PAGE FOUR. ---- |THE WHIG; 75th YEAR DAILY BRITISH Gy at 306-310 King street, ingston, satin at $0 por year. Editions at 2.30 and 4 wi BRITISH WHIG, 16 peges, blished in parts on nday and Thurs [Ba morning at $1 a year. oe Ynited _ charge for added," ing price of aly $5 ena i of i | 1. NET LIGHT § is eo of Aine best Job Print- go in Canada ; - rapid,' stylish, cheap work ; nine improved presses. The i" Whig Publishing Co., Lt'd EDW, J, B. PENSE, Managing Director, TORONTO OFFICE. Suife 19 and 20, Queen Cit , 82 Church St., Toronto, Smallpeice, Representative. Daily Wihig. A MAN OF IDEAS. Hon, Mr. Templeman is said to have resigned = his seat in the government jand a conservative paper remarks | thai if he "had been true to his own { province it would not have come | this." Which simply nonsense. There | was a"member of the Ontario govern- | ment who cuffired defeat in the eleo- tion, y Cham- H. BE. The 1 and most Bonomiont Burns for 18 hours at a cost of 1le, Price of Lamp, 36 Cents fT GORBETT'S to is | been 1rue to the spoils system---rather | than to his own high ideals he would have fared better. That was only an {| opinion, and it was probably entitled [to- as much respeet. as this opinion about Mr. Templeman. He and Hon. Mr. Monteith, the | premior in whose resignation TF $ : eos 25% Oft 'Suits and (Overcoats Call and see these | vell-made Cou nd | Well made Coats ant not of Ontario accepted, [ very much the same position. | « Mr. Templeman, in the Laurier gob: | ernment, reflected the the | people fs he understoed it. He did the Asiatic agitation | which was made the issuo in the elce- This reduction also applies on Rubbers, | Shoes, Underwear, | apest. place in town to buy Footwear, Isaac Zack's 271 are mind of This month only. warm, heavy, endorse Suits. tion, and he would not have endorsed it had he not been a member of the | government. men who have | ideas and hold them at any most, and | Mr. Templeman, | of them. Boots and Sweaters, | ete. The cl There are to his credit, is one Princess street. THE CARE OF THE POOR. The county council of Kent has call- Inspector R. W. B. Sniith ac- | count has criticised the | county refuge very severely. The war- the inspector, refuge lacks for nothing in attendance, help, and in of maintenance, | per inmate per week, may be increas- |ing and yet the institution may not | be a model. | The management of the homes for | | ed to because he | den takes issue with {and contends that the { supplies. The cost Most Perfect Made SOLD AND USED EVERYWHERE E. W.GILLETT CO.,LTD. TORONTO, ONT. aged and homeless people is sarily dependent very neces- largely upon | the superintendent and his staff, and that must The service calls a judgment which is somewhat and not always as teaches these 'be carefully chosen. for | rare, | exper ience much: ap- | preciated as it deserves. | The is to be commend- | ed upon its efforts to have the poor county carefully The a having been passed while government L held office), a suitable build- ing in every county, and the expendi- Tture on capital aceount, in some has been very large. The maintenance of a farm and farm outfit for the reason that | the hard work, | and it must be undertaken by: hired | help. ' The Lennox and Addington have entered into an arrangement with the city institutions § for the care of their poor; and the | government will be satisfied--provided government in every (not housed. | law new the calls for one, Ross The great Uterine Tonic, and only Be effectual Monthly j Regulator on which women can depend, Sold in three d of strength--No. 1, hi 0. 2 10 Jogrece prongen 0. 3 sts, OF oo municipalities is costly, inmates cannot do for 1 cos Sold. .all hr i) prepaid on Joos Ds of pricy ree pamphlet, S20k Memoing 00., TORGHTS, ONT. fa iy ¥ LIFE Best of Secnrity, counties of Frontenac, there is a general acceptance of condi- tions and the poor Many and choice plans. ; sent where we enquired into by Of the one county sent to the are their cases may the inspector of charities. Current reported Rates of Premium. Life and Kndowment. + twenty-five to council how. many will be Kingston house ? Profits equal 17%. compound interest. INSURANCE Thomas Mills, 79 Clarence St. SIFTON STILL A POWER. It is amusing to read in a Toronto paper, the 'by the way which prides itsell on being actuated by high and patriotic instincts, that Hon. Mr. Sifton has the which he -occu- pied so long in Manitoba. One has only to peruse the evidence that was tendered, in the libel suit against the Winnipeg Froe Press « to realize the conditions that prevailed Mr. Sif- the "beasts Ordinary | Conditions. one removed from of influence been position in the" ton last federal elections. to fight at his own constituency. tha local government exhausted {its favours in seeking to compass his defeat. He had to fight hoodlumism {in a great city when ho visited Winni- [peg in the interest. of the liberal { cause. Mr. Sifton is worth hearing at time. had | Ephesus," in where | any He is the superior of any member of the opposition in discussing public questions, and in Winnipeg he from the platform 'the | organized ruffianism that expressed it- | soli~dg_Jnsane and wild disorder from | the gallery. Then in the the Gorvnionr had to fight No Wonder You Lose Your Cook Why don't COAL that right, heat 9 hake right ? vite HhoX some conservatives | colffessed . that they { had, Bren approached by the deader of { these toughs and asked to get behind him .in the wpera house anl shout and | stamp and aot like lunatics when Mr. | Sifton spoke. This leader of thé dis- i he had iRen paid the { money necessary to make. the night a memorable his of you give her will right burn and Give" her "good; clean OAL COAL that's all COAl~~the kind selll That's the Way to. Keep We | to quiet him they were assaulted and Crawford, Jaosied Sewn. Xue I ee roters wen urther, " Phone 9, Foot of Queen St { on a witness who told of the disorder, ! {hwcatened to kill hia !' AN this came we | turbers said one, and followers jiswore that ht and, and it was said that if he had decent men undertook | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, out in the court, avd is said to Have made a sensation. That Mr." Sifton was clodted, while pitted against a very unserupulous local government, is very remarkable, and because his majority has been re- dueed it is not to be assumed for a moment that he has lost his grip on the people, and t he is not . the sancst, the brainest, and most power- "ful public man in the Canadian North- West. ---------- A RESULT OF TAXATION. The Association of Life Inswfance Presidents has been in session in New York, and some of the matters which came under review are very interest ing. Take the question of taxation. It is almost incredible that in 1907 the Ameriean stock companies contri- buted $11,000,000 to the funds of the state or 2.1 per cent of the premium income, and in ten years the levy up- Lon the companies has amounted to $85,000,000. "This," said Hon. Mr, Dryden, of the Prudential company, who discussed the subject 'is an enor- mous burden upon life insurance busi- ness and penalizes thrift in its most desirable form." This fact becomes the more note: able wlién the conditions of life ing surance in other countries is consider- ed. 'Germany is rot happily financed as a nation, and it might be expected to extract every dollar it could froth taxable sources in order to get re- venue ; and yet in 1907 the statk's demands totalled $300,000, out of re- ceiptd amounting to $120,000,000. Were the companies of America taxed as lightly the annual savings annually would be millions, The ' complaint against the taxers what has been, the is not so much as what may be, the experience, In twenty years the Tate of taxation, affecting the insurance re- venues, has gone up from 1 per cent. to 28 per cent., and it is expected shortly to reach 2} per cent. During the Spanish-American. war the Ameri- can rate of taxation went up materi- ally. During the last five years the rate has increased in Ontario. When new revenues have been wanted the insurance receipts have been attacked, because they have been always in sight, and governments act as if there is no limit to the burdens which may be put upon them. of companies The people-who pay insurance pre- mium$ are not always the best able to stand taxation. Some policy-hold- ers indeed make great sacrifices in or- der to maintain their life insurance, and if their "estimates" are some- times defeated 'the companies are not to blame. The inroads of taxation are serious, and there are only two iy of meeting them, increasing the " Fates or cutting down profits. EDITORIAL NOTES. . The Santa Claus fund--for the cheer of poor children--is 'growing in ronto. Who is going to start movement in Kingston ? To- the The classification of the civil service is not an easy matter. The work may be ultimately remitted to the service commissioner, What is it for civil And why not ? if not this work ? Toronto is dispesed to give Mayor Oliver a second term. Mr. Oliver is a liberal, . but he has made a splendid and the Toronto people occa- sionally forget that they are politi- mayor, cians.' The Belleville 7" Tntelligencer thinks Senator Dan Derbyshire must feel aw- fully out of place in Ottawa. not know where, It does Dan is at home any- and popular, him. because he is not a groucher. Saturday Night is not a reliable au- thority upon the amount which any politieal party paign fund. The facts will be known in time--if all the protests now talked of are put in, possessed as a cam- The Hamilton Herald counsels those who would depose Mr. Borden from the conservative party to be patient, that some day he will lead his party to success. But there are some young fellows who can't wait. The medical council is prosecuting the druggists of Toronto who preserib- remedies, for the ailments of the people. What about those who under the direction of some book pre- sume to act as their own physicians. ed. simple of magazine fame, is going to publish a real Sunday afternoon paper in Wachington--if the law will allow. His idea is must have the that they should Munsey, that the people day and not have it cut off on Sunday. The people will" have what they want, and it does not ap- pear to be the Puritan's Sabbath. news every Bargains all over the store Roney & Co's big sale Saturday. at Men should look for this Tag-on Chewing Tobacco. It guaranteesthe high quality of Black Watch Yhe Bly Black Ping. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 4, pvis---- EE 'It Did ; Tadesd: Toronto Ster. Marie La Blonde, poor little man, is was to 'make a Toronto holiday. Hers was a thriller that ended in tears. wWo- A Marvel. rol » Torcate Soll: avn lots in the neigh- borhood of Lake Abitibi scarcely oc- casions a faint breeze of surprise Five years ago it would have been as marvelous as a sale of ¢ corner logs ab the north pole. > Keeping The Compact, Halo . Tv to its agreement n is ving uj o its a as - oe "to Canada. Only 285 men, 123 en and 26 children entered C from Japan for the past seven months. This is a de crease of 6,214 from he figures for the same térm of last year, ) Abnormal Conditions. 1 Montreal Herald. Saskatchewan criticisms on sex pro- blems and problem plays ought not to be taken as absolute eriteria; for that statement is not quite normal where. men are the wall-flowers at every dance use there are not ough girls to go | round, The 'Great "Graft- Killer. Torants Tel eo have been fewer ° sins ---- y+ the full, searching in- quiry hefore Hon. Justige Cassels if Canada's t auditor-general had been ~ continued in ce. The very name of J. I. Maedougall was a ter- ror to evil-doers in all the: depart- ments, Time For Action, ' Ottawa Journal. One of each dozen weddings in the United States ends in a divorce. The parties to the one-twelith are pro- bably, not worrying very much. But the eleven-tweliths will have "to = do something 'if they want any of their country left, GREAT HOTEL. (Continued from pago 1.) betier place, one which would attract by its intrinsic beauty -and worth, aside from Kingston's natural advan- tages, if it were to be a paying ven- ture, We aocfordingly prepared ex- tremely expensive aad comprehensive plans, projecting an institution of cost approximately six hundred thou- sand. dollars, and have exhibited these plans at great additional expense that every citizen might have an op: portunity to see and know definitely what we contemplated and to what he 'would be asked to give his aid. Our first financial proposition was based upon the city's offer "to us, except that the project was so much more extensive than was first con- templated that we required a larger guarantee--the proportionate security, SPIT OF THE PRESS]: | roundings and "that it is not necessary to dw H |. the '{ And what however, being even better. That proposition not being: acceptable now present another which is aga based on the sug, stion = made " some of the hear of the hote committee. Everything, therefore, up to the present time has been done at our expense and in the interests of) the citizens of Kingston, and upoh suggestions made by citizens, so that such terms as '"'gang of speculators," ete., are entirely unwarranted and out of place. It is true that all such projects are speculations, but the company is taking all tne risk, and has every confidence in its success, or it would mot enter into it. Now what are the advantages to be derived from this project both the "city and the company ? In the first place the money to erect this hotel will be spent immedixtely in Kingston; the contractors will only go outside of the city for such supplies as cannot possibly be ohtain- ed in the city, and the labor will, of course be paid in Kingston. Three or four hundred thousand dollars will be spent in about one year, 'giving employment to hundreds of men, and this money will, of course, permeate every avenue through which these men and their families obtain their existence, Any money that the city gives, therefore, will not be taken out of the city (as is the case with many honusés) but will be returned to the taxpayers_divect through the metlium of trade, and in addition to the city's one hundred thousand dol- lars and at the same time, the com- pany will spend about four times the amount. When the hotel is com- pleted the city will at once have ® source of general revenue amounting 'to hundreds of tliousands of dollars yearly, not only in the money spent to 'maintain and supply the hotel, but therpeople who visit a place of this high character spend freely out- side the hotel and there is not go business of any sort in the city that will not be materially benefited. This would mean more employment, new shops or enlargement of existing ones to meet increased demapds,, more work' in every line . (the hotel itself will employ about 150 people) and a general impetus would he given to businesd, which would be lasting and progressive. A very brief calculation will suffice to show what could be expected. This will be an hotel of 300 rooms which will without doubt be filled to over flowing 'during. three months of the summer scason. We will assume, how- ever, for the sake of example that there is only an average of one per- son to each room. These guests would represent tha very best class of moneyed = people, here for recreation and amusement, and to say that these guests would spend an average of $5 daily outside of the hotel in shopping, boating, fishing, driving, ete., is put- ting it ridiculously | low: but even at that: there would be an average of $1,500 a day, or from $40,000 to §50.- 000 a on of ne money spent in Kingston, and this would continue season after season, and increase in amount as the place grew jm po ular- ity. Any shopkéeper or ba ay nows that without argument what the ef- fect of Such an increased circulation would be upon the citv as a' whole. As to the value of the great adver- tisement such an institution would he to Kingston little need be said. King- ston would become noted (as Quebec has through the Chateau Frontenac), throughout the entire North American continent. Even Queen's University, of which all Kingstonians are so jast- by wet 1. 1808. i -------- b benefit. Not only, would the: 1 - finest possibly many SU but, in my opinion ATE ry lt Sn creased attendance at ihe urive Not leng ago the the American stale ¥ boards said to me: gr from Canadian re appear' be fore us, we don't care much whether we read their papers or not. We know they Poni a sight. © This im- pression is not ly amongst medical men, but with others, and 1 helicve there is no question that many wealthy people who are aware of this; visiting this hotel and becoming fa: miliar. with h moral tone, would undoubtedly be glad to send thuir, sons and daughters to Queen's--cer- tainly a very desirablo class of stu dents. The many other advantages Kingston have been so clearly forth in to set! the pamphlet wa puted g- er upon them in this letter, Let us, therefore, look 'into the advantages to be gained by thé hotel company. The company will put about half a million 'cash into the building and when completed will ecanduet it. This money is tied up and the only possi- ble source of remuneration is in con- ducting the hotel. The suggestion was made by one J pronfinent . member of | committer that the company might sell its stock and get from un- der, ahd let the bondholders carry the burden. Under the agreement mow of- fered theve will no - bondholders, and, who, 1. ask, would buy the stock of a new hotel building -if-the reom- pany did not conduct it. I am sure the gentleman in question wonld not pay much for it.. However, as the company agrees to conduct the hotel, such a question can be eliminated at at once, The members of the company are going into this matter as a purely business proposition : they are tying up and risking their money because fey have confidence in the ultimate siecess of the venture. They do not expect dividends perhaps for some time, and in the meantime the city is benefiting every day the hotel is open. dividends could the ecom- pany expect eventually ? The Windsor Hotel, Montreal, is regarded, TI be. lieve, as being the best paying hotel stock in Canada. It pays about: fif- teen per cent. annually. Now suppose the Chateau Rideau .should pay oven ten per cent. Is it to be expected that men would risk such large sams in addition to their time, trouble, ete., in any venture that would be expect- ed to pay less ? So that the question of 'the"City building the hotel and the company reaping the profits" is an absurd one. The city reaps profits from the 'turning of the first spade. The = hotel .. company only and in a' much less'! degree, by risking its money and time and labor, and waiting for returns which can only be secured hy its own subsequent efforts, i.e., the successful operation of the hotel--the bringing of crowds of well-to-do people to Kingston year af- ter year. In the event of failure (of which some citizens soem groatly afraid) the dompany would lose, not the city). The hotel would still be there mnd in event of forced sale for a small sum it conld then be readily rénted by any experienced man and made to pay handsomely on the smaller valuation. Under any circumstances which could arise the city in. general would be the gainer. Therefore the company takes this attitude. We have shown you, at your suggestion, definitely and olearly what we believe the city ought to have. We believe thet the benefits to the city will be. so great, and so much greater than can ever acerue to the company, that it is clearly the city's duty to help the project in the way we ask, if they desire to see it com- pleted. *We believe that there is no invest- ment the city could make to-day that would be of such immediate and last- ing benefit. Ii the city wants it we are prepared to fulfil our obligations. If it does not, we offer the city our hest wishes for the complete success of any other proposition they may see fit to take up.--Very truly yours, R.DUPUIS. To The Ladies : At Home cards, visiting cards, ate.. cheapest and best, at Whig office. He Knew The Disease. Pittsburg Despatch. hen Justice Brewer," © said a Kansas lawyer, "was on the Leaven worth circuit as a eriminal judge he had no patience with the pleas hypnotism and such new-fangled no tions that then were coming to the fore. Onee, 1 remember, a man war being tried before him for shoplift ing. A witness said he thought the prisoner had kleptomania. 'T pre sume, judge," he added, 'vou know what kleptomania is, eh 7?" 'Yes, said the judge, '1 do. is a disease that I am sént here to cure" ol Furs For Christmas Gift. When you buy here you are tain of both quality and style and we are offering values not to he found elsewhere, Cognpbe 11 dros.', the busy fur store. 2 Bibby's for men's. fine underwear. A bright' and promising lile was cut short when John , the second son of John D. McCormick, Montague, passed away at his father's- home. De- ceased had only been ill since Sunday of scarlet fever. John was a bright, clever boy, aged fifteen yegrs. Try Bibby's great $1 vicar. Secure your income against either sickness or accident in the Fidelity & Casualty company; ¢ne of the largest and oldest companies in the business their pamphlet of "Important Claims" paid between June, 1907 and June 1908, will be found inter esting. = Write or call on J Fair, agent. Sec Bibby's 81 silk scarf. The death occurred at Smith's Falls hospital, Wednesday, = of Wesley Burns, at the early age of twenty-two years. some weeks with typhoid fever and leaves a wife and iwo children. Roney & Co's big sale is a hum- mer. Rev. S. T. Bartlett, Sackville, N.B,, will suceced Rev. Dr. A. C. Crows as generdl secrétary for the Sunday school and Epworth League of the Methodist church in Canada. See Bibby's $2 fur-lined gloves, cer ly proud, - would share inthe general --- 8 delightiul sur-| Deceased had been ailing for | Clothes. Ql are right, ers, for Ladies', can find it here to the limi' of You never hear one of our customers GLOVES Fo 's English Gloves, Gloves for all purposes in splen- did wariety, 25c., 50c., 75c , $1 to $4.50. SWEATER COAT We have a particularly nice range of All for Men, $1.75, $2, $2.50, $3.50, $4.50. NECKWEAR The man with a taste for exclusive and elegant Neckwear a ctmplaimphout Ids The fit is right, the cut and tailoring 'is right, the fabrie" ' Our New Cambridge Suits, at $12.50, $16 and $i. "Our Swell Baltimore Overcoats, at $12.50, $15 and. $18. ¥ Our Nobby Trousers, at $3.50, $4.50 and.. $5.00" will sat- § isfy any mortal man, no matter Row critical he may bes We wrap satisfaction and Clothes in the Samp Parcel} Don't let prices influence you. ' It's the Clothes at the price that satisfy, § UNDERWEAR We've Underwear to suit the a size to fit him correctly, 50c. reference of every man, and ,i75¢., $1, $1.25, $1.50 to $3. » CH Coat Sweat- his heart's desire, 50c¢. i The H. D. Bibby Co. Kingston's One Price Clothing House. S HO #9 The method of prepare 'Ing tho steol and tem- pering ie our ex« 4 colusive secret Suave © Cushion Strops, $1.00, Booklet Hants to Shavers." Firm of A. L: SILBERSTEIN, 476 roadway, New York, N.Y. For sale by MoKelvey & Birch, 89+ 71 Brock St. Walking Made Easy ¥ WEARING THE ACME CUSHION SHOE Made with an all-wool felt innersole, which relieves all jar on nerves, stimu- lates blood circulation and ts the foot from heat or cold and, puess. FOR SALE BY - " OUR ROOSTER BRAND OF TOBACCO + Smoking and Chewing, at forty-five cents a pound, is. a good tobacco. Why pay eighty-five cents. Andrew Maclean, Ontario streef. It cost $8,500 to run the Ottawa professional hockey team last winter. See Bibby' s $1 eilk scarfs. ® Everybody knows that the. gf early' buyers 'pet' 'tHé' best choice. Many ople have their purchases'lhid aside for , them oy making a" sniall de- We have a bigger better stock than ever, and at to have you come in and in- spect the pretty things. ~ THE BEST DRUG STORE 124 Princess St., Kingston, FACIE American Oils lO, Log 0, ool cating Oils of all Rada, Prices application, on |W. F.KELLY & CO South Oor.: Ontario and Olarence Stem Phone, 486. Take Notice Highest prices paid for House Furniture. = Will y your effects; or , park o them. If you intend mo away, Sée mie about selling your goods. * . Special price paid for Furniture. L. Lesses, Antique THE Sawyer Shoe Store Wm. Murray Auctioneer | 27 BROCK ST. New Carriages, Cutters, Harness etc., for sale. Sale ¢f Harses every Saturday. 507 Princess --8t., Cor. Chatham . : St. LADIES' AND GENTS TAILORING We full superior ality, correct. style, ar etic workmanship aud J. B. Ouellette, i on il za Pome omeliacy Migs Meat and b ood In ¥ ox oe o make, ate. Fino, La to Meat . ust "Phove, 7h 'a "5.