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LINDSAY. FRIDAY' 1.25 per nu; s! 09 If paid In advance direct)” WSW '0 have no Wuhan agents. WILSON C9 WILSON, 1The London Advertiser, Wltuuub an“ the fear of lese majestic before its ' in}; eyes. calls Col Sam Hughes “an 012- i eat, tum nmsance." Not so; Col Sam,‘ wit is» the effervescent powder that gives wit {in and sparkle to the ditch water pre' dullness mm which parliament. often due I nnl u .v-- The persistency anu nrumcu which Premier ASquitb is dealing: with the Veto Bill in the British Hct‘zsc of Commons, sets at rest all minors to the eflect that a comprom- ise would be arrived at. The Tories ivided, while the Libâ€" erals present a Solid front. The Veto will pass the House of Cognmons in spite of ‘ the obstruction metics oi the Tories. The hand writing is on the wall.and it means much to the House of Lords. Office. One of the trightest and best (13in papers coming to our sanctum is the Belleville Ontario. It has just com- pleted its first year under new man- agement. and the great change wrought is a distinct tribute to those responsible. Its editorial page is in the hands of a most capable writer. while the news columns are always filled with newsy items of city and district. The Post congratulates the Ontario on its success. "It Is a pleasure to per- use its pages. CMSER‘JATIVE PAPER SLATES BOP.- DEN (From the Week. Conservative, B. C.) Er. Borden is a most estimable Tman. of the most mediocre attain- ments. He could never lead a corpor- ai’s guard to victory, much less “a large party. He has none of the in- stincts and none of the magnetism of a leader. He has missed every great opportunity of making a stand ag- ainST. the policy of the Laurier Gov- ernment and in some instances, not- :ably that of the Grand Trunk Rail- way policy. be literally madea hash of matters through not knowing his PAGE 2. may policy, he literally made a hash of matters through not knowing his own mind. His- stand on the naval question was vacillating. and on the present great reciprocity question teeble and featureless. In no sense does he 19, ad the pa:8ty at the present time. The leaders of the Liberal resort to every device to keep him in his position: they sateess’zvely and party many beaver skins, the denominations being one, a half, a quarter and an eighth. Why not adopt the same momenclatnre for the coinage of a century which puts the beaver in its cost of arms? Make the beaver twen- ty dollars. with tens and fins, and it would not be very long before the coinage would serve as one more exâ€" celltnt advertisement of the growing strength of this country. There need through THE BELLEVILLE ONTARIO PR'JGBESS 0? “IN 311. WE DOUBT FOR SllVEB Wondershine . 25c Elect-:0 Si'i-on .. .........10c Matthias; Paiish ....25c F :3 $5093 F0 mu Petetboro Emminer) 1.,“â€" â€"-‘ If ym: mu «may {get in one t-‘me :u tnun th} ussurtlnmt- of Meaning and polishing articles that, we offer. You are sure t.) got the best kinds if you come here for them. Liquid VcnP-er 25c and 50c Bay's Furniture Poiifh 15 8c 25 Our‘Own Poiish........ 25c Liquid Ammonia 559050 5:13! Dog Ammonia Eon Ami Giilette's Lye Life Buoy National Life H. H. Soap DUNOON’S ‘32: Cream 15c and 25:: {1337's P013 in ..... .15c and 25:: ESERA}. GLEAHEHG Pmpriet o‘ 3 .'u L:u, u nu-v -.__ did front The we. of Nth and untidmess. Prompt act-< )use of (ommrms in inn is demanded in the interests of LtuCtiCn tectics of the public health and comfort. By hand writing is on making the city clean in every part means much to the we shall he protecting the puhl.c health and discouraging the house fly. which. as one of the most spor HLLE ONTARIO adi“ agents of disease, disseminatijn breeds joyously in household filth apt to foster :‘n the hot sun of htest and best daily early spring and summer If the 3 our saJCtum is the Board of Health does 110' Wi: h\t0 0. It has J'USt COI‘A- earn the title of Board of Diswse :ear under new man- it must act promptly. \ and firmness with APRIL. 28th- “Any 01' all the following things, that is to say, animals of all. kinds, green fruit, hay. straw, bran, seeds of all kinds, vegetables (including pota- . toes and otherrocts), plants, trees linfam -St unfit ‘ The following from the Peterhoro ‘ Examiner applies with equal force to 23th. ' conditions existing here: i It is a truism that the majority‘ of our calamities come from careless mess or some form of neglect or pre l caution. Ottawa has had 1196 cases of tyxhoid since January lst, 1911, without and the cause was bad water, own are its ing to carelessness in allowing l‘jui “an Ot- city watcr supply to be poliutedi )1 Sam ' w'th sewage something that could, at gixes with proper precaution have ‘heen 1 water prevented. The outbreak prlmarily nt often due to bad water, was agzrmaled, _____â€"â€"â€"â€" iand continued by the neglect of preventable sanitary precautions. LL «. .Now is time of year that ought to Te devoted to a thorough clean sing of our town; and, to insuxcu 54‘ with summer of sanitary conditicm, all dealin: decaying rubbish should be removed 2 British from private premises and public rest all Mac-s. The attenticn or the Board of ompronx Health is directed to the lanes in . Torirs the central part of the town, which the Lib- are .n a veritahly ghastly condition the occasion. and in the opinion of not a few thinking. Conservatives the phychological mement for his final retirement has arrived. ‘ CLEAN THE BACK PREMISES (Montreal Herald) .a heavy tax in this province, and} Is it not about time the Canadian is, more than any other one Remy; mint had eVOIVed a distinctively Can- . responsble for the unsatisfactory l adian gold coinage? It is true. 30': bad roads; the debelopment of husi-‘ doubt, that the nature of business m'g ness and trade is interfered with; the 1 Canada does» not call for a Very eX-i interchange of courtesies and the I tensive use of gold as yet, and yet ‘growth of ideas and fellowship pre- there is a good deal of it here. what. vented, the prosperity of schools in- with English sovereigns. American terfered w.th, and all other interests caglfs, and the fractions thereof. The retgrdm and discouraged through the mint is popularly supposéd to be coinâ€" Condition of our highways. ing sovereigns. Why “Gt C0111 some; Hon. Edward Burrough, president Leavers ? i of the board of agriculture in New } i There is a first rate historical basis Jersey, is reported as saying that for the adoption of the beaVer as the on a new stone road from Mer- emblem of a national comage. Coin chantville to Camden his teams haul collectors know that there is already from eighty-five to one hundred has- a beaver coinage that is Very much kets of potatoes. where they former prized. The old Northwest Company ly hauled twenty-five. One of the issued beaVcr tokens as a convenience counties in that state issued about in thzir dealings with the Indian trap- $450,000 of four per cent bonds and pets. The Hudson Bay Company also put down sixty miles of stone roads issued a set of tokens in terms of l averaging Sixteen feet wide; and “In Sir John McDonald’s time I re- member distinctly his explaining to us what he meant by reciprocity. By re- ciprocity he said, he meant not free trade in natural products. but that it the United States would admit our barley free, which they wanted, they would let in something from them in return free which we required. They would. let in free of duty what they required, and we would allow in free of customs what we required. There was no intention in the slightest deâ€" gree~and I knew Sir John intimately from 1885 onwardsâ€"on his part to have free trade 'in natural products, but what he wanted was reciprocity in nalural products and not free be no fear of Canadian gold coinage beng treated with indifference or suspicion as Canadian silver coinage frequently is. Gold is gold, the world ovcr, and the value of the coin is the value of the metal in it. It was right and proper to establish a Canadian mint: once established it should be turning Canadian gold into distinc- ti"er (e .nadian coins. In his recent speech m the House of Commons, Col. Hughes denied that. an interchange of free natural products could properly .be described as a reci- Ezrocity arrangement; and went on to say : in Balm}. prouucw auu uuu nu. trade.” The records, argues the Winnipeg Free Press, do not, however, agree with C01. \Hughes' recollections. Sir J chn's reciprocity ofier to the United States is set forth explicitly in the tarifl law of1879â€"the National Poliâ€" cy Actâ€"in these terms (section 6) t WHAT 13 REfiii’ROCHY? A BEAVER COINAGE wheat, pease and beans, barley, rye,l disposition to ma“ tumGolden Age oats. Indian corn. buckwheat and 311‘ in the past. The scenes . 0‘ cm. own other grain, flour of wheat and flour childhood are proverbially dear; It of rye, Indian meal and oatmeal, and must be remembered, too, that grand flour gnd meal of any other grain, Jaughters and great grand daughters butter, cheese, fish (salted, smoked of the women who were pioneers in or fresh), and lumber. may be imporâ€" Eastera Canada are bravely facing ted into Canada free of duty, or at conditions in the west and north ,5. less rate of duty than is provided of the country. Whlch require as [by this Act. upcn proclamation of much heroism as tried the courage the Governor in Council which may of their forbears lbe issued whenever it'appears to his But 'the assertion that Canadian satisfaction that Slmllal‘ articles . women are not fit to vote 15 an- fr m C n (1 ma' beim ort d int . 0 a a a 3 p e 0 other matterl It is no argument tc the United Stats free of (hit , not E , . L y . isay that there are thousands of 1g- exceeding that payable on the same '. . . g norant and corrupt men who VOtl under such proclamation when im- i l i ‘. ! . ‘ ,, . at every election. It is true. m ported into Canada. doubt that m D‘ w n are iwnor That is to say, like things for like' ' a 1' ome ° barley for barleY. wheat for wheat . :2“ , Of his: great istsiiestof skiing? icoal for coal, etc. Pretty much the . 18’ ever, cer am an 1 e . . . I re entrusted wit l'tical owe ‘ same arrangement, 1n fact, that is - a . h po 1 p 9 they W111 prepare themselves to en: now awaiting ratification at. ()ttmvm» . _ _ . use it intelligently. He would be ,Moreovcr, Mr. Hughes will please i . ' 1d note that Sir Jcbn A. Maedcnald took 3 Mt); ignorant man who “ on 83 that women could not study polltl power to afiect this interchange ; b y l 001 .nnnnmv as well as the . me! Lhe United States Ire-e ox outy, not lsay that there are thousands or 1g- !Iceeding that payable on the same 3 nor-ant and corrupt men ~who vote indc-r such proclamation when im- 3 at every election. It is true, no ported into Canada.“ 1. doubt, that many women are ignor- That is to say. like things for likeâ€"; ant; of the great isgues of pdlitics. barley for barley, wheat for wheat" It is, however, certain that If they coal for coal, etc. Pretty much the are entrusted with political power same arrangement. in fact, that is 3 they will prepare themselves to exer- nov awaiting ratification at Ottawm : cise it intelligently. He would be 3. Moreover, Mr. Hughes will please i . ignorant man who would say note that Sir John A. Macdcnnld too , that women could not study politi- power to afiect this interchange by cal economy as well as the | men. orderâ€"in-muncil. He had the power to, Whether the majority of women 'in put it through in a single afternoon, Canada will be wise to devote their without consulting Parliament at all. time to this pursu.t is another ques tion. ‘ The “mud tax" is heavier than that imposed by the county or muni- cipality, for it is paid in the tune lost in going to market with half gloads. in dr;v;ng with a team when ioue horse might be left at home to do farm work .i the mad were , smooth and hard as it should be; l in wasting time in the spring wait- .ing for the sun to make the road ‘ passable; in wearing out waggon bar ness and horses wallowing through mud with a fraction of a load. It. is More than sixty-fiver per cent of the whole population of Canada is rural. The farmer does not escape a heavy road tax. even xi not a dol- lar is spent on the public highways on a new stone road from Mer- . 80‘ chantville to Camden his teams haul ‘ 1-19 frorn eighty-five to one hundred hasâ€" ga.‘ kets of potatoes. where they former th‘ 1y hauled twenty-five One of the do counties in that state issued about 1103 $450,000 of four per cent bonds and . “1' put down sixty miles of stone roads ' th averaging sixteen feet wide; and mc though they pay taxes to meet the ga interests on these bonds. their tax-- gno rate is no lower than it was before : th the read was built. pa It is easy to see how that result would be brought about. The increas- ed value of property, and the en- hanced returns from product at low- er expense for marketing make rt 8. highly profitable mvestment. A very seasonaible, progressive, and scientif- ic road policy in this province. would do more towards rnereasing the Value of farms and a‘l property throughout our rural dlstricts than anything else that could he undet taken. The Liberal party in New Brunswick shmld prepare and prom« ulyate a modern road policy. GOiD ROADS-«THE MUD TAX The lady put in a plea for the ioyalist women who had done much noble work in laying the foundat- ions of Canada. Whereupon,5her very frank, :f not brutal opponent burst, out: “The 10yalist women, indeed: the.r time died out a. long while ago-our present Canadian women are not fit to tie the shoe-laces of these womenâ€"I kn-o'w them 'better than you do.” A woman writing to the Toronto Globe quotes the statement of a. gen- tleman, who declared. that: Canadian \mmen are not fit to vote. There are not two hundred women in On. tario that take an intelligent inter- est in public affairs, and If you gave the rest the vote today. they would not use it. The latter part of this speech, need not be taken too seriously, adds a. woman writer in a west- ern exchange. There is always a WOMEN'S RIGHTS Ion correct sou; stomach and heartburnâ€"cure indigest- and dyspepswsqt your sigmych fight again. 50 cents w--- i, . _ a b6): at all druggists’. National Drug Chemiggl Co. of Canada, Limited rrHE mpgg fiposr of the women who were pioneers in Eastera. Canada are bravely 1'8ng conditions in the west and north of the country. whxch require as much heroism as tried the courage of their forbears. But 'the assertion that Canadian women are not fit to vote is an- i other matterl It is no argument to party of this Dominion. At 81'; the events their acticns are along these -. lines." When it .s recalled that the head and front of the delegation. the bell 'weather, chief spokesman, fugleman. {and prophet was none other than D .W. McCua‘ig, chairman of the Mauiâ€" toba Elevator Commission, a hard shell Tory, c! the most pronounced type, the Colonel's diatribe takes on a humorous complexion. This attack upon the western graln growersâ€"because tins insult to the chosen leaders is of necessity a re- flectiOn upon the whole association, . though Col. Hughes strove hard to I i make a dlstrnctmn in this respect-- -_.-... " Is nothmg short of scandalous. The {demands made upon the Domimon ‘ Government in December were an em- lbnrrassment to it, as every cu: ! recognized at the time; and the ap- parent result of the delegat on's in- terview was perceptibly to weaken the government's hold upon the rur- a1 constituencies The leaders of the movement were therefore treated with much Consideration by Conser- vative public , men and newspapers lgeneralU, though it must be admitâ€" Again, at a later period in his speech, the valiant Colonel said: Speaking of the assoc1at10n of Grain GroWers, I Wish to say a word about the leaders of that asâ€" socmtion. I may be possibly a lLt- tle too ardent, but I Lnaw the gang, and they are the same as those who fought long years 2120.1 do not beheve that one of them is honest at heart. They are today. as they were formerly, in the pay of the Liberal party. It will require more than the declarations of that gang to convince me that they are not in the pay of Jim Hill, and the Yankees or the great Liberal ted that Col. Hughes is consistent to this extent that, at that. t'me be subjected them to strong cr;t.- cism, in an interview, which he gave the Free Press. That by an unexpected strategical feat GOVernment has escaped from the position of danger in which it was put last December by the far- mers’ demands, and that the oppo- sitaon has ensconced itself in the hole from which the Government emerged are importantrrpolitical de- CGL. HUGHES' BROADSIDE run III3IIIIIE I'Vf' velopments; but no responsibility therefor attaches to the grain grow ers. They had nothing to do w.th the kaleidoscopic politxcal transfor- mation which made them wrlly nilly supporters of the Governments polâ€" icy. Pimplcs Eruptions am! Spotty Cam plexious At this season, scores of people,â€" girls and young women especmzly,-â€" find their faces disfigured by [im- plee, dark spots, eruptions, etc. The skin needs attentxonâ€"needs renovat- ing after the trying time A: has pasâ€" sed through dunng the passed win ter. Just think what At has passed through ! You have been out In the rain, sleet and snow. You have been at one moment perspiring from s‘iat ing,,or Some other exertion. Then you have stood to cool off. ’Yoh have spent hours of theday made at a temperature equal to summer heat. Then you have cOVered up your skinâ€"except your faceâ€"â€" and gone out into a. temperature away below zero ! No wonder that, with all these changes, the skin of the face and neck shows sagas of need. ing attention Zamâ€"Buk and Zam-Buk Soap are the remedies. Smear Zam-Buk lightâ€" ly over the spots, the erurllons. the sallow patches. at nlght, and wash with Zamâ€"Buk Soap, only 25¢ per tablet. each day. Then notic: how quickly your appearance im- pro'v'es. As the rich, ref ntd, hertal csscnces snk deep into the t'ssue, the hard. scurIyâ€"iike patchts are rc- moved. Eetter colcr results. The cells of the skin become transpar- ent. The blood beneath is liable to impart its proper coloring to the tissue, and the delicate bloom 02 health replaces the sallowness and pallor of disease. Zam-Buk is also a sure cure or skin injuries and diseases. Eczema, ulcers, ringworm, yield to its use. qu cuts. burns, bryises, children'js eashes, etc., it is unequalled, and for piles. MothersMwill find Zach- Buk' soap best for baby-s bath. All druggists and stems at 50c. box for Zam~Buk, and 25c. tablet (or 3 for 70¢) for the soap. If you 'have any difficulty in obtaining, order from 331113111: 00;, Toronto, and send price. C. P. R. UPPER LAKES STEAMBOAT SERVlfiE Attention is direct-ed to the an- nouncement that the C.P.R. Great Lakes steamshm service began on April 24th from Owen Sound. The palatal steamers Athab: ca, Kee- wat'n. Alberta, Manitoba, and ASSA.‘ iboia leave Owen Sound in the or- der named at 1.30 p.m., on Mon.» day, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Saturday. For further partic- ulard apply _to ’1‘. C. Matchett, up- £93m ’.‘.C__.._1:,B. ticket agent. ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ SPRING SKEN TROUSERS ()m Lats for men are Shle Standards ’l‘hevreally 3% the mode in Lindsay each season Not in exuemes 1):- mod the limit of good tasze but in distinctix eness and smartness. "‘ “H awes” Hats are Dundas Fiavelies Limitad Very Popular lothing and Furnishing Department ABVE'RQ‘fiéEm THE F05: B497 £15 A SMALL AMOUN 1m THIS PRICE is for the late“ 5 passenger Touring Cat. equipped wk}; 3 oil Impu, horn. and tools. Car with the addition of top. windshield, speedometer. nor an! gas lamps will be supplied for $975.00. “WILL SECURE A 1911 20 HP.” with 3 oil lamps, harp! tire repair outfit ééuippcd fer - $9 00.00. FORPEDO R‘UNABGEET 20 H. P. RUNABfiUT MADISON WILLIAMS ”ITO PAY Foiz A 1911mm with the same eqafpm m! a: the Torpedo at $800 $875.00 $800.00 $775.06 THE PRICE FOR THE“ LET US GIVE YOU A DEMONSTRATION “Afiord a Ford.’ LXNDSAY LINDSAY. gamma Arm and tools. Compk Lindsay 20 11.33.. tire repair