143 129 3 "ssessnsnssannane ear, by Ee Wagtop a ut Pro rata. tached is one of the post J rash offices In Canada. {he EE iE The cirenintion of THE BRITISH WHIG is authentiented by the ABC 3 Audit Bureau of Circulations ETE III TET =p BIDDING FOR OUR GRAIN. The Port Arthur Chronicle, dis- cussing the greatly inereased~trans- shipment of Canadian grain via the Great Lakes, regrets that so large a part of it finds its way to tide water via Buffalo and New York, or Os- wego and New York. To begin with, 67 per cent. of last year's crop went in American bot- toms, and of the shipments in Can- adian bottoms,*a large proportion of them was diverted from Canada through the Erie Canal. ~ Two thoughts follow. Ome, ls, that the Welland Canal, in its en- larged condition, will be unable in the coming years to cope with the demands of trade, and that Canada may have to give early and serious attention to the Georgian Bay pro- ject. This means the retention in Canada, or the shipment, through Canada,'of grain. Attention is call- ed to the fact that the Americans are now. causing a survey of the Buf-} falo-Oswego district with a view of having a waterway or barge canal built "along the most practicable route between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, and one large enough to ad- mit the greater vessels now in use on the lakes.' This would mean that, notwith- standing the efforts of the Canadians to find outlet for the annually in creasing, and sometimes enormbus, grain crops, the Americans are figur- ing on buying and diverting a large share of them, and by the nd Os- wego canal. It. is not a new project. The first survey in connection with it was made in 1852, Considerable atfentjon is now be- ing paid to the soldier vote, and the size and importance of jt. Is this an- other sign of an election? The bal- lots were printed and shipped to England months ago, as the federal Bovernment "anticipated the use of them. FAILURE AND DELINQUENCY | Sunday last at Papineauville, Que., there was a Nationolist meet- ing. The name of the village is suggestive. It perpetuates the mem- ory of one, of Quebec's greatest patriots, Papineau. He was the grandfather of Capt. Papineau who is now serving his province and «country in the war. This young Papineau wrote to his "dear cousin" recently, and in the letter pointed out that Bourassa was not acting _ the better part, nor the patriotic part, that in the long run he would suffer because of his attitude in this war. The point of significance in Bou- rassa's speech at Papineauville was that he and his fellow French-Canad- ~-fans were-endeavoring to "preserve their language." They were willing to fight for it. Fighting in Canada over the preservation of the language, and refusing to enlist with the Allies, across the ocean, and fight for France and the French language! = = The inconsistency of this course is quite apparent. Bourassa was in France when the war broke out. He should have stayed there, He shbuld have shouldered his musket and gone 'to the trenches with others of his countrymen, Instead of that he was one of the first to seek the good "offices of the Canadian agent in Paris and ask for a safe transport to Can- 'ada. 'He has been discouraging re- eruiting ever since. To him and to his ; political friends is due the 'lethargy of the French-C peo- mir me may follow this failure. His place is at the front, fighting for his Mother Country, and in defense of her honor, her very existence, as well as her language.. x € A high commission is suggested for the settlement of the new Can- adian-American fishery question. Is there nothing the federal government can essay or do? Commissions are expensive things and they seldom ac- complish anything. USING STRONG SPEECH. Congress fortunately undid, or re- pealed or repudiated, some of the retalitory legislation which it adopt- ed in a hurry, The State Department had much; to do with the re-awaken- 'ing and the return of representatives and senators to common sense. Two of the proposed amendments, to the Revenue Bill, went as\quickly as they had been appfoved--the amendment that suggested reprisals on account of England's examination of the mails, and the amendment prohibit- ing the importation of salmon and halibut into the United States thro- ugh Canadian territory, except in bond. . Representative Gardener, of Mas- sachusetts, made the fur fly, metaph- orically speaking, when he assailed these amendmeents and said: "You hypocrites! You claim that you are devoted to the cause of hu- manity and despige the cause of com- mercialism! Then why don't you pass an amendment refusing our harbors to Germany's interned ships until she repudiates her Lusitania crime? Why do you pass amendments which even you admit can serve no other end than the stuffing of sordid pock- ets already bulging with the golden harvest of our fellowmen's misery? "What has Congress done? Your only protests have been aimed at the Allies, who are fighting our fight and the fight of civilization, The maniac Casement failed in his attempt to stab in the back 200,000 gallant Irishmen fighting for civilization on Flander's blood soaked trenches; you strove to stay the hand of justice. "And now: you pass your paltry threats, whigh secretly you believe and hope arp empty. Pass them! Nag and hinder the Allies if you will! Bring a satisfied grin to the hideous face of hatred; feed another snarl to the nasty countenance of spites--but, remember that for every grin and every snarl feature Americans must pay a million fold In blushes!" Strong language but language that circumstances justify, It was charg- ed wrongfully that Canadians had lobbied on the fishery question. The State Department was represented in Washington by a deputation of of- ficials who stated the facts, and the State Department at Washington was enabled to remove some of the mis- understandings that prevailed. But there was no lobby so far as Canada was concerned. There was a lobby of Germans, a shameless lobby, and © that affected even the president, ho is very obedient to public opin- fon these days, and is eager to hear anything that will affect his election next November, ~~ It is proposed to substitute Rus- sian for German in the high school curriculum. To what purpose? Canada's trade with Russia will be of a negligible quantity. Of course, Germany's will be less, if present plans work out correctly. ROBBING THE COUNTRY Canadian looseness, in the award- ing of war contracts, is not to be Justified by an experience 'at home," and the fact that scandals have been multiplying in England, and that the government is open to the keenest censure because of them, only illus- trates the more the presence and propensities of the grafters every- where. The Financial News is an indepen- dent paper, 'politically, and, {is com- petent to criticife passing events. It recalls the spelter; the clothing, and the refreshment contracts, which have been partially probed, and in the face of evident rascalities de- mands that every branch of the pub- lic service be subjected to the lime- light. It adds: " "Where there is plunger to be had on account of incompetence in high quartérs persons to take advantage of the position are certain to be found. But the government, with all the power which they can yield, al- lowed themselves, or the nation, to be fleeced. 'It is greatly to be re- gretted," says the Committee, 'that no such system seems to have been / abandoned, were patriotic about their services. They did not charge for their time| and talents, but they looked for al refund of their out-of-pocket expen-| ges. Still others planned to '"do" the government te the utmost, and they succeeded only too well. The. demand now is that the ban | blacklists the lobbyists would prevail, be lifted by the Public Accounts Com- | mittee from -everything, that . Ahe | hush-up policy of the government be' ne halibut fishing ind | its natural position and its ypailway|iiH and that the people be1 tolds exactly what has been going on. Ministers may plead that they have been busy and could 'not oversee ev- | erything, and they trusted their sub-| ordinate officers. | sponsible all the same tor the shame- | ful manner in which the country has) been robbed. | | EDITORIAL NOTES. There is talk of reading conserva- | tive and liberal papers out of the] parties which tliey have served be-| cause of their independent views. | This is surely ridiculous, . The inde-/ pendence of the press is the Syrest sign of a healthy public opinion, * | If the federal government of this | day were as considerate of Canadian | talents and engineering as the | Laurier government was when the | Quebec bridge contract was awarded a firm of Americans would not be | building the Lindsay arsenal to- day. | No one dare assert that Canadian] contractors cannot do this work, | The question of replacing German | with Russian, if the high. schools, is | to be left to the decision of Dr. | Pyne, and he is conveniently out of | the country. If in it, he would have| no-desire, like his colleagues in the government, to put his ear to the | ground. The doctor has no particular] call to hear anything that is dis-| tressing in its character. le i-------- { Mr. Garretson, of the Brotherhood | of Conductors, says that the govern-| ment must take over, and own -and | operate, the roads which private cor-| porations cannot make pay. Is there | anything in the public experience | that justifies the expectation that the government can operate a railway successfully when a private corpora~ tion cannot?' Five years ago a staff member of the Toronto News took off his hat to Bourassa and pronounced him "a healthy-minded, independent, Can-| adian, who cannot be induced to sell | his principles for a fimancial and political consideration." Now the News despises and disowns Bourassa. What has he done meanwhile to de- serve this treatment? ® IXINGSTON EVENTS] 26 YEARS ACO There is an agitation to have the houses in the city numbered. J. McCaul, Williamsville, found a potato in his garden weighing two pounds. B. W. Folger says the electric light company will not make zny moaey lighting the city all night with elec- tricity for 30 cents a lanfp. >- WHY FISH GOES < THROUGH CANADA & Toronto News (Con Seattle Nas failed to eliminate Prince Rupert as the headquarters of the Pacifigp Coast halibut trade. This is the meaning of the announce- ment from Washington that Congress has rejected the proposal to prohibit the entry of halibut or salmon through a foreign country pt in bond from an American port. Prince Rupert lies 600 miles nearer" than Seattlé to the halibut fishing grounds of the Northern Pacific. When the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was completed to the coast the halibut fleet, which has always outfitted, se~ cured bait, and landed its catches at Seattle, made the northerly Canadian seaport its rendezvous. The Ottawa Goverpment facilitated the Canadianization of the industry by passing an order-in-council regard- ing baiting privileges and the land- ing of fish. In two or three months the quantity of fish landed at Prince Rupert jumped from 1,000,000 pounds to 12,000,000 and 14,000,000 pounds. <The fishermen are pleased because they save several days on the journeys to and from the banks and are able to land their catches in prime | cided against But they are re-| / | try. { Buffalo" freedom embodied in the American Se for shipment in ice to the Eastern Canadian and American mar- kets. Prince Rupert has had the fleet for nearly two years. During all of this time the people of Seattle haye lob- | bled at Washington for actiosi which would force the American halibut in- { gustry back hote. | looked as if in anger over the Ally Last week it|}H but at the last moment Congress _de- ii interference. Prince Rupert will keep the pye-emrinence in stry to which facilities entitle~it,_Incidentgily the | Grand Trunk Pacific Railway will re- tain a highly remunerative carrying trade. AMERICAN AND OUR GRAIN TRADE . ¢ Port Arthur Chronicle. The .statistics: of the grain ship- ments from. Port Arthur and Fort | William published yesterday and to- | day are tters for congratulation and reflection In the crop year 1913-1914 (Sept. 1st, 1913, to August 31st, 1914) the volume of grain of all kinds shipped from the two cities was 188,405,797 bushels, which was much' 'the highest point res¢hed up to that time. In | the following crop year, owing to the poor harvest of 1914, it fell to 101,- 016,408 bushels. In the twelve months ended August 31st this year, the amazing total was 330,771,307 bushels. It would have been greater {if all of last year's production had | been shipped, but there are millions of bushels still in the west, which will swell the figures for the crop year 1916-1917. There is a side to this not so flat- tering to national pride. Fifty-seven per cent. of the wheat was carried in the past crop.year in United States vessels, all of: it to United States ports, chiefly Buffalo, for export to Europe. In addition a large propor: tion of the grain shipped in Canadian bottoms went through American channels after being discharged. De- | spite the many millions spent on Can- | adian waterways, the greater part of the profits of transporting Canadian grain was not retained in the coun- Many are doubtful whether the deepening of the Welland Canal will be even a partial remedy. It may merely divert cargoes from Buffalo to | Oswego. From the latter it is a shorter haul to tidewater than from The problem is to get Can- adian grain to Canadian seaports more cheaply_than to American sea- ports, and there is no proof that it is being solved. If you will take pains to investigate you will soon discover that the best dressed boys you see anywhere are the boys we clothe. We carry an immense stock of boys' good clothes, and we believe that we can do it a little better than any one else. Come see what you think. New Military Norfolks Sizes 26 to 35." $5.50 to $14.00. ' See Bibbys $3.75 Boys' Suits Sizes 29 to 33. Pure wool Eng- double Straight knickers. lish tweeds; coats. See Bibbys High Schéol Suits, $7.50 Sizes 29 to 34. New Norfolk Patch Pockets; sewn on Belts. Knickers are the new Bloomer ™} = breasted : style. Newest patterns and fa- brics. i Boys' Caps, Boys' Shirts, Boys' Stockings, Boys' Collars, Boys' Sweaters. See our boys' Balthacaan Over- coats. Bibbys 78-80-82 Princess Street. A Limited Kingston, Ont. * CANADA'S NEXT GENERAL ELECTION Toronto Star, (Tdb.) While we may be mused at Mr. Rogers' anxiety to bring on a gener- al election at an early date, we ought to bear in mind that the general elec- tion for Canada is not very far away. The present Parliament of Canada would have expired on October 7th, 1916, if it had not instructed the British Parliament to extend the term for a year. That extension carries us forward to October 7th, 1917. It was supposed that it would carry us over the war, and alow Canadian soldiers to vote at home, amid their natural surroundings. But now we are not quite so sure of that, The Allies areghow optimis- tic, and with good reason. Yet the war may drag on through the year 1917. Is there to be.a_general elec- tion in Canada in or before October, 1917, or must the life of Parliament be extended again? 3 The decision of this question can- not be postponed very long. The question must be decided in the next session of the Parliament of Canada --soon after next Christmas. Un- less that Parliament decides other- wise, there must be an election in the summer or fall of 1917. If a further extension is required, fresh Canadian instructions must be sent to the Parliament at Westminster. MR. WILSON DOES MORE HEDGING Toronto News The British ae and its Allies are fighting for the ideals of human Constitution. While we do this the people of the United States grow rich on the war-time trade furnish- ed by the Allies. In order to win the victory, in which Americans are in- terested equally with us, a blockade of Germany was instituted. The Washington Government threatens retaliation against the trade of the Allies. Mr. Wilson may win hyphen- ate votes by this action, but cannot hope for the approval of Americans whose sympathy continues to favor the forces of civilization and con- stitutional liberty. Designate yesterday as the day of doubt--to-day the one of hope. adopted before the war in order to a. known break down to éxist among contractors. What the public should: now 'insist upon is the names of those firms whose com- bination has been broken up, and fur- ther light should he thrown, upon the scandal of hut-contracting." Canada contemplates 'the re-erec- tion (not the restoration any more) of the parliament buildings at Ot- The o_o eae wpa tawa, and on the percen plan, It} CONTENTMENT _ Contentmenr* isn't often seen where men haye ndles of long green. The more a man requires, it , the. more does worry, haunt his dreams, and has England's experience before it.| i { know looks like a friend 'cheap tintype whe once was broke; then he Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings" SPECTACLES Spectacles are an effort on the part of man to get extra mileage out of the human eye. When a man's eyes have been hammered over the road for a number of years and allowed to rest on everything from the German umlaut to the scarf dance they be- come worn in spots and have to be trued up by a specialist, This true- ing-up process is very trying to the patient, but does + not injure the specialist in the least, as the advance deposit will usually take care of all of the expense and allow 70 per cent for overhead. Spectacles are worn on thé bridge of the nose, thence running due south over each ear lobe, where they dangle with conscious grace and cause small, feverish blisters to afise, The most important part of spec- tacles is the glass which comes with each set. This varies from the double A window pane variety to the modest bull's eye, which magn'fies all ob- jects with which it comes in contact. If more married men would ' wear magnifying glasses as a rule of con- duct they would be more satisfied with their wives and not be hunting around for evidences. of platonic friendship. » Spectacles do not add a great deal to the looks of the wearer, except that' they often impart an intellect- val cast which in not borne out by tloser acquaintance. A great many people whose eyes are completely in plumb wear gold-bowed spectacles in order to secure a reputation for sagacity and deep thought, and find that it pays better than allowing the hair to fall on their necks in long ringlets or donning a Lerd Byron collar. Spectacles attached to a severe, medj{ative countenance are 'cannot fall six inches from its resting Dominion" Fish Co. Bulk Oysters "Phone 520. od - worth more 3 a pledge of ripe scholarship than an Oxford degree. NAW- | AINT - I'M. DRIVING A Thx For Skid & Punish - YER BRRKIN up Bec Raroon ARENT You PRESIDENT MUDD of BeEswAcKs ColLLEGE FRUIT JARS ~ p-- We Have the Best. Spices and Vinegar Pure and aa Jar Rings, Corks and Parawax, at PICKERING'S Some people object te the clinging | 490 and 492 Princess St. Phone 580, « tendrils of the spectacle add take up A with nose glasses. The nose glass fo} = intended purely for decorative pur-| poses. It is very uneasy device and | Specialists often impart an intel- | lectual cast which is not borne out by closer acquaintance. a SAY Have you had your photo taken at Weese's new studio? place without breaking both legs. All eye specialists recommend that nose glasses be made of the thinnest glass n the market, so that when dropped on a velvet rug there will be nothing saved but the string. Many a man has had a new pair of eye 'glasses shattered on a cement walk and has had his eyesight considerably im- proved while waiting for their re-| turn. - Spectacles are all right on certain occasions, but they never can fake the place of the double-barrelled opera glass at the comic opera. * Gilt, mission, mahogany, walnut, ote., frames regilded. PIANO One at a Bargain, WEESE CO. 168 PRINCESS STREET NEW CLOVER HONEY" We've told .you before -- we tell you again that our SUPERIOR | , COAL is proving highly satisfactory to a long list of steady cus- tomers burns freely' and de- praise it receives.