ON UNIONIZING THE SCHOOL _ TEACHERS * . x Pye s Tee _ Canadian public School teachers are writing me for st ions as to how they may. tmprove their finan- cial status. The answer is plain. -- Uni Dpore F Aas ee from edagogy and e: the trade of teac ing" Pat it scr Union basis. Make your own. scale of pay. Do not leave it to a lot of tight-wads in the form of boards of trustees. Teachers without prev- lous experience so much per year, with one year's experience so much and so on. Do not allow any board of trustees to cut this scale. Stick to the union wage as established by your Own committee, stick to it down to eer ry pa piece. : n Ontario there already exi Federation of Wom Tesahana, pte it is said to be ten thousand strong. Here is the skeleton about,which the eres fabric uiay, fe constructed. Call F convention, appoint a com- mittee to name the Gente Gt pay, os tablish the minimum and maximum wage, and, if necessary, employ an experienced general organizer to whip this union into shape. The next step would be to establish federations in other provinces where they do not now exist, with the idea of amalga- mating these various federations into * one concrete government body. What itdesiteesiniianaeeige nae unionism has done for other workers it can do for the teacher. In the average fair-sized Ontario coun 1914, were paid on the average of and 1918, a general increase of around $35 per annum was granted, or seven per cent., whereas living ex- penses between these two periods in- creased many times seven per cent. Another noteworthy point is that pre- vious experience appears to count for little so far as regards teaching in the country districts and smaller cen- tres. In Stratford, Ont., for instance the scale of pay for experienced teachers is only $50 more per annum than that offered for teachers with- out experience. And still another absurdity is the small margin between minimum and maximum pay, which rarely exceeds $100 per annum. In commercial life, experience is. what a firm or corporation pays for. In dol- lars and cents an employee may eas- ily double his or her cash value to the employer in a comparatively short time. Apparently those who employ teachers do not appreciate that ex- perience counts, There is obviously just one thing for teachers to do. Put your pride in your pocket. Join the workers. Forget that you once belonged to a profession--unionize.--Toronto Sat- urday Night. try town, women teachers, in| $500 per annum. Between that year |- WHERE ARE YOU, MR. READER? With regard to municipal affairs, the people of a.town can be classi- fied about as follows: 1--The man 'who criticizes the m council from first to last, but refuses to help make things better by taking a seat in the council. ; 2--The man who gives the coun- cil a reasonable supbort throughout the year, although he declines to be a candidate. : 3--The man who has the muni- cipal "bee in his bonnet" and is a perennial candidate. : 4--tThe man who would like to be a candidate but wants to be coaxed. _ 5--The man who is willing to take a seat at the council if the electors really want him and think he can give them good service. AS 6--The man who doesn't pay any attention to municipal affairs except perhaps, when he pays his taxes or wants a new sidewalk on his street. 7--The man who looks up to a town councillor as a sort of diety, takes off his hat to a member of the council whenever he meets him, and considers it sacrilege for any person to criticize the doings of the council. (We put in this last to make the seven; there isn't any such kind of man nowadays.) > If you see it in The Sun--it's so. _ DISFRANCHISE DESERTERS _ the ae geri designed to d s : in the Province of British Columbia. In other words, all those males who came within the operation of the Mil- itary Service Act, 0 exemption at the hands of the tribun- < als and absented themselves from mil- itary duty against the the privilege of the ballot. | rence News, Iroquois, formerly of the Atwood Bee, and a member of the executive of the Dominion Alliance, Ontario branch, which meets in a few days in Toronto, will introduce cer- tain amendments to the O. T. A. with a view to making the hotel business pay better than it is doing at present, granting it certain exclusive conces- sions on the sale of tobacco in every form, under license and regulation of | the Government as part of the condi- tions of licensed or standardized hotels. ; " rye BAGPIPES | Bagpipes in the ev'ning; é . According to an announcemen Sgr resd Ese ade by Premier Oliver of British) Bagipes by my bed; Columbia last week, an amendment to the Provincial Elections Act is to be introduced to the Bagpipes in the morning; rodagpines gine, Ein dead. . 'm strictly "stuck" on bagpipes, seealen Sigil he They pas Ti die HANDS, as ranchise all deserters - ne fee Nnaeipes, ton the boom If e'er I die-o' bagpipes,, f "Twill be a glorious déath, If e'er I quit my bagpipes, -- Twill be for want o' breath. If e'er I die o' bagpipes, _ And me my choice be given, who failed to get TN surely tak' my bagpipes, Or T'll no' get into Heaven. the law will lose aad aw Sai _TO HELP THE HOTELS L : : Is the cart wi'out the mule, R. S. Pelton, editor of the St. Law-|And he who scoffs the bagpipes Is a poor unworthy tool. He should never sit wi' gentry, Wi' the drones a' out 0' tune. For everything that's low, Why do they hate the bagpipes? Their answer is "don't know," Yet, at the gallant bagpipes, A sneering sigh, they'll whine, In such a case, the bagpipes Are "pearls before the swine." -- When the Titanic was sun York to "cover" the story. YW. get the facts. When the Halifax explosion And they who jeer the bagpipes How Star Men Cover World News Events en Ulster threat occuPre k, The Toronto Daily Star rushed seven members of rebellion, three Star men travelled 4,000 miles to a small army of photographers Know not what they abhor; They criticize the bagpipes Wi' ign'rance flowing o'er. There's naething can compete Or yet compare wi' bagpipes, For music sad and sweet. The spirit-stirring bagpipes Can light the saddest drear 'Twas bonnie Highland bagpipes Made Scotland's fame sae dear. When soldiers hear the bagpipes, Their deep inspiring strains, They'll fight beside the bagpipes The mournfu' sound o' bagpipes Can mak' me shed a tear, The stirrin' sound 0' bagpipes Can mak' me dance wi' cheer. The piercing sound 0' bagpipes Can mak' a soildier brave. The sacred sound o' bagpipes Shall worship at my grave. They who forsake the bagpipes, Their brains are empty cells, To the grandeur o' bagpipes, They are, in regard to bagpipes, Unmannerly, unkind. To prove this 0' the bagpipes, Tak' Wullie Thain o' Guelph; For Wullie teaches bagpipes That proves, alone, that bagpipes Are famous to our land; When men can love the bagpipes And lead an op'ra band. Then here's to Highland bagpipes, Their pibroch and their fame! Oh, he who mocks the bagpipes May envy stain his name. As instruments o' fame, -He's but himsel' to blame. the staff to New ASK SWEEPING REFORMS and writers went For Heaven, wi'out the bagpipes, . But be classed wi' Boer or Coon, And be made to play the bagpipes, Some Lightheads curse the bagpipes Wi' the life and soul o' bagpipes, Till they dry their dearest veins. From the fact the blame the bagpipes When they ought to blame themsels They are both uncouth and blind; And the stringband, leads himself, May the God, who sent us bagpipes, Teach him who scorns the bagpipes --John A. McD. Fraser. Sixty women representing the wo- men voters of Manitoba waited on % ie _-- HUNTING FARMERS It is apparently in the language of {Sportsmen the open season for hunt- fing farme We hear astonishing stories. In one county town the father and-even the frail and '|headed mother of a military defaui- ter were put on trial for giving shel- ter and food to their only son. It is to the credit of the Crown Attorney that he shrank from the prosecution of a mother under the Military Ser- vice Regulations and ordered the charge withdrawn. The administra- tion of justice seems in many cases to be' of a low order. In one of these cases, Mr. Justice Riddell ad- ministered a rebuke the other day, which may raise justice to a higher sense of duty. The war is over and it would seem that sound public pol- 'icy ought to put an end to a prosecu- tion which serves no imaginable -pur- ose of public good. Let there be consideration, at least, for the un tended cattle in the stables. : A CALL TO SERVICE. to Uae State the best that js in us. Are we making or are we prepared to make the necessary\ sacrifices? Co- gnizant as you are of extravagance, inefficiency, inequity and other ob- structions to the attainment of the full benefit of representative govern- ment, obstructions which breed dis- content and disturbance, are we do- ing our utmost™to remove them? TI confess to some fear of untoward de- velopments unless a_ very reat change takes place in the attitude of the average person to public affairs. The change from apathetic to aggres- ive publie spirit may involve sacrifice of time and personal comfort, but it will have to be made if the full fruits of the great victory we have achieved for representative Government are to be gathered."--C. A. Bogert. ¥ IF THE SITUATION WERE RE. VERSED. ' (Guelph Mercury.) There is a suspicion that the tem- pering of justice with mercy to the Germans by the Peace Conference will work to the disadvantage of the Allies. Their whining policy seems to be getting hold on some of the dele- gates and it is openly heard now that Germany must not be treated too harshly. It is only necessary to im- agine what the terms would have been if the German had been victor. All the whining' of the Allies wouldn't have saved a ship ora colony to the British Empire and they wouldn't care either how long it would take to pay up the indemnity levied. -- COUNCILLORS PERSONALLY LIABLE The town council of Renfrew, On- tario, was very generous to the Knights of Columbus. The Ontario head of the order lives there. The council granted $8,000 which on a per capital calculation, is equal to nearly a million dollars from the city of Toronto. However, it has not been paid, because the town council had no power to make any grant for such a purpose. Other municipal councils are in the same position. The mem- bers who voted grants are personally liable if the money is paid. (Toronto Weekly Sun.) | "As citizens it is our duty to give} - to get the story. the provincial Government last week The Mil : ARE PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING «-- pee Te pet The Sun Printing Office Main Street - MILVERTON, ONT: Subscription rates:--One year, $1.80; em months, 75c, in advance, Subseribere in rr rears will be liable to pay $2.00 per years Advertising rates on application, Advertisements without spectfic directlona -- will be inserted until forbid and charged ae- x cordingly. 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