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wnvw â- 1^ ^P THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE. CURRENT COMMENT. The Northern Timber Investigation. A gullani atiuuipt was made by a Toruuto editor to got the cut o«t of tin- l)iig. to lift the 11(1, to gi't a BUU'll of tliu rut, or to discover tbu KlUloplau in the wood-pile ai thts tinibcrprobe, us the Ontario Coiuiuisslon entruBte'l with Uie iiivestiKatlou of tlit- rumors about .Nortlioni Ontario tluibor Iransuc- tlons is styled in tliu lu-wspuper boadings. One of the defects of a law court is the tact that what everybody knows is not evidence. The only cvldenco accepted In a court of this sort is touchluB a man's character or reputation, good or bad, and then dntails are not permitted. Hut nothing else of general repute is accepted unless definitely sworn to. As the Toronto editor would not swear himself and could gel no one else to swear to his facts, whether true or not, the Commission could take no note of them, and. In tact, rather sat on the editor for daring to suggest that what everybody Itnow might have some foundation In It Half the Government was put on the stand and denied all knowledge of any deal between the Conservative party and the l". K. O. to suppress evidence, and no one will doubt them for a moment. But this still leaves the main riuestion untouched. A Mr. Marks testified quite definitely to irregularities which he had reported to the former Premier, and letters that he had written and given copies of to the Liberal whip. The letters had disappeared from the liles, and Sir William Hearst did not think he could be expected to remember everything that happened in three years. He admitted that the regulations had sometimes been strained, but never without good reason, and never for the sake of private gain. Hon. Howard Ferguson desired to reserve his statement and evidence until everything else was In. If nothing else Is done by the Commission thv enquiry will set a standard upon which the present Government can insi.st as a precedent for all future administrations. It may be taken for granted that the culprits of the i>asi will escape, and that those responsible for laxities were suitably disciplined last Octob^er. Cross Fertilization of Ideas. There has been some peculiarly excellent public speaking in Canada this summer. A number of the wise men, who are usually silent, and who prefer doing things to talking, have been visiting Canada, and no doubt with a sympathetic desire to help the new world to make a hotter attempt at living than the old, have been offering some of the highest and most disinterested advice, the experience of old men grown perfect in the wisdom and ways of the world. Some of the Canadian cities, like Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver, have been specially favored in hearing the dis- tinguished visitors that pass through the country, but Canadians generally should share this advantage as far as possible in reading tVic reports of what these men eay. They are saying things they would scarcely dare say at home, things that arise apparently out of the enthusiasm of the moment and the novelty of their experience, but things neverthelesa they feel to be true, or they would not he said. A man is sometimes stirprised into the logical lecognitlon of his own thought processes and their results, and if he ]»• honest enough to utter his own recognitions the world i.s the gainer. Tlii- recent speeches of members of tho Imperial Press Association, like Hoberl Donald. Lord Uurnham, and Kills Thomas PowtjU, of Sir Auckland Gedde^, both at Toronto and Ottawa, and other eminent people, are of vast import- ance in cross-fertilizing the thought of the country with healthy virile prin- ciples. A few notes have been struck which are "worthy of all acceptation." One speaker reverted to tho thought, now frequently llndinK expression, that the future centre of the British Empire will be Canada. Another dwelt on our enormous natural resources. Including one-sixth of tlie world's coal .supply In Alberta, and an unrivalled appreciation of hydro power in Ontarij. Another was struck with the extraordinary opportunities offered to the immigrant willing to work. Another was impressed with the opportunity for capital investmonl now completely barred by our oxclian'^i' rate. Will the ( xchange pay us as well us capital attracted for investment '.' r OR MERCHANTS ONT ITS ONLY' allcB- â€" ao- I to an old V»/ I ONEY Talks" cording adage, indicating tliat our cash has human traits. If it is so, we may have learned the reason for tlie straying habit of many dollars from this com- munity â€" they've succumbed to the courtesy and friendliness of our neighbors, the big ci^ mer- chants and mail order bouses. The dty merciiants and mail order folks are prov- ing every day that It is profitable to invite OUR DOL- LARS over. They do it through advertising. But the merchants of this communitv can over- come that â€" they can establish a more lastina frimd- ship with the commiinitv's monev â€" in fact, make refiular STAY-AT-HOME DOLLARSâ€" pver\' one. FIRSTâ€" By INVITING the DOLLARS within shop- ping distance of this center to TRADE IN THIS COM- MUNITY. SECOND â€" By renewing that invitation through ad- vertising, week after week, month after month, year after year. That's the way the city merchants and mail order folks do it. "THIRD â€" ^The invitation is to tell the dollars about the worth-while things that are in your store for them. FOURTH â€" When the dollars come, remember they will only come back again when well treated. And there is nothing more invigorating to the activities of any community than pepful ^ , HOME-SPENT DOLLARS. ! TH E BRAIN BOX. CONDUCTED BY E. GUNN RAMSAY. Registered According to the Copyright Act. > The Etrurian Earthquake. Earthquake shocks are among the most ti-rrihle of hiinian experiences. The recent earthquake in Italy differs from nearly all it-s predecessors in that country in having oct^urriMl much to the north of I In- generally acc-eptcl seismic region. The southern part of the peninsula ;in I Sicily are notorl- cusly quakeful, but It is long since a serious disturbance has occurred near Florence. Human memories are short, however, i;nd it is obvious that then- must have been terrible earthquakes In ancient limes to have destroyc^d the glories of the prehistoric Etruscan peoples, whose relics are still .such a problem to the arcluieologist. The recurrence of oarlhqual-es in u particular flistrict may be accepted as a warning of Inevitalile disaster in the long run. Time, as men measure it, means little In the phenomena of the earth. There is practically no difference in geological time between twi'iity years and a Hundred years. But the difference means a great deal to a man or a nation. It is on this account that men forget the frequent wimiiiigs that recur through the centuries of the fate that will befall the district, the territory. the country, or even the continent, as In the case of I.,oinurla. doomed to destruction. Mankind is slow to take such hlnls, or doubtless there would be more active migration to tho safe and stable regions of the earth. The Terror That Walketh By Night. Premier I.,loyd Oeorge threw the Sinn Knin movement, as it has developed, into an Indrsfensible position when he offered to release Lord -Mayor MacSwIny on tht- guarantee! that no inure iiimders of poiicenieu wonld be eommltled in Inland. He said he had positive proof Ihal Mac- Hwinny's Brigade had br-en concerned in llie murder of polii ciiien. Ills pre- decessor, .McCurlaln, was murdered l.y tho gunmen of this so-called Kepuh- Iican army, because ho hud refused to sign the deudi warnmls of Moiiie ol' those condemned to tins fate, .So it is reported in Cork, and that MacSwIney himself hud his orders (o fast from the same Claniia C.el iiml has (nrneil Ireland into a land <ir fear. It Is qiilte unlnie to say thai all Uonian (':it liollcs sympathize with the murder campaign. Father Vaughan has expressed liim- self, iind a similarly fearless priest at Dundulk has den.). meed iheMO Ameri- can murder gangs which are operi'iing under the iiispiralion of llolshevist gold. One of Ihe real <ll(ncullles of the Kltuutlou Is 111 nsplracv, which makes any man's life unsafe who givc-s Information aboiil or In linv wav opposes Ibis cowardly terror that walkelh In darkness, besides llils! (here lire so many pelly antagonisms associated with the Irish (luestion that It is aimoHt impo^Hible to ohiain a consensiis of opinion alxiut aiivlhlng When i settlement appears to be imminent some senllmenlalist. ofien a woman, will Uig up an old Imhuo of centuries ago and Inllame iho situation all over again One vision comes alike at some time or other to every normal individual born into this world. â€" the desire to Ijc Indispensable. • However some may affect nonchal- ance and quote the old Miller of Dec. "I care for nobody no not I, since no- bod.v cares lor me," yet all, at some time know this secret ambition. Car- ried to excess, the thought expresse.^ itself in egotism., loo often an egirtlsm which by swallowing up the more cor. scieiilioiis vii'tiK's defeats ils own end and makes the subject not Indispen- sable, but unbearable. Obsessed with an idea of his or her own importance, koepinK the person- al I always in view, work that is call- ing for attention is passed over, opiio:- tunities lost and one day this kind of dreaiiii-r awakens troni a fool's para- dise to the reality that thi're are Ix t ler men waiting lo Mil his shoes. There is a sense in which no one in this world is iiidispeusahle. Kvery hour of the day -nay less, every minute men and women are dropping out of the race, death calls. Illness removes, men are retired from active participation In the affairs of the world. Yet the world goes on. The iiKisl iniiiortaiit figures In his- tory drop out without making miieli more than a temporary dislocation of the machinery of public affairs. There Is always some one found lo carry on. Yet in no I wo instances, Is the work carried on in the same way. In no complete sense can one man duplicate the ideals and achievements of an- other. There may bo great similarity, a harmony of ideals, a following alonj; the same course and all that the world at lar.w sees is a continuity of the same object, but to those who read be- low and to the individuals and groups affected by the change of head, dif- ferences are apparent. They may be for the better, â€" im- provements. They may be for worse, -decadence. Get this thought firmly into your mind. No one can fill your place in this world, the place for which you were created, and which J>y all the rights of nature and inborn fitness. you should occupy, so well as your- self. In this sense you are indispensable. If it were not so, you would not be here. You are here because you are need- ed in the plan. How are you fitting in? The depth of your indispensability, your usefulness, both to the world at large and in your every day work de- pends upon the amount of personal ef- fort you iiut out. It is the Personal touch I hat counts after all. It is the Personal value that far outwelghts all others. Don't be a machine. Put somethlns of your real self into your work. stamp every deed, every transaction with the personal effort lo please, the personal effort to do It well and you will not only become an indispensable asset in your corner of the world, but you will fulfil a threefold mission. Inspire a creative desire in others. Carry out the purpose for which you were born. Leave the world, and your job. a lit- tle better for your presence. DON'T DISCARD OLD TIRES, IS EXPERT'S WORD Rubber Company Official Says Many Can be Repaired. "Don't throw that old tire away," is the injtmction of the Goodyear Tire and liubber Company. "Few tires are completely worn out when thrown away. Most of them are capable of considerable extra mileage if given a little help. A rim-cut patch or an in- side tire protector will often add hun- dreds of miles to the life of a tire. "A rim-cut patch is designed for ap- plication on the inside of the tire with flaps fitting underneath the bead of the tire on both sides to hold the patch in place. It is flexible and en- during and once applied, is out of sight and mind. Tires which seem hopelessly rim-cut are given a new lease of life after being reinforced by a good rim-cut patch. "And then there is the inside tire protector, which is designed to pro- vide complete reinforcement for worn and weakened casings. Its use often adds several thousand miles to tire life that appears nearly ended. It is applied on the inside of the tire as its name suggests and provides at a very low cost many miles that other- wise would be lost. "Anything that gives a tire longer life keeps real jingling dollars in the car owner's pocket and puts off the day when the purchase of a new tire would be necessary. We are not for economy that goes to the extent of scrimping, but we believe that if the millions of tires available in this country are run properly, the ends of conservation will be met. â- 'Tire accessories also make an ideal and profitable investment at any time but right now they are especially timely and economical. For instance, the tire saver kit is just what the name implies, for it contains just the acc-essories that permit a motorist to put into practice the principles of tile conservation. "Take the pressure gauge, which is but one of the items in the kit. It enables the car owner to maintain proper air pressures and to know at all times ju.st how much air his tires contain. Then there's tire putty which heals wounds and keeps out -sand and dirt, which are active tire destroyers. And so on through the list. Help your tires and save money. 'A stitch in time saves nine.' " EXPLORER RETURNS Raold Amundsen, the famous Norwegian explorer who bad been on heard of for over two years and reported lost, has arrived at Nome. Alaska, with a few of his party He has cpmpleted the first circumnavigation of the world be- tween the northern coasts of Eu- rope. Asia and America with many harrow wg experiences. NEARLY EVERY AUTOIST HAS EXTRA TIRES Everyone Should^.Carry^ Spare Tires, Says B. F. Goodrich, j TIGHT BELTS AND CORSETS. Blamed for Many Ills of Human Race To-day. CANADIAN ARTICLES CHEAPER AND BETTER Toilet Commodities Should Be ^JL Given Preference By Can- adian Buyers. The (,'ana<linn Keconstruction Asso- eiiition m infonncti by an cxperiencwl Toronto druKKi^i, who is not |)ers«inal- ly intercsU-*!, that many toilet com- modities, such a.s face creams, |>ow- ders, and toilet wmp.s, made by plants in (Canada, are of (juite as high f|ual ity anri as .•^ati.'^fiictory in use uh Kimi- lar im{iorte<i nroduct.s. Moreover, the ('anadian-miuie goods uro somewhat lower in price. Competition of (^anudian-innde pro- 'lurts and other conditions have com- |iellc(j many for«i(fn iiianufacturer.s of Ujilet articles to establish iiianiifiictur- ing hranchtw in this country, but ^till vc 17 large (juuntities of such goorls are importi-d. Under present condi- ti<»ns of exc-linn^fc it is liiKhly iinjiort- unt that the Ciinndian public .'^hould give the preference to ('anadian-ninde products, especiHlly Avhen the supfios- ed superiority of the foreign-made goods is the result rather of exl<>T»sive advertising than of intrinsic mipor- iority. VALUE OF PROSPEROUS TOWNS. If Canada hail five liundrisi thoii.s- aiiil prosperous small towns, she would lie iiiinien.^ely better off than if she had only half a dozen large cities. There are no sliim sections in the towns. To their credit, it can be said that the townspeople look after their poor. Kill you I- town.s by .sendinjj your iiKiney lo mail order hoiisivs an<l .,()U are tlirusllny: your knife into Ihe very heart of Canada. Huild \ip your town by keepinj^; your money in local cirrul;iti<ni anil you are building; up produition, and belpintj your iiianii- lacturiiiK industries and making the piHiple more lOiiteiiteil and liappy, and by .spendin^t your money in Ihe home town you are creating heller stores, a Kieat<'r variety of storks, bettor service to the rominunity, and â- ou 4ire securing lower prices fliroutcli having local lonipi'tition. Ituy in your own town and be a binister. Norway has begun tho collection of potash from tho dust caii.sed by the Miainiractur<> of rurlland cenieiii, using an elcrtricnl procesM. With nn elecfricnl motor mounted directly on tho saw shaft n work tn-nch has been invented with whicli ."-awing can he done nt any angle. What the Heart "^ Can Stand By a Professor of Medicine. 1 While .Sir .lames .\lai keii/.io. the diBlln.miished heart specialist, says thai he has never yet seen any boy suffer harm from alhletic exercises the athletic heart Is a liuinent of the ImuKlmition he am-ees that he loe Hiders It very iiiiwlso to allow boys to pursue elToit Ix-yiind a cerlain staKc of exhaustion. It Is not the heart that Is in daii- Rer. but the immunily of the body to Infection, and In particular lo tuber culosis whiih results from over la- tlRUP. and exhaustion. We know now thai pracllcally everv city boy Is Infected with the tuliercle l>iii'illi liv llie ace of titleen, and llial the Infection In childhood Is In almost all eases a mild one. which under i>r illnary heallhy condllions of life en hances the resistance of tho body lo tho further Invasion of tho tubercle baillliis. just as vaeclnulion protects RRalnst small pox, or nn attack of nmasloH protects aRulnstjiny other at lack. • • • The tubercle bacilli may remulii alive In fhn Infected lyiiuihatlc nhind, or other tissue, surrounded, so In speiik, by a wire enlnimlemeni of con noctlvo tissue, there IniprlHoiied and keiit in control. Hut excessive fatlmie and exhaus tlon may exhaust the gaolers the warrior white corpuscles of the blood, or those linmimisliu,' substances In the blood which the tissues of the bod\ proiliice Then Iho tubercle bacilli may break out of prison and product" consumption, nr Ihe body may fall a vlcHm to a new Infection re("elved by tho Inhnlntlon of tho saliva spray coiuvhnd out by some consumidlve. many of whom aro walking about car ryhiK infection and not knowin.i; that they have tho disease. Tho medical examination of recruits during tho war showed how many mill; vi'iidors. barbers, and school- teachers were consumpllve unknown to themselves. Athletes have particularly, then, to avoid- -not heart strain, but consump- tion. Tliev should take a lesson from the raclni; stables. There the horse is brou.uht into perl'ecllon of trainini; by l;oo(I food, larctullv measured in quan- tity. by rool. fiesli air in the stable. and by wisely rcKiilafed exercise. Its truinlui? is such that you can scarcely idck up its skin between linger and thumb. .\t the end of an einhtfur- loim race a patch of foamy sweat on its quarters may be as bis as a saucer, but not as blK as a dinner plate. One sees Ihe extraordinarily careful discipline that briUKs to perfection the racehorsi" compared with the hap hazard methods of life man follows In roKnrd to his children and himself. A horse Is allowed to do an elKht- furlouK race in th(> day, but not two su("h races On lh(> other hand, we see KrowluR boys exhausting themselves l>y running too many or too loni; races Athletics should be carried to the ex tent of wholesome fatlKue. which )iro- motes BtrenRth and health -never to exhnusthm. â€" Ixindon lially Mall. That the univers-al .\merican habit of suspending the trousers by means of a belt is doing much damage was asserted by Dr. Charles A. L. Reed, of Cincinnati, former president of the American, Me<liciil Association, at the university commencement in Cin- cinnati. "The number of men, and young men, too, who are either semi-invalids or real invjilids as a result of disturb- ances of the stomach and intestines is already alarming, and every physi- cian knows that such cases are rapidly increiising," asserted Dr. Reed. "Not many yejirs ago," he con- tinued, "the sjime fact applied to women and was justly attributed to the constriction of the waist by the corset as then worn. But the attire of women in all particulars, especially in this particular, is now much more hygienic than that of men. The un- constricted waist to-day imparts to women not only a grace and supple- ness but a degree of health that may lie the envy of the so-called sterner se.x. The trouble is with the tightly worn belt. The natural result of .squeezing the abtlomen at the waist line is to force the stomach, in- tt\stines, liver and other organs down out of place. Whi\n this is done, in- digestion, constipation and biliou.s- iiess result. In their train come headache, nervou.sness, mental de- pression and general inefTiciency. In over 1,000 con.secutive cases of epilepsy careful .x-ray examination has showeil the existence of such dis- placements. It is not as.serted that all belt wearers have these tix)ubles or that l>elt wearing is the only cause of them, but it is clainuHi that liio habit tends both to cause them when they do not exist and to aggravate them when they already e.xist." How many tires are required o« an automobile? A few years ago this question wotild have invoked retort: "Four, of course." But not so nowadays. To-day motorists are thinkiuj; in terms of five tires as complete equip- ment for a car, according to the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company. The day of "four-tire" equipment has passed for good. Motorists have learned that the purchase of "spares" is a sound investment which is sure to pay big dividends. Notice the cars that pass on the roads these days. Practically every one has at least one spare strapped in the holder at the rear, ready to be slipped on a wheel without a mo- ment's delay in case one of the work- ing tires collapses. This almost universal acceptance of the spare tire as a part of a ca^'s necessary equipment is not due to be- lief that tires are not as sood as they used to be. Motorists know that the tires they buy at present are super- ior in ever>' way to the tires they used to buy. They are built from more carefully selected material by improved methods which give them many extra miles of life. Purchase of spares is due to the growing observance of the old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Motorists have learned thai accidents may happen to the best of tires, and they want to be on the safe side. If ihey liave a spare tire handy they are spared lots of tirins work in repairing the old casing and tube, spared lots of cause for cussing, and spared lots of annoying delays. The old tire can be taken off and the spare put on in half the time it used to take to begin the repairing pro- cess. In the long run. tho motorist is saved money by buying spares, even if the original investment is consid- erable. With a .wod spare handy which he can put on without trouble the car owner is not likely to delay having tire injuries repaired, or to ruin a tire by running it back to town "tlat." He puts on the spare, has the old tire repaired, and no serious damage is done. Provision for carrying spare tires is now being made by the designers of practically all cars. The spare tire holder is being considered as ne- cessary a part of the car as the head lights, fenders, upholstered seats or top. The spare tires are being rec- ognized as au institution which can- not be dispensed with. KEEPS COST DOWN. The most extensive deposit of hard coal ever known on the main Island of .Japan, extending 18 miles nnioiiK a mountain range, has been discov- ered. A now steam i)ower automobile has a nibiilar boiler tbrou.nh which water Is circulated by an electric pum|i. heated by a spra,v of kerosene or fuel oil. SclentlstH are seeking means of overcoming meteorological obstacles which interfere with radio tele.i;rai>hy In India at certain seasons of the year. An English inventor's cigarette case ro-sembles an automatic pistol, ejecting a cigarette from the muzzle when the trigger is pulled. Still a good tinu>keeper, what is believeil to be the oldest clock in America, having been made in 1721', has been disi'overc<l in Atlanta. Work is to be rei!ume<i in the old copper mines of Finland, which were discovered in 17.')7 and operated in ii primitive manner for 130 years. \ full size, motor driven horse, niountiHl on four whe<H>Is, with ste«M"- ing apparatus amtrolleil by reins, has been jmtented by a Ix)S .Angeles man. Young plants thrive bettfcr, nccord- iiiK to a h rench liotanist, if fed drops of water almost continuously than if watered copiously at intervals. Hy .slight rearranirements a woni- an'.s costume ilesignetl by a New York modiste can be worn as a negligee hou.se dress, street suit or a'tenioon gown. Kngli.sh interests have e.staNishei' nn aviation school on nn Mnnd nenr Kio lie Janeiro to train pilots for Hrazitinn aerial mail and 'passenger service. â€" ^ A box containing a .system of mir- rors has been patented to enable n person's fiwit to be examined for anv irregularities whilf standing ui>on it. Effect of Advertising Explained by Economic Expert. At a recent gathering of business men Interested in the subject of ad- vertising. Jos. P. .lohnsou, n.O.S , Dean of the New York University School of Commerce, gave an address on the subject of "Advertising as an Kconomic Force." ".•\s an economic force," said O, Johnson, 'advertising gives birth to new wants, and so creates an economic demand for more goods, thus tending to increase the demand for this labor. . . . .N'o matter how wonderful your invention, or how tine the quality of your goods, people will not buy unless they know what you have. Thenifor)*. you simply must advertise. "It Is entirely wrong to look upon the expense of advertising as one of the costs which add to the price. Tlie truth is quite the contrary. Without advertising, large scale prxuluctlon Is absolutely impossible and largo scale production Is the 'sine qua nou" of low prices. "Someone has established that the business men of the I'nited States in normal times before the great war were spending one billion dollars a year In advertising. .-V mushroom economist would Immediately Jump to tho conclusion that the poor ultimate consumer footed this enormous bill. "If we ("ould get all the facts, how- ever, I have no doubt we could prove that this bllllon-dollar expenditure for iulverlisln< reduced prices to such an extent that at the end of the year the American people were more than .1 billion dollars better off than they would have been had some f->ke econ- omic c«ar begun the now year with the edict against advertising."