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£233 in: COMPLAINT THAT Mlmsrrmv HAVE NOT VISITED THE WEST. MR. BORDEN IN TOUCH. MR. PUGSLEY MUST FACE THE MUSIC. Optawa, Nov. 9, 1907. _ The successful tour of Mr. Burden m the West has filled the Govern- {neat party with anxiety and envy. The Opposition Leader has addressed meal: party Wim annety arm «31qu The Opposition Leader has addressed: es which nan been maae agamsr. members, he was in accord with the Shit? meetings in the 1_a.st. tWO and' Opposition, though' his demand for a half months, 598mg to nearly investigation was not limited to Min- _1UU,000_P60P18, agnd Inakmg 3 deep isters and their supporters, but in- impresszon by his fair and honest. eluded both parties. statement of the facts, his clear un- nouncement of the Conservative pol- icy. his fearlessness and sincerifo', and by the merits and popularity of his_platform. _ MR. FIELDING AND THE STRINâ€" GENCY. Mr. Fielding has expiained to: the ,, LL-L LL- __:....:.‘- nnnnn A + A MR. BORDEN AND 1HE WEST .There are Signs of uneasiness in gm crnment ranks. The Liberal cr- gan at Ottawa admits the grett suc- cess of Mr. Borden’s tour, especially in the West, and complains rather bitterly that no Minister of the Crown has thought it worth while} to hold meetings throughout that; part of Canada. The organ goes on? to lament the fact that Sir Wilfrid has scarcely been seen by the settl-i ers in the West since he became r‘reâ€" ‘ nuer. Hardly one of his colleagues is snown throughout that region or has taken the trouble to learn any- thing about Western conditions. Mr. Borden has twice within a few years visited every important town and village west of Lake Superior, and is probably better acquainted with the condition. the needs and the views of the people in the newer and larger half of Canada than even those ministers who represent West- ern constituencies. They know their own localities. but Ms. Borden has studied the circumstances of new Western province and constituency. It is not surprisin that ehere‘ should be complaint er the indifie erence of ministers who find time to go on European tours, to visit Un- ited States resorts, and to take their one at summer homes, while year alter you the? h?“ never 1”” PAGE SIX THAT MINISTERS MR. BOURASSA WILL BE BESS- GENCY. Mr. Fielding has explained to the press that the principal cause of the financial stringency in this country is the fact that business has increa more than available capital. cause which he did not mention is that iederal taxation has doubled. While private persons who spend too much have difiiculty in obtaining money, the Goyprnment which spends Ln..- able to visit the four Western Provâ€" inces, much less to addressga public meeting. Mr. Bourassa. has recently been a healthy influence in~the.- House, as he was thoroughly independent, abso- lutely fearless and needy to .anegnn mv .u'J, vâ€"v v-v too much is able by increased taxa- tion to obtain the means to eontin- ue its extravagance. Mr. Fielding has taken $150, 000, 000 more out of the prodnetivo industlzies of the coun- any wrong that he saw in either party. When in the last session he stood out for investigation of charg- es which had been made against -_- r_-â€"_v-_ try in eleven years than he would have taken if he had nOt increased the amount of taxation per head pald by the people of Canada. The excess now reaches $30,000,000 a year, which in itself is suficient to produce a. financial stringency. In fact the one place where no string- ency is noticed is the spot where the Dominion Government transacts business. While traders, manufactur- ers and farmers find that money com es in slowly the Department of Fit:- ance makesy its boast that the in- come of the Government will this ymbe$100m000000 andthat the gainoverlastyearisabontflHOOO- 000,000 a month. But the Govarn. gents: not producing much to show :1 ‘ In iant long finoe‘Sir‘ Wilma WILL BEAR WATCHING. One of the principal district engin- eers on the Government motion of the Transcontinental . Railway has ybeen asked to resign. Major Hodgb ms, whorserved with distinction Ain Laurier was quoting the high prices of Canadian stocks, describing the feeling of confidence and financial se- curity that prevailed, and telling 6f the yabundance of money and credit available for all Canadian purposes. The Premier boasted then that these conditions were proof that Provi~ dence and prosperity were on the side of the Government. “We do not need to argue that Canada 13 prosperous under our Goveinmem.," the Premier said, “Canadians know it themselves.’ Now, here is his Finance Minister trying to explain financial stringencies, the low price of stocks, the cur! ailment of credit and the evident feeling of anxiety that exists in financial circles. Hm Providence changed sides 1 South Africa, and has been regarded as a superior engineer, is disappear- ingfrom the service under circum- stances which the Transcontinental Commissioners do not clearly ex- plain. Chairman Parent denies that the omeer was dismissed because he refused to certify to earth emvation as rock cuttin But it is known tha smissal is due to some trouble n relation to the treatment of contractors, and the public will await with some anxiety information on this subject. three journals and all. Then _ho started proeeedings against the Nineteenth Century we hear the last of Mr. Emâ€" merson’s libel nroeeeution of Editor Crockett of the Fredericton Gleaner. Mr. Emmerson first took action for at the time the}. Sir Fred; Bofden annonqces that he is institqting libgl It_is interesting g9 n_ote_ thgt jyst. A COINCIDENCE. 006. v':_ M w m luu My â€"â€" .7 - ‘ be wonie i the w don of this plea. The Supreme Court not tho'othu: «broad than V33 no sign of the appeal- The mt- $0! babeen dropped. and the uto- apayere of the County of York on nay called upon to pay the expenses 01 the Prosecution, including the toes of witnesses who were brought trom 1°38 distances, but Were not allow“! '50 teStifY- It is a queer coin¢idcnoc that this collapse should be unnouzg- 0d. at the same tima that SLr Fr . n...:... t...:..- we Iihe] suit with the that this collapse should no 9330“"? ed at the same time that 81:: Fred. Borden begins his libel smt Wlth the same announcement that Mr. Em- m nmade of an intention ‘to 93% it out to the bitter end." Mr PfigsISAW-OFF Ne . B . ey's organ 'n w runs- wick suggests .that 1}! Mr. Borden will cea’se from his campmgn in fav- or of electoral purity there need be nothing more said about the charges made by Mr. Pugsley concerning:- ' ' ' 1 . . Opposition will continue his cam- - _1°-...-..d> mani‘c Upyvashlvu n..- "_._7 mm, and when Parliament meets, Mr. Pugsley will be asked to “make good." » . The answer is about to be given,to the report‘ that the London conspir- ‘acy prosecution will be abandoned in consideration of the fact that the Liberals did not put up a candidate in London against_N_Iajqr Beattie. _In in Will“ "D â€"â€"â€"V __. a few days the trial of the conspir- ators will come on. REGULAR MEETINGS TO BE HELD IN THIS DISTRICT. The dates for the regular meetings of the Farmers’ Institutes in this dlstnct are givenjpelow‘.” m f‘ The speakers will be Mr. T. G.‘ Raynor, B.S.A., Ottawa; Mr. F. H. Reed. B.S.A., Agricultural Teacher at. the Lindsay Collegiate Institute ; Mr. G. C. Drury, B.S.A., Crown Hill ;; and Dr. Annie Backus, of Ayl- mer. The latter will address the Ladies' Institutes. The meetings of the Women's Institutes Will be held on the same days, and in the eVen- 'ings there will be joint mettings of ‘ the Farmers’ Institutes and Women's Institutes. __ __ -o Sunderland Township Hall, Nov. 12th. ~ Bethany, Town Hall, Nov. 14th. Oakwood Town Hall, Dec. 3rd. Lindsay, Town Hall, December 4th. Bobcaygeon, Town mall, Dec. 5th. mienelon Falls, Dickens’ Hall, Dec. _ Ennismore, Town Hall, Dec. 7th. Lakefield, Town Hall, Dec. 9th. Supplementary meetings will be held at other places in the district, but the list has not yet been finally agreed on for these. the good citizenâ€"the petriot who objects because he hopes for im- provement and desires itâ€"he must gofurther than feuitâ€"flnding and grumbling ng. He must ste'te e_ remedy orimplyeoune. Andthisllr. Co- nant has done. The remedy is plain- iy suggested in Mr. Conent's letter. The cure is simple, end the people may may eoeomplish the cure. leeeTum out a b government! better men, this tion 0pc! bLOdy lers and men of ease moral leen- ings! And if the next g‘vernment does no better, thai turn it out! but the voters keep “e-turning” in this way, and it. will soon become ev dent to the iitieiene thet hon- esty must be e only policy. Then we may have, at leest, decent gov- ernment, even as the have thet “$03.,“ 0“ L“ that suggestion. to heve much vehemey be from Mr. Comt’e letter. Hetelle how_ the ‘_‘Nebob" system wes_ ebol- the Ind1an civil service to make nioney out of his ofice. He is held to be a trustee, and may not abuse his trust by taking advantage of it to his own gain. It is time a simi- lar law was passed for the regula- tion of ministers and deputies hav- ing to do‘ with the public estate in Canada. Sir Wilfrid takes the posi- tion that it is not his duty to order an investigation of any de artmcnt till specific charges are pr ced in the House Yet in Eng land, as a recent case shows, the 3bare suspic- ion that the head of a department has grown wealthy during his term of omce, is deemed a suficient rea- son for compelling him to disclose where he got it; and, a fortiori, it should bego so here. The great apos- syof the Liberal party, its aban- donment of every good tradition and betrayal of every sound principle, has done much; to itnpair the charac» ter of the Canadian peo;ple and for this Sir Wilfrid, more than any other, is respofisible: 'T An' fool «in ‘ ‘cize. Any ass on g“! fault. 0E3 the who manâ€" FOR LOWERING OF STANDARD OF MORALITY IN CANADA. AN IMPLIED REMEDY FOR LOOSE POLITICAL MORALS. In the last issue of the Weekly Sun, of Toronto, there appears a strong, well.written letter in which the Laurier Government is quite harshly arraigned for its wrong-do- ing. The writer of this letter is Mr. W. C. Conant, of Oshawa, “an old- time Liberal. Mr. Conant among other things hits out at the loose ideas of political morality in Can- ada toâ€"day. ~â€" -â€" \ q ished in Englishv litics. Could not such a law be pmod on Cunudt’s statute books 7 Would not it be well to make it an'ofieuoe tor my quGovu-nment pflgiulr to profit in ‘;sxde;ines” by v rtuo of his omoial positlout : ' . _ “61nd: has lost push-mot only m m, but in, moralityâ€"by thin u- . ' - ' in “aid:- lip‘osl" The “than! sition a pm! mtg~~u upland: [91' He says : “Long ago England was shocked though the standard of morals was low, by the appearance in politics of men, nicknamed na- bobs, who had returned from India with great fortunes. They bought their way into parliament, and, .with their wives and concubines, and bro- thersâ€"in-law, displayed all the insol- ent vulgarity of the highâ€"flying Can- adian boodler. Now, however, it is a criminal offence for a member _of EARMERS’ INSTITUTE MEETING BLAMES SIR WILFRED LAURIER PLEASE ;'FORK” UP. The Echo says :â€"'-'H.r. Peter Blair, of Blairhunpton, kindly requeota the parties who borrowed a. {or}: from him without asking for it to return the Same forthwith. Mr. Blair simply want. hi. proper- ty "forked over", no doubt. Talk about walking contests, run- ning contests, or athletic sports ! Here is a sport that is a sport, and moreo'ver it might prove useful as well as interesting. This new sport is one introduced by La Presse. ,the great French daily, of Montreal. It is a weight carrying contest, and the weight lies in a bag containing 200 pounds of salt. Contestants are simply required to carry the bag as far as possible. In the last con- test held recently. the event was won by a French farmer named Oolette, who carried the 200 pounds of salt for 3 hours and 38 minutes, and made a distance of over 3 miles. It is hardly to be expected that such a contest would take in Ontar- io sporting circles, as the work feaâ€" ture is too. thinly disguised. How- eVer, if dumbbells or square pieces of lead plainly marked as part of the game were substituted for the common salt, the new sport might even. become popular in this prosiac provmce. Oakwood, Nov. 9. .HeIp/Help ‘ 1’ m FaIII'nCflE saved! This was because Ayu’sHuthot-hamulu mutilate. Pam-(Indra acted by i germ, and this medicine mplecdym fiasmmfil‘hcathehakhy wpmmwym. Thu cried the hair. And. find-achbotmenaora- _‘cue with a bottle cl Ayer't a This is Sport Inenom Bros. Woollen (0., limited WILLm-BT.. LINDSAY THE WEEK’ En. mm, with fri‘ W Station; Mrs. John M u. Sandal-land. m Mend. ct. Uxbridge Nun-on with friends . m Duo went. to M to work at Ike _ Dottie Bell will 51 W mu his return. M Drain. Arthur ll! Visiting friends DONGOLJ a heavy snow on on Thursd Rusland but 3‘