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YEAR, 3a, EN 3 TO EE V7 TL . | | | | dress | { perishable | ties, | | | | | { | {and over again, | neetion | heart | there is | standardizing led." at succe ot at hes 38, and the ad- very the niovement the Whig, of a grea desiring to ge the read The satisfactory. speaking for and the, matter not to c¢o-ordina result was According Mr. Hoover, operation were alined of other quanti and that and regard the but that it is tion co home and large while meat, wheat, would be shipped abroad; need of stabilizing consumption at and foods at; vegetables fruits in sdgar Jats, a with to prices of commodities, not the desire to dictate channels of trade, "if through them it is humanly possible the results that must be One reads as to the achieve accomplish words over in con- similar to these alone and with other and | Phiuses, and decides to wait the de- Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by | velopment of events THE BRITISH WHIG CO, LIMITED. pe President "Managing Director Wo) and Sec Treas J: G Elliott FORMER Leman A. "Gutid 'on Telephones: Business Office . Editorial Rooms i {Pally deltvered "In city if paid in advance . year, by mall to rural offi year, to United States .e (Seni-Weekly Edition ny year, by mail, cash . year, if not pald in advance $1.50 year, to United States . $1.50 Six and three months pro rata year, year, MON TRE AL REPR R. Bruce Owen TORONTO REP RE F. C. Hoy 100 UNITED STATE F.R.Northruy F.R Northru Rank Bldg a ATIVE « ionE Attached 1s one of thé printing offices in Canada. best job nm of THE BRITISH tiented by the C A Audit Bureau of Circulations. Pn » ROBBING THE PEOPLE. of the great food supply houses harked back upon the gov- ernment with regard to the of the High cost of Hving stoner. iThe president challenged the accuracy of the report, and de- manded that the premier have the facts reinvestigated by a new com mission, which does not seem to be a proper proceeding. Hon, Mr. Rogers has been setting a bad ex- ample which others are bound to follow. He would not abide by the Galt review of his political ' record at Winnipeg and in connection with the agricultural peollege work. He asked for the appointment of a couple of judges to review the evi- dence privately, which they | have been doing, and it may be that they will find ground for abselving Mr. Rogers from all blame, or of giving him a beautiful coat of whitewash, which is what Je deserves. Sir Joseph Flavelle demands a re- view of the labor department's re-! ports upon cold storage. There is no sign that the premier is weaken- ing upon this subject. On the eon- trary 'there 1s evidence that the people will not consent to any ac- tion which is calculated to smother up these reports as to the high cost of living. The bacon experience is not a unique one Mr. O'Connor, the government's investigator, pub- lishes a second article, this time dealing with the higher cost of eggs. He admits that it is difficult to de termine what the margin of profit should be, or what it covers, but the fact that $3,600,000 have been made by selling. at 37.04¢ per dozen what has cost only 24.08¢ per dozen sug- gests that theré@ have been enormous One commis- PUBLISHING | | | He has not to watch long. The House of Representatives ap- propriated $2,500,000 for the pay- ment of the officials in the food de partment, under the Senate, in very appointments to be made Civil rules. The 'passing budget, eli "condition which in- an army of officials mhy further fatten on the spoils system. Canada is profiting by America's example in this food control It can "hardly overlook any phase af the question that appeals so strongly to political cupidity. Service the minated the volves service on merit, so that A preliminary to recon struction of some kind is the house- cleaning for which Sir Robert Bor- shows no particular anxiety. is 'he going to begin the cabinet den When work? THE IMPOSSIBLE IS EXPECTED. Mr. German, M.P_, from his experience of it, that the militia department 'at Ottawa is so clutter- ed up with useless materials, in the declares, { form of an untrained army of offi- report | | in each useless. cials that they. are other's way, and utterly Sir Ed- ward Kemp is a good business man, and probably has his own estab- lishment in Toronto pretty well organized, but the militia depart- ment is a different matter. Ptfitical expediency regulates everything that is done. The working heads of the department are probably lack- ing in organizing ability. They have not been selected because of their over- -mastdring power in any respect. Political preference never endowed any man with the capacity for service, or the skill which en- ables him achieve distinction in any walk of life. Sir Clifford Sif- ton, in "The New. Era in Canada," shows how imperfect the civil ser- vice is because of "its defects, and the :method of building it up. and one of the thihgs he expects to see after the war is & purification af official as well as public life. The thing is too good te come true. In capacity hast ever marked the pro- gress of events outside of what the civil service commission has been able to perform, and it is bound to continue until the political pull ceases to be, and that will be only with the millenium to . EDITORIAL NOTES, The new leader of the liberal party, whoever he may be, will hardly be the nominee of Sir Clit- ford Sifton. That much is certain. Nationality in the trenches? There is none; says a returned soldier. There is a common brotherhood, Regua, | , THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 19117. PUBLIC OPINION Too Much Law. (St. Themas Journal There are 4,891 lawyers in ada Is it any wonder we have much trouble in this country? | folds of the German flag." Cafi- 80 - in Gaol. Glob nor.is fighting Economy (Toront Chatham's jail gove the high cost of living His cost is | 12 2-3 cents per day fof each pris | oner, but details of the living are not | furnished Sir Roberts Sowing. (Peter Sir Robert disloyalty embodied Laurier; harvest yielded boro Examiner) ased the elements of fostered and encouraged treason, in order to kill] now he hlames him for the Sir Robert's sowing has | } | | rise. Bread made in this way has a Russia Comes Back. | «tM treal Herald) prophets are coming out badly in war. Not long ago men of reputation, among them Dr. Dillon, were sadly informing the world that Russia as a military factor in this war' had simply ceased to, exist The this A German Comeliry (Belleville Ontario Another German governor of Bel- gium is said to be dying. The Huns are finding Belgium a most unheal- | thy eountry in which to remain, and | they may decide to_spend the sum- mer and ayfumn farther east 1 The West In Earnest. (Montreal Star) western Liberals, women and men, are busy naming delegates the party convention to be held in Winnipeg in the first week in Aug- ust And they are all "win-the-wa delegates at that. The West is earn est, Its recruiting figures have shown that lang ago. The neck the Gambling. | mto (Jlobe) Sir William Hearst has some claims | to be regarded as an active support- | er of moral reforms Does he, as| head of the Government, approve of a policy that regards race-track gam- bling as a means of adding to the | revenues only, or is he concerned in taking steps to check what he must know is a grave and growing evil? - GERMANY WANTS TO | BUY UP CANADA Montreal Star, Prince Frederick zu Lowenstein | recently made an address in Munich. He dealt with the question of how | Britain might pay to Germany the indemnity the Germans intended to exact. His plan. was that Britain | could sell Canada to Germany. This | was a more generous proposition | than _is usually heard in Germany, for commonly they propose to take | Canada without paying for it. Last spring, the "Rhenish _ Westfalische Zettung™ said: "Why does not Germany decide to | claim Canada @s an indemnity ofl Mp y-- " | war, as this would permit the Ger- | the United States from off their feet | ing invented a method lin warm water for three days by land fuel this + process | & | Brantford Expositor | might | hand, street, | Charles Easthope, asking if his daughter man-Americans to shake the dust of and pass across the line to Canada where they would live under the Can there be any doubt that our boys are fighting for the defence of their own hearths, the honor of theif! own women, the safety of their own people? ¥ oy BREAD FROM WHEAT WITHOUT GRINDING . 3 The Italians are credited with hav- of making bread without grinding it. After be- ing well washed the wheat is soaked which time it has become quite soft. The grain can then be kneaded in the ordinary way, made into loaves and baked after being allowed to much higher food value than the or- dinary article as even the husk has useful dieteic qualtities. "The wheat should be of good quality for this process and of course should be {ree from dirt, seeds or other species of grain. Hence, though no grinding is needed, the processes which pre- ceded this operaton must be carried out. In view of the shortage of labor of making bread should be particularly worthy of adoption at the present time. re BOTH SIDES PLAYING POLITICAL GAME The Liberal press of Ontario and of Western Canada as well are fairly well agreed that the Liberal con- criptionists in parliament should as- ist- Premier Borden to form a coali- tion government so that an election be avoided. On the other nowever, it is believed that a number of the Liberals who voted | for the second reading of the con-| scription bill will not favor further extension of the parliamentary term and in the faca of any considérable opposition it is unlikely that the im-| perial parliament will agree to give| the Borden regime another lease of | life. The trouble is that party lead- ers on both sides continue to play| politics in spite of a very evident de-, sire on the part of the people of all classes that petty party politics be! absolutely eliminated frog the gov-| ernmgnt of tds country during the) | balance of the war. MAY BE IN MONTREAL Two Hamilton ®Girls Missing Since | June 16th, { Hamilton, July 17.--Since June 16th, Louise Easthope, 257 Young and Jennie Bonnefield, 137 Forest Avenue, aged 14 years, have been missing. The former is'the daughter of Pte. | who is at the In 'answer to a recent cable had been found the heartbroken mother had | to reply in the negative. She is mak- front. ing a diligent search. The police be- | lieve that the girls mre in Montreal. | Rippling Rhymes THE SOLDIERS It's sad to see the young men go, away from all love and know, and poignantly it pains the heart to feel, they ing them depart, read of others' guns in yonder endless fray; sigh to Englishmen who went to die-- We cannot truly sympathize with foreign- far away. ers; an ocean lies between them and our doors; war's beacons burn; while watch-| We calmly to where that they may not return. sons who went to face the Prussian we give the tribute of a but they were the | story of their sorrows seems like some vague horror seen in dreams, when wintry tempest roars. behold our own depart; the laddtes see our home no more, perhaps to come back to our|tor of Tooke Bros. them start, Now we | through hists of tears we see | we have reared, perhaps to, | cafes, | other | tion {DUTIES OF HANNA FURTHER DEFINED | Food Controller's Powers Are Emphasized in Labor Ga- zette's Announcement. "The dutles of the food con- in the "Labor Ottawa, July 17. Hon. W. J. Hanna, troller,. are set out Gazette as follows: "He is directed and empowered to investigate the quantities, locatjon ownership and sources of supply of food commodities, the prices of same and the causes of such prices. He is to- ascerta'n 'the food requirements | of the country and te facilitate the | export of the surplus to Great | tain and Bri- the Allies, and he is em- powered to make regulations as to prices, storage; distribution and con- | servation of food. and the consump- of food in hweeis, private houses, clubs and places. The food controller may also make regulations respect- ing the manufacture, transporta- and storage of- food, and may purchase, requisitivn, store, sell and deliver food." Prices of grain, live dairy products showed some de- creases for the month of June, but there were advances in many other lines, especially im fruits and vege- tables, textiles and metals. A Successful Lawyer. fon. Frank H. Phippen, K.C. To- ronto, who has been elected a direc- ltd, is well tion restaurants, stock and A A A A AA Pl At At A PAA Atl Patt AA A Pat WarmW eather Specials BATHING SUITS See Bibbys $1.00 Bathing Suits, navy blue with skirt, sizes 34 to 42. SPORT SHIRTS A beauty for $1.00. Fancy striped cam- bric with two-way collar. Sizes 14 to 161. ATHLETIC UNDERWEAR Nainsook cloth: length; patent crotch a 34 to 44. Price $1.00. short sleeves and 'knee nd waist band. Sizes YOUNG MEN'S HOMESPUN SUITS The Regent at $20.00. Very classy, neat and nobby. Beautifully tailored. Sizes 34 to 40. SEE OUR YOUTHS' SUITS New pinch backs, $9.50, $10.00 and $12.50. Sizes 33, 34, 35, 36. ponges Nursery Sponges--Fine and soft, 10¢, 25c, 35c¢. Face Sponges--Medium sizes. Bath Sponges--25¢c, $1.00. Rubber Sponges--=25c, $1.25, Carriage Sponges--Good size, 35¢ and 40c. Mandrake Sponges, unbleached --last for years. DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE 185 Princess 'Phone 343 Everything For Sick Room Femmmm---- A JGLASCO'S Pur and Jam. & Scotch Marmalade! | FOR SALE ! 1--Farm of 100 acres, about 60 acres, under cultivation; fairly good buildings; good orchard; plenty of wood for fuel and some building tim- ber; price $8400. 2-150 acres; about 100 acres of good clay loam under cultivation; good buildings, well watered; good maple bush. Price $3000, 3--First class farm of 150 ac- res; splendid brick dwel- ling, large barn and other outbuildings. Price $8200, d=--180 acres, near Kingston, a very desirable fd&rm, $0250. If you want to sell list your farm with mg. while the crop is growing T.J.Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance. Clarence Street, Kingston. Phone 1083 and 1020. In glass and tins. Baker's Fresh (rated Cocoanut with | the milk, 18¢ per tin. and it will, if continued after the war, revolutionize the world. Pin WIRE FENCING " profits. That Mr. O'Connor has not been terrified by any threats of re- taliation 'is shown by his, statement door all stricken, maimed and seared. It racks the! known as a successful corporation soul to see them stride away, away, with.noble pride, | Jawyer and capitalist. Born at Belle- 80 young, so brave, so strong; we see them march | ville, Ont, in 1862, he received his in fine array, and then kneel down somewhere and | education at Albert College, and was but | called to the Bar of Ontario in 1885 - . ---- Na. Sir Robert Borden is said to be Deg had one of his experiences of last\year been*répeated this year he would have considered it his duty to consult with the attorney-general of the province respecting a cdiminal prosecution In June the minister of labor. for whose department revelations are now taking place, expatiated on the large quanttiss of food that had passed through the cold storage plants of one firm-<valued at $1. 000,000 a" week----and assured par- Hament that there .was no jmposi- tion and no deception. Within a month Mr. O'Connor publishes statements which the labor depart- ment endorses, and these startle fhe minister and the people whom is supposed to protect. The Montreal Gazette is oppéted to the sandwiching of the extension of parliament resolution . between the. second and third readings oni . Conscription Bill. Who is coachiffg the premier on this subject? AN APPEAL TO CUPIDITY. Herbert C. Hoovbr? the food roller of the Unjted States, Is understood to™ have perfected his plans for directing trade so that of the products of the year there will be no waste, and that the surplus of any crop will be available for use by the Alljes. The effect of all this planning about greater p tion, economy and thrift, is its ingdefipfte- ness. There is a cons cry of "let us"do something," but that something is not outlined. ' Mare L. Regua, of New York, is the personal representative. of Mr. Hoover, and at a meeting of the © merely nts he undertook to say what | of having the time of his life in select- ing new cabinet material. What to do with some of the material he Chas is worrying him net a little, Y -- Has the federal government sur- rendered fo the demand of Sir Josegh Flavelle, that the labor de- partment and the cost commissioner be investigated? There is no ap- pearance of it. One has only to read the report in the English papers of the Meso- potamia disaster in order to realize that punishment is due--and severe punishment at that--to those who | are responsible for it.. The details! are sickening. t No one can read without a shudder. rr ni mmistititnly The d'stribution of senatorial dis- tinctions is making trouble. These big plums of preference are being sought by maay, a gveryone who friendly. This is Sir Robert 'Bbrd friends he can ge{and keep. A little paper at Sault Ste. Marte was suppressed: by the federal gov- ernment some time ago because it printed seditious articles. But Le Devoir can go on tempting the fates and the federal gpvernment is afraid to attack or suppress it. The premier can never forg®: how much he owes to Mr. Bourassa for a seat amdpg the mighty. . ! on Torente New Mr. Meighen's amendment to the Military Service Bill will put a sud- den stop to the otic activities Socialist agitators pray that war may cease ere long. hetter far to face the foe and for their country fall, t ful trade, and by base stratagem ev It breaks the heart to see them go; ade that country's urgent call. --WALT 'MASON. n to pursue a peace- THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN: By GENE BYRNES HOw ARE YOU MRS. EMPTYAIRS YOURE LOOK! FINE - JUST MOTORING | BEEN iNpeep Not! } SHOTHE Paws FROM BROKERS! : NUSBAND RECEIVES Reg SMALL MARY gn, Ls Y : H VERY DAY 2 Gel foe A and later to the Bar of Manitoba. He was jated with the Macdonald, Tupper law firm for a long period, and appeared in many important cases, pleading frequently before the Privy Council of Great Britain. In 1906 he was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal in Manitoba, but three years later he resigned from the Bench to become general counsel for the Canadian Northern Railway, a position he stil holds. He is a director of Brazillan-Traction Na- tional Trust ¥, the Columbia River Lumber' Company, Kamin's- uia Power, | Canadian Colleries, and others. + e military swoss for devo: to duty in the Vimy Ridge battle. He is the youngest son of Mrs. Sarah Scott and brother of Mrs. W. Bates, of this town. He left here as a pri- vate and has received two promotions in addition to this latest honor. H. A. Thompson, wen Sound, (formerly _of Tremton)! has been moved to Pi Arthur as manager of the Molsons bank. D. COUPER Phone 76. 841-83 Princess St. | Prompt Delivery. A a AAA Notice! To Water pumping and storage ca- pacities of the Water Works Plant and in vi of the increased w Consumes! Trellis, Flower Borders, Railings, | Gates, Wire Guards, Baskets and | every description of wire goods manu- | factured by Partridge & Sons. Crescent Wire Works, Kingston. Phone 880, CRAWFORD Begs | to Notify His Customers that commencipg May 1st. COAL SALES Will Be For CASH At jwice chittnt for. month when the order Is The Coal sltuation- in tHe