Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Oct 1922, p. 6

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wp ISH WHIG. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1022. | THE DAILY BRIT Caution in Buying Pays. ~ Especially FURS Fur You can depend on Me- KAY FURS. You can depend on getting satisfactory service, Quality and Value Exactly as Represented It you live out of town write us your wants. We will mail you our eata- logue and full information. We invite your inspection. Natural Silver Raccoon Coat 7258 7 Johns McKay Limited KINGSTON, CANADA THE SWEETEST FELLOW IN TOWN Oh Henry! An unusual combination of candy in ONE BIG PIECE -- Milk Chocolate coated. THAT DAINTY LITTLE MAID Oh Mabel! CROTHERS Wherever Candy is Bola KINGSTON Establistied 1869. e---- -- ee -- = The Speaker declared that : tenths of the fruit and vegetable busi- ness was in the hands of the Orientals IMMIGRATION SHOULD BE | SERIOUSLY RESTRICTED i cr i 2 i | beine pushed out. i eb ! en again, the employers of labor | Principal 8mith, of Vancouver, stated that an' Oriental would do more Deals With Conditions at Coast at Rotary Club. : | That immigration should be very seriously restricted, was the opinion | expressed by Rotarian Principal Smith, of Westminster Hall, Vancou- | ver, B.C, speaking on "The Oriental | : { Immigration Problem, As It Affects |side of the question showed a serious | ithe Canadian West," at the weekly |condition. The Chinaman was a [luncheon of the Kingston Rotary [great gambler and Vancouver was a | {Club on Friday, at which the presi- | regular hotbed for gambling. This was | dent, Leman A. Guild, presided. Principal Smith gave a splendid ad- dress, dealing with conditions as they [along without the Orientals. The Drug The speaker stated that the moral | Orientals. Our people were being ino- | culated in this, and made the situation exist on the western coast. serious. The drug traffic was also a The speaker declared that the gov- | great menace. Chinamen were the cen. ernment should form a strong basis | tral figures in a large drug trade, but of citizenship for the Orientals, and | there were also white men engaged in that the basis of this citizenship should | the traffic. They made very high pro- contain our Canadian ideals. Undesir- | fits in these sales. The fact that the | ables should be kept out. Our own{crews of the steamships coming to | ideals and institutions must be pro- | Vancouver were composed, for the moted. The people coming into our | most Jar, of Chinese and Japanese, country must comply with all our|gave the opening for the bringing in laws and customs, and must not isol-{of this dope. They supplied the link ate themselves, but take part in our between the home land and Vancou- great citizenship. ver, One would be surprised at the de- | In opening his address, Principal |vices resorted to in order to get the Smith extended greetings from the dope' into Canada. In Vancouver, a Rotary Club, at Vancouver, to the squad of detectives was employed all local club. He stated that the Van- | the time in running down ple en- couver club had a membership of 250, gaged in the trafficking in rugs. with an average attendance of 200 at| "In view of all this you ask me the weekly luncheons. what is to be done? I wish that I knew. I wish somebody knew. These people have not been doing anything underhand. They came to our country, entered the open market, and pay for all they get. We have been doing ih their country what they are doing here. We think it is serious, and they may think the same. Some say 'Keep them out' That has been tried, and what do they say? They say that if we keep them out, they will take dras- tic steps with us in China. In Vancou- ver, the white le do not want their children at school with the Chinese. The Chinese say that if we make a Conditions in British Columbia. The speaker, in his opening re- marks, presented a picture of condi- tions the people had to face in Brit. ish Columbia. The situation he said was not only. serious from the standpoint of the rovince, but also from tlie dominion. e first referred to the number of Hindoos in Vancouver. There were 2,400 in that district, engaged in lum- bering, farming, trapping, and general rough work of all kinds. These people, S-------- he pointed out, had a serioys grouch agains} Canada. They were not allow change, they will retaliate in China. e A war between the two is not to be to bring their wives and members of the family out to this country, and this made them rather indifferent, and many had gone back to their own country, spreading sedition, Much of the trouble created in India could be traced to all this. Many of | the Hindoos were agitators, and did much in spreading bitterness in his own country. desired." There was a movement on foot to try and have the government restrict immigration, but the land could not be taken from these people, when it had been secured legally. And it could not be taken away from them on ac- count of race prejudice. The speaker felt that there should be a standard Principal Smith spoke of the Jap-|of citizenship, and that before being anese and their work at the coast. allowed to come into this country, They entered into competition, and | these people must measure up to this their working owes were inexhaus- | standard. Surely, there were tragic tible. They worked hard, and were de- times ahead of us. These ple were termined to make themselves supreme getting all over Canada. The speaker in their line of work. They had repro- | stated that he would venture to say duced Japan in a small way, at the that inside of ten years, She Japanese coast. They were also able to pay|would be, penetrating into Kingston, cash for everything they purchased, | as they were ready to where they and were willing to make a success of could get all they could out of the everything. They were quite willing | country, instead of endeavofing to to clear off the lands, and in the fruit | build up the country. : business alone, enormous sums had| Followin the address, Rotarian been realized, even at a time when Taylor Dale moved a hearty vote of thousands of Canadians were idle. thanks to the speaker, which was car- The Oriental had not simply commen- | ried with much enthusiasm. ced to break into the fruit business,| Rotarian Dale stated that he would but they were also getting a foothold ever have cause to remember that the on it. During lagt year alone, 500 | first charge had in Cas was in Japanese babies wefe born in Vancou- | British Col bla, Sid tated that not ver, and here the speaker remarked|in a long had' ed such an that there was no race suicide in that] able discourse on such an important rage. . . {topic. It was his wish that Principal Taking up the question of the Chin-| Smith give four or five lectures, deal- ese, the speaker said that this was ing yh the subject. In his address even a more serious problem. They|he had given a bird's eye view of the were allowed to bring their wives and conditions at the coast, in a statesman- children out to Canada. In the east like manner, and he ventured to say Ny Real Estate tand Insurance 2 Insurance in all its "branches. Reliable companies only rep- resented. : "VICTORY BONDS . Bought and Sold. RH. Waddell 80 Breck se ahha A hdd Aa aa a daAvhehkddd dA dd a dri Ah a a p b p b Butter (Saturday) «+s +36¢c. Ib, Choice Juicy Dates . .8 lhs. 85c. Mixed Cookies . «18c. Ib, White Rose Flour 63% Ibs 20c. New Pack Rolled Oats 6 Ibs. for 25¢c. Snow Flake Shortening 8 Ibs. B0c. - +8 pkgs. for 28¢c, Magic Baking Powder (1s) Salada (Black or Green) 60¢ 1b, Sualiiy Blend To on Chase & Sanborn's oe 80. . 5 for 28c. Gra) N Oranges i Fearma's Pork Betoege Cullen's CASH AND CARRY 4 4 4 4 4 4 hdd dd a a a a a end of Vancouver, there were over that the address had been a revela- 25,000 Chinese. and they were very | tion to many. resourceful, ninety-five per cent. of the domestic service being carried on by (he Chinese, who also worked in 2 I - restaurants. Their biggest work of all,| President Guild announced that the however, was in the vegetable trade. newly-formed Rotary Club at Ren- They went into business with the ob- frew, would be given its charter at a ject of making it permanent, had | special Natheting to be held on Octo- plenty of money, asked for no con-|ber 26th. "Bill" Cairns, of Ottawa, cessions, and were willing to take their | governor for this district, will be pre- chance in the open market. sent for the occasion, and it is hoped The Doukaboor was another forei-|to have representatives from the gner coming into Vancouver. He Kingston Club, engaged in farming. These people had] Rotarian Rex Snellgrove was a busy community centres, as many as ten|man during the luncheon. In the ab- families living in a house or one set-|sence of "Matt" Graham, the ser- tlement, They practically had control geant-at-arms, he was appointed to of the Columbia River alley. take the job, and as a collector of -- odd change, he made good. Incidental- ly he had to collect a quarter from a A Great e. himself for advertising his business at "And what is the significance of all| roll call. In giving his classification, this?" asked the speaker, after point-| Rex said something to the effect that ing out the conditions. "In the last he was providing "low priced theatri- two hundred years, the Orientals were | cal entertainment." Ray Vanluven al- regarded as an inferior, backward|so fell for a fine for a similar error, race; we were ready to crack jokes|when he announced that he was sell- about them. There was always the ing "low-priced automobiles." Page idea that we were superior to them,| Rex for the next silver collection. and consequently we did not take them seriously. But there has heen a Man is his own star. reat change. - The races we once ~-- thought backward are now penetrat. New Club at Renfrew. ing into Canada, and also in the Unit- Investment : ed States, and the condition is ser- ious. Some of the politicians on the other side have become very much al armed. These nations are hoconiug overcrowded. Trey Jave a much room to expand, thy have but a smal grant of land for each individual, and as they are growing so rapidly, the great question is what to do with the people, and with t day condi. tions and their tion. they feel(l . there is caomehing better for them here in where thece are great stretches of open Sotnty, where they have every n or lumbering, Choose Your New Fal Hat To-night nine- fg were i work than two white men. They were | | steady, always filled their contract, | and would meet all difficulties. In fact | there were some employers of labor | who stated that they could not get | Traffic. \ bad for the white race as well as the | "Queen's University Text Books and Supplies Latest editions Science and Medicine. Drawing sets of the best English manufacture at lowest prices. COLLEGE BOOK STORE PHONE 919, ---- of Text Books authorized for use in Arts, OPEN NIGHTS a ------ ---- -- TO-NIGHT a -- ------ The newest and most" practical styles are those shown in the Winter - Fashion Book end Pictorial Review Patterns for December } 20¢ to 35¢ Dress 1397 Bramley Collar an new ..... . sleeves d Cuff Sets of White Dimity--very Ladies' Winter Weight Vests with V Neck and Half See our range of Ladies' Heather Hose--al shades will be found here in Call 95c¢. pair, and in Silk and Wool priced from . $1.25 pr. up. SPECIALS Ladies' all sizes--regular 75¢. . LADIES' CORSETS--sizes 20 to 30 PICTORIAL MAGAZINE for 'Newman & Shaw THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE None Higher GOOD BUYING "oe .. ex Tonight, S00. set: egies *e oe oo sereseveene. .... Tonight 50c. the newest Priced at Black Cashmere Hose -- "Penman's" -- To-night, 50c. pair .. . . To-night $1.00 pair. November ...... +... 15¢, 7 a's es 0500 00s LOUISE SCHOOL CADETS Entertained at Supper and Pre- sented With the Kane Proficiency Oup. The Home and School club of Louise school entertained the school cadets at a supper on Friday evening when a cup donated by Captain Carl Kane for general proficiency, and won by the Louise cadet team was presented by Lt. Col. G. H. Gilles- pie, inspector of cadet services for M.D. No. 3. James Armstrong, hon- orary president, opened the meeting and then vacated the chair to L. T. Best, members of the Board of Ed- ucation, The supper was served at 6.30, after which a very fine muoical programme was rendered. Those tak- ing part were Hev. Mr. Duncan, cornet solo; Miss Danby, Mrs. Tan- ner and Mrs. A. W. Richardson, plano selectons. Mrs. Richardson is president of the club, and she ae- companied the singers in the chor uses, Miss Mahood gave a dance. Two lads, Fitzgerald and Timmer man, sang a duet. Mr. Weaver, ban- T---- REAL ESTATE SALE > : FOR RENT $43.00--43¢ Princess St, $36.00--380 Earl Street. $25.00-28 Sixth Btreet. Furnished flat for rent. St, two semi-detached ick gwellings, 8 rooms each, 3- Picnyoath, hardwood floors, gas, elec , cellar, aay. 800d yard, hot water Se owiiaiveraity Ave, detached brick dwellin rooms. hardwood floors, electric light, hot water furnace Money to Brokers ( Johnson and Division Streets FOR $7:800.00--Ear1 solid br fishing, et ir t desire is to et ot for aon and to better cir condition. Even an increased ernment does not bother them. It makes fo and_pesple are an aon Greater than any bond or stock on the market--is an investment in better eye- pight. And this undoubtedly applies to' YOU. Statistics show that fully 70% of us have defective eyesight without being AWARE of it. To be SURE that YOUR _ eyes are as efficient as they should be have them examined. Only when glasses are needed, do we prescribe them. And then we heartily recommend a pair of "Quality Beyond Question" Shur-ons, which feel Saturday morning from Souta Bay with package freight. cleared again for the foot of Woile Isiand. The steamer Britanmic arrived The steamer Winona passed down RE ---- Mrs. R. H. Robinson, Kingston, repairs, cledred on Saturday|fs at the -home of her sister, Mrs. Colborse. This stumer |W. C. Gorsline, Pleton, their father, Port Alfred Foster, baving passed away

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