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â- â€¢fhMMMWka .Widiusday, October 13th, 192$ THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Published on Collingrwood Street, Flesherton, Wednesday of each week. Circulation 1100. Price in Canada |1.50 per year; in U.S. f A. |2.00 per year; (2.00 per year '' when not paid in advance. W. H. THURSTON, - Editor F. J. THURSTON - Asst. Editor da.n(;kr in thi: co-MMon < (h,i» • X ixcitfd, no matter how the politicians h.'laldpur thiMM with words. « « * Wonder if some of the dear men who Voted in favour <»f overturning the Ontario Temperance Act last year will Kot their votes in on the 2S>th inst. IN MEMORIAM Thi.s is the time of yonr when thero is a danper of the spread of infi'i-tion from the common cold. Indceil. in some placos it is dainuKl theri' has been an i-pideniic. It is a curious fact, as pointed out by a Briti.<h specialist in the London Lancet that the following application of the wor<i cold is a complete mis- nomer, and, moreover, actually mis- leading;. ThiTe is a disarminE sim- plicity alx'Ut the word, and, in the public mind, it is associated with dr^phts and cold winds, and so forth, and the idea is inherent that preven- tion, and even cure, lie in the piling- on of addtional clothing. No doubt there is some connection with atmospheric conditions, hut the public mind has entirely failed to i;rasp that the symp- tons which are groupoil together un- der the n.Tme of a cold are due to invasion of the system â-  with micro organisms of varying virulence, and that the results of such invasion are often disastrous. In consequence of this want of knowledge .nmong the community, few or no pret-, <utions are taken against spreading the in- fection. The circumsances of many people scuffcring fiom colds are such that it is not possible for them to remain in bed for a feiv days. If only he would do so, not only would their own disability be shortened, but susceptible friends and neighbors would he spared a similar infection. Indee<l, if such comparative isolation could be generally carried out, the total rumber of lost working days would be diminished very appreciably. The time is ripe for reform of the treatment of the .so-called "common cald." Its dangers may he more fully realized when its present name is discifrded, and another more ex- pressive of its actual nature, is adop- ted. POST OKFKK THEFTS Some of our contemporaries are commiserating with a post office em- ployee in .Montreal, who has been sentenced to a three year term in the Penitentiary for stealing twelve letters, (found in his possession,) the total amount of monej' contained in them being only eighty cents. The punishment does seem, severe, but the crime of stealing from the mails is regarded bv parliament as a very serious one. Vears ago. at a time when the peculations from letters and parcels passing through the mails were very numerous, the penalties im- posed by judges and magistrates, were often farcial, and the then minister of Justice advised parliament to in- crease the penalty, ,Jind make it im- perative that it should be ui)iform- ily ipmose<l. The advice was accept- ed, and immediately the thievings from the mails were vastly decreased. It stands to reason that the inviolabil- ity of the mails must be maintained at all hazards. The public trust letters and parcels in the custody of servants of the crown, who are warn- ed of the consequence of malfeiisance in the performance of their duty, and sympathy is misplaced when extended to the guilty one, until, at anyrate, he has served a portion of his sent^ce. Wo arc all interested in maintaining this view of the statute. It is to the credit of the postoffice service of Can- ada, that crimes of this nature are rare. The. public gets excee<lingly good service from its servants. EDITORIAL NOTES These are the times when it is well to remember that il is not what he ha.s or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. • • • If you learn the true meaning of the â- word NOW, vou will soon be able to spell it WON. • * • Make the best of It forget the rest of it; carry on. • • • Soon we will l>e in the height of the annual dixcunsion ;>f the best hiethod of keeping the highways in proper repair. If we have not good provincial roads, it will not be be- cause of the lack of expenditure of money. • • * But two weeks more, and then Dominion Election Day. Then we can all exclaim, no matter what the result:- "I told you so." « » * \ news >.!!'♦€ man oi fifty yenrs experience iya this Canadian elec- tion is the luietest in hl.s expcrierc*. Thf bsrnstormer.* find the ^'a.'it nt»- jo.t- ' M , ,•.,'â- â-  Bert Airth Injured in Queens-Varsity Game Bert Ainh, star middle wing of the Queen's rugby team, is out of the game for all time. Airth, was ser- iously in.iurwl in the game with Var- sity onn Saturday, suffering a rup- ture of the internal lateral ligaament of the kee joint. Airth's injury is a loss to the team, as he gave prom- ise of having a great season. Bert was a member of the local ball team two years ago. and was an all round athlete, whose loss to sport is to be greatly regretted. In loving memory of Annie C, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. S. Mc- .Millan, who departed this life, Oct. loth, lit21. We do not count her love as lost, It waits us in the sky Frail mortal friends may prove untrue Not angel friends on high. IN MEMORIAM In loving memory of William A. Gib- son who entered into rest Oct. 17th, li»24. In the graveyard softly sleeping. Where the flowers gently wave; Lies the one we loved so dearly. In his lonely silent grave. , Days of i^ndness still come o'er us, ) Tears in science often flow ; | Memory keeps him ev<k' near us, | As it did one year ago. In the silent grave we laid him, 'Til the rno.n when Christ appears; The^i wit!\ joy we hope t<i meet him Kur beyond this vale of tears. | (lone f .om our home but not from our hearts. Sadly I lissed by Wife and children r In olden days a mijrdercr used to go to the gallows, but now he goes crazy. The official nomination meeting of the ca-ndidates for the federal house, of the riding of S. E. Grey, will be held in Durham on the afternoon of Thursday. October 22nd. Both Miss McPhail, and I,. G. Campbell present tlieir platforms on that date. Aluminum Ware Bargains 98c 79c. Buys a 10 qt. j. reserving kettle, a 10"' round roast pan, a 23/. i)int double boiler, or ti tea kettle. fH Buys asix qii:vrt potato pot, a set of 3 sauce pans, a coveerd 10" convex .sauce pan. a .set of 3 pud- diiifi' l)ans. a covered 7" straight saucei)an, or a frying pan. Special Sale Table â€" 5 yds. plain pink or blue flette for 95c.. A. E. HAW CEYLON Store closed Tiies. and Thurs. evenings. VICTOR NORTHERN ELECTRIC RADIO WE HAVE WAITED OVER TWO YEARS FOR THE VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY TO PUT A RADIO ON THE MARKET AND AT LAST IT HAS COME. The experience gained by the Northern Electric Company in the manufacture of Electrical .Appartus in the various fields of scientific sound transinision, Ibices the "Victor Northern Electric" Radio Receiv- ing Sets in a unitjue position to produce the most com- l)lete satisfactory and scientifically correct apparatus ever offered to the Canadian Public. We are now sole agents for this wonderful master- piece of scientific production, and ask the people of this vicinity t obe sure and come in and hear this ins- trument before purchasing. Come in and get it« If we haven't got it we'll get it, If we can't get it It can't be got. W. A. Armstrong & Son .^ ESTALISHED 1889 Flesherton, Ont. ^btart a great hi^ immlgratson nnovement into Canada, of people not ximy .villing to work but for whonn profitable work can be found, and all the pressing problems that now beset our country will be well on the way to solution." „„ ^ ^ , , « 1 '' â€" What Everybody Says, Fineâ€" let us do so! But to be sure we're on the straight and sure road to our goal, let us beginbydoing some clear thinking -some hard thinking-on these two important questions : 1. What class of immigremts do we want? 2. How are we going to attract them? Valuable Lessons to be Learned from Past Failures. Heretofore we have always taken it for granted â€" without much careful thought, perhapsâ€" that it was farmer immigrants we most wanted,â€" people who would settle on our vacant land in the West, and produce more from the soil. And complaints being loud and numerous that farming in Canada was not as pro- fitable as it should be, we have tried to convert an unattractive situation into an attractive one by lowering the tariff on manufactured goods, in the hope of thereby lowering farm production costs, and so increasing the farmer's net. Has that plan gotten us anywhere ? In 1924, despite taiiff reductions made ostensibly to benefit agriculture, there were actually fewer farm immigrants than in 1923 ! And when, against the total immi- gration for 1923 and 1924, we offset the total emigration from our towns and citieSf we find that the country has suffered a net loss [ So, obviously there is something wrong â€" somewhere- in the plan we have been following,â€" either in the assumption that it is farmers we most want, or in our method of attracting them. Perhaps it's a combin- ation of the two. Population Increases Should be Properly Balanced. In shaping our policy as above, we have certainly overlooked one very important point. Farmers as a rule don't sell to farmers, but to town and city folk.^ So when we try to increase farm population by methods that operate to decrease town and city population, we are actually making things worse for the very people we are trying to benefit. We are curtailing a domestic market that our farmers can control, and we are increasing their de- pendence upon an export market over which they have no controll An Alternative Plan thai Promitt* Better Success, Let us now go back to the beginning again, and start from tbft alternative assumption that it's primarily town and city population we want to attract. Are 63 Countries Wrong and Only Canada Right? While Canada has been lowering her tariff, these 63 countries have been raising theirs : â€" - Algeria Argentina Australia Ailstria Belgium Bolivia Brazil BritishEast Africa Dependencies British Guiana British Honduras British West Indies Bulgaria Chile China Colombia Czecho-Slovakia Ecuador Egypt . Esthonia Finland France Repub.of Ceorgia Germany Gold Coast Colony Greece Guatemala • Holland Honduras India Irish Free State Italy Japan Latvia Luxembourg Madagascar Malta Mesopotamia Mexico Netherland East Indies Newfoundland New Zealand Nigeria Norway v PMi«uay Persia Peru Poland Portugaf Roumania Russia Samoa San Salvador Sarawak Ssrb-Croat- Slovene State fjeychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Spain Sweden S' . it;5arland T mis United States Uruguay And now eve.i the United Kingdom has b< gun to protect her home markets. 63 Countries have been mak- ing it more difR cult for Canada to sell in their marketSf while Canada has been making it easier for the whole world to sell in hers! Ij^ave they all blundered? Has Canada alone shown wisdom? Obviously the way to attract that class is by switching from a policy of lower duties to one of higher duties. The one thing above all others that the immigrant wants is the assurance of a steady job at good wages. Give him that, and he will come in his thousands, â€" yes, in his tens of thousands! And in a policy of higher tariffs he will have his guarantee that steady work at good wages will be await- ing him. "Yes," you say, "but what about our farm population? We want it to increase too!" Of course we do! But with town and city population increasing, can farm population do other than increase in pro- portion? W^ith more customers for farm produce, and with a higher purchasing power per customer due to higher wages, isn't it inevitable that a domestic supply Willi be forthcoming to meet a domestic demand, particularly if we protect farm products in the same way that we propose to protect manufactured products? • A Precedent That Shows What Can Be Done! We have 'cried the plan of lofler tariffs, as a means of attracting farmer immigra- tion, and we see that it has signally 'ailed, and we know the reasons why it has failed. Why not now try the alternative plan of higher tariffs, as a means of atti acting urban immigration, when it seems per- fectly clear tiiat it must bring fai-mer immigration in its ti-ain? Even if the latter were mere theory, that would b J no valid reason for rejecting it in favor of a policy we have tried, and found to be barren of results. But v/e know that it is f'j»r beyond the theory stage. The United States offers a practicsd demonstration' of its success! By the plan of higher tariffs, to benefit all classes of population, the United States has managed to attract the biggest and longest sustained immigration movement the world has ever known ! What want? tietter example does Canada VOTE CONSERVATIVE ,Vf, 4 FOR HIGHER TARIFF AND FOR LOWER TAXATION lAval-CoawnaUTo Vletory Commltu*, SSO B«r S»^ T«raB«i|