_ . 'rr-is cnsnnrau, cusnrorrsrowu. PRINCE ilsnwsnn ISLAN-D, nav zo.” rods- i_ -» _ __ XF _ ._ _,,_\.,“,_ } ___ _ __,_ _ ._,_ ,.____>.__?`_;_;.____;g_. é __ _¢_»,,_ , _N ‘ _ is ix ___{ 1 _é I ._ , ,, ._ _Ai __ _ / -', , ` ~~ ,__ _ , ~ ' ' ` V' i ' _ _(_ , ,_ , _ _ r _ . , _ ; _ , _ _ nn* ; ‘I Y You D0n’t Have to_ lpologizc If you hand a friend one of our cigars, we have Sc. LINE lic, LINE iiavaaa Second i.a iatilidad Sal .laaa Figora Pebble Byrea Select Ei Sei C. I, S, La Matatana “WC Davis Clear i\¢V\'|° Tommy Atkia La Gitaac 1' he Palms Dlarguriie Tsckets Boquet Phare La iiamaea iiarcia HDS, ;l 2- VAIIIIIBLE » FAIIII I r *THE GUARDIAN / an Independant geonrnal, anti-animclled and fearless; aiming to |.luat, impartial, Reliable, |l_:_vvey» king talltimea to furtherthebeet erect-I :ifethe petiple. and recognised therefore as , ‘_The Pocp1o’. Plagzor bliahed t its H New PNY* l0¢k. No’r‘tli side Past o&ce°?`at the following rates, yahle in advance:- Eorning Edition,daily (except Sunday). one niouthzscperyr ............ ... . . . . . --$3-°° Weekly Edition (Wednesday) per year in advan¢e.. .................................. . .$1-9° I Branch Offices ill been Bi-lbllahed at the folldwi ‘P1168 wlreere subscriptions may be paid, newamiirnllh- transacte #- llainmerai;l.eieRogere tt loam' store-J. B. C. ‘ r,a en _ Alherton, Alberto: Poet Oice-Bei-bert Clark. Agent. Sonrie East, 'i;eleohone Oboe-P. G. Seaman J. I. I. lcClEADY, Editor. J. P. HOOD, I F. R NBWSOM, Advertising lgr. Subscription Hit. 1.- .i_.i1__..__-_-.4 .Q_-a_. IIII IIIIRHIG GIIIIIIIIIII FRIDAY, MAY 29. 1903. I MR. CHAMB£RLAIN'S ATTITUDE. The Colonial Secretary’s recent address in which he took a stand for preferential 'ed,adver§dn;, job work andotlier business trade born ways between the Unites; enftourased- He sees also that unless Kingdom and the Colonies has been 9°!" l`¢Sl>0l_1S¢il1 kind IS mode £0 the fvariously interpreted. One view is that Colonies that even Canada might recede in his new departure he aims N, the from her present position. That would be . __ _ T nd has been twice a member ofa Liberal I U i ‘ I A I " 'I " 'i I X Government. _ But after he lef__t_that natty on the Home Rule question the way to re- conciliation with, his early _ associates seein; out sony an impassabie gulf. gras Liberal section of the Unipnist party has not grown in strength, and the party Hr. Chamberlain to the leadership while any presentable Conservative leader isic sight. No man is more fully aware oi these conditions than the Colonial Secret- ary himself. We do not therefore think towards the leadership ‘cf the party that has led to his 'oommittal to the policy of preferential trade. _ _ We think his attitude is best explained by an honest conviction that the changes he proposes would benedt the Empire. No one doubts Mr. Cbamberlain’s patriotism, and no Colonial Secretary tsiest in the Colonies. Canada has made advances in the way of trade preference to the Mother Count and other Colonies fashion. _'this tendency toward imperial unity Mr. Chamberlain feels ought to be _ _ _ _ , ‘ or _ Q.: membership is overwhelmingly Cancer- L§__`,¥‘,.g_If.`. . -. ~~ z-_ ~_-;> __, _ vative. That msgorityls not likely to call . _ ____ __ _§____?______i_;___` that it is personal ambition or aspirations, before his time ever took so deep an ill- I ‘ S st-and ready to follcwrzn this line should i ’ _ I yards _ _ the United Kingdom respond in like _ , _ _I , _ e*:»f_f _ Q -l, . '.; 1, ' -."4 ' xii '>" ` " _$2.9 f s ‘It 432-. ,_»__i_»» ;`_ » ,(~ '-'ai "’ com soon; ~ :ii _ _, \ " a ,l \ c .i~,,._:_-,_-Q f_-x.;_ ‘-3- ` *Jug- ‘ 'rr ‘ § "“`»~ ..\”"- ="..'1.§,.»i §= s= -_= 1 - 51 ¢`l~""s;_=;z~v`\=\ .-"f;"’1" »\"i ‘ 2 -*5i°.¢‘f‘W -' , _ -'"f'-f. `§;`i`f ‘_ _ xA? ` ~ a \\ .. ` no-aw, -rr \;;/I. /7 ' I or boys up to Io years of age we sell an All Wool So1id.Tweed Suit especially made for school v f wear, cost you $1.75. For the holidays when the boys need something large enough for boys tip to 8 years of age. I _ For bigger ,boys we sell an All Wool 3-piece Tweed Suits, cost you $3.75,a_nd better ones up t0 $8, About 3000 suits to choose from, and surely we can; please you; and why should’nt we, our sclicine is tasty, 'wearing Clothing at sensible prides, __ _ .` _ I PROWSE BROS., ; »'$i¢.'s-.fm ` ' _ "° What Trade we havewe’il hold. What I we haven’t we’re after. ' fdlvlned his motives, we are pleased with °"" taken. It has attracted great attention if 7 I y _ _ f _>_ ' _ _ ,S __ _ at home and abroad, and if can'I BT/ /‘_ I- - 5"? create a pronounced sentiment in Britain' f " " A" L ' ___ .ai I ` - _ in favor of preferential trade within the I A __ }fQff§é "»@_ ~ \| ' _ Empire his judicious advocacy must \~€_., 'lr _ _Dr0ve a powerful incentive to that end. ` ._ . _ _._ ' , _ - _‘," _ ‘ I I , Itisgratifying to learn that tdielatest I _ 0 Montreal strike on the street railway has 0 i~ \, Fi -f The British Columbia Government has cool and washable, we sell a nice crash suit at $r` _ Chamberlain is an ambitious mam An,” what critical one in that regard, and so ‘Ha-fb°f» L°t 39» Owned by the late H he is now in his Sixtrsavamh ,eu-, if lic takes occasion by the hand to move in he' is to “min the foremost position in the direction otaoloser and more intim- not alone a suilicient program on which I to appeal to the country, and hence he preferential trade to the front. _ii _Whether we have rightly or wronqlyi the stand the Colonial Secretary hasf been declared oil’ and the men have re- turned to work. I , t . ____~_ __ __ _ _ . ___ 5 ; " T; There will again he lively times in the ‘ l ) O ad ’ _ __ -S~'\v,,¢r` C _ 1 ntario Legislature when the Royal _ 30 L ies Costumes to /' ---f ` ' I C0mmission’s report is handed in. It is promised within an early period. » crisis, and an appeal to the people has .~_'5~_ | - ' ' _ 1”' _ %v\’~~“¥DW _ ` -- _ I. ' `~/ ° ' ___ _ e \ been defeated as the result ofthe recent wifi’ ,-_ .N .4 . N/Q I Ugu ,_ ‘ s.~.__ ~ ,fi __ been asked for. It will probably be __ ' _ _ 9 _ xg "V ‘ granted, inasmuch as the present "3"~'\"';~” "Q1 _‘P ~ I _ . _ SPECIAL lg! \ _f~~» Pnicso sicieis » _ /4.,~,e'f¢'-. 3# -91 `,e{`I"ga<‘ /,~f,_~v. Opposition could not probably carry on » _ Yesterday was a. genuine spring day . S /I ___ i and shows that the warm weather which _ . has for some time past favored the __ _ western Provinces has at last reached us. 'E 2” We have had a cold, backward spring, with little growth of vegetation so far. Hereafter, should the favorable weather continue, we shall have rapid growth. - MFG'CO , Is one _'of the _ largest __~_ S dental-supply houses inthe _ _ GQQDS_ » CLOTHnqG_ a _ OIL -CLOTHS Q world- _ ' _ _ _ _ ,We their _f9<>'!1,1,._ pii,e1iai1i1ticiis'.ii”1_tlie’i`r=i_ fl* ~ °"i‘1i‘l¢ ""§i'¢f‘iii"1fffll?§‘?S , ilsallne Psslem Boxes ,powder in ounc_eL__ Ask your .about fr will cheerfully; re-_ them as we do. <3 s » ` ‘ f the administration of affairs. _ I 1| ,, ._ i.. ... -- \ »'~ 30d - - W < T. HU ;»#*'*’ ` ,__ \l/RAPPBRS f§60U. , _ 'orthiup to $1.25 now. . . .gpg AT A BIG _ , DISCOUNT" " be sold at a big discount. _ /a 3 E I a ii I ¢¢»v. ,gg ` I 4 All our ladies’ \Dress Skirts at special pi-i¢¢s _.1-,¥E__ _ IEVCI’ D€])al’tlI_l¢[]__t ii. WIIIII lSpetcialI_ Bargains, I *& _ . ' . .Br Tw: ' ,$7-4»_;~¢nv|&D Y *L #fr " "j"f‘¢ insulin Canada Life _-Assuran.¢¢ C0 Government Reserves stron company on this continent WNMWA »~e\ma\- -¢»»»\ |Cdn|ldih dl xyr LL Libr. ' can lumen. Bl! sara: I. I. asuseaa AIITMLLHII. (HARVARD BARRIER All A Cor Queen and Richmond sh., $11. Telephone Connection. ,if is »Saleeeaeeeatl\aa inthehensriseu ef MQ l.I\\l'Cliina'l‘eas,ias& as to insure a ger than those of any cum, Reunions Ntp ¢ ,,,,, _ a ' @s°1ab.i1ui. fins L0'iI]FliiNi22'o|§iiI!£aA.§.HmE E' R' Bmw: I W- K. Ro ers. . » ywlwlenle? P. 8' by Special-_Ag_ent. _ Branch Manager ' I ' M, f 1 c1nrioaemwn._ = _i __ v _ °¢0»ri»s~., W