tot be expécted when Shown by tH¥mselves. The Agri- cultural Department of Ontario does some fool things, and this is one of ------ a Dr. Pyne, the Minister of Educa- tion, is away, and Hon. Mr, Fergu- son, the pooh bah of the government, has not the time in which to look in- to departmental matters. Mr. Fergu- son was made aware of the grievance of a great number over the recent examinations. He had better take notice yet. The people are quite hotigidy. We are actually con-|} because of certain injustices which |tributing to the resources of thell have been wrought. ' Neutral Commission six times as|J} wo 9 : \ : much as the United States. It would |} ; 'Ibe given cheerfully if we felt quite ! : sure that it was not helping the ene- || . f ! PUBLIC OPINION y. If the Germans fed the people Bae > : ; ol whom they have dispossessed of ||} | i ben their means of feeding themselves! ||H Coal Our Worry. (London Advertiser) Gasoline has come down a peg, but coal has gone up. And coal is our worry, not gasoline, there would be less food available 1 for the Germans. Who Pays Anything. tawa Free Pr If we looked at the feeding of the Belgians as' a measure of affecting|fin (Ot ess ) The U. 8. railways Will grant the eight hour day if they may boost the course of war, it would be more their freight rates. Who pays? to our advantage that ,German au-|{ill thority in Belgium be surrounded by|}l Not the railways. Some concession. Byron's Bad Guess, a starving, desperate, and rebellious|| populace than by a populace enabled | Iii (Montreal Star) When Byron wrote '" "Tis Greece, by our generosity to await its de- liverance at least in physical com- fort, but living Greece no more," he made one of those bad guesses that even a good poet may make at times, curred, The architects decided that ING THE GERMANS the walls shbould come dowr, the - walls that were said, by these same men, to represent a value of $2,000,~ 000, Hon. Mr. Rogers, chairman of the committee said he did not author- ize the razing of them. The com- mittee knew nothing about the change of plans or purposes. When it did hear of the change a proposal | was made that as the whole situation | had been altered, as there was to be a complete reconstruction, plans should be made, and specifications, tenders called for, and a contract awarded. : Hon. Mr, Rogers pleaded that the corner stone should be laid, accord- ing to arrangement, and that then, with a full attendance of the com- mittee, the question of procedure should be settled, The issue is, why should the walls, valued at $2,000,- 000, be pulled down without the de- cision of the committee? Why should the percentage plan of building be chosen without deliberation? What is the sense of appointing a large and representative committee to super- | vise the work if ome or two indivi duals, with the aid of the officials, can do as they like, and ignore or treat with contempt those who are associated with them? . yi could be more anomalous} t! that the British Empire should [§i be subscribing at the rate of seven and a half million pounds sterling} & year to feed a population" within |} : territory held by the enemy. A mil-{} : 3 lion and a half of that money is in|} es the form of yoluntary public subscriptions and' six, millions represents the Govergpments sub- Sn --- Keep the boy well dresses and do not injure his pride by com- pelling him to wear poor school clothes. We think we have the biggest and best assorted stock of Boys' Suits to be Seen anywhere in Canada. . : 3 TTR [ The Belgian © Government are bound to see that their people at|jf home are fed. Belgium Is one of the ||} Allies, and, we are bound to preserve |} that brave nation. : | It is unfortunate that our help {i} given to Belgium should be partially diverted by thé Gehmans in occu- pation to their advantage, but we can-| Jill not on that account withdraw our} help. All that we can do is urge the Jif Neutral Commission to see to it that the supplies that, are so generously provided, do not find their way into the stores of the enemies. Eton Suits, $5.00. +" The Baunock Suit, $6.50, The Berkley Suit, $7.50. The Collegiate Suit, $10.00. . - See Our $3.75 Boys' Suits Sizes 29 to 33. ' Reefer Style Coat Too Much Reviewing. (Hamilton Times) Sir Sam Hughes has twice re- viewed the Canadians since he went overseas, and there is almost a re- bellion among them in consequence. Borgen A Colonel, > (Ottawa Citizen) : The Premier is now an honorary colonel, but most people are con- vinced that the minister of militia has been commanding him to keep his eyes . right ever since the out- break of hostilities. Mcense System. > ronto Globe) Gordon Waldron ran as a straight advocate of the license system, and it might be inferred from the result of the polling that there are few straight advocates of that system in The public schools will reopen on Tuesday next. So directs the Board of Education. The school law says they should open on September 1st. There may be some reason for the dif- ference in the time of opening the public schools and the institute, It should be ascertained, and ft should have its place in the plans of the local trustees. A GOVERNOR'S BOOZE BILL. Now that a state election is on in New York, and that Governor Whit- man is a candidate for a second term, it 1s remembered that his special car was attached to a train which went over a year ago to the Panama Ex- hibition, and that this special train Straight Knickers. Good all wool tweeds. Bibbys ARE THE KRUPPS _ BEHIND OUR NICKEL ad AN EXAMINATION SCANDAL. The parents of some candidates for teachers' certificates have a grievance against the Collegiate Institute and one that does mot appear to be well founded. Their daughters have been plucked on certain subjects; in the teachers' course, and they have as- sumed that the fault lay with the teaching, especially in a certain de- Montreal Herald. The nickel fight waxes hot in On- tario. Here is the I8gest charge, put forward by Mr. JamegiConnor, who was the Social Democrat candidate |} in the recent bye-election in South-|}] west Toronto: "Twenty-five per cent. of the shares of the International Nickel Company are held by the partment. It is fortunate that Kings- ton was represented in the examina- tions, and that information is avail- able which. entirely clears the in- stitute of the blame that has been attached to it. - ° The candidates appéar to have suf- fered in two ways: (1) One of the papers was such as should not have been put before the candidates. It was certain, if it was not designed, to baffle most of the students who undertook to work out the problems, (2) The marking was severe, un- duly so, and rding to an under- stinding whielt Wad for Ws purpose the plucking of a large number of the writers. Last year the normal schools were unable to accommodate all who applied for admission to them. Apparently the word was passed, by whom it is not known, and to the effect that in place of giv- ing the candidates the benefit of a few marks, in scaling the papers; there was to be no consideration for anyone, on any paper, and as a result about fifty per cent. of the candi- dates failed. Those who essayed to use the teachers' examination, plus the French, as an easy cut to matricula- tion, were defeated in their plans, and it is not likely that they will re- ceive very much sympathy, Those cost the state over $20,000. Some months ago the matter came before the legislature, when it was asserted that some legislators and some offi- cials, fared sumptuously at the state's expense. The amounts expended by these legislators and officials, on their own account and on account of their families, were very large, in some cases extending into thousands, Their meals on the train cost $10 per day each; their flowers were plentiful and expensive; the club car on the train was frequently visited, and the high-balls and other decoec- tions whi¢h were theré produted ran into an enormous sum. The expendi- ture was buried under the head of "dining car service." The subject had a lull for a time. Then, with the announcement that Mr. Whitman was setting out upon his eampaign, his alleged booze party was recalled. The state auditor re- fused to audit the accounts on the ground that the Panama Exhibition Commission had the power and the authority to do this, and Governor Whitman did not see the wisdom of challenging the accounts of a party, mostly democratic and appointed by his predecessor, of which he was the guest. A mandamus was issued and a special audit was demanded. So far the governor has been exempted coal soon, troduced on the Callaghan, South West Toronte, Ta EVENTS 26 YEARS ACO Coal dealers will boost the price of James Richardson was to-day in- Exchange at Board of Trade, Montreal. Princess Street Nine has lost one of its best men in the person of E. the crack pite her, who goes to Fort McLe N.W.T, the Krupps in other people's names, and the position is such that when the Russian Government placed an order International 'Nickel Company re- fused to fill the order. What was the result? The result was that the ussiang were driven our of Warsaw and 'Lemberg, because this company controls ninety per cent. of the nie- kel output of the world." If this is true it is the final, argument in favor of the nationalization of the nickel output. SOLDIERS' FEELING IN THE TRENCHES * GREAT LABO Neither the need to care for. such legislation to all concerned of the power of as and put one STRUGGLE IN SIGHT Breen ee ee neem Sheesh Hamilton Herald (Ind. Conservative). The men's brotherhoods are strong in numbers and are reported to have at their command $15,000,000 for use in fighting the companies if the worst comes to the worst. The strug- gle, if it comes, threatens great and costly beyond precedent. It may also .be the last of its kind. brotherhoods nor the railway managers and stockholders nor the three combined constitute a force that the whole of the people So the end may be ill do justice it out two to or be Torontg Star's Cable, Soldiers frankly are sick of poli- tics in army affairs. They feel the issues are too vitally important for this. They ask that the whole mat- ter of military control, administra- tion, and equipment should be taken wholly out of politics and placed un- der an expert non-partizan board, that the Ministers should be debar- red from.bringing pressure, direct or indirect, upon commanding offic- ers to recommend men for promo- tion or appointment, that appoint- ments should be made irrespective of political affiliations, and Minister- ial criticism of army commanders to their subordinates should cease. LIES BY GRAMOPHONE. All Records Entering Russia Will Be | with a firm of Toronto brokers, the]. Ot Shoes and Skips, and Sealing THE CANNING SEASON The canning season is a melancholy period in the life of married men, which 'opens up on June 1st and ends when the last string-bean has been laid to rest in a Mason jar. It is one of the most trying tests of con- jugal affection, as the husband is not only obliged to furnish sugar at ten cents a pound, but in some cases is forced to don a long, crinkly apron and hull cherries in one red burial blent. There ought to be some way of telling before the marriage takes place whether the bride is an en- thusiastic, long distance canner or prefers to buy canned raspberries at the grocery store. The time will no doubt come when the pro- spective bridegroom will lead his heart's choice up to a justice of the peace and require her to choose be- tween the canned gooseberry and himself. The case might arise where a bride-elect would prefer the goose- berry, but that would prqve at once that she was not fit to be a wife and | 78-80-82 Princess Street. Reels Wax, of Cabbages and Kings" oh ld > as it was cheaper fo. gan than to buy, but it is not so today. there, all over the land, factories i Re rr -- There is nothing in the house to eat except fresh currant jelly backéd by hopeful stock companies, Here and Farmers and / ers, attention die the best olls "V, and Model T Ford ofl. All kinds of automobile neccessories kept In stock. Repuiring promptly nt. tended to. Storage by the day, week or month. Robt. J. Fursey, Phones No. 1000-931. 35-37 Montreal St. near Princess GROCERIES & MEATS It is profitable to buy the 'best. You can get the ~., best at 1490-492 Princess Street. Phone 530. which furnish canned corn for almost nothing and throw in a large part of the ear. Then why should woman litter up the kitchen and deprive her husband of the sustenance promised mother, During the canning season the home is filled > with plaintiff odors and there is nothing in the house to eat except fresh current jelly, Cur- hundred or thousands of leaders to| imperil the business and comfort and prosperity of a hundred million peo- ple. who made an honest effort to pass (without desiring to reach matricula- tion) are to be commiserated with in Censored, Petrograd, Aug. 29.--All import- ed gramophone records hereafter are to be censored owing to the acci- from any blame or criticism. He liy- ed and dined with his family in his special car, and only $2.40 has been C. H. Pickering, Prop. Br ---------- the disappointment they have receiv charged up for liquor against his car. dental discovery that large numbers of German origin, instead 'of bei g him underneath the wedding bell by rant jelly is all right when there is but one $650.00 Piano Player, Spot Cash To-day $330 § New, Al, Up-to-date. \WEESE'S ART STORE Wait? No! Cost of Living. Winnipeg Tribune. ¢ There is distraction in many house- holds over-the™high cost of living. People wonder when the limit will be reached. Government commis- gions have so far failed to point out one of the causes of inflated or un- just' values, namely government. Of- ficial figures issued from Ottawa to- day show that the importation of dutiable goods dropped from $447,- 000,000 in 1913 to $321,000,000 in 1916. This is. a falling off of nearly one-fourth. But the duty collected in 1916 amounted to $114,000,000 as against $116,000,000 in 1913" Taxes in one form or another, di- Someone in the car was served at the cost of $2.40 from the club car, and he knew nothing about it, On the whole, the alleged junket, 80 far as the liquid refreshments were concerned, cost about $250, and the party was composed of sixty per- song, and not all in it were commit- ted to grape juice and lime water for their drinks. It is wonderful what muck some people will rake up in an election. The revelations were ex- pected to be awful in connection with this booze trip, and so far there has been notliing found to make anyone, rect and indirect, eat up an enor- and especially a politician, blush, mous proportion "of the wealth of - Canada. Some years ago we established the record in Canada of increasing the cost of living more rapidly than any trying to preserve for generations yet unborn a collection of canned articles that when opened will as like as not be found covered with mould as far down as the knees? Men would have more respect for the canning season if their wives would observe it along about the middle of January, instead of pick- ing out some month that runs mostly to prickly heat. something to do with it, tires of it faster than he.does af oat- meal or self-raising pancakes. The reason why so many feel poorly dur- ing the summer and have to go away for a rest at some trout stream is no doubt due to being fed continuously on new-mown currant jelly and the leather-faced watermelon pickle, There was a time when there was some excuse for the canning season, The agitation which set in, for re- dress or review, after the results 'of the examinations were known, will not end. The sense of justice or in- Justice--justice to the deserving and injustice from the Education Depart- ment--will be continued, and the acting minister had better give the matter 'his special attention. Hun- . dreds of parents are affected, and they will not be hushed up upon a matter on which they feel Keely: Bourassa is not posing as much as he did in public places, but he has #., the ear of the Nationalists, and he is influencing them against recruiting. It there is any place in which regis- the harmless musical productions 18- dicated on the labels, were found to consist of scurrilous anti-Russian lampoons and preposterous reports on Russia, describing the military situation and internal state of Rus- sia. ee ------------ Soldier's Wife Dies. London, Ont. Aug. 29. --Mrs. Francis Brennan, wife of Gunner Patrick Brennan, of the 64th Over- seas Battery, died suddenly Sunday. She is a daughter of Charles Pres- cott, of Merrickville, and #ame here in order to be with her husband, Goods valued at $1,500 were stol- en from the general store of Charles H. Bailey, in Alexandria Bay] N.Y. on Sunday. Wheat closed on Monday in Chi- cago from nine to eleven cents less mn EggO Baking Powder Will be demonstrated in 'our store this week. SA McLeod's Weight? Yes! » EDITORIAL NOTES, The war Ts ooking better. More tration, or conscription in a modified form, would take effect, it is Quebec, A WASTE OF MILLIONS, There is a serious differenke of opinion with regard to the parliamen- tary buildings at Ottawa, which, it will be remembered, were destroyed by fire. After the conflagration, and while the Commons was still in ses- : _slon, an examination was made of .., tion, about $2,000,000, reported that they could be the walls as they stood, and it was . largely nd ented a in the 'process of reconstruc value, The idea was then ceived of ¥. building, or rebuilding where neces- . sary, under the direction of a com- _'_ mitte whose members would pass on - the work as it proceeded. This com- mittee was composed equally of libe- rals and conservatives. Their task was to "restore" the building. Archi tects were appointed. The P. Lyall Limited, was given -the the percentage It paid. its _ Company, of its p contract the use a and per Nr complications in Europe, but not for the Allies, \ Southern Alberta, says the latest report, will have the greatest crop of high grade wheat in its history, "if" the frost keeps off until September 15th. That "if" is the joker in the case, Guelph's employers have not ac- cepted the proffered labor of the wo- men in place of that of the men who have been called to the colors, - Why? "The-women who have volunteered to] undertake hard service, in an emer "gency, should de tried. ] Dr, Wilbur Chapman may be brought here to wake up the city spiritually. Can he do it? A vener- able friend, and an ex-preacher, doubts it, There is one who could do wonders, who gets the devil excited wherever he goes, but he is not avail- able. Who is he? Billy Sunday, Why should the children's garden exhibits not be shown In connection with the county fair? They would elicit and develop a public terest tated by war, to Canada. = other country in the world. The record, save in lands devas- probably still belongs than Saturday's close, Auto bandits in Chicago raided the Standard Oil car, and got away with $4,000 in broad daylight, \ Rippling Rhymes J -- have our roads a neck, > we've churches and we'vé z.hools, gymnasium building is fixed and our large new We have a bank play tunes beyond cdmpare. yet we're shrunken, because folks won't come, unless they lovely grad. And still we'll fool wreck, till we apply our little BAD ROADS ~The roads that lead to Ha ple's- tempers warm; i Stentor, I clamor for holes and ridges that bust our are sway-backed creaking bridges, together tied with in vain, in vain, with voice of reform, The roads are full of yseed' Centre make peo- Drug Store Mineral Waters Duncan in quarts. Pluto in quarts. costly tires, and there growing city, at which the rich with gilding, We ought to grow, and Our roads are bad, for drunken---to see our Hunyadi in pints. McLEOD'S DRUG STORE Aug. 28th -- Sept. 2nd. Excellent in quality, Reasonable in price. JAS. REDDEN & CO. Phone 20 and 900. JOHN M. PATRICK brellas, Suit Cases, Trunks, repaired © and refitted, Saws filled, Knives and honed. Al makes of fire- arms repaired promptly. All makes of Lawn Mowers sharpened and repaired. 149 Sydenham Street Brock Street. Away our taxes and faxes to some official wy 4 . | Guelph Junction Railway, Smuni- cal | cipally owned, will earn $4,000 more nD the estimates for the year. Just a remind Just a suggestion-- That --from wus--you can get the kind of coal you want. ER Concentrated 5 We guarantee fall weight and deliver promptly. CRAWFORD