men iu the last gen- eration or so, aud offers as difficult problems as any job iu the Kmpire. But Sir Hamar has special gifts of adroit and ingenious circumvention, auil his frank aud downright way of handling public situations have given him a strong hold on the people. Should he introduce Canadian methods into Ireland he will probably succeed. Their very novelty will disarm hostility. For a Chief Secretary in Ireland to go among the people, address meetings, talk to crowds, jolly the leaders and hob-nob with everybody would suit Ireland bet- ter than all the Coercion acts ever were passed, aud would get furtlier iu the way of settling the "most distracted country." He is lucky to take hold of the office at a time when everybody in Ireland except the madmen, politely known as extremists, has become utterly disgusted with the state of affairs and is ready to welcome the new Home Rule Bill with its provision for six independent counties in North East Ulster, an arrangement that would be known in Ontario as "Hiving the Orangemen." Of course, they won't stay long hived. When they get a taste of ruling themselves they won't be long till they are ruling all Ireland. Tide Still Running With Farmers. In the election of the Labor candidate in the Timiskaming poll a shattering blow was sftruck at the old party system. The utmost effort is being made by both parties to conserve partisan conceptions of government and the party machine methods of electioneering. The 1-ilieral and Coalition candidates were both regarded as strong men, but they were on weak platforms compared with the EarnierLabor man. who had behind him the solid reputation which the Drury Government is piling up at Toronto. The old-time parties in On- tario at present are relying solely on opposition and criticism, instead of put- ting forward a constructive program with a stronger appeal than is made by the generous and extensive public legislation now going through the Legisla- ture. Mr. Hartley Dewart spoiled his chances as a politician by permitting personal ambition to preveiM him last October joining forces with the vic- torious farmers. In juggling with the anti-prohibition forces he lost a splen- did opportunity of taking rank with the dominant section of the House. The Conservative party having failed to appeal to the people by holding a con- vention have lost most of the prestige Sir James Whitney gained for them and instead of taking the lead in further progressive measures and especially in public ownership, they have allowed themselves to be jockeyed into the minor role of opposition critics waiting for the Government to make a mistake. _ A long period of patience appears to be in store for both wings of the opposition. A LITTLE ABOUT HAMAR GREENWOOD Instigated by various mo- conspirators, societv has ficed themselves for the common cause. The grievances of Ireland i A lucky accident carried Hamar 'Greenwood far on his way from Whit- by, Out., to the Irish secretaryship at t Dublin Castle. .\nd whimsical fate de- ' creed that the Canadian should win fortune not by ' ' falling on his feet ' ' I but by falling literally on his head, [indeed." after the hard knocks he got in those early days in London and the difficulties his courage surmounted, even a rebellious Ireland should have no terrors for this son of Ontario. No bed of roses was life for Hamar Greenwood when, equipped with little else than his degree from Toronto Uni- versity and unlimited pluck, he crossed I the Atlantic in 1895 to try his luck in the world's metropolis. He had IjHst celebrated his iSth birthday, and was about to make his debut on the {lecture platform under the auspices of ja celebrated British temperance «o- ! ciety. I Oreit Ambition. I .-X. forceful and convincing speaker, I young Greenwood, who had learned the jart of oratory at Varsity, and ac- i quired the secret of self-confidence as I an officer in the Canadian militia, fa- ! vorably impressed the critical British i audiences. But temperance lecturing I was not a remunerative avoiiation. In fact Greenwood could just keep body land soul together. !?o presently he en- rolled at Gray's Inn to study for the bar, the nuwt ambitious and uphill ca- er iu England, difficult for an Eng lishman with legal connections, but simply appalling for an unknown Cana- dian. Down to Last Coin. â-  • That is the last piece of money I possess," declared Hamar Guconwood desperately one d.iy in 1S99 as he met W. T. R. Preston "on the strand. The Whitbyito produced this last remnant of his funds, a solitary half-crownâ€" 1^0 cents. Greenwood remarked that lie was just deliberating whether he should make one more .ittenipt to get some employment which would help him through with his legal studies, or throw up the sponge then and there, go to the nearest recruiting office and join the regular army in the ranks â€" in those days the last resort of the stoney broke. It was here that fate stepped in. K day or so later Greenwood, sitting dis- consolately atop an old horse omnibus was jogging down towards the city to try and better his fortunes. Suddenly the ponderous vehicle in which he was riding slowed sharply on the greasy pavement, struck the curb ami rolled over. Greenwood was thrown heavily on the cement sidew.ilk, striking on his head. Unconscious when picked up, he remained in that condition for ten days. For weeks he hovered be- tween life and death in hospital, re- ceiving the daily attention of one of London "s most eminent surgeons, who, having met the young Canadian at a lecture, took a kindly interest in him. News of the accident brought other friends from whom Greenwood, too proud and independent to disclose his poverty, had held aloof. Got Heavy Damages. The upshot was that the London General Omnibus Co. paid Greenwood £1,000â€" nearly $5,000â€" damages for the very severe injuries he had re- ceived. .\fter a lengthy conval- esence the injured man resumed his studies, and thanks to the funds at his disposal was absolved from any further financial worries until he had emerged a full fledged barrister from the Temple. From the day that the bus toppled over Greenwood's for- tunes steadily advanced, partly .is a ; lawyer, but chiefly in the poUticai field. In 1911 fortune smiled her kind- est w^hen the beautiful and charming Miss Margery Spencer, daughter of a well-known family, became his wife. Member for York in 1906-10, Green- w-ood has since represented Sunderland iu the British House. When war broke out he became lieutenant-colonel in a Welsh regiment, and after six months' active service was invalided home. He was created a baronet in 1915, and be- came deputy adjutant-general of the 'British army later. He was Under- I Secretary in the British Cabinet for Home .'Vffairs prior to his present ap- pointment. transferred its warfare to industrial- | were religious, financial, agrarian, and isin and economics, and generals and j parliamentary. Mr. Wilson showed privates of industry alike have failed ' how these had been removed. The to appreciate the inevitable result. The strike w-arsstops production just as much as and in some ways to a greater extent than the military war. and as in military war the privates suffer most. It is obvious that thc- old economic and industrial methods require reconsideration and modiftca tion. .\re the generals not equal to the task of so distributing the food and clothing and fuel which the earth ' produces so abundantly, that eve-y- oue will be able to have enough and be satisfied? As it is. we are increa.-;- > tax levies on Ireland v*-ere $15 a head as compared with $S0 for Scotland and S60 for the British Isles generally. He thought Pitt had been guilty of a blunder worse than crime in destroy- ing Irish parliamentary institutions instead of developing them. The diffi- culties about Home Rule were in Ire- land itself. He had asked leading Bel- fast men what they feared from the South. They replied, "We are con- ducting industries. They are conduct- ing agriculture. We are not sure they will understand all our needs." Mr. ing ihe general suffering instead of j Wilson did not understand the cause lessening it. of the great laughter that broke out, i occasioned of course by the strict Blue Jeans in Fashion I parallel between the Toronto mer- I chants and the Farmers' Government "TEN COMMANDMENTS FOE THE MOTORIST' -A Strike which appears to have some justification has been inaugur- ated in the Southern States. It ijs against the high price of clothes. Even in Toronto $75 is paid for a suit which could be had for $25 some years ago. This does not trouble those whose wages have been increas- ed or whose income is of such a cha- racter that its "margin " hais been unaffected by the changed conditions. But the thousands of families who depend on fixed sitlaries â€" and it is in Ontario, of which he was evidently not aware. Belfast industries i^lied wholly on Imported iron. coal, wood and flax, a tariff on w^hich would stop their work. Mr. Wilson left the im- pression that he looked for a solution through the new plan of a double Par- liament with a united general council. Alwavs Two Sides There is some excuse for the citizen who refuses to take sides in the notorious that the small salaried work- : tariff disputes. The one thing certain ; 1. Don't forget to slow down at street intersections. It may save a human life. 2. Don't forget to look to the right aud left before passing a railroad crossing. I 3. Don't forget, when signalled by a vehicle in your rear, to turn sUght- ly to the right and allow such vehicle • to pass you on your left. i -1. Don't forget the i>ede3trians. They, too, have rights on the streets and highways. '). Don't forget to use extra pre- cautions when you see a child cross- ing a highway. i ti. Don't forget that in case of ac^ ' ; cident you must stop immediately and ; give your name, address and license 1 number to the injured party or a po- \ \ lice officer. If no police officer is in the vicinity, report to the nearest po- ; I lice station or judicial officer. • I 7. Don't forget that all motor ve-j j hides must be equipped with adequate I brakes in good working order, and ade- | quate horns or other signalling de- vices. 8. Don't forget that your lights! must be lit within half an hour after i sunset. I i>. Don't forget that safety first ' savo.H life and limb and often your i temper. 10. Remember the A. B. C. of mo- j toring â€" Always Be Careful. about tariff changes is the utterly un- expected results that follow, whether â-  the changes be upward or downward. There is no hard and fast rule that makes it certain that either high tariff or low tariff, protection or free trade. iis the best for a country. Countries have flourished under all these forms and have failed to prosper under all of them. Britain has been astonishingly successful under free trade, aud the United States under protection. In .\ustralia one colony adopted one form and another colony another with equal success. Similarly in South Africa. Cards, Dancing and Theatres ' ^'^^^i '''^^ ^'"p* Colony offer contra- dictory experiences. It is impossible Considerable importance mav be ! ^^ dogmatize on the subject. The attached to the decision of the Me- ^''"^en must take pains to mform him- thodist Episcopal Church at its New ' *•?'« *" VK^%^Ti to the special local con- England Conference to remove the : '^'^'°°* ^^ ''«' <--on«'d«''wl- ^^i^l ^?^^ *»[» explicit prohibition in the book of dis- i Judgment as best he can from the prob- er is still drawing little more than they did before the war. and elderly people trying to live on their sav- ings and small properties are in real difficulty through the high prices. The strike in the South, known as the "Tampa â-  idea, takes the form of wear- ing blue jeans or overalls instead of buying new suits. Business and pro- fessional men have adapted the uni- form. In Birmingham, .\labaina. a club of 4.0OO men are pledged to wear the simple garb. There are cer- tainly advantages in living South. MAT PRODUCE PIOTXTKES. i Rumor jias it that Lord >rorthcUfre iof England, who owns half a hundred I daily, weekly and monthly per?odioals, including several movie magazines, is to become a motion picture producer. cipline from tiancing. cards, and the- atres. The spirit of the discipline remains unaffected, as the prohibition is extended. as now phrased, to "practices that are seen to affect loss of moral and spiritual character." The difference is not iu removing the pro- hibition. That is as explicit as ever But the authority is changed. The old discipline placed the authority in the church. The uew discipline places it in the individual, whose moral re- sponsibility, his recognition of prin- ciple, whose determination to avoid worldly things both for his own sake and tor the better example set for others, demand on his own moral de- velopment and the moral elevation of his character. It shotild be obvi- ous that a higher stage of develop- ment has been reached by the man who avoids childish things because he has outgrown them, than by the man who abstains from them because he able results. Made in Germany It is not unnatural to contrast the conduct of the terrorists in Ireland with that of the Germans as report- ed by correspondents frtim the Ruhr district, where the recent insurrection was being suppressed. The Germans, so ruthless in Belgium and France. took the utmost pains not to cause any more damage than they found abso- lutely necessary in their own land. The carnival of murder, incendiarism and destruction In Ireland is carried on by men who have no thought of the true mterests of Ireland at heart. Mercenaries, subsidized by German aud American money, it is not the ad- vantage of Ireland, but the Injury of England they seek, and instead of try- ing to Injure England they turn th^ evil power against Ireland and Iriu- men. Jl