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The liberal counter to the unionist party's prospective abasdonment of all proposals looking -to the imposi- tion of a new tax on food in Great Britain, according to reports, may be a project to take existing taxes off sugar, cocoa, tea 'and coffee, which have been levied upon for generations as a means of raising revenue. In that part of the game of politics de- eigned to catch the votes of the moby; the managers of the government seam to be decidedly more nimble than the directors of the opposition--Mont- Jrenl Gazette. DEMAND FOR A most interesting article in the Notwithstanding mous able to make prompt deliver- {168 of CHOICE HARD COAL. the enor- demand, we are now | Twentieth Century Magazine is that on "Local Governmtnt and Municipal Trading," by Harvey N. Sheppard. r. Sheppard has spent some time in England, an American apparently, and he has been deeply impressed with the spirit of government, which he finds everywhere. There is 'only the one body in control, that which repre sents the people, electively, and which, in the nation or in the municipality, exercises the fullest power because if possesses the entire confidence of the people. He comments upon the man- ner in which this spirit is manifested in_every phase of public life, as it is manifested nowhere else. Municipal trading is maintained .in Great Britain as a business proposi- tion, and for, two reasons: (1) The work can--Le better done by a public body, and the profits are used in cut- ting down the taxes.' 'Birmingham, under Chamberlain as mayor, estab lished its own light plant, which now contributes $300,000 a year to there lief of taxation. Manchester runs its railwaRy, which gives ten per cent. of RELIC OF THE PAST. When premiers 'cease to .be amenable fo public opinion they cease to repre sent the people, and are guilty of an abuse of power which was given %o them for the good of the people. Sir James Whitney is n relic of the past. His wisdom has been dimmed. Mental |; stagnation has set in. Hs eyes are closed to future's beckoning hand and his ears barred to the appeal of rea- son. If this were not true,' the de mands of the tax reformers would now be incorporated in the legislation of [1 the province.~Industrial Banner. ti MORE POWER. its earnings to the public treasury and tickets at the lowest cost in the world. The railway or tramway fares in half a dozen cities range from 1 to 2.45 cents. Bristol and Liverpool own their docks, representing many mil- lions. Glasgow's Jodging houses are models of their kind in cheapness and attractiveness. Profit is not the only 'design and consideratiop. All sorts of social re forms are' aimed at and carried through. Municipal trading, too, has become firmly established, and tho earnings from them are applied to plans which mean the happiness and 1s comfort of the people. This is the be side of public life which surprises and astonished the Americans, who con- d fess that they see nothing like it on 2 this side of thé Atlantic. Mr. Sheppard says the cure for the ills from which our cities suffer "is not less power but more power." When, he adds, self-government shall have been restored, "then we may ex- pect our cities to be as conspicuous examples of good administration as they are now of bad." h Ol n oO The picture show has comé to stay. The cinematograph is being made per- fect, and as a result the proposition the "Rooster" on ron a as he at along. ly 46c per pound. For chewing and smokin x . AT A. MACLEAN, Ontarie Street. --- STOVES AND HEATERS. ) Tren Beds, igo Tab Page a r." araiture of Ouatario magus Wholserte Coney on sale, reason. ressers, Sands is to make it instrumental in the jteaching of art, literature, morals, science. The idea of Prof. Dean, of the Guelph Agricultural College, as ex: pressed at the dairymen's meeting in Woodstock, is that by moving pictures the dairying business can be illus trated, from the work on thé farm' to the ch factory, the railway sta- tion, the steamship on the ocean, the landing in England. Every step of the way and every feature. of cheesemak: ing, cheese exportation, cheese distri- bution, and even cheese consumption should be clearly portrayed. "If 1 were a millionaire: instead of a poor college professor," said Mr. Dean, "I would have the cleanest, brightest company to be secured tour- ing Ontario teaching agriculture from the stage free of charge. Why not? By getting your Antique Furni- 'dure at our store. Big reduc- tion on all my stock to ,make room fof new goods, Furniture bought Highest prices paid. L. LESSES and sold 87 Princess Morals were first taught from the stage, and in olden days people re ceived their first moral and religious instructiog from the same. source." It is not a new idea. The Americans, who are quick to discern what is at- tractive in education, are talking of TEACHING BY MACHINE. introducing the picture machines into the schools, and using them in the teaching of history, geography, bot- any, physics, and other subjects. ¥di- |J son is eredited with having patented £1 development of ¢he machine so that one hears the voice in explanation, in song, in recitation or in teaching, and the. work of genius in this respect ap- pears to be complete. t A good man, a Sunday school |¢ teacher, in discussing picture machines with the Whig, said the church was condemning these picture shows with- out knowing much about them. "I can enjoy a moving picture," said he, "and these pictures 'in Kingstan are all clean. Some of them are particu- t larly impressive. Some of them have moved me to tears. Why cannot we have entertainments under a censor- ship, so th our children can attend them unreservedly, can learn much to their advantage, and laugh and even cry over some of the things they see ?" o There is a good deal of force in what this man says. The church and | ithe school can profit very much by entertainments under proper auspices, and the moving picture is taking rank 'With the high class events of the day. L © 1 Prof. ly, attacks Cappon, in Queen's Quarter: To- by entrance the proposition of ronto University, as advocated Dr. Falconer, for a higher examination, and as a means of re duving the overcrowding of the pro- vineial institution. The federation of the colleges of Ontario, proposed some years ago, and Serving' through so far as certain. denomisational charges were concerned, was heralded as a great event, and as settling the ques tion or difficulties of higher od cation for many a day. J The late Prinupal Grant, whose loss to the educational world is yet I lamented, seamed to see farther than !any of his contemporaries, for he Ji contemplated the time when civiiza:! Thanks to the wisdom of the late | {tion would not meet the expectations of the people and when decentraliza- | tion would be again in order. That {time appears to he very near, if it if has wot wiready béen reached, and J} tbe evidence is supplied in the anx:| ty of the Toronto: University's com- | The raising of fees may not | are living in : easy circum- | ances, the matter of expense, will not be a bar to attenddnce. And 80 the only suggested ¢ is a higher i} standard of ma tion and . one which cannot be easily passed. The Weekly Sun, speaking for the , and speaking with great Rl corerally finds fault with the gp commission which manages the uni versity and says il is out of touch with the people of fails to under stand their plans or needs. "A fatal d defect," says the Sun, "of all com- missions is shat they are withdrawn from the influences of public opin. ion and: likely, therefore, to develop fren government." Prof. Cap- pon does not argue in this way. His vision Hes in another direction, and when he asks if the embaress- ments of Toronto University 'cannot be relieved without resorting to an expedient, (in the way .of higher = ex- aminations), which will work incalcul- able injury to all the colleges, it "is evident that he can see, as others do, jen opening of which the government tan take advantage. Dr. Grant, and of the men who were allied with him, among them Prof. Cappon, Queen's College remaihs in the east with a 'policy which is ca- pable of unlimited expansion. = The government has been asked to as sist this university in the matter of meeting additional expenses withopt curtailing or diminishing its useful- ness. Let the government be gener ous in its aid to all the colleges in Ontario, which are doing a splendid work, and presently the congestion at Toronto will be at an end. The on: great umiversity for Ontario, cumbersome in its proportions and in the work it has undertaken, can- ditions of this growing province, and it, by letting the other universities do what it camnot, the better. declaration the premier speaking in such myster- ious language to send out.a key for the tor-general's repoit, spent on the camps, accoutrements, 7715636 on arts, agriculture and sta- ple is of more importance, of course, than the science alive. demand for practical education cause a sign from those who believe that all students cal culture and some training in the Board : Military College, been carried to accommodation,. salaries and sions ? minutes of the Militia Council should have heen at omce acted It would be the labour suitable for the cnough ? Toronto Mail and Empire. were omitted. cannot get a laugh without swear- x ing ought to be in some other line of business. plough and will not turn back. furrow is likely to be a lonely one. Orange Sentinel, English-speaking will net tolerate a school but is the means of crowding out English settlers and making whole Toronto Globe Canadians should be surprised dog to save money for militarism when at Ottawa they see Mr. den and his cabinet that they may build Dreadnoughts. ciation at Springfield, the gowns worn by women SOLUTION OF A PROBLEM. Fnglund «tH vO! » country except France and that ton is the America. A man for permitting the cigarettes at an entertainment said she and her husband should bel tarred and feathered. this city declared Mayor Gaynor to he the cause of the "moral miasma emanates from physician in St. Louis mocked the ad vocates of simple diet and should eat pie twice a. day, hard-boiled eggs until he has learned how fo chew soft-hoiled dean of a medieal school said that themselves - beautiful, Were acquiring an ness physician advised everybody barefooted. lectures and discourses out of the American galaxy single Sunday of the year. inevitable recall Solomon's oft-wuoted 'stalement: cou turn will recall the Saxom's about 'the needle in appraisi Sunday each ---- for himseli.-- A man moving from one house to ahohe was carrying a grandiather's Another i and not be made to meet all the hed. Tar ofr the sooner the tmestion of relieving |g, EDITORIAL NOTES. 2 Proporiiosal representation is res ceiving a great hoost in Canada. How would do to elect the mayor and Would it council ? dermen according to it? iminate politics from the so, for goodness sake give it ga trial. The Ottawa French-Canadian school ustees ' want Sir James Whitney » explain what he means by his last on bilingualism. Fancy that it is\ necessary interpreta- on of it. ' ah Last year, according to the £7,558,636 Canadian militia, ete., and audi- was on $2. The science of killing peo- \ sties, of keeping them p! he The may in gO. high schools are all the Vocational nited States should have classi- umanities. But this is an utilita- rian age, and colleges and high schools must meet its demands. of the Royal out as Have the recommendations of Visitors, al the pen- the were sand on. These, as reported in { a very important character, too mudi to expeet that, owaver, Speakers at the cheese convention the scarcity of farm la- of cheese in- amented our, and still more the scarcity Oceupation not high «The cause ? and wages Perhaps. But hard: times cannot ustry. ascinating not it's a busi- ess that knock ut and bankrupt. Too Much Swear. "A Widow by Proxy" would be mproved if some of the profanity A comedian who Time the Cure. Mentreal Witness Time, that in a no longer period after the cessation of the Boer war, made the Duteh loyal fellow sub- ects of a common country and common empire, may work another marvel. Home Rule for Ireland. » A Lonely Farrow. Montreal Gazette. Austen Chamberlain criticizes the unionists for abandoning the food axes idea and says his belief is un- hanged. He has his hand to tHe is You Don't Say. Toronto. Ontario insists upon remaining an province. It system hat not only produces illiteracy, ommunities French. An Unsavory Dish. A reader of The Globe asks why! to earn that the Germans are eating Bor eating crow One Sunday's Product. A Chicago physiciad, addressing he. 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