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abmfifalbzmorrlchbiack? Use The AmeriCan farmer is the back- hone of the country. He is the h‘igr- gvest institution in it. In the last fourteen years the farmers' balance of trade amounted to almost $5,- 100,000,000. It was along: topay ill the loses of our other fore‘lgnbm- $an and to put 4.000 million of YL‘EfiéT'mflZ‘i'fii’i BUEKLEE HAM ’8 Mi “That was in 1901,” Secretary Wilton continued. “Bast year our exports were almost as large, and so it is going on years after year. You may talk about your great Combinations of capital, your gig- antic monopoliw and enormous trusts, but, after all, Uncle Sam’s most profitdfle asset is the Amen- I can farmer.” VAyerE; Pills "Ilau'c you any idea," said Secre- tary Wilson as he turned to his dusk, picked up his pencil and made some figures on a. slip of paper. "Have you any idea of the money Uncle Sam’s farmer capitalists bring into to this cou'ntry every year? The steel trust, the ship-building trust, and all the other trusts are peanut stands in comparison with it. I don't mean what our farmers sell at home. itiut what they sell abroad. The amount is so enormous you can-‘ not, comprehend it. 1 1n the decade ending 1900 it was more than $7,000,000,000 or on the average more than $700,000,000 a. year. In 1901 our farm exports amounted to more than $900,000,- 000, or almost $3,000,000 for every working day of the year. 4 That means $125,000 an hour, $2,000 a minute or $33 per second. Every time the watch ticked On every one of the days throughout that working? year $33 worth of our goods were dropped into the lap of Europe and three ten dollar gold piecw started on their way back to the United States. 21 capivah'St hunting places to invest l1§s surplus. He has had good crops and good prices, and toâ€"day his de- posits are rolling in like a golden tidal wave, flooding the western bangs with more money than they tun bundle. The local banks are sendin: their money to the east and New York is taking what they can- not laid out in the west. The far- mers not SJtiSfl’ed with American iii-71 \esum 1115;, am sending millions into (‘ 'a11- Vda to buy lands there, ’and still they have money left. Indeed, What they want most is a safe place to put their surplus where it will» _°ing then; a fair rate of interest.” "\\h.1t do you mean t]; a. fair rate, Mr. Secretary?" I asked. "0h. a‘wout 5 per cent.” replied Mr. Wiison. "That is the best you can expect of money now.” Whv don‘t they take up their 1110r1:J.q,- s ’ said I. “Not long go 11 “as said that the whole United St has ms: of Missouri was practi- cull)’ ovmed by the savings banks of \uw England." "That is not so," replied Secre- t .ry Wilson. “Those mortgages 1 lune been paid long ago, and vast \llmS haxe been spent in improving J 1l11- r'zums. we are mortgages 1 still, it is true, but they have been 5 ghen by the sons of the farmers, ‘ who are now buying farms of their I own." ( sm. "It is not so now. You can’t whine on a full stomach, full barns and a full [firOCket-Iuklok. That is the condition 01' the farmer to-aday. He is growing rich. He has become a cn-ditor instead of a debtor. He is IDOL EVERY SECOND, $33 COME IN "But, Mr. Secretary, adafpt my quesjons to the farmers. What do they think of the gigantic trusts which, like Jonah’s gourd, have s; rung up in a. night ?” "'l‘hey are anxious about them,” re; lied the secretary, “but it is from an investment standpoint. They want to know whether they have a. substantial basis, how they are ope- rated. what business they are doing and whether they will keep on pay- ing dividends. The farmers are inâ€" tereszed in the new department of comm:rce and labor and especially in its bureau of corporations. If that human can give them as satisfactory information about the trusts asthe treasury can about, our national hanks there will be no difficulty in their getting a fair share of the far- mer’s money.” "The only man with his coat, off whom I know is the farmer,” replied Secretary Wilson. “With the ordi- n-u‘y laborer 1 have nothing to do. The farmer is a big enou’gh proposi- tion for us here. We are working for him and although we look over the fence now and than at the strug- gles of lafibr and capital, we keep on our way, saying nothing as to any- thing clse, zbiut. steadily sawing. wood." fins are irom nls wpom. u; Luau ur terV iew . “Mr. Secretary, you work as tho- ugh V'ou had Vour coat off, you1 claim to be the represenm’aive of the man V'xth his coat off;1 want to know “hat \ou thin»: of that man in his rnlation to our big combinations of (anital ?" ”The oan man with his coat, ofl‘ \\ hom I know is the farmer, ” replied Mr. Frank Carpenter of the De- troit. Free Press recently interviewed Secretary Wilson of the United States department of agriculture at Washington, and the following pass- ans are [mm his repont of that in- That is the Opinion W by I]. Secretary of Agricultureâ€"An Interesting Talk THE FARM- IS BACKBOIE OF THE AMERICAN NATION ‘Bnt. Mr. Secretary, I thought the IIs the farm l'aibbrer W91} Pal'd 1’" mur posed as a poor man. He , “I think he is,” replied the secre- a chronic whiner, a constant com-.tary of agriculture. “Good men-get .:.n~ r. and he always makes a. poor 2 good wages, varying wrth the local- Uth 1’" ‘ity. In the Northwest, Where, per- jhat may have been so some ‘haps. the most skilled of our gar-m- roplied Secretary Wilâ€" . ers are found, hzred men _get 3-5 a 'month and heard. That IS oxjual to $40 a month without board which is 'good pay for any man. Such a. hand will understand how to use growing rich. He has become a ’farm machinery. He W111 know all litor instead of a ddbtor. He is about crops, and he can, if neces- :pivahsz hunting places to invest Isary, take the farm and manage 1t surplus. He has had good crops himself. In some other parts of the fâ€"rOod prices, and toâ€"day his deâ€" gcountry the wages are less." rs ago." . "It is not so now. You can’t me on a full stomach, full barns i a full {:OCKCt-Iuhlok. That is the .dition 01' the farmer today. He, OL'R FARMER CAPITALISTS he: no nonian. A Growing Climate. The Professorâ€"Do things grow rap- idly in your part or the country? Young Housekeeperâ€"I should say they do. When I order lamb from the butcher it always grows to mutton on the way homeâ€"Woman’s Home Com- “Matter? You know Miss Passee, the old maid that lives down the way. Dawkins told me she was engaged to him, so Just for the fun of the thing I proposed to her, and she accepted me. Now I’m looking for Dawkins.”â€"â€"Lon- don Telegraph. Sch-001 report for mpnth of March: 5th.â€"Ra.lph Hardy, Samuel Min- __. lthorne. Sr. 4thâ€"Lorne Train, Vel- {ma Jackett, Nellie Coad, Mai/cl J or- :{dan, Stella Bowes. Jr. 4thâ€" Kate 1 'Jarmyn. Gkajdys Channon, Mi'ina. Minâ€" ; thorne, Henry Copeland. 3rd class t: i Snapped Up. “You’re looking gloomy today, Tom- kins. What’s the matter?” 18 country during the Revolution. His answer was, “A blamed night more than ever got back.” near enough to aflect the functions of a sixth auditor.” He passed. So did another who, being examined for em- ployment in the treasury, was asked how many soldiers England sent to 'l‘wo Clever Answers. It is reported that a man apnointed sixth auditor of the treasury subject to examination was asked to state the distance of the moon from the earth. His written answer was simply, “Not (Mr. P. Burns, head of the above firm is a Kirkfi'eld man, and with him is associated Mr. C. J. Dug'gan o! Fcnelon Falls. Mr. Dugghn re- cently told Mr. Geo. Jordan that, his company paid the C. P. R. $25,- 000 per month in freights.) BIG CATTLE SHIPMENTS (The Vancouver Province) , Vancouver this summer will be the. ‘shipping point for thousands of cat- tle bound from the prairies of the Northwest; to I)aWSon via, Skagway. 1’. Burns Company, the large stcck-doaling and biztchoring firm of Calgary and Vancouver have just. made a. contract with the Pacific Gold Storm Comp‘nny of Tacoma t0 supply the latter concm'n with 8.500 head of prime steers during thn present your, and the first shipâ€" ment will be sent north from this port on or aa'bout April 26. â€"R0y Coad, Flora Gillies, Emily DOESOn, Howard Hardy, Elsie Goad, Martle Emmerson, Muriel Train, Sa- rah Bowes, Melville James, Roy J amcs. 2nd classâ€"Martha Brown, Francis Dobsvn, Glenn Emme'rson, Irene James, Roflh'ie Copeland. Sr. part midâ€"Ralph James, A'dm Hayes, Jay Bowes. Jr. part 2ndâ€"John Gable, Alvin Galble, Hazel Dundas. Act’d’irectly on the liver. They cure constipation,‘ biliousncss, sick-headache. Said for Gayears. “E": x2: I “"v so that the average hand can do more now than the man of the past. Take the rice lands about the Gulf of Mexico. One American farm hand with our machinery can raise as much rice there in one year 'as 400 Chinese laborers can raise in China employing Chinese methods and Chinese machinery. The condi- ‘tions as to other crops are some- 3'w hat similar. Indeed, the farm ma.- chines enable us to diSpense with a large number of hands.’ 1 LABOR UNIONS FOR FARMERS , ‘ Is farm labor organized, Mr. Se- cretary ? Do the farm hands have trades unions ?” “Not that I know of. The men are so scattered that it would be difficult to orgimize them They are not employed at steady work all the year 1ound, and besides the iarml hand of toâ€"day expects to own a farm of his own a few years from now. He is so busy scheming how he can do that that he has no time to worry over hours and wages.” “How about wages, Mr. Secretary? “That was so for a. time, 1311.. 11101.3 now remain upon the farms. We ham: had a. great immigration of farm laborers and we have seen stea- dily making inventions in farm tonis â€"“But, Mr. Secretary, how about la'b'or matters ? I shou .d think you would have trouble to get men to work on the farms. I understand that most. of the farm boys are go- ing to the cities.” ab'usi'nws, has begun to pay." “It has always paid,” repliedSeâ€" cretary Wilson, “~th managed in a business-like manner. But the day has passed when you can take it up as a. -makeshift. The man who would make money ’in farming to- day must know his farm and how to farm it. He must know the nature of foods, and fertilizers. He must understand the markets and bring the same business judgment to bear that is necessary to the success of other business. Above all the far- mer must keep up with the times and farm scientifically, for it is only in that way that he can get the most out of his land." dollars, in round. 2 credit of the nation. S. S. NO. 7, MARIPOSA ,Lzmgfiuxi. supiose that urging. as The chairs and addresé wemu'not ‘all that Mr. Britton’s friends bu» ught, and. it was not. long before many WW W“.,'P?0pemsd for an. occasion, and a (h Iough- good Cum. ing was apart. r Mi- ?ritton' has‘ pumhqsed Proper “y in. Tdbstmreon mm which he w“; build and reside in the future. a.â€" T-L‘ “I..- ‘L-_-z. -p n. ‘ His! son J ch Mr. Britton was nonplussed. He aI‘OSe to reply hut his thong-his 0811110 with such rapidity and force that they completely disorganized for the time his power of speech. He Was like the bashful lover, thoroughly in earnest, could say very little, but made the right impression. He Was carried back to the time where he ‘and his beloved partner first Set out: so hew themselva out a home. He‘ spoke of the toiis. hankhips, and cares, and of the many then neigh~ bore who had gone, some of whom he had helped to carry to their last resting-mace on earth. Now he Was going. to. leave the neigflgbrhoo¢ , V_ v v 'â€"“‘“‘6’ \uuu‘u a. sale of higs’icck and implements for March 17th, which under the hand of Senator Geo. McH'ugh real- i'zgd a, good figure. nuj. 8.110 mrs. uoorg-c Hritton were takgn completely by surprise on the evening of March 28th. Mr, Britton is one of North Verulam’s most pro- gressive farmers, and having decided ‘to retina from active farming, called The following is the standing of pupils of S. S. No. 18. Mnrigmsu. Names arranged in order of mrrh : Sr. MIL-Maud Sunguin. Mmrl James, Ella Mitchvll. Jr. 41h.â€" Stuart Hall, Allie Jumps. Anniu Kerr, Bertha. Colwill. Arthur Sun- buim. Earl Beadle. Sr. 8rdâ€"Fladu Beadle, Robert Kerr. Mary Snel- grove. Jr. Suiâ€"Mildred Mitchell“ Irene Badman, Stanley Sparks. Sr. 3rdâ€"Edward 'Bell, Iris Sanguine, Nelson Sump'i-n. Jr. 2ndâ€"Millice Campbell, Frank Colwifl. tiOn or the roads. What these pills have done for Mrs. Jones they will do for all suf- fering women if "given a. fair trial. But you must get the genuine with the full name “Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People" on the wrapâ€" per around every box. Sold by all medicine dealers or sent, by mail post paid at 50 Cents a box or six boxes for s2. 50 by writing The Dr. Willinms’ Medicine Co. Broclnille. Ont. There are Bae‘xaehes and Headaches and Days When Life Seems Scamelv Worth Living There comes a time in the life of all women when they are face to 'ce with a grave crisis; when there are distressing blackaches, headaches, , dizziness: when even some women are threatened with the loss of their reason; when they sufl'er because they; are Women. The happiness of woâ€" men fcr the rest of their lives de- pends upon being safely tided over this crisis. Dr. Willi'ams' .Pink Pills have proved a blessing to women at all ages, and are particularly valu- able at two critical periodsâ€"when girlhood is meging into womanhood and when Women are approaching the turn of life.- These pills make the rich, red Blood that stimulates all the organs of the body, expels disease and makes the weary suffer- er ‘brjzhgt, active and strong. Mrs. A. Jones, Cypress River, Man., says: -â€"“Out of gratefulness I fell that I must let you know the good Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have done me. For years I suffered from inflamma- tion of the womb and kindred troubl- les. Only those who have been si- milarly afflicted can tell how much I sufiered, or how dreary life seemed. I tried many medicines but some of them helped me. Then I was advisâ€" ed to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. I am grateful now for that advice, for after using about a 'dozen flexes every symptom of the troubte dis- appeared and life again seemed worth living. It is now sevm'al years since I took the pills. and as there has been no sigm of thetrouiblle since. I feel safe in saying the cure is permanent.” The Ontario government will su‘bâ€" mit to Hon. Edward Blake 1he ques- tion of how far it could go with Sunday legislation. Mr. John Holdernoss, for 85 years proprietor of the AILyion Hotel Toronto, died on Thursday night aft;- er 24 hours’ illness with pneumonia. {and in some cases for a. year, or be ‘ler: withou steed rods a: which Can- ada is very short. â€"The council of St. Thomas has appointed a special committee to confer with the Gas Electric Com- pany, with the object of purchasing the plant. The mayor and the al- dermen are without exception in ia- vor of municipal ownership of the power and lighting franchises. The contract for lighting. the city will scan expire, and city engineer Bell considers that the corporation could do the work more cheaply. â€"On Thursday morning, Mr. John Pollard, editor and proprietor of the N-apanee Express, was overcome by heart disease while on his way to a fire. and died an hour later. -â€"A strong earthlnmke was record- ed at the Toronto observatory on the morning of Apr. 4th at 5.27 o‘clock, The main shock was in Potsmam, Germany. â€"â€"The United States Steel Trust is endeavoring to hit the Dominion Ir- on and Steel Company of Sydney, whose rod mill is nearing completion by forcing their Canadian customers to make contracts for six months, PORT IIOOVERâ€"MARIPOSA anoffl] A CRISIS IN WOMEN’S LIFE FAIRBAIRN Twieafold'l'am Icorgc Britton wc 31.00an ABM"- ware 170th happy lo mes-t. ‘ the dead fish and then went get to land, and utter uuhilc the current took the log cmse to where an old tree had fallen out. mm the stream. The mother made a great jump and got onto the tree. and then walked on it to iani. She was‘ a 1013! piece ahead at [he Kittie wild- cat but she heard him coming and ran back to mact him, and they herself and the little wildcat '0 cat. The fish came near :; piece of :(g that Was near the bh.)'(‘, an! the wildcat jumped out unto the log to got the fish. When Sac gnt out a little way on it. the log began to float out. Lit (hz‘. wildcat was watch- ing the fish and did not notice the log flouting. At last she not the llsh in ”an mouth and looked hark lax-more but it was so far any that «he could not get back. and the log; w... gain: down atmum rust. She called to thy httlo wildcat and he cried as loud us he could when he saw his mother floating down sin-um. He ran along the nhoro to keep her in sight. and called to her all the time. There was a. lot of brush and :logs in the way and the grouud was rough, but he hurried as fast as he could and kept looking out watch- ing his mother. He was nearly ltir- ed out and the lug was getting a good piece ahead at him. lint his mother was looking for a chance to get to land, and after awhile the current too“ the 10': [3:690 11. \rhnrn stomach, then dyspepsia, biliousness, loss of appetite. Your doctor knows the remedy, used for 60 years: somewhere. If the skin then boils, pimples, rashes. if the nerves, then neuralgia, neg-y. ousnees, depression. If the After awhile the big wildcat saw a dead fish floating a little 130cc from shore. and she wanted to get. it for The hunter did not shoot the wim- cat for he felt pity for the little one, an‘d any way he could not. get across the river to get them if he did shoot them. So he just watched tin-m. THE TWO WILDCATS One day a hunter was by the edge of a wide swift river. He looked across and saw a wildcat on the cth, or side. The wildcat did not see him. Then he saw a fittle wililozat follow- ing the big one. it “as the big wrildcat’s baby. it «us a smart little fellow and kept pretty close to its-mother, but, sometimes it, had hard work to do it, and fell over sticks, and logs. But its mother a!- ways waited for it if it ‘ould not keep up. not see the wooJchnck. li.-;n (In woodchuck started to dig :1 he‘c in the ground under Lila: edge of the pen. and got out, and went avvuy rack in the field to his nole. ”-2 was wry tired and slept soundly all night. But the woodchuck “as getting tired sitting up .md watching so much, and he Was afraid :1}! 1h? time. At East night cs. me «n. and it got dark. Then the eagle could One day some Boys caught. a wc.-.Jâ€" chick in a trap, and they put him into the eagle’s pen. 'I'he eagle “as very angry when he saw the wood- chuck, and screamed at him. The ‘woodchuck was :xfruJ. l'ut he ”an over in a corn-3r and go‘. up on ms hind legs and watched the. eagleThc eagle flew down at him and tried to pick him with his hill, and scratch him with his claws. But. the wood- chuck faced him and nearly caught him by the foot with his teeth, and the eagle watt back onto his bar. He flew at the woodchuck .guzte a few times, but. the woodchuck was watching and made him go back. WOODCHUCK AND EAGLE. A man out at flakwnd had an eagle that some ene lzucl 51101: in the wing and given him. The eagle's wing got. well and he had a pun like a big cage. There was a but across it. for the eagle to sit. up on. At first. he was afraid when maple came to look at him, but. after a while he got used to that, and was quite bold. He liked to see people can.- ing to look at him, for they often gave him meat and bread L.) mt. lsu‘lmsomctimes boys pckul mxcks through the bars, and then the eagle got very angry and cracked his bill, (lapped his wings and Streamed at them. '1' hey at}; . home. .-u the hc'e in :‘nc pen. rack To Hannah. md Omdim North- ;r‘uté will lave {mate oven-[yr Tu; y -r II I l 'l ._ cient busine- oflan, an l Flanagan have"! without live id tutu $428M leaving Toronto “1.613.111. ‘ PWu-a than with Event! at r~hou3d take tho “Playing Toronto 329nm. the Settlc’ts 0mm [mm Ille Novella Milling (0. LIMITED. farmers, Attention W. G. ELLIS, Feneion Falls. The Steamer Dawn iWAll PAPER I am in the big market and can supply anythmg wanted in above on best terms free of any cost to you. Write today to Money to Loan 4} per cent. up. Real Estate BUSINESS CHANCES 565 Sherbonrnest. , WM. WARREN FOR SALE SOUND CHOP FOOT OF KENT STREET. 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