FOR SALE A frame barn 26x40 ft. Apply t C. R. Honderich, Milverton, One 2 'VICTORY BONDS S Victory. bonds bought and sold.-- _ George Roe, R. R. No. 1, Newton: FOR SALE e Windmill and second-hand rubber tired buggy. Wm. Mitchell, Pao. oy NOTICE We are shipping hogs at Milverton _ and Brunner on Saturday, June 21st. --Fred Zimmerman & Son, ! FOR SALE A Happy Thought Range--in ex- See oettdan, Apply at The Sun ce. WANTED Experienced farm hand, Boi 'ater er month to start. at Sun office. single; Apply FOR SALE Second-hand washing machine and wringer in good condition. For fur- ther information, apply at Sun office, ~FOR SALE _A pair of geese (gray). Reason or selling, too near railway track. 'Apply Lawrence Ogram, R.R. No, 1, 'allenstein Ont. nee HOUSE FOR SALE _. A splendid seven roomed: brick house; good lot and situated on Main eet. For further particulars apply Joseph Martin, Milverton. 4-t Siemans a -- FOR SALE "My 150-acre farm, either with or -without the crop. Or will divide the farm. A snap for quick sale. Apply to S, J. Miller, No. 1 Linwood, © 4-t. FOR SALE _ 1 bureau, bed spring and mattress feather tick, quilt, pillows, blankets, commode chair. Apply to Henry A. Papdeaeange lot 1, con. 13, Morning- on. 2-1. FOR SALE 5-roomed house with woodshed and splendid garden. Opposite skating rink, Linwood. Easy terms. For further particulars apply to George Fink, Linwood, Ont. FOR SALE Situated on Wilfrid street, Milver- ton, brick veneered house, six_rooms;. hall and summer kitchen; electric fix- tures, hot air furnace (new); cellar cemented and cistern. Blinds, storm windows, etc. Apply to N. H. Hon- derich, Milverton. PROTECT YOUR BUILDINGS As the season for electrical storms is approaching, rey owners will - be wise to protect their buildings with - lightning rods. Leave your order with James W. Schmidt, Milverton, and secure the best material and workmanship. ------ Notice to Farmers The undersigned will ship hogs in future as follows :-- : Friday, June 20th, at C.P.R., Mil- -yerton, and G.T.R., Brunner, Other dates will be announced weekly. Highest prices guaranteed. Kindly deliver hogs at C.P.R., Mil- verton, before 10.30. a.m. MILLER, ATKIN & SCHNEIDER. «= FOR SALE In Milverton on Mill street, oppos- ite the school, a solid brick house, newly papered and decorated; with large stairway, attic and three large bedrooms, a den and three piece bath- room upstairs. Downstairs--a parlor and large dining room, hall and kit- chen, summer kitchen and woodshed, and three roomed cellar; heated by furnace; lighted by hydro; hard and soft water; hot and cold water in the house; water supplied by a never-fail- ing artesian well pumped by, electric- ity. A stable 18x24; water in stable, Lot 70x208%4 feet. For particulars apply to T, P. ROE, Milverton. Notice of Payment 3 The ratepayers in the Township of Mornington who are assessed for the - Burnett Drain are hereby notified to pay their assessments to the Treas- urer on or before the next meeting 'of council or to the Clerk any Friday in the afternon (if they have not al- -ready done so). This is to avoid the 'necessity and expense of issuing de- bentures. Prompt payment is re- quired for the Municipality's contri- bution for the drainage work must be paid forthwith. WM, WADDELL, Clerk of Mornington. COMMERCIAL Spring Wheat, per bus.«$ 2 06 $2 06 Pe Fae Wiest SY BATS ay oe ra ay Oats War Flour, spring, cwt. War Flour. blended cwt, War Flour, winter, cwt. otatoes per bag ane | trial order will be ap | Monkton; : mr LBS. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Campbell and children, Mr, and Mrs. Bd see Cam-- pbell and Mr, Allison, of Moorefield, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adair, 17th con, Golightly Bros, were at London on. Tuesday and brought back three new Ford cars. _ | Mr. Wellington Hay, M.P.P., of Lis towel. was, in the village on Tuesday. | -- Quite a number of Monkton manele took in the cireus at Stratford on Tuesday. Mr. Joseph Graham left on Wed- nesday for Minto, Man. The Vice-President of the C, P, R. of Montreal, went through here on a} special train on Tuesday, Mr, Jack Henry spent a couple of | days in Stratford last week. | _Miss Edith Erskine of Stratford | high school spent the week-end at her | home here. : Mr. Lawson. Henry made a busi- ness trip to Atwood on Monday ev- ening. Mr. David Bartja returned on Fri- day after spending a few days with} his daughter, near Fergus, _Mr. Irving Hance spent Sunday at. his home in Mitchell, | Pte. Lorne Wicke returned home| on Monday after visiting friends at} London, } Mr, and Mrs. Frank Rowland and} son, Mr, and Mrs. Roy Rowland and) son, Everett, of Stratford, spent Sun- par ANE Mr. and Mrs. Richard Row- nd, : Mr. and Mrs. John Elligson, Mr. and Mrs. John White and Mr, Geo. cepently motored to Elmira on Sun- day. _Mr. Nelson Ward, of Hickson, is pene his father, Mr, John Ward, Yr. Messrs, Roy and Wm. Morrison and Miss Jennie Morrison are at present visiting at Woodstock. Mrs. John Rennick spent a few days last week at Mitchell. Miss Anie Brown 'spent the week- end in Mitchell, Pte. George Leppard returned home from overseas on Tuesday ev- ening. He was met at the station by a few of his friends, as not many knew that he was coming. Mr. Wilfrid Raszman has returned to Detroit after spending his vaca- tion. with his parents here. | Mr. and Mrs, Ed. Ward, of Brant- | ford, are at present visiting the for- mer's father, Mr, John Ward, Sr, Miss Gofton, of Bright, is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. B. Manton. Mr. Claude Stein, of Bayfield, was a Saturday visitor in our burg, My. Floyd Holman, of Puslinch, iy the week-end with his parents ere, Miss Edna Dayidson and Mr, Pudy of Toronto, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson. _ Mr, Clarence Ellacott, of Toronto, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ellacott. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Raszman and son, Wilfrid and Mr. Conrad Helelr spent a few days at Owen Sound last week, Miss Ada Near, of Mitchell, spent Sunday at her home here. Services in Knox church at 3 p.m. and Sunday School at 2 p.m, on Sun- day next. There probably will be service at 7.30 p. m. also. Rev. EB. A. Thomson is expected home on Friday. Rev. Dr. R, P, McKay, of Toronto, will have charge of the service in the afternoon. We are glad to see Mr. Ed. Wilson out-again after a short illness. Rev. James and Mrs. Abrey, of Londesboro, are at present visiting in Monkton and vicinity. A meeting of the subscribers of the Bell Telephone was held on Mon- day night in the tent to hear the re- port of the deputation that went to London to wait on the District Sup- erintendent, to see if the Company would not restore the service they had previous to the new rates going into into effect. They reported the earn- est consideration of the company re- garding the local condition and if possible adjustments will be made that should prove satisfactory to all. A standing committee was appointed | ' WANTED A good general servant for family of four. Every convenience in the house and other help kept. Apply giving references and wages wanted to Dr. Forster, Stratford. Special Meeting paler A special meeting of the Farmers' Club, Rostock, will be held at Wing- felder's hall, Rostock, on Tuesday ev- ening, June 24th, at the hour of 8 o'clock. A full attendance of the members is desired.--George Koch, President; H. Baumbach, Secretary. Girls Wanted To work on power sewing machines making fine shirts and underwear. We pay pay liberal weekly wage to be- ginners and highest piece work 'bn to experienced operators. lean, steady work year around in clean fac- tory. Write now, or visit our factory. --John Forsyth Limited, Kitchener, Ontario. : 7- EXECUTORS' SALE OF BOOT AND . SHOE STOCK, The undersigned will receive up to July 1st, next, written offers for the purchase en bloc of the boots, shoes, rubbers, etc., comprising the stock of the late Av H, Holmes, merchant, who carried on business in the village of Monkton, in the County of Perth. An inventory of the stock, and other in- |formation may be had on application to the undersigned. Brick building where business was carried on will al- so be sold. Offers can be for stock and building or separately. TERMS CASH : 5 George B. Manton, Monkton, ies Executor. ELE PORES eS Announcement ! Having purchased the grocery and confectionery business of Mr. F. A. Ronnenberg, I hereby solicit a share of your patronage. A fresh stock of groceries and confectionery will al- ways be kept in stock; also all kinds of fruit and ice cream in season. reciated. er Milling Co. ~ Coal oil and Pfe flour always on hand. I will also pay cash | eggs. 'W.S. MERRYFIELD ee Ontario ey See - aes for butter and) to answer the comunication from the company. : : The Women's Patriotic Society in- tend serving a banquet to the soldiers of this community and their parents in the basentent of the Methodist church, Monkton, on July Ist, at 12 o'clock (noony. 'The ladies ask for | very generous donations of cold meat pie, cake and extras that would con- stitute a good dinner. Every young lady of this community who has help- ed along the work of the W.P.S. is invited to atend the. banquet and as- sist the older members in entertaining the guests. You are asked to con- sider this a personal invitation and to tell your friends and neighbors who are interested. ' the ladies by a hearty response in every way possible, so that this ban- quet may be a grand success. Mr, and Mrs. Herbert Kropp and family of New Hamburg, spent Sun- day here with Messrs, Jacob and Gid Weber. . Miss Mae Weber, of New Hamburg, high school, spent Sunday under the parental roof... Messrs. Weber & Bettger have in- stalled in their store three "Success" Fire Extinguishers and are prepared to take orders for same at $18 each. These extinguishers are recommended by ths Fire Underwriters' Asotiation. Mrs. Thos. Watt and Mr. David Watt, of Mitchell, spent the week- end with Mrs. Geo. Brown, Miss Annie Sherwin, of Mitchell, spent the week-end at her home here, Oranges, lemons, bananas, water- melons at reasonabel prices at Gill's, Mr.. James Erskine is attending 1.0.0.F. Grand Lodge at Toronto this week. Misses Annie Berlet and Martha Benneweis spent the week-end with friends in Kitchener. Misses Hope and Ruby Rowland spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rowland. Mr. and Mrs, Peter Paterson, Miss Lizzie Patterson and Mr, Wilfrid Pat- terson left on Friday for St. Rose du Lac, Man., where they will visit for a couple of months. \ EVANGELIST E. D. JOHNSTON Who has charge of the TABERNACLE MEETINGS Now being held in the Big Tent at Monkton. The Union Tabernacle meetings be- ing conducted in the big tent at Monk ton are nightly increasing in interest and great crowds are being attracted to the meetings. Evangelist Johnston is living up to his reputation as being one of, if not the greatest, Canadian evangelists. He has conducted successful cam- paigns in many of the larger centres of population in both Canada and the United States, and this community is indeed fortunate in securing the ser- vices of such a sane and powerful preacher of the Word of God. Prof. S. Graham Fraser, the chor- ister, is well known in musical circles all over the continent. Singing be- comes infective under his leadership. Mr. Fraser is acknowledged as being one of the greatest living gospel sol- oists and is an accredited singing evangelist of the Presbyterian church, Mrs. Johnston is a gifted speaker and has had uniform success in the eonduct of meetings for women and ~ PROF. S. GRAHAM FRASER | Who has charge of the musical part of the program at the Tabernacle t. Meetings now being held at Monkton. girls in her husband's campaigns, She will speak to women and girls only next Sunday afternoon. The services will continue each night this week at 8 o'clock. The Sun- day services will be as follows: a.m.--Prayer meeting led by Prof. Fraser. 9.45 a.m.--Sunday School. 10.45 a.m.--Sermon by Evangelist Johnston. Subject: "The Fulness of the Holy Spirit." 3 p.m.--(At the tent)--Men and boys only of twelve and over. Sub- ject: "Where Satan Sows His Seed." 3 p.m.--(at the Methodist church) --Mrs. Johnston will speak to women 'and girls only of twelve and over. Subject: "The White Life." 7.30 p.m.--' Excuses." ay The services will continue each night next week except Monday. The big union choir will sing at each service and are doing splendid work. : | SPECIAL NOTICE--On Saturday night Prof. Fraser promises an excep- tional treat when all the boys and girls of Monkton will appear in a specially prepared musical program, This aggregation of young people is known as "The Boosters" and every- body ought to hear them sing. Cone one, come all. : 7 SMOOTH WORK. | (Buffalo News) Come and help | |}sure you get HACKING'S. | Mr, Lorne D. Blackwell is spend- ing his holidays at Clarksburg. Born--In Atwood, on Monday, June 16th, to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd D. Vallance, a son. i Mrs. B. Robertson, of Monkton, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Cox. : Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gilmer and al of the late Mr. Gilkinson, of Lis- towel on Monday. Mr. Gordon Barton, of Listowel, spent the week-end with his father, Mr. D. Barton. ' Mrs, Nichol and son, Dr. Harvey Nichol, of Owen Sound, spent the week-end with friends here. : Mrs. W. R. Erskine visited her sis- ter, Mrs. Angus, of Stratford, last week. | Mrs. John Roger spent Tuesday of last week with Dr. J. A. and Mrs. Bothwell, of Stratford. Miss Mary Cumming has returned to her home in Molesworth after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs, John G. Dickson. The Forward Movement meetings in connection with the Presbyterian church will commence on Sunday, June 22nd, and conclude on Sunday, June 29th. Splendid speakers have been obtained for these special meet- ings and it is hoped that many will make an effort to be present. Miss Margery Ratcliffe spent a few days last week visiting friends in Lis- towel. Miss Aldona Dickson spent the week-end in Newton, the guest of Miss Nellie Davidson. On Sunday, June 22nd, anniversary services in connection with -the Ep- worth League of the Methodist church will be held. Mrs. (Rev.) J. F. Sut- cliffe will preach at both services. On Monday evening a garden party will be held in aid of the League funds. Special talent from Stratford has been obtained for the occasion. Mr. Fred Hollinback left on Mon- day for Brussels where he intends opening a garage, Miss Annie Wynn has returned from Toronto for a month's holidays. Mr, James Erskine left on Saturday morning for Moose Jaw, Sask. Mr. Wm. Crooks, of Detroit, is vis- iting in the village. Mr. and Mrs. John Roger and Mr. and Mrs. John Vallance motored to Stratford on Saturday. Mr. John Pelton, of Detroit, is vis- iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Lem- uel Pelton. : Mr. and Mrs. Davies, of Toronto, jspent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Binden. Mr, Geo. Crooks left on Saturday for the West. Mr. and Mrs, John Hanna and son, Elwood, started on Saturday to visit friends in the Western provinces. Pte. Carl Peebles, a returned sol- dier, and his bride of Toronto, spent their honeymoon with relatives in the village. Miss Clara Reid, of Ayr, is visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. John T. Peebles. Mrs. (Rev.) W. D. McDonald and sons, Willie and Bobbie, have return- nach eau spending two weeks at Oak- ville. Miss Della Walsh, of Drayton, spent last week with Mr, and Mrs. W. G. Shera. Miss Margaret Logie, of Listowel, spent a few days last week with Miss Edith Hammond, WELLESLEY Mr. Louis Wagner is nursing a sprained ankle. We were glad to greet Oscar Batten berg, one of our boys who returned from overseas on Monday. Three rinks of Wellesley bowlers played in Plattsville last Thursday. They were defeated by a few points. Messrs, L. Wagner, Herb. Kauf- man and C. F, Ottmann attended the council meeting in North Easthope on Monday in the interest of the Ag- ricultural Society. Our business people have installed a street sprinkler system and have had it in operation for several days. Messrs. Ed. Dietz, L..Ottmann and Misses Olga Egerdi, Persida Ottmann and Telettia Schmidt spent Sunday afternoon with friends in and around Tavistock. Mr. Edwin Koehler, Mrs. Mulcahy and the Misses Alice and Elsie Miller visited friends in Elmira on Sunday. 6th LINE ELMA Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Karges spent Sunday evening at Mr. Wellington Sproule's. Messrs. James Carnochan and Jack Reid spent Monday last in Ethel. Mr. Russell Nutt had the misfor- tune to sprain his ankle one day last week, . Wedding bells are ringing. .Mrs. John MeCutcheon, of Listow- el, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. T. R. Alexander, IMPOSED FINE OF $100 (Kitchener News-Record) In the Criminal court of the County Judge, at Kitchener, Herman Wismer of Linwood, was charged Wednesday afternoon with having assaulted an- other Linwood man named Stever. Judge Hearn found Wismer guilty and imposed a fine of $100 and costs. The altercation arose between Wis- inet and Stever through a business eal, CARD OF THANKS We take this opportunity of con- veying to our friends of S.S. No. 5 our sincere thanks for the token pre- sented us in kind remembrance of our son, Alexander, who fell in Flanders fields.--Mr, and Mrs. Henry Freeborn Newton. A Real Tonic Anaemia Neurasthenia Ree : Y yous Yarriness _ Nervous _ Disorders _ Sfacking's Feart & JLerve Remedy Is a Reliable Treatment for Anaemia; it quickly strengthens and builds up the whole system and gives a feeling of Health, Comfort and _ Vitality. Makes the Eyes Bright, brings back the rosy color to the cheeks, and takes away that feeling of weariness and depression, Don't worry about sick- ness, get a few boxes to-day, but be a box, 6 for $2.50. Petrie, Milverton; Weber & Bettger, pe te and C. E, Coughlin, At- wood. ee se Mr. W. Y. Gilmer attended the funer-. rice 50c For sale by S. GARAGE NOTI lam now ina position to do all kinds of Garage Work and have on hand a complete stock of Ford Supplies, Tires, Tubes and oh. Chevrolet Repairs. Seo J also do LATHE WORK, EMERY GRINDING, SAW GUMMING, LAWNS] MOWERS GROUND AND REPAIRED, FARM MACHINERY REPAIRED, BUGGIES, WAGONS, ETC., OF ALL KINDS NEATLY REPAIRED. A TRIAL SOLICITED N. WAGLER, - 'Millbank / THE HOME TOWN PAPER It's like a smiling, friendly face, It's like a voice you long have known, You see it in some place, And rush and claim it as your own The paper from your old home town Has bridged the long and dreary miles, And with it you can settle down Among familiar tears and smiles. It speaks of every friend you know, It tells of scenes you yearn-to see; It brings back joys of long ago And tells of joys that are to be. And as you run its columns o'er Your yesterdays "Come trooping back, You fancy you are home once more, And golden seem the letters black. It's speech is one you understand, It tells of grief that you can share, It brings you in that foreign land Glad messages to banish care. There among scenes and faces strange The old home paper seems to be The faithful friend that doesn't change, A friend that you are glad to see. I know not just what heaven is like, Nor just what joys beyond life's tide Await for men, when death shall strike, And I shall reach the other side. But this I know, when Iam gone, To dwell in realms divinely fair, My soul will yearn to look upon The old home paper over there. WRITTEN PACT NOT NEEDED | CRISIS OF JUTLAND BATTLE { HOUR OF PERIL FOR LIBERTY. "The Truth About the Battle of Jutland" is the title of a tribute to Lord Jellicoe and the British Navy written by Archibald Hurd in the Fortnightly Review. Mr. Hurd thus acknowledges the extent of the world's debt to the work of the Brit- ish navy three years ago. l. As the battle of Jutland was draw- ing to its close, liberal civilization was in greater danger than at any -period since Magna Charta was sign- 'ed. During the afternoon the Ger- |mans, without losing a capital ship 'themselves, had sunk by gunfire the battle-cruisers Indefatigable (4.6 p. m., Queen Mary (4.26 p.m.), and In- vincible (6.34 p.m.), and the armored eruiser Defence (6.16 p.m.), while the armored cruiser Warrior had been so injured that she afterwards sank. More than twice as many lives had been lost as at the Battle of Trafal- gar, when the British battle fleet in- tervened, deploying from six columns to a single line. The enemy, encour- aged by his previous successes, then -brought into action every torpedo- tube that would bear, and made at- tacks on the twenty-four British bat- tleships on a scale never before known, securing one immediate suc- cess, the battleship Marlborough (6.5 p.m.) the leading ship of the star- board wing division. = As German officers have since con- fessed, 'hundreds of torpedoes" were fired at the British vessels as they formed into battle-line, seven miles long, and then closed the range on President John Grier Hibben, A.M. Ph.D., L.L.D., of Princeton University at Convocation hall, Toronto Univer- sity: an atmosphere of understanding. This ean only come through Great Britain and the United States, both of which have the same ideals, the same tradi- tions, the same ancestors and the same tongue. We speak the language- of Shakespeare and hold the moral ideals of Milton. a secret treaty between Britain and my country, because of the three thousand miles of unfortified frontier that lies between Canada and the Un- ited States, and which has remained unguarded for more than a century, because we trusted one another. "There is no need of a written cov- enant between. us, because that cov- enant is in our blood; not only our ancestral blood but the blood shed by our sons and your sons upon the fields of Flanders." KNIGHTHOOD NOT. A BINDER (Toronto Star.) Nor will the suggestion find favor in Canada that the Empire is held to- gether by its knights and by the jud- icious conferring of knighthoods and other titles on selected persons. The Empire is held together by more sub- stantial things than the social recog- nition given those who seek and prize such favors. The British Empire ex- ists because it ought to and must ex- ist, in the best interests of all the countries included in it. Those who try to keep up the fiction that it ex- ists because a few people here and there are on sleepless guard, in con- stant touch with each other, and earn titles and honors by their mighty lab- ors against the separatist tendencies of entire populations--those who live and thrive by keeping up that fiction will find their occupation gone. Can- ada is in the British Empire because it is, and ever has been, the desire of the overwhelming mass of her people that she should be in it. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR (Toronto Farmers' Sun) A summary of the peace to be im- posed on Austria manifests more clearly than the German treaty the magnitude of the consequences of the war. The Austrian Empire, succes- sor of the Holy Roman 'Empire and of the Roman Empire, destroyer of Spain in the Middle Ages and _arbi- ter of Europe under Charles. Fifth, with sway over 50 millions of people, is required to acknowledge the in- dependence of its Czech, Slav and Hungarian States, and dwindles to the Republic of Austria with a petty territory and a petty population of six millions, forbidden to unite with the Germans and bereft of the means of offence and defence. What mad- man with this lesson before him will hereafter provoke a world war? THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL " The movement in the direction of doing away with the one-room school- house with forty to fifty ungraded pupils is perhaps an important step. The consolidated school prom- ises much to our rural communities. But the step taken is as yet a tiny one. The one-room school is almost universal in the smaller districts. It is said that the richest State in the Union has over four thousand old- fashioned schools of this type. How- ever, a beginning has been made to better these conditions, and that is the important thing. The aim which year to have standardized teachers' Ito the profession, _ ; "The league must be permeated by | under I do not believe in}e the province of Alberta is making prominent in her program for the residences at the schools will be an additional feature of no small mo- ment in giving greater permanence the enemy. They constituted an en- ormous target for "browning shots." |That the British Empire was saved ,and the world rescued from passing the control of Prussian auto- cracy, with its vast naval and military machines, was due to the instant de- cision and prompt action of the com- mander-in-chief of the grand fleet, supported. by the admirals command- ing divisions and the captains of the heavy ships which the enemy attack- d. If that attempt made with large forces and audacity, had- not been frustrated, the grand fleet might have been so weakened that the command of the sea would have passed from us. In that event nothing could have sav- ed the allied cause from overwhelm- ing defeat. With the interruption of sea communications, the allied armies would have looked disaster in the face; food and raw material would have been shut off from the forty- five million people in the British Is- land which would have become little better than a German colony; the British Empire, like an ill-joined mos- aic, would have fallen into ruins, as German profesors had prophesied; the continent of Europe would now be under the heel of the German Em- peror, arrayed in all his "shining ar- mor' and brandishing his " sharp sword," and the} United' States and the rest of the free nations, shiver- ing in nervous fear, would be won- dering what kind of fate would be theirs. The era of progressive devel- opment of free thought and act would have closed. William II. would have succeeded where Philip II. of Spain, Napoleon and other would-be dicta- tors of the world had failed. DOES IT COME FROM GERMAN REPTILE FUND? (Toronto Telegram) How much of this Socialist agita- tion in Canada is being financied out of the backwash of German reptile funds accumulated in the United States for purposes of war on Brit- ain and her Allies? Canadian Socialism can squander $500 or $1000 on a May Day demon- stration and is lavish in the distribu- tion of Red Flag literature. Trades unionists are asking: Where does the money come from for all these Socialist attempts to break up the labor organizations and wreck the foundation of Canadian industry? If Canada were guarded by secret ser- vice agents worthy of the name the question would soon be answered, NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BEST Bankers have come to more fully appreciate the value of advertising and they attribute most of their suc- | cess to wise and judicious advertising in the newspapers. The Mississippi Bankers' Association passed the reso- lution at its recent annual convention advertising appropriation in buying space in newspapers only. This is also true of every other business and profession. Much money is spent in foolish advertising and not enough in judicious advertising. All the large retail businesses and patent medicine millionaires in the country owe their suecess chiefly to a system of liberal and judicious advertising. 341 DIVORCES HAVE PASSED . SENATE SINCE CONFED- ERATION. ~, therein urging the fraternity to use, FOOD PRICES -ELSEWHERE, The proprietor of a pension or priv- ate hotel, in Brussels, writes to a former patron now in Toronto: "It is very expensive to live over here these days. The terms of this -hotel are now 18 fr. a day, and the living is about half as good as it used to be. The meat is still 18 and 14 fr. a kilog (2-lb. weight), butter 14 fr., eggs Os centimes, and milk 1 fr. the litre. As long as these articles remain expen- -- sive, the terms cannot go down. I am afraid that Brussels will never be _ as cheap as before the war." All this means that a guest at a fairly good boarding house in Brus- sels now pays $8.60 a day, as com- pared with $1.80 a day in 1914, Tak- ing into consideration the fact that the table is not half as good as it used to be the cost of living may be said to have quadrupled in the last four years. Fresh meat sells at $1.4( a pound, butter at $1.40 per pound, and eggs at 13 apiece. The Belgian egg, it must be remembered, is only about half the size of a Canadian egg so that the Belgians are really paying 25c per egg or $3.00 dozen. The pric- es here quoted may assist Canadians to endure the high cost of living. It may temper their impatience against the time when Government action or world-wide economic conditions may increase the purchasing value of the dollar. We do not, however, believe that a given sum of money will ever. again be exchangeable for the quan- tities of other commodities which it purchased befofe the war, : FARMERS' PAPER IS PESSI- MISTIC. Labor has just been at arf unusual extreme of prosperity, and it faces the turn to the other extreme with reluctance. There is no one who would not, if he could, save labor and ~ the rest of society from distress. But what can be done? It is plain that in so far as the foreign market for manufacturers fails and industrial is in excess of the needs of the domes- tic market, the excess of labor ought to turn to the farms. Organized la- bor at least will not so adjust itself until it has tried its own remedies, which are to fix food or farm prices, to reduce its own hours of work and to increase it own wages. That is to say, it proposes, in effect, to increase the cost of farm production and les- sen the ability of the farmers to pay wages and produce wealth. If labor succeeds with its strikes, the folly of that will soon be proved by increas- ing unemployment, ' SEES NO NEED OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL Speaking on the Railway Act de- bate in the Commons on Wednesday last, W. D. Euler, of North Waterloo, declared: "If Canada is now a nation and such is often stated, then the time has come when Canada's courts should be able to give a final decision without carrying the matter overseas. It seems to me a Canadian court can give a better decision than any court to which the matter may be referred." NO CHILD OF CHARITY A- newspaper is in no sense a child of charity. It earns twice over every dollar it receives, and it is second to no enterprise in contributing to the upbuilding of a community. Its pa- trons reap as much benefit from its pages as the publishers and in call- ing for the support of the commun- ity in which it is published it asks for no more than in all fairness be- longs to it, though generally it .re-- ceives less. IT WOULD MEAN SLAVERY The Winnipeg Free Press very truly says: "This strike is a lesson, written in letters of fire, to the skilled work- ers of the technical crafts to have no- thing to do with the One Big Union. It means their subjection to the mass of rough labor, mostly foreign born. In place of the leadership which is theirs by right they will be the slaves of whatever demagogue can make the most alluring appeal to the mob," HUGE REPARATION It is probable that the Allied and | Associated "Powers will comply with the German demand to state approxi-' mately the maximum sum which Ger- many must pay in reparation under the peace treaty, according to The Matin. 'This sum, it states, will be from 200,000,000,000 to 250,009,- 000,000 francs. (The larger sum named on a gold valuation, would. not be far from $50,000,000,000.) -- --_ THE INVARIABLE VICTIM The Medical Health Officer of To- According to a return tabled in Parliament recently, 398 applications for divorce have been received by the Dominion Senate since confederation and 341 divorce bills have been pass- ed by the Senate. During the pres- ent session, up to May 31, 58 divorce divorces have been recommended. In connection with seven applications, all the fees have been remitted, while in ten cases the fees have been par- tially remitted, -. $85 petitions have been received, and 42) ronto wants to know why oleomar- |garine is selling at 34 cents whole- |sale in Toronto and at 16 cents in 'England. One reason, perhaps, is that in England there is more res- pect for the rights of consumers than there is in Canada. In Canada the tendency is to protect everyone but the consumer. : : Try The Sun office for up-to-date |job printing. oes aie