THE BRITISH WHIG SOTH YEAR. and Jem weekty by oF UBLISHING Sai sears sss sso President ss ss » Editor and Managing- Director. ss. sds wes sewed we 343 year, One year, If paid in advance .. .§$6. One year, by mall to rural offices §2. st One year to United States .. ..33.0 (Semi- Weekly Edition} Une year, nag, cash .. ..¥ . $1.00 One year, If not paid in advance $1.50 One year, to Tinited States Ww 5 Six a three rn pro ra MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE Bruce Owen .123 8t. Peter Ht. ¥.R.Northrup, Ty Wirth Ave, New York ¥.R.Northrup, 1610 Assn Bidg., Chicago Letters to the itor are published only over the actual name of the w! [roans to the soldiers of sums up to $4,500 for the purchase of land and $1,000 for permanent improve ments, and for loans for the pur- chase of stock up to $2,600, the makes some startling provisions the acquiring of the land nécessary for the settling of 'the soldiers on suitable ground near ¢o the roads." It makes provision for the expropriation of land Where owners refuse to sell, or where BGC agreement can be reached. Two arbitrars are to be appointed to de- cide a fair price for any land which the board decides to expropriate, if the owner refuses to sell at a fair price. If he refuses to sell at al), the arbitrars provide for the sheriff to take possession within thirty days. This legislation is far better than the most sangding ofthe returned soldier bodies hoped for. It pro- vides an admirable means gf-toms, pelling owners of idle land fto eithér cultivate or sell to those 'who will. The great fear of the returned sol- dier settler was that he would ba forced to pay an exorbitant price for the land he wished to take up. Un- der the bill, he will not have to pay a cent more than the land is worth, and he will be well safeguarded 1a all his dealings. This is one of the most satisfactory bills for the re- patriation of the returned soldier that has yet been devised. bill op rafii- the THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ROAD MATERIAL CONTRACTS. Alderman Graham has at last Attached is one of the printing offices in Canada. Dest job The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is authenticated by the ABO Audit Rureau of Circulations. The Germans are writing numer- ous notes of protest to the peace conference. Reminds us of the days 'when President Wilson indulged iu the same pastime. "What Britain Did in the War," is the caption of a news article in a Canadian newspaper. "What Did Britain Not Do?" would be far more appropriate. Although the interest in the trans-Atlantic flight waned a liltie as a result of frequent postpone- ments, everyone was anxious to know the result of Hawker's mag- nificent effort. MeGill has followed the exampla of Queen's in having a summer course for returned soldiers. Kings- : ton has had a good lead In educa- tional matters for many years, and ander Principal Taylor that lead fa being maintained. The United States which broke loose from its moor- "Ings in Newfoundland, evidently had grown tired of waiting for & start to its trip across the Atlantic, and decided to try it on its own. Iid 'was too bad that it did not succeed. dirigible, Sir Thomas White states that practically every home in Toronto is completely bare of spirituous Mquor, as well as his own home. Perhaps that explains the anxiety of some of our legislators io have the liquor question settled as soon as possible. In adopting the Ontario Housing Act, the municipality of Welland has decided that the salaries coun- nected with its administration are to be assessed on the cost of the houses constructed. That is a solu: tion for one of the objections of Kingston aldermen. Things are radically 'wrong in the west when the whole country is tied up by a big strike. Both sides can- not be right, and the department of dabor must do its duty before it be- comes necessary to call in the de- partment of militia and defence, The Ontario president of the G. 'W. V. A, speaking at the annual convention at Windsor, said that the veterans would organize to break Bolshevism if it showed itsalf in Canada. And 'we venture to state that they will break it as effectively © as they broke the Hindenburg line. According to official half of the young manhood of France has been sacrificed in re- "pelling the Hun invader, -.Com- pared with this record, the French- ns of Quebec, who objected reports, Sele ende in shame. fears that a Russia mo longer men- ed by hunger 'might furn against BAL, Be, introduced into the House Souirjons by Hon. Arthur Meigh- of the most grat, and] |{ months. "| full contract price would have been paid, and thus the city would havei® . [for Alderman Graham to stant to {his letter to the press, Matements Hein which he twists the facts in {sum saved is ¢ conde ded to make a reply to the letters regarding the cbdntracts for road materials which have appeared in the Whig during the past two He tries to make excuses for himself hy putting the blame on the city officials, but that does not alter the fact that he -has been guilty of acting contrary to the hest interests of the city. It so happens that one of the tendering companies. the one with the high tender, has announced a drop in the price of its material, and that makes it appear on the surface as if the money sav- ed to the city 'by rescinding the con- tract made, amounts to only a small sum. But when one gets back to the beginning of the controversy, It is found that the amount saved, as compared 'with original award, is really in the neighborhood of $4; 000, not less thah $500, as Alder- man 'Graham tries to point out. On the contract for asphalt, the first tender accepted by the board of works was for 300 tons, more or less, of asphalt, at a price of $33.87 per ton, in spite of 'the fact that an- other company had given a price of $24.15 per ton for exactly the same material. Alderman 'Graham op- posed the granting of the contract to the lowest tenderer, and accepted the tender of the higher price, so that the difference in total cost, 'which the city would have had in pay had the acceptance not been re- scinded, was $2,916. pwas saved to the city by the rescind ing of the acceptance of the tender, and the subseguent education of the citizens and aldermen, througn the: press, as to the money whinh 'was to have heen thrown away by Alderman Graham and the board of works. The fact that the company have lowered their tender by $7 a ton since then does not alter the amount 'which has been saved, =o that Alderman Gralam is away .out in his figures. He has made a brave attempt to juggle with quan- titles and prices in an endeavor to make the amount saved seem less, Hut the above gives the true figures in regard to the asphalt paving ma- terial, and they show exactly how much the city would have lost had the contract been awarded accord- ing to the wishes of Alderman Graham. Then in dealing with the pur- This amount | chase of road oil, Alderman Graham went to extraordinary lengths in order to have tarvia used in prefer: ence > asphaltic road oil, although there was a difference. of nearly $900 in price in favor of the asphal- tic road oll. Alderman Graham re- commended that tarvia be used, in spite of the difference in price. In this case again, the higher tenderer has since then announced a sub- staiatial reduction in . price, and Alderman Graham makes use cof this fact to show that the difference in price only amounted to about $60. But if his recommendation had been adopted, the price of tar- via as supplied to the city ef Kings- ton would not have &ropped. Tha been $900 out of pocket. dt is now rather late in the dav justify his actions in the eyes of the citizens, ments such as those contained in endeavor to make his own posi . fa 'more favorable, it is time the real facts are also given amounts 10 less {han $500, but ar ter probing into the ease from start to Sine, ye can yoink out at the And when he makes state- | ee it ever brought. up 'In | In addition to porns Jor close to. which Kingston ---- throwill i thes days when ev- ery cent counts. The next Alderman Graham rushes 'into print, it 'would be well for him make sure that his facts are right, and to stick closely to these facts. piss -- oe Con, | ated Christopher Columbus Died, 1506. May 20.--In owe of the promin- ent squares of his birthplace-- Genoa--stands a magnificent statue to Christoforo Colombo the discover- er of the New 'World, called Ameri- ca, The great nmwvigator was only fourteen years of age when he first went to sea and, after making sever- al voyages in the Mediterranean, he journeyed as far as Iceland. It was probably on this voyage that he be- came acquainted with the exploits of the ancient Viking voyagers to the west and the tradition about the land of Vinland, which they claim to have discovered in 1,000 A.D, The turn- ing point in his career came in 1470 when he was wrecked during a sea fight with some Venetian galleys off the coast of Portugal. He settled at Lisbon and during the next few years wade many journeys to Madeira and the Azores. Gradually the idea form- ed in his mind of sailing to the Indies by the westward route and after appealing first to his native city, then to the King of Portugal and to King Henry VII of England, he fin- ally appealed to the Queen of Castile. But it 'was not umtil after - seven heart-breaking years that on August 3rd, 1492, he set sail on his first voyage, with one small ship the Santa Maria, and two caravels, the Pinta gnd the Nina. The whole ex- pedition only included 120 men. His real voyage of discovery began when he sailed westward from the. Canary Islands on September 6th, A varia- tion of the magnetic needle threw hig crew into a state of terror dnd he had to cajole and plead with them to continue the voyage. Finally on Octaber 12¢h land was sighted probably an island of the Bahamas. After discovering Cuba and Hayti (wirich he called Hispianola) he set sail for Europe in the two caravels, the ship having heen wrecked. In the following year he set out with a much larger squadron and returned home after reaching Dominica. It was on the third voyage that he dis- covered the mainland of America, but on this occasion he was sent home in irons at the command of a newly appointed royal governor. He set out in 1502 on his last voyage during which he explored the Gulf of. Mexico. He was buried first at Seville, then his bones finally rested in Havana, 'where they remained un- til they were returned to Seville at the close of the Spanish-American WAT. Rippling time. FAFR PRICES SUGGESTED. wuelph Committee Recommends 40c for Butter, 30¢ for Eggs. Guelph, May 20,--if the Ottawa Government acts on the suggestions of the Guelph Fair Price Committee, the old "high cost of living" will be deait such a body blow it will go down for the count. The Fair Price Committee, com- posed of Ald. Brydon, G. A. Fowke and G, F. Ribby, recommends to the City Council as follows, with the re- quest that the recommendations be torwarded to Ottawa: (1) That the fair price for pota- toes should not be more #han $1.25 per bag. (2) That 40c¢ is a good price for butter, (3) Fresh eggs should not exceed 30¢ per dozen during this month. (4) That the present price of meat is too high, considering the quantity in cold-storage, Fine Memorial To Fallen Students. Belleville, May 20. The students of the Belleville high school have ask- ed the Board of Education gor pers mission to found a scholarship in memory of fallen ex-students and to contribute to a fund 40 be raised for that purpgse. A committec of the board, the treasurer and a represen- tative of the students will handle the funds. pis 8 To Form Republic in Palatinate. Berlin, May 20.--According to the Rundschau, Freanch propaganda in the ' Palatinate has resulted in the formation of a military guard, This is comprised of native citizens and, the Rundschan declares, an inde. pendent Palatinate republic will be proclaimed Sunday. TAKE HOOD'S NOW ly pi no Need It This Tris Swring as Never Before In Your Life. You -have overdrawn your reserve strength, worrying during 'the war, You may have dome: this uncon- sciously, but you have done it never- theless, You must get that reserve strength back again. There is no better medicine for you than what has been so universally sasisfactory as a Spring, medicine. ---- Hood's Sarsaparilla. Get this medicine of your drug- gist to-day, and begin to take it at once. Hood's Sarsaparilla combines the best blood-purifying, stoméch-toning, strengih-giving substances, all of which are prescribed every day by prominent and successful physicians. In cases where a laxative is needed, Hood's Sarsaparilla {8 very effectively supplemented by Hood's Pits, reliev- ing billousness, constipation, morn- ing and sick headache. Purely vege- table. Rhymes THE WIND I'm often weary of the wind; I Sometimes think it should.be tinned (the British word for "canned"); it's hard to seem serene and gay with' all your whisk- ers blown away, by winds resistless fanned. I some- times 'sit beneath a tree, and take a book to comfort me, and count on happy hours; I'll doze and read and read and doze, inhale thé' fragrance of the rose, 'and other moral flowers. wind, shot from some cavern of me from my hair; And then there comes a roaring my treasured volume disappears, and dust is blown into my ears, and sandburs in my hair. Sometimes I take off hat and shoes, and lay me down to have a snooze, as peaceful as a clam: and then a wind sweeps through the shack, and all the timbers groan and crack, and doors begin to slam. Last eve I set out cabhage plants; like this enchants the sane and normal guy; . the forenoon of this plants away; 1 wept to see them fly. when they're deprived of costly hats by wayward, wanton blast; a wholesome task and in day the wind blew all those I hear the ladies crying "Rats!" and men forget good form and swear when lids are soaring everywhere, and wigs are flying past: --WALT MASON. | ThE MORE PERISHABLE FOODS Require expert handling and perfect re Nowhere will you find the conditions and ing your order. trigeration, while await. faclii- flies more perfect than at opr white store--and strict cleanliness prevails. Cholece Roasts Veal Frouts |, Yel lmao A LS HOODS, Comer Earl and Bare Sts. Prompt Delivery ticallydoulled the rice of the best grades of e. Ind, which blows] a ----------. See Our $22. 50 Alton Suits Style Headquarters For Spring i is Here! 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