_ of weather Published and Semi-Weekiy by THE BR WHIG PUBLISHING hoi Jotlote ,. ..... ane ma sident 90m Gulla foroMde "SY see 4 r Mansging-Direetor, UBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition One year, delivered In . t-One year, If paid in advance . r, by to Sumal om to tates | (Semi- Weekly Edition One year, by mail, cas in ad » ta United States .. . three months pro rata. MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE" R. Bruce Owen .. .. 133 St er Mt. F.R.Nonthrup, 236 Fifth Ave, Nj Yor F.RNorthrup, 1810 Ass'n Bidgy Chicago to the war ¢ published tor ar. the actual name of the over weiter! one of best job the in Canada, Attached is printing offices » The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the oO : A _ Audit Bureau of Circulations, "A despatch states that Germany has extended her press bureau. This 18 probably the first step to again "eover the world with German pro- paganda, so beware. ---- ee bmn It 1s significant that the German delegation in Paris is being housed behind barbed wire and wooden fences. The French evidently know How to house swine. ; There are speakers in parliament who, like Dr. Edwards, think they @re vigorous when they are only of- fensive, is the conclusion of the To- ronto Globe, Will Frontenac s member please take note? A .recent newspaper article was entitled "The Charm of a Rainy Day." It was not meant fo appeal to the owner of a new car, especially if the raifiy day bappened to be a Sunday. ; nies a ) .. Before trans-Atlantic senjal travel can become a regular featwre, there will have to be an efficient system control, Pasdengeers ould never ba satisfied to wait for three weeks for the ship to start, as the aviators have had to do; ORT AERLLL YG The Bolshevists are getting active In Toronto, Hamilton and St. Cath- arines. The only way to cunb their vities is to ship them out of the ountry to a land where the Bol- shevists are the show. Canada has no use for them. ------------k ' , Oswego hag big plans for harbor extensions now: that the New York State barge canal has been opened, and the Welland canal fs to be com- pleted. That city is Kingston's strongest competitor, so that our public bodies had better see they are mot left behind. . § 1 rm ---------- In referring to "the stupefying ** that Harry Lauder had hen ted, Le Canada, of Montreal. dubs him " a clown in petticoats," end "this 'fool of the music hall." hasn't been very popular of | late among the pédble of our sister . #0, to be in England, now that pril's here," quote the airmen who re forced to remain in Newfound- and becayse air and weather condi > 8 blown} them from making a on start trans-Atlantic flight. Yet April has gone and May is here, and England is still far away. | et ~ The Housing Commission in Mont. real, according to the latest state- 0 00 of this great necessity of life. 9 | trickle as At present such informatigh ie not available, and the city suffers in consequence THE COST OF LIVING. A short time ago the Whig point ed out in these columns that the present exhorbitant price of butter wag the result of---what amounts to ----fraudulent manipulation by those who have the facilities at command to bold up the distribution of avail- able, supplies. Immediately there- after articles appeared in various sections of the press announcing a great scarcity of butter. Some of the items referred to stated that there was mot at any time more than two days' supply of the commodity in the country, and that prices wera likely to be higher still. Thage statements were evidently inspired by the boosters in furtherance of their schemes of robbing the people. For; the government report issued a Tew days ago states that there is 45 per cent. more butter in storage than there was & year ago. This report is presumably the result of full and proper investigation of the @tocks In storage, and -is correct There exists, therefore, no shortage The Price at which it 4s allowed to out of storage is positively indecent. The people of Canada are being oppressed and exploited by a gang who Sught to be dispersed and punished for their iniquities. When any-€lass of people become so greedy and powerful that they render the food supply precarious and practie- ally unattainable, it fs time that that particular class should be ab olished, * This is a question of social welfare that the government will do well to alter for the better, and that speedily, if a serious explosion is to be avoided. The present conditions are an unnecessary and indefensible burden on the people, imposed and perpetuated by a few who were pro- sperous and wellto-do already, and whose cupidity apparently has no bounds. SE -------------- ¢ SOME COMPARISONS. Residence in England » for about three years, on miljtéry service gives reasonable opportunity, for those so inclined, to observe 'soeial and municipal differences hetween the old country and the new, and to draw comparisons that may be use ful. The Whig has been privileged to 8ecure the views of an observing citizen who has recently returned home, and herewith presents them to its readers because of the vilg- able suggestions they contain. The comparatively crowded con- ditions of the English extra-urhan localities, and the constant 'succes- sion of towns and villages along the main lines of travel, strike one at first sight. This concentration of humanity would lead one to con- clude that ithe problems of drainage and water-supply would be 80 com- pleated that typhoid fever--that scourge of clvilization--would find there a happy hunting ground. But such is not the case. Typhoid fever Is practically unknown as 'a result. ant of defects in either drainage or water supply. The disposal of sew- age appears 4o the casual obserye~ to be effectively accomplished by a combination of coke filtration and open. trenches, where direct dig charge into the sea is not available. An inspection of several of these disposal plants did not disclose an: offensiveness or insanitary condi- tions, Water-supply appeared to be bure and potable. Chlorination LE unknown. © The inference js that sanitation is much better developed and applied there than here, aad that we need to revise our present methods very fundamentally, Owing to the mildness of the cli- mate in the southern counties the soil pipes are usually installed 'on the outside of the house walls. On the whole, the plumbing of the houses is very defective and eum- bersome, and does not compare favorably with that in use here. One Is struck with the number and ex- tellence of public conveniences: evan in quite small towns and villages. Public urinals are to be found al- most everywhere, and excellent and clean lavoratories on the penny-in- -the-slot principle of access are [freely provided. Canadian muni- cipalities would do well to adopt thif' most necessary sanitary con- venience. : : The housing of the masses is a difficult mater, and overcrowding is a serious menace to' the public] health. The population of the elt- ies and towns is so dense that the improvement of these conditions is 4 never-ending task and a tremend. ous financial problem. Where indi- ) easy and desirable matter. of course, they do mot have to stand the stress of frost, which: the Can- adian roads are exposed to. Bat, if the Canadian roads were as honest- ly bulit, dralnedyand maintained as the English roads are, the adverse Influences of frost would be reduced to practically a negligable quantity. Such a series of crimes against a travelling public, as exists under the appellation of "The High's High- way," between Kingston and Brock- ville' for instance, is unknown over there. And what is more, would not be tolerated. THB English are cou servative in their ideas, and tn many ways 'slow, as we see phem. But then 'they are thoroug¥. They huild things so as to endure, and they re- pair them before damage is done to the essential fabric. And this is the best policy and practice for, in the end, it is the cheapest and infinitely more satisfactory. Many other points of interest there are dn the above connection, but those touchad upon must suffice for the present. An Empie Calendar. Seringpatam, May 5. India has become a part of the British Empire by cumbrous and var- ied processes. Much blood has been spilled and many Hves sacrificed to ignorance and prejudice, but fre- quently of giving of those lives has taught a valued lesson and increased respect, has cemented our hold on the native peoples. The capture of Seringapatam! and the death of Tip- poo Sahib, which occurred one hum- dred and twenty years ago to-day, is a milestone in the annals of British rule in India. General Cornwallis bad considerable trouble with the notorious Tippoo, who had succeaded his father Hyder Ali as Sultan of Mysore, and in spite of the fact that Tippoo had been defeated and warned to mend his ways, he kept up his in- trigues with foreign powers and strove by every means in his power to undermine British prestige in In- dia. Finally war was declared, and Richard Wellesley, brother of the Iron Duke and British governor, came down from Madras in state to organize an expedition against. the rebel. The occasion is memorable because the troops of the Nizam THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, MAY marched alongwide the British 'regi- ments to quell the resistance. The actual storming of the fortress, took place in broad "daylight, and was 'on that account unexpected by the en-; ely. The commander, Sir - David Baird, who cariously had been 'a pris- oper in the fortress fifteen years be- fore, led one of the storming parties in person. Having scaled the top of the wall the British soldiers were amazed to find a broad ditch still lay between them and the enemy, and it was under the galling fire of Tippoo's marksmen that the final assault was made. The body of Tippoo himselt was found amid a pile of stain. Since the battle-of Plassy no event 80 greatly impressed the native ima- gmation as the siege of Seringpatam, The territory captured by the Brit- ish and the Carnatie, which fell into British hands about the same time, was placed under one administration, and the province of Madras became tlie nucleus of the rich territory over which Queen Victoria was praclafmed Empress seventy-seven years later. Cobourg Lowers Tax Rate. Cobourg, May 5.---Cobourg citi] zens this year are greeted with a tax rate two mills lower than for 1918, when it was thirty-eight mills. The rate this year for Public school supporters is thirty-six mills and for Separate school Supporters a fraction less. The rate is made up as fol- lows: Municipal, including county rate and local improvement, 21.10; Separate schools, 8 mills; Public schools, 8.80; Collegiate Institute rate, 6.10, > ------------ At Toromto on April 29th, the marriage took place of Miss Jennie May Wood, danghter of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Wood, Ameliasburg (to E. Ralph Brown, Toronto, y Mrs, Helen Almina Price, wife of Mr. David Price, City Treasurer of Belleville, died on Saturday, nr Cures Catarrh, Bronchitis Without Any Drugs If you suffer from a cold, sneez- Ing or catarrh--don't use a snuff -- use a sensible treatment like Ca- tarrhozone. It heals and soothes, brings relief at once, cures thor- oughly. In bronchitis and throat trouble no doctor can do better than prescribe Catarrhozone. Try it-« see what wonders it works--what power it possesses. Different from the old way--you inhale Cgtarrh- ozone. Get the dollar outfit which includes the inhaler and is guaran- teed. Smaller size 50¢, sample size, | | 25e, at all dealers. Rippling Rhymes WALT MASON'S in'a' Puckboard Gazette. | was I had known of he was looking ther. paid for his bea: to QI1 his writin & which i his monthly earnings. save for the good it will do. work or evén six months' never was good to pay for it. would have been glad to get it. A simple, heard him utter an oath, or speak a for the cult of reform, ¢ If he or wrong, through thick and thin. fearless in taking a position as an found his best fame, he is beloved b needed to bring out. the. best that is Emporia, Kan., May 4. aged, pudgy, clear-eyed He liked the town, country town and wouldn't discuss wages. either, but when he quit regular work on the paper fair for a country town. Last year he built a twelve-thousand-dollar house, and paid for it out of And he has the same attitude now toward money that he had when he didn't have any money. Since he quit worktime regularly for the Gaz- ette he has often come in to the office and has done a day's work or a'week's work when I have been away, but my money But otherwise: kindly, old-fashion gentlenran is Walt Mason. and less use for scrupulously. He keeps his word sacredly. He is as mild spoken as & woman and as friendship, and spends .no time in hating people. town one enemy 1 have never heard of him. We feel here in Emporia that the inspiration of a quiet, orderly, simple hearted community was wat 'he Emporians are pleased with ourselves. ~WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE. BIRTHDAY WAS YESTERDAY Ta O¢tober, 1907, there came to Emporia riding a spry little pony a middle- man to take a job on the not at home. He was a mail order. Walt Mason on the Atchison Globe, on behind the Lincoln Journal, on the Washington Times, on the _8t. Joe papers for twenty five years. When I heard for.work he didn't have to look fur- I wrote to him te go to work and draw what ! he thought right. I found he had been drawing less than $5 a week. When I got home three weeks later It rd. and he wanted work in a I didn't, g orders he was drawing $20 a week, It meand nothing to him-- had needed the money, doubtless he "no. I have never n improper word. He has small use reformers. He pays his debts He stands by his friends, right He has cultivated the art of In Emporia, where he If he has in the whole army. y every one. in him, In being proud of Walt, we RT el dwellings are provided, the | ues., 8.15 In Aid OF Ty x 5, 1919. a NOBBY HATS NOBBY HATS Bibbys The Store That Keeps the Prices Masterpieces of the Tailors' Art THE MILITAIRE * OVERCOAT $22.50 $25.00 $32.50 $30.00 eo $35.00 $35.00 English Raincoats Double and single texture tweed raincoats, balmaroons : shine. Special values: and trench models and good rain or $12.50, $16.50, $18, $22.50, $25.00. THE MILITAIRE SUITS $22.50 $28.50 SE L, e cuffs, newest patterns. 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