"in the last election. Published Dally and Semi-Weekly THE BRITISH x PUBLISHING ee months pro' of th b Ona is beat Jol nager. nk R. Norditap: Tribe: Bids. EMINENTLY HONEST! The "bold and honest" meant has seventy-five per cent. 'of the representation in the province in face of the fact that the liberals poll- ed forty-five per cent. of the votes Notwithstanding this the government has gerrymand- ered Bruce county in such a gannmer that it hopes to have two tory mem- bers. The only reason for the - ger- rymander was the fact that Bruce county had elected three liberals. A splendid exhibition of the boldness and honesty of, the government ! govern- CANADA'S SENIOR PARTNER ""1 appeal to every man in this house that if he will take thé time to read the history of the oppositions of Mac- kenzie and Mann from that time (the beginning of Canadian Northern rail- way) he will find nothing but a long train of parliamentary corruption, . lobbying, of degradation of parlia- wentary institutions, of the lowering of the morals of public life, and the degrading of those standards by which public life should be truly measured." --R. B. Bennett, conservative M.P. for Calgary, as reported in Unrevised Hansard, page 3879. WEALTH OF GREAT BRITAIN. Sir George Paish, editor .of the Statist, and one of the greatest liv- ing = authorities on economic pro- _blems, applies this cool compress tp ot #.#the fevered brows of those who im- magne the old country is heading for ' ¥ byl Bea Ts iH i £ fgun a regular study on the =¥ 54 ' financial perdition: "The economic condition of the British people at the present time is one of great strength, and the course of events shows conclusively that as the years pass by it will be- come ever stronger. We may now look forward with confidence to a time, in the not far distant future, Jiowhen the incomes of everyone will be over the poverty liné and when even the poorest will be able to par- ticipate in the great wealth we are accumulating from year to year and from generation to generation." SALTING WOODWORK It is sometimes imagined that a few 'things - have been found out this world in the thousands of years in which have dwelt on it, but still we finding ut mew things continually. For example, it is reported by the Engineering News that a recently 'burned railroad trestle on the shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah showed wound piles after forty-three vears of service. They were only pine and fir, but they had been charg- ed with salt from the lake. At another point on the .lake there were ei inches of piles which were fWeuty-nine years' old and per- fectly preserved by salt which had penetrated to the centre of the tim: ber. . Many other instances are giving of railway piling in the salt' water Te- gion "of the Rockies and in sowe caves boats left aground fifty vears in the salt desert are found perfectly , ound, 'As the result of such facts, ¥ Gaited States foredt service has in course of the many men are the be- use' of salt as' a preservation of timber. Timber het been built in salt water as fv there is in common salt applied 5 THE ONLY POLICY FOR CANADA. for more thousands of years . than anybody can recall and yet it seems _ the lesson is only beginning to be . learned of what Preservative power to timber. The late Admiral Sir Harry Raw- 50m, us govemor of New Bouth Wales, openly expressed his belief inthe prin- - ciple of a. local Australimrhavy ay 'opposed to cash contributions to t*= admiralty. The great unionist week: "ly. the London Spectator, comments on his attitude as follows : athnitted, as we all do, ihat an struction of the J by the reduction of the tarifi. struction of this part of the imperial navy trained a ruled: en: tively by the admiralty would be in many ways easier ta.smanage, and pro- bably tactically more efficient. But that plan leaves out of account the whole vastly important fact of local pride and interest. Ti these qualities are not actively engaged, the naval de- fence of the empire will suffer in the long run, Ihe dominions are no longer colonies'; they are mations, and must be expected to have the pride of nations. Rawson had not long made the acquaintance of the Austraban be fore he recognized this. In those com- paratiale early stages of the problem e showed real penetration. This is by implication a great tri- hute to Sir Wilirid Laurier, who shares the views held by Admiral Kawion. is a tribute which might have been shared by Mr. Borden and other Cana- dian conservative leaders. "In 1909 they declared for a Canadian navy, giving the very reasons attributed to Admiral Rawson by the Spectator. But to catch the nationalist vote they right-about-fuced before the election of 1911. 'khey must come buck to their. original position because the Ca- nadian people will insist upon it. Ca nadians, like Australians, have the 3 pride of a nation. A FEDERAL INCOME TAX Prof. Skelton, says that a federal income in Canada, take present municipal tax. A federal tax would be more equit- able in its operation. It "would solve the difficulty" of 'apportioning the tax between one locality and another where the taxpayer has interests in various localities. More eflicient chinery could be provided for its col- lection. Under the present system many escape the most vigilant asses sor's net, necessarily of Queens University, tax is due to the place of the ma- and' there is some guess-work in estimating incomes which' are not fixed or fs to which information is not readily accessible. A municipal assessot has not the fa cilities or the authority possessed by a body like the treasury board Great Britain. | Besides, it does not seem just that the tax derived perhaps ol on an income from many sources , throughout a country should go into the coffers of one municipality through} the mere fact of the his residence there. Under. the new British budget the federal government while collecting: the income tax, will pay back to the muni cipalities next year $16,000,000 to be applied to local needs. This will re lieve municipal taxes to the extemt of ninepence in the pound. The United States has recently followed the exam- ple of Europe by imposing a federal income tax to make up the deficiency in customs revenue that will be caused it is as it 1s taxpayer having the most. just of all taxes, based on the principle of ability to pay. Its introduction in Canada would involve some constitutional changes, but these could be brought about easily, if all the sented to them. provinces as- THE KESPONSIBILITY. ¢A favorite argument used by friends of the Ottawa tempting to posal to give Mackenzie and Mann a dominion bond guarantee of $45,000, 000 is to contend that conditions necessitate the granting of the antes and that these conditions have flowed from the action of the late liberal government in making possible the of the Canadian Northern system. The argument will scarcely stand examination. > It the liberal government that the Canadian Northern lines were extended from Manitoba to Edmonton and to Prince Albert. It is also true that in 191) the Laurier government took . action which enabled the Canadian Northern to-set about linking up its lines in the prairie provinces with railways in on the one hand, have indg to government ' in justify at the Borden pro guar- construction is true that it was under the east so that, the western lines "would pendént - and competitive the eastern seaboard and the eastern commercial centres and, on the other hand, these commercial centres would have direct, independent and conmipe titive access to the prairie west." Leaving this side of the case for a moment, it is illuminating to look into the facts in coumection with the British Columbia section of the Can adian Northern. The conditions which have surrounded its comstruc tion were created by the present gov ernment. under legislation" which was enacted in 1012 and which lacked en tirely the _ safeguarding provisions which should ' properly have been in cluded in it. According to stale ments tabled in the commons during the discussion of the proposed $45, 000,000 guarantee some $30,000,000 have already lieen expended on this British Columbia section. Moreover, n further outlay of about $23,000,000 is required to bring the sectionito com- pletion so that altogether the. con Cana dian- Northern system, a part which is being constructed under condition: for which the Borden government is responsible, will cost more than 850, 000,000. All that the Canadian Northern now requires to compete its transconsip- ental: system, parliament is told the government, is %$45,000,000. It is clear, then, that the present si- access tuation is the result of the on: British Col yubia n | vessels on which wection under the conditions ercated } by Mr. Borden 'and his colleagues. As a plain, straightforward matter of fact, so far as the responsibility for the present situation may be laid at the door of a political party it must not be laid at the door of the late liberal government but at that . of the present conservative ministry. EDITORIAL NOTES. It is remarkable that women sel dom criticize men's clothes, but may- he it is because oi the limitation language. of Stratford voted in favor of getting an incinerator for the disposal of its garbage. Surely Kingston cannot be behind the Classic City. Those who protest against a royal successor to the Duke of Connaught might tell us what Barm the duke has done to our democracy ? a Pittsburgh has an actual sootfall of 1,950 tops per square mile in a good "Year. in, we'd prefer for it. If we are going to be snowed to have white The Port Arthur Chronic de says that laborers' wages on railway tion up that way are but sixteen cents an hour, the five cents at this time construe while rate was twenty: last year. The inference is obvious. 40 The murder rate of the United Staten d is thirty times that of Germany and fiiteen times that of Britain One per cent. of the murderers are put to death proportion in therefore the sentence should be retained. Great in the states; a far higher countries; death European execution of the It is announced from Ottawa that a volunteer naval reserve force is to be The Niobe and Rainbow are The force is organized under Naval Service Act of 1910, of Mr. den's friends threatened to repeal, and the Niobe and" the Rainbow the Mr. Borden's friends A sound policy all. formed to be used as training ships. the which some Bor are heaped ridicule. mas prevail in the end, after Among the wealthier classes in Great Britain the we aring of mourning 1 fast falling into desuetude, but it still rémains a most burdensome among the poor. It is in most custom so, in fact countries, and is a most no Liceable social feature in China, where is demanded, The is hard an extravagant funeral even of the very poor, by custom. of custom and habit to break, that which almost has 'the most slavery and hardest in class invariably its abolition, to gain by PUBLIC OPINION Borden's New Talent Peterbore Examiner Mr. Borden once had the reputation of being an honest, upright, straight snow | That we A A Dixtorted Stmile, She---This uew dress of mine HRe a glove. y He--More 1iké a mitten, 1 say.~~kxthange - fits me should Their Proctocol. Young house- keeping? Her Companion--Oh! We take forgetting to do it--ExXchange. Bridé--Who does the turns On Second Thought. She-~""1 think handsome men are dreadfuily insipid. * He--"80 do--that is I---er--well" AP ---- Hetween Managers. think the At first makes won't "What soprano new do good you said her voice was "I know | other of her" did but none of the sopranos seem to be jealous Canadian ight in Canada, the of God; alse of Can blood; Norn. land ada, its marrow the men of Canada world were can face the and brag born in Canada beneath the British flag Few of us have the blood of kings, few birth, vagabonds gr r are of courtly But few are doubtful name all have onk credential and wort? And that entit- les us to brag That we were born in Canada beneath the British flag. We've yet to make our we've ¥ yet to make pur fame, we have gold and glory in glean colonial ugmed every man's a millionaire it can only brag That he worn in Canada bencalh the flug money, But our And he was Esolisk No title and ne corenet is half so proudly that which worn As we inherited as men forward statesman; but he has acquir ed a splendid dexterity in taking sharp curve in the interests of his par ty and the possession of glower,*" "Oh, Havpy Day." Calgary Albertan It is possible that some day we ma find ourselves arrested when we at tempt to give as tribute the custom ary quarter of a dollar to the Ethic pian gedtleman who,. arged with th whisk broom, attacks us at 'the end of our journey on the Pullman cay But ®it, is possible that the da} some distance in the future. Tried to Make a Sure Thing Toronto (Hobe Having done everything possible to load the dice by the gerrymander; the "Honoratlp" I. B. Lucas, now an nounces tliat in Grey and Drues the conservatfves will carry five of 'the si. seats at the next election instead of the two they now hold. Mr. Luca may be over-sanguine. People been known to show their resentmen of gerrymandering in strange w ays. Kingston Events +i We have | Canadian born count no man so noble as the one who makes lanada beneath + their Holland, the his Spain south of ain: The Yankee to the $s must south of us rer dare lift a hand against 0 brag {! 1 in Canada beneath Johnson For nd nvenient, {exhibiting + tenants)--And then this enfently 'located. Not of equipping it with the time--a property ony minutes on the L'Ilus_ train passes « ailroad not thirty feet away ration Unusual, | Re unusual happen { Bel while I g Valet--Y¥es called Anything 8 . James? bill no collectors 25 YEARS AGO. | ~The wer footbp has been ented. The doctors and lawyers of Kings ton will engage in a geries of baschal matches, There is sure to be some thing doing. 8. Wh Kilpatrick half interest in Mr. ble-cutting business. The Humane Society is body, looking after the dumb animals. At a meeting of Queen's Universit Conneil, Principal Grant delivered as address upon the subject of universit; matriculation in Ontario. pp g---------- tea has Chadwick's mar an activ welfare « STATE MOTTOES. "4 To the stars through difficul- ties. ~Kunsus. Another flies on his owp wings. =Qregon. lngrease and multiply.--Mary- land. With the sword sbe seeks a qalet peace with liberty.--Mas sachusetta. 1 have found it.--Califorpia. Mountaineers are always free ten. ~West Virginia. There is nothing without a providence.~-Culorado 'He whe transpinnted still sus tains. -- Connecticut 2 has | purchased « | TUESDAY, MAY {TWENTY SIXTH The Hon, James . Moffat Doug'as Dominion Senator fram Saskatchewan was horn years ago to day In Roxburg! shir, #cotland Hn I hig early years ha was a minister of the Presbrierian Church and held i charges in Uxbridge and C Ae a 80 serving as a missionary in ladia for six years, Ha retired frem tha mias try in 1896 and devoted himself to farming, being elected the same year to the House-of Commons. In 1908 he was called to the Senate, where he is now one of the most useful members. He still farms extensively and has a fine property at Tantalion, Bask. Also born today:-- W. M. German, M.P,, born Prince Edward County, 1851. { Prof. R. Tait McKenzie, Philadel. , phia, born Almonte, Ont., 1867. ° Hayter Reed, . Montreal, gaveniv-ive born L'Origit] "Ont, 1849, ' oy ; Some women can smile in the face of adversity just as if they meant it: The one sure thing is that one can't be sure of anything in this world. i In this of suliragettes it's a wise child that knows ifk own mother. Some men don't need money in dex to spend it. or- Shoe Sale | * $4.00 and $4.50 Shoes fon 92.50 Tans, blacks, guaranteed first quality. last one of a kind, ete. The patents, 'eve ty y Sold Raincoat Sale Pure Parametta cloth at less Lin " wholesale prices. $10.00 Values for Si: ue out: $198 Trouser Sale Sizes 32 to 50, and worsteds. for $1.98. _ Tweeds $2.19 Trouser Sale Men's $4.00 and $4.50 Trousers for hand-tailored Fabrics are fine imported worsteds. Perfect fit guaranteed. $2.75. Sizes 32 to 44; garments. $7.00 values for $3.90 ° $14.00 Values fof © $10.00 "See our window display of these coats. Fresh Garden Seeds Onlon Sets, Geranium bedding, Plants, ete, ete, Wedding Bou- quets, Funeral Designs a Spec- lalt¥. ¥F. J. JOHNSON THE LEADING FLORIST Store 239 Residence 1212 Greenhouses, 2335. N For Sale A blacksmith shop, good lo cation and plenty of work. ln connection are, a first class dwelling in geod repair, stable, hen. house, abont one acre of first-class Saren land with a few fruit trees. A very desirable property for a blacksmith. Farm and city properties for sale. Represent strong fire insure ance companies and the Mutual Life of New York. Money to loan or veal 'es tate. Il pon Ladies' Button & Laced Boots "In Dongola Kid Regular $3 for $2.49 All spring goods on up-to- date lasts : v an When a mother gives a child al sponge both phe uses a wash raf. 5 Sn FR