YEAR 83, NO. 260 ee ---- BRITAIN'S FORESIGHT SAVES W hl Financing and Fostering of Rubber Plantations in Her Colonies Now Proving a Boon to the Con- sumer in Keeping Prices Down. S------ The beneficial results accruing to the sagacity and farsightedness of the British Government in its pro- motion of the rubber industry and its subsequent "friendly" cornering of the crude rubber market are just now making themselves manifest in the manufacturing end of the indus- try. With other staple products soaring in price, and the consumer faced on every side with the aug- mented cost of raw materials, it is gratifying to know that one article of common use, at least, is not only nit increasing in price, but has de- creased even under the extreme pres- sure of war orders. When Great Britain began the fos- tering and financing of rubber plant- ations in 1893, the rubber world did not stand aghast, but smiled cynical- ly. South America-- Brazil, to be ex- act---was then producing practically all of the world's supply, and the rubber, crude indeed, that was com- ing from the wild trees of that coun- try, was considered quite enough. Great Britain foresaw conditions, however, and aided the establishing of planations in her tropical colonies, with the result that when the motor Industry and affiliated apd allied manufactories demanded an increas- ed supply Great Britain was there with the product. To-day South America 1s produe- ing about the same quantity of crude rubber and it constitutes only 23 per cent. of the world's supply. While the United States uses about 50 per cent. of the rubber of the world, over 75 per cent. of the crude rubber is marketed and controlled by Great Britain, In 1910 the demand for rubber bo- gan to increase materially. The world's production, Both wild and plantation, for that year was 70,500 tons, and the three' 'doliars a pound . THe estitidted crude rubber to be used in 19186, based on 'previous years, will be approximately 202,000 tons, put to varied uses, yet the ------ GERMARY'S WICKED SPIRIT AGAIN Montgeal News. The German Government intends to g¢kpatriate more French unfortun- ates from the occupied territories. Including those who have been taken from Belgium, the enemy must by this time have a very large number of civilian prisoners, mostly women. What is the purpose behind these expatriations. Various excuses have been put forward, but most of them are false. There is a growing feeling that the enemy is accumulating host- ages in readiness for the day. of reck- oning, and that he intends to use these hostages to secure the safety of his people When the tide of invas- ion turns against his frontiers. It will be possible, when that day arrives, to secure hostages from the German cities and villages, but what Will the enemy care about that? Ina contest of frightfulness he is price is now between 60 and 70 cents a pound-----just about half what it was at the beginning of the war. Such conditions are in a measure a godsend to the consumer--to the man who walks and wears rubbers and overshoes; as well as to the man who uses the rubber for his motor car tires. And the rubber-wearing individual can thank the British Government for this. has just given a single order for 2,- 000,000 pairs of hip length rubber boots for her soldiers, taking 14,- 000,000 pounds of rubber, and other materials, still the price is kept down by that mysterious force known as "government control." In the meantime that other staple ~--Ileather--has increased in price since the war started, until to-day a single cow hide is worth as much as was paid for the whole cow a few years ago. This is due in a large measure to the quantities of leather used for the grmy, the cutting-off of the European' supply, which came largely from Russia, and other quick- ly récognized factors, including the fact that there is no "government control" concerned. With leather up and rubbed down it is naturally following that rubber is fast becoming a substitute for leather. With winter and the slushy weather setting in the man in mod- erate circumstances finds an oppor- tunity to save the costly leather of his boots--so quickly ruined by wa- ter, and particularly snow water-- by wearing rubbers and ovegshoes, that, thanks to the British; Govern- ment, cost 'little or no more than formerly. Whatever increase there may be in the cost of rubber goods, slight as it Is, is due solely to the chemicals and fabrics which enter into the many- facture and aldo the higher prices paid to labor. So it would appear that this winter----thanks to Britain's toresight--the patriotic man will} wear humblé goloshes to save the costly leather of his shoes. the master of the world. He cares little or nothing about what the Allies do to his own people. Mr, Maurice Maeterlinck, the Bel glan writer, suggested the other day that the principal German cities be held responsible, stone for stone, for the cities of Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent and Brussels, which there is reason to believe Germans have mined and intend to destroy when they pave to evacuate Belgium.. That is a good suggestion, and it might be accompanied by an official declaration to Germany that the lives of its rulers shall guarantee the lives of the Allied prisoners now held by that country. Duke of Devonshire's Arrival Ottawa, Nov, 8.--The Duke of Devonshire's household goods have arrived and are being unpacked at Rideau Hall. The new governor- general will not be here for some weeks yet however. 2 £400" are ciphers. Berman, Grape-Nuts Favor Grape-Nuts food is probably the izing form in which honest . t is utilized as food. But to whole wheat is added malted barley in making Grape-N te, and the FLERE While Britain}, bition in Oleomargarine oleomargarine. -------- 8 «Two-thirds of the so-edlled society Hong 7 djs y¥ERoVN Ar NOI BAnat. ub Fr AP] 77 ¥ Al Ze 7. f b 2 4 3 fy ly PR yn » ed - y ! IESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1916 IR, Fo Sa a DAIRYMEN FIGHT CHEAPER BUTTER Will Strenuously Oppose At- tempt at Removing Prohi- Ottawa, Nov. 8.--Protest against proposals which have beea made to lave oleomargarine placed on the free list are being received by the Government. The Canadian Dairy- men's Association has notified the Government that they will strenously oppose amy legislation or order re- moving the present prohibition on | ENBRAL PIERRE HOQUES. | ¥rench Minister of War, who bas] mhthad Salonika on 'an - important fon." int hoctptegonte BELIEVE GERMANS HUMBUGGING POLAND "independence" Only Effect= ive After War and Offer Not as Good as Russia's. London, Nov. 8.--The Times com- ments upon the Teutonic proclam- mation of an independent Poland under the heading "A trap for -the Pn held out to the Poles as a 4 eld out to the 8 ro the sacrifices and excep- tional ger she called-up)n them to face abolition of the bounds jes which have sevgred the livi body of the nation sinee¢ 1772, na ional freedom under the sceptre the Czar, freedom of faith and selfs 5 They propose to formy t 8! and heriditary, not Jute hl the ters of the old Polish republig, wat oh 1 oof he Polish district tl i¥e seized from Russia." & 1t is also pointed out that tthe new order of things is only effective "aftey "| the clean and fresh, feed to resort to Ii 'pills for biliousness of constipation. '|'Diapepsin" cranks, thusiastic . | bread" it may come to that. war loans of hundreds of millions of dollars, it is important that the income of: the citizen he: conserved to the last degree. His ability to meet those calls for money -depend on what margin he has left after paying his household expenses. If these expenses are swelled by arti- ficial manipulation, tthe funds must suffer accordingly. As a means of conserving the national resources of money, and of having these devoted to the all essential purpose of the hour, investigation into' the cast of living becomes a matter of national concern as well as of individual ins terest. To allow price bdosters to grab money which the citizen would otherwise contribute to the national war chest and relief funds would be a crime against the nation as well as a outrage upon the individual. RECEIVE wg ---- OANADIANS Will Build Three Thousand Miles of Railroad in East ern Russia. Ottawa, Nov. 8.--Closer business relations betwéen Russia and Canada Seem to be a certain outcome of the present struggle, Canada has now two trade commissioners in Russin and the present outlook is that a big trade will develop between Van- "Pape's Diapepsin'™ Is the Quickest And Relief. If what you just até is souring on your stomach or les like a lump of lead, refusing to digest, or yon belch gas and eructate sour, undigested food, or have a feeling of disziness, heartburn, fullness, nauses, bad taste in mouth and stomach headache, you can surely get relief five minutes. Ask your pharm the formula, plain} fifty-cent cases of ' [then you will und peptic: troubles of all' and" why' it reliev order stomachs or minutes. is , though b prepare the "blood all ;. besides, 'table with a what will, you will feel food "you makes you go to healthy appetite; please you most, is that your stomach and intestines are and' you 'will not A Te : This city will have many 'Pape' as some pe will call them, but you will be en- splendid stoma Re misery. Get some now, this minute, 'and tid 'yourself of stomach: sriséry and $i © indigestion in: five min DARLINGSIDE NEWS "#1 'v1 ANDOALSO COMMENT Incomes Should Be Protect~ ed From Food Boostérs Darlingside, Nov. 7.---Miss Mel- ville, teacher, near Gananoque Junc- fon, whose home is on Howe Island, and who attended the Teachers In- stitute at Lansdowne, was a week- end visitor at J. Paiterson's Larue Island. Henry Hunt, Larue Island, has rented his farm for a term of years to R. Chisamore. Mr. Hunt has built up a splendid trade for his summer resort, 'which 'requires all his attent- fon; at | Thursday. Mrs. Rob ert Beaubiah; and daughter Dorothy made a visit to Howe Island, Satur- day. : Butter. being scarce and high in' price all 'over the country, and liable to get scarcer and stil higher 'in price the proposal is made that the law be amended to allow the impor- tation ;and- manufacture of manger- ine, and unless the consumer of lm- ited means is to be left to eat "dry "Tis to the pen and press we mor- tals owe, All we believe, and almost all we know." it} : Ingigention, UFness, Ayspepsia, or any-stomach| Miss Jennie Kirker, was a visitor} couver and Vladivistok. A new de- velopment of the fact that we are allies is the important announce- ment Foley, Welch and S'ewart, the well known western railway con- tractors, have received contract for 3000 miles of new railroad in east- ern Russia. They have alrea ly their men and engineers on the 'ground. ---- people} RUSSIAN CONTRACT SECOND SECTION Failore fo Win War Attributed to America's Munition Supplies. 10 TO DEAL BOW AT UNCLE SAM FOR HIS OP- POSITION TO THEM. New York Newspaper Man Writes of Sentiment as He Found It--Yan- kees Made the Sacrificial Goat. New York, Nov. 8.--Hefbert Bay- ard Swope, staff correspondent of The World, tells in The World of Germany's hate for the U. 8. and the reasons inspiring it. Mr. Swope says: "Throughout Germany to-day the hatred for America is bitter and deep. It is palpable and weighs you down. All the resentment, all the blind fury Germany once reserved for England alone have been expand- ed to include us and have been ac- centuated in the expansion. "The Germans have an outlet for their feelings against England--they express themselves on the battlefields and through the Zeppelins and sub- marines, but against: America they lack a method of registering their enmity. And so this bitterness that cannot be poured out has struck in and saturated the whole empire. "The chagrin and humiliation of their failure to end the war before now through victory are visited upon America. The failure gave birth to hatred. Throughout the length and breadth of Germany the belief is cer- tain and unqualified that had it not been for American moral and physi- cal help to the Allies the war would have been long since over. With magnificent disregard of the checks and reverses, both military. an on- omic, Germany has suffered at the hands of the Allies, her sons; from 4op to bottom, say that only Amarica is to blame for the faet that the war is now well into its third year, and the more pertinent fact that as time goes on the German chances are bound to grow less. "It is a common thing to hear in Germany that America has a Secret land, under which i ih A now; it is even' more fot A Sommonblace to be told that Am- erica fs "del beratély seeking to pro- TAM i Te London, England, chief af st of the Salvation Army, who is Soaring ada. ? Can: PECULIAR FATAL MISTAKE. ; Wire of Lad's! Unbrélla Eis' Nose and Forehead, 2 Quebec, Nov. 8.--A most unusual accident caused the death of Nap. Hebert, a youth from Yamachiche, at Three Rivers. The lad, who wetked at the Wayagamack paper mills, was strolling along the street and, to pre- vent a fall, laid his umbrella against the wall, and one of the wires entered his nose, forcing its way out through the forehead, causing almost instant death. ong: the wae: and-éidedmvent peace for the 'blond money' she is making out of the struggle. Germany's fear of defeat and loss of prestige are laid at our door; we are made the sacri- ficial goat offered on the altar of self glofy.". = 11Child Killed by Swallowing Bean. St. 'Cathatinés, Ont., Nov. 7. Picking a bean from the floor on which he was playing, Emory, three- and-a-half-year-old son of Wilbert Branscombe, swallowed it before his mother could prevent him. Before a doctor arrived the child was dead. Don't keep a leap year girl waiting for an answer. She may have an- other engagement in view, A woman does as she pleases be- fore marriage, and after marriage her husband does as she pleases. Nag " ER LIQUOR DISPENSARIES ! IN SASKATCHEWAN Will Not Be Closed Before People Have Voted on Ques~ tion, Says Premier. Regina, Sask. Nov. 8.--The.dis- pensaries -in Saskatchewan will not be closed until the people have de- clared their will at the coming refers endum, Premi¢r Martin declared this morning. "1 believe the liquor storés will be voted out by a large majority," said the Premier, "but 1 am not in favor of closing them until the peopie have expressed their preference. I know that a large number of people in this province are opposed td-the Govorn ment being in the liquor business, hut after the study I have been able to make of the conduct of the system. I believe that properly controlled stores afford the most dusirzbie means of dealing with this remaant of the traffic." Premier Martin said further when asked if the Government would intro- duce a direct prohibition bill this session; that the question of further legislation had not been. decided. There would have to be some liquor sold for medicinal purposes, he said, and whether this would be sold by druggists under the control of a cen- tral Government authority had not been decided. CLIMATE LESS SEVERE What Study of Larger Glaciers Has Revealed. Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Mrs. Walcott have just returned to Washington after several months' field work in Canada. Accompanied by only a packer and cook, they spent most of the summer and early fall on the continental divide, which forms the boundary line between Al- berta and British Columbia, south of the Canadian Pacific Railway, study- ing the eambrian rocks, containing the fossil rémains of the earliest animal life. Some years ago Dr. Walcott found a remarkable fossil fauna in boulders which had been carried into Kicking Horse canyon by glaciers that have long since disappeared. This season he located the source of these boul- ders high up in the mountain cirque, where a portion of what must have been a great hanging glacier is still active, Mrs. Walcott, formerly Miss Mary Vaux, of Philadelphia, who has stu- died glaciers for several years, and is well known, as an' Alpinist, visited ' Glacier, British Columbia, where she measured the position of two large glaciers and determined that the front .ige foot in each case had re- treated 'at the rate of 100 feet a year. during the past two years. Steel plates were placed on the ice on the present surveyed boundary lines, The plates will be buried be- neath the winter's snows, but, since their positions are relatively low as to altitude, the snow will be melted off next summer, and their locations then will indicate the amount of for- ward flow of ice during the year. Mrs. Walcott's studies prove that the ice has Been steadily retreating dur- ing the past six years. Her measure- ments agree with observations made in Aldska, and indicate that the climate is not as severe as on the Pacific side of the continent as it was a decade ago. Occasionally riches fly away from an honest man and roost on the perch erected Wy the other fellow. It takes more than a wooden head to produce thoughts that will burn. A A AAA A AAA A va Successfil use by millions of women for gen- erations and expért scientific opinion have thoroughly established the superior merits of