A THE DAILY BRITISH- WHIG. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 22, 1928. ee -- or § and Semi-Weekly by Sibttutes by WHIG PUBLISHING €O0,, LIMITED «ss President «soo Editor and "' Masnging-Direetor F-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES, 's Onider, 22 St, John St, Montreal s W. Thompson a idoo King St. W nto Letters to the Kditor are published y over ihe Acivsi Rume of thy Attached is ome of the best jon offices im Canada, The circulation of THE BRITISH § WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations Br a er nr As a rule, when times are hard Beads are soft. . How not to raise children: "Don't Bother me." Speaking of terms of endearment, fhere are installment terms, About all the Allies are saving in $he Near East is their dignity. The first step in getting back to Nature is to scrape off the rouge. '= Still, if there were no prohibition Jokes, people might forget that we ave it. _ Other vicks mean no evil, but sel- hness is just premeditated cussed- _ It isn't chivalry that lets a woman piver have the right of way. It 1s dence, After all there isn't much dif- nce between being contented ani png conceited. Hope Is the quality that keeps a patiently trying to strike a och on a safety box. Why shouldn't men pluck thelr brows? They don't intend to be «beaten by the women. ! Correct this sentence: "No matter they do, I never spank the lit- 8 dears when I'm angry." a) J there is no other way, why not ik honest people in jail in order protect them from criminals? on ean | say one thing for foot- I heroes. They have crdwded beauties oft the sport page. There are two kinds of business mn: Those who wait for prosperity 'peturn, and those who go after it. have known but few people b 'were invariably cheerful, and are now charges of the state, : ------------ lhelm may reflect that many a man has had to keep still and f wood after marrying a widow. : t statistician who says that 15 or cent. of the people can play golt pbably means that many have golf a small town & man {is consid- hard-boiled if he expresses a jubt about Jonah's sojourn in the # Dobbin might have remained pular if there had been some place him to fasten $200 worth of ac. SOries. . is hard to believe, however, "hated capitalist press" publish only the scandals of t = -- ---------------- ® chief objection to being good you must devote so m ot energy to punishing folks who thty. 't this 'sentence: "Let's go . mow, mother," sald the small . the parade, ana 1s reported to have refused a to operate on Wilhelm Threats 4 ! ollern . .| didates so large a vote. LABOUR'S VICTORY. The outstanding feature of the re- sult of the British elections is not the majority gained by the Bonar Law supporters over all the other parties combined. With so short an election campaign, and with the! Liberal forces divided as they were, | it was not unnatural that the Cor- | though-the margin was not expected | to be quite so great. The big fea- | ture of the election is the great gains | which have been made by the Lah- our party. All the other partles suffered, and in the large industrial centres particularly, the forces of labour seem to have secured a much firmer hold on the voting public. That this should occur in Great Britain, where the people are not apt to be led away by revolutionary or extreme ideas, is whi siga of the changing attifude of the masses of the people. From Liberal- ism they have turned to radicalism, and from radicalism to something worse is not a very long step. With the Labour party the strongest of the opposition forces in the new par- lifament, it remains to be seen whe- ther or not that step has been taken, whether or not the radicalism is be- coming tinged with Bolshevism, and whether or not the people have chos- en wisely in giving the Labour can- that would ensue. The Journal's conclusions should be seriously pon- dered by all those who have the in- terests of their coumtry at heart. It says: A levy on capital would pass by the great majority of professional men and of all men on salaries. It | » would fall almost wholly on business er business men mor land owners have usually any large amount of cash on hand. A business man, when he makes a profit, usually invests it rapldly, either in expanding his own business or In other business or in real estate. A levy on capital would compel most business mean and most land owners to sell con- siderable assets. Now, to do either to fair advantage is not simple ua- der the best of circumstances, but to do either when nearly every business man and nearly every land owner in the country would be trying to do the same thing--as a 1evy on capital would force--probably would be to cause such loss and panic as a busi- ness community has seldom seen in the world. Even short of causing overwhelm- ing panic, a levy 'on capital would smash for a time all possibility of industrial or business expansion. Profit made in business goes into new business. It must. Thers Js nowhere else for it to co. Luxurioas With the masses of the people of Great Britain, it 1s extremely un- likely that the rc¢ason for the Lab- | our party's gains was a tendency to- | wards Bolshevism. It is far more reasonable to suppose that the one big reason.for the uniéxpected turn- over was the general and widespread feeling of unrest, and of dissatisfac- tion with the conditions under which the working classes were labouring. The general system of unemploy- nmient doles, while perhaps necessary to keep some families from starva- tion, was never popular with the masses, even with those who were | receiving assistance, and yet it was the best that the Conservatives could offer to the people, for it must be re- membered that the Conservatives in [ the Lloyd George government out- numbered the Liberals by three to one. : . Another factor which appealed to the masses of the electors was the Labour party's proposal for the payment of the war debt. The work- ing classes in the old land have, ever since the ednclusion of the war, been obsessed with the idea that tha burden of the war debt-fell on thelr shoulders, and that they must ulti- mately pay this debt. The Labour proposal, put forward even by their most moderate leader, the Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, was that the war debt should be paid by a levy on capital, a method cf payment, which, looking at It | tal. living, does some one say? What is luxurious living but spending mone which goes into busidess? Purchase of bonds, does some one say? Whit are bonds but certificates for mon- ey invested In business or loaned for public expenditure? Buying of real estate, does some one say? Real estate is largely .buildings--which are business. The moment thero- fore that by taxation you take away business profit, whether you take it by smashing at the business by a capital levy--or even merely by hit. ting at it with an excessive business profits tax or Income tax--you de- stroy much of the possibility of el- ther starting new business or new industry, -or of even maintaining fairly, much less improving, that which exists. All production comes from ecap!- Oapital is savings or business profits invested in something, usual. ly to produce more profit. The car- penter"s hammer is capital. It is an investment o! his savings and it en- ables him to do mors than be could without it. The farmer's plow Is capital. The doctor's medicina chest and the lawyer's library are capital. The use of these things cakes pro. fit, and if there is a surp'us of pro- fit beyond living expenses, it be- comes capital which promotes ad- ditional production. The same principle holds good thruvughout all business, even to the largest indus tries; and the moment there might superficially, would ensure that tha wealthier classes would have to pay Britain's obligations. This was a proposal which appealed to the working classes in the big industrial centres, and the Conservatives and Liberal leaders had not sufficient campaigning time to convince the masses of the futility of their expect. ations that this would be a solution of the difficulty of. paying thelr debts. The proposal was a great vote-catcher, and the result was the sweeping gain made by Labour in the election, It 1s likely, however , that the Labour party has reached the zenith of its power. This, however, will only be found true if the government given by the Conservatives is of such a nature to placate the fears of the working masses. The electors who voted for the Labour candidates are suspicious of the Conservative goverament with its array of peers, and these suspicions will grow une less the government acts in such a way as to give a definite assurance that a real effort is being made to solve the industrial, labour and eco- nomic problems which lie before the nation. Whether or not the Labour supporters will cross the line from radicalism to Bolshevism does mot lie 80 much in the hands of the Lab- our leaders as it does in the hands of the Conservative government, for on their legislation and administra~ tio will depend the fate of the new power in British politics' ------------ A LEVY ON CAPITAL. The Labor party has made uhex- pected gains in the pecent British election. Its strength is now such that it will form an important group in the new parliament. Thoughtful people may well give some attention to at least one plank in its platform, that which declares for a levy on capital. Taking but a superfictil view of this part of their policy, the man in the street may be In- clined to agree/"he may feel that it is only right that from those who have mach, much may be expected, and taken. There were war profit- eers In Canada as well, and the pub- lic would have little sympathy with them if they could be torced to yield up their ill-gotten gains. But can it be done without imperilling the very existence of the nation? In discussingi-this point the Ottawa Journal points out the obvious dang- ers that woyld assured bo Introduced 'nto this vas. compli- cation sny fiscal principle which would destr:y the vitality of the op- eration of capital, that moment would the way be paved for evil consequences in the business aad in- dustrial wcrid far worse than any which are attendant upsn ccaditions prevalent in preseat English- speaking civilization. Russia's plight is in part an illustration. Our Canadian Question And Answer Corner Q.--What is the Quebec Act? A. ~The Quebec Act, passed In 1774, gave to the French Canadians the free exercice of the Roman Cath- olic religion, the enjoyment of their civil rights end the protecton of their owa civil laws and customs. Q--Whaet is the extent of water power development in Canada? A~~Water power developed In Canada represents and investment of $530,000,000, or an annual equival- ent of over 20,000,000 tons of coal. At the present rate of development, by 1940 the investment will have grown to a billion dollars. "MAY QUEEN'S BE KING." After eighteen years of waiting-- Patiently, struggling on-- Fighting--yet, losing--without bating Awalting the victorious dawn. Te- The dawn. of the glorious victory Has come, and I fervently pray That the triumphdnt battle 'gainst Varsity May lead to a greater day. Your tricolors, resplendent can free- ly wave now With the victor"s pride smile down And flutter and dip and bow To honor your well-earned crown. May your aim be "country cham- pions" And' with it all honor bring With glory and praise to the spirit of Queen's BBLE THOUGHT FOR TONY, IN HIM WE LIVE: --That | they should seek the Lord, | For in him we live, and | being. --Acts | | move, and have our 17: 27, 28. BLUNDERS servatjves should take the lead, al- | men and land owners. Now, neitn- | | I : | Why Is This Wrong? mas shopping. 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