PAGE TWO 191 9, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, Pag 1 be giving our competitors unneces-| sary. i i I formation as to our ir The accountant is perfectly at liberty, | {howeyer, to state the amount of vari-| ous increases in terms of percentage | THE | The Dominion Textile Company is| | very anxiogs to 'have the strike set-| TENTLE 0.5 STATENENT hime - EMPLOYEES AT KINGSTON MILL. ' FOR MEN | GOOD FUR | Bulgarian Lamb .. .. .. D. BlackDog.. .. .......... ..$30/00 Sheared Goat, known as Alaska 'Beavers; ... .... .... r . .S3> Thé coats are well made; quilted Italian lining, leather loops, etc. Indian Buffals Sleigh Robes at . . . $20.00 John McKay - Limited The Fur House ' 149 to 157 Brock St. oe .s Kingston WE Victrolas Victor Records VICTROLA XI, $174.00. Instrumental Trios And Quartettes Jdhere ate no more charming records than those madé by the Venetian, Trio (Violin, Cello, Harp), the Neopolitan Trio, (Violin, Flute, arpl, the Tolefsen Trio (Viclin, Cello, Piano), the Floren~ tine Quarteétte, (Violln, Cello, Flute, Harp), and the McKee Trio vv y Cello,' Plano.) of he many beautiful sél.ctions hy the above which are Hated in the Victor catalogue we particularly recommend the following Mélody Love--ilorentine Qt. Af the uatain (sun--Neopolitan Trio Dawn of Love---Neopolitan I'rio Ling RS iumhone 0es-mNopolitan "Trio Even! Chimen-sNeopottinn Frio ova ai oo. Forget- ewNot==Venetinn Trio To ow--Waltz Serenade-~Venetinn Trio .. Dream Visio lorentine Qt. Love's Dream--Venetian Trio .. Serenade~Good Night, Reloved--Mel. oheminn Girl Melodien--Melcee Trio 0 A {of the tiby the company. of view they claim: y Hl were diseharged because they belong- | {ed to unions or were suspected of be- ii ing sympathetic to labor unionism, I to give saitable increases in pay since ee . Anxious to Have the Strike Settled, | But It Cannot Shorten Hours or | Increase Wages y» the Dominion Textile yees in the city of machine fn the mil%|room mn Textile Company means money loss tg the Domihion | Textile Company, might "operate the machine, and to} the city of Kidgston. | The present. strike means thous-| This affects soon-| COA | S | i = a 5 NS bands of dollars kept out of cirenla- | cannot do what is impossible. {ition in Kingston ler or late every shop, every clerk, ! {every workman in Kingston, The striking employees ask: 1. A shorter working day. 2. An increase in the rate of pay. 3, The reinstatement of eertain ém- ployees said to have been discharged | In general support of their point 1st, That the employees referred to 2nd. That the company has failed 1914---the total increase being only 209% in that time. The Dominion Textile Company desires to make clear its position in relatiofl to these claims. It suggests that careful consideration of its state- ment may help ta clear an unfortu- | nate situation--unfortunate for owur| employees, ourselves, and the eitizéns of Kingston. : First: A shorter working day for| the same wage as the present work-| ing day means less output for every | dollar of wages paid. That means higher cost for our oufput. | Second: Increased wages have the' same effect: they increase the cost of production, ' Thus the first and the second claims of the workers amount to the game thing from the company's standpoint: a higher cost of produc- ing the goods. | The company 'has not the slightest objection to inereasing its costs if it can increase ita selling price. Dur ing the war (as shall be proved to the satisfaction of all who wish the information) we increased wages by amounts varying - between 509 and 909 over the 1914 figures. At the same time our costs for raw material, for coal, for freight, for supplies of! all sorts, rose We were able, how- ever, to meet these increases by ad- vancing our prices for goods. War conditions gave every mill as much work as it could handle. As will | be remembered, the demand for) goods for war purposes was so great that it was possible to obtain the higher prices made necessary by the higher costs of production, . But the war stops! War orders are cancélled! Mills, instead of being assured of work for months in ad- Ei position of A i New brick, 7 room#d, stone f foundation, oak floors, hot wa~ ll ter heating, open fire piace. Frontenac street; South Prine cess street, $2,100 Frame, 7 rooms, stone foun dation, barn, stable and hén house, large plece of land, just outside city limits; low taxes. FOR EYEG OR SPEC- TAGLES for the eyelashes. f you don't know about TORIC' LENSES come in %nd let me explain how much better they ARE than the ordinary kind. J. S. Asselstine, D.O.S. The Busy Optical House, AAA cht cA A 4 aaa ah A ; 5 druid dh A id da a 1 heartily recominend TORIC or! Wide angle lens because it allows a! wider range of vision knd more room | Mills, after all, are like men and | women. vance are looking for orders to keep {their machinery going! That is the ) the Dominion Textile { Company. From Washington come" announcements that cotton and wool- en textile plants are everywhere cut- | ting down work to about two-thirds thelr capacity. The old time pur- chaser, on whom we relied for orders before the war, is holding béck. He is afraid to buy because he thinks prices will tumble away down owing to the anxiety of cotton manufactur- ers in England, in the United States and ia Canada, to get orders! Urgent appedls are being made to United States' dealers to place orders at once in order to keep the mills going and help the employee. The response has not been good. That the Do- minign Textile Company is no excep- tion to the rule is indicated by the fact that unless the company can get orders guickly it will finish all its work in the next six weeks and have nothing to do. When there is much to do busy and prosperous be- cause they are able to ask high wages or prices, When there is little to do, they must bid against one another for work. They must cut prices. And the mill that cannot, at least, sell as cheaply as others, loses orders, dismisses its employees, closes its doors. . If all eotton workers in the mills all over the world worked the same number of hours and received the sa.ne wages and the same increases in wages, then no one mill would have any advantage over other mills In regard to labor. That. is not, however, the case. Already Can- adas' cotton mill wages are higher than English wages. It is dificult' for us tp see what is to happen if you refuse to work except at higher, rates, which make it impossible for us to compete with the English mills. We shall be unable to get orders and! therefore unable to employ, workers, whatever the wages asked. Y The charge that an company discharged an employee be- | cause that employee was supposed to be 4 trade unionist is absolutely fa The company is not fighting trade uyionism,. The worker refer- red to. was reprimanded for. turning out faulty work. As sh ternative but to allow her to leave. Error creeps into all human activi- ties, but in this, and all olher cases, {the company followed only the usual fj practice ? Jollo . i of any at is positive, wo sincorely being a trade |! Unfor« J j tied, | increase the employee who these other departments. | versary sermons We cdnnot shorten hours or wages We can, we hope, keep our employces at work so long las we dre not hampered in competing | for' orders We will take back, | without prejudice, all our employees; } in all departments, up to the weave | The weave room staff will| re-employed as soon as the ma- by be terial for weaving is provided This company desires peace and harmony. and fair dealing all around It will gladly do what is possible; it ---Advt, INCIDENTS OF [HE DAY LOCAL NOTES AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. a------ Happenings In the City and Vicinity ~What the As Offer to the Readers of the Whig. W. Swaine, plkao tuner, orders at MeAuley's, or 'phone 564W. See Livingston's underwear win- dow, Combination winter weight, } Dr. Kenneth McDowell, of King- sto, is to open a dental office in Renfrew. We have two good practice planos left, for $35 a piece, C. W. Lindsay, Limited, ; x Capt. Anderson, Kingston, was a guest of James Cole, Déseronto, for a few days last week. . Principal Dyde is to-prédeh anni- in St. Andrew's church, Renfrew, on Feb. 9th, We have two good practice planos left, for $35 a piece. C, W. Lindsay, Limited, ' * There is one officer on board the SS Baltic for Kingston division. The craft will reach Halifax at the end of this week, Miss Olive Watts, Portsmouth, got first prize and James Reid, special prize for best pen of utility Mirds shown at the Vietory Poultry Show. The bear had no trouble in seeing his shadow when he came out Sun- day, for the sun was shining bright- Phone 919 record-breaking "Dere Mable." Travellers { THATS ME ALL OVER, MABLE, is beating the record. of the Published a little over two weeks ago, Five Printings, totalling 250,000 copies, have been necessary to meet the demand. A Sixteenth Printin now required, making a total of 600,000 copies. of DERE MABLE is SPECIAL COMBINATION OFFER---"Dere Mable" and "That's Me AH Over Mable," regular 75¢ each, the two for ... ..$1.25 'THE COLLEGE BOOK STORE Open Nights We Have in Stock = .. Just Arrived Campbell's Tomato Soup Campbell's Vegetable Soup 3 e refused to J [Ly to do beter the officer had no al- | ly There will accordingly be weeks more of winter, but if it is the typé we are now enjoying, person will worry, To Care A Cold In One Day. Take LAXATIVE "BROMO QUIN It stops the Cough INE (Tablets). and Headache and works off Cold. BE. W. GROVE'S each box. 30c. th ' Ye JOINT STOC COMPANY SALE Men's Hats of All great joint stock company sale of ours Now in full swing includes every article in every de- partment of our store. The men's section, devoted: en- tirely 'to hats and caps, is filled with snaps. : ees Hundreds of soft hats for winter wear in greys, browns, etc., | lined and' . uitlined (see window - dis- play) for". %. $1 Any $7 hatin our store for ..'.. . .§8 Any $6 hat in our store iy : ak a ny Jin _our signaturg on M Jar; J. Hannah, Peter Weese, Jos Hicks. "f = | i i } 'ii ams, chairman of the finance com- Tell us that we have the nobbiest drapery department between Toronto "and Mont- real. sure and visit it and see for your- self. You'll be delighted. e --~ This week we are specializing on pretty Chintzes for over-curtains and side dra- peries. Elegant patterns, 50 inches wide, in dainty colorings. Reg. $1.50 for $1.25. Reg. $2.00 linefor .. .. .. .. . . $1.50 A ASA msm attnl In all sizes, small or large, to match the furnishings in any room. Popular priced. J AETV TTY INYY NYT TYY™Y nm Newman & Shaw ce The Always Busy Store fa-3 | (McFaul's Old Stand) uhh idihianit dd a 4 2 sa a a haa aT ad PU A " == THE LIST PREPARED. Ottawa Newspapers. Residents of Kingston interested In news from Ottawa may purchase Ottawa newspapers at the news stand of J. B. McGall, corner King and Princess streets, Papers are on "ale about 4 p.m. daily. este Lennox and Addington County Council Selected Committees, At the recent meeting of the Lennox = and Addington, counell these commitiees were struck: + Finance--W, Adams, chairman; P. Walte, secretary; Cyrus Bdgar, |. Mark P. Graham, J. L. Smith, l County Property----Mark P. Hi hain, chairman; C. Woods, secre- tary; Peter Weeése,. Joseph | y We will rent you a plano, and at | Hicks, | W. W, Adams. ; | i ond of six months If you feel like purchasing instrument we will allow the six months' rental on purchase price, and arrange éasy terms on bal- ance. C. W, Lindsay, Limited. Gra- _ Roads and Bridges--Cyrus Ed- gar, chairman; MM." B. . Trumpour, ll} secreLiry; Joseph Hicks, W, G, T.d ji Loyst, J. L. Smith, C. Woods. {| Education and Printing--R. W. || Kimmerly, chairman; Parker Waite, | Secretary Samuel Miller, ¥. Rog- ers. J. Hannah, : | Police--S. Miller, chairman; W. C. T. Loyst, secretary; P. Waite, F. Rogers, R. Kimmerly. L. Smith, M. B.. Trumpour, secre. 000 to the Salvation Army million- dollar fund. : ad Agriculture--John i Hf A bylaw was passed appofnting County Clerk Wilson and Mr, AG 3 of 'the board of , ~Blgin County Codnefl granted $10, IAG | Mea Rd Clark's Tomato Senp Clark's Vegetable Soup Distributors for Red Rose Tea--the Good Tea. Victory Ronds are the thing. Buy Them! W.R McRae&Co GOLDEN LION License No. 6-543 popular TWO BRICK DE- TACHED ROOMY DWELLINGS On Stuart stréet; all modern, with large gefunds, hardwood floors, fiveplaces, ete., at low prices, . A hew detached brick dwells ing on Nelson street; all mo dern, $4000, List your property with us and get results, Fire Insurance; Money to Loan E. W. Mullin & Son Cor. Johnson and Division Sts. Phones 530w and 539) . posse BUILD PL ; ERS SUPPLIES waueny Get ready for spring rains. Nothing like Cedar Shingles to keep out the rain. All other roofing materials must @. Secon' places to Cedar Shingles for durability, comfort, appearance, cost, ete, S. ANGLIN & C0. - Wood Ing Fae Working rors: Lamber Bay & Wel "Stveeds, King . elton in, Office Phone 40. Factory Phone 1415, wee Lumber, Coal wk woes a]