CHRISTMAS CUTLERY. Carvers at . .. 50¢ to $5.00 Pr. Razors at ... 30c to 82.50 ea. Safety Razors, 50¢ to $5.00 ea. Pocket Knives, 10¢ 103.00 ea. Everything as represented or money returned. ' CORBE TT'S FURNITURE Articles that will not fail to : please. » CHINA CABINETS i ifm 0 hil, .00 id MUSIC CABINETS $4 to $36. (20 Styles) Pedestals $4 to $9.50 R. J. Reid posi Beaver Board A most' desirable plas- ter board for walls, ceil- ings, ete., noiseproof and semi-fire proof, easy to apply and very warm, handsome, ornamental and of moderate cost. 3. Anglin & Co. AGENTS Cor. Bay & Wellington. 'Phone 66. |. ATES. FENOING, ETC. PARTRIDGE & SONS nie rot - DAILY BRITISH WHIG, publis ton, Ontario, at $6%per year. REditio WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 16 day and Thursday morning at $1 a per year. Attached is one ot 5 on Job stylish, and cheap work; nine impro TORONTO Suite 19 9 and 20 Queen City Ch H. E. Smallpiece, J.P., representative, THE DAILY RRITISH |THE WHIG, SEVENTY-RIGHTH YEAR ed at 306-310 King 'Street Kings 8 at 2.30 and '4 o'clock pm. . ages, published in parts on Mon- ear. To United States charge for postage had to be 2 Added, making p ce of Daily 8 and of Weekly $1.50 Printing Offices in Canada; rapid, ed presses. TE RTISH WAG PROLSHNG C0. LMT J. G. Elliott, Président. Leman A. Guild, Sec.-Treas. ------------------------ = OFFICE: mbers, 32 Church Street, Toronto. The meat packers have been struck in an unexpected manner, The Taft government, . believing that the Sher- man anti-trust law is/quite effective, and that sooner or later it will break up all unlawful and undesirable com- binations,, has . put It in operation against the Meat Trust. If the evolu- tion of events does not mature any quicker in this case than in others the meat trust may be under examination, or subject to the probe, for years. If there is anything that will hasten regults it is the decision of the Brit- igh War Office to avoid business rela- tions with the American packers while in litigation. It is a practice of the Jritish war department to avold all entanglements with firms that are at law, and for the presumably sensible reason that food contracts cannot made contingent upon doubtful ecir- cumstances. The meat packers at once give the sign of distress. The loss of the war office order means an annual be * THE PACKERS IN TEARS. ie loss of $18,000,000. It means more the ruination for the time being the export trade. The British government will look to Australia and Argentine republic for its meat supplies, and what the United | States trust now loses it may lose for | ever, since 'other countries will enter into a competition that may eflectual-| ly bar the American trade. "The rul- ing," says the manager of the Ameri- can business, "indicates that we shall have on our hands a product valued | at millions of dollars for which there is no domestic market." "The trust will see the advantage of its enquiry as soon as possible. longer it continues business, The the worse for the and if eventually there isto be a dissolution of the trust, and the disorganization of its plans, there will be more to grieve over, and without any Tope of sympathy from the peo- ple. An announcement of the most mo- mentuous character, at the Monk banquet, in Montreal, was that to he effect that the Harbor Commis- sion would not be changed ? The news wae not given out by the min- ister of public works, or by the min- ister of inland revenue and labour, who accompanied him, but by Mr. BaMantyne, one of the commissioners He spoke with permission, and pre sumably with authority. The board as il now exists was formed five years ago. Prior to that ime the commission was made up of eleven members, six of whom were appointed by-the government and five by local bodies. _ Although it it was felt that a smaller body would be effective. Hence the change five, and its particular merits {1) that it was chosen because of the peculiar fitness of its members, '} that they were to exercise power according ° to their and without regard to any party or contingency. Its record was on these grounds unassailable. When the government changed, "af ter the recent dlection, it was as sumed that the harbour commissior would be changed. Why should i be changed ? The International Wa s 'many had done fairly | well ¥ more the were to and their ability, political ONE COMMISSION SPARED. terways Commission was quite ad in- dependent, yet it had to give place to men who cannot hope to rend nada the service of the old Mr, Hon, er Ca- commis- Ballantyne tells "the sec- Mr. Mon- He made himself familiar with the work of the Harbour Commission. He recognized its political neutrality and he decided to leave it alone. Incidentally Mr. Ballantyne gave avi- dence of how the commisdion had appointed conservatives during the reigh of a liberal government. The commission &d rot know the politi- cal leanings of thé men, when they were appointed, but when it became curious on this point it was discover ed that they. were of the proper po- litical colour--for the present conser- sion, ret. treal. Hazen visited vative government. All of which is Enteresting, the more sO since it is not the government that makes the announcement. Still further. Mr. free to confess that there are in Montreal men who lack in pure patriatism, who have no desire to regard the port as a national one, who would have it run on politigal lines. Why do they not succeed ? Public opinion: is a gainst the change, and public opinion in Montreal, a great commereial cen- tre, cannot be ignored. Ballantyne is One would suppose, from what he reads in the papers, and from the frequent talks of good friend, Col. the Hon. Sam Hughes, that he was doing wonders in the militia de partment. He called the militia offi cers Lo Ottawa, a large company of them, and exchanged views with them on many subjects: Since then it has been announced that military schools will be conducted for the instruction of the militia. These schools are not our new. They shave been running for years. In 1900 there were fourteen of them--of ca- valry, one; of artillery, two; of infan- try, eight; al army service, one; of medical, one, and of signalling, one. In 1910 (the last year for which there is published information), there were eighteen provisional schools. Of _ a tillery there were three, of lai twelve, and of army service, medical and cadet instructors, one each. So far as the eavalry, infantry and imental services are concerned, ional schools, such as have been nt on. for years with great ad Stock | vantage, must be continued, and the re.| Lumber can be increased until every regimental héadquarters has the bene- fit of them. The engineers and artil- be the better My. Hawkes, in his paper, wonders whether Mr. Rowell, as a good Meth- SOME MILITIA REFORMS. of a course of instruction- at brigade, battery and company h arters; previous to the annual training, but the officers of them should, if pos- sible, take not less three months' course 'at one of the regular schools * of instruction, for. only through them can it be demonstrated how little these officers must know ol the service. Against focal and inadequately equipped ' schools there will be objec tion of the strongest kind, Surely it cannot be intended to 'aualify "artillery oflicers at them. Surely Col. Morrison of Ottawa, one of the best artillery officers in 'Canada, will not stand for such a retrograde movement. These schools may suit the cavalry officer, whose part is lighter than that of an - | infantry officer, but the engineer and artillery officer and army. service and medical corps call business and professional men. The minister of militia may be equal to many military reforms, but he cannot possibly have mastered the | details of his department and prepar- ed for a complete reconstruction of its work. Some of the great things' that are reported lose their glamour and importance when they are closely ex- 'than a EDITORIAL NOTES. Mr. Asuith may not retire, though be | wna WEDNESDAY, THE AXE STILL FALLS ON THE NECKS OF OPPENSIE LIBERALS. Over Two Hundréd Dismissals From Works Department--Civil Service "Reform" Consists in Cleaning Out Liberal Employees. Ottawa, Dec. 20.--Another install- ment of the government's idea of "civil service reform' came Monday, with. the summary dismissal of an- other batch of sixty-five liberal ém- ployees in the public works depart- meni. Over two bundred men in Mr. '| Monk's department alone - have now been dismissed in Ottawa without no- tice and practically without investi- gation. Their only offence is that they are liberals who stand in the way of conservative workers who want their * jobs. No more cruel or unjust of |i in Canada. helping the government to get through | for trained |p, wielding of the axe has ever taken place in the history of government It is practically, as Mr. Carvell, M.P. for Carleton, described it, a system of "petty larceny' Christ- ! mas gifts to the party whrkers, re {gardless of who suffers, seem to be the | Spirit of peace and good-will now ani- {mating his majesty's loyal advisérs. | The real policy of civil service re- orm on which Premier Borden has embarked is. now apparent. Befcre the {present act applicable to the inside service is extended to the outside soF- vice, the government intends to get |rid of practically every liberal in the service who can be disiissed under aly pretext. Then; when the whole outside service is filled with conserva- tive employees, the promised extension of the act," making all employees of the government permanent, as far as | possible, will be put through by or der-in-eouncil. PUBLIC OPINION. What Did He Do? Ottawa Free Press For what act of offensiye partizan ship. is Siz. Geoege Gibbons dismissed by Mr. Borden ? The Proper Name. Cttawa Journal In honor of its dust and grime phy- sicians should call that disease' Pull- man-ary"' tuberculosis Loss to the Country. London Advertiser. Hon. Frank! Oliver estimates that the west lost $12,000,000 this year by the defeat of reciprocity. Most of the money. lost would have come to the eastern provinces in payment for manufactured goods sn on Sick and Ashamed. Brantierd Expositor, 'he C.P.R. steamers which ply be- tween Seattle and Vancouver take on their supplies at the American instead of at the Canadian port. Isn't that enough to make you "sick and asham- ed," Sir William Van Horpe ? Success of Mr. MacKay. Hamilton Herald A pleasant feature of the provincial returns i8 the tremendous majority for A. G. MacKay in North Grey. That majority in a constituency which is nominally conservative is an _ im- pressive vindication of the late Liberal leader. The Right Judges. The following story, is related of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The. constituency that Sir' Wilfrid represented in = the dominion parliament was bounded on the westein smile by the Bt. Law- rence, So he strengthened his hold upon the constituency by expending a good deal of public money on the erection of walls and small jetties along the roadside, therchy eucour- aging the population and leading to the establishment of new towns, When Sir Wilfrid sought re-election a local orator got up on the platform Jand denounced him in uncompromising terms, tion : "I have tried him in the balance, and 1 have found him .wanting." I'hen came a stentorian voice from the back of the hall : or ry him again; Try piers The meeting velled at the aptness of the joke, 'and it helped to.win\ the seat for the future premier. A winding up with the declara- hifi by his Shocks to England, London Advertiser. The Manchester Guardian says it comes as a shock to British conserva- tives that Mr. Borden means to drop the naval police of his pr Ors without in the meantime substituting anvthing for it. British conservatives will receive another shock 'if they at- ferential trade agreement with the Ca- nadian government. They will that the*most blatant imperialism in this country does not express itself in 8 -~ ® The British steamer Euston, from Tampa, Whence she sailed on Oc- 2nd, via Port Natal for Yoko- Juan - de The "erew hama, was totally lost at Nova on November 21st. landed. tain office and try to negotiate a pre-|. find |. DECEMBER 20. i981 See Our Nobby $2.00 Hats BIBBYS""* HEADQUARTERS FOR MEN'S AED BOYS' CHRISTMAS GOODS. See Our Handsome Overcoats, $15.00 - Silk Velvet Collars $18 New Shirts See Our .. $1.25 Fancy P. K. Shirts This week we offer a range of New Two- : on Collar Overcoats. 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