ener errr -- bes tached is one of the b ey prin offices in Canada, ot | nT x a es we FY § 5 a i & dishonour. which 'will blight his whole life. OCEAN FREIGHT RATES Thete is no doubt that the --gov- ernment will be forced, even reluct- antly, to do something in order to remove the grievances of the people with regard to ocean freight rates. When the matter was before the commons it did seem that the miun- ister 'of Trade and Commerce avoided the responsibilities of the govern- ment, or at least avoided a ° dis- cussion of their responsibility. "The matter had invited the atten- tion 'of the Railway Commission and for. rhe reason that this commission had realized that land and ocean @ | freights were closely related. Mr. Drayton, the chairman, had gone to the old land and enquired into the subject, and :had concluded that,. ee Robi Jil t! months pro ra ¥ mail a. Editio ) At to United Btates ©. 1." and three 'months pro Hata job VE burch te. New York ee... . 226 : o Manager. . Northrop, ar ia enna s ribune 3 k R, Manager. . TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE Hou. Mr. Foster, as minister of Trade and Commerce, is willing - to get into the closest touch with the business men of the country, Ad- ' dressing the members of the Asso- ciated Boards of Trade, and the or. . ganization which represented ten thou- "sand others, he said he had three i things he desired to emphasize. First, be wanted the largest use ! possible made of the bulletins , which bis departnient Issued weekly, and dealing with the information it felt the people should have. This pub- lication should! be found useful, and it could be made more useful by the 'co-operation of the people. Next he designed to have the' trade commis- sioners come home Occasionally to ad- + dress boards of trade and other pub- { 3 § ¥ { £ fuilture, lic 'bodies, and 'to exchange views re- lative to the commerce of Canada abroad. - These men could be. very 'useful to the business community and could very materially increase their 'One further feature was this--the Ppoi of a il of busi men, representing the business interest of the provinces, to consult with him on matters pertaining to his depart. ment and their mind on the trade of Canada. These advisory coun- vils are not, sometimes, of much ac- count. The Advisory Council of this province, 'the creation of the Educa- tion Department, is a farce and a It advises. On what ? With what result 7 No one knows, The fault lies with the department. 1GNOMINY AND DISHONOUR The fate of Mr. Evanturel is the fate that sooner or later awaits any man who puts his honour on the bar- gain counter and is willing to dis- pose of it for a consideration. Though nominally a liberal, and the sou of one who had been elevated by ++ his party and made the speaker of the assembly, he had been giving evi- dence of his political instability. No one suspected, however, outside of the man who had the proof of his duplicity, that he had placed him- self, at the mercy of the enemy, and his fall came suddenly. Fancy his recklessness in offering to sell out to the liquor men, to be- come their chatipion in the field and in. the bouse, to even forget his lead- er, and, without knowing what had hecome of that letter, or who: held it, to rise in parliament and assail the conservative party for its sins und offences! The government of the day is surely guilty of many acts which do not compare with his pro- fessions but he was the last have been. eager for the 'denunciations in which be. indulged, : The liberal party has dgoe the only thing it could do. It has pub- liclv intimaied that he is no longer + entitled to the regard of the' men . whose confidence he betrayed for a cousiderdtion. The government party itself. in the protection of its 'bon. our. should sce that he leaves pub- To life at once. The men who sullied though the ground'!for protest sure- ly existed, and though the increase in rates was hurtful to trade, the way was not clear for the application of a remedy. At the recent meeting of the Asso- ciated Boards of Trade the mercan- tile community demanded, by reso- lution, that relief should be at once, or without delay, provided. Pigures | were supplied which showed that the | rates had gone up arbitrarily during | the last five or six years, and that i these rates for England were almost, if mot wholly, double what they had been from Southern Europe, or from ports in Asia, after crossing the Pa- cific ocean and the continent of Am- erica. . This was the result of a 'com- bination between the great transpor- tation companies of Canada. A storm is surely brewing in Can- ada over - these ocean freights, and one man, 'a large importer, stmck the key note when he said: "I have brought goods from the centre of China to 'Canada at half the expense of ocean charges that 1 have paid for Atlantic service, and this after the gauntlet has, been run of two at- tacks by'bandits. But I would rath- 'e» pay these Chinese bandits under the circumstances than pay the men who, enjoying great privileges from the Canadian people, proceed to hold them up and tax them as they lik- La-- HDITORIAL NOTES The premier proposes to go west this year. He will be meeting some of the guests of pre-election days. They walk in the west, and they are nasty things to encounter at odd times. The plea of the Associated Boards of Trade, for a modification of the Com- pensation Bill, may have influence in the legislature, but the people gener- ally will not brook any delay in this most necessary legislation. The resolutions proceeding from the Kingston Board of Trade, were unani- mously adopted by the Associated Boards of Trade. One had to do with the conservation of power in the small streams and the other with the utility accounts. The Orange Sentinel demands the removal from the echool regulations of the various modifications which were authorized last year, respecting the bi-lingual schools. Bro. Pyme can do this. Will he respond to the ap- peal ? Col. Hughes .bas been asked to re- peat outside of parliament what he has said in it about the Farnham camp purchase and Hon. Sydney Fisher. will sue him for criminal libel. Here is a challenge the colonel should accept. He cannot refuse this and pass as a brave man. The federal government, through the premier, has declared that the western provinces shall not be given their na- tional resources. Mr. Borden is will: ing to go on record that he is not willing to. redeem his pledges. So much the worse for Mr. Borden when the time for reckoning comes. Is it true that the surplus of many thousand dollars, in connection with the water department, exists on pa- per only ? In other words is it true that the carnings of the water, like the earnings of the other plants, have been spent and that the accounts do not clearly reveal the facts? The sooner we have a "survey" of our public accounts the better. 6 Profi. Horning's address before the Canadian Club was illuminating. It presented the relations between Eng- land and Germany in a new light. In its presence ome realized why some things were done and what the mean- ing of them was. The professor is a prophet of peace, and stated very his 'conclusions. : Agi The Discredited Membe { member of the Ontario opposition, 'Eventurel, speaker of the Ontario) house from 1898-to 1902, and minis- ter in the Ross government, 1904 and 1905. Mr. Evaoturel is a no- tary public, and bas been in since boyhood in Prescott and the French communities throughout the! the faculty : He was first elected\in | and: it is agreed province. 1 1911 to succeed his father, whe represented the constituency ce 1886. He introduced the bi-lingual | i clearly the grounds on which he bases" Yira mill on the dollar tax rate will was, born March 19th, 1879, in Otta-' were sent in after. the (Wa, and is a son of the late Hon. A.) ceiving them had expired, and politics | who Pertinent Question 8 Montreal Star. 1i Becker really desdrves a new trial is it not a monstrous outrage against justice that he should have had to wait for it in "dead man's corridor" all these months ? \ ~ Bold Talk Montreal Star. Parliament ought to be as nearly as ssible a mirror of Canadian opin- ion--mot merely a reflection of such opinion as can express itself on every occasion in the shibboleths of party, ------------------ A Foxy, Lord . Toronto World. The Duke oi Bediord, having realiz- on his unearned . increment, is will- ing to carry the war into Ireland, where land could be had cheap after a fight, and would grow in value sub- sequently. Low Comes High Montreal Gazette. The cost of revising the statutes of Ontarié is given as $238,354, this be- ing aside from the printing. Every- thing connected with law, from the making to finding out in the courts what the makers meant, comes high but the people pay. Earning His Money Stratford Daily Beacon As Mr. Lynch-Staunton, the Hamil ton lawyer politician, is to get some $30,000 or 340,000 for his work on the! Transcontinental Railway Investiga- thing for be know about railway building any- way ? Guarding Their Honour Hamilton Herald. A committee of the Quebec legisla ture having solemnly declared that certain of its members are guilty of taking bribes, and having then ad- journed sine die, that business may be regardeed as finished. The guilty gen- tlemen will no doubt continue to be the guardian of their own honor. Liberal Aid London Advertiser The public treasury has contributed about ¥21,000,000 in cash to the Ca- nadian Northern Railway company, has undertaken an obligation amount. ing to $131,000,000 by guaranteeing bonds; 'and the country has given Mac- kenzie. & Mann four "million acres of land, value unstated, but upon which $24,000,000 has been raised. The com- pany has raised $134,000,000 from outside sources and has made an ex- penditure of $30,000,000 in construe tion work and. equipment. Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. John Bennett, Pittsburg, has sold his farm to John Garrett, for $4,000. Fifty-five. names were enrolled for the kindergarten classes. A brass band was organized to-day, under the le§dership of H. Il. Curtis, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY TWENTY- SEVENTH H. V. Meredith, .president of the Bank of Montreal, who is sixty-four years of age to day, was in his younger days quite a formid- able boxer. When he was working in the Bank's branch in Hamil ton, where he got his start, he is said to have dearly loved to get into fights with the toughs of the town and to trim them neatly. Mr. Meredith belongs to the famous Meredith family of London, of which Sir Wiliam Meredith of Toronto was the eldest son. All the Meredith boys were athletic and even to-day the president of the Bank of Montreal has the well set-up and military bearing of a Brit igh army officer. He has risen to the premier position in Canadian bank ing by dint of steady and conscientious work. OTTAWA TYPHOID CLAIMS -- Half a Million Dollars Asked by Sufferers Ottawa, Feb. 27.--The number - of typhoid claims which have been pre- sented to City Auditor Duff 'is 2,- 225. The total amount of compensa- Yau asked is $193,196.77. That is, the claims are for an aver of a bout $225. =e The amount of money which the e ovide is about $90,000. So = the clpimants are asking over $400,000 money than will be available, $90,000 would give each' claim- The Custave Evanturel, the diseredited | ant about $45. Thirty-five of the claims received. date for tig Cluff has mot vet decided whether these should be considered ' or mot. Alfred Noyes, the English poet, is lecturing in the cause of peace has been asked to join of Princeton university, understood that he has world to accept. Never forget the fact that it is up to you, directly, to make your Question in the house during the ses- 'self of good con in thi 1 "sion of 1912. Cr iuasee Iu this ola], Ea wally oy a. nd [PUBLIC OPINION] tion Commission, he had to do some- | his money, but what does | er-- An Intricate Story. "Before my. marriage I told her all my past life. Don't you think 1 show- ed a wonderful courage?' "Yes, and a still more wonderful memory."--London ' Opinion, England's. Trouble, Too. "And how's your husband, Bloggs" "'I's still rather poorly, ma'am, thank ye kindly; 'e's bin suffering a lot with "is gastric ulster!"--Exchange. Mrs. Been an Good Boy, Fond Mamma--Ilere, Stewart, here's father on the 'phone. Say something to him. . Stewart---Hullo, dad! I've had cous sin 'Erica to tea and I haven't hit her once. ~--Tit-Bits, Reckless of Him, Excited Friend--Did you know that your wife eloped with your chauffeur? Giltedge--~Too bad! The reckless- ness of these chauffeurs is something awful! -- Said by Wise Men. occasiong teach new duties; Times make ancient good uncouth; they must upward still and onward, who 'would keep abreast of truth; Leo, before us gleam her camp fires! we ourselves must pilgrims be, launch our Mayflower and steer boldly through the desperdte winter sea, nor attempt the I"'uture's portal with the Past's blood- rusted key.---Lowell. It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we 10 not meet with suc: cess except by reiterated efforts, an often at the instant when we despair- ed of success.--Mme. de Maintenon. There is as much difference between genuine patience and sullen endurance as between the smile of love and the malicious gnashing of teeth.--W. S. Plumer. Precepts 'and maxims: ave of great weight, an a fowiusefdl onés at hand do more toward 4 wise and happy life than wholé volumes of cautions that we know not where to find~C, Sim- mons. Sympathy wanting, all is wanting. Personal magnetism 4s the conductor of the sacred spark that puts us in human communion, and company, -A. B New gives us. to conversation and ourselves. Alcott, mri The Note. "Oh, by the way, dear," said the merchant as he was preparing to leave the house in the morning, "if 1 find I can't be home to dinner I will gend a note by messenger." » "Don't trouble," said his wife, sweet- lv, "I have already found it on the blotting pad."--Western Mail, ---- An Educational Valentine. There's nothing that's modern a wheelbarrow, If we're talking of vehicles new; There's nothing that's modern in Cu- pid's best arrow, And T fear it will never strike you If Cupid wolld work through the movies, and show you How wildly my thumps, You'd see that my love thing, and, oh! you Would pity me, here .in the dumps! For such moving pictures would cer- tainly move you More than valentine ween; So on Valentine's Day: it behoove you To watch for screen, about heart thumpy- is the real missives, 1 will surely my heart on ~the ~--Grace McKinstry, ee SOCIAL EVILS, The most important question is, What force can now be put in play against tbe formidable evils which gravely threaten the very life of the race? No one force or agency can be complete ly relied on. Attack must be made against the three principal causes of present evil conditions ~first, lust in men; second, cow- plete lack of moral principle in certain classes of women; third, depravity of those who make commerce of these two. Com- mercialized vice should be -at- tacked in all its forms by all the powers of the law. The ancient policies of toleration and licensed segregation must be uprooted. Segregation has nowhere been successful. Regulation is a con- fessed failure. The laws against undesirable marriages need to be revised, Public progress in re gard to sex hygiene and eugenics is to be procured chiefly through educational methods. Tbe work must be done delicately aud without interference with paren- tal rights or religious convie tion~C, W. Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard. a y ill, | FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DOINGS | iE THE BEST $4.00 MEN'S SHOES IN CANADA ' NEW COLLARS 2 for 25¢ | Bibby's | NECKWEAR | Sale Fifty dozen Handsome Silk Ties in new colorings, styles and designs, SHIRT SALE S59 - rm t » Regular 50¢ and 75¢ values, for 2c each America's Tublar new Silk Ties reversible © = Trouser Sale English Worsteds, hand"tailored trousers, $4.00 values for $2.75, sizes 32 to 46. Guaranteed First Quality Shirts, $1.00 and $1.25 values, for 69c¢c . Each Suit Sale Soft Shirts, Peter Pan style, ete. $16.50 and $18.00 values for $12.50 ao ann mee wiZC854 to 46. English and Domestic i See our window » = Tweeéds and Cheviots, nobby greys and browns, two and three button style. . : BIBBYS, Limited 78, 80, 82 Princess St.,: :-: Kingston sizes 14 to 16 1-2. display of these shirts. Better Coal Means Smaller Coal Bills That Is why it pays to order Coal that suits, P. WALSH CHILDREN'S SHOES AT 9c af Tm Dongola and Box Kip, button and laced, all sizes in the lot, regu- lar $1.20" and $1.50. ..99c JENNINGS, King Street. Sale price ..., 1--A large well bullt brick dwelling, Pine St., good cel- lar, B. and C. gas, deep lot ..... $2850 2--Brick dwelling, Albert St., 4 bedrooms, B. and C., sta- ble, deep lot .......$3200 8--Brick veneer, University Avenue, 6 bed rooms, hot water furnace, B. and C. el- ectric lights, gas, stable assssssm $3600 4--New: brick dwelling, Fron- tenac St. all modern im- - provements ........$4000 ¢ "eens nean Serena T. J. LOCKHART, Real Estate and Insurange Clarence aml King Sts. Phone 1035 or 1080 is serious! grad wig 'weaker,