Ontario will go dry, and probably for good, : : Until the war is over there will be no vote of the people upon the ques- tion, and the experience of a year or two will be such as to guide the elec- '{ tors in pronouncing most emphati- 'cally upon the issue. If the period of total abstinence has yot justified the expectation of the electors, they will revert to the license system; if it has justified their hopes and ex- | pectations it will not be revived. The chances are that the bar, as the re- sult of an experiment upon which the province is now entering, will never be re-opened The war has done more than ex- emplify its atrocities. It has com- pelled action by the Allies with re- gard to social conditions of a far- reaching character. In Russia, France and Britain, drinking will not have the hold upon the people that it once had, With the manu- sessdsecnriss Md .... Manag . .. Wnd facture of stimulants restricted or repressed, and the people weaned 2438] will rise superior to their beén adopting. 0 pling from their social sins, the, nations failings with respect to drink, and become more virile and virtuous. Canada will surely stand by the programme which the people have Prohibition has been sweeping over the country, and with a power that has been irresistible. The achievements in some instances have been surprising. They were Is one of the bes printing in Canada. ESENT. BE Ch Now York Office: 13 225 Frank R. Northrup, Manag TORONTO REPR ae Smaliplece % sa nk R. Northrup, Munage STAND BY THE A R. The Hearst government is amend- ing the Audit Act so that the ~ ac- countant of the Hydro-Electric Com- of the mission will be the appoint government and the officer be responsible to it for the ri the commission. Which is the situation suggests. vineial auditor complained ho wi the statute which applied * it, an the answer should not be VE ch Bt Ave. ip Bag. rts of ot what The . pro- at the Hydro-Electric Commission |was not conducting its business according to change] not looked for. They came with a dd and force, however, which showed that they had been long and quietly contemplated by the people, and that the demand for them only awaited the arrival of a suitable time. All the Province of Ontarjo will be affected by the gen- eral act which has been adopted by the legislature without division or dissent. The final vote will not take place until the soldiers have return- ed to Canada and been duly register- 11} ed and entitled to exercise the fran- chise. Then public opinion will as- sert itself, and one can have very lit- tle doubt as to what the effect will be. EDITORIAL NOTES, The council is in distress, It 'is trying to keep down the taxes and d land. We cannot see Howshe Kai-) tion of the small, piffiing Shell Com | Hm -------- ser can hold ou much longer, with Sam on the ere is a lot of comfort ois to' Joffre when he hears Sam has arrived. © Fee Wheat (Wihknal! Tribe sir Thomas 5 8 ehrewder man than those ys ee with him might suppose. = To the tens of thousands Who might regard him as stupid, it may be pointed out that he is the representative in the Cabinet of certain in He is serving those interéss when he opposes free- dom in the marketing of grain. KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO A'large number of citizens are anx- fous to exhibit at the World's Fair fn Chicago. Rural Dean Carey is leaving for England on business for Bishop Dew- is, who is in poor health. Mayor Drennan will circulate & pe- tition 'for signatures asking the Gov- ernment to locate the camp here for the Kingston Jigtei district. CONSERVATIVE § PRESS. terious Col. Allison, / Ottawa Journal. The one thing Mr. Meighen nor any other Government speaker has satisfied the Houge upon is the status of J. Wesley Allison. There is, in fact, feeling among Conservatives as well as Liberals that perhaps it] would be just as well if the country were without the services of this gen- tleman, though the truth is that the only thing the Opposition has shown | against him thus fdr, is that he cost | the country a $1,000 for a special train from Ottawa to Mogrisburg, his home. This, however, is not a very serious matter, especially if, as Sir Sam alleges, Col. Allison has already saved the country a cool $50,000, 000 and has asked nothing for do- ing it. Nevertheless there seems to be something of a mystery about Mr. Allison; at least he has thus far shown no disposition to answer a subpoena to give evidence before the Public Accounts Committee, not- withstanding that it was issued some | twenty-five days ago. , The Party Suffering. Montreal Gazette. There is talk in House of Com- mons Opposition circles of taking se- | vere measures to compel the attend-| ance before the: Public Accounts Committee of Colonel J. Wesley Alli-| mittes waste of money may have been inevitable, and was far less ruinous to the Bri taxpayer than its waste of ti was to the Canadian manufacturer, comERCIAL PRESS. Monetary Times, Toronto.' That expenditures in connection with the war shall be without waste- fulness or extravagance and that the Government shall see that this coun- try's money is neither pilfered nor squandered is the demand of the Canadian people. The day is pass- ing rapidly when governments in Canada will be allowed, with little check, to étéal the pifblic funds, jar- gely in order to finance a patronage system which has done more harm to the national life than probably any other factor. Naturally the ma- jority of our politicians are still wedded to patronage. Many do not yet recognize that public opinion in regard to pilfering and patronage, in the conduct of our pdtional affairs, is an opinion which'is here to stay and to increase in strength. The man in the street is willing to practice thrift for the good of his country. not willing to economize so ho the patronage system may have its fling with the usual extravagan- ces. ES GERMANY GETS AN ANSWER | Defeat Suffered In The Attack On | Verdun--Awful Loss. Everyman, London. Verdun was to be the German an- | swer to Erzerum. . So pressing was ! the need of a victory in the West as a counterstroke to the disaster in the Bast, so determined were the Germans to exploit their victory for political. purposes, that the captufs of the abandoned fort of Douaumont was advertised and celebrated all over the empire as a decisive tri- umph. But what was to have been a triumph. for 'the Central Powers was destined to become a signed French victory, The whole world has been impresféd once more with the stay- ing power of the Republican armies. We rejoice' with our gallant Allies in their achievement, and we mourn with them in their losses. But con- ¢iderable as those losses have been, they bear no proportion to the Ger- man losses, and it will be impossible even for the eloquence of the Imper- ial Orator to prove to his subjects that. the slaughter of a hundred | thousand Brandénburger and Pomer- anian soldiers is not too dear a price to pay for a few square miles of wood BOYS' CLOTHING AT 'WHOLESALE PRICES ing Suits We offer our trade world's most skil ful tailors can produee. and Overcoats the best garments the Our styles are absolutely correct and our prices are ~ always pleasing. nd SEE OUR $1500 SLIP ON OVERCOATS SEE OUR $15.00 SUITS-THE YORK MODEL SEE OUR $18.00 BUD SUITS -- REAL BEAUTIES SEE OUR $18.00 GROSVENOR OVERCOATS SEE BIBBYS 'BOYS' SUITS AT $3.75 in the law which relies the auditor of all responaipiligy. \ \ A |commis- sion of experts should 'be hsked to report upon the proper routine in accountancy, in connection with the Hydro-Electric Commission, [and the commission should be forced, by law, to livé up to it. That is the rem- edy which the experience of to-day suggests. The auditor is Heing hu- milisted in thatshe imdeing [deprived of some of the powers that belong to his office. If he is the James Clancy he once was he will fot stand for this, son. Colonel Allison is understood to | and marsh. | be in New York, and so is outside of) SEE BIBBYS the threatened measures, mild or se-| Sad Néws For Mr. Switzer. vere. He might well consider, how- | ; ever, whether he-would not be wise| Carleton Place, March 24.--A. G. CHILDREN'S. SUITS, in returning to Ottawa and facing Swhuuer received a telegram on Fri-| $1 75 his accusers. They may hurt him | day notifying him of the death of his | a ! brother William, druggist, Dresden. | Ths to 7 years. Russian and they may go up in spite of all its Regular $5 and $5.50 values, labor, while they last $3.75. Oh, the Recruiting Leagues are behind the conscription movement, eh? They had better have g care, Th y p more by the causes they will give for | ® rate has apie. y The same day a letter arrived from | his absence than they could by hav-| Philadeinnt stron 4 i i ore them as a witness; | adelphia conveying the sad news Vera Cruz, Mexico, is full of Ger- ng thelr purpose is to hurt him. | of the serious 'illness of his brother man reservist officers. What are - | Robert, who is afflicted with a mal. they doing there? Uncle Sam had Afraid to "Speak Truth - ady which is drawidg him: elose to{ bétter keep his eye on them. Toronto Telegram. the end of his sands. William was | § Manufacturers who have heen Con-! seventy-two; Robert, the next eldest. servatives all their lives are so stric-| The twin bolt from the blue was a ken by the reign of terror establish-! tremendous shock for our venerable ed under the auspices of Sir Robert fellow-townsman, who also sees not Borden that they dare not come out far away the hour when he shall be' joke. My, what a change has come | in the open and proclaim the truth the last of his race--the sole survi- | over the spirg of his dreams. that ought to be proclaimed in the vor of a family of four boys and two ----- interests of Canadian industry and girls, a family in the first rank] It was fitting enough that the | Britain's safety. The Shell Commit- | among tHe worthies of Lennox and | Hon, Mr. Hanna, who used 'to be the tee is the work of Sir Robert Bor- | Addington, after whom the romantic | : : ' den's hands. Nobody's head seems to village, Switzerville, near the home- champion of the liquor interests, -------------------- have had any share in the origina. stead, was named. LATER SOCIAL STUDIES. should introduce the bill which kills The police of New York are con. | the trade. His hag been a hasty and tinuing their scrutiny of the bread | "OmPlete conversion. "Of Shoes und Ships, and Sealiny, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings" For boys 2 1-2 Blouse style, Norfolk style. SEE BIBBYS GREAT BIG BOY; ITS, Four years ago when Mr. Rowell proposed prohibition his motion was treated by the Hon, 'Mr, Hanna asa SEE BIBBYS : Reefer style coat, straight BOYS' SUITS AT $2.75 ------ The Orange Sentinel Hampions the mail order houses. The Jocal paper that does not stand Hy its ad- vertisers, in community building, must be a curiosity. knickers; sizes 30 to 44; reg- ular $8 and $7.50 values, for $4.75. Limited For boys 7 to 12 years. Nor- folk, Blouse and Reefer style ET Bibbys liners and putting work beflore them as a test of their sincerity. Only twenty-five out of over five hundred, in one night this week, acoepted the employment as a cure, for their dis- tress. But it cannot be [said that Conscription meetings are held in Hamilton. being What is the mat- | r with the people? Do they not ow that Sir Sam Hughes is satis- ef with the way recruiting is going on without compulsion? all of the rest were imposters. The men who want food have b into meetings and heckled en calle bit, an they in their turn have heickled the representatives of the charitable an municipal aid organisations, The work offered to some been very disagreeable. It ..béyond their capaéity. It has bee unsuitable for them physically. The employers' agencies have showing the wisdom or not bee iscretio that has been expected from them. Then there has been in the brea line, lately, a larger proportion of These have not, in their aged men. employment, représénted the experi- ence which Is yaluable at any age. They have not been able to do the work that has been required of them. They have been allowed to go and without any qualms of con- men has has been d| Sir Wilfrid Laurier has been nom- d | inated by the Orange Sentinel as the one all-powerful. and dominating a leader of the people who can settle the bilingual question. Where do Premiet Borden and his Nationalist colleagues come in? i n Has the Standard "Oil Company any cinch upon the provincial | rail- | way? --Tt is charged that it has ob- n taifed freight rates over the provin- { cial roads which are mot obtainable d| | by any other firm or company. 'Any ground for the tomplaint?. It should be investigated. | PUBLIC OPINION Ought Te Be Sick. THE REPORTER. The reporter is an agile young man who is hired to run down misinfor- mation and turn it into news. Some- times the reporter will get too much English on the cue ball and turn in a spicy chunk of misinformation, after which the city editor will be obliged to apologize on the front page in bristling brevier, double- leaded. Reporters are kept on a newspaper so that people can see their names in print. Some people do not care to have their names appear more than four or five times a week; while others expect to break into every edition in company with a half-tone cut which can be read upside down without destroying the general ef- fect. The reporter who can turn in the most mis-spelled names in a day is sure of steady work, and is of more value to his paper than a plano contest which leaves nothing but dreary memories and a busted bank account. better knee action than others and cover more ground than a flat car. This, however, does not interfere with their control of the English language, which at times is very si- milar to the world's record for bases on balls. . There are only two things - on earth the reporter is afraid of--the .city editor and the libel laws. If the reporter had his way, the city editor would be removed from our midst | and obliged to work at some honest! occupation. One of the most trying] things that can happen to a new,| self-possessed reporter is to turn inf a long, palpitating story that sounds! like a harp solo and have an illiter-| ate, beetle-faced city editor: tear | everything out uf it except the facts. | The first thing the reporter is cau- tioned against is the habit of libel- ing people who have paid in advance | or are good for a haif-page in the, Sunday issue. The surest way to obtain riches and escape being li- beled in'some vital spot is to become a steady advertiser and live a life Our stock of ELECTRICAL FIXTURES and APPLIANCES js the mest complete in the city. est stock to choose from. The very "newest designs always in stock. = Larg- Wiring a spécialty. W. ). MOORE & SON -gThe Electric Shop Australian science on the part of their employ- ors, One gets a different view of life 3 (Cn M vo) Von Tirpits Is a sick man. Well, It is not necessary for the reporter beyond reproach, & the hellish job he had was enough to ade, to be educated higher than the knees, * Heporters are born, not but his legs should be kept in good through a study of these reports.' It is that the fountains of charity can- not 'So-closed. . There is no way of make any man sick. . working order, for without them he would be as helpless as a hobo in a shower.bath. - Some reporters have which should prevent people from becoming embittered and stopping the paper while still highly delin- quent, Rabbit in Jelly 1" qui E06s peng ry, i Hquor in- terests will hope that Ottawa be cre- ated a federal district without delay, 80 that there can be at least one place to ship liquor to. Not Treated Well. So protecting the livings and savings 60 cents per tin. of the people #0 as to make them Each tin 1bs. net, --Just Arrived-- | |Jas. Redden &3Co: Phones 20 and 990. Rhymes ALWAYS 'SOMETHING It's bard to save for the rainy day; there's always i : ro | We've told you before | --we tell you: again that §. our | is as do venture forth is}. encouraging. -------------------- | Work For Ni (Hamilton Herald.) : Officers who have done good séer-| vice at the front should from time to time be withdrawn to do such light duty in England as is being done by the non-combatant combatants. something for which to pay: 'there's always something demanding coin; we have to pay for the tenderloin, ' for the grocer's prunes and the baker's bread, new | Piliowalips for the guest-room bed, for a hat for Jane and a shoe for Jake, for seeds and bulbs and a garden| rake! We must for some magazines, and | "ious poppe pute the house needs paint and the window screens, and | pro Canadisn Cima 3 The Late William Hawse. b Athens, Mdrch '24.--Atter being in | 4 is proving highly' satis- | Bl esi regan months: Wiliam | 8! factory to a long list of | passed away at his home, Wiltse street, on Monday. His wid-| {I steady customers. 2, og ow and one daughter survive, The' - spent most of his life in He h ad way Yeveral King's| Plum Hollow, where he was a promi- nent and 1 , and was we need some salve for the springtime corns, and the ar inent_Canadie Sow requires a nsw set 98 Borys, we must hire a man |Eoronto. He i who can prune the , and make some stalls for the bumblebees, and haul away all the winter's trash president. of ¢ of the Ontario Jockey Club! "there's always something demanding cash! A ah must study and engineer, who'd save ten cents a passing year, who'd have a bone for themainy he's old and gray, t6.buy a shroud when the something demanding mont: Mrs. Marshall, Wellington street 4 received w lotins rom the Militia Do. Mr. The short aa Thursday system of this section, Ha was well known in Brockville, 2 Srequent visitor hors 10 Soumsetion, his business cheese Plum Hol- Factory, 'He 'was Pi