L.I.V ������>���������'<: 1 . If V ' ' .������������������-.', ���������il ' - ' ,' ��������� * .-i ���������{���������"'':Ci . ^ ��������� rA W..V / OK. Mi ���������:;-' roTlnclal Library With which is incorporated "The Huntingdon Star" P. '^."31 ' ,:>.ijjim;������fnw_,.iaw.,.ji ^ ; ���������.'.jj'.Ti-1-Ui'-'.-.' miaa.1; a7������" L.:.i, U. Vol. XVIII., No. 4, ABBOTSFORD, B, C. FlUDAY, JUNE. 6, 1919 , ������������������Sgjfo>8 $1.00 per"Tear WE HAVE A PERSONALS x and FENDER WORK OXY AOiyiYLElNE WELBLVG, BATTERY- CHARGING FRKE AIR, GASOLINE, TIRES, OILS, aud Experienced Workmanship CARS FOR HIRE Farmers' l'lion���������������One short, one long, one short DisfcaEce���������36. j<> M-���������Residence Phone GOVERNMENT HAS A RAID J0J&&R wv- Much business was transacted by the Matsqui municipal'cou-iry cil at the regular monthly-meeM ing of that body held on Moir-V clay last. '' ��������� v;'* ' Mrs. Kougen of Matsqui village waited on the council to enquire if it was nceessary to employ a surveyor in reference to location of a buildkig in that town, which she had recently purchased from the council, The lady was informed that it was not necessary. Roy Crist of the same town asked the council to have certain improvements made to roads. A delegation of the coun cil will meet Mr. Crist and inspect the roads spoken of on Thursday. P. Conroy headed a deputation which asked for a raise of pay for the men employed ot. the municipal roads. The raise was granted, effective on. Jane 3rd. The new rate is labor 40 cents an hour; man and team 80 cents an hour; man an single horse G5 cents an hour. Malcolm Morrison waited on the council and complained of t he condition of the Township Line road near Jackman station. Councillor Keay will investigate the complaint. A. H. Westcott waited on the council and asked to have repairs made on the Haverman road near Dennison. This was left with Councillor Kaey, Sullivan Brothers, of Glen Valley attended the meeting.to ask if it was the intention of the council to pay for a strip of their property it is proposed to use in a road to be opened adjoining their property. They were assured that any ground the council used would be paid for. Tenders as follows were opened, for work on the hill on Larmon road: M. McLean $960 and Wm. Bates $825. The con- t ract-was awarded to Mr. Bates Jos. Lehman waited on the council and complained that the Bradner Mill Company were blocking the road at a point near the Aberdeen road at Bradner. Councillor Keay will visit the place and have the obstruction removed. On behalf of the Farmers' In stitute, Phillip Jackman wrote asking the council for the use of t he municipal hall and grounds on July 1st, for the annual picnic of that insitution; also for permission-tb^-eH *ce cream and ;eandie,s in a?^������|ii and for the '..usual 'munici^^y grant to the picnic.*- All thrie requests were granted amount of appropriation being the same as in former years $15. The Provincial government appears to employ a humorist on their staff whose duty it is to address mirth-provoking leters lo municipal councils, the latest joke being to ask these bodies what they think of a proposition to pay 50 per cent of the cost of maintaining trunk roads said fifty per cent to be spent under government supervision and requesting the council to give this their earnest consideration. As the governnienc has always paid one hundred per cent of the cost of maitraining these roads, the council did not think much of the proposal ami they thought still less of the suggestion that their money be spent by the government. Also the proposition was so one-sided it did not need or receive very much consideration, but the council admit they have some one to thank for a good laugh, which everyone was able to enjoy. LOOKS BAR FOR GROWERS Victoria, June 3.���������The strawberry and tomato crop of southern Vancouver Island are threat ���������ened- with disaster if the big strike materializes and las is longer than a week. Reports from, Gordon Head district are to the effect that the strawberries will be moving in large quantities by June 12, and if there is a paralysis of the transportation facilities it will mean that shipments to the jam factories in the east will be impossible. So long as it is possible to get the berries as far as Vancouver, all will be well, for there are plenty of storage facilities there to take care of shipments until the strike is over. In Victoria, however, there are facilities for freezing only about forty tons. The water is considerably low er than it was this time last year. Mr. Wellington . Bukcr lias liis mother and his bod, Frank home for a i'ew clays. They arc both from Vancouver, Washington Mrs. Ware wttS a visitor to Vancou- ���������vcr last week'. '���������r:- Miss Gallagher from Seattle, former ly of Huntingdon., spent, last week end ���������with the Hart family. .Mr. George Hart, who stays at Sponees Bridge.;' spent the weekend at home in Huntingdon. Mr. J. J. McPhee has been' confined to hos Id eel for sometime with sciatica.- ' Mrs. Knox left on Monday for Kenora where her husband has a lucrative position. . . Mr. and Mrs. McGowan, M.r.s. Knox 'Mr. and Mrs. Barrett motored' to Belliugham last- Wednesday.,'. Mr. and Mrs.. Geo. Kerr are rejoicing over the arrival of a young son; The new agent", Mr. Bennett of the B. C. E. R. has moved to Abbotsford with his family-. ��������� The Ladies Aid society held their ���������meetng at the home of Mrs. Walters on Wednesday afternoon. There was a good attendance. A sfrawber- rysocial was discussed St. Nicholas new cemetery has recently had a great dead of work done in the way'iof clearing it up. Mrs. B. Hill and children visited in Vancouver lsst week. Mr. Colin Fraser motored to Vancouver last Saturday. Mr. Joe Sanderson visited Abbots- -font-last SundajV ������������������ Miss Dennison motored from Vancouver on Tuesday, the holiday,-with Capt. and Mrs. Hornby. Mrs. King and Irvine were in Vancouver on' Sunday returning on Monday. l .; ��������� - ' The fancywork club met at Mrs. M.c Masters' home on Tuesday. Mr. Eby was a visitor to Vancou- | ver on Monday. j The Misses Steede spent a day in I Mission City'with the Alanson's. t The Longfellow family and Isabel- ! la McPhee took in the circus in Bell- j Ingham tins week. ! Mr. Ralph Gilmore took -a trip to ! Vancouver on Tuesday. j Mrs. Starr and Mrs. York were the ; guests of Mrs. Thomas on Thursday. .The Clayburn Sunday School held their annual picnic at Mt. Lehman on Tuesday. They went by the B. C. E. R. and stayed all the glorious day The May Day committee of Abbotsford wish to thank all those who so generally helped to make 'the day a success also for all contributions received. The total amount of cash 'received was $3G2.00, the expenditures were 212.00 leaving a net gam of $150.00 which has been forwarded to the True Blue'Orphanage at 'New Westminster. The True Blue lodge ment on Monday evening and delegates were appointed to the Grand Lodge in New Westminster at the end of June. ��������� Those appointed are Mrs. J. J. McPhee, Mrs. Willia mRoberts, Mrs. Dan Smith, J. S. Bates, Mrs. Waiters, M. M.; Mrs. J. Vanetta, R. S., and Mrs. M. McGillivray, the three latter attending by right of ollice. The Woman's Auxiliary whist drive held last Friday evenng was a success. 15 tables of whst were played. It was supposed to be the last one of the season, but still another is anticipated. Miss Gloert, frencl of Miss Annie Trethewey, received the Ladies 1st prize, Mr. Ralph Gilmore won the gentleman's 1st which was a paring knife with a note attachpcl "for the man who helps his wife", no wit is up to Ralph. Mus McGil-, livray received the consolation prize APPROPRIATIONS FOR MATSQUI ROADS The following are the appropriations for the Matsqui.roads "as" passed", at the last council meeting: v Couu. Phinney's ward���������$100 for Wright Road; $100 for the Clayburn-Straiton road; $100 for Clayburn road; $100 for the Marshall road and $50 for the King road. Coun. Keay's ward���������$50 for the "White hill; $100 for the Bradner road; $300 for gravell ing the Dennison marsh and the Lehman roads. . Coun. Melander's ward���������Barter road, $25; Sinclair , road. $30;' Mt. Lehman road, $75; aud t he Huntingdon road $75. Coun. Aish's ward���������Glenmore road, $100; Hallert road $150; Harris road $400; Page ��������� road, $500; Bell road, $500; Fore rd. $500; and the Rutluff road $500. Coun. Phinney was given permission to call for tenders for grading a portion of the Clear- brook road south'. but it was a sole anyone. poor sour thiug to con- Huntingdon Mr. John Rhodes has lost no time since his return from overseas to reorganize the Huntingdon Boy's. Club on the lines of t he brigades and Boy Scouts. Bikes, Camps and fishing trips are bright spots on the program A. Croke, a prisoner of war in Germany since early in the war, returned home this week. This is the Biggest . ������������������...-s4. ��������� have had so far Remember the prices of most everything- is going up, especially shoe leather Sale c!osesTlsiirsday9 June 12 Special reduction m Men's and Boys, Hats Grey and Flannelette Blankets for $3-95 Prints, Light and Dark Patterns, Regular 40$ a yard For 22^and 30 Baby's Bonnets for. $1.1.5 Envelope Chemise at $1.45 made with Belt Loops, strong and serviceable for $2.75 Cotton Sox,a pair at 25^ Boys'Suits at 10 per cent reduction. Crockery and: Alumniumware at BIG REDCTIONS. Special Fancy Cups and Saucers at .... ... .$1.50 f������r G Saanich Clams 1's, 2 for .;. .. . ........ 35fV Clark's Boiled. Beef, 2 for .... . . ................. 55d Old Dutch Cleanser, 2 for . . ........ .:... . -25^ .Dust Bane, Reg. 40? a can for .. .. .. . ..-.. 15*? .Castile Toilet Soap, 7 for 25# Canada Food Board Licence No. 8-19707 B. O. Phone, 4 Faraaers' Phone 1007 Butterick Patterns for June \ PAGE TWO THE ABBOTSFORD POST TEE -ABBOTSFORD 'POST Published,Every Friday J. A. BATES, Editor and Eroprietor. FR1DAV, JUNE 6, 1919 The country is in the throes of what, is termed a sympathetic strike which has spread from the, great prairie city to,Toronto ami from Winnipeg to the Coast, and the end does not appear yet. Where it will end no one knows, but it is a matter which concerns most of ua���������if not now it may later snouid the slriKe continue to spread from the large centres to include all unions, it will tie up the country at a time when it is u.' such vabt importance that the business ox tne country should be running along as smoothly as'.a ' we'll balanced piece of machinery���������that is if Canada is to prosper, and make the progress that we all wish. The' question has been often asked as to what "collective bargaining"' really meuas. .It is rather a difficult matter to decide just what it realy means in this case at Winnipeg. But the primary object of all unions to strengthen the economc position of their members. .The dominant motive of organization is the theory that "the individual'laborer when bargaining with the employer1 suffers a strategic disadvantage, owing to the lack of a' n.ierve fund by the aid of which he cahjioid cut as other sellers do for their price. The stock-in-trade of the laborer will novkeep". He mu:;l sell it to day or sillier ihe ioss d'i today's pw.iOii. 'To tne employer it is a.^uestion or px-oiiis, to the. laborer it js a question of life.' To offset this disability on tne part of the wage-earner, the , unions endeavor .(1) to restrict the number of competitors in the craft and (2) to control a- icneresis of the workers so that ho whole a- mount of labor force available in tne trade . may be handled as a unit. The latter device is usually denned as "collective baiagaining", and is considered by authorities oh the matter as the primary function of trade unionism. The restriction of the number of competitors in the trade involves the important questions of apprenticeship an dthe regulation' of the conditions of entrance to the trade. Where machinery takes the place of working men it considered in the interests of the laborer that the operators of .these machines come under ihe jurisdiction of the unions. We haw an example cf this in the typographical imicm, where the operators of imciypes-aiu pail :nore and work snorter hours than'ihe hand-corn positors. Other trades have a similar rule for * the guidance of its union members. It is forbidden that a journeyman's fools be handled by other than members of tho union. Rules and regulations to this effect serve to hinder the 'illegitimate man' who fails to comply with the apprenticeship requirements from surreptitious,entering that craft. Building trades plumbers, metal workers, etc., Laze rules pe culiar to their craft. The chief reliance of the unions for making these rules effective is unity of action through collective bargaining. lif the effective supply, of workers of a given kind combine for the .purpose of treating with employers collectively,, individual 'underbidding* for employment is obviated. Moreover, the disadvantage of the wage-ea'rn'er arising from the absolute necessity of selling his labor ,today under penalty of the total ioss of today's "portion is partially if not completely oifset by the support he receives from his fellow members and the union funds. Unified action through collective bargaining involves definite rules as to wages, :iours and other conditions of employment. These are embodied in the labor contract or trade agreement' either written or impr.od, existing between the union on the one hand ami employers on the other. Strict adherence thereto is demanded of both parties. Systems of collective bargaining iu Ore it Britain have been adopted which are either national in their scope or cover ���������������������������. very considerable portion of the trade. Tne Iron Moulders' Union, for example, hy means of occasional conferences with representatives of employers' associations, negotiates two general agreements; one with the Stove Kounders' Defence Association, <:, iveniig the stove-moulding branch of the in. I ', the oil j or with theNational Founder*' AssuL'.aj.iou, covering the general foundry and jobbing branch. Other similar agreements exist. Collective bargaining frequently implies the principle of the 'closed' or 'union shop'. A A trade union can exercise 'little influence over the conditions of labor if there is in the craft, working side by side v/.i-.V its' own members, a largs body of unor,y ai/.ed msn, who do not join in collective ba^aining. Collective bargaining would prooably mean almost anything that would tend to advance the interests of the union. In the present case in Winnipeg the Metal Trades unions demand recognition of the council of the:r unions, the Metal Trade Council, which is composed, of the different crafts, engaged, in the metal' trade. Each craft is already recognized by the employers, but not, the council, representative of those crafts. II OWE-WAS A SMOOTH .POLITICIAN ��������� ��������� By request we have been, asked to,publish the following, spcoch of the Hon. Joseph Howe, of Nova Scotia, newspaper man, M..P. ���������" and premier of that'province in 1863. He said: After much reflection upon the subject, I ��������� have not been able to bring my mind to as- ' sume the responsibility of voting for this bill. I'would .gladly have.done so, because a very large and kindly respectable body of my constituents were in favour of it. I had not expressed my sentiments last, winter, because, during last session, I had occupied much time with other t opics, and because this had been debated at great length and with marked-abil- ��������� ity by gentlemen on both sides. I would glad-, ly now refrain, but during the eighteen years 1 have sat in this assembly I have never shrunk from an expression of my opinions upon any public question. It is due to the country at large, to. my constituents, to the men who sit around me, that- 1 should, even at the risk of offending those whom .1 respect give-my reasons with my vofe. ��������� I fully admit 'the truthfulness of the. harrowing pictures of .physical suffering and moral degradation drawn by the learned ancl honourable member for Annapolis. T ndmit in all their extent the evils.of intemperance. 1 .admire ��������� !io self devotion and earnestness with which largo bodies of men. have endeavered to eradicate those evils, I approve of the efforts made by the temperance societies aud ..wish them success, so'long as thay seek to'reform by persuasion, by argument and by example. When they attempt'.impossibilities, when (hey sei: to. coerce the. people into temperance, I conscientiously believe- that they will fail; I bo- .lieve that all the good they have done will be perilled by a resort to harshness and "oercion. The evils flowing from the excessive use of' wine I greatly' deplore, as I do. the evils from over-indulgence of any other passion or propensity. But who can argue from excess of any kind that the rational enjoyment of God's gifts is therefore sinful? Who will venture t o argue that 'because mischief is done by many of God'.s gifts, they should on that account, be circumscribed or prohibited by hu- . man laws?. The atmosphere that fans the cheek of beauty, that invigorates the frame, that flutters the leaf upon the tree, that dimples the surface, of the lake, that' gives var- iey and majesty to the ocean, when accumulated in masses lay lies itself into the tempest ancl strews the shore with wrecks of human life and property. The learned member standing amidst the wrecks of nayies and the whitening bones of human victims might elo- 'quentiy describe the scene; but would he, if he could, attempt to restrain the eccentricities of nature, or to forbid to man, by human laws, the benefit s of navigation? How beautiful is water! (The temperance man's own element) Yet how dangerous. The rain which .fertilizes the fields, sweeps away with its excess, bridges, mills and human habitations. If not drained orf, it sours the land and breeds . pestilence in cities. The fire that warms our hearts, that clears our-woodlands, that smelts our metals, that drives our steamers and locomotives, is not less dangerous. Would he deny to ��������� man the use of these elements because the casualties by fire and flood are most disastrous? Would he forbid their use, because people are burned in cities, drowned in the rivers, because a boiler bursts at sea, or1 ai? engine sometimes runs off the track, or kills-hundreds by the violence of a collision? Woman is God's best gift to man. The fascination which she spreads around hei---how difficult to resist; the passions she inspires��������� how intimately interwoven with all that a- rouses to exertion and rewaras us. lor our toils! Yet, when even love is indulged in to excess, when reason is overpowered, when passion hurries on to folly���������how numerous the victims, how blasting the effects! Yet who would, reasoning from the perils of indulgence and the dangers of society, deny to man (he companionship which alone makes existence to'erabi' ? The learned member for Annapolis mighi '-raw from the sinks of vice or even from the agony of a single victim, some harrowing' pictures; but would he, on that account, imitate the Turks and lock up all the women? The victims of indulgence in opium I have never seen, but even spiritous liquors do not produce the extent of physical suffering and moral dislocation that result from the abuse -< this drug. But would the learned membe: neiiy to society the use of that which allays the delirium of fever���������-which soothes the infant upon the mother's bosom ancl saves more lives than it ever destroys? ( Continued on Page Throe) There's an obligation that goes with, party-line telephone service ran obligation shared by all persons on the line, an obligation which each owes to the others. Inordinarily long conversations frequently cause annoyance and even grave^distress. , Some other person on the line may be trying to call a doctor or make some similarly urgent call. Perhaps, too, there's a most important message, incoming, i'or someone on the line perhaps even for the person who is "holding things up." Think it over! The obligation is one that will appeal to, all who give consideration to it. . ��������� BRITISH'COLUMBIA TELEPHONE Co. Limited Bur rough's Adding .aenmes -102 render Street VANCOUVER, - 12 ���������<-'��������� Easy Terms Free Trials The Maple Ridge high school boys scored a decided victory over the Mission City high school beys at the public school grounds Hammond on Saturday GIVE "S7RUP OF FIGS" TO CGI73TIPAT3D CHILD 3s!Icious "Fruit Laxative" can't harm tender little Stomach, Liver; ami Bowels. LDASHWOOD-JONES BARRISTER, and SOLICITOR ili)9 Rogers IJidjf. Vancouver Counsel, J. Milton Price. Funeral Director AGENT FOR HEADSTONES Phone Connection. Mission City Look at tne tongue, mother! Ii coated, .your little one's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing at once. When peevish, cross,' listless, doesn't sleep/ eat or act naturally, or is feverish, stomach sour, breath bad; has soro throat, diarrhoea, full of ooli, give a tcfv;poonful 'of "California. Syrup of F%V and in a few hours all the fcui, m ;.:uiy;a.i.ed wast*, undigested food and '.-{. ir bilo gently moves out of its little bt/.rels without griping, and you have a \v.:ll, playful child again. Ask your (ijuggisfc for a bottle of "California. Syrup of Figs," which contains full gfreotions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-irps. Dr.G.A.PoIlard Dentist 43(J HASTINGS Street, W. (Over C.P.ft. Tick. & Tel. OHIcch) VANCOUVER '--' - 15.0. It is always well to write or phone for uppoiiitmcnta aBgeaaama The schools had a holiday on Tuesday in honor of the King's birthday. rajpjjs m vt Wi THE ABBOTSFORD POST PAGE THHEE ' HUSSION CITY, B.C. Famous Victoria Phoenix ~ Beer on Ice The beer that made Milwaukee jealous Full line of soft drinks, cigarettes, etc. J whose eommon beverage was wine.' Let his eye range through the noble gallaries where the IIOWU U'AS'A SMOOTH I'OLmOIAX (Continued from Page Two) Take gunpowder, which blasts our rocks, loosens our plaster, defends our country, kills our game. ��������� Mark the mischiefs and miseries it produces when its mysterious power is a- bused. But who would argue that, because boys blow themselves up and tryrants use gunpowder for unworthy purposes, its use should be forbidden? Would the learned, gentlemen even with the battlefields of Balaclava or In- kerman before him, attempt to restrain by human laws, the manufacture and sale of gunpowder? Who denies that law is the safeguard of our lives and property; that courts are indispensable institutions; that lawyers are the fearless advocates, of the innocent and ��������� oppressed? But has not even law been abused? How many pettifoggers defile.the courts ensnare the ignorant, waste men's estates and embitter their lives? Walter Scott's Peebles and Planestanes, and Dickens' pictures of the Court of Chancery are familiar to- us ��������� all. These are but sketches illustrative, of the evils inseparable from the' dispensation of equity and law by the most perfect tribunals of civilized countries. How are these evils to be mitigated or removed? I would say by- discussion, by exposure, by example, by hon?st and successful attempts to separate the securities and legitimate practice of law from, its abuse. The learned advocate of. this bill, to ; be consistent, should close the''courts," imprison the lawyers, ancl forbid the manufacture of law or its importation from, foreign countries. Women,.from her first appearance- on, the scene of life, has brought sorrow and suffering with her. In her train came rivalries and jealousies, and war and strife. Let the learn-, ed member go into his own countrysw'here the pretty faces peeping through the appleblos- soms are lovely to behold. Even there, are there no broken hearts, no pale faces, no blighted lives, no dangerous reputations? No girls with Burns' pretty excuse upon their lips: . "A dear-loved lad, convenience snug; A treacherous inclination?" No youths pleading, in the intonation of passionate repentance, that even��������� "The light that led astray Was light from' Heaven?" Yet would the learned gentleman, in view of all these evils, point to the pretty girls ami say. "Touch not, taste not, handle not?" Would he, for fear of mischief, coop them up like cows in a Belgian barn? The world has come down to the present period from the most remote antiquity with the wine-cup in its hand. David, the man after God's own heart, drank wine. Solomon, the wisest of monarchs and of human beings, drank wine. Our Saviour not only drank it but commanded Christians to drink it "in remembrance of Him". In strong contrast with our Divine Redeemer's life and practice, we hear of the Scribes and Pharisees who drank it not���������who reviled our Saviour as a wine- bibber, and the companion of publicans and sinners, who would have voted for the Maine Liquor Law as unanimously as they cried "Crucify Him!" Such people have lived in all ages of the world. The desire of human beings to dictate to each other what they should eat and drink and wear has been evinced in different countries at different periods. The zealots in the State of Maine are mere plagarists after ,all. Sumptuary laws, tried in many countries and at different periods of the world's history, are now universally condemned by the good sense of mankind. Laws restraining drunkenness in the clergy: and Constantine, King of Scotland (who was a sort of Neal Dow in his day) punished it with death, "His laws passed a-, way as this law will pass, and a good deal of whiskey has been drunk in Scotland ince. In England, in 995, an- effort was made lo restrain drinking by .law, but it failed. Taverns were only introduced in the thirteenth .century. In the reign of Edward III. there were only three allowed.in all London;, now there are thousands. Edward IV. tried to restrain them; forty wrere then allowed in London. e ight in York,, and but four in Oxford. They were not licensed till 1752. The history of wine is curious; its invention is attrUnited to Noah, who ertainly had seen enough of the evils of water. The Chinese made wine from rice 2,000 years before the birth of Christ: and although it must be allowed that they have tea enough, they make and drink, it yet. Wine was little known in England till the Roman conquest. We are * told., that it impairs our strength; yet the people who drank it conquered' those who did not. It was only sold by the apothecaries' (as is now proposed a- gain) in the thirteenth century. In 1427, Henry VI., a sensible king, tried to restrain its adulteration, and we. read "that 150 butts 1 and pipes were condemned and emptied into ��������� the gutters of London, for being adulterated." The Stoics denied themselves the use of wine, but their sect soondied out. The puritans tried the experiment of coercing the people into temperance and virtue, but they sig- ganlly failed.- I invite the honorable and learned member from Annapolis tp review this period of English history. I refer to the time his followers dispersed; when Cromwell reigned at Whitehall; when his major-generals held military command of all the countries 'when the maypoles were struck down, the theatres closed, the taverns shut up; when mirth was restrained, and temperance enforc- . ed by the sword. Now what was the effect of all this? No sooner wras the Protector in his coffin than the people of England, by a com-, mon impulse had these restraints3456 now of mon impulse, threw off a system which they regarded .as oppressive. So distasteful had these restraintts become that the people re ��������� stored, the Stuarts, forgot their civil wars aud sacrifices, and re-opene dheir theatres and taverns; and so disgusted were they with Puritan domination that liberty was forgotten in the general joy which the restoration of personal freedom occasioned. The wine-cup went round, and fro mthat day to this no attempt has been made to re-establish Cromwell's system. Now, I fear that the friends of temperance are about to sacrifice all tho good they have done, as the Puritans sacrificed all the reforms that they had established by carrying restraints too far. This law may be partially enforced for two or three years', but it will coerce people into resistance and occasion a revulsion of feeling to be follower/ by universal license. _J So far as my reading extends, I may assert that every king, every statesman, every writer, every warrior who has illustrated the page of history, drank wine. The apostles whoae flights of inspiration still astonish us, we have every reason to believe drank it. Cicero and Demostenes and all the orators of antiquity ancl of modern times, Indulged in the juice of the grape. Who can say how much of the energy which gave them such power of language was drawn from its inspiration?' Have these men been eclipsed by the Dows and the Kellogs of the platform? What orators has the State of Maine sent forth comparable with, the Pitts, Burkes, Grattans, Foxes ancl Sherid- ans of the British Islands,-every one of whom drank wine? Let the learned gentleman glance at the noble structures���������the architectural wonders that embellish Europe. Who reared them? Men of gigantic intellects sculptors .have left their statutes, where Ihe painters have hung in ri.-h profusion the noblest works ot ai t. Wine, we are told, clouds the faculties and deadens Ihe- imagination. Yet it was drunk by thb:vo .bene factors of liieir race; and wc cannot, with their masterpieces before us. believe the assertion till their works have been eclipsed by artist trained up under this rigorous,legislation. Has Maine turned out yet a statue t hat anybody would' look at. a picture that anybody would buy? Look at the deliverers of mankind, the heroic defenders of nations. Was, Washington a member of the temperance society? Did' not Wallace drink the red wine through the helmet barred? Who will'undertake to say that Bruce, on the morning on which he won the battle o(f Bannockburn; that Tell, on the clay on which he head, had not fiff schrdluup shot the apple off ' his son's head, had nt tasted a "' i ��������� -<������% \r/J f*& r/& Air

, m &&&* L ': PAGE SIX THE ABBaTSPpRp POST, ABBOTSFOBD, & 6. BK u ' - ���������' ��������� THAN THE BEEF, afBaaBrmxi/-- wrsasEnnanBBEBi PORK, VEAL and other Purchased from assess 'c������ ���������ajRESSsse Fresh Meats L ��������� WHITE & CART Successors to C. Sumner . GIVE US A TRIAL FOR A MONTH AND BE CONVINCED U. G. Phone 4 1. . AkKofc^'l R C Farmers' Phone 1909 /\DDOlSaiUi, JL������.^������ License No. 9-1 2923 ~���������"������"iw maiBHi MATSQUI COUNCIL VS. THE GO'VJTCJLXaiEIST COaVJSKTIGB OF TRUSTEES rphe executive of In the report of the Matsqui council appearing elsewhere it is shown that the government is attempting to work the same shabby game on the people of Matsqui that has been worked on the Mission ancl Maple Ridge councils.for the past two years. Ncgovernment precedent in the matter of trunk roads appears to be of, any consequence when it comes to piling on to, a municipality the responsible j ity for the maintenance of the} trunk roads. ' Matsqui had bet - j ter be mighty careful how it answers' the mirth-provoking letter for from that date henceforth the laugh may be the other way. It was so with Mission and Maple Ridge. Of course it was thought that only such a scheme would be worked on Mission and Maple Ridge because they are m the i ue extjcuuvu ui the Fraser Valley School'Trustees' Association have arranged a convention to be held at the Board of Trade Rooms, New Westminster on June 25th at eleven o'clock ��������� ready for draf ers schools in im sparing ter:ns and a committee was appointed to attend to it. The reeve also t ook part in the consolidation of schools and favored it strongly. " A proposal to buy old school pro )&rty, one acre, at the'corner ."of Lilooet and Dewdney Trunk roads, raised a doubt as to whether the land was not originally donated for school L������5W������5353S3SnS3S������kj3Mft iotwSSiat-^f ;m na^M ~. V. purposes. The investigate. secretary will FROM THE FRONT Mr. E. Morrisey has received Avoid from his son who says:' "Sent our first bunch of patients, 166 in all, to England yesterday. Have '422 left. Orders came in last night. .May 7) to have all remaining patients genda The following is a partial a- of the business: An address will be given on the Danish School system by a Burnaby delegate. ; The following resolutions are to be considered at the convention : 1. That the high schoi areas be defined by the provincial government and that the high schools be financed and maintained also by the provincial government. 2. That the , department of education be asked to appoint a commisison to enquire into the present, school system in the Fraser Valley with0 the object of bringing into effect the consolidation of the schools and Premier's own riding, and the; . , voters deserve any old kind of ^ establishment oi L-m treatment for having been so Domestic Science, Manual unwise as to even consider the candidature of a man like Oliver, but the Dewdney gag is-to be worked over in Chilliwack riding too. Is that because the Hon. Premier is jealous of the little popularity of the minister of agriculture, or is it because the Honest John lias found that the Dewdney people will submit to as much of this kind of ill- treatment, that he intends to try it elsewhere? ��������� Matsqui is now beginning to wonder what kind of a government we have others have been, wondering for some lime. Trunk roads should be maintained by the government as has been the custom of the past. or if not the municipalities should be handed over the auto licences and the poll tax collected in these districts. However, all will be different very shortly���������when Hon. John and his bunch again seek tho suffrages of the electors���������it is not expected it will be long now so Matsqui need not worry a- bout its share of the trunk roads Training and High Sohools in central locations. 3. The question of free education to Orientals and how faith is should be extended. ���������1. That the association advocate the training of returned F-'ildicrs for the teaching pro- Cession. H. Re the inspection of the sv-hools. The following school districts are now members of the association: Burnaby, Chilliw'a'-k Kent, Langley, Maple Ridge, Matsqui, Mission, Sumas, Surrey, Richmond. Maple Ridge The school trustees rescinded a resolution passed in the | March meeting to combine the , two superior schools, Hammond '.and Haney at Maple Ridge. 'Trustee Coffin of Haney claimed his election was due ro that 'issue and converted all but Mr .Davidson to that view. He asked that the Haney school be left where it is until the end of "MAKE PROGRESS AT SUMAS Victoria, June 2.���������Final engineering plans and specifications in connection with the Sumas reclamation project will bo ready for consideration by theprovincial executive within a fe wweeks, according to a statement made by Hon. E. D. Barrow, minister cf agriculture, this morning. Mr. Barrow and M. I-I. Nelems, chairman of the Land Settlement Board, visited Sumas on Saturday for the purpose of making an inf.meci.ioir and the minister intimated that the work was being rushed to completion and an announcement with regard to calling for fenders niight be expected with in the month. In all 32,000 acres are affected by the reclamation project and as the farms will average 40 acres in extent. over 800 new settlers will be accommodated on the reclaimed lands, which, in the opinion of the officials, will become agi- cultual holdings of. a very superior order. the year and the three returning trustees could fight the issue out again at the 1920 election. An academic discussion to consolidate the eleven schools into one big central scholastic institution was eloquently advocated ancl although the trus- iQ es were not unanimous as to the subject of consolidation into fewer and more efficient schools.' The transportation of children difficulty was not left "tit of the discussion but it was ��������� bought might be overcome and Chilliwack and Surrey were cited as illustrations of the idea. Secretary Piatt will obtain information on the subject and report. Four teachers resigned���������all expressed appreciation of their treatment and the trustees reciprocated.- The resigned teachers are Miss R. V. Hector, of VVhonnock; Miss Olive Blake and Miss Orr, Haney, Miss C. I... McLeod, Alexander Robinson school. Reeve Ansell appeared arid discussed sanitation and lack of water arrangements at Alexander Robinson and Webster's .' by the 12th of this month. I expect by the 15th the hospital will be cleared tip Then we have to turn in cur equipment which' will take from ten clays to two weeks At all event s we should "o. 5-1088 -ALBERT LEE, Grocer and BaKer See me now about that Insurance The Hatzic W. I. Power Show committee are very pleased to, be able to announce that the government horticulturist, Mr. Muuson will co-operate with Mr Doyle ancl Mr. Nye in judging the exhibits on June 12th, also that the reeve has kindly consented to open the show at 2 p.m. They also hope to have Mrs. Fadden the member of the Advisory Board of the W. I. representing the Lower Mainland with them too that day. It is hoped that the weather will be propitious and that everybody will patronize the show. The young people must not forget the dance in the evening which promises to be first class in every way. See adv. A A Owing to the confusion In mail orders of this medicine we are advancing the price from $5.20 to $5.50 and paying all charges.' This will giro our many customers quicker service. Sole Mumifnctnrors MItS. GEO. S. ALMAS C2i 4th Avenue, North, Saskutooon I'AKTKiDGE BANTAM EGGS for -���������Kile. Birds look like partridges. Good layers; easy to keep;. 10 eggs for $1 Order by mail. Will be Left in Post Office Abbotsford. Etta Taylor, Peardonville B., C. lHiULt-3-',::h. ���������!��������� & '"*" 1 have a largegandgsplendid,' supply of Raspberry tones for sale; at low p-pices. Finest quivl cCallum Abbotsford II On the claim that it is ''Cheaper Advertising" than newspaper advertising, a good many unnecessary advertising schemes are aold to business men. 8 The plans for buying are usually made in the home at f the warm fireside, not when the family is on an amuse- ^ ment Jaunt. Supplementary advertising includes outside of newspaper advertising. 2 all advertising t m Farmers' and Travelers trade solicited. Newly Furnished Thoroughly Modern Mr MURPHY, PROPRI.ET HUNTINGDON. B> C V~N| N������w is ffee fcfeuae fe������ frt your supply of Butter Wrappers for summer months. Gtet.Uiwa at BATHS' PEMPINQ OFFICE. 4 m w Hi 11 '4 hi ifl ���������M ;s& m wmm