1 { the | fervor and earnestness to the work {in which the real patriot is now en- =F EE EN PuMished Dally snd Semi-Weekiy by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING ©0.. LIMITED. f. 0 BIUOtt ..ccoveseses.;. President Leman A. Gulld ... Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. Telephones! Business Office ®ditorial Rooms dob Office .... SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) year, delivered In cit year, 'f paid in advance .... year, oy mall to rural offices . year. to United States (Sem!l-Weekly Edition) year, by mall, cash . year, Ig not paid gear, th United #ix and three mon Ons Ons Ome 3 in advance Une » . tates .. fhs pro . Attached is one off the best job rioting offices In Cagada. wrote TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE 2 -Smallplece 32 Church Mt U 8 REPRES ENTATIVES X o dew k OfMice .. J 226 Fifth Ave Pr R. Northrup, Manager. x k TM tex Frank R. Nersthrup, Manager. A PURELY CANADIAN ISSUE, 't is said that Canada's Premier will asi: the Minister of Munitions if | Ye desires the shells' business to be considered, and if the question i put one can imagine what the dswer will be, Mr. Lloyd-George is not is to be drawn into a matter which con- | cerns Canadian public men and polis ticians only. He was served by a Committee which the Canadian Gov- ernment named He had reason to send an expert to Canada to enquire tbune Bldg. alive the| put on the allowance list. There patriotism that is so essential to the, Will be nothing for them while the life of a people who are at war. men are at the front. - The sentiment of the old song is very appropriate, "Keep, the Home| LIBERAL PRESS. Fires Burning," and there is no way | liberal Policies Endorsed. | in which this can be déne without! sy, i ear Herald a0 i adding the necessary fuel from time| Some of the leading policies of Mr. | to time. . This fuel, sentimentally, is| Rowell and the Ontario Proviecial | "| Liberal Party are endorsed in the] thing that goes into the a ow ! recommendations of the Government | heart and life, that gives heat and Commission on Unemployment made | public this week. They suggest, for | example, the establishment of a De- | partment of Labor. One of the Liber- al planks in 1914 was "The creation of a Department of Labor to study and promote legislative and «&dpiin- istrative action for the betterment of conditions of the workers." This proposal had been rejected by the Government in the Legislature. The Commission also advocates the ap- pointment of +a Provincial Labor Commission. This was a Liberal proposal rejected by the Government! in the House. Another clause in the report of this Government Commis- sion urges the advisability of tax re- form. This has been a leading policy of the Liberals for seven years. The Government has rejected time after time Liberal proposals for tax re- fortn. The Commission alsq recogni- | zes what the Liberals hase contend- | ed for years, the unfavorable influ- | ence of the liquor trade on social re-| | form progress. As a matter of tact, consideration of the whole pro- blem of unemployment was unduly | delayed by the rejection on the vart| of the Ontario Government of & Li- | beral proposal in the Session of | 1914 that the whole problem should | bé thoroughly investigated. | | i gaged. One can appreciate the movement that is now in progress in Toronto, and that is vitally affect- {ng the masses. There is a great and mighty army of workers, attend- ed by various acts of the highest kind of service. There is the enthusi- asm that touches and moves the mul- titude. There is the reception at the City Hall of the thousands of wo- men and children who are charges on the Patriotic Fund. True, in the absence of this fund the public treasury would have to bear the greater strain in the interest of the soldjers and their dependents. But there would be lacking the soul and the zeal that are now conspicuously absent in connection with the Patri- otic Fund. Yes, there is something in these appeals for contributions to the Pa- triotic Fund which fs really inspir- ing. The spirit of the movement is missing in Kingston just now, be- cause it 'is proposed to raise a cer- tain sum by. general taxation. There is lacking something that is needful | in the greatest of all public institu- {* tions--the person¥l magnetism and | the patnotic touch which are simply | invaluable at such a time: | CONSERVATIVE PRESS. | Hard On The Government. | Téronto Telegram. | Ontario does not share the anxiety of Oliver Wilcox, M.P., for North| - | Essex, as to whether or not the Ot- EDITORIAL NOTES. | tawa Opposition will accept the lead- | Lord Derby's is a name to conjure f ership of Hon. William Pugsley, who | 4 a x { s enquiry into the work of with. He is one of England's great- | femauda guy to or of Sir oy est men. The Conscription Act bas | frid Laurier who is indifferent to the | made him famous. need for such an enjuiry. | { Ontario will be shamed and hu-| n endorsed by | miliated not by the Laurier Opposi-| | the British C sg , rn. | tion's rejection of a Laurier leader- | th HeLIu Co uman aug by. over | ship in favor of a Pugsley leader- ajority, 383 to 36. NOW| pip 'but by the Borden Govern | watch the British army grow | ments surrender to a Laurier lead- | ership. | Power at $25 per H.P. means that| A; Sir Robert Borden's protesta- | present rates cam be cut in two. | tions of patriotic fervor; | With this as a special feature in civ- | Robert Borden's heroic declarations Conscription has bee 'helping him to defray that expense. | less a man is injured in action or in are Sir] THE PENSION SYSTEM, It Is Inadequite----Appeal To Govern. ment For Relief. Hamilton Herald. The highest pension allowed a nan of the rank and file who is totally disabled In action--who has lost both arms or hoth legs or the sight of both eyes or has been completely paralyzed----is $22 a month for him- sell and $11 for his wife If he be a married man In addition he is al- lowed $7.33 a month for "the con- stant services of an attendant;" but this is mere mockery, for a man who can afford to hire and maintain a "constant attendant" is not in need of a pension at all, and if he is not| able to:hire and maintain a *con- stamhattendant" the allowance of $7.33 a month wjll not go very far in Inadequate as the pension of the married man is, he is better off than the single man, for his wife might drdw the "constant atténdance" al- lowance in addition to her monthly allowance of $11, making the total monthly fhecome of the disabled mar- ried veteran, and his wife $40.33, whereas the highest possible income of the disabled single veteran is $29.- 33. But it's a poor lookout for both married and single soldiers who are sent home from the front broken men, totally incapacitated from earn- ing their living. What the Govern- ment allows them is far from being enough 0 maintain them even at a very low scale of subsistence. Another injustice in the Govern- * ment's- pension scheme is the diseri-| | mination against soldiers who are in-| jured on duty but not "in action or | i in the presence of thé enemy." Un-| he presence of the ememy his-high- st possible pension that for total dis- ablement is only $16 a month. Whet- | her he is injured in action or while he is on duty elsewhere is a matter of accident; in both cases he was do-| ing the duty assighed him, and des- | erves as much consideration in one] case as in the other. No mattér how he was injured, his total disablement is the same to him; he is unable to earn his living, whet her he was disabled on barrack duty | or while being trangported to the! front, or whether he lost his ligabs| or his eyes by shell fire while charg-| ing the enemy, no discrimination. his grateful country, and with no! other means of support, becomes an object of charity, for no man can sub- | §i sist on that allowance. Those who responded to their country's call to | | There should be} A totally disabl- | §i ed veteran with $16 a month from} 1 a We Sell First Quality Rubbers ' We _Sell First Quality Rubbers "f you feel asif 2 you're going to ASN AAS RN NN A ANN LA SARA N There is no danger of your not being satisfied. We carry the most modern assortment of Men's Shoes eyer designed to make folks' feet stop fretting. SEE OUR WORKINGMEN'S SHOES, $3.00 Solid heavy-leather sole, sewn and pegged, tans or blacks. SEE OUR $4.00 BENCH MADE SHOES 3 New style lasts, new style toes, black or tans. A genuine $5.00 Shoe for $4.00. : 7 WE SELL THE CELEBRATED JUST WRIGHT Made by the E. T. Wright Co., Rockland, Mass., Thomas, Ont. | \ I SHOE. and St. \ a --The-- GOIN-SUM, Button or Blucher. THE GRIZZLY BEAR, Medium Toe, Very Tidy Shape. New Shapes, THE CLUB, New Receding Toes. ie 1 > i i | of a resolve to have enquiry though | duty deserve better-of their country ie life, we can understand why busi- | the heavens fall; are all the verbal | than that. ness centres should go ahead. | virtues of the Conservative party in| : i n---------- . Ee | Opposition to end in Sir Robert Bor- ENLISTMENT STATISTICS. Suppose objection was not raised | den's decision to be governed by the] a. i to the pensions when reported to' whitewashing precedents of Sir Wil- | M. P. For Frontenac Trying to Get{ Parliament a year ago. They ate | into South African war expenditures | Them from Government. : aie "| frid Laurier's refusal to enquire] VR 9 dwar objected to now because their inade-| To Tes | Ottawa, Jan. 26.--Dr. Edwards, : into South African war expenditures? | methter for Frontenac, is endeavor- section. {ing to secure from the Government -------- | a detailed statement as to the na- . | tionality, religion and province of Extracted: | the troops who have so far enlisted (In glasses ahaa. dC | for service. ' He has placed on the | | order table of the Commons a series | Quart sealers . into existing conditions. Mr. Thom- as. made that enquiry, and as a re- sult of it there was a change in the Shells' Commitee. The question is not what Mr. Lloyd-George thinks of the situation, or of the shells' con- tract, but what the Canadian Parlia- |-quacy has become very apparent. ment thinks of the manner in which rn its- business has been.done, whether | in its own behalf or in behalf of the Imperial Government. The Minis- - | YY) The Military Sho Clover Honey | In the Comb, 25¢ per large, - : a v Will Stay In Montreal. Kingston is not suffering fro y | : TUE TO any Montreal, Jan, 26.--Rev. Charles financial depression. The people| , "ijlijams, who received calls to have thousands to put into public en- | fhree Toronto Methodist churches, ter of Munitions is not called upon, tertainments, and it is always a sign | said to be Metropolitan, Central and under any circimstances, to become personally identified with the unsa- vory mess. It is a purely Canadian | issue and ought to be settled with- | out dragging in, or attempting to drag ip, in any representative of the Imperial Government The Can- adian Government may cry down, vote down, the demapd for an en-| The Ottawa Free Press has satis- quiry into all the facts, but it will | fied itself that the work of the Ber- do so to its great afscredit. | tram's Shell Committee is allright. that they are living on Basy Street. . Ontario contemplates the 'estab- lishment of a Municipal Department. press and public mien. ion public opin MR. SCOTT'S CHALLENGE. ' , After 'the fall of the Roblin Gov- ernment in Manitoba the Toronto News intimated that something akin lic investigation. Canada should wash its own dirty | It has been often demanded by the An evidence | that governments are impressed by | | Timothy Eaton Memorial Churches, | announced to his congregation in St. | James' Methodist Church that in re- | sponse to a resolution passed by the | Church Board he had decided to re- main with St. James': Church until 1921, | | | 1 i The first days receipts of tlie three day campaign of Toronto and New | York Patriotic Fund yielded a total of $900,000. ° The House of Lords passed vice bill without division. » of questions asking for the enlist-'2 1.2 1b. tins ...... ments by provinces, the birth-place | 5 1b tins of those who have enlisted, their re- ligious denomination, et¢., with a special table for the men of the first | contingent. The particulars asked for by Dr. Edwards have not yet been collated by the Militia Department, and it | will take at least several weeks of . work to give anything like accurate statistics along the lines desired. the | | second reading of the military ser- « | The more reason why the Committee | should be vindicated through a pub- | He is indeed wise who can conceal i his_ ignorance from others. fi 1 Store Can Supply You! Also in 30 and 60 1b. tins. Jas: Redden & Co) | Phones 20 and 990. | NARROW ESCAPE WHEN ICE BREAKS. i i | « | Cape Vincent Couple Thrown, in Icy Waters--Iceboat Capsizes in Channel. English Calf and Hogskin Money Belts, Polish, Viscol Oil and manv other Cape Vincenf, N.Y. Jan. 26.--| linen without appealing for help to] RANDOM REELS any member of the British Govern- | ment, Lloyd-Ge is not person: ally concerned in the shells' scandal, and should not be dragged into it on to this upheaval would occur in Sas- katchewan. There was supposed to be something wrong with the expen- diture on the hospital for the insane at Battleford and with the parlia-| | Graydon Peo of this place and his | companion, Miss Neller of Clayton, | | were dashed into the icy waters of | | the St. Lawrence River on Sunday | | afternoon when Mr. Poe's iceboat! things which are necessary to the Military Man. "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealin;, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." ~ any account, ap-- ment buildings at Regina. More- | over, large swims had been contrib: | uted by the liquor trade for the good | I AAA AA AAA ey i THE PHILIPPINES. The Philippines are a cluster of lowlying islands inhabited by people of the sume temperament. They are of the Liberal party in 1912 on con dition. that the Prohibition Bill of that year would be dropped. So it was alleged. Hon. Mr. Scott met thése charges or insinuations in a manly way at the opening of the Legislature last week. "If," said he, "an accusa- tion of a serious character iz made by acresponsible member --of this House against any one of my col- leagues, or against myself, I wish it to be clearly understood that an op- portunity . will be immediately pro- vided for an investigation. If, not- withstanding our efforts, the hyena of corruption has crept in, the soon- er I know it the sooner we all know it, the better." The suggestion of the Toronto _News was that if the Government re- fused a royal commission when it was asked for the Conservative party would go direct to the Liemtenant- Governor as the Liberals had done in Manitoba, and make their demands. No commidsion has been asked for this far in Saskatchewan, and when it is it will be immediately granted. There was no talk like this io Winnipeg, no challenge on the part of Sir Rodmond Roblin to meet the charges which were made against his Government. On - the contrary, there was a determined effort to burk the enquiry, facts from coming out." The Toron- to News should interest itself in the promised disclosures. p FUNDS AND FEELINGS. There is foundation for the feeling which exists in some centres that the Patriotic Fund should be maintained, as it was originally intended, by vef- untary contributions. It is true that only a small proportion of the people contribute in this. way, and that these give out of all proportion © to their share. Yet the fact remains that by the appeals which are made to prevent the|- located on bare ground in the middle of the Pacific eeean, which is a large, restless body of water held in leash the Japanese Empire. The Jap- anese leash is one of the best forms A King's Experience. | in use, having stout, aggressive jays t (Ottawa Journal.) . i and. noistess, ball-bearing action, to i. King Constantine of Greece is jpav| gether with a clase calling for spe- ing something of the fine old time | cig! and general execution at the op- which a king ought to have who tries | tion of the party of the first part to govern a kingdom off his own bat. The Philippines are ideally situat ed, being bounded on the north by the bubonic plague, on the east by the Japanese merchant marine, on the west by the Igorot breech clout and on the south by the '16-shot ii- surrection. The Islands produce a salubrious and meaty climate, owing to the large numbersof unreformed cannibals which, are allowed to graze at will and disset the curjous tourist who is interested in other things. They also produce a bale ful, spike-tailed mosquito which flits hither and yon with its' . and hangs red, hulbous pimples on the white visitor. The Philippines originally belong- ed to Spain, which kept in print for | 208Lis_ Pion | Tite In Belgium. (London Advertiser.) | Von Bissing warns the Belgians in effect that for 5 t more energetic or threatening { a breachioe. death is to be the penalty. A Contrast, (Toronto Star.) "Oh, the United States!' a witty, if malicious Englishman is quoted by wurii's Work as having said. "They began with the Mayflower and ended with the Lusitania!" No Shirker, (8t. John Times.) Among tire men who came to town little fitter many years a standing offer to ex- change them for a good riding horse or what have you. Finally, by a dar-| ing stroke gf second-storey work, | Spain solar {pen to us and got out | on the first frain, carrying with her | a large sum of American soney and | a collection of venous contusions im- | planted by the native mosquito. This | was one of the most treacherous and | unfeeling acts ever perpetrated by Spain, worthy of a decadent mon-| archy which penmits the bull fight | and prohibits the bath tub. | The Philippines are occupied by a} blase and partially dressed class of | people who insurrect every few days | and would rather live off each other | than graduate from the high school. 4 They are called Filipinos, which is | the lowest, and crudest form of Spanish profanity. The average | Filipine-changes wives every full | 1 moon, but is not downhearted, which should be a rebuke to Ameri. cans who have only. one wife. | The Philippines will be allowed to | govern themselves as soon as the best-paying offices can be filled by | Filipinos who can read and write. At | the present rate of progress, this will | be about the time when Mexico pro- | duces a pure patriot. } -- Vi the other day to don the uniform of a private was one who threw up a job that ht him eight dol- lars a day. He's no shirker. {Togonto Star.) and | i i A contemporary is brighteiige {ntellectualizing its editorial™ page The articles sparkle like cut glass on a pine table. Bank Interest. (Ottawa Citizen.) Canadian chartered the price. With mer days, when you bestow will tow. And can the helpful moral spiel that you have (Hamilton Times.) who marry for a dim point with scorn. ¢ ] - - : x | ~ Rippling Riymes ~~ | DOWN AND OUT The bum comes trembling at. your door, starved and cold and weak and sore. kers full of snow and ice, he humbly begs you for No doubt he is a lazy skate, who never tries to pay the freight; no doubt he loafs on SUM-| ye. Lovar Jet our children become! wage to those who'H toil, and push the plowshare! through the soil. who has it in for honest work. / wound upon your reel, all Suffering to be unwound: for snow is deep upon the ground, and bitter is the! To the front, then; brave Canadians, winter air, and hunger means a bleak despair., Jack up the beggar man in May, if he won't~help to put . ub hay; but when he teeters to your door, to touch | or more, upon a freezing winter morn, dig up, dig up, nor 4 he's | Through whis- every busy farmer pays a handsome No doubt he is a chronic shirk, No doubt the kopeck to the grog dispenser go. Yet loosen up, nor ask the bo if Rum has brought him downs 30| And make the ruthless Germans ta aren. (Daas Maeos | L went through the surface in about] mid-channel. Had not both Mr. | Poe and Miss Neller been good swim- | mers, it is likely that a fatality] would have oecurred. Although several boats and a num- | ber of skaters were on the ice, no one was within several Tods of the boat when it capsized. Another hoatman saw the couple climbing on to the ice, his sails obstructed the! view, 'when the boat broke through | Mis¢ Neller had her skates on at| the time, and as soon as she got out of the water she skated ashore, and | . 1 went to her rooms at a hotel here. | Mr. Poe walked ashore, and went] Coughs Are Dangerous { home, leaving his boat in the water, | Use where it' was still frozen this morn-| ng. Neither of the young people | ce, if neglected, they so frequently] was any the worse for the ducking lead to more serious complaints. Pneu- this morning, although Mr. Poe had monia, porouchitis and lung trouble} Just recovered from a severe attack woul oii LY al of grip, and Sunday was the urstive be sure of getting lpstant relief day he had been outside. i ¢ J. H.Sutherland & Bro THE HOME OF GOOD SHOES. Tar and Sugar Quick | = Relief. Coughs ang colds are dangerou to Get and to prevent danger of your cough| . {becoming deep seated you should al-| , tways keep on hand a supply of bitrate] To the Front, Canadians. of tar cough syrup which can easily Thé following stirring verses, com- 14s nade at home Ja fey coms uy poses by Mrs. A. F. Roloson, Bayham, | halt a pint of hot water and then add-| strike one as lines with a punch back jue 2 ounces of bitrate of tar. Stir | of them: : ' poroughly, pour inte a pint bottle : + | and when cool it is ready for use: To the frout, fo yhe front, Canadians, one or two tablespoofifuls of this sim-| to the front and meet the foe, {ple inexpensive home made cough sy- And drive the knave before you asjrup ple every, hour or two hi i . {Quickly relieve the severest cough or our north wind drives the Snow: cold, loosen up the. phiegm and clear With bullet and with bayonet, SWeep out the head in sa ost astonishing off the scoundrel band, manner And show them, jm Tickling. throat coughs may! that we love our pative land. OUR CUSTOMERS . say they cannot blame us for incessantly | Singing the Praises of Our Coal . Experience has 'taught them it's the best they can buy, and that it costs no more than other coal. Try It Once-- Join in the Chorus CRAWFORD, | 2 | Foot of Queen Str | - Phone 9. ig brave Canadians! stopped by slowly dissolpng in| jthe mouth a lump of sigar on which] you have first put 15 or 20 drops of} i fbitrate of tar. .Be sure to ask your] We'll never let our sweethearts, our [druggist for the Bitrate of tar as thin| q Vi 2 | 4S 3 or con ning he V u-| sisters and our wives 2 +g | able remedial agents. found in pine, | Be victims of their brute force, we'd | wild cherry and gualacol, and is also] rathgr lose our lives; (very pleasant to the taste. Then forward, brave Canadians, take | 22 i steady aim and fire, : : And may, for every bullet sent, a. Ho w to Rid the Skin German foe expire. "Il * of Objectionable Hairs . (Aids to Beauty) the Germans' slaves. | A simplified method is here given Nor let disgrace or cowardice go with! Lop mojo. ore gl us to our graves; » - Hor the quick. removal of hairy of Then "onward, brave Canadians, | T932¥ growths and rarely is more ithan one treatment required: Mix charge home with manly thivst, ia stiff paste with some powdered jdelatoneé and water, apply to hairy? surface and after 2 or 3 minutes rub {off, wash the skin and every hair has vanished. This simple treat: masrrermareno-- And show the base cowards that we ment cannot cause injury, but care. Briteyn and Sweden will arrange a love our native land, {Should be exercised tu get real dela-| gettlement over Britain's holding up That our swords are ever ready to! tone. {of the mails. ; render stroke. for. stroke, Tw ae reo | Warwick - Brookes, coalition can That we never mean to bend our! Pubiic display i= often made pos- | didate. was elected in Mile End by a necks to any foreign yoke. sible by private economy, 'majority of 376. . \ flight or bite the dust. i to the front with heart and hand,