by e Makidaag Director SE i ns PUBLISHIN Fi I Ps 3 i wpessanareavanin Bldg. TP iN Tribune Blag 5 MINISTER MARKING TIME. i! The minister of education, in his Ed perverseness, refused to appoint a { commission which would enquire into ! the condition of the agricultural and i viral life in the province--the de i crease in t production of food stuffs. decline \in the rural school and ** church. and ofher features. But, driv- "en to do something, and by its ac- tion admitting that the liberal de- mand for investigation is a correct one. the minister of education has . moved. He has appointed a director of elementary agricultural education, and under his six field agents, brisk, lively, young men, will confer with trustees and ratepayers, visit the schools, organize school fairs and field days, and lecture of agriculture in the model schools. Eighty school inspectors have been gathered up and shipped to the Agricultural College, says the Weekly Sun, to be taught farming, school gardening and na- ture collecting.: The district repre- . sentatives also lecture in the | high ~~ schools, § W'We' dle mot go %0 far as to con- « denn all this espense and briskness, fiwhich for aught we know, may be productive of some good, besides con- _ tributing as i must, to the mirth Jal the people," says the Sun. "It Dihast not be . depended on, 'however, to alter the movements of the peo- Siple, the causé of which it Fannot touch." 3 Sooner or later the commission will "be appointed, and do its work, but for the present Hon. "Jimmy Duff +48 marking time. It is about the only _The government has practically re- Yidinted the Gutelius-Staunton re port,' and ordered a million dollars to be spent in getting rid of some of the momentum grades in the; National Transcontinental railway. = The Gu- telius-Staunton combination' should refund the government the thousands their worthless report: has cost. bisa: INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. ws The Board of Education has taken ad advanced step with regard to In- dustrial training. A member of the pond, absent from the city for a time "8h bnsiness, afd a visitor to many ; hy in the west, found on in- "vestigation of the schools that they were generally better equipped and in whposition to do petter work than wiha.dchools of Kingston. He came home, as he says, with id dominating idea, namely, . to h' better things, especially with d to the domestic science and strial The matter has to a special committee, and it ill probably deal promptly with the is which lie before it. ; Jt is proposed to: re-establish 'indus- ol form, 'add house JOIDE, BR 1 1 Sense, the institate are mixed. Co-edu- { bas always, and must always, carried on here. Hence when girls 'engaged in any of the work pe to their department the hoye be 'engaged in wood or metal and in the institute ome cannot carried on without the other. hen the addition to the institute | : classes - LAURIER'S POLICY REVIVED. . A surprising thing has happened at i days of It is the the government on the naval question. The Laurier government, it will be re- membered, was violently opposed in Quebec because it proposed to estab: fish a Uanadian navy, because it bought two training. ships, the Niobe and the Rainbow, and ' proposed to build other boats later and man them with Canadians. The hostility of the natipnalists - knew no hounds, and these men succeeded in inflaming the Quebec people to an extraordinary de- gree. : Several nationalists owe their seats in the commons to their participation in this wild and wnpatriotic policy, and at least three members of the govefnment owe their places to the apparant {avour with which the pre- mier viewed their policy. There was to be a sudden end |, the Laurier na- val scheme, and, in the event of the conservative party's success, there was to be a repeal of the Laurier Naval Act, There was to be an expression of Canaga's interest in the mother country's aims, and sympathy with her extremity, as pictured Jy the word artist, Hon. Winston Churchill, in the imperial navy"s need. Naval instrue- tion became unpopular, for the time being, and many of those who had begun terms on the Niobe and Rain- bow abandoned their ambitions. Some of the experienced British marines re- turned to England in disgust. That was two years ago. Since then the government has become wiser. Gradually it has come to see how sane and sengible was the Laurier na- val policy, an gradually but surely it has decided to revive it. At last the announcement comes that the Niobe and Rainbow are not to go to the scrap heap, but that they will be recom- missioned as training ships and the Canadian youth will be encouraged to take up a profession or calling that is infiniteny to their credit. For this cause a million dollars has been vot- ed. Men without ships, says Sir Wil- frid Laurier. Yes, that is so. But the government that ean change so rapidly on some points "can be de- pended upon to change on others, and it will not be surprising if, ere long, the rest of the Laurier naval scheme is adopted. The nationalists, in sackcloth and ashes, will accept the decree, but those in the commons and in the govern- ment will manage to suppress their feelings and retain their jobs. Only one of them had a conscience, or gave evidence of it, and stood by his pro- fessions, namely, the late Hon. I. Monk. [ a NOTES. Hon. Adam Beck disgruntled. No wander. He is, next to the premier, the brains of the government, and he is not getting the recognition which is his due. The Toronto News' criticism of the Leonard proposal, in connection with Queen's University, is reprinted. in another column. 'It is not inspired, and it endorses, in brief, the senti- ments of the Whig upon the subject. If the demand of the London peo- ple, regarding the suffragettes, 'Let them die." takes effect, Mrs. Sylvia Pankhurst's career is over. For about the tenth time she has gone on a hunger strike. It should be ten times and out. A conservative candidate in Toron- to, the choice of his party, is out in favour of abolishing the bar. Soma of the irreconcilables talk of oppos- ing him. They bad better leave him alone. He is showing more judgment than the party. The only thing the kickers against Rowell's policy can do is get info line and with those who favour it. The country is going temperance in the election, and by a sweeping ma- jority. There is evidence of it every hand. on The temperance plank is not the only ome in the platform of the lib- eral party. But 'it is a big plank, and its size is being magnified ly the conservative papers and politi- cians. Tt is the only one they are disposed to discuss Snet---- {Gamev is again in the limelight. He is being opposed by a temperance candidate, Rev. Mr. Wilson, in Mani- toulin. and the man who presided ai the temperance convention formerly nominated Gamev. The redoubtable "Bob refers to his clerical oppon- ent as "a sneak, a skank, and a liar." ; Doughty, conservative candidate in Riverdale division of Toronto, «hal lenges the party to call a convention and suggest a changs be cause he is. a champion of prohibi- tion, "IL" says he, "there is «un se way of a grant of $35,000,000 to the' second | 3 HE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Re hee L) RIDAY, JUNE 1 1914. » od BE I'D. lation, will have the d d effect It is no more necessary to have beer in camp than beer in the business of- fice. The minister of militia is to be congratulated upon his firmness. "Because," says C. A. Brower, con- servative candidate in East Flgin, "any man is opposed to Mr. Row- ell's banish the bar policy it does not follow that he is opposed to the eli mination of the bar." Well, if Nr. Brower can tell how the bar is to be eliminated and not abolished he will show himself to be a wonderful fel- low. PUBLIC OPINION] Plain Talk, Montreal Star. If a life-boat drill is necessary for the crew. a lifeboat drill is neces- sary for the passengers. We Know That. London Advertiser. In nine-tenths of Ontario municipa- lities there are no shop licenses. The other tenth can be put out of busi- ness in very . short order, if public sentiment demands fv. . Fact Clearly Noted. t St. Thomas Journal. \ Suspicion grows upon our dark, misanthropic mind that Sir Jim is allowing himself to be made a stool pigeon for party exigencies. A vote for Whitney is a vote for Hanne, Running Elections, Toronto Globe. The place of the Hon. Frank Coch- rane just now is at Ottawa, not Queen's Park. Does the minister of railways intend to play the part of an absentee permanently ? Bome Whitewash Left, Windsor Record Hon. W. J. Hanna and G. Howard Ferguson are understood to have a little more whitewash left, but don't delay in sending your application for what you need. The time is get- ting short. Rupposing the Fact. Stratford Beacon. The opposition asked that the de tailed expenditure for the T. & N. | 0. railway and the Hydro-Electric should be presented to the legisla- tuge in the public accounts each year, as is done in other ments, and in the federal house for the Inter- colonial railway, but the government and its subservient majority voted it down. Kingston Events - 25 YEARS AGO, Local talent presented 'The Bells of Corneville"" at the opera house. and made a great hit, The Salvation Army has started a Sunday school. The number attend ing is -ateadily increasing. The race track on Queen's campus has been completed. quarter of a mile in length feet wide. It is a and ten CRITICISM OF QUEENS. The Toronto News Doubts if Censure . is Deserved. The authorities of Queen's Univer- sity are attacked because of failure to accept an ofter of half a million dol- lars to establish residences for stu- dents in military training. It is doubt- ful if the censure is deserved. The principal and governors of the univer- sity were most auxious to make an arrangement under which Major Leon- ards generous proposal could be ac : Unfortunately Major Leonard insisted that control would be vested in a committee upon which the univer sity should have a minority represen- tation. Thus a department of the university entering into and affecting its whole life could in case of difierénoe of opin ion defy the officers and governors of the university. Major Leonard was resolute, as he had a right to be, since it was his money the university was to reseive. On the other hand the authorities were very clear that to introduce an independent element into the government of the umiversity would lead ultimately only to confu- sion and friction. - Upon both sides there was mutual sympathy and re- gard and while we pass no criticisin uppn-Major Leonard it does seem hon- orable to the university that it wan unwilling to accept hali a million of money upon conditions whieh it could not approve. FARMERS BANK BILL. Members Ask Premier to Bring it up Again. Ottawa, June 12.--"l have no an nouncement to - make," stated the prime minister, when asked as to whe- ther the Farmers' bank bill will be re introduced next session. In view of the disappointment ecre- ated by the senators' action, there is a strong move on the part of Ontario Sat ative mieten, to Dues the hill t in again, a ation « them. waited upon Mr. Borden. The interview was a private one,' hout any definite outcome. The odio i one which probably will requi con- sideration hy the full cabinet. | What Portsmouth Has Received. " Reeve James Halliday states that in Paiamoutn bon, mosed Sw 13 13 ny lo average of a year. I sum of $200 of the x Franchise: To Married Women TA tn rain Proposed, hy the liberals in the le- gislature. Rejected by' the government. The Demand. 'City of 'Toronto municipal i elec: tions, 1914, vote re granting munici- pal franchise to married women, oth- erwise qualified. For, 26.288; again. st, 12,575. Requests for this legislation have also come from Ottawa, Hamilton, Port Arthur, Fort William, Etobicoke, Bosanquet, Arthur, Tisdale, Medone, Artemesia, Griffith and Matawatchan, © Albemarle, Hatley, Bruce, Fast Zorra, Pittsburg, Blen- heim, Strathroy, Ayr, Watford, *Kin- cardine, Welland; Ratheson, Keewat- in, Gosfield, Biddulp, Paisley, 'St. Mary's, Onondaga, Galt, Chesley, Mitchell, Midland, Haileybury, Paris, [Renfrew and Saice. Mr. Rowell : "With the possible ex- ception of tax rtiorm we have not had in recent vears a greater demand presented . to this house in favor of any legislation than the demand in favor of this bill." Charlotteville, ren Where They Have it. Great Britain and several pean countries. Austria and New Zealand. United' States--(nine) States (com- plete women's franchise). Who is Opposed ? 1st--The Ontarie government, voted it down. 2nd---The liquor Furo- who interests. Why? If 'the vote is extended to married women in municipal elections it means the carrying of local option in many municipalities where, by reason of the three-fifths requirement, local option has been defeated by a few votes. Mr. Rowell : liquor interests of this province dertake to oppose, ) successfully oppose, the extension of the franchise to married 'women is it - not time for every public-spirited citizen to arise and protest against such action, and against the govern- ment yielding to the pressure to de- feat this id "When the organized un- Corporations vs. Women. At the session of 1913 the govern- ment, while denying to married wo- men the right to vote in municipal elections on. money bills, granted that right for the first time to cor- porations. Other Liberal Proposals Rejected. 1. To extend the legislative fran- chise to those women qualified to vote in municipal elections. 2. The appointment of a select com- mittee to consider 'the whole ques. tion of extending the provinéial fran- chise to women and the municipal franchise to married women. xd - FRIDAY, JUNE Twrrred, The Hon. 8. A, Fisher, former Minis ter of Agriculture, was born sixty. four years ago to<day in Montreal, He is a graduate both of McGill and Cambridge Universities and has made a study of the 'scientific principles of ag- riculture. He went in for farm- ing on a large scale in the county of Brome and at an early age was return- ed to the House of Commons for that constituen- cy. He ecoptinu- ed to represent the county with but a single break for nearly thirty years and was Minister of Agriculture durixy the entire term of the Laurier Govern ment. As inister he introduced much progressive legislation and was generally regarded by both sides, as a capable administrator. He was de. feated fn 1911. x Also born to-day:-- G. A. Ellfot, M.P. for North Middle gex, born Parkhill, 1875. C. Jameson, M.P. for Digby, born Bedeque, 1872. « Hadn't Read lit. Some time ago Mrs. Smith sum- d her colored maid to her room and asked her if the postman had left any mail. Belinda replied that Shere 'was nothing except a postal card. : Shih putal, card!" replied Mra. ,' wonderingly. "Whe is it from?" Rly. "Doan %now, ma'am," was the in- nocent rejoiner of Belinda. "I didn't read it." it "Well, it's just this!" emphad- Cally declared Mrs. Smith. "Any- body who sends me a message oo a postal card is either very stupid or very thouglitiess." a * 'Cuse 'me ma'am," quickly intir- posed Belinda, with a hurt expres- sion, . "But do you fink da.s de Tight Way to talk about you m9 ~ i Business Boom is on Way. York, Juné 12.--Henry C. and apparently' DRESSY SUITS | We are paying particular attention to suits at $15.00 and $18.00, and can safely say we are offering the best $15 and $18 suit values ever of- fered in Canada. We would be pleased to show you these nobby garments. Tr at » Our Princeton Suits at $15.00 Hand-tailored garments, Fabrics are fine, | soft, pure wool worsteds; several shades of grey and blue. Style, three button sacks, neat soft voll lapels. 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