i RR ea ot oa emai PAGE SIX EE 87th YEAR 0 _ Published Daily "na /Sem)-Weekly by THE BiITiIsSH WHIG FUBLISHING CO. LIMITED TELEPHONES iness Office . torial R.oms . ob Oflice SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily dition) One year, delivered ja eit Pp Year, by mail to rural Year to United 5 n (Semi-Weekly Se year by. 1, © @ year, If not paid in advance, One year, to United States ...... Six and three months pro oO! "TOWN REPRESENTATIVES F. der, 22 St. John St, ontreal. ¥, M. Thom y 308 Lumsden. & 0 ¥. up, 303 Fifth Ave, New York F.R.Northrup, 916 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago : Letters to the Bditor are published only over the actual name of the "printing ie e of the best Job idee fn CARGdS. Occasionally a woman quarrels with her complexion .But In the ma- Jority of cases she is able to make it up. A burglar who broke into the home of a profiteer at Winnipeg considers himself lucky to have escaped with his trousers. People who wish to cure them- selves of insomnia might get results by trying a little wood alcohol be- fore retiring for the night. A despatch says that Ontario pro- 'hibitionists havé settled their differ- Rnces. Are we to understand that they went out and had a drink on it* Kosclusko's shriek at the fall of freedom had nothing on. Col. | Machin's yell over the dissolution of the Liberty League.--Toronto Tele- gram. A woman who shot a man througa head at Montreal says she fired mistake. Our idea of something to keep away from is a woman firing ~ with an !ntention. ; E * S-- - * If this country is going to the dogs in the way some people say it is, there are a lot of folks just slick en ough to be over with the dogs when the turnover comes. Er Montreal may have a ten cent car- fare. If carfares get much higher people will be forced to. walk. That + is; unless the price of boots gets so "high that they will be forced to ride. A-------------- i. A man accused of stealing told 'a Judge the other day that he wanted the money to go into business. The idge told him that he should have wed the orthodox procedure and © into business first. - "A large majority of the members of ina legislature request an increase 'the sessional indemnity, which the premier resolutely opposes. Why not submit the matter to.the pévple along with the prohibition referen- a postcard mailed by her son wmarket, Ont., eight' years Readers of the Whig.who re- their papers a day or so late will now better understand the weason. | ov # er ----isnth It is suggested by & western news- r that the present coat of arms the Canadian ensign should be re- placed by the maple leaf. If the clothing situation keeps on going the . way it is headed, the fig leat might be more appropriate. According to reports from ecatter- cities in the United States, as pubd- in the New York World, liquor 8 till easily obtainable "if one has hie price." The'man with plenty of money does not fear the law; it is, as always, the worker who is penalised. innit + dpih-- ©@ secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 'Montreal, protests against the use of Son gas to exterminate - grass- on the ground that it might them unnecessary pain. What sentiméntality is this? It suggest that there are other deserving of a dose of the gas. : agus g | Post relate the "same experience. salaries for years have been 'totally | inadequate, THE HYDRO INQUIRY. The action of the Ontario legisla- ture in appointing a committee to investigate the affairs of the Hydro Power Commission with a view to "Famore-equttible systenrot-distribus | tion and a more uniform cost will be gladly welcomed by the municipali- ties that have been debarred from establishing industries and develop- ing other enterprises because of pro- hibitive rates. Kingston is one of these municipalities. * Under the system in force up to had practically a monopoly of the power, and consequently has secured the industries requiring power for their development. As an iNustra- tion of the dicrimination that has existed we quote from the speech of J. G. Lethbridge, M.P.P. for West 229 | Middlese®; who introduced the res- olution asking for an investigation, He sald the rate for power in his rid- ing was $78 per horsepower, $10 in St. Catharines and $14.25 in To- ronto. This shows a very great dis- parity in the rates even in that part of the province and the need for a thorough investigation. As it was clearly pointed out, the power does not belong to any one part of the pro- vince for all are behind the bonds. R. F. Elliott, chairman of Public Utilities Commission, has been. a strong advocate of a more uniform rate of distribution and championed the cause of the municipalities at Brookville, Peterboro, Toronto and London. Whether the result of the investigation will Justify the hopes of the municipalities more distant froin the generating point is question- able, but the cost ought to be the same to all within a given radius. Regarded purely as a public service it might be possible to fix a flat rate Fby a complete readjustment based upon the entire cost of generation and distribution within 'the maxi- mum radius. This will in no wise effect the financial position of the plant, and appears to be a rational way of conducting a public service, The Hydro Electric Power Commis. sion should have been actuated by the desire to conduct the business with the object of giving fair treat- ment to all and special privileges to none; and all contracts for power should have contained provisions an- ticipating uniformity of rates when the maximum radius was reached, although . uniformity might have been practised from the start, even it it were necessary to slightly in- crease the rate to meet the increased cost of the service. This seems only a fair way of looking at this whole | subject of power, no matter from what source or sources it may be de- rived. If the commisssion had sev- eral waterpowers harnessed, the rates should be based upon the entire cost of all of them. : WE MUST HAVE A NEW HOTEL. Once more the hotel situation is brought to the attention of the citi- zens of Kingston. Perhaps it is harp- ing on the one subject continuously, but" this must be harped om until something is done. The Kingstonfang who talk of poor business and of the industries which are going to other towns, are the same people who are t unwilling to get behind a movement for a new hotel, which is one of the things that this city must have be- fore it will secure increased pro- minence to any great degree. In his review of Kingston in "Picturesque Canada," the late Principal Grant, of Queen's Uni- versity, says that because of the gar- rison, because of the officer's families and the officials of the Royal Military College and also because of the num- ber of United Empire Loyalists with Tory convictions who sattled in Kingston, the city has gradually be- come very staid and very conserva- tive. In phin words, that means that the town is almost half asleep. Men from other Canadian cities have sven cast doubts on the wakefulness of the other half. This may be the signal for general indignation here, bug these men cannot be blamed an the Kingston realizes the fact the better for Kingston. Take the number ot Kingston boys who have left home and become famous examples of success else- where. Those boys were clever, but there aer other boys who were just as clever and perhaps more 30 on the average, who did not like to leave their homs icity and consequently, with the exception of a few, they have achieved nothing but a living income and middle-aged respecta- bility. The city had pothing to offer them. & = Belleville, one of our néar neigh- bors, has often been spoken of as slow. But Belleville has made more advances in the past ten years than Is this ? Kingston commands a bet- Lakes should come through here. We have a few large companies. The city 'is, witfout any argument, fas i ed It the present time western Ontario has THE ------ | certainly is one of the main ones. It} THE BRITISH WHIG | married." Most clergymen could Their is the Hotel Quinte, which is favor , ably spoken of by travelling men all over the country. This does not apply alone to Belleville but to other cities wilh good hotel accommoda- tion. Men coming into a' city with an eye open for a good town for establishing 'a new industry or a large branch of a present one, are at once favorably impressed with good hotel accommodation, But in King- ston these men with money to invest and schemes to launch, who are accustomed to good service wherever they go, begin to dislike the city as soon as they arrive, The accom- modation afforded is not by any meang excellent, and even that is not obtainable sometimes on account of the crowded conditions which exist. The only way' out 18 to secure a new hotel by hook or crook. The old conservative style of city is not getting anywhere in 'these pro- gressive times. The city of Kingston must wake up and keep awake. Our glorious history in the past and the fact that this wag once a capital city and ode of the oldest historical centres in the Dominion is not going to do us any good-in the present or future. What we need is "more pep" and a little more hustling and above all, the first thing, a new hotel. ---------------- Wwe have, in proportion to size. Why | ter position. The traffic of the Great] « In fact its advantages | compared favorably with | The reason stands across from' the ; Office in the city of Belleville, | PUBLIC OPINION (Calgary Herald) There is a note of optimism in the new British budget that sounds well. It Britain is able to do all that Austen Chamberlain hopes within the next year there will be no ques- tion as to her world position. As be- fore the war she will stand pre- eminent in both finance and industry. The Weather, (E. W. Howe's Monthly What has become of the old-fash- foned man who talked about the weather? I long for him: a man can't be as tiresome talking about the wea- ther as he can talking about the League of Nations, or democracy or war. A man usually knows something about the weather. -------------- Mutually Decided. (New York Sun and Herald) If it is true that Mr. Wilson has come to the conclusion to suspend his activities in world politics as the arbiter of national destinies and the prescriber of the policies of nations to which he sustains no official rela- tion his decision to that effect coin- tides very closely with that reached at San Remo by his late associates in the Big Four, ! Bail (Fort William Times-Journal) An attempt which is being watched with interest, is being made in the Old Country to gstab a scheme for building houses by co-operation sible cost. The financing of the pian is done by a government -housing commission, and the b trades undertake the work, being their own bosses, through a foint committee of all trades, : Hopes are expressed that these builging guilds, as they are termed, may do much to solve the probi of house faniine. 8 Peobleny a Pro Vi 4 It is stated that the Orad Trunk shareholders in Great Britain are f of Teachers. ~~A num 1 here attended the rf -- vices held in the Presbyterian church Wilton, Sunday morning and evening last. The farmers have commenced work on their land. Ross Martin has been sawing wood in this fdeighbor- hood. The weather still continues cold for this time of year. Mr. and Mrs. Woodcock and daughter, Yar- ker, visited at Lester Curd's. Miss | Stevenson has returned to her home near Sydenham after teaching here since Obristmas; Miss E. Glen, Am- Darst Island, is taking her an rs. Alfred Compton nt Sun- day in He city. Mr. Samuel Goudy, oscow, is very {ll a da er's, Mrs. Byrad Lee's. Wghter' -- Some men are too lazy to kick when they get the short end of it. A Change Florida, May 4 DAILY BRITISH Dominion Happenings of Other Days. h in the days of Sir George Simpson the nation would have been without its best glimpse of the braves of the day that is gone. The artist was Paul Kane, a young man who; in his Hood days, spent much of his time in ske! g_ thé Indians of them to Sir Go Be and told r rge him of his great A travel through the West and pain i native haunts. Sir rge. was so interested in the Er the youn, man that he invited him to 20 With him in his fleet of canoes on one his exploration trips. Jt was thé he had squght so he has- Seed vi vail : sketching the e spen years in ski n| redskins in their villages and Saily lives. Sometimes he found it very hard to induce the Indians to pose for him, This was because the In- dian called the portrait "his second self" and his yeligious belief taught i gvery brave had a second self that carried his messages to the Great Spirit. . If that spirit was put upon canvass it would cut him off from contact with the Great Spirit: he would have no way to putting im- self r 'his care and protection. But he succeeded in inducing some of them to pose for portraits and when he came out from the West again, he had a wonderful collection of sketches. They were of interest at that time but much more so now for they ve a fine picture of the red man who no longer foams at will over the land, but who lives a narrow life within the limits of a reserve the Government has provided. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS. AND THEIR ORIGIN NEROESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION Admitting the truth of this pro- verb, we must conclude that human beings of this age have many neces- sities. To us, comforts and luxur- ies have me necessities which have helped to make this the age of invention, but the man who first wrote down the thought, had in mind man's primitive want--some- thing to eat. Persius, the. famous Roman sa- tirist (34-62 A.D.) a stoic free from the taint of a corrupt age, whose purity of mind and kindliness of heart kept him from attacking vice in its more hideous and loathsome forms, as exemplified at the Roman court, says: "Hunger is the teacher of arts and the bestower of inventions." 'The thought is next found express- ed in literature in the 'Northern Memoirs" «of Richard Franck, writ- {ten in 1658. H6 says: Art imitates of toes 'and Peceasity is the a Drei b Worn pubtianed in 1672, William Wycherley, an Eng- lish writer, says: 3 - "Necessity is the mother of inven- tion." George Farquhar, another Eng- lishman, (1678-1707) in the "Twin Rivals," makes use of the quotation in the same form. Attended Plevna Dance. 'Ardoch, May 2.--Clifford Smith, who was seripusly ill, is now conval- escent. J. G, r who has been under the employ of the Lawrence Bros, Canonto, for some time, re- turned to his home here Saturday. Mrs. L. McDonald and children and Miss J. McLennan spent over Sunday at the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Watkins. Mr. and Mrs. James Hartmann and family spent Sunday at John Schonaner's and Mr. and Mrs. M. Weber at J. B. Myer's. Bert. Scullion is spending a few days in Kingston. A -number frome here at- tended the dance in Plevna on Tues- day night last. % Reid, 1.P.8., Sharbot Lake, was (h this vicinity last week with his new Chevrolet car. Mrs. Allan Card and little Marguerite spent Tuesday at Mrs. H. Elkington's. Mr. and Mrs. T. Kring were Sunday guests at Frank Gorr's. Miss Annie spent Monday evening at J. Lemke's. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lemke visited at F. Hartmann's, Ardoch, on Sunday. Miss IL. Rodgers, 'The Mountain," ,called on friends here|" last week-énd. A very enjoyable time was reported by the young people who attended the party at G. Lemke's Friday evening last. : ------ ) North Crosby has lost a life-long resident in the person df James Gir- den; who passed away on April 21st. He was born in the township of Bas- tard and at the time of his death was' 85 years of age. ME SD sesuried vu Satur de on i CN liam Goldsmith, Toronto, She had been sick about two weeks Yrom hears rouble. She was born in Ire- land -three years to Ganide when a y CanadaEast and West 1] : WHIG E B= v iE i E hs BIBBY'S 00 OAT Style Headquarters | / A Suit That Suiis A right Suit will be of more im- portance to most men this Spring than an uncertain Suit with a so-called "bargain" price attached, : : We are now showing the season's correct styles moderately and pleas- ingly priced. We court comparison. - 'The elegance that comes through perfect and skillful tailoring in these Suits will appeal to you at once. 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