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Guild, See~Treas. 20 Quéen City Chambers, 32 Chureh The provincial secretary, in a dis cussion of the subject before the As sessment Conference, in Toronto, i said to have disapprovedof a city investing its sinking funds in im provement debentures. The ques tion is interesting because Kingstor is now securing ite sinking fund in this manner, and here is the 'first occasion on which the proceed ing has been challenged. The legislature, by recent measures is declared to have expressed a pre ference for the municipal securilie that are paid off by annual contribu | tions towards principal and interest This preference is due to the fact thal the sinking fund is a templation a council which is hard-pressed fi IS OUR SINKING FUND SAFE? 4 the provincial secretary a fuller sinking fund in recent yearn, but we- til Mr. Hanna raised the point no xoeption had been taken to the in: vestment of a sinking fund in im- provement debentures. Mr. Hanna should explain himself. He may see something in the scheme which is not ipparent to others. OF wourse the inking fund is not available sud: lemly. It is not present in the bank n cold cash. It is represented , by lebentures which can be converted ato mony at any time. They are usually in demand but thoy weld not soll at par. That has been demon- stratad by a recent experience, The Hanna mind must be revealed. Something must be done to clicit from ex. nancially, and there have been in stances in. which the sinking fun' oression of his opinion, and ons cal culated to remove all doubt and mis- has been misapplied. Greater care has been taken of the understandiog from the issue. DR. SPANKIE'S Much regret will be felt by the peo- ple of the county because of the re tirement of Dr. Spankie, for so many years the faithful inspector of schools No man could be more devoted to the duties of his office. No 'man could put more of his spirit and life into his work. He deserved move than a resolution from the county, freely as it ackmow 'ledged his service and put on record the County Council's tribute to his worth. The county owes Dr. Spankic far more than it appears to be will ing to express. It parts with him re lnctantly; it admits is many obliga tions to him; but it falls short of giv- ing tangible effect to its approcia- tion. : And the government is not doing ite duty towards an old and tried ser- vant by discontinuing his serviee without adequate recompense. The RETIREMENT. public official who laboured, as Dr. "papkie did, earned sore than his salary. He earned a handsome pen- sion, and a place where, in the exer- cise of an independent and intelligent judgrient, he might be able to help he department out of his experience. The province suffers a distinct loss wy Dr. Spankie's silence. He is a man of ideas, with a virility of thought that has impressed his many friends, and * Dr. Pyne cannot afford to do with- out the advice. If unable to visit the schools as heretofore, and perform the routine' which inspection involves, he is certainly able to counsel, and his mental activity should be continued. The resolution of the County Coun- cil was couched in'a very kindly spir- it, but its force and effect would have. been increased by a grant of $100 for every year the doctor has laboured fo raise the efficiency of the county schools. Commissioner © Toronto expressed a serious though when, hefore the special committer which is discussing the Assessment Ac with all who have opinions of for, he said that the limit in Jam values had ben about resched. The competition in trade is showing 'it sell in every direction. The increas in land values is, of course, the mos wnspicuous, and when there is really no warrant for the boost in some cases the warning of an observam man, like Mr. Forman, to go slow or to call a halt, is really very wise But the greed for gain is not confined to the speculators in "land or in real estate. In Montreal socia ont ics ate 'becoming alarming he cost of everything in the way o iood, of clothing, of the necessarie of -life, is soaring at an alarming cate. Rents are really opprossive The ideal condition is that every ma: should own his own hovsi Man cannot do this. "Every one," said Ald. Blumenthal of Montreal, "is looking for as muck as they can geh these times. Land | The Assessment to THE [LIMIT ABOUT REACHED. 'ords want to the last" cent thai hoy can get for their properties, food ienlers want as much as they can sk, clothing dealers want their share 9 the last motoh, but the working nan plods along content to be held wy the mock when organization of his seventy-five thousand fellow-workers n Montreal would create a powerful jody, the opinion of which would wmve to be heard and acted upon. tents have increased by fifty per cent. a the last fourteen years, and in ad: tition to, this there is the weekly ar fare, which makes a dent in the twelve or fourteen dollars a week ay envelope of the average work ingmian." Public meetings have vhich revolutionary talk is a. The are being p and to no iotelligent purpose; tis felt. It does mo good to as- amble men in order 4) feed their dis outent, That will not do. If living 8 Locoming hard and dificult there st bo » cause, What is it? Va ious solutions have heen suggested, al no one which appeals to the com on sense of the grat majority. been held at indulged stirred THE WHITE ELAVE TRAFFIC. To Arthur les, formerly on the stall of the Royal Military College, later an attache of the Dritish embassy at Washington, and now a méwber of the imperial Commons, is due the meas ute which has been passed, and which has for its aim the check, if not the suppression, of the white slave traffic. |: £1 1 Pita if ~ - bishop of Canterbury presided. Atf this meeting the head of the Anglican thurch scouted the idea that it was legrading to lash the prisoner. "De rade the villain who has sunk to thi Hi : : & ® i: 7 04 th under the direction of EDITORIAL NOTES Here's a fellow in Toronto wha ab {fects to make merry by saying that ogge will be a dollar a dozen beiore long. To oblige him the hens may stop laying, but it is hardly likely. The medical men who ded in the cent - conference in New York sim that twenty-five of the cdncers pe culisr go women can be cured if treat- ed in time and scientifically. Tt is a great hoast. Can it be verified with the facts ? It costs £6,000,000 a vear to pro- vide state aid and expensts under the British) Insurance Act, and £500, 000 a year to administer the Health and Unemployment depart. meat. It's expensive, but the people must have it. Sir George Ross may not be able, on account of his physical infirmities, to lead the senate advantageously. He is an able man--unone more sq in the Canadian parliament--and he is per- sonally very popular. Will the pollution of navigable wa- ters be prohibited by federal legisia- tion ? Bills to this effect are before the commons and senate, buf will = fl | Store Closes SATURDAY P. M. Sharp. 10 they be passed ? They have been of} fered as a sacrifice at. the last three sessions. The unionist press of England is not enamoured by the manner in which the unionist party is proposing to make Home Rule for Ireland impossi- ble. 'Making scenes in parliament will not defeat the evil. The country is not taking much stock in the rowdyism as a substitute for argument. Andrew .Carnegie, having too much money, will now donate $25000 a year to each ex-president of the Uunit- ed States. They cannot accept, With ony measure of seli-appreciation. They should be pensioned, but by the state. Perhaps Mr. Carnegie's generosity will stimulate it to do its duty. County Council--now the progres tives--has under consideration a link- ing up of the evening industrial classes with the technical college, so that the young men of seventeen may attend the latter. Ontario got the idea of industrial classes from Eng- land, but does not push them or make sure that they shall be a sue cons, SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. A Good Thought. Watertown ' Reformer. Get the habit of asking for "made- m-Canada" goods and patronize bome industry. And He's in Misery. The london bOLiawa Free Press. far we can figure out the only serson who es apes taxation in Om tatio is the or who works on A commission basis. me Source of Inspiration. Ottawa Journal Many a man who thinks be is feel ing the ouslaughts of time may find + source of inspiration in the vigor shown by Sir. Wilirid Laurier at the age of seventy-one. Origin of a Surplus. Toronto Globe. Quebec has a surplus, and our sis: ter province is to he congratulated. We get our surplus by selling our pro- wrly and calling the proceeds re 'enue, Church of St. Sophia. Montreal Witness. Thems can be no better ume for the Youse of God than to use it for erty to ihe plague-stricken. Since st. 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