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present _system must maintain. In ev- ---- 'ery important respect it is the same (Ff°l'\‘ 0"' 91”" °°'f'°°|*’"d°_'“')
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Canadian Parliament in 1913 the sum' of ten million dollars was set apart for ex-
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penditure by the provinces on agricultural
‘- Morning Daily (founded 1891), 83.50 fer year, (Deliv-
` ered) in advance: $2.50 per year (malle ) ln advance, In
"Canada, and 88.00 for U.8.A.
instruction and-demonstration during the ten years ending March 31, 1923. In the
'_ _ Evening Daily (founded 1907) $2.00 (delivered or hy' four years endinghlvlarch 31: 1917 the Sum
Mall in Canada, and 82.50 for U.8.A.
of $3,400,000 has been distributed among
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` \\'.\N'l‘El), A REMEDY-
_ " “What one thing would, if it _were brought about, do the most to .- '-make farming a business that would attract men and women to it, as they are now attracted to business in the cities?"-Toronto Sun, Feb. 27.
' We do not propose to name the “one
thing” which would bring about thedesir- ed result for, frankly, we do not think there is such a thing insight _or even re- motely probable, under existing condi- tions. D
Can we reasonably cxpectmen and wo-
men to take up the drudgery of farm work at the wage offered on :farms today while the factories, the stores and the oHices_in the city are odering them more than twice the wage, plus the conveniences, the op- portunities foi' enjoyment and the many other attractions of city life?
It is easy to become eloquent on paper
or on the platform over the beauties of 'farm life, the bracing,,healthi`ul air, sweet with the fragrance of clover and flowers, the .sparkling dew and the nearness to na- ture’s heart. The young man looking up- on life from the kitchen door of a farm house sees cows to milk at 5 a. m. and again at 6 p. m., sees hogs to feed; sees trudging after a plow or a harrow for ten or twelve hours la day; secs little to live on either in the wages he earns, in the spark- ling dew or the fragrant air and he wants to get- near another heart than nature’s. He contrasts the farm with the opportuni- ties offered in the City and he says good bye to the farm and the dew and the clo- ver, perhaps with regret, and to the cows andthe pigs and the laborious drudgery and the small wage with a sigh of relief and a feeling of hope. Can we blame him? Even to the son of the well-to-do farmer, who can afford to evade much of the drud- gery, the city’s_`aAttractions are difficult to' resist; to the servant, man or woman, they are irresistible.
Before prescribing a remedy we must
find out what the disease is. The disease is a complication of prosperity and greed; prosperity, with its -educational advanta- ges qualifying the servants of a generation ago for positions in offices, stores, banks etc.,;f greed with .its enormous profits and consequent high wages. _ Can we eliniinateithese? If our chil- dren or even a proportion of them, .were brought up without education they would _be obliged to accept employment on the farm. and we might thus gain many far- mers and many capable servants, and lose many of the captains of industry and the capable women now occupying honourable positions in the professions and in the homes in the cities. We have passed this stage; our children must be educated and the boy ordgirl who passes through the re- gular routine in our poorest school is fitted for a position in a store or ofiice where by diligence and application they can rise to the highest positions, as many of them do.
Our factories our stores, our railways
liaveéset the pace in the matter of wages. The emand for their goods and their ser- vices is such as to enable them to pay wa- ges that are, comparatively, exorbitant. We ~must have the goods and the services; w-e,are_,prepared to pay for them; they .must produce the goods and furnish the service;
“To make farming a business that would
attract men and women to it as they are now“:'attracted to business iii the cities”-
undder; existing conditions is impossible. ` ' `e reason we do not prescribe the “onyx-thing” asked for by our contempo- rary~~;is that it would be impracticable to _apply it voluntarily, it is Poverty, flanked
witgtwo alternatives, Work_ the Soil or Sta' el In our prosperity we cannot see
this, -but Ijludging from the present trend of things, t e eyer increasin flow from the farm to the city, the remegy may not be as far off as it appears.
QGRICULTL RAL IL STRULTIO3
We are in receipt of a pamphlet issued
by the Federal Department of Agriculture giving a review of the work done by the provinces with the moneys granted under
_ ximum,_ thereto remain ,until the comple-L'
the provinces *for the benefit of agricul-i ture. With the year 1917-18 the grants to the provinces, which have been made on af gradually ascending scale, reach their ma-i
tion ofthe period. ` _ f _ The total grant for ,Prince Edward Is-_ land for the four years amounted to $113-L 944.69`. At the time of the passing of thei Act there were practically no facilities for; agricultural instruction and little if any, instructional or educational work had been undertaken, nor had the province any |agricultural specialists outside of the Sec- retary of Agriculture. The agricultural staff ‘provided for by the grant includes a director of agricultural instruction, a dis- :trict _representative for each county, a soil and seed specialist and a supervisor of" Women’s Institutes, with two assistants., This lack of suitable building accommoda- tion at the inception of the work necessi-. tated the purchase and reconstruction"-offl the Agricultural Hall at Charlottetown and Summerside. These buildings were en-| larged, repaired and equipped to meet the' requirements of agricultural and domestic; science short courses, farmer’s ineetingsl and conventions and to provide offices and. laboratories for the directors, specialists, and district representatives. The military"- necessities of the past three years have interfered with the use of these buildings for the original purpose but with the pass- ing of these necessities the work will be re-established. The appropriations under 'the head of buildings total $12,514-.96 in the your years.
Of the benefits of the short. courses in
.agriculture domestic science, stock judg- ing, apple packing, spraying, sheep- dip- rping, field husbandry, daiiying, poultry -raising, etc., etc., it is unnecessary to refer lhere. These are fresh in the minds of our 'readers and are still in progress. .
The organization of Women’s Institutes
was made possible through the assistance of this grant. The imp_r_oy_ement of coun- try schools and school grounds, the stimu- -lus given-to patriotic work, the develop- ment of domestic science and all that it ,means, resulting directly from Women’s iinstitutes, are among the best fruits of the boon conferred upon the province by the agricultural grant.
Glancing at the work done in the other
.provinces as well as in Prince Edward Is- land it is doubtful if any other appropria- tion ever_ made by a government has been ‘more fruitful of permanently beneficial re- sults than that under the Agricultural In- :struction Act.
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- It has been said that, “Whom the gods ,would destroy they first make mad.” J udg- ' 'ing by its edusion in its yest_erday’s issue/ 'the Patriot is now nearing this stage. ln its semi-auto-biographical and auto-poli- rcal _sketch there is at least one evidence oi" sanity, one remaining ray of hope-it av- 'oids any attempt at justification of its re- -cent political course, all reference to. the ;po1nt at issue. Were its recent effusions not so out of harmony w°th present day events they would be at lgast amusing, if not elevating. As it is they are pitiful and deserve to be treated only as emanationsl
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'itself having been “made in German
the Agricultural Instruction Act during the four year period, 1913-1917. This
pam filet, thI'0WS lTll1Cl'i 0I'i lJhiS ~ ed in the wealth oi friendship now
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I nm now going to venture upon.
grounds where angels would fear to tread these days. I can remember well years ago when we had to trade our produce, such as ibimer and eggs, \\'ith the village st-c-re, and -get from S* to 151'. n‘d'ozen for eggenipaid for in trade. and from 10c to 25c for 'butter according to the season, -pnld for also in trade. Having as a boy to m,¢k__ “pack” being our ivestern word for “i-ai°l‘.\""-'iliese commodities once oi' twice a week several miles to the slore, I was” often in a condition of mind to appreciate cold sfora-ge fac- ilities or any other kind of- storage had such facilities existed thcn. Eggs never really -got into the hands of' the| gciierai consumer in really good con-
.tbitt has 'existed since the dawn of
OTTAWA, Feb. 27.-The date f0l‘
:m'tory_ _ _ _ ._ 'uw opening of’ Parliament has not
Another thing to _be remembered 19 yet been decided upon, and there will
that rilnetentbc of cold storage com- modities are sold in vlllnges-, -towns and cities-, but principally in the large urban centres, and the reg-uinr sup-
be` no definite nnnouncernentkon this point until the return from Washing- ton of Sir Robert -Borden. which iS
expected at the end of the week. Thex
ply of moan” to them 1, an egsemf ‘-.l0__th of"-March is still looked upon as -lally necessary-.a'lmost as light, hent,lU19. 9108!- "Wir dale- h°“'°"e"' T-he sir and -water. Per:-isiialble productsf I`@P\l1ff9~f "‘.-U--mmtnry "Me m. England which -include eggs, poultry, cbeese.'Wli| be k“°W" by fn? latter _Dart or
fish, -fruit and 'fresh meats, cannot all' be consumed at the _time of produc- tion, and It is necessary that they should be. taken os quickly as possible from- the- point of production to cold storage. Perlshable products. are sen- sonable In their/production, some of' them »bein`g confined to two or three months of the year. whereas their consum-pt-ion continues i‘egi|larl_\‘ throughout the yeiir. Wltliout cold storage the market would he bare of certain qzroducts for the greater .part of the time. ‘ if
Eggs, i'oi° lnstan'ce have their- priu-
cipnl production after the first three niontlis of the year and .before the heated season- of the su-miner. Thero
ls, therefore, no posslibil-ity of' cou- suming them as fast. as they come on on the market, except at such a low 1 ' -
dllirrn, and butler being mixed'Tn"i?Vi'iice as would render production un
packing usually found the market in
poor quality, and the store-keepers' often complained' that they lost ino- iii-_\' cn farmei’s- produce. When I first liciird oi’ cold storage -being advocat-
ed, being a 'ivondoriul invention, Il c*-uid appreciate its vnluc from per- sonal experience. l was talking not 1011?! 11:0 with an old-time country storekeeper, and he told me how de- lighted -he was with the prospect of solriiig the :problcin of the farmers' produce: "But", he said. “cold stor- age has been to me n great disappoint- mcnl." I asked him “Wby?" "Well," hc said, “perhaps I expected too inuch fron; il; but ever since cold storage began to he 4'-ffecteii', fhc price of lass. butter and cheese, which used in ho so very cheap, has gone slend- ilv up and has stayed up. It seems _fo me that it has been converted into ii mac-hiue for keeping up prices.’ As this man is a highly iiitelli-geiit, well read- man and occupying: an important, public position, I did nc-t wonder that ibere were so many- misconceptions ou the subject. `
0|’ course, the -price of cold storage
|ii'.ulucis must necessarily go u-p in price. They have to -be collected, and- inlccn to cold storage centers; there is Lhe overhead cliarge of the storage process, the interest charges on the capital involved and the cost. oi' redls-, iribution to t-he consumer. But cold' filoraigc is not responsible for all fhef ilu-rcn:-e in prices of butter, cg-gs,`
choose, etc., only a very small propor-: tion of lt. Why has produce gone up?, you ask. \Vell, if you will tell me why' shoes, clothes oi' all kinds, furniture,
l.1hc-r. everything ,else had gone up.‘i I'll tell you :iii :vbout cold storage prof; ducts. The lrouhe just now is we get lour minds- -centred upon one or two products which come into the lime-l light., and wc forget about a whole lot of other things. We get excited about 2~5ih of a cent a lb. profit ou -bacon and forge; that the farmer is making 100 por. cent on his wheat. 'There are two fundamental things in connection with farming to make it profitable. The former cannot take bis' produce direct fiom the farm to the consumer, find the middleman, stor- age and retailers must be iprovided to supply flint service. Me'tliod's' of co- operation are and can ‘be used, but rssentlally the services performed in,
DAILY SELECTIDIIS FOR >
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that ache with yours. And yet these are not all There are oth r li would show you kindness if they
profitable. There is another short sen- son about September on account of
the grain avuilabl_e, which hi‘inr,s on aiiother .season of .production which, ho\'.'ever, is absoiwbcd In the in:i`rkel at the lime. llurlm: the hot nioiiilis production ceases lo a point not ex- ceeding normzil Cniiadinn coiisunipl- lou. The sur-plus of the flrsl three, iuoiitlis' has lo 'be carrlerl until the cold iveather begins in flio_nutumii before whichtliere is not siifilcionf innrket to nibsor-h it. The hens take care of’ the next four months- without storing. April eggs will como out of
cold storag-e hi -good' condition nl. thc]
.\'ew Year, :ind il' taken from the ncsl quickly, in pcrl`ectl_v fresh and good condition. they will last for ii year. This is tho principle lu cold storage wlilch should be iiudorstood. E-uns nrc taken off t-he market in order ihnl people may have them und not flint ihey cnii'i_ have them. ("cId storage sin.-hllizcs -the simply the your round to avoid feasts and i‘nmincs_ .
Tliei-c are always- in cold storage oi’
eggs what is kiiowii as “i'ois." A cer- iniu num'bei‘ ol' eggs just on the point nl' deterioration escape the cnndler. und these are calculated always on the basis oi' fou-r to the case, und, therefore, when you saw that 5000 cl-azeiis were destroyed in Montreal not long. ago it menu-t the usual small percentage offer the eggs in, stock had ibeen sorted over for culls, ii. pro- cess that is carried on lu all normal times. The alleged practice of des- troying goods In 'cold storage in or- der to kecp up prices does not exist the thing is' absurd on the face of it.
Cold storage dealers admit there
was a 'large profit on eggs in 1915 and 1916, and It was because of the high price oi' eggs when they were storing them. They were afraid ot’ a heavy loss and therefore, did not put in stock as. much as they should have done mid' did not have enough to sup- ply the market when it was scarce. i In addition to “rots,” which come be- tween the lien and the dealer. and are not detected, there 'ls another ele- ment of loss- in "'cracks‘." These are handled in one of two wa-ys: 1. They are sold at reduced price ns “cracks” or, 2, they are broken and frozen and put into cold storn-ge for sale to con- feotioners. Desslcated eggs have -gone out. 'l'he_v did not prove 'profitable en- ough, not .being able to attract en- ough competition with -fresh eggs. _
Now coming to butter, the -principal
production is during the season when grass is' available, which menus the months of_-May,June,July,August and September, sometimes a. 'little 'before
from a mind sorely distraught and a con-` -_ and sometimes 11 little after. Winter Science at eaSe_ , FU"'li9h°d bl/ W- 3- l-°U8°|1 ,T butter ii; very unimportant as n trade
factor. There are probably 40 factor
lOl___ ' 5 , r ies In Canada which run ns cheese
THL AR( II IIYPOCRITE ‘ THE SUNSET AND THE STARS. factories in summer and as ci-ei1mer~
ies in winter and many of them have
AS 3 master in the art of hypocyicv and There is no experience like grief to run continiiously as' such for 25 years
lbluff the World has probably never pr0_‘. widen one's‘thought of his own Iife's In sections where they ooerate, farm-
du ed - . . _ diameter. Night brings out the ers have had a considerable supply of
C anythmg to compare Wlth the Kms |stur=i" The stars are n poor cousoln- milk from winter feeding, and not
E5- He1`e_lS__hlS €X_CllS€ fOl‘ 1l'1V2.dlilg` ther tion for the loss of the sun, perhaps, having to contend with extreme heat
alkali [)I‘0V1l'lC€S g'1V€ll RS 3 Feply to 3, meg- but they show us celestial depths and or summer conditions, the product is
Sage from the Lubeck Senate appealing- to heights. and extend our vision n of the finest quality; but the total
to help the Esthonians, the message] 'iiousnndfold. Those things which the supply is relatively too smiill to affect
,, .daylight showed are near nt hand. market conditions.
_ Yin-ii im. ia th. (uh 'rii mi
“Your words have found a lively echo in niiiicniffiiii' hai; ii... mifl;~nme(;iy and ;g;§nnr;°::i»;vh:ffi¢:,":i:; :li'1_V_ l'l'€£ll`iJ. The d6Sp3.iI'lllg Cry Of distress weksiiw if mile ahead; now we see iin- Butter to store well should -be put in- |Wh|(gh ]S ever more urggntly reachingour counted millions of miles into the, to storage ns quickly as possible and
ears from the Baltic countr vault ofthe heavens. _ kept unlfonmly nt it tem-pcrnture ns. I y shall not go You never knew beiorehow many iienrlv zero as possible Stored ln good
unheard. Effective measures must be ta-'-i.i...i. ,...{ had-_ s.,.....i.i. of im- .....ii`ii.... ani- ,,...,...i`,, kai. 1...... ke" 190 Saf€g’U2§1‘d the tortured_populat1on iwthy have wma ,from foramen nc- win aimeuiiit qiiiie'~iiiiii.iiii»i'e -iii'n. from the burning and plundering of r0b_.»diinintnnces, and from friends un- yem-'B--g||||g__,A;p,@¢~°¢.b¢n@,,n¢ A
el. hordes and ,end the State of complete known. lt is ri burden. also, to ac. dozen or eggs .cost _prnc"ca,uy__,.-um:- lawlessness.” How is that from the ra- ggfdlileidhiiiiihdfcna-lksguis ymii cmiffgi """“° ”° "°°""d 'M """"‘°‘." $’”°'l
nearly zero als possible Stored in good
visher pifbB-glgrum, the murderer of wo- :';;>;’K;‘;O;“°m:’:_ ;f:;y“;§:t-th'£°f\;“;:' .iii eiipoi-uuiie ierviceiiiin me export men an 3 es- I - - a 9 price fixes the price of the home con-
sumption lii both. Dealers toll me
v O | . e s w o
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e ryi any from
-- knew how. ' You have that feeling M ng a mmm” me sea'
. . - on into oth E il 'l k
I “There are tens of thousands lying in :;’:‘;'t’“‘°’ 1°' °"‘*’“" “““1§’“‘°“‘ “”°; ii ii prszfiee cfxiyufaoff
blood stained quagmires with a daily and ° ` ”°"'°‘"""‘ ”°“' °”°'“'°"‘ eompieisiy before his new sion...
Kwai boon wiafriculture can be" had on "ightly deluge °f-...shells M9”-nd. lhem- If iiivisiien umm you. 1.'-dba- not °n1<e`- °°“‘°'“' ’““_““ °" ’“°"°"“‘““ °""°'"' lP|§iP%¢i°n _*Pi ft. Agriciiitural Depart--We df; “g1‘Y'° ,fan .We _"la" '-’”°*ib“”ab1° t°.~'-v,f1i°i°y_r°-if--1'-“-1 11° we iw--'.1' °-',°§i.ifif".§l'§i§i.i"f§f°iffii.i.'§ii§§f. me at k mt ,requi e eir eroism, if we _do leafs than iw HM. but Hv 011° °f¢h° r°}\1‘r in ,,,,.,,,,,,,,,., ,me G, ,,e,,,,,, ,,,
It Mm remembered that under the we can we shall dishonour their sacrifices.” -°°“"°"" "‘“° 3"" "°" if " miisiiie commliianies. lem-_vnis fivf'
thi. week, 1! not before. Under the Mllitiiry \'oters_Acl the new mein- hers cannot. be officially declared elected until the certificates have been received from overseas. The cabled returns ol’ thc vote on the con- tinent and in England must be veri- fied by mail. in this connection the suggestion is mode that by ilI'.r€€- ment between the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader the .fabl-
ed returns beviiccepied as official, and ihe clause In the Military \oters
Act be suspended under tlic terms of'
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the “lar Measures Act. lf this sug-
gestion is acted' upon the opening. of Parliament muy be advanced by two weeks. Even if Parliament do`ef'i not meet until Marcli 20, It is figured that the debulo on the address c'_.iil<l be disposed of and nn interim supply vo- tcd before Good Friday, when nn ad- journment over Easter will be necei- sziry. 'I`licre arc predictions that the session will be exceedingly interest- ing. and that almost. anything is llkc- ly io happen. Other predictions are to the effect that the Opposition will uoi; attempt. any scriois fight n{:'iiii.=if. the (lovcruincni and flint thc session will not lasi longer than three weeks.
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There are two class-as of iiicuts
which gel. into cold sloriiizc- cured and fresh, the uired only when the market ciiunor nbsorb them Fresh ments are nioslly stored' when the grnzliig season is ovci- nnd thc inor- kcling c-I` grass culilo is hcovy. When liillint! is in 1-xr-‘»-ss of' the iunrkci. .rc- ouiremenfs the i-.urpliis is stored for ilislrlliuiiou ns the ii1:1\'kcl_-cnii folio il. I.:imlis for cold'slor:rgo_ i`or iii.~it.un- ce, are almost entiiily iiiiirkcled in the fall when the grazing season is over and the supply ol' lambs in stor- nge lasts well into the foliiivliig year. That is- why you can fret fresh lamb iliiriiig the winter mouths. Grass cal- ves :irc in the same clas.; as lambs. .
There are two classes oi' heavy
cattle--stall-fed and piisture-f‘ed- iunrketed as heci`,Llic sinll~fcd ai most fnioralilc soasoiis, usually ni Xmas and Easter, nnd the pnstur~‘-fed after (he grazing is ovcr. The loitci' 'nre stored and coiue iulo thc iuiirkci bc- fore the next -giuziiig fieason. Tliere nrefol course, always cattle being- sold by the ini-iner and killed, and the great ‘bulk of the cattle are never frozen at all. In addition to the live- stock already referred io, there are the old cows mid -cows iiiiproflinble for milk. which c'oiistnnt‘ly come on the market und-peihaps I nm tell- ing trade secrets-tliese go princip- ally into cans or are sold as fi'ozc.n, boneless beef, and go very little into cold storage.
In all thc large centres and In some
of the smaller places as well there are public cold storage fncilltfcs av alla-lilo to everyone, and are pntroniz cd by hundreds of dealers who corn- pete with each other in .buying and selling. There is no monopoly.
Because iof cold storage facilities.
ii larger quantity oi' perishable food is made available, and consequently In- creased' producilon is possible.
The methods and condition-s I have
described as briefly ns possible ure, I find, from careful inves`tfgntio.i, com- iuon to the United States and Cann- da. -Cold storage, for the farmer In perishable products, just as elevat- ors for the wheat of the nilddle west, performs a vitul function in both coun- tries. In so fnr ns food control can apply to its regulation in both coun- tries the principles oi' regulation are now the annie, the licensing. oi’ deni- ers, with inspection, regular reports' Of -Prices Dnid and received and of stocks in hrmd. The profit allowed is that of a reasonnible pre-wnr pro- fit and' only one commission by deni- ers, or us among dealers. The great penalty for violating the regulations which hiivo been framed for govern- ing nil produce dealers is cancellation of license -lo do biislness. However, the dlspositon dl! the trade every- whero is to conform without compul- sion. After ii. very long and careful investigation mia fieiibernuofi in bein countries it has been decided that this system of reg-ulntion is the bne ciilcuinted fogct the best net resuls.
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as to cabinet rownstructlnfffocflrurn tent oi the Mlnistlr' oi Inlniid Rev; nue and the Postmaster-Genera) being the cause. dt is reposted 1-mm' Quebec that -Sir Lomer Gouin is short ly to retire from the Premiership ro enter the cabinet. However ti-ue this may be it is known that Sh-~L0. mer had several interviews with Sip Wllfrld Laurier during the, corner- onco of Premiers here, uyq 'it' is ,,130 known that Sir Robert Borden" and the Lll;ei-al chief' have also' had sever-'_ nl conferences. Just what brggght the two leadors» together is not known. but it is surmfsed that they had an informal talk over French- representnilon. In view of existing conditions many are advocating tim; Quebec iiiiouia he ieri wuiioui cifbinet representation. This, it is under. stood, is not the spirit oi’ the Premier, who has no thought of Dennlizini; Quebec. But with- the Opposition holding -62 out of the 65 seats in that province the impossibility of securing cabinet representation tlufoiigh the Couimons without the consent ot the Opposition Leader is apparent. It is known that before the election Pre- mier Borden oftered portfolios to two prominent Frencli-Canadian Ll. licrnls but they declined the honor. In view however of’ the overwhelm- ing return`of"tlic Government nnd the fact that Quebec is now showing ri disposition to accept the Military Service Act lt is possible that these mon might nt. this time be willing to enter the cabinet. Before the elec- tion, lt will he remembered, Sir Rc- bert, promised that the Liberals should have equal representation in the cnbluct. As the cabinet stands now there are 14 Conservatives und S) Liberals, so that In all probability thc~new Posiinaster-General and the now Minister of Inland Revenue will be Liberals. This would moan a 50-50 split, with the Premier bold-
fug thc lialoncc oi’ power. ,
Ill $1 U In conucellon with tho opening of
Parliament there is much curiosity in political circles as to the attitude to bc taken by Sir \Vilfrid l.:1uricr :ind his Opposition which promises by the time the soldiers vote is all lu to be something lIke`15 or 20 out-' side oi' Quebec. The Liberal _Lend- er has had many heart-to-heart talkii
with his chief lleutenants lately, and has also discussed the situation' with
Premier Gouiu and Premier l\I`iu-ray. So far as surface indications go the quostlon of Sli' W'Ilfrid‘s ‘first lieute- nnnt is still uiiscttled.. The _name of Mackenzie King was at one time mentionedin this connection, Quebec being the incdiuin of lifs re-entry -i_n\
-to piilillc life. But the idea did not
meet with any considerable ninoiint of eiitliuslusin, and at this stage of the game it looks ns if that gentle- men would have to view the conflict from afar. Another name, mention- ed iii this connection is that of E. lil. MacDonald, 'the ex-Liberal member for Plctou. dt is said that a consti~ tucncy is to be opened'for that gen- tleman in Quebec nnd as he has re- cently been admitted to the Quebec
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I:->dd'e Kidney »_,_Pllla-. Cured- Mrs.
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She Had Been Ill Two Years and
Could Find No Cure.. Tha¢'s Why Her Husband la Enthusiastic ‘Over Dodd'a Kidney Pl-ills.
Fort Smith, Alberta, March 4Lli.-
(Speciul).-Auioirg all the thousands of -Canadians who praise Dodd’s' Kid- ney Pllls for the good “they have done. there is no more fervent admirer of the great kidney remedy than Isldore Mercedi, of this place.
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“My 'wife used just two fboxes of
them and she -is perfectly well, to tho great surprise of all our neil-l1|J0l'9~ Tliey can tell you the some thing. I cnnnoi recommend Dodd's Klduel' l‘|llii enough." ,Dodd's Kidney Pills nre the 'Kraat- est oi' all remedies for weak, siiffeiing women. They cure the lcldnoys, The kidneys nro the -the root of nine-tenths ol’ wo_mcn's ills. Moreover, cured kid- neys. mean pure clear blood all over the -body. Tho( menus good health 0" erywhere.
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