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BaviDd skan & sons, LiMits6: Bc ctcrtatcuas Canadians have frequently hbeen told | during the last few months how well Great Britain has applied herself to ‘_fll things that make for the prosecuâ€" «4lon of the war. Naturally enough it 1# the British effort in this direction that is most talked of throughout the Rmpire. But in the midst of this great war work, there is a British etâ€" fort for the promotion of irade that is deserving of notice. On Monday next, 25th inst., there wil} be opened in London, in the stately building of the Victoria and Albert Musetm nd‘ the Imperial losiitute, a British Inâ€" dustries Fair that will attract much attention. The enterprise lhas an oinâ€" CI@4) character, coming under the diâ€" rection of the British Board of Trade A beginning was made last year wheni the fair had 600 exhibitors, notwith . @tanding the fact that, by request 0/ the Munitions Board, certain lines of manufactnring were excluded, in orde; that there might be no diminution of the supply of war material. This year the interest in the exhibition has in eFeased to such an extent that much additional space | is > required. . The trades which are taking: the _ most prbmlnenl part in the fair are, toys and games, earthenware and . china. glass, fancy goods, stationery _ and printing. At the same time there will be opened in Glasgow another fair, in which the specialties will be, textiles. ready made clothing, boots and shoes foodstuffs (prepared and preserved} and domestic chemicals. This alse will be under the direction .of the Board of Trade, which is taking much yéins to make the fairs known to the world and to invite the presence of Buyers from all countrics. Of the walue of the fairs to the business men there seems little doubt. Many of the manofacturers who participated in last yBar‘s fair have testified to the large fim of business which came to them as aâ€"resylt of the exhibition. One eÂ¥Xhibitor statef that he opehed 400 néew: accounts,. of which over 70 were with foreign buyers. & A@ an effort towards reâ€"organization and improvement, the present governâ€" mwent proposals are remarkably nnaneâ€" vessful. * * Agriculture ; Dr. Creelman. Principal f the O.A.C. at Guelph, will in his spare time act as Commissioner of Agriculture. An assistant will be apâ€" pointed for him and a gecond Deputy Minister will be added to the one alâ€" ready in the position, who has no technical or firstâ€"hand knowledge . of agriculture. For years the farniers of the provâ€"| ince have been dissatisfied with the; conduct of this branch of the admin istration but the government in its efforts to straighten things out is makâ€" ‘ing them worse than ever. Insiead of one outstanding man as Miniater of Agricuiture and another outstanding man like the late C. C. James, for exâ€"! ample, as Deputy Minister, they are' piling office upon office so that energy will be dissipated. One of the reasmn' why they are forced to create so many s offices is that the Minister of Agrin-u!-,! ture, at present the Prime Minister.} can only give a very small part of M»i time ro the work and the Commixâ€"] sioner of Agriculture, Dr. Creelman. van also give only a very small part of his time. They are forced, thereâ€"| fore, to appoint a second Deputy Min ister and atso an assisfint to the l’nm-! inissioner so that under the proposed | organization it would ran nmmwhimrl like this : the Prime Minister in his spare moments will act as Minister nr' These efforts to stimulate British trade have their counterpart in France where there is soon to be held at Lyons a great industrial exhibition. It is gratifying, an exchange says, to find thrt in the midst of the demands of th â€" war the Allies are thus able to give much attention to the arts of peace. It would not he correct to say that Great Britrin and France are doâ€" ing "business as usual." Nothing is "as nsus)" these days. But the two nations are courageously meeting the needs of the time for pesce as well as for war. Complications and convolutions mark the government‘s proposed reâ€" organization of the Department _ of Agriculture. If there is one depart ment which should be simple, straight forward and efficieni? untarnished by technicalities _ and _ complexities, . it should be the Department of Agriculâ€" ture. (Gentge Kook, suspected of being a German agemt, was arrested in an American mumition plant. & 4 " GREAT BRITAIN‘S INDUSTRY. ARE WORSE THAN EVER. t _ Nature has rightly equipned us all, lnld and young, io resist «. .seaseâ€"but {she â€"requires that we give her a chance. _‘ At the meeting of ~the Wateribs County Farmers‘ Club Wednesdsy night Btonehouse, of Weston, in which he ‘deciaréd that in~the democracy of proâ€" vinces as exemplified in Canada we have no use for The titled gentry. He sounded a warning that there are too wany Knuights and Baroti® being creâ€" ated in Canada. He pat the politicâ€" an address was delivered by E. H {armers are the back ‘and sinew this when they get to‘ParMHament. He concluded by declaring that it is up to the farmer to see th@t the farmers are more dirécily represented in Parâ€" Hament so that their Interests may be hetter protected. Mr. Bergey was in the chair and at the conclusion of the address of Mr. Stonehouse a musical programme was enjoyed. Yesterday afternoon at the Sam Bruâ€" bacher form a stock judging contest was heid for young men under 25 years of age. Five ribbons were offerâ€" ed as prizes. ‘The result of the conâ€" test will be announced toâ€"day at the final judging of heavy horses and sheep which takes place at the Brubacher Mrs. C. G. M. tname on request) of Strathroy, Ont., writes:â€" Just call on A. G. Haebnel, Wat F Druggist, and request _ free bookl?, "Why Man of Toslay Is Onlv 50 Per Cont. Efficient." Ԥhe most efficient de vice for Internal Bathing, The "J.B.L Cascade" will also be shown and ex plained to you if you so desire. 1f you prefer, write for Booklet to Dr. Chase. A. Tyrroll, 82 College street, Toronto STRIKE IN ESSEN â€" IS SPREADING; 40,000 MEN OUT "We must be able to carry the wart through to a victorious end, however long victory may+tarry, even though we fail to hunt the submarine out of the deep.. There is no sure founda tion for victory except thai..: want the House and the country to rewfize that weâ€"eannot build on anything else A great deal of our tonnage has been sunk, and T dare say that a‘good dea more will be sunk before wé succéeed in overcoming that menare."â€"Lloyd George. 6 BATHE INTERNALLY AND KEEP WELL , We give her no â€"cuance if we permit the Lower IntestTe to be more or. less clogged with rccumulated waste, Yet that is a universal condition toâ€"day, as ‘s proven by the number of laxative Irugs that are consumed. You can hbelp Nature in Nature‘s most effectus! way by Internal Bathâ€" ing, and in an easy, nonâ€"habitâ€"forming way keep the Intestine as sweet and clean as Nature demands it to be for perfect health and surer defence against contagion. | Over half a million keen, bright, healthy people testify to its result. f 1 am pleased to have this opportnnâ€" ity of testifying to the merits of | the; J. B. L. Caseade. 1 have been using it now for a year with satisfactory reâ€" sulis. ) am an old woman, but my health is so improved that 1 have a reneweil lease of life. You areatlib eriv in give my address to anvone privately who may desire to write to me regardinggâ€"the Cascade. Mastricht, Holland, Feb. 24â€" Th newspaper Les Nouve‘lés says that the cirike in the Krupp factories _ in Eszen is conctantly spreading and that 40,000 workers are now on strike and that disturbances have also oc curred at Aix La Chabpelle. . The British troops on the western front have started the "big push" with the result that the Gerr:zas are now shortening their lines. Tommy Atkins cannot be stopped. The Hamilton Herals tnd.) says: "In the Ontaric Legislature the leader of the Opposition proposes and tne Government disposes â€" of the propo® als by accepting them." Sir William Hearst, Provincial Min® ister of Agriculture, is calling uwpon all owners of gardens in Ontarie tc produce vegetables of some kind There should be a big desand for ueefi‘ catalogues, shovels, hocs. etc. | NOTES AND CoMMENTS. 4 -"-'m, fi':g m' -]I"I E J I ’m Garry 4 ut of %4 Héaks‘th i Stratford, Feb. 22.â€"EF. "R.â€" Blewet‘ counsel for George Deihl, proprietor c the Royal Hotel, has been motified tha the liquor license authoritiés in Toron to have recommended to the Lieuter antâ€"Governor in Council that executiv "lemency be extended and his $200 fin remitted. Defhl was a fewâ€"weeks ag rcquitted by Magistrate Makins of ; *HWirge of having and kéebing liquo ~ver strength in his hotel, when on« bottle of cherry whiszey, OUt of sever | aken by Inspector Elliott, was foun l‘)y the Provincial Analyst to be ove egal stremgth. An appeal was hear sefore County Judge Barron, who fir +d Deih! $200 without ‘costs, but recom | nended executive clemency, as defér | ‘ant was innocent of any intention‘ t weak the law, ‘having purchased th Iquor in good faith through an agenc: ‘The Provincial authorities, 4n. view °c We fact that &n appeal from or a mt ton to quash a County Judge‘s decis on is not allowable, take thi# metho: f giving redress to Mr. DeiRi, 3 Three ministers were 6 . _ Op position Leadér W. tfi ‘was beaten in St. John cwounty. " The pres ent Government now has 21 Â¥eats and the Opposition 28. " In the last Legislature the Liberale mad three members, and the Indepep EXECUTIVE _ > CLEMENCY To Paris, Feb. 22.â€"The night was caim wer the whole fornt says toâ€"day‘s of icial _ dnnouncement. Our artilier: caught by its fire and dispersed a Ger min detachment which was making : search nedr Bethencourt on the fef bank of the Meuse. * of 48 London, Feb. 22. â€"The British steam er Perseus has been sunk and four ¢ the crew are missing. 1/ wieks Paris, Feb. 22.â€"The Dutch steam ship Ambon, 3600 tons and a Britis! trawler were sunk yesterday. Th sinking of the Norwegian steamshir Alice, 700 tons, and the‘Russian steam ship Sigrid, 2200 tons, is also announc ed. A 6 WAR NEW3 IN BRIEF Do YOUR EARS RING? â€"HAVE YOU CATARRK® A buzzing riolsd in tnn«}ty the‘be rinning of chronic Catarth. If no hecked the result is deafnass: . A sir ‘s»e Fomedy that mlny-phu%zlsnn ad vise. is to sipwly mh.flge CATARRHC ZONE a few times a day.. The soott ing vepor of Catarrhozone cures . th Catarrhalâ€"conditions and ~hearing im ~roves at once. Head noises, buszin vars are curéd. For ,.Catarrhal dea ness, throat and nose and. lung Catarr there is probably no remedy. so .eMr jent; ,The large one dollar outft eor tains two months treatment and . i gudraniced to cure; smaller sizes 25 and i0c, sold everywhere. : London, Feb. 22.â€"The British stearm: er Corse, 3200 tong, has been sunk Gentiemen,â€"My | daughter, 13 yrs vld, was thrown from a sleigh an ‘nfured her elbow so badly it remain ed stif and very painful for thre vears. Four bottles of MINARD‘i LINIMENT completely cured her anâ€" she has not been troubled for tw« vears. Minard‘s Liniment Co., Limited FOUR BOATS REPORTED LOST. GERMANS WERE DISPERSED. "__J. B. LVESQUE St. Joseph, P.0., 18th Auf., 1900 Ottawa, Feb. 21.â€"Sir Robert Borden and party have arrived safely in England, a cablegram io the Government announiced toâ€"night. in the Premier‘s party were Hon. J. D. Hazen, Minister of Marine and Nava) Afairs; Hon. Robert Rogers, Minister of Public Works; 1.#%C. Christie, Confidential Secretary to the Pré mier, and Herbert Cole, Private Secretary to Sir Geotge Portey, Overseas Minister of. Militia. PREMIER BORDEN REACHES ENGLAND FOUR OF THE CREW LOSTâ€"* iwo, out of a total metmbershir STEAMER CORSE SUNK. Yours truly. Buccess of the Allies Depends Absolutely Upon the Abâ€" â€" . ility of the Mation to Restore Shortage of Tonnage Now Affecting Needs of Nation and Military Exiâ€" London,â€"Feb. 23. Lioyd George, in and producing &s mucis food ‘as posâ€" a epgech in the House of CBmmons sible at home.* > < leae 4 n iothit Pabands meon “'.;: FOOO sTock is Low. wmw.““mm“nzmmmlm the wore the shortage of tonnage which is 840tks of food in Great Britain are 1ow affecting‘ the ordinary © needs of OWE than ever beforé and it is essenâ€" ‘hÂ¥ nation and military mh (Iplbrlhe life of the nation thht every N# calléd for the gravest méagures; ‘DObsible effort be made to incrbase ‘"Thé Premiér said that tnere is as WWe production.‘~ As to meisures to ‘tike" Way‘ to victory ‘wlone, Runting '“'l“ this end the Premier stated SAXATION TN GERMMAY WILL ____ â€"\NCREASE 20 PEA EENT.; WARCAEONT wubimar trom the dé¢ep. Ehormous itfllm?b( ddctared; ‘dre neécessary rom the British"public. ‘He stated hat the Government proposed ° disâ€" sensing with all non eszentials to tonâ€" m uenc oo en e n coen‘t v4 Queenstown, Feb. 26.â€"The Cunard Steamer Laconia 18,000 tons, which sailed from New York Feb. 18th for Liverpool has been sunk. She had one hundred passenâ€" zers, ten or more Americans. Survivors are said to numâ€" Yer 270 passengers and cerew, JUNARD LINER LACONIA SUNK . . BY SUBMARINE:; SURNVIVORS OVER 270 _A depot is to be established in| The Youhg Liserals of St. Cathâ€" ivelph for the grading and pfepar']aflm's formed _ themselves . into _ a ng for market of the wool grown hy | branch of the Federation of Lipetal the sheep breeders of Ontario. \ Cluns. . _ There® was a crowded house to lis on to the _ Premi¢r‘s _ statement, méng the crowd ‘in the" dipfomatic alleries were Sir Robert Borden i&had 1any dthier representatives > of ~the ‘Méd hations and Dominions. Beforg‘the" war, Lioyd George said, Ke British tonnage had just . been déquate and since that time there &s béen ‘enormous increases in the emahd f6r tonnage. _ More thar 1, 00,000 tons of British shipping has een alloted yo France, the Premier ‘ointed out, and a contiderab‘le cam unt hid/been set, aside for _ Russia hnd ‘Italy, and a considerable amount ad bédarsunk. For sime time, he ~irther explained, there has been‘"‘‘a hortage of tonnage for general needs nd ‘evien a ¢light shortage for miliâ€" iry purposes. The Premiet detlared ‘rat the nation should realize absoluâ€" »ly what the conditions are. RASTIC MEASUREs NECESssARY. cen Dimon mark®. _ / . & * The war expendituré o# the world, the Finance Minister® said, éxceeded Wree hundred billion marks and not more than one hundred billion . was ‘ermany‘s share. . The cost in the next few months would not relax and Nerefore he asked a war credit of fiftcen billion marks. . Next month Gerâ€" rany must issue another war foan an\! this budget picture was certainly crious, but Germany‘s economic lirs "gave ho reason to look to the future ‘ss confidently than hitherto. "Agaihst the demands of our énemies for sparation we shall be able to put the word indemnity." R No Gagm oo B LA n tC A 5+ 1 » a London, Feb. 24.â€"2A Reater despzich from Amsterdam eays;â€"Taxation )1 Germany has been increased twenty per cent. in the budget presented esterday by the Finance Minister, who announced a new war credit Of fifâ€" een biltion marks. _ / / & & uitc in on 1e mehace, then disaster is before! The~wages of agricultural laborers 32 hee* aet ‘ 'ure‘fll‘ed' at 25 shillings weekly, an in "The Gévernment is ‘hopeful of fihd-'icrouc of 50 to 80 per céent, over * the ig mean# for dealing With the subâ€"tnormal. 4 warines, but we should be guilty "of! to CE ImMPOSED iMMEDIATELY. olly if ‘We rested tranquilly upon‘ ",'"; . ‘The Premier said that the restric '!peethm‘of the fi&’l&atiou “ *P4titions named above would be imposed ope. We. have to / deal ‘tuthle8ly |immediately. Steps fre to be taken to 1d promptly with the tonnage 9"""preve'ht speculative "Iusiness‘and i ‘m by measures which will impos® ‘necessary a food controller will takc reat hardshins on the country. control of commnodities. ‘The Préthie» \"There f&re three measures," “"‘!d‘cclure‘d that he has not the slightest nued Lioyd George. doubt that if the whote programm« "First, By the navy plin as Ge=iwero carried out and if all those whc cribed by Sir Edward Carson; Secâ€"|could help in productions would help: ad, ~by the building of merchant|"I can honestly sdy We face a worke hips; Third, by dispensing with â€" alt{efémy than this and that is what we ‘hnecessary commodities from abrodd‘ought to be prepared to do." _ . "If we take. drastic measures," the remier continued, "we can cope with e subnarine mendce, but if the naâ€" ‘on is wét prepared to accéept ‘drastic easures for dealing with the submirâ€" 16 mehdce, then disaster is before &6 OF 15 BILLION MARKS CALLED F08 f + i a 5 f ; te 1 y * + ‘ L wh hxR s 4 \ 54 & 27 & ay% «&sW P x ts 3 wit . dan. .4 nfi w l4 3 C s CRIFIGES WILL AF FROM BRITISH PUBLIG hombe production." As to meisures to ; 16rward this en the Premier stated that the Government would ‘guarantee the farmers a minimum price of 38 | skiilling, six pence per quarter for oats this year and _ 32 shillings, | sit| pence for the _ following yd‘r| dnd 24‘ #hillings for the subsequent ; three years. Sithilar minimum m,{ He stated, would be fixed for whebat at | 60 shillings, 55 and 45 shifings ‘reâ€"| Apectively and potatoes this year at Only 120 shillings a ton, Would be ‘cut | down to 10,000,000 barrels annually and stmilar reductions would be Mi in spirits which would effect an llll-l tal saving of 600,000 tons of food stuffs. IMPORTATION OF FOOD PROHIBIT ‘ ' ED. â€" ' C _ The importation of table and canned apples, tomatoes, and all fruits ercep bankna@" and oranges is prohibited Oranges, bananas and nuts are to h« reduced 25 per cent. ~ All foreign fancy teas, coffees and cocoa are prohibited and the amount of Inflia reas is to be reduced. IMPORTATION OF PAPER CURâ€" TaAILED. The importation of mpér is to be curtailed by a further 640,000 tons. The saving of shipping tonnage by the re duction in ithported foodstuffs alome is expected to reach $00,000 tons annual WAGES OF LABORERS FIXED. ‘Phe Flavor Lasts After Every Meal { A very ‘successful Older Girls‘ Conâ€" ference, with more than 500 in atâ€" tenatance, was hol4 over the _ weekâ€" eod at Brantford. should be taken promptly for hard coughs, \myieldln‘ colds, E or when strength is lowered from any cause. Its hifi nutritive value creates resistive force to ward off sick ; ness, The rich cod liver oil improves the quality 4 of the blood to rclieve the cold and the glycerine is _ . soothing and healing to the lung MS§UEDA 00. . 0 Refusc Alcobolic Substitutes Which Exclude:the Cod Liver OL & OVGM, lacl( O‘ fl'e’h &if, imental ‘strain or any S i5 , disturbs their functions Stubborn coughs tear and weéar the sensitive lung tissues. o OUR LUNGS anrse DELICATE CREWS OF S1Xâ€"SMIPS SUNK BYâ€" > GERMAN SUBS ARRIVE TN LONDON: Zaandijk, ‘Dutch, 4200 tors; Noorderdyjk, Dutch, 7200 tons; Eeme Dutch, 3800 tons; Jacatra, Duich, 5400 tons; Menado, Dutch, 5900 tons; !doen.. Dutch, 5800 tons Steamship Gaasterland, _ 4 | It is believed that all of these vessels were saved. Four of these steamers were homeward bound with fuil cargoes. The attack took in the western approathes to the English Channe!. No instructions routés were cither asked or given by the Dritish Aamiralty, Alt as merits Wwere in the hande of the Outch authorities. Hok *L KUT EL AMARA CAPTURED FAOM |~ . THE TURKS BY BAITISH TROOPS; _ ENEMY 15 IN FULL RETREAT ~* London, Féb. 24. â€"The crews of the follow‘ng steamers were landed yes terday, their vessels having been torpedoed on Thursday:â€" London, Feb. 24.â€"More than 200 men of various nationaliti¢s; .. memâ€" bers of the crews of seven steamships, sunk by Serman submarines, arrived in London toâ€"day. The men wore only various old pieges of tiothing which lthey were able to gather up hastily before leaving their ships " 67 ~which were provided to them subsequently. ‘ They were taken‘" to ‘ the " Saitors. Home, where they were supplied with tw equipment. â€" They will be cared AEAMCAEBEEIE . OMef e NE q e LE 0 Oe d sPe C PCPE Ne i P e t n m on on Ne o e d e onl The Turks on:the FTigris River gre ‘in full. retrdft.10 ward Baghalia, 24 miles to the west of Kut, says theof. ficial statemehtâ€"issued toâ€"day by. the War Office,,.;}_ 5 for until they find new berths. ~~ Loudon, Fob. 26.â€"â€"Kut El Amara has been ; ranture from the 'f‘u,r]m by the British forces, "acdcording? ‘to statement made in the Commons toâ€"day ‘l}'h'fifi’ Bonar Law, member of the British War Council. . _ The fleeing Turks are being engaged . by Briti‘s‘hl qlv,‘l‘l!'y-’ iAAirD : 2 i+ g RA } a e h4 WILL BE CARED FOR AT SAILOR‘S HOME SAVINGS BANK DEPARTNHERT Interest Allowed at Highest Current Rate. Waterie6 Branch, Jacob Hespeler, Mgr. , W. 8. Naylor, Asst. Mgr. « : Kitchener Branch, J. R. Kirkpatrick, Mg#. °_‘ 96 Branches in Canada. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTEC ' Circulat ‘Letters of Credit® _ . _ CAPITAL and RESERVE $8,800,000 CREWS ARRIVE IN LONDON. incinooinan nnnnnnien wÂ¥ â€"-‘Tâ€"‘Vi’*‘I&.‘." 1"‘ A Tevton merchant â€"raider. was 16â€" â€" ported busy in the lodian Oceani~< > * . of farmetrs "§ and Irorsemea have b“v'e‘ money by using . Kendill'z SJ yesd Â¥in Cure for Spavins, Curb,Ring Splint, Hony r;rowllu and Lameni from uiauy ether causes;: it ke6f horses working.. A $1.bottle: mm savé a horse for you. Get a bottle th pext time you are in town. Sold‘b drugeists everywhere, $1â€"4@ bottle, for §5, also ask for & wp’of our boo "A Treatise omthe Horse‘‘â€"Orwrites . oi aa mal Pepiad + . Tflgfm vamemver