PAGE FOUR - ET -------- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1915. The British Whig 82ND YEAR. lished and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLIS C€O0.,, LIMITED. . J. G. ElMott President dleman A. Guid ... Managing Director -- and Bec.- reas. Telephones: Buginess Office Bditorial Rooms Job Office .... SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) delivered in city ... if pald in advance by mall to rural o to United States 3. ix and three months pro rata. . (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mail, cash 1.00 | One' year, If not paid in advance $1.50 | One Sen to United States .... L.6! x and three months Attached Is one of the best job | printing offices in Canada. 3 TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE | H. BE. Smallpeice 32 Church St. - U. 8. REPRESENTATIVES New York OmMice 225 Fifth Ave. Frank R. Northrup, Manager Chicago Tribune Bldg. rank R. Northrup, Manager. « SOMETHING NOT EXPLAINED, Behind the agitation for the change | of management of the Utilities from five competent, fionorable, efficient | and high-minded Commissioners, to a changeable and not so efficient com- | mittee of the Council, there is some- | thing which has not been explained. | What is it? What produced the | Stealthy resolution which was ship-| ped into the Council and passed by | it before some of the Aldermen had | time to question what was going on? | It is said that some of the Utilities | affairs have not been sufficiently dis- cussed. This certainly can be said of the Council's proceedings, so far as the Utilities are concerned. There are members of the Council who may be under obligations to persons outside of it, and: these per- sonal obligations cannot be dis charged except at the serious ex- pense of the whole people. All that is said about the Commission, in crit- ieism of it, is trifling. The real reas on for a change of management has nog, beeu discussed, and perhaps dare not, without creating a commotion that would spoil the programme. There are some Aldermen who have been hoodwinked or lulled into the silence, and they may regret that they did not ask questions of inter- est as to why the Commission should be Jemoyed. The Whig has asked the men who are responsible for the ' resolution what it means, and they cannot give any reasonable reply. Is there anything suspicious in all this? tm CHINA WAKES UP, The United States, in recent de partmental reports, intimated that her export trade had swelled consid- erably with Europe, notwithstanding the dangers of the sgas, and that little change or improvement 'had taken place in the South African trade. Apparently little profit had followed the attempt of United States to appropriate this trade which Germany had lost as a result of the war. It is at this juncture that China comes in as a surprising invader of the fields that were supposed to be limited to America. China has been notoriously backward in many. re- spects. In its interior 'there are millions of people who scarcely kpow that they are alive, but at the - tier, and along the thousands of miles that constituie the coast line, there are towns and cities that, under the Republic and the inspiration of West- ern genius, have boundless wealth and energy, and both are to be employed in the production of goods that have hitherto been supplied from Ger- many. In the manufacture of toys cheap labor is the great dssential, and China has this labor in abundance. It Is China, then, that sends to Amer- fea agents whose commission it is to purchase samples of the toys former- ly made in Germany, and to pro- cure the machinery for the produe- of them in China. < | Kb Kalo is China's special representative in this hew departure, and his first investment was over $40,000. China, like\Rip Van Win- kle, has awakened from her long sleep, and proposes to make up for lost time if it is possible to do so. ms ssn. WOOD BLOCK PAVEMENTS. The Minister of the Interior has, in connection with his department, a laboratory which to determine the value of woods, especi- ally for paving purposes. What is the use unless the experimentation NG" ee Asis . { the attacks upon the Utilities Com-| reflection on the in-| - | delayed in sending out { here and clinched the arguments of others upon the subject. The edu- cational campaign was 'apparently conclusive. There seemed to be no other pavement worth having. Ahd a different pavement altogether was approved by the Board of Works put down on the main streets and other streets which are traverséd by the street railway The Minister of the Interior has to do more than ad- vertise the woods of Canada through the "Forest Products Laboratories of Canada." He must somehow induce the Canadian cities to experiment with his wood blocks and prove the | efficiency of them, and without these practical tests his laboratories will cost a lot of money, and it may ap- pear to have been wasted or thrown raway: and | AN UNFORTUNATE REFLECTION. { The most unfortunate feature of mission is the tegrity of ils members, nas been made upon the | over Comment fact that by the Commission, and that it has statements showing what it has done with this money, The Commissioners are: The Mayor, R. D, Sutherland, mer- chant; T. J. Rigney, barrister, and ex-Mayor; R, H. Toye, manufacturer 0. and merchant, éx-Alderman, and ex- Chairman of the Utilities Commis-| sion; G. Y. Chown, manufacturer, and Secre- merchant ex-Alderman, | freasurer of Queen's University; and | | J. H."Birkett, Secretary-Treasurer of the Kingston locomotive Works. All| | men of high standing in the commun- | ity. The Mayor, it is true, was the in- stigator of the action by the Council. He is willing to admit that the Com- | missioners are men of the highest in- tegrity, and yet he would have them humiliated by an appeal to the peo- ple which he does not justify. And the four Commissioners who remain, excepting the Mayor, who cannot have been included in the hurtful attack, are advertised as guilty of a questionable proceeding. 200,000 is collected annually | ---- ee | less than two years it has re-organ- | ized the departments and plants and introduced system in connection with of a resolution | which implied a want in its members, there should have been a cordial com- mendation of its spiéndid work. Not in the municipal politics has the Council without a { cause committed offence of reflecting upon a Commis- innuendo and instead the of confidence | them, from Councily, history of the sion by innuendo, and by only. | Pio {KINGSTON EVENTS | 26 YEARS ACO M. Quinn is catering for the 47th tBfftation-at-the.camp., - | The first stone of the dry dock} was laid to-day by Sir John A. Mac-| donald. Thousands of citizens turn-| ed out for the event. The vote of taxation will be the] sime as last year, 17 1-2 mills on | ithe dollar. { 3 Fanny Davenport's Goods. | New. York Herald | "How soon we are forgotten," was | | the lament of Benjamin S. Wise, auc- | tioneer, when the low bidding yes- | terday at No. 17 West Seventy-sixth street, for the effects of the late Mrs. { Melbourne MacDowell (Fanny Da- } venport), wag most marked. His sad | | €Fy at timeg would bring a bid of at least twenty-five cents _more from some one of the two thousand per- sons who had gathered for the sale. Evidently most of those present were there out of curiosity, as al- | most every article sold far below its face value. For instance, a Ster- ling clock, with figureg on it, which | cost $1,600, was bought by a retired actress for $20; a French travelling cloak, which cost $25 in Paris, brought twenty-five cents, and a| trunk full of hats, velvet, fur and] Panama, was sold for $1. Miss Da. | venport's piano brought $140, and| 250 prompt books, interlined with | Augustin Daly's stage instructions, | were bought by a dealer for $42. { One of the features of the sale was that stage jewelleryS of practi- | cally no value brought more than] things of real worth. { | Regiment Has Vanished. They have a system to which the eity | Oswego Palladium. { is a party. 'The city established it istence. Hall. officials, All officials, sumed, are under bonds. missioners do not handle a penny of the people's money. If the officials had the time at the end of each quar ter to make out the financial state- ments which the critics want they would be presented. The Commis- sioners do all that can be expected of them when they direct the officials to comply with the law. In the absence of these statements no one surely regards the €ommis- sioners or the officials as men who cannot be trusted with the custody of the public funds. And yet there is in the reflection a sting which will remain tong "after this unpleasant controversy has reaehed an end. WHAT GRATITUDE SUGGESTS, Common gratitude should win for the Utilities Commission the most cordial support of the people. members of it have been most devot- ed to their duty, and have labored with unflagging zeal to make a reec- ord which would be a ei them- selves and to the city. They began their service under a handicap. They had to take over and make the best of the contracts into which a com- mittee of the Council had entered. These contracts came to them as a legacy from the Council. penses were incurred, and it was for | the Commission.to provide for them. At the outset, there was an ap- praisal of the plants, a stock-tak- ing such as had not taken place dur- ing all the years the property was under the direction of the committee. Next the Commission adopted a policy which every business maw must endorse, of incurring no ex- pense without knowing just how it] was to be met. The Committee of the Council had made extensions for which payment could not be made in the usual way, The cost of them had te be charged to current account. This was wrong in principle and in practice. The Committee of the Finance Department first knew about the contract when it was called ppon to pay upon it as the work pro- sion decided to have no more of it. The Keely Engine at the Water Works Pumg House was condemned by the Countil's Committee and thought to be fit only for scrap heap. It Was rebuilt by the Commission at a cost of about $445 and will ans wer the needs of the city for many years to come. This alone saved the city about $30,000. The supplids of the department have been purchased in a busi- { | Government sheuld The" Certain ex-7] Supplies. ' Council built a power house, and the | "'® ceeded. This was an insane way| of doing business, and the Commis-| | A few months more, that the 175 members who | remain have been transferred to oth-| officials, and they are paid to these] er regiments. | it is pre- | The manner in which The Com- | Ment has suffered demonstrates the | desperate fighting which characteri- | Street. this regi-| | %es the present war, and shows that | the Canadian volunteer does not| shirk his duty on the firing line. There are few instances recorded in history, before this war, in which a regiment was so guickly reduced to a mere handful of survivors, but | the modern guns now in use play havoc when turned loose, and the fighting in France, the greater part| of it with the bayonet and hand-to- | hand struggles, has been particularly | severe, { "Is It Pretended." Toronto Telegram. * Surely Sir Robert Borden cherish-| es nobler ideals as to the duty of a| Canadian Government than those re-| vealed in these words: { "It is pretended that the Canadian | undertake to) congrol such contracts and guard | the Franco-RusSian Government | against the activities of dishonest | or exhorbitant middlemen." 7 It is not pretended but contended | that the Canadian Government | should ' undertake to control the means of getting the products of Ca- 'nadian manufacturers in touch with the demands of France and Russia. What are the duties of a Canadian Government if a Canadian Govern- ment is not called upon te fulfill the duty of helping this country's, manu- facturers to take advantage 'of the trade opportunity created by the Franco-Russian demand for war Bead Combinations. ~ Yellow beads on a black cord, or beads combining green, gold and blug tones on a dull blue cord are very effective, as are amber and jet beads on a yellow cord Pretty combinationg can be made, and as they are not at all expensive and can be made at home, one ean possess a number of them. Some are finished with a silk tassel, while others are made from small beads in tassel form, ending at the top with a large , Frank H, Farmer, Clayton, who for the t forty-five years has been in the employ of the New York Cen- tral, has been granted a pension and retired. © For some time Mr. Far- mer has been a baggageman on a layton branch train. unpardonable |, | erously in this | proportion to their ability, but this | quire amendment. ? | hospital was instituted and erected | { ago the Princesé | Patticia's Regiment, with a full com- | street. before the Commission came into ex- | plement of officers and nien sailed | : The accounts of the de-| from Canada to the Motherland. Now fon Nos. 3 and 4 at partment are made out.in the City | comes the report that the regiment is | street. They are issued by publie| oo, ASKING FOR AID . A Letter To Friends Of The Mowat Memorial Hospital. i A circular has been prepared by a| committee of the directors of the Sir Oliver Mowat Memorial Hospital and | will be sent to subscribers and other| friends, It reads: i The Mowat Memorial Hospital for| the treatment of tuberculosis requires; financial assistance. ae .The grants from Government and | municipalities and the moneys paid by patients are not sufficient to main- | ain the hospital. it was under-| s1~od at the time the hospital was estublished that these sources of re-| venue would be supplemented by an-| nual subscriptions from those inter-| lested in this charitabe work. { Some friends are contributing gen-| manner but much] Will you kindly! Kingston's Only more is needed. help? : The needs of this important work must not be forgotten even at a time] when. so.many. other calls are urgent, At present about twenty patients are under treatment. . They pay in SPECIA is only a small part of the cost. So far they have paid this year about $1,000. . The grant from the Government for the present year was abgut $2.- 500, an increase of $100 over that of last year. Grants from municipalities amount to $1,550. The financial arrangements between the hospital and the munici- palities are pot satisfactory and re- The remaining source of revenue is the charity of the friends of the hospital and this must make up whatever deficiency exists. As the largely by subscriptions from the] public generally it is reasonable to! expect that its maintenance will be supported in a similar manner. There can he no question as to the] importance and value of the work being done by the hospital nor as to] the efficiency and economy of its ad- | ministration. | You are invited to visit and in-| spect the hospital at any time) | Any assistance you can give will} be appreciated by the Board of Direc- | tors, Subscriptions should be sent to the Honorary Secretary Treasurer, J. G. Elliett. Blue--A rich, - soft Worsted, fast Indigo, in the business. to 46. WHERE TO VOTE ON MONDAY, For the Utilities Commission and the Sydenham ard--Polling Sub-div- ision Nos. 1 and 2 at 90. William Ontario 216 Bagot | Hand-tailored Garments--Newest Models good Designed and tailored by best people Young men's style, as well as conservative style; sizes 33 Bibbys - Limited | Cash and One Price Clothing House ! A A ett Pt tar at ANNE CASH BUYERS FIND IT PAYS TO TRADE HERE. WE PAY NO MIDDLEMAN'S PROFITS. L $18.00 SUITS | Fabrics---West of Eng- Scotch Grey Worsteds land Worsteds Two-and three button style coats, Fab- ries are Scotch Cheviots and Wor- plain or cuff bottom trousers. finish Clay weight, steds. Light, 'medium and dark shades. Chalk lines, pin dots, checks, } Sizes 33 to 46. SEE OUR $5.00 PANAMAS. $7.50 AND $8 VALUES FOR $5. Bibbys | \ Z Ward--Polling Sub-divis- | _- | St. Lawrence Ward--Polling Sub-| division No. 5 and 6 at 345 King street. » | Cataraqui Ward--Polling Sub-di-| visilon Nos. 7 and 8 at 72 Queen] FARMS For Sale The following are some of our farm bargains. Cataraqui Ward--~Polling Sub-div- ision Nos. 9 and 10 at 277 Montreal streef. Frontenac Ward--Polling Sub-div- ision Nos. 11, 12 and 13 at 83 Col-| borne street. Frontenac Ward--Polling Sub-| division Nos. 14 and 15 at 63 John | street. | Rideau Ward---Polling - Sub-divi- | sion Nos. 16 and 20 at 270 Division street. | Rideau Ward--Polling Sub-divis- ion Nos. 18 and 19 at 346 Brock street. { Rideau Ward--Polling Sub-divis- | fon Nos. 17 and 21 at 621 Princess street. Victoria Ward--Pollifig Sub-divis- | fon Nos. 22 and 23 at 222 Earl! street. | Victoria Ward--Polling Sub-divi- | tion Nos. 24 and 25 at O57 King | vesse. Price $° 600 street. ina § If It Could Get A Contract. | Toronto Telegram. An Ontario industry whose output | is 1,600 shells a week could raise | that output to 6,000 shells if it could get a contract for 6,000 shells. | The Shell Committee has no im-| mediate contracts to place for the! British Government. Middlemen | call on the owners of the industry! with the offer of a contract from | the Russian Government. That | T. J. LOCKHART, Bank of Montreal Bilding, Kingston. Phone 1035 or 1080, contract will carry the industry up to its output of 6,000 shells per week, but the price of the contract! is an undertaking to pay twenty-five per cent. or $1.25 on every shell, to the middleman who places the con- tract. Middlemen would lay tribute on the output of one Ontario factory to the extent of $1.25 per shell, or $4,375 per week. The plunder ex- acted on the output of one shell fac- tory is indicative of the $500,000 "fake off," which contract jobbers wili claim from the Canadian manu- facturers of $2,000,000 worth of Rus- sian supplies per week. The people of France and Russia or the manufacturers of Canada are being despoiled by this damnable and unpatriotic system of commis- sions.. The origination of that Sys tem could have been prevented by the foresight of Sir Robert Borden. The continuance of that system can be crushed by the vigilance of Sir Robert Borden. ~ Give it Fair Play Why not decide NOW to give ZUTOO Tablets, the remedy so isd for headache, a fair Q! If there is any doubt in your mind as to the worth of these tabiets or of their Sami try them and KNOW the Don't sacrifice your comfort on ac count of prejudice or skepticism. Try the tablets and know. 25¢ at dealers or by mail B. N. Robinson & Ce Reg' ticook, Quebec. ness-like 'way, and in the two years during which the plants have been A = bmn rN, Clean Up Sale of Men's and Women's Oxfords and Pumps Men's $5.00 Patent, Gun Metal and Tan Oxfords .....5.. Now $3.75 Men's $4.50 Gun Metal and Tan Oxfords, Now $3.48 Women's $5.00 Pumps ....Now $3.98 Women's $4.50 Pumps ....Now $3.48 Women's $4.00 Pumps .... Now $2.98 @ Lots of Odd Sizes at Clean Up Prices. One Lot of Women's Oxfords and Pumps. | Clean-up Price $1.00 Rubber Sole Shoes Not Included in This Sale. FREE I. H. SUTHERLAND & BRO. The Home of Good Shoes. and Oxfords and Oxfords and Oxfords a ad as to methods of doing business. When we "play ball" it gets our rivals guess- ing. All our sporting Goods and Games are the best offered and at the lowest yprices ever put upon such high-grade goods. Baseball Outfits for Clubs, Schools or Associations. In-door and Qut-door Games of all Kinds. Fishing joutfits a specialty. Come here and get the best while paying the lowest. Treadgold Sporting Goods Co. RGLIERL Tar Te