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15.00 for $10.00 18.00 for 12.00

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We are placing on sale today the 'nost attractive line of ladies’ to

coats at reduced prices; the best that has been shown here for many » years. This lot consists of 5:3 coats, ranging in size from 32 to 42, in tweeds, chinchillas, curl ,f , cloths and zebbelines. 'I` he coats

are the proper length for _this l ' season’s wear. Afew of theliries " A

are made with raglan sleeves. We have decided to clear these out at ' the prices here quoted. Samples A ,L_ V of these coats may be seen in our , ,Q /L window today. .

$15 Coats for 10

Only 22 Coats. at this Price

There are 22 _coats at $15.00 made from splendid

all-wool material, in brown, blue, navy and grey. '1_`he coat is well finished in every respect we are selling now at $10.00.

$18 Coats for $12

Only 15 Coats at this Price

Another very attractive line of which there are 15

coats. These are mostly silk-1ined._ The edges are finished with velvet piping. with inlaid collar of fancy plush. Full assortment of sizes can be seen today for $12.00, regular value $18.00. '

$22 Coats for $15

Only 18 Coats in this lot

There are 18 coats in this lot costing $22.00. The

garments are beautifully finished and are well worth $25.00 This lot of coats on sale _today for $15.00. if you have not yet secured your Winter Coat we would advise you to look this line over as we are confident that the values will appeal to yo_u. _

As there are only 18 coats in this lot we would

advise you to call early.

HURRAH BOYS

More New Suits and New

Overcoats too A

See how l look

in my New Suit, the hest yet, a new lot just like this- illustration, come along Boys and get Suited at $5, $0, $7 and $8.

We have just received. from*

one of the largest boys’ cloth- ing factories in Canada a lot of new trgppy suits made in the new orfolk Style, plait- edback;blooiner pants. Pat- terns are mostly in brown tweeds and worsteds. The

` rioes range $5.00, $6.00,

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A MOST WOR'l`llY OBJECT

The various newspapers in the provtnco.h;vB ,been

appealed to for assistance in raising a Regimental 'Fund

for the 2nd Siege Ai-tilelry_Battery, P.B.l., now quartered

to -thoattention of the people ot Prince Edwurd_Td@and. The Battery ls the first and, so far, the only unit

.forward in the name of the Province. and will belookod ‘upon as the direct representative.. ot the island in Eng- land and subsequently at the trout. Every regiment and every unit is provided with o special fund which may be drawn upon for necessary and legitimate expenses which cannot be mel (rom any other source. One Winnipeg regiment was presented with a cheque for $50,000 by the citizens, as a nucleus for such a fund; and St John sub- scribed $20,000 towards a fund for the 26th Regiment. Halifax .raised a considerable sum for the Artillery of the 2nd"Contingent, which is now in France. But for the Island unit there is no one to appeal to except the Islanders 'themselves We cannot allow these brave island volun- teers to leave our shores with nn empty war chest. We petitioned the Militia Department for permission to raise ‘and oiilcer an Island unit. and it is now our duty, as well

las our pleasure. to provide the needful for the Regimental il~`und. We feel certain the appeal has only to be made :to meet with a ready response. We open n list to-day and ‘would urgently press its claims upon all those who can afford to send contributions. Ninety per cent. of the people here cannot offer any service on behalf of the ,Empire except by way of contributions. and hitherto all appeals have been generously' responded to. This appeal ishould be no exception, and we trust that the amount sub- “scribed will compare favourably with those ot the other provinces fora similar object. _ _ Mr E. G. Coombs, manager of the Bank of Montreal. has .kindly consented to act as hon. treasurer, and all sub- scriptions sent to him will be acknowledged in due course _in the press. \Ve are pleased to announce that the sub- scription list has been opened by Major A. A. Bartlett with $100.

‘ THE FUR TRADE

We are indebted to :vlr John Hallam, President and

manager of the firm of John Hallam Limited. Toronto; lone of the largest fur houses in America, lor an interesting 'resume ot the fur trade, which will be of special interest to those of our readers who contemplate disposing of some ` of their surplus fur stock this season by selling their pelts.

The fur trade, says Mr Hallam, has passed through the

most remarkable year in history. Before the _war 65 to- 75 per cent. ot all the raw fur caught in Canada and the United States was annually exported to Europe; the' two largest fur markets of the world being London, England. and Lelpslc. Germany. Shortly after the war broke out the export of furs to Germany from the United States was rendered very difiicult by the activity of the British lieet, while the decree against " trading with the enemy " pro- hibited exports to Germany from Canada and the British Possessions.

The fall of 1914 found great stocks ot raw furs in

London. so that there was no demand for American furs from t t quarter, while many dealers ln the United States and (gods-had large stocks of raw furs ln their ware- hnuses‘which they had failed to ship to the London June sales of 1014. owing to the poor outlook for obtainhi51' reasonable prices which preceded that sale, while the re-

sults 0 the June sale proved that their fears were 0nly‘| too wes grounded. Leipsic fur merchants. who previously were very heavy purchasers at the London sales, having' large stocks of raw fur on hand, attempted to have the

June sales of 1914 postponed, and on refusal of the London* merchants to grant their request. a boycott of the members ul the Fur Merchants Association at Lelpsic was instituted under a heavy penalty for any member of the Association i who purchased raw furs directly or indirectly at the June

sales of that year.

- _ This fact, taken with the large offerings of furs and the lack of purchasers. resulted in a heavy decline in prices compared with the prices] realised for the some class of furs`one year earlier; the result being that many fur dealers' withdrew their stocks from the' soles, and the war coming on shortly afterwards, left vast quantities of furs unsold on the London market. while the American dealers were also well stocked up with raw furs. Business in all lines was ln a more or less demomllsed condition; many men were out of employment. both in the United States and Canadafand the outlook for tliolale of mullufacturedi furs in America was far from promising, so that the raw fur dealers were at a loss to know whether they would be able to llnd n market lor the furrthey purchased or

not.

"Owing to these facts, some raw fur dealers withdrew

from the market for the time being. while others readiusted their prices as tar as possible to meet _the new unpre- cedented conditions, and purchased such fun as were olferedldieitn for sale. Mauufacturerlof furfgarments and retailers bought only on a hand tolmouth basis. fearing iloi

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at Brighton and which is under orders to`,hold itiséifjn readiness for immediate embarkatton for linglgrl. Tho' object ls probably the most worthy that has been brought '

in and ohicered by Prince Edward Islanders. It_wiil lo.

cauht»sklna`tofbe absorbed in the ordinary course it

ii-ii 5 iiiiil tiilti..

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~l‘l;om the wllthtliv lN__ Dull!!!

including is lo *miich more DID _ 'piociro-uhm o`pg1§'r@_io¢uoo l_s_»ad ,tho polls.. than by donor-:lining the 'nie live aillinalliattoo lowailgure. .

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_-_-_-. -.--»~f~ff-:-.~=f-===-='ff-1 ‘ ~'-'-'-`-‘-`~'-‘~`~'~‘-‘~‘-‘--_ The Wall Stieetiiourrlal, the Unltod_Btatea leading

,_ anciallournal, waarqeently asked what had Great Britain

- done since thewar commenced. Our contemporary was not slow in answering. -- ‘ What has Great Britain done it asks. _Her navy. her nn- anclal credit. and a small expeditionary army were all that were asked bythe Allies, They would have been entirely oooiooiod with-these. hot 'Groot iiriulo gavo imihicely more. Her navy wiped the German menace from the seas. lt locked up the vaunted German navy. which. without Great Brltalirs participation could have battered Franco into submission in a fortnight. It has removed the submar-

itions of Washington

But instead of her first expeditionary army, which total-

ed 180.000 men instead ot the 125.000 expected. sho has placed upwards of 1.000.000 men in the ileld. without count- ing the colonial and Indian troops, and has 2,000,000 more in readiness. The relatively small length of her line in northem France is quoted. But it is curious to hear from German sources of captured Highlanders in Alsace. Rela- tively to all the othersjlrish, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and Indian. the proportion of Great Britain in this contribution is overwhelming.

But her service, in this instance voluntary, merely be-

gins here. She is the principal guarantor' for a credit here of 8,000,000,000. But she has lent already to her allies. Russia. Italy. Serbia. even Rumanla, more than $2,000.000,~ 000. This is twice the credit we are extending, mainly for the benefit of our own commerce with our best customers. What has Great Britain done? What haan’t she done?

She has conquered every Gemma colony, with the did.

gle exception ot the Cameroons. now starving itself into impotence. By her own enlightened system o! colonial gov~ ernment the Boers have wiped out the German colony in Southwest Africa. the French-Canadians are tightlng on the Belgian frontier, the lr-ish are. characterisitcally, lighting in the thickest of the fray, and the supposed goditlnug Hin. doos and Mohammedans are cleaning up all the German political gains in Turkish Asia. And there is more than this.

If it were not for the British mastery of the sean, where

would our own export trade be? Even with an uncertainty on the ocean, the trade which our short-sighted politicians _grudge to the Allies, because Germany is in no positloirto receive lt, would not exist at all. To leave out ot the argu- ment the inviolabllity of ‘treaties and the rights of neutral ‘and peaceful nations, all the moral issues involved, on the plain question at advantage to our present and tutors inter. ests, can we ask ourselves. with any show of consistency or plausibility,

What has Great Britain done?

riis iiESl’_0l3 _ siiliurir.

The Daily News does not 'understand-that the Govern-

>meut is asking any special consideration from the Oppo- ’sltlon. lt is recognized, however, that if there must be an election during the war preparation for the contest mug; soon begin. There is no prospect that with certainty ot dissolution a year hence either the Government or the Op- position' will be inactive. '

Whatever may be said to the contrary, most of -elm

Libelfll lliwilllllers attack the Government continually. -With this constant attack, it is absurd to suggest that the Gwefllmellt will iwt prepare for or election, that ii will ,neglect the defence of its own acts, and forego attack upon its opponents until' the life of Parliament has actually ex- Fired; 'Any such expectation implies that tho Government il'm0i‘tl'tlian human' or that it is dominated by the counsel or idiots. * 0

_ T110 Dlllly News does not pretend that where the;-is lg °'i‘°|\°° Ui lllildbllls lu any of the Departments the Op- l>°§|1i°`_lf| shvillrl ren-aio from oriuohm. ii door oooiohd tha_t"tltis_ criticism should be fair and moderate and that lllilre, lhouldfbe no more partisan quarrelling over moan; ldoptedto provide necessary revenues or over the expen- dlturesfftvhlch are inseparable from war and unemployment, §ml1\s9_lfl0vemni_ent‘s general acts and “noni mpc, are

_ ll Jw! of, continued attack by the Opposition news.

Plllers there id not much virtue in ii more guentb W," appropriations: By this course the Opposition get; on me

`id,Vlllt_l8e' of political campaign and gli me |,, hi

belongs to aniardont profession of patriotism.: lil :hocrli if a war election is to be avoided there must be an gg;-eg. ment between the parties to postpone the contest aim it Mi# *ith ¢h°'0i>imiuoo to dozer-mioo what shui ho doos.

__ __ N0'l`ES 8

'rite Amsterdam “'l'slesi-nl" stain not o oomhor or

submarines left Zeebrngge and Osteud sixteen days ‘ago

to " cleanse the North 8oa,"» otiwhlch not one This game of scouring the seas ls one at » _ _

which two can play

man asked whether he wu _" powerless to pfotoct abahy from rising lmrdeiiod through ilro with iho homo ‘Lucy 'i~¢ou'1" sod ioiho some morongo “szoodud“ vo. .

lr ,Alou Lothhrlqo entitled ‘{'l_‘g:_iih"-vgiioii a Russian-‘feminine ualno. - -'

llyln their ‘uauil stocks, owing to the unsettled conditions than ,prevailing Articles appearedvln the

trapphn not to set out their traps, statin( that there

be no market for their raw tiira..~all ofgwllim teugsd to demorallu business ot Aokhdngand

The ruling prices were lower than \tliey.liad been

several years. but were decidedly higher than they nomo ilneeu or twontyyyearrupo. This save the oohiig do ooporumlu to ditto mmuneturni nm very reasonable prloos and had a stimulating elect on retail trade. as the public were than enabled to

American caught mrs at prlool they had formerly forced to pay for inferior imported turl. opening new hvenue for the aalo of

dealer in disposing ohhh' ing reasonable hr noticeable ln Cana|la.al the on all furs importollflhto

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For Winter. 1 “Sports

Canadians .who indulge in Canadiantwinter Sports have become soattached to the Sweater Coat that the contin- ued -demand for them is as- sured. Patons’ Knit Coats are rapidly becoming known

to them, f<;r they ar; designed specially or spor -warm, substantial finish; pure worst-

ed wool; up-tothe-minute _'_ 's " styles. Agarmentwithadis- _ _§7A..Af¢ma{~ tinctly exclusive appearance.

7 Beautiful Rich .Velvéts

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Warm and rich looking for ¢V_¢l’¥

suit's‘"audan'd"one-piece dresses, or separate skirts or for coats for children' And pile fabrics will be

this season as never before; according a fashion authority.

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