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Should the parent die the premiumg cease, but the policy is paid to the child," just the same at maturity, should both the child and father die be- KING STREET REPAIRS Our Repair Department is in repairs to either Watches, Clocks, Jewelry or Spectacles promptly estimates and designs on any re- modeling of Jewelry or new work Jewelers (Limited) Established 1840. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. -------------- o look after any t any time to give Bros. KINGSTON }) sm-------- fore maturity, the amount would be paid to the assured's estate. Let us explain this policy to I . you. | Yapanese workmen wear on their | caps and backs an inscription stating S. Roughton !their business and their employer's District Agent, The Mutual Life name, All rubles are mot red. Violet, of Canada Phone 610. 60 Brock St, Kingston pink and purple varieties have been found. 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IAEA op 's w A a L P > E R S = L L E : E E Ee o == nu Ll o = It Beats------As It Sweeps----As It Cleans Are you tired at the end of sweeping day? It is no wonder that such effort saps 'your energy. . . We have a remedy--one that will re- 'lieve you of effort and clean your Rugs bet- ter than you could possibly do it. FREE demonstration either in your home or in our store. : LF. Harrison Co, Limited oc 0 EMEA AAA CANATIYS PENAL SYSTEM REVIEWED BY JUDGE Convict Labor Would Have No | Effect Upon General Lab- or Conditions. Sydney, N.S., March 25.--Before | senteneing twelve men convicted on | charges dn connection with the riot- ing at New Aberdeen, Cape Breton, in January, when a store of the Do- minion Coal Company was looted |and $80,000 worth of damage done, Justice Benjamin Russell, of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, made the following comment upon the penal system of Canada: For many years a few ardent ad- vocates of prison reform had been endeavoring to obtain public recog- nition of the necessity for some changes in our methods of prison admindstration, but the voice has been asa voice-crying in a wilder- ness of indifference and selfish un- concern, It is obvious to you as At is to every judge who has to pro- nounce upon a criminal who is the bread winner of a family, but the punishment falls more heavily upon the innocent wife and children than it does upon the actual criminal him- self. This is a matter to which re- ference is made in the very excellent report of a committee appointed by the last and out-going administration at Ottawa. I have never been able to see any good reason why a pris- oner, simply because he is immuned within the walls of a penitentiary, should cease to be responsible for the upkeep of his family; and there is no good reason in ordinary times why he should not be compelled to pro- vide for them. I believe that the great question, and in deed the only question, that presents itself in this | connection--the only thing that pre- { vents the introduction of a system under which the criminal might be made to support his family--his the objection made by organized labor itself. The difficulty lies in the ob- jection that has been made to the proposal that prison labor should be permitted to come Into competition with the industry of the free laborer, The representatives of the people in our legislatures have naturally been deterred from enacting the necessary legislation by the fear of the vote of organized labor. Timidity of Elected Men, Walt Whitman, in one or other of his poems, speaks of "audacity of elected men." I have never been able to understand this phrase. If he had spoken of the timidity of elected persons, I should have been better able to appreciate his words. 1 am speaking with a sense of convic- tion on this subject, having, in more than one sphere, experienced the teelings of an elected person myself, and I will not pretend to have been any more free from the temptation to side-track a difficult proposition rage elected person, But in the penitentiary to do some re- munerative labor by means of which he can be made to minister to the support of his wife and children. This very able report of the commis- sioners appointed by the minister of justice in the late administration to advise upon the revision of penmiten- / [vary regulations and the amendment | ' | of the Penitentiary Act contains the | following paragraph: Convicts at Hard Labor, The Penitentiary Act has | 1868 directed that convicts be kept at 'hard labor." This is not now be- | Ing done for the simple reason that, | the contract system; having most 1 properly been abolished, no useful | work can be provided in sufficient { quantities except at penitentiaries still under comstruction, tartan opinion very properly de- | nounces the stone pile, which, bad as | | it undoubtedly is, is perhaps better | than complete idleness for any man; {it will not often either kill him or render him mentally unsound, as, {such idleness and confinement cer- | tainly will. . . i Instead, therefore, of a peniten- | tiary developing the habit of indus- | try, it develops either that of idle- ness, or, more probably, the much | more dangerous habit of going | through the motions of work with- | In the | lout effecting any results, | penitentiaries there is a convict popu- | lation of 'nearly two thousand. They | i cost almost a million dollars a year | !to maintain and guard, although | properly employed, the convicts {could not only make the peniten- tiaries self-sustaining, but earn some- thing beyond. That they should not Ihave a chance to do so is due not so much to intentional cruelity as to {traditional prejudice, against which {every penitentiary official inveighs. | The results are not only a serious | waste of public money, but also a grave mendce to society, since the worst of habits inculcated in these | who have once failed in their socidl obligations But whom, practically ! without exception, the States must, as the sentences -expire, release t follow as free men the habits they have learned in prison. Of 1,930 convicts on March 31st, 1920, 305 | were under the age of twenty years and 435 more under twenty-five, so | | that these evil habits are being de- | !veloped by the state among its younger and more easily influenced | citizens almost, it would seem, in become | order that they might chronic centres of soclal Infection. It is sometimes suggested that to correct this condition will adversely affect the free worker. Leaving {aside the question of the degree to { which his chance of happiness is dim- | inished by the possibility that he | himself, his son, or hig brother may | | become, by evil chance, the direct or | indirect victim of this pernicious sys- | tern, the suggestion cannot be sup- ported, The whole number of skill- {ed and unskilled manual workers in Canada is about 1,500,000, and it is sheer nonsense to imagine that, even in times of wide spread un- employment the organization of the | penitentiarifes so as to productively employ their 2,000 convicts - would perceptibly affect general conditions. The committee, therefore, most em- vision to provide productive labor for all convicts, Such provision need | not extend to any work except for what is known as '"'state use" and can, in Canada, not extend any com- pulsion heyond the federal service, | but the evidence taken by the com- | mittee has satisfied it that manufac- | turers within this limitation will af- | for all the dndustry and activity pwhich the i forth, Convict vs. Free Labor, 1 call particular attention to the statement in this paragraph that the { whole number of skilled and unskill- | ed marnal workers in Canada is | about 1,500,000, while the number | | ot convicted men in all penitentianies i amount to only 2,000--that is to say persons | | would come into conflici with the | in other | {| words the competition occasioned by | ! the convict laber of two free labor of 1,500--or the proposed employment of con- victs in amount to not even one per cent, but only ome amply justified in speaking" of such competition as absolutely negligible | consjderation; and I cannot conceive | of such a fact, can be so selfish, or | regardless of the interests of their {neighbors and so callously cruel to | |the unfortunate dependents of the 1 !priscner who is serving a term in !the penitentiary, as to object to the | proposdl that the convict should be at lberty, and under compulsion to | contribute to the support of his wife | and children. I have made no reference in these | remarks to the moral effect of such | employment upon the prisoner him- | self. The committee in the follow- ing section of the report referred to | the proposal that the convict himself { should be remunerated for his work | but 1 do not feel justified in enlarg- | ing upon this suggestion beyond the | consideration which has been so deeply impressed upon my mind by the experience of this term of court. and by contemplation of the con- sequences which must necessarily fol- low from the punishment which are presently about to be awarded. News of Picton, Picton, March 23.---Miss Gladys Ackerman, a former teacher in Con- secon, has been to that village visit- ing Mrs. George Lazier. Mrs. John Gilbert is in town preparing the res- taurant for early opening. Jerome Helferty, formerly of South Green- bush, has taken over the business of the Cousineau grocery store, Bridge street. Mr. and Mrs. Denike have returned from Washington, D. C. Roy Williamson attended the | Grand Orange Lodge at Smith's, Falls, so also 'did Lewis McFaul of | Allisonville Lodge. Mrs. Kingston, London, "after attending the funeral of her father, the late J. Holt, has returned home. Mr, and Mrs. L. Drummond have been visit- ing at D. Caiman's, Ameliasburg township. ' PROBS: Tuesday, light showers. since | Fes [ STEACY'S DAILY STORE NEWS | Humani- | phatically recommends statutory pro: ford much more than ample scope | penitentiaries can put remunerative labor would | seventh of one per | cent. The committee are, therefore, | that any body of workmen, in view | Spring Suits Specially Priced Our showing of new Spring Suits is now com- plete and embraces every late style development direct from fashion cen- tres. THE STYLES are most diversified -- there are swankey little Box Coat styles with touches of Silk Embroid- | ery and Braid--the more conservative tailored types and novelty styles galore. / THE MATERIALS Most favored are French Tricotine, Tweeds, Por- jet Twill, Homespuns, Men's Wear and Botany pure Wool Serges. THE COLORS in order of merit are: -- Navy Blue, Sport shades, Covert, Black and Brown THE VALUES are exceptionable-priced to meet every purse. Our values meet and beat all competition. Priced from $19.50 to $75.00 See our Special All Wool Tricotine Suits at $19.50 to $24.95. SIZES From Misses' 14 to 20-- Women's from 34 to 44 --Stout Suits from 374 to 464. - (Dr.) 8 { i A == Steacy's - -- L SPECIAL FOR | WEDNESDAY Two attractive bargains on special sale Wednesday. The values in each American Dress Voiles Regular 75c¢. to $1.25 a yard Wednesday 25c¢ 2,000 yards of 'Sussex Mills" Voiles -- secured from the mill -- saving all converters and wholesale profits di- rect to you. . Comprising a hundred beautiful, new patterns and colorings--every imagin- A / ~able design is shown in this wonderful assortment. This is the last lot of these Special Voiles that we will be able to secure __ from this source during 1922--so pro- vide yourself accordingly. 2,000 yards-- worth regularly from 75¢c. to $1.25 a yard. On special sale for one day only-- WEDNESDAY ....25c. yard Cash and carry. No returns. Mail and telephone orders cannot be accepted. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY, Chinese Shantung | Silk | 93c yard 500 yards of real Chinese Honan pure Shantung Silk--clean stock, absolute- ly free from dust or dressing--full 34 inches wide -- worth $1.50 a yard -- while the quantity lasts-- SALE PRICE . .93c. Yard This Silk promises to be in great de- mand for the soming Summer -- for : Dresses, Jumpers, Waists and Bloom- ers, imit