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fiwm‘ AND WEEKS 3:: ‘ AT ACADEMY 13: Continued from page 1 Liberals will restore the model schools BILINGUAL SCHOOLS Sir James Whitney says there are no bilingual schools in the province. Bishop Fallon says. “Yes there are.” The BishOp is right and he is a. com- petent judge. We agree with him that there are schools in Ontario in which the English language is not taught. ‘tr. Weeks said he did not wish to be- come intolerant. as he believed in equal rights to all. butin this Eng- liso speakiog province and in the best interests of the province the English language should be properly taught in all schools receiving Government From our store can be relied on‘ They are guaranteed, and are dyed I ‘ by the best process. The stock 8 is a complete one and the prices €233 are below the ordinary. aid. It was only fair to the children. NEW ONTARIO Mr. Weeks said it would be unfair of him to travel over every one of the planks of the Liberal platform, but he desired to say that the Government had failed to appreciate their respon- sibility regarding New Ontario‘which i J a Do You Ow CR ARE YOU A 2% O A Full Stock of 91an :1 ere are a Few - CINNAMON - LINDSAY B ack Duchess Satin Pai‘.ette, in sofa lust- r. us fi .ish, one yard wide. at per yard. .81.25 Back Satin Psiiette. in a good heavy qual- ity, 36 inches wide, at per yard .......... 890 12 pieces of fine finished black and colored Dress Goods ts clear at per yard ...... . .430 Ladies’ long Coats, at .......... $5.00 Fashionab‘e cut winter Coats for \mmg mun-4 , in black au-i conned Cheviot, in sizes 32 â€"-4'2. Prix ...................... $5.00 Women’s heavy ribbed Vests. in white or natural, high neck and long sleeves. . . 25c Corsets in all sizes from 18 to 36, at from ............................ 50c to $3.00 EIorn Bros’ lankets, Hanna‘s, Yarns, eta, af- ways in stock and sold at mill prices. CASH AND ONE PRICE 055 w : v>mx<4m : E > mr><m ._.o F...:m>_.._._...~ in your home is the strongest kind of insurance against the gems of disease. It is a preventative against epidemics and contagion in the summer, and an absolute necessity the year round. Requires neither water nor sewerage; can 0 phced m a x)‘ part of your home ; costs less the. Sanitary Chemical closet 1:811“: “PARKYTE” Sir James Whitney had termed, “the land of the stunted poplar." He had refused to grant aid to the 800 in- dustries which were at one time in a. dormant condition. He had assumed an unsympathetic, unfriendly and un- patriotic attitude towards New On- tario and in building and settling this portion of the province. In face of this can you safely trust him in formulating a policy? Mr. Weeks, in conclusion, said he} would support every Wise and pragres’I ‘siVe measure whether Liberal or Com‘ servative and would always place the people before party. Because of the; platform and leader. who was no opâ€"I portunist, and who never sought the position, but who realized his call to duty, I say because of this, I appeal} confidently for your support and con? fidence. Mr. Weeks was cheered to the \echo‘ when. he Concluded his speech. THE LIBERAL LEADER. Mr. N. W. Rowell was tendered an ovation when he arose to speak. the applause being intensified when little Miss Marion White presentel the lee.- der with a. beautiful bouquet. He Am my ablest colleagues. There was never a period when, he believed, the peo- ple were so much interested in the future progress and advancement of the Province as now. Young and‘ old were shaking themselves from party lines and were intent on giving to Caesar the things that belonged to Caesar. All over, young and old were glad to rally to the party of reâ€" form, and the people'of West Victoria would show that they were in line with the sentiment by sending Mr. Weeks to Toronto. We sometimes lik- en our Legislature to county council, or municipal councils. All matters affecting the moral and social well- being of the people of the Province iwere vastly more important than the iquastions over which the Dominion {Government has jurisdiction. The ‘questions and interests at stake“ are ,so vital to our well being that all Ishould join in an eflort that is ncade ‘ior their improvement and solution. ‘It is a good thing to be all sufficient . and not need any advice. The Toron- to Telegram stated that the attiâ€" tude of the Government in regard to .Eew Ontario was 9. Rip Van .Winkle ‘policy. Sir James Whitney claims lthey spent so much money 09 this (policy, and that an orderâ€"in-council 1was given for another appropriation. \Tbis was very suggestive on the eve of an election. The Wnitney Govern- ment looked upon New Ontario as a district to be exploited. The Liberals look upon it as a great heritage to be developed. a vigorous opposition. 1331: you, therefore. said Mr. Row-ell, to send Mr. Weeks to Parliament, as one of say, as he knew the town by reputa- tion. because of the interest its citi- zens took in public questions and 3.1- so because of the series of meetings which have been held in connection with the Collegiate Institute, at which questians of great import were dealt with by the leading men of the country. He was glah to visit Lind. say and say a word for Mr. Weeks, the Liberal candidate. Some of us feel said the speaker, that Mr. Whit- ney could not have got along without an election. He may have thought his majority was not sufficient. His dic- tatorial methods, however, had caus- ed discontent among the party, and if the Liberals did not defeat the Government they would go back with stated that the more he travelled the more he enjoyed the privilege of lead- ership. He was pleased to Visit Lind- It is difficult for those of us who live in old Ontario to realize the heritage we have in that great hinterâ€" land which lies to the north and west which we call New Ontario. It com- prises about four-fifths of the entire Province. Do we realize that its un- settled agricultural areas exceed by some millions of acres the total culâ€" tivated area of old Ontario ? We are just commencing to realize its timber and mineral wealth. Of the 140,000,â€" 000 acres of land in this Province’ ovâ€" ‘er 115,000,000 acres are still 11 the iCrown, and» this great area is to be ‘utilized for the good of the people. Ontario, while one of the oldest, is of doing so the present Government, I as the Telegram describes it, has purâ€" 3 sued the Rip Van Winkle policy, aend to-day there is dissatisfaction d; unrest throughout the whole north countrv. DEPLETE-D FARM POPULATION 1 Referring to the dropping cfl o! the agricultural output of Ontario 3 within recent years. Mr. Rowen as- ‘ serted that in Ontario was the best :armizg land in the world and that . one of the newest Provinces of Cana- da.A large part of this territory was won for Ontario by Sir Oliver Mowat in the boundary award. Something of the rirhness of our heritage was dis- closed to us by explorations carried on by the Liberal Government of Sir George Ross, which sent out parties to explore the country up to Hudson's Bay. The settlement and development of this great area is of vital concern to every citizen of this Province. To people its agricultural lands with thrifty settlers, to secure the develâ€" opment of its inestimeable mineral wealth means a greatly enlarged home market for all the manufactur- ing industries cf Ontario, means in- creased employment tor working men are interested in the west, in the long freight haul which it giVes them, and many of then: in extensive blocks of land in the west, and their interest is to send settlers west. The western lands are prairie; ours are timbered. The Ontario Government owns the lands in New Ontario. If it would settle them and develop the country it must apply modern business meth- ods and attack the problem of the settlement on a thoroughly compre- hensive and adequaee scale. Instead What is the situation to-day ? Not- withstanding the immenso and ever- increasing immigration to Canada very few Of these settlers are going in to New Ontario. The Dominion Giov- crnment owns the lands in the west. It is interested in settling these lands it advertises these lands for settle- ment, an] immigration naturally goes west. The railways of Canada and an enlarged market for the far- mers of old Ontario right at their own doors. RIP VAN WINKLE POLICY Dealing in more detail with the agricultural conditions in the Pro- vince, Mr. Rowen quoted I letter from Mr. J. W. FIaVelle toHon. Mr. Duff, published in the Toronto News last year, in which he said: “This Province should establish leadership in constructive plans and in the en- thusiasm which will command a. £01â€" lowinq. It is not too much to ask that the responsible Minister should be the leader, and should show grasp. vision, enterprise, and that mastery of all that is involve] in being the chief of agriculture, which will com- mand the respect of the entire Prov- ince, and secure a hearty respcnse from the community of farmers." It was the duty of the Gowrnment he said, in eflect, to help the farmer to make the best possible use 01 mi land. “Where the Government is in em. pathy with the farmer, putting out its hand to Jelp to ameliorate bad conditions and to teach the farmer how to better his crops, there is the best farming done," he said. Mr. Flavelle, in his letter, pointed out what that leadership might do, learning what had been accomplished in Denmark, and how the Danish far. mer is educated, and added: “Yon may fairly ask whether you, with the Minister of Education have not some responsibility in inquiring as to whether rural schools in Ontario are contributing to the sound education of farm'ers’ children.” TAXATION REFORM. such a. falling 01! should not be the case. The present government had done practically nothing for the tar‘ mer outside of the carrying on 0! some few of the policies of the late John Drydm. Another important question was taxation. an1 about it there was some misunderstanding. The Conser- vative press now wanted to steal this plank from the Liberal platform and were trying to get Sir James to say that he “looked favorably" on allow- ing municipalities to decide whether they would exempt improvements or not. This was the greatest concession they could expect from "such a high and mighty person." Sir James rea. chad the point when he almost ackâ€" nowledge parentage of a bill to meet this, but he then refused to have any- thing to do with it, saying it was Irubbish. .‘So it is. from 'Sir James' standpoint. It is reform." Mr. Row- ell illustrated the unfairness of tax- 1 x in-g improvements and allowing land in the same vicinity to increase in valae by leaps and bounds because cf others’ work without taxing it the same way. “We will rive to every municipality the right, if it chooses, to tax im~ tax lands or exempt them. This will encourage improvements. No munici- pality will be forced to do this, but will have the chance.” This plan work-e1 well in Manitoba, Alberta and other places, and it was for the peo- ple to say if they would have it in Onâ€" tario. BILINGUAL ‘ SCHOOLS. You can have no idea. of the won- derful efiect of D.D.D. until your suf- fering is instantly relieved by this wonderful remedy, and when used with D.D.D. Soap it keeps ~the skin in perfect condition. We are confident that D.D.D. will cure any case of skin trouble of any kind. Get a. trial bott‘o from the DJ“ D. Laboratories. Dept. EL, 49 Col- borneâ€"st, Toronto, or call and see us about it. E. Gregory, Lindsay. There is no need for you to sufier another day with the awful itch from Eczema, Psoriasis, Salt Rheum or any other skin disease. D.D.D. Pre- scription for Eczema stops the itch instant-y! Yes, the instant the first few drops are applied to the burning skin the itch is stoppedâ€"not in half an hour, or in 10 minutes, but in 10 seconds. On the question of bilingual schools Mr. Rowell said Sir James Whitney claimed to have a. mind of his own. He was neither wax or putty. He hai opinions of his own and conceal- ed them in connection with bilingual schools. He had hoped that the elec- tions would be over before Dr. March ant would bring the report on the schools, but like Banquo's ghost, it would not down. Mr. Whitney hai‘ stated that there were no bilingual schools in Ontario and yet in many constituencies the Conservative can- didates were pledging themselves to wipe them out. How cauld they wipe out if nothing was in existence ? He had next called to his aid Hon. Mr. Foy. his Attorney-General. whose carefully phrased legal opinion claim that under the law there could be no such schools. and if there were any, they would have to cease to exist. The trouble was not in the law, but in its aiministration, which had been under the exclusive control of the Government for years. Sir James will not be permitted by the people to evade the issue, and they desire to know :â€" Is be satisfied with the conditions in the bilingual schools ? If so why ECZEMA CAN BE CURED THE LINDSAY 7 POST has he not the courage to say so and HYDRO-ELECTRtC HISTORY. defend the present administration ? ‘ M, Damn}! na'f nrnnmflnfi ‘n Sir James says he is not satisfiei. Why did he not try to remedy them and what steps does he propose to take to remedy them ? If he says he did not know of Conditions, it is a confession of the inefficiency and in- competency of the Department of Ed- ucation. At the present time our French.Can- adian fellow-citizens in this Province number about 250,000. They constiâ€" tute almost one-tenth of our entire population, and their number is in- creasing. Apparently the teaching in many of their schools isneither sat- isfactory to them nor to us; their children are not receiving the educa- tion that they should have to fit fit them for their life’s work. Two very divergent views have been pre- sented as to the policy which we should pursue in dealing with these schools. First, the view of some who would prohibit the use of French in any of the schools of the Province and would compel all the scholars to learn English, and English alone. In short, woull entirely wipe out of existence any school except a school where English alone is taught. And at the other extreme there are those who claim that there should be no requirement that the children should learn English or in our schools study and acquire any language other than the French language. The supreme consideration in determining the pcâ€" licy to be pursued must be the wel- fare of the children, ani starting from that standpoint we must seek to find the policy that wouli best promote their interests. and- kit-wed from the standpoint of the interests of the children we cannot approve or isupport either of those extreme posâ€" itions. English is the language of this >continent. It is the official language iof this Province. Our French:Canadi- .ian fellow-citizens will agree with us that any child in this Province who does not acquire at school a good , working knowledge of English is han- ? dicapped in the struggle for life, and has fewer avenues of advancement op- ened to him than he would otherwise have. It is the duty of the State, therefore, to see that in every school of the Province every child receives a. thorough English education. But, on the other hand we should not seek to prevent the children of our French- Canadian fellow-citizens retaining the use of their mother tongue. What we are concerned abOIIt is that they should master English, and not that they shouli be ignorant cf French. The problem in its working out is largely one of teachers and adminis- tration, and it is in this view that we have adopted the followmg policy on which we stand:â€" LIBERAL POLICY PLAINLY STAT- “To provide through adequate train ing schools a sufficient supply of tea. chers, and thus ensure under proper regulations that the pupils in every school in the Province shall receive a thorough English education.” Beyond that they had no right to go, and upon that broad platform of the adequate teaching of the English language and a policy of peace and harmony we are prepared to stand and (all. Mr. Howell next proceeded to give the history of ‘the-Hydro-Eiectric po- lisy of the Whitney Govarmnent; His information was secured from a pamphlet issued by the Hydro-Elec- tric itself. The origin of the move- meat was in neither-party, but was in the conference of representatives of varions municipalities in regard'to cheap power. Committees were ap- inted to investigate and submitted their conclusions to the Ross Govern- ment in 1903. The GOVernment passed 1 law enabling the municipalities to unitedly deal with thopower de- velopment problem. The municipali- ties finally recommendod that Gov- ernment action: mm. The Whitney Government took up the re- commendations and appointed the Hydro-Electric Commission, which is simply an agent of the municipalities which in turn must make good every dollar expendei. He was opposed to turning the Commission into a parti- zan of the Government, whether Lib- eral or Tory. and’ mbiect it to poli- tical inflmnee.. RAILWAY LEGISLATION It was the Liberal government of and resting. My'mother got quite am this province that build the first sec- ‘ xious about me and {egg me to 3 tion of the Temiskamin'g 8:; Northern ' doctor who said he was quite sure he Ontario Railway.- It was started, not . could regtcre my heaith. He gave me primarly as a commercial enterprise, ' a bottle of medicine and I continued but as a colonizing agency. Its chief its use until 1 had taken Lou: bottles. function was to open up the north but instead' of’gmwing strongerlwas country, to assist in it; settlement, Egrowing weaker everyday. and W39 and to be a connecting link between ‘ only a mere aha-1w ofmy former sel! northern Ontario and old Ontario. l My parents believed I was in ad'edinG We believe this colonization character ; and could’ not get better. My 139‘” of the road‘ should be maintained and ; had heard my much about Dr. Wil- the grimary ObieCt of the Commission l liams' Pink Pills that she decided I ers Of this railway should be to en- i ought to try them. I did not notice courage settlement in every proper much change until I had taken file 0" Way, and" to bring about the deve10p- ‘ six boxes, when a decided improve‘ ment of the; north country. This, the ment set in, and from that. on Igm‘.’ men of the north country claim the a stronger and stronger 93°“: 635" Fm! railway now fails to adequately do. through a continued use of therSI I, personally, should like to see a I was back to my C1d time healthéd leading citing: of the north country I strength- I believe Dr. Williams Pm! a member of the Board of Commis- iPills What remedy 0'“ Wm: sioners of the railway, so as to keep 'sick people, and cannot too strongly the railway in close touch with the urge other weak girls to give them ‘ needs of the people up there- trial.” 1 . mm PLAY FOR PUBLIC I Sold by all rm’dicme deal?” err by _.u- the same protection in connection with the construction and operation of the Government RaiIWSy as is enjoy ed by citizens everywhere in respect We further believe that the citizens of this north country are entitled to the same protection in connection with the construction and operation BRAND CHRISTMAS OPENING now gning 0" IT’S ONLY 1 Large displav of Trimmed Hats, in and Felts, on sale at -' so as to avoid any disappuimuwm». If '. abroad DON’T WASTE ANY MORE TIME. \Ve want to remind'ym) to sit :1 'IA Continued on page 3. THE MORTQN mums XMAS PORTRfiMTfi MISS MITCH ELL-’5 EINDBAY, FRIDAY l When you duller acute palpitation 3 of the heart. dizziness or mums, [every time you go up stairs; when exertion of any kind leaves you fill breathless and trembling. it is a {warning that your blood isdelective â€"-that you are anaemic. Ilthesem- ‘nings are neglected, worse disorders followâ€"perhaps decline and deadly consumption. If you arein this con- dition you need the new. good blood of health that has been given thous- ands of sufierers by Dr. Williams Pint Pills. These Pills banish all the ail- ments arising from poor blood. tone up the system and make weak men. and women well and strong. Mism- izabeth Campbell, Almontel Ont says: " “I was living in Pembroke at the ,time my health failed me. I kept growing weaker every day untilI at last grew so weak I could not walk up «stairs without help, gndI could not go down street without sitting down. . and resting. My motm got quite an- i xious about me and took me to s ; doctor who said: he was quite sure he ; could restore my health. He gave me Masts. M. J. Stoddard, W.“ his and W. D. LELvCrimmon. Wood rare in town 3th evening. If You Cannot Pass It Your Health Is Falling Sold by all medicim dealersor ”3 mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from the Dr. waums'lie‘ icine 00., Brockvzlle‘ Ont- THE STAIRCASE TEST ts possibk savers, ue ”It“ Velvets 1‘. Bid” Wdeiuex Ve'mrs {1}. P. 11:45 a. twenty-fr ‘IEDNE Bowes ‘ Romp «new proi PTOO