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; 2; Prizes offered be leaders of the tworparties have md their platform campaign. Mr. den held hit} first meetingH at gewater, a Liberal town in Nova ia, Sir “'ilfrid Laurier held his orel, a stronghold of his I own Druggists and Booksellers W. IRWIN. Editor and Proprietov. fy, where there are many hundred ,ernmtnt employees. Mr. Borden ussed and supported the Conger- Eve platform, and dealt fore-ll ly ' the Government record. Sir grid Laurie-r talked about himself pted that his government had done t things to make Canada lcon- lnous. but kept clear of ‘details. | Premier has already persuaded ‘ If that he is not only the great- anadian stateeman. but the .first only one. He represents himsg-lf he creator of Canada land only one more term to finish the job. show how inflated the Premier 'bi-come one has but ‘to cite his °ment at Sore], that Canada 'is the third commercial country in world, and the admiration of all one, whereas, “in 1896 the position .‘anada wan that of .an insignifi- Come and see our large stock of Scrib- blers, Exercise Books and Supplies. Get a Prize Scribbler or Ex- ercise Book and try for one of the Special discount on High-School Books. colony. forgotten by France, ocly knOWn by England. complete- hnknown by EurOpe. treated 'as a ”cable quantity by the United “I is surely the extreme of ignor-' a and of impudence. What has Wilfrid done to Canada .to justify . in so belittling the country as I“ during the first [thirty years r the Union? What claim has ‘he he right to brush 'out of history I leaders as Sir John ’A. Macdon- Sir George Cartier, and the other amen of their day? Canada has med 3 natural course of deveIOp- ! dnoo 1890 as it did before. Its RHAM CHRONICLE e has deveIOped like the trade .ther countries. It is decreasing year more rapidly than 'it grew, falling teeter than the 'trade of United States or of 'Great Brit- Between 1896 and 1906 Canadian e increased 143 per cent. The e of Argentina and of .Mexieo in- ned in greater proportion. The [ti o! Hexioo and of .the Argena acfarlane Mo. DURHAM. SE PT. 24. ow far more rapidly ‘in that thm the ”ports of Canada, 7 are holding their own better nt of CM. 0 ling teeter than the ’trade of Machine Preston, of the North Atlan- ited States or of 'Great Brit- “0 “and“. “'83 not éppointrd 'by the tween 1896 and 1906 Canadian CODSGTVatiVGS- "The Big Four" of the Jereaeed 143 per cent. The Northwest land grabbing combine: I Argentina and of -Mexico in- tic“ are all in Parliament Noting for in greater proportion. The the Government. Mr. Stratton. of of Mexico end of .the Argena the Gamay conspiracy is a candidate ”V for more rapidly ‘in that for Parliament, but not on sthe Oppo- then the apart: of Canada, aition side. A. W. Fraser. the bidder yere holding their own better under borrowed name: for timber nt 0! Guilds. . glimitl. is a Government candidate at e e e Ottawa. Hr. Fielding and hie eno- iflrfl’l ohm vanity works oiatea ”O npported by the ( whole F. Out of power he could netlfllt 01 Initial dud“ contra“ ,M'flaeet. meanders, Beet and Wait. . .. .. ‘ EDITORIAL. THE Sir Wilfrid informed the audience at Sorel that the Government was quite capable of looking after its own black sheep, meaning that if wrong. had been done the Government itself would punish the offenders. So far it would appear that the .black sheep have been rewarded with the i beat pasture. They are the favorites of the flock. They are the ones who bleat most loudly that Sir iWilfrid should have time to finish ibis work. But it is encouraging to {note an air of apology and confession in the Gov- ernment arguments. Ministers are on the defensive, and find itheir time occupied with excuses and eXplana-d. tions concerning charges and offenses brought home to them by (their own former associates and their own Roy- al Commission. not appreciate the service of f the Canadian statesmen who established the Union, who acquired the (North- west, who added British Columbia. Manitoba and Prince Edmrd Iohnd Mr. Fielding took up the operable in Nova Scotia this week where he made the audacious statement that all the offenses brought home to public of- ficers were committed by appointees of the Conservative Government. Even Mr. Fielding’s transcontinental estimates were not so ridiculously faISe. Does Mr. Fielding say that the emergency food swindle was perpe-‘1 tratcd by a Conservative? On the contrary, it was an old fofficiil who warned the Government in vain that the food was bogus and com[ aratively worthhss. Mr. Nixon, perpetrator of frauds in the land office, is not a C(n‘zm-rVatiVe, but was twicea Libr-rsl appointee, once before the offense, (1111] 1.11111. '1t a higher salary latter- wards. Philip \Vagner, swindler of the poor Galician i11‘1111i2'ran1s. who put, in his own pockets the hard sav- ings 111:,1‘11sted to him by r-impln, con-s fidinu‘ 111011I1‘, its also doubly a Liberal :1111111il.l111, having: lwvll placed in ’Ol- fi: {115; I11 \lr. OliV1'r,;111d replacul 1t (1111i 11 the. formtrmlary a t1 r two t1-1111s i11_j1il. The i111111i11r11ti0n c0111- 111'1ssio121-r who "111111111 money on 'the Sule" Was a Liberal appointee and 'haH since hu-n promoted. The postmaster who was dismissed on the. inspector’s rt'COII1lllt_'.lld£tti0n for taking public money, and who after additional cam- paign service. 11 as restored to 'office and paid for the whole ltime he was out. was not a Conservative appoint- m1r1t. Dredging inspector Eastwood, who took $3 a day for 1his services, _ farmed out the job at 1$'l.25 a day to another inSpector, whose whole time was paid for bv therGovernment. and then went off to his private employ- ment, ingenuously charging the Gov- err ment [or imaginary boat hire and extra hours. was appointed lby the Laurier Government and has never been asked to return the stolen money. The other inspector who secretly took this extra pay was an active Liberal. â€"_.___ to the nation, who opened! up the Western country with railways. esâ€"’ tablished steamship lines on the Pa- cific, and founded a national indusâ€" trial system which Sir Wilfrid vhas not dared to overthrow. He and 'his friends were timid, sceptical and mu- patriotic, believing and declaring it impossible to keep this country .inde- pendent of the United States, jealous of every suggestion of closer union with the Empire, ridiculing the .loyal and hopeful aspirations of loyal lCen- adians and doing all in (their power to make them despair of their. coun-l try. It is no wonder that Hooking. back at the Canada of his own former conceptions. Sir Wilfrid should now picture it as a miserable, pitiable, contemptible colony. But the real Canada twelve years ago was Ivery much what Canada is to-day in status and influence, and a very much Ibet- ter Canada in‘ the reputation lof her public men. and in the irecord of her administration. Her public men had cut a sn‘uch better figure in :dip10a macy than the present ministers. Her financial credit was higher, rand financial obligations less. The Commissioner who gave the middlemen $122,000 rake-off on St. Boniface land was a recent appoints ment of the Laurier Government. It was a member of the Laurier ' Gov- ernment who ordered and authorized two Moncton land deals, the :Truro deal and the Halifax deal. The of- ficer of the Militia Department, .who by forgery, took from $50,000 to $100,000 out of the Treasury, had been recently foisted on the Department by the Laurier machine and Irapidly promoted over the heads of old offi- cers. One officer now under suSpen- siou in connection with the «light- house department contracts, was ape pointed originally by the Conurva-i tivcs. But he was a young tempor- ary clerk at $2 a day when the IIUNWU UUW II MBIIII Hr ‘IU ”NV auu UIIU Pasig for distribution in Manila, yet such is the fact. The cloth was dropped on the east coast somewhere near Baler. lugged across the mountains to a scheduled inlet on the lake. and boldly brought into Manila. Sleuths of the Government got track of it be- fore it was landed, but there was no way to stop it. Supgression of the use of o ium in the hilippines has! made t e dru the great rize of smuggliiiag. It as gone to a abulous price in anila. Iloilo, Cebu, and other cities, and there are riches for the fellow who can run it across the Sulu Sea.” -* HYPNOTIZED TBAIPB. A. No. l. the well-known tramp, states that riding upon the truck beams | between the wheels of a flying passen-. change of Government came. Afters ger train, or even of a slower-going wards he was suddenly picked up and freight train, is extremely pushed to the very head of his branch by the present Government, and tthc Chief Engineer of the Department ' was sworn to the belief that this pro- motion was made by the Iinfluence of 'contractors over the ministers. It {need hardly be said that 'Hug-th-z- Machine Preston, of the North Atlan- stic scandal, was not appoint ed lby the Conservatives. “The Big Four" of the Northwest land grabbing combine: ticn are all in Parliament Noting for the Government. Mr. Stratton, of the Gamey conspiracy is a oandidate for Parliament, but not on the Oppo- sition side. A. W. Fraser, the bidder lunder borrowed names for timber limits, is a Government candidate at tom”. Kr. Fielding and his ssso- difficult. The flying cinders deluge the eyes and at times makes breathing almost im- possible. More than this, he says that unless one strictl watches himself one is in danger o becoming hypno- tized. The rhythmically pounding wheels, jolting over the Joints of the rails, have a way of insistently com- manding attention that is extremely dangerous. This noise, sharp and re- peated with devilish persistence. can by notize the unwary. he says. Often he as had to use ever resource of will war which he in order to w 06 the eflects of this endless and mind-compelling “click, click, clic .” He believes that many a tramp who has fallen to his death from the trucks has been first hypnotized in this way. This is perfectly sound chol , and the probability of suclfhyypnoggryn , . ill be endorsed b geistes are supported by a. ( 1713019 :1: this science.â€"- ymy‘wasvm ssng_ of. meal dream centres“ Ere-vain America." in the Bohemian lAuuming Proportidns That Threaten ‘ Insular Revenue. According to the Manila Times, smuggling in the Philippine Islands is assuming proportions that make it a menace to insular revenue. “It will not be long before the Government I must, for the protection of itself and . honest merchants of the community, ,organize a drastic campaign against 'it," says the Times. “It Wln surprise the orderly and law-abiding citizen to ' know that only a few days ago a casco of khaki. smuggled into the country [by way of the_east coast of Luzon: w_as What nonsense it is for Ia minister of the Liberal Government to lunload such trafh on an intelligent lpublic. For wha other reason than to evade the main issues can the Government at Ottawa to-day resort to l8u0h sub- tertuges? They want to side-track the electors and keep them .in ignor- ance of the real truth. The rascalites of the present administration will not look well in the lime-light of investi- gation. To conceal their actions has been the effort and deaire( of the present Government. They will not stand the light of criticism, (and the Government’s purpose will be best served by drawing the public .atten- tion away from the real (issues. With Mr. Miller, too, a strong «ef- fort is being made to uphold the Gov- ernment, and his real honesty of pur- pose may be questioned when he goes so far out of his road to conceal facts. The grave charges against the Ipnes-v ent administration have not been made without a good strong reason. These are belittled by Mr.| Miller, who would fain have the lelectors be- lieve them pure fabrications, made out of the whole cloth. Mr. Miller is wholly with the present extravagant administration, an administration which has failed in every lpoint to carry out its pre-election promiSes to the people. As such, he is l not worthy of a renewal of public confi- dence, and to turn down 'Sir Wilfrid Laurirr, the chief of malefactors, it is necessary to turn out :his support- ers. From eight to twelve years 'is quite long enough for most govern- ments to be in power, and from the record of the present party, it is high time for a change. I Mr. Ball, the Conservative candi- date, is an honest man, (it least we have never had any reason Ito think otherwise, and should he be (elected as South Grey's representative, the constitmncy will have a man of whom they shall not feel ashamed. Mr. Borden, too, is a man l of the highest integrity, and a change from Laurier. to Borden! will be Ian incal- culable benefit. l by wa of the east coast of Luzon, was, floate down Laguna de Bav and the Pasig for distribution in Manila, yet such is the fact. The cloth was dropped on the east coast somewhere near Baler. lugged across the mountains to a scheduled inlet on the lake. and boldly brought into Manila. Sleuths of the Government got track of it be- fore it was landed, but there was no way to stop it. Supgression of the use of o ium in the hilippines has made t e dru the great rize of smuggliE‘g. It as gone to a abulous price in anila. Iloilo, Cebu, and other cities, and there are riches for the fellow who can run it across the Sulu Sea.” SMUGGLIN G IN PHILIPPINES. MRS. WM. SIRll‘ DI“ “It. 1.. at“ 71 you" THE DURHAM CHRONICLE When Alexander McKenzie went out of office in 1878. the public debt of Canada was $140,362,006. When Sir Wilfrid Laurier took office in 1896, the debt had increased to $258,497,432, an annual average increase for eighteen years. under Conservativé rule, of $6,563,075, in our public debt. When Sir \Vilfrid Laurier had been 10?; years Premier of Canada, his Government had altogether, for the 103‘ years, only increased the public debt $5,174,427. or considerably less for 103‘ years than under the former Government for one year. And the public debt of Canada, per head of the population, was on the 31st of March, 1908, only $12.84, while, when the Laurier Government Went into office in 1806, the public debt was. per head of the population, $50.87; and this notwithstanding the fact that the present Government has spent such large sums for the development of the country. To THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH GREY: GENTLEMEN,â€"Tbe Dominion Elec- tion will be held on, the 26th of October. I again respectfully ask for your vote and influence. Come, if you please, to my meetings and bear public questions discussed. It is generally admitted that I have done for South Grey and its people, without making? any difference be- tween Liberals and Conservatives, more than any other Member the Rid- ing ever had. If I have so helped the Riding, is it not fair and reasonable that the people of the Riding should give me their hearty support? I be- lieve they will, especially that I have now the advantage of four years’ experience. BIRD IIGBATION . An Italian scientist believes that daylight alone determines bird migra- tion. The summer migrants, he says, come north to take advantage of the longer days, and (go south again to avmd the short an dark ones. They require all their time to get sufficient food for themselves and their voracious young. Hence the extra dayli ht of the north in the summer is an vant- age to them. In the winter the short da sdo not allow them time to get suécient food. Most birds require daylight for feeding. The scientist does not credit the old explanation that migration is due to cold and want of food. Many species" start southward while the weather is warm and food abundant A burglar with a sense of humor recently spenta profitable ten min- utes in a house at Beddington. Eng. Having forced an entry in the own- er’s absence, he quickly filled his pockets with a number of small portable articles. and oonclud d by taking the best clock from the draw- ing-room mantelpiece As he was going out of the house he met the occupier on the front steps. Not at all taken aback, he explained that he was taking the drawing room clock away to repair it. "The dining-room clock is out' of order, too,” the owner said. “Shall I take that as well?” asked the polite thief. The owner assented. and the burgrkr calmly went back into the" house. took down the diningoroom clock. and went o! with s timepiece under each arm. DOUIIION ELECTIONS. 1908. ROBT. HIM RY Nod “at. 12. and 10 your. I am, gen tlemen, Yours sincerely, H. H. MILLER. Two big Stores PICKLIN G SUPPLIE Ground and Unground “CORKS” “Rubber Rings,” etc. “VINEQAR$"â€"“White Wine,” “Proof and “English Malt” “SPICES”â€"The purest For the re-opening we have a brand new stock of School Books and Supplies. 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