THE DAILY, ARITISH WHIG. TURSDAY. DECEMEE UNITY YOUR OPPORT You know our policy--you know that when January comes 'We Always Let Go. The Man that keeps his Eye on our ads. during the month of January will save lots of money by doing so, for there's money in them. Now for a Big Cut in Prices Everybody knows about the splendid clothing we sell ; everybody knows sm TTHE MOTOR BY-LAW FAIR TALKS FOR THE FIRE COMMITTEE. fle Polnis Out What Are Consider. ed the Advantages of the Pro. posal--It is a Matter for Mlectors ALD, to Decide. 'I amivery glad the Whig has given Wé an opportunity to speak on behalf of the Fire and Light comurittee regarding the motor by- law." said Ald W. J. Fair when a reporter asked him to state "the committee's finding on the jssue. "The commitiae expected its re comrmendation would meet with on. position from those who have not siudied the question, as any step forward in favour of a recognized system 8 met with prejudice and indifference on the part of many citizens," said Ald. Fair. "1 am told toat when the present fire the R 31, 1012. -- -- ---- RBQUT SIR RICHARD. Further Anecdotes About the Valiant Oid Liberal Fighter, i People are very busy discussing the | volume of Sir Richard Cartwright's remi that lampoon day. The famous Si has prob- ably left cut one angedote which is told about him in western Ontario. There was a time in his career when «he did not have a constituency to send him to Parliament. His party had' been looking out for one, and a vacancy occurred in & riding out near Guelph. It was considered a likely one, and Bir Richard went out to lock | over the ground. | The member for the local House, who happened to be a Liberal, brought him a piece of good news. One of the most influential Conser vatives in the neighborhood had quar reled with the candidate, and as Sir Richard knew him personally, there seemed to be a chance to win him over. They decided to go and call. about our excellent Hats and choice Haberdas ery. Well, Here's the Story. alarm system 'was proposed, aldermen who brought the matter man whom they sought greeted up in council, met with strenuous them in his garden, but his manner opposijion from prominent citizens. WAS not too cordial. There was a Who would go back to the little natural restraint all round, but system to-day? The Fire and Light While they were talking a "gentleman- vommittee feel sure What history | O--the road" came in to ask financial will repeat itself regarding the in-| 8d. He was ordered out, and the in- A Happy and Prosperous Commencing THURSDAY, JANUARY 2ad, - and continuing until the end of the month, we are going to sell you anything and every thing you want in and Haberdashery at the uniform discount of . Nothing reserved, everything goes. It's our SEM({- ANNUAL CLEAR- ANCE SALE. That's all. The time that you can get more for your money than at any season of the year, Note What One-Fifth off Means. $12,00 Suit or Overcoat for $9.60. $13.50 Suit or Ovércoat for $10.80. $15.00 Suit or Overcoat for $12 00. $15.00 Suit or Ofercoat-for $14.4). $20.00 Suit or Overcoat for $16.00. $22.00 Suit or Overcoat for $17.60. $22.00 Suit or Overcoat for $20.00. {and in every vase where they Every Suit, every Overcoat, every article we have in our stock goes 20 Per Cent. off, During the Entire Month of January in our Custom Department. We will make to measure during the first 15 days of January, $25 00 all $28.00 and $30.00 Suits or Overcoats for - Best Trimmings and Linings and Fit Guaranteed. 1" NOTE.--~We have installed the New PLEANE No erushed goods, everyibing fresh Dusty Goods. aad clean All sales for cash. = Ali goods marked in plain figures. One price to all ~~ our store, Clothing for Men and Boys. Hats, Cans Way System In our Ready-to-Wear 1/5 off | i Blepartments -- 9 | and it has only cost me $68 90 to en . opérate - the same, for that length | acteristic of the race. lof time, whereis the horse drawn | feat--that of lifting sixteen or seven- would have cost me $540.00 eo that | een husky countrymen crowded on a 75-77-79 Brock St. - 'Kingston | Penman's Underwear hi tr For Men, Women and" Children. Vests, Drawers, Combinations. 'Every garment has our guarantee 2 oY Cashmere Stockings Plain and Ribbed Styles. 4 Pairs for $1.00. 3 Pairs for $1.00. ~ 2 Pairs for $1.00. - These are made of pure wool by 'the best English makers. We offer 2 special values in Navy Blue Serges for girls' and ladies' wear. 46 inch. wide, worth 65¢, for 50c. "47 inch. wide, worth 75c, for 60c Se peda on Ey a Als a ; ing. tu days. me -- 5 o'clock, except= | . | A NOTABLE VICTORY | Has Been Won by the Liberals on] Tax Reform, i Under the eaption, "Whitney 'Trap: ped?' the Ottawa Citizen, conservative, returns with increased vigour to its attack on Sir James Whitney. "Ii be. comes increasingly appasent,"' says the Citizen, 'that Sir James has become the victim - of a skilfully id trap." I'he Toronto Globe forecasted in Nov- ember that Whitney was going to move out of the way of the tax re] formers. 'The coon,' it. claimed, "has begun to come down. The hberal tax | retorm allies have won a notable vie tory. "I'he trap," remarks the Citizen, | "was set and baited." Whitney turned from Fogland, and read about the hnking of tax reform with the liberals. *'Peing more partizan than poitician,"' continues the Citizen, "he struck out at thé thing which bore | the slightest semblance of the liberal | imprint. He kicked the bills out, and the trap was sprung (in big letters.) "It is bad enough to have a leader | who is hopelessly non-progressive in his views concerning advanced meas- | ures of all kinds, but even that might | be: tolerated if he were a good politic: | ian. But to walk blindly into such a trap in sheer obstinate resentment of the assumption that he wad actually going to change his mind, shows a | type <b leadership which can only re! sult in the party itself sharing a sim- | ilar fate. When personal resentment | betrays party intefests and detivers | the whole tax reform movement into the hands of the enemy, it is time for | persongl conversion or' party. action. | For he good of provincial progress and the conservatipe cause, the Citi- zen reiterates that it is essential that | there be an early change in the policy | or leadership in the conservative gov-| ernment in the provincial legislature. Otherwise the liberal opposition will surely be invited to assume the reins of government." In the course of the editorial the Citizen refers to the "aggressive and { capable leader of the opposition, N,| W. Rowell." : re- | STOCK MARKETS, 8 Sta F. B. McCurdy Co.. Clarence Cham. bers--H. W. Nelles, Manager. Closing Prices, Dec. 31st. Montreal. . ti 833; 22 82 293 'paratus has given a | the | more severe | wr tes: | trucks could be operated in {stan as well as in Edmonton, wher on him now that he ig dead." {is no doubt Wt jours, as to check the introduction of troduction of motor driven appar. atus in Kingston, as those who were upposed to its introduction in other places. after experience, are now its strongest advocales. We reports fiom twenty-seven cities in C.nada and the United States ° ad- mitting tHat The motor driven ap- much better service for a great deal less money. Che average cost of maintenance being $5.63 p.r month per car," "What do fire iets say of the apparatus?' s "Some seventeen cities in Canada are using motor driven apparatus, | have been in use for a reasonable time {they are loud in their praises of the otor engine, "The fire chief of one cily where winter conditions are much than in Kingston. motor King. 'It would consider that we have 'only past paved sircels. I believe that your city would be justified in making the purchase! of motor fire appara- tus, When not in use it cost you nothing, as against horse-drawn, If for fire department purpose » combipation chemical and waggon would take the place eof four horses. I have had one su: combination in service pipe months like yourself, you can see the saving that (i makes in upkeep. You ean go quicker and also have the use of your driver at a fire, where wilh hoises your driver would have to 'attend to his horses. 'I corsider that it wouil Ye a great saving to your city to have moter driven {rucks, as against horse drawn, as the upkeep for feed, shoeing. veterinary, stable accessor- ies and the rsk of losing your hois:s by death or accident would Le greater in every way than the upkeep and cost of operating motor driven apparatus which will give you a better and quicker service. Our city believes in motor drivan apparatus from experience, and this year 1 have recommended to pur- chase seven additional pieces ior ay department.' "The fire chief in O.tawa clai.as that in his opinion the ear we pro- pos: can run 365 days a year in Kingston at an average cost of ten cents per day. © "The most prominent fire.ghie fin Canada writes that last winter's snow fail was greater than usual, and they never had a failure to an- | swer any aiarms of fire during the! ert re winter, and so far as cost of maintenance is concerned. the motor driven apparatus is less than one-fourth of horse drawn. ' "Is the life of an auto machine short ** - Ald. Fair replied : "Owing to the short mileage the.car would have to travel in Kingston, its life wonld be as long as the present fire engine; as a4'l the party that would show wear ave interchangable, and can be re placed at very small cost. 1 consider the life of a motor-driven machine is indefinite." "Are our streets suitable ?"' "Yes, admirable. We have hard ma- cadamized streets all over the city, and comparatively no hills. is wplendidly situated for ite use. "Kingston has had forty days inter vene between alarms, during such a period the motor would not cost the city a cent for maintenance, whereas our present system would cost in the neighborhood of over ¥70, "Ald, Rigney contends that his chief objection to a ch pis unnecessary expenge. The Fire and Light commit. tee is convinoed that the saving of fected in the use of the motor will mect the present expenditure, with in terest on the same, in a very few years. 1 believe the success of vitizens that they years, motorize the entire department, and create a saving of over $1,200 a the citizens' businbse, and theirs alone. The coundil has an ex- penditure of nearly $300. to submit this by Jaw; and if rejected pow there will come later. and the same will have to be duplicated. Or might as well try to stop the use of motor-driven pleasure fice-fighting appar- who was honored | have | hose | Kingston |' the motor will be so demonstrated -to the will, ®ithin three | cident suggested a remark to Bir | Richard. ~ | "You don't appear to approve of { tramps," he said. "No," replied' the "political or otherwise.' | That ended the interview. The very uncomplimentary ocom- ments upon Hon, Edward Blake con- tained in the new. book have sstonish- ied a great many persons. They fit in | with a story that has been going the rounds, and the two things go to show | that the Blakes and Sir Richard were | bot particularly fond of one another. { People may have noticed that no local paper contained any tribute ' to the |dead statesman from Hon. Samuel | Blake. It is explained that one per- son approached the great champion of Protestantism, and that the following reply was given to him by the person who received his message: "Mr. Blake's opinion of Sir Richard Cart- wright during his lifetime was such that he would rather not comment up Conservative, When Louis Cyr, the famous strong | man toured the fall fairs around On , tario back in the Nineties, his app... r- "ances in Bruce County aroused prob. ably greater interest sthan anywhere { else. On one occasion when he was | performing at the Kincardine Fair, | two erton Scots watched his ex- hibition with the canpy reserve char- After the big | | He Lacked the 'Agility. latformn and weighing the neighbor- hood of two tons or so, the larger of | the two, Seotainen observed to his | companion, <Yon's a stro man, Sandy" The other one, irive, Hoy of | the wizened, dried-up variety of trans. planted Highlander, weighing "about one hundred and' twenty pounds, nodded his head, "Yon's strong a' richt," he said, "but he nefer: bad the, agility that I haf."'--Baturday A t. ------------------ L Life<slong Resident Dead. | Wilmur, Dec. 30.--The late Mrs. Pa- trick Hogan, who died at the resi dence of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. M A. Hogan, Sydenham, on Thursday, {Dee. 19th, was a shock to her nu | merous friends. She had been in poor {health for some time, but of late seemed better. On Sunday she went to spend a few days with her daugh i ter, Mrs. Patrick Grooms, Sydenham, | where she was taken ill on Wednesday { morning. Shep was taken to Syden- ham, where WP Sargent was called, jand found she was suffering. from "acute indigestion and heart failure. She was a kind neighbor and always ready to give a helping hand in the {time of negd. Much sympathy is ex- | tended to the bereaved family, De- ceased's maiden name wax Eliza Ken vedy. She was seventy-iwa years of | age and hay lived here ull 'her lie. She leaves to mourn five sons and two { daughters, Mrs. Patrick, Grooms, of | Sydenharh; Loretta, of Toronto; Wil iam, of Wyandotte, Mich.; Thomas, lof Dacomo, Alta; Walter, of Now: {burgh; Leonard, of Cobalt; George, at home. The funeral took place on Monday from her late home, Wilmur, to St Patrick's church, Railton, where a requiem mass wus sung. Late Capt. Alfred. The funeral of the late Capt. Alfred | Beaupre, took place from his mother's | residence, Portamouth, to the Church {of the Good Thief, Portsmouth, Tues day morning, where a solemn requiem pss was celebrated hy Rev, Father 'FeDonaid. The remains were interred in St. Mary's cemetery. The pall-bear- ers were five brothers and a cousin of the deceased, viz.: Capt. Fdward Beau- pre,. Albany, N.Y.; Capt. Charles Beaupre, Kingston; Frank , South Bend, Ind; Peter Beaupre, Portsmouth; Edwin Deaupre and FE. J. Beaupre, oi this city, ------------------ Sheffield Township. Fon Reeve--J. Ed. Harrison and J. - xr. For Cowmcillors--George Blacke, J. A. Browne, Heary M. Burns, Carroll. Robert King, M. C. Bernard O'Neill, J. B. Palmateer, W. B. Richardson, A. J. Robinson, James Saul, Joba Sullivan. a The lady, who, it was claimed, had secured a duck on the market, on S¢t- urday, without paying for it, had the "atisfaction of learning from the par: ty who mecused her that all her ducks were accounted for, and in this curt way relieved the citizen of the charge de against her. The matier is not entirely closed yet, as a public apolo- gy may be demanded for the wrong : of State oar ¥ Ladansky s New Year to You. At precisely the stroke of Twelve to-night, Old Father Time will give into your care an infant New Year, 1913.-' The destiny of this sprightly youngster is not already shaped--that lies to a great extent in your own hands. What will you make of the year 19132? Judging from the year now on the threshold of depar- ture. 1913 enters most auspicious- ly. He can look back to his pre- decessor's reign and ' say, "Well Hast Thou Served Thy People." "1912 broyght us a satisfactory year of business, and that signifies the prosperity of those about us. We take this opportunity of thank- ing you sincerely for the patron- age accorded us. ; We thank you for the generosity with which you have overlooked the minor shortcomings of this store, and we extend to you the greetings of all employed here, and hope the New Year, 1913, may prove the best yet. John Laidlaw & Son -- Genuine Buckskin Moccasins For Ladies and Men, Sod - Boys and Girls. The Best Goods at the 'Lowest Prices Men's Jack Buck Moccoasins Ladies "" - - Men's No. 1 Quality Ladies' No. 1 " 'Rg Men's No. 2 " We deat in Ladies' No, 2 " RE Lee Se Boss and. Girld Sizes from 5c wp, acetniing te qliiey. 3 BE $2.00 Sra paas ab sew se ee $300 CE Se bia wh oe wa Backekin | $1.50 The Locket Soe Sue