__ PAGE FOUR S5TH YEAR. Lf : + TREE IPP ak. lb] u FE | | | 'R Publiskell Da id Semi-Weekly THE BRITIS WHIG : C0, LIMITED, Loman A Cid n A. Gul Editor and ; Masaging- Director. , Business Office , .. Fasorial Rooms. . dob Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Datly Edition) One year, delivered in city One Year, 1f pasd in advance year, by mail to rupai offices $ year, to United Stafes (Semi-Weekly Edition) year, by mall, cash $1. year, If not pad in advance $1.50 year, to United States LE Six and three months pro rata. MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE R. Bruce Owep 123 St. Peter St, UNITED STATRS REPRESENTATIVE: J R-Nurthrup, 225 F'*h Ave, New York "R.Northrup, 1510 Aes'n Bldg. Chicago Letters to the Bdtor are published only over the actus: name of the writer, Attached 1s printing offices In Canad The circulation of THE BRITISH J WHIG is Autheniieated by the ; C Audit Bureau of Circulations, ------------ All indications point to bumper crops In England this year. The Germans made another miscalcula- tion when they thought they could starve ont the nother country . "The wild beast is at large," says 'Bomar Law. "There's no use argu- ing or reasoning about it. 'TT: only thing to do is to destroy it. That's the duty, and it is up to all the Allies to set their teeth until that end Is achieved." - : The United States is wasting no * sympathy on Ireland these days. Says a Philadelphia newspaper: . "Every. young man In Ireland who refuses to go, sends a young Am- erican in his place." Ireland, in re- *, sisting conscription; has forfeited ithe friendship of those nations who 8 have had to fight her battles for Several veny fine fields of flax, with its pretty blue flowers, are 10 be seen in the city. This is the first time: the experiment has been tried here. The object is to supply seed Beér the English and Irish growers. The experiment will be watched with interest. = One of the largest fields is located 'at the corner of King street west and lower Alfred street. The child welfare movement has a great work before it. When we consider that 27 per cent. of the children born in any, Canadian city dle before reaching the age of one 'year, it must be admitted that this loss In childlife is a national dis- - grace. The conservation of child- Jife requires and deserves state sup- port and direction. nr sssmseivtostsesapmasnitt. - The governments of both Can- 8da and the United States have con- _démned the International = Bible Students' Association as a disloyal Land seditious, institution, and both have inflicted. punishment upon its . adherents, Loyal Cunadians cannot afford to have any connection with a soclety which is so widely con- ~ denined. « gh wo snot. Anyone in Canada who Is inclined to criticize the price they are com- < pelled to pay in order that the Cer- © Mans may mot invade our shores THE BRITISH WHIG| i by PUBLISHING, President rca | CONtinnes, the loss will exceed $32,- 5.00 2.60 00 ane of the best job} a. German 'agents oid in this cous A NATIONAL DISGRACE. The appalling fire loss in thie fry short of a na- Per capita, it is the country in the worid are jberately and . needlessly burning up each year . millions of dollar: worth of property and goods The record for the month of May this year is somewhat more favor able than that of the corresponding month of the previous year, but the slight improvement does not alter the conclusive fact that the five months of 1918 continue to be un- favorable under any and all aspects. Lightning, as usual in the month of May, was the cause of 151 fires. Up to the present, the fire loss in Can- ada is 25 per cent. greater than for the corresponding perfod of last year. If this rate of destruction nothing ional d jargest We 000,000 in 1918, and, together wit expenditures upon insurance and protection, will constitute a burden of over $65,000,000. = This means about $10 out of the pocket of every man, woman and child in Cana, or almost $40 for the aver- age family. In view of these stapt- ling figures, isn't it about time that Wwe, as a people, adopted some dras- tic measures looking to a reduction of this appalling and useless loss? Our record last year was bad; it bids fair this yea to be even worse. fire DEFENDING THE ARMIES. A few busybodies have heen act- Ive in trying to show that the Can- adian soldiers in England France have been moral degener- ates. This falsehood has been ex- poséd by various churchmen and military authoritics. Among the latest to testily to the high moral standard existing in the army at the front is Bishop Fallon, of London, Ont., a former Kingstonian who has Just returned to England from. a visit to the Canadian forees in the field. Further testimony as to the clean 'Hving of United States and Canadian soldiers is offereg by Ir- vin S. Cobb, the well-known eorres- pondent and magazine writer. He says: 'As for their morals, I am firmly of what I have seen and heard, that man for man our soldiers have a 'higher moral standard than the men of any army of any other nation en- gaged in this war; and when in this connection I speak of our soldiers, I mean the soldiers of Canada as well as the soldiers of the United States. Any man who tetls you the con- trary is a lar, and the truth is not in him. This is-mot an offhand alibi; statistics compiled by' our own Surgeons form the truth of it: and any than who stands up anywhere on oyr continent and says that the soldiers who have come from our side of the Atlantic to help lek Ger- many are 'contracting habits of drunkenness or that they are being ruined by the spreading of sexual liberate and a cruel slander against North American manhood which should entitle him to a suit of tar- and-feather underwear and a free ride on a rail out of any commun- ty. -- -------- ARMIES CONSERVE FOOD. The waste of foodstuffs in the American army is being reduced to a minimum. © By a recent order authorized by the quartermaster general, a division of conservation and reclamation has been organized to save war supplies and reduce ex- a mniore' satisfactory distribution of garbage. This measure has already been taken by the British, Fregch and other Allled countries, which surprising results. ' The new plan, as worked out by the United States army authorities, does not' reduce the scale of food rations from the former standard, but aims to save much that was lost through = carelessness.' Kitchen waste: will now be. carefully sorted 80 that it will not be dumped indis- criminately into a waste retainer. For esample, bread and. breadgtufls no longer fit for human food will be firied and packed in sacks. Cooked plates of the 'men after meal times and likewise saved. 'Raw foods and |ivedts such as the trimmings and scraps unfit for haman food will be ; master's corps THE it has beon issued. If is'alfe plan- servation and re- of tho quaripre organize and take charge of farming and garden- ing operations - for each military camp, cantonment, army bounds and general hospital, the produca to be ut 2 rationing of trooped and foraging of animals. The Unit 8d: States Depantment of Agriculture will furnish experts to superinsend these agricultural operations. The labor relied upon to undertfke the heavy part of this field work are the internéd -aliens, enemy prisoners, drafted men disqualified for. over- seas service, conscientious objectors and military prisoners. - Men parti- ally disabled will also be utilized, and it is thought that the outdoor work will restore them in most cases to physical fitness for tramsfer to that the oon ned clamation branch will mm mn © the fighting units. - and, committed to the belief, as a result ; diseases among them utters a_de-{ = penlitures as well as to provide forft have established saoch services with meat will be gathered up from the| In the early days of the war there was an enormous loss from waste for food and all other materials used hy the of Great Britain, | France and all warring countries | Waste was not unknown fn connec- tion with the Canadian army. Re- clamation of materials for and return to store isnow one of the armies by the Allled arm'es. Food is no longer wasted at the front, even un- der the trying conditions which per- tain on active Service. 'It ean and should be even nore carefully guard- ed from waste in the homes of the people at war, ; a ar -------- { PUBLIC OPNON | Outciassed. (Toronto Star.) And to think that there was a time when the demise of a Sultan would have been described 'a8 the death of Europe's most depraved monarch. Nobody would make such a mistake now. Get Busy. A (Philadelphia Record) The sooner we sét all our idlers at work the sooner we shall bring an end to the war. "Labor shortage is the great dertakings. Vietory will perch on the banners of those peoples who can best make repair keep pace with ravage: Rubbing It In. (Brooklyn Eagle) Where was the Vice Admiral of the Atlantic, von Tirpitz, when For- eign Minister von Kuehlmann made his sensational speech in the. Reich- stag on the impossibility of securing a military decision because of the "Powers from = overseas" that have enterkd the ranks against Germany? Deeds, Not Words. (New York Sun.) All in all, the outlook for the comn- is not encouraging. Doubtless, the truth is mighty 'and shall prevail. repair © services most strictly insisted upon] t handicap for great un-. version of our enemies by wholesale kes our utmost lence. Words we trust too Put -words are But it id Ukely to, force to give it prev may lose the war, if far to words alone. Bot going to help us very greatly to- ward the winning it. THE TONGUE. (Anonymo The boueless tongue, so weak, crush and kill," Greek. "The tongue horde." The Turk asserts, 'than does sword." The Persian proverb wisely saith, "A lengthy tongue an early death"; Or soinetimes takes this form in- stead, "Don't let your tomgue.cut off your head." ? "The tongue can speak a word whose speed," 'Says the Chinese, steed'; While Arab sages this fmpart, "The tongue's great storehouse is the heart." . From Hebrew writ the maxim sprung "Though féet should slip ne'er let the tongue." . The sacret' writes crowns the whole, "Who keeps his tongue doth keep his soul." small and Can declared the destroys a greater the "outstrips the LIKE FATHER, LiKE SON. ib A Complimentary Reference Bank Official, Picton Times: To a of their old home town fair is proven by the fact that one of them in the person 'of W. A. Bog, assistant gen- eral manager of: the Bank of Mon- Year the greatest ever. To Mr. Bog's father, the late Col. Bog, who far years was secretary- treasurer of the Prince Edward Agri- cultural Society, more than to any other one man can be given the credit for the success of: that splendid in- stitution, for he was untiring in his efforts, during the long years he held office, in the up-building of a bigger and a better fair. It was through him that two of the oldest directors on the present board--two to whom the credit for the success of the fair in later years is largely due--W. J. Carter and H., B. Bristol--were in- duced to become directors, It seem- ed sad indeed that just as his years of effort were bearing fruit, that he should be called to cross the great tdivide, In conversation with one of the re- sidents of our town, who had bern quite intimately associated with the late Col. Bog, thé following tribute was pald to his memory: 'Col, Bog was a man whom it was good to kndw. He was thé soul of honor, and could not do of think a mean act, because he would, mot know how. He was a tireless worker and loved the beautiful as withessed by the im- mense array of flowers that he al- ways 'kept blooming in the registry office, the, cqmetpyy;:and the Collegi- ate Institute ground. Like father, like son, has proven true in Col. Bog's case, for W, A Bog and Aug- ustus Bog who haVe risen to great prominence in the Waskéss and bank- ing world, are worthy sons of a worthy sire." . Rippling Rhymes be I imagine it, sian hick." Ings, 1 all the dumb brutes fight. f up harder on the bit, he's always keen to go. him to my one-hoss methinks he says, This Dobbin horse was wont to balk be- y fore we drew the sword, and I would pelt him with a lock and lam him 'with a but let us hope. I'm right; we'll sufely spoil the kraut-fed kings, if 3 Ag THINGS THAT NE By GENE - The hens are laying luscious fruit, and cackle in their pride; they seem to know that from the Teut they'll help to take the hide. other days, were rather stern and dour; but whene'er a chicken lays, she cackles.by the hour. old red cow's as fine af silk, she knows our needs, I think; the way she's turning out the milk would drive a man to-drink. She stands around and chews her cud, until the milking's done, and Seems "This foaming flood will help to can the Hun." My Dorking hens, in now My to say, It may but Dobbin seems to know; he pulls I hitch plow, and as he does his trick, "I'm striving now to queer the Prus- board. It may be I imagine -- WALT MASON. BYRNES. That the Old Boys are still mindful treal, has most generously donated! the sum of $50 to help make Banner] 9 DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1918. BIBBYS ---- Style Headquarters | Bowling Tournament Next Week---Get Ready Nobby Silk Shirts Ri Nobby Soft Front Shirts Sporting Shirts Invisible Suspenders. Boston and Paris Garters. Bowlers' Shoes Cream Flannel Trousers White Duck Trousers Elastic Belts Leather Belts Summer Hosiery Athletic Underwear Bathing Suits. See Bibbys New Suits The Ashton -- Smart Style -- $22.50, $25.00, and $27.50, LARGE TINNED WIRE CANNING RACKS Hold Pints and Quart Sealers. 80c. 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