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; I WEDNKSDAY. SEPTtMBKR 1. 1926 THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE CMYLON Mr. Cecil Cushnie of Toronto vla- ited his aunt, Misn Millie Cook, the pa>t wtfk. Mr. AnKUii .M('I.eo<i and three dau- IChtern and Mr. and Mrn. F. .Shuniwuy tff Clarr, Mu'hiifan, are viHitorit at Mesjrs. J. U. anil Donald Mi-I.i'ol's. AIko Mr. and Mtk. LaFortfc of Laa- ainK, Mich., and Mrs. Jeffie Myers u( Battlo CV.-ek, Mich. Mr. Caesar of British Columbia vis- ited hia friend, Mr. Archie Sinclair, on Fritiay. 5Jr. Ivan Mcljiuchlan ha.s returned to hijt di:tii .', at Forest, Unt.. and Mr. 01>on McLac^iilan isi vi.sitinx hij sister In thf tity. Mr. Ja k While, who has been huli- dayinp; under the parental root', left Saturday for his Mchool at McWill- iams. Mr. .•iiul Mr.«, S. Mill and dauirhter Ada of .Markdale and Mr.-s. .1. A. Brocklehank of Brampton visited at Mr. H. Piper's the first f the week. Mr. Norman Archibald received a telt'Krani on Sunday .statinif that hi» brother , Mr. Will Archibald of Kil- 'iirney, Manitoba, had died suddenly. Miss Hazel McLeod, nurse in train- 'mf at the Western hospital, Toronto, is h(,lidayini; at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Snowden McLeod and Master (leorKc Patterson, who have been visiting the former's par- ents, returned on Saturday to their home in the city. Mr. Norman Archibald, accompan- ied by his mother, Mrs. Sarah Archi- babi, mofoied to Hanover the first of' the week and visited with relatives. Mi;<s Stewart )f Clinton, our new teacher, arrived on Monday evening to commence duties on Wednesday. We extend a warm welcome to Mi.is Stewart. y.r. and Mrs. iierbie Fisher and two children of Toronto motored up (Uid spent Sunday ut Mr. Roy Piper's. TIhv were .-uTDnipanii'd by .Master Laverne and Melford Piper, who have been visitinK thAn in the city for the past week. Mr. Frank Stewart returned Mon- day to his school in Toronto.' Mrs. Etherintrton and two children who have been visitinK Mr. and Mrs. A. Sinclair, returned to their home in the city Monday and were accomp- anied by Miss Marxaret and Master Jimmy Sinclair. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Sinclair motor- ed to Harriston Monday evening and visited with the former's mother and sister there. Mr. Uuncan McMillan has returned to hi.i school at Toronto. Mr. (Joldwin Pickell of Brantford visited at R. Cook's the first of the week. Mr. Ceorjfc Strain of Gore Bay call- ed on old friends here the jiast week. Mr. .Mark Stewart of Detroit, Mrs, Roddie Stewart of Flesherton and tister, Mrs. I). Muir, are visitoi.i at Mr. .lohn .Stewart's. | Master J. P. Stewart has spent a fortnight with ids aunt In Toronto. Mrs. Knell .".id children of Owen .Sound, Mr. Y< unfr of Glen Huron vi >ited the past week at Mr. L uther Duckett's. Rcv. Mr. Projsic delivered a splen- did sermon to a full house on Sunday mtrninK- Don't forget t« hear him on Sunday at 1 ! a.m. FALL TERM OPENS Sept 1st at The OWEN SOUND Individual instruction. Buinaaa and Shorthand courses. Prspara'vory courses f < r those who missed fost chance at public schooL Cataloi^ue Free. C. A. Fleminf, F.C.A. G. D. Flcnlnr. SUITS hi(;h school suits for boys. Lovat shade Suit in a awaarsrer style for the hiflrh school boy, emphasizing such smart feaures as the button-flap, patch p^keta with pleats, and inverted pleats and yolk in back. Two pairs of bloomers, adding' additional wear to the suit. ALL-WOOL BLUE SERGE SUITâ€" Splendid value in carefully tailored suit in a very popular material for boys' wear. BROWN UNION TWEED Bloomer Suit, a single-breasted model, with an all-round belt and three patch pockets with flaps. Children's blue serge middy suit â€" White braid trimminsrs on collar, sheild on sleeves, and the black flow-end tie add greatly to the neat appearance, knee length pants. We expect a large display of Ladies' Ready-made Silk Crepe Dresses, to arrive in a -few days. We invite you to call to see them. Newest styles and jhades. F. G. RARSTEDT FLESHERTON With the customs investigation still far from finished, the King Government already stands convicted of having co-operated with smugglers, bootleggers, dopesters and thieves, and of having thus been a party to defrauding the National Treasury, strangling legitimate business, debauching officials, high and low, thwarting the administration of justice, and bribing the electorate ! To cite but a few instancesâ€"already provenâ€" from its appalling record of malfeasance: t Stolen automobiles, smuggled into Canada with the connivance of Customs officials, were sold for a pittance to friends of the King Government, and those found guilty were allowed not only to go unpunished, but to continue their nefarious trade. 2 Smuggled liquor selling was engaged in on a large scale by Customs officials whose duty it was to protect the Treasury. 3 Corrupt officials were unpunished and promoted; honest officials were punished and demoted. ^ Prison- made goods are on the prohibited list, yet tons and ^ tons of such goods, produced in prisons where contagious diseases were prevalent among the inmates, were smuggled into Canada for sale to innocent Canadian consumers, with the direct knowledge and co-operation of Government officials. 5 Police officers â€" members of the incorruptible Royal Canadian Mounted â€" were withdrawn from the Quebec boundary line at the request of the smuggling ring. Honest traders had asked for iiKreased police protection, but the King Government preferred to grant the request of those who were defrauding the public revenue. * 6 Guilty knowledge even in 1923 of the frauds that were being practised has been proven against the King Government beyond the shadow of a doubt. Time and again, in 1924 and 1925, the Commercial Protective Association â€" an organization of business men â€" placed before Mr. King irrefutable evidences of it, that they had succeeded in tracing down at their own expense. With his Government hopelessly entangled with Canada's criminal element, Mr. King did not â€" dared not â€" take any action to remedy the appalling conditions. 'T A total revenue loss estimated at $35,000,000 per year was the result of the smuggling thus condoned by the King Govern- ment. Q A $54,800 loss was sustained in one case alone when Mr. Cardin, Acting Minister of Customs and Excise, settled for $3,200 with a dishonest importer,' who, according to Mr. Cardin' s own officials, had cheated the Treasury out of duties amounting to $58,000. This deal was consummated just previous to the last election. Q Free liquoi, from Government warehouses in Montreal, was ^ supplied in generous quantities to finembers of the King Gov- ernment and to Government officials in Ottawa, in contra- vention both of the Federal Law and the Prohibition Law of Ontario. I £\ The habit-forming drug traCBc is one of the worst curses in * " the world today. Under the protection of the King Govern- ment, Montreal became one of the great dope- distributing centres of North America. 11 The peak of this corruption, and of this interference with the Customs collection and the administration of justice, is proven by the evidence to have been reached just prior to the general election of October, 1925, when, at the written request of Liberal candidates. Ministers of the Crown called of! the Royal Canadian Mounted Police'because they were enforcing the law, kept convicted crooks out of jail, and sanctioned Treasury frauds as a means of securing the return of the King Government to power. Despite the fact that with Mr. Kennedy supporting them, the Liberals had a majcrity on the Investigation Committee, that the Chairman Mr. Mercier was a Liberal, and that th-e Prosecuting Counsel Mr. Calder was a Liberal candidate in the last election, and despite the further fact tht~;t the committee sat almost daily for five months, thus affording Liberal members ample opportunity to uncover malfeasance on the part of previous ministries, not one v.'^ord of proof, not one brcstli o? suspicion, was brought against the administration of the Customs Department under the Lnurier, Bcrcen and Meighen Govern- ments, but only against its administration under Mr. William Lyon MacICcnzl^ King! Has anything more disgraceful ever besmirched the pag?5s of Canadian history ? Can a proud and honourable nation, whose people fear God and eschew evil, afford to condone such dishonesty, such corruption, on the part of its leaders and pubHc servants ? â-  :â- >'â-  VOTE for R. T. 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