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IF YOU WANT TO BUY, RENT OR SELL REAL ESTATE I make a specialty of same. Drop a card or call on me. No trouble to show property. Insur- ance at lowest rates. Money to loan. --GEO. CLIFF, Real Estate valuatior, 05 Clarence street. ete., at FRESHLY MINED Coal is far more desirable than that dug out of the earth a year ago. It's cleaner--hasn't stored up twelve months' dirt and dust ; it's dryer and in many ways a greater heat producer. Here it is at your service on quick order-- bright, well screened coal in all th standard sizes at standard for better even than stand- pric and quality. R. CRAWFORD 'Phone, 9 Foot Queen St. THE WHIG, 75th YEAR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, published at 806-310 King street, Kingston, Ontario, at $6 per year, kditions at 2.30 and 4 o'clock p.m. WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 pages, published in parts on Monday and Thurs- day morning at $1 a year. To United States, charge for postage hes to be added, making price of Daily $3 and of Weekly $1.50 per year. . Attached is one of the best Job Print- ing Offices in Canada ; rapid, stylish, and chesp work ; nine improved presses. The British Whig Publishing Co., Ltd: EDW. J. B. PENSE, Mandging Director. TORONTO OFFICE. Suite 19 and 20, Queen City Cham- bers, 82 Church 8t., Toronto, H. E. Smallpeice, Representative. Daily Wibig. League will probably PURITY The Reform act at once and for the purpose of se- curing a clean dlection in Kingston. The only hope is to secure the hearty both in the It may now late to make any advances in that directis In the local election, last time, there was no desire, with one party, to re- concurrence of parties city. be too new the compact which made for the of the legislature under very remarkable cir- The that this city, except on election of a liberal member cumstances. cause never prospered in a boodle basis, had no use for' a con- tract which made wealth of no ac- count and the personal equation -ev-' erything., The league has been dream- too long to make itself felt the present election, and without ing in "an agreement which covers all the active workers on either side nothing can be affected at this juncture. The propos- al, that the polls be manned and the the candidates an agents of political watched, is important suggestion. The bribery and corruption done at the polls or in their immedi- are not ate vicinity. MORE LIGHT The Manitoba ther light Grand Trunk Pacific terminals outside IS GIVEN. Free Press gives fur- upon the land deal for of and shows how sadly Mr. speculations, Winnipeg, oblin's friends were left in their In of the company's there anticipation railway selections whs a remarkable purchase of lands in the vicinity of the city and Hon. Bob His wanted $2,000 an acre for 309 had they succeeded in un Rogers was among the investors. crowd acre y and loading on the government they would £420,000. But they from two other have cleared up bought five sections gentlemen, about 800 acres in all, and was 3122 500. The differ- speculators to their profit the was the $153.50 per acre, ence between this, that those who sold commission made the ).22 per acre, and because they were while Rogers wanted $i,- party foiled they are mad, and misrepresent the The Hamilton Spec- tator, by the way, innocent thing, has been taken Mr this other subjects, and has repeated transaction. in hy Roblin on and the fabrications to. the hurt of itself, as a great family journal, and the dismay of its friends. ------ SCENTING FOUL ODOURS, "Conservative," to the "the the A Canadian wriung that Courier, suggests opposition 18 the tockholders (the auditor for people), and that it time auditor got a look at the books is something I'he implication is that there hidden or covered up in federal politics, and that the only of revealing it is by a change of hope government Ihere is in the thought a serious re- flection upon the auditar-general, who has access to every paper and docu- ment which refers to the public busi ness, and who is disposed to comment The ent auditor-general is quite as critical and though upon them as he pleases. pres- exacting as his predecessor, He is the dis- that not so fussy goverer of anything is worth and without him the Ix talking about, opposition would lost, helpless, or ndone The new "Conservative" When rule in Ontario were suspicion of is not and without precedent the men who now in opposition they hugged the delu- that the departments contained the evidence of awful corruption, and it is safe to say that they spent the the discredit earlier months in seeking evi that would forever the dence liberal party. then, and the since of Years have passed ed "'iniquities" liberals detected, It opposition alleg t he have not been because not to detect, will be the the federal day they will attain to power--and it sot there same with Some is not well that one party or one of men shall reign too long--but they appointed in their hunt for in this re Iheir programme complete now as it will as FOR KINGSTON Locomotive THE The MAN Canadian company to the as that it government is h made a answer of ot proper gertion our contemporary, does r matter what iin power as Kingston's chief industry is concer i at differ- itself, past Apparently, it makes a gre and the © ence, as history repeats of rule onservative rule the and will be the conservative of the future, knows what to expect shoud b one the displaced. present liberal government of the cryi shames of the the Abbdtt, the Tl ompson THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1908. and the Bowell governments was their of the locomotive works here, True, its equipment was not at the time the best, for treatment and its facilities But it built a 80 far as the Inter- colonial railway went its wants should have been supplied in Canada. Instead of that the orders of the probably delayed until the last gninute through the lack of a reasonable business foresight, went to the Americans. In this way the un- wag limited. good engine, and service government, patriotio- cause pursued of pa- tronizing - American institutions, and of contributing to All the while, employ- ment home, notwithstanding the policy tives projected as a industrial and the Canadians search of work and wages. The venture of Mr. Harty was a great He had to build up a bankrupted business and his first task to secure the assurance of the that it would order the for the Intercolonial in Can- ada. was that the price in any case would be lower than their welfare. unable to secure at national which the conserva- panacea for every commercial ili, were going abroad in one. was government engines The stipulation the cost of the American engines. The liberal government kept its word, and from that time the local industry be- gan to thrive. The man who has done so much for Kingston through the works of which he is the president, and who has been so loyal to the city in deciding to remain hete, though powerful induce- made to remove else the real ments were and government, whose policy is a genuine aid to the institutions of the where, national one, a day, should be remembered gratefully. The politics of the average man are The politics of the workingmen should be the influenced by his circumstances, to sustain the government and party which has sustained them, and in this view of the case their attitude the Laurier Kingston supporters should towards administration and its be one of pronounced cordiality. NOTES. over EDITORIAL The railway strike Let us thanks. give The government that helped to build chief industry, by pa- the peo- up Kingston's tronizing home manufacturers, is government that appeals to the ple. electors are Mr. "adequate protection " the the what In rious the west cu- to know Borden means by In the newer provinces demand is for a lower tariff. The full dinner pail cuts some figure The had search in this election. men who to go in oi work some away vears ago do not need much light upon the question. legal to have a poli- to- dis- the So it is not tical smoker, to give pipes and to the political situation. bacco those who meet and cuss So Toronto conservative candidates, eral of them lawyers, have decided. . -- Mr. immigrants Hanna's reference to the British rifi-rafi--the a large percentage as element which contributes to the jails and asylums giving 18 great offence everywhere tors do not like being 'abused in elec tion time. Mr 18 a Borden, at Hespeler, where there was asked what he the tariff pro- woollen mill, to do about talked of What does he mean by the ? Why he details ? was He tection." going then "adequate term does not down to get Mr. servative candidate Montreal. the con- di- that he is neutral in the federal election. Bourassa has endorsed in St. James' vision of Outside of His contract, self-imposed, is to make Quebec a Bourassa province in poli- tics and religion, and it is big one. Mayor dropped the cheap power scheme and! Stewart, Hamilton, has the mayoralty, in order to accept He abandoning a nomination for parliament, will suffer in popularity for the power scheme, and he may regret his desertion of the civie party. how decide Mr. party convention cannot the may electors should vote. of who swung he the Avery not get the votes majority' of those the but of Frontenac. copvention againgt to wet him, ex- pects majority of the a votes party in A political "smo was abandon- ed in Toronto because legal minds had it that to give pipes and tobacco were bribes within the meaning of the law and tHat all the Toronto seats might How are becoming, be violated some men and how plire ! Remark- able for Waich "5" pleasing flavor. The big black plug chewing tobacco. 1 1900 sev- | The elec-| the | really particular -- ON A SOUND BASES ARE THE INDUSTRIES OF CANADA. -- They Have Prospered Under Lib- eral Rule--Wages Have In- creased and So Have the Ex- ports of Manufacture, Toronto Star. There seems to still linger in the minds of some people the idea that under the so-called 'National Policy tariff, which was in operation when the conservative party held office, manufacturing industries were more flourishing than they have been under liberal administration. The incorrect- ness of this carefully cultivated idea will be at once seen, if any fair com- parison is made between the official reports available for the two periods. The tendency for a long time has been towards the better organization, and, therefore, more general concen- tration of business; that there is car- ried on an immensely larger amount of production, in a smaller number of establishments, than was the case some years ago. This fact is striking- ly shown in the following table, giv- ing the number of such manufacturing establishments, and also the number of persons employed in them, for the three years named : Establishments. Employee 14,065 14,650 344,035 wees 12,547 353,920 The total records .of production for the class of establishments mentioned for the five years under consideration were as follows : 1590 1900 1905 .. ... 2368,696,723 181,033,375 706,446 57% Exports Of Manufactures. The annual tables of trade and com merce show the total yearly value oi exports from Canada, classified so as to indicate how far they represent the products respectively of agriculture, mining, forest, and manufacturing in dustr and from these tables we compile the following statement cf our total export of manufactured goods, that is, the surplus that owr factories had after supplying the rapidly growing home market. It in the alternate years of the twelve years of liberal regime, and the preceding twelve years of conserva- tive control. 1. Exports of manufactures in con servative period : IRS86 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 9 cludes $1,824,137 4,161,252 . 5,741,184 7.010 985 eral period : 1898 14,224 287 18,462,970 19,564,049 1902 1904 1906 1908 ...... . . «2 The aggregate of exports which were the product of manufactures during the whole of the twelve liberal years amounted in value to $214,443,075, as against an aggregate during the con- servative term of only $69,281,235. The Wage Bill. Coming back to the statistics of the census returns, we may make another {comparative statement which will be instructive. It gives the total number {of employeés engaged in the manufac turing industries mentioned, and ag follows : Wages 1590 272.03: 74 1.3 1900 1905 It there | 383,020 162,155 that not only been a substantial reeent | the number of employees, | but a much greater increase in the {actual and proportionate amount of wages paid, showing a higher stan- {dard of living, and the sharing i | wage-earners in the general prosperity gregate salaries paid them, and {that has obtained. will be seen | | crease in is as | { Increased Population. It could not well be otherwise In | creased production and increased area {of cultivation mean increased popula {tion. The immigrants coming from | the old world do not now drift over {into the United States. On the con | trary, steady stream of desirable | immigration is flowing from the Uni | ted States into the Canadian North {West. The larger population demands a larger supply of factory products, {and in return sends to the factories a | larger supply of raw material. That {increased home consumption is in ad- {dition to the increases which the {table of exports shows. | Canadian industries, to-day, are on |a sound basis, and in a healthy con- {dition. They have prospered under a | reasonable tariff that has prevented | their prosperity from being the result of opportunities to make consumers pay the high prices that would be de manded ungler the,gonservative policy, of a tarifi'of high protective duties. The liberal party may point with pride to the success and. the benefit | to all classes, of the sound and right { principles that have been worked out {in the administrative methods of the last twelve years. a George Taylor's Bluff. | Montreal Herald | George Taylor claims to know just | how the vote is going to go in all the ridings in all the provinces. And he { has been'in parliament n \ thirty | years, too. Our theory is "that as | somebody has to do the official pre | dicting of victory, George was select- i ed because his reputation would sus- tain the least injury after the count. . -------- | Leaving The Party. ! | Montreal Herald. . It seems that Jean-Baptiste Morin, {disgusted with his chiefs, has refused {the conservative nomination for Dor chester, which he was probably the only conservative who could carry. {We can't exactly blame Mr. Morin, {but he will be sadly'missed out of the | life of parliament, where he was a { universal favorite. | i ---------- | Bibby's for Gloves! Gloves! Gloves! | 1 | t Temptation usually knows where {to place itseli to receive the quickest | | possible attention. WILL BE NO LANDSLIDE. Liberals Most Responsive to the Appeals. London Advertiser. Mr. Fielding, in* his Toronto ad- dress, ridiculed the pretensions of con- servative election prophets with re gard to this province. Never have the Liberals of Ontario been apparently more responsive to the appeals of the leaders of the party. Sir Wilirid Lau- rier has been greeted by crowds which have had no precedent. Mr. Fielding's experience since he took the stump in Ontario is another evidence that con- fidence in the Laurier government has not diminished. A keen political oh- server, who is in touch with every rid- ing in Western Ontario, and has in- quired into the local conditions of each, gave the Advertiser, yesterday, a list of ten constituencies, represent- ed by conservatives in the last house, where the liberals profess to be cer- tain of success. The optimism is, at least, the proof of a spirit which was absent in the provincial campaign. It is admitted that the opposition has no chance of defeating the government unless by a tidal wave in Ontario. There is not a surface "indication of such a disaster. In the inner liberal circles there is a feeling that the Laurier government will more than hold its own in this province, Directoire Gown. The Directoire gown, and even the sheath gown in modified form is now being worn by women of conserva- tive taste in dress, and although some of the models shown are too extreme for American wearers, many of . the new designs are really charming. A very example of a Directoire gown is shown in the eut, the model being of pastel mauve satin. "The skirt was slashed at the sides and caught to knee depth with embroider- ed satin buttons, the opening wing filled in with a plaited fan oi the same material. The oversleeves were cut in one with the draped bedice, and . buttons were used down the shoulder and outer arm. The . yoke was of cream whité Chantilly Ie, lichtly embroidered in gold, and was outlined by bands of mauve velvet. This model would also be very smart in white cloth, with bands of black about the yoke. good ~~ Borden Has No Hope. 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