THE BRITISH WHIG| ~ 890TH YEAR. | czarina, of Russia, { helm, EEE THR ig i . N | | enough; | the duma, Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING C€O,, LIMITED 4. G. Elljott ... Leman A. Guild . TELEFHONES: Business Oftice Editorial Rooms dob Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Dally Edition) year, in city r, if paid in advance . , by mail te rural offices year, to United States (Semi-Weekly Edition year, by I, cash . $1.90 year, if mot paid in advesnce $1.30 year, to United States $1.50 OUT-OF-TOWN REPRES TATIVES | nlder, 22 St, John «+ Montreal ¥. W. Thompson . 100 King >t. W, Toronto, ..241 86.00 $5.00 30 One One 0 One Ome Letters to the Kditer are published oniy over the actual nume of th: writer. Attached is ome of the best joh printing offices in Canada, | The circulation of THE BRITISH | WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations " The burning question will soon be: | coal vs. cold. » seems to be the slogan "Let's go" our money goes by. The only universal language that spoken when money talks, 18 cm-------------- | Size isn't everything. The larger | the coller, the sooner it wilts. d--d---------- And those that live by the sword shall perish by the paper money. Play doubtless would become very | tiresome if we had to do. it to earn 3 living. It must be fine to be a detective | and have nothing to do but get baf- fled once in a while. Some newly-weds have foresight and some begin housekeeping with a two-passenger roadster. 01d King Coal was a merry oldsoul "And there is nothing particularly sig- | nificant about that except the tense. Somehow or other, a man enjoying complete liberty reminds us of a small boy monkeying with a razor. The coal and rallway strikes ar always going to be settled to-morrow ~-but to-morrow seems never ta) come. % + Shakespeare thought we might re-| form by hanging all the lawyers; but we can't do it by hanging all the| Juries. * Everybody agrees the government should use drastic measures, but not | all agree as to whom they should be used on. ------------ "| The local automobile club is do- | ing good work this summer. Every { 'owner of a car'should "join up" and | Jend a hand, Non-union mines can produce 70 | per cent. of the coal needed, and] about 80 per cent. of the industrial | trouble needed. | Troubles parked more thickly | slong the way indicate that we are | approaching something, but it prob- ably {sn"t normalcy. ¢ Eve repented, of course; but it is pbable that she spent many twi- ht hours in later years thinking good the apple tasted. When one is sweltering in a ctiff 'collar that scratches his Adam's ap- ple, it is difficult to chide women for being slaves of fashion. After all the interest we have own in those Turks, the hateful odin don't appear at all shocked by atrocities. An experienced husband is one tho can read the sporting page while ng politely interested in what iis wife is saying. When all the critics say his book is focre and rotten, the author knows that he soon will be able to : & new car with twelve cylind- oe. © Every motorist would be thankful to see more signs on the country Toads especially if he has driven 'miles out of his way because some were not marked. The auto- fle clubs are erecting a large ber of such signs, and are to be nended for their good work. | Fulerg 'to rule as they pleased. | was [strong will Into your veins. | the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and Em- | | Siberia, and told him to be a { mint at Ottawa, look | Well, it is not exactly because its ap- .{and lots of it, regardless | was back of it, would give the people | paper on THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1023, THE HUNNISH SPIRIT. The leifers and diary of the late brought to light, make a curious study. In the words of the Oswego Palladium, they reveal what might be called the last stand of absolutism, The czarina, sister of kaiser Wil- recently 842 had supreme confldencs in her- in the right and duty of She self and always trying to stiffen backbone of her poor, weak husband, | Czar Nicholas, "Oh, my dear," she wrote in one | letter, "when will you bang your fist on the table and force them all to! To love is not | tremble before you? they must fear you." Again: You must let them feel Russians ltke to feel the People told men that long Oh, that I could pour my Be Peter your hand. whip. reror Paul, all 'n one." She urged Nicholas to send Miliu- | patriots to| "Hon in| against a handful of beas's| koff and other Russian a fight and republiclans." "I fight for my baby's future," repeated again and again, to her son, the czarevitch | she accomplished was to bring that poor little lad along with herself and [her well-meaning husband In one sad, {erumpled heap at the bottom of a| well, while the populace danced in joy at its liberation. Raging against democracy; foolish czarina only hastened i* and | made ft bloody and terrible when it | came, able. instead of calm and It will be long before another. | exemplar of royalty will be so rash | as to follow her example. PRINTING MONEY. What is it that makes a genuine bit of our currency, fresh from the so attractive? pearance is pleasing to the eye or be- The value which one places in our currency is not the pleasure it gives to the eye as a fine plece of printing, but for what it will buy in the way of necessities or pleasures, or the | credit that will be given for iit is | placed in a bank or invested in the {form of securities. In contrast with the value of our | Canadian currency, which "is again almost at par, is the paper money that is being used by the people of | Germany and Russia and some other | nations of Europe. presses are busy turning rency in large quantities, Printing out cur- but it is { practically worthless for buying pur- poses, and the is of the crudest kind. The Russian ruble has no value that need seriously be taken into consideration, and the German mark has fallen so much in international printing | favor that the piece of paper which would normally command twenty- four cents of our money may be pur- chased at the rate of eighteen cents for one hundred marks. The old idea that paper money of what a cheap medium of exchange and | bring about a condition of prosperity, must be abandoned, if even ite advo- | cates are not to find themselves ridi- culous. As an economic policy, flat money finds its death blow in Russia | and Germany. Paper money is mothing more or | less than a promise to pay, and if the nation that issues it is without property that is pledged and lacks the character that will create confid- ence, currency is hardly worth the which its denominations are stamped. AN IMPROVING TRADE BALANCE. At a time when all men are strain- ing to catch every sign which would indicate that trade conditions in { Canada are improving, the monthly summary of Canadian Trade for July is particularly pleasant reading. It is generally accepted as an infall- ible maxim that for the improve- ment of Canada's business conditions it is necessary for the exports to in- crease, and the imports to be cut down, and that is exactly what is taking place. The improvement, it is true, is not on a large scale, but it Is growing with each successive month, and the gain shown in July is sufficiently large to give hope that it will continue to increase until ijt has completely reversed the trade balance of the country and brought about a return of the good times which were prevalent a few years ago. The improvement is shown in both imports and exports. Imports mean that Canadian money is being spent for goods manufactured and produe- ed elsewhere, and the imports enter- ed for home consumption in the trade records "show a decrease of about two million dollars as compar- ed with the total for the same month last year. In July of 1921 Canada's imports totalled $62,405,890. This year, for the same month, they wera $60,757,019. For the four months of the fiscal year 31st, the decrease is even mor: marked. ' The 1921 figure ports was $253,862,462, 1922 it was $236,242,676, a net galn shared the Hohenzollern spirit. ihe | "The czar rules, and not | sha | referring | And all | th Bowed ej reason- | ending on July for im- and for | to Canada of over $17,000. 000. | The improvenient fn exports is al-| most parallel, Exports. represent goods made in Canada and sold to other countries, an¢ bring cash re- turns to the industries and workmen of the Dominion. They represent the financial life blood of the nation, and it is a happy augury that they are growing. In July of this year the exports amounted 'to $70,439, 235. Last year they totalled $54,- 518,236 for the same month, The! | most important factor in these fiz- | f ures is not the increase of some six- | | teen million dollars, but the fact that | this year the exports are about | ten millions greater than the im- ports, while a year ago Canaaa | bought about eight millions worth of goods in other countries more than | she sold to other countries. For the four month period ending with July an increase of over twenty-seven mil- lon dollars in exports is noted, the total having grown from $215,927, 956 a year ago, to $243,254,469 this year. Here again the trade balanc2 is reversed, and Canada has sofa | more goods than she has bought out side her own shores. i The influence of this is bound to be felt in Canadian industry, ror in addition to the exports being great- | er, the people of Canada' mniust ba buying more Canadian made gooas, {and this will, in the natural course | | of events, be reflected In an improve- | ment of industrial conditions. Such | being the case, the production of the | industries must be increasing, em- must: be more plentifur/| and conditions generally a great deal There is good reason to be- that Canada's prosperity fis! | coming back. It has never been very | better. | lieve | the corner waiting for the opportune | time to return. That time is now | ripe, and it is showing its face once | again, "and with a record harvest promised for practically the whol? Dominion, there is every prospect of | a real revival of busy times for all. '{ ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR BY SAM HILL *Tain't Fair, Girls. | In summer girls can shed their clothes, That's why they always look so cool | and neat; Then why do they insist that men Must wear their coats and suffer with | the heat? ---- Observations of Oldest Inbhabitant. | 1 kin remember when the chorus girl | was considered just as great a menace | to the youth of our great nation as the | flapper is to-day. | Extremes. "Huh! Huh! That's funny," the first kid. "Whassamatter?' asked i kid | "Why, that sign says 'Pop on ice, and yet my pop declares he always is being kept in hot water," replied the first kid. x | grunted { the second | How Times Have Changed! Dear Sam: It used to be easy for the girl on the | stage to show more of her shape than | the girl on the street, but when she tries it now she is flirting with a jail | sentence. Reader | Short Skirts Proved That Much. Though we'll no longer see their legs When they let down the hem, At least we now will always know Girls really have got them. Think It Over, Girls. A news {tem says: "One of the books of etiquette printed in France in the fourteenth century advised the man of fashion to wash his hands every day jand his face 'almost as often" This might not be a bad suggestion for some of the flappers who have gotten into the habit of just adding a coat of paint instead of applying the | wash rag. | i Can Almost Hear Wedding Bells. Listen, girls, "Ky, Slim," whoever he is, calls our attent'on to the fact the census, shows there are 4,309,286 more males in the West than there are fe-| males, and, looking at you unmatched | charmers, he paraphrases old Horace, Greeley's well-known advice, thusly: "Go West, young lady, go West" Do you see the point? Fool Questions. D. G. R. asks: "Why is a man like a horse?' We're wise, old top; it's be- cause he works better when he is broke. Ask us something easy. What Every Kid Knows. "I'll be glad when I grow up to be a father," sobbed Johnnie as he left the table in disgrace. "Why so? asked his mother. ~ "'Cause he's the only one who can kick about the meals without being sent to bed without his supper, walled Johnnie. Signs Is Signa, If there is only one; But you see two, It's a sign that you have had Too much home brew. --Sam Hill If there is only one And you see nine, Why, that's an easy sum-- Too much moonshine, ~--W. H.,, West Union, Ohio, If there is only one And you gee two, Where do you live? I'll be there P. D. Q. --Joe. Daily Sentence Sermon. What's the use of recognizing your faults, unless you knock 'em for a goal every time you meet them? -- Does He Object to Filvera? | far away, but has been just around | * 1 1 E | Donald | nent prohibitionist, The United States senate carried | (Ad. in Boston Transcript) LOST--Police dog, male. Affectionsie, BBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY | REWARD OF HUMILITY: ----Whosoever exalteth him- self shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.-- | Luke 14: 11. But 'in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themseives. Look not every man on his own things, things of others. --Philippians 4. -- a. a FRED H. 08- Boston, Mass. and fond of motoring. GOOD, 50 Village St, News of the Names Club. Lena A. Lady is reported from Kan- | sas City. Perfect lady, we suppose. Pete Vineyard, of Buckner, Mo, warned the country is dry and needs to be careful what he does with his grapes is The Battle Cry of Freedom. I We always Hear a lot about The ¢lothes the women wear, We hear the politicians shout, And hand us out hot air. We hear about the Russian strife, And troubles far upd near, But what we want in our young Is light wines and good beer 1L life ! The preachers rave about our s'ns From early morn till night, And how the women show their shins, They yell it is a fright. They 'tell us there is Hell on éarth, We know it--do not fear But we all know there is a dearth Of light wines and good beer 111. We do not care a rap about The way the women dress. We'll let the politicians shout, The preachers fume and fuss But give to us our daly joys, Then we'll be glad--that's clear, We'll be real good contented be ys With light wines and good beer --E. Holyoke Our Canadian Question / Q--What Scotoh-@anadian de- | veloped from a clerk fo a baronet? A.--Donald Smith was the Scotch lad who, when he first came to Can- | «ide, became a clerk in the Hudson's | cause of its fine lines of coloring and | * a. | its velvet smoothness to the touch. jay Co., Smith, and later Lord Strathcona and Canadian High Com- missioner in London. Canada are under actual tion? | acres said to be available for culti-| vation. Q.--What woman Canadian writ- er is also a member of a Legislature? A.--Mrs. Nellie McClung, of Ed- monton, the author of "Sewing Seeds in Danny," "Purple Springs," etc, is also a member of the Alberta i Legislature. Jack Hawthorne, Toronto, one ot the gentlemen steeplechase riders at | Cobourg, was internally hurt in mak- | | ing the first fence. The horse struck the obstruction turning a completa | fiip, falling on the rider. { administration offic- | Washington ials see an early end of the strikes. Pump crews have at the Nova Scotia mines. D. V. Sinclair, Belleville, a promi- is dead. | the high tariff measure. ° Poincare reiterates that Germany | must pay. Everibody: 8s trying to swim the Eng- lish channel this summer. Ivy Hawke, of Surbiton, England, is one of them. A Att ma DR. H. C. MABEE 79 WILLIAM STREET Phone 286 but every man also on the | 3, A A ea A AAA | gentle, with a wonderful disposition And Answer Corner and afterward became sir'! He gave away | large sums of his wealth to hospitals, | | ete. | Q.--How many acres of land in | cultiva- A.--The land under cultivation in| {Canada in 1921 was nearly 60,000, - 1 | 000 acres out of over 300,000, 000 | resumed work 10] BIBBY'S Tans, Fawns, Greens, etc. NEW, PURE WOOL UNDERWEAR BIBBY'S Men's and Boys' Ready-to- Wear and Made to-Measure SEE OUR MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S GENUINE BLUE INDIGO SUITS Stout, Tall, Short or regular models. Sizes 34 to 46. EXTRA SPECIAL VALUE $28.50 NEW HATS AT NEW PRICES Newest style Soft Hats--sizes 63 to 73. Greys, SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL FOR $2.50 NEW OVERCOATS * Advance styles now on sale. Would be pleased to show these real classy Coats, NEW, PURE WOOL SWEATERS -- | ------ MOORE'S TIRE SALE NOW GOING ON Bargains unheard of before. EVERY TIRE ON SALE. | | | MOORE'S ---- McCLARY'S "CANADA" BRAND ENAMEL WARE Mottled Blue out side and white lining. A complete assortment and low priced. 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