a---------- ss, TT x ) cheeks is to use a broom on "high, on& half THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. » t 5 - WEUNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1921. THE BRITISH WHIG 88TH YEAR. Published Daily avd Semi- Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED J. G, Lem, Ed Nanas ng-Director TELEPHONES: Business 'Office ..... Editorial Rooms ... Job Oftice SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city .. One year, > paid in advance « One year, b, ¥ mall to rural offices $2. 50 One Tear to United States 3. Semni- Weekly Edition) One Yous by mall, gash One year, if not pal One year, to United States pT OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES ¥. Calder, 22 8t. John St, Montreal FF. Ww. Fhompeos, 100 King St. Ww. ronto. Letters to the Editor are published ouly over the actual name of the Wiiter. Attached is one of best job the printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. L 4 ~ And once more the lowly freckle covers a multitude of skins. Signs Germany include verbotcn signs. No matter how high taxes are, they always slide on down to the ultimate ¢bnsumer, Those that are neighbors. as a Civilized nations: regarded by their menace, The test of any theory is: Will it work? This is also the test of a'civi- lization. -------------- One way to get that bloom in the the floor. As we understand Korfanty, the peace treaty can't be expected to bear fruit without Polanation. p---------------- With money scarce and gasoline the world doesn't know how the other half flivs. If God couldn't keep the first man decent, parents of to-day need not he discouraged by their failures. Lloyd George says the Treaty of Versailles must be interpreted with fairness. Also, we fear, with an axe. -------------------- Detachable eyelashes, eh? Each passing year makes the morning as- sembly more complicated for the dear _- Creatures, A good wife is one who doesn't say "I told you se' when her husband catches cold after changing his sume mer ones. A happy married man is one whe is content to dwell under his' own vine and fig tree and his wils'y thumb. EE ------------------ "Man 1s the noblest work of God" +a statement that remains unchal- Jenged, and thus proves that dogs and horses can't. write, 5 A season of depression: : One in which a man is required to use. his head ingtead of a scoop shovel to gather in the money. ------ .° CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, Arthur Ellis, official hangman, in an interview with the press gives his views on the system of county hang- ings carried out by himsel®since he _ Succeeded Radcliffe, 'and advocates centralizing the executions. at the penitentiaries because of the. facilt ties for the safe custody of the con- 'demned man and also because the man would be removed from the lo- rou 'of the crime and the sentimen- a ntlue uendes excited ou his behalf s friends." wi fiftetn days of the pass- ing of the sentenge of death you will be able to get ninety-nine per cent. of the people of the disfrict to sign a petition to defeat justide because of sentimentality," said he. Proceeding, hangman Ellis further, states "that sentimentality would have been lack: ing had he gone to the penitentiary. There would have been seven days' 3 \ boy hidden away in the security of the penitentiary await ing death' ve already away into oblivion." This is gery enlightening from the official executioner who, whatever his certatgly appears to resent the gallows cheated. In a democratic there is no good reason why calling for a review of the Jjdor that public decency may in advance 3 50 | 1.50 : | them. of returning normalcy in | | of life, | cation in keeping with their status, form of a person sentenced to death, hould not be sent tg the governor- | general, neither is the any good | reason why' the condemned man should be "hidden away" for execu- tion so long as capital punishment re- mains dpon the statutes of Canada. There might, however, be a better enforcement of jail reg:lations in or- not be ent shocked by repetitions of the re Woodstock indicents. MORE MONEY FOR MINISTERS. The adoption of a minimum salary of $1,800 and a mance for Pre terians, Becided upon by the Gen Assembly of the Presbyterian « held last week at Toronto, is a which has been delayed far too long. Like school teachers and some other vfofessional men, the ministers have sul ied more than almost any other "i233 curing tho past few years of high living costs. Their salaries have never been adequate td the calls of their position, nor sufficient remun- eration for the long years of sacrifice move *land training which are needed to fit them for the work to which they have been called. There are, unfortunately, those who scoff becaflse the ministers 00 | have for the past few years been ask- | iug for larger salaries, but it is true that no class has been so self-sacrifi- cing, or so slow in pu:ting forward clergy. The ministers, as a class, have a hard row to hoe, With the exception | of the few who have gathered the plums of the highly-paid large city churches, as a class they have been miserably underpaid, while at the same time they are. expected to live up to a certain standard and to main- {tain a certain position which is far | beyond the money which is paid to Perhaps the wives of the min- isters in the smaller towns and the rural districts know this more than anyone else, for it is their lot to make ends meet on a salary which is not sufficient for even the necessities to give their children an edu- and to keep up an appearance which will prevent the criticism which comes all too easily from the lips of | gations. Even with the new salary minimum which has been set by the general as- sembly, the ministers are not well- paid in proportion to other profes- sional men who have a shorter and less arduous period of training. The seven years academic course, with its attendant expence and hard grind of study, surely deserves better finan- cial recognition than has been given in the past. Yet it is significant that, in the discussion on salaries at the assembly, the men who advocated a higher minimum salary were laymen and business men, while several min- isters opposed the raising of the fig- ure. This shows that there was no selfish motive behind the resolution. The ministers were apparently will- ing to let their labors find their own Just reward, while it was pleasing to note that the laymen, the men who provide the money which carries on the work of the church, were the ones come here and now, and not altogeth- er in the hereafter. This shows that while church work demands finan- cial support, there are those who will see that this support is given in the proportion in which it js needed. This increase in the minimum sal- ary will help, to a certain extent, to bring to the ministry the recruits which are needed for the extension of the work of the church. Even in theo- logical students there is a certain amount of consideration: for the re- muneration which wil! be theirs when they have finished their course of training. It is a fact that the mis- erably low salaries paid to ministers have in some measure been respon- sible for the lack ®f recruits, for no man with ambitions towards marry- ing and raising a family conld atford to give his life in this scrvice while starvation wages were paid. The in- crease will therefore be beneficial not only to those already in the min- 'istry, but to those who, in the future, will adopt it as their, chosen calling, and in this way the church will bene- fit, and with it, the nation and the world at large. me pe emit £ TAXATION IN GERMANY. A proof that Germany is in-earnest in its intentions to pay the repara- tions claims to the full is shown in the drastic taxdtion proposals which have been made by Chancellor Wirth. Germany is faced with the task of raising $400,000,000 yearly to meet the demands of its reparations ace count, and the chancellor Mag prepar- ed his plans for raising of this money. While his p have nét yet been definitely ne by the Reich- stag, it is conceded that some of them will be given approval, for Ger. many is in the position where she must meet her obligations, and any plan put forward which is likely to cepted by all political parties, althotigh there 'will be an are. poses to levy are of such a and poor alike, and, incidentally, is just what France in particular, the Allies in general, desire. wish the peopl of Germany fo es higher salary demands as have the | the members' of some of the congre- | who wished some of that reward tq] ot TE aa fare to be acct ty, mo matter what the -- 3% The taxes which the chancellor pro- the durden to such an extent that follow any militaristic party. Many of the plans are of a confiscatory nature. tax on capital and property has al- ready been levied, and it is now pro- posed to place a twenty per cent. gov- ernment mortgage on the pre-war | {and city properties, as well as a three hundred per cent, increase in house rentals fn cities. These taxes will spread the burden over all classes of the population, and wiH, it is hoped by the chancellor, help greatly in raising the enormous sum required. Other taxes will bring about an in- crease in the price of coal, a multi- plication of the present railway rates, which, iiéidentally, wil hit foreign tourists even harder than the home population, and a radical expropria- tiod of. property. Other taxes include a levy of a twenty per cent. compul- sory government participation for the benefit of the reparations fund, on all industrial and mercantile concerns, and on bahks, Other minor taxes are also proposed, all of which are ex- pected to add greatly to the total amount of money which will be rais- ed. With all these taxes added to those already in force, Germany will have taxation which will be more in keep- ing with its position as the defeated | nation' in the war. While the repara- | tions negotiations were taking place, { the chief contention of the Allfes was | that Germany was not taxed nearly | 80 heavily as France or Great Brit- ain. That will be changed mow, and the German people will be made to feel the burden of the war in a more | real fashion than before. { The effect on German industry, { however, Is not likely to be a happy one, Hugo Stines, who is known as the Gérman Rockefeller, and who is perhaps the wealthiest man in Ger- many, is not at all well pleased with the future prospects of his country. His outlook is most pessimistic, and he cannot see how Germany will re- cover her economic standing with this burden of taxation on commer- cial and agricultural enterprises. The { fact remains, however, that Germany has signified her willingness to pay, | and whatever taxation may be impos- | ed will be one more means of bring- | ing home to the German people the guilt which lies at their door. Her people will have to get down to real hard work in order to meet her obli- gations, and in this way it is possible that the burdens will ip time become blessings, if they drive the spirit of militarism completely from the coun- try, and bring about a contented and hard working 'populace. Then Ger- many would no longer be a menace, as in the days before 1914, but would be able to look the world in the face with the satisfaction of having, to some extent, worked out her own sal- vation. | Walt Mason THE POET PHUOSOPHER COFFEE. . Evangeline is brewing a noxious sort of drink; it might be laundry bluing, it might be brindle ink; but coffee she believes it, this beverage of death; and when her hub receives it he swears beneath his breath. The two were lately married, the bonds of love are strong, the husband hasn't carried his grievance very long. He hasn't started brawling, the riot is delayed, though often he's recalling the coffee mother made. And inward- to do; Evangeline is making a most atrocious brew, Her coffee tastes like leather, it gives an awful jolt, and he is asking whether it's time for a revolt. He hates to hurt her feelings, but must he always drink a brew of carrot peelings that puts him on the blink? He hates to spoil the glamor surrounding love's young dream, but he has katzénjammer from coffee that's a scream. It can't go on forever, he'll dump the mar- tyr's crown; some day his wrath will sever the bonds that hold him down: some day, the galled p of grievances and cares will wreck a costly dresser and break a lot of chairs. Another home, once cheer- ful, all desolate will be; a young wile sad and tearful, will ask for a decree. Though moralists are shoving the customary bunk, no man can keep on loving where coffee is so punk. --WALT MASON. What the Farmer ost, (Acton Free Press) A surprising statement was made by the Chief Gr; Inspector at Win- nipeg the o day when he said that enough weed seed to tin a freight train fi -eight miles long had been ship out of three Prairie Provinces Suring the last three years. This at a time w the cost of pro- duction, ot me win ¢ at its highest point; seed, implements and farm ; yet the farmers grew harvested it, thresh. proportionate to that ene | they will never again he tempted to | { A twenty-five per cent. confiscatory | gold basis value of all farms, estates | ly he's quaking, he knows not what | I ~ BITS OF BY-PLAY By LUKE McLUKE Copyright, 192C, by The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1 é sum. { The laundry man's devices Are great, but the cost hurts; He charges me stiff 'prices, To do up my soft shirts. Mean Brute! "Two Is company," simpered Miss Oldgirl, as she sat down beside Mr. Old- batch. "Yes," Oldbatch. Browled Mr wife!" a---- Gosh! A. Reck, a traveling man, who C. lives in St. Louls, Mo. has seen a number of them Cheer Up! Though hardluck hands a jolt that jars, Do not wear gloomy shrouds; For, while we cannot all be stars, We don't have to be clouds. Oh! "Two rights always make a wrong!" announced the Cheerful Idiot. "What are you talking about?" manded the Wise Guy. "A pair of shoes," replied vhs fu] Idiot. de- Atta Boy! Some men are cheerful pedestrians, while others adopt a silent when they are hiking. But what we Walker Is the porter at the Lu Ray Ho- tel, Central City, Ky. Tull! "I'm down and out!" "And everything wrong; Into each life some rain must fall, But, darn the luck, 1 get it alll" Strong, dead sam Mr. Just goes The Wise Fool. "An honest confession is good for the soul" observed the Sage "Yes," commented the Fool. "And it is often good for 10 or 20 ls the Penitentiary. Where's Them Riot Guns? Mobbs vs. State, 192 Pacific Reporter, 823. Wow! That kid will not shut up at all, I hear him from afar; ' What with his racket and his pawl, He'll make a tennis star. Why, George! (Houston (Texas) Post) Luke McLusxe says the far: concerned for his corn thar. for his Government. And the Government is more concerned for the farmer's coin than for the farmer, -- Next! Pon Dodge, who is living at hig hunt. ing lodge in the wilds near Plckerel, Ontario, was fishing in a lake at sun- down & few weeks ago. He was using four or five big hooks fastened to, a stout.line as there are some big fish up there. He fell asleep inthe boat and the line; It was dark, but he could see something swimming about 50 vards away from the boat. He held on to the line and followed thé catch. And' whaddy yo think he had caught? A deer swimming across the dake had gotten the hooks snagged into his hide. Don had a gun in the boat and he shot' Me Deer when the latter reach- ed the shore, If you don't believe this story, Don gan produce the antlers as his Eskimos. a -- Lost, Strayed or Stolen! What has become of the wagon that used to be seen on the streets of Cine cinnati and which bore the painted sign on its sides: Kelly And Ryan Italian Bakers. You Win! Ananlas Mungchausen had listened to the argument about realistic paintings, and he ended the argument by telling of a painting he once saw, This paint- ing was called "Spring" and showed a lot of beautiful trees. It was painted in Spring and was #0 realistic that when Fall came the leaves on the trees turned from green to' red, theh curled up, and withered and dropped off, leay- ing the trees bare. Haw, maw: Déar Luke. They have a bird called the Laughing Jackass in New York Zoo. This is a poor name for a bird, but it would be a bird of a name tor some of our Congressmen --Soak. Our Daily Special. 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