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$e nd BR LE fm the attack is Independent to be so disorganized that| 1, Sh 1 rn fit wentha] Telehone Rates them. Usually one gas The Application of the seven differ- conclddes the matter. But ent 'companies which comprise the ally a light attack is sent over York-Ontario Telephone Union, for when all danger seems to be permission to increase their rental a much greater volume of gas is charges, for the party lines from $12. ed, and woe betide the unwary "to $15. per annum, and for direct line r who is caught without his gas service from $15. to $18.75, and for . + | authority to put into effect a schedule 1: 'here are many dangers aside from | of toll charges for interchange of ser- the enemy's fire. The greatest of, vice between the several companies, # comes from the shots of the' came before the Ontario Railway and fall back Municipal Board at the Parliament: not hitched to ri 'Where. the' ng our own men. j buildings, Toronto, recently. With: 8 land is at all heavy, plowing has been There is another danger that comes the exception of Scarboro, all the, |at a standstill. The country has been, from over eagerness to fight and ac- companies. were represented. The i If Canadians are going to become worthy of the great country to which they belong they must widen their uision to include the responsibilities as well as ther privileges. It must cease to be necessary to appeal to ous local pride. Thousands of fine young men are ready to be sent overseas. But they are being held here in order to satisfy the demand that a County Battalion be formed--when in point of fact any sane man must know that County units cease to be such before they actually become a helping factor in the war. Very few Battalions remain a unit after they reach the front. We need to grasp the fact fully that this is our war, We must learn that before we can win, we must fight une 'lookirig very beautiful; T never saw compli something. When the big Stouffville and Bethesda company 'the maple leaves: showing such a 1 h t tacks are made, our artillery fire: Wasihic only one which intended Dr officers who have learned war in the summer at Whitby and Niagara, | fired {rom German guns. | splendid blaze of color. on the German trenches that raise the rates at present, the repre- are to be taken. Then, when the sentatives of the other companies all The social life. is going slong very enemy has been driven out, the big 'stating that while the rates would be much as usual. Chicken pie suppers guns ae trained on an area behind Mominatly raised a rebate or discount are quite numerous, and thanks to you | trenches, effectually cutting off Of twenty per cent. would be given for and many thousands like you, we are any poss possibility of bringing up Payment in advance, which to prompt . able to eat our delicious suppers in reinforcements. paying subscribers would leave the peace A few of the social events Our men are then ordered to take rates as at present. The Stouffville are a little more rare; but there has the "first or possibly the first and And Bethesda Co., however intend to been no Tack of weddings. id second trenches. This they proceed Taise their rates if the order goes j-Auction sales are plentiful, Our to.do, and It is quite probable that through, which in -all likelyhood it friend George Jackson i is busy everyl op 4 'they make the rush the first and will. The toll rate schedule provides day in the week except Sunday, and it second trenches of the enemy may be, a five cent rate for each additional is against the Jaw to sell on Sunday. comparatively empty, and to the man 'central. This with a few miodificat- You can see George getting around who is keyed up to face death and ions will probably alss be upproved the country in his new 1917 Ford--1, 4 cic the takihg of the trenches, "by the Railway Board. Mr McKay, nothing like heing up-to-date. He rushes on and President of the Union, Mr. A. D. : Bruce, manager of the Stoufiville and : seems too easy. Recruiting has been almost at a| soon enters the "curtain of fire" from aii standstill. But now there are new |our artillery. Death comes just the, Bethesda Co., and Alf Hoover, Presi- signs of life. The 82nd Bn, spent same as though the shots had been | Bent of the Home Co, laid the mat- i ter before the Board, The hearing | its actual practice, and that very fre- quently these men will not be Can- adian officers, We nust learn that a soldier gives himself unreservedly and without question to the task that is assigned to him, and that from the time he offers himself to his country he must be in actual fact the obedient and unquestioning servant of that country, This may seem like a large order, but it is the only spirit that will lead to ultimate victory: When the Canadian people realize these things and 'put their whole hearts and souls into the tremendous task before them, then the road to victory will be open Otherwise we cannot win, although the victory may be won for us. and will winter in Oshawa. "There are certain signs of political unrest, and it is possile that there may be an election in the more or less dis- tant future "Our leading millionaires are urging Il { economy, and making is necessary to | | follow their advice by raising prices so} If | high that it seems like a'sin to buy going up." "Tn" fact the "heavenly | twins" to-day are BREAD and Maar. '| But we climb the high financial ladder 570000 Belgium is 'a wonderfully fertile country, and it should be, forithe en- richmant of the land has become a sort of passion. Everything in the "| shape of fertilizer is put on the land. It is interesting to watch a Belgian teamster. He has a busy time of it; but he would be busier still if he were driving up hill and down dale on Canadian roads. In the first place he drives a. three wheeled rig. ~ There 15 a fairly heavy tax placed on four wheeled rigs, but took up the greater part of the day and the chairman, Judge McIntyre' commended the companies for their In the first twenty months of the business-like and comprehensive state War at least 2,250,000 tons of food ments. Economist and feeding stuffs--barley, rice, sugar, IR a | maize--and 2,250,000 tons of coal have been destroyed in the making of Canada's War drink in the United Kingdom. In [1915 a quantity equal to three-quart- ers of the barley imported and home lg grown in that year was so destroyed { Shipping for the transport of at least 1 1,400,000 tons of imported materials 'and drink has had to be provided, and home transport for at least 12,~ 'We've been at it a couple of years, not helping Great Britain; but help- ing ourselves. Too many people have run away with the idea that we have been assisting a semi-foreign country | to subdue her enemies. The fact is, there is no extra. tax imposed on rigs {that we have been fighting for our' 500,000 tons of manufactured drink | {each day and pleck the food we need. | 'having more than two wheels and less | liberties; fighting to keep our own | {than four." 'Hence the three wheeled sa boy: he are high, and to wany of ue Shey wil soon be out of rig. The front wheel: is used for steering, and is worked by a crank on --or 160,000 tons a week.: Taken m the aggregate, says Sir Alfred Booth oie Chairman of the Cunard Line, I'the services absorbed by the trade homes inviolate. This is Canada's War. Did you ever stop to consider wha the side in some way. an army Canada has (o-day--what an | On the front of the rig is a short immense number of men have gone | The British Red Cross Society are , tongue, and on the end of this the to the front to take the news to the mak A few folk , Belgian hitches his - big horse of weild that we are a nation among ; : way. when 'these! horses. He drives with one line, that' nations? st J 10 say he hoids the line and does| Our army now numbers between eit vision. | driving. by talking to his team: If three and four hundred thousand men for you, his rig is going down hill, he must put! This is an army greater than Great on the brakes, but then there are not Britain's standing army at the out break of war. We are a comparatively a cxpellont if you keep small people, but are compelled to , but there 1s pledty of good, | assume the responsibilities of a great! side. One nation. Most people cannot believe ; om this. Their patriotism has givena local 'coloring, They 1 ently 80 'much for the { { are on a gigantic scale, and the net result of it all is a decrease in nations al efficiency. It was with passion Lloyd George, as Minster ot Munitions, pleaded, argued, warned, But here stands the the British record: In the first twenty months of the the war we consumed at least-- 1,875,000,000 gallons of Beer 57,000,000 gallons of Spirits 17,000,000 gallons of Eoreign Wines. For this drink we paid approximately £300,000,000; in other words, we are spending half a million pounds a ; vo day--whice would purchase 80,000,~ Be] 10D cattridges or 300 aeroplanes a