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This nts no Book! bill. :fectionery )Oks Mirrors H ) 100k whether not . Cigars 'oems 11.12 ..750 ONT Till New Years==A Bona fide discount of 10% on all goods purchased At A. Gordon’s. FLESBERTON correspondence crowd- al out. Tun: new “ Pyralino” goods at. Park- er's Drug Store. See them. EBONY toilet. goods, English, French and Domestic perfumes at Parker's Drug Store. Yon Big Reductions in Furniture md Upholstered Goods go to Kress. KREBS advertises a chial (.ure Sale for holiday season. SMART boy wanted to learn the dry goods business. Apply at S. F. Mor- Inck’s. CAT Loamâ€"Gray and white cat, with tom ear. Suitable reward, at this office. tioneer. A L‘AXTATA in the Baptist Church, '11 the interests of the Sunday School will be given on Friday evening Dec, 32nd. Admission 10c. are A SALE of magazines, for I“ will se held in the Public Library on Sat- .rday night next. John Clark, Auc- )1 R. )liehlhausen began business in 'he Middaugh House on Monday last. Mid Mr. Davis and family left Wed- nesday. The latter gentleman was hunting round the fore part of the wee-k to find out what he owed de- 'lzuing his anxiety tosquare up with «anybody before he left the town. )1 Rs. Burt, a. resident of this town for many years died last week and the veluains were interred last Sunday in the Durham Cemetery. she leaves a family of four or five sons, all moulders must of them having served their tppl'enticeship uccupied by the Durham Foundry. Mr. Alex Burt, of Toronto, was pres- rut at the funeral. A LARGE congregation was present at the funeral services of the late Mr. .1. Reid held in the Methodist church . -u Sabbath last. The Canadian Order if Foresters were present in large nu ni- bars to pay farewell tribute to their deceased brother. An appropriate sermon was preached by the Pastor, Rev. '1‘. Culling, in which was describ- ml the excellent characteristics of the Iife of the departed and the. triumphs of I)ivi"e Grace manifested during his affliction and also at the solemn hour of his departure. The theme of the sermon was " “'e Shall Know each other in Heaven." founded on the. text I These. 2: 19-3); “ For what is‘ . »ur hope. or jog . or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our lurd Jest“ Christ at his rmmug 2’ For V'v' are our glory and jny." 'l‘m: Model School Final Examina- inn is going on this week. The ten 'c-gular students writing for third hiss. certificates and seven teachers we writing for renewals at this centre. " Trouble never comes singly, “ It never rains but it mum.” at mgs of centuries ago, and it. is re able how well they fit. in, in strictly modern timesâ€"at least. uionall y. I . _‘â€" ‘ would take in the Pie and Box Social at the Township Hall on Friday even- ing last, and with a well filled basket (we are told it captained a good sized duck and other delicacies. but cannot¢ vouch for it) trundled bravely forth.‘ Starting eastwnrd out of town. and heading for the hall. the roads became mixed. and the first thing that was sighted was Caldwell’s livery hen-n. Trying once more. this time taking the trip via. Upper Town. no better success was met with and the couple came nearly running into McGowan's mill. At this second mishap thev derided there was no such place M the Town. ship Hall. and aftera very pleasant. drive, returned home. leaving (we are told) the box on the table. Now th” mistery is “ where did the contents of that he: go?” 30 one wens to know but. nuanininn rests on a young couple hut suspicion rests on a. young cuuple th returned rather late from the same party, and who were probah'y 'ery hungry. Truly, this is an age of myateries and queer doing!- VOL. 38-N0. 2022. LOCAL ITEMS They Didn’t Get There. PURE Manitoba Flour, $2.40 per cwt at Mrs. Beans. CHRISTMAS confectionery. and bon- bons, just. arrived at Mrs. Beggs. MCGREGOR’S fine confectionery, dainty boxes at. Parker’s Drug Store. '1‘. Smith. He has some good ones at right prices. 12/7/tf. HOUSE 10 Harmâ€"A desirable brick dwelling house of 6 rooms. Apply at this oflce. 11-16ft ANYBODY buying five dollars worth of goods at S. Scott’s between now and New Year’s will get onelpound of best tea thrown in as a. present. THE Glenelg Baptists, are going to have their annual tea-meeting and Christmas~tree on Wed., Dec. 33th. Admission, adults, 25c., childern 15c- EVAN'GELISTIC Services will be con- tinned on Sunday next, morning and evening, conducted by Evangelist Minnie. Everybody welcome. THE Christmas entertainment of Ebenezer Church will be held on Thurs- day Dec. 2lst. An extensive and in- teresting program is being prepared. A very enjoyable time is,expected. All welcome. Admission. Adults 15 cents, Children 10 cents.--2c. THE annual Christmas Tree of Var- ney Methodist Church will be held on Christmas night. A No. 1 program is being provided. Admission 10 and 15 cents. Mn. JAMES REDFORD, who has been Ill for more than a year passed away this \Vednesday morning. We ham: kuoWn him for a number of years, as a. teacher and as book-keeper with the Furniture 00.. and his life was of am exemplary (-hzu-acter. He leaves a widow and «me child. Interment will take plum- un Friday, December 15th. in the i).u-h-uu cemetery. DON’T forget the Varney Methodist Church Entertainment on Christmas night, Dec. 25th. Great preparations are being made for an excellent pro- MRS. Shristopher ‘Villiams. Edge Hill was a. caller at our office Monday and renewed the two subscriptions she has kept up for many years past. We regret to learn that the old lady is not so well as she used to be, but she still retains her strict honesty of character. gram. i’ou remember the enjoyable time you had last year. Come acam. All welcome. Adults 15 cents, children 10 cents. -â€"2pd. THE Town Council spent consider- ahle tim- last Week in discussing the advisability of making a ten thousand dollar Imn to Mr. Charter Smith. A puhlic lm-‘eting held previous to our last issue- by a resolution expressing a desire to assist Mr. Smith in the grant - ing of the loan asked. Last week we were unable to give fuller particulars than to simply mention that the ques- tion was to be re-submitted to a meet- ing of the ratepayers. A meeting was held on Thursday night of last week to submt, the by-law. Two or three s'ibsebuent sessions of that body were held and through conflicting opinions the submission of the By-law was i shelved for atime. Under the circum- 1 stances it seems to us that the Council tshould have acted in response to the wish of a properly constituted and legally called meeting of the ratepay- ers. Their action is likely to drive Mr. Smith away from the town as he has an offer elsewhere that is quite as guod as the offer he wished this town to vote on. FOR 3 good black Galloway robe. see Tue niembers of the Varney L. O. L. 6’39 whh to convey their sincere thanks tn Mrs. J. )1. Hunter, of Durham. for the beautiful pictures presented by her m dreamt? our Lodge Room with. and alm for the very liberal donation of $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) to be ap- plied nn a new banner. - A _..‘- A motion to the above effect was unanimously carried and pmced upon the Lodge Books. Signed in behalf of the Lodge. J. W. BLYTB, Master. Card of Thanks. STOCKHOLDERS WANT AN HONEST VERDICT But They Could Not Expect It From a Friend of the Officials, Who Have Already Made Pronouncement.â€"â€"'l‘ests to be Made By a Canadian Mill Expert. We are not given to patrioticzhowl- ing, but things have come to such a. pass that it is high time for every loyal citizen to cry out against the way our Cement Works are being conducted. We have an institution here that I cost the country a round million of 3 hard earned cash. It is all Canadian capital. Some of it represents the to- tal accumulation of years of industry and thrift. some of it the careful sav- ings of the poor sewing girl, or the: widowed mother. Some of it is, no doubt, the careful savings of a father, left in death to keep his widow and orphan family from a state of distress. All were anxious that the money they ‘ had by them should go to the best use i and go where it would earn the most. From such sources in Canada came the ; money to build the National Portland lCement Mill, and we must say that ! the roseate representations of the pro- ; motion period led us all astray, and we E have been all alike disappointed. We have thus briefly pointed out some of the sources from which the money came. Let us now point out where it is gomg tozâ€"The manage- ment of the whole business is evident- ly under the control of three or four Americans who have little or no mon- etary interest in it and are getting big salaries for the services they are rend- ering. Superintendent Farr has one Shjm’fcould find fault with the action of 0‘ stock and draws a salary 0f $2600 a bouncing them from the PCsition. year. Rain or shine, success or failure 1 his pay must come. Secretary Ehr-* A, {Mile comparison may not be hardt gets a salary of $1800 a year for l amiss.â€"â€" 1 superintending the office work, whilei In the largest POCk cement mill in he has a staff of five or six assistants Canada the superintendent gets $1500 to do the bulk of the work. Ludlow ! a Year- The head chemist sets $1290 the chemist is paid for his work to the and the total COSt 0f the laboratory '5 tune of $1500 a year, and has also as- } less than $2000- sistants to relieve him of the task of The largest marl mill in Canada pays making the analyses. Far be it from g the Superintendent $1500 a year and us to find fault with any concern for ithe total expenses of the laboratory paying good salaries for good services, ' are less than 82000. In the next larg- but in the cases quoted all are Ameri- l est cement mill the salaries are-31:3 cans and they are the ones who get the par with the above and the laboratory cream of the earnings. The salaries I costs less than $2000 while in the office Were not nearly so high at first and as E department the business costs includ- a big increase was made we would like . ing book-keeping less than $2000. The to know when and how the salaries 2 output of the above mills is equal were raised to the present figures. : to and in excess of ours and are all on The assistants in the office are, we be- ' a dividend paying basis. It may be lieve, not overpaid, that is provided 5 stated further that the marl mills are they have the work to keep them busy, - all laboring under disadvantages inas- hut we doubt very much if it requires ; much as they are not provided with the total force to keep the accounts of such modern equipment. The marl the Company as they should be. It mill operators are all open to confess inn-u. require a very elaborate system _' that the National is the most modern of hook-keeping to occupy a dozen or' in Canada in every particular. ”In?“ hands in the office WOI'k alonea; one of the largest shareholders of \Vlll some stockholder give US an idea one Of the above marl mills makes the “ill” l'éllalt‘tl the salaries and Who dele- ; statement t3 one of our fitOCkhOlders gated to the three Americans the sole ‘ thatthis mill carefully managed should (:nutl'pl Of ”16 ”ll“ and the dictatorial . never pay 1898 than ten per cent. divi. ”(MVUI' they exercise Over the Directors-E dead, atcurrent prices which are much and ()\'t" [“0 stockholders as W811. ’ below what prices used to be, . 35 The fact of the matter is, the SlZOCk- In other Inn's there is no difficulty holders ““3 ,"Ut ""nei‘le‘ed 0f any 30' in securing coal. The officials of the Count. The)‘ have furnished the ‘ Company (10 not have to be on the run Ihone,‘ and the other fellows are using ‘ every week or so hunting for fuel to it as they see fit. They do not think 'keep themselves in operation. This it necessary to give an accountof their ; entails a heavy loss to the sharehold' stewardship. \Ve say again it is ers most of which should find its way high time for a change and we “’8? f into the pockets of those who furnish- the men and women who put the" 1 ed the money to put it into existence. money into the business to vote for 1 but the omcial bosses would rather - .â€" -.. Th» fact of this umtter is, the StOCk- holders are not considered of any ac- count. 'l‘liv)’ have furnished the‘ ll)JilL‘,' and the other fellows are using ? it as they see fit. They do not think I it necessary to give an accountof their ; stewardship. \Ve say again it is 5 high time for a change and we urge } the men and women who put their! money into the business to vote for: their own best interests and place the 3 mill under control of men who feel@ their responsibility as servants of the 1 Company and who dare not assume to controlthe whole concern. It will now be seen that we are in- clined to place the greater portion of blame on the Superintendent, the Secretary and the Chemist first, and on the present board of directors next. The majority of the Board on Monday night of last week, felt extremely anx- ious to express their full confidence in the three gentlemen referred to, not- withstanding the profane character of an address made by one of the trio. We said something with regard to . big salaries, and that the extreme sa‘.- 1 aries were paid to Americans. They 3 get the choice jobs, but when it. comes ; to ahovelling coal, bagging cement. ? wheeling clay or any dirty work the ! Canadian Laborer has a chance for a ' job. . 'The question of and supply was to be left to an independent investiga- ? There isstill another instancein the tion. The directors and the bosses case of Mr. Harmon who iS'engeged thought Mr. De Lana would be the [[continued on page 4.] DURHAM, ONT., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1905. right man, the town thought other- wise and named Mr. Hassen and an- other cement expert from a Canadian mill. These men were objected to, and choice was made of a man from the Osborne Engineering Company. This was not objected to at first and messages were wired by Secretary Ehrhardt asking that Mr. Lake, of Cleveland be sent. The charges were to be $25 a day and expenses from the time he left till the time of his report. iNow it turns out that Mr. Lake is a personal friend of Mr. Ehrhardt iand of Mr. Farr. the leading |oificials. Under such circumstances lthe verdict will assuredly be against! lus in pronouncing the marl of no commercial value, the best warl I cry of the destinguished trio, who are 1determined to take away the plant. $25. 00 a day and expenses, paid out 30f the pockets 1f the shareholders to give a confirmation of the verdict al- ready given is too much of an insult according to our way of thinking to be . swallowed by the long-suffering stock- holders of the National Portland Ce- . ment Company, and. moreover, we be- l lieve they will go to the annual meet- ing determined to vote out the whole [bunch and place the mill in other ‘hands. Such gross impertinence on 'the part of two or three Canadians i would soon be dealt with on the other iside of the line and no sensible man could find fault with the action of ’ bouncing them from the position. ‘ A little comparison may not be In the largest rock cement mill in Canada. the superintendent gets $1500 a. year. The head chemist gets $1200 and the total cost of the laboratory is less than $2000. The largest marl mill in Canada pays the Superintendent $1500 a year and the total expenses of the laboratory are less than $2000. In the next larg- est cement mill the salaries are-3.13.3 par with the above and the laboratory costs less than $2000 while in the office department the business costs includ- ing book-keeping less than $2000. The output of the above mills is equal to and in excess of ours and are all on a dividend paying basis. It may be stated further that the marl mills are all laboring under disadvantages inas- much as they are not provided with such modern equipment. The marl mill operators are all open to confess that the National is the most modern in Canada in every particular. use it. in making regular periodical picnic excursions to Pittsburg and else- where. To show again the unreasonableness a and extravagance of the directors we may refer to the fanatical determina-f tion of the Board to get the Cleveland: expert at $23.00 a day and expenses To their shame. let it be said. they would listen to no proposal to give the work to a Canadian citizen. To defeat the concerted determination of the Board and bosses. a worthy citizen of this town brought pressure to bear on the Council to administer the Alien ‘ Labor Law and in spite of a determin- zed opposition by the Board the point was carried, and a thorough cement engineer and chemist was secured at a. much lower rate of wages. This is the way all through, and the money of the stockholders is needlessly spent in high priced men who may happen in some way to be on the right side of- the 'â€"'HAT’S a very common remark by cus~ T tomers on seeing the goods we are sell- ing this fall. The fine assortment of Ladies’ Dress Goods, Mantels and Rib- bons, 1s quite an attraction, bemg of excellent quality and low in price. We have all the newest designs and the most pOpular shades. We quote only a few articles, but assuring you we do not consider it a trouble to show goods we invite your inspection All Wool Serge, 54 inches wide, only ................... Chiiogfiroad,§royn,_green and red. the popular shndesjn Fall Dress Goods. from ........ ' _ ........ 756‘ Mantels for Ladies’, Misses and Girls. the newest. styles and colors, at all prices, from ............................... 8 Over 1000 yards Neck Ribbon, 3} inches wide, all shades, good value at me, our price ..................................... For Men, “forum and Children, all sizes and prices. Extra good value J.J.HUNTER Highest Prices in Cash or Trade for all Kinds of Produce LADIES' DRESS GOODS "IE 8087 87005 ON THE 3087 OORUEI. RIBBON SPECIAL UNDERWEAR $1.00 PER Yum ........ 75a to I.”