YEAR 82 NO. 55 | PRESS GALLERY GLIMPSES | Special Whig Correspondence From the House of Commons. {THE BUDGET DEBATE -- favor the tactics of the late, lamented Mr. Micawber, who was strong on waiting for something to turn up. The only thing neither party /is willing to tt up is its toes. t will be a good fight when it comes , the Liberals being full of spunk, and Conservatives full of Jhighly nego- ps rable arguments. That is 'to no h 'brakes are being put on publig «x ture "This budget of Tom White's," re marked Fred Pardee, "reminds me « the big scend in Uncle Tom's Cabin Eliza Crossing the River on the {ce And indeed the analogy 1S good for nothing about tax-slaves, the Minister does skip perilous] from floc wo floe, taking advantag every cake, so to speak, except per the hanks and money corporations w 3S he might have pressed a little harder e Fhe government is spending money I spoke to a member of parl nt. as freely as itever did, trusting to Tom about that the other day, sugg: White's' magic wand, the .tariff plus the the banks in the United States » | special taxes, to pull the coin out pay two and a half per the circumainbient #tmosphere. Harbor mote circulation 'and why « Yt it be and river appropriations, large drill done in Canada. His repl prompt halls in small willages, post offices in and to the point, "This 1s a parhament towns where three-quarters of the pop- full of overdrafts," "and. we ulation will apply for the job of care have no «quarrel with the hx "Well, taker--none of these public works are there's something in, that, bur- to suffer on acount of hard times. The lar said when he put his hand in 'the hard times are more than balanced hy ov aste-basket. the fact that general elections are net Little by little criticism is taking shape. made with prayers and consequently the Patrigys who have things to sell which pork barrel must be kept full : we super-taxed under the new tariff Nesbitt of Oxford made a little*argu vrite in to make a holler. The Domin- ment the other day which puts the phase sn Grange and the Grain Growers' As- of the budge debate in a nut shell. "Your ociation sing together. The people from ordinary revenue," he said, "will ceant to ocean have thought over the $120000000, but your ordinary expend- abject, and have formed definite opin- | iture, under your policy of foll steam ns of which they keep their represent- ahead, will be $140,000000. Why not tives in parliament fully advised. The cut down our expenditure to $10,000, roans are not confined to one side of "000 with no detriment to the public ser- olitics--the Conservative meffbers get, vice, give yourself a surplus of $20,000,- ust as many letters as the other fellows, 000, let the revenue have a chance to ne way and another the budget is be- overtake the expenses, and cut out the 1g thoroughly debated in and out of new taxes? arliament. It is the backbone of dis- But this line af argument does not assion in the Green Chamber and when! appeal to a government which may have t fails parliament will fade away inito go to the country almost any day hort order because the legislative pro- The "dash-away" policy, promulgated by sramme, ouside the budget, was resolu- | Nicholson of Prince | ions, railway help and bank accommoda- | the first flush of triumph a little over won, is a thin one, three vears ago and consistently follow As everything except the budget is an ed through good and evil report ever emergency measure upon which both] since, looks like better fighting ground. sparties are more or less agreed, or if One good thing Finance Minister not agreed, are' truse-bound and silent, White's budget has dome. It has dis- the budget is about the only thing that pelled the last, lingering mystery which | can be depended on to keep talk going. | hung over the subject of taxation. Tax- However, the whips have some fifty ation was formerly regarded as a high- | speakers on the lists yet, so that unless ly intricate department - of political the thing collapses, as German resistance | economy which only the financial high | is expected todo this summer, the bud- brows could master. The tax makers! gel is good fer two weeks from thio got away with it because the taxpayers writing. That will bring parliament with- | couldn't exactly grasp the idea. The} in sight of Easter which was a firs people knew that the taxes hurt some- the Le + ne' sad, as the be guess as o date for rising. The object | where, but they didn't realize just how. | fare and the stamp _tax. y hat 'was because they had no means of Fthat the passes receive a special tax, but is-not to get home too soon to satisfy : y J tthe voters that the members have been comparison between direct taxes and in- indemnity . earning heir sessional r togydirect taxes.' Finance Mimister. White's | sey Tr Rabat 0 mend. their bivdget, therefore fills a long felt Ww! fences for the general election which is by taking in both kinds of taxes and] sid to be ihg. The Faster date | showing how they work, Anything Mr. is set with # aforethought. By that! White's budget overlooks, the various tithe parliament Balculates fo have piled | provincial budgets snap up and the pea- up enough weight in Hansard to affect | ple are now fully informed of the fifty- public opinion and after that if there is| seven varities invented by the most fa- anything forgotten or overlooked it can| mous tax raises of history. Once upon be said just as well, if not better, on the |a 'time a man had to be forty years of hustings. Meanwhile, a new army scan- | age or over before he uidevsigids that dal, or a hreach in the cabinet. might the indiréct tax picks his pocket while upset these caleulations and keep par-' the direct tax gives him a wallop in the lament sitting until June. Both sides! cy¢. Some men grasp that fact carly * Twitching of the Nerves Broken-down System Now Entirely Cured--Never Used Any Medicine With Such Benefit as Dr, Chase's Nerve Food. otis gepgtesen, 168, Sut very disagreeable, nervous system gets writes that she was entirely cured of the old trouble. The last paragraph 11 Barton athast Hamtiton, Ont, Wilke "I was Some years ago, an that left me with a broken-down ner- vous system. I could mot sleep, and suffered from twitch! the nerves and diss ble nervous sensations. "1 then began using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, and can say that I never '{used any medicine that did me so cured of my old trouble. The Nerve nerves, but also built up my system in every way." Under McKellar writes confirming her cure, and states that she has had inquiries from many people who had heard of the t benefits she obtained from Dr. Nerve Food. Dr. Nerve Food, 50¢a box € for $2.50 At all dealers. : * "Nothing 1s to look forward wli- | i bridged the gap between direct taxes Edward Island ini be Daily British KINGSTON ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915 ------ and they become gmagnates of one kind DISPUTE OVER OUR FLOUR or another, but Whe average man takes a long while to get it through his head i a consequeyte he just beats the yy a lap. The whole theory of tariffs is based on the fact that a man would rather have his pocket pick ed of a dollar than have it taken. away from him by strong.arm methods, but it's only when-a Finance Minister gives him 'both kinds of. punishment in one budget that he appreciates what's being done for hith. - The fact that the Finance Minister expects to raise twenty-five mil- lions by an extra squetze of the tariff and only ten millions by direct taxes is an eye-opener which will' ultimately lead to a keener pyblic spirit in these matters and by consequence, to a closer investi- gation of the ways and means of raismg money. The Western members hoast that their country is the only part of Canada which provided: an educated public opinion on taxation, or anything else, and that that is because people went into the Northwest when the country was ew and-had a chance to grow up with the public questions. - Also they have more time to think in the vast, brooding mrairie spaces and are not so much distracted by newspaers as they are down east jut thes West holds that palm no long- er. The war budget has enlightened the east and now everybody knows as much as everybody élse because the hearts leap to wisdom quicker than the understand- ing. Blame that last remark 'on Solo- mon--not on me. The great king must have sprung a war hudget on his people which caused them to think. At any rate they have been very thrifty ever since, and when anybody takes a dollar away from the chosen people it is for good reasons, Storm In a Teacup Settled in Nor. thumberland Town, London, March 6.~The Board i of Trade has been called upon this week to settle' what appears to have been developing into a hot dispute among the inhabitants of Blyth, in North- umberland In effect, the Board of | Jude was asked ' to decide, whether the Hour sent here by the Canadian government was as much intended for the use of soldiers' and sailors' wid- who for some reason hitherto have teen 'debarred, as for cases of ind s ral distress. On receipt of th: flour at Blyth, the local relief com- mittee decided that the gifts of flour could only be made to cases al indus- trial distress. Labor representatives ¢n the committee protested and final- ly lodged an appeal with the Local Gorerament Board, with the result that the Board intimated yesterday that the dstribution is to be left to ths d'scret'cn of the various sub-com- mittees. This means that the sol- diers' and sailors' wives will now par- ticipate. OWS, THE MAN ye WATCH # In these perilous submarine times, Enlightenment--that.is about the only ' church congregations do well to sing blessing tlie, oposition can see in the new! "For Those In Peril On The Sea." budget, But enlightenment counts, The --t only question is, will it come fast enough for the next election. Prophets said direct taxes in Canada were fifty years distant. Up to the, present the the doors of an edifiée when the con- only direct tax the people of Canada! gregation is in session. : paid was for posting their letters, but . -- . tow they know how the principle can To the governors of the gemeral be extended. ~ Incidentally, they have! hospital, it is gratifying that that in- stitution is full of sick, and the Standing Room Cnly sign displayed. draw the attention of church pastors to the fact that it is illegal to lock and indirect taxes and are now as wise! as their parents in the Garden of Eden who found the knowledge of good and evil a source of much sorrow but a great force for civilization. Very little has been said about the stamp taxes so far, except that the poor man pays as much on his small trans- actions as the rich man does"®n his big ones--the same stamp going on a cheque for ten 'dollars as on one for fi thousand. But that is always the way with stamp taxes--they seck the greatest good from the greatest number, that be- | ing the easiest way to collect. However, self-denial will assert itself. Dr. Pugs ley asked the other day why the payir traveller paid mora than ever while the member of parliament, -who travels on a pass, got off with his Pullman car London, Ont., must be an awful region when people cannot let the good bishop, Dr. Fallon, alone, but continue to pester Mim with law- suits. If his lordship had been head (of a diocese in Fremeh Canada, his bilingual enemies could not do worse. ¢ The Lampman is waiting for Rob- ert J. Bushell to gather his vegetable army together to protest against the townspeople going into the vegetable- growing business this year. J. B. McLeod, Andrew McLean and Thomas Robinson becoming elders of He suggested | the Scotch church up "on Princess | street, This is his response to the l.call made by the pastor up there for | the registration of opposition, if any. the idea was not-warmly received by the House, © A much better idea would be tax és over ten minutes long, ERE ay By i ves, hackneyed "phrases, or-| The Lampman bas of rich men' phaned verbs, Tost nominatives, and| picking oVer their furnace cinders for | other lapsi lingua¢ which now distress! remnants of coal, but jt was some- tthe cultured ear of the press gallery. In| thing new for him to reakl 'about well- | | this way parliament would contribnte 2. to-do. farmers in the vicinity of King- | substantia sum toward easing the war ston digging up the town's garbage i burden, If that doesn't go far enough. | from the nuisance ground to feed to | the stamp tax might be applied to waxed | their jigs. moustaches, wrist watches, and honor- bi ary colonels. ; Of course, the seven and a half per cent. increase in the general and inter-| mediate tariffs and the five per cent. in- crease in the British preferential duties constitute the main howe of contentios This, with the made-in-Canada slogan looks to the opposition very much like | {an assault of high protection. "If it's a | war tariff," said- Hugh Guthrie, "the war | {is on the ultimate consumer." The gen- eral opinion seems to be that the wer tariff has come to stay. It's a burr and Hit stick, . In a little group of Conservatives the The other day, the Lampfan beheld one of Kingston's big policemen hur- rying across the, market place, and | follower up to what the trouble | was. But no culprit was mn mght. | It was the noon hour, and dinner was | eady. t Frem Napanee comes the word that the murder trial event up there this week had the Kingston Winter Carni- val keatea a mile. The Lampman always heard that Napanee dearly | loved: a circus, and the court case The Lampman would' respectfully + The Lampman has no objections to THE SECOND BLOOMING, By W. L. George. child & Stewart, Toronto, Pub- lishers. Price, $1.35. R. Ug- low & Co. City. A less euphonious but more explicit title tor this book would be, "Some Aspects of Feminine Unrest." Mr. George graphically pertrays the symptoms of this present-day dissat- isfaction, as showm in the case 'of three married sistérs belonging to the upper middle class of English society. At a certain period in the career of such women, when love in marriage has ceased to be thrilling, they cast about for more thtilling adventure. To this condition Mr. George traces what he calls "the seroud blooming" in women. The craving for excitement takes pos- session of thew. Those without childien have notlring to do. Those wlio are mothers find that either their children are growing up and stealing their occupations or that the nurse and the governness have supplanted them. This growing un- rest finds expression in different ways In the case of Grace Kin- nersley it took the form of a ro- mantic intrigue; in the se of her sister, Clara, it was politics and so- called public service. Neither, how- ever, found satisfaction or peace of mind. Their experience Mr. George deseribes as 'a wild pearch for a satisfaction, for something that would bridge a gap, for something to do, something to want and have.' The third sister, Mary, is more typi- cal of the majority of women, con- tended and happy in ber husband and children and home. Even ghe has now and then an inarticulate yearning," which is quelled only by the "drug" of ceaseless child-bear- ing. Unlike most writers, Mr. George evidently believes that a woman can surrender to illicit love, and after far swinging, come back to a hap- py equilibrinm. Most novelists point to éither of two endings--suicide, or a "clean bolt" and happiness (of ita soy) ever after. Infatuations, assures Mr. George, run their course and fade-out. Apparently he over: locks the irreparable harm they may 'do to the innocent sufferers on both sides, considering as he does, is one of the errors he "fallen into. Again, are such women really; contented after their experience? | Has the adventure not simply lead to a nervous break-down? 4 not the period of imagined content on-| ly a resting-up, a , convalescencs, after which the adventure will be pursued again? Wilf not Clara once more take up her task of telling the British elector how to vote? We feel she. will. However, Mr. George has pre- sented a searching analysis of mar- riage in this particular class of so- ciety, and there is considerable of faithful realism in his story. "The Second Blooming' is a brilliantly | written book, much after the style of H. G. Wells. The Permanent Factor, "One thing united the two sisters McClelland, Good. | +and the business men. was made a regular carnival event for the countryside. ) - --THE TOWN WATCHMAN. ather day Dr. Michael Clark alluded to | the tariff increases as "the rake's pro-| | gress. : {| "Oh" said onc of his listeners, who! Iwas not familiar with Hogarth's pic-| { tures, "you're not quite far, doctor. | Rakes may have gone up, but we haven't | touched mowers and binders since last | year."s=H. F. GADSBY. { | WILL RAISE CABBAGE | And Later on Allies Will Raise Cain in Mae ed = i Amsterdam, March 6.--The Vos. | Tablets should be in every home | Lane merchant said to the Daily News 2 i Tew: in their desultory or political ener- gy: Mary. For MAry, in the midst | 4of turmoil, was the permanent fac-| | tor, the unchanging thing. that could] BABY'S OWN TABLETS \hever change. She was that uncon- A GREAT BLESSING Mrs. Jas. E. Mailman, 'Gegoggin, N. 8., writes: "I gave Babys Own Tablets to my baby for constipation | and teething troubles and have fouyd | London, i raat tink net tulltne-24 TWO HITS EVERY TIME, i Dardanelles' Shells. | i March 6.--Discussing ) ; 3 Fhe --+in--reply--to-- na question ¥ {it had heard from Vienna that on | Tablets are an absolutely safe rem- | "Every shot fired in the Dardanelles | orders issued by Emperor Francis edy for little ones, being backed by | is a shot firéd into the Chicago wheat | Joseph the imperial gardens and all | the guarantee of a government analy- | pit. This is shown by the fact that | the available space surrounding the st to be free from opiates and nar- duringthe Dardanelles' operations imperial palaces in and near Vienna cotics. They are sold by medicine wheat prices came down from $1.63} | should be used for the raising of dealers or by mail at 25c. a box |Fer bushel to $1.54. i cabbages to provide food for the peo- from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co,, | "It is a question whether American | ple.' } Brockville, Ont. | speculators, despite their offoris to' ec ia _-- *X 8' Chicagd Wheat Pit Bombarded By the | an il PAGES 9 TO 18 mirable a little book. At the small price of 25¢ it ought to find a ready sale, % \ THE ADVENTURES OF DETEC- TIVE BARNEY, | By Harvey J. O'Higgins. . scious blind life, that bringing forth | yét more life, maintains it. She was calm while they were uneasy, | content whilé they were restless; | she was living instead of inquiring. | They ran, she stood. As she stood | they hated her as they might hate the Albert Memorial because, like it, she meant the established, the cer-!of his own special brand. tain, the permanent, while they knew they were impermanent, while] at the back of their activities there always stalked a doubt. Always | they were asking: What are we do- ing, and why do we do it? While Mary asked nothing, but sifiply Nv | ed Both of them, they tried to! think that she lived like some star-| fish, some jelly-fish; and at other| moments that she was rather as a! beautiful, big, white - flower that| would become fruit." i W. L. George in| "The Second Blooming." * The Month Of March. The. stormy March is come at last, With wind and cloud, and chang- ing skies; I hear the rushing of the blast, That through the snowy: valley flies. | Ah, passing few/are they who speak-- Wild, stormy month!-- in praise of thee; i Yet, though thy winds are loud and bleak, / Thou art a welcome month to me. | For thou to northern lands again i The glad and glorioys sun dos: brin And Eg, | thou hast joined the gentle train, And wearist the gentle rame of Spring. . Thou bring'st the hope of those calm | skies, i And that soft time of sunny show- | ers, | When the wide bloom on earth that lies, | Seems of a brighter world than ours. Bryant. 5,000 FACTS ABOUT CANADA | By Frank Yeigh. Canadian Pacts | Publishing Company, 588 Hur on Street, Toronto, Price, 28e¢. } This is the 1915 edition of the | ell- known little booklet which Mr. It is perhaps more complete and | comprehensive than any get issued, | while the facts have been brought | strictly up-to-date. It is mar®elour | the number of facts concerning Can ada which the author has marshall- | ed together, and the amount of work | which must have been necessary to! dig these up. They are all splendid- | ly indexed and easily access'ble, and | have a distinct value for the writer Canadians | ought to feel proud of their country | when they read of the many first! things which Mr. Yeigh has denoted. We are sorry he has not given a little more attention to Kingston in| his list of Canadian cities. He dis- | misses us with less than two lines, | s'ating the population, assessment and increase in assessment. He might | have mentioned some facts as to in-| dustries, and that water, light and] power plants are municipally econ-| trolled; our position as an educa-| cational centre; miles of 'sewers, pav- ed streets, etc. However, this isa emall matter of complaint in so ad- kee) rices up, are worrying much an Wg now they must have made | heir pile. : | "I'he absurd rumor, which has been officially denied, that the British Gov- | ecnmeni had made large purchases of | A gaentin di pion, | its origin in Chicago." { | with an English girl. Goodchild & Stewart, Toromto, Publishers. Price, $1.30, R. Uglow & Co., City. Harvey O'Higgins is a well-known Canadian writer, and the present | book" is the novelized story of - the {play entitled "The Dummy," which has had a very. remarkable success in New 'York. It is made up of a number of loosely-connected exploite in which Detective Barney inent- ly Sgures. This "detective" is Bar- ney Cook, aged sixteen, who possesses all a New York East Side lad's worldly wisdom and a large amount A like able lad is Barney. The methods he adopted to "land" his job with the gredt detective Babbing showed ori- ginality and perseverance, and en- deared him to the "chief." The les- sons he learned in his new position, the exploits he figured in and the ad- Yunturey he met make Interesting reading. rney's ever-ready le and his Sherlock Holmes a soon win him distinction. he successfully unravels a mystery "on his own," the chief places half of the 5,000 reward to Barney's credit that {he may acquire .an education. Like most of O'Higgin's writings, the book abounds in sparkling wit, and the stories and adventures are told in a captivating manner. GLEAMS OF SUNSHINE. 'By Rev. J, H. Chant, William Briggs, Toronto, Publishers. Price $1.28 R. Uglow, & Co., City. This is a volume of 189 pages of "Optimistic poems," as the aged au- thor discribes them. And, indeed; each poem breathes a spirit of optim- ism-and sweet contefit. The author can say, with Browning: "God's in His heaven; all's right with the world." He has found life good and friends steadfast, and in verse he gives praise fof these things. «he poems are simple, and what they lack in grace and distinction they partly atone for in their wholesome outlook upon life here and hereaf- ter. There is a. charitableness In his thought, and an unfeigned love of nature, revealed in many of poems, that will appeal to many. Literary Notes. Since the war began, the splen- dour and endless wealth of, the na- tive Indian rulers has been brought to notice in so gratifying a way that a novel shortly to be pul ut Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton sho prove of exceptional interest. The book, by Laurence Clarke--a new no- veliet,----is entitled "A Prince > tence of a pre Ind ajah in his own dominion. this case the prince is & young man, an Oxford undergraduate, and is in love The roman- tié and hairbreadth adventures of the Maharajah of Kathoagar, of 'the young lady, and of a in clerk in the foreign office, form theme of a story exceptionally Well written and vigorous. Hodder & Stoughton'. will publish - shortly "The Story of . &# Woman's Heart," an anonymous work, said te be written with great charm and fide- lity, The book is the frank story of a woman's heart, without attempt at exculpation. She is one who can love deeply and suffer deeply much-loved woman of great attractions. The book is in effe the drama of a Great Love, This onymous work is likely to excite ¢ | siderable interest, not only for vivid and fascinating pieture of a wo- man's inner life, but for its excep- tional powers of expression, * A --------------------AANT ANNAN NIN, | LOW FARES, ' To The California Expositions Vis Chicago aud North Western Ry. Four splendid daily trains from the =, ar termined C1 2. 480... San Franciséo, Los Angeles and San Lake Captain Dead. i Duluth, March 6.--Captain Maur- | {dock McLean, Duluth, died here of | heart trouble. e was born in Kin- | cardine, Ont., sixty years ago. He spent most of his marine career in| Canadian fleets. | i i = Diego... Wide choles of scenic and direct routes. ~ Double track, Auto- matic electric safety signals all the way. Let us plan your trip and furnish folders and full particulars, B. H. 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