. 7 6 Ewott = gs Bec.- chav aenns hrs anee OE seswnshsensinnen + ca -------------------- eee. TES a - ne year, to States noe / Six and three months fro rata. ttached Is pr offices in Canada. RESENT. RONTO REP; =H # Smalinjocs New York Office . Frank R. Northrup, ge CIOBRO .v.ys age sorssss Trib: Pani R Northrup, Manager, A PROVINCIAL DEFICIT. The provincial auditor used ed, was $11,629,264. debenture and municipal funds, was $13,838,602. Figures, it is said, cannot He. They can, however, by a little imprudent matiipulation, with "whith "16 "> pro-| vincial treasurer is familiar, produce results that are mightily mystifying. SACRIFICES IN WAR. The effect of the war on industry in the Old Land has been indicated A manu- facturer of blotting paper, made in Scotland, wrote to an importer that he appreciated the orders for sup- plies which he had received, but that he really could not. promise the ful- "fillment of them within a reasonable His staff had been badly The mille had catled to their ald the women who were willing to pérform the tasks of the men, some of them hard and la- borious, and to some extent the places of the absent soldiers have been taken. But there are some ser- vices which the woméh cannot do, or do so well, seeing that they in- gth and endurance, and the men are not available. Still the He surrenders his help cheerfully, rea- lizing the sacrifice it means. in busi. ness, and feeling that if Britain fails in this &rucial hour the business is In Canada the contributions to the war, of men at least, have mot entailed losses and - sacrifices such as these. The war has not been brought home to some people with the force and effect it should have done and the more is by recent correspondence. time, broken by the war. volve s manufacturer does not repine. of no value to him. the regret. : be WILSON'S CRISIS PASSED. Tie «vos «President Director one of the best job Sire ih Choch sce & Sir geet st 225 Fifth Ave. Tr. Bldg. to make out the annual statements for the legislature, and when deficits oc- eyrred he showed them. The pres- ent government transferred the duty of preparing these annual statements to the provincial treasurer, and lo, the era of surpluses at once sets in. According to Mr. McGarry, there was a surplus last year of $271,000, and, according to Mr. Bownran, the oppo- sition critic, who takes the same fig- ures and places them in their correct relations, the deficit was $2,209,348. The revenue for the year, apart from the borrowings and sinking fund payments, which should not be count- The -expendi- ture, omittng the advances made to the Hydro-Electric Commission and to the T. & No. O. Railway, the spe- cial war expenditure, the drainage 'sinking The president of the United States to be congratulated in that he has been sustained by the Senate and House of Representatives in the votes 'wast: progress 10 GORGE Congress. It was known that this propaganda a the German embassy. : y- the president . He was determined that the American government should be free to express ftself with regard to the German na- val outrages and to forbid them in the interest of the American people. The limit of American vacillation had been reached. Bither the pre- sident represented public opinion or he did not. A vote was demanded; and it stood 68 to 14 in the Senate and 276 to 142 in the House of Re- presentatives. 2 4 _ Has the danger passed Not ol together. The men who opposed the president, even of his own party, must be greatly misguided men and subject to correction, or they are abandoned to their evil doing. Pub- He life must be purged of them. All of them must go, and the people may be depended upon to sweep them into obscurity when the time for ac- tion comes. ™ tas _ PROVINCE VS. DOMINION. "The finance m'nister at Ottawa, and the provincial treasurer at To- ronto, are combining to teach the 'people an object lesson of the very greatest value. Both are looking for a) the revenue they can find. Sir Thomas White is the hardest pressed in order to meet his engagements be- cause there is no visible attempt on his part, or the part of his colleagues, to retrench or economize. Sir Thom- as said his estimates for this year were prepared on the basis of last year's estimates, and they called for nearly $30,000,000 more than it was intended to expend: The ministers and heads of dephrtments, however, have been unable to specify the items which, in the aggregate, will run up to any large sum. Not a quarter of a million dollars, in appropriations, have so far been ear-marked as un- necessary. In taxing the business men, upon their earnings, Sir Thom- as is bringing home to them the fed- eral methods of financing as they have not been exemplified hereto- fore. % Hon. Mr. McGarry goes one better and taxes the spendings of the peo- ple on amusements, 1f there is one thing that 's unseemly in these war times, it is their prodigality in re- gard to luxuries. The war may go 'on--+the news of it varies from day today and the shocks of it are some- times distressing--Dbut / the, people dress well and eat well and' spend their money and time in diversions more liberally than before the war. What they scatter in this way may be surmised when Hon, Mr. McGarry expects 10: i collett $850,000 from their amusements this year. \ It is well that the two special tax- ers, in Ottawa and Toronto, are of the same party and political faith, or there would be a collision between them with respect to the right of each to resort to direct taxatiom. Mr. MoGarry says this is a function secured to the province by the Act of "Confederation, He will forgive Sir Thomas White for his trespass un- der present circumstances, but he sends out the warning that eventual » alter peace has been proclaimed, -- you an adjustment of eo Dominion and Pro- vince. with regard to direct taxati Good luck to him. fon. THE SOLDIER OFFENDERS. The reports in the Toronto papers give the fuller details of the strife between the Soldiers and the civil. lans on temperance day, and every- one who reflects on the matter must regret the occurrence. It will be remembered that the present temper- ance wave, which Is submerging the province and carrying everything be- fore it had its origin in the protests of the people aganst the teinptations which were placed in the way of the soldier boys. = Many of these young med left homes in which sobriety was a sacred rule of the family, and their parents were grieved to learn that any of them were liable to become drinkers of intoxicating li- quors, . " The saloon and the bar would have no more attraction for the soldier than for the civilian ordinarily, if the men who have enlisted for ac- tive military service had places which correspond with their homes, and the influence, drawing .them to- wards these places were as strong as '| they might be. The churches have to be commended and thanked for the provisions they have made for the entertainmént' of the young sol- dlers. There are roofs Open each evening for them, and music and Jit- erature and refreshments, some of them free, and all of them costing less than anything which is to be had in the saloon or the barroom. There dre, too, the reading rooms of | the Y. M. C. A., and the baths and other privileges which are available by the soldier. So that ha 1s toler ably well provided for and should be able to pass his evenings profit- ably and pleasantly if he be so die |". The agitation for the -tected, called to account. stand, for probity % a in Toronto. There would havé been no trouble had the banter of meddle- some people been omitted. There Is no defence, however, for the rude ness and the roughness of the at- tacks on the prohibitionists, and the offenders must be, if they can be de- The sol- g stands, or should in public places, and one who lowers himself in his calling should be severely punished. ------------------. > x EDITORIAL NOTES. A new residence of the lieutenant governor of Ontario has $1,200,000. The occupant gets the use of it, rent free, but-- dier of the ---------- The provincial debt, under Conser- vative government, has increased trom $11,709.51, in 1904, to $49, 389,36 in. 1915. Going some, eh? i a-------------- Winston Churchill's sudden ap- pearance and sensational speech in parliament, and ahent the pavy, were characteristic of him. It would not have done him any good to visit London and not get into the limelight. enim -------------- Lieut.-Col. Mulloy will work the harder to recruit the 146th Regiment now that he hag an honorary title in connection with it. But something more than a pleading tongue is now necessary to move the masses. Con- scription is getting nearer. It was Churchill who drove Lord Fisher into retirement by insisting upon something that my lord regard- ed as impracticable, and it was Churchill who suggested his recall. Very like the mam. He is clever, but very erratic, especially when like our own Senator Davis, he plays off his own bat. Saskatchewan's opposition is hard to please. It demanded royal com- missions, composed of judges, to probe into certain scandals. Now it objects unless it has the picking of the judges. Certain men cannot apparently trust Chief Justice Haul- tain, though he was formerly the leader of the opposition, The law does not say that a rich man cannot, while he lives, distrib- ute or give away his estate. The province questioned the right of the late Senator Cox to divide certain stocks among his sons, and if it got a larger succession duty it" was be- cause these sons were willing to pay it. That appears in the report of Judge Middleton. Annual meeting of the Board of Trade this evening. Time some pre- paration was being made with regard to what 'will happen after the war. A City Planning Committee has been suggested. Its duty would be to protect public interests and advance them from time to time by helpful suggestions. Something of the kind' is very much needed in Kings- ton. Six French aviators bombarded German railway depots in Central Belgium, doing heavy damage. cost about | PUBLIC OPINION | barra tat ei The Germans tave tno sonsidors able ground before Verdun, but they need much of it for graveyards. Some One To Blame. (Toronto Mail.) 5 The German Crown Prince.is said to have a military adviser. He will, therefore, have someone on whom to blame the failure at Verdun. Mowat the Model. (Toronto Star.) strenuous age than that of Oliver Mowat. Still, the younger politici- ans might not ga astray if they would take a lesson in urbanity from their predecessors. s Banker, (London Advertiser.) Krupps head the list of subscrip- tions to the German war loan. They lend 40,000,000 marks with which, the country can purchase from them 20,000,000 marks. worth of muni- tions. Good business. A Wonderful Change. (Montreal Star.) German tobaccq costing 556 marks per hundred weight abroad will have to pay a duty of 166 marks to get into the tountry. The 'war's end should see the great bulk of Ger- many's male populatibn left alive strictly non-smokers, The Majority Rule. {Brantford Expositor.) In Manitoba, and in Britis Col- umbia as well, prohibition is to be submitted to the electors of these provinces on the bare majority vote. With such precedents before Li it is not easily seen how Premier Hearst, in the approaching referen- dum for this province, can do other- wise than remove the iniquitous three-fifths handicap. | KINGSTON EVENTS | 26 YEARS ACO A. Gunn refused the offer of $4, 000 from the School Board for five lots on Union street. W. C. Carruthers and Rev. Dr. Tor- rance are home from a trip to Cairo. They ascended to the summit of the highest pyramid there. There are three hundred -men-em- ployed at the locomotive works. COMMERCIAL PRESS. Hitting Business. Journal of Commerce. Capital engaged in active business is taxed, while capital in the form of bonds and mortgages is free from the new burdens. A straight and general income tax scheme, with rea- sonable exemptions; would no doubt have been attended by some difficul- ties, but. one may;question whether they would have heen greater than those which the Minister 'will meet in the application gf the system now proposed. Foe Prisoners in Britain. London March 10.--Under-Secre- tary of War Tennant stated in Per- liament that there are at present 13,- 821 German military prisoners in Britain. The aliens interned total 32,181. ~ RANDOM REELS "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealiny, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings" . - THE CABARET. The cabaret is a playground for married men 'who have left home in order to avoid being talked to death. It is also frequented by large quan- tities of married men who could stay away from home for nine months at a time without being missed by any- body except the booze solicitor. The cabaret is a neat French de- vice for preventing the rural patron from leaving town with money on his person. There is. something about the atmosphere, as wall as the fauna and flora, of the averige cabaret which makes a prodigal son out of the village Croesus. Every few days some thirsty, kiln.dried re- tired merchant from an inland town will stumble into a cabaret with the intention of buying a lemon soda and enjoying the scemery, but will "be make so mellow by the music that he will throw 75 cents or a dollar away with the utmost unconcern. ° This is one reason why no married man should be allowed to visit our, large cities without being accompanied by a square-jawed wife with high ideals and brawny muscles. The. cabaret consists of a large room full - of smoke, three-legged 3 tables and crimes against the laws] of vocal music. It also usually con- | tains a number of perfect ladies who smoke cigarettes and drink every- thing in the laboratory, thus proving conclusively the accuracy of the Dar- winian theory. It is a great shock to an unsophisticated country patron to enter a/cabaret for the first time and The Statesman We are now living in a more] This Spring we've struck out and away from 'the beaten track' and have in many ways distanced all out past. accomplishments. All the features making up the new spring styles combine to spell " Beauty." Our Suits are Hand tailored by the best Tailors in the Land. SEE BIBBYS- $15.00 SUITS, "The Alton" Model. SEE BIBBYS $15.00 SUITS, The Balfour Model. SEE BIBBYS $15.00 SUITS, The Oxford Model. SEE BIBBYS $18.00 SUITS, The Bud Model. SEE BIBBYS $18.00 SUITS, The Earl Model. SEE BIBBYS $18.00 SUITS, The Derby Model SEE BIBBYS $20.00 PREMIER MODELS SEE BIBBYS. $22.00 KING BEE SUITS SEE BIBBYS> $18.00 ENGLISH WORSTED SUITS ti . Bibbys Nobby $4.00 Shoes a Are right. We are offering a genuine $4.50 and $5.00 shoe value for $4.00: Black, Pans and Patents, Button, Blucher and Bals. see somebody's wife or sister or daughter dragging at a cigarette and | trying to look like a woman. Man is so constituted that he reserves the| right to smoke all 'of the cigarettes manufactured, without being put out: of the church, and insists that wom- an shall confine her dissipation to chewing gum and setting bread. The cabaret is 'a good illustration of freedom as exemplified in our laws and customs. Sofhetimes people who | have vistted a cabaret and returned home sober are inclined to think we have too much freedom in this coun- try. There is a well-defined suspicion that we are overdoing the freedom' down the decent cabarets along with the vile ones, after which evérybody" will be happy. - . The man who takes his wife to the cabaret with him wilt not have to frame up an alibi the next morning. with ul 7 pp Rhymes . _BONEHEAD PLAYS We might, as graveward we advance, know naught but golden days, if we did not, at every chance, in- dulge in bonehead plays. For nearly all the ills we know, and all the pains and aches, originated long ago, in our own foolish breaks. Man labors, in his stal- wart years, and when he draws his pay, he blows it ind for long cold beers, and that's a bonehead play. The schoolboy, Mother's Little Pet, upon a summer day, learns how to smoke a cigarette, and that's a bone- head play. The damsel learns to paint and sing, to .dance the night away, but sidesteps every useful thing, and that's a in debt for gr lawyers make 4 ynehead " sid. ll be glad; but we head play, . All ' i carelessly man goes... and clothes #nd hay, and knows, when sweat, it was a bonehead play. To buy a gaudy cheo-choo cart mai signs his home away, + and says some day, ith bieaking beast, "It was a : ours lime, pull boneheads otld Be sub all the, time, and that's] @ : THE BEST LAMP ON THE MARKET. W. J. MOORE & SON - -- The Electric Shop Tungsten Lamps Mazda Tungsten Lamps; Sizes, 10 Watt, 26 Watt, 40 Watt and 60 Watt. 25¢ Each t- with us y are Suk profit. J. E. MULLEN Phone 1417. Jeli Is being demonstrated in our store this week, MONUMENTS !! business. This will result in closing | By placing your orders direct sée exactly what you and as we employ no agents you save the middleman's Buy now and have your work set up early in the spring. Cor. Princess and Sts. oust and Clergy Ste. | JAW. PATRIK and your fuel troubles | will be happily over. | Nor does ourdeoal cost | any more than the un-| | satisfactory kind.