they were personally interested, said it was a pity their spirit did not dominate them all the while. It does not, however, and the secret of it is not hard to seek. It is time for a change. It is time for all our people to tune up, to make Kingston and its interests their hobby, and to play on 'this sub- ject as Kubelek, the artist, plays -on the G string with such harmony and effect that every one is impressed. "Let us all work,' says the car- | toonist, "to keep in the key." This advice is sound and worth acting upon. A CHALLENGE ANSWERED, Hon. Arthur Meighen has been distinctly disappointing in his de- fente of the old Shells' Committee. From both Conservatives and Liber- als came information to the effect that the Committee had erred seri- ously in its judgment and in its re- wards, and that the British Govern- ment had been made to pay excessive toll because the contractors were willing to take advantage of its mis- fortunes. The Meighen defence was decided- ly weak. The Solicitor- General did not say-that the contragts were defensible. He did not hold that the charges of Dr. Pugsley could not be proven. He simply contended that they were made in a partizan spirit, and because no Minister was specifically charged with wrong do- ing the enquiry should not go on. He spoke too carly in the debate, and too quickly. He did not reflect a as he is supposed to do, and as a re- ST Eir up, 2 arth Ave, sult he said, unguardedly, that if it hms une Bldg. were shown that any Minister was rup, Magager. | in any way responsible the investiga. HE DID COMPLAIN. | tion would be granted. If unreasonable profits were ap-| Mr. Kyte read from Hanzard, and proved by the Shell Committee, or if | from the speech of the Premier last there was anything devious in the | ear, the announcement respecting Shell Committee's dealings, so keen jizoar, It pect ug and experienced a man of business | the Shells' Committee, as Mr. Thomas would detect the| De composed of three manufacturers wrong doing--Mail. | and three representatives of the Mi- Mr. Thomas did, in a speech in| litia Department. The Chairman Montreal, complain of the high cost | was to be Col. Bertram. He would = of the shells, and of the polities that | report weekly to the Minister of Mi- Were niixed up with the business in | litia. At regular intervals the Min- Candda. And what was his re-| ister of Militia would call the Com- ward? The abuse of a Minister | mittee together, and it would take and to such an extent that the press, | upAvatters of interest between itself without regard to politics, came to {and the War Office. his defence. As a matter of fact | ' The Minister of Militia was then "it was Mr. Thomas' discoveries and {dhe man to discuss and direct the representations which led to the re-| business of the Shells' Committee, moval Of the old Committee and the | and it could not be said that he was appointment of a new Committee | exempt from responsibility in connec- with J. W. Flavelle as the Chairman< tion with the scandals growing out Complaint has been found with the |of "the Committee's. work. . Mr. new orgahization. Why? Be- | Meighen did not expect to be en- cause it is doing business on business | trapped so completely." His was the principles, and Is not inclined to con- | challengé which was at once expect- tribute too generously to the profits | ed, apd if the 'enquiry is not gone on of the contractors. with the people will have their su- o v spicions, and they will have the same Hoke Smith, in Congress, said a| force and effect as the proven char. littl strong bluffing on the part of) ges. io x Tnited States Government would nd ah to time on the ques-| Australia~has set the mode] and tioh of the 'blackade, Suppose the Pace in the matter of volunteer- Smith takes the place of Lansing in| 05 8nd chell-making. The Govern- the -State Department and tries it. [Ment handled the shell business : ------ | without the scandals of the Canadian x rie : / EMPLOYERS AND RECRUITING. |Sovaramet, and scandals it is * Colv'Low will attend the Board of Tid to uncover or expose. Trade meeting, on Monday evening] : and address the : members. His | MACHINE GUN MUDDLE. idea is that the business men, the em-| It was thought that the end had plogers-of labor, can help hii very Deen reached of a machine gun con- materially if they show an interest in| troversy. but this is not the case. the cause ahd give some assurance Ihere mever should have been any of a recognition of "the men when Occasion for a difference of opinion they have returnéd from their mission UPon the subject, because the peo- a abroad. The average employer was Ple never should have been canvass- " adgirgssed on this sbject in a recent; ©d for funds for machine gun pur- issue of'Industrial Canada. Speak-| Poses. - That the proceeding had the ing of the employers, and in their | encouragement of the Government name, it expressed 'the opinion that | for a time goes without saying. A the way should be opened for the ser- | 800d deal of money had been collect- Yice of every returned and honored | ©d and paid over to the Militia De- servant. | partment before the Premier's ro- I It js very probable that some of thie| Yurn from England, and then he an- men will come back upfitted by phy- | tounced 'that no subscriptions cr A sical disability for the tasks they lay | contributions for machine gun pur- down when they enlist, but in many poses were required, as all expendi- establishments Occupation of some | ture for that purpose had to ge de- - kind can Be found for them. frayed out of the public treasury." The Commandant of the 146th | NO member % the Government, ho Regiment js certainly entitled to all | said, had authgrized an appeal to the the sympathy -he-ean be shown by the | people for machine gun contribu. 'business men of the city, and they | tions a will strengthen-his hands very much| At this time the Montreal Star Hy passing such a resolution at the | had collected a large sum for mach. «Board of Trade as the circumstances | ine guns, and it at once proceeded to suggest. { return this nioney to the subscribers. . : | But the Government has not return- By the way what about the forty ¢d. and does not propose te return, odd colonels whom Sir Sam Hughes | the Money it has received. -The t60k to Eurcpe in 1913, and for] 8round is taken by the Premier that military observations? Are they ail} if 30y sum should be returned all of at the front and on the firing line? !t should be "and a part of the '| amount received by the Government { has already been expended for the | purpose intended." Several mach- ine guns have been purchased out of the fund turned over to the Gov- ernment, and thése 'guns have been BR ct tt parc ---- Filished Dally and Semi-Weekly by YHE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING : ©O., LIMITED, §. G. Ellott .... Gulla : Bh President Leman "ee Managing Director and Bec.-Treas. Business Office Sum rial Roo dob 'Ofce SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) 6 year, delivered in city ... s your, vy huni offices. T, to rurs . One year, to United States ... ... fi Attached 1s 0 ft erinting offices in Ca Ja Beat Job in Canada. e N Sy i GETTING INTO TUNE. The chrtoon which adorns the sup- plement of this Week's Whig has a point which every one will appreci- dite. It has to do with the tuning up which should take place reguiar- ly and repeatedly if the city is to be in perfect "harmony on any subject. supplied to the battalions or units according to the desires of the pub- lc. "Moreover," writes the Prem- od for machine gun purposes fo some] patriotic fund, and the people would be glad to know of the transfer. To scout the collections, to disapprove of them, and yet refuse to return the money, is a most extraordinary posi- tion for the Premier to take. BRITAIN'S REAL BLOCKADE. The neutrals will, of course, unite in protesting to Britain - that she must not or should - not interfere with their trade; and it will bé for Britain to show that the only trade she interferes with or wants to inter- fere with will be that with Germany. The enemy has been operating quite freely through the neutrals, and the statistic: of the United States tell the story. During the fiscal year of 1914-15 the trade between the United States and Germany, directly, fell off $316,- 000,000. But the trade with other nd contiguous countries increased correspondingly. This lo Denmark it amounted to $64,000,000, or four times what it had been in the prev- lous year; 40 Sweden, $64,000,000, way, $30,000,000, or nearly four times greater; while the increase of trade with the Netherlands was as . or an increase-of four times; to Nor-| NOTES, Wil} the Allies score a victory this year? Al depends, says Lioyd- George, upon the manner in which the munitions and the men are pro- duced. . Do you catch on? : eee The Government is clearly afraid of an enquiry into the shells' busi- ness, and the enquiry will be voted down on the ground thatsit was the British Government that was impos- ed upon or robbed, : ---- Though the Province of -Quebeg had extraordinary war expenditures duripg the last year to the extent of over $1,000,000, it had a surplus of about $200,000, Liberal economy and liberal good management worked the trick. Manitoba schools will be under municipal management in future. A new name for the public schools and a mew law for their management, There is to be an entire elimination of all the racial troubles. Success | to the scheme. Theres the Canadian. pulp mak-| | ers' chance, to make contracts for | the. paper supplies of the British people. Canada has the goods, and great as that with the other neutrals. In this way the bulk of trade with Germany can be accounted for. The cotton, wool, rubber, fats, dairy pro- dugts, .etc., which Britain thought she had closed out of Germany were going to her quite freely, though by a roundabout way. A new item of trade was the 4,000,000 pairs 'of boots which were ordered for the German army, and went from the United States by the neutral route. There is to be an end to all this circuitous traffic with the enemy The Adriatic may be an open door as il were for contraband trade, but ed by the British submarines which are now qu"te active in all the alien waters. Secretary Lansing, wants Britain to be guided in its war by International law, and not by Orders-in-Council. Britain has the best of the United States in that in her new and drastic policy she is following the practice and the law of the United States dur- ing her Civil War. The United Sta- tes attached great importance to the continuous voyage and the ultimate destination of international trade, and judged by this law the United States has not a case against Britain. Britain is the Mistress of the Seas. and she is going to use her navy in exacting toll from every neutral that presumes to run the blockade. So far in deference to the Foreign Of- ce aud its regard for diplomatic pro- cedure Britain has been somewhat 'defeated in the blockade of Ger- many. The end of diplomacy and patience has been reached and hence- forth there is to be a real blockade, and fhe neutrals, within a few days, have learned just what this means. r THIRST. Thirst is a condition of the human throat caused by lack of lubrication. Owing to the rapid and pernicious spread of the 3 sentiment, good, soul-satisf¥ing lubricants are becoming scarcer than sack suits in South Africa, The most popular thirst in this uation is thé thirst for knowledge, which drives thousands of our young men to college every year with parched intelledts and golf sticks. When a young man becomes so thirsty for knowledge that he is will- ing to peel potatoes and sleep on a wire tot in the basement of the gym- nasium in order to get it, the chan- ces are abowh fifteen to two 'that he will absorb and retain more know- ledge than the boy who sleeps in silk pajamas and doesn't peel any- thing but the pasteboards. The kind of thirst that keeps a good old fa- ther, back home humped over with night work, sending money to a boy who knows more about poker than he ever will about physics, is poorly rewarded with track medals and charley horses. . 'One of the most depressing forms of thirst is the deadly thirst for mu- sic which has attacked the vocal chords of the willing and unsubdued amateur One of the most terrify- it can be menaced and perhaps dos-| The United States, through | and by the stoppage of their traffic, | RANDOM REELS "ot Shoes and Ships, and Sealin;, Wax, of Oabbages and Kings." an outwit Sweddg in its attempt to| Dyltdoze Britain" on the pulp ques-| | tion. | 1 | The protest is. growing lou {ore genera] against the | ment because it is not 'more pro-| | nounced upon the subject of pensions) |and 'allowances to the disabled of | our troops. How can recruiting be outlook for the returned men is so| | discouraging? | | | soothsayer, would have the | beHeve that' the Liberals, much as the Cons | by the fi | mittee. people avoritism of the Shells' Com-| Very likely. The patronage of the AGovernme with an e the grits! { puBLIc ye single to the comfort of | 1 der and | § Govern-| §i | carried on satisfactorily while the | i ---- | Arthur Meighen, the Sovergment's | quite as| i ervatives, profited | ji ut 4s handed out} NN \ | We Claim To Have the Best $15 Suits in Canada ~~ You will agree with us if you will only take the time to look these new comers over. New Patterns, new Colorings, in the new and smartest of models; new stripes, checks and hair-lines. Young Men's Models--Conservative Style Models. Perfect fit for Stouts, Slims or Regulars. alterations. We make all necessary ' Bibbys - Limited KINGSTON'S ONLY CASH AND ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE. Use of Milk. | (Hamilton Spectator.) oi Maybe. the Teutons are using| milk in the manufacture of muni- | tions, with the idea that it may COW | | their enemies. | | | Easily Wearied. { (Ottawa Journal) | | Most of us want the shell-order | [ business investigated, and all of us| get weary at Hon. Dr. Pugsley's loud | indignation about it. The Lid Is off. (Prince Arthur Chronicle.) The lid is off at Oyster Bay. T. R. Z1o0h. tins... ........ L | | | ring--the Republican or | gressive. the Pro- ---- Is Doing Well. | In a letter to his father, William | Davidson, Sixth street, Bryce David- | \ | T ing sights known to the traveling public is that of the self-possessed nmmle vocalist with an unquenchable thirst for ragtime nmiusic who camps in front of the hotel piano on Sun- day afternoon and throws huge chunks of 'nasal resonance up the ele- vator shaft." Why is it that our laws seize upon the inoffensive form | of the stray milch cow and place he in gloomy confinement; sin? The thirst for travel commendable variety which has been considerably reduced in stope by the Euroféan war. Prior to the | outbreak of the war this thirst took | great numbers of Americans to for-! eign lands and enabled them to part | with their incomes in a scientific . manner. - There is nothing that will | make a stout, red-cheeked income | look blue about the mouth quicker | than a long stretch of foreign travel, unless it is starting.a daily newspa- er in a bi-monthly town. Some kinds of thirst are all right to cultiyate, and leave no regrets or! headaches in thejr wake. When we | learn to discriminate im our thirsts, | as we do # our neckties, we will] have more money in the bank and fewer cloves in our vest pockets. ! Vin, * Rippling Rhymes ~~ | "tl { | 'boasting now, th the Mayflower's LOOKING AHEAD. {Quart sealers ..........50c s it ready to thrown into either) , | weather in Canada r | and at the | Somma| { samé time allow the Sabbath to be | ing Germany" must be laughing desecrated by the hotel piano assas- | is a very t - Clover Honey In the Comb, 25¢ per large section. Extracted: In glasses 17¢ & 20c| The Military | Shoe Store| '36c¢| 5 1b. tins serenenten.. 700) 10 Db. tins ...........$1.30| Also in 30 and 60 1b. tins. Jas. Redden & Co.| fa front, says that | < We Can Supply Your Wants In: -- MILITARY BOOTS TAN RUBBER BOOTS STRATHCONA BOOTS FOX'S SPIRAL PUTTEES LEGGINGS, SPURS, ETC. For Nurses Going Overseas We Have: -- CARRYALLS TAN AND B £ JH. | son, who is at {he is well. He Gays they have been | ow and cold wea-! having a little ther but nothing compared to the | . | The Plain Truth. | (Toronto Star.) The British navy has rescued | | something like 1,200 German sail-| ors from the sea in the course of | this war, The Germans have not | rescued one British sailor so far as | we know. | [- : Es Conundrum. | (Guelph Mercury.) How did four million pairs boots get to Germany from the ®n ed States during 1915? ties of war, and contraband, LACK SHOES RUBBER BOOTS AND STATEROOM SLIPPERS | 1 | of| it- These are absolute The neutrals surround- | mm ~d Sutherland & Bro, The Home of Good Shoes. in| their sleeve at Britain. | How Can They? (St. Thomas Journal.) { Down in Quebec a man, crazed by | liquor, killed a twelve-year-old girl! and then cut the throats 'of the} child's mother and himself. Aud yet| some men who go to church on Sun-| day vote for the continuance of the monstrous liquor evil, An Election Might Help. (Toranto News.) i It may be necessary for the On-| tario Government to dissolve thé legisitule and ask the direet Judg-| ment to the country on the regula- n . tions to ensure adequate English. || "tore hare or oleh Mop Kote iiito teaching in the schools of the Pro- | out stooping or hending--picks, up vince. a)) gust and leaves a hard, dry, dur- dy "N THE O-CEDAR WAY | Lead of the Motherland. 1] 4, Guaranteed by your dealer, Toe, (London *Mail,) [] #1 $1.23, 31.50. The Melbournne Awe congratulates! the motherland upon giving the Do- | CHANNELL CHEMICAL « 0., LTD, misiions a lead, "which some at least | Sorauven Ave, Toronto. will surely follow." Australia and em e---- New Zealand have nbw enforced| LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. | compulsory. training for sonfe years, | with results which may surely bel Reven: traced 'in the magnificont deeds o1] the Anzac troops, ) | OUR CUSTOMERS say they cannot blame us for incessantly « Singing the Praises of Our Coal Experience has taught rls < ue Exceeds $2,000,000--Most- ly Krom Timber Dues. | Toronto, Jan. 22.--The approxi-| i In futnre years we will not boast, as' we are! | them it's the best they {can buy, and that it mate revenue of the Department of! | Lands, Forests and Mines for 1915 | is "$2,195,000. The chief item *» | $1,500,000 from wood and forests, ttt ttt ttt tatty | KINGSTON EVENTS: at we had forebears i n the host upon | prow, Nor will we boast of Norman | ier, "it is doubtfut whether the con- tributions should be returned with- 'ofit the asset of Parliament." Then Parliament's consent should be immediately asked, and Parlia- ment's consent should be immediate- ly given.. The transaction is inde- fensible, Nor is the excuse that some of the money has been expend- ed at all acceptable. Suppose it has been spent. It can' be refunded from the public treasury, out of which Sir Robert Borden has already ruled that all moneys for military equipment should come. The Gov- ernment could, of course, ask con- sent to transfer the amount subscrib- The orchestra which does not tune up before it plays, and the fiustru- mentalist.and vocalist who do not use the key and keep in tune, cannot pos- sibly succeed, and the argument that applies to the individual applies also to the comnrunity. : : What is the matter with the, peo- ple anyway? Why these jarring notes that sometimes disenchant and disturb? The people are out of tune.. They are, in other words, out : of sympathy and accord on the great questions of the day. 4 A contemporary noticing the tre- _Wmendous energy which some people Dut into a special work, in which blood, or how our sires shed gore, when they crossed o'er the raging flood, with Bill the Conquerore. We'll say, when gathered round the board, "By Woden ang by Thor! Our fathers sailed with Henry Ford, and put an end to war! They cranked their ship with fiery zeal, and sailed for Peace's sake, with Henry at the steering wheel, his foot upon the brake. Across the briny deep they slid, and twanged their peaceful lyres, and when. the ship began to skid, they calmly changed the tires. The monarchs in their anger roar- - ed, above the martial din, *What have we done that Henry Ford should come to rub jt in?" The sol- diers, with their erimsoned hands, remarked, "By Mother Goose, the stuff's all off when Henry lands, od turns his white dove loose !I" The wearled armies lost their grip, the battleships sailed home, when Henry tooled his 8opd tin ship across the leagues of foam. And o'er the world the Whit e Dove soared, the Dove men panted for; our fathers sailed with Henry Ford, and put the lid on war." ' ~ | costs no more than other ! coal. ] Try It Once-- Join in the Chorus "CRAWFORD, { Foot of Queen Street. Phone 9. x | which included $928,000 received { from timber dues. = The output of | imber was 407,874,000, board feet | of pine timber sawlogs and square There ate 6,216 names in the vot- | timber, an increase of 25,290,000 ers' lists for Kingston. There are feet, while thrée times as many cprds many repeaters, with about 3,600 ac- | of pulpwood as in 1914 were taken tual voters. | out, the figures being 301,000 cords. A hen ownegl by R. J. Bushell laid. A falling-off, however, is shown in two eggs in one day. One was doui- | other timbers; of which 59,308 feet ble-yolked, and measured § by 6% | were cul, as against 77,451 feet in inches, and the other was 6% by 6 1914. ° inches. The total extent of © There is much distress in Kings- sold was in the region of 175,000 ar-| ton. Employers of labor are still res, for over $134,000. The num- overrun with applications for work, | ber of acres was slightly down from and many of thém cannot be Sup-| the year previous. Free grants or plied a. 4 homesteads were: made to 1,355 peo- : 'ple which was about 400 fewer than a year | re. Six hundred and] twenty-one pafetits' were issued to 26 YEARS ACO rown lands AAA rns those completing their homestead re- | quirements, * Four hundred and thirty. forest fires wero reported, of which 372 did no damage. a 1 A man who has, made good doesn't have to. blow his own horn, ; 7