5 Published Daily BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING THE €0, LIMITED 4. G. Blilott a Leman A. Gu i or TELEPHONES: Office .,.. One yéar to United States ¥ (Semi-Weekly Edition) 1, cash Heats $1.00 One year, if not paid in advance . One Soar. to United States Six and three months pro rata. -OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES Sor ao 22 ie John St, Montreal ¥F. M. Thompson, 02 Lumsden Bldg. F.R.North 2 Fen Ave. New York F.R.Northrup, iio Ass'n Bldg. Chicago Letters to the Editor are published niy over the actual name of the writer, Attached ig one of the best job printing offices in Canada. The circulation of WHIG is aul ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. It the high prices continue very Jong the government will have to take control and then the provinces will be in a league of rations. THE BRITISH by' the Ogdensburg, N.Y, is to have 2 modern hotel. This old town has always been regarded as one of the slowest on the river, but it has the call on Kingston. : \ The high rate of exchange which the United States merchants are charging on the Canadian dollar may be a hard knock to sofe people, but it has the great benefit of making the Canadian people do their shop- ping in Canada. > The Courier congratulates the Kingston Whig on its "Bigger Kings- 'ton Edition" which was issued on Tuesday, and contains forty-eight pages printed on the Whig's new ro- tary web perfecting press, The Whig is certainly boosting the good old Limestone City.--Perth. Courier. Cobourg, Belleville and other towns are holding big one-day cele- brations for the returned soldiers. The Kingston Finance Committee of the City Council promised to do the same for the local returned men this summer, but thre is no sign of that promise being fulfilled. The aldermeir of a certain Ontario city have passed a by-law making the mussling of dogs compulsory, and this has caused a suggestion that the aldermen should be muzzled in- e of and Semi-Weekly by came Ben THE MODERN CIRCUIT RIDER. The automobile, which it was feared by some would cause a falling Off. In church atendance, may be called to the rescue of the rural churches. The revival of the old- [time circuit rider, says the Water- town Times, is being suggested as the solution of the problem of the coun- try churches. Instead of the cirenit rider making his trips on horseback, he would travel about in a motor ear, thus enabling him to cover a greater amount of territory. Travelling men are using the mo- tor ean more and more to cover their territory; why should not the minis- ter do the same? Due to the scar- city of pastors in the rural districts, .{& ministér not infrequently has two or more charges to cover. The reat difficulty is that the average salary paid to the rural pastor is not enough so that he can afford to keep an automobile. The motor car should be as much a part of the equipment of -the rural churek as the orgap. The minister should either be paid a salary sufficient for him to keep up a car or he should be furnished one by the church. TWO KINDS OF UNREST. "Ralph Cononr,' "in an interview in Toronto, declares that the labor unrest is a good thing. 'Within limits, he is right. As the Sarnia Observer sagely points out, it would have been an ab- nopmal and unwholesome thing if the cessation of the war had left the world to sink back quietly into the old ruts. The war shook our sys- tem to its base and brought fits in equalities and injustices and abuses into glaring prominence. Labor has been more articulate In its pro- tests than has any other phase of our national life because labor has been more directly affected, but there has been just as much unrest in com- merce and in the professions. And in the end where should we be without unrest? What was ever accomplished toward the bettering of conditions, the sweping away of old abuses, and the substitutiom of bet- ter things without at once discontent and the initiktive that makes for ac- tion? But while the process of develop- ment goes on, quickened immeasur- ably now by the earthquake of war while we wait for the better day that we know will dawn, we must main- tain the structure of what we nave already bui}t. To tear down, to de- stroy, is anarchy---the negation of all development built upon justified un- rest. CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. On several occasions during the past six months, the Whig has had oceasion to take Ald. Graham severe- Iy to task for his actions inthe eoun- cil chamber ,and as chairman of the Board of Works, but these criticisms, which we felt were necessary and jus- tified, do mot in any way prevent the Whig giving him any credit that may be his due fn carrying out the work of his department. And it is only right that at this juncture mention should be made of the splendid work he is doing towards the improvement of Kingston streets. One has only to walk around the city to see the which have been repaired. . 'It is to the credit of Ald. Graham that so much has been accomplissed. It has always been admitted that he is bubbling over with energy, and it {8 with great satisfaction that citi- sens see that energy devoted to real work for the benefit. of the city. Sites he took hold of the street re- and road-making depart- ments hie has accomplished more than trans-Atlantic vigiter who remarked that the Thames was a creek com- vared with the Mississippi: "Sir, the Mississippi is Mquid mud; the Thames is liquid history." EXPLAINS POSSESSION OF MANSION HOUSE KEY Officer Bays Sailor Stole It, and - He Himself Forgot to Return It. New York, Aug. 22 --The key to the front door of the Mansion House in London, recovered recently at Camp Devens, Mass, in the baggage of Lieut. Ira I. Hodes of Brooklyn was stolen at an entertainment for American wounded by a sailor, who was caught in the act, and sent the key to the officer's hotel, Lieut. Hodges said. The lieutenant explained that soon after the key was sent him he was stricken with influenza and forget to return the key, which later was pack- ed into his bedding roll by the por- ter of his hotel. The bedding roll, he added, was mislaid and only recently recovered. Lieut. Hodes denied a report that the key was offered Gen. Pershing as a symbol of the freedom of the city on the occasion of his visit to London. The officer assérted also that an- other key found in his belongings had been purchased by him at a cur- fosity shop. After a strike of two months one thousand employees of the Reming- ton Typewriter Company Bridge- port, Conn., went to work on Thurs- day at an increase of fifteen per cent in wages. The strike of the Yorkshire coal miners, In progress for many weeks, has been settled. All the Yorkshire pits will resume work as soon as practicable, e steamer Baltic, with 758 sol- dfers, 838 wives and 319 children, docked at Halifax on Thursday. Seven Mexican bandits who robbed sailors from steamer Cheyeene have U.F.0. LABOR CANDIDATE D. J. Taylor, Wiarton, nominated 'at North Grey, at Saturday's joint conven- tion of farmers and labor men at Owen Sound, - Sid DROPPED IN VALUER Five Cents ¥or German Marks In Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 22. --What is claimed in financial circles as the first purchase of German marks since the beginning of thé war took place here yesterday, when a financial firm handled an order for the transfer- ence of §300 to Germany, This sum brought 6,000 marks at the rate of 20 marks for $1, which means that the mark has fallen to five cents in Vancouver against 'the normal ex- change value of 2314 cents. German- Austrian marks are still lower, be- ing offered at four cents here. y The latest gossip in political cir- cles at Ottawa suggests the possibil- ity of the retirement of Sir Louis Davies, chief justice of the supreme court, and his succession by Hon. A. bgen captured and put to death. L. Sifton, minister of customs. Rippling Rhymes TIMELY THEMES. The day is hot as melted lead; I place some ice up- on my head, and seek the shade outdoors; and there I read some cooling book----the voyages of Dr. Cook along the arctic shores. The doe is held to be a fake, but in his writings he can make a man forget the heat; with him 1 walk where blizzards roll, discover- ing a pipe dream reading takes me farther back; 1 follow Sir Franklin's track, in the storm and to any mortal friend. Somewhere the polar night wind moans above Sir in snow, the bones of others by their side, but how the heroes wrought I read of Greele; either lamp, mild surprise; I've heen abroad snows; and I am feeling just as if my for that's a frightful tale; and as I read I seem to hear the ice floes crashing far feel the bitter gale. cries, "Gee whiz! worse and worse; this heat, if longer it persist, will get my goat, I won and wist, and put me he © 'neath arctic skies, gmong the endless pole among the framed up sleet. My John to where it has an end; he vanished rack, and never sent a message back John's heroic bones, all buried deep and died we nevermore shall know. y's hunger camp, and feel a tear in and near, and A neighbor comes along and Our Augusts and Julys are getting in a hearse." I hear his words in ears and nose were frozen stiff, and I ~WALT MASON. DAVI Tremendous Reduétion in Price of Prime Western Beef Porter House Sirloin Steak THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG BIBBY'S Club Bags Where The Good Clothes Come From The Store That Keeps The Prices Down rives in coming here ~the fine selection o THE BENTLEY ... THE MILTON ..... Your New Suit, 7 Note the following points: =--the very high character of our tailoring! =the certainty of correct style! ¢ =the great value of our expert service that insures a perfect fit for any size or shape of man that comes to us! ~prices reasonable and pleasing! SEE BIBBYS YOUNG MEN'S SUITS THE BRUCE ........... 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