& 3 a BN iadaiie td BJT] bwin ekly Edition) 0! : yin aviica 188 n vance . to United 8 ree. 4180 nd three months pro rata. Attached Is one of t orinting offices in PP 7 OUR WHITE WAY. The Utilities Commission has been considering the White'Way, and the apportioning of its cost. The work was undertaken while the utilities were under the management of the Council, and at the time no special thought wag given to the manner in which it should be paid for or the accounts to which it should be charged, : The manager of the plant estimates the total expenditure at over $60,- 000, and of this pum he thipks $22,- 000 should be charged to the city, and "the balance to the general con- Sumers. The White Way is a pub- lic enterprise, originating with the Council, and the light consumers in 8 sense should not be burdened with any of its cost. Yet s6ipe. of the consumers are benefited in a better and safer ser- vice and in lowered insurance. All the citizens get a large benefit, and the citizens as a whole should bear the larger portion of the cost. 'In saying this the Whig does not as- sume any arbitrary. position. = It be- lieves that the suggestion is a "de- batable one, and the decision should only be reached when all the facts have been carefully considered. The White Way is an expendive advertisement. \ It cost over: $60,- 000, and the suggestion is that $40;- 000, on capital account, be charged to the consumers of electricity. Is that right? THE SENATE IN A TUMULT. Fancy the venerables of the Sen- 0| ceedings of the. Government and the | gone into effect, without protest, though these taxes are, mot for the purposes of war, and ih accepting them as such the people are being deceived. : . The Liberals, in giving the Gov- ernment all the'supplies for which | they asked did not undertake to re- | main silent when scandals arose, and to infer otherwisq means that the Libera} members of the Commons | are recreant to their duty. The Gov-! ernment has to its credit, or discredit | 8 record which has been most 'dam- | aging, and the general feeling is that | eventually, when the people are per- | mitted to pass upon it, they will | condemn the wrong doers. Mean-| while the Liberals are calling atten- | thon to the various q pro- ceedings of the Government, and it| on doing this until the end of the pter. 'What more, Hon. Mr. Graham will coms again, if necessary, and repeat yhat he said last week, and | with syoh additional emphasis as the | circumgtances may justify. There is| not, and there cannot be, '@ 'truce with regard to the questionable pro- | nl, manner in which they may be criti- | cised, rs | The local Conservatives would like | to see the plebiscite on the liquor question deferréd until after the war, but Premier Hearst has decided | Otherwise, and they must fall into | line. | | WANTS OF THE EX-SOLDIERS. | According to a return which was | brought down in the Canadian Com- | mons on March 1st, fourteen re- | tired soldiers have found places in| the civil service! Evidently that is | not to be the field of usefulness for | these men who have been disabled in | she war. In one of the western | provinces it was suggested recently | that the ex-soldiers be placed on the land, and under conditions which will vouchsafe their success. | This Is In line with what is trans- | piring in England, where already | £2,000,000 have been appropriated | towards a land occupation scheme. | The Board of Agriculture has au-| thority te acquire land for the set-| tlement of ex-service men in State Colonies. These Colonies usually would be made up of 5,000 acres! each, and there will be expert guides | In farming, and houses and imple- | ments for the men. Other equip- | ment may be purchased or rented to thesex-soldiers. | Adequate funds will be provided | by the State for the training of any | disabled men who desire to settle on | the land, and after being trained | they will be treated on the some footing as able-bodied men, except | that in selecting the tenants of Small holdings they may, if other! things are equal, be given the pref. | erence, In the past, lite in the country has been dull. "If any at- | tempts to attract. a large population | to the land are to be successful," | says the report of the Board of Ag- | Ticulture, "it is necessary to make | provision for somé of the social | amenities of the town. A club room and village hall should form | ate in a tumult, and all over a ques- | PATt of the equipment of each colony | tion of privilege. Hon, Mr, Pope had seen In a newspaper a paragraph to the effect that the speaker of the Sen- ate, Hon. Mr. Landry, accused the English-speaking members of being fanatics. He also said that 'he had a letter from the Prime Minister which, if read, would force the re- signaticn of a member of the Cabi- net." Hon. Mr. Pope gave notice that he would require the speaker to explain whether he had made such a remark and he got no further. Speak- er Landry called Hon. Thomas Sproule to the chair, and he had to listen to a long discussion 'on Points of order, and he gave himself a long | dessertation which was founded upon his experience in the Commons. The flow of talk was stopped during the recess for dinner; it was resumed in the evening, without result. ~The point of order--as to whether the speaker could be called to account for a remark which he made outside the House--was not settled. Hon. Mr, Pope concluded the de- bate by explaining that he did not wish to attack the speaker, but he was very anxious to know why the speaker attacked the House, and in his quest he had been effectually blocked. : . -------------- The taxes under Conservative rule in the Dominion have gone up 70 per cent. 'The interest charges now amount to $40,000,000 a year, and ugh the war this account i still soaring. ---------------- TALK ABOUT A TRUCE. Hon, Mr. Graham seems to have offended certain sensitive people in Kingston, when, on the occasion of bis last visit, and the opening of the 'Liberal Association rooms for social purposes, he eriticised some acts of the Federal Government. He broke the truce. Did he? The ' Liberals . in the Commons, under the leader- ship of Sir Wiltrid Laurier, gave the Government the assurance that in the conduct of the war it would have in order to provide a centre for the | place for a free library, lectures, en- tertainments and dances." | All this is very suggestive to our | Government. It wl see what is advisable in the way of providing for the ex-soldiers of Canada. All of them cannot find employment in the cities and towns. All of them cannot be trained for civil or com mereial life. A large number can be fitted for farming and gardening, and in a country like Canada where the land is so abundant and free, the wants of our heroic friends should be more easily orovided for. | | EDITORIAL NOTES. The prohibition question Jn the Commons is being discussed in an academical way. It will be treated, however, in & more or -less political way. . The Mail and Empire thinks the clergy should help to enforce the.lo- cal option'ldw in Prince Edward Is- land. As detectives? What are the inspectors paid for? voys replacing on the farm the me; who are going to war! The avi age city boy does not figure on very hard* work' during his vacations. The Ontario Government is willing that its supporters should on the liquor question vote according to their judgment. The members of the House are bound to vote that way under any circumstances. tii ti-- Mr. Hearst appeals to the mem- bers of the Legislature "to rise above the level of party politics" on the temperance question. In the social life of the commun'ty, and ait We see an army of high school| 'the Liberals. Every war tax bias | ald do not are how long it is con- tinued. I -------------- am The Government wil resist the de- mand of the Opposition for enquiry into the shell and other war com- tracts in Canada. The motion of Bir Wilfrid Laurier may be voted down, but the enquiry will have to be made sooner or later, and if not ynder one Government then under another. Even Mr. Bowsey rejoices that there is an opposition in the British Columbia Legislature. It is made up of two men who have just been returned in the late bye-elections. Mr. Bowser says he will place no ob- stacle in their way. He had bet- ter not, in the present temper of the people, y KINGSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS ACO & The sleighing is almost gone in the country. George A. McGowan to New York. Thé ice in the American channel is not safe for teams to cross. Queen Street choir drove to Syd- enham to take part in a concert. left on a trip | PUBLIC OPINION Still Fighting. » (Toronto News.) There is little in the course of the Opposition in Parliament to suggest a truce between the parties. Charley's Big Income. (Ottawa Citizen.) Charlie Cha of $670,000 a year March 20th, However, he has to work harder than a newspaper edi- tor. Too Muth Given. (London Free Press.) Forty-four German-born consuls were acting for Great Britain before the war. England's trust in Germany We may be sure, was not reciprocat- | ed in this detail, g A Discovery. (Montreal Star.) The London Daily Telegraph finds it "an evil omen" that the stone used in the construction of the Ottawa Parliament buildings was "Potsdam sandstone.' How many Canadians ever heard that name applied to the stone? : 3 Don't Know Billy. (Ottawa Free Press.) A policeman tried to keep W. F. Maclean, M.P., out of the Commons chamber, Which shows that, notwith- standing he's been an M.P*for a long ! time, his face is none too familiar around the Legislative halls, Sweeping Reforms. (Toronto Globe.) Sam Carter is. already moving in the Legislature against the patrom- age system, in favor of a Civil Ser- vice Commission, and also in favor of purchasing supplies by tender af- ter advertisement. There is no valid reason why such reforms should be neglected, © The Wise Guy. (Calgary Albertan.) The armchair critic, who has been ' plin is to get a salary dating" from | no nearer to the front than the brew- ery, and 'seen. no' more of war. than a sporting rifle, wants to know why the British de not make a stronger effort against the Germans, now that the French are so hard pregged. ! en AMERICAN PRESS. ~~ Show-Down Demanded. New York Herald. The President does not believe any large number of the members of either house of Congress are ready to abandon the principles of jilstice and humanity for which the United States has,ever stood and to substi- tute therefor the scuttle policy of Bryanism 'as 'this is manifesting it- self in connection . with the armed merchantmen issue. He knows that Bernstorff and Bryan lobbies work- ing hand in hand have stirred up a 4 ad 4 S : 4 lot of noise in and around the Capi- tol, but he is confident tha pmount of noise is out of all proportion to the .number of frogs. So he wants a 'show-down." ° The American people are with him. The noise emanates from regions frequented by persons sent to Congress as their re- presentatiyes; they want to know Just who the noise makers are. They have a right to know. Heartily se conding the President's demand, their message to Senators and Re- presentatives is--Stand out and be counted! INDEPENDENT PRESS. A Very Peculiar Appeal. Montreal Star. Lord Kitchener's speech of yester- day called for more men. He told his audienve,' in effect, that Britain could not have too many men in the field. There is no limit to her re. quirements. She is urged to econo- mize in every department of activity | 80 that more men may be spared for | the fighting line. Economy is one of the things which it is next to use- less to preach. It can only be taught by example. There is little use--as the London Times points out--of men rolling up in motor- cars to preach thrift. The people will economize in order to win if it is to be a universal act of renunciation. If there is a phase of the war in which the principle of universal compuls- ion cquld be fairly applied, it is this phase of economy. "Conscription" in the matter of curtailed extravagance, is the one form of conscription which would find all classes--but the "was- ters"'--behind it. ¢ right. S Jec | and $6 values, for'. SMALL BOYS' SUITS and $6 values, for and $8.50 values, fo military style No Prices The President's Pluck Meantreal Star : President Wilson has found cour- age to pay, It always pays. Noth- ing defeats a policy of "scuttle" like BOYS' SUITS--Sizes 28 to 33 =~) Our Boys' Clothes are made for the Boy and not for his Father or his Older Brother ! They come from makers who specialize on Boys' Garments--doing nothing from year to year but making Boys' Clothing, and making it Prices BOYS' SUITS--Sizes 26 to 32; regular $5.00 Sere asst tren atane . --Sizes 3 to 8 years; $5 .$3.75 $7, $7.50 ; regular Fula ... $4.75 n SEE®UR NEW HIGH SCHOOL SUITS -- rfolk, Bloomer pants. : £ ¥ dragging it out into the open where a high-spirited people, such as the American, can get squarely at. it. It should ever be remembered that Con- | gress is a collection of super-politi-| | cians; and that all poljticians--those | | we have at Ottawa as well as any | others--are always skeptical ef the | power of noble impulses and always | { prone to depend upon "human. de-| vices." : +This forward Wilson po-| | licy, which, threatens the: "pork bar | | rel" in a year whefi" Congress must | | 0 back for re-glaction, Jooks like a | | combination of blasphenty andr high | treason and "plumbi"foolishness" to| | the professional politician; . But when the President demands that he ; stand up before the American peo- | | ple and profess his creed, and pro- | pose to submit tamely to the murder | of American citizens by any military machine on earth, we see a change of heart. aN To me a mortgage in exchange for 25¢c Each Tungsten Lamps Mazda Tungsten Lamps; Sizes, 10 Watt, 25 Watt, 40 Watt and 60 Watt, 3 THE BEST LAMP ON THE MARKET. W.). MOORE & SON - - The Hectric Ship { an automobile is not a gilt-edge in- vestment, RANDOM REELS "Ot Shoes and Ships, and Sealing, Wax, of Cabbages und Kings™ MEMORY. The memory is a cold-blooded de- vice which prevents a man from for- geting his past life. There are times in every man's life "when he would "be glad to forget some way- ward and lawless act of his youth, like stealing watermelons from. a trustful neighbor or assaulting a loved teacher in the left eye with a moist paper wad, but memory will not allow him to. Many a reputable citizen has been awakened out of a sound sleep by the rude hand of mem- ory, as it recalls some youthful deed of violence which was followed im- mediately afterward by restitution in the woodshed. When rightly exercised and kept within reasonable limits, memory is a great blessing to the Juman race. The man who can rémember the loan of a $10 bill without having to _be snaked into justice court should be proud of his memory, for it will en= able him t6 borrow another ten to replace the one that is gone. It of- ten happens that seme of our most promiscuous borrowers, men who are able to recall things that happened when they were two years of age, lose all control over their: memory when confronted with a due bill for money loaned without intérest as late ~Jell0 | Is being demonstrated in our store this week, MARCH 6th TO 11th INC. Just drop in .-- Everybody Welcome, ; as last fall. This is called harden-| ing of the memory and also of the cheek. > The shortest memory ever produc- ed is found in the. court-room during the progress of a murder trial. This kind of a nfemory is usually attached to the defendant, and will not allow | him to remember anything that oc- | curred before, during or after the crime. Thousands of red-handed | murderers have escaped conviction] Phones 20 and 990. and returned to some peaceful, wife-| W "TN " GLAD beating pursuit because their mem-| / ory went back on them on the witness stand. # Men in general are subject fo shortness of memory. he man rd not yet been discovered who can mail | a a letter for his wife the same week | © Mure Nt Janel. tender, she hands it to him. The average AcuIng ety husband is a bright little forgetter| and cannot be trusted to bring any-! thing home bit a vacant look, when his wife had specifically mentioned two pounds of butter. Some hus- bands forget faster than others, and stay downtown until it is teo late to dress for a dinner party. If there were fewer bobtailed memories work- | ing overtime, there would be more happiness in' the home. Jas. Redden & Co. TIRED, ACHING FEET "MONUMENTS 1! a By placing your orders direct with us you see exactly what you are buying and as we employ no agents you save the middleman's | profit. Buy now and have your [work set up early in the spring. | Neatly dome. We make a special ty of 'Ladies' Work. M. F. PATTON, Prop. 1H SYDENHAM ST. (Near Prin. cess St.) Phone 214. . FRESH. FROZEN. FISH For Lent Memory ¢an be cultivated, but jt is dangerous to go too far back. } "Tiz" makes sore, burning, tired feet fairly dance with delight. Away 80 thé aches and pains, the cor Rhymes Augustus Cork, shay, with here Stag at Bay.' past when Mr. Rowell made a similar appeal we know what happened. A married woman in Ottawa, with her husband in the military service, receives a from the Militia Department and a ; the loyal support of the opposition. Every vote on 'account of the war has been passed without question by full salaty as a clerk in the Dead Letter Office. Some people are makitig large money out of the war tenance allowance|. our start." . bump along the though a corpse well to romp, and raise a howdydo, but they must live up to our pomp and vulgar noise eschew. a house but not this. mansion, w wd tomb. I'd like art, for that cheap cottage ' 3 di HOUSE AND HOME. "I own my house, but have no hgme," said J. -kers with a fork. with every modern great, and think I should be glad. ler buttles round, and wields a frozen stare; imported maids are on the ground, to comb m 'And I have works of art to burn, all ll callouses, blisters, bunjons and chi blains. + [sar Ww Shipments arriving every week, in- cluding: HALIBUT, FISH, HADDIES, All Kinds of Oammed Fish in Stock. "Tiz" draws out the acids and poi- sons that puff up your feet. No matter how hard you work, how long/ you dance, how far you walk, or how | long you remain on your feet, "Tiz"| brings restful foot comfort. "Tiz"| i8 magical, grand, wonderful for tir- wed, aching, swollen, smarting feet. Ah! how comfortable, how happy you feel. Your feet just tingle for joy: shoes nevei hurt or seem tight. Get a 25 cent box of "Tiz" mow! from any druggist or department store. End foot torture forever -- wear smaller shoes, keep your feet fresh, sweet and happy. Just think! a whole year's foot' comfort for only 25 cents. A cA ct SA When a small boy gets his fingers caught in the pantry door at. isn't the jam he is looking for, as wearily he tried to comb his whis- "My house is stricthy up-to-date, fad, and visitors pronounce it An English but- lady's hair. and resher- a bust or Grecian urn, and there. 'The No kids along the hallway. rush, "or stair, but over all's a golemn hush, as was there. The kids wou'd like full I have a home, and hence my air of gloom; ith its gaudy dome, is cheerless as a to swap this swell abode, with all its down the road, where first we made Patrons are tfully re- quested to p their orders early, #0 that théré may be no disappointments when the busy season Begins. 3 'Right In style, right in quality, 1 Sat lowest prices. isfaction goes with every order placed with me. +L. WINSTIN, LADIES TAILOR, 150 Wellington $¢. Phone 993. * The lias will have tion just 50. long ag roe he hati In for trouble you gen- erally get something. for 'pothing. FILLETS, OYSTERS, | coal used is unsereen and dirty: oii - TRY OUR COAL andyyour fuel froublk will be happily over. Nor does our coal eost | any more than the un-| satisfactory kind. | Foot of Queen Street. | ah