0, Sem v2 00, LIMITED. Leman via. Mana rector -SUBSTRITTION RATES Edition One year, delivered in city . One year, if in advance .... One year, by mail to rural offices . One year, to United States .... (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mail. cas One year, if not paid in advance $1. One Year, to United States 1.50 Six and three months pro rata. ------------ Al is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. 3 TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H. BE. Small U. 8 TIVES New York Office 236 Fifth Chichgank R. Northrup, Slanager. Frank 'Northrup, Manager. THE PEOPLE'S HAND BOOK. The federal government has set it- self vigorously to the propaganda of "Production and Thrift." It has is- sued a text-book which is a model of its kind. = Its contents deal with the needs of the hour in production, in employment, in saving, and in usefulness, Certain things are precisely set forth, and in an official and reliable way, and the arrangement of the matter is very attractive. If the tountry is sending its complement of men to the front it is necessary to know how they are to be maintained, and how the country is to grow and prosper during their absence. Therefore, there is prepared and embodied in this hand-book a great deal of valuable material, and it is for the people through the press and platform to acquire and assimilate it. In other words the people must know what is expected from them. They must be familiar with the facts, Then, and only then, can they be supposed to answer the call of the country. This call is loud and clear should be heard by everyone. In es- sence it 4s: Produce all -you can. Serve all you can. Save all you can. Thrift and economy are nec- essary to the sslvation of the cause which you espouse. Ave. and The School Board and the City Council have no money to waste in law. They are serving a common cause and purpose. They should be able to harmonize their plans. A VERY POPULAR FUND. "Th 's Fund" has been pena aa er. A. E. Lavell with the object of supplying a phonograph, books, etec., to the men of the 125th Battalion. It is urged that in addi- tion to the entertainment provided by the Y. M. C. A. for the camp as a whole it 18 very important that each battalion should have its own social centre, and this the "Chaplains Fund" is intended to provide. And what other battalions enjoy the peo- ple of this city will see to it that the Brants are not deprived of --Brant- ford Expositor. Here is a movement which is very popular, and to which all classes of the people will willingly contribute. A fund which will be expended in refining influences takes precedence surely, over any other in the public 'esteem. The demand was once for machine guns, and the people sub- scribed millions of dollars for the purpose. They contributed so much that part of the money paid over to the government has not yet been ex- pended. When most of it was pro- mised the premier called a halt on the ground that the government was providing for all the military wants of the army, and machine guns were as much a part of the general equip- ment as the ordinary rifles and am- munition. Regimental funds are in order because they buy what the gov- ernment does mot provide; and a Chaplains Fund is one that 'especial ly appeals to those who are concern- ed about the moral and spiritual good of the soldiers. Mr, Roosevelt is on strike against ly. But these did not want to re. ceive them in that way. They want- ed the information delivered in the place where the public business of the empire should be transacted, and they will succeed in their 'conten- tions. The press is expected to lay before its readers all thats of a public na- ture, and all that interests and con- cerns the people. Incidentally; the press criticises passing events, and in a way which circumstances, in its opinion, justify. The freedom with which the N e papers have criticised the governfmdgnt of Britain is typical of all criti under the British system. Public men must accept criticism. It is always useful and sometimes vety helpful. A great deal of the criticism of the London Mail and Times has been unpleasant, but it has been attended by some good, for it could not be continued without the most stimulating effects upon the persons and bodies towards whom it was directed. In Montreal the council or the board of control contemplate the clos- ing of the reporters out from their meetings. Why? These public bodies are not serving the people to the highest advantage, and the press makes this fact the clearer by giving lucid, and sometimes lively, descrip- tions of the civie by-play. But the press will not be deterred from doing what it considers to be its duty. It will print reports and editorial: criti- cismg as usual, and eventually it will triumph in Montreal as it has done elsewhere. If Ireland had Home Rule could she control the situation? Not wihile the Sinn Feiners, or any body similarly constituted, are about to make trouble, The party of force is always a nuisance or a menace. LATEST BRITISH CRISIS. The die has been cast by the Brit- ish government on the conscription question, There is to be no more compromise upon it The volun- tary system of recruiting has been abandoned. The Derby measure of registration and selection, with the single men in groups first, has been regarded as ineffective. Gradually, the opponents of conscription have been compelled to yield until at last Mr. Asquith has announced that the needs of Britain will be provided for on the compulsory plan. This is one of the results of the Kut-el-Amara surrender, and at the end of a siege which has been pain- fully contemplated for some time, The government is blamed, of course, and made to feel the full force of pub- lic opinion. John Bull is typical of his class. He wants to know how it happened. He is feeling some- what depressed, | and grips himself for a fresh attack on his enemies. But he must have a word with some one over present difficulties, and hag it with the government. The crisis is the more serious because Britain is not speaking for herself in this emer- gency, but for the Allies. Some re- verses follow their technical blun- ders, and they suffer more in conse- quence. But the British govern- ment, as the nearest and only object of public disfavor, realizes that the people are very much chagrined and disappointed. Britain cannot lose in the conflict. Britain's cause is in safe hands, not- withstanding the crude criticism to which she has been exposed. Brit. ain's policy may not always be sound, but it is represented and backed by a power which is invincible. The feeling is, however, that the politicians have talked and quarreled too much for the good of the nation. The blunderers and the plunderers should of course be driven into ob- scurity, but it is difficult to disassoci- ate them from a war which must go on until it is satisfactorily finished. Then it will be in order to deal with the state offenders according to their merits, ---- EDITORIAL NOTES. Redmond suffers by reason of the outbreaks in Ireland. He is a leader of the parliamentary party and what he does is largely nullified by the violence of the unparliament- ary party. Birrell talks of retiring from the British government. He must feel that be is somewhat responsible for the riots in Dublin. He should have seen what was coming and been ready to meet it. Canadian church men who are en- grossed in the war, who realize pt they are enveloped in a great shad- the current rules. 'They want to be only governed by the conscience. Safe enough, if conscience is only &l- lowed to assert itself, ----------e The new agreemert with 'coal miners means an inuwrease of from 7 per cent. to" 15 1-2 per cent. in the wages of 176,000 men. The ad- ditional pay of these men will am- ount to $9,000,000 per annum. This contribution wili be made up by the coal consumers and at the rate of about $1.00 a ton. | PUBLIC OPINION Talks Too Much. | (Hamilton Times). i Speaker 'Landry talks too much! and the Senate wants to put a muzzle | on him. | A Forlorn Hope. \ i (Ottawa Free Press). { Anyway, Germany may rest assur- | ed that the war won't be won in trench Dublin. | r Sam. | (Otthwa Free Press). Napoleoy used the words i even at the zenith of Mis, power he never had what he could! call 'my shell committee." Se ------------ . | Villa's Chance. | » (Montreal Mail) i The Carranza Government is tot- | tering and expected to fall. Here's a! chance for Villa which map tempt | him back into politics and the land! of the living. | -- | The Gold Merger. (Brantford Courier) { A big merger of Ontario gold mines| is anonunced. If there could be another merger of those who have lost in mine enterprises, there would | be a dozen overflow meetings. { { | { | ------------------ Chaplin's Luck. (St. Thomas Journal) | Charles Chaplin no sooner started | drawing his comfortable salary of $670,000 a year than one concern sued him for a cool $500,000, charg-| ing breach of contract. What's the| use of anything? LIBERAL PRESS. Ontario Government Weakening. Montreal Herald Prohibition and Hydro are the two | things which made the Ontario Legis-| lature hum this year. The prohibi- tion attraction was expected; the Hy- dro excitement blew up more sudden- ly, and yet held the centre of the; stage during most of the session. Nei-| ther of the two big features of the] session has strengthened the Govern- | ment, and one of them has certainly) weakened them perceptibly. The weakening factor is the Hy-| dro affair. The matter is very com-] plicated, and it is impossible at pres-| ent to fathom all the motives of the | principals engaged. Out of the con-| fusion, however, emerge clearly two| facts. First, the power of Sir Adam | Beck has been curtailed by the Gov- ernment; and secondly, there is a se-| rious split between the Government] of Ontario and the representatives of municipalities, Conservative and Lib- eral alike, interested in the Hydro scheme, in both-Eastern and Western Ontario. The bitterest attacks which the Conservative Government has faced since its accession to pow- er in 1905 have come within the last few weeks from Conservative newspa- | pers and Conservative mayors, who! Claim that the Government are doing | the Hydro movement grievous harm. 'my sol- | have a A section of the Conservative press, led by the Toronto Telegram, goes so far as io demand the formation of a new party, which shows that the Conservative Government with all '| their nominally large majority are actually in a precarious position. Meanwhile the Government de- serves credit for introducing the Pro- hibition Bill, and the co-operation between the parties on this feasure was an encouraging sign for good government in Ontario, Yel every- body knows, and it is becoming more apparent every day, that the Prohibi- tion Bill, in all its essentials, is an Opposition, rather than a Govern- ment triumph. All through the ses. sion the rejoicipgs for prohibition with a few scattered exceptions, came from the Liberal side of the House. Never was the characteristic more marked than at the final passage of the bill in its third reading, when the measure would have become law without any demonstration at all, if it had not been for the joy-making of the Opposition. This is pot to say that the Conservative voters in the province are not enthusiastic about prohibition, but the official Conserva- tive party is certainly not holding any celebrations over it. CANADIAN PRESS. Guelph's Last Grouch. Guelph Mercury, The trouble with 'a Board of Trade, or nearly any other organiza- tion, for that matter, is that its mem- bership is not indicative of its real energy. That is, there may be a large list of members; they may even be rounded up for a membership fee; but experience has shown that in ev- ery hive there are a large number of drones, and that in every organiza- tion there are a lot of members who do nothing more than pay their fees, {and occasionally attend a meeting or a banquet. Their real value to the completion of any object that the as- sociation may have in view can be re- presented very adequately by a good- sized cipher. It will be a question for the Board of Trade to consider when it comes to a matter of reorganization, wheth- er a large body of workers and loaf- ers gathered together, and paraded as a big Board of Trade is as good as a hand-picked number, representing all the interests of the city, but every one being able and willing to work to advantage. It might be better to fifty-man organization with a fifty-man power, than to get a 200 | strong collection, with the power of | about 'matter of doing things. 25 men when it comes to a KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO | Prevalence of fever in the city af- fects church attendance { In Cooke's Church, Principal Grant strongly condemned the growing competition in the building of churches. All Saints, the only Anglican church in the city where the Roga- tion days are eblerved according to ancient custom by saying the litany each day. The rector urges the ob- servance of these days as®a period of special prayer for the cessation of the scourge of fever in the city. German Referendum. (Toronto. Mall) The Hearst papers now demand a referendum upon the issue of peace or war should Germany refuse to abandon her submarine campaign of frightfulness. After that, we sup- pose there would be an appeal to the Supreme Court. RANDOM REELS "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing re YY KINGSTON'S ONE PRICE MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR STORE. _(Boys' Department on Second Floor). ENGLISH RAINCOATS, Special $12.50. & English Pure Wool Parametta Cloth, English Cravenette Tweeds; new Slip On style, new Military eut; all sizes. Other Raincoats, $4.90, $8.50, $10. WE SELL THE KING HAT, Price $2. WE SELL THE BORSALINO HA Made in Italy, » Price $4.00. New lines have arrived -- newest. stvles and shades. NOBBY OVERCOATS SEE BIBBYS $15 ENGLISH SLIP ON OVERCOATS Plain Cheviots, in Oxford Greys, Fancy Tweeds. CHESTERFIELD OVERCOATS Same style as cut. Black and Grey Vieunas, - Cravenettes and Covert Cloths. Price $10, $12.50, $15, $18. MEN'S FINE SHOES We claim to have the best $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes in Canada. BIBBYS FOR SEMI-READY HES Wax, of Cabbages and Kings. STRIKES, The strike is a neat surgical opera- tion performed on the neck of the ul- timate consumer. It usually con- sists of an amicable arrangement be- tween labor and capital whereby nei- ther loses anything so dong~as the common people remain solvent. The strike is a plain, blurt meth od of raising wages which have 1ail- en several laps behind the high cost of Hving. Some strikes are more blupt than others. and have to Le quelled by the brandished billy of the uniformed police. In our large cities, however, a very poor brand of quell- ing is done, especially if a strike is pulled off just prior to the city elec- tion. . The strike is always accompanied by a physical culture exercise known as the walk-out. This is accom- plished by leaving a flourishing man- ufacturing plant flat on its back, with all four legs in the air, and wait- ing for the board of directors to lis- ten to the voice of reason. As ev- ery board of directors would rather go without breath than dividends, the strike dis soon broken, and the price of hard coal is lifted four notches above the boiling point. Sometimes labor and capital can- not get tegether, in which case it is| agreed to arbitrate. The man who| invented arbitration as a means of| seftling a strike had a bright] thoughtful mind, as it is one of the| most satisfactory methods of extract- | ing money from the pockets of the| common herd that has ever been| thought of by any thinker. When- ever a street car strike is submitted to arbitration, the pigeon-toed strap- hanger sends for a trained nurse and begins to figure on a.change of cli-| mate. | One of the worst forms of strike | is that which occurs when some] neighbor lures the hired girl away by promising. her higher wages and free access to the pianola. Thou- OLD TIRES Bring your old Tires to us and we will allow you highest prices for all sizes. Allowances from $1.50 to $3.50 per casing. Auto Tire & Vulcanizing Co, ~ 206 Wellington St. Exclusive Dealers in Tires and Accessories. sands of married women, surrround- ed with dull care and high-spirited children, are subjected to this form of strike every year, and yet they are not even allowed to arbitrate: The law will not even permit a mar- ried woman to retain her maid's jew- elry and chiffon velvet dresses in case of a walk-out. In view of these facts, we would like to ask, Where is woman's vaunted freedom in this country, anyway? Ripplin Rhymes ow, have no time for am ts or for grouching over them. They are generally in a meditative mood. It is the most becoming of the times. "Coal will be $10 a ton this sea- son," said a citizen today. This alarming announcement cammot be verified. Indeed the report of the uigreement which has been reached between the coal barons and coal miners in New York leads to the con- | clusion that the outlook is much bet- ter. The Methodists of Sie United Sta-| tes are moving for 'a revision of the discipline, and to the end that the restrictions respecting amusements may be removed. Some dhafe under brisk, aggressive r : Jers & fogs your Reels and will stand; but when all fearlessly. you and defy it, it skips to beat the band. 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