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OUR CONSIGNMENT Of Green and Black Teas from Cey lon have arrived. Though prices are much higher, we are still sell- their fealty to the powers-that-be. It, | THE TRADE AGREEMENT addition, to pay for it they have their | ing at 30c¢ per ib. ANDREW MACLEAN, Ontario Street. Dr. de Van's Female Pills A reliable French regulator ; never fails. These pilis are exceedingly powerful in regulating the wenerative portion of the temale system. Refuse «ll cheap imitations Dr, de Van's are sold at +5 a box, or three for $X The SBcobell Drug Co., Bt. For sale at Mahood's drug store. Wah Long's Laundry First. class wor uaranteed. Drop me a card and 1 wil Sali Poom tly for your taundry, 155 WE NGTON ST etween Hrock and Clarence Sta HESSD "STAY IN KINGSTON' 5 We would rather you would {> ®tay, but if you are bound to go? t wa. will buy all or any part of 8% you? Household Effects that you ¥ « mad want te sell---or i git HW are starting housekeeping Wwe can fit you out to perfection, as wo oarry a full Hane of Stoves, Furniture, Carpets, Oilcloth, ete., 81 very low prices, Also. we have the grandest lot of ANTIQUE FURNITURE in this part of Canada Drop a postal. I. LESSES, Cor Princess and Chatham Sts. NOISES SOK RAHINOR Cre sv me ------------- Dark Subjec COAL of course. A universal fuel derived from preh vegeta- . tion--about «Coals have ail been classified and only the grades vg to Beaver : a ---------- -- {THE WHIG, 78th YEAR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, published at 306-310 King Street, Kingston, Ont at $6 per year. Editions at 2.30 and o'clock p.m WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 18 pages ublished In arts on Monday an ursday morning at $1 a year.' : To United States, charge for postage ha to be added, aling price of Dally and of Weekly $1.5 Po year. Attached is one of the beat Job Print. ing Offices in Canada; rapid stylish, and cheap work: nine improved presses J. G. Elliott, President. Leman A. Guild, Sec.-Treas. TORONTO OFFICE. Buite 19 and 20 Queen City Cham- pers, 33 Church St, Toronto, H. E Smallpeice, J.P. representative. Daily Whig. MEDICAL INSPECTION. The management committee will give immediate attention to the question of medical inspection in the schools. When this matter was mooted some years ago by Dr.Knight, who under- took to make an examination of the pupils in one school, experimentally, it was argued that the people would resent the procedure. 'They would re gard the proceeding as a direct or | in- delicate interference with their do- mestic affairs. There were some who were impressed with the argument, but only a few. The great majority see the wisdom of it, and they will wel come any action that means an early realization of their hopes. By the way | the local branch of the Victorian Or- Nurses will help on the move- !ment for school inspection by placing one of their nurses at the disposal of the school board, to co-operate with | the medical health officer or any | other medical authority who will have charge of the work, The main thought being done, and {der of is that something is that this something will lead to prac- tical results in the early future. PUTTING ON THE SCREWS. The temperance men are despised by the Ontario government, and the li- quer meg are dragooned. The one set, the kickers against the and especially the three-fifths by the premier license law, clause, were practically told and his provincial secretary, to run away home and hold their peace. The The British Whig Publishing Co., Lid, | minated when the newer provinces were | formed. | Dificrences; evidently, preceded his re- Jn time agd, sud which almost cul- tirement from the interior depart- ment. He {liberal and a supporter of the govern the house, "a remained . in hut a free lance. He seemed to be no longer bound by party | Later he became a casual attendant an- i ment, } ties. jupon the sessions, and later still | nounced that he was not to be count- i party divisions. As the the Conservation Com- ed upon in chairman of mission he said he was out of poli- ties, but he occasionally attacked pass ling legislation, and liked to castigate had been politically his friends. The breach which has occurred--the formal an- nouncement that he no longer recog- nizes himself as a follower of Sir Wil- frid Laurier--is not so very surpris- those who allies and now ng. Mr, Sifton could have remained a liberal and voted aguinst the rea- procity agreement. The government, acting on behalf of the liberal party, and securing a trade arrangement over which any previous government would have rejoiced, desired the sup- port of its friends. But there is noth- ing obligatory upon any man to vote Mr. Sifton could have said "Ng" on the division and preserved his self-respect. He could not do any- thing else after the manner in which he had been talking on the Couserva- tion Commissions. As the case stands it appears that Hon. Mr. Sifton, like some others who could be named, has grown too large for a minor place in the public life of Canada. - He could not be premier while Biv "Wilfrid Laurier lived. He {could pot be the first minister with- { out "Sie Wiltrid | promotion. He is in the prime of life, and wealthy, and he is ambitious. Ii others, less richly endowed, without the capacity to influence public opio- ion by his shetorie, can suceved in the for it. "to imterfere with his parliament of England, why not hé? Rumour has it that he will seek his political fortunes old land. This move would be in accord with his most recent exploits. in the government had heard about the noisy | speeches of some of the temperance men, and so when a deputation came before the premigr and his colleagues they were quickly snubbed, and driven ofi. When Sir James Whitney and Mr. Hanna like they can be very severe. The liquor men may resent the pro posed tax on their bar receipts, but they will have to surrender. The gov. ernment must have more revenue, ani there is no class from whom it can be exacted or extorted with less frie Soh These are at the mercy of the goVernment, It has beem the boast of the government that it would take the licenses out of politics, but some how the license holders are those who favour the government of the day and its requirements. Perhaps some show meet of then: have been too eager to is their choice, and if they have, in reward. The liquor dealers, by the way, to be the registrars of their receipts, and are to give a true and = correct accounting of them, and the govern tld Hd ARY address. ment's percentages from time to time. 'rangemfent in all its bearings, 1 It has been suggested that if they like they can deceive and cheat the government. It has to be remember: ed at the same time, that the detective branch of the governmeni may find « 'remedy for any conspiracy against it. The resort of the license holders, as well as temperance men, latér on is the ballot, and it can effect a remark- able reform. 3 A STUDY OF A MAN, Hon. Mr. Sifton is not the first one who has been discontented with his place in the cabinet and retired for that may bave been more personal than political. There have been discontents on both sides of poli: ties, and they have usually found a reason to break from their associates. The real "causes for the svparation were known to some pefwor ns, those immediately concerned, but they have never been publicly understood. The vise of Mr. Sifton in the Lau- rier government was very rapid. He had not been long in public life when the premier selected him as a col: league. He was given a department that had been notoriously mismanaged by previous ministersthe department of 'the interior. He brought to the discharge of his duty business tact and acumen. Présently the wonderful resources of the Canadian North-West were advertised, and the tidesof immi- {gration set it. It has continued until ithis day. He was not free from trou: ble, however. It could hardly be ex- that he would. His administra- ion was questioned and challenged, and in the course of time insinuations were made of a most damaging kind. A conservative print, in its desire to reasons are | The prediction of a conservative ' print is that the reciprocity agreement will finish Laurier and his govern "ment, if 'it is pushed through the com- "mons. Yes ? Well, is it pot remark | able that the opposition does not facilitate the crisis by letting the ! "deal" go through and as soon as : possible ? The conservatives afiect to believe that the reciprocity agreement will ruin the government. Which is just {what they want. What do they mean EDITORIAL NOTES. A third party is suggested in the commons, 10 be composed of the insur gents on both sides of the house, Mr Sifton has been named as the leader, but be does not want the uninspiring ob of leading a forlorn hope. The Saskatchew legislature is su thorizing the special taxation of land whichis held for speculative purposes Progressive ? Well, rather. Yet the same idea, in a different form, was re- jected in the legislature of Ontario by order of the premier. A rumour from Ottawa--printed in the local conservative organ--is to the efiect that the county member will ac cent the reciprocity agreement as a non-political issue, and sapport jt. Well, if ho does this, it is because he has the most abundant evidence that it is what the people want. Commission rule, so far as the utilities are concerned, is the ideal for municipal ownership. But it has fail- ed in Edmonton because the commis sioner would not set his judgment aside and act upon the cranky notions of the council. Wreckers of their own plant, eh ? : The farmers of the county are not saying much, but it is safe to say that the large majority of them favour reciprocity in trade with the United States. Names could be mentioned, but the men who will vote for the agreement do not want to be adver- tised as breaking from their party, The opposition in the Saskatchewan legislature insinuated that there was something 'wrong about the vate accounts of the premier and a colleague. And when Hon. Mr. Scott, invited a personal clean up of the government and opposition his offer was declined and his traducers apolo- gized in sack cloth and ashes: A certain senator of the United States went to Mr. Taft and suggest ed that, as a bluff, he should accept a non-favourable vote in the reciprocity agreement, and with the understanding that it could come up again in De- cember, Mr. Taft's indignant answer was "no." If the agreement were not endorsed it: would have to receive the sanction of a special session. The Kingston Whig says that the pact is not a political issue. How comes it then that. all liberals who de- clare themselves in opposition to it have been denounced by the grit press? ~ Intelligencer. Denounced ! Nonsense. The critics on either side have in turn been sharply criticized, but the liberal press is not calling any one bad names. The coip- age of curious language is confined the commons. . by getting in the 'way of this catas- trophe ? . Best $2 hats. George, Mills & Co. SENATOR COX ENDORSES | Hon. G. A. Cox writes to the Globe: Lest my silence should be misunder- stood you will permit me through 'your columns to say that, having carefully considered the situation in- volved in the proposed reciprocity ar am (unable to share in the alarm that in some quarters has been manifested. | Perhaps I look at the matter super- ficially, but 1 am ata loss to unm derstand how so natural an adjust ment of the trade arrangements be tween Canada and the United States can involve the serious state of al | fairs that has Been predicted. 1 would { regard it 'as a great public misfortune were those employed in agricnlture, lumbering, mining and fishing," which | are the industries almost solely affect ed by thé proposed tariff changes, i. {form the opinion that the men con 'erned in the management of the | nancial institutions of the dominion have not their welfare at heart as weli as the welfare of the classes of the community engaged in manufac turing and trading. We should not forget that agricul suce is still our greatest industry and that anything that improwgs the condition of the agriculturist must promote the weliare of Canada from one end of the dominion to the other A vast portion of the capital and deposits in our banks and other fi pancial institutions consists of the savings of the people of rural Can ada. I am convinced that financial authorities who condemn the agree ment on sentimental grounds, even when frequently, by their own sense of fair play, they are forced to ad mit its values as a measure for im proving our trade relations, do not represent the opinions of those whose money they hold in trust and on whose behalf they take it upon themselves to k I have the utmost faith in the abil ity of my fellow-countrymen of rural Canada to hold their own against the ition' of food rs in the -United States. They do so now in the markets of the world, and Canadiar wheat, cheese, bacon and other products are everywhere recog- nized as articles of the highest stan. dard. The opening of an additional and very valuable market for his pro- ducts will not causd the Canadian egrioulturist to lose his skill or the soil to lose its fertility. We need not look far into the future to see on this continent a tion of two hundred milfions. increase is over two millions yearly at the'.pre sent time. The huge area of vacant land in Western Canada is the onlv sufficient sfrom which the food stuffs uent on the imauguration ree trade in fopdgtufis on o the pro ment eon of relative this continent will bring vince many such industries, as, for .nstance, the Oliver Plow Co., which will employ a very large force of men in the city of Hamilton, and which announces that the trade agreement will make no difference in its plans, because it is building to take advan- tage of permanent basic conditions. #Hossibly an underlying fear on the their position is not altered appreci- ably by the proposed arrangement, its adoption will be a prelude for the wholesale bringing down of duties lat- er on. | believe there is no basis for such anxiety. If I am not mistaken, the opinion throughoat Canada, en- tirely irrespective of party limes, is practically unanimous that the pros perity the country for a long, inde- (injte period is absolutely bound up with reasonable protection for our manufactures. The Canadian govern- ment must give the most careful con- sideration to the interests of all sec- tion now under way is evidence that Shey are discharging that responsibili- ty with great wisdom and fairness. Canada is growing fast because of its great resources and their intelli- gent development, and because of the strength, stability and progressiveness of the government. I have no fear that earrying out the proposed arrange ment of reciprocity in natiral pro. ucts will injure business generally or hurt interprovincial trade. On the contrary, in my opinion our prosperi- 'y will tend to increase because of the arrangement, and our railways will still fmd themselves taxed on all their lines in carry the ever-increasing volume of business throughout the country as a whale. I see with amazement not a few owners of {factories in this city who will reap great benefit from enlarged ing the agreement on the ground that it will lend to a change in our po- litical relatipns. As a liberal T have been proud o- the party led by Sir Wilfrid Laurier showing its affection Tor thie motherland. by the ption of 4 itish preference, the sendi of Canadian troops By he Africa, by the taking over and maintaining of fortified bases at Halifax and Fa quimalt, and by the launching of a project for naval defence. It is incon. ceivable that the party that has been responsible for these pr ive steps towards the closest possible relations with Great part of manufacturers is that, though | tions, and in my opinion the legisla- | markets all over the fountry oppos- | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1911. | Specialists in diseases of Skin, Blood, Nerves, Bladder and Special Ail- ments of men Ove visit advisable ; if Impossible, send history for free opiftion and ad- vice. Question blank and book on diseaies - of men free. Consultation free. Medicine. furnished in tablet form. Hours : 10 a.m. (0.1 p.m, and 2 to § pm. Sundays, 10 am. to 1 pw » DRS. SOPER & WHITE vr + 35 Toronto Street, Toronte, Ont. MAN WEIGHS 3518 POUNDS, Brockton Resident Found to Have a Two-yard Waist, Brockton, Mass, March 3.--When Charles H. Jackson, fifty-two years old, of 876 Crescent street, this city, went into a tailor shop to get a sait of clothes, yesterday, it was found that he measured exactly two yards around the waist. He weighs = 518 pounds and wears a twenty-four col- lar. His chest. measures sixty-five inches, his arm above the elbow, twen- ty-two inches around, wrist eleven and one-half inches, calf of leg twenty-two inches, and thigh thirty-six inches. When Jackson was married in 1879 he weighed 176, and a year later for- ty-one pounds more. He has been gaining steadily ever since. Mathema- ticians are trying to figure his weight when he reached three score and ten. He has gained seven pounds in the last seven months. Jackson retired four years ago after a career in brass foundries. He has four children living, pone of whom are above tae average weight. | Jackgon does not eat more than the ordinary pecson. He says his greatest trouble is in not being able to drape himself properly. TPALMISTRY. Tig .- J (AY "But, my daughter, you shouldn't {marry a man whp is pot rich, and who has no social position." ! "But, mamma, he has a splendid future!" "What makes you think so?" "I read his palm last night.' Case for the Government, Toronto News | Hon. Mr. Fisher, minister of agri- {ealture, followed Mr. Sifton in the { debate on reciprority in the commons on Tuesday. Mr. Fisher spoke for over three hours. The World, in jus tice to him and the government side, undertakes to summarize their posi- tion as outlined in his specch as fol- lows : Canada is a great producer of farm products, and it will produce hereafter still greater quantities, The government, therefore, to secure every possible market these products. The United States is the best mar- ket in the world for these products. An examination "of prices will prove this. We are trying to get that and the proposed "treaty is in direction. The western farmers have been and 'are to-day receiving unfair treatment from the grain buying and milling 'rings of the Canadian west They {could give better prices if they chose |The competition of American buyers i will raise prices and the Canadian farmer will be bnefited. And what lis true of the west is true of all the other provinces, save and except the | fruit men, who may be injured, but jonly for a time. | H you say this plan of ours will lead | to annexation what about all the other | business that we are doing and are {anxious to do with thz states ? { It will not lead off anmexation--it will head off annexation. And if bet- ter prices for farm produets .are in sight the west will fill up even more rapidly by a further influx, a much greater influx of farmers from the Western States. These new settlers will all become Canadians. intends fo: market, that Canada's Minister of Justice. Montreal Star. The retirement of Sir Alan Ayles- worth will remove one of the brain- jest ministers from public life. He made 8 record for staunch Canadian. ism hy refusing to be led into a com- promise by Lord Alverstons; and, while a most mal-adroit politician, always saying the wrong thing in the wrong way, he has made a good min- ister of justice and contributed not a little to the legal acumen of the find- ings of parliament. Skeptics Being Converted - Daily. For years it has required from § to 10 months. The Sylla-hie System as being daily demonstrated st the Moon 'ollege, 252286 Youge street, Tor onto, qualifies first-class stenograph- ers after only 25 to 30, or 35 dave' duty: 'This means one-fifth of the time, or even less, and but one-half the fee, and enables the student to carn salary from 1 to 8 months earl jor than under any other system. A very cordial invitation ix extended to any interested 'to thoroughly investi the S0day Shorthand at Moon Follege, 292-286 Youge street. I | DR. SOPER- | Wwe Sell Trunks | sissy We Sell Suit Cases New Spring - SUITS have arrived. wr are going to start the spring trade at once by offering something special at Fifteen Dollars. FIFTEEN DOLLARS is a popular price for a Jan's sult, yet jue, man who has that amount to invest in a suit is often disappointed at the small ehoide he has for the price. J This is not the situation, however, at this store, for we always make it a particular point to come out very strong on our Fifteen Dollar Suits. This spring we are showing some extraordin- ary $15.00 Suits. Suits from choice fabrics, and cut in the smartest styles tailored to perfectoin by the most skillful workmen. It will be worth your while to see our line of Suits at this price. New 19 11 Spring Hats are ready. Christy's English Hats The Kenmore English Derby THE H. D. BIBBY CO. The Big Store With Little Prices. 000000000000 000000000009000000000000000000 COOKSON'S Immediate Delivery. $ THE CANADA METAL GO., LTD., - TORONTO '000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000 Reviving Old Times. Stratford Beacon The Ottawa Citizen, servative paper of the capital cules the notion that reciprocity i disloyal, but it quotes from a Cana dian government council report of 1865, which it says wax written by Sir Johr. A. Macdonald or Galt, ur ging "the imperial ministry to lmave no stoné unturned" ito prevent the abrogation of the treaty, which would be "a great ealamity." The Citizen says that instead of precipitating an nexation, as the Hamilton Spectator affects to fear, "lhe reciprocity of 1554 warded it off, as Lord Elgin had foreseen." It says Sir John "was al- Ways anxious to see the treaty vived, or the free interchange in some form of natural products re-estab- lished." 3 the senior eon rid: re- An Event Worth Recalling. Montreal Herald In connection with = Mr speech the Gazette recalls the late Mr. Blair's famous and dramatic re pudiation of the Grand Trumk Pacific contract, after which the government proceeded to roll up a big majority all over the country, even Mr. Blair's own province going against him. The Gazette also might have remem- bered that Mr. Sifton bolted ones he- fore, with similiarly salubrious effects upon the government. mt A . The Thieves Ownisg Tp. Witertown Times. pele Sam feels as happy as if be haek found an amount of cash in a for place. Ten million dollars has best recovered during the last two years fro customs defrauders." It shows how slipshod the customs wr vice war and how much better and more efficient it now is. 3 Rest 32.50 hats. George Mills & Co. As a rule, it is more difficult to stay Sifton's we " yp ** der's | per bottle Fresh for Saturday," Huyler's|' a Hal sweets. Sold only at Gibson's, ANTIMONY E Loss Exaggerated. ! Manitoba Free Press George Langley, M.P.V., speaking in the Saskatchewan legislature, declared that the elevators bought by the Manitoba government are worth per cent. of what paid for them. As the province has paid 2927000, thix would imply a loss of about "three-quarters "of i miillio Mr: Langley exaggerates ; however the judgment of everyone in Manitoba knows about elevators is that the ' commission only paid twice what the worth. This would mean the loss only of about $415,000 ~% mere bagatelle, of course, to a righ province like Manitoba > not twenty was ROMA who anything eleva elevators were Where is Mr. Toronto Star Mr. Sifion admits he vote against the wishes of his stituents He admits he bas no ma date to oppose reciprocity. What be. comes, then, of his complaint that the government had no mandate to negotiate the treaty, and should not, therefore, have done it ? As a mat ter of fact, the government thinks, and has reason to think, taking the coun. try as a whole, {bat it has what the people approve of, Bat in what a different position, by his own admission, is Mr Sifton, turning his back eon his constituents' views and his own record ' How's This ? { We ofier Ope Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that ca jnot be cured by Hall's Catarch © : Sifton's Mandate" going con. dom F J. CHENEY & CO. To We the undersigned have . }. C last 15 venrs. and he honorable s i and fiaas ally any obligations made 1 ieve business fransac nbis te carry out by his firm WALDING KINNAN & MARVIN Wholesale [nuggisnts Toledo, © Hall's Catarrk Cure is taken ipters { ally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of ihe system Price 75 cents Draggists Pilis for eon. Test tnonizis sent, free Bold by all Family stipation.