Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING / ©0. LIMITED, : 3 0 Eases seaniineey t Elljott .Presiden A. Gulia ... Managing Dire Director Job SURI TION RATES: & Dally Edition) One year, aonvered in city ... "One year, if paid in I aaoe any e year, by mail to vural offices . year, to United States (Sem'-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash One year, if not paid in ad One ed States ; three months pro rats. Atta ched is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. "REPRESENTATIVE 32 Church St. iB Firth Ave. R. Northrup, FR Chicago Tribune Bug. Frank R. Northrup, Manager. der of things, for the Robertson sys- tem is coming as surely as the years, during which Canada will expand in agricultural prestige and power. The United States is starting a fund for the benefit of soldiers' wives and dependents. It resembles the patriotic fund which was recently startéd in England by the Prince of Wales and which was copied with splendid effect in Canada. CANADIAN SHIP SUBSIDIES, At the meeting of the Canadian manufacturers in Hamilton, the pre- sident, Col. Cantley, discussed a plan for aiding shipbuilding. He quoted from a speech made by Sir George | Foster in the Canadian Commons on April 26th, and to the effect that Can- ada should engage at once in ship- building, and on a most portentious scale. His idea was to appoint a commission of five, three being minis- ters of the Crown, and two experts, one in naval construction and one in shipping, this commission to contract for the building of ships in Canadian yards. The scheme provided for two things: (1) the payment of the difference between the cost of ships built in Canada, and the cost .of ships built in Europe in the form of a sub- sidy, and (2) the payment of the dif- ference in the cost of operating the Canadian merchdantmen for ten or fir- teen years. Col. Cantley said Sir George Foster had acted independently in handling his scheme, and he was to be congra- tulated.. Aid for ten or fifteen years would be necessary in order to estab- lish yards so that they could turn out ships at a cost that would compare favorably with the cost of ships con- structed in England. Col. Cantley === | endorsed protection, of course, and so OUTLOOK IN IRELAND. The Lloyd-George settlement of the Irish question is a temporary One; one that and nothing more. It was pushed on the government with the consciousness that Dublin rule had failed, that Ireland could not be man- aged from London, and that some measure of home rule would pacify the masses and secure content, espe- cially during the war. This idea prevailed in Ulster, and those whom Col. Carson has repre- sented in all his agitations gave ad- herence to the proposition in the in- terest of peace. That any objection would come from the Nationalists was a surprise, and but for the pres- sure which Mr. Redmond caused the alleged settlement would have been upon the subject was cer- tainly unsatisfactory. There were a thousand delegates at the National- st convention. Some of them did not express an opinion. Many of those who voted did so reluctantly. The feeling was intense, and it is in- tense still. The Nationalists want home rule for the whole of Ireland, not for a part of it, and their conten- tion is not so unreasonable. The form of government called for in the Home Rule Act may not be accept- able to all the people. But a govern- ment that does not direct the affairs of all of Ireland is very defective to say the least of it. After the war the question of home rule for Ireland will come up in par- Hament. This Lloyd-George settle- ment will force it, for it is not in- tended to be final. And then-- chaos and confusion again. Dr. F. C. Jacobs, of Chicago, just landed in New York from a base hos- pital in France, says that Britain has now 4,000,000 men in the field. He says the big offence may be expected ~at any time on the' western front. VAORK OF INTEREST, A pathetic interest attaches to the report on the Agricultural Instruction Act, the second issued under direc- tion of Dr. C. C. James, the commis- sioner, and the last one, since on Fri- day death ended his busy life and le passed to his reward. One had almost forgotten about the $10,000,000 which the federal government appropriated for agricul- tural instruction; this large sum not to be expended at 'once, but periodi- cally, until it had been exhausted. Then the provinces would be either "in a position to carry on the work themselves, as education belongs to them, or new phases of the subject would have arisen for new attention and new expenditure. - That the policy of {he government is bearing good fruit is shown by this a of the commissioner. . It tells in detail how the money has been ap- plied. Teachers have been trained. Short courses have been established . in connection with the agricultural college. New buildings have been erected, old buildings enlarged, schools better equipped, higher sala- ries paid, and more experienced teach- ers engaged. Women's work at] home and abroad has been aided ma- terially. Indeed there is not a branch of agriculture in education that has not been influenced by the operations of the Act. ¢ provincial grants have been in- ¢ from $700,000 in 1914 to $900,000 in 1916. They will reach 000 in the 'In the United States. leave. | did Sir George Foster, and the min- ister of commerce was quite willing that $15,000,000 or $20,000,000 should be expended In subsidies. Col. Cantley proceeded: "The merchant marine, the build- ing and operation of which is, or should be, a great national industry, is quite as deserving as any other Canadian industry of the friendly in- terest of the Canadian people and the intelligent considerstion of our gov- ernment. The successful operation of an adequate Canadian merchant fleet is as vitally important to the prairie farmer as to the Ontario and maritime province manufacturers Every mercantile nation in the world, carrying on an export business of any moment, demands a suitable fleet of its own nationality. Great Britain's merchant fleet of necessity antedated its overseas trade. Germany, when it first began to look abroad for mar- kets, refused to depend upon British ships, but sought at once the creation of a German merchant fleet. France, laboriously wrought its own mer- chant marine, and Japan, the latest of commercial powers, secured its ships first and its trade afterwapds. Not one commercial nation--s the United States--has ever been ng to trust its foreign trade traffsport service to competitors. The instinct of self-preservation forbids such a policy." The Laurier government had de- cided to commence on a Canadian navy and tenders had been invited for the first fast cruisers when it was defeated. Though the Naval Act has never been repealed, it has not been acted upon. It remains for some government to encourage ship- building, and the yards that build cruisers and battleships can build merchantmen, and Canada must soon- er or later, the sooner the better, be- gin upon its fleet. EDITORIAL NOTES. Brantford solves the July 1st holi- day by holding its market on Friday. Why did not some of our aldermen | think about this? Kelly, the Wininpeg contractor, according to some witnesses for the Crown, did work which cost $780,- 000, and for which he was paid $2,- 500,000. Quite a rake-off here. The Syracuse Post-Standard says the Ford antagonism to war is not a financial matter. "Jt isn't money that makes Ford inconsistent," says our contemporary. "It's a queer mist in his ming" Henry Ford is so much against war that he will not allow any of his em- ployees to enlist for military service Of course, the men do not relish the idea of losing their positions and the handsome bo- nuses which they are paid. The Privy Council has dismissed the appeal of the city of Toronto against the decision which was origi- nally given by the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board against it. This will have a serious effect upon Tommy Church, Toronto's eccentric mayor. In Russia the life is demanded of Gen. Soukhomlinoff, who was charge of the ordnance department, and who during the earlier stages of 'the war exacted bribes and graft from the munition contractors. There would not be any grafters in Canada if they were treated in the same way. Mr. Carroll, M.P., who enlisted in military service as a private, came to Canada from Aldershot on a sick He asked for an extension of time. He assumed that it would be inf most unpopular. The federal gov- ernment is suffering in consequence. | PUBLIC OPINION | The Supreme Task. (Hamilton Times Sir Wilfrid's war cry "i ask you, my compatriots, to leave all other considerations for the supreme task." Love and War. (Montreal News) President Wilson started in to make the Mexicans love the Ameri- cans, and this is not the first love affair to end in a fight. News Kept Back. (Montreal Mail) Germany kept back the naval bat- tle news for military reasons, and a lot of evidence was kept back at the fuse enquiry for military reasons, also. Registration Going On. (Brantford Expositor) Something like a national registra- tion of public opinion in favor of a national registration of the manhood of Canada, for recruiting purposes, is now going on. Brand New Meaning. (Guelph Mercury) If this weather keeps on we'll soon see that the song, "Keep the Home Fires Burning' has a brand new meaning in it that the writer never dreamed of. Get Into the Game, (Windsor Record) Let it never be sald of Canadians that they fought hard at first but were quitters toward the finish. Keep up the supply of men at the front. Enlist and do your bit Get into the game. Time For a Change. (Ottawa Citizen) With Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Al- berta, Quebec, and Saskatchewan electing Liberal administrations and the Conservatives hanging on by an eyelash in British Columbia, it ap- pears about time that the federal party got a new minister of elections. KINGSTON EVENTS| | 26 YEARS ACO | The House of Industry was con- nected with the Waterworks Depart- ment to-dey. Profs. Dupuis and Wiliamson are on a fishing expedition to Pembroke and surrounding lakes. James Ticrney's grocery store was robbed for the second time in two months, NAPANEE ASSESSOR WANTED TO RESIGN. would work out, "What do you think the citizens of Napanee would think of me?" He suggested the calling of a public and remarked, | meeting in order that the ~people|H} might know the exact condition of Hil affairs, and also what the assessor was expected to do, then the assessor would not be in the position of sole- ly assuming the whole responsibili- } ty. 1H Councillor J. E. Robinson took the Hi remarks to heart. He contended that the finance committee's recom- mendations were in the best interests of the town, Napanee was in a splendid financial condition. He quoted the debt per head of popula- tion of several other places as a com- parison to prove his remarks. thought all farm lands saould not be assessed for less than $50 per acre! In looking over the assessment roll he had found hundreds of lots that were not assessed for half their value. The suggestions for the Fi- nance Committee to the assessor werg simply made in order that incomiug councils would be in a financial po- sition to pay as they go, as any good business map wanted to do. This year's council would reap no benefit from any increase in the assessment PARADE TO BROCK STREET CHURCH ON SUNDAY EVENING. Occasion Marked Forty-Second 'Anni- versary Service of Court Frontenac --Rev. Bro. G., 8. Clendinnen Preached Timely Sermon. Court Frontenac No. 59, Independ- ent Order of Foresters, held its forty- second anniversary service at Brock Street Methodist Church on Sunday evening, and the occasion was mark- ed by a congregation hat filled the edifice. ev. Bro. G. 8. Clendinnen, pastor of the arch preached a timely sermon on the duties of bro- therhood and the gospel of to-day. The members of the order paraded to the church, headed by the band of the 146th Batalion, and there was a fairly large turnout, Rev. Mr. Clendinnen preached from the text, "Thou shalt love thy neigh- bor as thyself." In opening his dis- course he extended a warm welcome to the Foresters. He had been a member of the Order for some years, and stated that the aims of the Order were of Christian influence, and had the making for good. The church must be thankful for the in- fluence of such an Order. Fracternal organizations of this kind were giv ing a modern expression of the Gos- pel of Jesus Christ. They stood for brotherhood, unity, and co-operation. No longer was it possible for any individual, social group, or even a nation to stand in isolation from all others. "Many people find fault with this age," said the speaker. "They say we do not pray as much as the people did years ago; that we do not deny ourselves the things we should; that Did Not Feel Like Making the Increase the Council De~ sired Him to Make. Napanee, June 26.--G. A. Cliff ask- ed the Napanee Council to accept his | resignation as assessor because he could not comply with the finance | committee's request to increase the | assessment by $175,000. As to how | it should be done, he was advised to increase land values by thirty-three and a third per cent. and improve- ments by ten per cent. He cited sev- | eral cases to show how this scheme | we are continually running after pleasure, and that there exists a spirit of worldliness." The speaker declared that the gospel of to-day is a moral gospel. The people were far more interested in facts than theory. They were looking for something practical. The Gospel of Jesus Christ was blotting out the differences that separate men and bringing them into unity . The present age was not in- terested in theology. The people were far more interested in facts and figures of daily life and duty. They paid more attention to that which | was visible. Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." POLITICS. Politics -is a flourishing industry which provides employment for thou- sands of American citizens who oth- erwise would face want. It was the intention of the foun- ders of this republic that every man should be a politician and help sweep out the Augean Stables once in every four years, but the sweeping is now largely confined to professionals. If it; were not for the professional poli- tician there would be no primary elections or secondary congressmen, and the country might have to sub-~ mit to being run by a king. This would do away with a lot of fourth assistant attorney generals and empty the public trough of a large number of feet, but it would entail untold hardship upon a great many worthy citizens who are not inured to labor and compel them to léarn some dis- agreeable trade, like piling up dress goods or working in the garden. The two principal brands of poli- tics in use are labelled Republican and Democratic, and both "are used from time to time as a rudder for the Ship of State. Whenever the people rise up and change rudders. vast hordes of civil service employees pre- pare to return to the quiet life of the farm, while in every hamlet, town and city can be heard the soft, sibi- lant footsteps and labored breathing | of the hopeful office-seeker. Many a man who has sacrificed a good gen- eral merchandise business to run for] the post-office has found nothing in| politics but disappointment, mental] anguish and the noiseless, reversible | action of the double cross, and yet| there are always enough candidates] to fill the largest church in town. | Men enter politics for two reasons --profit and revenge. The most successful political worker is the em- | bittered relative 'who does not want anything for himself, but who desires to revenge the memory of a fallen first cousin who ran for county trea- surer at the last election and emerg- ed with nothing on but his union suit. Many of our ablest statesmen have been dragged away from the plum tree with a rude jolt, at the very height of their usefulness, sim- ply because they could not create new offices fast enough to meet the de- mand. Revenge is a greater fac- tor in politics than oratory, and can be hired for less money. We should all take an interest in politics, but it should not be allowed to interfere with business except on election day. Rippling Rhymes he to himself wil his work. TWO KINDS The lad who'd prosper well and rise, to work will blithely walk, and toil with vim, nor keep his eyes forever on the clock. his job, when the Boss has gone away. who'd reach a higher place, his duties does not shirk: the cheerful smile upon his face shows that he likes In earning trust and cbufidence he takes a keen delight; but the worthless oaf begins. to loaf, when the Boss is the good fat check is he who always "The Boss's interests are mine," 1 say; but the worthless slob loafs on The youth 2. of sight. The chap who gets hen his week's work is through, is on deck, when there is work to Kingston's One Price Store Men's and Boys' Wear Men's Summer whites and tans. MEN'S NOBBY Straw Hats Splendid values, $1.50, $2.00. A nr $1.00 per suit. piece suits; Balbriggan, Knit. Size 34 to 46. Special $1.00 each Sizes 14 to 17 1-2 lars. -- Vests $1.00 Sizes 34 to 44. Neat black and whites. Plain $1.00, Men's Under- wear Special Combination or two- nainsook, Porous Outing Shirts New Sport Shirt two-way col- [---- = Men's Suit CHARACTERISTICALLY YOUNG-MANNISH For voung men who like smart, neat fit- ting and distinetive appearing garments, nothing could be found more suitable than Bud Suits Young Men's Suits, $10.00 Young Men's Suits, $12.00 Young Men's Suits, $15.00 + Young Men's Suits, $18.00 Young Men's Suits, $20.00 Young Men's Suits, $22.00 SEE BIBBYS ENGLISH SERGE SUITS $15.00 and $18.50, $20.00, $22.50 Summer Outing Trousers Properly Cut Duck Trousers $1.25 and $1.50, $2.00. J Electric Fixture Sale Complete with two halls and bath room fixtures, SEVEN ROOM SPECIAL $20.00 Do not miss this opportunity of securing one of these sets at such a sac- rifice price. All TUNGSTEN lamps included. Moore's Electric Shop 206 Wellington Street Soap Boxes MIRRORS RAZORS RAZOR STROPS SHAVING SOAPS SHAVING CREAM . SHAVING POWDER TABLE WATERS Poland (qts. and 1-2 gals.) Perrier (splits and pints). Radnor (pints) Caledonia (pints) Tally-Ho (gallons) Vichy Celestins. Imported Ginger Ale Gurd's Ginger Ale Gurd's Soda Water. Jas. Redden & Co. Phone 20 and 990, GARAGE MCLAUGHLIN CARS FOR HIRE Careful, courteous drivers. Weight? Yes! Wait? No! DISCUSSION! Smith insisted that "Coal is Coal." Jones is explaining the differ- ence between ordinary coal and our coal. THE PROOF THAT 'OUR COAL IS BEST FOR SALE and that Jones won his McLaughlin car in A1 condition argument, is yours for oo ws 2. pes the asking. CRAWFORD Foot of Queen Street Phone 9 granted. He went to Cape Breton] " before the election, and was arrested | as a deserter. There is a tremen- dous row in Nova Scotia over this act, | which was inspired by politics sad is do ,who tails as pravely | when alone as when the Boss ~worthless runt neglects his stund, should the Old Man