| i & Business psc cn i, SAA ST I TR SR RRA TN, . kept up to ensure that Kingston will : are few and far between. i' the fact that this is leap year has . peace-time conditions in earnest to 'sentatives. The United States is not 1920 are almost double those of the Hon. T. A. Crerar may be anxious to PAGE SIX THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG BRITISH WHIG | the other ministers can do as 87th YEAR. { well, the farmers' government should ibe a good one. Suggestions are heard in many United States cities that tanks should be used to clear the streets after a snowitorm. It would be a far cheap- er plan to send someone to Canada to gee how the Job is done in this country. .It amuses, Canadians to hear that New York has not yet re- covered from the snowstorm of a month ago. AUTOMOBILES IN CANADA. Some interesting facts are brought to light in the report for 1919 of the automobile license departments of the several provinces. The figures show the tremendous extent to which the automobile industry has devel- oped, and iis growth has been al- most unparalleled in the annals of trade history. 'In the year 19083, Fanlisned De pail and Semi-Weekly by THE BR "WHIG PUBLISHING me LIMITED 5 G. Elliott Leman A, Guild tario, there were 229 automobile reg- istrations. In 1919, there were 139,- 288 registrations, an increase in six- teen years of over 139,000.. The same increase has been noted all over the dominion. The registration fig- ures in the various provinces during 1919 gvere as follows: -- Ontario Quebec .....ics0 cose Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island J 1 1,000 Manitoba . «es 33.896 Saskatchewan .....s ». 54,754 Alberta i. . 34,262 British Columbia ..... 19,050 This gives a total for the whole | Dominion of 835,298 cars licensed during the year 1919, The great pre- ponderance of Ontario over the other provinces is a very clear proot of the wealth of the banner province. An- other interesting factor brought out in the report is that, during the year 1918, for which analyzed fig- ures are now available, out of a to- tal of 101,845 automobile taken out in Ontario, no less than 37,758 were taken out by men whose occupations are listed as farmers or drovers. There can be no greater proof of the increasing wealth of the farmers than this. Job Office fi.y.n. ia eins SUBSORIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) - year, delivered in city ....36.00 year, if pald=Th advapce ..$5.00 year, by mail to rural offices $2.50 year to United States 3,09 (Semi-Weekly "Edition) One year. by mail, cash . $1.00 One year, if not paid in advance, $0 50 One year, to United States . Six aud "three months pro rata. OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES ¥. Sader, 22 wgdohn St, Montreal ¥. M. Thompson, 48 N.amsden Bldg. F.R.Northrup, 225, i lity. Ave, New York ¥.R. Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg, Chicago Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer. One One One One 34,987 9,900 8,061 Attached is one of the best Job printing offices in Canada. u The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the : ABC Audit Bureau of Oirculations. An exchange states that in China eggs are three for five cents, coal fifty cents a ton, and wheat thirty cents a bushel. But whe wants to go and live in Clgna? The citizens' banquet on Tuesday evening was a splendid event, but it should not be made & mere flash in the pan. The good work must be ------------------ ---- CANADA'S IMMIGRATION POLICY. The good thing which the war has done for Canada is that it has made an entirely new method of immigra- tion control necessary, and the bene- fit of this has already become appar- ent. The day of the open door, with unrestricted entry of all kinds and classes of people from Eastern and Southern Europe, has passed away, and it has been replgeed: by a system of su > gration from the British Isles which cannot fail to have beneficial results on the coun- try's future. The authorities hav® at last come to the conclusion that qual- ity is much better than quantity in the matter of settlers, and are mak- ing their plans accordingly. The figures for the first ten months of the fiscal year ending on the 81st of the present month, show that this policy is already bearing fruit. While the war was in progress, immigra- tion was restricted, and in the fiscal year of 1918-1919 the total num- ber' of immigrants from the British Isles was 5,302. For the first ten months of the present year, the num- dconomy, and the board will find that ber is 52,918, an increase of 898 per its policy 16 a wise one. cent. over the previous year. In the ' same period settlers from the United The official figures trom the Te-| States numbered 42,635 persons, as vonto city hall 'show that the mar-| compared with 81,606. during the riages for the first two months ing Previous year, an increase of only 35 per cent, The total immigrants from all other countries numbered 6,487, an increase of 18 per cent. The 'great preponderance of ° set- _ | tiers from the British Isles is a pleas- Rena {ing sign, and it leads us to believe Although MacKenzie Kiug and the | that at last a sane policy has been adopted. It is far better to have the country filled up with our kin from the British Isles slowly, than to en- courage & mad rush of immigrants who would eventually prove undesir- able. Canadd needs only people who speak the English language, who un- derstand the British character and know and respect British institu- Jtlons and laws. The new policy aims at securing these, and it will be suc- month. The officials say that this| only so far as it sticks fast isthe minimum on which two people 4 ' can live at the present time. But 10. this. ideal A there are hundreds of thousands who have to make ends meet on a great grow. It is a os 'of regret that the Hon. Dr. Cody has decided to retire from the Ontario Legislature. Men of his calibre are invaluable to the interests of the province, but they em tent The Galt. Beard of Trade is behind movement to organize a housing tn that city, in order to moo he great, demand for housing accommodation. Here is a worthy example for the Kingston Board of Trade to follow. It must be rather disheartening to many people.dp the United States to see the League of Nations going about its tasks without their repre- gaining anytfing by staying out, but is losing a great deal i imi The Board of Works of 1920 made sure that it would not make 'the samé mistake as last year's board in accepting high tenders for road ma- terials. This is a year of progressive same period in 1919. We wonder if anything to do with this remarkable increase? 'have a general election, it is certain hat the people of Canada have no such desire. They are too busy with the work of getting settled down to bother about politics. A OMesgotbank has decided that none of its employees shall marry until thelr salaries are-at least $125 HOUSING AND INDUSTRY. The Board of Commerce of the oity of Windsor recently made a re- quest to the city council that a grant be given to advertise the city. The city council refused this request, taking the ground that it would be almost ¢riminal to advertise, because many of the citizens were forced to live in tents because of the shortage of houses. The Board of Commerce of Windsor has been scourihg the country in the search for new indus- tries, bug great stumbling block has been the shortage of housing ac- commodaPon. At a tim¥-when we are looking for- ward to a period of growth and ex- Captain Persius, a German naval expert, bemoans the fact that the flag. is now entirely absent from the high seas. But the Germans have only them- selves to blame. They looked for ward to "Der Tag," but it proved to be a different kind of "tag" from "tte said That vor indenture wil ¢ the next president of the German republic. The fallen idol looks like 'being restored again, but his power will bg of an entirely different na- ture. We do not envy any man who 'pansion in Kingston, it is well to face undertakes the task of ruling Ger-{!he fact that no municipality can many at the present time, i | grow any fuster than its housing ca- pacity. Scouring the country for in- There is no doubt of the fact thay dustries Is a poor plece of business, road policy of the Hom. F. C. without an effort being put forth to minister of public works in | provide housing accommodation fer | Drury 'Governraent, has created | the workers these industries will favourable impression, even al-| bring td the city. Alderman Stescy Eastern Ontario has been | Was perfectly correct when he made the short 888 of the stick, 1f|8 statement of that Kind, it is poor when licenses were first issued in On- | licenses business for all except the land- | lords. It puts a premium on vacant | property and forces up the rents of | dwelling houses. It is the real cause | of overcrowding in houses, and the | housing of many families under one roof. It is time that this great fact dawned upon those who are boosting Kingston, so that they will realize that their first and greatest need is for houses in which to adequately ac- commodate their. present population and the sorkers who ~ would be brought hers by a wave of growth and revived industry. Many people have imagined that the only thing required was that a committee or commissioner be ap- pointed to get out and bring in the industries. what will they find ? They will nd that there are no houses available for their workers. The development of the city hinges on that one point, and that where Kingston must make regdy for industrial expansion. The housing question is of even 'greater importance than that of se- curing industries, although the two are insolubly bound together. Let our city fathers and public bodies realize this, and they will quickly get to work to make good the housing shortage. This is Kingston's most pressing need, and it should have first attention. | PUBLIC OPINION Hiding Too J - (London Cheer up! ing i oH ding Just behind that big snowbank. Lots of Us. (Waco Times-Harald) Some of us"rave about our taxes, then forget to vote. L ------------------ Backward Spring Explained. (Buffalo Courier) Perhaps the absénce of bock makes spring backward about coming to the front. Should Try It On the C.U.'s. (Canadian Courier) Every man who expects to be elected to any parliament in Canada should have to his credit at least one good speech delivered to a Canadian Club, preferably in his own town. If he can't convince a club, he has no business trying to persuade the house of commons. The Great Assassin (New York Tribune) For six hundred years, wherever the foot of the Ottoman Turk has 'there is & plan to But when they do cofie, |. been planted, there have been misery | marae land plunder. He has mot only! | brought horror to some of 'the fairest parts of Europe, but he has made { deserts of once populous parts of | Asia. "He has been incorrigible in | cruelty and incapacity. He has been the great assassin of history, and'he completed the toll of his crimes by | wantonly slaughtering 1,000,000 | helpless Armenians. So this coun- | try hears with soul sickness that | keep the Sultan on his throne in Cdnstantinople. (Canada~East and West Dominion Happenings of Other Days. to Bloemfontein. g Of the 12th of March 'e British forces in South Africa\Aith which the Canadian Contingent was serving, nearing Bloemfontein, an enemy stronghold. On March 9th the Canadians had crossed the Modder near Popular Grove Drift on big pontoons and bi- vouacked for the night in prepara- tion for the drive on the Orange Free State capital. The enemy was entrenched at Abraham's Kraol eigh- teen miles away and the report that reached the Canadian" was that they were in force and determined to pre- vent the onrush to the capital, But General French--destined to lead the British army in later years in the Great war--dashed ahead with his cavalry and cleared the country of the enemy. The Canadians set the pace, In fact so furious was the march they made that General Smith-Dorrien had to order them to go at a slower rate as it was difficult to keep the army intact at euch a rapid march. There was a lively clash with the Boers in which the British and Can- adians lost 300 men but as the foe left 210 dead on the field and four of his-best guns behind it was count- ed a victory. Then they shoved on until on the evening of March 12th they were at the gates of the Bloem- fantain, On the morning of the 13th Lord Roberts made his" triumphal entry into the city. In spite of the fact that both men and horses were jaded wih the fast and furious smash at the city, it was a magnificent spectacle. At the Government Building Lord Roberts took possession of the city in the name of the British Sovereign and hoisted the Union Jack with ela- borate ceremonies. The wearied army was happy bEcause a great success had been achieved. A apd weak, and ride me till I'm dad-blamed flu impats. Boneless Chuck Roasts . Short Rib Oven Roasts". Hamp 5 farm ur, 1 os Chow Chow .. Sauer Kraut . . 600 tins Sugar Corn . . . | 600 tins Tomatoes . . ... . 600 tins Pork and Beans 500 tins Pink Salmon CONVALESCENT. I've recovered from the fla, but I'm feeling worn hinges groan and creak. Racked and broken down I am, and so idng_ have a kerchooed that my priceless diaphragm from its ribs are fiapping loose, trunk, and Fm feeling like the deuce, if the deuce is feeling punk. Soon again I may be strong, but no cheerful thoughts think; something else will come along that will put me on the blink. And the learned physician says, *You will soon be strong and hale;" but he's talking through his fez, and he ought to be in jail; for he knows diseases wait round the corner, just ahead, and they'll get me, soon or late, and they'll are the victims of the flu, when those convalescents find that some years of life are due. 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