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# mak ke the 2X POS u = ¥ - pe: ay 3 - 5 Rg * ;.; and at av ext Gxpente for film. iF You uss an Gall and see them. We keep a supply of Films, | '|| - Papers, Chemicals, etc. ~ Try some indoor work with our flash sheet and portrait attachment. They are simple to use. © ORVAL BYER { Optician, Port Perry 4 HE TIME || YN 5 Ga Son fog, 0 cach for 30 J. F. McCLINTOCK le look up to us in the meat business. " We demonstrate : to olf. " 5 customers that we give the greatest possible value for: One Hundred Cents cording to the tion of labor. The waste and inefficiency of men who insist hat they will do as they "blooming well please" might mess defeat i mut checked. © There is every evidence that the European Governmengs will have to make every effort to conserve all their resources. The greptest wastes are inefficient, indifferent labor, and the overlapping of transpestation. Government supervision and Government ownership in these mutters will hikely be greatly increased. It is an open question 2s to wihether this will tend toward socialism or sporl the program of the sorilises. = would not be surprising if the latter were the case. Boiled Down Boiled down 10 a few words, the objection of the United States 5 the enforcement of Britain's blockade of Germamy, might be states thus: "You have no right to shut us out fem: trading with Germumy; 'as anybody else 1n the world can trade with Germany. We want ewr share of the trade; and we're going to get it." . : Such an attitade is somewhat surprising under the crommstances. _ In the first place the foreign trade of the United States bas, a New York Times, increased nearly a billion doles 2 year since the war began. Secondly, Britain is the protector of the seas, and her policing of the ocean highways renders marine commerce possible. & Thirdly, the bulk of the ocean freight of the United States is car ried by British ships, and has been for years. Fourthly, Germany is the only nation that has beew guilty of des- ' © troying passenger ships and merchantmen. The cries of the monmess appear to be more easily silenced than the howls of commescial ngs whose unprecedented prosperity is making them mcreasingly greedy. Fortunately such men as these do not represent the people of fhe United States. But the man with money occupies too exalted 2 position "and hus opinion frequently finds expression in wndiplomatic motes tie the majori American citizens would repudiate. ae ; pp Thee has matucslly been more mpeement and stir in our community sme the amival of the additional mumniber of solldi-rs. Jt has been quite a sight #0 wiltness the drill, the phy- sirall exesciise, and the march as they wee cansicdl] ut in the daily soutine. ooo ime" mow that the lage mmmber of sullfiiers ave how, and for those who ae fond off excitement the town will Andon sccm dll when the "boys go ack to Ushaidige. - ooo The 1366 is slmost up 10 its full sivengfh mow, and mest attention will fe turned to the 182nd. eve The Battalion Band music brigi- ons dhedoys. The martial airs put into the peoglle and add imerest with 2 punching rine nll is met 2 gill 20 be easily swilowedl. It meguises 2 man of musdle to handle it seadily, but st is a chest diewrioper. ooo A muniber of sdlfiers who came @uey ho assist in the concert on Firi- disy night wee snow bound on the way home and had to spend the night at Eguam. Simcoe St. We understand I Se finr tthe Sdifier's Recreation the intention of the combined Com. The filllowing boys have enlisted is we wiih 1066 Battihon CE F. cine off any land, and we will "send flor heme: Leave wand at the Stam Offfine;, ar speak to the undersigned. 3 Chairmen of Committee . Room: have given ONE dollar? It is cer- tainly a new thing for the man at the f ont to be thinking of the comfort of the fellows at home. Notice Any citizens of Port Perry with whom any of the men of "A" Come and who have not been paid by the men before leaving are requested to send their accounts "properly itemiged to The Paymaster, 116th" 0.5. Rgth C.EF, Uxbridge, Ont. Cheques for the .amounts will be issued direct by the paymaster. It had been hoped that the cheques would be issued in time for the men to pay their own board before the men left for Uxbridge, but this was found to be impossible as the regme lations provide that the cheques shall not leave the paymaster until the firsk of each month. In every case the name of the man and the amount of his board with the date when be came and left and the mate of board should be givens WW should be distinctly understood' that the rate of board paid by the pay- master will not be greater than $4.50 per week. These accounts should be forwarded as soon as possible. Soldiers' Concert At the Soldiers' Concert in the Town Hall, on Friday night of last week, there was a record attendance -- thé house was packed. © The conpert was put on by members of the 116th Battalion, who showed surprising ver- safility and talent. Port Perry has not been treated to a program of sudh variety and excellence for a long time, The people were so delighted with speaker, appeal to help the Mother Country m her hour of need. Capt. McConnell was unable to be present owing to the storm. Several of the local officers spoke, and the results were evidently very good 25 will be seen by the oumber of re- cruits that have signed up since, Soldiers Returned The soldiers who came here from Uxbridge last week left this morning - ¥ p of Ge Sofie , 2 to stay with the "Sig Game," also the,