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E: “in the size of Lindsay, to ' RWY per cent vote the I had the carrying out ‘ mm as some would fight- Is my logic right? R 13- Another feature inst '5”me Sound. Some one M- W. in speaking against m m Owen Sound and u be had been there and 1... he gave the name, but ’ m 3014011 Hoase I would Went the lie direct. and iii-g done, more or less, li- ‘ in license. I have not solved_ I!!!“ ltisinfion the best '3! ’Hhthg it, so that there would ti lininmm of evil connected it. I am one of those, however. . “he cannot get a whole 1061 “than a one, or even 8 ltuisnnthereistobe had. A ”flanks and then look for 30 far, local option is seem- “ M thing presented yet. "Mn: the evil to a. minimum, 13m prepared to try it. “in: above all others that , 1-1 me to believe that it was F5138 is the case of Owen Three Years ago they declar- £31m! Option, and despite the M the Mayor, during most of Nod, was in sympathy with hinterests, and neglected his m! to such an extent that ink to have been put in fail, three years' trial the people it again. when its defeat " “"9 meant tens of thousands h’t t0 the liquor men. Now, ' We there are enough Mk8 in Owen Sound hm d those behind local option in this state of aflairs about. IBM asme them that they fine that the public would 1101: t in max-spect- MR. DOVALD “in that it is incumbbnt upon ImIthink it is on every artisan, Ihhstwhere we stand on a His-like this. I willbehonest Kym and state that I have not Ignituttled in my mind that P1 union or any other form of “(in that has yet been tried. Runaway tohandle this 1 Id liquor over-drinking. I am 1 E; be thanked the gathering for EIW- It was a matter. for grat- iym to see the “citizens and fl" dared to at the meeting a f,” ago, turn out in such M fibers. The question he- flap was how they could mini- fit]: terrible evil of intemperanoe. flew a difference of opinion re- "ping how this is to be W about. The speakers of the 'fl , he said, deal with the in all its phases, and he in- ’ any at those present who were “towed option and who de- nim address the meeting, toa It a the platform. “Mon, the chairmanjnrthfl' 1 Md be dealt with openly, fly, .fi fairly in order to 800 it 3 the best way to face the * According to the press r0- hdfie meeting held a. few W U880 the speaker presumed that “In Ionld be deprived of PIGP' :mmodanon 11 local‘ 0175*!” I financed. It was the last Resolution Unanimously Adopted AD- ‘pming of the Submission of By- _ Law to Ratepayers on January ‘ Next.- Kitchener was IN FAVOR OF LOCAL OPTION otthei carried in a day or in a wee: 01.3 month.Wehaveg~ottotaJk and talk earnestly! ‘to ever! yaw Hebrew now is not big enough to look right into the matter )and see that there is going to be a gain instead. But after all the people whom we ought really to be afraid 0! most, are those otherwise good am. who, having- no direct interest, in abolishing the evil, men who would as soon go in front at an engine as so into a bar, are lukeWarm and will requzre prod- next January. am told on reliable authority that there is enough money taken over the bars here in one week to build a palatial stable and give every horse in the surrounding country a. staff with its name engraved over it, an that it can have the exclusive farmersas a. class are very wand selfish, but I decline to helicve that the farmers of Victoria Co. would do sire to submit our boys to that temptation for the present. My I that there my he stable room for farmers during five or six days in the year. Now, I will admit that after giving his word not to do any- thing to hinder the. cutting 0!! 0! two licenses, it the Council so de- cided, that there would not be yard accommodation for the fat-megs at fair time. That is, your boy: grew buy enough whiskey to keep a lot of saloons going, that are not hotels man, be he weak or strong. These people arguing mm: local option askwhatarewegolngtodoforho- tel accommodation. We are not trying to abolish the hatch. The bar is not the hotel. I hav'd'travell- ed all ovu' this country from the ,At- lantic to the Pacific, prdbably as much as any man in thiaroom,and Ihave had as much use fox-the bar as I have for a poisonshop, and _I be- lieve that is the experience of tne majority of travellers. There is as much need, and would be a much connection for a bar in a drygoods men in town kick us all over the lot. The same reason applies to those not so close to rueâ€"your boys, the boys thought, if the antia carry the day, place temptation right in then" way,andifoneofthemfallswego about wringing our hands, blaming everybody but ourselves, when as a matter of fact we ought to go down “Lead us not into temptation" and then deliberately, fi‘itUche afore- lawyer or merchant, to give me just ness of Educ:- selling until they. as reason why I should desist in m, citiaens, dissolve the partnership by eflorts. I am not one of those who their '70“. We know, 110'0'33 '5“ think that a. boy, or a, girl either, they were going to do in. Undeci- should ’be brought up in gmmg Mr. Spence said he had given con. That sort of thing can't be done. 'siderablo attention to the growth 0! You can leave the devil alone for the. movement, and he looked for its that. At the same am. we my absolute triumph at '31: early stage. stantial reasons why I, at all events, should seek to put temptation out of the way.. They are such mun and tuners were being sued, who hitherto had paid their bills.) Now Ijustwanttogiveyoumym home, in all Western Ontario, than the Seldon house. Owen Sound. I ,will fast rend rm an excerpt from stated that liquor fluted like water tocarrytherepeu.suflme1ttoaay it was carried. Hue is how they speak of it atta- a year's trial. (It. FM EARLY WERANCE SOCIETIES When people started the first ten- perance society they had no idea of stopping dnmhaniess, but rather to discourage drinking to excess and had liquor at their sessions in order to illustrate to the members the best way 0! consuming it. They finally decided that they had been drinking the wrong kind, and then they start- ed moderation by using beer and oth- er beverages. { The speaker remembered signing a pledge in which he promised not to drunk too much lunar or too strong a liquor except at meal times. An American sodety had the following unique pledgezâ€"“Wheneas, we, the rung in the ladder of sueeene was reached. The youth who at watchmg the tea kettle boil until the steam blew of! the lid, brought an idea, and the result wa§ flue invention of tin steam engine. The people snid it was a great idea. but it was mtoapâ€" able 0! being worked out. ItKwne im- proved until now the world's- work it practically aeoomplidpd while men look on, It is just so with loenl vice of mtemperunoe had wrought. If they could wipe ternperanee reform out otmxistencs and leave the world with that dreaded evil. ‘ we Would have the same struggle over 88810; It is God's cause, and is, thudore. bound to win. HISTORY oi:- nomm-r. -Never. in the history of thsworld. was launched a. cause which undo such a reform as this m.m°' first temperance society in Ireland in 1836 and in 1832 an organism“: was started in Preston by seven men. Previous to this time not a temper- ance society existed. We cannot in:â€" agine the potency the tramc had eighty years ago. but look at the change aflected today. 1114: history of the movement has been wonderful and gives assurance of its ultimate triumph Adefldoudflnkandam food. Fragrant, enamel: and economical. Thisexcefleatm maintains the system In retest health, and enables it to m winter's extra-e all. The reason for his pm such confidence was. in the first place, the mature at the movement. It was not a man made institution, but was tin result 0! conditions, and also of the possessed by these men used in a dflereut channel. These men go in behindt‘hebarendsellliqnor be- cause it puts a. revenue intheirpo chats. and we, as public m per- mit it. Those on the outside have no right to criticize the lawful busi- ness of livdnor selling until they. as citisena. Wu the partnership by NO RIGHT TO CRITICIZEJ The Mr said he would not my hard words against the liquor M There- ,were men in the business '1“) were persbnal {Heads 01 his, but 1” wanted to see the God given tam“ penny ponvincing. Then was very glittle use arguing on the question a! ,teznperanoe. and his object would he ;to uplaimwhat the taco! option law .mesnt; its history and the machin- I er! available for its enforcement, He lwonld not be so presumptuous as to dictate to the dams what to do. That matter was entirely in their own hands, but he would simply lay the facts below them with‘otrt tn! in will being shown. in his opening remarks that speaker said they had‘jnst heard a very strong case made out, in which the Mr. F. 8. Spence, of Toronto, was nut introduced by the specter, and You cannot possibly have !ore theâ€"Council will pass thn by- sebthemtodznthepeum' MR. SPENCE HEARD. municipality in Bruce acuity and mm W” farm“ it w first tried in these twenty“ places 9,850 votes were ”mud to it. mvor. That number the sound conservative principle that when you got a good thing hug ontoit. Attheenddthgymlsos] no municipalities had local option in force three you”. and all 0! than could hawrepedcditbyundor- ity vote. WWW 0“” tried pool, and it did not carry in mm except "'0 nun M E: was not a Tory, he was a little of a. conservative. and believed by violating the law. it tainly be violated. the threeâ€"lifting clause that number. the speaker said, would be doubled. Owen Sound, he claimed was a tee- timony o! the worth of local option. They tried it {or three years , and On the repeal vote being taken they gave it an emphatlc endowment. O! properly signed petitions for licen- m. Out of 801 mnnidpsutiea 884 closed up the bar; I! it were not for InQuobec, ovingtothegoodwork ol the Rom Cnthollc clergy. out. o! 1000 with" 000 had prohibition. In Ontario 198 counties had no In- loonnnndlBSM'mn" liâ€" first relax-red to. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick had mac crest Pro- ”, "am of the latter Dro- vinee W under prohibition. Prince Edwai'd Island no a Prohibition PW . saloons. and Louisinne hnd 82.000 aqua-e miles under practical prohibi- tion. In Kentucky. the whisky ’etete. there were 06 out o! 115 counties un- der no license conditions. Theme ere 18, 000. 000 people in the Southern Stet- es meg 1mm liquor out o! 30..”0000 In New York dtytherem 1,000 more eeloons than in the tom-tea: states of the south. Iniminols lest erlflootownevotedonloedop- domndltwuenrdedhylfioo at them. Two weekeaco Nehruh peon- edelnwprohthttinxtheedoolu- quordtu‘So'clockinthem nndhetote71nthemornhg.llore than 35,000,000 people in the United CONDITIONS IN CANADA. Thespeakernextnlerredto the stridesthomovanentmm in mmmumepmflneam States are living under prohibition 317 A GREAT SWEEP. In the United States the temper. ance wave had .vrought wonders. In Finland 4nd passed prohibitory leg- islation and Iceland had prohibited the ode and muhcture of liquor. The drink bill of Great Brian was $30,000,000 less thanthe pmviou florid: 520,000 people m ontddaot vondertul the extat to which man were becoming imbued with it. To- with the question 0.1! over the world The water uw intelligence be- hind the movment which gave him THE PRESENT SITUATION We now come up. the We! add, to where we at pment are. The cause will be a success it we have 1. Sound mtimt to back it up. 2. Wise law. on statute book. 3. Honest administration of the .thh the introduction of tote! eh- aneneetheproblunmthoughtto lheveheeneolved- The9001‘ fellow P Wu brought into the society end he Vtookthepledgebntwentontudn B into temptation. You could count on your huge". the specter ma. 'thooewhoretormednndkept thet lny. Ourboye'ereeentont "end b'theyereeontrontedvmaedxnmer 'thedoor,uoennedt08ell. Thetemo pereneepeopleuyfionor u not rxood..bntthechruthnhweddlt‘ wee good. This m of our-eon only he met by united Political w flan. That's .when those behind the 'unwanted: stand. , THERE IS DANGER. Thereinedengerdheemhernid. thetintheirw ta tau-wen! oneperticnhrphntheynnzht tot- zetenother. Whenprohibitlon we- won the fight would not he eunplete. They must go on and hen edneetlng publicoptnlon,keepnptheflreolen- thndm. end help humanity along htbemedtomlthniotenonzh‘ henngoodhwnndnopnhnc opin- ionbehlndit‘f'l'heseottectwu a good law, but it did notdo n11. he-I censethewrongrnenwere ht the1 lever in its enforcement. l an . Ezrh. pledgedmubtflmoo was next tried after moderation, "It it did not work M “1080 behind which we have $048!- wmnotdmkaxdeltwmu except (a m. Fourth 0‘ July. and 0;; Wflng Day. lnd at M PEAL VOTE.’ , aid that while he ABBTIN’ENCE ! o! bit dmhrd'ahom.mnooutottaol then'homumthemultol tho load 09th:: In would lave u with- out the boating system. HORAL AND SOCIAL EVIL. mmmmm morn! and noddevfloldnnk.nnduked wuextendoatogomnd luv. u drink. Tumoltdrlyenloreod mepomy.mumpov. arty "Micr- but duloltbocvu.llnyto'oktodflnk magnum.“de thenppeuunnybactmthecumd mama 3mm. Inhxhndlhwma cannon thing,butitvunottobomou inausvermmubu. mu ontdevcryuddonrbonbetm Mametl‘muyunhfleno desire {or “and; but the define mm: was poorer by dint amount. OUBDRDIKBILL Canal; spent '816300300 (or lanol- Mm.nnumoutht un- ountpoorer.lthbdnxdooc every m.’l'homnkauidhe did not. Mil“ adaywmtornouninthe Wombatumtht no mummmmm “Mmmhmmmw um 19 mm mam“mm 1». chwmmnl “MMuMmmum mum m mam mmw mum mu mmmammm mmuanmmmw m the Mt at long study. CANADA'A CONSUIPTION. Linday.themnu,wu a mmmn. OM drank dxgwmmhuddtbpomh- non. Unltodsutangalhmnand Gaunt-Mn” «no... Canada drinhonedxtn'themonnt they PRE'I'I'Y DECENT TOWN. thowht, and the loud opdon law was .30 the “donut o! thought. It was not tbs Dunn and Scott mamasmm. , Nome: mumphmm land-ny,nndueotdh¢lyunm people attachment!“ mt ont.PnWophtondmdedlt. 'l'heloenlopfloutdeumthero- 8.153; 1895, 3.870;- DOE-1.3M; mwmmwvm to umMMn-toitm_ ar- Mutant-moxuumn. pod m Muted by a. mjoflty at 1,915. PAIN VICTORIA COUNTY W838 CALCULATING. nod the influtton gull.” Wood and Jun: wlth Brass Cylinder, For any Depth of Well. Havingsecnreda firstcclass experienwd Pump Maker, we no prepared to supply first-class pumps promptly.- __ 891i" wilheeaivo awful attention.‘ , ‘ 5.1;; . mmm- mmm htim o! a certain petition, an m In th mm ”0' m wu'only fair to that mu! h m to .1 that he be given an opportunity ummwhvmm “form“, “mmammtobe nod («tantamount mmmmthou'hovioht- ed mm.ltwubyitspanlflea umm adornment would!» ce- lav,o,ndm-arvin¢uamoddlor mnmwywouwmwumm' thehwwasweak.butthac dw- _ mnot an argument advanced in 'AS A GOOD ACT. favor of the liquor license act that If. ammumcofldnotbemedinfavoroflml mndquupmluatorthe n- W- !m of this I“. The Octal-lo VOULD NOT ADVISE. wmmmsmym II concludtnzllr.8pencerden~aa aboutbewflodmdmb'm hutchuuthcywouldwlpeitout dudhgthemvyeoncfl.1tknnd mummdahwflnfidfln mummputinomwon. It “on unless the people want it. It uppflu mmymbalwd uumdthrae-flfmolthovotum behind it. More. it- in put '10 OWN MO Any behind than”. Ir. Spence-dd. want-arm brain haul. Wemonttoovmhrowfln ammumm eon- mm.mhwpmu no comm mutation». '15. bummmuhctnn unload Mambutmw it :EKSouerm-Ichfi,’ m .' < mW.fmxshâ€"; {figsâ€"3‘3 Loss or San. (XACT COPY“ mm. Ines“; Skating IBASTflfliA The Kind You Have IR. FLAVELLE'S STAND. Tb chairman said the name of a renewed citizen had been used quite may in connection with the cinn- hflm o! a certain petition. and it For Infants and Children. audience that he did not desire to “the then. helm; confident ant thy would met the situation as it II concluding Hr. Spence Manna fathom wave that was swing mm mm“. m in orhestOIhowthea. madlocnlopuonom the who. that liquor must not be not! at my time. “unmanallnotoeum-r, vulntberemainhlgntnemy.“ mm.mmmmu- mkwndmsnnau‘to a: mtthu'ewutnitthtmbetur “local option. mum la» Midtown-clung“. our. 8,000 people undu- the licence hr. muchott mmmtwmbedea’; Jmhmyoummorosa. Always Bought I" For Over Thirty Years. Continued on page. 6. a. th be?!“ it. 2101' m 8001? ACT. I- A..- n_ AA ‘ Wounds!