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ter of Sir Wm. Van Horne would only provoke antagonism. His position in the C.P.R. would nat- urally lead the advocates :01! the Agreement to attribute selfish motives to his action. Mr. Good- eve. of British Columbia, makes a strong speech against recipro- m'Jty, but then he is a Conserva- tive, and, naturally enough, he would be charged as an opponent :torcible argument against the: . Agreement. inasmuch as it will. he ;:laims. destroy the fruit industry EIOW being largely developed in: . i n )ur most westerly provmce of 5 1 )ominjon. I m Municipal Journal, in its cur- : ant issue. The Journal is known 1 s the zfearless champion of popu- . u- rights and is thoroughly indre- : endent of party bias. The «article ' as :follows: I' ‘J it. . .‘ No .man with any pretensions to erious thought can deny that ivâ€" :v d’or a nation, and having that olicy confirmed by a Govern- LECIPROCITY It seems but reasonable that :the )eople should have a voice in his great question. Hon. Geo. ‘E. ‘oster points out the injustice of wo men arranging 2a fiscal pol- 'u -o-v “HELLâ€" {1- Government, is by star the most Egportant event in history since pntederation. In fact, in many :ays it may prove far more im- yrtant than Contedemztion. For gen it its advocates may choose -It is not our purpose to mould personal :opinion from an expres- sion '0'! our own judgment. on this big question. 'but we are willing to be guided by sush unno'n-trovertâ€" :ible parliamentary arguments as were advanced by men like Mr. Stiafto-n. who cut himself 'loose from his party on this one particular question. To quote :firom the let- It is no tlikely that Mr. Fielding; and Mr. Paterson will negotiate a treaty with the U ni‘ted States that will no": be 'a benefit to some classes, but the broader question to consider is Whether the country as a whole will be (benc- fited by reciprocity on the pro~ posed terms. That it Will mot. is the argument Of Mr. Simon, the Fruit Growers’ Association, the Mdliers’ Association various Boards of Trade, and many other indust- ries. g label the strongly patriotin fvor at Mr. Champ Clark as a and these speeches only, Wifll be almost certain to £53111 in line with the Agreement, but this is not: the way to settle, in our minds, so momentous a question. :Sisr Wilfrid Laurier is, of course. Iav-o-rable to the Agreement, and Mr. H. H. Miller follows right in his path. We are quite willing: to admit that :3 person reading the speeches xtavo'rable to Reciprocity, a life-long Liberal like Hon. Clif-; (0rd “Simon, a former advocate of' reciprocity. comes out so strong-1v against the present proposed a- greement. how are We to consider the question? He is indeed more antagonistic in his utterances than even Mr. Borden, the leader ' of the Opposition, and shows by no mean line of argument that the farmers of this country, the trans- continental railways .of this counâ€" try, the big milling industries of 4 country, and the manufacturing concerns of this country, will all luifer 'by the adoption of the Reâ€" ciprocity Agreement. We know Mr. Smith, editor of “the ‘Weekly Sun, personally, and we lee] surprised to learn the character of his address to the .far- mers at Vamey, as outlined by our *Blyrth’s Corners correspondent. We read a number of the speeches delivered at Ottawa on the reci~ procity debate, not nfrom the-Globe or Mail, but from Hansard, and not (tom Conservatives alone, but from Conservatives and Liberals, and in none :of ’the addresses have we seen anything: quite so rank’ as «the utterances made by Mr. Smith. In this great question, We are trying to keep as free ufro'm partv bias as possible, but the arguments we have seen so .far. are not leadâ€" ing us to think very memorably of the Reciprocity Agreement. When THE RECIPBOCITY ARGUHENT THE DURHAM CHRONICLE DURHAM. MARCH 16, 1911 U 'DWIN Kain-.- and Propriefnr. - --.~~~u "W'fjpl‘t A large delegation of Western W1” farmers recently waited on Sir: h Wilirid Laurier, and it was openlym stated that many 01 the delegates in While Canada is right in aide-ring due a home to all decent. well behaved- the Canadian municipalities have d'e-y ,pended lior several years uponl lBritish capital to finance the tre-l Ilm'end-ous development, which is as? :Widespread as the Dominion.’ {'Would British capital be as Willing’ to put its money into [this country} if Reciprocityâ€"With its possible! eflfect on municipal reliability and growthâ€"were adopted? A cableg received in Montreal states that a. certain financial deal With Scotchf afinanciers has been called off, “ow-3 ing to Reciprocity.” Is this an index of What may be .generallyg expected? ‘ Again let it be urgedâ€"and! most emphaticallyâ€"that this :grave question should be treated as a national one. .What should be sought is What is best for Canada as a Whole. Even if the munici- palities should be hurt by it; it the gain to the rest of Canada is greater than the loss, by 2111' means let us have it. Let every trace of selfishness be dropped, and 'l'et the question be “the good on! Canada, Let the members of the 'x” Commons rise to the .:4 I To come to individual cases.â€" iCa‘nadiaxn ocean ports, especially non the Atlantic, would certainly :suflfer. Trade would be diverted «from Montreal and Quebec, from St. John. .N.B., and \fr-om Halizfia-x. N18" to the ports in the United States. Toronto would drerive no benefit .from deepening the Wel-? land Canaxl; while to construct the Georgian Bay Canal would be a waste of money. Vancouver would yield her magnificent possibilities to Seattle, while Prince Rupert would die in infancy. Many cities are advertising for :factories. and offering inducements to new industries. Would they be procurablfi iif Reciprocity were in \force? Speculation on this ques- tion can be answered by experi- ence: history states emphatically What happened to the manufactur- ing centres under Reciprocity in previous years. A Toronto finan- cier has stated that the capital 21]- ready subscribed ;for new :flour mills has been Withdrawn. vv buuu Ln-e 1215!. new years, msazny met W‘th some approval; the Lib- ;' efactories have started up all lover era:s ceemed united and thought . ' . l L U' ' * .. ‘ . Canada, among them being quite, he Conservatives divided. Now . a >feW which are branches Olf par-«fhe Conservatives are solid in GP. ent tractories in the United States. ‘ U _ . p . . - . DI Robertson in a recent ad- po'smon, and the Liberal @301?“ . ° ’ . . . is mailing to pieces. This Situation dress, spoke of the gratification is due in part to the inactivity of felt by the .Commnssren on Tech-' the Government, which is present- :zni W ‘L l 1 l . ~ ‘0 . - ' . -3 factor)“ giving employment to support on? its policy. The speech . , es delivered by Mr. R. L. Borden, many people; supporting a gOOdZHon Geo. E. Foster, Mr. H. B, figmzrlgndczrlfijuimty argounld the‘Am-es, Mr. Martin B'urrelil and othâ€" . 4 pp 112: gioo s a over ers are now supplemented and Canada. 3 endorsed by the independent iurd's- ‘l‘ne question for the municipal-merit of Hon. Clifford Sifton. Mr. itics is Whether existing factories "Sift-on practically says that he will flourish. and Whether newiwaited Ito-r some time before ones will be built. And it -sh~ouid!speaking- in the hope that some not be Iflczrgotten in discussing thisi'fiacts might be presented by lib"? phase «0:1 the question that othefGo-vernmvent in favor of the reel- manufacturing interests do nlo-thI'OCity agreement. That he wait- merely consist of the capitalistâ€"i ed in vain is evident from his own against whom the farmers are in-; ‘ claration that either the GOV" cited by unscrupulous personsâ€"i erument has prepared .no case, or but all employed in them and 3111 in its eafifort to prepare one, has supported by them, including thp stumbled upon facts and figures ’farmer. Too many speakers talk Which it dares not present to as if the legislation hostile to the Parliament. manufacturers would only affect] Mr. gsfi‘ftoin’s speech was quite" the factory owners. .49..“ in... 1........-..:.,.. an :......1-1.. : Within the last dew years, many efactories have started up all over Canada, among them being quite a >feW which are branches of par- ent zfactories in the United States. Dr. Robertson, in a recent ad- dress, spok-e of the gratification felt by the Commission on Tech- nical Education :at finding so many small places With :a single .good factor)“ giving employment to town; and shipping goods all over Canada. I But it would be a Lapse le duty not to call the attention of the municipalities to the eifeot that Reciprocity may have upon them. And here let it be urged‘ as strongly as possible that every Canadian would approach the question :fro-m the point on? vieW/ of the [best interests of Canada as‘. a Whole. Many aspects of Reciprocity as' at present discussed are outside the field of this Journal, more es-- pecially as the question is being treated not as one that iznvolves’ Canada as a nation, but as a partisan measure, to be backed by a solid party vote; I joke, the dislocation 0d the busi- ness situation, not merely just now but for at least the periodical ner- vousness seen for about a year before every Presidential election, would surely aflfect the neighbor- in‘g country if allied with it even by Reciprocity. But is it tfair to treat Mr. Champ Clark’s utterance as hysterical or jocumazr? It is generally understood that this gentleman is in line :for the Presi- dency of 'the great Republic. Is it courteous to him, or his 'fellow citizens. to suggest that a lead- ing statesman should play the part of a buffoon in the chamber of Congress? Is it not more than likely that ‘Mr. Champ Clark’s speech was at least a case 0d the “Wish” being “father to the thought” even if it Were not utterâ€" ed.in a spirit of prophecy? ’1 Mr. Simon is clear in his state- ?ment in his belief that iree trade in natural products must lead to ,xfree tnade in manuiiactured pro- ducts or commercizal union with the" United States. There may be $111339th demand anything that oc- icurred uO them, but in power they must us 8 some judgment. It is be- cause the Liberal party iS gEttmg .back to the position it occupied in Opposition that :Mr Sifton pro- “tests He pointed out to Sir Wil- :fl‘l'd Laurier that the Liberals gthrrive weld when they put their {principles in their pockets and gadmmister the Government on -,tion sio successfully vindicated: by ’3 the Government of Sir John A; Mzcd-onaid. Reading between the lines 011’ Mr. Fi'fizon’s speech, one can. easily perceive the protest at the prac- i 132-211 states-man and man 021’ affairs lagalast experiments dictated by [free traders and doctrimaires. Eliei ghas learned from experience that tiree trade us all right in theory, !but that ‘t Wiljl not work in a {count ry like Canada. 'Were Mr. {Sift-on stiLl in opposition, he might fidemand many impracticable things from the Government, and his party did demand them When the Conservatives were in power. th-e lines maid down by Sir John A MQCdO'naLd‘ He warns them that they «are riding-1101‘ .a fall when they desert the doctrines of Mac- donald and take up mth the breaching at Laurier sand Qant- But Mr. :Sriifto'n realizes that the Larurirer Government is something different fno'm the Laurier OppOSi- than. In opposition, the Liberals I Mr. ISdsft-o‘n’s speech was quite freelfro'm hypocrisy. He frankly admitted that the Laurier Cabinet had decided in 1897 not to carry out the pledges of the Liberal party on the tariff question. On the contrary they decided to re- tain and maintain the national pol- icy, introducing only the British Preference. This departure by himselnf and associates (from their solemn pledges to the people, he justified “upon the ground cuf ex- pediency; no-t expediency in the vulgar sense of personal advant- «age, but expediency based upon the needs of the country. The Liberals. when they came into? po-w:er,y,Vaccord-im;g to Mr. tSifton. found it to be impracticable to carry out their free-trade doc- trines, and therefore accepted amd practised the doctrine of protec- Reciprocity and the reciprocity debate continue to occupy the public mind. Even to the most supenficial observer there are apparent cha'n-g-es'in the situation since Mr. Fielding made his arm- n-ouncpment in January after his return :fro-rn Washington“ The agreement. when first presented. This is the only course which lies before the Laurier Government. They must appeal to Oanada‘ and with the voters on Canada must lie the deemsion as to Whether we shall have Reciprocity or not. The solution 01! this difficult question would -be for Sir "Wilfrid Laurier to momow the constitutional precedent of the Empire. He and his Ministry are not only within [their rights in introducing Reci- procity but more, if they believe it to be .g'osod >for Canada, they would not be doing their duty if the-y did not advocate it. Butâ€" and hare is the crux of the situaâ€" tionâ€"it is an unwritten law odf British Parliamentary practice that when the Government intro- duces legislation upon which it has not received the opinion of the i electors it shall,aite1 discussing‘ the question fully, dissolve the1 House. and appeal to the country.‘ . immigrants, no resident of Canada should meddle with Canadian poli- tics until he deems Canadza :good enough to become a Canadian citizen. OUR OTTAWA LETTER THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. TUESDAY. MARCH 218T.â€"Farm .s-tock ‘and impbements, at Lot 4. - Com. -1. E.G.R.. Egnem'ont. half a mile south '01! Varn-ey. 10 months credit. R.J. Allan, PrOprietlo‘r: “prt. Brigham, Auctioneer. See MONDAY, MARCH 20th. â€" Thor- , oughbred cattle, Durham ball, 18 months, Durham cows, heifers, grades. Yorkshire sows, and. other stock, at L01; 25, Con. 12, 'Egremont. W.M. Murphy, Auc- tioneer, Geo, Snell, Proprietor, Maple Lane, P40. " ' FRIDAY MARCH 17th. at Lot 12,. Con. 3, Egremlont. Farm stock implements, etc. 10 months’ cre- dit. . Alex. Allan, Proprieton ’Robt. Brigham, Auctioneer, .See bills; also mull list’ in tnext Week’s Chronicle. . We ofler One Hundred Dollars Reward for any one of Catanh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. I. CHENEY 6:. 00., Toledo. 0. We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years. and believe him perfectlv honorable in all business tansactione and finan- cially able to csrry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDIXG. Kxxmx 6; MARVIN Wholesale Druggism. Toledo. 0. Ball's Catarrb Cure is taken ist- rnally. actine directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of: the system Testimonials sent free Price 75 cents per bottlt . Sold bv all Draggiete. Judging from the debate so far it may be safely asserted that the Government will make no attempt Ito palliate or deny its massacre of the fruit industry. They seem to take it :fio'r granted, that British Columbine will soak the Govern- ment lanyho‘w, and that protests from that nu'arter need not be re- garded. Messrs. German and See- ley. representing Ontario fruit districts, «are fighting the Govern- ment. and may endeavor to get back to the next House as Inde- pend-ems. Mr. Islirft'oen pointed out that mo one had uttered one word in reply to the masterly speech at Mr. Bu-rrell, the Oomservatiive member :for Yale-Carirbnoo, who spoke mor the afmrit industry. Nei- ther has anything been said in defense of the slaughter of the slaughter of the pork packers. the vegetable growers. and other ctassw engaged in useful indust- ries. The Government must either have a wonderful trump card heid tael: {or the last emergency or thnv have mo cards at all. Take Hall’s Family Pills for con stipation. many good citizens in Canada who believe that free trade is the correct fiscal policy (for the Canad- ilan Government to adopt. The men who 1are in favor 0:1” commer- cial union or political union with {the United States will find them- selves most at home in the Liberal party. Those men who. like Mr. Sifiton, do not believe free trade to “be a practical possibility 1101' many years at Least, and who de- sire to avoid either commercial or political union with the Unit-ed States, are being forced into op- position to the Laurier Govern- memt. MARKET REPORT 50¢. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25:. At dealers,or from Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. MRS. P. E. WEBBER. “Fruit-a-tives” â€"- by its marvellous action on the kidneys â€" completely restores these vital organs to their normal strength and vigorâ€"and cures every trace of Kidney Trouble. “Fruit- a-tives” is the only medicine in the- world made of fruit. I am glad to be able to give you this testimonial. It may benefit some other woman sufiering as I sufiered, as I believe that I would not be alive to-day had I not used “Fruit-a-tivcs”. On the recommendation of a neighbor, I took “ Fruit-a-tives ” and they cured me. To-day, I take “Fruit-a-tives” as my only medicine. I am in excellent health, 'and “ Fruit-a-tives ” is the medicine that cured me after'I had been at Death’s Door for months. “Two years ago, the. doctor made forty-four calls on me, and then said he had done all he could for me. I was sufiering with intense Kidney Trouble and Inflammation had set in. Two other doctors were consulted and agreed that nothing could be done to help me. KIDNEY DJSEASE SAVED am By AT DEATH’S DOOR FROM ...... Sale Register How’ -' This? O... “FRUIT-LINES” 'CLANBRASSIE, ONT. ”mmmm fimmwm 2216 18to Fu - --.. v vvw‘mmm g...‘ 4 rnlture ! Furniture V Oatmeal Millers in ton lots yet, but as we are having more demand for it now from the Eastern Provinces, we are likely to advance the price shortly, and it will pay to lay in a. stock while the price is low; lately to some of the largest feeders in this district and they claim it is as good as Bran or Shorts for feeding stock, and as it is a lot cheaper than bran, we think it would pay you to give it a trial. The Price is $15 Per Ton Sprilig is here Durham, Ont O using it, let us know March Fdr ONE-WAY Reduced EJVe would draw bntion to the fact Vice of Glover and feed is advancing‘ Ve have bought ea. be best and mostj Bedsmen in the pr irge consignment ,thy, Red Clover. M Llsike and Alfaif We cannot give ame prices in in nents that we can it once and select y ['he largest stock rom in town. Give $42.60 $43.60 Above rates are one class, applying from but tionate' rates to < points. Full particulars and JAMESp R. GUN T'rm TOWNER, Depot Agar The Central Dr March !0th to April [or Txains leave Durham .50 pm. Trains strive at Durh EVERY DAY 1530*: lead down PLANING Q . 0 - JAMES B. an. ZENUS DURHAM The undersigned announce to res' Also a. limited 8 iron work and 111: pairs. A call solic for quotations next job. 16th, 1911. SASH, House Fit‘ Machine Oi Ointment, and all kin \7 anco Spnkm Seat ”1 San m Lns A‘: Mexiq‘ Totem ‘orua