Jaret ot the tarmers, and tt there slp 'A bill is befoke the local house which alms, among other things, to to be a city" for the purposes of the said Act. The average lay mind will concelvg of an amendment which would make the Manhood Registra- tion Act general in its application to any incorporated centre. This would be mote comprehensible, It is a' lit- tle difficult to imagine that a village, of & township, or a wun, ls a sity o purposes of an --r ae of the manhood suff- rage vote, Of course, this can be great loss hy damage to the grain|? the federal government will be called to account, and very properly so. It is not of much advantage to the country to appeal to the farmens of the west to produce more and more, only to find their increased produc, tions a loss through the inability of the government and the transporta- tion companies to deal with the situ- ation as it requires. There will be less grain raised in this year of grace, and it is probably the year in which the larger production should be de- sired. EDITORIAL NOTES. Rev. Dr. Chown"s last suggestion, it is said, is that the churches which favor union, Methodist, an, Congregational, shall unite and Presbyteri- paigns 24 Flanders and rove this. r Crothers' Ailment. (Windsor Record.) Give us some form of 'compulsory service before we lie down like a lot of quitters, as Baron Shaughnessy | advises, or walk around with ice in| our | shoes, as Hon. Thomas Crothers Manitoba His Mind Affected. (Belleville Ontario). Something ought to be done with the Montreal professor who trifles with the feelings of the public by in~ sisting that having the grip is a state of ming, . Expensive Sypuds, ' (Ham#iton Tanes holt came out in the Public Accounts miittee Yesterday that the Gov- ernment paid $7 per barrel for po- tatoes. This was the result of the patronage system. our Spring Overcoat become "The United Church of Can- ada." It would be all-powerful es- pecially in the west. done. But the amendment is not a finished performance any more than A Smaller Man, (Toronto Mil.) See pr «ons 481,50 i spun fit: Foi States three months pro ie a-- ca i Jen = oR Smailpiece cot % thy lurch St wow Fi OBS Northrup, oo HE Tn Ave. TI _ CHANGE IN THE LAW: © Mr. Parliament -- how appropri= ate is the mame --- has before the legislature a bill which we hope will become law. It aims at the clo- thing of the officers in charge of the overseas forces with authority, un. ' der the Canada Evidence Aét, to wit- ness the oaths which must be taken by soldiers In the war zone. In connection with insurance claims, to say nothing of anything else, it is necessary that the ations of the soldiers should be taken in le- gal form. 'The men in: khaki are far from the places where legal men can be found in the practice of their profession. Some one who is com- petent and convenient must perform the task, and who better qualified in the military ranks than the colonel, major, captain, adjutant, or lieuten- ant in active service with the Cana- flan Overseas Service. We hope " the bill goes through, The need of itis very great, i The women in Germany want the franchise, Why not? If they must do, on account of the war, the wor of the men, they should have equal rights. They deserve the power to vote. i STATUTE LABOR TAX. The Ontario government is in- clined to favor the amendment to the Assessment Act which Mr. Rankin, ' of the County of Frontenac, has pro- posed and with reference to the sta- tute labor tax. It has not only been ridiculously low, but hard to collect. A tax of $5 Is qasler secured than a tax of $1, which is so small that the machinery for the gathering of it in, at fixed periods, and sometimes not on the dates on which the ordinary taxes are due, is pnduly expeusive. The agitation - for a change in the law has been of long duration. It has been - ineffective because the jegislature has not regarded it as a matter of much importance. Not assuming that the amendment will be carried, the municipality can af- ford to expehd some energy upon t! statute labor accoutits and with re- sults which will be appreciated by our young men. . It was announced . recently that the Ontario ministry was unanigous upon the prohibition question. It remains to be seen Bow united the party is when the vote is called on the Suestion Pe pext week week. A MISSION THAT "THAT FAILED. Rustom Rustomjee, who made two addresses in the city on Tuesday, cre- ated a most favorable impression. He is an educated Parsee, a graduate of the amendments which some councils make to their by-laws, inserting pro- which are then identified as (a) (b) (¢) (d) in a way to make | their meaning indistinct. thing is better to some men than to trouble themselves about changes which are necessary in order to make viet v their conceptions legal enactments. NO SOANDALS TN FRANCE The Mail and Empire refers to the French White Paper and the report in it of a visit to France of a depu- tation from England. Their mission was a study of the munitions busi- ness. The French had made prodig- jous progress in the production of munitions and the desire was to en- quire into the circumstances under which this result had been brought about. The English exports found, says the Mail, ada. Did they? The Whig fails to see it. tions business to a commjtige which awarded contracts at personally or financially interested. The French government, far from this, sought the employment of every manufacturer possible in the production of munitions, 'at compet- itive prices," and under such condi- tions as enabled the smaller capit- alists to get their share of the busi- ness, These manufacturers of mu- nitions, in many cases, put their pro- fits into additional machinery with which to add to the larger results. The conditions may have fesemb- Jed thé conditions in Canada in one respect--the opportunity was very great, and, under proper encourage- ment, the manufacturers should have been able to get all the con- tracts they could complete with the highest satisfaction. There have been no scandals in France, and mo evidence of political iniquities of which the government in ashamed. So efficient has been the French ser- vice that the English experts have found it expedient to visit the fac- tories and report to the British gov- ermment what they have seen, A copy of this report should be put in the hands of every member of the Can- adian parliament for his informa- Senator Dandurand, of Montreal, thinks a trio of sensible men, leaders in the educational world, could settle the bilingual question in a way to satisfy the French-Canadians. The Senator should follow this up and submit his suggestion to a practical test, " IGNORING THE FARMERS, The farmers of the west are likely to be great sufferers from the sever- ity of the winter, and the inability on account of the weather to move out and sell or store their grain, In Saskatchewan there are at least 6,- 000,000 bushels in the field, covered, of course, but exposed to the chang- ing temperatures and liable to damp- The situation is so serious that the minister of agriculture in Saskatche- wan appealed to the grain commis- sion to get an amendment to the Grain Act, and one which would give the commission power to deal with the situation by ordering the rail} ways to remove the grain, Sir George Foster submitted 'an amendment which went further thith the minis- ter of agriculttre in Saskatchewan 8| desired, and one that gives the com- mission power to act when there is an alleged congestion. Hon. Mr. of Regina, © protests against the proposed change. Four years ago there was an at- tempt by the minister of commerce to amend the Grain Act so that the commission could ignore the law re- specting car distribution under cer- But the Sen- But any- conditions very sim- ilar to those which prevailed | in Can- On the contrary it finds that the French gov- ernment did not had over the muni- extravagant prices, many of these contracts going to the companies in which the mem- bers of the committee were either The republicans of the United States are again' shaping up for a row over the presidency, 4nd that will be Mr. Wilson's only chance for a second term. Judge Hughes does not want a nomination and has posi- tively refused it, and hig party does not want Col, Roosevelt. Col. McMeans, of Winnipeg, says that there are in militarg district No. 10 as' many as 4,000 unattached lieutenants, If there are so many out of commissions in one district, how many must there be in all the military districts of Canada and in England? The English contingents, it is understood, are drawing pay and reporting from time to time for a duty which they do not perform. Hedley Francis Le Bas, in the American Magazine, shows that the way to make recruiting hum is to advertise. The government evi- dently does not think so. It may feel it is not getting full value for the thousands upon thousands of dol- lars that are being 'spent in party patronage. Ba«Mr. Le Bas has demonstrated his theories in Britailf successfully and Col. Seeley, the former minister of war, can bear wit. ness to the fact, it is elections or battles. PE A BR Sy PUBLIC OPINION. | Imaginative, (Guelph Mercury.) Some men are just liars, and oth- ers again get paid for drawing the picturees in seed catalogues. Some Omissions, (Ottawa Free Press.) If Sir Sam provided Col. J. Wesley Allison with a'spécial train he might also have added an escort and a brass band. Some Distance Behind, (London Advertiser. The Crown Prince is behind the attack at Verdun, and you can gam- ble your last kopee, that he is some |} distance behind. Trust Her Soldiers. (Port Arthur Chronicle.) Canada can safely trust herself in the hands of her soldiers whether The cam- Toronto is selecting a commission- er of finance at a salary of $15,000 which doesn't say much for Hon. I. B. Lucas, Attorney-General, when there's a kick raised at his haul of $11,000, A Queer Report. (London Advertiser.) . Statistics are said to show a de- cided decrease in the numbers of murderers in Berlin since the out. break of war. Since so many are on the firing lines it is surprising any murderers are left n." LIBERAL PRESS. 'R. B. Bennett's Admission. Montreal Herald. After all the panegyrics of the Do- minion Shell Committee delivered in the House of Commons, Sir Robert Borden, Sir Sam Hughes, and others of the Conservatives, R. B. Bennett added his contribution on behalf of the Government. This budding as- pirant for ministerial favors said there should be no investigation of the charges against the Shell Com- mittee, because, "When your house is on fire and the hose bursts do you stop to investigate responsibility for the poor hose or where it was bought" If this is not a flat admis- sion that the Shell Committee, which his friends in the Government have been lauding to the skies, actually and lamentably, failed ip its duty, what is it? Could there be a more scathing denunciation of the Shell Committee than to compare it to a burst hose at a fire? Another Charge. Windsor Record. Will the government name a com- mission to investigate the serious charge .by the St. Thomas Journal that liquor interests in that city con- tributed $3,000 of thereabouts in the last provincial election on behalf of Hon. F. G. Macdiarmid, with the as- surance, it. is understood, that "no measures of prohibition would be given to the people so long as his government, Jemained in power, " anil Settled For All Time. Manitoba Free Press. Under direct legislation it will al- ways be possible to re-submit the is- sue of prohibition to the electors of Manitoba; but the prediction may be made that the question will never be reopened. On Monday we found out the strength of the liquor trade n this province when divorced from political support. In that contest, however, it had the open bars and the free use of liguor--two political influences that, not so long ago, were all powerful in this province. In ny future contest these influences would not be avaitable; and without RANDOM REELS "Ot Shoes und Ships, and Sealln, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." / VACCINATION, f Vaceination is a painful remedy for some disease that is four jumps re- moved from the county line. once in a while the low, rumbling ac- cents of an approaching can be heard in the distance, when it | becomes necessary to puncture | entire community in the left arm and drive the germs in another direction. The germ has never been discovered that can attack a vaccinated eitizen immediately after the vaccine has se- cured a firm hold and live to tell the Every epidemic the 'Vaccination is caused by poisoning the patient with a penknife and six drops of high-priced lymph, By the proper use of thege articles a very perceptible limp can be imparted to the patient, especially when he at- tempts to lift his left arm above his head. Some people are so consti- tuted that they can: not be vaccinated without swelling up"/in a threatening manner, so that when they are slap- ped on the arm by a cordial friend a sense of deep annoyance 'sets in. Nothing will try the Christian forti- tude of a devout church member than to be vaccinated in the ie shoulder-blade, and them have four or five life-long friends seize the spot in a warm, clinging grasp. Vaceination is good for only seven years, after which it has to be done over again in a dark purple tint. Com- pulsory vaccination is a variety which has been legalized by law, and springs up whenever somebody on the Paci- fic coast has been bitten by a mad dog. Whenever a smallpox mierpbe is seen edging its way over the hori- zon, school is dismissed and the chil- dren are allowed to be vaccinated in order to sweeten their vacation hours. Vaccination is said to "take" when it takes four strong men to hold the victim in bed the second day after. The only defenders of vaccination in this country are the doctors, who were thé first to recognize its bene- fits. Why ig it that the average doe- tor is perfectly willing to vaccinate everybody on the town plat and yet prefers to keep Lis own arm in an un- blemished and shapely condition? If every patient would require his fam- ily physician to be vaccinated first, there would be fewer people going grovaq with arms like a captive bal- oon. g Riymes LEARNING G THE AUTO. I'm learning the automobile; as, trembling, I sit at the wheel, and steer her along, through the hurry- 'ing thro , how nervous and awkward I feel! I jolt people out of their lids, I run over chicken and kids; a spurt she will throw 'when I want to go slow, "ghe skedaddies and skids. I sweat, and seampers, I'm weak in the knees, when swift around corners she flees, she whimpers and whirs and she gurgles and , purs, und runs into fences and trees, she constantly damps tramps; she collided My - courage by running down bow-wows and to-day with a big heavy dray, and busted her fenders and lamps. I drive her around for an hour, this wherever 1 stray, on my death-d engine of terrible power; -dealing way, of fea- fur there's arr: At night, when I 8 , fierce - i abide in my head; I the handsome 7A BE man should have. rments we re now showing-- New Slip Ons, New Raglans, New Chesterflelds. They are handsomely tailored from Black and Grey Viennas and Cheviots, Faney Seoteh Tweedy in the neat Pin Dots and Binck and Whites. Special Values $12 $15 $18 SEE OUR NOBBY SHOE STYLES, $4.00 and $5.00. hin Electrical ------ Our stock of ELECTRICAL FIXTURES and APPLIANCES is the most complete in the city. The very newest designs always in stock. Larg- est stock to choose from, W. J. MOORE 'Wiring a specialty. & SON - them the vote for liquor would shrink to insignificant proportions. In ad- dition to this the women would vote in any future contest. For all these reasons it js reasonable to assume that this question has been settled once for all., The sale of liquor will affect our future politics only as it may give rise to controversies about the enforcement of the law. INDEPENDENT PRESS. The Carvell Charges. Weekly Sun. If the public is impressed by the charges made by Mr, Carvell against the Shells Commission, it is not like- ly to be satisfied by Mr® Crothers' plea that criticism of the military ad- ministration ought to be restrained during the war lest aid and comfort be afforded to the enemy. On the contrary, 'the Government, notwith- standing the postponement of the el- ections, can hardly prosecute the war with the greatest efficiency, if it does not inspire public confidence and res- pect. There has already, we think, been too much restraint. Had Sir Robert Borden held bye-elections at intervals during 1914 and 1915, he would have guarded against many evils and mistakes which it is now difficult to remedy. After The Slackers. Hamilton. Herald. The trouble is that too many of the wrong men are going and too i many of the men who could easily Deus | be spared are hanging back. Therej th are too many skilled workers in Kha- ki--too many drones still in civilian clothes. Under a well-ordered symem | FER of compulsory service the pf of selection would be applied; the men who could most easily be spared would be put into the ranks, aud those most needed for work at hom¥ |. would be kept at home to work. ------------------------ AMERICAN | PRESS. "Coming. ing Events." How to Save Your Eyes 4 Thi Free Prescription. pour, eyes give you trouble? ready Nel wear , TY usien or 8 {aces? ople wear ho might ally dis- Tou may be one of these, an our uty to save your eyes Tok fi is too fate. The eyes are neglected more toon any other organ of the entire body. After you finish your day's work youn sit down and rest your muscles, but how about your eyes? Do you rest them? You know you do not. You read or do something else that keeps your eyes busy; you work your eyes until you go to That is why so many have strained eves and finaly other eye troubles that threaten . or total blindness. Eyeglasses are merely crutches; they never cure. This free préseription, which has benefited the eyes of so many, may work equal wonders for you. Use' it a short time. Would you like your eye troubles to disappear as if by maglo? Jey this prescription. Go to tha nearest wideawake drug store and get a battle of Bon-Opto tablets. Drop one tablet in 34 glass of water and allow it to thoroughly dissoive. With this Hama bathe the eyes two to four times daily. dust note how quickly your eves clear and how soon the inflammation will d ppear. Don't be i to use it; it is absolutely harmless, any who are | ow blind might have saved Y thelr eyes : Do these "windows Pr ad they started to care for them in his is a simple treatment, but effective in multitudes of ov that you have been warned marvelous] resc tion g won, will fill he pr a LI your druggist in to whom tne aoove article = EEE hed from any aod A hood fills ma Bo « Po and will gladly a 25 YEARS ACO New York Herald, - bs kd Ww New lo were reached, yes- terday in the exchanges on Germany and on Austria. At 71% cents for four marks "the jatter are at a discount of very near- ly twenty-five per cent., while the Austrian ke Krone or crown at 12.48 shows a depreciation of thifty- eight and one-half per cent. sight at a an the Teutonic to the above fig- on Paris and Prohibition petitions were: distrib- uted in the chur A pewholder ot vdenbiam Street Church ordered two young ladies to leave his pew. Fortunately the ush- ery 8 found a for, them a result of mild weather, hol have been made in the ice bridge. i Capt. Joseph Dix will spend $500 the schooner . White Australian Rabbit in Jelly 60 cents per tin. Each tin contains 2 lbs. net. --Just Arrived-- Jas. Redden & Co. Phones 20 and 990. THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987. Drop a card to 19 Pine street wh en wanting anything done in the carpen tery line, Estimates given on ail kinds or repairs and new work; also hard. wood floors of all kinds. All orders will receive prompt stient 10 Queen Tract 4 shtian, Shop Good coal is 'kind we have. We don't keep it in safe; but we do kee ing in a safe condition. | It's coal Souda. burns free- | ly yet slowly and furn-| ishes its full quota of | heat--concentrated 'Theat | You ire sate in png i. CRAY