_ MADE A MISTAKE (Mail & Empire. ) pone of the cur- _ for unskilled ‘ ees Sun) the Univn Government at- appealed | a t on two occasions were they able seats, and these were se- ed-by Cabinet Ministers usitig all tronage. and pull, which, goes ‘a Big Interests’ government. ‘HE MINISTER. AND BOOKS ~ (Christian Guardian) “Byery minister should be able to end $100 a year on books. Surely is is’ well within the _ limit.. The pacher who does not read will find hard, probably impossible, to keep Bi ef the times; and his mind, the stimulus of other minds, to develop ‘as it should. ck of reading may & Oks are dear and salaries low: For own sake every circuit should see at its preacher is able to buy the sco he needs. WILL” HE PASS? (Bowmanville News.) morner in the land who has eestor r so in school is prob- Ta indeting one little important mder these days—will be pass? n turn it pught to make every- : wonder if mother and dad ever p to think saat a great deal of it mds on the help sonny gets at Ii's looked upon as a great dicap, by the little folks, when yy Blip behind the class of kiddies ey started out with. One slip cer- y must leave some sort of an im- ' pression. And it’s not likely to bea /@ very favorable one. Ifa child starts | slipping earlysin life it is that much~ | easier to slip\later on. To give him |. the best of starts in life, mothers and dads, whyhot sacrifice an evening or so each week and lend a hand with | dite lessons that seem trivial to you, [bat mean a heap to your girl or boy? THE PRICE OF SUGAR (London Advertiser.) “By a ruling of the Board of Com- E eaierce, speculation in sugar has been ' , declared illegal, and a price of 23 E ats per pound set until the ist of hs ber. Those who by selling and repelling sugar drive up the price for @ consumer can be prosecuted on | the ground of having committed an “offence is makes the © wholesale house and the retailer the pnécting link between the manu- ‘facturer and the householder. The ‘middleman has been eliminated. The Pprofit which the retailer is permit- } ted to take is limited to five per cent ae two cents a pound. Any price that | he may ask above that puts him in the Jase of the profiteer. The board al- a spread of five per cent between pagie prices of the refiner and those of » the retailerfeand the refiner -cannot. | advance the price without first secur- ‘ed permission of the board. F All of which is good few for the; | “housewife as the season for éanning | aot preserving opens, not to mention & #atisfaction to the general public of discovering that there is some life the oJd board yet. IT’S ALL SETTLED NOW (Ford’s Weekly.) In upholding the BHighteenth. A- " mendment and the Voistead Prohibi- - tion Enforcement Act, the Supreme [@ourt did only what was expected. | Vets had hoped otherwise, arid cer-| nly the curious wording of the a- sendment had left it open to attack. ther points, that of the referendum, “and the intrinsic unconstitutionality ‘%f the amendment, the court merely nehed aside. : he decision was expected, because “Gn &- general way the Supreme Court (@egisters the will of the people. It does so slowly, the tone of its decis- scarcely changes over a decade, t-since the Dred Scott decision Hh overthrew the Missouri Gom- pmise and was one of the steps to ©ivil War, it is hard to recall frat the court has done anything cially revolutionary. Its decision, while it ends one Jine tack, does not absolutely end the pssibilities of effort on the part of ihe wets. - It does; however, end flank Future battles must he bt by frontal assaults on the po- eal front. er cent. This will be bitterly fought, course, and it requires no second Ht to predict that when the battle 6, the United States will be dry as poeeert of Sahara, at- noon, “al + WHAT IS WRONG? Woodstock Sentinel-Review). . Dr. Gorden (Ralph es Wee the Presbyterian General Asse 6 t sag the church is asleep? re treuble a remedy aint there is mach evidence ofl aust it ia notetrying very hard ‘failing in its work, and if it be de- -years in which to work out a scheme supported and better equipped for)%s: work than ever before. nt then is “wi {t not winning the world for Chris- tianity? Why is it that it is not win- even Canadafor-Christianity?.—{- 5 be that the answer is, ie] — ork in winning the world for Christanity; too busy in win berg for the church, for nee, in the carrying on of social and prac propaganda that may .or may not be reléted.to Christianity, | but which certainly cannot be alwa described as Christianity? It is a. matter in regard to which one hesitates to speak dogmatically; ; but if it be true that the church is le to find the reason for the f , there can be no harm in sug- gesting a line of investigation. “BRIBERY” STORIES ‘4Toronto Globe.) The poone of Ontario for the past few weeks have been told in myster- fous and vague language of “appal- ling sums” Svailable 1 for the bribery of members of the legislature. They will be pleased to learn. on the’ au- thority of Mr. Milton Fox, M.P.-P., who was said to have been offered a bribe if he would do nothing to pre- vent the removal of sand from Pelee Island by Americans interested in road building, that there is ‘nothing to TH He was not offered any money. He “never suggested to Mr. Andrew Hicks, .P.P., that money was available. He asserts that Mr. Hicks misunderstood a reference to the possibility of farm- er members getting rich qtick in con- nection with the adoption or refusal of legislation, and adds, bluntly: “If Mr, Hicks wants to go on making a fool of himself, let him do it.” That is precisely what the electors of Ontario will not let either Mr. Hicks or Mr. Fox do. They -will in- sist on an official statement.from the | Attorney-General that the Hicks-Fox incident was not a bribery plot, but} just plain foolishness. Then there is the contribution by Mr. Taylor, U.F.O. member for North Grey, to the “bribery” discussion. He says that-within three weeks after his election he received an offer of $1,000 for his influence in connection with a certain measure. He asks, “‘If in the past governments had not been in the habit of taking money on the side, how was it that the man should come to me?” Pressed to give the name of the man who,came to him, Mr. Taylor re- fuses to do so. Hé has said too much or too little. Has the law no power to compel disclosure of the name of the man who tried to bribe Mr. Tay- lor within three weeks of his election? The Taylor case is clearly one for the Attorney-General. THE COAL SITUATION (Mail & Empire.) The coal import statistics cited by Premier Borden do not warrant some of the hysterics jndulged in over scantiness in the supply. Sir Robert told the Commons that in the five months from January to May 31 of-this year the imyporta- one of anthracite were 1,695,000 5, ang a bituminious 3,498,000 a In the same period last year they were 1, 589, 000 tons and 3,448,- 000 tons. In ‘the 1920 period, there- fore, there wasa slight improvement. * While Canada should, therefore, pull through the trying period with- out widespread hardship, the out look is fof continued scarcity of cou], and high prices. The government has had a_— sub-committee of the Cabinet working on the cual problem, and it has had in hand not only the obtaining of larger and more continuous supplies of United States coal, but better development of our own resources. As Sir Robert stated, three government vessels are bringing Nova Scotia coal to But the problem is to so our transportation that . and Alberta and an cgal, can be trans- ported @conomically toward . On- tario. A deep St. Lawrence canal would enable the bringifig up of large quantities of Nova Scotia coal into Lake Ontario. The commercial briquetting of Western lignite should enable the West to supply itself. We would remain dependent on the United States for anthracite. | but ‘Canadian power ge enerated at) Niagara Falls is exported in enor- | as mous quantities to the United; States, while our own ‘needs for! power are not supplied, and the; ‘white coal’ offsets the black, and} leaves something over. ; . As the railway traffic situation in the United States improves; and es- pecially if an industrial reaction sets in, the coal supply situation will mend itself, and give Canada a few of self-sufficiency in coal] supplies: But if supplies are improved;-we must not} relapse into lethargy. Too much of| our coal is being exported now;.for | lack of. adequate wanepggiation to) home markets. TORONTO THE VICTIM (Mail & Empire:) At the best a strike a JS a desperate} remedy. At the worst, besides degoerete: it is not a remedy. When mpty one. “A protracted strike brings the wolf to-the door of many a family that was before well provided for. It breaks the strength and the very heart of many a strong man, many a, brave - strike that tails is being; the that ; er iy agate Ho spthordiye ‘Tt ve the the] rash men in the ranks of labor—} See } commonly the unmarried -men, upon whom the cares of life sit= most lightly—that bring on ee industrial _ war. into. — : plunge the body of cheb fellow- workers goes against them, the un- married men, being unencum can betake themselves to d fields of employment and go on a ing their living, while ae heads of families are fo to stay and eat the sometimes bitter rue "Se defeat. The fomenters of a’ stiéet railway strike in Toronto cannot ‘expect to have the sympathy of the citizens. The -Street--Railway strike of last Summer had very serious conse- quences for this city, and was in- jartous -to the mass of the people. Though it was.a successful strike, now comes another to enforce a de- mand for still higher” wages. ~ Such abuse of the public. will not attach them t@ the side of the strikers. people are far from disposed to re- guard the objects of the strikers as of paramount importance. e thing of paramount importance in — the premises is. that the street railway system be operated throughout its length and breadth and up» to its normal capacity. Whatever is.ne- cessary for maintaining the service must be done. The civic authorities and the provincial authorities con- cerned, as well as the Toronto Rail- way Company, are looked to, to keep the cars moving and the police are depended on to prevent any. interfer- ence with the operation of the sys- tem. The people of Toronte must not be trified with, = 4 SUGAR AGAIN UNDER CONTROL (Toronto Globe.) , To ghow that it really did control the prite of sugar, the Board of Com- merce a few weeks ago removed the restrictions upon the sale of it. The Board is now able to say “‘Itold you so,” for immediately prices began to soar and profiteering to flourish. Having demonstrated its prescience, it has again placed sugar under con- trol. The experiment may be grat- ifying to the Board, but it is hard upon the public, who will hope that the Board will not take << meni fit of pique. The general effect of the new regu- lations is that twenty-three cents a pound plus freight, is the maximum price to be charged: the’ public for sugar. Retailers must not charge more than fwo cents a pound over the averaged cost of all the stock in hand. The maximum price of twenty-three cents may be charg- ed to the consumer only by retailers whose averaged cost is lower than twenty-one cents may be able to sell several cents a pound below the max- imum. In special cases to prevent loss retailers may charge the maxi- mum price of ninety-five cents for four pounds. But, as a general rule, the maximum price which is a retail- er may charge the public is twenty- three cents a pound. All these prices refer to granulated sugar, exceptions being made of icing sugar, lump sugar, or sugar in cartons. If, these prices for sugar are ex- ceeded the Board of Commerce may notify the Attorney-General of the Province where the offense is com- mitted, or it may itself declare as to the guilt of the party concerned and ‘order the practise to cease, disobed- jence of this order constituting an indictable offense and Hability to a fine.of one thousand dollars a day or imprisonment for a term not éxceed- ing two years. The Board may also recommend a prosecution by the At- torney-General, who, tinder the Act, may also institute proceedings inde- pendently. Such prosecution is au- thorized by the Combines and Fair Prices Act, and any person who con- travenes this Act is guilty of an in- dictable offense and liable to a pen- alty not exceeding five thousand dol- lars or to imprisonment for 4 term not exceeding two years, or to both fine and inrprisonment. The penalties for profiteering in foods are severe, and those who are charged more than twenty-three cents a pound for granulated sugar will do a public service by forwarding the particulars to the Board “of Com- merce. A MUZZLED CLERGY (Christian Guardian) , At the Anglican Synod in To- ronto a good lay brother tHought it worth while to introduce a motion to the effect that ministers should “preach the gospel,” and should not be led astray into preaching either social reform or politics. Just what hé meant, we do not knowybut-prob- ably we Can guess. The clerical brethren in the Synod, however, were not quite prepared for such .a mo- tion, and the Bishop declared yery positively, indeed, that he would not permit his clergy to be muzzied. This, of course, settled the matter for the Synod. But om ans good brother writes-to explain that he had no intenti = bs ail. of one the .An-) s they If thet. npn ‘yernia The|. “ repairs. - compression and yet unbreakable everywhere. buy oil. [wrens Polaring tan ‘be riependell gh lubrication, to keep the-engine running quietly and Taultlesely, to take you a 100 miles orl OU mites at the least cost for fuel, oil and” ‘ Tingestit Polafine fein. a “latte tees liocter utilizes wear—it is the perfect the full power of: the fuel. oil-film over everv_ surfa lubricant, - ial Polarine will not break up under high operating heats. urns freely with Hardly a trace of carbon. pide depreciation and fuels. 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Surely they can see it is going to destroy their-Church, and injure all the Churches! By the way, this was just what the Liberty League said. It is an old complaint. Ever since the Methodists began, they have been stirring up things, and some have even accused them of “turning the world upside down.” And again and again, they have been abjured to ‘“‘let well enough alone,” amd ,.to “be a litthe more careful.’ There is no Church better hated by the liquor traffic the world over, and probably there is none that deserves it more. There Is no Church which has attacked evil more boldly and more constantly, and there is none which has grown more rapidly. The truth is we do not “tell men how to vote;’’ but we do tell them to vote _as they pray. We do not tell men that they must get out of the déqyuor traffic, and quit profiteering, and pay their workmen better wages, and give a more honest day’s work; but we do tell them what the gospel says, and we try to make men see just how it-should affect their daily fe. . : »The question is, “Have Methodist ministers alienated the people = their outspoken pronouncements,” not? From-the, time the first Meth- odist publicly denoynced wrongdo-} ing in the community until now, tise 1 id souls have been trembling for the ark of God, and théy have counselled caution ‘as loudly as they dared. Not only so, but there is probably not a singte community where Methodism has gone where men have not been so offended at the plain speaking of our preachers as to leave the Church. We have lost men of wealth, men of influence, men of intellect; but for every one we have lost, we have gain-; ed probably a dozen, who have been’ attracted by the fearlessness of a pul-! pit which dared to tell the truth a- bout liquor-selling, even- when 1 ere sellers sat in the. pews; which _to denounce gambling, even eyo the gamblers were amongst the rers; and which took no counsel with timid souls who feared to offend, but pre-!. ferred ‘the old-fashioned pdinted method of “Thou art the man!” ~ Methodist ‘ministers a re. desirous! of pleasing other: TanhicranGone and egret that those who never hear io yo like their sermons; but ¢ steadily refused to allow individ pehaald » d We take ——-—- Save Your Old Tires! them by our Dri-Kure Process at about 34 the Tt cavt be saved, and 2,500 miles new life put into cost of buying new tires. , Why throw away valu- able property-- Have your old Tires RE-RUBBERED The Dri-Kure Process is so effective we can guarantee results. 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It may possibly be that some of our men at times say unwise things; it may possibly be that some of them misuse their lib- erty; but it is certain that our Meth- odist people, equally with our min- igters, demand an absolutely nunfetter- a pulpit and will tolerate no other. The ‘man who tries to muzzle the Methodist people, equally with our ministers, demand an absolutely un- fettered pulpit, and. wiil-tolerate no other: “The man who-tries to muzzle the Methodist ministry wili “need ae ual) méy. oe “Yes, z somes es he ever tried haan One On The Parson “It is not always safe even for a clergyman to quote Scripture,” re- marked Bishop Weldon ‘the other day. “For instance (he continued) one very cold day a certain vicar and one of his elderly parishioners were walk- ing home from church when the latter slipped and fell fiat on his back. “The. clergyman looked at him for a moment, and on being assured that he was not hurt, said: gg sinners stand. on slippery. “The old- man looked up and smiled ‘3 A ;, Fee they 40, he said bat zs