mm THE BRITISH WHIG/ MACKENZIE KING'S VICTORY. 80TH YEAR. Published Dally and Semi-Weekly THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED a G. Elot! ree or | by | The triumph: of the t in its adoption of g govern- men | ment respecting wheat and wheat The Crow's Nest Pass Agreement | carried In it something of a constitu- tional character?' but this, like all laws, was ruthlessly made non-opera- tive by the late Borden and Meighen governments, whose arrogance had [no limitations and whose violent dis- rogard of the rights of the people and the sanctity of laws was measured only by the rapacity of their friends, the big interests, who camped at Ot- tawa. War conditions constituted |the excuse, and the people accepted the burdens and submitted to the { dictators. | Reports from Ottawa, after the ition to lower the freight rates, state [that it was carried in the face of the |strongest railway lobby in history. ..248 AL last the people have a government $0. 3 year, by mall to rural offices $2.30 Ome Tear to United States (Se ome $1.00 t paid im vi 1.30 year, to United States . SL. «OF -TOWN REPRESENTATIVES Calder, 23 St, John St, Montreal . Theuipogn 00 King St. W, oro! - Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual mame of the writer, Attached is ome of the best Joh offices in Canada, | Sntating The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations Half a mind to is equal to a whole mind not to. ! The spice of life isn't variety, but * fhe word "don't." Coe ~ No man 'can feed his soul who is starving his servants, = If it's in liquid form somewhere in * Canada there is a stomach that can . The cynic doesn't believe the ma- Jority will go to hell. He merely be- Heves it should. of Europe's .pressing has been - Too much forward to prosperity printing-pressing. ~ When night falls, it usually 8 a lot of good resolutions de in the early morning. Another fairly good substitute gasoline is the stuff the filling ons are sellihg now. - Bootleg whiskey doesn't appear to lightened the burdens of any- except the foolkiller. After we find a slogan to stimulate vel, let's find one to stimulate at home a little. ~ It looks as if Germany would have worry along for a few more ths without any real money. lt i, Some men tell their wives every- ng, and some love the dear creat- and covet their good opinion. 'We believe that man was made of but we can't understand why many of the popular novels are. _ And 1t frequently happens that a falist is merely an ordinary lsman who has learned to charge aa Rejatives: The people you visit the weather becomes so hot "you wish to avoid doing your gooking. One explanation of everything is 00 many people think efficiency ists in rushing madly to and fro t nothing. Bein RE ------------------. With the average man, philosophy little ntore than \ability to God that he Is. r off than @ other fellow. or 2 EE ------------. Man learns from bitter exp.ctenca t the root of all evil is the one dentist has to excavate for after oft the tooth. S-------------- " After the hardest day at the of- the ordinary man needs only minutes at home to brag t into a good humor, prophet who said that jitneys empty the street cars can hize with the one who said tion would empty the jails. ps you have noticed that the whose religion won't let him Bt can make more insulting re- arks than ten fighting men. » is very little justice in the where the occupants of the sat are smashed and the fool escapes without injury. ll by-products can be utilized." 'tertainly. If in no other way, l can be served with cream and and called breakfast food. 202 in Canada that is not the tool of Ww a few railways and corporations. Je | congratulate the Progressives who | voted with the Liberals. rv To appreciate this we have to look | back over the history -of legislation {in Canada, but we have only to turn [to the record of the late Conserva- Live administration since 1911 to find |the people betrayed at every turn |and the wealth and the Interests of {the country handed over to the friends of the party in power, Mei- ghen and his supporters were merely | the puppets of the corporations they represented, while 'the utter disre- | gard of all constitutional laws, the { suspension of others, thw d@bandon- | { ment of principles in the administra- | tion of public Institutions, constitute a record of maladministration un- |equalled in this country, i government was to restore the laws made non-operative by legislative jacts. Orders-in-council and orders | of special commissions were met by | strenuous opposition, but so fettered | was the country by restrictions that {Industry and commerce were throtil- |ed, and it became apparent that the | stranglehold of the railway and | other groups had to be broken be- | fore there could be any resumpotion of normal activity. A start has been made, but there 4s much still to do. -- A LIFE OF REAL SERVICE. Quietly, and without any undue | splurge of publicity, Samuel Gom- | pers was last week re-elected to the presidency of the American Federa- tion of Labor, a position which he now holds for the forty-first consecu- tive term. This year there was no effort made to dethrone him from the position, as was done without suc- cess at last year's amnual conven- tion. The malcontents who at that time sought to replace him with one of their own number are silent, and once more this great leader of Am- erican labor reigns at the undisputed head of the greatest labor organiza- tion known throughout the world, for it embraces unions of all trades and classes of labor, both in Canada and the United States, A feeble ef- fort on the part of miners and rail- way workers to force him out of office collapsed with very little struggle, and Gompers was returned to his position without opposition. The record of this great little man is a wonderful one, when the change- able nature of the public mind is taken into consideration. While na- tions have risen and fallen, while governments have changed and re- changed, while political parties have been wiped out of existence and new ones have been formed to take their place, he has steadfastly held the helm of the great labor organization of the continent. By sheer force of personality, and by the power of eane leadership, Gompers has re- mained at the head of an organiza- tion which, wisely led, is an asset to the continent; but which, in the hands of the wrong kind of leaders, 'would be the greatest menace it could possibly have. The wisdom end sanity of his leadership can be realized from the fact that he has been president of the federation dur- ing its entire existence, with the ex- ception of one year, and his leader- ship has never been successfully chal- lenged: Storms have raged around his head, His position has been as- sailed; he has even been denounced by some labor men as the enemy of labor, but dbove them all he rises Supreme as the great man of the United States labor movement, and be is likely to remain so until the end of his days of usefulness. By the re-election of Gompers, American labor is much more honor- ed than is Gompers himself. With Gompers at the head of the organi- zation, the federation of labor is a safe organization,and the members who placed him there showed their good ssnee and sound judgment in doing so. No may in labor circles can command the respect. which is accorded to him. No man is more widely khowh for his sanity of views and his firmness of judgment. With Gompers at the head of affairs, there 18 no chance of the virus of Bolshe- vism entering into the ranks. This was clearly shown on the day follow- ing his re-election, for on that day a resol was passed hy the ocon- vention demning the Bolshevik policy of | { lower freight rates and the opera- | tion of the Crow's Nest Pass Agree- products is a triumph for the people. | The very first move of the new ; T EE -------------------------------------------------------- jand rejecting a demand for the Unit: {ed States recognition of the Russian Soviets That action was in line with the policy which has always | been followed by Gompers, He is a fighter from the start. During his regime labor conditions on the Am- erican continent have been revolu- | tionized, and he bas been behind 1every improvement made. But {though he is a fighter, he fights [squarely. He seeks first only that { Which is right; then he goes ahead |and works to obtain it by lawful | methods. Lawlessness is condemned by him, and no labor group which {seeks to obtain something wHich ft is not entitled to have can hope 'to secure his support. The labor men of America are to be congratulated {on his re-election, for the federation jo labor without Gompers would be in a far worse position than Gompers special committee adopted the resolu- | without the federation of labor. 1 | 10 MAKE CHALET FCLUSIVE CLUB {It Will Be In Service for Mem- | bers of Thousand Island | Yacht Club. | The beautiful Swiss Chalet, ad- {Joining the Thousand Islands cot- tage of Mr. and Mrs. | being used this season as an anney [to the Thousand Islands Country | Club, Is one of the most handsoms | vilas at the resort. It is unusually handsomely furnished. The furnish- ings are very costly, and were placed in the cottage when It was designed {for a home. The decorations on Lhe walls of the broad living room, and different bed rooms are artistic and out of the ordinary. They were {done by one of the famous decorators of New York, and a fabulous price | was paid for the work. | It is the plan of the Thousand | Island Estates Company, for the [Chalet to form a Thousand Island | Willcox, which means that it will be |a club that is unequalled. The Will- [cox at Aiken, S. C., is famous | throughout the country for its ex- | clusiveness where the club members, and their house guests and friends | find a sojourning place that is equal- {led in few private homes and where | there is cuisine equal to that of {any in New York. A number lof reservations have #l- ready been made fos suites at the Chalet for this season. There are only about twenty rooms at the Cha- let, and those available may be tak- en only by members of the Thous- and Islands Yacht Club, the Country Club or persons who are friends of the members of these clubs. The Chalet will be used during tha polo season--if there are any rooms available at that time--for theentor- tainment of women guests of the Thousand Islands Polo Club; while the houseboat LaDuchess will be used for the entertainment of ths vis'ting polo players. THE POLICEMAN'S OCCUPATION. Some Interesting Sidelights Are Thrown on Police Work, The Regina Leader has the follow- ing inferesting article: Some interesting sidelights were thrown on police work by Chief Con- stable Martin Bruton in an address delivered yesterday at the weekly lunhceon of the Rotary Club. The chief made it quite plain that there is more truth than poetry in what Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan said about a policeman's life not being happy. The reason for this is that the pub- lic generally misunderstands ths purposes and duties of the police and is more given to criticizing than to trying to co-operate with them. The police officer is the enemy only of the criminal. To every law-abid- ing citizen he is a friend and a pro- tector. This fact is too often over- looked. Children are allowed to grow up with the idea that the policeman on the corner is a natural enemy. The idea is vicious and dan- gerous in that it breeds antagonism to the law of which the police con- stable is the outward and visible ox- pression. Once allowed to become rooted in the mind of a child this idea will cling to him in after life with more or less tenacity. The time to eradicate it is before it has jbecome part of the child's subeon- scious mentality and parents should do the eradicating. Another conception that should be corrected is that the police are hir- ed, trained and maintained to appro- only. They are maintained by tho community fer the protection of tke community as a whole, and if in per- forming this duty they have to take you or a friend of yours down to the station and into court the next morn- ing, your complajat is against your- self or your friend, and not against the police. They do not make the laws they have to enforce and they cannot choose and pick fn the en- the toes of all offenders impartially. See that your toes are not exposed to the tread of the law--but if they should happen to be, them doa't blame the law or those who are re- quired to enforce it. One of the most difficylt 'things with which those who administer and enforce the law have to contend is the importunity of friends of those who have gotten into trouble to let the offenders go unpunished. The reason the police make so many ene- mies is that a whole lot of people in this world are fonder of making laws than they are of observiag them after they are made, A better understanding of the real work that the police do during the course of a yéar and a larger measure of co-oper- | A. Graham | | Miles, on Wellesley Island, which i3 | hend and punish the "other fellow" |- forcement of them. They step on | | ABBE THOUGHT FOR TOMY | MAKING HASTE TO BE | RICH: --He that by usury! [and unjust gain increaseth his sub: ! stance, he shall gather it for him | that will pity the poor. A faithful {man shall abound in blessings: but Ihe that maketh haste to be rich shall [not be Innocent.--Proverbs, 28: 8, 20. i i et -------------------- | (ation between citizens and their po- | | lice protectors will go a long way! | only toward making the policeman's |life a happier one than it is today, {but also toward making more per- | | fect the protection afforded by the | handful of constables that the city maintains, | ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR |. BY SAM HILL Brings Him Comfort. "When rain comes down in sheets It makes me glad," the gardener said, | "For they are just the things To cover my poor flower bed." Observations of Oldest Inhabitant, What has beécome of the old-fash- foned prize fighter who used to go Into the saloon business after he re- | tired from the ring? | Must Make Clothes For Midgets. (Classified ad. in New York Times) FOR Bale--S8mall gent's furnishings store, good paying business, good lo- | cation; sell reasonably; no A 148 Times. -- Poor Plcking. "That looks like a nifty house tackle," remarked the first robber. 'Nothing doing there. I know the hock shop where 'they've parked all their silver and jewelry to money to buy the gas for their mort- gaged car," replied the second rob- | ber, -- Shut Ups The surest way To get in Dutch Is just for you To talk too much, Plenty of Profits in Thi¥ Home. (Falmouth (Ky.) Outlook) Born, to, the wife of John Proffitt, of Levingood, on May 27, a fine little daughter. This Is the fifth heir and all are girls. -- How To Keep Cool in Summer, Have a lady acquaintance freeze you with a look. Start a fuss with your wife let her treat you With cool disdain. Pick out human icebergs for your summer companions. Have the wife throw cold water on your vacation plans. Run into danger and get cold feet. Read blood and thunder stories that will make the cold chills run up and down your back. and It Is a Mystery. "It's queer," remarked Jinks. "What is?" asked Blinks. "That with all the people looking for and borrowing trouble I can't get rid of mine," replied Jinks. Fool Questions. R M. B. asks: "Isn't a doctor al- Ways one of the pillars of the church to which he belongs?" re-- Thoughts When It's 1 Last winter I Just must have been a fool To think it tough To always be so cool 00 in Shade. \ She'll Never Be Ready Now They Are Married. (Marriage License in Detroit Free Press) Hubert F. Verblest, 26; Florence M. brokers. | to | raise | HE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. a -------------- TE -------- [= PURE SILK SHIRTS FOR $4.98 BIBBY'S Something Different THURSDAY, JUN 5/20, 1998, PURE SILK SHIRTS FOR $4.98 Kingston's One Price Clothing House. Men's Pure Silk Shirts Panel Stripes; Roman Stripes, neat Black and White Stripes. Sizes 14 to 16}. These same quality Shirts are be- ing sold in stores at $7.50 and $8.50. OUR SPECIAL PRICE '4.98 NOTE line; scarcely two alike in the lot. A genuine buy. These Suits are cancel numbers, last suit of a Suits models. Suits truly BIBBY'S YOUNG MEN'S AND MEN'S Hand-Tailored Suits Sizes 35 to 46. Neat grey plaids and fancy homespuns -- al] new that were made to sell for $35.00 and $37.50. OUR BIG SPECIAL $25.00 NON Ready, 25. Hasn't and Has Ii. "He is a man without any principle, and yet--" "And yet what? "The Interest on his principle is en- abling_ him to live In luxury." / Want Te Take Their Own Time, Most men fully expect to repent of their meanness before they dle, but they want to walt until just be- fore the undertaker takes over their case from the doctor.--Sam Hill Some men ard disposed to repent, But just before their liveg are spent; Sometimes of this they show slight trace Until the doctor quits their case. If That's What It Means, "Yellow is sald to be the most stim- ulating color."--News item. Well, when we see it in a man it certainly stimulates a desire in us to knock tar out of him. Daily Sentence Sermon. The splendid future that is before you never gets any Nearer unless you work like the devil in the present. * News of the Names Club. Bruce Dahms, of Portland, Ky. has & name to swear by.-- H. R. Iback lives at Dallas. You say something. Boy, bring a lipstick for Anna Lip- ski, of Detroit. ! A ------------ And Answer Corner Q.--What is the strength of the Balvation Army in Canada? A.--The Balvation Army is s relig- lous organization that first made its appearance In Canade in 1882. in Victoria, B.C., with e fores of only bre sergeant and forty soldiers. It aow has over 1.300 staff ai¢ field officers, nearly 190 outpost:, corps and circles. and a large number of educational and social secvice insti- tutions. : Q-~Whers w.r Canada's first road? A. ~The Ort rasd built «1 Canada was In Nova Scotiu, or Acadia 2s it wes then known, 'rom Digh, Gap to tLe fort at Annapolis, as a military roed, a score of miles in length, 30 x 34 *12.00 NOBBY TREAD -*15.00 TUBES, $2.00 - MOORE'S TIRES--206 Wellington St.--TOYS - SKID TWINE, 650 FEET, 18 THE CH GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. "GOLD MEDAL" AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, 'BUNT'S HARDWARE Bathing Caps All colors and combinations ~--"Helmet" Diving Cap ----cove ers tHe ears and completely ex- cludes the water. Bathing Shoes ALL SIZES ,.....85c. PAIR Water Wings Strong and with leak-proof Val¥® ees ouivee.. 78c. Palr Dr. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princess Street. Phone 348 DAVID SOOTT Plumber Plumbing and Gas Work a spec falty. All work guaranteed. Ad- dress 145 Frontenac Street. Phone 1277. EAPEST TWINE SOLD TO-DAY. PLACE YOUR ORDER EARLY King St. FARMS FOR SALE 1-50 acres, including crop, farm implements an five cows, about one mile from géod vil- lage on leading road; fair-sis- ed frame dwelling and bagn; two wells; 25 acres under cul- tivation $2,500 2--Farm of 170 acres, about eight miles from Kingston, and mile and one-half from village, on a ood road; good frame dwelling, larg barn with basement stables and other necessary outbuildings; about 60 acres under cultivation; weil watered; tug. for uel; together with crop . stock, and far implerhents and vehicles T. J. Lockhart Real Eaiate Sng Sil Insurance Phon or 4 . 68 BROCK STREET SAILED FOR ENGLAND. Sir Auckland and Lady Geddes on Month's Holidays. . New York, June 29._8ir Auck- land Geddes, British ambassador to the United States, and Lady Geddes sailed on the Mauretania of the Cun- ard Liné yesterday for a month's holiday in England, during which they will visit Sir Auckland's brother, Irving, at mn. The ambas- sador sald he had dropped every- thing in Washington and would not discuss politics or other matters. They were accompanied by Capt. Gloster Armstrong, consul general in New York, who had breakfast with them on board the ship. CANADIAN PACIFIC. - ---- "Trans-Canada Limited" --Quickest Train Across the Continent. The "Trans-Canada Limited" leaves Toronto Union Station dally at 9 p.m. (standard time), arriving Winaipeg 10.15 second morning (37 hours), Calgary 10.05 a.m. third morning (61 hours), Vancouver 10 a.m. fourth morning, (88 hours). Carries latest improved equipment. Full particulars and reservations City Ticket Office, 180 'Wellington st. Truth is mighty, but error often under Champla'u™ direction. gets there first, Tea Special We have prepared a very SPECIAL BLEND TEA Excellent value at 60c., which we will sell for one week at 50c. PER LB. 1 1b. pkgs., 8 1b. tins, 56 1b. chests. Jas. REDDEN & Co. The House of Satisfaction Phones 20 and 090. $2756 ON DEAD MAN. Money Found Beneath a Strip of Marlboro, Mass., June 28. --Med- ical examifier H. H. Braley, Con-| cord, while examining the body of an? ed a swelling near the left groin. Upon examination he found it to be a flesh colored strip of gutta percha beneath which was a role of $275 in bills.: The man had been killed on the railroad. About the only man who doesn't mind being called a lar is the en- thusiastic fisherman, unidentified man, recently, discover- | Imported € for Kitchen Ranges and Furnaces Ideal Summer Fuel Cheaper than Coal Try Half a Ton Crawford Scranton Coal Pooue 9. Foot of Queen Bt.