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FEBRUARY 2_6; 1911 _-_ T' {,,'_’,§°,',’;',,‘,f,°;i,g';;‘;;,;'-‘"1 ."' _ _ » _ , ~ _ - _ ....¢ » - E -V ==-..¢ -- ,E ..._ __'__._....~_.____._.._.1: _;-_-._'~' -:-_ - H r _ ' uni nu iN Hniuuunn viciis Null uni A ii _lun nu siiu ___|siuus|N A intra.; _ii SHIPS SUNK A iii iiivu suis .win suimuilis ll Ni. nmol is iicinslu iiiliiiii UST All (Special to the Guardian.) I LONDON. Feb. 25-- Despatclien from the .Hague say there is gi-cat ln- rl'ignn.iion over the sinkliig of several Dutch ships. The statements of the crews will be taken in London and will be sent to l-inland. ’l‘he'survi. vors were warned not to discuss the matic-r. it is expected a demand for reparation will be made: it is' clulmed Germany guaranteed safe voyage to the statements. (Special to the Guardian.) I L0ND0N._!1~‘e\>. 24- More num iwo hundre men ot various nation- HRAUGH. members ot crews' oi seven steiiniers sunk by German sub- nim~lne.=i arrived in London today. The men 'ci' d - l - ',- u e rcssei in various odi pieces oi’ clothing which they were able to gamer up iiastliy before leaving their 'ships or which were provided lor them suiiseqiiently They wore tnlreu to the snliord' home. ~-Let us see. . handle ata profit. were paid. does not want, order, -- which is . the order. i Is that not so ? same cash order. worth “Nonsense !” wearing. Try it. v TRICKS OF MAIL ORDER TRADE _ f‘How can the Guardian make out that it is cheaper to buy at home when we have the facts before us? _ We are clubbing to- gether to send $10.00 from our_boardiiig house to get a parcel from a mail order house, and we find wc can get cotton thread at.12c, whereas we have 'to pay 18c here. What do you make of that?" This is alsaniple of the criticism our last wcek’s articles brought ont, and on tho surface it seems unanswcrablo. lint is it? ° _ We admit at once that there are certain lines prominently advertised by the mail -order houses considerably below the cost of production, or what it would pay to But these are merely the little sprats dangled temptingly to catch thewhale. A If the mail purchaser could merely send for these sprats, he, or she, would be con- siderably in pocket provided the freight _ But thelfreight is not paid, unless an or- der of $10.00 or over is sent. This means one of two things. The pur- chaser must buy something he probably waste, or go hunting round to~ . get somebody to join with him in making up In the latter case he is acting as the un- . paid traveller or. agent of the Mail Order House. If a local merchant were to offer him 10 or 15 per cent. commission to turn in similar cash business he would probably turn u i his nose at it. Next time you think of sending $10 or $40 or $50 or '$100 to a Mail Order House for a joint order collected from your neigh- bors, calculate what your services are ~ _ worth, and then ask what commission the _ local merchantslwouidailow you on the If the local merchant cannot oder you - equal or better terms then by all means send your money out of the province. Just two examples of the whole theory which may be verified: _ _ An Islander bought a belt from a Mail Order House, for which he paid 98c and "thought he had made a bargain. He show- ed it to a friend and asked him what it was “Fifty cents.” said his friend. “No, see I paid fifty cents for my one,”- and showed him an identical belt he was ' The Islander was skeptical, but his friend _ -took him to the shop where he made the purchase, and satisfied him _that he_had paid 48 cents too much for his bargain. Again: A lady writes,-“I would not have _believed that------ (m@Ut10l11Y1B.' a mail order house) could over-charge un- til I had personal' experience. I got my nndervests-from them regularly until _one _ day I happened to be in a store and priced some, and would you believe it, they were from fifteen to twenty ,cents cheaper, and ‘ (mentioning mail order house) would make poor_seconds.”» _ __ The Guardian is prepared to substanti- _ - ate both these instances. _ ' . Now. dont’ you see how it pays the Mail - Order House to advertise below cost one or , two conspicuous lines in every-day use? Give the Local Merchants 50 per cent. of the $600,000 which you send away, iind it will come back to you a hundred f0Td- to make ,up the extravagance and , ° l` _.__ v__»- _...___ _ . Nine Armed Merchanimen Attacked ‘by Seven Subs. (Special to the Guardian.) NEW YORK, Feb, 24.-The Herald prints a story from Buenos Ayres that the reports oi' a nuviil encounter off Tarragona, Spain. on Sunday, he-tween armed merchant vessels and German submarines have been fully confirmed, according to n despatch to Presnu irc-in Fiarcelonn. flied on Tuesday and received toriiiy. -’l‘lic~ eiigagement began at 8 o‘clock in tho morning. less than eight miles from the const, between six or seven subniarines and nine armed inerciinnt- men, mostly ilyiiig iialrs oi' the Allied nations. The iight wus so nenr Tar- rngonn ihnr residents there observed the biiiilc from the house-tops by menus ol' binoculars. When the aub- niuriuii iirsi begun iiring the merchnni vessels nttcnipied tn npproiich land hilt wcrf. cut ol? from refuge by :iii eiicirrliiii; niovcnienl. hy the Gcrnizin .inbiniirliics _ \Vitii`o.~icn|io ninrle im- rios.-ilhio the cr.-nimnnders oi' the niur- lciinni ships began iirlni: liglii guns. il. was cstiiiizilf-ii thai ai lc-nsi six huiulri-.ll shots wurc llrcil by both iiiltlel. l _ The Swedish steaiiiei' Slcoglaiid was the iirsi. icssel sunk hy the suiininr- iiics \\'iiicli“i,licn .~ia.nl¢ the (liilsc-ppc. The suliniurinns then cciitrr-.rl their nl- inck upon the ilrltisli sic-aiiishlp .ln- oein. The liitlcr vessel probably would have been worsted in the une- qual battle but for the appearance ot' five or six British de-stroyers rushing tc-word tho scene at full speed. The submarines fired niiout twenty shots .it the destroyers before they sub- oiergerl and fied in the midst of n fu- slliirle from the lntter's rapid iire guns. A One submarine was said ig liuvo been =unk. All the nierclizint ships in nd- dltion' to ilio two sunk were more or iess damaged. They procecdcii to Marseilles and Gibralter under pro» Lectioii of the destroyers. SINKINR UT RAIRER - AGAIN EUNTIRNTTR- (Special to the Guardian.) NEW Y()ii.l{, Feb. £14.-According tn nn olilccr in the liriiisli Naval Re- serve, wlio arrived in New York to- 'lav from St. Lucia in the West. in- dies. The Gcrinnn raidei- Vincin was sunk four weeks ago by the liri- tish cruiser Glasgow, following ii fight between the miflei-s Vlneta and Si. Theodore with the cruiser Aiiie- thyst, oil" the lslniid ol‘,F`ernaiido de Noroiiliii. 1.25 iuiles from tho ce-.ist oi’ B °' . l. iuyi The report was given liiiu by an olilcci- oi' the Glasgow. “i wus also ini‘o:'niod that the Vine- ta hail been destroyed with nil hor crew und that no one had been saved irc-m the rnider. incidentally l lieiird from Sit. Lucia. that the Admiralty in London had cmbled to Rear -Admiral Montague Browning in command ol the Navnl Station at liermuiln to re- lieve tliq Captain oi' the Glasgow and semi him to London to give li descrip- tion oi' ilio iight wiih the Vineia. __ GERMANY ADMITS REPULSE. (Special to the Guardian.) BEiiLiN, Feb. 2-i.-Tlio. Gernitinsi yesiorilny abandoned' parts oi` the' nd-_ vunceii position in the Somrne sector io the British. the \\'nr Oilice nnnoun- ces. \1lli.lrd'» Llnlmem curnl Diltemuor. RHARTRTTTTRNIAN DEAR. INTRRIVIATIRN SUURHT s Northumberland Co.-Miirray. Lib. _ T °“”‘_ 22151 liurciilll. Lib. 23521 M‘fG\‘"-Ui- which in the mnjorlty oi’ instances are; B borders ot' the province down to thi; banks of the Petiiicodlac, excepting the county ot' Gloucester where an election with four seats takes place sent. The prevailing niajov-ities were large. On tha other linncl llie Con- servatives with the exception oi.' one of Fund and up the St. John river to the Quebec border by enormous majo- rities. * The province priiciicnlly split in two heiwcen the two parties with the result tiint np|ini'cn|ly the 1~onir<:~l of supported hy tho Inlnnd coiintles oi' Qiiec-n's, Siinbiiry, Viciorin, and Mu- dnwnslm( with ai solitary sectic-ii oi Miiiiwaskn.) Pi-cniler Murrn_v and his colicngues. Bnxicr and Sniltli, anil llr. ’l‘i1ylor who was without portio- lio fire ul lclccled. llon. Dr. Landry, l‘ro\'iiici:1l Sccrcti\r_v. lion. Mr. Slipp, Minister of Mines, iii:-n. Mr. (lulligan. without portfolio. were "vA:if.ir.:“im".iz i;r"°.§- A.:'“°s..i'.‘ -- -- -A -"- Lml .Foundrl (‘.ompiinv' has' been ¢ .elllfh em? cv; ,Ty “m“.kl an x' yl l’° hlgh t°°"°""°“' m°"“|“¥ “L 2-52 onlonnic-nted‘\l\l'lth bv the rc-lntlnles ly' .8 Tlmil' r.cBt'| md ,ani " “nd w'3‘|“9"`*d”5` 3" 3-51- °°mm“ - “"'z"l° ll "-‘“’“""'° V" 9 ea 9 ' The sun sets this aficmoon xi.; li and h""°' ‘ ""' tomorrow at 6.02; it rises tomorro Min|rd'| Liniment Cures Colds &e.' mcgiéning af 6.59 and \Vedcsrlay- di ii. . There was ii new moon on Wednes- CONDENSED ADS- any sen. zisi ai. 1.09 p. m. f T00 LATE FOR The _llrst quarter oi' the moon 'wi-ll he on'Wellnesriav, Feii. 28th at 11.14 CLASSIFIOATION . _,_ m_~ » ° .___ w_m0_U00 'rue iengiii or many win he eleven BAUNBOME SAUSAGES MADE' , . - lioms ti-ssh every day from selected _ ' Q i ~ r:.““i.iii‘:. aiiizr' "°"°“‘° “ A T01 PRR UT N- Y- °°M1N¢ EVEN" wsureoi-”`1‘i~o _cunts FoiiT<°i‘F. ,s,,,¢,,, ,,, ,,,, G,,,,,,,,,,_) 4NN9fUNCEMENTs~ chen. Apply to Bevoro Hotel. I NEW YORK F¢b_ 2|._ 9|-ea; MEETINGS, ETO» . 454°'2`24MH- Britaln’s curtaliment ot .imports an- --- i|_°s-i--on "r’Ei'oAv §Ui`»`PTJe:o in nouneed yesterday by Premier »Llo.vd "A conceit and we of widr 'ln Market Building roll of money, with George is not regarded as likely to aid or (_ lie.Red Cross will be hold in order enclosed. Please leave with have important effect. upon th Vernon I-lull on Wednesday Feb, 88th F. W. Gill City, (Banks warned.) port or New York. On the basis og lt weather should prove unfevoitbld 4556-2~26M2ip_d1 the Prime Minlstor’s statement ship- concert will be held t he first like . - _ . .._ ._, .. __ ~i» , is today estimated the total reduc~ night following". in lonoflm not 82000000e>'ur. A 45584 l ,.»1_,____ __ “_” _ uii\»f¢°U'~\M'\*°“~°°°'°" '°"° lu "°" » - A - ' ~°_ l l -- , _ ' ‘ _ _ _____.__ ___ _ ‘_ .-. * i 1 i (Special to the' Guardian.) l T ',O.,Fb '24- Th 23 Liberals and zl conserlmtlvas 40 000 "UVB SUIIGTK f0l' “DTC cagua.lTT}l\e‘i?AR:oiitTiTn tgoniillilibeii of th; 1 1 _ ‘lf ll i . E. 'l l d : Elattedl with Gloucester ny and Betts' Food* A - o\3:l‘Tl:deltT severglgfl Hldwati. ’l‘i’y- . tion to be Contested Monday. ion, P. ii. i.. iznginei-is 1 _ _'* Previously i~epo_;‘t_ed p_i_isouei~ Soi " --- ~ - lied w lst p soner, np- (5p°°lal l° Th” Gll°rdl°"‘) bvgrrlffnoibvolliiigs Hunter River P. E. (Special to the Guardian) ' ll’\AhTlllCllll' llollllllll’ Fell' 14"' 1 lniaiitrv, Seriously wounded. A' ‘ . iTho strike in the Krupp factories in- " ‘ - It . ‘.'i‘ . ‘ .2 .- ~ - , Il ,l'l., P. E. l. cin_1IC;ll`§_ti,?_$laf{lee_,lla :cr _Tl;f;0__lt)ll_l__l;;;:_|ltssiin is constantly extending. accor- lllllllmln l T ig Q'-2 -1 ~ .-1 ‘ if (special to ¢h;T.otl¢itl)dg.)‘ - LONDON, Feb. 24.-Army mates issued today provide for amiy ot 5,000,000 melrexclusive-‘ot In-_ dia. Additional navy estimates a- call for 50.000 ofiicers and men to bring the total of the navv personnel to 450,000. ’ _-nf vi .iIIinard’u Llnlmmt Curso Tootlilolml _ ii ...sir _ _ $600,000 _ Mail Order business iostal notes postal order. In 19 on under their very What was he doing? his health exactly. Let us tellyou a Order enterprise. Toronto Mail Ord years ago, tried to of The Guardian. money, was offered der concern: - ' "\\'c have a linrcau bureau looks ovcr these nlivrlys brings results f eiiort put forth whcrc the local papers." What is happenin Island? Three years ago, catalogues of one 000 are distributed to supervise the m The catalogues cost ne . chants sheuld allow the matter? Take then answer whet Mail Order Houses, ,_ of affairs. - ‘ regrets. ORDER The Mail Order business is on the in- crease in this Province. For the most part and remittances made by money order and 1 _ _ In 1915 $549,083.81 was sent out of Prince Edward Island by money order and total reached nearly It is safe to assume the bulk of this was for Mail Order goods. Business men .re- mit by cheque or draft, and it is mostly pri- vate families who use the money; order system for Mail Order purchases. Mark what this means. The Dominion Government pays us in subsidies abou; $300,000, and our people send all that and another $300,000 out of the Province to build up Toronto, Montreal, etc. ' Is this fair to our Island merchants? Do our merchants realize what is going The offer was turned . Did the Mail Order houses give up? No. Read the following made by the manager of a large Mail Or- ilic country papers. Tlicre is not a paper of any , coiiscquciicc in our territory we do not get. The ii town whcrc the iiicxciiaiits do not advertise in their local papers. or wlicrc thc advertisers do not cliangc their advertisements regularly, wc iiiiiiicdizitely flood that section with literature. it ‘ Mail Order firm were - distributed in the Povince. Now_ over 10,- ' annually, and a repre- sentative _is specially ‘ a 1 . most economical manner, viz., within 20 mile areas, the summer and winter cata- loguesicoming in bulk by express. This one Mail Order house spends over $2,000 per annum in postage alone for the t distribution of its catalo ues in the Island. $5,000 per annum to advertise one Toronto ’ firm’s goods in Prince Edward Islafnd and ~ for this they must scoop in about $300,000 or $400,000 of Prince Edward Island mu- Y Isn’-t that trade worth lighting for? 1sn’t . it a shame that indifference 'of our mer- lars to _go to _outside merchants annually, - without an effort to prevent it? ; if-, What are the merchants oing to do, in “advertising doesn’t pay?" A Look the facts str ' h who are to blame for this intollerabié state' ~ One ounce of effective busindss‘ » ]! thought is worth te \. IN MAIL TRADE is transacted by mail 16 it is estimated the $600,000. - l noses, while they ap- parently slumber and display inertia? This week a representative of a big Tor-- onto Mail Order House was in the city. _ He was not here for little about the Mail er businesses three . et into the columns Rig money, enormous . for a yearly contract. down statement recently wiiosc duty ii is io read pzipcrs and when wc find » ar in excess of the same < A thc local merchants use \ g in -Prince Edward not more than 1200 T_ I sent to the Province T 'ling of these in the ~- $2500 to $3000, or ` ~ T l ~ some half _a million doi- it lying down, 'because aight in the face and er it is the ii eps or the local rlililiirclialllig nmiilion tons. .ot drain.