i i RIC ai Sanne. oe (Rel million lives, J 6 THE BRITISH Wi HIG 88TH YEAR. blished Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BR ITLS WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED J. G. Billet ....... Leman A. Guild sssee.. President --- .Editer and Managlug-Director TELEPHONES: Business Editorial Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) One year, asiivered in eity ......36.00 One year, if paid in advance $8 00 One year, by mall to rural offices 32 50 | One year, to United States .......3.00]| (Semi-Weekly ¥ Edition) One year, by mall, cas One year, if not pald or advance One year, to United States OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES . Calder, 23 StL John St, Montreal F 'W. Thompson 00 King St. W, ""* Toronto. Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer. Attached is ons of the best job printing offices in Canada. 'The circulation of TR: Bren WHIG is authenticated by the $ ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations, Lloyd George seems determined to play both safe and politics, Baseball stories are always popu- lar, but Ruth is stronger than fic- tion. oy She worries about the dust on the furniture; he worries about the due on ft, " 7 v a -------------- A hy The eternal triangle is apt to de- velop almost anything except « square deal. ha The art of cussing will never de- tline while there are pedestrians and banana peels. Most of us would now be content to take a little business for the stomach's sake, - The only oil the nations seem willing to share with their powerful, aseighbors is turmoil, The Slav's mind may be convinced that the new doctrine is a wonder, but his stomach isn't. Very likely jazz would pine away after the manner of grand opera if it had to be subsidized. ---------- It isn't the little fellow who is re- sponsible for hard times. There is always gloom at the top. The significance of an " opinion depends largely on the insignificance of the man who expresses it. i ------ There wouldn't be so many unen- ployed workmen if there wasn't so much unemployed capital. Woman's sphere is the home; man's fear is that he won't be able Jo pay next month's rent on it, ' ---------------- Don't be to6 hard on creditors in limes like these. Let all things be funned decently and in order. People who can't get into Russia fo study the situation might try going over Niagara in a barrel, The psychologists say dreams are merely suppressed desires. The ax- kalser's dreams must be pleasant, -------------- r an China, bandits are fastened in 8 cage and left to starve. Here they occupy an office and continue to tai. ten, - ~ Ww "« ®. i y * The reason the voice of the peo- ple isn't effective is because no two ot them are yelling for the samo thing, A Tittle experience on the highway 'gives the impression that our na- national slogan fs: Rew Abe homo Hs turning." °° ------ A magazine writer says travel en- riches tke vocabulary. And now that a dollar goes furthers, it talks with more authority, | { y FW. eRe | Smoker: A place where youn try to read a magazine and enjoy a cigar while some yap tells an endless string of that kind of storles, . rr ------ ' When one observes how little the people of Ontario are shocked by tales of government waste, he sus- pects that familiarity alse breeds ! Ea statesman says the war has g'v- en us larger {deas. It has. We no longer refer to a misfortune as a dis- aster unless it claims at least a half- asde-- AN ENCOURAGING SIGN. The most encopraging sign 'for a rr ® THE pal. PaniTisn 1106, | impart the right ideas to Boys: "Mr | Edison, while admitting that college | Fepore "Now, stand," they' 4 tell oe "and deliver," and from my rags my renewal of normal business activity | men were the best he obtained, said | roll they'd snake, and I would stand | in Canada is found in the crop report of the Dominion bureau of Statistics This report, based on conditions j they were at the end of July, ifdi- cates that Canada will have the larg- est wheat crop in her history at a time when wheat prices are certain to be at least moderate. While other ~TQDa have. not reached record-Sgures; the wheat yield has been so remark- | able this year that the crop is ed to reach 288,493,000 bushels, against as In spite of; the claims of industrial concerns, agriculture still the basic industry, and the fact that a record wheat crop is being harvest- ed this year will have an effect on conditions ail over the Dominion, | Business will prosper "in proportion to the yield of the wheat fields of the great prairies of the west, and with a record in sight, hope is born anew that financial -and business "world ~{ will benefit from the generosity of As compared | with pre-war days this tremendous ! nature to the farmers, crop wil] mean a great deal to the country as a whole, From the financial point of view, this large crop will mean the influx ; of a large sum of money into Canada. i years. Canada can only absorb a small pro- "partion of 'the wheat produced, and with a crop of 288,000,000 bushels, it is estimated that at least 175,000,- 000 will be available for export. This wheat will be marketed abroad, and, figuring at the rate of $1.50 a bushel, which is a fair price at the present | time, this will bring a return to Can- ada of somewhere in the neighbor- hood of $262,500,000. This addition to the wealth of the people of the "| Dominion is not to be disregarded, for it represents gq buying power which is much needed at the present time, If this prediction comes to pass, that Canada will receive this sum of money from abroadgjn return for her surplus wheat crop, then business will be given a decided impetus. A sum much less than that would make a great difference to conditions. It only remains for the returns from the wheat crop to be put into circula- tion in Canada, to be expended in the purchase of goods made in Canada and not sent over to the United States to be discounted, in order to set Canadian industries humming at full speed once more, and to bring business conditions back to their nor- mal level, - PT MEMORY AND PERCEPTION. Thomas A, Edison, the noted in- ventor, who recently came under # the lash of criticism for his question- naire, has issued a statement in de- fence of his method adopted to test the mental efficiency of job seekers at his plants, The questions were desigmed as mind tests. They were Such as any young college graduate seeking a position in an industrial plant ought to be able to answer, for they required no information not in the college or school eourse, The in- ventor was of the opinion that a mind which would retain facts studied im college would retain facts brought to its attention in later business life. Out of 718 men who answered the questionnaire only 32 were found to qualify, They were marked class "A," and were employed and more than half of them made good. Mr. Edison in proof of the accuracy of his system further states that when the supply of "A" men, who answered 90 per cent. of the questions, ran out, he took on trial some of the *"B" men, who answered but 70 per cent. of his questions, and they invariably proved entirely unsatisfactory, The blame for the failure of such a large proportion of the candidates is placed upon the system of educa- tion in the United States which per- mits of, or hastens; "brain atrophy" in youths. This sets in early in some, but 1! it be found when a man reaches the age of 21 he may be considered as hopeless, as there is no corrective process--"the young. man whose 'mind has been allowed to atrophy through lgck of definite, continuous, hard work has few possibilities or none. His time is passed, He's through before he starts." Mr. Edison regards a fine memory as the best of qualifications, and his questionnaires were designed to test ability to retain information, as a mind that was retentive was also perceptive, qualities required in the heads of departments of his plants. The importance of the capacity to re- tain facts is fully appreciated when it 1s shown that a good man in reach- ing an opluion employs in the pro- cess at least a hundred times as many facts as he thought possible, This is true in business, and especially so in the cases of notable men who shaped big businesses, They were invariably men possessing Splendid memories. American colleges are turning out 185,000 graduates each year, far too few to furnish one-twelfth of the men required each year to fill indus- trial paesitions calling for mentally trained . 'American brains are not lacking, butt is the system | which the inventor places the for failure and upon the college pro- fesgore who are usually "untried men in any'sort of competition comparable with that which their students event- ally, must face, Such men cannot ho expect- | remains | | they might have been better, BY SAM HILL [i ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR | Worse Every Captain of a ship loves his life, 'N though he may long for his re- | ward SE | He knows 'tis better to be a dead hero | 263,189,300 bushels produc- | ed in 1920, which was a record year. | Than to live and be called coward. -- \ Observations of Oldest Inhabitant. I kin remember when rock and rye was cornisidered a mighty good remedy for coughs by even the best of temper- ance people ---- Ne Wear Te Ther. "It is better to wear out than rust out," remarked Bolt. a "Maybe," replied Nutt, "but dodgasted tires on my old bus out before I can @#et any wear of 'em. < ey ia Ra * 4 We Arden Our Way, Here is an item¥taken from "Twen- ty Years Ago" in an exchange: "Great wave of dress reform started at Chautauqua by Mrs. Frank Stuart ! Parker, of Chicago, and it is to include skirts, corsets, garters, and all the other accouterments.' Well, we'll say the reform has made quite some progress in the last 20 Skirts have been reduced to | the irreduclble minimum, corsest to | pretty close to zero and garters-- i well, you know they don't need them | things at all with roll-down stock- ings. As for the other accouter- ments, we think they must have dis- pensed with them altogether, too, they don't seem to have any of | whatever they were. to these blow | out | | i 1 | | 1 'em, -- " A Good Scout. I doff my "straw" To Oswald Bloomer; He always has A sense of humor.--M. J, -- How Dees He Get That Way Says Adam Breede: "A woman al- ways is an, interesting listener.' Adam, Adam, why did you have to get oft something like that? If you have found something that will make you dream such sweet dreams for the love of Mike. let the rest of us in on it. It Does Look That Way, "You say.you loved the man de- votedly?" sternly asked the Judge. "Of course I did," answered the fair prisoner. "Then for heaven's sake, why did you shoot him?" demanded the Judge. "Well, Your Honor, you see -I was crazy to get into the movies and 1 understood from reading the papers that was the only way a girl without any talents for acting could get a job with the producers, replied the girl. Fool Question 71185, R. T. asks what kind of clothes dressed lumber puts on. -- Here's Hoping Edna Makes It Pleasant For Him, (Ludwig Cor Clarksville (Ark.) Herald- Democrat.) Mr. Elum will leave to-morrow for Edna to make his future hore. -- Daily Sentence Sermon. Don't be too liberal with your ad- vice; keep most of it for your own com- sumption. Goldsmith Modernized. When a lovely woman stoops_to folly And finds too late that men betray, She does not take to melancholy But gets a gun and bangs away. --H. D. ¥ a News of the Names Club, We'll say she must have been hun- 8ry when she d'd it, but anyway, Etta Coon lives at Red Cloud, Neb. We suppose the horses at West Al. lis, Wis., never will lack for food and bedding so long as Henry Hay and Bert Straw live there. There's nothing in & name accord- ing' to Bent Twist, of Little Falls, Minn, who declares even if his ndme sounds that way he's neither bent nor twisted, as he never has had rheu- matism. - eee Out of Lueck, '\ Hq takes many a drop, But it's surely strange, I think, The elevator man Never gets a drop to drink. + -- You May Be Right at That. '(Newark (Ohio) Advocate) In the days of the horse and buggy It was safe for & man to drive with one hand, for the horse had sense, but the young fellow who attempts to drive his machine with one hand sheuld remember an automobile has no more sense than he has. --Cincinnat{ Enquirer. Comparing the two in our thought- fu] way, we now and then see a ma- chine that looks like It had a little more, Se -------- Walt Mason THE POET aason , ROBBERY UNDER ARMS. Time was when robbers robbed po- litely, and shooting was a last re- sort, and then we viewed the hold-up . system bony, for | without a quiver, because my life was | 1 not at stake. No tremors shook my | no palsy did my spirit know; T knew that all my bills were phony, and I was glad to see them go. But now the thieves come cally- | hooting, in murderous, bloodthirsty | | bands, 'and they begin their ribald | shooting before I've time to raise my | SRE SALES Mo i ARE THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1021. Men's Underwear at Wholesale BibE Y'S Men's Underwear at Wholesale ------ m---------- CID eatin Lyre "THEY §pPring upon me from an alley, they come with silent, tiger | tread, and while one murderer keeps | tally, the others shoot me full of! lead. And.they could have my stock | of shillings by merely asking for the | same; there's no excuse for all these | killings that blemish their time- hon-| ored game. The modern robbers are | i not courtly, they lack the old sctrool | tact and grace, and when they meet a , poet portly, they push a cannon in| his face; and if, confused, he asks a | question, or bats his eyes, or wags his ears, they shoot him where his indi- | gestion has caused him pain for many i years. It isn't fair, or just, or de- | cent, some ordinances should be | made; this shooting graft is some- thing: recent, discrediting the 70h | ber's rade, | ~--WALT MASON. --_-------- FACTS ABOUT ULSTER, | | | -- Northern Ireland Pays One Half_of Aountry' s Taxation, } Ulsthe has 35 per cent. of Ireland's | population, and has 35 per cent. of Ireland's valuation, | Belfast alone pays one-half of all Irish taxation, | Belfast does 70 per cent. of all! Irish export trade, | Belfast has one-half of all foreign | shipping trade from Ireland. ! Ulster produces: 42 per cent. of | { Irish oats; 49 per cent. of Irish po- | tatoes; 58 per cent, of Irish fruit; 97 per cent. of Irish flax. Belfast has 60 paupers per 10,000. Dublin has 260 paupers per 10,- 000. Cork, Limerick and Waterford: 245 paupers per 10,000. Ulster has six of the largest indus- trial concerns of their kind in the 'world, namely: The largest linen | manufacturing concern. The largest firm of linen thread, twine and net- ting manufacturers. The largest rope and cable works. The largest shipbuilding firm. The largest single tobacco works. { There are in Ulster: The largest | single flax spinning industry in the | world. The largest linen export trade | of any area of equal extent in the | world. Ulster's invested capital in the linen trade alone amounts to over £20,000,000, ; ------------iri If it was not for the heat, chig- gers, mosquitoes and vacatibfls what an ideal time of year summer would be! [-- Coal That Suits The Delaware, Lackawanna ani Western Railroad's Celebrated Scranton Coal The Standard Anthracite The only Coal handled by Crawford Phone 9. Foot of Queen St. 'It's a black business, but we treat you white" "~N i' Farms For Sale 1---A first class farm of 200 acres in. the Township of Kingston, about 125 acres under cultivation; large maple bush and a lot of valuable timber Price $10,000. 2--An excellent farm of 190 acres, only | four miles from Kirgston market; good buildings; wel! watered; over 85 acres of deep fertile clay loam! tinder cultivation; plenty of wood! for fuel; a bargain at $7,600 3--A good farm of 100 acres, three- quarters of a mile from the Village of Syden} am. $7,000. 4--120 acres with fairly good buildings on godd road about nine miles from Kingaten, Shout 60 ages cultivat ed. $4.50 We hoy a Jarge list of farmg to} choose from. T. J. Lockhart REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Phone 322J or 1797J. lightly, a harmless kind of outdoor b> N.B.----~We 'have removed our office to . §8 Brock Streat. Kingston oe lot of attention. 19 BROCK STREET. WILLARD SERVICE STATION 1nis.is the time of the year that your BATTERY needs a Do not hesitate to stop at the Willard Sta- tion and we will gladly logk your outfit over without charge, also starting and lighting systems. Enquire about néw prices for WILLARD BATTERIES. I. LESSES PHONE 1340. Prices -------- -- Our: prices are cut good and ple e aim to sell the best for less i J "Big Special in Men's Hose Mercerized Lisle Thread, navy, black, brown. 50c. kind. 3 pairs for $1.00 Silk Lisle Thread Double soles, toes and heels -- black, brown, blue, grey -- 75¢. variety, 2 pairs for $1.00 Silk and Wool Hose Have sold at $1.00 and $1.25--blue, tan and grey for 75c¢. a pair Pure Silk Hose Double Soles, Toes and heel, .pure Silk, "Holeproof'" -- sold as high as $1.50 and $1.75. $1.00 per pair Working Men's Wool Socks Ribbed, grey, sold for 50c. and 65c, 2 Pairs for 75¢. Men's Soft Collars All new styles. 25¢. each Boston Silk Garters The 75¢ ones for 50c. Raincoats 'we are selling at $12.50 You'll be pleased! Ask to see our Men's Pyjamas we are offering at $1.98 We are showing some very classy SHIRTS Tooke, Lang, Arrow and Forsyth make for $1.98 Sizes 14 to 18. Men's Work Trousers Good, durable Wor- steds. Sizes 34 to 46 for =........ $2.50 We are selling Wakefield's English Soft Hats fOr varie. 33.75 We can give you a Moore's English Hat for rnin: $4.75 See the English Wool Gaber- dine Top Coats We are offering at $25.00 Nothing to touch these for this money. 'Pure Wool Grey We want you to see The Fall Overcoat we are offering. for $25.00 Chevjots, new mad- els, splendidly tailor- YOUNG MEN'S SUITS We have them at $15, $18, $22, $25, $30.00 But we want to call your undivided at- tention to our $35.00 beauties. These Suits are everything we claim them to be. Made by the best Tailors in Canada, from choice all wool imported and domestic material, styles. newest New Greens, Grey, Browns and pure Wool Indigo Ready. to try on, finished to your order in a few hours' time. You will have to travel some to beat these. Blue. OUR BOYS' DEPARTMENT is one of the brightest spots in our stor; right on the ground The most complete stock o f Boys' floor. wear to be seen in Eastern On- tario, + McClary's Gas Ranges The finest finished Gas Ranges made g Canada. 7 different styles carried in stock to choose from, HOT PLATES--1, 2, 8, 4 Burners. BUNT'S HARDWARE Pants Ideal for summer Jas. REDDEN & Co. Thirsty? Adanac Water, Poland Wa- ter, Radnor, White Rock, Ada- pac Dry Ginger Ale, Gurd's Ginger Ale, Gurd's Dry Ginger Ale, Gurd's Ginger Beer, Gurd's Soda Water. Phone 20 and 990, CEMENT BUILDING BLOCKS SILLS, CAPS, LINTELS, ETC. Improved process. Material and price are right. 527 Princess Street, corner Alfred wear for babies. Fits snugly, are of soft, pliable Rubber, eas- ily washed. Dr. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princess St. Phone 8348. ' " The Quetec provincial government The House of Satisfaction If your prospects are blue that is no reason for painting the town red. will make an immediate grant of five thcusand dollars to the strickea town of Aylmer, Que., to help it rebuild.