The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

. DURHAM BHRUMQLE COAL SITUATION NOT BRIGHT. Owing to the miners’ strike in the United States nearly every city, town and hamlet in North America is feeling the pinch of the coal shortage, or will feel it before Winâ€" ter sets in. Durham coal dealers, usually able to fill local demands, are like the rest, and none is arriv- ing. During the summer ’ months, nOt much inconvenience is experiâ€" enced, but as :winter will come just as sure as taxes and death, unless a ‘- big change gakw place shortly we THE PRICE OF GASOLINE Vendors of gasoline in Listowel, thou'rh claiming the fault is nut theirs since’the p1 ice to them has not been reduced, are getting “in wrong" with the motorists for charg- -â€"â€"â€"-â€"________â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"______â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- The coal situation in the United THE PRICE or GASOLINE States is unique. Some years ago, Vendors of gasoline in Listowel, coal mining in America was carried th "t claimino the fa lt . H on mostly by the nativeâ€"born. 0p- 0“" e u 13 n"“ erators in those days were not so theirs since’the price to them has solicitous for the welfare of their not been reduced, are getting “in employees as they are toâ€"day, and wrong" with the motorists for chargâ€" in' order to protect themselves and tag 40 cents a gallon for gasoline,]secure something like justice in while in Stratford, London, Goder- their dealings with their employers, ich. Woodstock and many other the miners started what is now the places the price has dropped to at American miners’ union. To break least. 35 cents and in some piaces up this union of their employees in still lower. its beginning, the employers scoured The above. from the Listowel Ban. Europe for help with which to run nor is interesting from the fact that the mines, and thus was started the in Durham um price is 42 cents a great influx of foreigners into the n ...._......l .m.l.,...:;._,,.l in.” United States. The above from the Listowel Ban- ner is interesting from the fact that in Durham the price is 42 cents a gallon. though we Uil°tt;‘.l‘:=i1.:lll that this will he reduced to 40 cents. To be fair to the garagemen, however, we must say that, no matter what other towns are paying, or what dealer is willing to sacrifice his pro- fit for the benetit of his customers. the Iii-cent rate is fair enough con- sidering the cost to the retailer. Gasoline to-day is costing whole-I sale 37 cents from the tank truck. The garageman buys this gas when it is warm and, after storing it in his tank, sells it cold. The heat, as? everyone knows, expands the fluid, and when the customer comes for his supply, he actually gets more for his gallon than the garageman who bought it in the first place. This may not appear to amount to much in the individual gallon lots, but spread over the large quantities handled daily by the average gar- age, it is one more cost added to the mysterious “overhead” charges that the retailer has to face. Add to this the evaporation, and the profit to the garageman gets another bump. Roughly speaking, the garageman makes about fifteen per cent., and for this has to supply a premises in which to do business, a tank to measure the gasoline, and a man to run it. H5 is the servant of his cus- tomers every minute of the working day of possibly eighteen hours. and no matter what other work he is en- gaged in when his patrons call, he has to stOp and attend to their wants for gasoline. Any garageman will tell you that he makes very little out of his gasoline sales, and we are of the opinion that the most ,of them would as soon stick to the repair end of the game and turn the gasoline sales over to some single individual if such a person could be found. But, like any other business, the man in the garage has to do many things for the benefit of his customers at little or no profit, and for which he gets no thanks as well. The Chronicle holds no brief for the garagemen of Durham. If they are charging too much, they deserve] censure and should abide by the consequences of lost business and .public confidence. 'We have, how- ever, been shown the bills of the oil companies supplying the gasoline, and. from our experience in over- head and other expenses incidental to running a business, we can’t- see where the people. of Durham, or Lis- towel either, are paying tOO much for gasoline, from a garageman’s point of View. It‘ too much is being charged here. we can assure the public that it. is not. the fault of the lucal dealers. If any fault. is to be found it is with the oil companies. and it. is mt likely that they will pay much aiteuthm in a public out.â€" ery. The point with them is that no matter what. the price, the pulniu: \Valt buy it anyway. and so. what are you going tH do about it. Possibly 'l‘iie te'll'irouii'le is a little] out. of its latitude in dealing withl this subject. but under the circum-l stances we (mult‘l do little else. “'0' have heard t'i'yiit,ilzlillls locally about the high prim-s charged here as com- pared with other nearby towns, and took the matter up with a couple of our local dealers. They were of the‘ opiniim. and with them we fully agree. that because some other re- tailer chose to lose money. it was not, up to them to (lo the same. No man should begrudge a businessman a legitimate profit. and from the bills we Saw. we. are of the opinion that. even at :12 cents. the.Durham garagemen were working at. a lower percentage of profit than is possible in most, businesses, that is. it that business is going to stand on its feet. and prosper. ‘ ' W MIR, Editor and Wet" Thursday, August 3, 1922. are bound to feel the pinch in the next six months. From newspaper reports, coal, bath steam and an- thracite, is already on the way here from Wales and England, over a score of vessels being reported in the trade. But the mine owners in their one: great desire to break up the union of the American miners overlooked one little thing. TO-day the mines of the United States are worked nearly one hundred per cent. by foreigners, and these same foreigners, who, at. the beginning knew nothing of unions and standing together, are toâ€" day the backbone of the strikes and labor troubles in the coal; regions. They are the men who are to-day demanding something that the Amâ€" erican laborer would never think of asking; they think of nobody but themselves, and, so far as the United EStates is concerned, care little whe- ther she prospers or goes bankrupt so long as they can get their big pay for the smallest amount of work per- formed. And the great American and Canadian public has to pay for BOY WANTED Bay Wantedâ€"a good reliableboy, one you can recommend to a responâ€" sible position; only a fair education needed. Boys of this class are ali- ways in demand and inquiries are often made. The suggsetion sets us thinking. it. Is there any one we can rake up in the recesses of our mind that will fill the bill exactly? The question. seems easy, but to give an unquali- fied testimonial of the boy who will fit in every particular is quite an- other matter. They are to be found, but they are not so common as a per- son might suppose. Lack in one of the qualifications unfits many a boy from the better openings that will ultimately spell success. The boy with a bad habit will be set aside for the one with a better record. Boys, your conduct is being watched and if you fail to land the job you would like there is often a reason for the failure. There are hundreds \pn'd thou- sands of good boys who are shutting themselves out of good positions by carelessness of conduct and foolish- ness of action. No employer wants a boy who loiters listlessly in ques- tionable places and in questionable company. Some of these boys may scorn the thought of dishonesty but their associations are a barrier be- tween them and the men who would otherwise give them employment. Even toâ€"(lay there are many boys, and we speak from personal know- ledge and observation there are far too many frittering away their time, wasting their opportunities. impairâ€" ing theirchances of future useful- ness and useful greatness because of their associations with the Smart- Alieks who 101': ago "unit? to he recognized as useless adjuncts to all kinds of resmetahle society. IL is safe to judge. 21 buy by the Cumpaliy he keeps. and we know some who would remain a 101 r, time unemployml before. we could con- scientiously recommend them fur po- sitions of responsibility. Boys are being watched more closely than they have any idea of and we haVe known boys who lost illt‘il' chances of good positions he- cansn they were too smart. in public places. If a hov's actions in life are to go unchallenged he must keep a strict \\ atch ox 91’ his conduct. As a pass- port to the resounsible' positions there is nothing in a boy‘s life that counts more than good behavior. Honesty in the handling of money is not the only qualification to con- stitute honesty in the. boy or young To Everywoman women lack savings accounts, thin MANY their surplus too to bank. 3% :‘E‘; .1 amounts, accumulated grad ,are your strength vi in an emergency. - - â€" v3 3“ StandardServieeweleomessmallaswellaslargc STANDOAHD BANK ..- TOTAL Asian om snowman]; muons - 3%.: ' wt .' R {45 man setting out to make his mark in the world. This is, in fact, one of the cardinal virtues to he possessed by the boy whose senices will be sought after. There are many little details, often not considered, that forni just as important a feature as the one to which we have just refer- red and without going into a sermon on the subject we’ll leave the matter to the thoughtful boy to think it out for himself. Boys are wanted, but only boys with the qualifications to make them trustworthy and reliable. WEEKLY NEWSPAPER HAS PLACE The p1 oper function of a local} new spape1 is to tell of local happen-1 ings. \Vith metr0p01itan dailies on all sides it is beyond the scope of a small country \V eekly to enter large- l.y into the field of world news. The advent of the railways years ago and the establishment of rural mail routes have brought the concession lines and sideroads in close touch with the big centres of population and the readers of the daily papers have the great events of the world served up within a few hours of the time they happen. Thus with the dailies handling the great events as they occur, the field to be properly covered by the local paper is narâ€" rowed down to a much smaller area. This leads to an inquiry as to the legitimate work of the small weekly publications and a survey of the sit- uation to ascertain how closely we follow our legitimate duties. While the little local papers may touch the fringe of the big events of the world it is impossible to do more, and unreasonable to expect that the big events should be given; in detail. The big papers have a? wider field and touch on the bigger things, leaving the country weeklies to handle in detail the smaller hapâ€" penings in their own community. This, so far, relates only to the funcâ€" tion of the local weekly as a dis-' tributor of news. The expression of editorial opinion is not narrowed in the same way. The publisher carrying editorials has a wider range of subjetcs on which he may endeavor to educate his readers by an in‘telligent'expresâ€"' sion of his views on almost any sub- ject of interest. In this connection, too, it isn’t well for the weekly pub- lisher to go too far afield. He would do well to discuss the l‘oc-aItOpics tin which the bulk of his readers ihave a more direct interest. The Inews should be local and the editâ€" orials should be localized or of such character as to be of general interest in his own field. The small talk that the metropoli- tan jokers make fun of are not out or place in the small weeki'y. If John Jones planted a row of maples along the front of his farm the readers who know John Jones would be glad to hear he was adding to the ap- pearance of his farm and in a few years the shade'would give comfort to the traveller who might go that way. Surely there would be no wrong in telling of John Jones’s do- ings for his own benefit and’the com- fort of those who come after. Sup- pose John decided a few weeks later to put a tie-post in front of his gate and paint the post red it would show further enterprise but the fool joker on the city paper would take a fit on reading it. It may be small talk. but. it‘s news and just as im- portant in the rural community as the silly, sickening writeâ€"ups of some of the city’s social functions, The rofimtry editor gets just as sick on rem ing some of these things as ;the city chap does on wading about {the roll tieâ€"post. 'THE DURHAM CHRONICLE â€"..â€"â€"- The average man never feels trul." important. unless he is Spending more than he can afford: The function of the local paper is to give loLjal news and in giving edit- orial opinion to (10:11, preferably. with topics of local interest. The city chap who pokes fun at the country weekly may find himself :1 lighhvoight. if he goes to the trouble of making: a search. It is much easier to impress the neighbors than tn’fmpress the man who makes the loans at the bank. V1101} in \V;ostem Ontario a man says: "‘I run things at mv house.” he usuallvm means the lawn mo“ 91 and the \\ ashin" machine. It may be that golf is Bess popular with bachelors because they haven’t a home to get away from. If coffee keeps peeple awake the Ladies’ Aid should serve it just be- fore the sermon. Some of the mox 1e stars are re-_ markably prettv, and some can act. a dentist whistle and sing at his Work. We don’t mind men being cheer- ful, but it gets on our nerves to hear The most helpless thing in this World is a chap of twenty besieged by a widow. The reason Methuselah, Noah and those. other patriarchs died in their infancy was because they didn’t use vitamines. Dempsey and Wills are going to fight if they can get enough money to make them mad. When a man is mad he cusses. When a woman is mad she cries. Cussing doesn’t get a man much. Many a man counts the costs who has no intention of paying them. 'The fighting in Ireland is merely a continuation of the Battle of the Boyne, which started in 1690. ' They laugh at scare who never had a wage cut. When a Spinster at last gives up hope, she has at least one consola- tionâ€"she is free to eatonions. Executive: Anyone who is free to think the weather is too hot for of- fice work and seek the cooling ball park. The chap who enjoys beating a train to a crossing early in the seas- A LITTLE 01" THIS AND THAT Plus 11an a cent a mile beyond to all points in Mani toba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Edmonton. Calgary, McLeod audieast. GOING FARE $15to WINNHPEG GOING DATES Through Solid Trains to Winnipeg Without Change Restaurant Cars on Special Trainsâ€"Meals and Lunches Serves: at Reasonable Prices. Special Cars for Women. Convertible (berth) Colonist Care of Latest Design For further particulars THE CANADIAN NATIONAL BEACHES DIRECT ALL IMPORTANT DISTB'BLH.‘-.a CENTRES IN WESTERN CANADA Travel the “National Way" to Winnipeg when destined toany point beyond . v mummum human-madam” _ unnowmmwmrm “Fate Going "-315 to WINNIPEB. 36 cut III do “in: u dostinatioi. FARM LABORERS WANTED _-'-__. â€"â€"-â€"â€"v m Stationo' in Ontnrio. Smith's Fan: to and including Toronto on babe Ontario 8130“: Linc nnd anclock-Pctcrboro Linc. , From Stations mutton to chftcv Junction. inclusive. From Station on Totontoâ€"Sudhuty direct line: , mandolin Deanna-tom KcNicnllnndBnrkmtoBobcmm mltofiooQSwmndWe-tol'rmtotoumlw momma-nu wan-w Auwfl‘“ MOmBoMWnlku-tmOnus-n’ne. Tm. .35.. W m 8?" Wu. and mammdamoumm W723 mmrmaadumwmm GOING DATES Speclal Trains Leaveâ€"(Standard Time) TORONTOâ€"(Union Station) ‘ August l4---12.30 noon, 6.00 p.111., 10.30 p.111. August 23---12.30 noon, 6.00 p.m., 10.30 p.m. For Times from Other Stations See Special Train Service Poster ngst 11th and 21Stâ€"Toronto Caledon East, Beeton.A Meafordr August 1 4th and 23fg:Toronto, Inglewood and all stations south and west apply to nearest agent Canadian Nationalâ€"Grand Trunk Railways. on is now J somewhere. A motorist should never confess the accident. was wholly the result of his own carelessness. The Judge might die of shock- The strawberry season is over, but oh, you corn on the cob! ' Anyway, it’s pretty hard for a girl to 100k intellectual while. she’s chew- ing gum. , It has been discovered that the Slowest thing on earth is a barefoot _ . Colhngwood. Penetang,Mldland, Parry Sound, Sudbury. Capreol east thereof in Ontario. thereof in Ontano. 40,000 happily rocking a canoe TERRITORY plus half a cent a mile from starting point to Winnipeg “fare Retuming”â€"$20 troll WINIIPEE.,_ 34 cent per mil: starting pint tn lid”; boy going round to 1:: wash. his feet. These barbers are 31‘ take somethingofl‘ fon "Knowing where you“ half the battle.” No; tells you where you are‘ If it is true that jok’ Ford a success, they m something f or prohibition. What you must do at. firs farce 01' character you will? able to do through force oi 44