Alle RETIRE WITTY -- a THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1012. PAGE FOUR. ~~ ---- < HALL FURNITURE s are showing a fine line 0: Hall Rurniture. 7 af Hall Sirtoms, uoiden Oak, $4.5v to $16.50. Hall Seats, $5.50 to $18.00. Hall Trees. $6.00, $8.50 to $30.00 All finishes, Golden, Fumed or Ma hogany. - . Jeharacter. : Pedestals in Fumed, Gouden, Barly English or Mahogany. Special, Prices this 'week fn Go. bu f Sar and Carriages. "RR. J. Reid, pe s11 ' LEADING UNDERTAKERS, -- :ROOFINGS Carey Asphalt ° Sparkloid Mica ° Surety ° Prices according the quality. S. Anglin & Co. © Welliagton Stroet North - "Phone 66. Special Reduction Sale per cent, reduc- Boye Suits for ply 3 ply ply to 'We are offering 20 tion on Men's and Saturday only, I¥tra good quality Suits for Men at $10.00 Extra fine quality Brown or Buits for Boys at $5.50 Boots and Shoes, varfety. Straw Hats, Brewn or Gray Gray good va lues, large Summer Underwear, ete ISAAC ZACKS, 271 PRINCESS STREET. FURNITURE WANTED, "Anyone having Furniture, Stoves, Clothes, Boots to Sell drop a card be- pre Sanaa nF to 242 Ontario Street, A Nata Wholesale, Electric Restorer for Men Phosphonul very nerye in the bods Ear SE oy and ifr a: Oe 4 a bo two f 8 x, or two for Sddzess o Scobell fl Drug For sale af Mahood's drug store. FONG SING removed to 343 Princess Ent to Tid Wins 'ork guaranteed. to an' "SINGER" Hand Sewing Machine Practically new, for Sale. ANTIQUE FURNITURE. line in the city. 'Will buy. sell or exchange. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Bought and Sold. If you are giving up house, I will buy * all your goods. <x: LESSES Shan ts. -} Thursda ) | denouncing the trusts, the co DAILY BRITISH WHIG, published tario, at §6 per year. Editions . 2.30 an WEEKLY BRITISH WHIG, 1 worning at §1 a 42 of £ Daily 85 be add making price 3 and TORONTO OFFICE~~Buite 13 and Street, Toronto, Dr. llelen MacMurchy, of' Toronto, who is carrying On a great education- al éampaign; in the interest of the feeble-minded, embodied in her report for 1911 facts of the most startling The. pity is that the * re- port, so brief and yet so comprehen: sive, is not put into the hands of every intelligent elector in Ontario, and to the end that he would ip rebellion against the which exist. "%his sort of thing must be alter- ed," said. an Englishman, fifty-odd years ago, when he took his son to the outside wall of the workhouse and showed 14m. the village idiot chained to that workhouse wall. "This sort of thing must be altered. If it is not done in my life time mind you help it in yours." The quotation the Whig makes from Dr. MacMurday.s. peport, and it is « pathetic and peculiar one. The evidence is supplied, ingly, that Ontario contains many feeble-minded, that they should be removed from harm's way, that by al lowing them to run' at large, adequdYe protection, rise overwhelm- without the social rela pu So in parts on Monda a8 States charge for postage conditions {' THE WHIG, BEVENTYNINTH YEAR at San King Street, Kingston, On- and ad to of Weekly $1.50 per year. Attached is one of the best Job Print Offices Cangs : rapid, un and cheap work; nine improved omy al q mun, THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED J. G, Elliott, President. Leman A. Guild, See~Treas 20 Queen City Chambers, i3 Church H B Smailpigcs. IP, Jebredentative, TORONTO'S REVOLTING CASE. tions becomes Jpitiably and deplor- ably: lower. ~ Toronto, this week, / dreadful example of what follows when the physicofly or mentally un- fit are uncared for. "A lad of twelve years was arrested for an offence 'so | revolting that the press says the facts cannot he printed in anything save the court's records. The boy is the ofi-spring of a mo- ther who is declared to be "'ieeble- minded and immoral." 'She knew what the lad, a moral pervert, was doing, and "treated them as matters of no moment." The ahsolutely commissioner for juvénile offend- ers--Rev, Mr. Stlrr, formerly of King- ston--is hopeless. Why 7 - He declares that despite the fact that the souncil passed a measure sanctioning the establishment of temporary vision for the feeble-minded of city, city pro the place such without "he is still without any to commit them, "and, in even revolting vomedy."" cases as this. is Is that not a serious re- flection on thé boasted civilization of this twentieth century ? The change of front by the canflot be the Ontario government, on bi-lingual school question, imagined without the parlia- remembered local election Sir "there a close examination of record, the said mentary that in Whitney al schools," that if cease. It will be James were no bi-lingu- and "my dear Foy" said there Then, who was ~ were any they should to head offi Mr. Rowell, the subject, and had definite views upon the sub ject, Sir James Whitney made an an- nouncement on the last day of the session; and he would not allow it to be discussed. Sir persistent on James said that the government proposed to provide additional inspec: tors; that state tional upon the aid should be condi: employment of teach- ers giving instruction in English; that no textbooks should be except those authorized hy the department of education; that English instruction would begin as soon as the child en- tered the school 'amd until the end of the first year. The liberals argued, through Mr. Rowell, that the sehools were ineflici- ent, that that the teachers were not carrying out the regulations, that used continue only WHITNEY'S CHANGE OF POSE. there should he adequate training schools," a. supply of competent teach P . - ers, and regulations. which would guar- that the province antee pupils in every school in the would receive a thor- The an address Rowell made a Tew days be- ough Fnglish education. same ideas were which Mr, fore the election. Mr. Rowell went further and said the scheme of the embodied in government would not meet the requirements of the day, and the first and great defect lay in the fact that it did pot contain ahy plan for procuring adequate teachers, The Whitney government had abolished the model + that at of Russell, which had been established for, the purpose schools, including Plantagenet, county of training French-English teachers. huge . blunder, against which the liberals protested, 'and ap- parently the government has repented of ie act, for jt now proposes to ercct model schools at Ottawa, Vank- leek Hill, Falls. On this bi-lingual school issue This was a Sandwich and Sturgeon the government has changed its mind sev- aral times, and its policy does not vet appear to be settled. prin In Cavpada thé French set the pace in the population. matter and happiest ten or a of large families The habitant is when surrounded by dozen children, and he ecroons out some lul- laby at the end of the day with sweet contentment. He corresponds largely with the peasant farmer of France, luxurious tastes to indulge and does not worry the poor fortune he is to leave to his very who has no over SUCCeRSOrs. In Canada the French are regarded as most aggressive, and. the average representative of the anxious to preserve his language as he is to preserve his place in the na tional life, He is dong so well gene rally,is so thrifty and successful, that one fails to appreciate the wail from the French congress held in Quebec city. The main is that the \ French must maintain a separate and distinet posi tion while the idea' of Sir Wilirid Laurier is that they shall become a part of the whole, speaking their lan- guage if they will and seeing that their children speak it, but losing themselves 'in the national ambitions of the Canadian people. There would be some ground for distress if the Irench of Canada were having the experience of the French at home. Three times in five years the population of France has shown a falling away, in 1911, to the extent of 34,539, and this has suggested seri. race 1s as which is being idea somehow : FAILURE OF THE FRENCH. ous meditation with M. Paul mist, the result the has declared that were dition to continue Leroy-Beauelieu, econo- this con- mn six the An. Adolphe It is to pay a premium or a pension to the mother of morg than three cnildrem, at so much per head, all or a part of the bounty to represent an.annuity which she shall receive at the age of fifty, To make the men of France feel their responsibility, and meet it, There isa provision that all over thirty years of age shall pay a special tax, divided into three categories: (1) colibates; (2) widowers, or men di bad any chil- (3) married men or widowers or years population would cease to exist. other distinguished man, M. Missemy, has a remedy. married men ov vorced who have never dren; men divorced having none og, having had only one child. The tax on the first and second categories would he double that paid by the third cate gory. This tax is estimated at about £1 17s. Gd. for the first two catepor- ies, about 18s. 9d. for the third cate- gory. Some good should certainly follow the enforcement of this law. It will cure the people of the idea that mar- riage is expensive, and may be avoid- ed. Under ehe new law 'men will be heavily taxed, ahd taxed the Jess when they are contributors to this few pension and annuity fund, and te the extent of about $30,000,000 this year, EDITORIAL -- Mr. Northeup, of Belleville, has @ been criticizing his leader, Mr. Robert on his , whose variable attitude the navy question has divided party, ' The one thing - about the Roose veltian campaign is that while he is ines, the capitalistic traitors, Mr. Perkins, late partner of Morgan & Co. is his chief ally or agent. In Canadas last year over $21,000 000 wes, distributed in insurange mon- oy. A large part of this represented dividends om stock, for the insurance found . Perhaps he is imitating NOTES t--r business appears to be veiy able. : profit i Cini, : Where is Mr. Duff ® Jie is farmer general of Ontario, and he cannot be 80 many of our busy men, who myster- iously disappear, and gone fishing. While the commissioner of agricul ture isin hiding somewhere Hon. Mr. Beck is demonstrating the value of his electric milking machine. Mr. Beck is clearly trying to earn his: saldry, but Mr. Duf--is ng good. a ee An Oftawa coal dealer offers 10 sup- {ply the federal goveipient. supplied a} {poorer that with hard while the voal at $6.00 per ton, under contract, pays 37.65 pe Some one is either losing "money, or ; AY he is outside mo sean- er operated, dalous rings thay | has eve -- . Roosevelt was ¢ a] Bay when he the Chicago convention, The unable one of the idly received at returned from plain un: of people were 'clearly derstand the man. He was a kind Dr. Jekyll agd Mr. Hyde, old friends were afraid' of bim Sir James Whitney. said that there were not any model schools in' Omtario. Mr. Fov dame tifng. Now they are providing for the perpetuation of schools, {which existed all the while and were than any one imagined they said the these were. ---- The republican semate would the reciprocity act, the tic Jowge house will not have |i Canada used to boast that it standing offer, and for years, ing reciprocity. Thé United will now hold olive branch, and Uncle Sam is long The chairman of the railway learned in repeal but democra- had a regard- States out the in the reach. com- mission should be not only the law, but _a resourceful man and a man. of sound judgment. ~H Mz. Hanna does not acest why not oi- for the place to Mr. Cowan As counsel for the western provinces ne is making the railway companies up and listen. 0.SPIRIT. OF THE PRESS Changes While You Wait, Tcronte Globe Conservatives in the advantage of ment support. That 98 now ant, as it involves thie practice iti changes while you wait. Saskatchewan have dominion govern mport of tar Standing Together, Windsor Record Windsor: loves the pride enough in his town to trade where he makes his living. Let "us stick together, boys, and be loyal to our city. We help one another that way. " the To of political contraversy we may have dropped some harsh re marks about the Whitney government, but our sympathy goes out to the fel lows' who have to distribute those five millions in Upper Ontario. man who has can all No Easy Task. Back to a Brewer. Montreal H We are all Tamitinr with the 'experi- ences, of the reformed drunkard who mourns the platform at a revivalist meeting and describes, tion, his horrible past. ever, register a desire to listen to Rev. lléerman Kaufiman, who has giv en up the ministry and returned to the fatherland to become a brewer for a considera- Let us, how Some Chance for Picking. Peterboro Examiner The Russian douma hag adopted a naval bill which provides for expen ditures amounting to 3640,000,000 in the next vears, There should be come pretty good pickings Russian patriots in the expenditure of this money; and Russia seems to be very well supplied with patriots capa ble of appreciating the ¢alue of pickings. hive for reql such ---- mp dh. Cut Rates Get Cheap Insarance. If you are paying cut rates are only getting cheap insurance if-you are paying established vhy not get the best security Soc will purchase ? It is unwisi and unnecessary to take an inferior article when you can get the 'best for the same price. The Manitoba As- surance company. a home institution and backed by a company of gigan tic strength, offers you the best se curity to be had in the Fire Insm ance world to-day Insist upon get- ting ils policy. Agents, C. w Wright and KE. B. Lhompson 1st and 4th July Excursion. Per SS. North King and SS. Cas pian, to Rochester, N.Y. Tickets good going June 30th, or July 20d and 3rd, valid for; return till July Sth. Fare, 83. J. P. Hanley, 'agent. you y, but rates your Monday Our National Holiday. Prepare for it by investing in one of our hobby straw hats, 25e., to $3, ror fine Panama from $3.50 up; at Campbell Bros, the largest importers of men's hats in this part of Ontario T. J. Fox has resigned his position as clerk in the Deseronto post office, and for the next couple of weeks will enjoy a vacation. W. M. Dickson, station agent at Renfrew for the C.P.R., %s about to retire after thirty-nine years of ser vice. : BROSOPER DR. WHITE BIBBY'S Kingston's One Limited - Price Clothing Store sizes, MEN'S FANCY HOSIERY 13¢ per pair Lisle thread, [plain tans, blues, green and fancy stripes, rovular 25¢ qualities, Bibby's Price . 19¢ MEN'S FANCY HOSIERY 35¢. 3 pairs for $1.00 Regular 50¢ qualities. Silk Lisle, Cashmere, efc. Plain and fancy news pat- terns, new colorings, all sizes, while they last. 35¢ Bibby's Price MEN'S UNDERWEAR 15¢ per Suit Shirts and Drawers. Penmans Porous Knit, all colors cream and white, Bibby's Special, 75¢ per siiit MEN'S UNDERWEAR Combinations. $1.00 per Suit Penmans double thread Bal briggan, Nainsook, ete, all sizes Bibby's Special, $1 per suit. Real Panama Hats At Wholesale Prices. 3. 00 and $7. 00 Real Panam; as. Bibbys' Price - 00 £6.00 and $5.00 Real Pa; AMAS, Bibby' s Price . ' . Men's Suits Two piece Flannel Suits,| made with cuff bottoms, belt $6 50 | . Home-} straps, ete. Bibby's Special iin G10) 00 Bibhy's Special | » Two piece Suits, spuns, neat pin dot Greys, ete, Scotch mixtures, Greens, ete Garments. Cheviots, in Fawns, Greys, Hand Tailored Bibby's Special neat West of England ae New Browns, Genteel Greys, Handsome Blues, Expert T: ail- oring. New Gordon Models, Bibby's Special $18.00 Sale of Children's Straw Hats Bibhy's ale and Tie qualities. 25c. Pricg BIBBY'S Limited Men's and Boys' Departmental Store 78, 80, 82 PRINCESS STREET. = ~ DISASTROUS FIRE This is the French-Canadian town: which was burned down this week, schools, factories and other Buildings to be seen in the picture. AT CHICOUTIMI, QUE. together with the cathedral and erect EDDY CO'S. NEW POWER PLANT. + One of Largest The E. B. Eddy eompany, biggest industrial concerns in Canafla, in order to keep pace with its increasing business, which, when completed, the largest self-owmned industrial pow er plants in has alfeady crete retaining walls built for the gen: erating station, which is expected to Private Industrial Plants in World. about pany one of the station a ever- detided to power plant will be one of has hydro-electric the world. been - made Excavation and the con- water wheels, company is forced to expend annually | will centralize the eniire $30,000 from the Ottawa and Hull Power com - and from the C.P.R. generating Deschenes. will obviate the necessity of purchas returning up Ato Monday night, Aparl from this the({ ing power from outside sources for power, systems of the company. ri' $1.65 W stettown and Betura, $1.65 Saturday: of Sunday, obtained The new piant Good going RAW FORDS Jwhile a considerable part of 'be in operation in a little over a year. This company is a pioneer in the ap- plieaticn of electric drive 10 paper making machinery, being the first in Canada to do so and for twelve years have had exellent satisiaction from all sah installations. At present the water-driven apparatus consists of three 100 K.W., 125valt D.C. genera tors, which supply power for twenty five small motors "and for lighting, the ma- chinery is directly driven by GC V-NW