-~ pe a BEES THE BRITISH WHIG 88TH YEAR. H = | THN EE fl Ig Published Daily and Semi-Week | THRE BRITISH WH1G PUBLIS & - © LIMITED eves Editor and Managing-Divector SUBSCRIPTION RATES; . (Daliy Edition) Gne year, delivered in city ......$6.00 ® year, if pala in advance . , ® year, by mail to rural offi ear, to United States ...... (Semi-Week! One year, by mall, cash $1.00 One year, If not pald in advance $1.60 One year, to. United States 1.50 OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES E Calder, 22 Si. John St. Montreal " W. Thompson ..,...100 King St. W. Toronto. . 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 ABO ¢ Audit Bureau of Circulations. A The. emaller the country the more pensitive the pride of its rulers. Let's see; what was it they wrote paragraphs about when skirts were long? --_-- ° As a matter of fact, it is all work and no pay that makes Jack a dull 'boy. The man with a smooth tongue sel- fom appears to advantage In a roughhouse. The world will be e¢dld In 300,000 yoars. Better lay in your subply of winter coal promptly. z There are two kindé of men: Those whom you can trust, and those wha. agree with everything you say, Now we see it. © The Mon and the lamb will lie down together after the lion's teeth and claws are drawn. ! Almost any fopm of government can be made successful among a peo- ple who are accustomed to the use ot 80D. One of the popular writers says theré is always a thrill about home coming. Hspecially when a good fast man steals home. A Glasgow professor says he can prove the earth is 8,000,000,000 years old. That's old enough to know how to act better, The disarmament conference would get to the point more quickly jt the delegates were wounded men who saw service. There may be disagreement on the Question of the open shop, but all aro unanimeus i wishing for the op- . bang of "he shops, © If a child és naturally left-handed $e should Be perinitted to remain PO, says a doctor. Then he may be- "pome a baseball pitcher. . Throe towns in England claim to be Charlie Chaplin's binthplace, but there is no rush for tho honor of be- | fmg Axbutkle's place of nativity. 4 A reformer has been fined for ~ f@vrunken and disorderly conduct. "If 7 I? you want to feel young again, Just for a mowent, drop around to 8 Sechool ground just before school " ppens one of 'hese Seplember morc- Sclentists now say thers are no Physical reasons why man should ag live 10 be 150 years of age. Wit 0 many reckless automobile drivers Abe roads? . A westorn town has barred "Main Btreet" from its library shelves, or Jif. The Mbrary board probably that the writing fellers are too darped personal. 'The German mark hae reached a ¢ where it requires rosort matbematies to determine its and even 'hen there may be - flout of the acouracy of the calcula- te - 'One of the women witnesses in a : ] wide attention 'ts fo have taken eight or ten ke of Scoteh whiskey. Of course, 'have been herd to keep an tally after gotting away with ~domen, y IRELAND'S PROSPERITY. People who 'have been inclined to lookiupon Ireland as a poverty sur ken, desolate little: island ha: their opinions rudely jolted { statement which has just b | by B. Johnston, Canadian trade missioner, in the Trade 'merce Bulletin. This shows that, instead of bein poverished country, whose has been paralyzed and whose have become poorer as a re the guerilla warfare goir 1 si 1916, Ing¢land has been making: fin- ancial and économie progress which many nations of the werid 1 well cavy, According to the banking ties for Ireland, says Mr. Jol . the people have trebled their savings J/ during the past six years. In 1913 the deposits and cash balance in Irish joint stock banks amounted to £62, 142,000. In 1921 the figure has in- creased to £186,440,000, or almost exactly three ' fimes . what it was »| eight years ago. Surely that is a sign that poverty in Ireland is on the de- crease and that the wealth of tl people is far greater than it was i mediately prior to the war and prior of terror and destruction which has swept the country for the past five years. In that same period there has been little or no increase in the pop- ulation, so that the per capita wealth is three times greater than before the Sinn Feiners started their slogan that British rule was ruining Ire- land. / Ireland's trade, too, has shown progress instead of falling off dur- ing the period of turmoil and strife. It would have ben only natural to | expect from the inspired stories of the Sinn Fein regarding the deso- late condition of the country, that Ireland would be at a standstill as regards trade. Yet official figures show that during the past three years, while conditions were admit- tedly at their worst, Ireland's ex- ports exceeded her imports by fifty million pounds. There are many countries, supposedly in more for- tunate circumstances, which would give much to be able to show a sim- the present time would consider it- self fortunate to have exports £x- ceeding imports to the tune of a quarter of a billion dollars. , The fact is, that many of the stories of Ireland's misery and in- dustrial disorganization are either greatly exaggerated or have no foundation in fact. They are ingpired by Sinn Fein publicity agents in the hope that they will attract sympathy to their cayse. But the facts are against them, and prove to the world the wonderful possibilities of a peaceful Ireland; for the question naturally arises, that if Ireland, in a period of strife ean show so fine a financial and trade record, what might not do when peace and quiet- ness are again restored? Ireland is properous, and her pros- perity can only be hindered by the wrecking policies of Sinn Fein. It is to the advantage of the people themselves that there he an end .to internal dissension, and strife with Great Britain, The prosperity shown by the above figures is a direct out- come of British connection, and is only possible because of British as- gistance and influence. Money talks, it is eaid, and the figures which tell of Ireland's properity should be a substantial factor in convincing the masses of Irishmen that only by re- storing peace and order, ending their quarrels and settling down fo work for the good of their country and the benefit of each other, can they hope to maintain so excellent a record. LIFE INSURANCE AND NATIONAL PROSPERITY, The history of life insurance in Canada"affords us a new insight into a system of finance that has been marked by uninterrupted progress, a progress that it has deserved be- cause life insurance has contributed in a very large measure to the stab- ility of the home and the upbuilding of industrial afd agricultural pros- perity, It is therefore identified with in- dividual welfare as perhaps no other form of finance except possibly bank- ing, for the insurance companies, like the banks, take no chances as speculative companies do, but invest their premium income, representihg the surplus savings of the policy holders in long-term mortgages and gilt edge bonds, thus providing the neeled capital to develop the coun- try. This 1s the business side of life in- surance, which in many respecis is of as great service to the country as the annual distribution of $50,000,- 000 or $60,000,000 in death claims and matured policies. All of the com- panies' investible assets are in gov- ernment securities, agriculture, trane- portation, industrial and other en. terprises, and each security the com- panies hold, amounting to some cey- en million dollars, is an evidence of some constructive work. The propor- | tionate relationship of their invest. ments show over forty-five per cent. in government and municipal bonds used In building bridges, laying good roads and sewers, building schools, public edifices; establishing Justice, law and order in the land. / . Another forty-five per cent., tavey ed in farm mortgages, loans and fn ----Y } to the inauguration of the campaien | flar trade balance. Even Canada at |- " THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. industry, 4s supplying the funds fér | the. development of Canada's great | potential wealth, The people through | th own savings in life insurance aeir are providing a .very large 'part of | tie money needed for long term in- vestments to develop the country by | means of railways, telephones, other public utilities and industry This is something that few peo- ple are really aware of, for when the policy holder pays out of his the annual premium he »ws that his very money is turned | back into industry and that he re- coivle €auble benefit from sth: save | ----that while he is securing pro- | tection for his family in life insur- | ance that will bepefit them in the | event of his death, the money he pays | goes into instant use in developing some form of industry. o From the rtality tables the companies are | able to tell practically what the pay- | ments of policyholders and benefic- faries will be, and, after providing for that, they can invest the balance | undisturbed. | The stability ofulife insurance is | shown in the fact that never in its history in Canada has a policyholder ever lost a dollar through the failure of any company, This is a record | that perhaps no other country can show. When Canada became open as an insurance field the governmeat i had the benefit of the past experi- | eace of other countries whose mis- | takes werg avaoided in framing our | insurance' laws, During " the past | twenty years these laws andl the sys- | tem of supervision provided, have | made life insurance one of the sound- est financial institutions in the coun- try. It is also one of our greatest in- stitutions as it has become 85 closely linked up with the lives and welfare of the people. The good it is doing in providing money to "carry on" after the death of the bread winner, as well as fur- nishing funds for the development of Canada's potential wealth is beyond the most vivid imagination. | Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER yn INTERRUPTIONS. Sometimes when I would write a pome, and I am clawing at my dome to find a theme uplifting, a fellow who would sell a cheese, a corkscrew Or a swarm of bees, to my abode com- es drifting. I sadly listen to his spiel and try to tell how tough I feel, that I can't patronize him; I do net say that 'he's a bore, while to the fact that there's a door endeavoring to wise him. And when he's gone there comes a dame who wants to have me sign my name to some absurd peti- tion; and, smiling still across my face, I gently shoo her from my place in Johnson's New Addition. And then again I take my lyre aid try to warble like a choir, I punch said lyre and paw it; but Thompson blows in- to my den to say he's Jost his Mal- tese hen, and ask me if I saw it. And thus it goes some bitter days, I strive in vain to chant my lays, my chanter isn't working; and so I say, "I'll go down town and bore Smith, Robinson and Brown, and let my harp quit jerking.' I call on men who need their time and perpetrate the same old crime that made my own day dreary; they fondle me with wicker chairs or drop pe down the basement stairs, and life is dark and weary. --WALT MASON. Tall Folks Live Longest. The average length of human life is thirty-seven years. This sounds alarming, but tt must be remember- ed that the highest death rate is amongst infants under one year, Out of every million babies born in Bng- land only 828,000 reach their second year, says Tit-Bits. One-quarterof 'he entire population of the world dies before reaching the.age of seventeen, and out of every thousand people 'born, one reaches the ago of one hun- dred years. Married people Mve longer than'single, and civilized na- tions longer than the uncivilized. Tall persons also enjoy a greater longevity than short onés. More mea than women die before reaching "he age of fifty, after which the reverse is the case. A curious fact is that for every seventy-five married per- sons there are a hundred single per? sons. Strangely enough, deaths oc- cur in great numbers when the tide goes out, and births when the tide is coming in. ~ ---------------------- The Way of It. "Many are ocalled"--an old refrain; Many are called in the sun and rain, But most of them roll over again For another nap in the well warmed den, For another dream and a bit more rest J Before they mise .for the walting test, And having arrived a bit too late They curse their Juck---and they call By it fate. . ~~ TELE They Satisfy When Harsh Cathartics Fail The mild and sooting action of Chamberlajn's Tablets will give you a pleasant surprise. They cleanse purify the inmtest- inal tract, ng nature gent-. .Jy in the removal of poisonous waste. . Take one to-night. You will wonder why you didn't try them before. EERE tila | & | Was tickled over every to exclaim: BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY THE ONLY SAFE TRUST: --Some trust in chariots, some In horses: bit we will Te- mber the name of the Lord our God.--Psa. 20: 7 | ALONG LIFE' DETOUR | BY SAM HILL Another One Lost at Sea. The ship that'll bring To us great sums, &Mh.one, We've found, That never comes. - 'Observations of Oldest Inhabitant. 1 Rin remember when, in the days bafore ice cream cones and movies every kid had a tin savings bank and penny that was dropped 'nto it ' Not In the Market For Them. "Doc, what would you give for a cold on the chest?" "Absolutely nothing," answered the doctor, "that is the last thing I'd care to buy." ------ Figure It Out For Yourself. Thera may be a moral or warning or something in this but anyway, it is true, cider works and works hard and the man who drinks it head. Any Teacher Will Tell You a Lot of Them Are. Sign pear a schoolhouse 'n a West- ern town; . SLOW SCHOOL CHILDREN "According to Directions." "Well, I see Percy Verence finally has married Miss DeLay," remarked Bolt. "That was a rough courtship, wasn't it?" asked Nutt. Y "Yes," replied Bolt, "she tried her best to shake him. Turned him down about twenty times before she ac- cepted him." "I see," said Nutt, "a case of shake weil before taking." ~ et They Usually Expect To Find Quarts in Em, The police of Detroit found a suit- case and when they opened #t, discov- ered it contained twin baby girls Was | somebody trying fo play a joke on the dry slcuths? "~ Fool Questions. D. N. asks: "What makeg cross-ex- aminations so lll-tempered?" Cruel, Cruel Woman He wagj telling her the old, old story. She listened with cold indifference. -He was telling her he had sat up with a sick friend. -- Could Easily Be. "There is a man who has managed to get ahead and yet always is at the foot." "How's that?" "He's a chiropodist."® News of the Names Club. I D. Cline Hves at Wiborg Ky., but we hardly think it would be safe to offer him a drink. Well, That's One Answered, Anyway. A. M. asks: "What kind of a ship sails on a sea of faces?" Here's the answer, Sam: Friend--ship., 'Wor--ship, Kin--ship. Schooners used to also, but that was before Volstead scuttled the fleet. -_]. BE. PF. ¢ Latest Fur Prices, The fall fur sale took place on Sept. 12th to 14th and the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co., Limited, 132 Lagauchetiere street west, Montreal, announces the following changes as compared with its sale of May, 1921: Bear, advanced 50 per cent.: bea- ver, advanced 10 per cent.; cat, lynx, advanced 20 per cent.; cat, wild, ad- vanced 20 per cent.; ermine, same as before; fisher, advanced 20 per cent.; flitch, same as before; fox, Australian, same as before; fox, cross, advanced 86 per cent.; fox, red, advanced 15 per cent.; fox, grey, declined 20 per cent.; fox, silver, ad- vanced 25 per cent.; fox, white, ad- vanced 20 per cent.; kolinsky, ad- vanced, 10 per cent.; lynx, advanced 20 per cent.; marmot, same as be- fore; martin, advanced 20 per cent.; mink, advanced 20 per cent.; mole, declined 15 per cent.; muskrat, ad- vanced 20 per cent.; muskrat, south- declined 15 per cent.; opossum, Aus- tralian,advanced 15 per cent; otter, advanced 20 per cent.; persian, ad- vanced 20 per cent.; raccoon, ad- vanced 10 per cent.; skunk, advanec- ed 25 per cent.; awolf, advanced 20 per cent, ----------e A Poor Shot, Charles Scott, safety expert, deliv- ered an address in Baltimore recent- ly, when, by a coincidence, the enter- tainment feature which preceded his talk was an "impalement act" by a couple of vaudeville performers. Tn that connection Scott recalled the following story: "An impalement act oxpert of the early days used as his assistant a beautiful young woman, who posed fearlessly against a wood- en, background while the 'ar"ist' out- lined her figure with knives, spears, ani battleaxes. At the finish of the act the girl would step emilingly from her framework of cutlery, and bow to the audience. On one oe caslon, however, when the girl be- came fll, the man had to scour the town for some one to take her place, {and the only one he could find with nerve enough was a girl who was homaly enough to curdle the milk by looking at it. When the man poissd the first knife, took careful aim, and sent it hurtling toward the board, a gruff voice in the galery was heard 'Blowed if he ain': miss- ed her." ) Chief of Palice Thompson, Wind- sor, welcomes investigation into the charge of irfegularities and flatly donies the .adtusation made by Ald- erman Mitchell nti gets a |] | ' oo | 4 | BIBBY'S | | | $30.00 See our Pure Wool HAND-TAILORED SUITS Newest models. 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MILLARD 30 Main Street Phone 2351w., ee ee eee The Reason. The young girl had refused the millionaire, who was twice her age. He was very angry. "Even Cupid," he said, "could do nothing with you, You're like an iceberg. Why, a hundred Cupids might shoot a* yo ali day long. Not one arrow would make any im- pression on your stone-cold heart." "Not if they used an old bean," fetorted the girl. ~ i ---------- 'There are all sorts of problgms; conduct, poverty, trade, labor, re- ligion, health, etc., ete. Thousands of them and advertisements solve 75 CEMENT BUILDING BLOCKS SILLS, CAPS, LINTELS, ETC. Improved process. Material and price are right. 527 Princess Strest, corner Alfred NEW CLOVER HONEY - IN THE COMB AND EXTRACTED Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phone 20 and 990, The House of Sasisfaction per cent. of all problems. Let the store ads. help solve your probi AUTUNN CAILL 1S IN THE AIR- WINTER ive buying time of tha year. It is the time when ser- ious minded men.and wo- men begin planning for the wintegtime comfort of their families. Consult us by phone and we'll promptly attend to your coal wants, . \ A utumn is the naturaleoa) Crawford Phone 9. Foot of Queen St. REINER er ST HA