__PAGE SIX THE BRITISH WHIG STH YEAR rand ST ------------------------------------ ANADA, THE STATE OF ( wo ant i ) aip the ratifying the T delays helped recovers fthe first year o Dominion t ekly by 1 ad 8 WV, Pubifahed Dally an em iN THE BRITISH WMIG PUN CO, LIMITED 2 Eltlott ....coi00iv0ci an A. Guild I [President iditor and % A i Masaging-Director ' TELEPHONES: Businegs Office Editor®] Rooms Job Office ... xs SUBSCRIFTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in oily {One year, if paid in advance . {One year, by mail to rural offices 'One year to United States i (Semi-Weekly Edition) o0 {One year, by mail, cash .,.. 1 oo {One year, If not paid in advance 35-59 'One year, to United States $1.5 Six and three months pr a i OUT-OF-TOWN. REPRESENTATIVES A Bruce Owen, 23 8t. John St, Montreal {¥. M. Thompson, 402 Lumsden Bldg i 'oronto. T : on F.R.Northrup, 225th 'Aves New York fe R. Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bidig.. Chicaxo Letters to the Editor are published jonly over the «eotual name of the gwrit i> 2 one A ed is of the printing offices -------------------- best job in Canada, a J -------------------------------- ------ The circulation or THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABQ Audit Bureau of Circulations. Only four acclamations in all the province. The Liberals and United Farmers are forcing the fight against the Government all along thegghne. Union government abolished the i patronage evil, but the Hearst gov-| ernment, through all the years of war, maintained it unimpaired, as ev- "ery returned soldier and Liberal can attest, "We belong to the working classes | in this countty," declares Lloyd- George. That remark would be still more appropriate 'in Chhada, where nearly every man labors, whether he carries a union card or not. In Can- ada, as in England the worker is fast i eoming into his own. -------- en, Another big American company, | the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., of | Akron, Ohio, has decided to locate its Canadian branch in Hamilton. If | Kingston had a live industrial com- | missioner, some of these industries would be coming our way. The fact that they are not is entirely our own fault. i -------------- With the granting of female suf- frage and the right of women to §it in the Legislature, a new element "has been introduced into provincial | politics, For the first time in the his- | Adory of Ontario women this month | Will seek election to the house. How | the public will regard this chapge re- | mains to be seen. | ------ | The people of Canada will rejoice | to learn that President Wilson is re- | | covering from his serious illness. No | tman could have gone through with | the life that he has had since the de-| Claration of war and"not break down | Unless he was made of iron. Many a | man, who "carried on" at home dur- | ing the war, has been a sufferer from | | ths same form of nervous exhaustion, | S--r------ ! The Association Gppdved to Na- "tional Prohibitions completed in 'New York on Thursday the organiza- « U. in its campaign for a constitu- ,tiomal amendment .i8 the first organized movement aga- 1nst anti-tobacco propaganda. Kowalski, Konek, Martinufue, Ro- | tinsky, and Bahri are the names of | #ix men convicted of murder in Can- | ®da within .a few hours last week. | Many of the crimes these men were | 'guilty of were most revolting and bru- | tal These facts gb to show the danger | of admitting all kinds of foreigners i into the Dominion. Save Canada for the Canadians, should henceforth be i our policy. {in that { Canada defeated the Liberal govern- | pact {tion of the Allied Tobacco League of | America, whose purpose is to make | : on: wide fight against the W. C. prohibiting the | Browth, sale and use of tobacco. This | belligerent nat has continued at a have been moderately g and live. aided rops liness in business } in absorbing the returning into civil life There is no unemployment pre in Canada, and the sp rit of unrest is ldiers blem less apparent than it was a year ago Bank deposits have touched $1 000.000, and the building trade been are ind of prosperity that must not he looked = The war expenditures of the pres- ent fiscal year have naturally been heavy. The pay, statutory gratuities have government has estab! training courses s who feel the al knowledge ted freely to ve $00,- 8 have ations over- active These allowances and » of demobilized millions 2680 men required many The vocational shed for re- turned soldier need of a better techn have been gra Loans desifing to become practical on their own } To the Minister Finance for subscription another Vie- tory War Bonds in tion concerning the advantages of the outlays, offering neet these special war of is public Loan The ' bought 1918 needs no instruc an who investment. They are still quoted at par with accrued interest he was induced to buy a year ago because of the patriotic motive. Let him be assured that national obligation to the soldiers continues The patriotic is the great and potent ing Bonds of 1919 Perhaps the necessity still argument for buy- that is undoubt ill have as notable a of the 1918 flotation Once made plain he people; edly the Loan success as that CIPROCITY. Un i of gCongress 2 debate in the States chamber on the motion to repeal the Canadian Reci- proeity Act in 1911 sheds a new light on the great question that defeated the Liberal party in Canada | lower assed Year, This is 'interesting because it reveals the American mind on the subject, Representative Young to Canadians, | {of North Dakota, in moving the re- peal of the act, said: 'It violates the principles of uni-| formity in tariff legislation. It pro- | posed to give Canada privileges den- | fed to other countries. Such action! carried to its legitimate conclusion | with other countries wduld tend to-! | ward commercial wars, and perhaps | | even to wars by force of arms. Even | i if it should be justified on other grounds, 'it was a terribly poor bar- | gain, which, had it gone into effect, | | would dyave-injuriously affected the | agricultural interests of our coun- | try." | This is a most astounding piece of information and is of great histori- | cal value, inasmuch as the people of | | ment that negotiated the reciprocity | which Representative Young | now declares gave special privileges to Canada and was a peor bargain for |. the Americar people. The Conservative politicians who opposed the pact succeeded by using the cry that Canada was being sold | out to the United States, and yet it | was a bad bargain for the United Sta- | tes because she might have been call- | jed upon to defend it against other foreign countries "by force of arms." When we recall the political cam- paign against this reciprocity agree-| ment our opinion of the average in- telligence of the Canadian { and their ability to discern what is in mentary one. { One is compelled to admit, f | the evidence now adduced, that Sir | Wilfrid Laurier and Messrs, Fielding and Patterson, when they negotiated | that agreement, were acting in the best interests of the Canadian peo- | ple. \ | In the midst of conflicting internal | interests, sentiments and religious | prejudices, will we ever be able to] convince the people of the truth and { sincerity of a great cause and unite them in common action? It might be + had any pretensions to | dence j tor) ~ In city churches on Sunday an | of eity churches were expected to be! + for the sole purpose their own interest, is not a compli- | TOM perance, lot, and we think that BE aozen--j cents a 15¢-Bolder of the he + and potatoes to $1 a bushel is makin wile turn to the garden tum is swinging. In the tri garden to the kitcher the profits too many. Th fing ang the te direction r people are ng the garden t the kit out he en d Why Shake Hands? (London Chiromiel How many people know what the origin of the custom of shakin hands, of which tb Prince of Wales is just now suffering from an excess? In olden days, when every man who being a gen- tleman carried 'a sword custom when meeting! a show that there was no tre: offering each the weapon ha from the weapon. To hold b hand was equivalent to a challenge to Combat. This habit became so fix- ed that long after swords ceased to be worn men still offered the weapon hands to friends and declined to do 80 to enemies. Among savages who never carried swords the custom of shaking hands is unknown, and it affords them a great. deal of amuse- ment to see white men engage in the practice, . Beer and Oscalation. (Toronto Globe) Archie Draimin's temperance beer i his own wife; the hilarity of a I audience, but what do mar X of their tok will note th > W yrd : a kissir bey deserip gue ns of gal affect plication gests tj man's wi 1ey wi o tice ware limits kept within striet ute of ple is to the flatness wi the cor ir of alcholi ages pretends to find in the legalize beer of today neighbor's wife has a "kick n it comp sensation induced hy the potations that, accordi Liberty League orat and "gentle lamest domest a married co bey but the we are le a perspiration.' For French + Culture. ¢ Quebec elegraph) Dr. Roy, the Canac sloner at Paris, who has been in Can- ada on furlough and was lately enter tained in Montreal. has evolved an educational scheme to strengthen the bonds between Canada and France that should receive the whole-heart- ed support 'of this country gests that each of should provide five annual sc r- ships of twelve hundred dollars each for the purpose of sending Canadian He sug Provinces the students to France to complete their | ber is propos- |! | Seventy horses, stable fa | Street post-graduatdgstudies. It ed also to establish a college in Paris where these young men could be accommodated. at rea- sonable rates in order that expenses resi- might come within the range of the! { value of the scholarships. i ------------------------------ } I DIDN'T THINK. I didnt think of the dan- ger. I didn't think the gun was loaded. L didn't think the car was 80 near. ; I didn't think the automo - bile would turn around the corner. ' The person 'who doesn't THINK is offer injured, THINK! Letters to the Editor | Prohibition Is Abhorrent, Kingston, Oct, 138.--(To the Edi announcement 'was made that a meet ing would be held in Ontario Hall in connection with the work of the re- ferendum committee, and that 'choirs present on the platform and the siaging.' The referendum committee exists of furthering prohibition. The choirs of eity chur ches exist for the sole purpose of fur- thering Christia; ity. May I, there- fore, as a city /chorister, ask every lead in | other city chorjéter befor being pre- people. | sent on the platform o i is meeting to satisfy herself op hifiself that the efforts of the referendum commit- tee do not savor more of the "tenets { of Islam, or the Mosaic law, rather than of Christian teachings of tem- to which prohibition is as | abhorrent as its exact opposite? Yours truly, --EYTON WARBURTON. Sir H Drayton To-night. Sir Henry Drayton, Minister of Finance, will be at Union campaign headquarters, Dally Standard office, to-night, from § to 10 o'clock. citizens are cordially welcome. -------- Extraordinarily gevere rainstorms in the south of France have resulted ~ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG | sin | a EEE EREENEEEEEESENNEAENEREENNNNENE AERSEEENEREY The Store That Keeps The Prices Down - CanadaEast and West ymin Other min : ion Happenings Days. [gpg a Queenston Heights and Brock. To Canadians this date is fore rssociated with the victorious fight at Queenston Heights and th death there 'of wounds reeeived in action « the British commander Isaac Broek. War was declare m 1812 between the United States and Canada--or rather the British pos- sessions along the great la and the St. Lawrence. Immediately hos- tilities began and in July and early in October there were naval engage- ments oh the lakes, Near Browns- ' arly early {town on August 5th the Indian leader { Tecumseh inflicted great losses upon {and a bloody struggle ensued {the end the victory of the British! the Americans under Major Van Horne. The same month saw th surrender of Detroit to Sir Isaae Brock, the greatest attainment of the war to that time. On October 13, 1812, Brock was at Queenston Heights when he was encountered by the U.S commander General Van Renseltar n fled | was complete and the enemy {from the field 'in disorder, leaving a { great number in killed and wounded. {But in winning the victory Brock re- iand was seé¢ond in command at | part { the { 20th, | ern attainments, | sleighs, five open sleighs, fthree horses with all the { harness and equipment, 4 electricity to the tr | had just returned juer of jceived a wound from which he died in a few hours. A week before for his .. | zallant 'work in the war he had been gazetted an Extra Knight of the Or- the Bath. The gallant Brock, whose victory fame are recorded now on a shaft ing the bitterly contested fi was born in the Island of Gu Oct 6, 17 vear that N and We weére Forn At the age of entered the army. He service in Holland Cop- | he came to the 49th, 1 apoleon Saw As a with his Here soldier's enhagen. Canada in 1805 met He colonel regiment, he served until he death at Queenston ghts and won his victory. -- a The First Street Cars Street ears are such an ) every day life to ands of Canadians now that the r origin is overlocked. Some ofgthe older of present generation recall the >s when there were n 1 me- { sportation; I's re- ie horse cars tliat preced- modern trolleys. first street railwav in Canada organised in Toronto on May 1861. The Yonge Street line commenced on Aug. 26 of that and opened" Tor traffic on the of September following. The street was a close fol- witha cars running en Decem- By 1875 the company had six of single track, eleven cars, s and car barns. In September, 1861, the Montreal Railway came into existence, but the. services did not begin until late the following ye Its 'statis tics for the year 1863 are illumina- ting when read im the light of mod- The company then ssessed six and a quarter miles of | eight cars, brick stables with | ¥¥talls. It had in addition four | one-horse 'cars that were convertible | into ¢losed sleighs; three covered and sixty necessary That was | plendid plant in those! or r ry of vas route considered a s days. Other railways followed rapidly in! Hamilton and London and later in the western city of Winnipeg. - The horse cars continued. until some one discov: ered how to apply the principles of ansportation prob- | lem of the rapidly growing cities and the up-to-date trollevs of the pres-| jent day are the successors. . Dislocated His Shoulder, Robert Duncan, the star goal for | | the Shipbuilders) met with a bad ac- | cident i taining a dislocated shoulder, While 4 [driving to t on Saturday afternoon, sus- | he city in an automobile | with his two brothers, one of whom from overseas they were passing another caf just beyond the subway near the .depot when the car overturned, throwing. the occupants eut. ' Mr. Duncan was | taken to the Hotel Dien. but was ahle to be moved to his home on Mon- day. " Walter H. Bennett of St: Caflar- ines was electroented at the Steel & Radiation plant there. a Ee -------- RR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 1919. HATS BIBBY'S HATS om Extra Ready to try on, finished NNN Ct IN YOUNG ME See our PRIMROSE OVERCOAT, greys, greens and brown Cheviots. See our GRANT OVERCOAT at $35.00. grey and seal brown; elegantly tailored garm ents. Our New Suit THE RAVERHALL at $35.00. Others Suits -- $25.00, $30.00, $32.50, $42.50 , $45.00. Nm N Special Values V'S SUI'TS AND OVERCOATS to your order--in a few hours' time. $23.00 --new Waist line model. Fabrics are rich Sizes 34 to 30. Genuine Melton: in several shades, grey, dark We think these to be the best $35.00 Suits in Canada. SHOES 1 SHOES BIBBY'S Try BIBBYS for your new HAT, new GL OV ES, new SHIRTS. 3 CLASS RANGE 8 a _ McClary's Pandora' Ranges ARE JUST AS GOOD AS EVER AND OLD IN THE CITY, BUNT'S HARDWARE THE CHEAPEST, FIRST- be demonstrated in Sore all this week OCTOBER 6th to 11th i You are cordially javited to call And mee the good werk done by -------- ne STIFF NECK, LUMBAGO Sometimes Almost Unbearable. There are wegther conditions that make rheumatism worse. Sons. Some victims of this disease | They are |] 145 Froutense not the same in the cases of all PEP. (1 ert ny-- in DAVID SCOTT Plumber Plumbing and Gas Work a special. All work guaranteed. Address street. Phone 1277, Allg in floods and inundations. 3 than ip moist cold weather, suffer more in dry warm weather | but all | sufter more or less all the time | The cause of rheumatism is an ex- | cess of uric acid in the blood, affect- | ing the muscles and joints. Hence | the blood must have attention for | bermanent results in the treatment | of this disease, | Hood's Sarsaparilla has given en- | tire satisfaction in thousands of! cases. Do not fail to give it a trial. If a laxative is needed, take Hood's Pills--they don't gripe. this popular Powder, i f Jas. REDDEN & Co. | -- . ll Phones 20 and 990. ME [eee oT ee Ty FARMS 300 300 <30 182 200 200 Price $20,000 Price 16.000 Price 15.000 11,000 19,000 9.500 $,000 £500 8,000 8,080 § 000 6.500 DELAWARE LACKAWANNA --and-- WESTERN RAI LROADS CELEBRATED -- lh op Ne cm ns SCRANTON COAL The Standard Anthracite, Chief Distributor for Kingston Crawford Foot of Queen St. Phone 9. * i ee. mld Mr. and Mrs. 8 3 | said that this was done in the late! T.J. Lockhart, Real Estate and insurance CLARENCE STRERT Phone 1085W. or 17077. "Leak-Proof" because they 3 Lake Ontario Trout and Whitefish, Fresh Sea Ta P ds py Edgar Masten, of Bloomfield, announce the engage. ment of their daughter, Inez, to Fred Cooper, sou of Mr. and Mrs. HY Cooper, also of Bloomfield, the mar- riage lo take place the latter Retabar, . ' gaii " 4d ee -- res James Duff, MA. born and reared in MéNab township, has tendered his resignation as ehjer , inspector of Schools for 'Saskatchewan and will femove to thie coast "iin | war, but in that case the le were | One man declares that he secur Ea. ary { J ; Das man of brandy trom the Sree | Boverned purely by emotion, and 'it is | e Je : vendor appointed in Toronto to | ® C2use for congratulation that they | oa liquor 54 the Jews Thousands | loyally responded, But in purely com- | . Er er Jew aut Coming | MeTcial matters there is great need | On the eve of an election, this conces- | (°F, 2ducation and honesty. 3 : : \ are that kind--some with our Foun. Sion to one class of the community a : KEEP YOUR DATES. . : tain : you'll find alt our looks much like an atissi ts win fa- | : If you promise you will meet me at the dump at | Rubee Goods first class in every des for the government in cértain | . half past two, and at that hour fail to grest me--if so | We aim 2 to carry quarters. The license commissioners | : flagrantly you treat me, I am done, my friend, with | Rubber that Is nooted Lo "hing in Dave assumed a grave ivility. | ; | Jou. You may meet me with excuses, tailing why you | Hubb EL : a Were not there; but on aun I Sal} Joe truces; ; Had- - PRT 3 And the Public Saffers. they're mot worth as many deuces; explanations are : . No sooner is the national railway | ; (Buffalo News) { hot air. Keep engagements to the minute, is the war | DR. CHOWN'S DRUG dock, Halibut and | Strike settled in England than a still! [We venture the opinion that a fai den of my song, as I swat my lyre and spinnef, sing- | . : g 185 PRINCESS STREET Cod E- Bremater industrial dispute arises, | Dércentage of the shortage of essen- : ing like a locoed Mnnet. caroling the whole day long. | PHONE 843 . . . IB mine workers now. 4 4 th | tials is due to waste. If folks, saved | If you say you'll pay the baker for his pies on Mon! ; » ; nan . and conserved as much as they did } day noon, do noteprove yourself i faker, or a tars | : nationglization of the mines. Prem-, during the war, so that vusiness | - diddle maker---be there with the large doubloon. Keep | J . dor Lloyd-George replies that the | again could become stabilized on a your promises unbroken, let no plédge of yours sag | Cainda Foo Bdard Li ? | Sovernment does not deem that such | ROrmal basis, they. would be better | Jown; keep your word, though lightly spoken. be of | |: 3 Dairy 1 © Ne. 9-3248 nationalization to be in the best in. | OF fnancially and conditions would | faith the sign and token, and you'll have a high re- | v - I terests of the nati A tio | 0° easing up. jown. Keep your word, from A to Izzard, pever over. i ores s € na on, coaflic i etme, look a date, though you walk through sleet or blizzard | fraught with grave peril io the coun. | The, Jatchen Door. i un you freezs your cherished gizzard be. the man | i > {3 $i] T e * £ try will Drobably pe. the timate re-| (On a eit atgucs] who's never late, lt . . 3 | the necessity of a cow in the back!