yoaz, if pa 0 year, by Doail to rural oMces . One year, to United States 3.6 (Bem'- Weekly Edition) hree months the pro ra. Attached is one of the best job winting offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the 3 ABO Audit Burean uf Circulations - ee eee) = AN UNGRACIOUS SNEER. The day before yesterday Laurigr newspapers were boasting that the new plans for the Quebec bridge were prepared during the Laurier govern- ment regime, and adopted almost as they stood by the present govern- ment. But it seems as If the St Lawrence will have none of Laurier bridging.--Toronto Mail. There was nothing the matter with the plans. They were approved by the greatest experts the govern- ment could employ, and they were carried out with a skill that was most commendable. Because some- thing went wrong with the hoisting apparatus, because one of the jacks, hydraulically operated, caused an unbalancing of the great weight, and an unfortunate collapse of the cen- tral span of the Quebec bridge, no member of a government or po- litical party was at fault. The Mail the first instalment falls due, they] {land to go on strike unless they get will yield 5.29. They represent a very desirable in- vestment. They can be converted | into cash at any time. They will probably increase in value as the | securities embraced in thé first loan increased, so that some investors, notably the Jnsurance corporations, made a tidy profit. The- wealth of the community can | never be estimated. When the first | loan was projected a financier said he realized that the coffers had been scarcely touched, that in the hands of the multitudes, and beyond the knowledge of the bankers, there were hoards of gold or its equivalent, and | it .would be freely offered for the sake, and in the interest, of the country. / The loans being issued in Canada alone, and is expected to be taken up by the Canadians, for patriotic pur- poses. The hope of the finance min- ister; that his countrymen will save all they can and lend all they can to the nation, follows. the hope and re- quest of the British finance minister, and it will not be expressed in vain. The Toronto Telégram is correct in assuming that the daylight saving scheme is all right. But it must be backed or authorized by dominion H legislation. It canot succeed where | depen on Joeal laws. THE ©OST OF FOOD Some of those who have been visit- ing England say that the cost of liv- ing is no greater there than in Can- ada. "No? The late London papers announce that there are public de- | monstrations against the high prices, and the demand is made that the gov- ernment do something fo regulate them. A few quotations will be illumin- ating. Lamb is quoted at 1s. 11% to Is. 3d. per Ih; beef, 1s. 4%d. per 1b.) old grouse, "3 for 4s. 9d; young grouse, 3 for 10s. 6d.; halibut, 1s. 2d. per 1b; tarbot, 1s. 4d. per lb; sal- mon, 28. per 1b; Canadian salmon, 1s. 3d. per Ib; haddock, 6d. per 1Ib.; mackerel, 4d. per 1b.; butter, 2s. per lb.; pears and oranges, each 2d.; eggs, 2d. each. Any housewife can judge by these figures whether liv- ing is dearer in England than in Canada. One thing is certain, that the peo- ple "at home' are worried over the outlook, and are demanding that the government regulate he freights, and in that way regulate the cost of food. The answer is that Eng- | increased wages. | mier had the highest regard. { high cost of living. | ask Governments to reduce the cost |cent., 3 | of living, when the workers persist in New Zealand it was only 16 per the threat of the railway men of Eng- - papa: They thet PRICES IN CANADA argue that! EA 5 they should be as well clothed and | DURING YEAR 1915. fed as the soldiers. . There is some- | t, : thing in ht but they are not laying | The great Lee in prices during the down their lives for their fellowmen. | war, which became very steep after -- the middle of 1915, is shown in the The Ottawa Journal questions] report just issued by he Department whether any political party can have!of Labor entitled, "Wholesale Priees |anything- to do with Bourassa. | Bordén party 'certainly 'had | : 1 > Kim y a great | prices and prices in other countries. 'regard for some time ago. * It|" 1... Canada the wholesale prices of rewarded his help in the last election {27 2 fommodities averaged over 8 per by calling several of his associates cent. higher than in 1914, and 9 per fo seats in the government. Hé was |Cent. higher 'than in 1913, while the .. | retail Prices of some thirty foods ihe type of man. for whom the pre- were 2 per cent. higher than in 1914, and 7 per cent.-highet than in 1913, fe allowing for the importance of each larticle in family consumption. By | December, 1915, however, the steep | PUBL OPINION {rise had brought the index number of wholesale prices to a peint 20 per {cent, higher than in July, 1914, while Peary, Too? Iretail food prices had risen 10 per (Toronto. News) {cent. during the game period. + If Crocker Land, discovered and! The index number of wholesale named by Rear-Admiral Peary, does prices stood at 148.0 for the year, as not exist, must he be listed with Dr. [compared with 136.1 for 1914, and Cook? 135.5 for 1913, but by December, rem rmes---- 1915, had reached 161.1, as compar- The Fox in Danger. ted with 134.6 for July, 1914, A (London Advertiser) {weekly family budget of food aver- Bulgar regiments begin to mutiny. |aged.$7. 86 for 1915, $7.73 for 1914, Ferdinand the Fox had better have |and $7.33 for 1913, but for Decem- his cellar residence deepened and |ber, 1915, stood at $8.13, as com- fortified. pared with $7.42 in July, 1914. EL It may be noted that the rise in Sir Robert Worries. prices has continued during the cur- (Ottawa Free Press) | rent year as shown from month' to Perhaps the question of the high |m onth im the Labor Gazette. The in- cost of living will give Premier Bor-/dexX number of wholesale prices den something to worry over until reached 180.9 for May but declined Sir Sam returns, slightly: thereafter, metals, mechani- cals and certain materials being low- Noise Not Wanted. er, In retail food prices the weekly (Hamilton Herald) budget reached $8.63 for August In each of five edgagement notices (there being a decline only in July published yesterday the anngunce- when midsummer conditions lowered ment was made that the marriage is prices very slightly, to take place "quietly.' Evidently In other countries "retail food noisy weddings are going out of fash- | prices also rose steeply, the rise from ion. - the beginning of the war to the 'end ee ----i---- f 1915 being calculated as high as There' S a Jibe. 1 113 per cent. for Austria, 83 per cent (London Free Press) 'for Germany, over 30 per cent. in the The Toronto Trades and Labor Netherlands," Norway and Italy and Council leads in a protest against the | 44 per; cent. in Great Britain. In It is useless to Australia the rise was nearly 30 per as a result of drought, while tains information regarding retail in living anywhere I but on the farms. cent. In Japan prices were lower than in 1914 and 1913. v > . lehase? butter, packed meats, pulp KINCSTON re {2 paper first felt the stimulation {by wool, fish, leather, zine, copper, + (chemicals; New Brunswick, lumber, schools, and the property committee iproduéts, In the latter part of 1915 has the matter under consideration. [the upward movement was particul- Domestics are in great demand.|among imported materials the rise Wages range from $8 to $12 per|was marked.'> In Canada, {of increased demand/due to war con- 25 YEARS ACO ditions, but these were soon followed [linseed oil, and later iron and steel There is oveicruwding in the city {as well as most metals and metal Natural gas was found in a well atfarly strong in metals, chemicals and Rockwood Hospital. wool, while in jute, silk, rubber, ete., month, with afternoons and nights| ee innumerable. It is hard to get help! The successful minister preaches The|in Canada, 1915," which also con-|Hi $1250 THE BUD $20.00 wheat, oats, flour;{ by acts as well as words, THE COLLEGIATE " THE MONARCH $22.50 THE NEWPORT . $15.00 x : 3 Suitsready to try on finished to your order in four hours . 78, 80, 82 Princess Street. Ao OUTER DERE Limited Kingston, Ont. FRUIT JARS r-- We Have the Best. Spices and Vinegar Pure and Fresh. . ought to be above the ungracious|land is depending on neutral ships|at any price. sneer in which it has indulged. for her supplies, that any attempt to en ee mrt control the rates would drive these An expert draper and ' milliner, neutral ships away, and that the con- from France, was offered 15c for al . ' | sequences would be - morning's work in New York, and wee very unfortun al om pp S made an appeal through the press i oo These freights may be realized by| ! .o¢ shoes pnd Ships. ana Sealing Wax of Cabbages and Kings." a "living wage." The resilt 'is a -- 1 ' i heart searching which will certainly 0uple of examples. A cargo of & : a maize cost £19,000. The Jar Rings, Corks and Parawax, at Shoes forFall |. -~=".. do some good. i UNWELCOME VISITORS, Is there any plan or scheme with these American preachers who leit opportunities to visit Canada, " ocoupy the pulpits, and - say things charges were £70,000. The vessel earned £10,000 a week! A parcel of oyster shells cost in America £45. The freight upon it was £ 189. Be- fore the war the oyster shells sold at 2s. 6d. per cwt. delivered. Now it freight| . THE OVERALL The overall is a loose, flowing imi- tation of the Japanese kimono, which is. worn by men who are not particular about a fit. It is made from - the same measurements as the kim- ono, but has\two hip pockets which by stabbing an adding machine inf the fate look: down upon the/humble and unostentatious bricklayer, who earns more money than-anybody in down except the postmaster? People who stick up their noses at the dex- terous plumber becausé he goes to There is always something new in ASTORIA SHOES for the young man. For the man who wants the more con- JOHN M. PATRICK Sewing Machines, Um- brellas, Suit Cases, Trunks, repaired and refitted, Saws filed, Knives and Scissors Sharpened, Razors honed. Al rakes of fire- ; e not incl latter, owing" . : . Shat ure not avpreciated? 4 Hitless worth ils. per ews. Tar Tourn -servative style we have the old reliable arms repaired . promptly, while ago Kingston had one who went out of his way to explain the - attitude of the United States towards Germany, and before h& got through had a good many persons, metaphori- cally speaking, upon his back. Now it is Toronto which has been . Visited by an American preacher, who: trespassed by explaining that the people of Capada do not hate the Germans! What does he know about the sentiment of this country dy the sojourn of a couple of days at any business centre? This counselling of the Canadians by men who have "to force themselves upon the people, through the pulpits, in order to tell ---what-they know about-the Germans; is distasteful, to say the least of it. Canadians understand iae situation Just as well ns any American clerics, and they feel like resenting the ad- vice which is so gratuitously offered to them. The persistency of the effort sug- gests that the Germans, or the hy- phenates, have been conspiring with the preachers,-and inducing them to do a little missionary work h adian territory, on behalf of a fdil- ing cause, and Canada will not stand All this is the result of the war, For a"time the government did won- derfully well in keeping down Prices, but it cannot provide ships and it is a scarcity of them which is respon- sible for present conditions. Living in Canada is going up, too, at an as- tounding rate. What is the cause? Transportation may have something to 'do with it, but there are "corners" that should be investigated and with- out delay. Fm smnisimapomism : EDITORIAL NOTES. The Toronto News says that there are politicians who insist that the new parliamentiry buildings "shall be erécted on doubtful foundations." Who are they? Name them. The Ontario government is going to have itself deluged with telegrams, protesting against the closing of the bars without a mandate from the people. No one will be deeeived by this exploit. ine mits The Windsor city council asks the federal government to enquire into the prices of food stuffs. The alder- men must be in league with the men to the fact that woman is not allowed to have any spending money except for groceries and a milk ticket. Men who wear overalls do not have them fitted to their forms by High- priced merchant tailors with concave underpinning. It is considered a ood fit when the overalls do not drag* on the ground like a bride's veil. Fas- tidious people object to the overall , on this account, but if they had to pull a pair on over several layers of pants and shirts their attitude would be more respectful. Before the great European war op- ened up there were a great many in- digo blue overalls with a stout, rigid complexion in this country. A pair of these overalls could-be sent to the steam laundry week.after week with- out shrinking around the waist or : - looking pale around the gills. This work in overalls will do so no longer was because they were vaccinated when they consider the high Mt. with German dyes, which have never Shasta altitude from which he la- been taught how to run. But as these bors. dyes have now become scarcer than Overalls, are not worn by women toothbrushes in Chihuahua we are in this country to'any marked ex- The dexterous plumber goes to work in overalls. compelled to rely upon a base imita- tion, which holds its color about as long as a timid man in a free clinic. tent, but in the warring countries of Europe their neat, baggy outlines can be seen on every corner. It must be There is a disposition in some:very humiliating to the proud Euro- quarters to look down on the man who wears overalls, but with the bricklayérs asking $1 an hour this is poor policy. Why should a man who wears creased pants and a green pean to have to confess that his wife or sister or sweetheart can do his work -better than he can, which teaches us that when woman begins to wear the pants man's dominion is Shapes that have always proven so satis- Make your next pair ASTORIAS, $5.00 and $6.00. J. H.Sutherland &Bro. The Home of Good Shoes eg | Locks repaired; Keys fitted, All makes of Lawn Mowers sharpened and repaired. 149 Sydenham: Street BUILDERS ! Have You Tried GYPSUM WALL PLASTER It Saves Time P. WALSH Barrack St. OLD MAIDS| A made to look like June brides by Battertow, the Photographer, Ontario street, "On the Way to Har riefleld." OPEN AY AND Vian. sport shirt and earns $15 a week not worth ten"cents on the dollar. NEW ~ Weight? Yes! who are gradually turning over the business of the country to commis- It seems but as Yesterday since | sions. ""Prince Arthur" drove through our city, and at ,theécity hall, and on for any more of it. 14 AL itn The bars. need not oe at seven a steamer onthe river, accepted the | 9 clock when they do not contain any , hospitalities of our people. He has liquor. But the one who"keeps his Rippli ng hy Bs imi J/ grown inp éxperience and popularity bar open when there is liquor in it, a since then. after seven o'clock, on Saturday, will SLOW BUT SURE ---------- be subject to a very Heavy penalty. CANADA'S. NEW WAR LOAN. [Thus rales the Provincial License Old Britain's rather slow, sothetimes, at getting There will be a ready subscription | Board. : started; 'neath buffets from the foe, when. war is of the $100,000,000 war loan which RT y young, she's smarted. She doesn't make a trade of the Dominion of Canada has put.on The dope victims.are reported by warfare, like the Germans; she thinks less of the the market. It is the second of the | the inspector of prisons to. be less Dinde thah of her hooks and sermons. . Her sons. in : : kind, and will be taken up as quickly numerous than formerly. The sta- elbow grease, the sizpense and the syle. They do| Parafine Wax. as was the loan of $50,000,000 a |'istics may take on a new growth, .i#mot lle awake to think of blood and battle, but ply =e * year ago: This was oversubscribed. | When, after the 18 the hoo and rake. apd milk their blooming cattle. And Fruit Jar Rings. Indeed, there was such a response ioe 250. Whew sounds. the horn that galls to blood and thun-| . 'to the appeal at that time that it Mer, her sons must leave thir cori, their hay and other. Corks, all sizes. was 'felt. there was money aplenty, plunder. and while while they're getting fit th fight lke : Ww. = GODWIN s 80 . old Britain may beh 1 by the foeman. Then foolish people cry, and split the ---------- EE A mosey es © Pure Spices. Bottling Wax. We've told you before ain we tell you again that our SUPERIOR "COAL is proving highly satistactory toa long lst of steady cus- tomers It's clean, burns freely and de- Serves the praise it' receives. 3 Gs wv pale with wailing: 'Our hopes are doomed to dfe -- British banners trailing: But quit your shrieks y Duitiah ben Britain's getting started -- the Brit w, the strong. the lion hearted! Around the flag again the rally; the little streams of men. from every hill and valley, her side the ocean, resistless as a flood, | Your boasting is a sham, oh, Turko-German a dam to stop this lood of fighters? 4 1 a Sar. mies fom iy tion will be verified now. The bonds bear five per cent. I