THE DAILY NEWS —— — ~_——_— det ~~ The Daily News The Leading Newspaper and the Largest Circulation in Northern B. C. Published by the Prince Rupert Publishing Company, Limited DAILY AND WEEKLY TRANSIENT DISPLAY ADVERTISING—50 cents per inch. on application. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, United States and Mexico—DalLy, 50c per month, or $5.00 per year, in advance. WEEKLY, $2.00 per year. All Other Countries—Daily, $8.00 per year; Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance, Contract rates j HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C. Telephone 98. SuspscriBers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone 98 in case of non-delivery or inattention on the part of the news carriers. on DaILy E DITION. Monpay, DEc. 18 Christmas Dain FRES'S AND SW e i] ties | EET ~ oe ome mermermsrtsommerme® Qrmtrmtemire er New Mincemeat, just like mother used to make; it's only 65c per quart. We have just received a large shipment of New Raisins, Currants, Figs, Nuts, Table Raisins, Dates, Oranges, and Chocolates. ee Shop early and avoid disappointment. A GOOD BUSINESS COUNCIL IS WANTED. The long-looked for rush into Prince Rupert, for which we are all waiting, is due to start during the coming year. There will be no stampede, but quietly, one by one, those manufacturers and business men who have been intending to get in ahead of the crowd will be moving hither. This makes it peculiarly imperative that the ratepayers of the city get to- mere rere Stalker & Wells and oy Corner Second Ave. McBride. Street mast gether and induce a number of competent business men will- ing to put business principles ahead of party prejudices to offer themselves as candidates for office. The News knows of more than one man who visited the city during the past year with a view of opening business who decided to wait until the era of aldermanic bickerings was ended and an era of business administration had begun. Ad- ministering the affairs of a city is pre-eminently a work that demands business abilities. A business administration lifts up and energises the whole business of the city. An unbusiness- like administration reacts adversely on the business life of the city, frightening away capital and disheartening the merchants. It is a mistake to think that only the property owners of a city are interested in the growth of its trade and the economy of its administration. Every citizen, whether he own property or not, is affected, the relation of the citizen tu the city be- Christ Beans. St. SLOAN & COMPANY —> mas vexatious problems easily solved by Sloan & Company’s Script. Sold for any amount, redeemable in merchandise. RINORP HOTS Oi Ois «660 ps 3 counts foe kos te Wks 0 Sloan & Company, Limited MERCHANDISE SCRIPT POU G ORD BE Ee8 CERES os CAVE EO TREE CES 6 oo ce Ma a CIR RT CORMIER Had 0 ch0es ChUS 0 CESEURSOGTh SC OUEV UES US ca baedoaerehisel ant merchandise to the amount a paoe thugs do bssaiewa vi oh Se RELUMMSTETS 08 0) ec RMON MEE ETE T Cova ae Dollars ° 160 SLOAN & COMPANY, LIMITED Sixth Street ing similar to that of the shareholder to a joint stock company. Apart from the interests of sanitation, of the observance of law and order, of education for his family and of his interest as a user of public utilities he has a very vital interest in seeing that a city is well governed. Though he may have no real estate to draw rents from, he has labor to sell, and the selling price of that labor is determined by the demand in the labor market. That demand is determined by the ability of the local authorities to so administer the city’s affairs that the city be- comes a desirable place for capital to invest itself in labor- using industries. The price of labor cannot be fixed by an arbitrary act of Parliament or an arbitrary civic bylaw. The! selling price of labor is fixed by the laws of supply and de- mand and these in turn depend upon the wise manipulation or abolition of tariffs, and the wise and progressive manage- ment of the corporate interest of the citizens. Whether the citizen be a Croesus or a wage-worker an) important link in the cycle of causes that improve his lot is good government. Extravagant, unprogressive or inefficient | management is as bad for a city as for a joint stock company. Every citizen, whether a property owner or not, is a share-| __ : holder in the city, sharing its prosperity or its losses, as the | Sasa case may be. large What Prince Rupert needs at the present moment is busi- | ®