a WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13, 1910 CHOCO UOCIOIDOLIDIOID TODOS) George Cadbury Ideal Employer of Labor Has Been Has Never Had a Strike 5 BHLIOPOLOIDILLDLDIIVOELOBO oT &« slogan of a now fore the Cost when ' charged profits But subsequent witnes completely in the Were adm with those of the In such times recall the business career of Mr. George Cadbury directors of Cadbury Bros, Bournville, England, nowned cocoa and cb manu- . facturers. Certain ir all ' big businesses were conducted on his lines the present strained relations and even bitter antagonism between labor and capital would uot be mani- feat. George Cadbury is now eighty years of age. It is sixty-five years since he entered his father's by At that time it adily losing money owing to the father's zeal for public service to the neglect of his . business. At the age of nineteen, in ' company with his brother Richard, four years his senior, George Cadbury took over the management of the concern, at that time employing twelve workpedple. At the present time it has a pay roll of 3,500 I went to school in the old building which formerly housed the concern, but which had been' converted into an improvised technical school It has long since been superseded by a modern palatial structure with up- to-date equipment, Over thirty years ag0 Mr Cadbury's humanitarian spirit ded him to transfer his bus'. ness !o Bournville, a pretty suburb of Birmingham, He felt that healthier condi- tions could be provided for his staff, though the move was strongly dis- couraged by his friends Visitors to the place have seen the beautiful cricket ground, two football fields, open-air swimming, baths, recreation rooms and institutes for lads and girls. Competition + employment with such a concern is very keen and strikes are unknown : Years ago Mr. Richard Cadbury died | while on a visit to Jerusalem, 80 that the sole direction has long been in the Bands of George Cadbury A five-minutes religious service, us- ually conducted by the head of the firm begins each day, and is attended alternately by men and women em- ployes. Religiously, Mr. Cadbury be- longs to "the Friends," more popu- larly known as Quakers. For over half a century he has been the mov- ing spirit in the Adult School move- ment, personally attending every Sunday morning at 7.30 and conduct- ing the proceedings of one of the principal branches in Birmingham. To do this he cycles several miles from his home at Northfield. For years Mr. Cadbury has been honorary treasurer of the National Free Church Council of Britain. He is an ardent temperance worker, and radical social reformer. When, in the dark days of the Boer War, the London ' Daily News, famous for with making undue ges put him Hix profits {ttedly compared ms they directed. s refreshing te policy of of re- ana rman Ltd. world cha the ocolate ig that siness Was ste Charles Dickens' one-time connection as editor, fell on evil times, George' Cadbury, under extreme pressure, was induced to, take a large con- trolling interest. His connection has long since ceased,' but that does not prevent otcasional references by op- «ponents to the so-called "Cocoa It is an open secret that at the time of the crisis over the House of Lord, when Mr. Asquith secured King George's consent to the crea- tion, if necessary, of sufficient peers to ensure the passing of the Parlia- ment Act, George Cadbury was one} of those to be) so "honored." It is quite certain, too, that only such an extreme necessity would have indue- - od him to accept. George Cadbury will live in history -a8 the founder of the Bournville Vil- lage Trust. Eighteen years ago, with the consent of the members of his family affected, Mr. Cadbury handed over to the Trust the bulk of his property, outside his business. It was valued at $909,000, with a reat roll originally of $25,000 a year, with hich the trustees started. The pro- ts were to be devoléd to the de- velopment of the estate, and pur- chasing more ground in other parts of the country. The estate is in the bands of the Charity Commissioners, and Mr. Cadbury estimated at the time of handing over to them, that, With capable management, in 150 years the income ought to approach five million dollars a year. Bournville is visited by social re- formers from all over the world. Its artistically designed dwellings are keenly competed for by would-be tenants, their economic rents beiny an additional attraction. Every house is detached and has garden back and front. There is a. .¥ green, and hall with recreation grounds for old ahd young. Every Sunday evening the chiming of well. known hymn tines by the village bells create a pleasing effect. The single-storey almshouses with every convenience for the aged carefully planned are a continual attraction to the philanthrepically minded. To E thease King George and Queen Mary | a vi , and swhen in Birmingham re ith obvious interest, Don't Trust Bull, Do not trust the bull, however guiet he 'muy appear, but take the same procaution with the apparently gulet one that you would with ono _ knowa to bo unreliable. It may pre 'went an accident. Houses constructed entirely of salt are a unique feature of atime ot - tho villages in Russian Polan: ------ ge 4 The optimist always ents failure to the "mish. HOOD'S Billous PILLS: ! Best fox all liver lla, Tiy them, 'SONG OF THE SHIRT." i» Three Thnes and Fin- Accepted by Punch. ers but are familiar 1's song te the toll- { the Shirt," lated, into more for- than any other poem »d This poem was he London Punch on 1843, and created a don, and it was soon HOOD thereafter actically throughout it # story connected mposition of the " On October 25 the attemtion of ith Song of UU air i" was br it 10 the | ! a wretched woman samed Bi ddell was charged at the ¢ station with having belonging to her em- ployer t was siawn that she made trousers for seveupence a pair, and the utmost she could make was seven shillings a week, which her employer lnoked upon as "a good living for a woman who had hersel! and two in- fant children te st ipport." This case attracted a great deal of attention at the time, and two days later the London Times had a power- ful editorial on the incident. Punch quoted from this "leader" with sting- ing additions probably by Doughas Jerrold-- the following "week. Hood, whose sympathies were stirred by suffering, penned his "Song of the Shirt" and sent it to Punch, his wife saying as the package was done up: "Now mind, Hood, mark my words, this will tell wonderfully! It is one of the best things vou ever did!" Mark Lemon, who was at the tine the editor of Punch, recalling the receipt of the manuseript in later years, said that the author aceom- panied it with a note, saying that the lines had already been rejected apers; that he feared it ited to Punch, and leav- n's discretion whether the paper or in the waste onfidence of Hood's wife in "The Song of the Shirt" was justified. The poem in Punch created a sensa- tion. It was copied in the Times and other journals, and as M. H. Spiel- mann has put it, in sympathetic ap- preciation on Hood as a contributor to Punch, "went through the land like wildfire." The historian of Punch claims that the publication of "The Song of the «Shirt trebled the circulation of that Journal. It may be said also to have trebled Hood's fame and popularity at the time London's Landlords. What Sir Marcus Samuel paid for the twenty acres of the West-end, which he bought recently, it is im- possible to say, says Tit-Bits. As, however, the land itsélf is worth about $10,000,000 and the buildings erected on it are worth another $15.- 000,000 it is easy to arrive at a fair ly correct estimate of the cheéque which he signed for the property. This purchase places Sir Marcus among London's biggest landlords. Contrary to public belief, however, the 118 square miles of London Counly are not owned by a few, but by thousands of landlords -- 38.200 in all. More than one-half of these only own two or more houses, while there are only 700 who own estates of five acres' and upwards. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners own Bayswater property which brings in $2,600,000 a year in ground rents The Duke of Westminster fis the largest . individual owner. His 400 acres in Pimlico yield a yearly rent of $15,000,000. Lord Howard d Walden owns 292 acres off Oxfor street, which bring in an annual rent of $14,500,000. In Clerkenwell Lord V_rthampton is the biggest landlord, c.owning 260 acres worth $8,000,000 & year. Lord Portman, the Duke of Bedford, dnd' Earl Cadogan own be- tween them 270 acres, with a total annual rent of $28,000,000. Legal Jokes. John o'London, that welcome new- comer among the weeklies, provides its readers with some Specimens of judicial humor, though lord Lore- burh Hid once remark that it *'pro- verbially occupies a low place in the classification of wit. There is that story about Mr. Justice Wightman, who, when a witness described a man as "an independent gent," inquired, "Do you mean a geatlemman?™ "A gent, my lud," repeated the witness. "Ah," said Mr. Justice Wightman. "I see. That's something short of a gentleman, isa't it?" A long-winded counsel having ex- plained his arguments at prodigious | length to-a weary Kentish jury, the same judge at one point interposed: 'I think you have told us that be- fore Mr. JS "Have I, my lord?" said the barrister. "1 am very sorry. I had forgotten it." "Oh, please don't apologize, Mr, "was the smiling answer. "It is quite intelligible--it was such a long time ago." From all accounts, the King's heir has a strenuous time in front of him. Not only is he setting up housekeep- | ing on his own account, but he is tak- ing a very practical hand in the than- agement of his own estates, says the | Toronto World, . These include some | ! rather neglected house pro) Loudon, and even oyster fis in ty hulf-wild ponies on Dartmoor, and deyeloping mines of tin and in the duchy which gives hilh one of his most famous titles, He bids fair to gpgual his grand- father as a man of affairs. There have been various references | lately to the Prince of Wales' fond- ness for a -"tavorite briar," but his | Royal Highmess is not so wedded to his pipe as to neglect the mellow | And, what is | more, he is a good judge of a cigar, charms of a cigar. as was his grandfather before him. The ex-Emperor William II was the first king of Prussia who ever { lost his throne, rage Wins, You never took fore.' "Got to be able to tal iy to my wife, haven't gent, | of Zanzibar produce about per + 000,000 pounds; which . 'group of the at! the mouth of the Hel, in Cornwall. | His Royal Highness is now breeding wolfram | Su "Making a study of politics, eh?! much interest be. | In normal years the spice ante $ cent. of the world's supply of cloves,' 2h average crop approximating 16 - THE COLLECT RELICS OF CZAR. Belongings of the Late Ruler are Be- | ing Heid at Viadivostok. t ¢s of the Roman- ffs which were collected during his { the murders at Eka. He showed me personal ngings, and diaries g seat 'or safety jairy of the Czar was to Moscow ) longer the slightest! 28 {0 the manner of the death 11 sposal of the bodies, Czar as, his wife Alexandra, and the children were flung, naked, down deep shafts in a neighboring forest, | whence they will be exhumed in the springtime. The bodies were strip- ped and the clothes and other effects »d near the shafts. The quan- jewelry broken and partly! and recognized as belonging Imperial family, was found amid the ashes and in swampy ground. The murders were unquestionably ardared and planned by the Jewish Moscow 'Soviet, and | everything was done to remove all} traces of the crime and of the vie- tims: but compromising documents! and numerous other pieces of avi- dence have beén discovered which will be héanded over presently to the! law officers Not a single member of the Czar's suite was spared. --Lon- don Times A to AAA AP rl Yn firyp i) To hs has brought to | 1) _PAGE NINE Kingston's New Industry until you make yourself and everyone near you miserable. It is not necessary when IVI TIL) Na 27 2 qr iN eR VSIA Manufacturers of Contains--NO ACID--NO LYE Con yal white linen and Cot! y cleans bath tubs, from sinks, copper, porcelain ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT. 18c. A QUART BOTTLE Return bottle and save 3c. will stop the irritation, heal the inflamed membranes of the throat and soon cure the severest co COLDS, SORE THROAT, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA and WHOOPING COUGH yield to the soothing and healing influence of this wonderful cough medicine. You owe it to yourself and your friends to always keep a bottle in the house at this season. None genuine unless in a Red Package bearing the trademark Na-Dru-Co. 1" et amauiont] Deus sod Chemical Company of Casads, Limited. To disinfect:leave some in open container in room not live where it is used. TRY IT PL JAVEL MFG. CO, -- ~~ PHONE 454. turad Specially for Whitening and taking out on Without Boiling. THE JAVEL MANUFACTURING CO. "KLEAN ALL" JAVEL WATER Stains marble tilin Germs can- EASE 19 ONTARIO STREET, KINGSTON. ET SPLENDID FARM, 185 ACRES ~=-TWO MILES FROM CITY -- i FOR SALE. APPLY W. H. GODWIN & SON Real Estate & Insurance | 89 Brock St. Phone 4234 || | a RELIEVE CONSTI Sar Contending that two small electrifr| The British Chamber of Commerce S2EnIeaTIoN 18 18 A COMM US SUFFER AND IS A A CORB ABYC NhER 3 Noe {fans are more efficient than one larg- at Chefoo, China, will foster the eh N---- INUE 5 3 ons fd ive Sho uo AT oNbE an HIS Anil PUIAT {or one, an inventor hak mounted a pongee silk industry of that diftrict p: This GORRED- A {pair on separate arms from a com-| by exhibiting to the natives motion re er aera Sa ---- {mon pedestal different heights,' pictures of the manufacture of silk and separately adjustable as to angle. from the worm to the finished textile ~ A. ct AA co ett a ein, -- ~s Et ta kindling. at NI i A Nt AlN tit L Repeal of Ontario Temperance Act Does Not Necessarily Mean a Return to the Old License System ug WTA pie Ry op 1) Mn yi 2 HY 1 D3 )) THE Citizens' Liberty League contend that the unsatisfactory Ontario Temperance Act must be repealed and new legislation enacted. Further, they declare that the repeal of The Ontario Temperance Act does not necessarily mean the return of the Old License System. The Referendum Committee contend differently. settle the matter once and for all, the Citizens' Liberty League herewith submits a signed statement by I. F. Hellmuth, K.C., of the law firm of Hellmuth, Cattanach & Meredith, Toronto, and by D.L. McCarthy, K.C., Toronto, son of the late Dalton McCarthy,and member of the legal firm of McCarthy & McCarthy, Toronto. Mr. Hellmuth and Mr. McCarthy are tworof the outstanding King's Counsel of Ontario. "Our opinion is asked as to whether a majority vote of 'YES' to question One of the Refer- endum, necessarily repeals the. Ontario Tem- eranze Act now in force and atthe same time Pring s into effect the Liquor License Act which re in force prior to the passing of the Ontario Temperance Act, and our answer is unhesitat- ingly No. "It is true answer, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council roclamation, bring into effect the prior Pe, Act, but until this is done the resent Ontario Temperance Act continues in gan, by Liquor orce. Itis Governor in Counci clamation within any fixed or definite time, and there is no reason to suppose any action in this respect will be taken until after the meeting of the Legislature. "Notwithstanding, therefore, ' an affirmative majority vote to question One of the Referen- dum, the prior Liquor Liccnse Act will not ' necessarily be in force when the Legislature meets, and the Legislature can, at the next session, pass such legislation as it deems pro- pet in regard to the whole question: It can ring into effect any Act that the majority of the members of the Legislature approve of, irrespective of any laws in force up to that time. "There is nothing in the Constitution as laid down by the British North America Act which prevents the Legislature from validly enacting a law which would be a compromise between the Liquor License Act and "the present Ontario Temperance Act and any such Act being entirely within the competence of the Legisletiire would, when passed, supersede ~ JRA ~ that in case of such affirmative not obligatory on the Lieutenant- to issue any such pro- Vote "YES" to all Four Questions Mark your Ballot with an X. Any other marking will also--every voter must vote on every question or his it. Remember, A CITIZENS' true Arid $11 in the tospon and Become a member Liberty League LIBERTY LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP FEE, Please enroll me ss 8 member of the Ueaffue, for which 1 esclose ONE DOLLAR Citizens' Liberty League PROVINCIAL HEADQUARTERS 22 College Street - - . Toronto T. L. CARRUTHERS, bears carry na its good work sad schieve President: sctive members and funds are recuire, Hon. President: SIR EDMUND B. OSLER Vice-President: lL PB. HELL TH KG at once. - TL CARRUTHERS, Hon. Treasurer: 22 College F. GORDON OSLER Secretary We have a supply of ® cut hard wood and La J. Sowards Coal Co. Lt.-Col. H.A.C. MACHIN, M.P.P. 1%