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"Here shall the Press the people's rights maintain, Unawed by interest and un- bribed by gain." four tCttttj anft Cmmirg j $>?& Unit Vol. V, No. 12���Established 1911 VANCOUVER, B. C, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916 Price Five Cents Speeches Which Never Will Be Made The Hon. W. J. Bowser on Prohibition and Other Legislation Passed at The Last Session REPORTED BY CRITICUS LADIES AND CENTLEMEN,���The warmth of your reception astonishes ami delights me. I had no idea when I entered ihis vast auditorium that the Conservative association had been able i" organise such a meeting ou such short notice. I understood that no one is here without a specially stamped ticket issued by the association, so that 1 can speak my mind freely and without fear of contradiction. That has always been my object in addressing the electorate uf llritish Columbia, and especially of Vancouver. I desire to be quite frank with you always. Xo man is faultiess, the greatest of us do make mistakes at times. I have made mistakes. I confess it without compunction. Hut thc mistakes I have made have been largely due to an inability to work more than twenty hours a day. You all are aware that I have held the posts of Minister of Finance. Agriculture, Justice, and Premier simultaneously. Besides this. I have to look after my old friend, Mr. Ross, the Minister of Lands. During the per-' iod in which I have been premier. I have bad to train several ministers to do the work which I require of them. The business of government is extremely complicated, and as head of the government, 1 am naturally responsible for everything. My opponents of the Liberal menage, which surely is French for menagerie, at least give mc credit for hard w'ork. They call me the dictator. I think it would be better if they called me a slave, for my services are always at the disposal of the government. THE NEGLIBLE QUANTITY However 1 have not come here tonight t" talk about my opponents. After the middle of September they will be even a more neglible quantity than they are now; and you will agree with me that their efforts to oust me from power during thc last session of the legislature were quite negligible. I gave them every opportunity to prove their allegations against'ilie and not one thing could they discover. Every investigation they undertook ended entirely to my satisfaction. As long as I am attorney-general of this province 1 am certain they will discover nothing against me. On the other hand I was forced to conduct an investigation into their conduct nf the bye-elections. I was amazed at their audacity. They accused mc of every crime in the calendar, and yet I had to scour the jails of Seattle to secure evidence against them. Tn all the annals of our political history, I doubt if there were ever such a lot of disreputable witnesses as those who came of their own volition from Seattle to give evidence against the Liberal organisations of this city. I say of t'ueir own volition, but if it had not been I'm* my friend. Mr. Sullivan, the payment of their services and the immunity I promised them. I doubt if they would have come tu Victoria and done their duty. 1 do not wish to dwell ou this matter. It nauseates me. Hut I am glad the public has had the opportunity of judging the methods of the men who claim that my givernment is corrupt, I will always insist on spending the people's money freely in the cause of justice, even when it necessitates injuring my political opponents. A FOREGONE CONCLUSION Xor am I going to call your attention t" the desperate efforts made by ihe Liberal leader. Mr. Brewster, lo hold up all the valuable legislation passed at the last session. These legal technicalities, discovered by a constitutional lawyer like Mr. John Oliver, are mere trivialities. They are easily surmounted, I am a lawyer and I knuw. Mr. Brewster's object is again lo discredit my administration. Supposing the house was not legally sitting at the time tin.-, legislation was passed; supposing, as I said, regarding the bond issue of ihe Pacific Grcat Eastern, I had hewn Strictly lo Ihc line, what Would have lien lhe result!- The wuil. on the Pacific Great Eastern would have been held back and tliere would have been further delaj in I In completion oi this must necessary railway, 1 am convinced the house was legally constituted. If ii was nol. ii is. oi course, permissible to those who arc affected by the legis' tation passed, lu bring action, I'.ul sue!, action can only he taken after llie election. As I am certain thc people of this province are going lo return nu- lo power. I do not think tliere is any danger of such action being taken, ll by any chance Ihe Liberals were returned I" power, there might he good cause for another election. If. as Mr. Ilrov- sut avers, the legislation is not good hi law. then the elections are illegal. So you see. it depends who wins lhe elections���and that, as I have said, is a f ireg me conclusion. THE GREAT LIQUOR ACT 1 now conic i" a question which is no doubt interesting to many of you. 1 refer, of course, to pr hibition. Last time I stood upon this plaiform I declared thai my liquor laws were a model for the world, i told you then that the Bowser act had earned the approbation of this whole Dominium I am proud of that act. It has undoubtedly been of great assistance fo the party of which I am proud to be the leader. It caused the investment of large sum.- of money in hotels, and hotels are a necessary adjunct of any commercial city. Under that act no mail could sit down in a bar. If lie lay down, he could bc carried upstairs, until he recovered his equilibrium. The administration of that act depended on the license c immissioncrs and my friend. Mr. Walter Leek is an excellent commissioner. He is a hot water engineer, sometimes known as a plumber, and l-.ot water is a necessity iu hotels, He can plumb, all the hotels with great accuracy. He can discover their opinions through the condition of their nidial u's. lie is appointed for thai purpose. Cleanliness is next to godli- ni s-. It was a Leek in the right place, as I think you will agree with mc. especially after thc school board investigation. I want tu make my position clear mi this question of prohibition. I am convinced that the Bowser act was the finest liquor acl in existence, bul .it the same time I rei . list ll il iinstances alter cases and that prohibition has manj supporters. \ ver* ii : ential por tion of our citizen- supji irl prohibition md win n Mr. Tisdall was defeated, I amc to the con lusi n l al whili the Bowser acl was thc besi as long a liquor was sold, if liquor was nol sol ould I Its value, an hibition would haw to take its plai e GOOD FOR TRADE I am Sure thi* will be quite -har i i you. Prohibition has a very peculiar political effect. I am thorough!) convinced lhat it will give an impetus to trade, especially among the drug stores and groceries. My good friends, Messrs. Welch ami Duke, both of whom arc grocers, and though rivals in trade, have no rivals when the business if lhe patronage committee has to be attended I"���tell me that tliere will be an immen.se increase iu lhe .sales of such bottled drinks as they sell HOW which arc nut intoxicating. My friend. Mr. Harry Watson, an expert druggist, believes that prohibition will cause a wave of prosperity to sweep over the drug stores. They will be allowed, under tliis act. to sell five gallons of liquor to any one man. Xow I think that is sufficient proof that the political effect of this act will he good. It increases the facilities lor men tu gel liquor, SO they should vote for it. I have very carefully studied this bill, and I consider that, taking it all in all. I am prouder of this bill than any other I have ever drawn - lun; THE LIBERTY OF THE CITIZEN Wh.ii v.as iln result? I drew up lhal hill and I defy ii. prove that it will stop drinking except at the hotels. ������ ������-. undei present circumstances, as I have said . ipi arenl to you, the hotels under the opera- l .1 ihc Bowsei a'i are the best conducted hotels in any eft) mi this* continent. If they wen nut. the Ilowser act '.ii. ut be administered properly, and I can assure ymi ihat the License Commissioners always do their duty. Ymi ask Mr. Sullivan if they do not. 1 refer, of course, to my friend who su nobly assisted the Conservative party i" discover and bring witnesses tu the "plugging" inquiry. This country owes a great debt uf gratitude to Mr. Sullivan, li I am returned to power I will see tliat that debt is paid. Hut you follow my argument, flood administration is a corollary m' lhe Bowser act. Tliat act. as I have said, is the best in the world. Therefore, the hotels are the best conducted in the world. Therefore their bars are excellent places in which to obtain liquor. So, in order to pi'uve niy absolute sympathy with tiie prohibition movement. I am endeavoring to put lhe hotels out of business. I think under the circumstances you will find my stand perfectly logical. You will admit that the Prohibition Bill does not stop drinking, because any man can drink at the drug stores if he knows a I'hysician who will up. Thc People's Prohibition Party claim thai ihey drew [take a ice for a prescripts n. Furthermore, any man can up the bill. Well. I will ask them this question? Due-i is import liquor from other provinces and receive it in his hill which ymi have drawn up prevenl people drinking? | house and sell it i" his friends, Thai is. liis friends ca come in and visil him and pay him back the money he happened to have loaned them that day or some other daj I think thai a ;iiu.i excellent feature "I the bill. There !..,- lien so much -aid about Ihc liberty of the citizen. Why. ladies an gentlemen, I claim thai under this bill thi citi ���en has hi- liberties increased .i- lung as he does things decently under cover. And. ladies and gentlemen, I will answer that question my self. N'o, it dues nol. and it is not meant t.. do su. li thc People's Prohibition Party drew that hill, as they claim, then all I can say is lhat (hey are the musl dish mi il scl ul rascals il has e' el been my lol lu deal wilh. I havi had Some experience I can assure ymi. Any man who has ! een attorney-general oi this pruvincc ihrmigh lhe bonni limes. ,^^^_^^^^_^^^^^^^_^^^^_^^^^_^^^^_^^^^_^ would have funny experiences in that regard. Why. I rc-|A MAGNIFICENT BILL member on oue occasion when Mr. Price Ellison was in my , . ..... ��� , . , 1 here arc nianv oilier features ol the bill winch will Ollice���well, that is another story. ., ,��� , ,. , ,,,.,.. .appeal to vou.* It establishes unregulated drinking lor re- BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE | gulaled. thr, ws ihc drug stores wiih open to the sale of llui iu return tu prohibition. Ymi can understand my liquor, li goes even dentists ihc right to prescribe liquor, position. The Liberals had promised a referendum. The it opens the do ; to ail kinds ul subterfuge, il dues nol prohibitionists wanted legislation on which ihc people take advantage <���; the Doherty Bill, which would at least ould vote. Before the Vancouver byc-clectiun I believed! stop lhe importation uf liquor, and it allows a physician RAILWAY LEGISLATION It i- impossible fur me in the brief time ! have at m/ disposal to deal iii detail with all the excelled! legislation I I passed at this hist sessiun. I was face i with very grave I difficulties, a- I had t" form a business government >U't ol the wreck left me hy my predecessor, Sir Richard Meliride. 1 -aw -mnc lime ago that his ;i iicies would inevitably lead to disruption, and so it was necessary for | nn' tu assi"t myself and Become premier. Poof Sir Richard. Ile was an excellent leader ir. his day. but long years | oi power had rendered him somewhat negligent of political strategy. He did not understand the people as I understand them. I fell that lhe time had come to establish a business government. The fact is that I could control everyone in the government but Sir Richard. J strongly objected to hi.s proposals that this province should advance any inoje money to Messrs. Mackenzie cc Mann; I felt that the people would not stand for it. 1 felt it would be better to lend the money to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. The Canadian Northern Railway to the coast - was practically completed, but the Pacific Great Eastern was not. Therefore it would be impossible to lend more to the Canadian Northern. That. I think, ladies and gentlemen, is good logic. I could appeal to the people to fin-' ish the Pacific Great Eastern. I could show them how necessary it was to link up Vancouver with the Peace River, but I could not appeal for money for an extension of the Canadian Northern to Steveston or some other place in order to establish ferries to the island. SHIPPING ASSISTED There seemed to me a grcat demand for shipping. I have spent a good deal of time studying this question, and from the political point of view, shipping offered an opportunity not to be despised. It would be spectacular if 1 could arrange for the construction of ships on this coast. I found, on making inquiries, that a firm from the east was already thinking of letting a contract for the construction of at least two ships. I therefore sent Mr. Lome Campbell to thc east to ascertain if possible in what way I could help this firm and encourage shipbuilding at "the coast. If money was the only thing which stood in their way, I felt I ought to offer them money. 1 have always kept in mind the interests of the people in this respect, and long ago perceived that if you take cash from the treasury to assist the establishment of industry the people, for some unaccountable reason, object strenuously. If instead of cash, you sign a promissory note and call it a guaranteed bond, the people believe they will never be called upon to pay the note or the interest thereon. It is a curious psychological truth for which I cannoj be niade responsible. Therefore, from the political point of view, you can understand that guaranteed bonds give any government practically unlimited credit, as long as the bonds can be . disposed of. I reckoned that there was yet time for me to dispose of a few millions worth uf guaranteed bonds before elections, and that this was probably my greatest asset as the head of a business government. THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL I want you all t" realise the sort uf difficulties with which I was faced. I was the onh one oi the "Id cabinet who had. the slightest grasp of business ur who did any . ork. I had the whole responsibility of government mi my shoulders, and. consequently, 1 will admit that J may have been somewhat hurried in some of my legislation of tin past. Hut is that a crime? I felt that li.is continual reference to the legislature of the petty details uf business was an insult tu the intelligence of the electorate. I did not consider it right tliat the Lieutenant-Govenu r should have nu work to do. Su I invariably have aime ' a1 enabling the Lieutenant-Govcrnor-in-Coltncil tr '.'��� the real work . rning the province. I do nut think you will find a sil '���' bill ii; recent years which does not ci main a clausi gi ing the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council full powers i alter that hill il the executive su desires. This saves ;. lot of time and trouble. M; enemies claim that in thi.- w,.\ i have " i, eil power and thai I am a diet tor. I admit it. \\ ' i i- more entitled I dictate legislation. I have the ��� '.��� ��� il llCC, ' chilli! llie ali'lll' . ll;.! I .: e : I e I for the h for years, \notlicr matter ol i hich I am constaut- ccuscd is thai i act as attor ey-general of the pro thai I am scnioi mi nber ol the firm of G iwser, Rei .-.��� V, alibi ��� ' jc Ladii s ai I <.'������ ������ i - i this fair? In thc first place, every attorm _,:������ Canada - the er of si me law iTi!!. In the s i the | lie misled. Surprisii g as it ma) i I : i, I mat - ... i. ol hi;, simple explunatii ' , Tin W j. ! ��� > iw- is si ior mci ei f the firm Uowsi W allbrid i t I sanu man .is t! i i Pal : i. It i- iii. - ������ i nai i ai I tin sami initials, I will i in, go as fa is i . ��� : at the I kii I ,ai' cs liie sanu reflection, it th e rcsemblanci tops, MY DUAL PERSONALITY I think you have all heard i ises of dual p M r. R ''.i n Louis Stevenson ivi li . cry fine sl subject. Well, this is a similar ase, How senior partner in Bowser, Reid at > - 11 i couver when I am sitting in the attori i; . n ral Victoria? 1 do nut know what busint laltty. in the lhat a referendum ai some time or another would be the best. After that election 1 saw that ii I could brine, down legislation at the .session which would suit the prohibitioh- j ists. I would probably receive their-support and yd not Improbably has some black j lose the support of the anti-prohibitionists, because I need] the place of the hotel kee; | nut. nur need any man in my party endorse the bill. All 1 ; had to do was t" bring il in and pass it and let the people I dqcide what they wanted. So 1 drew thai bill with, an eye to sell as much liquor as l'i' desires, There is no more honorable profession in the Wi 'Id that the medical profession, hut. like all other professi ns. even that uf the law. p. Those black sheep take .Ml tiiis is owing entirely tu tlie excellence of this legislation which, I insist, could nut l.a\e been drafted as claimed by the People's Prohibition Party; fur the .simple reason that il" lhat were sn. they on both sides ul the political fence. Instead ol" coming out I would have betrayed the very sincere and well-meaning frankly and stating lhat I did not believe in prohibition; people they represent. 1 acknowledge thc assistance I rc- tliat prohibition without compensation was an intolerable ceived from that party. I thank, and 1 think you will agree injustice; 1 told thc prohibitionists that 1 was inclined lo with me. 1 have rewarded Dr. McGuire for his very able favor their proposals, that as far ;,s niy own personal feel-1assistance in drawing the teeth oi" the Prohibition Tarty. ingS were concerned. 1 was entirely in favor of prohibition 1 also tender my thanks tu my friend. Mr. Harry Watson, |but that as premier uf this great country' I was responsible fur the manner in which he refuse.': all amendments to the to the people, and 1 considered it was a matter for tllc | bill. What you will think of Missrs. Jonathan Rogers. people to decide. Meanwhile I saw mv good friend. Dr. McGuire. He was the organiser of the People's Pro! ibi- tion Movement, and at one time drew $300 a month, 1 think, fur his wnrk. Hut later he dropped out of the position and I promised him a post in the cabinet if he would swing the prohibition movement successfully over tn my George J. Hammond and C,. !���'. Gibson for accepting such a bill. I know imt. I was determined tu satisfy them, and, apparently. 1 have succeeded. Ladies and gentlemen, it is a magnificent bill, and if thc people of this province pass it they will have mi their statutes one of the best bills lot encouraging the illegal drinking .and sale of liquors I side of the fence. He did so. He seems* to have won their could possibly devise. I ha* e �����' idea wl: . ih, it li ts an I . . no time : ��� il I tend tn such thing s, M :, ���-. ' iderable su cess it- a lawyer. Again, li ��� ���.���. mat y pi ' r'seei ��� :i e in court representing the people i I Bi tisl ilum as their attorney-general? I : ": ' tl : irts. !'. there j is, a case in which the pcopli ar< terested iiv.d 1. as attorney-general, might have to plead i< r them I app ;:���; someone else to dn that pari uf the work, The fact i- j ladies and gentlemen, thai my opponents have not a leg | to stand upon. They 1-now my recur*. :- .bar: they ha i 1 been unable : i discover anything a-..- 51 i tl realis their weakness ..!'���'. .-u they descend to pers ilil s. i refer to thc Bowser machine and such n nsensi al things. I am not a mechanical genius, but I am a part) man a:. a? my gnod friend, Dr. Patterson, said when he was president tti the Conservative Association, "if a man wants a job he must be a good Conservative." Is tliat machine politics*? 1 appeal tu your common sense. N" i party coQld hold together for live minutes unless it provided its friends with jobs. I am always willing at all times lo render an account of my stewardship. 1 have done s ��� t wight, arid I jam certain lhal when the polls close ph election liight I the people of this province, and especially the people ��� ,:��� Vancouver will have done their duty ar ' |1;;' ed-me where M belong. ������CfvlTKT'S. TWO THE STANDARD SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916 -B Ufa Standard Published every Saturday at 426 Homer Street, Vancouver. Telephone Seymour 470 Registered at the Poit ���econd Class Mail Matter. Office Depa-tment. Ottawa, aa SUBSCRIPTION BATES To all polnta in Canada, United Kingdom, Newfoundland, New Zealand and other Brltieh Poaaesaiona: $2.00 Postage to American. European ana other foreign countries ��� Lot per year extra. Prohibition in British Columbia would likely stop Al- bertans from securing liijuor in tbis Province. W'e cannot understand why it is not possible in passing legislaton of a temperance character to make a complete sweep of the thing and. put the traffic completely out of business. Prohibition that would prohibit will some day be brought into effect, but not so long as prohibition organizatons are promoted for guerilla warfare in behalf of initjuitotis political organizations. The Standard will be delivered to any address couver or vicinity at ten cents a month. Member of tbe Canadian Press Association. The Standard, with which Is Incorporated the Saturday Chinook, circulates in Vancouver ��nd the cities, towns, villages and settlements throughout British Columbia. In politics the paper is independent Liberal. Publishers Tbe Standard Printers .EDITORIAL OPINIONS. THE McGUIRE FRAUD OF the many frauds which have been perpetrated upon the people of British Columbia in tbe past numbef of years, it is safe to say that none is of a more glaring character than that worked in connection with the Prohibition movement by the "Hon." George Albert McGuire, now a member of the Bowser cabinet, and certain sanctimonious accomplices. McGuire, it will be remembered, while selling out the prohibition movement to Mr. Bowser, received from the worthy band supporting prohibition in this Province a salary of $300.00 a month. That money and other money which went to pay the expenses of the organization, was contributed by the people of British Columbia, regardless of party. Some people contributed large sums, while others gave smaller sums. Widows gave their pennies and Sunday School children gave their mites in behalf of the cause of prohibition, as championed by the "Hon." McGuire, and organized by him. These little sums, collected, we submit, so far as McGuire is concerned, under false pretences, went to bolster up- the corrupt caucus headed by Mr. Bowser. Talk of Dominion Trust, talk of Canadian Home Investment, of fake collectors who represent themselves as being endorsed by responsible patriotic organizations, of fraudulent "war fund" concerts���nothing that we ha had in Vancouver in the way of petty larceny can compare with the fraud of McGuire and such members of thc pro hibition organization as arc Bowser-controlled, practised under the holy name of prohibition. While the majorty of the men associated with the move ment are, no doubt, honorable and sincere workers, wc submit that McGuire and his gang have used them foi dupes. While we remain steadfast of the opinion that the salvation of the country lies along the lines of sound temperance, we believe that the cause in British Columbia has been made ridiculous through the corrupt and fox-like activities of McGuire and his bunch of porch-climbers who operated within the organization of the prohibition mo' ment in the earlier stages of its existence. ���Remember how they said it was to bc a HUSINESS MAN'S MOEMENT. Remember how they BARRED THE MINISTERS FROM ANY ACTIVE* PART IN TIIE MOVEMENT. They knew that the ministers of the gospel of the City of Vancouver were too wise for them. And in the face of the recent activities of tbe leading clergymen of British Columbia in behalf of good government, the McGuire element had every reason to keep the ministers out of it. THE PREMIER'S TOUR THE Premier's inability to guage the temper of the people of this province must make him feel ridiculous. Mis tour round the north, and through to the Boundary country bas so far played him into thc hands of his enemies at cvery turn. Nothing pleases a mining camp belter than a hot political meeting. And in the Boundary country, the Premier seems to have lost control over the people, and at each meeting the unfortunate official is made the butt of rude jokes, not at the hands of the opposition necessarily, but at the hands of big, disinterested fellows who would have fallen upon the neck of Sir Richard McBride and invited him to have schooners of beer with them, were Sir Richard in the place of the hard-headed little Napoleon. Thc unfortunate part about Mr. Bowser is that he is absolutely devoid of a sense of humor���as Criticus might say���and lacks tact and humanity. If you lanced the wrist of H. C. Brewster or Dick McBride, either gentleman would bleed warm blood. And Dick and Brewster are exactly opposite in temperament. But the people have an idea that the present Premier's veins are full of vichy and milk. This idea extends* to the Bowser policies. If the little premier would submit himself to the management of an astute campaigner, he would make much better progress. But he refuses advice, believing that, as Moses B. Cotsworth is the re-incarnation of Pharoah I, so he is the re-incarnation of Bloody Bonaparte, and consequently, able to get along absolutely upon his own brains and physical ability. A fitting wind-up to Mr. Bowser's travels will be his announcement that he vvill seek re-election in Richmond, where he may expect hard treatment at the hands of that able ind aggressive Liberal. Mr. G. G. McGeer. MR. RALPH SMITH'S POSITION ENEMIES of reform have sought to prove that the veteran Liberal, Mr. Ralph Smith, bad. broken with Mr. Brewster and could no longer remain in the party, in view of Mr. Brewster's writ against thc Attorney-General over the Pacific Great Eastern irregularities. There was a time in recent history when Mr. Lloyd George found that he could not see eye to eye with Mr. Asquith. One of the opposition asked the grcat British Premier what he intended to do with Mr. George. And Mr. Asquith replied that he was glad to have, iu his government men who at times differeil from him. He wished to surround himself with men of independent thought, men of initiative and personality. IF ASQUITH HAD AROUND HIM A NUMBER OF BONE-HEADED RUBBER STAMPS THERE WOULD BE XO BRITISH EMPIRE TODAY. In his speech Tuesday evening, Mr. Smith said in part: "To begin with, let me remark, in connection with my expressed opinion on a matter of procedure by Mr. Brewster, 1 desire to #ay very few words. There is nothing in the statement that I made'that deviates the slightest from a support of Liberal principles, policy or platform, and not one word that indicates any modification of my views and opposition to the general policy of the government. There has never been and is not now any difference between Mr. Brewster and myself on the principles or platform of the party, and I have always had every confidence in Mr. Brewster's integrity and ability and recent experience has shown that Mr. Brewster's knowledge of Liberalism teaches him, as it ought every Liberal, that there must be freedom of speech by Liberals, that the one thing the public is sick of is one or two men rule and representation within a party, which is ready to endorse everything which a few men in a government dictate. If I read public sentiment correctly, no more political machines will be allowed to exist again iu B. C. at the cost of the people." British Columbia may thank heaven that Mr. Brewster, who vvill be the next Premier, is a man after the mould of Asquith���a leader who is willing to surround himself with advisers who have minds of their own and who, even at the risk of injuring the chances of the party, do not hesitate to speak out. J INDUSTRIAL POSSIBILITIES OF B. C. LAST week we called attention to the great water- powers of British Columbia and indicated a manner in which these could be utilized for employment of British Columbian industry and increase of British Columbian wealth. Since our article appeared a great scientist from the laboratories of Mr. Thomas Edison has visited tha city and his talk on the potential powers of British Columbia's waterways has confirmed cvery word put forward by the STANDARD. Again it is our pleasure and our duty to indicate natural resources of this Province which ought to be utilized for public benefit. Up to the year 1870 the British people fostered the industry of growing medicinal herbs���herbs which produce belladonna, digitalis and other valuable properties used in modern medicine. Austria and Germany captured this British trade, and from 1870 until the time the war broke out, we were dependent upon those who have now become onr alien enemies for many of the most valuable medicinal compounds to be found in thc British pharmocapae. The war sent up the price of drugs, one very important article, for instance, has increased in value from $11 00 per hundredweight to $200.00 per hundredweight, and other drugs have gone up in proportion. Mr. Davidson, our Provincial botanist, tells us that every one of the herbs, tbe basis of these medical drugs, can be cultivated in British Columbia. Here in an industry which could be put in hand at once. Women can cultivate herb gardens, as they did from the days of Queen Elizabeth right away to the Victorian era. School children can be taught to distinguish and collect the dandelion, henbane, foxglove, belladonna, and many other roots and plants which grow wild in profusion, and will well pay for cultivation. Have we no politician of imagination, energy and enterprise who will give encouragement to this industry. Many are now idle who could usefully be employed in gathering and growing tbe herbs. And as for drying them���why not utilise the waste from hea't from the saw-mill dumps, heat which is being shamefully allowed to run to waste? PLACE LOSES PLACE ACK PLACE has served in jail and suffered many tribulations all for the working people of Nanaimo. Jack- waved the red flag and gave his time and his talents in the cause of the great downtrodden, And the first people to turn upon Jack and deal him a blow���after all these years of his service in thc cause of his comrades���are the working men of Xanaimo. Jack Place will not be a candidate in the forthcoming Provincial elections ill the Coal City. His political obituary appeared in the Nanaimo FREE PRESS the other: night, as follows: . I "At a meeting of Xanaimo Local Xo. 11 of the S. pi P. of C��� held yesterday in the Dominion Hall, the follow'- ing resolution was carried: "RESOLVED that J. W. Place, now the representative of Xanaimo of tbe Social Democratic Party of Canada, in tbe Legislative Assembly at Victoria, shall cease from ihis date to represent Xanaimo Local Xo. 11*S. D. P. of C, and tllat a copy of this resolution be sent to the Nanaimo press." What Jack I'lace has done to antagonize the Socialists we do not know. Parker Williams will have lhe full fads and TIIE STANDARD will make no further cumment on the case until conferring with the wily Parker. W'e trust in the meantime that Mr. Place has not fallen into the snare which forced another great Socialist on the Island to abandon his political home. GREAT CAUSE FOR THANKFULNESS, INDEED SOME days ago the Rev. J. R. Robertson, a well-known Vancouver pastor, fell into English Bay and was nearly drowned. Since his narrow escape, Rev. Mr. Robertson has written at least two letters to the newspapers, thanking various individuals for having assisted in rescuing him from a watery grave. Knowing Rev. Mr. Robertson fairly well, we marvel that he should publicly attribute his escape to the hands of these young men he names in the press. It is suggested to us that this would be a good opportunity for tbe minister to help along the cause in which he is engaged by publicly, in the press, giving due credit to the real power which wrought his deliverance. Of course we do not suggest that the gentleman has not already done tbis from the sanctity of his closet. CHINOOK Breezes of Indignation And Information THAT KINDLY LETTER of Professor Odliu^ which was printed in the WORLD.this week, displays��� fine Christian spirit on the part of the writer. * * * THERE ARK TWO journalists of Polish extraction in Vancouver that we know of. These gentlemen may never take any note of the Prose I late printed in the WORLD. Everyone will recognize that a severe injustice has been done these men. WE ARE SURF, that .Mr. John Nelson, editor of the WORLD, had he seen the Odium letter before publication, never would have sanctioned its appearance in Ihc columns of the paper. THE ODLUM LETTER, so far as we can see, is the only trash to besmirch the columns of the WORLD since Mr. Xelson took over the paper. * * * "WITH ONE WILD plunge," says the Victoria TIMES, "Mayor Stewart falls to the level of Hon. Cory S. Rider and Hon. Geo. Wash. Beetle." These Iwo were "statesmen"' who went to the country under the banner of Joseph Martin. * * * "SOAPY WELSH!'' The name will stick. Let us hope the gentleman who has gone to handle tbe soldiers' votes will be able to describe his nick-name as Bishop Wilberforce. called "Soapy Sam," did, "Why do they call you Soapy Sam?" asked a lady. "Well, madam." said the Bishop; "I am always getting into hol water and always come out with clean hands." * * * "THE COLONIST" at Victoria says that Mr. Stewart, the new minister of finance, is a "plain man with simple tastes." We would say that Mr. Stewart is the other way about���a simple man with plain tastes. * * * FIRST ALDERMAN: 1 beg to move that the second clause of the report be Illuminated altogether. Second Alderman: What, illuminate it! How will the ratepayers be renumberated if we as a body do a thing like (hat? Third Alderman: Well, brethren, let us con (long nasal k-a-w-fi) con-slder it again. ��� FoUrth Alderman: I should say it wouldn't be a very heroclous thing to do a thing like that. Fifth Alderman: I'll tell you what 1 think. This here clean towel service should be cut out altogether. Whetr I corrlbed the beach at Kitsilano thirty odd years ago, we got along without towels. I move that the clean* towels be struck out and the ratepayers' money saved to> the extent of a whole dollarandahalf a week. * * * FEW ASTRONOMERS CAN figure the flight of time with greater accuracy than the small boy calculating the unexpired days of his vacation. * *. * "BREVITY FIRST." Sir Donald Mann's visits to the Coast and Sir Sam Hughes' reviewing troops from a car window. * * * AFTER GAZING AT the new Exhibition poster for a few hours, you may get a faint idea of what the design- is intended to represent. * + * i AS THE CITY treasury is flooded with money, the matter of paying the lawyers a few thousands to find out whether it is legal to buy a banana on Sunday will not be missed. * * * OWING TO THE scarcity of eligible material for a Minister of Finance in his own ranks, Premier Bowser has availed himself of the war time privilege of commandeering one from the opposition. The appointment still requires tbe endorsement of the electors- of Victoria, and the last victim can tell a few things about that. * * * THE QUESTION OF prohibiting mixed bathing at the local beaches is under consideration. A simple method of disposing of the matter would be to reserve the Pacific- Ocean for the women, while the men could splash around in the Atlantic. SHARKS ARE REPORTED lo be numerous and ferocious off tbe Xew York coast. So far none of tbe man- eaters have had the courage to venture near Wall Street. * * * Till'. MAN WHO purchased a straw hat early in the season considers that he has been victimized by Old Probs. * it, * RESIDENTS of 'nil-: coast should be grateful that they live in a cool and comfortable climate, while the people in the Fast are Sweltering iu a torrid temperature. w B. C. THE HEALTHIEST PROVINCE IN AMERICA HILE the governments of provinces, states and cities in the east are straining every fibre in the fight against the horrible infantile paralysis plague, the people of British Columbia are absolutely free from the epidemic. This is because when the Almighty made British Columbia. He endowed the province with a climate which has no peer on the face of the earth. Wc British Columbians do not realize the many blessings wc enjoy. If tbe people of the great cities of the east bad any idea that British Columbia was the healthiest province on the American continent, there would be a grand inrush of settlers. This would become the greatest summering community in the world. We would become known as thc Province of the Rosy Cheeked Babies���a province where disease epidemics, happily, are not known. R PROHIBITION IN ALBERTA iN a recent issue of the Calgary SUNDAY STANDARD we observe a page, part of which is devoted to adver- tisements of British Columbia liquor stores making a bid ior marl order business from thirsty Alberta. One concern at Golden and another at Revelstoke makes a strong appeal to the Alberta people for the privilege of shipping them liquor. REV. J. RICHMOND CRAIG AWAY EV. J. RICHMOND CRAIG, whose activities in connection with the School Board inquiry, and whose lectures on questions of political morality have brought him prominently to the limelight, left this week to undertake a series of lectures in American cities, starting from Seattle and going on to Chicago. Few ministers of the gospel have worked more energetically for thc best interests of the province than has Mr. Craig. He is a Scot by birth and education, and he brings to bear upon his preaching a true fiery Celtic spirit. He knotvs the province well, having labored from Princeton to Portland Canal in the lumber camps, the canneries, the mining camps, Westminster Church, where Mr. Craig preaches, is in South Vancouver. It is a small, unpretentious edifice, the congregation being made up of families, not of the wealthy classes. Here, with many conditions working against him, Mr. Craig has labored. He has become known as the "Spurgeon of South Vancouver." The errand which takes Rev. Mr. Craig to the United States for a short period has to do with the opening of trade between the Republic and the countries of South America. The minister was for years in Argentine, Brazil, Chili and the other Latin republics, working as a missionary. He knows the resources of these countries, the possibilities for trade. He knows the peoples intimately, their language and customs. We should have him on a Canadian tour rather than allow him to go to the Americans. Canada should open up relations with those Southern communities. Mr. Craig returns sometirp in September. MUST SOON ACT Graft in connection with army supplies imperil the lives of our boys at the front. It must surprise even most party-bound supporters that Premier Borden has not insisted ere this on merited punishment of the proven arch- culprits. Thc true way to redeem Canada's credit abroad is to punish grafting criminals to the limit, as foreign statesmen and financiers arc fully apprised of all such deals while they are being put through and distrust the province or country that permits it unchecked.���Birtle Eye- Witness. * * * THE EDITOR'S SHARE Publicity is all a newspaper has to sell. Since the war began every local paper in Canada has given free, hundreds of dollars' worth of space, boosting all kinds of funds and organizations in connection with the war. In spite of this, many unthinking people entertain the idea that editors should put up just as much cash as other citizens. If a grocer donated a large quantity of provisions to war funds, would any reasonable man expect him to put up cash? Then, why pester editors for cash, when they are already giving more to war projects than any other class of citizens. The proper system is to charge for all this kind of publicity, and make cash donations to all funds, just the same as other citizens. By doing tbis some of the dull-witted might gradually learn that the publishers of Canada have given more towards war funds than any other class of people in the entire Dominion.���The Greenwood Ledge. * * 4 A CRACK AT B. C.'s BEST FRIEND There's a book called "Brewster's Millions," also a play. Foi the benefit of the uninformed it may be iust as well to state that it has nothing to do with Bre.vster, the British Columbia Liberal, who has tried to heave a wrench into the British Columbia irolitical works hy a legal proceeding that can possibly do j-.o good, and can only result in harm to the Liberals when the election comes around. -^Kaslo Kooteiiaian. QUOTATIONS OMITTED There is published al Ottawa a Government journal known as Ihc "Census and Statistics Monthly." It contains the weekly range of grain prices at Winnipeg and* Fort William, also at St. Louis, Chicago and New York, but omits Minneapolis and Duluth quotations. Is this stupidity, or just a desire to avoid going officially on record as to quotations at real competitive points? Sir George E. Foster, the Minister in charge, is too big a man to countenance any small play. We trust his eye will fall on this item.���Winnipeg Tribune. ����� * * A FRIEND FOR THE JITNEYS AT LAST The jitney service which has for months done so much to bring the dwellers in the outlying districts into closer touch with the city, is shortly to be discontinued, according to the statement made by Tom Weeks who has been responsible for its operation. This will mean a direct loss to Nanaimo of no inconsiderable volume of trade in every line of business, and we would suggest that in the interests, of the community as a whole, some steps should be taken to induce him to reconsider his decision.���Nanaimo Free Press. * * * LUNATICS AND AUTOMOBILES Jail is no place for the lunatic who drove an automobile through a Fort Street safety zone last Sunday night and broke both of one woman's legs. He belongs in a madhouse where he can get his head fixed. It isn't punishment he needs, it's treatment.���Detroit Saturday Night. * * * THE ROBBERS OF BELOIUM Not content with murdering and torturing the Belgians, Germany is now stealing everything they possess. The country is being systematically plundered of everything from art treasures which might attract the fancy of the crown prince to coal from the Charleroi mines. Horses foodstuffs, even the copper from the church roofs, have ���all been sent to Germany, and fine after fine has been inflicted on the better class people in order to reduce them- to the poverty that already inflicts three millions of their compatriots.���Pro Belgica, Montreal. ii. _______��� (SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1910 THE STANDARD Vancouver Personals Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, president of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Ked Cross Society, has requested publication of the following: 'As there seems to bc a prevailing impression that Red Cross supplies are HO longer required and that Red Cross workers may desist from their accustomed work, I should like to draw the attention "f the public t" the following statement issued from headquarters at Toronto: 'The iui pension of surgical dressings and roller bandages is based upon a know ledge "f the large amount of supplies imw on hand and of tlieir adequacy to fill the need and also of the very large demand for surgical gauze and cotton in bulk rather than in prepared dressing.' A further request in the same notice says: 'Please g" Oil making socks, pyjamas, shirls, dressing gowns, kit bags, comfort bags. housewives, and hospital shirts.' . A later communication received July 17 repeats 'If your workers would like to undertake sheets or towels or pillowslips, all these things are still needed, imt forgetting kit bags.' A perusal of these statements should effectually dispose of the idea that the Red Cross requires no further hospital or field supplies, simply because the making of the more bulky articles has been suspended in favor nf the more useful garments for the time being." * * * Mrs. J. A. Cates has as her guests the Misses Wolter of Seattle and Miss Berhens who has been visiting her sister for several weeks. The young ladies will return to their home "ti Friday. !| * * Dr. and Mrs. Gillespie have returned from a camping trip. * * * News comes from Dawson to the effect that Commissioner Black, although steadily improving, is still confined to his bed from tbe effects of his recent operation. Getting about too quickly and undertaking too much *so soon after leaving the hospital :gave him a very serious setback. Those who know Mr. Black will realise how distasteful it is to him to be forced to stay in bed at the time when he is impatient to be out carrying on the work of recruiting. He is in close touch with his office at all times, receiving and dictating letters and telegrams and receiving man) \ isitors, * * ��� Tin Bishop of l.ondmi states thai I what the people of East London miss most when they have relatives lost lin the war is the funeral. lie lold | of a woman who had lost her husband in a ship disaster felt that she must do something, so she bought a wreath and placed it at the foot of Nelson's monument in Trafalgar Square. 'in June 24. al St. James Registry iOffice, Loudon W\, was celebrated 'lin marriage of Lieut. Arthur I * rin du Chatelet, R. I'... son of Mrs. William Blakemore uf Victoria, and of the late l Baron llrin du Chatelet, Passy, Paris and Kensington, to Nancy, daughter if ihe late James Nightingale, Esq., M.P., Horsham, Surrey. Lieut, du ! Chatelet lived in Victoria for two [years and left in December last to I join the Inns of Court Officers' j Training Corps. After taking his course of training he passed his examination with honors and was al once offered and accepted a commission in the Royal Engineers, lie is imw at Chatham and expects to go to the front any day. The wedding took place immediately on the arrival of Mrs. Blakemore in England. * * * Mrs. Rex Macdonald entertained at a small bridge party on Thursday in honor of Mrs. Hedley. Her guests were Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. Sydney (iibb, Mrs. Lay, Mrs. Cave-Browu-Cave. Mrs. Bell, Miss A. R. Robertson. Mrs. Bodwell. Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Matheson. * * * Mrs. Ferric entertained at a tea yesterday afternoon at the Jericho aided over by Mr-. Waghorn and Mrs Harold Ker. and Mrs. Julius Griffith served the ices. During the afternoon an exciting putting contest look place which was in charge of Mrs. Herbert | Drummond, and the prize were won by Mrs. Plunkett and Lady Pier-. Among lhe guests were Mrs. Sililoe. i Mrs. Ray. Mrs. Gordon, Mrs, Chiene, j Mrs. Malum, Mrs. Mackenzie, Mrs. | Longdon, Mrs. Shaw. Mrs. Hutching, j.Mr>. W. I-:. Burns. Mrs. MacMullen, Mrs. Cave-Brown-Cavc, Mrs. Ford- ham, Mrs. Peters. Mr-. Langford, Mrs, Leighton, Miss Leighton, Mr-., [dimming, Mrs. Coulthard, Mrs.; Gravelcy, Mr-. J. C. Donald, Mrs. Phepoe, Mi-- Phepoe, Mr-. VV. R.- Robertson, Mr-. Drayton, Mrs. Carry.! Mrs. Cleaver Cox, Mr-. J. A. Mac! m- ell, Mr-. Enthoven, Mrs. Deacon, Mrs. Humber and Mrs. Goodwin Gib- son, I Miss Marjorie Johnston entertained at a bathing and tennis party yes-j teniae afternoon at the Jericho; Country Club, when her guests were Mrs. Innes. Miss Daphne Brougham, Miss Freda Kendall. Miss Dorothy I Gordon, Mis:-, Dor..thy I'.ell-lrving. Miss Creery, Miss Dorothy Waghorn, Miss Crofton and tbe Misses Phair. * # ��� New Westminster has signified its intention of bidding a French Red Cross tag day on August 4, the same day fixed for Vancouver. Madame Gauvreatl, regent of Che Municipal Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire, will convene the committee there. * * * Mrs. Colin Graham entertained at tea yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Green of Victoria. Our July Sale Ends Saturday JULY 22nd These Special Bargains for Week End Shoppers Wonderful July Sale Silk Clearance A table of Silks at 49c yard. Broken lines but hundreds of yards in the lot. Comprising black and colored pongee silks, 33 inches wide. Several pieces of pretty fancy chiffons. A lot of 36-inch washing striped silks, 50 yards of Paddy silk crepe, awning stripe, sussorine silks, yard wide striped china silks, black cord striped habitual silks, and a variety of other broken lines. Values up to $1.25, all thrown into AQf one lot on a table at, yard ���. Beautiful Printed Ninons and Crepe de Chines IN FLORAL PATTERNS, ALSO STRIPES ���VALUES TO $2.25, ALL AT, YARD 98c Rich colored Oriental satins, 4<> ins. wide. Values to $2.00 at 98c Silk Suralincs, in 10 colors. A satin surface with invisible sural twill. Made of silk and wool. Reg. value $1.75 at 98c Satin Crepes for suits or sports coats; 40 inches wide; QQ/�� reg. $1.75 at *'0C And over a thousand yards of other fancy silks, all 36 inches wide, all colors in the lot, and values up to $2.25 at, yard 98c All-wool English and Scotch Suitings at $1.49 yard The regular prices are as high as $2.25. All new, smart and useful goods; splendid for Fall suits or coats; greys, fawns, greens, blues, etc.; 54 inches wide. tfjl AQ Wonderful value at, yard ... .��� ��J>1.1��*�� French Cotton Crepes, 39 inches wide, in white, pink, sky or ecru. Sale-price, yard 35c Thousands ol" yards of beautiful Oriental voiles. Values to 60c, to sell at 2Sc White Vestings, Cord Stripe with damask dots. Reg. 30c. yard at 20c White English Pique, in a fine cord, 40 inches wide; reg. 45c, at 35c White Repps, 36 inches wide, splendid for skirts and middies, 29c & 25c A Table of Wash Goods at 19c. yard VALUES TO 35c Figured Voiles, Crepes, Organdies, striped shirting zephyr, Candy Striped Flaxon, White Swiss Dotted Muslins, Fine Black Voiles, also 40 inches wide White Voiles, "White English Underwear, Crepons and other lines of Summer wash goods. Everything on this J Q table clearing at, per yard * _~ Children's Cashmere Coats Regular $1.95 to $3.25 *1 HP Sale price fl.fcU Useful little coats with trimmings uf silk braid. #| Of* Sale price T. ^ Children's Pique Coats Reg. $2.45 to $4.50 values for With trimmings of embroidery. Prices from $2.45 to Jl it $4.50. Sale price ...��*���"*' $1.45 Sale of Women's Combinations Of an extra fine quality spun silk, with umbrella knee and top finished with fine torchon edging. Small and medium sizes. $5.25 value for $2.75, and $3.50 values for $1.75 Women's Combinations Of a fine knit quality, tight or umbrella style knee and shoulder strap. Sizes 36, 3S and 42. Regular 45 c. Sale price 39c Women's Drawers Of extra fine quality with tight knee or ankle length and open or closed styles. Sizes 34, 36 and 38. Reg. 50c to 60c values for 39c m fiudsens Bag (Tompamj INCORPORATED I07O rlWIEW E JUMIBOE ST8MSC0HHISSI0HM 3CS> Miss Margaret Uisteen entertained at a tennis party this week at the Jericho Country Club, in honor of Miss Marjorie Buscombe, whose marriage will take place next week. Her guests were Miss Graeme Lockwood, Mis- Kathleen Atkins, Miss Phyllis | Macdoiiell. Miss Phyliss White, Mrs. Mooreheod, Mrs, Margaret Bryan, Mrs. Geoffrey Macdonell, Mrs. Hut- chins. Miss Vivian Dana and Miss .lean McLean. Mrs. Bauer entertained at a luncheon this weel. ill honor ot* Mrs. Green of Victoria Mrs. A. D. McRae has kindly lent I her beautiful grounds at Hycroft, Shaughnessj Heights, to the Colonel Leckie Chapter I. O. 1). !���'.. for next Thursday afternoon when it is proposed to have a garden party in aid of the chapter funds for field comforts for men at the front. Then- will be bowling, clock golf, putting contests ami special attractions for children. * * * Miss May Cordon, 1091 Broughton street, entertained at tea on Thursday in honor of Miss Katheryn Hillary of Winnipeg and Miss Marie McDonald of Oakland, California. Their guests included Miss Leila Marrett, Miss Margaret Thompson. Miss Bessie McAlone. Miss Margaret McKech- nie. Miss Margaret Thornton. Miss Grace Whiting and Miss Elizabeth Thompson. + * * Mrs. Crawford of Nelson is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Bodwell at Caulfield, * * * Mrs. Leslie Wright's charming lawn was the scene of a garden fete given in aid of the Prisoners of War Fund this week. The affair was arranged by Miss Violet Holt, Miss Adelaide Macaulay, Miss Marion Ker, Miss Tbco. Wright and Miss Dorothy Flummerfelt. and great praise is due them for the successful manner in which it was managed. Tbe bowling, which was in charge of Mrs. Henry Macaulay, was on Mrs. Parson's lawn and tbe tennis on that of Mrs. George Richardson, The candy booth was in charge of the Misses Holt; the fish pond of the Misses Leslie Wright and Winnifred Holt, the pond being a real one which added much to tbe enjoyment. The gold mine, which was full of the most wonderful nuggets, was in tbe charge of Miss Jeanne Summerset and Miss Helen Fordbain-Johnson. Miss Margaret MacKenzie sold candies. Miss Mabel Robertson was a picturesque figure with a lovely basket of sweet peas, which were in great demand. The Kaiser was in charge of Jack Weld and Laddie Holt. The sum of $140 was realized by the entertainment. * * * Miss Hazel Kelly and Miss Claire Bell have left for a visit to Maitland, Ontario, on the St. Lawrence River, for a short stay. Miss Pell will leave tliere for her home in Beleville, and Miss Kelly will pay visits to New York and Montreal. * * * Captain and Mrs. ]". R. Davison have been making a stay at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, on their way east. * * * The marriage took place on June 15 at Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone, England, of Mr. Murton Adams Seymour, sub-flight lieutenant R. F. C, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Seymour of this city, and Miss Marion Emily Merritt. only daughter of Major William Hamilton Merritt. C. F. A., and Mrs. Merritt, Rodman Hall, St. Catherines, Ontario. * * * Mrs. Bert Buchanan and daughter, of Edmonton, arc guests iu the city. ^ * * Mrs, C. M. Marpole and her sun, Harry, left yesterday for Penralt Farm, where they will spend a few weeks as the guests of Mrs. R. Marpole. * * * Mrs. William Murray and her family have Returned from Sechelt, where they spent the last month. Store Opens at 8.30 and Closes at 6 p.m. Saturdays, 1 p.m. r Wl\(MP ���), '/���- mkmWm: <A"JkW i^S fWimf * f ' T1 if 1 Exceptional Value in Knitted Silt\ Scarfs at 50c. each These come in all the various Sport colors in a good quality of fibre silk, very suitable for hat bands or for ties. A very pleasing effect is produced with two ties, one for the hat and the other for the neck as suggested in the above illustration. 575 Granville Street Phone Sey. 3540 Mr. Henry Bell-Irving- and the Misses Bell-Irving, accompanied by Mrs. Mayne D. Hamilton, returned yesterday from Prince Rupert. * * v Mrs. Ray Green,'who bas been visiting Mrs. Allison Cumming, left yesterday for her home in Victoria. Mr. arid Mrs. Robert Dollar have left for San Francisco and Seattle for a lew days. * <' * Miss Peggy Ramsay of Keremeos is spending the vacation with her sister, Mrs. S. McKay, at the Manhattan Apartments. KING AM) tUKr-N ENTERTAIN WOUNDED AT BICKIXGHAM Photo nhows Prtnee Albert pouring mil tea l'or wounded HiiMU-m nt Iluck- Inghnm Pnlacp. The noldler In the right foreground with tha'juttpli- l<-nl on hU hat In evidently u Cnnndlnn. u~ Mrs. Alexander Reid has returned from Savary Island, where she has been for six weeks. * * * Mrs. W. Boultbee and her family have left to spend several weeks at Sechelt. Mr. and Mrs. Canevan of Victoria are spending a few days in Vancouver this week. * * * Dr. and Mrs. Bell-Irving, accompanied by their daughter. Miss Dorothy, have left for England where they will join their son, Mr. Robin Hell- Irving. The drawing for the handsome marquis diamond ring donated to the Red Cross Society by Mrs. George Ditcham of Sapperton, was conducted this week in the central depot on Hastings street by Sir Charles Tupper. The sum of $325 was realized, which will he equally divided between the Red Cross Society and the prisoners of war fund. Ticket number 1,955 proved the lucky one. Mr. and Mrs. Tapperley of Calgary have arrived in Vancouver to spend I* / ���t am FOUR THE STANDARD SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916 Preying On Anxious Mothers, Wives, Sisters, and Sweethearts Fakirs and Ghouls Reap a Harvest from War By J. Francis Bursi TO a ''slum parish" in London the bishop paid a visit one day. JIc was met by ihc mild "High Church" rector, who could "intone," but had no idea of waging a stern "fight" against crime, drunkenness and poverty. Gambling, drink, wretchedness was visible on every hand. "Your parish is in an awful state!" said the bishop. "Y-e-e-s, your grace," said lhe "sweet" mannered rector. "I wish you would order a quiet day of humiliation and prayer." "And what would you pray for ? An earthquake, m m I should think. The parish needs il!" said the bishop. We Want an Earthquake W'e have in Vancouver a lot of mild-mannered, "sweet" ,mcn���as amiable a crew as ever scuttled a ship or cut a throat, which they would be quite ready to do if it could he done safely and there was "money in it." Yes! A Clean City Wanted This lot of men are always posing" for "social reform." \Fliey are all for "a clean cily," a "red light district" fills mem with horror, a song more lively than the "Dead /Alarch" or "The Old Hundredth" on a Sunday gives them / a fit. The purchase of a cigar on "the Sabbath" is a crime for which they would, if they could, revive the rack and the thumbscrew. To "drink"' even a humble glass of beer after a day's toil they think must he punished with eternal torment. YET they allow the most dastardly forms of fraud, faking and false pretences, a robbing and plundering of the widow and the orphan, to go on���not only unpunished, but unrebuked. Playing on Sentiment The finest feelings of humanity, a woman's love for her husband fighting the Empire's battle on the fields of Flanders, a mother's yearning for her son, "in peril on the sea," are exploited by ghouls who, for the sake of a few miserable dollars, will recount bogus dreams, visions, palm reading fakes, crystal gazing bunkum, card reading frauds and astrological swindles���all practiced on the ignorant, 4-he" superstitious and the unwary. The Woman's Realm '���*y*t"*T*%T?' % Where some "Patriotic" Money Goes Poor men, unable on account of age, infirmities and home ties, to go themselves on to the firing line, are giving from their, scanty earnings, week by week,'to the Patriotic Fund. I say what I know, when I assert���as I do assert, that thousands of dollars which are given for the support of wives and children, infirm mothers and fathers of "the boys" have found their way into the hands of fortune- telling fakirs, crystal gazers, palmists and other frauds who pretend they can tell "when the war will be ended," "How the war will be ended," and even how individual soldiers will fare. I know one woman whose husband has been posted as "missing." Dollar after dollar bas gone to an astrological imposter who has led the poor anxious wife on with'.:artfully faked bits of "information," always leading to a "hope that I can tell you more next time you come!" HOW DO YOU BUY BREAD? *h you ask for, and get, just a "loaf of bread," or do /you, like the wise, discriminating buyers, order / SMAX and SUNLIGHT "THE BETTER BREADS" These are wholesome, nutritious���made in a modern, sanitary bakery���in every detail as good bread as conscientious effort can make them. Every loaf crisp, tender, delicious���done to a turn. If your grocer cannot supply you, phone Fairmont ~^4.J��and we'll get it to you prompt. HAWTON-PINCHIN Bakers of Better Bread Blatant Fraud .And (here is no disguise about the signs of these im- posters. They arc* flaunted in big' letters from first floor windows. Their advertisements are displayed, to my surprise, sorrow, disgust and indignation in reputable papers.; Inconsistent The city that fines a man ten dollars for selling' a cigar on a Sunday because of a newly-revived Puritanical lav^, j allowed the raffling of motor cars, allows now the illegal raffling of diamond rings, although the common law has, in the interests of public welfare, declared "lotteries" and "raffles" illegal since the days of William IV. Fortune telling and impostures of that sort are put down in London with an iron hand, but there, in the interests of national well-being, you can hear "Crossing the Bar" or even "Home, Sweet Home" sung on a Sunday. Here���you must not sing a patriotic song on a Sunday night, or buy an orange (if the appeal succeeds), but blasphemy, fraud and treason can he preached on Sunday, as on week-day, without hindrance or rebuke! i Open Fraud Fraud, palpable, obvious, clear, stalks' abroad with impunity. Jf "there's money in it"���it is let alone. Scheme after scheme has been on view here���so palpably fraudulent that a school boy could detect it���but the authorities take no notice. If a man put in a store window tomorrow "stock" for a company to "extract sunbeams from cucumbers, "the City" would say, "If they can get away with it���let it go!" I am uttering no unfair criticism. Adulterated butter is made by the ton hourly, giving water for the poor kids bread and butter���the grocers themselves send a deputation to the city on the nearly general fraud of "short weight"���yet what is done? Playing on Sentiment On Sunday night I listened for one hour and a half��� all a tremble with indignation, to what was, in my honest opinion, the most blatant blasphemy, the most ignorant and palpably fraudulent "lecture" I have ever heard. Blasphemy! Listen. "Yes! the war will end this October��� or at the latest next April will bring it to a close, and by a new power, I see some new force hovering in the air over Christ who, though on the Cross, smiles on poor humanity as he waves the Stars and Stripes in one of his bleeding, wounded hands, and the Union Jack in the other." If this is not blasphemy, what is it? Christ between the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack! Well, we are told Christ was between two thieves. I object to the Union Jack in the above "figure of speech." -������ Not Phrenology The lecturere advertises herself as a "phrenologist." She did not talk "phrenology"���which is a science ��� on Sunday night. . ~~ Or Astrology She did not talk "astrology���which is a science���on Sunday night. She talked "vibrations," "visions," "auras," and she said she saw poor women with husbands and sons at the front, surrounded hy "mists" "edged with pink," which "meant love"���or some other color which meant something else���and "more could be learned in a personal interview." How it Works On Monday I kept watch on this lecturer's studio and, as I expected, I saw some of the poor women whose curiosity, and hopes, and fears, and anxieties had been aroused ���pay the "studio" a visit. Did they leave any of their precious money with the "phrenologist ?"���and what did they get for it. Did some of the patriotic fund dollars go to the "phrenologist?" I have only touched the fringe of a matter I have been investigating for months. Why is this left to a private citizen ? The duty of "the authorities" is clear. Why don't they expend one-tenth of the energy in clearing the city of fraudulent fakirs that they spend on hunting a Chinaman for a harmless touch of his national recreation���or they expend on "prosecutions" and "appeals" over little Polly's Sunday ice-cream cone, or Billy's Sunday bag of pea-nuts���or my harmless, necessary cigar? "The law is a hass!" said Bumble���in London. What would he say of it here? How to Arrange your Flowers The* simps are lull of charming knick-knacks to make tbe task of the unman who luves to have many flowers about tbe house easier. It is only j recently that wc have learned to think I that a few flowers, carefully arranged, look far better than many packed tightly into a vase. Although wc! have learned to arrange flowers ra-1 ther more sparsely than we used to ' arrange them, wc have also learned i to depend on a myriad of details t" j help give them just the right effect. J;"r one thing, there are the tunics I ���or any other beast, fish, or bird, for I lhe matter of that���that can be made j in glass, china, or metal, with a back full of holes to bold tbe flower stems. A green metal swan of tbis sort, with lovely arching neck, costs 49 cents. Turtles and fishes and ducks can be had at prices ranging from 50 to 75 cents. Circular pieces of china or glass, pierced with appropriate holes, can be had. for smaller prices. One of these holders is almost essential if you would get really good results with flowers. Then there arc the pretty little- birds that perch jauntily on the edge of the flower dish. These can bc had at many prices. One, a scarlet tana- ger in good imitation of the real bird, costs 45 cents. He is a big bird, as big as he is in nature���which is some six or seven inches long, and he is made to stand in a dish of water in which the flowers stand. The tiny birds, for tbe edge of the dishes, that are held in place by a bit of plastic- clay, can be had at prices both below and above that of the tanager. Little stakes to stand in tbe vase with a bunch of flowers have heads consisting of butterflies. These cost 60 cents each and are durable and lovely in color. Ten cents less is the price of a shimmering, glittering dragon fly in metallic green, on the same sort of tiny stake. For 13 cents you can buy such a stake with a wee bird, in yellow, red, or blue, on its tip���and even tbis cheapest of the little props or stakes is charming. Thc butterfly, by the way, is mounted on a stake of wire, which is almost transparent. And so the butterfly almost looks as if he were flying as be sways back and forth with the slightest breeze or vibration at the end of his wire support. A metal crane, with gracefully bending neck, costs 45 cents. Like thc tanager, be is made to stand in the dish of water in which flowers stand. He is small, not more than four inches high, and he is really beautifully modeled. The waterproof water lillics, that float in most natural fashion on the surface of fish bowls or in dishes of flowers, are another attractive accessory to the Summer bouquet. They must be carefully used, of course, in combination with real flowers. But if a couple of them are allowed to float on the surface of a shallow dish containing a big green metal frog in the centre, with stalks of iris in the boles in his back, the effect will be very good. And the lilies, of course, can be used when there are no real flowers at band���a condition which conies to pass even in the best gardens now and again. * *'.'��� The newest midsummer parasol is of cretonne, usually in a large flowered pattern, and quite frequently with deep scalloped edges, bound or faced with the cretonne. Hats of cretonne to match arc tempting to the woman who has money to spend. * * * Spots and polka dots are almost as much in vogue as are stripes, and hand-embroidered spots make very effective trimming for lingerie frocks and blouses. * * * For the bather, there are striped scarfs of rubber, the thin sort of which caps are made, with wide and brilliant stripes going crosswise of the scarf from end to end. * * * For the little girl, cotton or linen frocks, in blue or rose, smocked in white, are always in good style this summer. * * * Never before have lace veils been more fashionable or more attractive than this year, possibly because they are suggestive of things Spanish. They were not seen much in the very early Spring, but now they add a new note, or rejuvenating touch, to the hat that has seen a few weeks' wear and has been faded by the sun. They are fastened over the top and thrown back, usually, hanging gracefully over thc shoulder. Sometimes they are fastened under the hat at the back, falling down in true Spanish fashion. Bits of antique Japanese embroidery are used as collars of pongee sports coats. It is exactly the same kind of flat, colored embroidery that women used to like to put on the drawing-room table or on thc shelves of cabinets for curios. * * Si Speaking of things Japanese, there is a new vogue for handbags and purses from the island empire. Sometimes they are made like bags, fastened on ivory rings, through which is mn a long silken cord. Sometimes they are made with thc clasps am! openings that are thoroughly Occidental in appearance, and sometimes they are made with the wrought metal chain for a handle and a ball of carved ivory at tbe end that just fits the band. LITTLE FEET Two little feet, so small that both may nestle- In one caressing band; Two tender feet upon the untried border Of life's mysterious land. Dimpled ami soft, and pink as peach- tree blossoms In April's fragrant days��� How can they walk among thc briery- tangles Edging the world's rough ways? Tbe white-rose feet along the doubtful future Must bear a woman's load; Alas! since woman has the heaviest burden, And walks the hardest road. Love for awhile will make the path before them All dainty, smooth and fair��� Will cull away tbe branches, letting only The roses blossom there. Hut when tbe mother's watchful eyes- are shrouded Away from sight of men, And these dear feet are left without her guiding, Who shall direct them then? Some feet there be which walk life's- track unwoiinded, Which find but pleasant ways; Some hearts there bc to which this life is only A round of happy days. But they arc few; far more there are who ramble Without a hope or friend��� Who find this journey full of pains and losses, And. long to reach the end. How shall it be with her, the tender stranger, Fair-faced and gentle-eyed, Before whose unstained feet the world's rude highway Stretches so strange and wide? Ah I who may read the future? For our darling We crave all blessings sweet, And pray that He who feeds the crying ravens Will guide the baby's feet. ���Elizabeth Akers Allen. Wl $150 CASH Through their representative going to the War, the famous Australian firm of TrewhelUs want to immediately quit 6 (SIX) of their world-renowned Tree and Stamp Grabbers THEY WILL TAKE $150 EACH CASH for the full equipment, which was selling at $200 before the big rise in materials. Otherwise���we are instructed to return them to Australia if NOT SOLD WITHIN 60 DAYS. THIS IS A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY for anyone wanting the world's best clearing machinery. Send CASH $150 and Order Now to The Campbell Storage Co., Ltd. 857 BEATTY STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. 1 SATURDAY. IL'LY 22. 1916 BOND INVESTMENTS Primarily, look for healthy security and buy from a responsible Company that has carefully scrutinized thc investment. Second, consider the interest returns. The safeguards of a true investment can be easily verified. The B. C. Municipal Ponds we handle are a charge on all properties within each respective municipality. They yield from 6'A per cent, to 7'.i per cent. Consult our Bond Dept. in person or by letter. Canadian Financiers Trust Company Head Office: 839 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C. PATRICK DONNELLY, General Manager. Northern Securities Limited Established 1906 529 PENDER STREET WEST FINANCIAL AGENTS. Seymour 1574 ESTATE MANAGERS NOTARY PUBLIC DEBENTURE INVESTMENTS We can offer you, subject to prior sale and rise in price, small lots of from $500 up in gilt-edged Provincial and Municipal Debentures, t i yield 5 per cent, and over. A splendid opportunity for thc small investor. B. GEO. HANSULD Manager FINANCE & COMMERCE Canadian Northern New York Loan���,.\i the time the contract wa�� lei Vancouver Activities of the Company ��� : 0 bad :'' paid in ������ accou I The Canadian Northern kail'.-.a.-. ���< pledges, and the direel rs of the has lei ihe contracl for the erection *' - M. *���'��� A- "" doubt depended on of iti Vancouver passenger terminals subscribers to pay up as thi funds* to Messrs. Carter. Halls and Adinger '-''''" required, in which they met keen j creditors for an extension of twoi of Winnipeg and the Northern Con- disappointment, however, and coin).li-.years upon certain monies being paid! struction Co, of Vancouver. The con- cations ensued, with ihe result that Ion account, Negotiations are also tract price is approximately $600,0 I, there are now contractors' liens on (proceeding with a view to completing JULY Reminds of the Summer Holiday CONSIDER VOYAGING "NORTH BY WEST IN THE SUNLIGHT" AND REQUEST THE UNION STEAMSHIP CO. of B.C. Limited TO AFFORD YOU DETAIL OF SOME OF THE MANY DELIGHTFUL CRUISES UNDERTAKEN BY THE Eight Vessels "8" At Your Service Two days to Six ��� Ideal Scenery ��� Luxurious Accommodation ��� Round Trip Fares ��� Special Summer Rates. HEAD OFFICES AND WHARF: UNION DOCK, FOOT OF CARRALL STREET Take Car to Columbia Avenue. 'Phone Seymour 306 Excelsior Life Insurance Company Head Office: Toronto VANCOUVER OFFICES: STANDARD BANK BUILDING F. J. Gillespie, M. J. Gillespie, Provincial Manager Provincial Inspector This old line Company has $1.50 for every dollar of liability. Our policies are approved by the Dominion Government. The rates are no higher than other Companies. "Safety F'irst" is our motto. NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE THE TELEPHONE IS THERE If you are out and want to send a message, look for the sign of the shield. It means that a telephone is available for use. You can always find a telephone ��� down town, in the suburbs, at local resorts. Where the people are, the telephone has to be, else there is disappointment. B.C. TELEPHONE CO. LTD. Jingle Pot coal Always Mined by Union White Labor Coast Lumber & Fuel Co., Ltd. Phone Fair. 2500 Phone High. 226 Phone Fraser 41 and l��>ili ni the contracting firms are closely allied wiih iln- MacKenzie & Mann interests. The railway company in ihc original agreement wilh ihc city, agreed t��� ��� erect a million dollar depot, and the he building for aboul S142 0, while an arrangement whereby contributors the amount paid on account is approx- al this time will rank equally with the imately $140,000, In addition to this, present irrdit'-rs until such time as there is a balance owing on the pro- the entire project is financed, Ac- perty which, with accumulated inter- cording to reports, the '.cork en' tlic' est, amounts to over $50,000, lcommitf.ee is progressing favorably. SHIPBI iu>i\<; in iitiiTisi. i in.i unit Phone Seymour 9086 SOMETHING YOU NEED for the safety of your valuables and Documents. A Private Box in our Safety Vault. $2.50 Per Annum DOW FRASER TRUST CO. 122 HASTINGS STREET W. View ��f Iln* Wnllnec Shipyard!* ut Vancouver, where nwukonlnfl nctlvlty In Nhlpplng help* lo nui'II llie |ui> roll lifference between this and tbe contract price is to bc spent I according to available information) mi sheds, platforms, etc. There arc unpaid awards in connection with the False Creek expropriations amounting to some hundreds of thousands of dollars, which the city is liable ior as long as the C. N. R. allows them to remain in default. The railway company has, however, sold the bonds on security of the tide flats, turned over to them by the City, and there appears to be troublesome times ahead if tbe City intends to make the company live up te, its agreement. The Company recently secured a loan of $6,000,000 in Xew York, which is s Mrect obligation of the Company, "������ secured by pledge with tl -, t.. ��*>*15 140 par value of Canadian A'ortneru . ' i v system, underlying first mortgage securities^ guaranteed, principal and interest, as follows: $3,569,947 Canadian Northern Alberta Railway Company 3 1-2 per cent. 50-year debenture stock, due April 1st, 1962, guaranteed by the Dominion of Canada; $1,539,982 Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Co. 3 1-2 per cent. 50-year debenture stock, due May 19th, 1961. guaranteed by the Dominion of Canada; $1,975.8.19 Canadian Northern Railway Co. 4 per nt. debenture stock, due January 23rd, 1939, guaranteed by the province of Saskatchewan; $2,029,372 Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Co. 4 1-2 per cent, debenture stock, due April 2nd, 1950, guaranteed by the province of British Columbia. Tbe securities pledged as collateral for these notes have liens prior to outstanding issues aggregating $146,679,- 000. The Dominion of Canada owns $40,000,000 of the outstanding $100,- 000,000 Canadian .Northern Railway capital stock. The issue was over-subscribed in one day, which is not remarkable considering the security offered; and, in addition, it is well known by New York financial interests, that the Dominion Government is so heavily involved that the road must eventually be nationalized. * * * Vancouver City Y. M. C. A. Finances The Young Men's Christian Association is a noble institution. The Vancouver branch of this body has for the past few years been in deplorable financial difficulties. In November, 1910, the citizens of Vancouver pledged in 4 1-2 days the sum of $520,- 000.00 for the purpose of erecting a creditable borne for the Y. M. C. A. on Georgia Street. In January, 1913, or about two years later, tbe contract for the new* buildings was let, and with excavations, sewers and architect fees amounted in round figures to $408,500. In July 1914. matters having conic to a crisis, thc directors entered into an agreement with the creditors, by which all the assets of the Association (including thc unpaid subscriptions and their valuable property "ii the corner of Cambie and Dunsmuir) were i turned over to a trust committee, whose duty it was to protect the ere-1 ditors, and to tbe best possible advantage conserve the interests of the Association. Two years have passed and tbe title holders of the site on which tbe uncompleted building stands and the creditors in general, have been very considerate and lenient with the Y. M. C. A.j but matters have again come to a crisis and steps must be taken to save the property of the Association. At the present time the unpaid pledges amount to $280,000, a large proportion of which is uncollectable��� the subscribers having, in some instances, left the city, and others are totally unable to pay. With a view to a solution of the complex problem confronting the Association, His Worship Mayor McBeath convened a meeting of citizens some weeks ago when a citizens' committee was appointed to confer with the directors of the Y. M. C. A. and to devise ways and means. Tin's committee consists of ex-Aid, Walter Hepburn, chairman; E. B. McDermid, Col. Whyte, B. Ceo. Hansuld and Aid. W. J. Mcintosh. It is understood that this committee of citizens bas been busy negotiating with all and .the committee itself is to be enlarged considerably; and with ibis object in view, the following public b; ' ics have been invited each to appoint two members thereto: City Council. Board of Trade. Hankers' Association. Manufacturers' Association, 'Trades' and Labor Council, Ministerial Association, Rotary Club and the Canadian Club. Tbe enlarged committee, it is confidently hoped, will work out a plan whereby the situation may be successfully met. The Y. M. C. A. is a national institution, and the citizens of Vancouver cannot allow the local organisation to meet with disaster, although many calls have been made on their generosity during tbe Empire's trial���in which the Y. M. C. A. is taking such a great and noble part. About $300,- 000 is required to clear the title to the property, pay the creditors, and finish the new building on Georgia Street. As an offset to this, the association has its old property on the crner of Cambie and Dunsmuir Streets. and its 'mpaid pledges of $2N0,I"IJI), of which approximately $27,500 has been converted into promissory notes. * * * Dominion's Trade Grows Canada's exports in May amounted i S27.734.477, and in the two months of the fiscal ycat to $49,307,555, as compared with $16,121,149, in May last year and $29,342,807 in the two months' period. Another feature of lhe monthly statement is the rise in imports of free goods, as well as in dutiable commodities. Dutiable imports in May 'amounted to $31,740,167, as against Siy.N51.612 in May last year, while imports of free 'goods increased from $1*4,539,196 *in '.May last year to $29,- 857,645. ! Imports of all classes inclusive of I coin and bullion amounted last month Ito $370,230,181, compared with $35,- (146,944 in the same period last year. ! May, including bullion, amounted to i W4,i54,295, a- agafnst $42,(180,486, '! he. grand total of all Canadian trade for May was $176,873,466, and for the t\yo 'months of the fiscal, year $284,555,- 958. The total for May last year was [$80,023,321, and for thc two months S145.244.352. Exports of agricultural products | during the month just closed rose to $47,433,750. an increase of no less than $34,687,623. Other exports also show substantial increases'. Why, Thomas! 'Why is il that the telephone operators are all women:'' Mrs, Thomas asked her husband. "Well," answered Mr. Thomas, "the managers of the telephone exchanges arc aware that no class of people work so faithfully as those who are in love with their job; and they knew that women would love their work at the switchboard." "What is the work of a telephone operator?" Mrs. Thomas further inquired. "Talking," answered Mr. Thomas. I A.g-i'-ultural Note Mr. Subbubs���Here's an ' licle in the paper saying that in tin S(.. ...= it lis advisable to prune fruit trees. I Mrs. Subbubs���Well, let's prune jours. I just love prunes. Miii-m ii.niM. in nainsii mn min Where kccN are being Inld for ships being built under thc recently imsseil Provincial Shipping Bill J J: ntl! - .-M 1 MMnw^Wj SIX THE STANDARD SATURDAY. JL'LY 22. 1916 Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree r Encourajirg Him t'Kcrfcl One 110 newcomer, ori '���������- ing as'-ed what the trenches are li'.i-' ���If ver stands up ver gets sniped, if yer/feeps down ver get- drowned; if yc*t moves about ver gel- shelled; and if ver stands still ycr ueis court- martialed for frostbite. * * * Expert Testimony Voung Mrs. Cornell was a bride of bin a short time. ' >ne afternoon she confided t i her friends at a pink tea thai she 'va* sure her husband never played po! ir at his dub. "H-ow," queried one of the women, "did you find oul ?" "Ob." explained lhe young bride, "I met a couple of the members of His dub the other day and I asked BSt them: 'Can Perry play poker?' They [looked thoughtful for a moment, and V then answered very sincerely: 'No!'" of a sunset of lurid red. with blue- streaks and green dots. And old rustic crossed the meadow and stopped behind him at a respectful distance. "Ah." said Philip, looking up at the old fanner, suddenly, "perhaps to you, too, Nature has opened her sky-pictures, page by page. Have you seen the lambent flame of dawn leaping across the livid east: the red-stained, sulphurous islets floating in the lake nl lire ill the west; lhe ragged clouds at midnight, black as a raven's wing. I lotting oui ihe shuddering moon?" "Well, no." replied the rustic, "not since I gave up drink." The Wife that Argued Jimmie had a scolding wife, but was never willing to admit il. "Xow, Jimmie," said a fellow-workman one day, "doesn't your wife really j scold sometimes?" companied to the interview by his mother. "You think your son would make a good messenger?" said the business man. "1 do." she replied, "Whatever Jim di es he does quickly." "Very well. I "ill test him." said the gentleman. "Here, take tbis letter to the Commercial Bank and be back here in twenty minutes." The mother laid a detaining hand on the boy's shoulder. ������Come along home. Jimmy," she- said. "It ain't a boy they want here, it's an angel." * * + Secret of Industry Mrs. Smith is one of those persons who, conscious of her own virtues, never loses an opportunity to disparage herself. Chief among her virtues was industry, "Surely you must be tired. Aunty," said an admiring niece. "How can you work so long without a rest?" "Oh, my dear," said Mrs. Smith FAIR "BOBBIES" OF LONDON HB ,~ ��������� ... j: , :^-r^T^---���-������--��� London is soon to have a police corps of women. This force is to augment the efficient London bobbies, lhe ranks of the police force of London having been considerably depleted by the men who have gone to the front "The photo shows a company of lady custodians of the peace lined up before the Mansion House, just before mending a meeting of organization. ' ' ' No Wonderl A Xew Yorker, who found himself for some days in a "jerk-water" town of the West, was obliged to submit , to the mUmtrat-oos of the local bar- *Eer. '"He bad a terrible time���he was I cut. knicked, gashed and generally mishandled. When the job was completed the New Yorker sat up and said: "Give me a drink of water." "You ain't going to faint, I hope," P*)/' said the barber, observing the man's distressed expression. "Xo," was the response, "I just want to see whether my mouth will hold water." * * * Playing Safe The Man���If I should ask for your hand��� The Maid���I should refuse. , The Man���You positively would not marry me? The Maid���Under no circumstances whatever! The Man���Nothing that might occur would cause you to change your mind? You are absolutely sure? The Maid���I am absolutely sure. Tbe Man���Fine! Then we can have the time of our lives being engaged this Summer! * * * Bygone Memories Philip .is an amateur ar '., who I -- - "*** raves ab.Jat uattfre. One day be was Btvjgjgfall bis attention to a painting iw��� "Well," replied Jimmie, reluctantly, "she doesn't really scold, but she does argue sometimes so that you could hear her a mile away." * * * Proved! The Sunday school teacher was not satisfied with Ellen's unsupported assertion that she bad been christened in orthodox manner, "How do you know you have?" she asked. "Because I've got the marks on my arm," said Ellen. * * * One for the Parson Parson Lewis, who was not averse to an occasional toddy, hired an Irishman to clean out his cellar one morning. Pat started to work with a will, and found, among the other rubbish, a number of empty bottles. Pat carefully examined each bottle by holding' it to the light. The minister, looking down to see how Pat was getting along with the work, saw him looking through the bottles, and called out: "They are all dead ones, Pat." "Indade, now, are they, Surj^Vff plied the Irishman. "Well^Jn*ere's wan good thing about it^ffey all had th' minister wid .'em when they wuz dyin'!" S * * * No Place for a Mere Boy The business man,had advertised for a boy. One likely applicant was humbly. "I think it is because when 1 begin a piece of work 1 am too lazy to stop." THE IRISH ASSOCIATION A meeting of the Irish Association of British Columbia was held at their headquarters, the Eagles' Hall, on Thursday, the 13th inst., the president, Mr. A. F. R. Mackintosh, in the chair. The treasurer's report as presented was considered satisfactory. Mr. M. J. Crehan delivered a rousing recruiting speech and referred to the splendid effect produced by the efficiency displayed by the 121st I Western Irish at Vernon. He also j had to report that fifteen per cent, of the members of the association had left on active service. Major Montgomery then addressed the meeting and impressed on the members who could possibly make arrangements that it was,tU(>if bounden duty to join on* fff tbe units forth- j with. AAVer discussion, the matter jw*vs*Teft in Mr. Crehan's control. j Mr. A. V. Cardner reported that the association was making arr'ange- ments to have a picnic to Bowcu Island on Saturday, the 12th August. Messrs. C. D. 0. Love, Capt. Boyd, S. J. Halpin, R. Logan and J. O'ugh- ton then addressed the meeting, after which the proceedings terminated by singing tlie national anthem. French nnll-iiireriift guiiH of InlrHt type In position nt Sttlonleii Coming Governor a Master of Tact Toronto Mail and Empin In lhe opinion of "Ex-Attache," whose acquaintance with the public men in the Old Country is of long standing, and who contributes articles on European affairs lo tbe Pittsburg Dispatch, Canada is tJ-be congratulated upon the fact that tbe Duke of Devonshire is to bc her next governor-general. "Ex-Attache" says that Canadians will find in tbe Duke of Devonshire one of the most approachable and genial viceroys who was ever sent to Ottawa. It is admitted that it will be no easy task to succeed so heartily-liked a governor-general as the Duke of Coimattght, who bas endeared himself to the people of this country; but if anyone could succeed in the task it is likely to be the Duke of Devonshire, whose great position has been so long established that be has never felt the slightest need of asserting it in word or bearing. Only a strong sense of duty could induce the Duke of Devonshire to accept the position of governor-general of Canada, for he has nothing left in the way of elevation of rank to which he might aspire; and highly though the people of Ottawa may esteem the privilege of living in that city, it is not something that might fittingly crown the ambition of a Duke of Devonshire. His acceptance of the post means that he will have to break up his racing stable, close Devonshire House in Piccadilly and the famous Chatsworth mansion in Derbyshire, as well as Lismore Castle in Waterford, to both of which country residences Ile and the duchess are said to be deeply attached. Moreover, his active business career will have to be abandoned or at least interrupted for some years, and be has been one of the busiest men in thc kingdom. lie manages half a dozen great estates, and owns almost the prosperous seaside town of Eastbourne, of which he has been j repeatedly elected mayor. He is also lord-lieutenant of Derbyshire, chancellor of the University of Leeds, chairman of a great shipbuilding company, and of several industrial and mining concerns, as well as being a M. F. II. and active president of at least a dozen charitable and philanthropic concerns. A Tactful Duke One of the distinguishing characteristics of the Duke of Devonshire is his tact, which was so severely tested when he acted as financial secretary of the treasury, in which capacity he was ex-officio the distributor of the government patronage, and the chief whip of his party. His was the delicate duty of selecting the recipients of peerages, baronetcies, knighthoods and other honors on the first of the year and on tbe king's birthday. That he was able to discharge these duties without making enemies or losing friends is sufficient testimonial to his tact, and it must be due largely to this quality that be is, with Lord Derby, the closest personal friend of King George. But it was in his relations with bis late uncle, tbe eighth duke, that this characteristic shone most brightly, and in especially trying circumstances, A Difficult Situation By the will of his grandfather, the seventh duke, Lord Victor Cavendish, as he then was, received all the property not entailed, family jewels, laces and other valuable possessions; and it was generally understood that the seventh duke was strongly opposed to leaving Ihem to bis own son. because it was well known that he was to marry the Duchess of Manchester. To tllis brilliant woman the old duke bad taken a prejudice, and when after his death bis son and heir married iier, as expected, relations between him an'1 the nephew might well have been strained. Thai they remained the best of friends, and that the new Duchess of Devonshire left to the wife of tbe present duke instead, of to any of her own daughters her very finest diamonds are sufficient evidence of the kindliness and tact that had saved a situation lhat must have been awkward. Is Sure to Make Friends It has been noted that among the several names that had been mentioned as likely to succeed tbe Duke of Connaught, that of the Duke of Devonshire was never heard. War conditions made it injudicious to appoint the Duke of Teck, Queen Mary's brother, after he had been practically decided upon. Lord Curzon was named; and so were Lord Milner, Lord Derby and Lewis Harcourt. Brilliant public men though they are, Lord Derby bad more important war duties to perform at present than it is possible for a Canadian governor- general to discbarge, and Lord Curzon and Lord Milner are probably better adapted for imperial service in other spheres. Tbe office of governor-general of Canada bas been in the past used to achieve fine strokes of statesmanship, and history may repeat itself in this respect. What the Duke of Devonshire will make of it remains to be seen; that he will make no blunders am) many friends his previous career renders a safe prediction. He?? Are the Standard-Bearers for 1916 COMPLETE LIST OF CANDIDATES THUS FAR NOMINATED FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTION Below will be found THE STANDARD'S tabulated list of all the constituencies which have nominated their candidate for the coming provincial parliamentary elections, along with the names of the gentlemen who are to represent their different parties. . ��� ��� * Iffl Constituency Alberni .. Atlin Cariboo .. Chilliwack Cowichan Columbia . Comox ... \\*TH THE FRENCH HOSPITAL CORPS AT THE BATTLE OE VERDUN ErchcS- KireJehc-i lie. rrs removing �� bndl>- funded mini from one ot the subterranean, pnssngc wnyrt defenses, while the German big shells flj overhead In thc Verdun Cranbrook Delta Dewdney Esquimalt Fort George Fernie Greenwood Grand Forks Islands Kamloops ......... Kaslo Lillooet Nelson Nanaimo North Okanagan . South Okanagan .. Newcastle New Westminster Omineca Revelstoke Rossland Richmond Saanich Similkameen Skeena Slocan North ancouver .. South Vancouver . Trail Vancouver Liberal H. C. Brewster Frank Mobley J. Yorston E. D. Barrow K. Duncan John Buckani Hugh Stewart Dr. J. H. King A. D. Patterson John Oliver G. A. Gaskcll A. I, Fisher Dr. J. D. McLean J. E. Thompson M. B.Jackson F. W. Anderson John Keen J. B. Bryso'n A. Mv Johnson Wm. Sloan Dr.* K. McDonald Leslie V. Rogers Victoria Yale David Whiteside A. M. Manson Dr. Sutherland W. D. Willson G. G. McGeer F. A. Pauline R. S. Cohkling T. D. Pattulo Chas. F. Nelson Mayor Hanes J. _W. Weart Michael Sullivan Ralph Smith M. A. Macdonald P. Donnelly Dr. Mcintosh J. S. Cowpcr J. W. deB. Farris IT. C. Brewster John Hart George Bell H. C. Hall Joseph Walters Conservative ��� ���� ����� s n - J. G. C. Wood H. X. McDonald J. A. Fraser W. D. Macken W. IL Hayward Dr. Taylor M. Manson T. D. Caven F. J. Mackenzie W. J. Manson R. H. Pooley W. R. Ross J. R Jackson E. Miller W. W. Foster J. P. Shaw Neil Mackay Archie McDonald W. R. Maclean A. E. Planta Price Ellison Mayor Jones Dr. Dier Socialist, Lab. or Independent H. W. Maynard J. A. Macdonald (Soc.) John Mclnnes (Soc) - T. P. O'Connor (Soc.) F. M. Dockrill Hon. T. Taylor L. A. Campbell W. J. Baird D. M. Eberts L. W. Shatford Wm. Manson W. Hunter G. H. Morden Rev. Boulton las. A. Scbofield W. T. Bowser C. E. Tisdall A. J. Welsh Walter Leek A. H. Macgowan Thos. Duke Alex, Lucas I '*�� Jack Place (Soc.) Parker Williams (Soc.) E. T. Kingslcy (Soc.) W. Bennett (Soc.) Ernest Burns I Soc.) J. Harrington (Soc.) J. Sidaway (Soc.) C. Lestor (Soc.) W. A. Frit chard (Soc.) J. Kavanagh I Soc.) W. W. Lefeaux (Soc.) J. H. Hawthornthwaite (Soc.) P. Williams (Soc.) Dr. E. A. Hall (Ind. Lib.) SATURDAY. JULY 22, 1916 THE STANDARD SEVEN Honest John Oliver's Latest Contribution to the Political Literature of the Times ��'**'*.**���* * * * * * THE VETERAN LIBERAL STRIKES RIGHT FROM A POWERFUL SHOULDER IN HIS ATTACK UPON THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION ' The veteran Liberal chieftain, Honest John Oliver, of Delta, has addressed the following letter to the electors of Dewdney, where he is opposing -Mr. Wm. Manson in the present provincial contest: Gentlemen: 1 regret that 1 cannot address you as ladies and gentlemen, as I am heartily in favor of adult suffrage, without respect to sex, and I can assure that if I am honored by being chosen as your representative, I shall do what ever I may to hasten tbe time when our wives, sisters and mothers shall be accorded equal rights with ourselves. We are living in a time of stress. The Empire of which we are a part is expending its wealth of material resources, and ol human life in maintaining its part in the greatest tragedy of the world's history. We are proud of the Empire's part in this great struggle for freedom. We are proud of tbe part which Canada has and is taking in tbis' war. We are proud of the brave spirit of our volunteers and of the self-sacrificing spirit of our womankind, who with breaking hearts have bid their loved ones God speed in their fight for thc right, and who have devoted tlieir time and their means in providing for the necessaries and comforts of the brave men at the front. I am afraid that sometimes we overlook the fact that those who stay behind have just as important (though not so conspicuous) a duty to perform as those who go to the front, namely, the supplying of munitions, of food, of clothing, and the care of the sick and wounded, and of the dependants of those absent on duty. Lest we be proud overmuch, let us remember that we have amongst us that spirit of greed, which impels men to take advantage of tbe necessities of the occasion, to obtain wealth, even at the cost of tbe lives of our brave soldiers, by exacting undue profits from the supplies furnished to the government, such wealth so acquired is just as much "blood money'' as was the thirty pieces of silver taken by Judas Iscariot. It makes no difference in principle whether such wealth is obtained by extortionate prices for shells, or bandjages, binoculars, or drugs, rotten shoes and shoddy clothing, or forged bills of lading for horse, feed. It is this same spirit of greed which is tbe underlying causes of war, and of political graft, and robbery, and in my humole opinion it is just as necessary to fight this spirit in our own country and homes, as it is on the blood soaked fields of Europe. It is this spirit of greed which is responsible for the "frauds upon the Land Act," for the speculation in our timber wealth, for the mad speculations in real estate, for the promotions of "wild cat" companies of all and every kind by which the unsuspecting people could be robbed of their wealth. It is the same spirit which is at the bottom of all tlie political jobbery and crookedness, with which we arc cursed, and it is the direct cause of present conditions in llritish Columbia. 1 have beard it said that when the Almighty created the earth that what he bad left over he dumped it in a heap in li. C. However that may be. He certainly created a grcat and magnificent heritage, which has fallen into (lie hands of a people who have not made a wise use oi thc Creator's gifts. The wealth of our mines has gone and is still going to build up a foreign land. Our timber wealth is very largely controlled by foreigners, who practically dictate the legislation which shall govern its disposition. Our accessible agricultural lands have been to a large extent acquired by fraud and are largely controlled by foreigners. Our fisheries are controlled by huge corporations and operated in such a manner as to constitute in many cases a monopoly, and so render it difficult for the individual fisherman to live. Tbe administration of public affairs has been conducted with the view of creating an all powerful political machine, to be operated for the advantage of its creators, and to the detri- m-nt of the general welfare. That the extent of the ramifications of t'.is machine extend through Dominion Provincial. Municipal and even School Board administration is shown by tbe invest'gations now proceeding in the eil" of Vancouver. Gross extravagance and waste ha* Characterised the administration of Provincial affairs, especially during the last seven years. As an illustration of this. I may say that the Provincial Salarv List, which cost $366,- 024 in 1904-5 and $541,486 in 1909-10 (Note���1909-10 was the last year in which Capt. Tatlow was Finance Minister), had increased to $1,777,666 in 1915-16, whilst the estimates for the present year is $1,755,164. There was an increase of $175,462 in the first five-year period and an increase of $1,236,180 in the second six-year period. Such an enormous increase cannot be justified. J. E. Griffiths, denuty minister and engineer of Public Works, receives a salary of $3,360, and R. H. Thomson, one of bis subordinates, and an American engineer, "received a salary of $15,000 per year for putting graceful curves in the roads in Strathcona Park. A Victoria druggist. Mr. G. A. Fraser, ex-M.P.P.. received $1.00 per yard for removing the soil from the site of the addition to the Parliament Buildings and piling it up a few yards away; 30 cents per yard would have been a fair price. Mr. J. P. Shaw, who sat in tbe last legislature as member for Kamloops, received $30 per day for 365 days in the year as member of an Indian Commission, and at the same time received $40 per day for the 40 days during which the legislature was in session. $70 per day is not bad pickings, even for a Kamloops cattle rancher. Charles Wilson, K.C., received $37,- 000, and A. P. Luxton $2,000, and O. Plunket $500 for work in connection with the 1911 revision of the Statutes, work which could, and should, have been done by thc Attorney-General's Department at a nominal cost. The late H. D. Helmcken received $30,000, and S. H. Matson received $75,(XX) for their work in connection with removing the Indians from tbe Songhees Reserve in Victoria. Of this latter amount, evidence adduced went to show that $30,000 went to bribe the Indian chief, and another $30,000 vvas transferred from Mr. Mat- son's private account to the credit of the Vancouver "News-Advertiser," of which Mr. Matson is the reputed owner. This payment of $105,000 for work which ought to have been performed by the lands department, at a nominal cost, has not. nor cannot, be justified. The payment of $79,050 to Mr. H. O. Alexander in connection with the illegal purchase of the Kitsilano Indian Reserve is sickening in its sor- didness. That Mr. Alexander divided the spoil with Mr. Hamilton Reid in no way mitigates this disgraceful proceeding. The fact is, that these two obscure lawyers divided between them (as a result of a few days' work) a larger amount of public money than Sir Richard McBride received as Minister of Mines during the whole thirteen years of his ministry. A favorite way of rewarding political service has been by the appointment of royal commissioners and public prosecutors. As an instance of the latter, I may mention some of the amounts paid to Vancouver lawyers during the vear 1913-14: W. M. Mackay $4,844 T ,B. Shoebotham $5,008 A. IL McNeill $6,114 A. D. Taylor $9,227 Under the head of royal commissions there are: Agriculture $47,224 Indian Affairs $177,512 Labor (part only) $39,368 Price of Coal $10,118 and others of less magnitude. Administration of Justice cost in 1904-5 $108,186 In 1913-14 this had increased to $747,112 Whilst for 1914-15 the amount was $404,082 ll is claimed that the large cost in 1913-14 was occasioned by the labor troubles on Vancouver Island. This may be partly true, but the labor troubles was caused by mal-adminis- tration on the part of thc government, who both neglected, and refused, to enforce the law for the safety of thc miner. Thc present Minister of Mines, the Hon. Lome Campbell, in a speech from the platform of the Miners' Union Hall, in Rossland. on the evening of February 23rd last, gave away the lasi vestage of government defence when he said, "lhe strike was caused by an American mine manager, who could not make the property pay, and took that way of covering it up." The loss of life in the Extension explosion, tbe loss of life by drowning at Wellington, the loss of life by explosion at Nortbfield, the labor (roubles, the employment of tbe militia, the filling of the prisons with miners, the outrageous cost of their prosecutions, are all more or less directly traceable to the mal-administra- tion of the Provincial Government. FINANCES The McBride government often claimed credit, alleging that they rescued the Province from bankruptcy in 1903-4. There was a deficit that year of $391,976. The Province is ten times worse off now than it was then, as the following figures, taken from thc public accounts, will show. In 1911-12 there was a deficit of $623,059, and in 1912-13 a deficit of $3,116,542, and in 1913-14 a deficit of $5,475,865, and in 1914-15 a deficit of $4,178,713; and the estimated deficit for 1915-16 is $4,926,884; and the estimated deficit for the present year is $5,357,359, or a total of six consecutive deficits amounting to $23,678,442. In the immense deficit for the present year, no account has been taken of the $2,375,090 required to pay the interest on the railway bonds, which we have guaranteed and which would bring the estimated deficit up to $7,- 733,449. The expenditure has increased enormously and the revenue has been rapidly decreasing, so that it is now less than one-half of what it was in 1912. $20,180,904 will have been expended upon roads, streets, and bridgeways during the six years ending March 1917. Not one dollar of this immense sum has come from the revenue of those years. The surplus of 1911 has gone, the $10,000,000 loan of 1914 has gone, and we require another loan of $10,000,000 this year, and probably another loan of a similar amount for next year. The government have just sold $L- 000,000 of 4 1-2 per cent. 25 year bonds for the sum of $847,200, a discount of $152,800. The Province of Nova Scotia, 5 per cent. 10-year bonds are selling at a premium. The reasons why our bonds are selling at such ruinous rates is the gross extravagance of administration. The enormous deficits; the wildly impractical methods resorted to for stimulating production, and the enormous increase in our liabilities, without any corresponding increase in our producing power. In 1903 our gross liabilities were $13,534,440, at tbe present time our gross liabilities (including railway bonds and the loan authorised at the last session), are $121,573,390. Our railway obligations with the Canadian Northern Pacific are. principal account. $47,975,000: on interest account (annual i, $2,053,875. On account of Pacific Great Eastern Railway, on principal account, $31,710,000; on annual interest account, $1,426,950. It is only fair to explain that all the guaranteed bonds of these railway companies have not yet been sold, and that the Province's liability for the payment of interest for the present year, is $2,375,090. It will be remembered that Messrs McBride and Bowser assured the electors that these railways would not cost the people a single dollar, the fact that we have already begun to pay interest upon the bonds of the P. G. E., and the statement of Dominion Finance Minister White that this year we must pay interest on C. N. P. bonds, shows the value of Messrs. McBride and Bowser's statements, The main line of the Canadian Northern Railway between New Westminster and Vellowhead has been aided to the following extent: Provincial guarantee of bonds. per mile, $45,000 Dominion cash subsidy, per mile. $12,000 Dominion bond guarantee, per mile, $24,177 quired by land speculators���by fraud. The government aidtd in these frauds and as a result settlers have been driven out of the country, and instead of an increasing population to aid in bearing the burden of our increasing debts, the government have made H. C. an undesirable province to settle in. Or a total aid per mile of $81,177 And in addition to the above, the Provincial Government, to the amount of $10,000,000 for terminals in New Westminster. Vancouver, Steveston and Victoria. In connection with these terminal bonds it might be well (when the working men of this Province go to vote on September 14th) to remember that when hundreds of men were in the bread line during the winter of 1914-15, that this Company had over $5,500,000 borrowed on our credit (lying idle in tbe Bank of Commerce) for the construction of terminals, which were even then overdue to be built, and yet neither the government nor the railway company made no attempt to proceed with thc work, and thus relieve the situation. None of tbe branch lines of tbe G. N. P. Railway have been completed, if thc policy which the government are now applying to the P, G, E, railway is to be applied to tlic completion of the C. N. P. branch lines, it will mean another $13,000,000 added to our indebtedness. The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company have already received a guarantee of bonds to the extent of $20,160,000, and a further guarantee of $11,550.1111(1 have been authorized. When incorporated this company was given a bonding power of $60,0C0 per mile, and power to issue capital stock to the extent of $25,000,000, Had this capital stock been sold, even at twenty per cent, discount, il would have produced $20,000,000, which, with thc proceeds of the government guaranteed bonds .$18,035,198) would have been more than sufficient to build and equip the railway. This $25,000,000 of capital stock has not been sold, but it has illegally been issued as fully paid up stock, and illegally apportioned to Messrs. Foley, Welch and Stewart and their associates. The $18,035,198 realised from the sale of the government guaranteed bonds has been paid over to the railway company, contrary to tbe law- governing the same. The promoters of this railway company (Messrs. Foley, Welch and Stewart) have paid over to one of themselves, at prices for work and material, fixed by themselves, tbis $18,035,198, which they have illegally received from tbe government. The prices fixed by Messrs. Foley. Welch and Stewart to be paid to one of themselves, namely P. Welch, exceeds the prices paid for similar work on the C. N. P. Railway by from twenty to upwards of 100 per cent. I think it safe to assume that the prices paid to P. Welch, are fully thirty per cent, above a fair price. The $6,000,000 which the government now propose to borrow, and loan to the railway company, is to be paid over to P. Welch as contractor, at the same excessive prices. If the government are to be allowed to complete this railway to tbe Peace River, along the lines of their present policy, and to sell provincial bonds at the same ruinous rate of discount as they have in the past, the bonded indebtedness of the Province, on account of this Railway, will be upwards of $56,0000,000. When Premier Bowser states that the P. G. E. Railway Company have expended upon construction of the railway $9,000,000 more than they have "received from the government, he states a deliberate falsehood, the true figures as given by F. C. Gamble, the government railway engineer, as the amount spent on construction (at Pat Welch's excessive prices), $18,895,188 Received from the government $18,035,198 Unless the madness of this government is checked at the polls, property values, which have already depreciated enormously, will suffer further depreciation, until selling value will almost disappear and taxation will reach rental values. LAND ADMINISTRATION Millions of acres of the choicest of our agricultural lands have been ac- ONE EXAMPLE As an example of tbe fraudulent acquisition of public lands. I submit the following: A bunch of speculators bought some 5,700 acres of land in Renfrew district (west of Victoria city I. as second class agricultural land (timber lands, which these lands really are. is not allowed by law to be soldi, the price paid to thc government approximated $18/XI0, These lands were subsequently acquired by the Puget Sound Lumber Company at a valuation of over $600,000. They were registered in the land registry office, and registration fees were paid on a declared valuation of $421,800, and they are carried upon the company's books at the present time as an asset valued at $689,000. This land was cruised as carrying over 60.000 feet of merchantable timber tij the acre, and the direct loss to the Province, in the difference in value of standing timber on Crown granted land, as compared with that on licensed lands, according to the valuation ol" the Puget Sound Milling Company, is $345,670. THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT All efforts of the opposition in the legislature to improve the old Workmen's Compensation law were frustrated by the government supporters. Two bills for this purpose were voted down in 1907 or 1908. In 1912 the Liberals made the new principle a plank in their platform, and a draft bill was prepared, which in principle is superior to the law which has just been enacted. Faced with a general election, the government dared no longer delay the passage of tbis measure, the best provisions of which have been "lifted" from the draft bill prepared by the Liberals, even now employees of the government���farm laborers and domestics���are excluded I from tbe benefits of the Act, AGRICULTURAL AID BILL The adoption of the principle of this measure has also been forced j upon an unwilling government���its \ principle has also been "lifted" from I the Liberals���its working details are not such as J would be disposed to claim credit for. Uready one million dollars borrowed at a discount of ipon which the borrower w liiired to pay interest am fund. Already one politician upon the commissic if Mr. S. Cawley, wl- or encouragement to keep the industry alive. Why are not the iron ores Of Texado being converted into ship building plates. There is only one answer, the government has been dead to ',/ieir opportunities. Dewdney has many sites for the location of manufacturing industries, and if elected I propose to devote the major portion of my time to furthering her interests. Is Dewdney satisfied with her agricultural development. Why are there thousands of acres of fertile prairie lands Eying unproductive? Why are men. aye. and women, and even babes, found back in the heavy timber trying to make homes under impossible conditions? Why is B.C. importing millions of dollars worth of food products, especially meats and dairy produce!* Why are the resident land owners of the Dewdney dyked lands loaded with a debt which, under present conditions, it is impossible for them to carry? Why are the resident land owners of Nicomen so disheartened, all these are problems which it was the duty of the present administration to grapple with? Are you. thc electors of Dewdney satisfied with the results. If so, then it is your "duty to continue your support to the present government. If your conditions are worse than they were thirteen years since, does not common sense indicate that a change is advisable. MUNICIPAL MATTERS Reform of our municipal laws are imperatively necessary, A simple, cheaper method ���'! municipal government must be devised. Municipal government will have to be extended in order to give more efficient local control. The present municipal act is a conglomeration of inharmonious provisions. Municipal legal expenses, costs of tax sales with the subsequent legal complications, can be largely avoided by proper legislation. Your present Premier has forced Sir Richard McBride from the Premiership, and to make ^ ������" for him I has ousted an old gentleman from his j position. Your present Premier supp,,rje i in favo Tru-t i general, legislati Dbminii result that manv absolutely ruined inflicted upon ti "mr present his attorney^ slitutional lients. the Company, with the ol our people were ind an immense lo-s whole countrv. rentier lias violated has been $152,81 3, ill be rc- sinking has been bis oath of office. Your present Premier was solicitor for F. August Heinze, who has successfully escaped taxation upon his land- for many years, Your present Premier has deliber- uttered false statements in re- ate] I pan the ta tati in ��� i ra ilwi .1 ctails ^^^ ed, first, for icning the ���ond, to -i'd ���esent nn th AND RE- M.P.P. on May 31st, and of the commission on Ju quite apparent from tin- Bill that it is to be opera the purpose oi strengt political machine, and s< the agriculturalists. TV do both, and under t! e r ods is do,uiicd to failure MINING, SMELTING, FINING The Britannia mine- ship all theit output to a foreign country to be smelted and refined, Every ton of iron mined in llriti>h Columbia is smelted outside the Province. The many millions of dollars worth of copper matter produced in B, C. is shipped oul for refining. There are many places in li. C, where the conditions are favorable for the establishment of smelting and refining industries. Port Moody. with ils cheap water transportation, is an ideal locality. How has tbis government encouraged industry. Take loco, where several million dollars have been expended by the imperial Oil Co., and yet they are without an ordinary wagon road. Thc rolling mills is in a similar condition. SHIP BUILDING Tbe government are wildly anxious now to aid in building wooden shins. Why did they let the Coquitlam ship yards collapse, did they give any aid as alt It is morally impossible ior any man. much more the present Premier, to hold the scales of justice even as between his private clients and the public interests. At the command of the Premier, the legislature voted down a bill introduced by Mr. Brewster, Which would make personation at elections impossible. If returned to power (which 1 believe they will be at the coming election), the Liberal party will so amend the Election laws so as to place women on an equality with men upon the voters' lists���so as to absolutely prevent personation at elections, so as to ensure a virile and effective opposition in the legislature, and a fair representation of all classes, by adopting the principle of grouping of constituencies and proportional representation. This system would render j impersonation���bribery���and corruption so ineffective that their use would be speedily abandoned. By the introduction of thc principle of direct legislation the Liberal party will provide the legal machinery by which the will of the people may speedily be made effective. 1 am strongly in favor of the abolition of the patronage system���in its effects, it results in a system of robbery which is killing the moral conscience of the people, and besides of which, highway robbery is comparatively clean and decent. In our leader. Mr. H. C. Brewster, we have a gentleman to whose moral worth and uprightness even his strongest political opponents bear testimony. I did not seek re-nomination in my : home constituency of Delta foi the reason that at the time when Delta nominated her Liberal candidate, f bad no intention of again being a candidate in any constituency. Unceasing pressure from my Liberal friends caused me to reconsider my decision, and to accept nomination in Dewdney district. A personal buttonholing canvass is distasteful to me. and must be annoy- ' ing to many of the electors. I think the proper place for the discussion of ' public questions is the public plat- rm���out in tbe open. As far as possible I shall visit all parts of the district, making myself acquainted with your needs, holding meetings for discussion of public matters, going into questions much more fully-than it is possible to do in an iddress of this kind. Respectfully soliciting your vote 'ind influence in favor of a sane, h6n- est and economical, yet progressive ministration of public business. I am, Your- respectfully* JOHN i ILIVER, 1916. Judging from Experience July I W ill L-lled I simplv ii tier ir- irt 40 0 10 Jap way. y< work- sent ui tl: ra was ilic lie Explicit! es seem t-. be very Hilar :: :��� seasi r - , to ��� ��� 1 h i n p r e s s i . nisttc ��� ���-!��� wa- rom ior which 11 i n L' ' Nipnon C of bringing The Wrc.ig Patient ir. can vou tell me imnia ?" 'ti i :w miles ilk . be Asiatics 'Th il .uld vll ^^^^^^^^^^^ emier for the fapanese labor (',. to Your present I of tbe law firm articles incorpor associates as th for the purpose to 11. C. Your present Premier the law firm who hav as solicitors for the Pacific Eastern Railway Comoany. wl received over $18,000,000 nics. contrary t" law also a'ted as solicitors for the North ..-., i".-"<tniction Comoanv. ulso fi.. ,,,,_, , P. Welch, contractor for the P. 0, I'.. 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MORRISON 108 HASTINGS STREET EAST For the Summer Repast Nothing Exceeds the Electric Table Appliance Electric Toasters Electric Percolators Electric Grill Stoves Electric Teapots Electric Disc Stoves Electric Ovenettes ALLOW US TO DEMONSTRATE Carrall and Hastings 1138 Granville, near Davie RAIL TICKETS TO ALL POINTS General Agency Transatlantic Steamship Lines C. E. Jenney, G. A. P. D. Phone: Sey. 8134 W. G. Connolly, C. P. F. A. 527 Granville Street CANADIAN PACIFIC BACK EAST SUMMER . EXCURSION FARES Tickets on sale daily, ] ti n e 1 to September 30, 1916. Return limit fliree months, nol in exceed October 31. r For full particulars apply to any C. P. R. Agent SAFE FOR BABIES If You Live In Our District We'll Let You Try SOU-VAN MILK It you live anywhere in the district betwee'n False (.'reel; and Fraser River, Bridge street and Collingwood, vou are welcome I" try Sou-Van Milk All ynu need to do is. to ring us up���Fair, 2624���and leave your address at the office. Do tllis today���NOW���and try the finest milk obtainable ill Vancouver. The pure. CLEAN, wholesome milk���the safe milk for babies. Delivered daily in sterilized bottles���sanu- price as ordinary milk. CREAM, 206 PINT Rich cream for desserts, fruit, and all table uses.' Half pints, 10c. South Vancouver Milk Co. Scientific Diiirjnicn 29TH AXD FRASER B ��� ��� .���i Bicycle Notes & Wanderings ence, ami it shows that the cycle thus geared travels about 18 3.4 feet at ev- ,erv revolution oi thc pedals." By Rover A few years ago it was a rarity to see a lady on a bicycle, although many of them made use of the three- wheeler, "r tricycle, Now nearly ev- i.ry girl learns to ^ride a bicycle. Fortunately now they have not, as then, to brave Mrs. Grundy, to whom many clergymen and physicians were then apologising for bestriding the iron .r steel shod steed, as though there vvas something undignified in a man who rode well. Very few ladies in England or on the Continent then took up cycling, except under lhe wing of a male relative. and those who did emancipate themselves without such assistance deserved greal credit. I.ady cyclists were an agent tin- other day. ivho pointed lo the fact that many bicycles are! owned by llie Royal family: and lie was satisfied to ride "lie. too. * # * Simply because 'should say it is admirably adaptet nettling new. As |-,,r ,|,js purpose. N'o one connecter A handbook of particular interest at the present time'has recently been i published. li is entitled "Cyclist I Companies with Divisional Mounted Troops," and its author is Major J.! S. Bennett, D.S.O., chief instructor Army Cyclist Corps Training Centre,' than whom tliere is no greater authority on the subject dealt with. As the I author points out, the book is intended to assist and regulate the training of Divisional Cyclist Companies, audi 1" supplement the teaching derived I charged with being unladylike and im-|fn,m other training manuals, and wc! graceful. Why? their cycling was son a well-known writer said* then, "til next generation will rightly consider anyone who says so a fool." and it does. If we had not been accustomed all our lives to see ladies on horseback we should, I am sure, say .with truth that a lady's position oil a horse was unnatural, and her holding .on by keeping one leg between two pegs ill the saddle, ridiculous, while with elbows squared she bobbed up and down in her endeavors to keep time with the horse. When the horseback riding of the majority of ladies is compared with that of five out of six upon bicycles, any unprejudiced person must see that the style of the latter is incomparably more attractive, being the poetry of motion as tli'ey glide by with the graceful movements of birds. Ladies should learn to ride, with the assistance of a friend, after the manner prescribed for gentlemen ill my previous articles before attempting to mount alone. The way to mount your bicycle with the help of a friend or after you have learned to ride alone is the same, viz., stand in the frame with your left foot on the ground ill front of the pedal at its lowest point, then place ymir right foot On the right pedal just forward of its highest point, and with your hands grasping the handle-bar, spring upwards and slightly backwards into the saddle. To dismount, slacken speed to a walk, and when the left pedal is at its lowest, straighten the leg by rising from the saddle and throwing all your weight on it as yon apply the brake, and step through the machine to tbe ground'on the left side,'with your right foot in front of your left, which should, until then, remain o'n the pedal. Practise also dismounting on the other side, which .may be useful in an emergency. Having obtained proficiency, set the saddle as far back as possible and very low, so that you can drop into it with ease. Place sav purr, with the training of Army cyclists should be without a copy. * * * From reports that come to hand, the bicycle business is still brisk and lively, especially in ladies' and juvenile machines, while we understand that the carrier trade is going quite strongy. It will grow stronger yet, for we observe that more and more youths are moving about on. the economical bicycle, and their numbers will increase as rapidly as the rise in petrol. The future, of the carrier trade is absolutely assured, and it vvill not diminish when the war is over, when somewhat severe economy is likely to be practised. The brisk demand for ladies' machines we take to bc a very good Sign, and we are glad to see it is being so efficiently encouraged by so many dealers in Vancouver! The muscular Christians among the woinanfolk have set a fashion that cannot fail to be of immense service to the industry, and this should be helped as much as possible in all districts, especially in the more populous centres, Where really good money is being earned by girls of all ages. It can easily be understood that the call for men's bicycles is not so great as in times of peace when it is remembered that there are five million men serving the colors, the grcat majority of whom are cyclists', but there arc still a very large number of males beyond the military age who might be induced to try the bicycle as the best possible "pleasure resort" they can obtain, and of whom we are glad to see. more and more are coming upon the road. Many elderly men only want encouragement to take to cycling even more regard- fully than they do at the present time. It is one of the few remaining fields that might be more exploited, for there are obvious reasons why '"the elder brethren" of every class should take to bicycling even more than ever they have done before, the right pedal a little, say half an I why we rather insist upon this is the inch, forward of its highest position, i fac, t|,at ;��� the course of our riding stand in front of the left pedal, which tateiy we have come across very Canadian Industry, Commerce anf Finance Canadian business men. and those iln other countries doing business, or lorepared to do business in Canada, have fell the need ol a concise ami accurate source of information concern* ing Canadian industry, commerce and finance, Such a volume has just been prepare''., ami published by the Indus trial and Educational Press, Limited. 45 St. Alexander Street, Montreal. The opening chapters of the book are devoted to a discussion of modern business methods as applied I" Canada, in which the author deals with the three divisions ��� industry, commerce and finance���iu a lucid and authoritative manner, The aim is to present the information in such a way as to make it easily comprehensible. The .volume is of particular value to the young business-man and to foreigners doing business, with Canadian merchant.'.. The information is especially useful to Canadian merchants at the present time when so many firms are beginning to do an export trade, t" which a considerable portion of the book is devoted. The first chapter on industry deals with each of the various branches of Canada's industrial development, in point of extent, production and possibilities. In his treatise on commerce the author treats the subject in all its phases, foreign commerce, domestic commerce, ocean transportation, railroads, etc.. are taken up in turn and the methods and terms explained. The various markets of the world arc described, and a section is devoted to weights and measures in use the world over. The chapter on finance deals with a wide array of subjects. The author first describes the development of banking and instruments of credit, and then deals SUMMER DAYS ARE CYCLE DAYS The Healthful, Economical way to gel to and from wt rk. Mount a PARAGON" BICYCLE���CANADA'S HEST. Siait when you like���GO as you please. There are HUKI miles of :.���,,'>,! roads in tlie Province of British Columbia thai an worth riding over ��� Besides CYCL1 KG is the real mean- lo health. Call and lalk thi.. matter over wilh me. I can convince you thai cycling is tie most health wiv mn exercise on Cod's green earth. All kinds of e, I machines in stock. FRED DEELEY The Cycle Man 1126 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER Semi for 47-page illustrated catalogue���post free. with all methods in present use describing each separately���foreign exchange, bills of lading and shipping receipts, etc., mortgages, liens, deeds, stocks, bonds, and all classes of insurance are given attention in this chapter. j Another useful and principal feature of the volume is the .trade index or directory of all marketable commodities and Canadian producers. Tliis list embodies a description of most commodities and accurate lists of the Canadian producers of each, with addresses. The book is published by the Industrial and Educational Press. Limited. Montreal, as a companion volume to the Journal of Commerce, of which the lion. W. S. Fielding is President and Editor-in-Chief, Phone Highland 137 Grandview Hospital 1090 VICTORIA DRIVE VANCOUVER - B.C. Medical : Surgical : Maternity Rates from $15.00 per week CENTER * HANNA LIMITED will, of course, be about half an inch behind its lowest position, grasp the handles firmly, ami putting your right foot on the right pedal, spring upon it and so into lhe saddle, at the same many men who have "passed the meridian" and without exception they have spoken most gratefully and sometimes enthusiastically, of the ben- fits they have derived from the ex time giving the machine a slighf.Upase, both from a. physical arid men- impetus forward, and getting yourU^l standpoint, since thc present troll- foot on the left pedal. When success |,ie c.���llc n|H���, t|u, hmd. Many of them have been motorists, and have has crowned your efforts, place tl saddle in ils proper position, viz.. with lhe peak Iwo or three inches in tlie rear of a perpendicular lint drawn from tin- centre of crank bracket, and at such a height that you can. when sealed in lhe saddle, easily put your foot under the lower pedal. The advice about all-wool undergarments applies as much to ladies win, tour or indulge in long rides as to gentlemen, li is advisable tn keep a dress specialty for cycling, as nil is sure t" reach il suner or later. Ladies require lo be mure careful than men iu wiping off all superfluous oil after lubricating, and lo see lhat their machines have perfect guards with no projecting points to catch and tear the dress. A well-known cycling paper recently remarked: "We do not wish to be ttngallani. hut il is a fact that most ladies are inclined to look first at the price and then at the article, and this is tlic reason why so many of the ladies' machines which one meets all over tbe country are of tbe low- priced variety, Satisfaction never yet came through purchasing the cheap and shoddy, but it so seldom happens tliat ladies try any other mount except their own, that they miss altogether the higher pleasure of. the pastime." it * i: "What's good enough for Royal Princes is good enough for me." said PHONE: BEY. BOO MacDONALD & HAY Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. 1012 Standard Bank Bldg. Vancouver, B.C. Classified Advertising FLORISTS BROWN BROS. & CO., LIMITED, Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen, 48 Hastings St. E., and 782 Granville' Street, Vancouver, B. C. WATCHMAKER 10,000 WATCHES and CLOCKS wanted to clean and repair at the factory, 438 RICHARDS STREET. had to give that up for various reasons: bul Ihey are a potential class ,,i converts, and thousands of them vvill ride happily into and' through the peaceful days which vvill be "ins before many months are over if we read the signs of Ihc limes correctly. * * + Since Ihe war. Ihe wristlet watch has become a -raging���rather, a ticking���fashion. We suspect the makers of ihe scheme to lake our watches from our pockets and put them on our, wrists. It is a delusion. Vou can; break more wristlet watches mending 1 punctures or doing adjustments than | you can wear out pocket tickers in a lifetime of hard labor. We know, for we have tried the first. * * * My article on gearing vvas somehow or other jumbled up last.week: In deference to tbe wishes of many readers, 1 vvill repeat the portion at fault. "To find the gearing of single geared bicycle is a rule of three sum. As the number of cogs on tlie driving wheel hub, say 18. is to the number on tbe crank wheel or sprocket, say 46, so is the height of driving wheel, say 28 in., to the answer, 18; 46; 28 equals 71 5.9 inches. That is. every revolution of thc pedals will drive the machine a distance equal to that covered by a wheel 71 5.9 in. high. Multiply the gearing, in this case 71 5.9 in., by 3.1416 to find the circumfer- B.C. Prohibition Act WILL THE ACT DECREASE THE CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR? READ THAT "WIDE OPEN" CLAUSE AGAIN Sec. 57, Par. 2: "Nothing in this Act shall be construed to interfere "(a) With the right of any person to import from without the province liquor for bona fide use in his private dwelling house." NOW HONESTLY ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Does not importation of liquor necessarily mean its purchase in quantity? Does not the clause provide for a person placing unlimited orders for liquor without any restriction as to the frequency of the orders? Is it not human nature for a man to use anything more freely when he has an ample supply on hand? Will not this "Wide Open" Importation Clause have a tendency to actually increase the individual consumption of liquor because of the fact that it must be kept in a dwelling house in quantity, rather than purchased by the single glass or bottle? As fair-minded men. the electors of British Ci I ��� are asked to carefully consider lhe terms of the 1 tion Act.
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