THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. "BRITIS] ISH WHIG 83TH YEAR. §/in business will become active. This RIPTION RATES: aren) rod in city gir: 3000 i in advance "+. .$5.00 1 to rural offices $32.50 United State .00 year, by mall, 1.0 1 r, If not pai ne advance $1.50 4 Joar, to United States $1.50 OUT-OF-TOW aides, Thom N REPRESENTATIVES a Bu John St, Montreal pos, to. 1% King St E 0! titers to the Editor are published he { tach Ing offices in Cana Ser the actdal"' name of ed is one of the best job e circulation of THE BRITISH HIG is authenticated by the ! ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. early lawn mower gets the bor's goat. ing the duty on liquor won't much in a bone-dry land. Once the prospect was Berlin-to- h d. Now it is Armageddon-to- olding. nie may not call it a victory. certain rich colonies it served evictory. ttt -- house shortage may have been by emptying the jails due to se shortage. lL & woman buys a wash-skirt Bhe doesn't demand assurance won't shrink. next step after beating swords 'plow shares is to change heroes bill collectors. Japanese Diet doesn't cause uneasiness in the United the Japanese appetite. hangs of climate isn't annoy- (ht be worse; a pt when it changes so many in the same day. -------- 'Optimist is one who thinks it a pessimist is one uspects that it will be. re is something soothing in the thmic click of the barber's razor Plays, "Hone, sweet hone," i -------------- BA casual study of the mess the ds in will help you to under- Why brain fever is very rare. ar: The business of killing oft i He Ww citizens to punish the impu- of an arrogant statesman. tt t Britain's standing in the jue must depend largely on ding with the miners. ol thay wronged of setting nquest, ot of householders ooh 80 eco- Al that they won't wash the for fear of wearing out the . al WB man says he feels like a g 'he should explain whe- i thinking of a horse or a | rt ee tay | rwy tzavels on its stomach, accounts for the flat feeling id has in the neighborhood of sss. do not know much. But we do that ndgging has broken up 'homes than bogre and infidelity d. --Cineinnati Enquirer, ----el------ says the Montreal Star, was precisely as currency 'was; Process of defiation is ex- y painful, but unavoidable. Leow says we shall soon be dress suits tothe movies. | somebody invents a chew that won't stick to pants. » # h scientist claims that the | is a superfluous organ, but abl Basa't any small boys in ily, and 20 'pe can't be to know avr 'etter.--Tor- of automobiles will be jus offence it legislation iftro-. substance the house of commons is 3 | mind that the public suffers from. 1ts "| put into effect the popular decision. | TOMPEIITION IN BUSINESS. viewing the general trade situ-| ey if he's not, he is absurd, a he is stony broke.: OB, all the nations ation that Has set in it becomes more |27¢ I0 debt, our own among the rest, i and morp apparent that we have en- | j tered upon a long period of keen com- {ernment may fuhction | petition not only in respect to foreign | {must produce' jand thrifty delegates must get the easure from their chest; that gov- still each his wad, must pony i trade but also in domestic trade as [uP the greenbacked bill for which | well. This is due to the cradit situa- | that set in with deflation. The extea- sion of credit by the banks to carry | EMAL Y Hanes through depression had 7 the effect of shutting off tha supply | of funds formerly available for shorty term loans, thereby. restricting ae< commodation, The natural result follows. Busi- ness men alive to the situation, and who do not see any possibility of holding up the market, are going to make every effort to turn-over their goods as quickly as possible. This means keen competition, and once the public begins to realize that it has set competition must be looked to as tie only remedy for the timid state of effect will be far-reaching too, and will be reflected in a loosening up of money, for it is evident that tle busi- ness which is turning over and meet- ing its temporary borrowings is not going to be denied accommodation. After all it is the ability to do Lusi- ness that counts, and business can- not revive until some stable basis has been established for the price sche- dule, when the merchant will not be continually haunted with the fear of lower prices in the following day or week or month. Then only will busi- ness begin to show some signs of ag- gressiveness that is now conspicuous- ly absent. The individual merchant who recognizes the complex problems affecting business and can see his way to make the most rapid turn over will get the most business and his credit account at the bank will be better in consequence. EE ------------------ t THE SITUATION IN SILESIA. The new situation which has arisen in Silesia, cannot but be embarrass ing to the Allies. During the past week a state of :almost open warfare has existed, and the Allies are in tbe peculiar position of having 'to take sides against a nation which they themselves created at the peace con- ference. The Poles, having risen to override the result of the plebiscite in Sileska, have placed themselves in § position of antagonism to the nations which returned to them their nation- al liberty and independence, and the result fo them is not likely to be at all satisfactcry.' » According to the agreemént reach- ed at the Paris peace conference, sey- eral provinces in Europe were to have their. ownership decided by a popular vote, This was the _applica- tion of the principle of President Wilson that people must have the right to say by whom and how they should be 'governed, and Silesia, be- ing a state in which there was a mixed Germsan and Polish popula- tion, was named as one of the prov- inces in which a plebiscite was to be taken."An Allied commission was ap- pointed to supervise the taking of the vote, and endowed with powers to The "Vote in Silesia, when taken a few weeks ago, gave sa majority in faveur of Germany. The Germans concentrated all their energies or securing every German entitled to vote, and to bring as many as pos- sible of them to Silesia to cast their ballots. The Poles were greatly out- numbered, rand the country voted Tor German rule. The duty of the Allied Commission was then plain, They had Do other course left to them but to put the 'voice of the majority into ef- fect, and since the pieoiscite was taken they have been working to have this done as soon as possible, ° The population of Silesia, how- ever, is divided into sections, and in one part the Poles predominate, while in the other the Germans have & numerical superiority. It is in the Polish section that the trouble has occurred. The Poles, evidently deter- mined that they will not submit to German rule, have taken up arms to prevent the enforcement of the pleb- iscite, but, unfortunately, the objest of their attack was the Allied. com- ssion which was at work on the 'problem. The Poles, because of their numbers, drove the small Allied party out of several sections of the province, but were met with resist- ance from the Germans, and so the matters stand. The Allies have a clear duty in this | matter, It was by their decision that the plebiscite was taken. They were pledged to put the result of 'the vote into effect, and while they may not relish 'the 'task of having to aid the Germans against the Poles, their duty seems to be in that direction. For the sake Of peace in Europe, it is to be { tion brought about by the stagdation |sound, when they {he scratched and clawed. And even | and raise a doleful | {patriots get sore, must shell out half their store to make the wheels go {round. And while they feel taxa- tion's sting, a hat life is mean; {ihe "metry paupers form a ring and dance upon the green. They're flush it they have fifty cents, and such sums are not taxed, and so they jeer the thrifty gents who have so wealthy |waxed. We ought to frame some {other plan to pay the nation's debts, for taxes penalize the man who in the vineyard sweats. WALT MASON. SF BET Copyright, 1920, by The Cincinnati Enquirer. Feooey! h Cold storage egg, you make me sigh! I find I have been stung, But, though you may have fooled my eye, . You cannot fool my tongue. Retiring. "Your husband seems to have a re- tiring disposition," remarked the New Boarder. "Yes," repited the Lady who ran the Boarding House. "The lazy loafér spends half of his time'in bed, 4 that is what you mean." Duck' Tennessee, owned a lot in the Jad: cemetery. He died and his wife notified the grave digger to open a space in the family lot. This was done. A week or two after the burial Mrs. Button re- ceived this bill from the grave digger: "One Button hole--$3.00." The Optimist, He doesn't curse, { The boob merely grins, . "It might be worse 1 If Volstead were twinsl® -- Police! "I saw Prank hocking his watch this morning in order to get money to take his girl to that dance to-night," said Charley. "Huh!" said Charley. "That's a case of going to three balls in order to go to one, isn't it?" Notice! - If A. Wurm, of Giddings, Texas, has no objection, we'll take him and go fishing some day this summer. Haw, Haw! He is a crabby cuss for fair, I speak of baid-domed Mr. Grim; He is so grouchy that his hair Has had a falling out with Him. Is That Se! "I let a golden opportunity pass this morning," said Jones. "How 'was that?' asked Smith. "I had a chance to flirt with a blonde but I didn't take it," replied Jones, Raise. x The counterfeiter's never broke, You may think this is funny; But I assure you it's no joke, He's able to raise money. Aw, Have a Heart! It may be that the authorities hive created a new department because of the prevailing styles in feminine attire, or it may be that they aré getting tired of seeing the Corn Feds exhibit fatted calves when they get on street cars. Anyway, we find this item in the Louls- ville (Ky.) Times: "The City Leg Department has been notified by the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals a incinnati that the Court has accepted the sup- plemental briefs filled in the street car case." Tam: The washroom in the Pullman was crowded. Six men were trying to wash at the same time, and eight men were trying to shave in front of the ore mirror.' One of the eight men trying to shave managed to get into his clothes by the time the train pulled in and was met at tie depot by his wife. "John," shave!" J "Need a shave" Ls exciaimed. "Why, I just got through shavieg!™ "Well," said his wits, "take a look in this nurrog!" John looked in the mirror hie wife produced from her bag and then said: "Gosh? There was such a crowd in front of that ope glass in the Pull- man that I must have shaved another rian by mistake!" -- Form In Line, Glrta: Don't Shove! (Ad. in Wheeling (W. Va.) News), w" said she, you need a 2§ ft. notion counter, built L shape. Thanx! Dear Luke. I eujoy " reading your ¢clumn. dt always brings forth a smile and drives away dull care and makes one feel better for having read it.--T. J. Roberfs, 308 Eighth avenue, Nashville," Tenn. ---- Fair Enough! ¢ The Knoxville - Sentinel says 'that Women afe now equals in our Govern- ment and demands that the faces of Some of the noted sex showla be pi hoped that the Poles will yield to wiser counsels, will agree to accept the decision of the majority, and make the best of what they no doubt | tapioca. macaroni, vermicelli, { peas, TAX REACHES POOR MAN New Budget Reduces List of Staple' Foods Formerly Exempt. Hato Toronto Globe Despatch. Otttawa, May 12.--It may not be at first apparent to the consumer rof foods and foodstuffs that the new budget praposals have: considerably reduced the list of staple necessaries which are to be exemptea frem the increased sales taxes levied this year on the manufacturer or produc- er, the distributor and the importer. For example, there is exemption for living animals and poultry and fresh meats and poultry, but the tax will Be paid on salted, pickled, smoked or canned meats and poultry and on soups. The table of the poor- est consumer will be taxed, for it will be hard to find a home into whose beverages one or more of the following commodities do not enter; tea, coffee, condensed 'milk, con- densed , coffee with milk, milk foods, milk powder and such milk pro- ducts. These will now be subject to the increased sales tax. Among cereals it is difficult to say just how far the tax will go. "Flour and oatmeal in packages weighing net less than 48 pounds"-are ex- empted. but what about buckwhaat meal or flour, pot, pearl, rolled, roasted or ground barley, cornmeal, corn flour, rolled oats, rye flou=, wheat flour, wheat meal, sago and split pea meal, cleaned and wun- I cleaned rice, rice flour, sago flour, { tapioca, flour, rice meal, corn starch, A man named Button who lived Jn |DOtato 'starch, potato flour, canned, dried or desiccated vegetables and frnite? If the word "flour" includes all cereals so designated, then many in the above list will be exempted. Otherwise, "they| will not be. Other articles to be taxed will be canned or medicated fish and pro- ducts thereof; maple, corn and sugar cane syrup, and imitations; = cattle foods. fibre for binder twine, gold and silver sweepings. ------ Submitting a Referendum: Montreal, May 12.--The "eitizens of Montreal on Tuesday next will de- cide on a new form of municipal government when two schemes, one incorporating the proportional re- presentation and city manager ideas and the other calling for a govern- ment virtually by an executive com- mittee of aldermen and a director, will be submitted to them in ¢ re- ferendum. The present city council and the mayor strongly favor the latter and a number of societies have passed resolutions in favor of number one. The referendum was ordered by the Quebec legislature at its last session as the term for which the present administrative commission was appointed expires in October next. The.system chosen will be put into operation at the civic elections which take place in that month. Our own blend is onc» again the genuine-- OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA and | ARABIAN MOCHA (Real pre-war quality) The price Phone 20 and 990, The House of Satiafietion REMOVAL NOTICE I beg to notify my customers and friends that I have remov- ed my Real Estate and Insur- ance Office from Clarence Street, to 58 Brock Stroet sia King street). Real Estate, all kinds of In- surance, Convoyancing, money to loan, Victory and Municipal Bonds bought znd sold. T. J. Lockhart WANTED--Gir] for housekeeping; no . . washing or cooking; must be at least Jf ; ™N Coal That Suits. Western Railroad's Celebrated 'Scranton BIBBY'S SPECIAL MEN'S TROUSERS Good, serviceable, Work Trousers $1.98 nothing to touch these anywhere. Sizes 32 to 42. MEN'S MERINO « HOSE 19¢. Pair MEN'S CASH- MERINO HOSE Tans and Blacks. Sizes 10, 104, 11. Look good at 50c. Extra Special 25c¢. per pair MEN'S HATS Nobby styles; all new shapes. The $4.75 and $5.75 kinds. Our-- $3.75 Hat Special MEN'S TROUSERS Neatly made; well made; neat' pattern: fine stripe grey Tweed Trouser. You have pair as high as $7.50 for these. Sizes 32 to 42. Bibby's -- $4.50 Special Holeproof Pure SILK HOSE All favored shades: all sizes. Made to sell for $1.50 and $1.75. Special at Bibby's-- $1.00 per Pair N VALUES Our prices are cut good and plen ty. . You can depend we have everything we advertise. If you see it in our advertisement, we have it in our store, J™ rod 'YOUNG MEN'S SUITS Neat patterns in rich shades of Green, or Grey; made in smart Young Men's model. Have been and are being sold elsewhere for $24.75 and $28.75. Bibby's Special-- $18.00 YOUNG ' MEN'S BLUE SUITS Fox Wool Serge. Size 33 to 40. Real won- ders at-- $24.75 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS Traveller's: sample suits; all new color- ings, perfect tailor- ing, correct models. Regular $35, $37.50 and $40 values. Our $28.50 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS Hand-tailored, from all wool fabrics, Che- viots, Worsteds and Pure Indigo Blue Serge. New models: | The Ritz, the Bud, the Claude, the Ray. You will find it hard to match these at $45.00 and $47.50. Bibby's Big $35.00 Special ; BOYS' WEAR ~-SPECIALS Boys' Jerseys, long or short sleeves -- Navy, Brown or White. Sizes 22 to 32. Special value-- 50c. BOYS' SUITS Sizes 26 to 34. Neat patterns; good qual- ity Tweeds, splendid- ly tailored; newest | styles; also pure wool Serge . Suit. These were consideredgood value at $18.and $20. Bibby's Special $12.50 BOYS' REEFER COATS rang weights. Sizes for ages 4 to 9 years, Rich plain shades, neat checks and over ) plaids. Would look | good at $5.00, $6.00. To clear-- $3.75 each \* "Men's Balbriggan . Shirts and Drawers 75¢c. and 90¢. values. Our 50c. Special BIBBY"S Paint, Varnish Paint quality counts, and Clean-up Use "LOWE BROS" HIGH STANDARD LIQUID PAINT Ne better Paint made or wold tn : Vegetable and Flower Seeds MAY PRICES Eag. Soveand Nut... $16.50, fet Pea... ...o00.0i. x... $15.00 1f carried, 50 cents extra ; NE Hie in bulk'or package-- bought only fromre-