THE | 87th YEAR. Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING LIMITED - J. G. Elllett .. . President Leman A. Guild ........Editor and > Managing Director TELEPHONES: SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) One year, Joliversd th city ir vance .. One year, by mail to rural oft One year, to United States (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash . One year, One year, Six and three OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES F. Calder, 22 St. John St, Montreal. ¥F. M. Thompson, 402 Lumsden Bldg. Toronto. ths pro rata, Letters to the Editor are published ony over the actual name of the writer. Attached Is one of the best job print- ing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is suthelititasd by the ABO Audit Bareau of Circulations. A successful magazine cover is one that has very little cover for the As a rule, remorse is not the re- sult of doing evil but the result of being caught. Every time Japan thinks of that California land law, she studies up #& new excuse to cuff China's ears. When a chick is denuded, the bulcher says it is dressed. The fashion experts hold a similar opinion. Mam owes his country three things -- obedience, service and taxes. And the greatest of these is taxes, The historians devote too much space to the glories of war and too little to a discussion of tax receipts. That chuckle you hear. from the other side of Jordan is Mark Twain's comment on his admission to the Hall of Fame. It seems strange, but we don't re- , call ever having known a doctor who conducted -an "undertaking establish- ment as a side line. > The man who feels important be- icause he was a pretty baby is just as logical as the man who feels import- ant because his father was a great man. The U.F.O.-Labor government can not last, says Premier Drury. It must be prepared to include other elements and thereby become a People's Progressive party. It has little to fear at present from either 'of the old line parties. t The local street railway is now giving a ten minute service. It is .to be hoped that the public patron- age will be such as to induce the company to start a five minute ser- vice, It might adopt some such 'slogan as "Use the street cars and save sole leather as well as time." ~ Another case of assault and high- Way robbery occurred in Kingston On Friday night. A few days before ithe Retail Merchants' Association made a request on the police com- missioners for additional patrolmen 3 night service. The evidence is 'all on the side of the retailers, - "The man who loses his heart in th days is just as much a traitor § the man who lost heart during war," Prof. Wrong told the 4 Club on Friday. That ent admits of no qualifica- We must "carry on" to-day, we carried on then. Let optimism d States wants a stricter Sun- sans ball games, auto rides, pleasures and all other rea- amusements. Sunday fish- etc. must be discarded. ic will Jook upon the movement & curtailment of their individpal gs, which are already suffici-/ BRITISH WHIG | end., A further enhancement of the prices, which are already exceedingly high, would éntall serio1s hardship fon many and re-act unfavorably upon { the nation's progress. Already hundreds of librarians are finding the funds at their disposal inadequate to the demands made upon them. Many have been com- pelled to curtail purchases, thus re- | stricting their usefulness, and leav- ing uncompleted important collec- tions or departments. In certain cases, it is true, generous benefac- tions or provincial aid have brought a measure of relief, but the situation as a whole '3 still deplorable. The case of tha private purchaser is the same. The average book lover and book reader is not wealthy, Only too often he is compelled to sacrifice plysical comforts in order to feed the inner man and to pay $10 or $15 for books which formerly cost $3 or $6has meant for him much actual hardship and privation. He will hail with joy the day when he can afford once more to secure readable and elevating works as they come out, Those who love to read good books welcome the reversion to pre-war conditions. > 0 \ S-------- THE OLD SYSTEM STILL: IN FORCE. The appointment of J. B. Clark as registrar for Kent County shows that, in spite of the assertions that the Drury Government had abolish- ed party patronage as a means of rewarding faithful political servants, the old system of handing out gifts is still in force. J. B. Clark, the appointee, has undoubtedly received this position as a reward for loyalty to the Drury Government and for faithful devotion to the Farmers' party. Tn the election of 1919, J. B. Clark was elected U.F.0. member for East Kent. Later Manning Do- herty, not a member of the legisla- ture, was appointed Minister of Agriculture for Ontario. A seat had to be found for him, so Mr. Clark, as a devoted adherent to his party, resigned his seat to make room for Mr, Doherty, who was elected in his stead. Little more than a year has passed, and Mr. Clark has received his reward. Of course, Mr. Clark may be emi- nently qualified for his new posi- tion, But there can be no real reason, other than that suggested above, for passing over the deputy registrar, who has for many years held that position, and who has, when necessity arose, fufilled cap- ably the full duties of this office. The fact that the deputy is a woman cannot now be given as a reason" or even an excuse for appointing Mr. Clark over her head. On the face of it, the appointment was simply an- other case of giving a party back something worth while as a reward for giving up his seat. In the old days this appointment would not have caused any com- ment. Indeed, it would have been looked upon as a natural sequel to the resignation. It is a matter of record and common knowledge that many such appointments have been made in the past as a salve to faith- ful party followers. On occasions, commissions have been created for no other reason than to open up lucrative secretarial positions for such politicians. But this kind of thing was hardly to be expected from the Drury Government, which on entering into power made a show of abolishing party patronage. More will probably be heard of the ap- pointment in question, as it came like a bolt from the blue to those who imagined that the days of such incidents had. passed. THE NEW LICENSE SUPERIN- TENDENT, It promises and advance notices count for anything; W. J. Lannin, the newly-appointed superintendent of license ,Anspectors for Western Ontario, should be a success on the Job. Although his very first state- ment was to the effect that he want- ed no publicity, his utterances are hardly consistent with that state- ment. He says he is out to clean up the border situation, and that he will use a thousand, or five thou- sand men, if need be, to accomplish his task. His position is by mo means an enviable one, 2s was shown by the experience of Inspec- tor Spracklin. The rum-running gangs . which infest the border counties will stick at nothing in the pursuit of their illegal calling, and the man who undertakes the task of suppressing their activities needs to have a full supply of courage. Thinking men and women will wish him every success in his work. in spite of his unpopularity in some quarters, the Ontario Temperance Act is one of the laws of the pro- vince, and, as such, it must be en- forced just as any other law would be. There should be no maudlin sympathy for those who violate this statute, especially as they can have nb plea of ignorance of the law to offer. » What is hard to understand, how- ever, is where the duties of the Ontario provincial officials should end. A large part of the activities of the license inspectors and their assistants at the border has been de- voted to stopping liquor from being shipped into the United States. The Michigan authorities have even ap- pealed to the Ontario officials to put A stop to this whiskey-running. 1s this entirely the duty of the hited States officials ? Ware the re -- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. liquor being shipped across the bor- der into Canada, then it would cer- | tainly be the duty of the Canadian | officers to use every means at their | disposal to prevent its entry. Then there would be every justification for employing extra officers to stop the traffic. But the boot is on the other foot. United States officials are protesting against the entry of Canadian liquor ino Michigan, and are asking that it be stopped. Is it not their own duty to prevent it ? The law of the United States must be enforced by their own officials, and it is no part of the duty of Canadian officers to help in its enforcement. These of- ficers have plenty to do in cleaning up conditions on this side of the bor- der, and we do not feel that the people of this province should. pay tor thelr upkeep in order that they might help to enforce the laws of another county, Superintendent Lannin and his assistants will have their hands full in Ontario without going outside its boundaries, and it is sincerely hoped that he will be able to remove the stigma which rests upon the border district. Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER TO TACKS AGAIN. The well known smoke of battle has fully cleared away, and now let's feed the cattle their predigested hay. Let's quit the weary spieling of high affairs of state, and fix the kitchen ceiling, and paint the garden gate. 'We hoped to see elected the states- man we adored, and mose of us ne- glected sane labors while we roared. And now the smoke of battle is gone, to my delight, from Bangor to Seat- tle there is no smoke in sight. Let's can the Vital Issues, for now they seem absurd, and all the woozy tis- sues of falsehoods that we heard; and let's forget the ranting and all the old turmoil, while we get busy plant- ing fall nutmegs in the soil. Now argument is useless, it's futile and it's wrong; and facts are stale and Juiceless when they've been chewed too long; and when we're done cam- paigning, and all our votes are cast, oh, let us quit complaining about a misfit past. Look forward, oh, my neighbor, and tighten up your belt, and tackle useful labor, doggone your measly pelt. We all were fuming, fretting, before election day; now we should be forgetting the dead things laid away; now let us show the splendors of effort safe and sane, until our best suspenders are broken by the strain. -- WALT PUBLIC OPINION The Mote In His Own Eye. (Detroit Free Press) The more one hears regarding Hal- ti, the harder it is to see how Wash- ington can possibly say anything about Ireland. AASON. Burden on Few Shoulders. (Edmonton Bulletin) Edmonton has an estimated popu- lation of 65,000. The voters' list just published indicates that it has ap- proximately 27,000 voters of whom less than 6,000 are property owning taxpayers, or burgesses. This year the 6,000 will pay over three million dollars In current taxes and one and a quarter mildions on account of tax one-third millions on account of this year's taxes. While the taxpayers carry the whole of the financial bur- den of>the city, they have less than a one-fourth say in the election of the mayor and aldermen and school board, who, by spending the money, impose the burdens. Keep Off The Track, Jumbo, (Buffalo Express) A fellow named Jumbo was found prowling in the Central railroad yard the other day and fined $25. Some- body ought to tel] this lad what hap- pened to his elephantine namesake in the railway yard at St.Thomas, Ont., once upon a time. What They Expected. (Buffalo Express) The president has commuted the sentence of Frantz von Rintelen, a German convicted of war-time con- spiracy, on condition that he leave the country before January 1st. That is the kind of treatment which plot- ters generally expected and which made them particularly bold in the United States. A Sigh of Relief. (New York Times) The presidential campaign of 1920 stands apart from its four or five predecessors. They called out great enthusiasm. This one has not. They aroused fears. This year no one has been frightaned--except artifi- cially, and that for stage effect. The historian of our presidential elections ; will probably rank the contest of this | year low in interest, though high in i importance. The campaign began with whispered insinuations against one candidate. It ends with despic- able assertions about the other. Everybody seems relieved that it is over, MUSINGS OF THE KHAK} 3 oad Padlock Your Mouth. The doctors say it is no joke That on this earth beneath The day 1s coming when the folk They won't have any teeth! And you will note from sea to sea The dad distressing spreads, And soon, alas! there will not be A tooth left in our heads! I stubbed my toe against a rock Upon the stony heath; Then at my bedside quoth the Doc, "I'll have to pull your teeth." "It ain't my teeth, it is my toe, Oh, doctor, that's the truth!" And, though I yelled, "Leggo! Leggo!" He yanked out every tooth! And still my toe did ache, did ache, Ye doctor seemed in doubt, "By gum," he says, "I'll have to take Your pretty tonsils out." I heard and, oh, my soul was sad' ned, | Of hope I was bereft, And gre he quit the job I hadn't A single tonsil left. You dassn't have lumbagy, Or in your side a stitch. No, nor fever'n aguey, 3 You dassn't have the itch. | You dassn't shake or quake, You dassn't have the gout, For if you.do the Doc will take Your teeth and tonsils out. Along the road of life I drag, My joys are very scant, You note I do not chew the rag, I have no teeth--I can't! I try to make my message plain, Oh, brothers, save your face, Else ere the robins nest again, We'll be a toothless race! The Wigwam, Rushdale Farm, Rockton, Ont, "If one lived on cooked food alone, he would die within a year," stated Professor Lumiere, of the Academy of Science, Paris, reporting the re- sults of experiments. arrears. 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