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e Alg ts x d is het ckN seit C wb C PAGE SIX Ontario Referendum Committee Some jails received no drunkards in 1918 at all. Others show well nigh unbelievable decreases, notably in the cities and larger towns. Do you want to see the taste for alcoholic beverages revived, and the population of Ontario‘s prisons, jails and lockâ€"ups restored 2 & _ If you are convinced that drunkenness is undesirable in this Province mark X in the "No‘" column after each question. The number of commitments for drunkenness in Ontario in 1918 was the lowest in seventeen years, although the population of the Province increased by over 500,000. Jail Commitments for drunkenness decreased despite the fact that the Act makes drunkenness in public places a "prima facie"‘ offence, punishâ€" able by fine or imprisonment, whether accompanied by "disorderliâ€" ness"" or not. A drunken man on the street has become a rare sight. NTARIO‘S experience with prohibition under the Ontario Temâ€" perance Act since September 16, 1916, has been all the argument any fairâ€"minded man or woman wants, to prove that the Act should neither be repealed nor weakened by Amendments. Jail Commitments for crimes and offences of all kinds have decreasâ€" ed more than oneâ€"third since 1915. i Jail Commitments for drunkenness alone decreased from 6,235 in 1915, the year preceding the Act, to 2,595 in 1918. Actual Experience JOHN MACDONALD “NO!,’â€" DEALERS The Ontario Temperance Act is Emptying Ontario‘s Jdails GRAHAM & CARTON ~She _ N irmmmenmnmeemene is e n o sA u«. 4J EC e s J A 9 tacts . 4 M _2 5 2 LA L 4 & Ei £ P Z3 o e & NEZ Z7 T 27 /,;/; fi /j % s > 14 C Each and every one of the four questions on the ballot paper in this Referendum must be answered or your ballot is "spoiled." And unless you mark X after each question in the "No‘" column, the Ontario Temâ€" perance Act will be spoiled, and years of Temperance progress lost. From Annual Reports of Inspectors of Prisons 1915 and 1918, and Schedule H. Report of the Board of License Commissioners for Ontario for the year 1918. dail Commitments Before and After Passage of the Act. Electric Starting and Lighting THE new Ford Electrical System is as great an achievement as the Ford Motor. 3 No better starting and lighting system is supplied with any carâ€"at any price. See it for yourself. See it work. . It is a complete twoâ€"unit system, Starting Motor, Generator and Batteryâ€"built into the Ford Motorâ€"a product of the Ford plant. The Ford car is also equipped with the Standard Magneto to provide ignition independent of the batteries. 5 The whole system is controlled from an instrument board on the cowl. It is now supplied as Standard Equipment on all Ford Enclosed Models. If you will phoneâ€"or callâ€"we will introduce you to the Ford Sedan. You owe it to yourself to learn why men who can afford big costly cars prefer the Ford Sedan. PRICESâ€"including Electric Starting and Lighting, Ford Sedan §$1175. Ford Coupe $975.f. o. b. Ford, Ont. (War tax extra.) "Demountable rims, tire carrier and nonâ€"skid tires on rear as optional equipment on closed cars only at $25.00 extra." ; Chairman 1915â€"20,337 1918â€"13,242 ALL CRIMES Four Timesâ€" *D. A. DUNLAP Treasurer 1915â€"6,23535 1918â€"2,595 WESTON DRUNKENNESS ANDREW S. GRANT Vice Chairman and Secretary (1001 Excelsior Life Bldg, Toronto) 106 '99 52 The Colonel said that since he has returned the question has been asked him, Is our soldier a Christian? The answer depends upon the standard that you demand. According to the Standard set by our churches, he is not. But is this the right standard to judge by? Our boys did not talk much, but there was within them that great spirit of selfâ€"sacrifice for othâ€" ers that was so much like that of our Master that we cannot judge. If we relate all that has passed between these men, then we would understand the true spirit of these great heroes. The next question comes, How are we going to commemorate these men? What sort of memorial will we erect in their honor? Any statue or work of art cut out in the cold marble, granite or stone cannot rightly comâ€" memorate what they have done. No human hand can depict that great spirit. When we as citizens can feel that we have done our duty to these men, then we can feel that we have raised a great amemorial in their honâ€" or. This is the greatest tribute that we can pay to the fallen. Play the part well to their commades who have _returned home. ~They shared everyâ€" thing with these men while at the front and on service. They gave even the last drop of water to a thirsty comrade.. This great unselfish spirit carried on would be a living memorial in their honor. None are asking faâ€" vors. Anyone who is looking for something that he is not entitled to is not worthy. The returned man, howâ€" ever, toâ€"day is like the man who fell among thieves. He is stripped by the. profiteers on the right hand and on the left. It‘s clothes or food or house rent. After all is‘paid he has nothing left.. He returns to find that his place | at business is being taken by someâ€" one who did not respond to the call. He finds that there is no room for him as there was formerly. General Currie stated the other day that he had no fear of the returned soldier so long as he was given a square deal. He has all confidence in the returnâ€" ed in. . The government has done much to assist. They can do more. 13 imnuracturer and employer must ex se patience with these men. Reâ€" member that they were taken out of life and transformed. They were dressâ€" ed different, walked differently, talkâ€" C rent. . Everything was changâ€" y now return to this life again viewing a body of men . who were about to embark to cros into France, remarked about the.fine body of men and the most remarkable thing was that they. were obedient even unto _death. These were the men who had everything to. live for. The very best of their young lives was before them filled with ambitions and expectations. Yet these men were going out volâ€" untarily to give all, even life. A numâ€" ber had laid down their lives, and it could be repeated, as the Master had said, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend." Never has there been a spirit of selfâ€"sacrifice to equal that shown by our brave heroes. The army was drawn from all conditions of life, the farmer, the mechanic, the office‘ man, the manufacturer, the financier, and the student. It would appear that the old class distinctions would ap-‘ pear. No, that same unselfish spirit that characterized our men was the force that united all in the one band of friendship and brotherhood. It was the great spirit of our Master made manifest. For two years, as chaplain of the 1st Canadian Brigade in France, he said, he had no doubt known some of the boys for whom the service was being held. It was surprising at the reunion of the men of Wednesday at the Exhibmition to find how many of those fine fellows of the early days were back. The Canadian soldier was a man of distinctive qualities, coming, as they did, from a free life, many of them not knowing what it meant to owe allegiance to anyone but himself. He had been a man who carved out, so to speak, his own destiny, learned to rely upon himself, and this quality stood him in fine stead when it came to the testing time, when preâ€"arrangâ€" ed plans were impossible to carry, out, then it was that our boys stood out in a class by themselves, a class not to be found in another battalion. He would place Canadians in the front rank of all others, first for his unâ€". failing good cheer. He would place this first because it contributed to the success of the army.: In camp rouâ€" tine, wearisome to all, the discomfort. of rain, mud, and trench. When you saw a man going out over the top, Wfiich he. knew meant no return for isome of them and to others maimed and broken bodies, with a smile on his face, you knew what the word good cheer meant. You always heard a song, and to hear those boys sing "Pack Up Your Troubles," ‘‘The Long, Long Trail," and other songs, you thought of the Master‘s words, "Be of good cheer." Then there was the ‘spirit of unselfishness, they were alâ€" ways willing to share. . You never saw a boy who received parcels from home, go: off and eat it alone. He shared with his comrades, even letters were read out. A comrade, although he may be thirsty and only have a little water left in his water bottle, with no prospects of getting . more, would share to the last drop. One can casâ€" ily talk about sharing a drink, beâ€" cause you k.now you can get another when you reach home or perhaps | sooner, but if it meant going without for days, as was sometimes the case, then you knew â€" what unselfishness meant. He'knew of one man who had lain wounded on the battlefield for three days, nothing done to relieve him, but when carried in to the dressâ€" ing station he told the officer to atâ€" tend to his wounded comrade first, as he was in a far worse condition. many a hero of the Somme, of Passâ€" chendaele, of Amiens, of Ypres, and the many other great battles lie. He opened with a reference to the Frenchman who asked to visit, when in London, the illustrious dead. Years ago this would have lead him to Westminster Abbey, where lay the remains of the great kings, statesmen, warriors and men of fame. Toâ€"day, however, the Frenchman was led to that little part of Hyde Park where Col. Wood‘s message to the people of Weston at the memorial service a week ago was undoubtedly one of lasting worth, and should sink deep into the minds and hearts of our citâ€" izens. Herewith we print a brief synopsis of his address: Lloyd George, asthe saw an O.C. reâ€" LASTING MEMORIAL TD OVR HONORED DEAD THAT AMOUNT BUYS ALL THE LUMEER, LATH, SHINGLES, DOORS, SASH, KITâ€" CHEN CABINET, BUFFET, DININGâ€"ROOM WOOD, MANTELS, ETC., COMPLETE READY FOR PUTTING TOGETHER. THAT MEANS ALL THE MILL WORK DONE, A HOUSE THAT YOU WILL BE PROUD TO OWN Main Street We say that Canada won the war. Can the Canadian people win the peace? It cannot be accomplished. by the divine agency alone. The great spirit of these men must be engenâ€" dred in the world to be lived in the commonwealth of God. The church has her part to play to ‘wipe out all the sin of the world. God cannot step down and wipe all the sin away. He can‘t do it, because he has to deal with selfish‘ humanity.. God calls for volunteers to fight in the great battle. God wants us to do our duty. The fuâ€" ture is Canada‘s. The men who have sacrificed all for her name made that name. They have placed Canada SUPERIOR CASE TRACTOR _ _ The Colonel said that the duty we owe these men was brought home to him when he visited Christie Hospital this morning.. Here there are the double amputation â€"cases. They â€"deâ€" mand our coâ€"operation to make their lives happy. Are we to keep these men in a state of poverty for the rest of their days? Are we to see that they have every comfort that they need and that they gave up in this life. This is the great spirit of unselfishness that their comrades fought for in France and laid down their lives to attain. If we would raise a mefnmorial to their honor, let it be one that will give: these men who have returned all that they have merited. Treat them as our honâ€" ored guests at all times. These men fought to down the spirit of egotism and selfishness. We decried Germany for her expression of this principal. Still in Canada toâ€"day there is this same spirit prevalent. Look at the profiteering, the cost of| living, ‘the political and commercial corruption, and see if this selfish spirit does not exist in our own beloved Canada. and have to change all their style of dress, walking, talking, and companâ€" ionships. Under these changes there must be that great spirit of. fellowâ€" ship and brotherhood working all the time. LANAY1 ake a Look at This duty we home to Hospital are the IMBER G0., LTD.. WESTON WHOLESALE AND RETAIL . E. LAÂ¥ ROSE "THAT REMINDS ME" stormâ€"bound travellers on Lake coe, the chief and his little e daughter singing hymns fo guests, to his son‘s accompan on an organ. Chief Big C€anoe, his> son ,and daughterâ€"inâ€"law extended the hospiâ€" tality. of their home to a group of that we can raise in h brave men whose lives orated here toâ€"night. on a pedestal that they could not hnave reached otherwise. It is our duâ€" ty to carry on the work that they have begun. Evil that is entrenched must be rooted out. It can be done by the sacrificing of self for the benefit of humanity. God calls us to this work. This will be the greatest memorial that we can raise in honor of ~â€"these you money. See the compact layout. Every inch of space used. Large fireplace in the living room, large dining room, good, wellâ€" ighted kitchen and bedrooms. Agents for Fairbanks Morse Ltd. Machinery, Etc. Agents for Delco Electric Light Systems to light your home R and supply power for light machinery. YOU ARE BUILDING! This plan and specifications go with every sale and save Look at This Plan Motor Sales & Machinery Co., Ltd. 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When you have accomplished someâ€" thing in the world and you are anx> ious to get recognition, die as soom as possible. ¢ & Specialize, if possible, in one thing: The world does not:give credit for too many accomplishments. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1i0TH, 1919 W eston [ d 4n