Daily British Whig (1850), 11 Aug 1922, p. 3

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1922, Hot Weather Suggestions | Grape Juice ... Lime Juice ... Family-ade ... Effervescent Magnesia . . .. Box Cameras .... Jar Rings . . .3 doz. for 25c¢. | Parowax .. Bc, per 1b. Certo. ..... .. Fly Catchers .. I. T. BEST Prescription Druggist Phone 59. «+ +4 for Be. Open Sundays rr Arne? we eee. | inne DR. BELL'S SHAVING CREAM Brushes up quickly; creamy lather and retains its moisture DO shaves .........35¢c. a tube Dominion Meat Store Opp. YM.C.A. Phone 1268J MEAT 18 CHEAPER Pork Roasts | Pot Roasts ... | Oven Roasts . .. Legs Lamb ..... Smoked Hams .... | Lipton's Tea Belleville Creamery ... 'Whey Butter .... Golden Glow ...... WHY PAY MORE ? Promise of That Watch To that Boy or Girl who passed so well their last examina- tion. A good Pocket or Wrist Watch for that Boy, or Wrist Watch for that girl, would be most acceptable and send them back to school with renew- ed ambition. We have such Watches fully guar- anteed. Wrist from $12 up. Pocket from $ 9 up. SMITH BROS. LIMITED ESTABLISHED 1840 KING STREET, KINGSTON Tr ------------------ ---- DR. S. E. PORTER Corner Alfred and Johnson Streets Phone 1072F, | Special Sale of BROOMS . For One Week, Beginning Saturday Morn- ing, August 12th. 25 dozen first quality Brooms at a special price until sold. 3 doz. extra No. 4 Brooms 50c. ea. 2 doz. extra No 10 Brooms 60c ea. 2 doz..extra No. 8 Brooms 65c ea. 2 doz. Empress Brooms . . 90c. ea. Phone orders C.O.D. McKelvey & Birch, Limited Heating § Plambers, ar of Plumbers' » nd Gas-Fitters' Supplies, Stoves, Shelf, Heavy and House Furnishing Hardyare, Tools, Otis, Beat Supplies, Sheet Metal and Tin Work; Electrie work; Painting and Paper Hanging. Special work of all kinds undertaken. All sales for cash. Sale Price 40c. ea. 50c. ea. 55c. ea. 70c. ea. Reg. Price Fitters and Our 25th Annual 1 Chesterfield Suite--3 pieces--regular $800, for .....$219.00 (This is a real buy.) 1 Chesterfield--regular $135.00--extra good value ....$88.00 1 Chesterfield Suite--8 pieces--regular $150.00, for . ..$§98.00 (You can't pass this if you want a Suite.) RUGS AND CURTAINS GREATLY REDUCED 14 Wilton Rugs--9x12, from $83.00 to $115.00, for ....$67.00 : (Purchases stored until delivery is required). T.F. Harrison Co., Limited Phone 90 "HE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. | Quobes and Montreal Should Lead Fight for Deepening 8t. Lawrence. Toronto Globe The fight for the deepening of the St. Lawrence channels becomes bit- ter. The advocates of the project, having learned that in the United States, New York is the enemy, as Montreal on this side of the bound- ary, have opened a campaign intend- ed to establish the truth of their con- | tention that--as Sensator Townsend {of Miobigan puts jt-- 'the fumbling {hands and greedy fingers of the poli- tical organization that controls New | York's harbor have built barriers to | the streams of commerce that impose |a dreadening burden upon industria! | effort." Hl! With the object of showing why powerful New York interests are sel- ll | Ashly opposing the deepening of the | St. Lawrence, Senator Townsend has |written a number of articles for cir- {culation throughout the middle west. {In these articles he proposes to prove {that * 'a large part of the opposition | fs responsible for an exiortionate in | effietency of the port of New York {which represents in effect, although {perhaps not in intent, the greatest conspiracy in restraint of trade ever perpetrated on this continent." | If Senator Townsend can prove this icharge his articles will have a de- |cisive effect, mot only in the mid- | western etates, but in the Canadian west. More grain goes to Europe | from our prairie provinces by way of | Buffalo and New York than is ship- ined through the ports of the St. Law- rence. If New York is taking exces- | sive toll of American exports it is do- ing the same in the handling of Can- |adian grain and dairy products en | route to Kurope, The first two articles deal with the {conditions under which business is {carried on in the port of New York. {Senator Townsend says bluntly: "It | does not just happen that it costs {more to move a barrel of oil over a | New York pier and place #t in a ves-, sel than it does to carry the barrel from New York to London. It does not just happen that stevedores who have obtained permits from political bosses of Tammany Hall to lease New York piers have had bank accounts |in extess of $1,000,000. It does not just happen that drayage charges, jlighterage charges, demurrage |charges, transfer charges of all kinds, {are higher in the port of New York {than they are in any port of the world. It does not just happen that | conditions in New York harbor have | become so intolerable that they have been repeatedly denounced by candi- [dates for public office and have been {made the subject of investigation by | legislative commiitees." ! In his attack on Tammany as one of the enemies of the deepening of the St. Lawrence channels, Senator Townsend gets down to particulars in this fashion: Here are some of the ways in which the people of Michigan and in fact the nation at large are helping to contribute to the in- come of one or two of the power- ful interests now opposing the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence water- way plan and its proponents. Let Henry H. Curran, Republican can- dida'e for Mayor in 1921, tell the story. He recounts the rise to for- tune of a former bartender and an ex-clerk, who formed a company, managed to make themselves use- ful to the political organization that controls New York, and were permitted to levy tolls upon the commerce that of necessity passed through the New York harbor. During the course of the last mayoralty campaign in New York Mr. Curran sadd: "Before the days of John F. Hylan, shipowners went direct to the Dock Depariment and got their open piers. But not under this administration. Hardly had Sabbating & Company started operations than shipowners learn- ed that the former bartender and the ex-clerk held the piers. In a ghor: time shipowners made their oalls on Salvatore Sabbatino and Frank Hoey, instead of on the pro- per official. What was the result? The shipowners had to pay a pretty penny. For nearly four years now they have been muloted of vast sums. Instead of the city's nominal charges, they have been compelled to hand over to Babba- tino & Company sums exceeding the city's rates by from 350 to 500 per cent. In some cases pro- fits were 1,000 per cent. One steamer paid $200 a day for a city- owned pier, which brought the city $10.41 a day. In three years Sabbatino & Company banked $1,- 779,018." Not an enviable record for a gatekeeper. Where did 'Hat $1.- 779.018 come from? Part of it came out of the pockets of the people of Michigan. Some of it came from every state in the undon, including New York itself! The interests that secured that money constitute part of the oppo- sition to the Great Lakes-St. Law- rence waterway plan. That is only a part of the story. It ie simply an indication of the conditions that exist and is importan: mainly because it furmishes an dnsight into the character of a portion of the opposition that arrogantly de- nies the central west the right to unimpeded egress to the sea. 'Witnesses called before the Meyer committee, appointed by the New York legislature to in- vestigate conditions in New York City, are quite as explicit in their charges as was Mr. Curran. Here is a part of the story those wit- nesses told: "The Brooks Steamship Com- pany' paid $12,500 in fees for a ten-year lease of a city-owned pier. A lawyer for the company paid.a 'flahing at Baftersea is the best they HONING OUT PROFITEERS commission: of $1,500 to an un- known person and a ship broker [vu paid $25,000 for his influence in the dock department in obtain- | ing another pier lease. The sieam- | ship company has told that this | large fee Was to pay certain per- | sons influential in the dock de- partment. i "The Kerr Steamship Company | paid $34,000 for influence in se- curing use of a pier on which the rentals were only $51,889. "Twelve ships had to pay $7. | 845 in dock charges at piers which | were leased to middlemen for $1,- | 961. | . "Stevedores who had permits to | lease public piers had bank ac- | counts of $1,086,000. | "The France & Canadian Steamship Company made a profit of $251,000 on Pier 74, for which it paid the city $75,000. '"A representative of the French Line stated that the dock situation was so serious his company had to diver! ships to Boston, Philadel- phia and Baltimore. "An employee of the U, 8, Ship- ping Board showed that one | steamship company paid $50 a day | for dock facilities for which ihe | city collected only $20.17 a day: that another company paid $60 a day on a city rental of $20.52; that still another paid $75 a day | on a cily rental of $21.98; and | that $110 a day was paid for facilities that netted the city only $25.24 a day." The struggle between the power- ful and corrupt politicians who con- | trol the toilgate in New York harbor, | through which almost half the com- | merce of the continent passes, and | the business men of the middle west, who demand free access to the ocean without paying toll to tammany, can end in but one way. The people of | the United States will break 'he | bonds of transportation monopoly | that bind them, and to that end will | be prepared to pay their full share | of the cost of deepening the channels | of the St. Lawrence so that vessels! of large draught may pass quickly | from the lakes to the ocean, or to the pcrts of the lower river for the trans- shipment of their cargoes from ves- sel to vessel. If the shipping inter- ests of Montreal and Quebec were controlled by men of wide vision, 'hese cities would be leading the fight for the deepening of the St. Lawrence instead of backing New York in its futile struggle to retain control of the Atlantic toligate. GREAT DAMAGE BY STORM Trees Uprooted and Houses Blown Down In Vicinity of Bath. One of the wordt wind storms in the history of the dietrict passed over Grape Island and Indian Poini, some 'miles from the village of Bath, last blonday, Trees were uprooted, reels for winding the nets destroyed, and residences blown down. Fishermen from these places visiting Bath Thursday brought the first intima- tion of the happening to the outside world. Grape Island is gituated about seven miles from Bath, while Indian Point is the most easterly extremity of Prince Edward County, These places are in close proximity to Prin- ver's Cove where the yacht regatta was held last month, The majority of the population are fishermen and it is just now that the real extent of. Monday's hurricane, which did some damage at Wolfe Island blow- ing down some trees there, had be- come known, On Indian Point, upwards of six'y trees wera blown down by the furious wind. Many of these were uprooted and tossed about as matches. The fishermen state that the wind was ternific, and the wonder is that there was not some damage to life. But they state that as soon as they saw the storm coming, they got in shelter away from the trees, At, Grape Is- land great damage was also done, residences were blown down here but again the residents escaped without injury. Nearer Prinyer's Cove the houses also felt the effects of the great wind and damage was done there. At Grape Island of eighteen reels the fishermen had for winding their nets only one remains, the others having been emashed to kindling PROBS: --Saturday, fair and warm. wood. This gives an idea of the fury of the wind. It was apparently the tail of the storm that caught the south side of Wolfe Island where the trees when uprooted broke in the roof of Mrs. Fyke's home. Kingston was again fortunate in not receiving any of the wind storm. At Popular Battersea. 8. J. Lake, proprietor of the Gran~ ite House at Battersea, reports that American tourists are now begining to arrive quite freely, while many people from the city are also attract- ed by the excellant meals and fine accommodation to be eecured at this popular summer resort. The fishing | in Loughboro Lake was never better than it is this season, many good catohes of black bass being noted daily. Anglers who have tried out many of the back lakes say that the have yet found. Andcther atirdction is the eplendid condition of the road leading" to the village, which is a de- light to motorists. Mr. and Mrs. Lake are popular hosts, and always look well after the comfort of their guess. On a Motor Trip. €. Diamond, Toromto, arrived in the city on Thursday morning. and took the cape ferry for an extended motor trip through New York state. The stores who have the best buy- it in this newspaper, ing opportunities are * 'ling abou: i La SATURDAY AT STEACY'S tf A grand finale to our great Two Day Close-Out Sale -- wonderful bargain opportunities await thrifty shoppers here to- morrow. Gingham and Voile Dresses Regular $5.00 to $10.00 each. $ Saturday 15 only, Gingham, Muslin and Voile Dress- es in a good assortment of styles and colors. Priced for a quick one-day clearance. Regu- lar $5.00 to $10.00 each. Your choice SATURDAY ........--~.. $2.95 EACH 'Blouses, $1.95 each 300 crisp, new, Voile and Dimity Waists--all white and colored, also white with color trims of Organdy and Dim- ity. Priced regularly from $2.75 on up to $4.00 each. Toclear ... ccc veri avesss. Saturday, $1.95 each Extra Special --F rom 9 to 1 O'clock Double Discount Stamps SHOP EARLY. SAVE '10% ! This added attraction should crowd this busy shopping centre to capacity to-morrow morning. Follow the crowds of thrifty shoppers to Steacy"s Saturday and make your dollars do double duty. : WHITE HABUTAI SILK, $1.19-- 0-200 yards of extra heavy White Habutai Wash Silk -- a quality that will give the utmost in wear -- full 36 inches wide. Splendid value at $1.75 a yard. Saturday $1.19 yd. MEN'S BALBRIGGAN COMBINATIONS, 98c.-- - 48 only, Balbriggan Combinations -- short sleeved and ankle length--in sizes 34, 36, 38 and 40. Sold everywhere at$1.25aSuit ......cx0s¢....... Saturday, 98¢. ea. BOYS' BAL. COMBINATIONS, 79¢. EACH-- 36 only, Boys' Balbriggan Combinations; in sizes 22, 24, 30 and 32 only--short sleeves and knce length. Special valueat $1.00each ................. Saturday, 79c. MEN'S SILK SOCKS, 79c. PAIR-- 60 pairs only, Radium Thread Silk Socks, in colors Black, White, Cordovan, Navy and Smoke--our regular $1.25 quality--for a quick clean-up . . ....Saturday, 79¢. Pair See Our Window f or Added Attractions ! Stency s - Limited The Women's Store of Kingston no 0 A Sh ER

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