ly A Guia ging eer - BR, 1.00 in advance. $1.50 Qi J Sea gt fit B the Pro rate. ER Sith . i Fifth Ave. anager. ; OMe Taaic' i. Northrup. Mango. > A% HAS BANEFUL INFLUENCE In view of the protests of hotelmen against the anti-tipping bill, because they can't afford good wages, the Hainilton Times is forced to remark : "The grocer, the butcher and the baker pay their hands themselves and do not look to their customers to 'help them in this way. If they can pay their help living wages, why can- not the hotelinen do the same ?. This alme-giving,' for it is nothing else, to the waiters, cannot but have a bane ful influence on them." "SPHOROUGHLY LIBERAL The Montreal Herald is being re-or- ganized and will, after the 15th June, be thoroughly liberal, and an advocate of what it believes to be in in the best interests of the people of . the country. Hon. George P. Gra- bam, a wellknown newspaper man of distinetion, will be the president, and, it is understood, will have a voice in the editorial conduct of the journal. Undoubtedly, the Herald will rank high in journalistic circles and ably set forth liberal principles. SELLING IN, PACKAGES, Une of the features of the high cost of living, it is said, is the selling. of goods of all descriptions in packages. '10 make a satisfactory sale fruits and other "table goods are packaged in of Monrtons aud these, of course, have to #4 be paid for by the purchaser, who not only pays for them, but pays for them, also in weight, as they are included, in a greal many instances; in the hali- pound or pound packages. In past days, nearly all goods sold were pur- chased by the merchant in bulk, and then weighed out in paper bags to the consumer, bui that time has pass ed and the better forin has to be paid for by somebody, and that somebody is the consumer. BROAD BACK BUDGET This is. the 'broad back budgei. Mr. Lloyd-George has to raise £210,500,000, He does + 'mot do sv by taxing the poor, but by taxing the rich. He puts the burden on the broad back. He gets £8800, U0 by adding £5500,000 to the in- come tax, £2,500,000 to the super-tax, and £800,000 ta the death duties. By taking £1,000,000 from the sinking fund the chancellor balances the totat expenditure of £210,500,000, 'lhe in 'crease in the income tax does not hit the poor man, but it does hit the vich | © man, and the richer he is the harder it hits him." Thus an income of £100,000 a year will under the new taxation pay a yearly income tax of £13,039. The Westminster Gazette says the + «British 'budget becomes year hy year & 'process' of 'social' adjustment. We have to tind vast sums both for na- tional defence and social reiorm. The only. condition on which the first is * tolerable ia that the second should not - be neglected.© We have a society in which vast wealth aand great private (expenditure exist wide by side with masses of poverty always in a state & i sy about the yecessaries of Af property is to remain secure, and if We are to be saved from serious so- isl disorder, it will only Fo) because the wealthy and the well-to-do have the good: sense and the patriotism to +aubmit to the sacrifices which are ne scheme of the British '| not opposed to national aid for { i LIBERALS AND C. N, While the liberals in parliament are opposing the government's scheme to | bod they , are the Canadian Northern if aid iv needed. They are united in holding that the road must not be allowed to go down that the railay must. be completed in the interests of the dominion. But 'the government which proposes fo give $45:000,000 of assistance to Mackentie and Mana decided upon its scheme without thorough' investiga- tion of physical and financial give Mackenzie and Mann a guarantee of $45,000,000 *| condition of the railway and without investigation as to the methods fol- lowed by Mackenzie and Mann in the construction and management of . the line. There are many reports as to these methods which indicat the desirability of a fall inquiry. Re- ports as to the condition of the rail way also give reason for an investi gation before the company is grant- ed more millions by the country. All that the government has placed before parliament in the way of in- | formation regarding the company and its affairs is contained in statements supplied by Mackenzie and Mann and in brief reports prepared by govern- ment officials on the stremgth of an investigation extending over only a few days. s The liberals are willing ' that aid should be given if it is needed to save the riailwgy but they insist that there «should first be a thorough "in vestigation so that it may be wade clear just what the state of the Ca- nadian Northern <is to-day-. They be- lieve also that if the dominion is to put money into the railway the do- minion should have control of the railway amd slould not be merely a jmnior perimer in the firm of - Mae kenzie, Mann and Canada, as Mr. Borden proposes. Surely, the lib- erals "are om solid ground in taking this positiom. TO SELECT CANDIDATE Those in Kingston who are in har- mony with Mr. Rowell, the leader of the opposition, and whose policies they bulieve are in the best interests of the province, will meet in conven- tion, on Thursday evening, and nom- inate a candidate to contest King- ston when 'the elections occur. H the government had not become alarmed at tha outlook for its future and the safeguarding of its interests for its return to power, the election would uot geour at the present time, the le- gislature. having still .more than a year and a half to rum, but, fearful that the premier, Hon. Mr. Whitney,, might not be able to continue his rule, the dissident members of the cabinet have found it desirable to press. upon him the holding of an slection while be is still in the sad dle. They fear that further trou- bles, to which they have alreagly been subjected through his absence from the chief seat in the cabinet, will be- come more acute, and they hope to win the' province to their side and then seek a settlement, with possibly 4 Dew premier. ; 'The electors of Ontario, however, are wisw, and before they cast their ballots will want to know just how matters stand, and who will be the conservative leader should that party be again returned to power. Me. Rowell and his gallant band of meh come into the fight united in their policies, and ready to do their utmost to bring victory to their side. They have laid down a plat- form that must commend itself to all electors, and 'especially to those who are in sympathy with reforms that have found favour in other coun tries, and which are eminently in- tended to add greatly to the pros- perity and success of the province. The temperauce issue, the abolition of the bar, is, of course, the vital Gues- tion. Mr. Rowell has staked all wp- on its adoption and offers it in Ful fillment of promises long time due He believes that it will rally to his side the great temperance forces the province. There is some concern that the measure is not sweeping cmough, but Mr. Rowell, in his resolution beiors the house, intimated that with the abolition oi the bar, attention would be paid "to the residue of the traf: tie," and certainly if the voice of the people is in favor of the first tion, the second, the abolition of the shops and olub licenses, will be quickly attended to. He looks (6 all the moral and religious forces to aid him in his work. In Kingston it 1s proposed to place a candidate in the field who is in en- tire sympathy with Mr. Rowull's plans and a candidate who will have no alliance whatever with the liquor interests. It 1s hoped that the tem- perante people will find themselves rallying to lus side, and placing Kingston in the Rowell column for the uplifting and benefiting of the people generally. The Rochester, N.Y, Post-Express says it is a question whether the name "Syracuse" on the stern or the Brit- ish Hag at the peak will be the more . of the boat on of Commerce of in Sec J of the modern dances is constant EDITORIAL NOTES. There were no such idle men when the Liberals were running things. Which shall it de, prevent or swat ? A little of both, or not much of eith- er? 3 3 Waiters would probably prefer good wages to good tips. Some of the cus tomers who give tips often seem io think that they have hought the wait. er out and out, from his boots to his hald spot. : : A New York doctor says 'the strain on the extensor longus digitorium and' the dxtensor proprius hallucis." Rath- 'er should we say that the nervousnus pediorii creates a crazinus capitorum. Oil may truly be spouting ninety feet in the air from one of those Al- bertan wells; but 'even that isn't a circumstance to the "spouting" done by the numerous promoters in an en: deavor 10 tap the bank-rolls of the mnocent. The London Advertiser expresses pleasure at 'tiiis deserved rebuke in the conservative Hamilton Spectator io Hon. W. J, Hanna : "When a public man anaounces with a flourish that he is.the custodian of his own 'conscience it in'safe to assume. that that consei- ence has a safe and indulgent keeper." The verdict of guilty in the Becker case is what newspaper readers gen- erally expected. The evidence in the second trial wds much stronger better presented than in the first. Con viction was obtained without the evi dence of those witngsses whose testi mony in the first ed of, and rial was complain ------ The Ottawa Journal says that com petent men are kept out of the mil- itia by the heavy cost of uniforms An ofiicer's uniform, it says, as much as $500. y well, the casy. Forbid the wearing of a uniform worth more than $30 Gorgeous uniforms will not frighten mvagiers away. ed PUBLIC OPINION] Easily Taught, Chicago News will cost Very remedy is at Girls, if a young man doesn't know how to make love, it is neither ar dent or sunpleasant to teach him. Af Insult. Guelph Mercury. The mayor of Hamilton says that an alderman and controller' in that city "are a pair of fools." Still, two more would hardly be noticed. De -------- Votes for Women. HamiMon Times Votes for women at vestry meet- ings is now championed by the Cana dian Churchman. The Churchman sees the handwriting on the wall An Oil That Doesn't Smooth Brantford Courler. Oil is a good thing for smoothing troubled waters, but it seems to have the very reverse effect upon the people of Calgary. In the Good Old Days. Kafsas City Star There used to be a time when all n young man had to do in order 1 make good was to marry his employ er's daughter and succeed business. s0 the Good Time Coming. Ottawa Citizen i When parliament makes it an under stood condition that only member who have something to say be allow ed to take up the time of the house things should improve immensely o the Hill. Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. Ald. W. M. Drennan will be a can didate for the mayor's chair. Capt. Craig, late superintendent the water works, was presented witl a diamond pin by his friends. R. S. Patterson bought the of Thomas Draper, of Pittsburgl for $10,000. farn 150 acres, is WHEAT CROPS EXPECTED Farmers - Look for Double Yiel This Year. Hutchinson, Kan. May 27.-Th farmers of the Central Kansas whea belt could plow up everv ome « their millions of acres of wheat an be ahead of the game right now. "We are going to get two crop off our wheat this year," rewmarke J. C. Richmoyd, who has 1,800 acre of wheat in" Edwards county. ""W already have realized more. from th pasturage of the wheat this wintd and spring than our wheat crop mad last year. We could plow it all wu now and call it a orop. But we hav) the best prospect ahead we've had id years for a big yield of wheat. "The pasturage alone has bee worth more than all' the cost of see ing. labor . and preparation. Th wheat we get now will be net gui: clear." Railway Earnings Montreal, May 27.--Grand Trun traffic earni for week ended Ma 2st were L587, a decrease © £105,478. Montreal, May 27.-Canadian Pa cific railway earnings for week end ed May 2st were $2,190.000, a de crease of 1464,000. The Wood Milling, company's plant at Hamilton, with big frame stabi oe gutted br ire.. The Sstimate may reach one hundred usano J. W. Johuson, M.P.P., says that un-_ der the present law married women are mere chattels gwned and controlled by their hisbands. Oh, is that so? Per- haps Some women allow their husbands lo think so, but it is a delusion.--Tor- onto News * A striking magazine poem appeeared a few years ago, wherein the writer exulted fn his daily ride in the ruar- ing subway train ds Ws hour alone with God. That man made the highest use of an unemployed hour. He might have 'spent his time in idly staring at the other passengers, or read' ng the ad- vertisements!; instead, he drew into a world apari, where, as Milton says: "The mind is its own place, And of itself can make a hell" heaven of Advertising Unnecessary. st her head" the novel said ich we did invest; r oh "twas found; upon s manly breast Deceived, Little Willie was left alone with sis- ter's beau. "Mr. Chumply," he 'what is a popinjay?" wrinkled his fore- presently said, Sister's head "Wh-wh a bird." "Are you a bird, Mr. Chumply 7" "Certainly not" * "That's funny, popinjay, 'and pa said there was loubt about yeur bein' a jay, an' sister said there wags snall hopes of your poppin', an' now you say you ain't a bird at all. That's funny!""--Cleveland Plain Deajurg > . Never a fact, a fragment of lierature wa truth. can he planted in the mind without gemminating, and some bringing forth its own particular fruit beau popinjay is a- Ma sa'd vou was a day If any foresight conside young person has the seriously what deposits he the bank-of memory, he Is that there to vill make ir casonably sure to discover ire no investments that ret igh rate of scripture. A mind stored with truth possesses best treasure. are no expenidnces of life wherein this tnowledge does not serve ene heipful- ly. Youth is the time in this store of the word that be fruit in life As said the psalmist, "Thy word I have hid in my heart, that I might sin against Thee interest as pu te lay not A Well-filled mind is more sprin fr than a re- ervoir; it is a om which rreater refreshment is drawn than was ver put into it said Bacon, It more. Kn is plea- is life's window for is a bond of fel- "Knowledge Is power, s that and wledge ure. Know ge witlook, Knowledge owship. Knowledge is preparation Knowledge as- inowledge is discipline in every phase and to get on life Awd, to a technical mind, wisdom. eacts ect nowledge is to get WEDNE<DAY, MAY TWENTY - SEVENTH Lt, Col. Andrew T. Thompson, editor af the Canadian Military Gazetts, and for some time M.P. for Haldimand, was. born at Ruthven Park, Indiana, Ontario, forty-four years ago to-day. His father was for for: many vears before him a member of the Houge of Com. mons. self hecame™ a barrister and sively at Cavuga nod Oftawa, Dar ing his Parlia- mentary career 'which, extended . from. 1900 to 1904, ha was one of the Liberal whips Was sald to he. in training to Succeed Sit Frederick Borden as Minis. ter of Militia, - However this may be, he was defeated in 1904, largely he- cause of his military leanings. . soldier he has occupied a prominant position. He was one of the officers in Queen Vietoria. jubilee contingent, Was second in command of the Can- Mian contingent at the Porouation of King Kdward and was deputy adjutant at the Quebec Tercen $400 and $4.50 Shoes for $2.50 Tans, blacks, patents, every shoe guaranteed first quality. Sold was. The last one of a kind, ete. Raincoat Sal Pure Parametta cloth at less thao wholesale prices. $10.00 Values for $198 Trouser Sale Sizes 32 to 50, for $1.98. and worsteds. 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