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Won E5“ that on! In- 1r] 1’! Having the but harbor at Midland m the best route, via Lindsay and year. He is to have two fine large Can- 361an vessels to bring Canadian grain Iron: Port Arthur, and passengers as well, to Parry Sound; and he expects” have to double track his railway in an- other year or two. Mr. Booth has not been talking and passing resolutions, and asking the government to build his road; he has gone on quietly and neeomplinhed great things. He has shown what can be done, and his energy and enterprise hereopened the erase! others to the necessity of putting tort]: best eflorts to secure a. larger share of this enormous trade. The Wu of a big efievatot at Hid- lsndhsssnsbledthe Grand Trunkto snterths mmmmkelsstseason a very creditable showing M . l ed lbw. Parry Sound Railway and l:u'lt his elevators and secured the b'g lake nteamers to carry western grain to :13 Georgian Bay terminus. Mr. Boath expects next season to more than double the splendid record of his first to. for autumn routes the loruot ”Halo photo will entitle w nuan- obl- proJeot to can!!! caudal-win by tho [overrun-at and by that who wokh and orltlotu pubuo prawn. The hot that than you“ down the his to 53!!an loot your about 800,000,000 Mahala of grain. while Midland moth ad. only 0.000.000 and Fury sound 11.- 600.0M buholo. wow. that. Lt. lo “no la Chub to ho up and doing: and tho ro-owokonluc of public tum-«t. to 'l'orouto in this motto: to very grott- lying. though w my not. stereo with In plou- now proposed in the city. ' Qoronto capital and Toronto outer- prina. it it is to comm with :03 But!- olo route, must emulate the outer- orioo of that city. and must provide filo “indopondont nilway." and the elevator and other terminal facilities, mt only at Toronto ”salt. but at .the leorgmn Bay port to bo lolecte'l as the best for the business Mr. Boo‘h'a) forcs ght nni onutpris“ hasoonotrucf- l 'fié’publié‘ipirit and enterprise of rotate, recently revived by the din- cnnion at the grain transpa'tatim )roblen and the good praspocts of securing for Canadian routes awry much larger portion of the grain carrying trade from the West and North-West to the sea has crystallized in two satts of resolutions, in which. atâ€"‘ tor long at! labored recitals the m- .‘mion government is called and) to construct an independent railway from some not-named Georgian Bay port to Toronto, this “independent nihty" to form with the great lake. and. the a. hmuoo mob. the “great national train route” of Cmuda. Thin is the “libero“ opinion of the hum! of trod. 3nd of A public meeting at citi- Ieno called by Mayor Show. to disease the question. md led by Mr. W. F. No- Leon. 3.?” of the World. nnwui from Georgian any port. â€" {avian-“Whit will has but“ for the hunt» promoter: dmbuhonotomboutaomfor government nuisance on the “hon! not. anticipated. The multitude of um um ud tho mummy or nour- TORONTO AND NATIONAL ROUTES. note are nearly a dozen railway bill.» mainly for the donlopmont of our new northern and north-western territory. ' One of local interest is en- titlod “the Minute. Lindsay and To- ronto Boiling," to run from Golden. on the Pony Sound lino, near Golden Lake. to themtern tonninnsof the Irondaloroad. Thiswouldopenanew route from Toronto vi: Links: to the Pembroke section of the Ottawa Valley, and ultimately canpanies. Mar. Hardy’s timber policy commands popular approval, and it there is O temporary loss of revenue the province will be quite willing to take the macros. nomhe r: mum's BO0KSIQ§E Order by Mail. Good Selection Promised. FEBRUARY 14th. St. VALENTINE’S DAY fife Weekly Post. m Lines :1: no. vanadium"... .. Choice Selection of NEW VALENTINES at R. 5. PORT ER’S Bookstore. OM half a dam to the capital itself. maze im... 7 "19616 in...” 3‘9be In...” It ‘6 3 oil. cu] .We often hear that such-and-such a concession cannot be obtained because congress would never consent to it. Well, we have our parliament and leg- islatures, too, which can be obstinate when the occasion arises, and it is cer- tain that those bodies will never up- prove- of any other policy than clue of Canadian products for Canadian mills. That wiJJ be the settled policy of this country, no matter what the American congress may do. It will be remember- ed: that at the opening of the commie- eion there was a great deal of gossip to the effect that the act of {the On- terio legislature compelling the man- ufacture o! loss within Ontario would be disallowed. The Dominion govern- ment speedily gave the quietu's to than reports by declaring that the “7 should!» left to “9701160!- __.,, .l Whether or not our oomlulonere at. Wuhlnaton will be ehle to obteln tree entry for Canadian lumber and wood pulp into the United Stetee we do not know; but we do know 'thet unless that free entry in eeeured. the feelin of the people of this country will be very decidedly against allow- ing the export of the raw material, and that our governments will obtain the u-most unun'mom support of the country Ln can-zylng out any means th y can: devise to give our own prople lair p‘ay. Our friends uczoss the Lee may put on’any tar‘u’f they p'euse. but it is certain that they will not be allow- el to have the tariff up for one pur- pose and down for another, as it may suit their convenience. tho prlnolphl ammn m In tho lumbar qmclon. The Nahum of «rum mourn mm appear to b. nll powutul M. Wuhlncton on tho mlntemnoo o! the pmnt dull“. Our Conmlulonorl have “hon a {lull «and. l: the log. co ln (up. the lun- bor null; no la 1m ulna. We oordlslly ondom the (allowing tron the Globe. hurlnc on thin qmtlon: The intemu ol Can-d: have been carefully onto-guarded by the CAM- dum Dominion-u. gunman. u. unwlu and “patriotic «(am at «mu: for: organ to flow um a nos-[flu o! Oman 1m to ho 0mm 11 tho trenty in unused. and ana- u of trouble settled. it will be calamit- ly satisfactory. but it the Commission foils. we can get nlonc without it. The Canadian Cami-sinner. have node an excellent impression at Wuhinctou. and even it there in no treaty. their visit will luv. a good effect. and will lmprovo the relation: botmn thin country and tho Unltod Staten. {there appears to be reasonable pros: pact of the Commissioners at Wash- ington arranging a. fairly autistic- tory treaty upon ulmoot. every sub- ject under consideration. except as to lumber and pulp nr pulp wood. Thin, 3t lent, may be gathered from the contradictory reports that have from time to time appeared in the papers. ‘ It will be quite proper and in word- anoe with general policy for the Do- minion government tmmke suitable harbor improvements, but to build an independent railway, put up elontore atmmmdattheeeagionnoy terminus, would be a. new departure, and: no government would enter light- ly upon it. In our humble opinion the enthusiasm of the Toronto men who are making speeches and moving reso- lutions should be directed upon with the public-spirited and wolthy men_ who should be willing to go into on «3- terpriee of this kind and finance it. This beine acne the whole province'- wouldjoin unin saying “Quotient; weapon” * The) in doingtoo little-ad “kin. no much " {the Toronto idea. appear; to be that as the government have spent large sums in canals, and as the changes in lake shipping has produced different conditions, the government should now. inorder toaecure thelnrgeatsharedf the trade for the St. Lem-once, step in: and build the straightest and level- eet portage railway from 11 Georgian Bay port to Toronto. But why to To- mntoi Because Toronto happens to be the‘ newest port on the Ontario or . lemme level. In our opinion the To- ronto people have again evinced the paltry spirit which called forth Can- ning’s rhyming dispatch, to vary slightly.â€" .We are assuming that Montreal and Quebec will promptly make suitable improvements to acoommoiate the new trade, in harbor accommodation, eleva- tors and shipping. If nothing is done at the east the business will be block- ed and Buffalo will combine to mon- opolizethetrade. ,' dawn the river. For all rail, or put rail and part'mtor. from Georgian Bay to Montreal this route on show more advantages and stronger claims than any otherâ€"as tnyone can see by looking at a. good map. As we have before stated it any route is to be cmidered the “national mute,” and on that ground to receive largo government assistance the Mid- land route via Lindsay and Belleville. can make out the best case. If it is cheaper to take to the water to Belle. ville or Kingstonâ€"and thence down the St. Lawrenceâ€"it will simply be a. matter of providing suitable facilities at those placesâ€"and "let her slide" FAIR EXCHANGE (DR-NOTHING. Trunk management, but we are very much mistaken it a man of Mr. Hays’ energy and decision will shrink from the bold and enterprising measures .needed to secure the largest possible share of this enormous trade, which the experience of the past season has shown can be taken this way in volume to be measured only by the railway's transportation capacity. Grand mnk’s volnnie should not in- crease from law bushels to 60.- 000, 000 bushels. It )8 simply 6 Question lake shipping has produced different vator facilities at all needed points, and, if need be, a. double-track railway. â€"‘Thohlltolthobokh, “Vapoolâ€"CIouâ€"Spot wheat, dull: red winner, 6: 1d; No. 1 Northern, 5 lld; Indian, 0. 8d;No.1 031.. a 754.1: futures, rod winter, in Bxd to: Match and h 7 1-8:! for Ila. was steady 8- 81! for new and 3| 8!“ forold; tutu": quit», a- 63a for m and as 6 1~8d to: flu. Flour, It. Britt-h Markets. Liverpool. Fob. 7.â€"(18.80.)â€"No. 1 N0?" spring wheat, 53 115“: No. l 03L. 65 734d to 63 8d; rod winter, 6:; corn. new. 3: 8)“; old. 80 96: peas, 5: 106: pork, 50; lard, 89¢; tallow, 23s: bacon, long out, heavy, Blod; light, 279: "o': 118M, 88'; choose, both Willis and colored, £93. 'IUI'I'I AND VNI‘I‘AILII. ”pupa-bu ........ exeoeotseo Pototoea. per hoe ...... 05 76 lent BIO-lo Cattle Unket. Eels Bnflalo, Feb. 8.â€"Ceteleâ€"’1'he on‘erlnge yesterday were 10 loade, that armed late; about all the odeflnge were sold, has at we to 160 lower. The tool- ing generally in eaey. bheep and Lamha --'l'he ofle. Inga wero 23 loade. 'l hue nee no particular change in the poeltlon of the market tram yesterday’a close. The basis was $5 10 to 6J5. Lambsâ€"Choice to'exua, new $5.10 to 85.15; good to cholee, :5 to 35.10; m:- to good, £4.75 to $5. Sheepâ€"Choice to extra, “.95 to $1 50; good to eholce, 84 ”$4.85. Heal- The market opened somewhat elow, but with n lalr general demand. Heavy hone were quotable $4.05; medium, 88.95 to 84; You-here, 88.00; pigs, £3.65; laughs, 83.00; stage, $2.50 to 82.75. The ofler- mge were pretty Well cleaned up and Yorkers on the clone were strong and on the heels of 88.95. rouu'lw. 01min". It! fill! ..... 00 00 to 00 lo Turk-n. per "L. .. 11 10% Spring duh, pa ”11.00 88 Gmwlh........... 07 09 HAY AND I'I'IIA'. limit-only. mum." oo 00 00 Huy.olonr.pam.... 600 I ammuumnm... 700 sumac-quanta... no â€" mummy-rm... coo 500 mm vacuum. Balm. lb. tom ........ 00 ll to to Bl 8mm. 10m mm”... II no Runner 1116......” 8! Bl Tom receipt- et live neck {a lent week wen: 8.201 cattle, 1.860 sheep, 8,419 hop. Weigh teal-MIDI. 8180.86. Ton! eanena ol expateettleend sheep in. Onea- eltl the United Stetee. with the exception at the pat at 'St. John, were .- follow: Sheep. 4.968; cattle. 6.980. (or the week endintl'eb. t. Expateetthoholoe....u 50 to M 75 Expatentthligbt....4so 450 Bulls, m expat. I 85 8 to 13011:, Mum”!!! cum-y ......... a 50:» 4 00 Rod done, but ....... I Minnow. out. Mull Alum. em to m. Alamo, nod. No. I Ah,“ .MO ”0. . on! Timothy. m........ nuns. vim. but. . .. u.... 8 nun-.00: 883:388 Hogs, nan: 1m ........ 4 00 t 8‘. Hoga, heavy ht: ....... 3 87 Hogs. com ............ 3 00 Toronto It. Lawn-co lurked. 0mm. What,wa bush ..... 0018000 â€"- What, rod. 0003...... 71 71 What, Fife. twin. hub 70}; fl Wingspan, bulk“... 09 O! Rn,bulL............. 88 - 0.“. M ---------- o o o 8‘ _ Badman-t. WL. 55 â€" Bum,bul........... 50 51 Poll. MIL........... 08 0| Butch-23', good ........ Batches] modulo ..... Betcha-3', common. . . . Butchm’. Interior ..... Much oowu, ouch. . . .‘ Calves, each ........... Sheep, put out ......... Spring lambs. ouch" . . . Boa, 160 to 200 lbs. each. . . . Hogs, llgh‘ Hoga, ham Bnm' «silo, pack-d and m mind 8 86 Stocking-d median” Toto-to Live Stock. Tomaso. Fob. 8.â€"Booolpu o! Ila-took was how m. 80 unloads, eon- poudotfiflcuflo, 585.509.8500»:- nnd 80 calm Tho anally d to: some on {nu-1y good. although than no noon tho. should Invariant-dam loom n Minneapolis. â€" Toronto red. 69* Toromo, No. 1 hard (now) 88 Chicago... New York. lilwaukee. St. Louis. .. . Toledo ...... Detroit ...... Duluth, No. 1 Northern. . . Duluth, No. 1 Dunn, and the May option “mood nanny. out a bushel. The rho. bounce. brought out collars. and the who: dronpod 1)“, closing go below notor- day’o final quotations. Leading When lurkeu. Cash. Feb. May. July. Cblmga.....8â€" .â€" 878 07035 New York... â€" â€"â€" 75% 704 Liverpool. Feb. 8.â€"Yeeterdey spot when declined 54:: per camel. Futu- reeovered to the omen: of 8-8:! to 7-81! per cent-l ova- the previous clone. . sumo. Feb. 8.-The speculative wheat market wee active “all: yeeeerdey. Doro in: the early par: of the aeedon commie- don bone. and foreigners were goo] rho IOVCIIIOIt o! Whoa: â€"lmgul If Price. In. Loading Controlâ€"Liv. Stock Ian and Eluwhcn -‘roronto Pile... COMMERCIAL NEWS. general public: could bet plscsd dnriu the winter month and bent there until snitsble weather-arrived in the sprinc'to per- mit of final interment, has long been felt by those who have occasion to visit the cemetery in cold weather. Atten- tion was very torcibly directed to the need on Saturday last. at the Innersl of the late Mm. Thcxton. 0n the arâ€" rival of the funeral cortege at [2.45 p. m. the grave was not completed, al- though the work was commenced early in the day, and the friends were of necessity compelled to remain standing on the snow {or over an hour, nntilthe gave was completed. The new Roman tholick cemetery has been provided with a very suitable vaultâ€"as are al- most all cemeteries of any size in the province; The Riverside Cemetery Company should give the matter the confidential) it M Ito 5.1M the erection of a vault would prove profitable to the cannany. and certain- ly would boa great convenience to the K'iii'éfiéVimn' snow MARKET REPORTS. 7o}; WEEKLY POST. 69% 2% 69% 4800 975 836 , 55 nJEiioim no: mic. cb'qu‘zbof‘ 235: noting what he on do to mwnpom: 27s: “a am '0“ sad and W“ m. m and m 3...: u... (in to lack of prom" mu: m. TOUPBRS AND was m M ’ 5 t M“ a” do... In: {31... Emu; 1%.?“ng Scour- M 71% 78% 18% 70% ES...‘ ""' : “a. 0mm. .4 m . a.“ m... au’u mu of prom! mt. TOUPBRS AND wms m M / lathe litâ€"dom- by “I. Sour. ‘- omil Wh any! Y... J h- aunt-1 50M. 30'. but... niskamthmumw.nd-m:ndddmndu Magnum. All wiififiRm Ion-o. .o-unnn. mun! 1m, .3”, a. 05.91 mm” rounu-y ms. area m bu demonunued 16 on: I hundrod thou-ad per-on: tlut. the utiflcinl mlontion o! the downed loch in prc eminently would to their HEALTH. COMFORT cud GOOD LOOKS. Of has he bu aided my m. “th 3nd (lo-ign- w his lug. collection ad 1. now in a position by suit every out of bad- Mum-mm. Em!” uhonld .oelm mind Mom... in Wlp, m Wu'oy “3 Phil! mum Stitch‘s, ow. The Loss of the Hair Push. mu. up.“ to wan will an hush.“ hunt umlumhlm photo don clarion, u I do upon-tor week. y pdoumrigh. (Jim woo!“ “”“W .t“” ASTRACHAN JACKETS, 30 inches long. as low 'as $12 so ; better quality at 0.0.0.0.... 0.. I00...00.0.0.0...l5.mand.200m LADIES' FUR MUFFSâ€"A large lot of Opossum, Electric Seal. Grey Lamb, for choice, each.... ..... ...... ...... ”“8200 LADIES’ FUR CAPESâ€"A few Short Ones as low as $3 50. were worth $10.00; Long Styles....$5.oo, $7.50, $10.00 and $12.00 8 LADI‘ES' FUR LINED CLOAKSâ€"a little ofi' styleâ€"just the thing for an evening amp, were sold for $2.00. $15.00 and $18 00 “ch, “O'ChOiwfmcoeooooooocoo-coco .0... 0000000 Oil‘sm CARPET WEAVING. “my PROF. DORENW EN D Thos. Armstrong 8: Br0., The Goods are made by people who know how t1 every article of Fur; Linin before bought so low. Our Purchase at about __: firm of J. W. T. Fairweatbcr town, consists of To 3 lady or Gentle-u II a Great Allen... ‘. 3. umuvn. ' Heath-nun to: 3.1m... Kudvm K‘Iflk, Int Wad. tad Blwkmlm’ 8.22;... Fine Home-Manufactured Furs. P101. Donndwand OUR OBJECT-- SATURDAY, FEB. 11, ART HAIR GOODS MANUFACTURING FURRIERS. 'fl'l ALL II!" 0’ WILL II A! 'l'fll J. G. EDWARDS 00. NAILS FEW QUOTATIONS : we are selling at to-day. and it’s wise for builders to buy at once as all iron and steel products. includ- ing Nails. Barbed and Plain Wire have an up- ward tendency. Have been advanced in price by the manufncturers over 25¢ a keg,and it is the general opinion that it will not be long before Wire N oils will be 60¢. a keg higher then the prices made from Good Skins, well furred, well dressed and had ’em made up 10‘” to make every flash of the needle count; who can put finisn into Linings also are good; style most correct. Equal excellence was never about 50 PER CENT. OFF REGULAR PRICES from the well-known J. 0. Sam 0 CO- '~_~. r.ti||dh. y. , of Peterborough, who are going out of business in that To turn everything over short a time as possible. WWMMImcmâ€"thmiano thi-Mdlumainms-Jorrim E." E. W. McGAFFEY. MEN‘S HEAVY ULSTER COATSâ€"- 5O PAIRS ODD PANTS, were $3.00, 3275 and 8176, all for ............................... HANDSOME BEAVER OVEROOATS, $1400 812 00. $10 50. all for ...................... 20 OVEBOOATS. were $8.00. $6.00 and $5 00. all for ..... . .................................. 74 SUITS in MEN’S and YOUTHS’, were $10 004 38.00 and 86.00.31! to: ...... , ............... at prices that make this Clothing Sale doubly important. because it speaks of some Bargains in genenl and some very special. The Clothing Department comes forward and token its position in the great Mid-winter Sale. Will you be present ? We're just through tilting flockâ€"thin evetlt occurs once a year. We’ve decided to clear cut our Mcchfrey Sim/e. You will find all through ourstock Bargains liketbeabove Comeinforyonrselfnndnee. Thcgrutnessofanoppottunity dependant! the useyoumake of it. Here is one thrown at you. Miguhkcboodngmdnpidnomnginourmmknepanment phfidMfl-vfigtflfidc. FUR CAPS-Start as low as $100 each. A big lot have been laid out,cacha‘uooooooc econ-oo- .ooo.ooooooooooo sooonoeooo$2.m GREENLAND SEAL GAUNTLETS, cach.... . . . . . . . . . $2.00 $10.00 kind for ............................ $5.00 kind for ............................... $8.00 kind for .............................. onn cons .................... $1 50 and Overcoats. Suits. Pants. iVesfitis, KENT-ST., LIN DSAY. AND NOW THE .T/ze.. ”““““ and Boys’ Clothing, EB W. McGafiy. T??? 77?? $99.": $4.00 '.§‘.’:99.f'f‘.‘.§§.99: $2.00 {$3.99. 337???? $1.00 Ts’ ..‘.‘.‘.‘.‘.’9.’ $800 $7. 00 $3 50 $6.00 $2.00 stat!