nothing bd . G. ElMott .............. President Director A. Guild sso Managing Dire 1 i fes and distilleries could be taken Attached is printing offices on f the Dest in Canaan." Job RESENTATIVE .....32 Church St ork a Pitth Frank R. Northrup, Manager." Bldg. ia i nager. CONSCRIPTION IS COMING. The recruiting is slow, and getting slower, not only in Kingston but all over the country. In Montreal, for Instance, Brigadier-General Wilson declares that there are thousands of young mien who are not disposed to do their duty, and, what is more re- grettable th is "a noticeable at- mosphere of apathy on 'the part of the people." Conscription is regard- ed by him as inevitable. In Hamilton, following the spec- tacular entry of the 205th Tiger Battalion into the recruiting field, . there has been a slump in the enlist- ments and something must be done to stiniulate them. But what? In Kingston, the 146th Battalion is in need of several hundred more men, and it is not apparent where they are coming from. . In Toronto, Lieut.-Col. Cooper, of the 198th Battalion, said, at a re. cent meeting: "There is no doubt in this country we: are trying to hang on to the voluntary system, a system that is absolete, and we are all afraid of a word. That word is conscrip- tion. I never was afraid of it. All the men in my battalion. are con- scripts. Their country called them. They did not want to go, but they realized it was absolutely necessary, and they have conscripted themsel- ves." . . It is only a question of time untib the English method of recruiting men will be adopted. It would nots ' ve surprising if action in that direc- tion were taken at the present ses- sion of the Dominion House, A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE. in the Vancouver election Sir Hibbard Tupper appeared as a sup- porter of tha Liberal candidate. He 'was anxious, it is said, to see an op- position in the local house. Ale gislature without a cgjtic--and in the last general election there was not a Liberal elected--is bound to go wropg. There is no restraint upon the government, and the results are bound to be bad. " The Bowser Government has been been severely called to account by the Ministerial Association whose expert compiler of facts acted as an official for a long time and was fam- {liar with the government's accounts. His statements were damaging, but said was as direct and de- structive as the assertions of Sir Hibbard. In a speech, on the eve of the election, he sald: e with the Songhees Reser- ,000, but. $45,000 of the disappeared. But that was grt & t William 4 ulled oft $80, 000 on the Kitsilano reserve deal." Sir Hibbard ssid nothing against the Minister A. Flummerfelt, who appears to be an able man, a financier of distinction, and so independent that even he eom- - mented disparagingly upon certain acts of tho government. But he en- dorsed the Bowser record. He was willing to take office under the man who is in bad repute, and he went down to defeat. 5 a Mr. Stevens' resolution, regarding FEDERAL PROHIBITION; ~~ The n- of prohibition in the Federal Parliament was both il- luminating and impressive. - Mr. Stevens, of Vancouver, who itroduc- ed the resolution, had fortified him- self with arguments of the most gf- fective kind. rhe Musas under the influence of a powerful temperance wave, but the time had come when, for self-protection, for the sake of those engaged in national defefice and for economic reasons, the waste of mey in drink should be stopped. All classes of the peo- ple favor it, and more especially the laboring classes, whose leaders and unions had been expressing them- selves towards it in'a most foreeful way. od : Compensation -was referred to, and very properly so, since those who have investments in the business to the amount of over $43,000,000 are entitled toy. some consideration. Should these be put out of business, and made to lose their savings or es- tate without some recognition? Mr. Stevens recalled the fact that there was $1,204,000,000 represented in the industries of the country, and this item was the more important and should not be imperilled. He did not point to a plan of compensa- tion, but he did say that the brewer- over, as in England, by the Govern- ment and used for the manufactur- ing of alcohol for industrial pur- poses, "A gallon of alcohol," said he, "is equal to a gallon of gasoline for power production, and alcohol can be used for internal combustion engines In place of the gasoline and petrol now imported. Moreover, the manufacture of denatured alco- hol for industrial purposes will pro- vide a use for many products now wasted on the farms of the country." A splefidid seconder to the reso- lution was Hon. Charles Marcil, who announced. himself as a convert to prohibition through a study of the question. The men at home can afford to give up their whiskey when their sons are giving up their lives in the cause of the Empire. Econ- omy, too, was demanded now. = And the abolition of the drink trafic must cause a saving of over $87,000,000 per annum, or over $10 per head. Mr. Marcil sketched the progress of temperance sentiment in Canada, and said that a great change had come over Quebec since 1898, when the last Federal referendum had occur- red, and with an adverse vote in this province. The opposing opinion in Parliament was weak, very weak. It was largely reflected by William G. Weichel, of North Waterloo, who, with his supporters, harped upon the effect that the proposed legislation would have on individual liberty. His raillery against the Church and the temperance men represented the feelings of an angry man. Gossip, he said, had ruined more reputations than whiskey. This is doubtful. Whiskey has killed more men than armies. Prohibition has more deeply af- fested the Commons than many peo- ple have supposed. That some measure, limited as to time, may be passed, goes without saying. The provinces will be strengthened at least by legislation which will pre- vent the importation and manufac- ture of liquor when the people have voted against it. EDITORIAL NOTES. ) Hon. T, Chase Casgrain is against Regulation 17, and says that it should. go. He adds that "Ontario has violated both constitution and treaty with regard to this matter." The discontent among the French- Canadians is evidently spreading. Why equip any of the Canadian units with Oliver outfits, at $18 pef| man, when in England they are abandoned as unfit and useless? ' Is the continued loss of $40,000 per regiment of 1,140 men something whick can be to! ted indefinitely? Surely not. i Mr. Weichel, .of North Waterloo, bas no use for the people who talk 'of moral reforms. He has a great contempt for the man who would suggest what he should eat and drink. His is the old argument, the surviving sample of the burnt cork oratory that prevailed many years ago. The United States will raise 1,- $24,790 men for emergencies under + the command of a foreigner to fight in a European war." = A hint that the Germans, or hyphenated repre- sentatives of the race, must not as- pire to command the forces of America. i | PUBLIC OPINION | Service. Times.) (Ottawa You can't gold bricks to the d, but Henry Fora will pay $400,000 for peace par- ties. « . The Curtain of Fire, (Toronto Globg,) The French " tain of fire" in the Verdun region may prove some' day to be the drop curtain in the great war tragedy. : There Cértainly Should (Port Arthur Chronicle.) Down east a man with ten 'chil- dren has enlisted. . We believe in en- couraging recruiting, but there should be a law against this, Pay In Glory. . (Ottawa Times.) The enlistments for the army would come in a little faster if the soldiers -weren't expected to take so large a part of their pay in the form of glory. No Law Broken. (Toronto News.) In repealing the bi-lingual clause of the Manitoba educational law no constitutional Act is violated and no protest from the Federa] authorities ts to be expected. ---------- A Courteous Act. (Ottawa Citizen.) Kingston Conservative aldermen adjourned a council meeting to en- able their Liberal conferes to join in a welcome to Hon. G. P. Graham. This was either courtesy or a bit of clever politics. CONSERVATIVE PRESS. Dear Col. Allison. Ottawa Citizen. After reading how Col. Allison had induced American time fuse ma- _kers to accept $1,600,000 less than they originally asked, how he had beguiled Amer'can ammunition ma- nufacturers into accepting $33 for goods for which $37.50 to $42.50 was demanded in Canada and how he had saved Britain $1,066,240 on mo. tor trucks, to say nothing of his sue- | cess in getting Canada thousands of Colt revolvers from the makers at a preference, we feel compelled to ask the authorities to lock up the colon- el. A man with his hypnoti¢ power might wander into some of our large financial institutions and precipitate a crisis by the mere flutter of an eyelid. COMMERCIAL PRESS. A Tax That Hurts, Journaliof Commerce; f "Ordinarily a Finance Minister in Canada relies chiefly on Customs and Excise tariffs as the readiest means of providing revenue. 'Sir Thomas White, it appears, has come to the conclusion that these tariffs are now working to about their full'capac'ty as revenue' producers, and that therefore new forms of taxation are necessary, and he has chosen a busi- ness tax as the most suitable form. To a certain extent this is a tax on wealth, for much of the wealth of the country is invested in business | enterprises. It is upon wealth that | | "ot ' MUD. Mud is a combination of water, beeswax, gum-arabic and despair That was originally ¢fmported from the bottomless pit. It _is spréad thickly over the face of nature in the spring and fall of the year, and pre- vents the speed maniac from commit- ting suicide by looping the loop through a barbedwire fence. It also has another noble mission, as people who are afflicted with inter- nal rheumatism would rather bathe langorously into the arms of a por- celaip 'tub. Thousands of people who | have never felt the deft, ap- pealing touch of sciatic, rheumatism, however, are obliged to take mud- baths several times a year with all their clothes on. Mud is caused by rain falling on the earth for four days and nights and refusing to run off. For some reason or other, mud always prefers to locate in the middle of the public highway, where it can clasp an ap- proaching automobile to its bosom and climb all over the windshield. Why is it that mud will not choose some other place to lie down, like a pasture or a gornfleld, in of curling up on the highway to a depth 'of nine feet and causing the restless however, will find a field for criti- cism in the fact that it is wealth in its most active and » dufive form that is to be taxed while inacgive wealth escapes. Business activity, as represented by the capital employed in industry, is'to be taxed, but the wealth that is in the form of mort- gages and bonds remains free." arm-- SUN LIFE ASSURANCE. Over A Quarter Billion Is Now In Force, That the Sun Life in sharing to the full in the revival of Canadian business. prosperity . is indicated clearly in the statement made public at the company's annual meeting in Moutreal on March 7th. The Sun Life again maintained its position as the largest of Canadian life companies. Its assurances in force now total over $2567,000,000, policfes issued during the year amounting to over $34,000,000, the largest amount ever issued by a Ca~ nadian life company. The confidence of the canadiarfpes ple in their most representative life' assurance com- pany is indicated by an increase for the year of over $1,700,000 jn as- surances issued in Canada. . | Assets increased by over $10,000,000 dur- ing the year to $74,326,000, the lar- gest resources held by any Canadian assurance organization. From the policyholder's point of view it is worthy of note that over and above this figure the company holds a con- tingent Fund of securities to a par value of over $13,000,000. Net sur- plus over all 'liabilities and capital now exceeds the handsome sum of $7,600,000. Ri Sun Life of Canada policyholders received last year total payments. of $7,129,479 compared with $6,161,- 000 in 1914, bringing the total sum paid policyholders since the organi- zation of the company to $5652,676,- 000. It js a striking indieation of the earning power of the company that holders of five-year dividend and reserve dividend policies will recelve larger dividends in 1916 than was received by holders of si. milar policies in 1914. Cash in- come for the year 'totalled nearly $16,000,000, an increase of $920, 397 over that for 1914. The showing of Canada's largest assurance company during the year just passed affords grounds for just pride on the part of the Canadian people and for gratification to Sun Life of Canada policyholders and shareholders. COL. ALLISON SICK. Is In New York And Threatened With Pneumonia. Ottawa, March 8.--Col. J. Wesley Allison, who acted as confidential agent for the Minister of Militia in purchases of military supplies, and whose evidence is now desired by the Public Accounts Committee, is now in New York under his doctor's care with pneumonia threatening. That, it is learned, is the reason why Col. Allison has been unablé to come to Ottawa to testify in végard to his re- lations with the Colt/Company, and to clear up other matibrs before the Public Accounts Committee. The last time he gave evidence in the Capital his journey here was against his phy- sician'e advice, and his condition in- stead of improving fas grown worse. Grain Elevitor Burned. Fort © William, Ont, March.3 Fire completely destroyed the grain elevator of the Grain'Growers' Grain Company in Hardisty street, entail- ing damage to the amount of about $60,000. There was some grain in the elevator. RANDOM - REELS Shoes and Ships, and Sealing, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings" 3 tourist to breathe sulphur and brim. stone on the evening air? The most deadly form of mud found on this continent is the yellow clay variety, whicn is harder to re- move from a pair of cream-colored pants than a wad of gum which has been thoughtlessly sat upon. It is mournful to think of the number of chirping swains who have left home in lavender panties and a top buggy. to court some fair maiden at her home twelve miles from the town in it up to their eyeballs than sink clock, only to sink up to the horse's -hiplets in damp, penetrating yellow mud and have to be dry-cleaned be- fore being admitted to the parlor. Mud-slinging is the genteel art of 'making a pillar of the church who is running for office look like somebody who would rob the baby's bank on Christhas Eve. If a woman who thinks she has married an alabaster saint will allow him to run for office just once, she will learn that she is cemented to a reformed jailbird, a robbér of henneries, an oppressor of union labor and a four-time bigamist who forges checks for a living. This is mud-slinging reduced to an exact science. It mud doesn't strike any deeper than the clothes, it can be put up with, the Hay army bill. The cost will be $98,000,000 a year, but the ex- pense of the military establishment in the first year will be $118,000,- 000. subsequent years to $140,000,000. This is going some in a military sense, } SE ------------ An admirer of Hon. R. Rogers, in the Toronto Recruiting League, re- ferred to him "is one of Canada's most honored, respected, able, and faithful servants," apd the London Free Press is greatly tickled. It regards this as a snub to the parti- Zan papers that have been saying harsh things about its patron saint. Ob. my! Mr. Bryan is astonished that any- one would refer to the Unité States as a nation which is in danger attack from any source. "God "The outlay will increase with |. Riymes of winds and ilo prunes, and make your life sublime. bid," he writes, "that any American": Norman's Woe, and never come to port. chants have to charge us more for' everything they sell, to cover the defaulter's score, and hence H. C. of L. Whene'er you buy a pound of pills, or quart of pumpkin rind, Ad of those who are behind. Tt sii would pay your bills on time, you'd help to SETTLING UP. If every man would pay his bills, just when those bills are due, we'd sidestep many grievous ills which now make people blue. The merchant carries on his books about a million debts, and some there are crooks, and some misfortune's pets. hope to play the honest game when they have got the tin, and it may\be they'll do that same, soon as their J) ships come in.) 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