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\' oL. XXXII. ‘ truction of a million bales would be a national calamity. injuring cVory citizen. It is not the big cotton crop that is ine jnring youâ€"it is the methods of dis- tributing it as clot-hing. You wi.l be forced by necessity to adopt Socialism, or be reduced to a beggary you have never known. You can delay it and sulfur, but you cannot avoid itâ€"or you can hasten its adoption and got much out of the remaining years of your life. If you will spend as many hours read- ing Socialism as you have spent consid- ering the burning of a million bales of cotton, you will sce the way out of your desperate condition; and in no other way can you get out. Open your eyes, men, to the fact that conditions have changed wonderlully in the last fifty years, and yet- you are trying to get along with the same old methods. The trusts are applying the co-operative principles of Socialism, and they are getting on fine. Why not be as wise ? â€"-James A. Wayland.- â€"*-_.4 . Buying the Earth. The Atlanta Constitution is publish- ing a series of articles undertaking to prove that human slavery was a much more desirable condition for-the black man than his so-called freedom to-day. In support of this contention that paper ‘quotes a number of eminent authorities, which prove that under slavery pulmon- ary consumption was unknown among the slaves of the south ; likewise insin- ity. Under. the present system‘ the nervous strain is sogreat that they fall . easy victims to disease. In contrast to his present economic condition, Dr. Miller is quoted as saying I: , V “ The‘ucgro in slavery had no thought for the morrow, but he spent his quiet, humble life in hislittle cabin, with his master to care for every want of self and family. He, lived underthe best ' hygienic restraint. His habits-of life were regular, food and clothing substan. tial and sufficient, and the edict of his master kept him indoors at night and restrained him from promiscuous in- dulgence and ' the baneful influence of the liquor saloon. In sickness he was promptly and properly cared for by physician and nurse. Freedom came are“: swrrépsm‘rawg :37 to think of your. Fall and Winter FOOTWEAR. “We have received this month the following well-known makes : 25 (107.. pairs of the Empress shoes for women; price $2.00 to $4.00. 300 pairs of the Slater shoes formen; price $3.50 to‘$5.00. ‘ 40 cases of men’s, Women’s, boys’, misses’ and children’s Rubbers from the best Canadian factories. The length of time a shoe wears is the best way to test its quality. Gus- tomers often tell us the have worn W. G. Green, the multi-millicnaire copper king. has just bought 300,000 acres in southern Arizona, with great PrOtcssional Cards. W F. A. MCDIARMID. ARRISTER, ‘SOLICITOR, Etc“; PENE- B ion Falls. Oilice, Colborue street, opposite Post-office. W Money to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. ....._. _ . ____.__. i-iothGHLiN & PEEL. ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &0. Money B to loan on real estate at lows-st current rates. Office, Kent street, opposite Market, Lindsay. RJ. MCLAUGHLN. J. A. Parr. MM. G. H. HOPKINS, 'Anmsrnn, ac. SOLICITOP. FOR the Ontario Bank. iii-oncy to loan at owest rates on terms to sun the borrower. Office's: No. 6, William Street South, Liud- - any, Ont. M STEWART dc O’CONNOR, Annlsrnns, ro'ranms, kc. MONEY B to loan at lowest current rates. Terms to suit borrowers. Office on corner of Kent and York streets, Lindsay. T. Brswmr. L. V. O'Coxxon, B. A W MOORE & JACKSON, ARRISTERS, SOLIOITORS, 330. Of- fice, William street,b1ndsay. F. D. Hoonn. A. JACKSON LINDSAY - ONT. Live Stock and general _Auctionecr. Write for dates before advertising. Pref/fix MEDICAL. fl DR. H. H. GRAHAM. â€"-x. 1)., 0. 5L, M. n. c. 3. Eng, u. c. r. a 5., Dim, r. 'r. u. s.â€" YSICIAN SURGEON & ACCOUOH- Hcur. Oiliize. Francis Street, Fenelon Falls. M DR. A. WILSON, ~â€"n. n., M. c. r. a 5., Ontario,â€" H- IGIAN SURGEON 8r ACCOUC Ollicel, Colborne Street, henclou Falls. W DENTAL. - W Dr. S. J. SIMS, DENTIST, Fenelon Falls. Graduate of Toronto University and Royal College 0 ‘ r, ALL BRANCHES 0 ‘erformcd according to the latest improved P methods at moderate prices. 0 1 OFFICE zâ€"Over Burgoyne 5 store, 0 - borne street “Ik/ DRS. llEllLllllDS & lRlllllE, LINDSAY. I. DENTISTS ' Natural tccth preserved. Crown and ' lendid fits in ' 'orl‘ a specialty. Sp _ :iiitigtfiul‘ tedth. Painless extraction. Gas administered to over {9,000 persons With great success. the Slater or Empress ' hoe for over a. year. ‘ GBOCERIES. This season’s goods. New Selected Raisins. New Cleaned Currants. 20 cases Horseshoe Salmon. 40 cases Corn, Tomatoes and Pens. 20 half chests of Japan Tea at 25c. POULTRY. I Will pay the highest cash ortrade price for live Chickens, Hens, Ducks, Geese. or Turkeys delivered at my mm or poultry house any Monday. ' J.‘ L. ARNOLD. lllllllllll tannins we made on. new friends. We, doit by showing an unusually com- plete assortment ‘of the seasonable - FANCY GROCERIES. We take particular care , not to admit anything that 1sn’t of the very highest grade. We are ready to “make your acquaintance and earn your friendship right now. W. L. ROBSON. Who ’s Your Tailor? It you ask any particularly welLdreSSGd man in Fenelon Falls or surrounding district, “Who makes your clothes ‘2 ” invariably he will tell you ‘ TO W NLEY-’ ‘ Be one of the number, and call and see what he is doing for the Fall zind Winter. His prices are right, consistent With first-class style and workmanship. He makes no other. to him and a change came over his en tire life. Under his former manner of living he enjoyed wonderful immunity confidently assert that the germs of these from brain and lung trouble; andl troubles came to the same man and race in consequence of his ‘cvironment and the manner of life which followed.” All of whish istrue, and brings out the fact, little recognized today, that underlying the anti-slavery agitation before the late civil war was an econ~ omic cause. Shrewd men of business were quite well aware of the fact that to buy a human body,. care for it in sickness and old age, provide food and clothing etc., was less profitable than to buy the labor of the some ’man‘at such times as his labor could be profitably used. . This- arrangement carries with it no responsibility on the part of the master. I do not know what is the object of southern journals in raking up this kind of stuff, .pnless it is to taunt the black man with what he has‘lost. Surely no master would advocate a return tochat tel. slavery after a half century of‘pros- perity under the wages system. The slave might desire a change to the good old days before the war, but the master --nevcr. . . . » . During the centuries of slavery in the United States it produced not a single millionaire. Wage slavery, on the other hand, in a half century in the United, States, has produced nearly 5,000 men worth over a .million dollars each, some of them being rated as high as four hundred millions.-'--F7'cd D. Warren. ~ - ‘ ‘ ____...._..._.__. To Burn the Cotton. > Inotice, as you have doubtlesSly no: ticed, that a call has gone up from the cotton raising districts. to burn ‘one mil- lion bales of cotton, valued lit-fifty mil- lion dollars, in order to raise the price! I have on my desk newspaper clippings from a number of southern papers, nam- ing the places anddates of meetings to take concerted 'action to' this cfi'ectl What idiots! They are more stupid than the European workmen who tried to destroy the weaving machine! Oh, American citizens! Are you so densely ignorant and prejudiced that you cannot see that the trouble does not lie with there being too much cotton, but with the fact that follows who do not raise cotton are growing rich from the labor of those who produce the cotton? Do you not know that there is not enough cotton to supply the people who need its products? You ought to know that you cannot be better off, no matter how much or how little cotton you raise. The men who manipulate the cotton market know just what is the labor cost of raising and how much it coSts you to live, and they will not give you more for your cotton than that. The world is not half clothed. Even in your sun ny southland there are millions who are ragged because they can ’t afl'ord decent clothesâ€"mod you think the way to bet- tor conditions is to destroy cotton ! Work all the year to raise cotton, and then burn it upl This is your beloved system of private capitalism ! You will squirm worse than you are now doing before you will be willing to give up the insane idea of property inherited from your ancestors. Under‘Socialism a great cotton crop' would be a national blessing, enriching and happiiyiug every citizen. The des- herds of cattle. paying $1,200,000, says the National Live Stock Reporter. This, with other holdings, gives him more than a million acresâ€"enough land. to give 12,000 families homes of 80 acres each. Talk about European land- lordsâ€"few if any of them have any such vast holdings. Did he make the land? Not a foot of it. The land was granted to murderers by the Spanish king for service in subjecting the people of the new worldâ€"its deeds were writ- ten with the sword and blood used for the ink. Think you such titles should be reapectcd ? Not unless murder is a virtue. [4 it better to have laws that protect such owuership in one man'or to have twelve thousand families with good homes? Anything that injures the human family is wrongâ€"anything that upbuilds it is right. The time will come when such ownership will nor. be respectedâ€"it should not be. Thera- -is another holding of 14,000,000 acres by Maddox & Lux in California that is in the same class. That is why there is no more “going west and growing up with the‘country ” now. These hold- ings make the homeless slaves, for the homeless must work for these landlords and give up the greater part of their products or starve. To own the land is) to own the people who must live on that land. Private ownership of the earth and liberty are not possible. With the profits of thess great estates the owners are buying up more and more of the earth, and the oncoming generation will find the planet in the hands of a few and will have to acknowledge their musâ€" tership. Do you like the prospect for your children ?â€"Appeal to Reason. mâ€"O-‘ The Crying Evil of the Times. “What is the crying evil of the times? ” asked a reporter for the Chi~ cago Journal of the ministers at tho- Rock River conference. The secretary, Rev. Mr. Mallock, promptly replied : sting every department of lifeâ€"statesâ€" mauship, education, religion, everything â€"I regard as the worst indication of the times. Everyone asks: What will cause underlying all effort. It is the cause of crime and wrong doing of eve- ry sort. I regard intomperanee as an- other cryiug evil.” “ And is not even the liquor traiiic carried on because of the prime metive you named ? ” was asked. “ You are right. Commercialism is at the root of inteinpcrance. Good men would have abolished the liquor trafiic long ago, had it not been for the money in it that helped them to pay their taxes. Bad men have always been in it for the greed of gain.” __ . _.._.__. _._. ..___â€".._ A Costly Misunderstanding. Brother to the Oxâ€"Why is it that I work hard and have nothing, while you do n’t work at all and have more than you need ? Brother to the Foxâ€"I vote for my interests, while you, instead of voting,' for your interests, vote the same ticket that I do. Brother to the Oxâ€"I don't under- stand why, if we veto the same ticket, I do n't get half the benefits. Brother to the Fox-â€"l know you do n’t understand it. That is the reason you do n’t get half the benefitsâ€"E1). in, " The spirit of commercialism purine-- it 00st? What will it pay? It is the» «xi-Mac . .. U . ... . I. .‘k 9 f3, rt ll: 2‘ » Jar as, .;;.- .,.. v a ~. »- - .‘n‘N'A .