TRS PAGE FOUR The British Whig | 84TH. YEAR, | templated in order that b | As late as last spring, and about the time Sir Robert and suggested his retirement ne had the idea that he could pr His, of personality gious results. course, is an flluring that he did not make the tour he con- e might sec where the difficulty was and remove or remedy it {that It is said, and emphatically, not was after only the a time; ing in Quebec, war broke out, neglected for | not only were the right men not chos 1 til two of them, Colonels Pe en for the tasks, but some of those who were especially qualified for ac- service were shuffled about un- lletier and and re- who tive their pensions Others, Roy, sought tired from the service | performed special services were dis- a - Published - and Semd-Weekly by THE BRITIS WHIG PUBLISHING CO. LIMITED. President «+s Managing Director and Bec.-Treas. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) , Gelivered In city if paid In advance . by mail to rural off} to United States .. (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mail, cash One year, if not pald in advance $1.60 One year, to United States $1.6 x and three months pro rata. MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE R. Bruce Owen 123 St. Peter Bt. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE P. C. Hoy, ... 1006 ers Bank Bldg. UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: F.R.Northrup, 326 Fifth Ave, New York P.R.Northrup, 15610 Ass'n Bldg. Chicage Attached is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG 1g authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Oirculations. mn OUR FOOD DICTATORS, quite upderstand Hanna did controller or that | to | One can Hon. W. J become a Tood tor. He knows just what the service | jmplied. He does well, however, od | accepting the responsibilities of of- fice, to immediately go to Washing- ton in order to confer there with Food Controller Hoover, of the Un- ited States ) Mr. Hoover, by the way, is a star in his profession. He was the re- presentative of America on the com- mission which collected and distri- buted the millions of dollars for food, and for starving Belgians. He knows what work and organization mean, and he is .a man of marked He is at the present time not want dicta capacity championing the bill through Con- gress which gives him large powers, and such as a real dictator ought to possess, 2 What his functions? They are very numerous. But a few are these: To fix the prices of food stuffs;> to regulate their transporta- tion; to prevent exactions and. ex- tortions: to see that a<fair distribu- tion will prevent any fluctuations in price; to see that flour, for instance, shall nct $14 a barrel when it is only worth $9 Here's an astonishing fact----that in 5 months somo $250,000,000 been | extracted from the of | wheat and flour, and the imposition | can be easily recognized when it is said that bread, from American wheat, costs 60 per cent. less in Belgium, 30 per cent. less in France, and 40 per cent. less in Britain, than in America. Mr. Hoover is persuaded that there are ample food supplies in the United States at the present time, but they must be hushanded in or- der that the Allies may be helped out as they should be in their needs during the war, Mr. Hoover out- lines his plans and pu in these "We prop to mobilize a spirit of self-denial ahd self-sacri- fice in this country, order that we may reduce national waste It demokeracy. is worth anything we can do these things by cooperation. Ir it cannot be done it is bbtter that we accept German domination and confess the failure of our political ideas." Canada's food troller has gone to Washington to become an under- study of Hoover and profit by his inspiration. Mr. Hanna will cer- tainly learn from his prototype the nature of the service that lies be- fore him. America's manipulators of, and speculators in, food, have fought some of his measures, but they all pertain to thewwar, and de: moeracy will stand in these times what it will net tolerate at any other time. Mr. Hanna will have to meet and Tight similar opposition in the same way. are be sold at have consumers few lines: "Conscription of hlood." The Whig does not like that phrase. It was expressed in parliament. Con- scription of muscle is wanted. It is muscle that Gen. Haig requires. RECRUITING IN QUEBEC. Mr. Lemieux made much, and not without some reason, of the failure of the militia department to utilize the talented French-Canadian officers in reéruiting in Quebec. Sir Sam Hughes at one time threatened to go into the province himself and show what could be done. when one per- formed a serious duty with vigor. placed, separated from the men they had led into the service, and prevent- ny i cerseas. There may bej.. he | gigs : : : ed from going oversea | find out the real meaning of the i104 fist and the Almighty as in- some reason for all this But why ed when conserip- was recruiting stop] Major<General tion was announ( ed? Lessard and Col Blondin, and others, were busy when national un der compulsion, was undertaken, and eem to have discontinued their service, they s appeals at once. It is argued, in support of the six months' hoist to conscription, which mas been moved by two French-Can adian members, and conservatives, that the time for compulsion has not come, that last month there were {, 000 enlistments, and that the volun- tary system should be tried still fur- But so far as Quebec is con- actically ther cerned recraiting has been pre suspended, and this surely was a seri- ous mistake if there was anything in the Lemieux-Berrette theory. In cer tain military distriets there has been a good deal of recruiting, but it has been inspired by the fear or humili- ation of conscription: The spirited young man does not want to be dra- into the service. He wants But it will never do to Generally, gooned to volunteer. trust to luck any longer. | the voluntary system has come to a | stand still Conscription is necessary in order to send to the front the required complement of men with whose aid the Canadian army may be expected to accomplish its wofk. The move- ment of Conse¥vative-Nationalists, to dispose of a compulsgry service bilk for six months, is a movement to kill it and nothing else. Conscription will not grow in popularity if it be confined to the man power. It must cover wealth as well. The men who essnot go to war themselves should send some of their money. # GENERAL CURRIE'S PROMOTION A military man who ought fo know the tommanders and their merits is Col. Ross, M.P.P., who has been at the front simce the outbreak of the war. He could have accepted of a splendid appointment in Eng- land, the superintendency of the Or- pington Hospital, which has been erected and managed by the On- tario government. But he preferred active service at the front, and will probably remain there until the end of the campaign. A friend informs the Whig that Col. Ross, on a recent occasion, spoke highly of Gen. Currie, who has succeeded to the command of the Canadian forces in France. Me- Kenzie, the British correspondent of the Canadian Press, writes that he understood Premier Borden had favored the promotion of a Can- adian, if possible, in the event of any change being contemplated. But it is not likely that even the request of the premier would, at this junc- ture, put anyone in charge of the Canadian troops who had not the highest qualifications. Col. Alexander Currie, of British Columbia, is not a professional sol- dier. He made his mark in com- mercial life, but he has, in the ser- vice, and since going overseas, de- veloped wonderful power and effi- ciency, and is regarded as the brightest man in the Held and a worthy jsuccessor to Gen. Byng. There i8 more or less of an experi- ment in advancing men to high com- |' mands during the war, but Gen. Currie is worthy of the position to which he has been assigned, and he can be most warmly congratulated. With a Canadian to lead the forces, strong, able, chivalrous, our army will surely maintain its repu- tation 'of being among the best of the Allies engaged in the cgnquest of the Huns. EDITORIAL NOTES. » It is a case of go as you please on the conscription question, and the end ought to come speedily. The need of the day is men, not talk. Saturday Night says that Can- adiang are getting tired of honorary titles. Are they? Oh, how eager some men are to get them on any condition. x siete The toil of the war--%.600,000 men killed, and 30,000,000 wounded and invalided. And Lord North- cliffe the oracle of the British press, Row in the United States, says the carnage is "just beginning." ; Sir George, Hovtey; to scorn the idea of controlling, food ered with him, | duce prodi-| pity is | recruit-| 7 | unpopular and he is mow, perhaps, } or trade; t had to do the principal man | with the appointment of Mr Hanna controller. What con who as the food verted him? The Montreal Gazette does not at- tach very much significance, politic { ally, to the Saskatchewan elections | There are some echoes of former joesidale, but the clean-up was com- rid of | plete, and the house will be "the corruptors. | ap------------ i or. Lemieux' grievance is that the | young French officer, Martel, who | recruited 101 French-Canadians for the 253rd Regiment (the Kilties) was not allowed to go overseas. The | labours of such a recruiter should | certainly have been rewarded The conseription of wealth does not mean the ~taxation of incomes lout? The 'Ottawa government ean term by sending another ambassador | to Washington. The Wilson govern- { | ment seems to have solved the pro- | blem. ------------ | The order-incouncil 'which ap- | | pointed Mr. Hanna as food con- | troller says that his salary shall be | such as the governor-in-council pro- But Mr. Hanna, it is an- | | vides. | nounced, will serve for the honor of | | the thing. The first decisive step | towards making The average man does not serve his country gratuitously. Voting Age Set at Thirty. London, June 22.--Continuing its discussion of the representation of the people's bill, the House of Com- mons by a vote of 291 to 25 decided | that the age qualifying women 'to | vote should be 30, as proposed in the bill. | mn these commissions | PUBLIC OPINION Government to Blame. (Hamilton Times) The Borden Government is respon- ible for the poor recruiting results Quebec. Why blame Laurier? Honor's Past Work. {(Tormrmto. Globe) The new Food Controller of Can- ada is the author of the Prison Farm plan, but he has no idea of placing the population on a prison diet, Why the Difference? { Poronte Mail) Butter of finest quality is only 34 jrcents a pound in many farming cen- tres comparatively close to Toront$, | yet it sells at 48 and 50 cents a { pound here, Who gets the 50 per | cent. profit? | -- ee | Malled Fist Again. i (Toronto News) | In his message to | the Kaiser still associates Germany's Constantine, struments of the Hohenzollern 'will and accomplices in the devastation of half the world. The End in Sight. (Montreal Herald) If the new King of Greece fulfils | his pledge to carry out "the brilliant | policy of his revered father," it will | not be long before he is following in his father's footsteps in a double sense. Too High a Price. (Hamiltgqn Spectator) Hon. E. L. Patenaude gives as his reason for leaving the cabinet his | fear that the government would Im- | peril national unity. Well, national | unity is a grand and noble thing, but it may be retained at too high a price --the loss of national honor. | President Wilson is likely soon to | exercise his power to place an em- bargo on grain shipments that might reach Germany through neutral countries. ~~ 1 | po | "Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." POLITICAL PARTIES A political party is a body of self- sacrificing citizens who are banded to- gether in defence of principle and the | fourth-class post office. In some parts of the country the post office is looked upon as more important than prin- ciple, and when it is thrown to some candidate who has nothing to recom- mend him save merit, the organiza- tion proceeds to rebuke the adminis- tration with a top-heavy collection of split ballots. Political parties are sustained by a consciousness of duty well done and the unobtrusive offerings of corpora- tions which"do not want anything but the white meat. © They are also help- ed out occasionally by the bloated cheque of some public-spirited _titi- zen, who would not object to being commissioner to some foreign coun- try. Many a man has drawn a heal- thy, exuberant cheque with this idea in mind, only to be offered mine | Random Reels | | months' work in the census bureau at! Ottawa, at a salary which provides | for everything except rent, heat, light, fuel, depreciation and upkeep. | There have been several attempts | to float political-parties in this coun- try on capital , consisting of pithy | platforms and deferred expectancy, | but as a rule they have not been a| success. Our most flourishing parties | have been those which have been ahle | to make a prompt and noiseless distri-| bution of the federal patronage im-| mediately after they settle down in| office. Whenever this . distribution | was not as prompt as was expected, | party workers flock to Ottawa in tour-| is sleepers and gdog up the corridors; with language full of reproack. Political parties are necessary and | desirable, as they open the door to, ambition and blaze a plain trail to] the pay roll, a comfortable arrange- ment which finds ardent sypporters in every voting precinct. / | SAN Ny Rippling ro Rhymes enough of corn ham bread, to bat the rats. how they must language stern plies; and busy ful rats. Oh, While can't eat. these wasters of the grain. talk of conservation's bunk. merely talking through our hats. By GENE don't care a darn. ing day than many ships could bear away. buy a million Maltese cats, and sic them on the waste- We're talking now decision, I confess; but all economies are fakes, and! N give a wise man inward aches, so long as rodents are allowed to swarm around, a nasty crowd, and chew the grain and gnaw the meat, and spoil whatever they While cribs and bins are full or rats, we're THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN RATS If we'd conserve the food supply, and have! and rye, of wheat and oats and gra-| keep the fighting peoples fed, we'll have to arm ourselves with slats, or other tools, and We tell the housewives, in our haste, shun the sin of waste; we hand out and wise, about our vital food sup- rats beneath the barn for eloquence They spoil more grain, each pass-| Let's | of eating less--a fine let us start a big campaign against they survive, the vermin punk, our --WALT MASON. BYRNES COMING STREET DAD ME THREE YEARS IN RETURN! 4 THIS FELLOW DOWN THE GREAT FAVOR ABOUT AND HE NEVE! LOCKED FOR ANYTHING A AGO R { MN | | a | Style Craft Suits Special Value at $20.00 oA The Alton Pinch Back Style. Fabrics are neat, small checks and pencil stripes in cheviot and worsteds. 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