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They were in revolt against' the O.T.A., and this particu- larly applied to Woodstock, Ingersoll and Tillsonburg. A. Courtney Kingstone, K.C,, bar- rister, of St. Catharines, was given 2 rousing reception. The O.T.A, he ar- gued, was unfair, undemocratic and un- British. It was nonsense to say that the prohibition question was a moral issue. It was not and never would be. The Synod of the Church of England in Canada had recently met in London and had prohibition been a moral issue that_great body of ecclesiastics and laymen would certainly have discussed the subject, but they did not. F. W_ Russell of Winnipeg, presi- dent of the Manitoba Moderation Lea: gue, was greeted with unusual honors lll when he arose to tell, as he said, the li| story of the liquor question in his ll | province, The chairman interposed to read a | telegram from Welland which said that the leader of the temperance forces there had said that it was no use for them to fight any longer as Govern- || ment control was certain to carry in ™ the riding. In Manitoba prohibition had been tried and found wanting. Terrible con- ditions prevailed when it was in force, and the people repealed it in favor of Government control. "And I know," added Mr. Russell, "that the very con- ditions which prevailed under prohibi- tion in Manitoba prevail right here in: Ontario," It was indeed a sorry experience that Manitoba had under prohibition, Crimes of all kinds had increased, and probably what was worse than any- thing else ie the advent of the rum- runner and the bootlegger, a gentry unknown prior to prohibition, Under Government confrol drunkenness in Winnipeg was on the decrease, and to- morrow's papers would contain, the opinions 'of prominent Winnipeg busi- ness men and others to the effect that they were pleased with the workings of the present Act. Some of these gen- tlemen even gave it as their opinion that Manitoba's law was the real solu- tion of the liquor question. "In fact, you could not ask any res- ponsible business man in Winnipeg to admit anything other than that Gov- ernmént control was the only thing," and Mr, Russell amid applause. Under prohibition bootleggers flood. ed the province. There were still some of them left but not very many and they were gradually growing less and less. Then, top, under prohibition con- victions for operating illicit stills were numbered by the hundreds, but under Government control these were stead- ily gaining less and less. "Now what I want to know," the speaker concluded, "is Ontario going to stay out of the confederation' of those progressive provinces of the Dominion which have adopted Govern- ment control?" LIKE A FISH that the WHAT'S THE TIME ? If you wish to know what time it is in Pekin, Amsterdam or Petrograd just get Attorney Simon Kugell of Boston on the long distance phone and he'll tell you. He has one of the most ambitious clocks in the world. It has nine faces and tells the time San Francisco, Pekin, Petrograd, New York, Greenwoch, Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam, Boston. | PRODUCE MARKETS . | baae GRAIN QUOTATIONS. Toronto. \ Toronto, Oct. 29. -- Manitoba wheat--No. 1 northern, bay ports, $1.74 3-4; No. 2 northern, $1.70;No. 3 northern, $1.64 3-4, cif, bay ports. Standard recleaned screenings, f. 0.b., bay pers, per ton, nominal. Manitoba Ukts--No. 2 C.W. 70 1-2¢; No. 3 C.W., 68¢; extra No. 1 teed, 68c; No. 1 féed, 67c; No. 3, 6bc. Ontario wheat--No. 2 winter, per car lot, $1.30 to $1.34, f.0.b.; No. 3, $1.28 to $1.82; No. 1 commercial, $1.26 to $1.29; shipping points ac- cording to freights. Oats--Ontario, No. 3. white, 52¢ to 66ec. Milifeed--Bran, $30,256 per ton; shorts, $32.25' per ton; middlings, $38 per ton; feed four, $3.25 per bag. : Barley--Malting, 88¢ to 93c. Rye--No. 2, $1.12 to $1.17. Manitoba flour--First patent, $9.05, Toronto; second patent, $8.55, Toronto. Flour--Ontario, $6.40, in jute bags, Montreal, $6.40; Toronto, bulk seaboard, nominal. Peas--No. 2, not quoted. : Hay--No. 2 ° track, Toromto, $14.50; No. 3, $12.50. Straw--Car lots, $9.50. American corn, No. $1.29, track, Toronto. Buckwheat--92¢ to 96¢c. 4 2. yellow, 'Montreal. Montreal, Oct. 21.----Oats, Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 74c; Canadian Western No. 3, 73¢c; extra No. 1 teed, 72c. Flour, Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $9.05; seconds, $8.55; strong bakers, $8.35; Winter patents, choice, $6,85 to $6.95. Roll- ed oats, bag 90 1, $4 to $4.19. Bran, $30.25. Shorts, $32.25, Middles, $38.25. 'Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Oct. 21.--Wheat--No. 1 northern, $1.82 5-8; No. 2 north- ern, $1.59 1-8; No. 3 northern, 1 $1.54 1-8; No. 4, $1.42 1-4; No. 5, $1.29 1-4; No. 8, $1.17 1-4; feed, $1.02 1-4; track, $1.61. ~ Oats--No. 2 C.W., 63 1-4; No. 3 C. W. 60 1-4c; ex-No. 1 feed, 60- 1-4c; No. 1 feed, 58 1-4c; No. 2 1 feed, 54 1-4c; rejected, 49¢; track, 63 1-dec. _ Barley--No. 3 C.W., 93 7-8¢; No. 4 C.W., 89 7-8¢c; rejected, 868 1-8c; 83 3-Sc; track, 93c. ~=No. 1 N.W.C.,, $2.36 1-4; No. 2 C.W., $2.32 1-4; No. 3 CW, $2.04 1-4; rejected $2.01 1-4; track, $2.30 1-2. i : Rye--No. 1 C.W. $1.29 1-2; track $1.29 1-2. : 2 red, $1.57 to $1.58 1-2; No. 3 hard, $1.50 1-2. Fge Corn--No. 2 mixed, $1.11 1-4 to $1.11 1-2; No. 2 yellow, $1.11 1-2 ' Great West Saddlery Co. Limited, one of "of prohibition." f.o.b., |. Chicago, Oct. 21.--Wheat -- No. ', The Moderation League of Ontario wr ' Western Canada Testifies Further to the Benefits of Government Control WWE have already given extracts from letters received within the last three days from prominent and representative citizens of Manitoba regarding the improved conditions brought about by the adoption of Government Con! in that province. These letters are being daily added to and are all from men who cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be said to oppose temperance. The careful consideration of the people of Ontario is asked for these expres- sions of opinion from Western Canada. They nail to the counter absolutely and irrefutably the misleading, exaggerated, and in many cases untrue, statements which have been dissetninated by a partisan prohibition press throughout this province. « > The following letter is from Mr. Alex. Macdonald, President of the Mac- donalds Consolidated Limited, Wholesale Grocers, a Bank Director and several times Mayor of Winnipeg: -- "Let me say that I do not know of any public interest that does not approve of the Liquor Act in Manitoba." ' \ "As to the Liquor Act of Manitoba, it 18 in 'my opimien much more preferable than the bootlegger that was in vogue before Mr. B. F. Hutchings, President of the the largest leather manufacturers on the continent, writes: Act." "I would like to say that as far as my Mr. W. F. Alloway, of Alloway & Chame SXpeFichce Joe the Liquor Act has worked jon: Limited, Bankers and Brokers, a lead- out better n I expected. I am sure that ng financial man, writes: : ~ it is the best system we have ever worked Let me say I have been here latey-2 on here." years and have never seen, since the Moder. Mr. G. H. Balfour, late General Manager ation Act came into force, one pe of one of Canada's leading banks, and well the streets of Winnipeg the worse for liquor, known in Ontario, writes: : ang I am on the streets a great deal. "The result of my. personal observation is far more than I could say before, when leads he to fe gonjusion Jhat the Mani- the Temperance Act was in force." . toba Liquor Act is functioning satisfactor- . R. am, K.C., LL.B., Barrister, ily, and conditions are better then they were wire gh Prosecutor for the before its enactments." City of Winnipeg, says: Dr. Fred A. Young, a leading Winnipeg "J have not the 'lightest hesitation in Medical Practitioner, writes: stating that the Government Control Act "With reference to the Liquor Act, of has met with my approval. Conditions in Manitoba, it is in my opinion a great the homes have improved. I hear no more improvement over the former arrangement of bringing and carrying of liquor to parties in homes, and the subject conversation there is no longer liquor; as it was until a few months ago." -known Col. H. AX. Mullins, one of the cattle exporters a, writes: in Western C FROM ALBERTA HAVE COME PROTESTS AGAINST STATE- MENTS in the press alleging failure of the system of Government Control there. Mr. R. J. Dinning, Liquor Control Commissioner of Alberta; Mr. A. J. Scheurer, Chief Provincial Liquor Act Enforcement Officer, and Chief of Police D. Ritchie of Calgary, have given information to the Calgary Herald. In his inter- view Commissioner Dinning took exception to, "talks elivered by spéakers 2,000 miles away, instead of presenting their evidence to us. This Department is prepared to act at once on any information given." Mr: Scheurer, the Enforcement Officer, stated that there was now rigid re of the Act as compared with hiding of ignoring drunkenness in previous rs. "Anyone appearing drunk in public now is promptly arrested and that is what the police ui, show." : Chief of Police Ritchie, at , stated, "The public are in sympathy with the new Act and they consider ed wor ghee of legislation. People are co-o| with the police now and in bri cases of og rarkerness to their attention. Under the prohibition law I felt that the ¢ were not in thy with the Act, and for that reason the police were not receiving ¢ ration, I felt satisfied that the bootlegger was being protected and the drunks sheltered from law. It is different now. bootlegger is being eliminated rapidly today. All the big traffickers in illicit liquor are out of busi- ness, and while there are some petty bootleggers, the public have no use for them and their business will soon be out. : Protests From British Columbia This is from the Moderation League of British Columbia, and while the source impartial, the attention of Ontario readers is specially directed i "British Columbia is the most sober province in the Dominion of Canada, while Ontario, with all its "dry" laws and advocates, comes at the of but is proved by no less an authority than the Minister of liament. On page 8 of this report are to be found these of all classes in this Dominion: 'The number has decrease 19,054, or 123 per cent. She (wet), Yukon, Nova Scotia and British {wet the decrease was 2,740, or 18.9 per cent,, while in Ontario it was 5 £ drunkenness, in which we are most : 'According to the on is thus es son on.