es nts v me ---------- Sa com me tm _THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. 0 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1922, THE BRITISH WHIG/| 89TH YEAR. Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO,, LIMITED 4. 6. Eliott Managing- Director SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) v year, delivered in city year, if paid in advance ....$500 year, by mail to rural offices $2.30 One Fens; te Duited States { One year, by oL. One year, if mot paid in advance $i One year, to United States $1. OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: ¥, Onlder, 23 St, Johm St. Montreal ¥, W, Thompso; -- +100 King St. W, Toronto, Letters eve to the Editor are published the actual mame of the one of the best in Canada. is Joh | Lami offfoes The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the Prosperity is just arolind the ccrn- or. A little crime wave now and then sends us new guests for our pen. RA A A grouch is merely a quitier who Melights in exposing his sore spots. A great many people believe in Jetting their oreditors do the worry- ing. Things might be worge. The sword 'isn't rattled now, even if the states- men are. ------ Disarmament means that the way #0 get ready to quit war is to quit get- ting ready for war, Now that Ireland is free,. we may expect to hear of the rapid rise to > Power of Pat Ronage. As a rule, the jury can be trusted {#0 decide the case according to the lawyer and the qvidence. The reason it is difficult to get "the sense of a treaty clamse {s be- oause it is seldom common senze. We judge by the eager Might in the - @yes of the Powers that the open door {in Chind is a dining room do: r. Free speech: The wonderful privi- lege enjoyed by all good and hones: Jen 'who agree with the majority Old Dobbin had his faults, but you didn't have to pour hot water on him patrons frequently lose their + One thing press agents can say Hollywood mysteries is that fins 't have to wait a week for the nax: fleged episode. We wouldn't put the confidence in own brother that the ordinary r does dn a safety pin. ---Syra- Post-Standard . or ways, but the comedies appear 'have reached the top motoh in hing beauties. ever you have been draggel 'by the current, you know how mpathize with the nations being d down by the currency. Hohenzollern now tldnks 8, sooner than olkors, the was not responsible . That mean is getting E ff ------ 0 that it has not occurred to hunting a New Yorker, who dis- od after having undergone a gland operation, to look in . will be unanimous appioval' " psed calendar of thirteen if it is made to provide for f NATIONAL ECONOMY, | Sir Eric Geddes, chairman of a | special committee of the | parlament appointed to bring in re- | commendations on ways and means | to effect economies in the national ! expenditure, has shown in his re- | port that the committee is doing its | work in no half-hearted fashion. The | committee was asked to show how | {100,000,000 pounds could be olipped | from the national expenditures, and {it has In its first report succeeded | {in making a reduction of 75,061,875 | { pounds, and expects in a later re- | port to show how further drastic economies could be effected, mendable thoroughness in dealing with the nation's bills. Starting with the king, and coming right down the scale, ruthless cuts were made everywhere. The expenses in- curred in the maintenance of two yachts by King George were chal- lenged, and it was suggested that one of these be sold and the other reduced to a maintenance status during the winter months. This was a 'courageous recommendation, for there are few instdnces on record, in modern times, of a committee of | the commons dictating to the king | {on matters of expenditure, sults of the Washington conference were, of course, of material assist- | ance in enabling the committee to | suggest economies, but the reduction | {of naval and military establishments | [ by 85,000 men was a bold recom- | mendation, but it means a tremen- | |dous saving. In addition to this, | however, the committee reports that no agoount was taken of the proba- ble reduction in naval shipbuilding { which will result from the naval {limitation treaty. This would, it is | estimated, mean an extra saving of 11,800,000 pounds in the current! .| year alone, Such a step towards reducing na- tional expenditures will go a long way towards helping Britain in her financial troubles, and this may be commended to the considera- ment. The actual reductions recom- | mended by the British committee | amount, in round figures, to about $375,000,000 in Canadian money, or approximately the whole of Canada's annual expenditure*during the past two or three fiscal years. A similar committee, with like powers and suf- ficient courage could doubtless effect drastic reductions in Caneda's ex- penditure, That there is a need for economy is. undeniable, The addi- tion of nearly seventy millions to Canada's debt during the past year shows a recklessness in expenditure that will carry the country to ruin. While Hon. W. 8. Fielding will un- doubtedly have the courage to keep down expenses in every department, a committee on economy would be a valuable ally to him in his task. Something must be dome, at all events, and the method which has proven so successful in Great Bri- tain, might well be copied by Cen- ada, MORE SCHQOLS NEEDED, The public schoo! accommodation in the city of Kingston is inadequate, and the citizens are faced with an obligation which they are called upon to meet. There is no possible way by which they can evade ¢t. There is an overcrowded state in the schools now that must be relieved by the erection of one building for the accothmoda- tion of commerial classes in the Col- , | legiate and provide for she demands upon that institution this year, while the appHoation of the Adolescent Act calls for additional rooms. The board of education has receiv- ed appeals from the school inspector and dhe principal of the Oollegidte Institute that show a condition of real urgency. The dack of proper fa- cilities is a matter of serious concern, | for the work #s now being carried on under handicaps that should not exist in a city like Kingston. Trustee J. G. Elliott, in an admir- able address before the board of trade on Tuesday evening, gave a most thorough review of the present situation and showed how unprepar- ed the board is to meet the require- ments of the Adolescent Act. With present accommodation taxed to the utmost, there is absolutely no provis- fon for additional pupils. For some years the principal of the Collegiate, whose staff is working under great disadvantages, has been urging upon the board the necessity for some re- Mel, and the time has come for ap- propriate action. It cannot longer be deferred . Ex-Mayor Nickle has pointed out the condition of the city's finances, and #t is apparent that additional tax- ation to "he extent of four mills will have to be forthcoming from the ratepayers to provide the funds call- ed for in the erection of new school 'buildings. This is mot a matter, how- ever, that the taxpayers can avoid The additional buildings must be pro- 'vided and the money €0r their erec- tion found. In this connection -it might be 'pointed out that education is an eco- nomic and social necessity, is not tha fad of any class or section of the community, but is the right of all clases. We have to medntsin our place and it is, therefors, incumbent upon the en regardless of British | This committee has shown a com- | The re- policy | tion of the new Canadian govern- | ings. We are not asked to dmcard the four old obsolete buildings now in use, but to provide one additional building that wil solve the pressing demand for rooms. When the Ontario legislature | adopted the Adolescent Act it expres- sed the sentiment of the public, and if its appHcation here calls for a suc- ond school building it will have to be provided to be utilized for commercial and technical training, which will un- doubtedly absorb many pupils under the Adolescent A¢t; ihe governmen: will pay half of the cost. In this event our tax rate might not Teach] forty mills, 'but even so, there is a9 | place in this very important quéstion for obstructive tactics on the par: of individual oitizens who ententain } the half-formulated ideas respecting edu- cation. Society cannot afford to shirk | its duty to i'self., We have just spent | $150,000 fox, an isolation hospital as a protection to the community, and | in the interest of humanity, but vue importance of the additional school buildings 4s just as great--greater, indeed--than the maintenance of | many charitable and penal institu- | | tions. We are building up the citl- | | zenship of Canada, no less than | equipping the rising generations for | their place in the world, and we can- | not negleot this duty without inviting | the consequences. } | Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER k > INDUSTRY. | "By industry we thrive," remark- ed some ancient sage, who, when | | He was alive, pulled down some kind [of wage. I know not how he wrought, I cannot name his trade; | perhaps to town he brought some | henfruit newly laid; perhaps he | usea to mix the dope to cure a cold; {perhaps he peddled bricks that had la skin of gold, For ages he's been |gone to better, brighter spheres, and still his words roll on, down all the years, By industry we | i thrive; great words and trenchant, ! these! So in this human hive let's | {hum around like bees; but all this | toil is vain unless, from day to day, in manner safe and sane, we salt the coin away. I've known a thousand men whose diligence was fine, but they put down no yen in the preserv- ing brine, They blew in all they earned for things they didn't need; with nutty zeal they burned their store of chickenfeed. Day after day they slaved to earn the weekly check; and not a red they saved when payday was on deck. Bo when disaster came, and tribulations sore, and sickness queered their game, and wolves were at the door, they had no helpful wad, the product of their sweat, and wearily they chawed the oud of black regret. To toil is not enough, man's welfare to insure; but | he must save the stuff, the rhino, cold and pure. -- WALT MASON. | ringing Our Canadian Question And Answer Corner 4 Q.--What is the estimated popula- tion of Canada under the census of 1921? . A.--The population of Canada, per the preliminary figures issued by the Census Bureau Based on the census of 1921, is 8,746,873, subject to final revision. That of 1911 was 7,200,- 504, increase about 22 per cent. as | against 32 per cent. for ten-year period 1901-1911. Q.--Wihat Canadian explorer add- ed 100,000 square miles of territory to Canada in recent years? A.--Steffanson" was the Canadian explorer in Northern Canada and the Arctic regions who added 100,000 square miles of territory to Canada | of hitherto unmapped % Q--What number of United States settlers located in Western Canada in 1921? A.--10,000 United States settlers located in Western Canada in 1921, | EIGHT-HOUR WORK DAY FAILURE IN FRANCE The Chamber of Deputies Is Asking to Suspend Labor Act. London, Feb. 20.--Reuter"s Paris correspondent cables that the Cham- ber of Deputies is being asked to suspend the eight-hour day law for five years. The measure was or- iginally introduced by former Pre- mir Clémenceau in gratitude to the working men for their war efforts. It is asserted that the result showed that France's industrial enterprise was being sadly handicapped there- by. Agents of the coal miners, how- ever, declare that the output of coal is greater now than when the min- ers were working nine hours a day. Other trades unions are resisting the proposed suspension of the eight- houf day law, and in support of their opposition to the proposal they maintain that the eight-hour day means that fewer men are unemploy- 8 than if tha, jours of werk: were lengthened, {item on Woman's Page. {ada even the slightest burden to | lsh that is up against that ordeal | dead level?" | wife, anyway," BBLE THOUGHT FOR an FURNISH NO FUEL:-- | Where no. wood is, there | e goeth out: so where there is | the strife ceaseth.-- 20, no tAlebearer, Proverbs 26: ALONG LIFES DETOUR BY SAM HILL A Joke on Them. The open winters always make The plumbers tear their hair; The pipes won't freeze and burst Which surely makes them swear. Observations of Oldest Imhabitant. I kin remember when it was every boy's ambition to get old enough to | wear a cutaway coat. | what Kind of a Dish Is Carved, Any- way? "Do not put much garnish on & dish which has to be carved.'-- Helpful | Sure! Never a There's a Lot To See There. "Cheer up," said the optimist, "Busi- ness has turned the corner." "But it's evidently turned a windy corner and stopped to rubber." Officer, Do Your Duty ! !! "A horse!" he yelled, "My car for horse!" gas was out, you know. The yelling. then made him a hoarse-- "Oh, fine!" he cried in glee, watch me go!" a The his engine dead, Isttle "now We've Never Seem a Dark Green Lady Have You? (Classified Ad. in Newark Advocate) | Dark green lady's serge suit, size | 38. Call in evenings at 41 Ninth St. More Truth Than Peetry. When things go wrong, Keep cheerful, Bo-- A little song Will ease your woe Now don't bristle If you can't sing, Then just whistle Like everything! --Cincinnati Enquirer. When things go wrong, Don't fret and stew, But here's the thing For you to do: Just wear a smile, And say. "Old man, Now you must do The best you can" --Hastings (Neb.) Tribune. | Fool Questions. asks: "Have you ever seen a Well, we often have seen a spirit level. pr Triplets, "Congratulate you, Old Man," ed the Doctor.' "W-w-hat about fit, the anxious father. "Three more little income tax ex- emptions," grinned the Doctor. beam- Doc," quavered How About Lap Robes? (South Charleston (Ohio) Sentinel) W. E. Robe still buys heavy horses. ------ Lots of Ways. To Play Fool. Nature has provided too many ways for the poor boobs to make fools of themselves--S8am Hill When man would make himself a fool, He gets help every day; He never needs to go to school, But nature shows the way. . ~--Canton (Ohio) News. Tore In Another Place We Never Have Worked, (Inez Cor. Martin County (Ky.) Adver- tiser). W. J. White Is now employed Richmond's tore at Kermit. in 1 A Where It Is Useless. "Do you believe that George Wash- ington never told a lie?" asked Jones. "Well, knowing George was mar- ried, I'm willing to believe he never wasted any breath telling one to his replied Smith, An Old Timer. She was bred in Old Kentucky, } She was married in Ohio, She got her divorce in Reno, 'Where she died I do not know. --G. N. 8. What's He Recovering? Damages? (Clinton County Democrat) Mr. Jacob Spinks, who had the mis- fortune to get his arm broken, is re- covering. Daily Sentence Sermon. Look on the bright side of things, but Beware of the bright Mghts. ® » -- News of the Names Club, Open winter or no open winter, you always see I. Sickles at Mineral, Ohio. A reader says he saw Chester Shoo at College Corner, Ohio. Maybe Ches Was just trying out the shimmy. : We are gonna get Will Weed, of Hope, Ohio, to take care of the Club's garden this summer. When I am weary and lie down Test, I'm not particular about the spot; to | | { 1! 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