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s. I if). ‘ its. {2-6.4‘3a'y-zr'. :fithu- v , , 1,. n.1,. l N. .g. i twin-.12., rn‘phjy «.1 5"" W-WWWWW WW.-,. «Vamp flw-»A‘M«â€"’~v ,. Wv «M1.me «can? Kfford to Paint.” 1 The man who 53 s that, forgets that painting‘W perly done is econorsny, and the fact is he can’t afford; NOT to paint. . _ How often .you require to past 13 largely depend. ent upon the paint you use. THE 3l-IERWIN- WILLIAMS. . PAINTS out last others. They are the most economical paints you can use. because they cover most and wear longest. Add to this their good appearance.,nnd. you have Perfect Paintsâ€"The Sherwin- Williams Paints. They are made for many dlfl'erent kinds of painting. Whatever it is you want to point-e. house, or anything in or out of the houseâ€"we make the right point for that particular purposeâ€"not one slap-dash mixture {on n11. gfdgdllhdlfi 00003. lilies factory Cans. make we sell. bought the material before the great advance. At bottom prices. That’s where we shine. nv.\q .- a .9, ' We have not advanced. the price. ehlelmugh‘ low price as last year. _ new gene svsuvrniwc In Hardware. Do ' you want to build a house or burn ?." Come and get my prices and be convinced that this IS ‘ nor $05.0. FdfiTS. £5303. hiEARD. .mzv: = c I ; A? ounces AGENT FOR No better can offered in the country than. the . Can undersell any other maker, having ' The same CE 3.1)dld2f01’ old iron, copâ€" ’per, brass etc Dealer in on and con. 1 ‘ uni run, an rm. nuns. n. he. Flenelon Falls. The Feuciou Enlis- Gazette. ‘ Friday, MQrZh. 30th, 1900. ; the Transvaal Wan. Although we have about the usual number of columns of news, day by day. from South Africa, there is nothing of any great importance. Several trifling “skirmishes have taken place, and n jstrong force left Kimberley on Monday, lpresumably for Mafcking, which still holds out, and its relief is the event around which public interest chiefly centres. The war may last for quite a Elong time yet, and the Boers, who ‘are believed to have 30,000 well armed burghers in the field, say that they can keep up the struggle for another six months. President Kruger declares that. they will fight to the end, and a relative of his, who is in London, says that the Boers will never give -up, but jwill, when hard pressed. go north into their. own territory, a sort of desert with the intricacies of which they are well acquainted, and which is full of brushwood that furnishes endless shel- ter. In the meantime they have made arrangements to blow up every bridge along the railroad. Later.â€"â€"â€"Gen. Joubert died at Pret- oria on Tuesday night. [-1 is death was caused by. stomach trouble: The Preferential Trade Questions. The attitude of the Opposition upon the preferential trade question reminds one forcibly of the good woman who liiclurmick Highi Hand ilan Bindar leriical lill liner, $55.1: :2‘.l:’:.l°.".‘.’331 g’li‘l“;2‘.:f.‘iif§§ All Steel flake. and lam Harvester. COULTHARD 30°" °°" Champion. Seeder and lullivalai. lackshull Pins. ’ Bell’s lmadl’uwer. Ehalham Waggon. nu... up To ours. a M‘Keamn’s, FRANCIS ST. was-r, FENELON FALLS. “m- -._.._.-.....___.....,..>... a--. -._ -‘._.._.. .‘._.... ,.._.__..._.._._......_.._.._._.__. have been talking in a vague and harm- less manner of a preferential tariff with Great Britain. Steeped to the eyes in protection, and hating with a bitter hatred any trade regulations which would Facilitate the interchange of busi- ness with countries outside the confines of their own Dominion, they have been well aware that it was perfectly safe to seek concessions from the mother couu~ try which no Government having the slightest regard for its own well-being could entertain for a moment. They formulated propositions of reciprocal protection which, if they sincerely be- lieved they could be entertained .for a moment by imperial statesmen, showed that they lacked the knowledge of the fundnmen tnl principles of Britain's trade policy for over half ‘a. century. But this course suited their purpose wellâ€" they have no desire to open the door to British trade. When the liberal party took up the reins of Government, how- ever, they quickly substituted feasible action for impracticable theory, and, after receiving cndcrsatiou of the new policy in spite of every effort of the Op- position to prevent it, they quickly put that policy into effect. A couple of years elapsed, and then the Government sought a formal cndorsation at the hands of the country, through their represent- atives in Parliament. Dr. Russell, the Liberal member for Halifax, intro- duced a resolution dlcluring that the preference had already resulted in a material benefit to -thc whole country, and was welding together still more firmly the imperial ties that united the empire. For the Opposition to support such a proposition would be to absolutely stultify their past; but it would never do to fly so completely in the face of the stubborn and uncoutrovertible facts, as‘l’set forth in the {rude returns and in the unanimous verdict of the empire, by giving an unqualified denial to the con- ditions set forth therein. Here was a dilemma, neither horn of which would prove a comfortable resting place. so Mr. Foster was put up to seriously in- vite the House to express the opinion “ that a system of mutual trade prefer- ence between Great Britain and Ireland and the colonies would greatly stimulate and increase production in and com- ‘ merce between these countries, and thus promote and maintain the unity of the empire. and that nothing which falls short of the complete realization ofsuch' a policy should be considered final or satisfactory.” Of course a still further improvement in the trade conditions would improve the trade. Why doesn't Mr. Foster move “that in the opinion of this House everybody would have ; more money if his income were doubled f" .Aud equally, of course, nothing which falls short of perfection is entirely satis- factery. The Government has never suggested by word or action that it has reached finality in the development of its trade policy. It was the-late Tory Government that reached finality. They had got to the end of their tethcl‘; but the Liberal policy is and ever has been one of progress and development. Un~ precedented progress has already been made since June, 1896, in removing ;artificinl trade barriers and encouraging commerce along the natural linesâ€"with what marvellous results the trade returns show; but it has never entered" the heads of any members of the present ' Government, or of any of its supporters, 'evenyet in sight of'e. condition, which “should be considered final or satis- factory.” iliiive To The Interests; of All Classes. A large part of a recentsitting of the .fiOommous Was devoted to the discussion of a resolution by the Postmaster Gen- eral having for its purpose the better safe-guarding of the rights of the work- ing man. The resolution reads :â€" i“ That it be resolved that all Gov- ;ernment contracts should contain such conditions as will prevent abuses which may arise from the sub-letting of such contracts, and that every effort ishould be made to secure the payment of'such’ wages as are generally accepted as current in each trade for competent workmen in the district where the work is carried out; and ’that this House deems it the duty of the Government 1to take immediate steps to give effect thereto. It is hereby declared that. the work to which the foregoing policy shall apply includes not only work under- ,tnkcn by the Government itself, but 3:1lso all work aided by grant of Domin- lion public funds." The debate on this resolution early developed some iutcr- asling complications. The Opposiiiou found themselves rat-hen awkwardly ,plnced. In. wouldlvihlnte (he first prin- icipie of/ their political code to support ithc'Ghveromcnt. no matter how excel- lent their poli'ev ;;outhc otherhand. it . would be fatal with a very large-sooner: 3 followed‘ an time-honored method of' ; wriggling out of a‘tight place by pro- ‘pOSing various amendments which sound Every nice on. the platform, and look splendidi in the newspapers, but which j either mean nothing or are impracticable ,in application. The Government’s pur; {nose in bringing the matter before the 'll’onse, was to definitely establish a ;tliat they have reached a stage, or: are 2 cordially concurs in such policy and ’ N. “Hymn,” ,- e .. ‘_ - .~_‘ overlooked, on the ground. that: allowed his zeal torus: awn. _ discretion; but hiszlangungc regarding had? ineveralofiieers was insulting and irritst-~ ing in the extreme. The most amusing" thing in the whole correspondence Is- Sam’s criticism of Col. Buchan. who. he says, “ was foisted on the permanent force because he failed at everythi :9; else,” and who has “ one dormant: (query, dominant.) _charneteristic, i e. over-weaning self conceit. coupled with u snecring contempt of others." This is ‘l the pot calling the kettle black " with .u vengeance. i Experimentaf Union Field Tests for ' - 1900. The members of the Ontario Agri- cultural and Experimental Union are- ‘plcased to state that. for 1900 they are' again prepared to distribute into every township of Ontario muterial for exper- iments with fertilizers. fodder crops,. .roots, grains, grasses and clovcrs. This. system of cc-opcrative experimental work in agriculture was started in 1886' with 60 plots, which were situated on twelve different farms in Ontario. Since that date. however, the work has inâ€" creased from year to year, and‘ in 18999 there were 12035 plots, which were situated on 3,485 farms throughout Ontario. . LIST OF EXPERIMENTS son 1900. Three varieties of oats. Three varieties ofsix-rowcd b:u'ley'.. . Two varieties of hullcss burley.. Three varieties of spring wheat. Three varieties of buckwheat. 6. Three varieties of field peasc 7r. Two varieties of bug-proof field? peasc. 8 Three vm'ieties‘of Sby or Tnpnnescs beans. 9'. Three varieties-ofhuskiw: com. 10. Three varieties of' mongolds. seeps ' TL. Two varieties of” sugar heels for‘ :stock feeding. 12. Three Varieties of Swedish turnips. 13. Two varieties of-‘fnll turnips.. l4. Three varieties of carrots. 15. Three varieties of fodder or silnge‘ .corn. ’ 162 Three varieties: (if-"millet. 17. Three combinations of grain for" fodder. .18. Grass pease and two varieties of: vetehes. 19; Dwarf Essex: ra-pe' and two varil :clies of".knlc. 20' Three varieties of? clover. 21. Sainfoin, lucei'ue;.nn~d~ mammollii red clover. ' 22. Five varieties of‘ asses; 23 Three varieties of field beans. 2-1.. Three varieties of sweet corn. 25. Four fertilizers and no fertilizer- with corn. ' f 26. Four fertilizers and no fertilizer lwi'th mangolds.. 27: Sewing peasatfour different dhtes toiletcrminc the injury done by thc= pea. bug (Brno-hires pist); ‘ , : 28. Planting potatoes the'same'day’ and fivc’dnys after being cut. 29 Planting cut potatoes which have- nnd which have not been coated over f the» electorate to oppose it. so they with land'rqhster“ 30. Fleming corn in rowsundisqunrcsh Material for either number 25 exper- iment or number 26 experiment will be ‘sent’ by express and for each of the ‘othcrs it will be forwarded by mail. Each person in Ontario who wishes to conduct an experiment, and is willing to use great care and accuracy in the work and report the results of the test h - .hi 5 Pi‘illclllle 0f Milo" in the interests 0? as soon as possible after harvest, should Stile toilets. and they evidently d0 “0‘ {select the exact experiment desired and propose to boil): the issue With any ‘npply for the same at an early date. 'mcanincless amendments. Of course The material will be forwarded in the everyone can sympathize with the 0p- order in which the- applications are re-. position at the prospect of having their ceivgd until we supply is exhausted, long assumed monolopy'oi“ the» role of it; might. be well for each applicant to the Working man’s mend taken from male n- second choice, for fear the-first self, and once more a Liberal Govern- principles which their Tory predecessors were satisfied for so many years 'to simply talk about. Hutton The correspondence between Glen. of last week and fills nearly a. hundred pages of type~writing. With our lim- ited space, we cannot give even such a synopsis of it as appeared in the Mail and Empire of the 23rd and was pub- lished into last Monday’s Evening Post. It has always been maintained by Sam’s friends that Gen. Hutton was to blame for the ill-will that existed between him and the hero of North Victoria; but the correspondence, instead of bearing out this contention, simply proves the truth of our assertion that Sam's most glaring and conspicuous faults are im- pndence, arrogance and aggressiveness; and that they were the cause of the trouble is now beyond a doubt. His violation of an unwritten military low, by making his offer directly to the British Government instead of through the proper channel, might have been G3 meet is crystalizing into action the ' Guelph, March 19th, 1:900. them, but history is only repeating it- conic}: not, be grant-ed" . O. A. ZAVITZ. Agricultural College.- Guelph, ()ht'. F'enelon Council. Cameron, March 19th, 1900-. Council met at the call of the were. Hutton and Limit-Col. Sam Bushes Minutes of last meeting read and ap- wns laid before Parliament on Thursday proved, A communicatien from Lind. say Home for the Aged, requesting the removal of E. Fieldhousc, was read and discussed, when it was Moved by Mr. Perkin, seconded by Mr. Dewel, That this council request the authorities of the Home for the Aged to have E. Fieldhouse examined by Dr. Herriman. as to his being a fit subject for the Orillia asylum. Failing o in this, they deem it advisable that he be committed as n vsgraut.â€"Cnrried. Moved by Mr. Palmer, seconded by Mr. Webster, That the auditors’ report be adoptedâ€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Webster. seconded by Mr. Dewel, That this council grant $5 to J. M. Thurston for fixing hill on Ver- ulam boundary at lot 6, providing Ver- ulam grant a like sumâ€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Perkin, seconded by Mr. Palmer, That the by-lnw relating “ESâ€"3‘. 3.4 _ A a.“ .*â€".â€"_â€"_.â€"mlummnm l u vâ€" sâ€"Wufl K- =..,‘,__‘.._~.._.....wv,.â€",. :