Cyaeausaeinaeenarasanen Lia i your, to Pela esses Six and hd Bg Pro r waite Siogs in ana baw, Joy shana an CR. Northrup, Manager. A SHUFFLING POLICY TRULY. The Commission on Technical Edu- cation cost the country a large sum of money. The Commission was large in its number; it was exhaus- tive in its enquiries; it travelled far "and studied closely the Andustrial and educational conditions of many coun- tries. ~The report. made - several Volumes. ~ It has one great fault. It is too bulky and too complete for the people who should be interested in it. "The legislators constitute a part of this class, and it is probable that few of them, if any, have read it through. The Whig appreciates the report because it has had the opportunity of reading several summaries which the Commission prepared, and on two occasions it has heard the chair- man of the Commission. Dr. Robertson has dwelt upon certain features, as only he can, certain phases of that report. Pebtvient is not in a position' to; digest its con- tents. It is not in a position to pass upon it. The minister of labor disparages it, however, with- . out having mastered it, and the gov- ernment is inclined to fyle it away with so many other d0%uments repre- senting a waste of public money. There is a remedy for his indif- ference on the part of the goverment and of parliament, It lies with the working classes. They demanded * technical educatiog; and they ean fol- low this demand up again and again. No party wants to be heckled too miuch about anything, and the party in power must surrender on the sub- ject of technical education sooner or later. The provinces approved of the enquiry which the Commission undertook. , Are they satisfied with the shuffling policy of the labor de- partment? The president of the United States, it is said, is ready to break with Ger- . many over the Sussex disaster. He reminds one of the 'colonel in Pina- fore. He is always going to do something, but never did it. PYNE, THE MUDDLER, The London Free Press is surely mistaken in supposing that the Whig ~ vrejoices over any difficulty or indif- ference that has occurred in relation to the bilingual schools. Nor fs it alone in blaming Dr. Pyne, the mud- dler,.for a great deal of the discon. tent which has prevalled. He was nsible for the tinkering which lace over Regulation 17, and certain Conservative papers, which could be named, were unrestrained in: their censure of him at the time, The Free Press recalls the report which was made by Dr. Merchant, the inspector, schools, and says the amended regu- lation was built upon that report. It will be remem d also that the re. port was in the hands of tise govern- "ment long before it was made pub- lie, and that the regulation in question appeared to be a compro- 'mise, effected durhig a prelainary recess for political effects, The Minister of Education, the Whig holds, has been responsible for much of the discontent; and he managed to from « Jot of it by spetiding much of last year in England, as the alleged 'supervisor N on the , | & losing fight on petty grounds, upon "the bilingual] The record of the people is clear, and it does not minimize this record in the least by regarding as absurd the appead to Sir Wilfrid Laurier that hie butt in and settle the bilingual school disturbances. He bas bad ! | nothing to do with them and many thanks he would earn in trying to |DeTia mind other people's business rather than his own. The temperance convention in To- ronto has been likened to a love feast. It has been spending too much time jn congratulation. It has been-taking too much for grant- ed, especially from the federal par- llament." The watchdogs at Ottawa had better be alert. WHAT DO THEY FEAR? The federal government may €0 on refusing to meet the demand for a searching examination into the war contracts. But it may accept this ag certain, that the die is cast so far as 'its future is concerned. Had the position of parties been reversed J and the liberals occupied the conser- go| vative benches, while the conserva- 8 | ives occupied the opposition benches, #0 | and the most serious charges of graft had been presented, the Commons would have resounded with the | screams of the accusing party. For some reason, which is not ap- parent, because the enquiry must go on, for the people must know the truth or falsity of the charges evens tually, the government is putting up The plea that the shell committee was an instrument of the imperial govern- ment, and that the Canadian govern- ment has practically nothing to do with its contracts, will not do in the face of thé revelations which have taken place, The documenta which Mr. Kyte quoted, and which cannot be challenged, show that the con- tracts were made with the consent and under the direction of the minis- ter" of militia. Mr. Carvell was, therefore, correct in charging that he has been conniving with the wrong- doers, The charges are before the peo- ple, and it may be taken for granted that the government will, in self de- fence, be forced to act or assume the responsibility for mot acting. Th federal' government should not for- get for a moment the experience of the Manitoba government when it de- nied the enquiry which the opposi- tion demanded. Members of that government are on their defence in the courts to-day. Nor should the fed- eral government forget the experi- ence of the Saskatchewan govern- ment of a very recent date. It grant. ed three commissions to investigate the charges of the opposition, Innocent men do not need to be screened at any time. They seek vindication, The resistance of the federal government to the most seri- ous charges against the shell com- mittee, and indirectly the minister of militia, is a subject + of profound surprise, EDITORIAL NOTES. 1 Hon. Mr. Meighen's dialectics have; been again called into question. Mr. | Carvell usually has the ammunition when he goes after the enemy. Who would want to lead an orches- tra, even in a swell hotel, when as a member of a mushroom munition committee he could make "$50,000 in a few montha? The late, Dr. R. W. B. Smith did not graduate in medicine from To- ronto University, but from the old Royal College of Physicians and Sur- geons in Kingston. As a student the Whig remembers him well, for he was a frequent contributor to its columns. When partners in the grafting business fall out the effect is start- ling. The revelations in parliament gver the munition contracts have been simply shocking. And these revelations occur despite the attempts of members of the government and their supporters to keep down the lid. . The conference of Charities and Correction counsels the segregation of defectives for their own sake and for the sake of society. Between the proposition and the acceptance of it, however, there is & great gap. How 18 it to be bridged? By edu- cation, says the conference. Yes, but that would take many, many years, and the process is very slow. ; ------ Col. Carson is restless. He wants to lead something, and a new party has been suggested. He should counsel with Winston Churchill, who wrote. the biography of his father, the late Lord Randolph Churchill, and he knows my lord's success was in the ment of a new party. Winston Yeels like bolting himself, but he has a parental experi- ence constantly before his eyes. : mo ged for the ening town wiil "come loan end on what has been a veritable sink 'hole. Jaws: Bey Hewely. it looks "Hike a ood bet that Villa can hide in the mountains as long as thie Hun fleet can in a canal. He Decided Wisely. (Toronto Globe Yuan Shi Kai has Toe ded the Im- iat hus the pistol of the Chinese Republic Association at his head. A wise decision for Yuan. The Press Is ON, Sandon 'Advertiser.) Thomas G Gibson Bowles, "ginger- up" candidate, for the British Com- mons was swamped. The Times, Post and Daily Ma supported him. Cruse? Some Captures, {Hamilton Times.) Since the beginning of the war the | en of the British navy are said to have captured 127 German submar- ines. No wonder old Von Tirpitz got sick, A pane of Agitators. (Grain Growers' Guide.) The idea of Sir George Foster and a number of other eminent gentle- men in the Bast is that the Western farmers are "a bunch of agitators." T' about tine to get a real agita- tion under way. Heaven knows that the Western farmers have some reas- on for agitation, Under present conditions if they were not a bunch of agitators they could properly be classed as something worse, KINGSTON EVENTS 26 YEARS AGO: Several aldermen are agitating for the paving of Princess street. R. Stevenson and T. Smith went to Cornwall to-day to work on a con- tract given McKelvey & Birch. The steamer Pierrepont made the trip over to. Wolfe Island to-day, and will now attempt a trip to Cape Vincent, . Thomas Clyde, Alexander McCon- nell and Peter MeCallum were ap- pointed license commissioners for Frontenac county, The Whale's Little Little Joke, Torh-- -That saying. "It's hard to kéep a good man down," is thous- ands of years old. Dick---That so? Tom--For a fact. That's what the whale told Jonah, Drawing~Water. She (in art museam)--They say that famous marine artist was once # plain farmer's boy. I. wonder where he developed his talent? He--Probably drawing water on the fanm. ~ Fuld By The Beneficiaries, "Dr. Blenn: frequently accepts no fees from his patients." "You don't say so." '"He' settles with the heirs." Heard In An Office. "Any money about you, old man?" "Money. I haven't enough to buy the right of way for a wireless tele graph." Left One Thing, Wife--Well, that cook has gone, bag and baggage. Husband -- She didn't take that SDAY, M MARCH 30, _1916. ! ¥Toronto Globe. The authorities at Ottawa seem to think the only duty respecting the production and refining of nickel that rests Bn the Government is to complete affangements with the In- ternational Nickel Company for the establishment in Canada of a refin- ery which will supply the demands of the British Empire for the refin- ed product. Work on the constrie- tion of this plant, it is announced, will be begun soon at 'some point on "the Atlantic coast. That does not fill the bill, The prohibition of the export of nickel ofe or nickel matte, except under li- pent, instead of leading to a wider use of the metal and a reduetion in | price following upon the building of a refinery in Canada, might very well lead to an increase in price and the | étrengthening of the monopoly of the Nickel - Trust. The Government might be asked to aid in the estab- lishment of the refinery by prohibit- ing all exports of ore or matte after | its completion, This would force any company desifous of producing nic- kel in competition with the Trust either to build in Canada a second refinery at gréat cost, or to send its ores and matte to be refined at the Trust's refinery on conditions dictat- ed hy its officials, Would it not be well in making provision for the erection in the Do- minion of a nickel refinery to require the capitalists erecting it to refine all ores offered on terms to be determin- ed from time to time by the Domin- ion Government? The present pro- posal seems to contemplate the per- petuation of the monopoly now en- joyed by the Nickel Trust of the re- fining of nickel on this side of the Atlantie. Is there no place in nic- kel production for the mine-owner who is not able to add a refinery to his plant? CONSERVATIVE PRESS. Whereabouts of Allison. Toronto Telegram. Whereabouts of Col, J, Wesley Al- {ison are only important to this country because Sir Robert Borden failed to occupy the right sort of whereabouts when Col. J. Wesley Al- lison was "establishing his intimacy with the Government of which Sir Robert Borden is the head. The premiership of Canada, the leader- ship of the Conservative party, clothed Sir Rober Borden with pow- er to promote his country's interests and protect his party's honor, If there is anything in the present whereabouts of Col J. Wesley Allis- on detrimental to the interestse of Canada and injurious to the inter- ests of the Conservative party, who is to blame? There is only one public man who held supreme power to protect the interests with the country and the honor' of the party against injurious association of the activity of Col, J. Wesley Allison. = The public man who held 'supreme power and failed to use that power on behalf of his country and: his. party is that Pre- mier of Canada. And the Premier of Canada is responsible for the consequences that followed failure to protect the country and the party against contact with Col. J, Wesley Aisoy and other results of Sir Rob- ert Borden's futile honesty and well-meaning smallness. ' Our idea of an innocent woman is one who imagines man chews cloves because he really likes them. case of dyspepsia she left with me. Judge. Too many things that are doné well are not worth déing at all. v "Ot Shoes and Ships, and Sealing RANDOM REELS Wax, of Oabbages and Kings." Gossip is the art of scattering odi- um upon people who are not present with an alibi. 'There are several kinds of. time-tested odium in com- mon use, any one of which will eat large, gaping holes in the best'repu- tation gver designed, When a smooth docile reputation has been well scat- tered with hearsay odium it becomes of no value to its owner, who is ob- liged to move into another state and build up a hew one. Gossip 1s caused by the absence of a safety valve on the human tongue. Nature intended the tongue to re- main at home and live a quiet, re- tired life, so that it would not be- come overheated and explode in the direction of the neighbors. Owe or two such explosions; aimed at the head of the new minister or the cashier of the bank, will cause more trouble and consternation than a hairulling match in choir. No- body should be allowed to join the church until his tongue has been passed upon by a boiler inspector and found equal to the task of sustaining a pressure of 5,000 pounds. The gossip is usually a man or woman and sometimes both. There would be much less wholesale gossip cracker-boxes and more work forthe unemployed. Idleness causes the tongue to wag faster than a pink kimono on a clothes line, which im- presses the lesson that all gossips should be allowed to wor™ off their enthusiasm on a rock pile. Gossip is the only form of conver- sation which can start neck to neck with the truth and win in a walk. There is nothing that can overtake a choice piece of gossip and retire it from circulation except the death of all parties concerned, even unto the fourth generation. 'Thousands of men are afraid to hire & plain, near sighted stenographer for fear of hav ing converted into a dashing, peroyfde blon finity by the cruel voice of gossip. IT gossip sees a mars ried man walk home from church with somebody else's wife, the foun- dation is at once laid for two re- sounding divorce suits, and if a set- tlement is made out of court the lawyers are charged with blocking the wheels of justice, The nicest kind of gossip is that which says a kind, generous word about somebody and.then rings off. The world is full of women who gos- sip in this manner, God bless 'em, and they sweeten avery life = they touch. in this country if there were fewer Rhymes Red paint is pump. ble roof or the wicket door. paint let thie poets sing ! - It's earned the praises of to; green or brown; 118.2 hoon to the sons £ an but its Seen Duss Mars o * RED PAINT pretty as pickled beets; of rich red fine pk for the cistern u"d decorate the sta- kitchen floor; oh,"ut three coats on and spread it thicken the henhougs it cense from the Dominion Govern-|| . Red paint is good for the | rustic seats, and excellent for the garden swipg. 'We put red paint on the barn and fence, and know full well' it will hold them down; red paint is good---but there is no sense in using it on the sleeping town. 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