/John Bums hates nothing so much as the ...thought of the English working' man. becoming a prey to that cringing, shirking pauperisation which Keir Hardie holds out as the highest .social ideal.. -John Burns wishes to seethe working man brave; upright, -'and, above all, independent.— "Harper's Weekly: ,, Jt is jnst possible: that the effect of the Minors , : Eight Hours Bill may: be at first slightly, to raise the price of coal. But. if cheap coal can be had only at the cost of working men and boys, and more particularly boys, excessive .hours, in an, arduous trade underground, it is a privilege which .costs dearer than, money .—"Daily. News."; ■ ' The question of the type of immigrants into Canada is one that may-be expected to come up again and again for discussion. But tho ; basic principles of the matter are clear enough. Canada wants, reasonably-enough, only the.best that wo can give; and'she gets, indeed, some of our best, but'a large proportion of second-best, and some even who would hardly rank as high as G10be."... Many occupations there are'which give unfortunateyouth no chance at all of providing for its future. Even when the outlook may soom somewhat promising,- it is clouded by the fact that so many boys are employed that therois no room for thenvwheh they become, 'men and seek a man's wage. ;'. Bright and smart at sixteen, they find themselves turned adrift at nineteen or twenty, with, no prospects; and no trade.—"The Standard." ; i■' Some folks fly off to distant.hills / " : To try and cure .their many, ills;- -V ■ . ■ \- They'd show more sense, ...v '-•And save expense, ;. ■.■..--.■ '.-v-r. By using Laxo-Toi io Pills. ' "' N." LAXO-TONIP 2ULS, IOJd. and Iβ. 6i 6,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 9
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280Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 9
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