* get there ie will have to take an "AM other routes are closed. PAGE FOUR THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1919. THE BRITISH WHIG! S5TH YEAR Published Daily snd Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING C€O., LIMITED, . President Editor and Managing-Director. J. G. kiliotr .. Leman A Guild» -- Telephones: Business Office Hditorial Rooms Job Office ~~ SURSCRIPTION RATES Maily Edition) delivered in city »+ $6.00 if paid in advance $5.00 y by mafl to rural offices §2.50 ne year, to United States .. ..32.50 (Semi -Weekly Edition) r, hy mail, cash .. . «31.00 One ¥ , if mot paid in advance $1 30 Une yvehr, to United States .. «$1.5 Six and three months pro rata. REPRESENTATIVE 57 Mall Bldg., Toronto Mont. < We _ Year, One" year, One year, Une ye SPECIAL FF. WU Thompson, R. Bruce Owen, 123 St. "Peter St, real F.R. Northrup, F.R.Northrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York 1510 Ass'n Bldg., Chicago Lavters to the, Mditor only over the actual ayriter. ps CR published ame of the Attached is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH Whig Is y ABO Audit Burean of Circulations. has failed to the truth ¢ The aldermen are now busy cal- culating as to who will fill 'the chair of the various committegs. Gemmany had an idea that she could Hoek the world; to datd she has licked only the Allies' boots. The English language 'is ne used at the peace conference. It is the most universally used language in the World. So far the armistice make the Germans tell for Hairy minutes to Die when I may, I want it said of me, by. those who knew me bes, that 1 alwayé plucked a thistle and «planted a flower whete 1 thought a flower would grow.---Lincoln, The Kansas @ City Star surmises that after we have beaten our swords into plowshares the next thing will be to straighten out our corkscraws into hat pins. thought the to has the does not want and Billy Sunday that the devil éx-kaiser in his territory ainplane. and .drof' in from shove. Garden Island, although almost tenantless, is still a full-fledged municipality of the county of Fron- tenac and entitled to have a reeve "This island should be added to the |- municipality of Wolfe Island. The British reconstruction com- mittee will place orders in Canad: for, fimber to the value of $50,000, 000. This is the first of many large orders which this country Is likely to receive from Burope, and Which | will 'help to ensurb industrial pro- sperity for many "years to come, Canadians can thank God for splendid winter weather, the very salvation of the country, « Saturday, Sunday and" Noiiduy more coal was burned than in three weeks pre- viously. Had wo had a severe win- ter there would have been much _sufiferifg. 3 as 'With all these military honors go- ing around, how is it that the com- manding officer of Queen's Univér- Ce orerioon: { { again pressing France, work, is 'overlook- > ward -an organizat which will ion of enable uy "me reat war debts persqpal touch, our responsibility » of those around us, ordering of society, wi at least, we. I industrial era." and restore to the _ for realizatior wo and » extent, st we called our T'S OF FRESH AIR. ters | BENEF The: pull off public health wpon tion the value of fresh air and benefits flowing Yrom open dows in sleeping rooms... The 'tight-| closed skeeping room is a men- acé, and it is remarkable that it has not long ago become a thing of | the past. In good old burg} there are nermetically | "sealed houses; but colds and consumption are the | inevitable results. to fear from fresh air; throw the windows, N | | ic are | atten- | the win- ly this scores of fresh air is unknown | open | A VALUABLE ACQUISITION. Commissioner-elect Hewitt is said | to be the only maa who ean tell ii} the watenworks is being "milked l to the advantage of the other two | © public utilities, viz, gas and elec- tricity, and if the waterworks is not | as well off financially .as it would | ?| have been under City Council direc- tion' superintendent of the watenworks. Mr, Hewitt will know how 18" 20 about getting "this information con- cerning the watenworks standing and its relation to the other two utilities. If there is any "milking." #0 to speak, the Commission is un- aware of it, but the claim is con- stantly made that the waterworks is mot getting the sameé show as the gas and electric departments. in City Council, Mr. Hewitt declared himself dissatisfied with the treat- ment accorded the waterworks of late, and expressed the opinion that. the surplus in the.past two years should have been larger under the With this expert as .the Utilities existing rates. one' of their number, Commissioners will no doubt be glad to give more atteption to the waterworks. At this time when there is a demand for purer waler, Mr. Hewitt 'will also he a sfrength to the Commission in considering the question of whether a 'better supiply can he secured by moving the intike pipe further out into the lake. It would appear that the people made a wise choice last Mon- day when they elected the former waterworks superintendent te the Utilities Commission, . OUR FOOD CONDITIONS. Canada's assistance in the supply of foodstuffs to her Allies stands out as one of her greatest achieve- ments. - It will be one of her great- est glories wheh history revigws the war. Some measure of The enoi- mous size of the problem which has had to be overcome may be revealed in the following table of the value of foodstufifs exported since the wat began: For fiscal LE aa For fiscal 18... For fiscal Yl For fiscal 38... 5 nin 710,619,400 The valué of the three chief sub- divisions of these food products shows. a growth which will have a permanent after-theswar effect up- on the prosperity of the country and its development. The periods given are for the twelve months ending September in seach year. ssi Yonr. 1918 Fisheries .. Andmal product ts Agrioultural products. 1914- .$187,011,300 1015- } 332,455,900 year year year : 482,619,400 year 523, 274,772 111,331,332 96,455,637 Year 1518 Fisheries Animal products cove 1E3,488,36 29 Agricultural products. 0,744,430 Total . .$637,903,628 » How Wrgely the «greater produc- tion "campaign sticoeeded is shown by the final figures on field crops is 1918, compared with 1917: # > i I ------ Aréas Under Field Crops. Acres. 1918. 1917. Wheat . .. 17,353,902 14,755,850 Oats 14,790,336 13,313,400 Barley . . 3,153,711 2.392.200 Rye .. .. 555,294 211.880 Foun. A 235.976 198.881 3a ix 228,577 92,457 Bains 548,097 _ 395.877 Plax . ... 1088120 919,500 Mixed grains 921,826 497,238 ine © for +o 250,328 2 eto. 343.037 eg vs. 10,584,625 AMaMa . |. 195260 515,379 CL -- 234,339 666,058 218,233 8,228.00% 109,825 366,518 "1918. 1917. ~ 210,315,600 233,742,850 . 456,733,900 408,000,800 $3,262,500 55,057,750 10,376,500 3,887,200 | Wheat Barley Rye~.. '. r- Buckwheat 11,469,500 3937400 | by | trading tradin i There is dothing | 4,384,700 3,026,310 $ 1,374,000 . [Corn huski Despit ng 4 meats fr | ngals show toric the mn hit Now, pract foods take place by ujlicensed ded fact was boar ous export winiony food a ni- wing increases 1914, 2,740 wetors of food cont ion. as a matter of 1 of licenses foodstuffs and -to g without a ically no transactions 4,28Q830 rol 1is- found--in--tite--issuance to permit pro-~ licen: se. in The (De Gern color The their stupidity .se Qree~ Germans, trot Free Press) 1ans still hope 0 rets lies Their en usquene haple A Savin Fart, (Lu The tain A (Brockville Perpetual United Stat nat top ta haye the (Spri one If public befo Bolsheviki a permanent power, io ause insanity won't work out as a After being twenty-five years regular trage. bigger Ww would be on Ireland becoming mdon Advertiser) can never simply Signal, Recorder) is a myth if Great Britain ahoiurt who navy Dancer peace es and king is A Safe Bet. ngfield Republican) . ere betting, the gets back re Spain Rock of Gibraltar. (Brock If you have one friend who knows you altoget possession be depended on no matter your appre every day The (Br The New honors seen ly cut ott, concerned year 1019 tempt at « in a democratie for Friendship. ville Recorder-Tipes) whe" being knowledge, at. your betide, thank ( blessing. her, and of that to be what may ciation and such a e Last 4 antford Expositor) Year list 15 to have so far as Canadians It +s to be hoped will witness the last feating country, Reason "For. Goodness; (Lo Toronto good, that Advertiser) it ndon boasts that did it. "Taronto citizens last summer, 'Long (Liomd, Most of at the eleventh Arm of < wine idence. jon Daily, Chronicle) us noticed or were Rippling Rhymes: ? | in optim istic ma in- he the do to gh is oddlsettied in the throat { i How many people have Than good | re the in can side show of ' Imperial been practical- are the at- class distinctions remead med good duging the policemen's strik®: but 'perhaps it was fear, not love of hasn't forgotten the clubbing handed to its told by those Who had that Peace came hour---~and on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. mr AA CORFP'L. E. W. RE Mrs. E W. Redmond racelvell word that her « Redmeopd, has wen RM.M and was dec rated by his Sept. 28, 18 Cpl Redmond left for overseas Sept. 25th and has seen continuous service since then! He expects to rey { has Cpl majesty « The Chinese parliament on Wed- nesday approved of the re-organ tion of the cabinet by Chin Hsun, acting premier. The new cab-| inet includes the néw ministers of} finance and war. ------ sm ni romans | HAD SEVERE COLD AND TICKLING SENSATION IN| THE THROAT : trouble is most caused from a cold that This distressin has | night's sleep by that nasty, tickling, | irritating sensation in the throat? | The dry, hard cough keeps you] awake, and when you.get up in the | morging you feel as ff-you had had | no rest at all.- Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, | which is composed of the most sooth-; ing and healing expectorant herbs | and barks. combined with the lung! healing virtues of the world-famous] Norway pine tree, will give almost in-| stant, relie! in all cases of this na-| ture Bright, Ont. great pleasure in Wood's Norway| { Mrs, G. C. Routley, writes "1 take writing you of Dr. Pine Syrup = For several weeks I was troubled; with a severe cold, and a tickling ini the throat. I tried numerous reme-| dies, but found no relief until 1 used | Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup,| which I had heard so 'much - about.! and on taking one bottle got instant | relief. 1 highly . recommend it to those who need a quick cure." | So great has beén the success of 'Dr. - Wood's" in euring © coughs, olds, bronchitis, ete., it is only na : ural that many imitations have been' placed on the market. The genuine' is put up in a yellow wrapper; three pine trees the trade mark; price 26¢ and 50¢. Manufactured only by The T. Milburn Co., Eimited, Toronto, +Ont. 3 NA nn a le last "AoE 8" PEACE TIME TOPICS Let's forget the busted kings, for a while; uplifting, helpful things are in style; more let us paint up our abodes, let us boost for better roads, so the mules may haul their loads with a smile. long of scraps, and of gore, maps are a bore; to cut some wood, Let the kaiser jhe kronprinz hand out dope to the press; doned words for-deeds; store, We have talked so that our voices and our let it now be understood we intend 80 our credit may be good at the sit and mope, in distress; let I've aban- I'll. supply our daily needs, buy my wife a string of beads and a dress. Let our gifted statesmen frame terms of peace; doubtless they can play the game, slick as grease; it is ours te put up ice, it is our to earn the price, so the children may have rice and roast geese. we gave tongue, that should be rung; now the war is done and past, the guns have ceased to blast, "fiet us 'serub, on bended knees, all the floor; hing." paint the apple trees, out of doors; clothesline, wind the clock----we can find and endless stock of sn ' mA THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN il opynight MO ARREST UNDER STAND = BA NOUR on TAT - HONEST. sid ahh EY To the tale of 'war so long the old time chestnut gong and | let us hustle, till the | let us mend that broken wal \ Have Jou Ha an isn som i A---- ies n-- TE Bibbys HOR Style. Headquarters for Men & Boys Boriety Brand Clothes MEN S HANKERCHIEFS ee hemstitched. Yinen lawn, Special, 3 for .. .. MEN'S: PURE CASHMERE 11. HOSE---10, 103 50c. OVE AG lr itd SIZES 34 TO 46 This lot¢s made up of travellers' samples, sold-outs, dancelled numbers, etc: All smart models, excellent fabrics, good pat- terns. MEN'S SUSPENDERS-Extra strong Police brace, : also "French Bretelles. Special, per y J Uy MENS CASH MERETTE HOSE--10, 40}, 11. 'Special per pair . . xr .25¢ RCOATS .25c¢ Special REAL MASTERPIECES OF TAILOR ART THE BELCOURT . THE KENMORE BELMONT . \ THE BELTMORE BELVIDIERE . . .. THE ATLANTA Tank Heaters It will pay every farmer to Sold only at For use one. BUNT'S HARDWARE heating water for cattle. McClary's make. | TABLE WATERS SWEET cioER | GINGER ALE DRY GINGER ALE APPLE NECTAR SODA WATER POLAND. WATER ARNANAC RADNOR WHITH ROCK as. REDDEN & Co. THE NEW EREN THERAD "15 ON 8 PACKETS A CLES WORD 3 HERAP re asvr Fo FS LEHR We extend our hearty 'thanks for the confidence shown us during the ear hat i past, and' extend w ¢ pest wishes for Yo 'License Nos. 6-459, 8-184 FARMS FOR SALE ! A First Class Farm of Fifty Acres, with good buildings all in good repair; the soil is able, rich, clay loam and "thle ined; well 3 two wells and creek; young or HH mere of to hear. This te work as it is Bamly squire and is well locat This ts one of many farms we have for sale, TJ. Lockhart, Hen! Estate and Insurance, _ Phone 1085w or 1020w, Clarence Stree, Kingston Ontario, ee