rs __PAGE SIX | Letters to the Editor | Mr. Graham's Reply. Kingston, May 17.-- (To the Bd} tor): In answer to John Morris and the Imperial Oil Company regarding calling for tenders for asphalt ce- ment, Mr. Morris intimetes in his letter that 1 stated all cheques had been returned, knowing that the city treasurer still held the Imperial Oil company's cheques. Now, Sir, at our board meeting on April 9th, AM. Couper moved , that all deposit cheques be returnéd to the owners except the W.8. Refining Company. Our ¢ity solicitor was asked for his opindon as to our Hability with that company. This motion of AM. Cou- per"s was carried in committee unani- mously. The wmext morning, April 10th, when at the efty buildings I asked the city clerk if he had ine structed the treasurer to send the cheques back as requested by the committee, He said: "I will do it mow." Later, 1 asked him if he had done so, and he said "Yes." I inter- viewed the city treasurer on nthe morning of May 15th, as to when he received notice 10 return the cheques. He turned to His books and had a re- cord shat on April 10th the city clerk had handed him al the cheques but the U.S. Refining Company's. When I asked him why he withheld the Im- perial Oil Company's cheques when) ordered by resolution of committee to return all cheques, he informed me that he and the city clerk had a conversation about the matter and decided to hold the Imperial Oil cheque. I interviewed the city clerk and told him what the city treasurer had told me regarding their conver. sation over the Imperial Oil Com- pany's cheque, which he, the city clerk, absolutely denies, but told him %o send all back ag requested by the Board of Works committee. = Now, Sir, this will prove to the public, and contrary to Mr. Morris' assertion, that I was pot aware the city treasurer still held the cheque. 1 just wish to say here that our city officials are expected to do as they are told as requested by committee or council, as the case may be. The case in ques- tion did not have to be referred to the City Council. Our city clerk did his duty and delivered all cheques as requested by committee to O. V. Bar- tels, city treasurer. For some reason or other Mr. Bartels held the Imperial Oil Company's cheque. I do mot know why, but it is up to Mr, Bar- tels to explain his position, As to the reduation of $7 per ton in the U.S. Refining Company's as- phalt owing to the drop in ¢rude ma- terials, that matters little to us, but Mr. Morris admits in his letter there has been a drop, but not to the ex- tent I have stated. 1 still maintain if the U.S. Refining Company can re- duce the price of their asphalt about $7 per ton, the Imperial Oil Company can also reduce thé price of their as- phalt to some extent, although Mr. Morris says in his letter not to the extent of $7. Therefore I think if ton on the present tender of the Im- perial Oil Company, we will save the city of nimgston between $600 and $800 through calling for new tenders, which I consider good busi the city. They also stat will be saving $855 by hu Imperial Ol Company's 'a¥phal $24.15, which is not $ most we will require this be 150 tons, The differe $27 per ton and $24.15 $2.85 per ton, amounting to $427.50, not $855 as stated by dhe Imperial Oil Com- pany. The policy of the chairman of the Board of Works has been wholly for the best interests of the city of Kingston, and if the Imperial Oil Company has seen fit to #ll the col- amns of the daily papers at their ex- true tru small contracts as the city has to of- fer, as they say, they must want busi- ness badly. Now the actual difference between the U.S. Refining asphalt and the Imperial asphalt on our re- quirement of 150 tous is $427.50, and 4-10 of a cent per gallon on 16,000 gallons of road oil being $60, in all $401.50, instead of $4,000 as stated by the Imperial Oil Company, and for the small difference I think we are safer to continue what we have prova ed to be first-class than to take some- thing' we know nothing about, and I think this is good business. C. J. GRAHAM, Chairman of the Board of Works. The City Council, a Philanthropic Un. dertaker and the Returned Soldier. Kingston, May 17.--(To the Edi- tor): Will you be s0 good as to grant me the privilege of expressing, in the columns of your valued pap- er, my views on the proceed'ngs wit- nessed in the council chamber last Monday night--particularly the atti- tude of the majority of the aldermen towards the returned soldier. I believe the judgment of all reas- onable and patriotic citizens is that the city council as a body have lost considerably in prestige as a result of the vote cast at the last council meeting; also because of the acousa« tions levelled at the G.W.V.A. by certain aldermen. The letter from the G.W.V.A. ad- dressed to the aldermen was char- acterisod as "want of fair play by that organization." But is there an unbiased citizen in Kingston, who, having read the G.W.V.A. letter as printed in these columns, believes that the want of fair play rests with the body of returned soldiers? Does the mumicipality of King- ston wish to isolate itself from all other municipalities in the domin- fon, and treat the men who have re- 'turned as if there had been no war? Further, does not the council realize, quite apart from the policy of the dominion or provincial governments ~--that all the citizens (including the city council) of Kipgston--have been pledged time and lime again in the public utterances of the ex-mayor and the present mayor, that the re- turned soldiers who have fought so gloriously for this great dominion shall be given preference in the mats ter of employment and the like? I, we gel a réduction of $4 or $5 per Is it personally, have heard Mayor New- because he. covets woman and wants her for his exclusive property ?--or is it simply the heri- tage of the hunter who having captured . his beautiful animal, puts it in a cage and expects it to be happy because he is happy. Modern woman, pampered and petted, dis- played with barbaric splendor and feeding on man's admiration before marriage does not in nature simply because she wears a change gold band ring. In the shifting, the less with its confusing moral "standard: ance of 'the old-fashioned home, imbued with the idea that they, themsel institution of marriage ing the ae requirements, H "VIRTUOUS Il | [ 1 iE Bl Wil do. riots. As a result the question of "Virtuous Wi " from just what basis she should bo judged. ITA STEWART 4 WIVES" life of ultra-modern society, s and the disappear- each couple seems ves, are creat to fit their own particu- arises tan Monday; Tuesday and Wed nesday at the : The Phonograph With w ve an interest test ke aan io a an aati' pense in order to try and get such| THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, ¥ Anita Stewart | Virtuous Wives | At the Strand on Monday, 'Tuesday and Wednesday. man as the representative of the oitizens, in an ecstacy of patriotic en- thusiasm and with a wave of the hand present a body of returned sol- diers at the depot--with that much coveted honor-- The Freedom of this ancient Limestone City of King- ston. And if the returned soldier takes it for' gfanted, on the strength of such public receptions that he will receive "preference" he is told by the mayor in council that he is under a "misapprehénsion." Whatever public statements and promises have been made 'to the re turned soldier on arrival in King- ston by any official representing the city, the citizens certainly endorsed them, and I have no doubt that the patriotic public are now amazed at! the fulfilment of the promises utter-) ed "in their name, as revealed in the thirteen to seven vote against the returned soldier at the last gouncil meeting. Yet the most humiliating action of all, from the citizen's point of view, lay in the attitude of certain alder- men, who, in order to excuse or pal- liate their publicly broken faith-- their obvious and lamentable want of "fair play"--make the retirned soldier, through the G.W.V.A. the object of their derogatory criticism, and accuse them of endeavoring to take "the council by the throat." This has its humorous side, for sure- ly it Seems funny to charge the very men with being guilty of the very Ee nny thing, to prevent which they have been through such hardship in this war. However, the accuser, Alder- man Corbett, a philanthropic under taker according to himself, takes on the virtuous mantle -and, possibly suffering from a disturbed con- selence, relates the risks he has run to his health during the flue epidem- ic, and further protesting the "tak- ing by the throat" attitude of the GJW.V.A. flings in the teeth of the returned soldier his "charity" in burying members of soldiers'! famil- fes without cost. Whatever Alder- man Corbett has, or has not done in the past at the risk of his "health" or his "pocket," it is certain that in respect to the mateer «dealt with by the council last Monday might--he failed iw his duty towards the re- turned soldier for whom hd expresses such sympathy. Nor was he glone-- for strange as it may seem td some that among the majority vote record- ed against the returned soldier are to be found the names of aldermen who have worn the king's uniform during this war-:it js really not so surprising, * Military experiences gained in the vicinity of Kingston, and at the "movies" are not cal- culated to enlighten one as to the tonstant hardship, as well as 'risk of health," to say nothing of immin« ent death in its most horrible form, that have ac@mpanied, the returned soldier in the "fighting areas." Hence you have (he riddle of alder- men with *'kKharki traditions" voting against the returned soldier. In conclusion, I think that the City Council of Kingston stands alone throughout the dominion sbamed by its most unworthy attitude towards the returned soldier, and while they, way "plume themselves" as having trimmed the G.W.V.A. on the point at issue; they have done so very much at the expense of their repu- tation. Forgetting "broken faith' they talked much about their pledged. word; but the honors rest easily with the veterans. Yours truly, --H. L. HOWE, 165 Stuart street, THE WuhLD'S NEWS IN CONDENSED FOiM Tidings From All Over Told in a Pointed and Pithy Way. The Berlin Vorwaert and Lokal Anzeiger urges that a nation-wide referendum. be held on signing of the peace treaty. The Montreal commissioners re- fused a socialist organization a per- mit to discuss the right of free speech on Fletcher's Field, Satur- | Association states. = day. The death at Atlantic City took piace on Thursday of C. BE. Dewey, freight traffic manager of the Grand Trunk Railway. Mr. Dewey had been indisposed for the past two weeks. 3 § 3 Printing presses of two more al- leged Bolshevik newspapers have been found in basements of North > Inntpeg houses, W. A. Shepard, of tte Army and Navy Veterans' ET eee ad Brief News From Napanee. Napanee, May 17.---Miss Violet Perry, Guelph, i visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. Rudd Perry, G. Gibbard The Napanse Coslogiate Institute gave a splendid concert in the Friday . @yening. The of 'drills, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1919. ' | GANANOQUE ~~ & (From Our Own Correspondent.) May 17.--David Serson, an aged and highly esteemed resident of the Front of Leeds and Lansdowne township passed away at his home near Marble Rock on Tuesday after an illness of some duration. The funeral took place yesterday after-| noon from the home of Mrs. George Perry to the Marble Rock burying ground. Pte. Gordon Davis, son of Hugh Davis, King street west arrived in town on Thursday and 'was met by Mayor W. J. Wilson and a goodly concourse of residents who gave him a rousing welcome. Lieut. W. C. Gordon, son of Mr. and Mrs, D. J, Gordon, King sireet west, arrived in town yesterday aft- ernoon and was met at the pavillion by a large crowd who gave him a hearty reception, Mayor W. J. Wilson and Reeve T. I. Ellis were in Brockville ithis week in attendynce at a Hydro-Electric meeting, < Under the auspices of the Cathélic Literary and Athletic club a lecture was given {n the assembly hall of the Oddtbllows Temple on Thursday eveniig by Dr, Thos. O'Hagan, M.A. LL.D, PH.D. on the subject, "Cath- 0lisi in Literature." 10,000 Pounds Ceylon and Indian Tea from 80c to, $1. On Sale at 50¢, 55¢, and 60c per pound. This sale ocers an opportunity to housepeekers to buy the best tea at a saving of 25 per cemt. The Thompson Bottling Co. GEO. THOMPSON, Fone 804 3 3: 202 Princess Street en ct cri wo ee) Gage's Cash Cor.Gore and Wellington Sts. SPECIAL--SATURDAY ONLY 100CansPeas ... .. .. .. .... \..12}¢ 100cans Corn .. .. .. .. .. 5... (20 100 cans Tomatoes sear wolfe 70¢ Brooms (Regular 80c) Saturday Special . .. Phone 248 : Prompt : Delivery Past Grands Elzie Andrew, Jos- eph Case, Geo. A. Baker, W, G. Bates, Gilbert Orser and -Jobie Lloyd were in Kingston on 'Wednesday evening in attendance at the district meeting of the 1.O.O.F. as representatives of Gananoque Lodge No. 114 of that order. P.G. Geo. A. Baker was elect- ed as D.D.G.M. for this district for tho ensuing year, The Thousand Islands Gun Club held a very well attended tnap shoot at their traps at Grasshopper Park on Wednesday as a practice for the! big registered tournament scheduled | here for May 26th. W. W. Stafford eof Kingston, al former resident of this town, was! here yesterday on business. Under the auspices of Gamanoque Lodge No. 4 of Amalgamated Asso- ~ White Pine and Mouldings Nice stocks and well assorted Allan's Lumber Yard Victoria Street a: Phone 1042 A A Sig eo Wa Pe At. Sa Re ciation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work- ers of North America, George Keen, of Brantford, General Secretary of the Co-operative Union of Canada, addressed a mass meeting of the offi- cers and members of that organiza- tion and their wivdg in the assem- bly hall at the Oddfellows Temple on Wednesday evening. Mr. Keen gave a thorough exposition of the Co- operative work from its inception up to. date, and at the close assisted in the organization of the Gananoque Co-operative store with a capital stock of $25,000, a . THE MORE PERISHABLE FOODS Require expert handling 'and perfect refrigeration, while await. ing your order. Nowhere will you find the conditions = faefli- ties more perfect than at eur white store--and strict ¢ liness prevails. a ib, a ib. 1.20¢ mn Ib, Cholce Roasts VeRL: FROME .. Fc. vii von son shin ade sans VeRl HIB: +o. vi ooiivaisia Ae sas neni ansvan he HOODS, Comer Earl 'ad Bare Sts. Phone 407 3 Prompt Delivery Advertising 100 Years Ago | been a A curious and interesting adver- |] tisement for Kingston "real estate, | printed nearly one hundred years ago. [li is reprinted in a book entitled '"Ten | Thousand 'Wonderful Things." This book was produced in England, and contains a collection of rare and cur- ious things. The advertisement is written in. the poetical style which |} was popular in "those days, and is| signed by "Thomas Dalton, Kings-|} ton Brewery." It reads as follows: || "Notice to the public, and especi- ||} ally to emigrants, who wish to set-|! tlg_on lads. The subscriber offers for sale several thousand acres of land, situated in well-settled front townships, in lots to suit purchasers, Particulars about location [May be known on application, For quality of soil and so forth Buyers to see, on nag must go forth. This much I'll tell ye plainly, . Of big trees ye'll see mainly, 'Bout butternut and beech A whole week I could preach: But what tlle plague's the use of that, ( i The land are high, low, round and flat, . There's rocks and stumpgy no doubt enough, | And bogs and swarhps, and "quan- tam-suffice'" To bred the finest of mosquitoes; As in the 'sea are bred bonitos; No lack of fever or of ague; And many other things to plague you. ples, "Sans" houses, pigsties, barns and steeples. What most it imports you to know, || 'S the terms on which I'l let them |} 80. So mow I offer to the buyer A credit to his own desire, Fur butter, bacon, bread an: cheese, Lean "bullocks, calves or ducks or ¢ geese, Corn, tates, flour, barley, rye, Or anything but punkin-pie. In short, they're just like other peo-|Hil SATISFACTION GUARANTEED On repair work of magnetos of all kinds, including marine, stationary and motor ° cars, lighting, starting and generating systems of all makes, and storage batteries. Inquire about the mew threaded bone dry battery before purchasing. WILLARD SERVICE STATION I. LESSES, Prop. Phone 1340 ---- Demand Increasing tor _ Toye's Wrapped Bread Is your table being supplied with this bread to-day? If not, try it and convince yourself of its quality. 2 Phone 1167 and our salesman will call. In three, four years, aye, five or six, If that won't do, why, let him fix. But once when fixed, if payments slack, '| As sure as fate, I'll take 'em back." 'Thomas Dalton, Kingston, (Can- ada) Brewery, November 2nd, 183.. While. this kind of advertising would perhaps hardly do for modern times, it has at least the virtue of being truthful. : Headquarters for The artists who sing and play, for the Columbia are as talented, as notable, and every way as good and as well Hked by the pub- He as those of any ot records manufacturer. LINDSAY'S 3 mbia Records is second to one in point of variety und number. 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