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Fred Siegner For full particulars and copy of "Settlers’ Guide,” " Western Canada.” and “British Columbia.” apply to any Canadian Pacific Agent. or to Passengers travelling without live stock should take the train leaving Toronto at 1.45 p. m. Passengers travelling with live stock should take the train leaving Toronto st. 9 p. m. Colonist Sleeper will be attached to each train. To Manitoba and Canadian North west. will leave Toronto every Tues day during March and April if suflic iont business oflera. Settlers’ One=Way Excursions, 1904 \Vorld’s Fair, St. Louis HARD WARE AND TIN WARE. Call. examine and rice these MACHINES. First-class Coal Oil. Plow Lines, Etc. Carpet Sweepers: HE snow blockade is ended. The Grand Trunk trains are now running on time, and we are were, Tinware and Graniteware. We are in a position to give you better value than you can get anywhere, especially in Granite- ware. See our stock. April 300: to December m. I904. Bring along your Demijobns and get them filled with first- class Coal Oil. We are well stocked with Plow Lines, Trace Chains, Sweat Pads and Plow Har- nose. Syrup, secure some of our bap Pails and Spiles. 'See our assortment of Carpet Sweepers. Hardware. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, 1 King St. East. Toronto. A. H. NOTMAN. I believe it is the almost universal opinion of medical men that the cigarette habit is most deleterious to the young, producing impairment of growth and physical degen- eration before the full maturit of the sysâ€" tem 18 obtained. Even the sma lest mount of smoking mohurtful. as it often produces nervous functional diseases of the stomach. debility and . irreguler ectian of the bout, impeired vmon end irritation of the throat. sometimes called ‘ smoker’s sore throm.’ I em full eonvmeed that it is e beneful habit, which s ould be denounced in trumpet tones 3”. all who heve the welfere of humanity et Mr. M. K. RICHARDSON (South Grey). Mr. Speaker in rising to sec- lond the resolution which has been I moved and so ably supported by the A, hon. member from Huntingdon. (Mr IMaclaren) I recognize the fact that ithe subject which is brought to the . attention of the House is one of a ' unique character difl’ering from those ,' which ordinarily occupy the attention sof the House. It isaquestion which {rises above the din and the dust of‘ gordinary partisan political subjects; 3 one which makes for the highest well- ; being of this country for the present ; and for the future. This resolution rappeals to our highest instincts. If l the cigarette habit is the evil which we believe it is; it is an evil that de- f mands a prompt and effective remedy. Pl’ ....-- --- I I rccOgnize that the application of a remedy presents difficulties, but I be. lieve that the difficulties are not in- superable. I do not believe, that they can prevent legislation doing away with the evil as it at present exists. I myself am anon-user of tobacco in any form. I do not, how- ever, presume to make an attack on the use of tobacco in general, because Mr. M. K. Richardson’s Address on the Resolution to Consider the Advis- ability of Introducing a Bill to Stop the Importation. Manufacture and Sale of Cigarettes. THE 05mm UUESHITNI (From the Hanan! Report.) A. Clinton, of the Son Francisco Board of Education, gives the follow- ing testimony: Here are some statistics which he gave on the subject. In his reform. story there are 278 boys. Of 63, averaging 12 years of age. 58 were cigarette smokers. Of 133, averaging 14 years of age. 125 were cigarette smokers. Of 82, averaging 15 years of age. 73 were cigarette smokers. This demonstrates that 92 per cent. of the whole number were cigarette fiends at the time of committing the crimes for which they were sent to the reformatory. This is surely very pregnant evidence demonstrating the evil shots of the habitual use of cigarettes on the morals of those who become addicted to the habit. Dr. C. I am sure cigarettes are destroying and linking crimimls of more of them thaw the saloons. Then. we might look at the ques-f tion from a still higher etandpointh, the moral efl'ect of the habit upon the , youthful users of the cigarette. I“ have here evidence adduced at the? 26th National Conference of Charities : and Corrections. held in Cincinnati; The section on reformatoriee and in- ! dustrial schools was addressed by 3 George Torrance, of Pontiac. 11L. su- . perintendent of ' the Illinois State! Reformatory. on ‘ The Relation ofi the Cigarette to Crime.’ After recit- ‘ ing his experience with boys coming to his institution. Mr. Terrence said : , Much further evidence along this: line might be adduced. The Chicago; post office. a very large 'inStitution, T bars out cigarette users. At a con~; ference of the Chicago post office' authorities it was decided to here l after employ no boy who smokes cig-j arettes or who is known to have been ! addicted to the habit. Heretoforeg there has been a rule in force that: boys employed by the oflice could not smoke while working. but, believing that smoking had a demoralizing; efiect. and because of the need of the‘. most intelligent and active bovs, it is I thought wise to make closer restric i tions. ! Under no circumstances will I hire a man who smokes cigarettes. He is as dangerous on the front end of a motor as a. man that drinks ; in fact he is more dangerous. His nerves are bound to give way at a critical moment. If] find a car beginning to run badly and getting irregular for any length of time. I immediately begin to investigate the man. to find out it he smokes cigrrettes. Nine times out of ten he does, and then he goes for good. In my judgment it is impossible for a‘ cigarette smoker to make a good railroad 1 man. As a rule they are dull and half' asleep most oi the time. These are not the kind ef men the.Rock Island wants to nper- : ate its trains and its great system. which is i daily responsible for the lives of thousands ,’ of people. ' George Baumbofl'. superintendent of the Lindel'. Railway: St. Louis. Mo., says: A railroad company might.” well go to the county lunatnc asylum for Its employees as to continue to engage cigarette smokers. General Manager Parker. of the Rock Island Road. says : I might read much more to the same efiect; but I would turn to an- other aspect of the case. I will show how the habit is regarded by men) engaged in directing some of the largest busine~e enterprise on this , continent. The following railways’ prohibit the employment of cigarette} users: the Chicago, Rock Island and,f Pacific, the Lake Shore and Michigan l Southern, the Chicago, Burlington; and Quincy, the Central railway of, Georgia. Director Harrimun. of the? Union Pacific, makes this remark : ' Tobacco, used in any form, destroyed the ability to apply one’s self to study, and pre- vented his comprehending or remembering lessons. The mental faculties of a boy un~ der the influence of the narcotic seemed to be in a stupor, and since depraved nerve power stultifies and weakens the will power thereis but little use for the teacher to seek to arouse the dormant. paralyzed energies. or to interest and foster the tagged desire. I have not met a pupil that is addicted to the habit who will go through a single day’s wr rk and have good lessons. I have never had one whose scholarship record was good. and in almost every case the {department was below the average standing. I As to its effects upon the vitality of youth. I would adduce the testi- mony of the Iowa State Normal School, who says: Having had an experience of nearl ' twenty years as a teacher in the schools and academies of New Brunswick. a large num- ber of boys and young men from the ages of twelve .to twenty-one years have passed under my direct notice. On such youths the evil effects of cigarette smoking have. been very evident in the impaired physical development and especially in the retarded mental growth and deranged nervous sys- tem. Students addicted to the tobacco hab- it have iless ower of application and con sentration o thought than those not using this narcotic A.. principal of Mount Allison Aca- demy and Commercial College, Sack- ville, N. 13.. a gentleman well known in this House says: This is startling testimony and it is well it should be paid attention to by the members of this House. I shall now adduce the evidence of men engaged in education. and I could quote more from them than this House would be willing to listen to this afternoon. J. M. Palmer. M. -â€"-vâ€" vvvvuâ€"v-J . °"" . Other evidence as to its efiect in I have .been ins tin the papers in a . . . number ofcases un‘doei th: present Recruit. tending to produce insanity might be in: Act (Spanish-American War). and Iiadduced, but I do not wish to weary ‘ observg that moslt of the men “11:0 tailed ti? 1 the House. I am pleased to notice 8 t ° ' ti n ave we - - . - . . £22m:mfiaaranynamWt, the the eeeeeon ee wee- a good soldier. I had expected that the per- spread atten $1011. DOE only in our own clentake agejgctiolns goulddbe greater now ‘ land and throughout the United than in] l, ut i not ream or amo. . St tes b" . ‘ ‘ ment that it would be three times as great. I a ’ ' in England Some 0‘ the The examining physicians with whom ”States of the Union have adopted I have talked have generallv told me that legislatiouitnposing restrictions upon the excess of rejections 18 due to the large I or prohibiting the ,rnanulacture and number of young men applying for euhste . o ’ a] i . ' . ment who have become Victims of the agar 8 e of c zarettes and ”9‘” the "10‘? ette habit. mentis assuming form n. Grant H.” n r _ â€"' “â€"w-v. This is the evidence of a gentleman who was well known to many of the members now sitting in this House; a man standing high in his profession; a man standing high in public opinion Then, looking at it from the physiCal standpoint, Dr. Benjamin King of Philadelphia who was military medi- cal examiner ih fou‘r states during the civil war gave this testimony. l3: It has been said that national deo ing terioration has been a marked result of the widespread use of tobacco. One ity hon. member speaking in the House ati- of Commons in England not long ago nal made some reference to the cause of the ignominious defeat of the Span- iards in the recent war with the 3: United States. He attributes the in“ loss of their manhood, their virility, un- and courage largely to the widespread L}: excessive use of tobacco in the form ver l of cigarettes among the youths of ,6], i that country. This question is one? 88.6 that tppeals to us on moral grounds. '3); I know that it has been stated in this Y’s ' House that improper attempts are zer, made. not only here. but in various N1. 5 legislatures to relegate to the state ’"t i the duties which ought to be perform. he i ed in the home, such as the education “_ ‘ pf the morals. and the religious teach- w i tug of our children. But, Sir, what 3n l is the use of givmg that teaching me and inStructton 10 our homes. if im. is ' mediately the boys leave our homes. VS 3 they are surrounded with tempta- re , tions and eXamples that tend to break Id 2 down all the teachings they receive 'u t in the home. ' A boy goes to school 1) iand sees four-fifths of his companions )f ‘ indulging in the habit. He is tempt. 'ted to indulge in it too. and If facili- , ties for that indulgence are furnished éin the cheap and convenient form of :0 Iicigarettes, it does n0t matter what 1'" l the teaching of the home may be, '° ' temptation is too strong and he gives 9; way to it and becomes subject to the ,habit. This resolution appeals to us I very strongly on moral grounds be- IfEcause we wish to save our boys. to e l save them from all'degradtng tenden- ~- 210168, from everything that Will lead 3': them unnecessarily into temptation. 8 .‘ “'6 want to make it as easy as pos- t ; sible to do right and to live right in i this country and as diliicult as possi ’ j ble to do wrong. it appeals to us on ; patriotic grounds. We love our l country, I believe that every man. I I it: whatever his political views may be, i Ii l l6 he has a strong and earnest desire for the well-being. prosperity and ad- ’ l vancement of this great Dominion. a; We have great hotaes for the future Jo! this country. but if we would fur. ’ ther advance its best interests and i 3 secure the realization of these hopes, , we must pay attention to large ques- tions like that which is before us to~ lday. Our future well-being as a. feountry, will not be entirely deter- . 1 mined by the development of its ma- ' 3 terial wealth. by the extension of its icommerce and by populating it with fimmigration or by other material in- ,fluences. It will be determined by ’none of these things, so much as by the character of its people. and of , boys who will take our place in the‘ , near future, who will be in futurel 3 the leading citizens and will have theI . direction of the material interests of l this country. Therefore it becomes i our duty, as far as possible to realize l all the difficulties that lie around this questicn, and so to speak on it to-day 1' by our votes on this resolution as to gendeavor to support our government lin legislating upon it, and in trying ' f to secure the prohibition of this evil. . ’I say °trying’ because I recognize ‘ lthe difficulties that surround it. I .recognize that so long as tobacco is! i need. people can make cigarettes, but, I .Sir. it is the cheap, convenient and handy form in which the cigarettel Scan be obtained by boys. which leads them into the injurious habit I hapo . that this resolution will meet with‘ the hearty support of the members on both sides of the House. It is not a partizan or political question at all. but is one which appeals to the highest and-beat interests of the people of our country. I take great pleasure in aeconding this resolution. ‘ 2.3 Registered Short Horn cattle, 30 high class Shropshire sheep. grade cattle, horses. pigs, farm implements and machinery, which was adver- tised to be sold on March 3, at lot 14, Con. 4, in the township of Brant. This sale was postponed on account of the bad weather.,and the date has been fixed for April 6th, 1904. Cat- alogues mailed on application. M . Tnousos, Proprietor. Much 17â€"317 5 They had not yet been successful in the {ballot for an introduction of a measure in garliament dealing with juvenile smoking, at he was convinced that the time was coming when no overnment, Liberal or Conservative, wou d dare to refuse their claims. They would meet with opposition in interested quarters. but it was becoming more and more widely recognized that great harm was done to the rising generation by the indulgence in cigarette smoking which he felt sure. was a contributing cause of the physical deterioration in this country. He hoped that before Whitsuntide a resolution on the subject would be introduced in the ‘ House of Commons. ‘ V __ “raw.- or prohibiting the ,manufacture and sale of cigarettes. and now the move- mentie assuming form in Great Brit- ain. I received yesterdav an English paper. by which I notice that a large meeting had been held in Bolton. in the north of England. by an associa- tion called the AnthTobaceo and Anti- Narcotic League. The member from the county, speaking on the subject said : a morphine or opium fiend will lie or steal. Cigarette smoking blunts the whole moral . nature. It has an appalling eli'ect upon the System. It first stimulates and then stupe- fles the nerves. It sends boys into con- sumption. It gives them enlargement of the heart. and sends them to the insane asylum. I am physician to several boys’ schools and I am often called in to prescribe for palpitation oi the heart. In nine cases out of ten it is caused by the cigarette habit, Postponed Sale. Walkerton. 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