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One One One One One One One 2 R, real F.R.NOptihrup, 226 Fifth Ave, New York F.R.Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg, Chicago Letters to the Editor are published only over © the actual name of the writer. 7 Attached is one-of -the best job printing offices in Canada, The circulation. or THE BRITISH The stronger the British navy the freer the seas, is the way Harry Lander puts it. rhe revolution in' Germany has something at .least to its credit so far; one of the ex-kaiser's sons has gone to work. January started in.fine and mild, ranged for a 'continuance of such * pleasant weather. Government employment bureaus in many cities aré thronged with people looking for work. The period of readjustment is bound to be a trying. one. ; . Fa Over siuty. pep. cent. 'of discharg: od soldiers In the United States are sevking inside work. The beiief that o large proportion of - them would 'go on the soil seems to Le shattered, "We must make Germany pay in gold and goods} and, therefore, there must be trade with Germans." declares Sir: Arthur Pearson; ihe ® blind British knight who is visiting in Canada. The French can teach any other "nation in the world what thrift 'means. After all they have endur- ed and lost and suffered the French peasants have just oversubscribed a loan of $4,500,000,000. % An Amsterdam despatch teils us that the British and Dutch govern- 'ments have arrived at an agreement regarding the status of the former German emperor. The public is not told whether #t is to be hanging or - shooting. Tp d For industry and nationality alike the last word lies in the su- premacy of humanity. Over all na- ~ 'tions is. humanity, Of more worth than all else man 'can achieve is the 'well-being of mankidd."-~Hon. Mackenzie King. vs Briish women are keenly alive i0 their opportuwiities for jmprow ing conditions ai home, and are rating securing better, housing, equal pay for' equal work: single standard for men and nin morals and laws, { Newspapers ail over the pro-| | are calling attention the | ifference of the public. toward | annual municipal elections. -Jt{ a deplorable condition of affair | one for which some remedy be found. Every citizea should be vitally interested in the [government of his city, but many {in Kingston are so apathetic that | they do not even take the trouble Clan any reader explain it? vince to to vote, KPEPING THE PUBLIC INFORMED The Dominion Government is tak- ing steps to keep the public inform- ed of the plans which have been made for the return of our soldiers: from overseas into the social and] business life of the country. Through the Repratriation® Committee, of which the Hon. J. A. Calder-is chair: man, they will issue frequent an- nouncements in the "newspapers. These announcements under the heading . "War to Peace" will be found worth the atfention of every- one, soldier and civilian. They will deal with all the problems of bring- ing the soldiers home, fitting for em- ployment those who need it, "dnd finding emplbyment for all under proper living and working eondi- tions. ! The director of.repatriation, H. J. Daly, jssues an announcement of the activities of the committee. Its work covers all questions which have | to do with bringing soldiers back to civil life and maintaining the pros- perity of the country during the change from war to peice. It se- cues co-operation between the gov- ernment departments which are con. cerned with these guestions, obtains' the assistance of experts for special problems, -prevents overlapping "Tot efforts and hastens effective action. The assistance of provincial and municipal authorities, of the Great War Veterans' Association and of many voluntary organizations has been secured. v KEEPING UP WAGES, Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor, has lately said some important - things about labor's determination to op- pose any sealing down of wages af- iter the war.' His utterances of last he meant to pronounce for a stand against the present rate of remun- eration as measured by its walue in commodities or for a stand against a_ reduction of pay in dollars and cents. The distinction, a valid but. not phvious one, may haVe escaped him at the outset. Those whom he perhaps startled will welcome his more WeEdrul outgiving, uttered la- ter. . : "Give laber a living wage," he said; "do away with child labor, give the women the same pay as men... and there will be not dissatisfac- tion." He also said that labor was "as anxious as any other factor in the country to do, its share in the great work that lies before us." Stated in its general form, this de- elaration of labor's purpose" corres- ponds fairly well with the views of people other than unionized work- mem. Manufacturers indeed 'want pay kept up, for wage-earners are the chkfef consumers, directly and otherwise, of manufactured products, Capital wants wages to stay up as high as continued production will peritiit, for a drop in wages, carrying down prices in all lines, may harny investments, ' An short,'no one wants to put down pay, in general and apart from the obvious cases of recent extra demand for men of pxceptional qualifications. It is a question how to keep pay up and how far to keep it up, and how long, and yet avoid the penalties of {nflation. Mr. Gompers' wise declar- ation shows a realization of this. . TROUBLESOME MEXICO. Raids across the border and the shooting of several Americans hy Mexican bandits have brought sgain to the fore the necessity of dealing with this lawless and unstable re- public. The United States was never {in as good.a position to interfere, and to insist upon law and order being nationwide, and it would not be sur- | *' WAS MUCH INDIFFERENCE. | maintained in Mexict. The demand] {that something be done is becoming ------ hundreds of | ican, British and Canadian p 5 Dow, en- gaged fh expropriating foréign-own- ed oll-wells, has ned a door for {just intertentio ny one of half a dozen powers, and has closed Mexi- lean territory, practically, to foreign trade and enterp: ~The opportun- ity for actiop, as on the previous oc- casion, is great and immediate. rendered unproductive millions" worth of rops | PUBLIC OPINION _ Bolshevik Generosity, (Baston Transcript) Whatever else may be said of the | generous-hearted Bolshevik, he is at | least ready to divide Your last dollzr with him.# : 3 a eh ------ A Timely Warning. (Hanvilton Spectator) Children are unusually = reckless with their hand-sleds on city streets thi€ winter in most dangerous local- ities. It is high time for action, tha: several accidents already noted are not supplemented by fatalities, Easy. (Washington Post) The Sinn Feiners are establishing the Irish republic by simply putting up posters announcing that it has become into exist¥nce. Why didn't somebody think of that before? Abolish The Censorship, (Montreal Gazette) The admiralty has abandoned Ms censorship. The newspapers will not worry if the restrictions are nev- er restored, por will they express sorrow when the other censorships are - dropped. 'Dora' was never popular with them. The modern Free Lunch, (Hamilton Spectagpt) Serving coffee and ea after ev- ening service is an innovation intro- duced. by a local church. If any- thing is needed to attract a liberdl attendance, that should; but it may have a startling effect on old-fashion- ed worshippers. Stole Useless Goods, 3 (New. York Sun) As deluded a gang of thieves as could possibly be conceived must have been the gang that made away with the former Kaiser's collection of uniforms. Nothing would require more making over te fit the present state of thipgs than these trappings of imperaliasm. Another Cold Night. Friday was another cold night in Kingston The thermometer at Prof. Knight's observatory registered six degrees below zero. Quite a change from Friday morning, when it went as eleven below. Since the wintér began, however, the thermom- mornings, $ & - i §{ went out into action and was killed. eter has heen below zero on only four = ee 4 SALVATION ARMY WORK i Army Helping %o Solve Difficult Prob- lems. A Canadian soldier at received word that his wife in On-| tario was dying. He 'had five small | children, but no relatives in °this{ country to look after them. In &is anxiety he consulted a Salvation Army womnian at thd Front im mediately wrote Toronto headgquart- Thé Salvation Army had al- ready visited the home, found the wife dead, snd the children in great distress. They had already taken them under their care, This infor- mation was cabled to the father. Hel sent back a letter of deep. gratitude; apd the front She ers. The five little ones--now fathériess 4nd wotherless-- will be under the Christian care and supervision of She Salvation Army for many years, until they are able to care for them- selves. ' i \ This {s not an isolated instance--- another case concerned a mother and three chilaren--a. third ctgse con- cerned a mother and five children-- and so on-- new cases of similia® and even worse distress are reported, avery week. Winter is upon us hundreds more must be provided for. . This problem---the incapacitated and jobless soldier with dependent wife and children--is one of the most difficult 'of all after-war prob- fems. Fathers are overseas, or kill- éd' on the battle field. Mothers or guardians are sick or dead; others neglect their children, desert them, or lead dissolute lives;--to mention but some of the many cases of ur- gent distresde™ The Government, straining évery effort to make adequate provision for the vast after-war needs, has consented to the Salvation Army co- operating in making provision of this Kind. 2 The fund will provide for a num- ber of these Homes. They will be located at centres of populatien which can best supply the city and rural needs, Girls Threw snowballs, It is alleged that girls who were employed at the cotton mill and who went out on strike] have been acting in a disorderly manner, in that they have heen throwing 'snowballs at employees who are now engaged in the mill. Right girls have been summoned to appear before' Magis trate Farrell on Tuesday next. Not Decided On, A meeting of the Liberal Asscciz- tion of Kingston was called for Fri- day night to select delegates for a {eonvention to be held in. Ottawy on January 14th, and 'to talk = overj imatiters informally. After the mect-] ing it was stated 'that the delegates ; hac net yet bean decided on. | } | The Ebert Gevarnment forces ap- pear to be re-gaining control in Ber- lin, though blondy fighting continhes in' the streets. Rippling Rhymes delegate or toff groaning board, since peace cam -and hard, boiled jam, and all th foundly loved w with his official square meal! with my sword, yearn--and 1'm unhappy still. I can' weary dames who'd like to fill their So I feel guilty as ate the scalloped on mirth; I'don't enjoy the Wheaten there's no true bliss on earth. eA 1 sometimes tore my clothes and said, 'Oh, for I hope tb live to see the day w won't have to live on hay and fried excelsior! how 1'll eat the luscious things when we have canned : a lot of kings, ahd won this beastly war!" I face -the groaning board, and carve the roast beef! BR. the sword of Bunker Hill; and there Jf are luxuries to burn, all things for which a man might | RESTRICTIONS OFF They're taking the restrictions off, and now a seemeth best, may Hi pour the sugar in his tea, and eat the steak that used to be both censoted and supprest. may eat what 1 move up to the and see the good old grub restored, e down the pike; oh, there are pies' ham, and prune preserves and onion e things I like. My being was pro- hen war was on, and Hoover hooved, seal; and as I ate my basswood bread'. good m 1° And now! t help thinking of the skates in many war-demolished states, who cannot pick and choose; the children and the bony; frames with grub that I refuse. oysters and the meat, I'm rather shy bread; as some old sage or poet said, . --WALT MASON. THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN | -- STRAT BOSHEL A [- HAA Bib » KINGSTON'S ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE. - ys HT Ron . pi 2 1 Hl im i Fo Changing back to civilian clothes. Soldiers' returning to civil life from the army. You who sald or gave away your clothing, fur- Hi 5 nishings, etc., whep yd entered the army and expected a prolonged period of active serviee--and you others as well, who now seek to celebrate fittingly your return to the good old days and the good old ways. | : ¥ ee Here are clothes, overcoats, suits and complete outfitting from collar to sock that will make you twice glad to be home again in the land of good living and good wear. SEE. BIBBYS $25.00. Ashby = SEE BIBBYS $8.00 Russian calf Overcoats. shoes, = un SEE BIBBYS $3.00 per suit elas- SEE BIBBYS Scotch knit gloves, tic ribbed underwear (com- dome fasteners, $1.25, $1.50 bination.) : . $2.25, $2.50. SEE BIBBYS $2.00 brushed SEE BIBBYS $35.00 Society 'wool scarfs. Brand Suits; real beauties. SEE BIBBYS $22.50 brown SEE BIBBYS swell $2.00 shirts. cheviot suit, plain or belted. SEE BIBBYS nobby $2.00 caps. SALE BOYS' SUITS Sizes 30 to 35. Genuine indigo blue, fancy worsteds, - smart button reefer style coat. Full bloomer knicker. = °° * Extra special a ra a SE J ara . Oh, 'Ji "Tank Heaters | ; Wh 5 - For. heating water for cattle. It will pay every farmer to use one. McClary's' make. Sold only at 'BUNT'S HARDWARE aoc ii Jas. RERDEN & Co. - shown 18 | during the year that ost wishes for License Nop. 6-430, 3-154 To Our Friends and § Patrons extend out' hearty for the confidence NON we' thanks. 10 them