© is done with this surplus? ol Ld THE WABIGOON STAR, for the surpluses would not often ex MINING COMPANIES. ist. Butif we have a revenue tariff, TWENTIETH CENTURY MIN ou WEEKLY. ea Te chus od IWENTIRTH. GF EEK then I say this matter of surpluses de | ING COMPANY, Lab. No per.| : IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY [mands attention. There is one course sonal liability. ----BY THE--= for the coming year every time there is Capital stock--$2,000,000, divided star Publishing Co, WABIGOON, ONT. SuBsCrIPTON, $1.50 PER YEAR in advance. Single copies, scents. ADVERTISING RATES Yr ARLY ADVERTISEMENTS --S100.00 per celimn ar Smaller speaes in preportion, Busi- E .ds (lems than § colnam) $10.09 por year TRANSINNT ADVERTS EMI x ra Notices, Tenders, Meetings & 12 cents per Jine (solid Nonpareil, 12 lines to the neh), for nest ingsrtion, and 8 cents per Moe for euch sub- queat insertion. Logt, Stolen. Strayed, Wanted, For Snke when not more than 10 lines, --50 cénts insertion, and 25 cents each snbequent inser- tion Communications should be addressed to The Star, Wabige yy, Ond. JOS. OsBorNE, Editor, pi ote. MR: GAM EY AND HIS COUN- CILLORS. The Torento Telegram is apparent: | ly being consumed with anger at the folly of its hero aad cowardice friends, and in a relent issue pets ott, with tears in its eyes, that the qualify speaking or reporting oe describing | Globe theory, that My. Gamey and not Mr. Stratton is on trial, has been. pow- erfully supplemented by Mr. Gamey's [s own folly, by his panic-stzicken coun ct lors and more than alk by the cow ardice of a section of the Conservative The Liberal organs have assum- the condemnation Mr. Guamey meant the vindication of Mr. Stratton and the defence has procesd: ed on the tei hat 3 they proved Mr. Gamey to be a bad man they thereby proved Mr. Stratton to he a goed man. Journals which insist thot if Mr Gne ey 1s not a conspirator aud did not ge the bribe press. ea that of money from Crain sources, he is guilty of no erime which cuwmot safely be judged after the trial of he main action against the tion. Nir. S.ratton «re told that: "If revelations | imental to the character of Mer. ey must acquit Mr, Bustin "Nir. ton is Reqd. = : i yds oof ME Stratton wiil be q Le to take this Conservative wau- ity at his word. The time will come Lie and wrongs of Mr. umey's be discussed withous prejudice to the puolic inter r.ghits WH {hi conduct can euts involved in the decision upon the Strattou's guilt If the facts will destroy | let him be destroyed. But before the Qutario Opposition vindicates Hon. J. RR. Stratton condemning R. Rr. Gamey it te sure that it guided by facts and not hy the vagrant win question of Mr, or innogcnce. \ [934 should is fines od od SCu ed imag 3 gs of WOUL- 2 CY Organs. IN SURPL Us ES. 'A STUDY The Dominion's Adare showing for the ten months of + the fOscal which ends in June zoth is a splendid yent one, and the Innance Minister's pre- diction that the year would close with a surplus between thirteen and four- teen millions of dellars promises to lie ithin the mark. 5. 1s, an extremely satisfactory con- ion of affairs on one side. But what If a sur- plus like this occurs in Englan@ the taxpayers are jubilant, for it weuld that they would mean full extent of the surplus. 10 be different in. Canada, and the in- terest shown in the production of a surplus is confined at most to an aG- miration of the bookkeeping of the | al Finance Minister: This interesting phase of a surplus and a reduction of taxation was brought very clearly Lefore the Do- minion House by thz member for Winnipeg and is worthy of attention by those interested in the fiscal meth- ods of the Dominion. Only a portion. of this interesting address can be given at present: = : But there 1s one point I have not seen brought vp before and that is if 'we have a surpius we have no propos- al for veducing taxation. And brings up the question of the govern If it were cre micut's fiscal policy, a pol icy of high protection for the indust- |; matter of sur much difference ries af the the plus would not make country Wwoull Wwihly 1 | tection or revenue tariff. ust | of his | 'thie "but," the qualifying flaws. The is ail that could be desired, but it is somewhat distant from a raid-road, but there is a scarcity of water, or but] tthe public wouldn't must make it all "couleur de ros hey won't buy meric in public is afraid to in the face, We bey to differ fron him, and believe that in the "enjoy | some relief from their annual burdens to an appreciable extent, if not to thel It appears} this. a surp'us. The imperial government have had their budget brought down since ours. © Finding that, the war expendituie having ceased, they have a surplus, the announcement of that fact is immediately followed by state ments of the reduction of taxation, Ve have not received any such prom- ise as that. And I draw the conclusion {from this that the fiscal policy of Can- ada is not in the future, even if it has or bos not been in the past, to be est- ablishad on any principle either of pro- That means that the government are going to be F guided by the [crees or influences that fare brought to bear on them in fram- ing their policy. members of this House, as represent- mg the several constituences of she | country should make their statements of peotection or revenue duties. DON'T OBSCURE THE "BUTS." We never knew a missing g property yet that hadn't a "but" in it, says} and Minerals. Some flaw to its perfections; and why in Mines such a mine should it be considered treasonable to mention some of its flaws Is it pot a mark of straightforwardness | and truthfulness? Tennyson says'he is all fanlt that is no fault at all. which makes that mine abselutely per- fect, we mistrust that prospectus. We should think more of a mine, the prospectus, and the framers of that prospectus if they frankly stated there isa scarcity of fuel, or but there | 1s a fault in is. 'I'he promoter may tell you that it he mentioned the qualifying conditions ag it. fe 2 look the Am look facts | in other words, that he said, Le bumbugged? | floes he mean to say that as Daraum to b long ron every pros; eCtus was absolutely honest and stated the "whole truth, botlr sides of the question the merits as well as the demerits of al 'property, the public would have much | more confidence in the prospectus and wine descript ons than they do. have. | Can truth and facts hurt, and should we be afraid to face them Will Iitheyt not pan out in the end? Ver ly. We think it was the late Jobu Rusk. | who, after a seemingly merciless criticista of a picture by a cartain artist in "on the whole the picture was the best bit of work in the exhibition', FLGOMA il f A HOTEL, ££ KX PORT ARTHUR HEBDQUARTERS FOR MINING MEN Sample Rooms for Commercial Travellers RATES =~ $1.50 10 $2.00. MERRIII. & HODDE Ri Props. GED. DREWERY, WHOLESALE WINES and LIQUORS. . . AGENT FOR THE Golden Key Brand Aerated Waters. ... Manufactured speci ially for family {se and put up in half- pint bottles. Rat Portage Ont. FL And that is why it} seems to me very important that the of where hey stand 0a this question | ' ATED MINERAL Capital Stock--$850,000. Shares $1.00 c Bina Manager--\y, If we zead the prospectus of a mine | | Offices---53 Erie C ounty Savings Bank J 3 393 Third | =r Td Gold | interes or} op] panied by IH. Alston, wlio was | 'detained longer than expected. It is sprobable that "Nir. Morningstar wil; | Doherty, of Escanaba, Mich., for the purpose of inspecting concluded his remarks by saying that} -incial Legislature has passed -the bill FINE ALES, STOUT & LAGER] into 200,000 full paid non-assessable shares $10. 00 each. Gold Mines--Dryden Smith, Manager, Gold Rock, Ont. Copper Mines-- James Barrett, Man- ager, 'Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona. Anthony Blum, President; Dr. G. Mollath, Vice President; W. K. Small+y, Secretary and Treasurer. Offices, 35 Court Street, Boston, Mass. THE SUMMIT LAEE GOLD MINING COMPANY OF ONT- ARIO, Lb. Capital Stack= $3,000,000, up and non-assessable. President--Hon, A..F. M.w., Stratford, Ont. 15t Vice- President-- Fred Rosenfeld, Detroit. 2nd Vice President--Thos, son, Detroit. Secretary--C has. F. Berry, Detroit. Treasurer--A. MacLaren, Detroit. Gen. Manager--S.V, Halstead, Wali- goon. Offices----Suite 619 to 62x Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich., and Wabi- goon, Ont. : Properties comprising goo acres includ- ing Little Master, Peninsular and Imperial in the Manitou Aiuitict Mael.aren, AY iam THE INTER- STATE CONSOLID- COMPANY. euch, fully paid and non-assessable. P lent--\V. A. B! ¢ resident Slackstone, James. town, N. ¥ § Vice- President--Villizm Schaler, Al- bany, N. ¥.... Secretary--M. A. Myers, Warren, Da. Treasurer--DMI. Nolo Suffalo, N.Y. H. Pickering, M. Building; ' Buffalo, N.Y; Street, Woon, Dp Rock, Ontario. Propeny iil -Big alaster Mine. 1] Conti ed from i i the party were fined by Mr. Thos. G. Jones, of G. W. Lehman & Son, consulting experts, of Lialtimore, Md., who will Lepor t ou the property in the up of Baltimore 1n-| Me, DD. I | Noting rar, of B fila, : who hag been visiting the Manitou, re L turned on Wednesd: ay evening, accom- FD acquire a considerable interest in this district. Messrs. J. B. Meran and Jas. S. left for the Manitow this (Thursday) merning a min ing. location (HP 42) on behalf of Michigan investors, Passed tho 2aiiway Com-| mittee. 2a Pas The raikway commitice of the Prov- for the ingorporation of the Lac Seul, Rat Portage and Keewotin with certaiw alterations. ers asked for authoritity to dam the Railway, struck out. Another change was made S.B BLACK, HARDWARE PIERCHANT ISSUER OF larriage - License For the Rainy River District DRYDEN, ONT. John | fully paid $1.00 The promot: | Wabigoon River at any pomt. Thef proposal was deemed absurd by the | chairman, Hon Mr. Dryden, and 'to prevent interference with the rights |: cof the Keewatin. Power Company. go ; p and Produc EAUDF: HOTELy lake Minnehaha, Headquarters for Sportsmen Stopping place for Travellers en route to the mines o the' Manitou BAR: WELL STOCKFD WITH: Tan En RR) ales 50 1s ida CHAS. O. SELF, Pro J WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS |; Pu LIMITED T. J. PEALE, PRESIDENT, H. BR. MORTON, SECRETARY, Cincinnati, Ohio. "Toronto. JOHN HENRY HAYNES, Vier P RESIDENT, North Adams, Mass, The President Co, owns 80 acres near Mosher Bay. The property is free of all debt or encumbrance. The ore is free-milling and assays average S22 to the ton, with traces of silver and tlanam. A vein 25 feet wide crosses the properties. Ore costs $3 a ton to mill--Figure the profit yourself, a month for 12 months will secure 100 shares par value $zoc. cing rapidly subscribed. en bring enurmous returns. Shares are' Mining Investments of Full particulars from OBERST BURBANK, Managez 530 Union Trust Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. HUDSON'S BAY CO. DINORWIZ ERT ONTARIO : DEALRES & (Groceries - Provisions - Hardware Clothing - Dry Goods &= IN R Fail Stock of MINERS' SUPPLIES on hand Special Rates to Mining Gom- panies and Contractors en Shree n on Pace] Nr Tardwa re ARRIVED Ready-mi Brushes, White Lead, Oil, Turpentine, Crockery Lamps, etc, and a full line of General Hardware = ' b The Dryds JUST £2 bres wa a = SALE SURG Uchil En oR Farge Assort- mene of. FEN BEVIN NG MACHED by giving us a call. HLAC CT SOLTET rE Now is the time to buy a SIN rn RL You will save money i ns RG ey ol a rite for prices Dryden H ardware Z Bf 5 £0, : an an Sizamba nal wil LI Tatan we AMhytg on A514 ' jan, Wa, Whyte, om 108s, Wideasn 1. SS. Galatea or iE Wm. Whyte leaves Wabigoon daily (Sundays ex- cepted) and returns eae h. afternoon. ; ; SS. Wm. Cross leaves Gold Rock daily for points on Manitou La%e, making round tris daily. #25~ The only lin2 owning and operating its own boats on: both the Y¥abi- goon ané Manitou lakes. ons to-- WABIGOON & MANITOU STERMBOHT GO. ' VieABIGCON, ONT. ss all communicati MANUFACTURERS of and 33 WHOLESALE DEALZRS IN BECECETES DDS WBIBA TRE am yd pra ] The a 2a at Portage Cold Storage Sy Comp PANY, Lmited. e Wholesale Produce and Provisions Contra actors' and Miners' supplies a Specialty. ....