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New White Vestings and Linen Suitingsâ€"thase are to be worn more than ever this season as White Goods seem to be the choice of the leaders of fashion. 33$3$3333?33333333WW33W333‘3W Satisfaction. .WILL WANT A Mabel 3' Wintersl Eyerything rightx uP-tqrdaieg _..n I “A THIS SEASON. Make it your business to call early and see thesepretty goods before they are picked over. February is always the month for selling Muslins, as every one likes We have just received a. few consign- ments of the latest novelties in Dress Goods. They are beautiful and alto- “, gether new in design. to get best patterns. ttéfiétt tfiQtQté Opposite Market - LINDSAY Assets - - - $433,758.00 Reserve Fund - - $22,500.00 3‘35 Victoria. Loan £Yings Co. TEN YEAR’S GROWTH. . The following figures indicate the growth of the Company as at the end of each year: Sums of $1 and upwards taken on Deposit, paying 35% interest, comâ€" pounded half-yearly. Sums of $100 and over taken on Debenture, Fayin interest at the rate of 4% payab e tun; yearly. WM. FLAYEB‘LE, - President Jnmpqw, 7- - um» NEW LIVERY 1‘- fimww health. and enables it to _4._--'_-“ T H E WATCHMAN‘ZWARD ER ESTABLISHED 17879_5_ Hours 9.00 am. to 4.30 p.m. $ 51,545 00 94,502 00 150,195 00 170,414 00 ‘ 231,910 00 254,191 00“,, 352,680 00 378,730 00 393,870 00 433,756 00 IRes’ve Fund 1.800 00 3,000 00 5,400 00 10,000 00 12,000 00 16,000 00 22,500 00 LINDSAY * ONT., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY cessful business career is to possess the SAVING HABIT. One of the best aids to helping a boy to acquire this habit, is to start them early in life with 9. Savings Bank account. Encourage them by duplicating THEIR OWN SAVINGS. A fewmlol- lars spent as an incentive to save while he is young will be worth more than hundreds given to him when he is 01 age. We have many such ac! counts in our books. Try one for YOUR BOY. $1 will make a. start. It will be a. pleasure to explain our THE ONTARIO BANK OUR EMQLSION OF .0013 IT STRENGTHENS YOU. 11‘ INCREASES YOUR WEIGHT. A Good Start for“ 3018 Coughs and Colds McLennan Co. WINTER and SUMNER. It has all modern conveniences, baths; electric light. telephone. steam heat’ng end open grates. Special rates for Com- mercial Travellers. Prescription Drugtiit. LINDSAY. 2nd Door West of Gough’o. Having made arrangements with The R. S. WILLIAMS 8; SONS COMPANY, of Toronto, to give free tuition by mail from U. 8. School of Music, New York, on all Violins, Banjos, Guitars, Mandolins, etc.. purchased from me, I can therefore save you all teachers' fees and secure for you the services of the very best professors of music obtainable. All the latest popular .music as well as the standard compositions always in stock. The canada Paint Go. methods. Lindsay. Dec. 27- 7 A151; 3. full line of Dominion Pianos and Org ans and a few second-hand instruments of different makes L A. MURPHY, th. Prism Brand Ready Mixed Paint EPPSS HOTEL KAWIRTHL Fenélon Falls This new'hdtel is located 911p block One of the greatest he_lpsA to a sac- WHICH SO FREQUENTLY DESTROY THE LUSGS CAN BE OVER- COME BY USING ([NIRM MUSIC SIORE I. J. LYTL'E “'HK‘H CONTAINS THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF COD OIL. W. H. ROENIGK. Bandmaster Sylvester Band. Pure Lead and Oil in any quantity in latest artistic ' shades. Free Musical Education ! A Largo Bottle LIVER OIL. 8. H. BRO“, is mxn -‘â€"-..._-. where. ~Buzzinoss man thrjonghout the whole country are |ooking to the Government for a policy which will invite the investment. no! capital- and ofie'r good wag“; to am xs-nrkingmon. their customers. * quuoBfionabi)‘. blicropinion in Canada toâ€"day, ir- respective .0! politics, demands a po- flay. whim will sdotend“: as from {or- .. . itmwmdws..'~her. sum ,time 'enco use the ”growth and ex. pansion 01 industries within our bOP-r are deeplg"_hitercste(l in the develop- ment of this country. IMPORTS A RI“. HEAVY. “We beg to call‘ you spedal atten- tion to. the immense and increasing amount of Canada’s importetions; The merchandise imported has grown from 81063000000 in 1895 to $256- ,099.00“ 9‘ 1905. Our -expgrts of“ merchandise have grown in the same period from $106,000,000 to $201,â€" 0000,000. It might reasonably be expected with the increased produc- tions of our farms and the growing excellence of our manufacturers that we'should export more and import 1885 proportionately than we have in the past. The figures are explained in part, however. by our proximity to the United States. whose manu- facturers compete with us on unequi- al terms, and from whose great con- suming -markets we are practically shut out. Taking the Government returns for .-e past ten years, we find the. , .uthough we have only five and one-hal‘ millions of people. our imports from the United States reach the enormous total of $1,138,997,- 000, while they with their great mar- ket of eighty millions of people. have imported from us only $600,000- 000 Worth ; in ’other words. we have spent with them per capita. in the last ten years 3207, while they have spent with us per capita only $8.11" ------ A _.Ia. and fawn, Quebec. snemrooue, at. uuuu, and Halifax combined. “BUILD UP THE HOME MARKET" "We wish always tube on friendly terms with the United States. but to the unfairness of these one-sided «râ€"A. mlntinnn we object. not only BPCII L \v - vu ‘. We exclude unmanufnctured‘gold and silver as well as coin and bullion from both exports and imports mak- ing the cmnparison between .the ex- ports and imports of ordinary mer- chandise, the figures are>still more unfavorabie to Canada. The manufac- tured goods which we now import grom the. United Statm represent. the output of two cities as large as To- yonto, fifteen cities as large as Mon- treal. or another city as large as Vic- toria. Vancouwr, Winnipeg. Hamil- ton, Guelph,'Brantford, Gait, Berlin.. St. Catherine. Peterboro', Kingston St. Thomas; Stpflord. London, Gtâ€" terms with the United States. but to; the unfairness or these oneâ€"sided trade relations we object. not only on behalf of the manufacturers of Canada. but» also on behalf of our' farmers, our workingmen, and every‘ other class of pfoducers. Every dol- lar that we send to the United States goes to build up our competitors. to paxjoreign workmen, and to buy the products of United States farms. Eu ery dollar purchasing Canadian goods goes to build up Canwlian tacâ€" tories. employing Canadian work- men, who consume the products of Canadian forum. We should therefore goods goes to build up uanaulan ww- torics. employing Canadian work- men. who consume the products of Canadian farms. We should therefore take steps at once to arrange our ta- rifl so as to benefit our own people. rather than the people of the l’nlted States. The Canadian worklngman. if his products were no longer pro- mad would b'e obliged in most cas- es to abandon Canadian industry and seek remunerative employment else- where. ‘Buginos: men throughout. themwholekcountry- are looking to the Governmentfor a policy which will mm the imminent or capital and 0561‘ good; ‘whagwfio rho workingmcn. their cum w Uncguestlonably, go i , opinion ln’canadlurday, in respective a. WWW a po- Aufi; .J'nmiaui‘AA. m. Ham {on- to $105, in 1893 at from $60 10$sz and in 1903 from $65 to $70. In 1878.00me {armors paid from $05 to 870 {or mowers; in 1893 from 847 to $50; in 1903 from $50 to 855. Iron axle wagons «old for $110 and top buggies for 8160 in 1878. and in 1897 iron axle wagons could be bought {or $85. and superior top buggies at from $75 to 880. The re- 1ducflon in‘prices took ,place gradual- ly ammo carriage industry developed 'under the fostering influence 0! pro- tectiqn. Numerous ocher examples might. be givan L0 chow that while the 1mm under a protective policy ‘8 more {or who! he tells, he pays 1888 19? what he bu THE SITUATION u; THE WEST sent time are. generally speaking, prosperous. True, 8. number of our’ industries are sufl’ering from the un- equal competition of foreign manuâ€" fa't-turem‘, others are not making the headway that they should in new lines of manufacturing. and a numâ€" ber of others are depressed owing to competition with British firms under the preferential tarifl' ; but general- ly speaking, the industries are thriv- ing and expanding. and the Canadian people are showing a pride in the productions of their own factories and Work peeple. which must be looked upon: with gratification 'by the Govermuent, and all others who MANUFACTURERS WANT PROTECTION RESULT OF TARIFF ENQUIRY lanufacturor's Nation tells linisters why Canadian Indus- try Requires a. High Tarifiâ€"Tiiey Desire Competitive Duties upon British Goods. THE MANCFACTI'RERS' MEMOR- ' IAL. Mr. C.'C. Ballantyne. prgsident of the Canadian Manufacturer-9' A'ssoci- ation. presented a mL-mofial setting forth the views of the Ameiation on the tarifl'. in which it was saio : '- “With a memhmsmp of nearly two thousand. reprsenting as many fac- tories scattered throughout every Province of the Dominion._ and an invested capital of more than 8400.- (mull). the Association. is a nation- al business organization; Our inter- ests are.so thoroughly bound up with the duvelo nt, of our own country that our we {are is dependent entire- ly upon the general welfare and the prosperity of the, whole Dominion. The conditions existing in Canadian manufacturingind‘ustrier' at. the pre- The {entire of the swims oi the Turin Commission‘was the presenta- tion a! a Ion-guy memoriai- by the Canadian Manufagtumm’ Amocintion adiiomzting adequate protection for Canadian industry and an admission by Mr. Ballmityne. the president of the. association. that the manufac- turers desired higher duties against. certain lines of imports from Great, tutors t certain Britain. Emm Tm]; FAR”- Sheflnooke. St J ohn . i "A deputation of runners which up. before the Thrifi Commission 1‘1: Winnipeg to ask for u reduction in the uric told the commimlonemlmt the farmers of mm did " not make more than 3141;”!- yecr profit angle .9”. The Winnipeg neg"- ism which mum I ma oi f'In the course of your invehtiga- tions you have heard amounts Irom a number of farmers advocating a reâ€" duction in tthe present; taritl. 0n the other .hand‘ the chairman oi ~ the comniialio'n has himself pointed out that some of the most urgent re- quests for increased protection have come {rem deputation: of taunt-rs. ‘ "We have no hesitation in saying that it the free trade farmers who have come before the Tarifl Commis- sion could have the same opportuni- ties for studying tiv varied interests 0! the‘country, that the commission- ers themselves have, it they could go through the factories of the Dominion visit the mining towns and the lumâ€" ber camps. and study the conditions upon which the prosperity of all these industries depend. if they could see the workmen pouring out of the factories, follow them to their hom- es. and to the business streets of the cities. towns and villages whermthey work. they wouid malim how the. money paid out by the manufacturers for supplies of raw materials and in wages to their workmen circulates through the whole community. They Would discover that when they buy goods made in Canada a great part of what they spend comes back to them again in payment for food. They would be amazed at the enormous quantities of food consumed in the rifles, towns and villages of (‘an- ada. But even without going about in this why, they can learn how large a preportion of what they produce is consumed in the home markets of (funada. Let them send for the cen- sus reports prepared by our able staâ€" tistcian, Mr. Archmald Blue. let them read the trade and navigation re« ports of the Dominion Govwnment. and We desire that the most cumtul consideration shall be given to the agricultural interests of the Do. minion. that agriculture is the first, and most important of an out industries. w. :1.“ ; At the conclusion of his memoran- dum. Mr. Btlhniyne stated that his Motion had considered the Save W'wggfltion that the proforâ€" and be limited to goods entering W Canadian ports, but had not a: m com 120 a conclusion. It W. K. lcNaught. spoke briefly, “Wang on the: numerous handlingfi 'W ‘ Which imported goods must, and the seven? profits which must yids! to middleman. This , oi the“ it’ll-flora, he said. , U the industries of Great, Britain and the other portions of the Empire; that is. we desire a term“ against these countries which will equalize for the Canadian manufacturer the disadvantages under which he works in the higher cost of labor, capital. machinery. rteâ€"a farm which will enable him to at least compete on equal terms in his home market with the manufacturers of Great Britain. We favor the offer of a substantial preference to the other portions of the Ehnpire, but we'are strongly op- posed to any policy, which will pre- vent or limit the development of our own resources. With regard to the' proposed policy of a maximum. mini- mum and preferential tarifl, we have only to say that, so‘long as it en- courages Canadian enterprise to make everything we can at home,'and to buy our surplus requirements as far as possible from British sources. ye believe it- to be in the best interests 0! the Canadian people. If, howev- er. such a policy should ultimately malt in extending the minimum tarâ€" KM the Unitédm; u are ab- ifihntcly opposed to it." .. COMBINES‘ ABE EVIL "gt teenag'bt unis-tum hah been aroused inCanada Uy'prooeedings re- may instituted ‘aguntt certain com- and "trade associations." These organisations have not been confined to, mm. but we deem “I! Minstfitgsumcient impor- moe to be mentioned here. Disâ€" criminutiqn must. be made between 'conflncs' and We associations) Combines which ‘unduly enhance' prices are evil, and wshould not be tolerated in Canada. Trade associa- tions which bring-business men‘ toâ€" gather in an eflort to meet legitiâ€" mate raguiremenu, exist in evory brawn of business “to. and benefit the wh'ole community by securing gummy and protecting all classes (tom [nominate speculation. The inâ€" flwence of this asnocintion is and will be given to encourage only condi- tions which are honest and fair. and we amoemly believe that the busi- ness‘methods in Canada are. speak- in Wynne from unfair com- bintuons. ” "In any readjustment of the tarifl' the interests 0! the farmer; should be protected equally with those of all other industries. The Canadian tarâ€" iff on farm products from tho lUnited States that could be grown in Can- ada. The policy of the Government shouM he to ”ICU/IS! . -. number of workingmcn in Canada, who consume food. and make the tariff on farm products high enough to secure. lor our tumors the full benefit of tho home demand (or food, thus making Canadian tax-um less dependent up- on distant markets overseas.” WHAT MANVFACTI’RER S WANT The memorial proceeded with a general plea for protection and con- tinued : in: for [arms with one your”: crops. it is such instances 0! prosperity that attract aettlora to the North- west. How many settlers a year would the Northwestern: pmvincos get‘ll the statement that the average farmer makes only 81-! annually were believed 2’ Fortunately for the coun- try. the statement was so manifest- l_\' inaccurate that it will have little enact in retarding immigration. H the motile of Wlnnipeg had bolifi‘nl it. the- value at real estate in‘ the Manitdn metropolis would havmfal- Ion OH 50 per out!" or morn. The farmers of the Northwest do not all males fortunes. Some of tht-m. no doubt. make very little. but this is true of many men in awry lino of business in all civilized countries. whether under protection or true trade. - As a whole. however. tlw farmers of the Northwest are prospen ous. and there is reason to bellow that the now railways which am soon to be constructed will make thmn still more prosperous. We wish it to be thoroughly understood that Wu offer no objection to the benefits now conferred to the Western farmer. “'0 am heartily in sympathy with an ag- gressive immigration and railway policy for the. 'West, and will give our hearty support to any mvasurps which will incream the prosperity of the Canadian farmer. "You have heard thg individual requests of many of the members of this association in various parts of the Dominion. We desire now meroâ€" lyto indicate the general direction of the changes We‘think necessary. To oxpmss our views in a single scntoncc we desire to make in Canada everyâ€" thing that can be manufactured here, and to buy our surplus requirements, so far as it is reasonable to do so, from British sources. To this and we desire a 11W tarifl‘ than we ‘now have against all foreign countries. While we do'not favor any discrihninx ation st.“ ’the United States as com ‘ a with‘ other foreign counâ€" tries, yet we proximity of the great republic with "s gigantic combinaâ€" tions of capital, its keen business men, and its constant surplus proâ€" ductiOn, sub’ect the manufacturers of Canada to competition Which; unless properly safemmrded. moans curtain ruin. Moreover, it has become evio dent that United States manufacturâ€" ers. instead.“ resenting proposed inâ€" creases in our tariff, will establish branch factories in Canada as soon 371}; mm” tax-it! is sutficicntly high to warrant than doing so. We desire reasofiable competition with PROFITS OI" HIDDI .RMEN at cent duty up 5- per cent. This I of interest and James Kolleymf Massonv,» Qua, is under arrest as a result of the ver- dict of the coroner’s jury that Arnâ€"r old Walsh. 'an immigrant boy, died “om illâ€"treatment at his hands. The exhumation of Walsh’s body reval- od a gruesome Spectaclie._ he body was «doubled up in n cofliufiht was nearly tweiye inches too“ small, ,and was and in the Ian's wank! attire, va‘... â€"-__ v - fie manufacturers of woollen clgths fiannels and -biankots. prenatal 'nst the vefiects oi the preference. They recited the disadvantages under; which they labor, submitting that. taking a. sample mill with a plant, worth $150,000,_ a working dapital or $50,000 and_ an output of $200,- 000 a year. the adinnthge ' of the British industry is over 38‘per cent. The increase of the minimum 'duty to 30 per cent. had not proved sumcent and the depression at present. is ex- treme. nearly 20 large mills having closed down with 000 looms, throwâ€" ing 2.000 to 3,000 -.people out. of- work. . They asked that the ngt pref? erenu'nl rate be 35 per $315,401; as an albemative; a mixed ad valorem and specific duty as iolléWs : Goods up to 1s 3d. 25 per' cent; "and 3 cents a pound ; from ls 3d to 356d, 25'pcr cent, and 6 oentS'a pound‘: from 38 6d upwards; 25 percent, ~ and‘ 9 cents a. pound. -- Mr. John Dick..Toronto, spoke in‘ defense 0! this proposal, especiamr resenting the imputation that the manufacturers did not put enough bnins into their business. H. a... â€"- ww-_-._u B The Pall Mall Gazette poinfs‘ to the memorial Is proo'f of the genuineness o! Cmda's wit (or a, fiscal under- standing 'with the lather Country. per cent; (4) the adminlst the uniâ€"dumping elapse w rigid; (5) reduction in uie certain raw materials: (6) on extra parts of American to be 35 per cent. Representatives 'of the'flnanm‘uétur- e'rs' 'ot‘platé'd iva’re' put in‘ a with“! providing for the stamping offlfluted.’ goods made in Canada.- , AAA -n... -lnnhg. TARIFF AG nxmrfmms Mr. Bulhntyne came in hr merom- exuuinuion from"‘lr. “aiding on the subject ol‘ hm on . British goods. “Do you not a highcrur- in‘ on British goods?" was the quest ion. "We wgm n competiw tab m." replied )lr. Bulanlyne. "lb you nr do you not want higheru du- tieas ?" reiterated the linimn._ Hr. Ballmityiw» nope-Ami his, answer; and Mr. Fielding asked his question a. third time. Mr. Builunn'ne finally implied that it would depend on‘ the kind ul‘ goods. In some cases, man- ufaciunu‘s “we sufl‘oriug irnni the ef- l‘i-cts of tho profen-nco. ' ' suflereq by the Canadian manufacturâ€" ers, and also stating the price of. these articles to be higher in the [‘11-- {ted States than in Canada. '- Mr. W. L. Connor, Hamilton. spoke on behalf of mnufactumrs of wash- iug‘ machines and wrimgers. The pneu- eent. rate of duty he descriflyod as sat- isfantory, but he complained of un- dervaluation on the part oiithe Unit.- ed Status manufacturer. .. The ayer- value of the machines imported should be $2.41, but the ayegago valuatik'm as entered is,on1y $1.84. Herbert W. Floury and Robt. J. White, representing the. aigriéultura! implement section of the Canadian Manufacturers’ AsSociatiou, made sev- eral requests : (1') Baw mater-telnet made in Canada to be free: (2) ex- port to be fostered ;, (3; assuming that the duties on raw material‘ re- main unchanged, and-that a minimum and maximum tat-m be imposed, the present rate to be the.minin1um .and' the maximum to be'not .165 than 25 nor cent: (4) the administration of :L'ondon. Feb. 7.â€"â€"'I‘he Globe says : ‘f'l‘he memorial just premium-duo the Canadian Governmeut,by .Lhe Manu- facturers? Association ,should carry great» weight on this {side of the; At- lpmic le’tor nothing .elscv than 1he bighveuni‘ling of the subficfibbr‘s." n- o.“ in“ ninth: noint's‘ to the The discussion shifted to the“ topic of wages, and Mr. Ball‘amyne. while maintaining that wages are lower in llrimln than in Canada. electrified the commission by stating that he had seen brownie motor-y in'Sheflieldx unskilled laborers working at sixâ€". pense a day. His own firm had esâ€" tablishments in London, Montreal's. and in UK: United States, employing mainly musk-HIM labor, and' cy could gm gut labor in Englan at far lower rates. Mr. McNaught stat.- od that in his 6m busineSs Fmgfish wag-«s more from .50 to 7-5 per cent. of what his firm had to pay. Mr. “CK. Georg“ in closing the discus- sion. slated that in his business the average wages was 120 per cent. higher than the highest wages which Mr. Henry Aylen, K.,(‘.. Mr. W. Williams and Mr. W. A. G-jhhy dres- entcd the case of the ~E1ect ric Reduc- tion Works of Buckingham. a com- pany which makes various chemical products. He asked for protection on several of these such; as al'um, ground felsw, paper fillérs, etc. . ‘- "___ BSvauud in Enghfid; the Canadian workman got $2.20. where {the lingâ€" lish workman got ‘61. ' onuim TA RIFF nwuéfisi‘s Hon. John Haggart imrodumd a deputation .mpresenting the forth Woollen Company. This company makes felt, and it asked that felt he put on the same footing as woollen. goods and a sum“ specific duty add- (-d to guard against under-valuations Mr. Haggart stated that this com- pany had been in operatic!) for right. years and" had not paid. It had' started in woolh‘ens had found that. that would not pay and had shifted: to felt. . Mr. T. A. Rowan and Mr. R. Har- mar of Toronto, representing fifteen manufacturers of threshing machines and portable engines, asked that the present duty of 25 per ccnt.be madq the actual duty; by an order'in.’ Council tbe.duty now collected is om- ly 15 per cent. 'fltey submitted a. statement showing the disadvantages SOME ENGLISH CQMMEX'P GRUESOHE SPECTACLE N umber 7 4300 Ci rculat ion' every issue. be more duties on the duty machines