_THE DAILY B ¢ RITISH WHIG. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1021. 6 TE BRITISH WHIG | 88TH YEAR. rT ----------------m-------- EFFECT OF THE AGREEMENT. | granting a bonus to Bembers of the yee | legislature, had received i {bave attached to the | of it. Sa an aE i | { Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITIS WHiG PUBLISHING | On LIMITED tote J. G. Leman A. Galld Pres .. Editor aad | Masaging-Director | TELEPHONES: Business Office Editorial Rooms Job Office SURSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city $6.00 One year, if paid in advance ....$5.00 Ona year, by mail to rural offices $2.50 One eur, | to Uni gd States ....... 3. 9 - ly Edition) One oy Ve cash 1.00 One year, if not paid"in advance 3581 One year, to United States .. Six and three monthg pro rata. OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES F. Calder, 22 Si. Johp St, Montreal ¥F. W. Thompson ......100 King St. E Toronto. { yor i Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the; writer. Attached is one of the printing offices In Canada best job; - The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. > . 1 The middleman: Modern substi- | "tute for a toll gate. i About the time a man begins to think he needs more exercise, he needs more rest. . A successful man iis one who re- fuses to recognize the inevitable un- less it offers a profit. The way that leads to normalcy is | 80 narrow that one must shed most | of hig profits enroute. Some dentists extract teeth with-| out pain, and some people have them -extracted without payin'. No doubt collection plates were in- vented during that period of history known as the Reformation. -------------- It isn't hard luck to be borm poor, says 4 writer. Maybe not, but at times it is mighty inconvenient, In the modern novel the author devotes very little space to scenery. « His public is more interested in ob- scenery. Every man realizes that there are people who don't tlike him, and he can't understand how they can be so blind. When the" world ends, he that thath not will still be thinking up (political reforms to share the wealth : ot him that hath. Perhaps y you have moticed that the glow of health in a girl's left cheek \ is frequently lower than the glow in her right cheek. . In the olden days spring came once a year, Now it arrives every 4 Becond week. Mother Nature is try { ing hard to keep up-to-date. Now that Burbank has perfected '. béardless barley, the safety razor People may as 'well understand that | this is We beginning of the end. EA sofrespondent wants to know "where all the pins go. It's hard to "say, inasmuch as they are always og in one direction and pointed "in another, A'local hay dealer told the Whig on Saturday that there is a big short: age of hay in this district. Appar: ently you cannot have hay and 'breakfast foods both. A A Huntsville, Ala., mule kicked a aan on the Lead and broke its leg in two places. The man is recover- ing and there is some talk of send- ing him to cofigress. . "After all, life has its compensa- fons. A man has just invented a _Tubber gudded disk to lessen the of sound from phonographs. but that perhaps some a genius will arise who can the sound entirely. : [vee of the carpenters built Noah's ask ? enquired a writer in 'Whig on Satur- Frankly, we don't know. We know that there is no excuse for 4n.be hanging around in this Pallas clergymen have de- 'a "moral gown" for women's r. Why not ? Since they have lated men's diet, why should not also regulate women's A 7. So far, however, the women Mave shown no evidence of accept- Ek a mere man's idea of her mode of {taln British manufactur | smaller colonies have extended pre- | ference to the | Bermuda the opposition which the | fore her delegates went to Otiawa 1000, than Great Britain, by 19,000, {of the Treaty of Versailles, ! rate. | ever, believe that they will be eom- | cial expansion, Guardian of the'| agree- The Nassau (Bahames) { points out that the working Canade-Yfest Indies trade ment; as far es the Bahamas are con { cerned, is about to commence seri- | | ously. how other colonies have followed it up and how much importance they | imperial side Jamaica has reviged her tariff, ns to cer- several giving important conc mother country; im {agreement had aroused through fear {of American retaliation appreciably diminished the moment the question became an imperial issue and now we find Trinidad, which insifted be- that the fifty per cent. preference | granted by her must be given to all | parts of the empire, has made radi- oal changes in her whole tariff in order to give effect to the REveeliont, GERMANY'S MILLIONS. The populatign of Germany, ac- cording to the cepsus recently come pleted, is 60,282,602. Thus it will 1 | government." "tavorabld! consideration at the hands:of the We .wonder what the Farmers' Sun now thinks of its at tempt to discredit its political op It is teresting to observe | ponents, and also what it thinks of | Premier Drury for having made sO | illtimed an admission ! | ' | Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER | rg | CREDIT. i This year will bring unsettled | times, because of readjusting; the] merchant princes need their dimes, | and they'll be slow at trusting. They'll not give credit left and right as late- | 1y they've been doing; and frowns will greet the slow-pay wight who'd buy a plug of chewing. And many men this year, I guess, will need a slice of credit, for readjustment brings distress--the banking sharps have said it. Now he who's kept his stand- off bright will know the easy sled- ding, and merchant princes will de- light to sell him books or bedding However stringent money is, the Jamps for himWre burning; to see his good old honest phiz, the merchants all are yearning. And 'it he asks'to buy on time a grindstone or a ham- mer, the dealers on his person climb, with glad, exultant clamor. There'll never be a time sq tight that men of be seen that the republic, although it begins its career with some 5, 000,- | {| 000 people less than were comprisel | in the old empire, still can boast ef | {a numerous and powerful people, more numerous, in fact, by 15,000, | 000 than France. { The decline in population is ac- counted for chiefly by the loss of sev- eral provinces under the provisions | and to a lesser extent to fatalities during the | war and the recent declining birth | The Germans themselves, how- pensated sooner or later by a return | of at least a part of the lost territory.| and by the annexation of Austria. | | This wbuld give them 'a population of some 70,000,000, and still further increase their preponderance over their British and French neighbors. It is questionable, however, whe- | | ther even an expanded territory can | support so many people. The rapid | | growth of the-nation during the per- | | fod of the empire was the result of | a remarkable industrial and commer- With ti¥eir colonies, their merchant marine, their foreign | market now gone, with impaired credit and insufficient raw materials, Germany may well find it difficult to | feed and clothe her teeming mil-' Hons. And it must be remembered that population is but one of several ele- ments which combine to make a na- tion formidable and powerful. If a part of the Teuton people are un- derfed and discontenfed, that part will be rather a source of weakness than of strength. Until Germany can double or ever triple its present annual production of economic wealth, France and Great Britain have [little to fear from its overflow- ing population. CONSISTENCY, THOU ART A JEWEL. Since the Farmers' government came into "power at Queen's Park, there have been various Incidents which have brought down dpon its head the charge of inconsistency. One notable example of this was brought to light, when, "Yollow- ing the declaration that patronage had been abolished by the U.F.O. government, J. B. Clark, who re- signed his seat to make room for the minister of agriculture, was reward: ed by his appointment as registrgr of Kent county. This appointment caused a considerable butcry at the time, but its effect was not nearly so great as will 'be the effect of the latest éxample of U.F.O. inconsist- ency, which was perpetrated by the Farmers' Sun, the official organ of the UF.0. In a whole page devoted to cam- gn literature in the interests of J. C. Campbell, the U.F.O. candidate in West Peterboro bye-election, appears the following paragraph: "The Grit and Tory members at Ottawa united to loot the treasury by increasing their own sessional in- demnity. Do the West Peterboro electors think that they should be re- warded by sending them back ?" This paragraph, of course, was int tended @o discredit the Liberal and Conservative candidates, and to in- fer that the U.F.0. would never think of doing such a thing as in- creasing the sessional indemnity of « member of parliament. The, come-back to this paragraph was swift but crushing, and its ef fect on the electors of West Peter: boro will not be pleasing to the U.F.O. candidate, The next day the following dispatch appeared in news- papers all over the province: "A bonus of $500 is virtually as- sured members of the legislature, for this session at least. Premier Drury to-day admitted the proposal had received 'favorable consideration at the hands of the government.". Such inconsistency is not only amazing, but it' is amusing. One day the U'F.0. official organ pours out its righteous indignation on thosa who "united to 100t the treasury BY increasing thei "own- sessicual ine demnity." ro, nor are they Mikal 0. | reputation as good pay is better far | think thet way must tra | boobies. | them; and bills t |The Mutual | 11920 shows a marked increase over | that of the previous year. The next day the U.F.0. 8 3 reputation for having always acted right, can't get accommodation. A ho do not el with the The melancholy days are "tick" will daunt ¥ should have paid | like ghosts and than rubies, and me here suspended last year will rise haunt them. --WALT MASON. GRATIFYING STATEMENT OF YEAR'S PROGRESS Life of Canada | Had a Phenomenal Year in 1920. BITS OF BY-PLAY By LUKE McLUKE Copyright, 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer. |' He's as meek as & lamb when I my Ser The annual statethent of the Mut- | ual Life of Canada, which appears on another page, must be gratifying to the directors and officers of the | company, and will doubtless be re- | ceived by policyholders from coast | to coast with the {eepest satisfac- | tion. { Although the year 1919 "excelled | all its predecessors, yet every depart- ment of the company's operations in In in- come, assets, new assurances, sur- ! plus earned, total surplus and assur- | ances in force, the year 1920 was a phenomenal success. During the later months the com- | pany had increased its assurances in | force to $200,000,000, and at the close of the year the figures stood at over 206,000,000. To protect these obligations, the com y has ag- cumulated assets of nearly $43,000,- 000, a sum which the surplus shows exceeds by $5,000,000 the amount necessary to guarantee the payment of atl policies. The success of a life insurance | company depends largely oh its in- vestments and it is floteworthy that | while the reserves have been calcu- | lated on a three and three and a half per cent. basis, the company has earned interest at the rate of 6.41 per cent, The exceSs interest, as well as all other profits, becomes the property of the policyholders of the company and is used to reduce premiums, to increase the insurance, or is payable in cash. The Mutual of Canada, as most of our readers are aware, is unique in that it is the only example of a company which has been established and conducted in Canada on a strict- ly co-operative basis. This means that all the policyholders of the com- pany share equitably in its prosper- ity, and the experience of the com- pany during the year 1920 was such that, in spite of the heavy strain put on its resources during the last six years, the directors felt justified in increasing the~dividends for 1921 by 650 per cent. over those paid in 1920. Altogether the 51st year has prov- én to be in every way the Banner year in the long history of "Canada's Only' Mutual," and we congratulate the directors, officers, and policy- holders of the company on the splen- did results achieved. Social and Mission Event. On Friday evening St. John's Portsmouth branch of the girls' aux- iliary entertained the Women's auxi- liary of the parish to a social in the school room. Supper was served at seven o'clock. Thirty-two auxiliary members were present. After supper Miss Edith vah Straubensee, presi- dent of the G.A., read letters from Rev. A. J. Vale, Bt. Peter's mi n, Hay River, and then introduced M McEache on furlough from who gave a most inter- esting account of missiongry work in Korea. x | You take The Borrower. The man who lends coin has hig sor- rows, For a borrower's attitude nettles; he bor- rows, And as cross as a bear when settles. "he Mean Brute! "When a man has to sew on his own buttons, It is time he was get- ting married," remarked Mrs. Gabh. «Or divorced," growled Mr. Gabb. You Know Him! "I'm not & dude" insists 'this Geek; "One shave a week's enough!" That's why, for five days In week, He lovks so tough and Tough. each Ouch ! "ft is more blessed to give than to receive," remarked Miss Oldgirl. "Yes," replied Mr. Oldbatch. "It is if you are giving wedding presents." Is That So ! 1 cried: "My nose is red! Pray tell me what to do! "That' 8 easy, Luke," the Doc replied, "Drink booze till it turns blue" --Luke McLuke "Oh, Doc." Oh, Doc," 1 sald, "my toe ia sore, A pain right here I feel' "Just rub it well," the doc replied, "And then your toe will leal" --British Whig, Kingston, Ont. RRR REAT Paw Knows Everything. Willie--Paw, what is a crank? Paw--A crank 's a man who gets the idea that he is the whole machine, Oh, Joy. It's sweet 'o hear the phone. bell ring At 3 am, them madly wing > Your way downstairs, and stand and dneceze Then wet this message Ple-¢e-e-ase!" "Num-m-m-ber --Luke McLuke It's nied to hear the baby cry, At 2 am, ag if 'twould die, 't up, walk forth and back. suddenly step on a tack. ~--British Whig, Kingston, Then Ont Haw, Haw! Wayne B. Wheeler, Superintendent of the Anti-Saloons League, feeds the] following dose of pap to the Chris- tian Herald: "Prohibit'on has decreased enness, crime and delinquency.' Please don't make us laugh, Wayne, We have a cracked lip! drunk- Of course, A. Kerr don't like his name, Folkg josh him and they make him scowl: y | To ridicule him do not aim, Or you willysureiy h ar him growl. ~--Luke McLuke. --- And while our friend Mike Catt may, have Ot anockers duite a batch, Yor when emergencies arisa jie ¢.mez up to the seratea. ~«Morth Georg!a UCltigen, . ---- .--- Joe Hogg, also detests his name, For his he blames the stork, And-though at times he feels-quite bad, He's never on the pork. --British Whig, Kingston, Ont. 'Gur Joe Miller Contest. A. P. VanLounen, of Mowogeo, In- diana, claims that the oldest joke is the bre about the Irishman who emf- grated to this country after he bad heard that money was so plentiful that the streets were filled with it Walking up from Castle Garden, in New Yo.kI he saw a round tin to- bacco tag on the sidewalk He picked it up, thinking it was money, and no- ticed a sign on a saloon: "Big Beer, § Cents" He entered the saloon, or- dered a beer, drank it, and laid the tobacco tag on the bar. "That's tin!" said the bartender, as he looked at the tobace, tag. "Thin" exclaimed the "Thin gimme another beer. it was only five." hme I thought S---- Them Kind Words. Here is a Blasco Ibanex's descrip top, of Alexander Kerensky: erensky has a mouth like a cod- fish. When he perks up his I'ps to speak, the result is a cross between a magaphone and a trombone." Magasine Poetry. I tinkle along brick canyons Like a crystal leaf. ' ~-Evelyn Seott in "Precipitations." Gosh! Iva Mothshead lives at 423 West Lee #treet, Louisville, Ky. { The Horrors of Prohibition Sparkle, sparkle on the bar, How I wonder what you are In a glass so thin and small? Whisky or wood alcohol? <--Stmian Goober. Cruel and and Unusual, Dear Luke--A Dayton. Ohio, Court ordered & man to stay sober and his wife once each day. Bat howze gonna do It without a little raisin Jack to deaden, the shock?--E. 'H. R. -------- Names 18° Names. Ima Bear lives in Denver, Col ECU a El BIBBY'S FOR FEBRUARY ~ advertising. 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