ce - Eeartelous ray of Meares: ‘will have a acquire isa moet beneficial habit, and an easy. a wertain amount of your income in this at regular: intervals. growing and inashorttime ~ vings Account - % four Deposits have a PERIAL BANK OF CANADA LISTOWEL BRANCH, Morager. re ‘Cistowel Banner ed every Thursday after- The Banner Publishing Co. c. V. Blatchford ident and General Manager Banner has a large and grow- circulation throughout and portions of the County of on. vertising can effectively reach blic in the thriving district of Listowel is the centre, without ing in The Banner. MCE TO ADVERTISERS advertisements must be in office ter than ten o'clock Tuesday ing to insure insertion in the fol- Residence ‘ ue. ephones: Office 61, iiamneciel Department is Lequipped for turning out the best Thursday, May 20th., 1920. North | =} FROM OTHER PAPERS \ gepneeny es INDIGESTION f (Guelph Mercury) he fellow who swallowed over a mare inch of china that a China- had baked in a pie, must have a fine appetite, or else lacked sth that he couldn't notice it. What mroat for pills. hand “citizens. muse of Commons, 4 PDISGRACE TO BRITISH i HOOD' MAN- (Christian Guardian) Horatio Bottomley has the unique unenviable distinction of being and only man in the British e of Commons to make a per- and most cowardly 4ttack upon Astor, the omly lady member of H . Lady Astor is an Ameri- fe of a native-born Ameri- er six children are all Brit- She was divorced from 4 husband, but other than that so far as we know, has ba Gatiehed | itself to her name. Rut has dared to champion prohibi- Or an approach to it, in the and this Mr. pmley cannot forgive: and so he a most violent personal at- E against her in the House. In t House sat notorious adulterers, M Bottomley knew it; and Bottom- own record is none too clean; '! a yet this man was coward engugh! eo = Blaes ake a personal attack upon the ¥ woman in the House, whose re- t was a good deal cleaner than n and that of many of his fel- Concerning the indis- of the men, Bottomley has inereetly silent, for men might back in most uncomfortable Inion, but he does not hesitate to a woman. Brave Horatio! action will never be forgotten. @ cowardly attack the British ® never witnessed before. And p is a self-chosen champion of Pend liberty. tet Ri: Bey Be St alte MOTOR LIGHTS (Mail & Hmpire) the Provincial government the glaring motor-headlight! it should also require that all vehicles on the highway carry ight. In the darkness of unlighted Dt serious accidents are pos- @fe distance ahead. “a DOs! , without fault of any driver. © Hamilton highway, for in- cyclists seem to have a; chant for night-riding, and mo- drivers using only dimniers| -miuch difficulty in seeing them The use of faring headlight by motor cars in the opposite direction matters worse still because it ible to see past the glare. } to drive on into what bles @ black mist until he is by Prohibition of glare lights however, be a menace to safe fe at times. On dark roads, mh the wheel width is narrow, the } full of pitch-holes, and there of smashing axles or wheels ned tee use of glare lights On the abominable! and railway crossing to the ; motor cars had axles : “ple are at times essential over bad highways Lot éffect' on other inotor- jans. The.Ontario gov- to think ebolition of THE PULPWOOD PROBLEM (Guelph Mercury) Certain definite statistical infor- mation, now made public in an in- telligible form for the first time by the Canadian authorities, is of a very disturbing kind. A few outstanding facts relating to the supply of print paper are contained in the published report of an address given lately to the Rotary Club, of Ottawa, by Mr. James White, assistant to the chair- man of the Conservation Commission of the Dominion. 1. The uses of print ‘paper in the United States, by the publishing bod- tes of aft sorts, is now so extensive that the home supply falls far short of the demand. The amount of paper used by the dailies is absurdly lavish, and the effect has been to drive a host of local journals out of business. in both Canada and the United States. This is as unjust as it is unnecessary, and some way sh6éuld be found of checking this regrettable waste. 2. In 1919, Canada exported a large| Canada should be subjected only to amount of print paper, of which eighty per cent. went to the United States. On the other hand, one-third of the print paper consumed in the United States goes into that coun- try from Canada. 3. A pulpwood survey of Quebec shows that in that Province there is available a supply for half a century, at a consumption rate of three mil- lion cords a year; that Ontario has a supply for sixty-seven years; and that the supply in New Brunswick will be exhausted in twenty-nine years. But there is no guarantee that the con- sumption of pulpwood will be kept down to the amount above stated, and the loss from fire and destructive pests is very heavy. ances it looks as if the supply will be exhausted in from thirty to forty years, instead of from thirty to sixty. Mr. White put forward an appeal for more effective conservation of existing forests of pulpwood, but, strange to say, in a generation that cannot fail to be well informed on the subject, nothing worth while has yet been done in the way of success- fully encouraging reforestation with white pine and white spruce, the most valuable trees for lumber and pulp- wood respectively. Now that the Farmer-Labor Min- istry have shown that with ordinary tact they can hold together for this Parliamentary term, at least, it is their duty, to themselves as well as to the country, to reforest the waste land of the north with the trees above mentioned. Oncs well started these trees grow rapidly to maturity, and by the careful culling of existing for- ests, and the peremptorfly restricted use of pulpwood, the supply may be kept equal to a reasonable demand. To longer ignore the impending trou- ble would be the height of folly for the government now in office. THE SUGAR SITUATION (Toronto Globe) Are we or are we not paying more for sugar than we should? The mem- ber for Halton, speaking on the sub- ject in the House of Commons a few days ago, declared that the soaring prices of sugar was not warranted by the cost of production. The fact seems to be that sugar refineries in this country are unable to secure an adequate supply because of the great shortage in the East Indies and Jam- aica. where they lack labor, and in the best sugar fields of central Europe which are still far from their normal production. So the supply has kept on shrinking and the prices mount- Much has been made of the fact that Cuba has an unusually heavy crop this year, and that as a conse- quence prices are about to drop, but it ts well not to be too confident of this. Giving evidence before the fed- eral railway board in Washington, W. Jett Lauck, a noted American ec- onomist and former secretary of the war labor board, declared that the tremendous increase in the price of sugar In the United States was due to the “unbridled exploitation” by the twelve leading sugar producers of the country, who increased their net profits in three years of war from an average of $11,000,000 to $37,000,000. In many American cit- fee sugar prices have reached the re- tail figure of 30 cents, and many ex- pect to see it go to 50 cents. “The sugar profiteers are prepar- ing for their ‘annual canning season raid,’ Senator Capper recently declar- ed on the floor of the Senate. “For years the sugar interests have -| openly and shamelessly robbed Ameri- can housewives during. the canning séason,”’ he charged. “They have, with their extortionate charges, regularly blighted the poor families’ hope of putting up and storing away a cheap ‘and aeaeows suoply of fruits and verxeta piracy so col- lossbl pen eriminal that Captain Kidd and all.the famous pirates of history Senos oo day sc haracters time. ome! prices are To all appear-| | ing made, Record, issued ay public treasury, prices e- quantity “being to to the Okie os is the . abet Official figures of the move- ts of sugar into the United States, farang that from its own Henge indicate that fix quantity entering th eountry the fiscal year of t920, which ends with i— e, will apparent- ly approximate 9,0 00.000, 000 pounds, as against 7,750,000, 000. in the form- er high record year—the fiscal year of 1919." With the other sugar fields. under- producing, Canada will have to de- pend largely on the Cuban crop and with this controlled by thé American sugar interests the prospects for an early drop in this country are not too bright. THE TARIFF BURDEN INCREASES (Toronto Gtobe) Sir Henry Drayton scourges with scorpions the Canadian people who objected to the scourging with whips received from the former Finance “Minister. He states that there is need for a general revision of the tariff with the object of providing’ adequate revenues, stabilizing busi- ness, encouraging the establishment} of new forms of’ industry,develop-| ing Canada’s natural resources, pre- venting the exploitation of the con- sumer, and ‘safeguarding the inter- ests of the Canadian people in the world-struggle for commercial and industrial supremacy.” He declares, with not a little em- phasis, that ‘‘the tariff should be so adjusted as to place the chief burden upon those best able to bear it,” and that articles of luxury should be heav- ily taxed through the imposition of customs and excise rates, while food commpdities and other neces- saries of lffe when not produced in Canada should, if taxed at all, bear only such imposts as are necessary for revenue purposes, and if produced in such duties as may be necessary in the general national interest. After thus handsomely conceding the need for reform and reduction of the tariff which bears so heavily on the poor—especially in the matter vu’ food and clothing—Sir Henry Dray- ton declares that, ‘‘owing to the war, ssunesseaasensaesywnsssuasetness8¥h economical! and commercial conditions the world round have been profound- ly disturbed, and as a consequence it} is neither practicable nor possible in| the national and public interests to} undertake such a revision until a thorough inquiry is made to ascer-! tain the essential_facts upon which} tariff provisions must necessarily be, ased."’ Having shelved tariff reform in-, definitely without even repeating Sir| Thomas White's ‘‘next year’ proni- ise, the Minister of Finance proceeds to lessen ‘the taxation of exeessive profits and to impose huge new burd- ens upon the consumer under cover of checking extravagant and luxur- ious buying . He clears the ground by removing the seven and a half cent. war tax still levied on certain articles since the partial repeal of war taxes last year. War taxes ended, he imposes a great new series of excise: taxes to be paid on clothing and other articles of general use when such articles exceed a certain price. On other articles that are clearly luxuries excise taxes of twenty per cent. or more will be levied by the vendor up- on the purchaser at the time of sale. When an examination is made into the method of levying these new tax- es, it is found that in no single in- stance is the net protection of the Canadian manufacturer reduced. The tax in every case is passed on to the| consumer by the simple process of levying the new excise taxes equally on goods imported from abroad and manufactured in Canada. The excise tax suggested by Mr. Pardee and other Liberals who have favored this form of lessening the net protection of the home manufacturer, while still preserving his grip of the home mar- ket, was to be levied on. domestic! products only. Suppose imported clothing, for example, were subject- ed, as was the case until yesterday, to a customs duty of 35 per cent. That tax would have remained unchanged under Mr. Pardee’s proposal, while an excise tax of five or ten cent. would have been levied on similar goods of home manufacture, thus reducing the net protection of the manufacturer to twenty-five or, at most, thirty per cent., and preventing him “from add- ing the excise tax to the selling price and passing it on to the consumer. The Minister of Finance rejects this method of levying excise taxes. When he collects ten per cent. in tax- es from the buyer of domestic cloth- ing he collects also tiijrty-five per cent. in customs duties plus ten per cent, in excise taxes from the buyer, of imported clothing and gives th home manufacturer precisely th me measure of profection as be- fore, while increasing the cost of all clothing taxable under his plan. It may, be said that boots worth more than $9 per pair and clothing costing more than $45 per suit are luxuries. A glance at the store windows proves that only a small part even of the ready-made suits or boots and shoes exposed for sale in Toronto stores .will be free of excise taxes under Sir Henry Drayton’s Budget. The country hoped for better things from the new Finance Minister. He has either failed to apprehend how excise taxes collected only upon do- mestic products could be used to pro- duce a very considerable revenue while lessening net, protection, or, knowing how the system would work out, he” has lacked the courage to apply it in the face of the clamor of the high protectionist wing of the hybrid Unionist party. Tne -reuit, of. the form’ of excise taxation introduced ‘by Sir Henry Drayton will be the pyres mM the pockets of many already rich behe~ ficiaries of the tariff of large sums that should have been diverted to tHe Le sf es Oh oe at ‘us fee men ona island where fish is a staple article of sustenance. Twenty- five of the men catch fish, ty-five others clean fish, © Twenty ave cook the fish. Twenty-five hunt fruit and vegetables, The entire com- pany eat what.is estuered aud 7 prepared. So long as everybody works: there is plenty. All hands are happy. ‘Ten of the allotted fish- catchers stop catching fish. Ten more dry and hide part of the fish they catch. Five continue to catch fish, but spend only part of the day at it. Fewer fish go to the com- munity kitchen. But the same number. of men insist upon having the same amount of fish » eat as they had before. eee Lee Hey o — po} gies see THE GREAT HOME SHINE = Pat fo Pet cl Dail tee Wits Skene White Shoes EME P. F, DALLEY CORPORATIONS LTD., HADELTOR, CAM. - 3E POLISHES | The fifty men who formerly cleaned and cooked the fish have less to do owing to the under-supply of fish. But they continue to demand fish. Gradually greater burdens are laid upon the fruit and vegetable hunters. Theso in- sist upon a larger supply of fish in return for their larger efforts in gathering fruit and vegetables. It is denied them, and soon twenty -of the twenty-five quit gathering fruit vegetables. But the entire one hundred men continue to insist upon their right to eat. The daily food supply grad- ually shrinks. The man with two fish demands three ban- anas in exchange for one of them. The man with two ban- anas refuses to part with one for fewer than three fish. Finally the ten men remain- ing at work quit in disgust. Everybody .continues to eat. The hidden fish are brought + to light-and are consumed. <¢ Then comes a day when there is no food of any kind. Every- body on the island blames + bh oh oe o o ate fe fe o> le ofp ofe of ef ole ole efe ofe Peet *, Oo rrr?’ & &- we eS '. fe els ote ede ete ope of ee. ate ake ate of te ste sfe ele ele oye of *, DoD ot . te ‘ *, + woe . * oa fe ae ele ate ¥ . t. . a le oe ‘ everybody else. % % What would ‘beem to be the + “~ solution? Exactly! We *% ‘* thought you would guess it. Da ~ For we repeat that you + ‘+ can't eat, buy sell, steal, give + “~ away, hoard, wear, use, play + with or gamble with WHAT + ISN'T. + Welsbleeieinieeet Senererererren sfoslessfeslesesbecbedecbecbsdecleceedeclesbelecbsbeeleebedeedobets S eae ., od “HE'S GOT A CAR!" >, . . Ss a Mt ee | bbe (Toronto Star) | In view of the fact that a motor | car can be the menace tu human | life that it shows itself to be in! crowded cities, no reflecting person | can fail to decide that it is too easy for incompetent persons to acqnuife the right and license to run cars whenever and wherever they choose. Anybody who can pay the neces- sary deposit can buy a second-hand car from anybody else, and start running it through crowded streets while knowing practically nothing about running a car or the rules of the road. He may be of such char- acter and mentality that no grocer would entrust him with a horse and wagon, yet he rushes through the streets with a fast and powerful ve- hicle about which he is hopelessly ignorant. If a person cgn pay a deposit he can get a second-hand car and about all he wants to know is how to start it and how to work the thingumbob) so that he can stop it, or run a eorner ffom one street into another. Having been shown a few little things like these he can run a car and he proceeds to run it. As soon as he has suceeded in stopping the car and starting it again, and has turned a corner or two without up- setting, he feels safe—and as soon as he feels personally safe he con- siders his education as a motorist gomplete. These self-made motorists are a- bout the city in hundreds; their cars are licensed; they are not, and do not have to be, Whether they know any- thing about running a car nobody knows; they may be deaf, color blind, they may not have even the slightest ability to judge distance; they may never have heafd that there are rules of the road. Isn't the whole arrangement @ joose one? If the Province is to take in all the reverie derived from mo- tors, it is to the Province that we must look for the regulation of mo- toring and the direction and control of a means of transportation that lows iff enormous quantities in city streets and along country roads. Get into good company and you'll soon belong there. CP.R. Changes In Time Table Train leaving Listowel at 7 a.m. arrives at Guelph 8.40 a.m., at To- ronto 10.35 a.m., and Hamilton 11} a.m. « Train leaving’ Listowel at 2.20 p. m., arrfyes at Guelph 7 p.m., and Hamilton 8.24 p.m. Train from Toronto leaves at 7. 40° &m, and 5.10 p.m | From: Sujatiten 7.05 a.m., ee ing in Listowel at i .m., nd | 4.26 p.m., arriving ‘in Listowel” at 8.55 pm, Now is the Time to _Get at Your Garden We have a full line of Seeds, Mangel and . Turnip Garden Tools, Auto-Sharp Lawn Mowers Screen Doors and Windows Alabastine Hammocks Auto and Bicycles Accessories Sherwin-Williams Paint ADOLPH’S HARDWARE ¥ GROCERY Lyons’ Bros. pepaRtMENt Scrub Brushes - - 19¢ Shoe Brushes - - - 23c Brooms - 68c, 78c, 84c and 94c Nonsuch Stove Polish 2 bottles 25c ‘Peerless Washing Compound, pkg. 10c A splendid variety of ELKHORN CHEESE Just the kind you want for picnics or lunch—in the followirg flavors: . Welsh Rarebit, Camem- bert, Pimento, Rogefort, Swiss, Chile, Kraft and Limburger Store closed Wednesday afternoons, but restaurant department \ open after eight in the evening. , LYONS’ BROS. Phone 9 Door West of Lee’s Photo Gallery Vi NEXT TIME Get your suit at Bradburn's and satisfied. Expert tailoring and No, 1 stock of suitings to choose from. - No extra charge for better work. Favor us with a first order that we may convince you, E. BRADBURN The Tailor Ugstairs Over Kibler’s <