THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY &, 1919, yment began the work of repatria- | GOOD ROADS FOR EASTERN ON-!county provincial road starfs from) - J TARIO. Pembroke, runs through Renfrew tion of thh. Eastern and Arnprier to O#tawa The in Roads Assqgiation, terest in this road to Kingstonians on Tuesday - and [lies in the fact that the road pro- ' week, was the by A. 'M. Rankin, runnidg he interest of good from Kingston through Shar- in Canada. The 'bot Lake and Godfrey, connects in July, 19:8 with it at Renfrew, after passing space of time built [through the centre of Frontenac up a organization, under|{County. When all these roads ar: the leadership of William Findlay, a completed, Eastern Ontario will former Ottawa newspaper man, thave a complete system - of good with good roads as his hobby and roads supplying every counfiiy, and 'aim in life. The Whig sent a speé- [giving the district a 'transportation 'cial representative: to Ottawa 'to system second to none. attend convention, which action When it is considered met with mueh favorable commentitwelve to fifteen years age there from the leaders in that, movement. {was decided opposition to the ex- William Findlay, A. M. Rankin, |penditure of large sums of money M.P.P. for Frontenac; A. E. Dono-lon roads, the results of the conven- 'van, M.P.P."' for Brockville; and © tian are most significent. This D. Casselman, M.P. for Dundas, all change in affairs has been accom: remarked on _the enterprise and plished entirely by educating, the progressivenegs of the Whig in do {rural population of the province ta | ng so, at the same time: expressing [the needs and the benefits of good stheir gratitude for ° the . part the roads. At the comvention a resolu- {Whig has takem in educating the tion was passed expressing great people of Eastern Ontario to thelappreciation of the splendid edug necesgity: of an extended systein of cational work done by the news- hetter highways. papers in this connection. The | The most important event of the whole credit for publicity of good] convention was the speech of Hon. [roads propaganda was given to tho Dr. J. D. Reid, Ministar of Railways press, to which it rightly belongs. and Canals In speaking of the [Without the help of the daily and policy of the government regarding weekly newspapers of Eastern On | he building of higl$ways, he made [tario the Good Roads Association important statement that™ the would have been powerless to go | federal government were shortly tec cure the results. announced at their | r distrie , introduce a bill providing large convention. Thus once again, tha | playmates and to renew acquain'- roads. This money, which will run securing progressive aciion in the 3 _ 1, into many millions (no mention dominion of Canada 'is brought to | na RTI trendy we Hs Sen was made as to the sum Involved), he tars. With undue bmsting. | attained such responsibility. It is to be spread ever a period of five} t can be said that the Whig has 4 years, and is to be sufficient for all-jtaken a leading part in the educa __ PAGE FOUR _ THE BRITISH WHIG : S5TH YEAR 'tion, and the first organizations te be called into consultation were re- | The Co f presentatives of labor, the Canadian Ontario Manufacturers' Assdciation and the held in Otta jolt committee of tecimical of Wednesday ganizations, This is a strong defence against "the stata: [roads ment that the government had been association, dilatory .in taking up the posed north One Price Store. B Z b bys : Store Style Headquarters pretty 'higgest ever ! 1 ever held formed very hort {work has in splendid It is a matter of great gratifica- tion that the suggested sympathetle strike In Kingston seems to have been passed. It was a happy thought to have the facts thorough- ly investigated and the result has justified the work: of the" com- mittee to whom Mayor Newman 1c- ferred it. We are sure the work- ingmen are as pleased over the outcome as are the great mass of citizens. Labor difficulties can generally be adjusted by calmness and clear thinking. i | | { ' PE || BEY ==- that some the Pablianed and Semi-Weekly by BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED. J. G. EMOtt .. tinue sou ...President Leman A. Gu sa +s « Editor and Managing-Director, o A YOUTHFUL PRESIDENT. Forty-one years ago BE. Ww. Beatty, now president of the Can- adian Pacific Railway Company, the greatest transportation system | in the world, was born in the town of "Thorold, then a small village on the banks of the Welland canal. A few days since he visitéd the scene of hig boyhood, and was ten- dered a hearty reception ' by the leading men of the town and sur- | | SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition «vv «$5.00 year, by mall to rural offices $2.50 year, to United ve we$3.00 (Semi- Weekly dition) One yoar, by mail, ofsh .. .., . ,$1.00 One year, If not pald in advance $1.50 Une year, to United States .. ...§1.50 Six and three months pro rata. r = the . _- SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ie FF. W. Thompson, 57 Mail Bldg. Toronto Rr Bruce Owen, 123 St. Peter St, Mont. real. F.H.Northrup, 328 Fifth Ave, New York F..Northrup, 1810 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer. a Attached 1s one of the. best job printing offices in Canada. Chicago has a woman mayoralty candidate in the person of Mrs. L. Z. Meder. Her male opponents are likely to insist that she Should spell it Meddler. It is suggested that the British policy is to remain calm and allow the Sinn Feiners to talk themselves out of existence. Maybe this is - what will happen! --a-- The sun is climbing northward again and daily is gaining in power in this elime. It is breaking the chains of winter, even if they were very light' this year. Thorold has raised the transient «trader's 'fea ~from® $50 to §500+ year. Based on population, this tax is very light when conipared with the $200 a year imposed in Kings- ton. ; en tien Get the jails: ready, and see that they are roomy and plentiful. We'll all be conscientious objectors wheu the reformers have secured the ad- option @f the proposed anti-tobacco law. The employer whe to-day neglects doing everything possible to give employment to the returned men _ io not doing his duty by himseif, his country or the man who fought to f keep it free. » wv is "of opinion that had the Allies lost the war by Nov. 11th, Germany with one foot on the world's Adam's apple would now be negotiating peace like a footpad. True as gospel! 4 tp osteo Wa S-- The poultry shows give very use- ful/ suggestions on how to save - money, affirms the Oswego, N.Y., Times. But to draw the crowds it takes the automobile shows which demonstrate how to spend it. Te ptm The Toledo Blade 'A New York ' judge ruled that wives may pick their husbands' pockets--as they have been doing since men wore pants. That night the judge's wife took a¥l his change. and when he objected showed him the paper in which his decision was published. Justice, blind as usual, Ere EEN tei aeiiintin." 3, 3 The Hearst government is being roundly criticized in North on «| distinction "nore work. isimple things that tend to a man's through was not by chance that he won the and place that are his to-day. What has been the secret of his success? What forces spur- red Nim onward and upward? Ie has given one more personal proof of the poet's faith that "The heights by great men reached and kept' Were not attained «flight, But they, while slept, Were toiling possible needs for that period. t is to be spent directly by the pro- vincial governments, under supervision of the dominion depart ment of railways and canals. While many people would have liked see tho formation of a new domin- fon department of highways, this | pronouncement is Jtory, and will have a great bearing upon the future development of companions | (Canada. the to by sudden their upward in the At the convention, where night." man was a good roads enthusiast, There you the secret of there was little said regarding the Beatty's success, as of every other: necessity' for good roads. man's Success--work, and still delegate was perfectly convinced Or, as another writer that there must be a vigorousepro- has aptly phrased it, genius is only gramme of road building, and the another name for hard work, That chief pubjects of discussion were it was hard 'work, imposed at first the routes of "the various roads by stern necessity, is acknowledgedgvhich] are being planned for East- by the president himself. In a re- ern Ontario. Six main roads were cent address, delivered to the hogs nder; discussion, two of these be- of the evening educational nests Poe provincial highwaye, and. four every. have of his early school experience. At tirst he did not believe in work, and 80 at the end of a.year took home te worst report ever written about any boy. He was. sent to another 'A fifth county: « provincial -roa school, where the tutor encouraged touching at Kingston was also dias. the boys when he was not abusing cussed and recommended by the them. To quote the president's own member for Frontena¢, but was not words: definitely endorsed. "This man told me I might The first of the provincidl -high- amount to something, which was ways ' under discussion was that news to me--I had never heard it which: passed through Kingston, to before; in any event he gave me an Gananoque, Brockville, Cornwall inspiration to study, so I worked, and thence on to' Montreal. The and the more 1 worked the more I work on this highway is urgently realized how valuable it was, which needed for the relief of unemploy act 1 continued to appreciate as I ment, and will probably: be com- grew older. gr . [mefrced ad soby as the spring opens "I never saw. a boy or a man up. The second provincial highway Fwho got anywhere if Lhe did not is already in process of construc- work. There are Three or four ion, and runs frony Prescoit Spencerville, Kemptville, success. The first is good health. and Manotick to Ottawa It is impossible for a boy or man The four county provincial roads to work against that handicap. The | which are- to be built: all run next thing is honesty. No man in to Ottawa, and with the provincial this, or any other country, who was highways cover the whole of tha not homest, atiained success. The Eastern Ontario countiess One is third essential is education; with- of much interest to Kingston, as it out education it' is impossible to connects this eity with Ottawa. For (climb to any --important--position this road there are two alternative The fourth essential is work. No- routes. One starts from Kingston, thing 'was ever accomplished with- goes to Seeley's Bay, then to Rideny out work, and if any man tells you Ferry, where it goes West to Perth, differently, it is not the truth." {then fiorth to Lanark. From there These are words that the boy or it goes north-east to Carleton young man of to-day might well Place) -Ashtown and Stittsville to. ponder over, for they, contain great Ottawa. The alternative routs and eve ting truths. And truth branches off at Rideau Ferry in an alone ca make a man fred. Mr. easterly direction to Smith's Falls, Beatty has alsh attributes of a man. He says: | Franktown, Richmond and Ottawa. "The things we admire most In [The Smith's Falls route is the most other men are the qualities wo direct, but as the Perth route sup- should develop in ourselves. The plies a larger population, it {s likely first 4s honesty, the second courage, 0 be the one adopted. All of these roads have already been designated or are being plan- ned at present, and on some of them 'work is already in progress. highly satisfae Every | the MOSHER! Y.M.C.A, Ne "told of them provhfidl touty " pouty' P detined for us tho going north from that point fol. | ; ly tional programme in connection! with good roads, and its action in| sending a representative to attend | [the convention at Ottawa was| simply a part of the progressive iprogramme which it has always f{nl- lowed The Whig was the only inewspaper outside of Ottawa which had a representative at the re- iportorial table, and that face did not escape the notice of the distinguish- ed guests and speakers: present. ia he future, as in the past, the Whig will endeavor to keep. up to this standard of giving the heartigst support to all movements for. the betterment of the community which it serves. The detailed report of the eon. (vention will be published in a ser- fes of articles commencing on Mon day, and should be followed with | great interest: by all _progressive citizens of the district. t PUBLIC OPINION | > Too Mugh To Expect. Guelph Metéury) --"-- January was almost lice April, bat don't expect February to imitate April. -------------- ot li 4 Sem " Just A Little Slump. (Guelph Herald) Ottawa is convinced there will be no sensationtl slump in prices, We could forgive that if an ordinary ev- ery-day slump can only be depended upon, . Tell Us,' Henry. CBrovkyiiie "Recorder-Times) Henry Fprd is repaing a newspa- per and it says that its purpose is to enlighten the people on the big things of the day, All right. Just how can the ordinary business be made to declare as big dividends as the Ford industries are paying? Partyism. { Woodstock Sentingl-Review } Phe chief enemy of partyism is the party spirit, which is constanty tend- by according to the party thie devo- || tion that belongs to, the state, and |} in itself, instead of a moans to an end. 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