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ii 9-1“ 3125 for six months, 05 cents for three months. Foreign subscription rates on application. THE SHIPPING COMBINE The proposal of the Ottawa Gov- ernment to subsidize the Peterson line of steamers in an effort to break the Atlantic Steamship Trust would be farcical if it were not so serious. The Peterson line, a small one, would have about as much weight in transatlantic shipping circles as a gnat at a bull fight. Granting that W. T. R. Preston’s report on the combine is correct, and that the freight rates westward from Europe are exhorbitant, there -- ‘LA (1“110- ll'Ulll DUIVPV "Iv w-â€".... are still other points in the situa- tion that need to be explained. Money in the shipping business is made out of Montreal and New York eastward, carrying the sur- plus of the North American hemis- phere to overpOpulated Europe. Be- ing self-supporting, or nearly so, the North American continent needs little of Europe’s manufac- tured goods, with the result that there is little westbound freight to be picked up at European ports, and ‘ shipping has to make the the west- ward trip practically in ballast. This is what is mostly responsible for the high rates, together with the increased cost of everything cal reports, there were 50,000 more tons of idle shipping in the port of Liverpool at the end of December than at the end of October, the idle tonnage at Hull increased by 39,- 000 in London by 30,000, in Glas- we think, that shipping, like other business, is slow, and, with the ov- erhead going on, steamship com- panies must either raise their rates or go bankrupt. . .----1.1 1:1... 4.“ VI 5‘] I} I... r- No doubt all of us would like to see shipping charges reduced, but we think good business judgment should be used in an effort to ad- just the matter. The main ques- tion Canadians must ask themselves PAGE 4. LIUII \2"|llt.qu-nx- ---.._.- -- is: “What right have we to sub. sidize any steamship line because business is dull?” If the “com- bine” rates are as exhorbitant as the Preston report would have us believe. why has the Canadian Gov- ernment Merchant Marine, a mem- ber of this combine, not made a profit insted of a deficit? FOOLING THE PUBLIC ‘ Now that spring is nearly here ' and the cars will soon be running, . mail order houses will commence quoting tire prices that will make the average small-town garageman look like a war-time profiteer to the motorist whose investigation ceases with the scanning of the price«ticket. And the fun of it is that there is no use arguing with him. Mail order houses give you what you pay forâ€"sometimesrâ€" and no more. There are as many grades of tires manufactured as there are grades of coal on the market, and they’re both worth just about what you pay for them, and no more. A tire for which you are charged ten dollars is probably worth it, but for a motorist to pur- chase a tire at this price from a‘ mail order house and expect to get‘ the same value as he would out of a fifteen-dollar product is utter nonsense. While it may be true enough that some of these tires oc- casionally give good service, the majority are a source of annoy- ance and cussedness from the start, and the purchaser, if he would on- ly admit it, knows he is stung in the first two hundred miles. _L 2.. ‘1‘: III vv uâ€"--__ _ Mail order houses are not in business for their health any more than anybody else". They make a profit on everything they sell, and ‘ ‘---A-A A‘nn III! VII v v v- J '--â€"-â€"c I" â€" - _ they, no more than anyone else, can undersell ordinary retailers from fifteen to thirty per cent and give the same value. WELL-DESERVED NOTORIETY Bath, a little village on the Bay of Quinte, near Belleville, with a papulation of 350, has of late sprung into prominence in the his- torical life of Canadabforjt lavas UV. IV..- -c- ' here, it now appears, that the first steam vessel to sail the Great Lakes was built in 1816. Editorial inter- est in this event naturally runs high in THE CHRONICLE office, for it was in this village, and within a stone’s throw of the mighty St. Lawrence that the editor of this r first saw the light of day. Hrs. Lucretia Bloecker kale Thursday, larch 19, 1925. momins steam-propdled vessel. and the sub- sequent developments read like fic- tion from the small start of one hundred years ago to the present day, for. the Canada Steamship Lines is but a continuation of the small start made in Great Lakes navigation. The recent unveiling of a 'memorial was attended with great. pomp and ceremony and 'was given prominence in many Eastern Ontario papers. And yvhy shouldn’t Bath be proud With two such great honors thrust upon her ?â€"-the mother {of steam navigation on the Great Lakes, and the birthplace of the editor of this great family jour- Durham has one thing at least to be thankful for. She isn’t trou- bled much with public meetings of “fad” religions so prevalent in some other places. boys are playing marbles, the girls are out with their skipping ropes and already the rush for auto li- cense markers has started. The present cold snap can’t last much longer. One reason for the scarcity of money and the consequent quiet times may be that too much atten- tion is paid to improved wireless? stations, new closed car models and kindred non-essentials. Wireless and closed cars are nice, but they ican’t take the place of many of the old-fashioned comforts we enjoyed before the spending craze hit us Walkerton Town Council has de- cided to resurrect the war memorial from the back yard of the Town Hall and have it fittingly placed. Durham Town Council might well “go thou and do likewise.” Cars with self-starters often have cranks on one of the seats.â€" Brandon S un. If Espanola is ever to get any- where, now is its chance to start in on cross-word puzzles.â€"â€"- Indianap- olis Star. A I 1 _ 7__- ) vav u A girl may be a perfect dream and still be unable to stew onions without burning themâ€"St. Cath- arines Standard. , A. A W OlIvUU vavvw‘vv --- 'Some of them are planning to support their car in the style to which it has been accustomed.â€" Brandon Sun. “ 0 AL- UIWUUWVUU ww'vv An unfailing evidence of the breakup of winter has arrived. The ladies are wearing the spring hats. â€"â€"Chatham News. ’ U lvwvru Koreans are wed by just shak- ing hands. That may explain the similar ceremony before prize fights.â€"â€"New York World. _- 1AAA‘ IISIIUU. . J ust now the most popular local ailment is mumps, and many Ham- ilton children are having a swell timeâ€"Hamilton Herald. Illlvo --WUI The crossi-viyord'puzzle is the first thing that has convinced some peo- ple that an education really pays. â€"L‘ittle Rock Gazette. A new fraternal society is to be called the Hidden Empire of the Midnight Sun. There are a lot of midnight sons who might be eligi- ble for membership.â€"- Peterboro Examiner. Samuel Vauclain states the po- sition of most busy, successful men when he says he has never had time to become a pessimistâ€"Chi- cago N e_w_s. ‘ I L- vâ€"av _-- The folks on the farm used to turn in at 9 p. m. Now they tune in.â€"Brockville Recorder. Young peeple are no worse, to- day than they used to be, but they happen to get more publicity.â€" Kingston Standard. --" 'av:'-v A sign in a Denver library reads, “Patrons will kindly refrain from asking clerks to serve dictionaries.” â€"Vancouver Province. Atheradline says a hip liquor case was kicked out in court. Hope nothing was proken.â€"Bzfp'alg Post: "‘r’fié’ ‘reds are said to be active among the yellow races, which may give that part of the world a burnt orange fingerâ€"Chicago fast. "'ié’éé'é’usflf' ‘its strength, the 4.4 per cent beer might well be called the “Big Four.”â€"â€" Brantford Ea:- pos_i_tor. _ a. a ‘ .1!--- NOTES AND COMMENTS vâ€"“â€" The Newfoundland Government announces abolition of the income tax. Someone should send a marked copy to Ottawa.-- Border Cities Star. ing up with the Old Testament. â€"- New York Sun. A Kentucky jury has awarded a woman one cent a niece for 400_, - _ - é'c'ientists say now that they can interpret dreams. 13 this a twen- tieth century wondqr, or just catch- 000 stolen kisses. The wholesale price, obviously.â€"New York Her. aid-Tribune. The woman who trims her own hats is less likely to be trimmed;â€" Hamilton Herald. W IIU§U IIUUUJ u gm) vs uvs ...... N--- . Ypung We?“ would 31ml“? 01." had never attended a ball game, but. Jectlgn to elght hours sleep 11’ 1t finally when a crucial game was to dndnAt keep them at home.â€"â€"Toledo he glayed at_the‘t_nom_e town, Abe per- 1 I._.. A Blade. Liquid assets prove very effica- cious at times, and so it is with Ontario Government Liquid Taxes. -â€"Brockville Recorder. The old cry of “Get a horse” Lite, St. Thomas claims a 21-y1 canary. He’s a Munâ€"J Cities Star. ' _ CRISP COMMENT ment of the principle that roads should be paid for b those who use them. In this the eague is in er- ror. Toll gates were abandoned he- eause their upkeep involved a wastefully expensive method of col- lecting revenue for the purpose of meeting the cost of maintaining highways. The princi le that those who use should pay i a sound one and is be- ing applied in part, at'least, in a new way, to meet the 00st of pro- viding_,the improved roadways that motor cars made necessary. The license fee has proved wholly insuf- ficient and the proposition is to put a tax on gasoline a a means of supplementing the revenue from motOr traffic. That this is an em- inently fair method if raising the particular revenue needed is clear from the fact that the use and wear of roads is largely measured by the amount of gasoline used in mo- tor transport. The only question is as to whe- filer the proposed tax is or is not excessive. , To that question a suf- ficient answer is given in the pub- lic accounts of the Province. These accounts show that in the three years ending with 1923, the Province spent over $55,000,000 on roads and received approximately $10,720,000 in license fees from motor owners who practically monopolized the high- ways on which all this money. was Spent. It IS quite clear, therefore, thatl the motor revenue received by the Province is far short of being suffi- cient to meet the cost of building and maintaining highways for the use of car owners. That by far the greater part of the necessary outlay should he met by owners of cars is self-evident. A tax on gasoline will apportion this cost in proportion to the use made of highways by motor owners. Premier Ferguson should not be deterred by the selfish clamor of joy riders who want others to pay for their pleasure and comfort. -â€"Farmers’ Sun. DEGREES T0 FLATIRON EXPERTS Nothing in life. according to mod- ern ideas, is worth doing unless it is necessary or at. least possible to go to some sort, of school to learn how to do it. This. at least, is the principle on which the united laun- ,dresses of Paris are working in a final effort to revive. the prestige of a profession which seems to he los- ing its appeal to the modern young ‘woman. They are going to found a school for laundrosses. \Vith tho 1111111111111 of Mme. Sansâ€" Geno, the delightful 11113111111 11111111111 1vho so appoahwi U1 Napohnn1.1flâ€" 1131's b11for11 mom tho 1111it111l hum- drossos fool thvo h11111 311Uing Winch shouhl aflract Hnno of Hu1 foorinnuhmd thousand young Par isi1111nos who 11 ork as stoliographoi” 11111111 waiting to got into the mm i115 The a1i1antagos of tho 111111111111 11111. ruunorous the1 sn1; agmwunflo and healthv 11 ork no idiom-1.43 high sal- 31109.1 good i1 1111111° may earn thir- ty francs a 113}. All Paris is watching,r the experi- ment of the school with ill-con- cealed nervousness. It is almost the final hope for the future of French laundries. If the young women of the country do not respond, say the French papers, there are only two alternatives: either to wear paper linen, or, like the Americans, to imâ€" port Chinese. A After years of quiescence, the good old English game of cricket is com- ing into its own in London and throughout Western Ontario. Time was when most of the smaller towns and even villages in Western On- tario had their cricket teams, while London produced some of the finest cricketers in Canada. Old-timers still tell of the day when Hon. Charles S. Hyman, that premier sportsman, by a sensational one- handed catch, retired the great Grace when he played here with a touring English team. __A 4:...1 Ant 6n mnhn LUUI Illa JJIIO uuuuuuuuuuuu Then cricket died out to make way for the faster and more excit- ing game of baseball. London for years was without a cricket team, while only in an odd centre was the game kept alive by a few enthusi- Mm an tho. Rnclish oastime is ouuw "*rv .._-. - 7-. asts. Now the English pastime is being revived, and this year there will be no less than three local teams in the Southwestern Ontario Cricket League, while cricket in Woodstock, for instance, lias almost displaced baseball as a summer sport, - ALI... Ann‘:nnn‘ an nus A 1031' u! Wi't‘ "is the'habit on this continent for smart sport writers to poke fun at cricket as being ‘sflownang teiyure- I_-L11 ly and to satirize the English habit of stopping in the middle of the af- ternoon for tea, but the fact is that there is no better game played than cricket and no game which devel- ops the very best spirit of sports- manship. The highest tribute that can be paid to a man is to say that he “plays cricket,” which is synony- the world over with all that is fair, square and above ‘board.â€" London [Free Press. A Tidy 3111 Player The new ball player had a wife whose hobby was orderliness. She had never attended a ball game, but. finally when e cyucial‘ game‘wae go good boxgpat‘. At a critical point in the game, the husband player came to bat. After two strikes had been called, he slammed the ball over the centre fielder’s head, and throwing“ away his bat. started to run the bases. Deidre the fans realizedthat a hit pla ed at. the hometown, ne per- :ade her to attend and got her a A Revival of Cricket ~â€" Hon. Dr..Jamieson whom» from Toronto Friday, ‘ ‘ ' w. A. Saginaw-is attending the Where or his uncle, Mr. Robert Hastie, at Gorrie tOday. Gearge Barron. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fisher and little man hter, Pearl, of Holstein were visi me over .the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. G._S.'- Qampbell. -- n _L -- n n“‘ W I! "ll. uuu a..." v. .._ _, _ IMiss Clara McCrae, who is a stu- dent at Stratford Normal, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McGrae. . Mr. A. W. H. Lauder is spending this week in Toronto and London. Miss Sadie McGillivray of Tor- onto spent the week-end at her home in Glenelg. ' Miss Elizabeth Byers of Parry Sound is visiting ferinds in town. Mrs. Dalton, Miss June Moorhead. .Toronto, and Miss Moorhead of ‘Palmerston. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moorhead." - ‘I’... 1'11 Do llUU\JA v v Mr. R. Wriéhvtmofâ€"‘Hanovor. In- spector of Public Schools for South Grey, is in town this week in his official capacity._ I -_ Lab...“ U1 U1"! vuyuv- Mr. Glaydon Moorhead has taken a position with the C. N. R. at Toronto. Nothing contributes more largely and at less expense to the general enjoyment of stroot traffic. whether on wheels or on foot, than a little kindly thoughtnlness. If the goldon rule. worogonorally Observed, them would ho liltlo need for any 0thm‘. hoyond tho right-of-way and tho regulations for moeting and passing. This lino of thought. was suggester h}: the sight. of a car swishing along a slushy stroot, as near the spvml limi’t as it. was safe tn venturc‘. spraying sidnwalk. and if it. hap- pened to got too nom' the sidewalk. anyoun unlucky mmugh to ho pass- ing. This is an nxQOptinuallcase. As I’ll‘_ a rule. however. there is too little ennsitleratinn for the. other fellow all mum! and all the. time. The bulk of the people still walk. a few it may he by elmice. the rest of necessity. There is nothing more distinctive Hf the true gentleman m- lady than emirtenus consideration for those. who may not he asr svell off. And there is nothing that tends more to irritate and amuse antagon- ism than the want 0f_it. __ lLJIIL \’-I For all that may he thought in be gninml by rush in this ago of rush. thorn is muoh more lost in many ways. Not hocausn the law requires it. 01' for fear 0f the pon- nlty. but. just‘iwcmflisn itA is tho but- ter way. all the safety-first prerau- tions should be strictly observed by all who drive and all thoughtless oi- vexatious hindrance of the street traffic avoided by those who walk. Kindly and watrhful eo-operation hetween drivers and walkers will {so far to make the street safer and pleasanter for hoth. without detri- ment. to business. And. while on this line. is there any reason why those who walk should not he more ronsil'ierate of the general convenience in their use of. the sidewalks? How often are three or four seen walking abreast and practically monopolizing the walk! How rommon it is to see a, little hunrh chatting together where the stream of others has to divide to get past either way! The jay-walk- er has been pretty well jeered off the street, but still persists on the sidewalk. Is there any reason why the rule of the road for meeting and passing on the street should not he observed by those on the walk also? It would greatly facilitate the traffic if it were. Keep to the right, and at any intersection. give the one on the right the right-ofâ€"way on the walk as on the streetâ€"Owen Sound Sun-Times. A COUNTRY CEMETERY (By Alexander Louis Fraser) Though once they ovmed all these paternal hills That bask their spacious uplands in the sun. How smallha space It is that each one fills, ' Now that his day is done. ‘Twixt birth and death, ’tis true: some wandered far - From the. old home to see earth's wide domain. But in this acre many gathered are About her knees again. While some with Luxury abode, and some .W'here pining Want_ and restless F-vâ€"v r- care were found, All on one level meet when here they come , To mingle with the ground. We find where each one lived, an- other name, And other feet pass through the well-known door; But the old world '-is busy just the Courtesies of the Street T110331 knows them no more. DURHAM. MARKET which waited upon-j nun raven“, asking for a loosening up of the One- bec law,“ . .. The Premier told , the d caution frankly that he did not th nk any serious amendment could be made to the Quebec liquor; law without. startgng a campaign. He said: he prohibitiohists m not dead. Quebec, not so long ago, gave a majority for prohibi- Another'member of the Govern- ment, _Hon. Mr.‘ Pegon, followed and -- -‘_‘Ahfl:nnfl ‘h Another'member of the Govern- ment, Hon. Mr. Perron, followed and said that any further concessions to the hotels woulq mean the awaken- - --~-_-â€"-4:n..- [IO IIUUU‘U vu-w “-‘w 100“] UV DIR-l U ‘- u- According to theo'fiontreal Wit- ness, be sad that: b-v-vâ€", â€"_ he would not be surprised if, on the least leak being allowed in the present Quebec system, .a wave would sweep from Ontario to Quebec, and once more pro- hibition would be enacted. He would not be surprised that if the Quebec law was not main- tained in its present force, Premier King would be asked to enforce prohibition throughout the Dominion. These Quebec politicians are tre- mendously right. The liquor in- terests throughout Canadaâ€"had bet- ter watch their step. Indeed. the time is almost, if not quite, here. when even the present situation will be recognized at utterly intolerable and Canadian citizens who seek their country‘s welfare will recognize what an enemy to progress and bet- terment, the liquor traffic in any form. is and will swing into a great nation-wide campaign to forever end this great e\'il.â€"-4'l‘he Pioneer. The indications are, stormy wea- ther fur the Peterson ship subsidy contract in and about the House of Commons and the Senate. Just what Sir William Peterson and his ten ships can deliver for an annual sub- sidy of £275,000 per annum is a ques- tion. For instance, if there, was such a whale of a lot of money in Atlantic shipping under the rules and regu- lations. of the North Atlantic Confer- ence. as implied. _if not stated. hy W. 'l‘. R. Preston, how is it that the Canadian Government Marine, up till recently a member of the Confer- enee. did not. get 11 slice of these pre- tits in place of running the country into debt each year as has been the ease. \nd one might tliSH ask it ship operation is so pmtitable. win is it that the lnited States fleet is tied up and “ithont emmmment. and “in the Australian (nmnnment mercantile marine is going to the highest bidder for thes came. 1easen. As we take it, «me of tho first prin- (‘iplos of Shipping is sm'Vico. For instance. shimmrs can nu more af- ford in havo thnil' goods \Vm‘vhmismi \wek in and wovk nut. awaiting ocean tranSpqrtation facilities, than can the. steamship companies affirm to have their vessels in port. for in- definite periods awaiting cargo. In both cases, survive is the essenco of the contract. Freight tonnage to and from Can- ada is also a very important factor” If a ship sails, we will say. from? Liverpool for a Canadian port with little or no cargO. loads here a full cargo and proceeds on her way hack to a European JOI‘t, her expenses in preportion to her earnings for the round trip are infinitely greater than if she carries at ull cargo in both diâ€" rections. In one case, she might make money, in the other case, she would lose. Shipping empties on ,either land or water is expensive lhusiness, as the railways realize as Our Pending Ship’s Subsidy ”W ports any ('Oiisidura: we m of the none too plentiful “(93 M {re-lghts. In this run. notation. it must be remumhm-mi um the companies composnng tlu- .ulan- tic Steamship Conference aw high- ly organizedfind presqmahly m a position to pick up their qu 4.3”, of whatever is gomg m it... fly of wontâ€"bound cargo. \vv â€"- ‘ UM bud transporlalinn Hm sens are Inc to" all wlm \K‘u'fil Use them. There are no w-nnanont rights of way, there are [In h'lln- chines. A ship is launched. sh. is roperly registered, her home flax: ‘ oiated, and she is ready for mm- ace: the world over. Be slur. Nor- wegian, British, French or what :ml. the seas are free, and the pm'h «.f the world are open to her. If a m... lance, that is to say a trump. cl... is attracted where _cnrgo . is_ plchlilul and freights high, but her inn..- quent calls and her haphazard g..- ings and comings, unless spermHy chartered, makes her a negligible factor in the great yorts of Hm world. The strength 0 the. 91mm- ship Conference lies in the fact Hm their ships go where they are mm- ed. and it remains to be soon huw far Peterson and Company mm m- fill these conditionsâ€"Toronto SM- urday Night. A‘ Mr. W. C. Hall informed us m. Tuesday that the company mun- tiating for his Slime quarry property east of Sliollmrne had hut- ed the depth of the rock formaliun with a core drill and had salisfyin: results. The company will maiw their decision as to purchasing smw time. this week. The dc-velcmmnm on the scale proposed would "Mi" 8 good deal to Slwlimrne. and Ha. proceedings are being followed mm interestâ€"Shellmrnn Economist. A Giggle From Germany “How do you find marriam- Fm; "“ “During courtship. I lzllkmi we? slm Iistenod. Aftor Illfll'l'iilgv. ~tm talked, and I lislvm-d. an \w lm'H talk. and tho nuighbors lish-n." - Boston Transcript. Boyco.â€"â€"In Bontinck on Mumm- March 16th. to Mr. and Mrs. lid: A Boyce, a son. Robins.â€"Jn Egrnmnnt. nn 8mm Marph 8th. to M. and Mre. I’M. Rnhms. a son. Shilrod.â€"~In Glonolg on Thu“. thruary 26th. to Mr. and M:-~ Shilmd. a daughter. flux-nay. larch 19, ms, Sholburno lay Get Quarry BORN his ROSS-CANADA HAPPENINGS AS TOU BY TELEGRA Thursday, larch 19, 1925. m From Halifax u. Vancou ' ”“01 Down and Tcrsel) Told. E Md With 13.3mm: :‘Hdnl‘ “I“ 00 {our (‘llvqu‘ tummng ‘53 Sidney E. Smith. :m'cmmum m Public \K'm'ks lbvpmnmm. \\:c.~ ”Ed in Ottawa I’Hhvu UMP! _\ ”day morning and nrmumlmi 1'.” week on 82.01» hail. That Hon. \Vllllam PugslvyAH Mb tank placv a few days my Tommy». died without lvm m: u \ was stated .VOWU'I'IIZIS by ”I!" ‘ “8 in claw hmvh \Vnh Hlo- 1m.- PugSk’y. Applwatiun 1‘ h kw n for adnnnistl'ahull uf his mini. An inquiry mm ”W dust the Canadian UHVOI‘IHW'H! “urine Sivamvr lkiiimiian which was [mum] in 1| edgo at. Hill‘haclurs ”H 'i‘nv ruu'y 17th. will hu “PM u N.B.. today by Captain l era, i'lanaidinn Win-v1; i...“ vam y-F' i X played in 118! Govm‘mnvnt. Bllarivs in H: amount In 1‘53: the HHIISU Hf ‘ answvr in a q Tho lmvr. 1 ”Th“! at Viv Tm‘sday nigh! 1,6“! inns uf lawns! sing!“ s :H ada. SIH- also balm uf raw .- thzm NJIIMIM f During HIP During Hm Hudsun's Bay (trauma! 98.0.39 land is in “w Northwest 'l’vr £2836 acrc-s u! Lions and all. “9111. 0" ”IN clusami \HMM' abflm im'm'xm tho (imrrmnc tinn in ”w H 3U RH 1h Th hose he flm um u known. 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