THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Deatly and Semi-Weekly by BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING : C€0,, LIMITED ' TELEPHONE Exchange, connect'ng all iriments ear, by mail, cash } year, If not paid year, te United States $ 50 $1.50 0] DWN. REPRESENTATIVES: Mer. 22 St. John #t,, Montreal s Thompson ....100 King St. W. to the Editor are published over the metual mae of the one of the best job in Canadas. ices circulaticn of THE BRITISH + WHIG is authenticated by the "ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations Bpitaph: "Hs had the right-of- y but the other driver was a wo- on" 7 I ---------------- 'The more we know about hus- 8, the less we think of woman's lon. : 3 ---------------------- "No world USE YOUR NEWSPAPER. The British Wiig Is your news- paper; if you want vour newspaper to be a better paper, use it. You business men, the Whig is | your paper; use it by patronizing the advertising columns, lf you have anything to sell, if yourwant to buy anything, if you wan: to. promote your interests or the _ interests of your friends, use the Whig. "There are two essentials necessary for every succesaful newspaper---- news and advertisrag. Without both in reasonable propoctions, no paper can survive. THe desire of tha British Whig is to serve you, to mage your jper a credit to the city and its peopla. Just a little co-operation will be apprec- fated, with the assurance that it will make your paper one of which rou may be justly proud, "GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. The United States Bureau of Lab- or has recently issued some statis- ties as to world prices and conditions which are extremely interesting as showing that these are again geti- ing back no normal. The peak of 09 | wholesale prices in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom oc- curred in May, 1920. The index fig- ures were 247, 263 and 326, respec- tively, France ran highest in April, with 5688. Germany (until the ex- change altered conditions drastical- ly in 1921) reached her peak with 11,709 in March of the same year, as did Japan, with a figure of 322. Sweden never went beyomd 366, in June, 1920. Australia registered 236 in July, and New Zealand 218 in September of the same year--both the highest points reached in whole- sale prices in those countries. The rise and decline in each case showed a similar relationship. Te most re- cent figures are for December, 1922, problem really is set- | jand read: the United States, 156; Canada, 165; The United Kingdom, 166; France, 362; Germany, 147. 300; Italy, 680 Cher '"'peak" was in November, 1920, at 670, though the until it is settled to please the | index showed 664 for April); Japan side. I t------ * Ladies cussed In the middle ages. ® lot of them don't wait for A ---------------------- We g0 to press, no one has Pht up a new asinine stunt to t publicity. Getting Heh is just a matter of ng the Mving problem for it problem. & good rain wiien the team eid bi is true test of courtesy is to be 1S to those who can't make must be confessed, however, , few states are erected to men attend to théir own business. world probably isn't getting + It just seems that way because is less Teveremce for oratory. advertisgnient of something that 1 'make you bedutiful in six -- i As a rule you can' measure a man's to the world by the degres of anxiety concerning the way his is cut. Between dancing to jazz and i automobiles, this genera- many opportunities for . » -------- a-- out all you can say for seme' 18 that they satisty the craving ce caused people to patronize A : i pei ay 3 the Lucy Stone League would ladies keep their maiden names, it teach them to say "No" at time. : EL ----------. ng fast mzy not bting you but it will. bring you the 'will of those who stand behind , "valet" is now pro- | to rhyme with "et," the 183; Sweden, 155; Australia, 161; and New Zealand (for October, 1922), 171. The general movement also shows a tendency for prices to swing back toward their pre-war re- lationship. The United States, Great Britain and her overseas daminions and colonies, and Japan and Sweden are pow proportionately very much as they were in 1913. S------------------------------------ There is one result which, fit is generally conceded, will come from the attacks made upon Premier Drury by Andrew Hicks, member of the legislature for South Huron and former whip of the U. F. O. govern- ment, and that is the end of the pol- itical career of Androw Hicks. No may can adopt the tactics which were used by Hicks and get out of the mat- ter with a whole skin politically. It' must be remembered that he was returned as member for South Hur- on by .the very peovle of whom Premier Drury is the acknowledged and respected leader, and they are not likely to show any appreciation of his treachery and desertion at a (crucial moment. In his own riding, the feeling is very strong in Drury"s favor, Hicks will be lucky if he is successful in obtaining the party nomination as candidate for tha elec- tion. Even if he fs nominated, his actions of the pas: %ree weeks have branded as an unt +Zworthy man, and he has not one chance in a thousand of being elected, There i8 a strong feeling, however, that Hicks was simply firing the am- ing his attacks on Promier Drury. A former Conservative, it fs not {l- logical to believe that he was Inspir ed in some way by Conservative friends who wished to make politi- the government ranks by using some Tmember of the government who was weak enough to be employed as a tool. In Hicks an apt worker was found, for on previous occasions he. has shown himself as a man who | was changeable. Now that the matter has brought about an early election. Hicks has lost the respect even of his erstwhile triends, the Conserva- tives, who are not likely to desire betrayed his leader at a time of need > munition for someone else in mak-|_ eal capital 'and precipitate a crisis in| further dealings with the man who | folt it might be used to discredit thai premier of Ontario. Such methods may be popular with politicians of his type, but they' do not appeal to the people of the province, and An- drew Hicks will find, to his sorrow, that he bas committed political sui- cide. APRIL CUSTOMS AND EXCISE RETURNS The port ot Kingston is reflecting the swing of the pendulum back to business prosperity. During the past year there bas been a favorable trade reaction throughout Canada, and it is gratifying to note that the movement is steadily growing. The report of the customs and ex- cise returns for the month of April just closed shows recsipts totalling $36,703.81. 'For the same ~ month last year the figures were $24,074, 96, so that for this month there is an increase of $12,628.85, or an improvement of fifty per cent. which is exceedingly gratifying to the most optimistic observers of the commer- cial and industrial activities. But while we rejoice to see that we are getting our share as condi- tions improve, it is most reassuring to know that these figures are not Isolated but constitute a fair index to the general trade movement now taking place all over the dominion. The close of the flscal year on Maren 31st showed an increase in customs and excise receipts over the previous year of approximately $5,000,000, while the expenditures provided for by Hon. W. 8S. Fielding, minister of finance, were kept within the esti- mates. When we consider the conditions prevailing at the time the Mackenzie government took office, the financial depression, industrial 'stagnation, famine prices, and the depreciated value of our currency, we reaMze the phenomenal change that has taken place within a period of sixteen months. We have seen a rapid" transformation take place since the inauguration of the Liberal fiscal policy, which promises an era of prosperity surpassing even that of the Laurier administration that was marked by industrial development, trade expansion, the opening up and settlement of the great west where towns grow into cities and the vir- gin prairie was transformed by agricultural development. It was es- sentially a period of construction and great national achievements. To- day after a short térm of office we find the same spirit dominating the leaders of the government who are applying themselves to the problems of the country in a manner that in- spires confidence everywhere. Al. ready the adverse trade balance has been wiped out, and with the bal- amce on the right side the Canadian dollar has returned to its rightful Along Life's Detour BY SAM HILL Nary a One.' I will admit I'd never shed a tear, If they would hang The sugar-profiteer. mds Observations of Oldest Imhabitant. As an oldtimer I'm beginning to wGnder if things are gonna get #0 reversed that a young man 'of the future will refuse to marry a girl if she doesn't give up smoking. The Ananias Club. "No," admitted the medium; "we don't actually raige any spirits, but we do reise & lot of money, and thet of course raises our spirits." Believed in Being Thorough. "Why did you shoot your husband? demanded the Judge sternly. "Well," yor Honor, he was always coming home half shot and I never could stand ft the way he had of do- Ing things by halves," replied the self- made widow. -- Will Get An Error If You Don't. (Jack Warwick in Toledo (Ohlo) Blade) We guess it is almost impossible to train up a child in the way he should go unless you are headed that way yourself.-- Sam Hill, Cincinnati En- quirer. A good gress. oft in the batting. You've got to lead You've Met Her. Because she uses lots O' paint, She thinks she's pretty, bit She ain't ------ Fool Questions. R. M. G. asks: "The Drys dont think it is wrong for them to be drunk with power, do 'they?* Maybe there's a sobering thought in this, (we dom't know. | : Ie Fair Sample. "Pa," sald Clarence, "what is the {rony of fate?" ' "Well, there's the case of old man Fogey, he said he would rather walk than ride in automobjles because they Were so dangerous, and while he was seeking safety by wdlking an auto- mobile knocked him into kingdom come," replied his dad. ----- Stranger Is Right, He may not be crazy, But he's a strange, strange fella; For he says he believes In buying an umbrella. --S8am Hill He may not be crazy, Though strange it does look, But what do you think? He's Returned a borrowed book. ~--Adam Breede, ---- Clean Bill for the Sases. Honey Bee cor. McCreary County Recora. There were several sases tried at the magistrate's court Saturday but none found guilty: -- Merely Hangs a Tale. "He used to dream of painting =a picture that would be hung in the Louvre." ra © "Never realized his dream, sh?" "No, but he had, et picture bung In the rogues' gallery end he himself was hung fn the jail yard." > This Suspense Is Awful. Here all talk of old King Tut is dying out and they forget to tell us whether or mot thy had found a place. The problem presented by the railway systems, when the late gov- ernment went out of office, was vig- orously taken up and has been solv- ed in a business-like manner, and a substantial reduction of the deficit on the consolidated national system evolved by the government during the pasp year has alrpady been made. Measures to promote efficiency and economy have-been inaugurated in all of the administrative depart-. ments and the postal service has been placed on a strickly business basis with a view to reducing its costs and the possible \restoration of cheaper rates to the people. Hon. Charles Murphy is declared to be the best postmaster general Canada ever had. PRESS COMMENT gets a million a which helps consid- the - month month from ofl, erably with the first of letter in his pocket his wife had given him to mail and which he had forgotten, This was an oversight the Joke writers never can forgive. Son mtg BARE KNEES. i It is the burning question of these ccol spring days: Should the chil- dren's knees be exposed, and if so, when? In many cases the said knees take the matter into their own hands. They come peeping through like early crocuses, following some fence- cilmbing escapade. But frequently the exposure is the act of a Spartan Parent, who expects thereby to make his child hardy. Few .would be hardy enough to deny that hardiness can be develop- ed by exposure, it the patignt sur- vives long enough. You recollect the story of the old Indian who used to sit cutelde oa the coldest days in 2 costume even scantier than those you see at the dances. A white man onde inquired of him: "Say, Lo, how do you stand the cold, all bare like that?" "Your face bare," said the Indian, "face not cold?" "No," re- Dlied the white man, "my face is tsed (o the cold." "Good," sald the Indian: "Me all face." ~ Perhaps the current of evolution is carrying us whites also toward this far-off ideal condition of being "all face." We are 22 the gti ee Hi Ee it i 7 Men's Fine . lar $2.00 and $2.50 values for $1.35 tra knickers. SPORT SHIRTS ct -------------------------------- at pang that "We've covered up our: knees." The bare-knee men, nothing daunted, returned to the assault sing- ing some such words as these: "We're not afraid of Soap, So we don't wear breeches: Wo stick to the shorts To save ourselves stitches." some The rest of their war-song has un- fortunately faded into oblivion, Who stated the bare knee fashion, anyway? It has been blamed on the Hi, ders, but modern A . Inijcates that if was in vogue even befors their time. Thé information available seems bo estab- lich the theory that bare knees were first introduced by Adam and Eve. unlucky pair have enough to answer for already. However, it raises the bate knee from a mere fad to a hal- readily grasp the oppo GOLF We hate to admit this, because that J SHIRT SALE Men's Fine Shirts--nice, clean patterns, cut styles, neat some with separate collars. Regular $2.50, $2.75 and $8.00 values for $24.50, $28.50, $32.50, $37.50 The Sport Suit of Norfo because of its briskness and C in any outdoor sport they are ideal with their ease-fitting specialties, en who want comfort, quality and va rtunity these Suits offe snap. GOLF HOSE = BALLS | For Real Service! Sport Suit BIBBY'S (Classified Adagl} Wo hastens to much often remains behind. And who hastens to buy without first ' consulting the A-B-C Classified Ads often comes out behind, Read them' to day! lowed custom, so to speak, whose origin is shrouded 'in the mists of antiquity. ---------------- | That Body - of Bours By James w, Barton; M.D, -- How Much Fat Do You Chrry? We all carry a certain amount of fat. Some carry too much and some hardly enough. It might be an interesting experi- ment to just try and place yourself in' one of the following classes. 1st--Too much fat; not enough muscle. : 2nd--Not enough fat; but good strong muscle, ' 3rd--Good muscle; not enough fat. " ; 4th--Not enough fat; and not enough muscle. Perhaps you are in a fifth class. Just enough fat and just enough mugcle----Just right. v | those who do not mean to keep them. (Copyright, 1933, by Basi] L. Smith) NOTICE Phone 22 Kingston Laundry Now situated in their new premises 812 BARRIE STREET "Best of Service Always" our motto. 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