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I l l i We - V OL. XXVIII. ‘ FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH 9 TH,1900. New Stock. Perfumery, Toilet Articles, flolidey Goods. PERSCRIPTIONS and family recipes carefully prepared. The old reliable .drug store. . D. GDHLD. Lytle’s old stand. Professional Cards. LEGAL. MCLAUGHLIN & MCDIARMID. ARRISTERS, Solicitors, Etc., Lindsay and Fenelon Falls. Lindsay Ofiicc: Kent-St.,'opposite Market. Fenelon Falls Office: Over Burgoyne & Co’s store. The Fenelon Falls office will be open every Monday afternobn from arrival of train from Lindsay. 3%“ Money to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. R. J. MCLAUGHLIN. F. A. MODIARMID. WILLIAM STEERS, ARRI‘STER. Solicitor Dominion Bank. William Street, Lindsay. A. r. DEVLIN, ARRISTER, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Kent Street. Lindsay G. H. HOPKINS, ARRISTER, &o. SOLICITOR FOR , the Ontario Bank. Money to'lonn at lowest rates on terms to suit the borrower. Offices: No. 6, William Street South, Lind- say, Ont. MOORE & JACKSON, ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, 85c. 0f- fice, William street,Lindsay. F. D. Moons. A. JACKSON MEDICAL. DR. H. H. GRAHAM. --M. 1)., o. 11., M. n. c. s. Eng, n. c. r. s s., Orton, F. 'r. n. s.â€" HYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCH- our. Oliice. Francis Street, Fenelon Fells. on. A. WILSON, â€"M. 3., M. c. r. a. 8., Ontario,â€" HYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCH- eur. Office, Colborne Street, Fenelon Falls. DR. D. GOULD, Graduate Toronto University, Member College Physicians and Surgeons, Ont. Office at Lytlc 8r. Co.’s Drug Store. Resi- donce Francis street west. I E. P. SMITIâ€"I, ETERINARY SURGEON and Dentist. Graduate ofOntario Veterinary College Live Stock Inspector for North Victoria by appointment of Dominion Government. Office and addressâ€" CAMBRAY, ONT. ,.._.._.__________.____â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"t DENTAL. Dr. NEELANDS, DENTIST, LINDSAY, .Extracts teeth without pain by gas (vital- izcd air) administered by him for 27 years. He studied the gas under Dr. Colton. of New Y~ork,.thc originator of gas for extract- ing teeth. Dr. Colton writes Dr. Neelauds that he has given the gas to 186,417 pér- sons without an accident from the gas. Other pain obtunders used. A good set of teeth inserted for SW. 3%” Dr. Neelands visits Fenelon Falls (McArthur House) the third Tuesday of every month. Call early and secure an appointmem w. H. cranes, Dawns-r. The beautiful Crown and Bridge work practised with success. Gas and all other anaesthetics for extracting teeth without pain. A set of Artificial Teeth, better than the average, for $8 00. Rooms directly Opposite Wood’s stove depot, Lindsay. NEW IN THE OLD STAND. The undersigned, having bought Mr. William Golden’s Livery business on Fran- cis street cant, have put in New Horses and New Rigs, and will do all in their power to retain Mr. Golden’s patrons and gain many others, he?” CHARGES VERY REASONABLE. Calls attended to day or night. MUNCEY 8; THOMPSON. Fenelon Fells, Jan. 15th, 1900. 49-ly, _____. BATTEN DOORS. \VIRE DOORS .J. T. THOMPSON, J1°., CALRI’EN'IER. Jobbing attended to. Wall Brackets and Easy Chairs made to order. W‘orkshon on Lindsay Street, Near the -9. T.B.Statlon, Fenelon Falls, .. .4 “Now”... A... . .m. ... .mwm...“ -.... . l . BARGAINS IN Winter Footwear. Men’s Low Overshoes, best quality, sizes 6, 7 and 8, for 7 5c. per pair. Men’s Felt Foxed Laced Shoes, in sizes 7, 8 and 9, regular price $2.25, for $1.50. Women’s Felt Buttoned Overshoes, best quality, sizes 2%, 3, 3:1; and 4., for $1.25. WIOmen’s Storm Ov‘ershoes, Jersey top, wool lined, best quality, sizes 2% to 7, for 750. THESE ARE BARGAINS _ Which you should not miss. ‘ J. L. ARNOLD. Fire Insurance Agent, representing the Northern and Imperial of England. Who ’s Your Tailor Pi It you ask any particularly wellâ€"dressed, man in Fenelon Falls or Surrounding district, “Who makes your clothes?” 1nvariably he will tell you WE ENDEAVOH to MAKE All lines of our jewellery and I. watchmaking business RELIABLE. We are particularly careful in the selection of the gold of which We make our ENGAGEMENT and WEDDING RINGS. We appreciate the confidence 4 placed in us, as shown by the very 25 large share of trade we have com- manded for so many years, and ‘l‘i WE DON’T INTEND to lose it now. 3 You can always rely on What you buy from can. u. BEALL, THE JEWELLER, , Lindsay. Why Farmers Should be Socialists. The following is part of a long article from Appeal to Reason, 3 socialistic paper published in Girard, Kansma. It is addressed to American farmers, but will afford Canadian farmers food for thought : Already a gigantic cattle trust is forâ€" ming. Experiments are now being made by the far seeing capitalist, with a view to the investment of large capital in bonanza farms. They, like the Stand- ard Oil Company will be in league with. the great railway corporations. It won’t make any difference how many silver dollars are coined, the small farmer can not compete with machinery that pro- duces corn for six cents, and wheat for 12 cents per bushel. Under capitalist methods one-half to two-thirds of the farm laborers will be forced into the army of the unemployed Capitalist methods will compel the small farmer to become a hired hand, a tramp or a suicide. The development of the capi~ talist system, if given time, will surely bring this about. There is only one thing that can save the small farmer from this impending ruin, and that is the cooperative systemâ€"socialism. Un- der socialism the land for production, the mills, the mines, the forests, the trans- portation system, all the means of pro- duction and distribution, would beowncd and operated collectively by the nation. Whatever you may think about this, it is absolutely certain that the socialist system would produce ten times the present wealth production, and, what is of far greater importance, the wealth producers would have the wealth they produced. An honest investigation will demonstrate beyond all question ol doubt that every man and woman in this nation might enjoy an income of at; leastg$5,000 per year, with a short work day. Some students estimate the c T O l I I E : 2 7 income per worker as high as $15,000 . V - per year with a four-hour work day. Be one of the niimber, and call and see what he is doing for the Spring and Summer. His prices are right, consistent with firstâ€"class style and workmanship. He makes no other. Pinncn Haddies, Fresh Frozen Sea. Herring‘s, ' Fresh Frozen Haddock. . AT w. L. Roasomfsfi--. .....mmz..u...mmmwnw_. W _ ,7 , 7 You say you don’t believe this. Well, let us see. Under the present system of competitiOD, the farmer and all wealth producers are compelled to con- tribute vast Wealth which they never receive, but do produce. to feed, clothe, and keep in luxury the non-producers. Did you ever stop to think of how wealth is produced? Does not labOr raise the crops, mine the coal, cut the trees, manufacture the clothing, the iron, and build the mills, the blocks, the homes ? And does not labor build the great iron highways and operate them? Is it. not labor that produces all ? Then it is labor that pays for all. Labor then has to support the millions ol" non-productive workers, and the idlcrs. Labor and labor alone supports the lawyers, supports all professional men, all agents ofall kinds, and, worst of all, it supports the capitalists and produces their capital. Under socialism nearly all waste and non-productive labor would be eliminated. On twenty-five items of waste it costs the nation the gigantic sum of $100,- 000,000 a day, equal to $6 per day for every family in America, and every penny of this vast sum would be saved under socialism. Under socialism every child could have a college education. The mortgage would disappear forever. Is there any reason why farming should be carried on by individual small pro. duction ? It is clearly proved that large production is econtjmiy. Small production simply results iii a waste of labor. Competition is a wasteful system, the result of which in the l and is the complete downfall ofnll small production. Why should 2,000 individual small far- mers scatter over a large» icounty and build 2,000 sets ofill-coustructed builds logs. with 2.000 sets of poor animals, 2,000 sets of inferior tools and 2,000 noâ€" scientific ways of producing crops? The result being that, after ten years of toil and saving. 50 per cent. of the 2,000 farmers will be hopelessly in debt to some capitalist. The farmers to-day produce, according to Prof. J. R. Dodge. satistician of the Department of Agri- culture from 1863 to 1893, nearly $1500 each per year, and they get on an average less than 40 cents per day. Convicts in many of our prisons receive more. . Under our present system our nation is divided into 5,000.0001farms, and each is divided into half a dozen or more tracts; the useless custom of fenc- ing costs millions upon millions. Then, again, there is no intelligent direction as to what or how much or any crop shall be produced. A. plunlcss system that resulted in too much corn this your too much cotton next, too little wheat: one year and too much the next, and so on. Our presentsystem; of isolated individual farming is the most wasteful and extravagant that could be devised. The isolated farm family has few of! the advantages of this advancing age. Hundreds of the opportunities for the improvement of the mind and body are denied to the isolated farming class- because of their isolation and poverty. Under socialism the farmer would have all the advantages ofa higher standard ofliving; he would have all the enjoy- most that a noble civilization can give to the nation. Socialism would give the farmer all the advantages of travel, education, the lecture hall, the stage-â€" every healthy enjoyment which only the capitalist can enjoy to-day. All very fine, you say, but how are you to operate 2‘ Let us suppose the co-operativc common- wealth was here. The farmer and his family would live in town,â€"unless possibly some wanted to be hermits. In place of trusting the individual to pro- ducc good, bad or indifferent milk, butâ€" ter, etc., etc., we would carry on the business of farming with scientific meth- ods. The people would ‘elect their superintendent of agriculture for each respective district. Each and all would be interested in producing the best and purest milk, butter, and all crops. The- crops would be shipped to the govern- - ment warehouses and cold storage build- ings. By the way, don’t you think one man, one horse, one wagon could sup- ply the milk needed in a great apart- ment block, or a, street, just as well or better, and with about the same time, as halfa dozen can under competition, thus saving the time of five men and five teams ? Just think it over. This one illustration will be even more plain ifyou will compare it with the socialâ€" isric letter carriers. Just, investigate and you will discover the vast amount of unnecessaryr toil, of waisted energy, etc. In place of the farmer living in isolation as he does to-day, with the chances of poverty and. failure, he would be enjoying himself in the society of his brothers, enjoying the social ad- vantages, aud this would educate and elevate “ the haysced,” as some im- polite people often call the poorer and not well dressed larincrs of to-day. In a word, the farmer cmild enjoy all the advantages, all the pleasures and all the conveniences of city life, without its present evil surroundingg. Please ask yourself, would you he better off with such a life, or do you prefer worry and hardship ? Would you prefer to work for the nation (when that nation meant; all) short hours for the full and large reward for your labor, or do you prefer to work long hours and be robbed by a miserable system of two-thirds of the wealth you produce? Do you prefer to have your wife escape the drudgery of farm life with its hand? methods of making butter, washing dishes, cooking loud and caring for farm hands, or would you like to have your wife enjoy herself by having only her household duties to perform? Do yOu prefer to have your sons receive a College educa- tion or do you prefer what a vast ma- jority now receive ? And would it not be better for the boys when they left school to be assured of steady employ~ ment with the nation at $5,000 per your, or more, rather than; to flock to the city to compete for the dollar-or- two-a-dny job with long hdurs and un- healthful conditions? ‘ -1 .. 7* /««-«~.’..~l .- -2. . ~4‘ v Q 3315:" .. ’93 ‘54â€"? - 4.- Er“ ; we: =e‘gfl‘f‘4 - “41%;: 4.; ‘5?’.:P»;‘2$~>‘5.‘1.§'4g3. . ' ..r.-‘ ' ’53-," 1.?» c”. l -r.‘ ~r’ «f r’.';/ - 13's: :; 'i.:'.:_v:.m:â€" 3;": X! ‘i' . _. h l: . E', K: 1, ’i ,/ l l . '. f. .‘I , ,x. .. l’