"THE sarrisy writer. . company, PAGE SIX THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG oT WEDN EaDAY, NOVEMBER 19, ee a I Te ------------ Pablished Daily Eh J. G. Elliott Leman A. Guild Editor and Managing-Divector { TELEPHONES: Oftice agsgeannserans Heals Rooms'%. B SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dally Sdition One year, » One year, by m One eu to y Que or not paid in one Joan to United States and three months pro TOF ~ RESENT, R Broce i 3'8t. Jona k dhaagren: BoM Toompson. 402 F.R.Northrap, 33 Ave, York F.R.Northrup, 15 yn Bldg. Chickgo' Letters fo.the Biter are published: only over the ctusl name of ihe » Attached "iy one of the beat Io printing offices in Canada. A 'Gananoque clergyman has re- signed his charge to become an ofl "tor. Didn't he realize thgt he had ens ough trouble as'it was? © Three fires have ocoprred 'in the village of SE, ue week. A provincial inv should fol- low, as quite clearly & Sretng is at work. vary ---------- The United States intends to en- force prohibition with a streng hand. The federal t has appro- J ey: appeinted an lor the purpose, priated $2.0 .army of 30, The reply of ply of Dr, Edwar Edwards, M.P., _ to the G.W. Via, is 'a very defiant "and challenging one--a sort of "you- be-damned" retort. The learned doe- tor won't feel so independent after the next election. The French elections have proved to be another triumph for that grand old fighter--Premier Clemen- «oan. The extreme Socialists suffered + & decisive defeat, which augurs well for the republic. , 4s reported by the Labor Gazetbe! shows a slight decrease, Mut $1 isfstill double what it was when the war began. It will Bave to drop a lot yet before the Wage-earner gets any relief. The cost of liv One American "and one Italian whond businesses are closely allied to the automobile in- dustry, are seeking. sites. for bran. ches in Canada. Herd are two excel lent changes for Kingston to secure 'mew industries: ds the civic industry committee alive to the fact? ee hisses mts President Wilson' s physician says that his ui better for haying Wales. The lent hasn't got any- thing on the yest of us in that res pect. We all foal, Detter for having seen this spipndid type of Britain's Agel line. Now that cold weather is here, the |' Bublte 1 is rie Bot to neglect the pipes and chimneys. = -- pi Thsult from dirty flues "the Insurance companies have a right to "withhold nt of insurance Every policy that the com- pany will not be responsible for fires caused by Begligence on the part of the assured. jo Tho Board ot Commerce. 'which is ( ey rune aey of "materially increased: because of the enormous advance in the cost of raw material. Uppers of the better grade are 338 per 'cenit higher than in 1913 WIT per cert. higher. It looks as it the leather ms- 3 i Aurtanlar ne of business under 1 i Lholding 'the League of Nations for the rectifica-/ ton of the Boundry in question. A PLEA | FOR "THE JEWS. A- member of the GW.V.A. on! '| Monday evening caused 4 Hild sen- | Sation at the general meeting by bis { des this manager, "so spirited speech resenting the eti- | tude adopted in apeakins of the Jewish people. One speaker had oc- oaston to refer to a transaction im which some furniture was seid to a furniture dealer. of Jewish national ity, and he did so with an unconseci- ous gesture which was interpreted aa belng contemptuous by a Jawish returned soldier fHrésent. Ju the course of a vigorous speech, this young Kingstondan put forward £ splendid plea for fairness in speak- ing of the people of his nationality. He referred in particular to a speech made in Montreal by Principal Bruce Taylor in which he claimed that the principal had made some deroga- tory remarks concerning Jewish stu- dents in Queen's University. In reply it was stated that enly one Jew was in attendance at Queen's University who was fit for service tn 1914, and he immediately enlisted.' The speak- 30 | er also sald that it was a matter of record that not one Jew bad to be 1:89 conweripted in Kingston. In making iis -appeal for fairer treatment of the Jews 'in everyday conversvation, he sald: "Samuel Gompers is always veferred to as the great American labor leader; Lord Reading is always spoken of as the great British statesmmp but when one of our nationality doés wrong, he is not spoken of as a Britisher or a Canadian, but, in a contemptuous manner, he is referred to in the press and on the streets as a Jew." There is a great deal of truth in the statements made by this young '| Jewish soldier. Our Canadianism should be bread emough to ensure that every loyal citizen, and the Jews are updouMedly wu loyal people; should have the mame of Camadian. It was fndeed courageous of the young man in question to make so Healings for his race and his words should be borne in mind at all times when people of his race are under discussion. THE QITY MANAGER PLAN The articles published from time to time by the Whig, dealing with the governiaéns of a ¢ity by the ma- nager plan, have aroused considers able interest. A numover 'of 'business men and others concerned with ci. vic matters have expressed their be, lief, that some such scheme must be. adopted here if Kingston is ever to go ahead. This is especially true in these days wien we are not even dusttics. we have, let alone acquiring new ones! There ox. ists a lamentable lack of public spi rit, of civic progressiveness and of that cooperation , which alone ORR accomplish results Radical changes in the system at present obtaining Are now being demanded by certain bodies of the electorate, Just what these changes will be is a matter of much concern to those who have the g00d of the city at heart. It may be argued that the ofty manager plan is an American idea, and that while it might be success- ful there it would not work out as well in Canada. We should welcome] new and progressive ideas no mat- ter where they originate, and spply them to our own use and profit. Be. sides, the plan has already been ad- opted In certain Canadian towns with splendid results. Kamloops, B.C., is 8 case in point, J. J. Carment, the city manager there, in an address before the Union of British Colum! bia Municipalities, gave some very, valuable information touching the working of the plan there," as well #8 proofs of its advantage over the present obsolete system. To meet the 'diversified demands upon the time and intelligence of the council, de- mands which; added to the purely ex- ecutive and legislative functions hi therto constituting the chief muni. oipal activities, made some change aboslutely necessary, the committee system was adopted. The burden of management was divided. Mr. Car. ment points out, and one group of ale dérmen looked after one branch of the civic service, another took charge of a second part of the muni. cipal work, and every item of busi boagd, where it gave rise to more of less discussion between the council AI Suwa moty or. Vee suis: between men who. after all, move Or less strangers to the The weakness of this system bes ® apparent as the muniol v--------------a-- THE BRITISH - WHIG su he suggests an , appeal to the of to-day and De 1 FR to Improve ploquent a plea on behalf of fair |, ness was brought before the council I'm OR them as experience suggests. * As | | the shareholders of our joint stock | companies Appoint directors and | these in tufn- engage managers who, i 8elect thelr staffs with the objset of | the most: efficient service," eobelu~ in civic affairs "the titizens as shareholders cannot do better than follow their Iéad." The im: e advantages to be #ained by adopting such a system are obvious: (a) The aldermen are freed from the conslderation of petty details, and are thus enabled to give a mush greater portion of their time to the, larger affairs of civic administration, which mare properly belongs to them as legislators. AD) The holding of one man ve sponsible for the administration of the various departments tends to a thoroughness which cannot be ex- pected from committees of aldermen, who are changing their persennel from year to year. fe) Lack of continuity of policy, ! owing to the changing personnel of these committees, is thus obviated. 1 Dominion Happeniugs of Other Days. CanadaEast =x] The HuSpintie EX life nthe: aa he slong period when the Iroquois were | the scourge of Canada put to the | most * romantic was the defense of the Fort at Vercheros in 1893 by Madeleine, daughter of the seigaeur of that place. She was at the time a mere girl of fourteen years of age. | The inhabitants were at wark in the | fields, no one was left in but two soldiers, two boys, an old man of (4d) The control eof municipal employees is much more satisfactery i1 under the managerial system when | the right man is secured. (e) The placing of all depart. | ments under 4 permanent official a8 | sures efficiecr and economy whieh | cannot be obtained under the | tem of committees. In other words, the managerial | "Lot! 'system retains the best features of | the aldermanic system of civic gov- ernment and eliminates its weak points by adopting the methods of the most successful publie utility un. | dertakings. The subject will be fur- | ther dealt with in subsequent artl-| cles, as the Whig is convinced that | the public are not sat'stied with ex- | isting conditions in this city. | PUBLIC OPINION | i Sure Way To Stop It. Albany Journal) | Whey etooting hunters by mistake | for 4 is made « crime by luw | there will be an be an and of 1 of it. ! } When Fighting For ¥ ting For Fun. i gh lade) Ir there has to be a fight anywhere in the world let it be in Ireland, where it will be enjoyed most. Almost Invariably, (Ohlo State Journal) It may be laid down as a general rule that whenever anyone makes a ring-tailed simian of himself in pub: lic Mfe he thinks the newspapers are su : Shivered The "Wrong Way. (Los Angeles Times) A woman broke three ribe over a washboard the other day. If she had done it dancing the shimeny she would have gained notoriety, As it Is she only achieves fame. No Longer Potent: (New York Sun) When Oharles Kingsley wrote his famous line: For men must work and women must weep! he probably could not have imagined the extent to which the year 1919 was to find two "musts" impotent. etre Paast ng &ho "I'm awfully sorry, Mrs. Blunt, 4 drawled the fashionable youth, "that I forgot your party Jest Friday nighe!" "Ob," remarked Mra. Blunt, fnno- cently, 'weren't you there?" The Good, ia ¢ @ n jo abolished np is about the Horas. pudlic = schools says a a rs dosmich There was a time, ears ago, when a red-blooded | "8 Satu £9251; f alls wero aloo fred 8 steady five was kept up upon the | vols. The ) vow gm on the a, oecassional 4 ave to make FR think | ore was a strong wi an to do much ; : Indians. | enemy busy on that side. "For a! week the little garrison was on eon- | stant duty, not resting day or night, | Then a detachment of Freuach soldiers | came to the rescue and the Iroquois | vanished into the woods. The fame | of Madeleine was scattered far and | e the early settiers attract. | | ing the attention of the Iroquois | themselves. : INDIGNANT WORKERS Who Have Not Been Been Paid for Bloc: Labors. Ottawa, Nov. 19.--"If another eleclon comes on soon the Gevern- ment will find it wil'have no per sons ready to work for it in recording {the vote, and very few places at which polls' may be heM.™ This statement was made by Wil- Ham Burns, who was Chie! Banumer- ator for West Ottawa, and later Re- turning Officer for the riding in the Provincial elections and referendum. Mr. Burns bas beem beseiged by half a ghousand indignant depu 'ies, poll glerks amd holders, who Jars up their day or houses to the ernment and have not received pay- ment. Not in thirty years have elee- thon expenses been held up so long, and Mr. Burns has been forced to pay out hundreds of dollars to appease them. 'E Song Sent from Russia. d R Mich., Nov. 18.= when the flag-dppped 'coffin which was supposed to fontain the body of John -T. Westerhof, the Grand Rap- ids soldier who wes killed in norgh- ern Russia, was opened at the home of his parents, Mr, and Ars. Thomas Westerhof, 3 was found to contain the body of some other soldier. Marks of identification disclosed that the rang body had been placed i for Grand ge ------ Pastor May Be Candidate. Woodstock, Nov, 19.--Dr. L. B Gibson, pastor of Knox church, de- 'les the statement that he will run for the Board! of Education as a re- presentative of ever, he Ja interested in labor af- fairs, and in anything "that would benefit' the people. WHI Tour Canada. Montreal , Now. *19. A crvupted by the war, the decision of a British ea to send' out British all companies 3 with the theatrics hits of a a prion vived, Tha Tie of 4 series of such The Lusk of the Navy" production. hich, after an engagemen i po. will tour HY Srinci sities he Dominion. = 1 A ag hls Took place on Sak when. Ouida' al, A. Davis, Brockville, Mrs. vis, was married to William Eg Mrs. H der a ofvthe late Al [1 and gre-- zERm -------- HATS HATS . 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