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in situation A alts VOL. XXXVIII. FENELON FALLS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY. MAY 20, 1910. ' = x. - No.1,} _ ‘ 21 Professional Cards " - .. - - ~ \ . ~ ' BANK 0F M 0 NTBEAL 3 MCLAUGALIN. PEEL A: FULTON. I-IEAD OFFICE - DIONTRJCA]: l lgAthlSTEltS,SOLICITORS,NOTAIt- ESTABLISHED 1317 INCORPORATED BY ACT OF'PARLIAMENT at h‘cépélon h‘alls every Tuesday. (adios ASSETS OVER $220,0001000- ’ ‘over errills’ store. next to Dr. . ims' oilice. Money to loan at lowestratcs of S§VINGS BANK DEPARTMENT' ‘ interest. DepOSIts taken of $1 and upwards, Wthh can be R.J McLauoan,K.C. A.M.FULTON,B.A. , . . _ J... A. Pent. ,, lwuhdrawn ondemand. Hornms, WEEKS a Hornms: R. M. Hamilton, Mgr. Fenelon Falls Branch " ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, AND - r » - - _, ., - . __ ~: . v - A -.~v . >. .. Notaries. Solicitors for the Bank of ' ' 'Montrcal. Money to loan at terms to 511.1!- lhf: 11:22:22.”... offices Pic. 6 William L St. south, Lindsay, Out. and at Wood- villc, Ontario. r G. [-I. HOPKINS, K. 0., . C. E. WEEKS, B‘. HOLMES Horkms, B. A. MOORE A". JACKSON, i)ARlllS'l‘EllS, SOLIUI'I‘ORS, &c. or- I.) lice,\Villiam slreehbindsny. ' . l). Moore. A. JACKSON STEWART & O‘CONNOR, AltRTlS’l‘t-IRS, NO'l‘AllIES, Etc. MONEY to loan at lowest current rates. Terms to suit borrowers. Ullice on corner of Kent 1 and York streets, Lindsay. il‘. S'rmun‘i. L. V. O’Connell, B. A ‘ “min. Dr. 5. J. $5MS, BEEF-HST, Feuclon lflllls. Graduate of Toronto University and itoyalllollege of Dental Surgeons. ALL BRANCHES 0F DENTISTRY performed according to the latest improved ,methods at moderate prices. OFm:â€"â€"Over Burgoync’s store, Col- ‘oruc street 'Drs. Neelands & Irvine. ilBlNTISTS - LINDSAY. Natural teeth preserved. Crown and bridge work aspeciilty. Splendid (its in artificial teeth;--~P4ein‘}ess extraction. Gas administered to over 9,000 persons with great sucress. MEDICAL. DR. [-1. H. GRAHAM. -â€"u. 0., c. M., M n. o 3. Eng, M. c. P. a 3., Own, r. 'r. M:-8.-â€" )llYSlClAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCH- ii cur. Office. Francis Street, Fenelon Walls. DR. H. B. JOHNSTONE, succusson TO on. A. WILSON, » RADUATE 0F TORONTO UNIVER- sity. Physician, Surgeon and Ac- eoucheur. Office, Colborne street, Fen- elon Falls. AUCTION EER. THOMAS CASHORE, AUCTIONEER. - FENELON FALLS. Sales of all kinds conducted in a first- class manner. Secure dates before ad- vertising. In J owelry We carry a large and well selected stock. Our prices are as low as youwill find any- where. It Pays - 'TO keep your watch in good I .Oi‘der. If it needs cleaning or repairing bring it here. JOHN SLATER, ; issues or naaaiaor‘moeusas 7' nax'r DOOR TO POST-OFFICE. FEHEEO'! 59.923..- .':P"€..-. .. v ‘- Is she who devotes the most care to a the selection of the supplies for her table. . ‘ . She recognizes that in "this particular 51' she is the custodian of the health of the family. She sees to it that all doubt of quality is removed. . In short, she enforces a pure food law of her own framing. I This explains why so many housewives have got into the habit of depending upon this store. They have learned that our claim for high grades is more than talk. We invite a test from every overseer of a family’s eatables. I We remiss to give each one. all that thgre is to be had in the way of eatable surety. ’ 'HIGH IN QUALITY but always correct in price, is what you always find prevails ' at our grocery store. . . PICKLES, ’ CATSUP~ and other things that we handle“ are always the best. The best is always cheapest because it’s wholesome. Get our “High in Quality ” goods and be safe. ROBSON & .SON. Spring and We carry a fine line of the most up-to- date goods for Spring and Summer Suits. We invite your inspection. Fit and workmanship the best. No trouble to show goods. i 3 Summer - Suits. E l l The Value of a. Great Man’s Opinion. When a famous man honors us with his Opinions concerning the particular branch of learning in which he has gained renown, we listen attentively and with deference. And this is right, for it is naturally to be supposed that he knows more about a subject to,» which he has devoted a lifetime of thought, than we, who have never studied it at all, But when he ven- tures into other and strange fields we should challenge his every word, for here he is no more than any ordinary man. For instance, when Mr. Rudyard Kipling came to this country a. few years ago, he was eagerly besieged by the newspaper men for his views upon all conceivable questions. Upon soci- ology and economics, as well as upon art and letters, upon politics and state problemsâ€"subjects he had probably never studiedâ€"just as readily as upon those matters one would naturally supposevhim to be familiar with. Now it was reasonable that he should be asked his views; but it was entirely unreasonable that his words should be considered as having more cogency and weight than those Of other men, simply because he had written a. read- able yarn or‘ so, and had asSured him- self a place among the immortals by composing the “grand and'pathetic” poem “An Absent-minded Beggar.” Yet his lightest words, no matter upon what question they were uttered, were echoad across the continent. In British Columbia the Asiatic problem was engrossing the attention of all minds, and with this Kipling, was con- fronted. “ Youwant to know what to do with the Yellow Men?” said Mr. Kipling, caressing his'brow in the apâ€" proved philosopher style; That ’3 easy. Pump in the whites.” Wonderful I I do not say bilabiMl‘. Kipling’s opinion is ..worth nothing; but I do say that the opinion of a man of letters about matters of a political or an economic nature, are of no more value than the â€" opinions of any other not particularly qualified individual. Again, Professor Ernest Haeckel is considered by many as the foremost living biologist. He is as great as Darwin, say those who know; and in his special field we are justified in pla- cing the utmost reliance upon his con- clusions. But Professor Haeckel has several times aired his views upon So- cialism, a subject he knows nothing about. Ought we, then, to yield as great a deference to him when he treats of Socialism as we do when he treats of biology? Yet this is precisely what has been done. Professor Haeck- el’s well-known “ exposure” of the fal- lacy of Socialism is really of no value, for it was written when he knew abso- l l ~.â€" lutellygnothing of the theories of mod- ern Socialists ; yet it is held by many tobe the last word upon the subject. And nowhere is Edison. Undoubt- edlyEdison is a great man. He has invented many wonderful appliances, and he probably knows as much about electricity as any men living. But we are not ' justified in assuming that, be- cause he is a great inventor, he is also a profound economist. \Ve' need not look to him for the solution of every difficulty that besets us, simply be- cause he has overcome many in his own particular line. Yet there is dis- covered a writer in a recent issue of “ Munsey” who, with ‘an excess of fulsome adulation, hails Edison as a benefactor of humanity and economist. Now, hIr. Edison may very well be a benefactor of humanity; at least I shall not dispute the title. But as- suredly he is not an economist alro. The article I allude to is the report of a quite lengthy interview. It begins : “Let the poor take heart. Edison has a message for them.” Edison for c- casts the probable'development of me- chanical invention, predicting a time, not far. hence, when most of the Work now done by hand will be done by machinery. Skill, he says, is disap- pearing now, and the working class will soon be reduced to the'dead level of unskilled umployn'ient. No Socialist will quarrel with Mr. Edison’s analysis so far ; but when to goes on to say that the introduction- of machinery has always proved a benâ€" efit to the poor, we begin to prick up 1 our ears and to _murmur softly that our home state isMissoui-i. lVe think that history will show that this is not true. In the years 1760-70, when ma- chinery was first adopted in the tarâ€" tile trades, great hardships, severe enough to cause the Luddite riots, re- sulted from this alone. And since that time the unemployed army has swelled with every new labor-saving device. Mr. Edison gives further proof of his entire ignorance of economics by saying that he will invent a cement house, and place it upon the market so cheap that the condition of the working class will at once improw. Cheap things have never done the workers any good, because wages are based upon the costs of subsistence. If it. costs little to live, wages are high; and, on the contrary, where liv- ing is high, there the price of labor- power is 'high also. Mr. Edison is not an economist, and he cannot show any way of escape from our troubles. There-is no way of escape under capi- talism.â€"â€"A. Chew, in The Voice. o*. There has been such"a rise in the price of food-stuffs, in order to admit of prosperity for the capitalists, that labor will have an exceedineg hard winter, starving and freezing as never before. THE 74 Years in Business. 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