NO. 31 EE I. sii KINGSTON, ONTARIO, e Baily Brit 5 Pages 9-12 5h WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Whig 1918 \ > 6, i Ee Re SECOND SECTION we BRITISH WEALTH T0 PAY WAR BILL Hon. Andrew Bonar Law Makes Important Statement. IT WILL SATISFY LABOR The Chancellor. of the Exchequer Says That the Future Develop ment of the Country Must Not Be Burdened, and Capital Must Be Conscripted Afier the War, ONSCRIPTION of wealth is a matter of expediency, Andrew Bonar Law, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a memorandum from a com mittee of the British trades unions demanding conscription of wealth, The memorandum urged him "imme- diately to conscript the wealth of the nation." The Chancellor declared that the " * cost of the war should be borne by wealth which is iff existence when the war ends, so as not to overbur- den future industry. The Govern- ment is already acting on the prin- ciple laid down by the trades unions in that it goes where it can get it when money is needed. The Chan- cellor adds: "Until now I have never séen any proposal which seem- A. BONAR LAW. / ed to me to be practicable for gel- ling money during the war by econ- scripting wealth, and persofally up to this moment I do not believe it is possible." Before the war indirect taxation represented forty-two per cent. of the total and direct taxation fifty- eight per cent. Now the indirect tax- ation is eighteen per cent. and the direct taxation eighty-two per cent. The grea! cost of the war, Bonar Law declares, has b#en paid by those who bad wealth. 'Suppose you take this view--and 1 am inclined t6-take it myself-- that we ought to aim at making the burden after the war one which will rest practically on the wealth that has been created and is in existence at the time the war comes to an end," adds the Chancellor, 'not merely that it should not fall on the 'Wage earning classes or on the pen- ple with small means, but that it should, as far as possible, be borne by the wealth that exists at the time, 50 that it would not be there as a handicap on th#® creation of new wealth after the war, I think that is what we have {o alm at. And how is that to be done?" ° "The question of whether or nof there should be conscription of | 'Wealth, then, is entirely a mattér of expediency, and I think it is'a mat- No matter what ails your child a gentle, thogough laxative should al- ways be the first treatment given, igested food and sour bile gent) ves out of its little bowels without Wtiving. and you have a well, playful Mothers can Test easy after givi eH owt gt Jasadve" cause it ne to ¢ Tittle one's liver and bowels 4 says | *| that no land existed in this direction, -{ he was obliged to hasten back to Se ---------- 18r which roles: my, i working classes, but tu- neople wh j have money In my opinion it is {simply a question of whether if will { pay them best, and pay the country best, to have a general capital levy and reduce the national debt as far not the fifty years taxation "Perhaps 1' have snough about this, ing is that it a3 a constant burden of | not thought but my own feel- | would be better, both ! for the wealthy classes. and the ! country, to have this levy of cap- i ital, and reduce the! burden: of the | natjonal debt. Thaf is my own feel- ng, but I am convinced that vou *annot do that while the war is going on, and that you will not get the money if you try to do it, but that you will run the risk of falling short of money." 1 STEFANSSON'S TRIP, Explorer Is Returning After Many Months in the Atetic. Vilbjalmar Stefansson, the Chinu- dian explorer, and his party are safe. A message received by Mr. G. J. Desbarats, Deputy Minister of Naval Affairs, announced that Mr. Stefansson and party have arrived safely at Fort Yukon, Alaska, from the far north. This means that the explorer about whose safety there bas been considerable doubt for sev- eral months past is coming back to civilization after his long sojourn in | the Arctic regions. It is presumed that the party will | now make their way to Nome, and wait for the first steamer that will bring them back to Canada. It is possible, however, that Stefansson may dgcide to go=overland to Daw- son. ' It is understood here that Mr. Stefansson, who was in charge of the northern division of the Canadian, Arctic expedition, spent last winter on Melville Island. It was thought he would come out either via Lan- caster Sound -and Labrador or the Behring Sea; Apparently he has not chosen either of these routes, but chose to come over the ice to Herschell Island and from there fo Alaska, probably by way of Fort MacPherson. His party consists of about 24 men, The Canadian Arctic Expedition 8et out for the north in 1913. It was divided into the northern and south- ern divisions. The northern division proposed to explore unknown parts of the Beaufort Sea, carry on inves- tigations in the northern islands, and search for new land. - The members of this division set out in the Gove ernment steamer Karluk. They pro- posed to establish a base on Banks or Prince Patrick islands. Shortly alter. passing Point Barrow, how- ever, 'the vessel became ice-bound and was carried easfward as far as Thetis Island. As it appeared that the vessel was frozen in for the win- ter, Mr. Stefansson, with a small party set out for the mainland on a hunting trip. During their absence, the Karluk, with the remainder of the northern division, was carried away, crushed by the ice and sunk. In endeavoring to reach Herald Island, eight members of the party lost their lives, The remainder, fumbering nine men, including Capt, R. A. Bartlett, succeeded in reaching Wrangel Island. Bartlett journeyed on foot to the Siberian coast and nee to Alaska, in the Herman, here he was able to communicate with the outsile world to have reliof ships sent. The ' shipwrecked men were taken from Wrangel Island by the schooners King and Wing, and transferred to the U. S. Revenue cut- ter Bear, which landed them at Vie- toria, B.C. : Despite the loss of the Karluk, Mr, Stefansson determined to continue his work in the far north. He made arrangements to journey on foot over the ice to unknown parts of Beaufort Sea, it being undérstood that a des- sel would be sent to Bank Island in the summer of 1914 provided he did not return before the breaking up of the ice. The party, after being car- ried eastward to the 140th meridian proceeded northward, but they were compelled to make for land at Nor- way Island, when they proceeded south to Kellett, where they were met by George Wilkins with the Mary Sacks. A base was established at Kellett, from which Mr. Stefansson made a journey across Southern Banks risland to locate Eskimos in the vi- cinity of Prince of. Wales Strait. Failing to locate them, he returned to Kellett and made arrangements for a trip northward, With a small party be proceeded ss far as Cape Allred, and from themce north-westerly. It was ascertained The Leeaking up of the ice obliged Stefansson to discontinue the expedi- tion for 1815, He arrived at Prince Patrick Island and followed its shore northward to Cape McClintock. From there they set out over the ice in a northerly direction and in three days land unmarked on any chart Was seen. From observations taken the land appeared to be extansive. Owing to the lateness of the season Kellett, . Mr. Stefansson continued his ox- ploration work within the Arctic circle during 1916, with Kellett as his base. An expedition under Mr. Storkerson was sent in the Polar Bear, which had been purchased. to the new land to carry on survey work. -- When the Polar Bear party failed to arrive at Cape 'A Place of rendezvous, -Mr.: Cape Ri April 18th, 1 erson on May 8rd. at | Murray, ; and IRISH M.P. HOARDED FOOD! AND IS FINED $2,000 FOR THIS OFFENCE. a8 we can, or have it continued for | Had Tapioca, Rice, Sugar, Syrup, | visions of the Homey, Tea and Semolina Stored Away. i London, Feb. 6.---William John Macgeagh MacCaw, Unionist mem- ber of the'House of Commons for | West Down, was fined £400 and £35 costs to~day for food hoarding. } MacCaw has been a member of | Parliament since 1908; previously ! he twice contested for East Tyrone He lived for twenty years in India, has travelled extensively in the east in Europe, and is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is a member of the Carlton, Oriental, City of London, Ranelagh, Constitu- tional and St. Stephen's Clubs. Mr. MaoCaw was tried in the Ox- ted, Surrey, police court. Accord- ing to the attorney for the Food Committee of the Godstone division of Surrey, this member of Parlia- ment had in his larder at Rooks' Nest: 24 pounds of tapioca. 154 pounds of rice. 53 pounds of semolina. 100 s of biscuits. 53 pounds\of ted 100 pounds of sugar. 34 pounds of golden 21 pounds of honey. Although it was not contended that people living in country houses should come to London daily for their supplies, this stock of goods was held to constitute a hoard. The case of Mr. MacCaw was one of several hundred pending, while many more have already been dis-, posed of, every class in the country being involved. Last week Admiral Sir Richard Peore was fined £90 for having in 'his possession a quarter of a ton of food, while others who were fined- included a railway worker, a wealthy widow and the proprietors of several hotels, the last being charged with exceeding the official ration. + As a general rule the local magis- trates inflict stiff fines, but Baron Rhondda, the Food Controller, is dissatigfied with this method of deal- ing with hoarding cases, and besides confiscating the excess stores, he has pressed the magistrates to inflict imprisonment upon the guilty in cases of systematic hoarding, | Letters to the Editor | A Land Question. - Kingston, Feb. 5.--(To the Edi, tor): There are 3,400 freeholders in Kihigston who own the land and buildings thereon. = These buildings are valued at $7,912,670; the land is valued at $3,743,093. In and up- on those lands and buildings there are 3,000 tenants and their families. The 'owners and = tenants make a population in Kingston of 21,000. What I want to ask is: "Have those tenants any right to the three and three-quarter million dollars of land value they help to create? If not, why not? It seems to me if they have a right to be born they have a right to'live after they are born. Thay cannot eat bread, drink water or breathe air only in connection with land. I am certain that half of the population of this €ity are landless. If my premise is right, they are beholden to the land owners for the right to live. If the land- lords have a right to demand $178 A year per capital, or rather the in- terest on $178 a year, they have a right' to demand any amount for let- ting the landlords MHve on their lands, They simply have the power of lite-and death over their fellows. Phis is an ethical question as well as an economic one. How the fath- ers of pur churches can look on the injustice of this state of things with- out Mfting up a protest is beyond my comprehension. Take this land value which all dreate to pay the ex- pense which all incur. wot ~=A. HOPPINS. syrup, and Firsc Lady siderman. Canada's first woman alderman is Mrs. W. J. Gales, of Calgary. She was 'elected 'With a considerable ma- jority for a two-year term at the Municipal elections in the Western city on December 11. For twenty-one years Calgary wo- men have had equal franchise rights in municipal affairs, but this is the first time a woman has offered her services for the aldermanic board. She is the first woman to offer her Seivicas as an Alderman and was el¢cted from a id of thirteen cag didates. The voting system in op- eration in' Calgary is 'that known as pro Sitional representation, aay y the tiew alderman has had considerable experience in public af- pe She has served as secretary of the 8st Consumers' League in Can- ada, and as president of the first woman ratepayers' organization 000,000 in railway, paving | lant, electric light system, water- works, power plant, and other muni In 4 oa a Calg ? ir are two sons, both in thelr i in | there are very onerous. The city | has a capital investment of over $9, DRAFT TROOPS READY SOON. Over 20,000 Men Have Been Enlisted Under the LA, Ottawa, Feb. 6.-- the very near future it is understdod the initial batch of troops raised under the pro- Military Service Aet will be in readiness to go to what- ever centre of mobilization and trals- ing the military exigencies may sug- gest. s An official statement is promised shortly as to the number of Class A men who have been secured. 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