EYE EXuuae TO-DAY DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS The Daily British Whi ALLEN TO-DAY DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS YEAR 90; No. 228, THE CANADIAN NATIONAL . RAILWAY WILL ASSIST In Moving Westen Gran By Cutting Rates to Lowest Possible Point. Statement of Sir Heory Thornton--Number of American Vessels to Engage in Wheat Transport Next Month. Toronto, Sept. 29.--"We are on the job and prepared to go the lim- J in assisting the moving of the * western grain crop. We will cut our rates to the bone, so far as con- sistent with good business, but it must be remembered that we are not philanthropists." Such is the terse summary of the attitude of the Canadian National Railways towards the situation which has arisen out of the refusal of American ship owners to come un- der the Canadian tariff filing regu- lations, as explained last evening by Bir Henry Thornton. Following the deadlock which resulted at the com- pletion o fthe conference between the American shippers and represen- tatives of the grain commission yes- terday, Leslle = Boyd, . representing the commission, conferred with Sir Henry Thornton, with the resun that the C.N.R, chief has given as- surance that the National Railways will co-operate in evdry way to en- sure the: eastward movement of the crop, the marketing of which spells prosperity for Canada. "We are fully alive to the situa- tion," declared Sir Henry, "and are prepared. to do everything in our power. Of course, we cannot be ex- pected to transport the grain at a loss, but we are willing to cut our rates to the lowest possible point in order to assist the marketing of the western wheat.' While the official announcement of the result of the recent conference with the American ship owners is that nothing was accomplished which would relieve the present deadlock, Mr. Boyd Is of a decidedly more op- timistic opinion. It is understood that already sev- eral American ship owning firms have given assurance that they would be prepared to handle Canadian wheat, with the result that over 27,- 000,000 bushels will move eastward in American bottoms before the close of navigation. Between twenty- five and thirty such American vessels will be ready to engage in wheat transportation during the month of October, according to an authorita- tive opinion expressed yesterday. Some American Ships Loading. Fort William, Sept. 29. No grain, excepting wheat, went down the lakes today, there being nine ships cleared with 1,453,000 bushels of wheat. Two of these, the E. J. Barling and 8S. B. Way, are United States ships. Ten vessels are ro- ported as being under the elevator spouts today, of which no fewer than six are United Stytes ships. 10 GET THE EMPIRE OU TOF THE LEAGUE Should Be Aim of Oanada's Mission, Says the London : Morning Post. London, Sept, 29.-- "Canada's mis- sion should be to get the British Empire out of the League of Na- tions and into a world assoclation of sounder type," says the Morning Poit in commenting on the Imper- dal conference, The Post notes with surprise that the Dominions seem particularly fond of the Lewg- "ue, and says Canada's case is espec- jally remarkable since her natural instinct is to avoid the vortex of European militarism, as Sir Wilfrid Laurier used to call it. The Post thinks that Canada does not, at pre- pent, see where she is, "At pre- went her instinctive aloofness fis mainly expressed in a tendency to resist any better organization of the Imperial conference and particularly to shelve defence questions. She _ @oes not yet see that a consolidatéq * British Empire is the only hope for & future world league whatever. Can- ada likes to think of herself a Haison astion between' Britain and Amer- dca. But Maison is an active fune- tion. The Canadian mission should be to get the. British Empire out of the League of Nations and into a world association of sounder type such as Uncle Sam would like to found, if only Re could see what form it ought to take. In a larger association the British Empire would be a single unit that would be en- Urely agreeable to Uncle Sam, who insisted that the Canadian plenipot- stiary signed for the Empire, and ot for Canada only, the: halibut Ssheries treaty and all along has bjected to the illogical principle of eparate Dominion membership in the League or.Nailons, Uncle Sam, indeed, may plausibly claimgto have saved the Britannic Commonweaith from itself. As one unit in a new association the British Empire would be an example to multiple monarchy and the United States afl exampls of federal union. Europe would be welcomed as soon as she had got a permanent conference of ambassa- dors or any other means of peaking with a single voice; likewise South America and China and Japan." NEW LEGISLATION INTRODUCED -- Three Measures Come Into Force on Oct. 1st. Ottawa, Sept. 29.--Monday is the date chosen by the Dominion govern- ment to bring into force three pieces of legislation which closely affect the business world, one of them par- ticularly touching frequently the average citizen. The three laws re- ferred tg are amendments made last session to the bank act, revision of the bankruptcy act and the with- drawal of the privilege of using postage stamps for the payment of most of taxes under the war revenue act. RUMOR IS DENIED. -------- O.T.A, Will Stay as 'If Is, Declares 5 Toronto, Sept. 29%-- Interviewed upon an Ottawa rumor that the On- tario government intends to amend the O.T.A. without a'popular vote, for the purpose of introducing a system of government control, Pre- mier Ferguson said, "The act will stay as it is until we believe there is sufficient sentiment to warrant the holding of another referendum. At that time there will be a refer- endum. It is a matter of psychol- ogy." ---- Live stock saves 'the during lean years in west. Asquith warns Liberals aims of protectionists. situation against wn rnb SHALLOW MEN'S hearts Are like SHOWCASES: In them you will find - MANY WOMEN, "Most of them YOUNG, | ALL of them beautiful, But. NONE of them-- WISE, These men collect hearts A. other men Collect: objets d'art, But their chief pleasure Is in ACQUIRING them, Not in POSSESSING-- And they soon TIRE. And the lovely lady who Believed hersel? "his ONLY love" And entered his heart As into a SANCTUARY, Finds it more like a MORGUE, Where many others before her Have DIED of neglect. He does not DETER her, For his eyes are upon A NEW conquest. When ONE man makes A woman suffer, ALL other men--PAY, Sep Ma, Pee rnd, te KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1923 LAST EDITION. [PUP FROM GEORGIA FOR THE WHITE HOUSE Terrier Will Seek to Gain the President's Favor Over Airedale. Washington, Sept. 29. -- Laddle Fuck, an Airedale pup from Atlanta, Ga., arrived at the White House yes- terday. to strive with Peter Pan, a wire haired fox terrier, from Bos- ton, for the fame and favor that once belonged to Laddie Boy. The Airedale was presented to President Ccoliqge by Captain M. C. Buckley, on behalf of Miss Mary Calhoun, of Atlanta, a' grandniece of John C. Calhoun His claim he will have a slight edge on Peter Pan because he is reputed. to be a first cousin of the renowned Laddie Boy, but the friends of the Boston pup point out that he has been on the ground for more than a week and thereby has an advantage at the start that will be difficult for the other dog to overcome. OUR POPULATION NOW. 9,146,457 Canada Should Have Ten Million People in the Year 1925. Ottawa, Sept. 29. -- Canada's population at the end of June this year was 9,146,457, as com- pared with 8,966,834 at the same time in 1922, or an in- crease of 179,623. The rate of increase remains almost con- stant, as the increase last year over the previous year was 178,- 351, and the increase in June, 1921, the decennial census year, was 156,905 over that of 1920. At the present rate of growth, the population of the dominion in 1925 will be far past the ten million mark and in 1930 will be near twelve million EXCITING MAN-HUNT, Ottawa Police Capture Escaped Prisoner Who Swam Canal. Ottawa; Sept. 29.---One of the most| excitin x mamhunts that the Ottawa police have ever taken part in ended yesterday afternoon, when, after fifteen minutes' chase, Frank Melville, claiming to come from Vancouver, who was arrested for housebreaking at noon, and escaped from custody by jumping out of a window on the third floor of the po- Hce station, was captured by Inspeec- tor Emile Jollet, After making the jump, Melville swam the canal and was only corner- ed after a bitter fight with officers who cornered him in a Wilbred street house. MAY LOSE HER SIGHT. A Gun Was Fired and Burns and Bruises Followed, Chatham, Sept. 29.--Leona Sals- bury, aged eight, is in hospital and may lose the sight of one eye as the result of being shot at by playmate, Helen Jaspar, daughter of a Bel- gian farmer near here. According to the story told the police, the Jas- par girl got the gun and fired when the other child would not stop play- Ing with Jaspar's dog. Fortunately it was a blank cartridge and the wounds are mostly burns. To Be Held on Monday at Residence of the British Premier. London, Sept. 29.--The inaugural meeting of the Imperidl. Conference of Premiers will be held at ' eleven o'clock Monday morning at No. 10 Downing street, the London resi- dence of the British premier. The conference will meet again on Wed- neésday and Friday, by which time it is expected that Premier 8 M. Bruce, of Australia, will have ar- rived. ; : The Imperial Economic Confer- ence will meet in the British Cabinet offices on Tuesddy and Thursday of next week, when the will be elviefly concerned STOLEN CAR sponsors | ported he came across two men in field off the Bloor street highway petween Weston and the Humber #iver counting considerable money. Spm VOTES TAKEN ARE NOT BINDING me Say Union Vot- Escaped Commit Drove h ing Will Have to Be Into Granite Club Yard. | Done Again. Toronto, Sept. 29.--Null and void {and of no binding effect whatever {are any votes which individual Pres- [byterian churches may have taken =o Hamilton Report Says the! Bandits May Have Camp- ed Near There. joe on the issue of whether they Toronto, Sept. 29.--The stolen| | eater or stay out of the United | Church of Canada. Overland car used by four bandits] who robbed the Bank of Nova Scotia This was the announcement made at 'the Presbyterian section of the branch on Thursday afternoon was] found last night in the yard of the! joint committee on church union yesterday. It was pointed out that Granite Club. The car had been| driven into the yard early yester- the bill to be submitted to parHa- day morning and left there standing | ment calls for each congregation to {vote within six months of the passing unnoticed. Last night an investiga- | tion was made and papers of the! | of the act. Therefore any votes tak- {en previously have no binding ef- Bank of Nova Scotia were found in it. There is no other trace of the | fect, and if any congregation wishes | to stay out of the union it must take bandits, who are thought to be the INVADE RAILWAY SHOPS men who escaped from Portsmouth | | another vote after union is lezalized. Vevitentiary 196, Weeks wo. [Trying to Smoke Out the | Pests With Sulphur Cones. IS LOCATE A Hamilton Clue. Hamilton ,Sept. 29.--A possible] clue to the movements of the des-| peradoes who on Thursday robbed| St, Thomas, Sept. 29.--The Can- the Bank of Nova Scotia branch in 8dlan National and Wabash railway. Toronto, has been supplied to tha shops; in this city, have been invad- police by a west end resident. He!®d by millions and millions of fleas, reported that three men spent two &nd :o serious has become the mi days and nights camped in a lonely)uation that an appeal for assistance bush near Paradise road, at the ex-; was sent to Health Inspector W. J. treme limits of Hamilton. At first Shaw today. he thought they were duck hunters, Employees in the shops are work- as they had a supply of guns. Early ing. under difficulty on account of in the week a car drove up, with a {the pests and several of them have fourth mam, who took the others' haq to quit on account of the stings away. Subsequent investigations by; received. A foreman reported the the police revealed that the camp invasion to the health inspector and had been deserted. (displayed his arms literally covered with red welts made by the Inseets. In. consequence of the health in- Saw Men Counting Money. | spector's visit the men hope to be Te Js .°% toon rid of the unwelcome visitors. be was in Thursday's raid, he was| 3808s have been organized and are the leader hy vamlung the counter Smoking: out the fleas with sulphur i and ta SoRes, aug Balding ue | hor ne man Ring Every crack and crevice in = the bujiding is full of the energetic in- Et Bors os aaa sects, while the men's bodies also Ryan. are covered. The first clué as to the possible whereabouts of the bandits was' re- ceived by the police yesterday after- | inark see Hon. John 8. Martin re- noon when Edward Hanley, Agnes: |garding employment of Danish far- street, Weston, real estate agent, re- mers in Ontaric. Mission from government of Den- | NORTH AMERICANISK. J WRITTEN FOR THE WHIG BY ARTHUR HUNT CHUTE. Of all the speakers that crossed the line from Canada to the United States, probably the most effective was J. A. MacDonald, of the Toronto Globe. I went to hear Byran one night in Carnegie Hall, bu: to my surprise, when the meeting ended, the ovation wax not for Byran, but for my fel- low-countryman MacDonald. On a subsequent occasion I had the honor of succeeding MacDonald on a certain American Lecture Course. Naturally I went with trepidation. Following in his footsteps, I- was especially impressed by the effect which he had left. His appeal was universal. The secret of his success was expressed in Hamilton's phrase, "think- ing continentally." MacDonald was a typical Highlander, with the broad outlook of his race, hence the breadth of his appeal. It is a pleasing picture presented by the two Highlanders, one a Pres- byterian, and the other a Catholic, dwelling side by side in perfect amica- bility. 'Some one remonstrated with the son of the Kirk, for not raising a little Hell on the side, "Don't you know that yolr neighbor is a Bap- f ust 2" '1 dinna ken what he is on the Sabbath," was the reply. "But I ken he's a grand neighbor on every other day of the week." Because J. A. MacDonald was filled with Ms broad tolerance of his race, he was ome of the prophets of North Americanism, indeed In many of his later speeches, North Americanism was the word most frequently upon his lips. _ OUR COMMON DISTINCTIONS We have had plenty of discussion on our distinctions as Avicticans and Canadians. But we have had little thought on the common distine- tions of this New World, as apart from the Old World. Such distinctions were brought out clearly by our New Old World armies Overseas. The Continental Drill Sergeant had a hard time with the Canucks, and later, he had an equally hard time with the Yanks: For instguce, saluting did not come easy to our lads from overseas. At first this caused a scandal, but before the war ended the truth was learned again, tha: . wine into 'old bottles, that you cannot make New Mord soldiers. the fact that thers are distinctions be- Old, something that marked us off, that s away. e thelr stamp far more indelibly on 'But the Amarican who thinks. because Sty trey. tassios shire of the United PROSPECTS OF ditions Made By the There is a growing among business men In Kingston over business conditions, based upon a gradual improvement during the past six or eight nionths. This is barne out by the transportation eom- iranies who report that the volums of freight both to and from the city has shown substantial increases over the | corresponding months last year. | There has been an improvement gen- erally all along the line, and while there is nothing in the nature of a boom, the improvement noted is a! cause for much satisfaction. The abundant harvests, which con- stitute the basis of our prosperity, | exceed those of almost any previous | year, and business men feel confident that next year will see a vast im- provement in all lines of business as 4 result, Manufacturers, and whole- salers express their satisfaction over the change, and while none of them | feel that they have any cause for undue jubilation, they are eminently rleased with the immediate pros- | pects. In the retail business the year opened very quiet, but there has been a gradual improvement. There is still more or less trouble experi-| enced with colleétions, and the ut-| most care must be exercised in the matter of credits. Money has not been coming in as fast as might be | desired, but buying has improved and if thereris no particular disturb; ance In price levels merchants look for, normal busine$s under stabiliz- ell conditions. When the people an-| ticipate changes they naturally with- hold their purchases. Prices have been pretty: well stabilized, with a tendency to firmness, und under such conditions business invariably im- proves. Manufacturing Plants. A representative of the British Whig made a survey of commercial | aud industrial conditions in the city | this week, and he found a situation at the various manufacturing plants that might he regarded as most satis- factory, considering the conditions | prevailing during the past two years. | Not only is production being main- tained, but prospects are regarded as good during the coming winter. In the textile business there is a strong demand for goods. Collies Limited, manufacturers of woolien overcoating, and men's and women's sultings, are rushed with orders, and are installing six more looms. This is essentially a winter business, as the goods are required for the win ter trade. The factory was estab- lished within' the past ten months, | but. now employs sixty hands. Only | high grade cloth is produced and the management is optimistic regarding the immediate future. The Domin- ion Textile Company, manufacturers ef cotton, working at full capacity with orders far ahead of production. The Collingwood Shipbuilding Company reports a busy season with socd pfospects for the coming win-! ter. This plant has filled a. great! need in lake navigaticn since. its establishment here, being the onmly shipbuilding and repair plant situat- ed between Montreal and Toronto. The splendid drydock provides az- commodation for large vessels, grain end coal carriers, and the excellen® cguipment enables the management to execute orders with the utmost ¢ficiency and despatch. The Davis dry dock is a smaller plant than the ahove named, bu' there have been employed there from twenty-five to forty men. The past season has, generally speaking, been fair and John Davis, the manager, says that business prospects =re The Canadlan Locomotive Com- "graphs as in pianos. | tivity in business. pany resumed production during the year, after pearly two years of in- activity, and ai the recent meeting of the directors Aemflius Jarvis, the new president, reported unfilled or- ders at that time approximating $2.- 200,000, Tile and Pianos. The Frontepac Floor and Wall Tile Company bas had a busy year and in a me. company manufactures ornamental tile, using a large qanniiey of feldspar mined PROSPERITY IN KINGSTON ARE BRIGHT There Is a Growing Optimism Among' the City's Business Men. Survey of the Commercial And Industrial Con- Whig~-Manofactur- ing Prospects Good. optimism | ment of this company is corroborat- ed by the dealers in pianos. There is not 2s much activity in phono The improve ment from the manufacturers' point of view, is attributed to the great , Wheat harvest in the west, and the general condition of farming pros. perity in eastern Canada. S. Anglin and Company, manufac turers of lumber and building ma« terials, report that the season was {very fair fa their line of husiness, . | considering géneral conditions. By | reaching out In some other lines the turnover was improved to some ex- tent. The forecast is regarded as bright. Babson's report for the province of Ontario gives an tm» provement of five per cent. in Noveu- ber. Wholesale Trade. Maenee and Minnes, wholesals dealers in drygoods, report a fairly {good business during the past seas son and predict improvement. The prices of cotton goods remain firm hat there is a good trade. This is the largest firm of its kind outside of Toronto and Ottawa, and its busi ness reflects the general situation in an unmistakahle manner. Dalton and Sons, wholesale deals ers in hardware, report business faly with an improvement over the pre fous year. Prices remain firm, hows A. F. Chown and Company, and Fi, Chown and Son, wholesale dealers in hardware, corroborate Daiton apd Sons regarding the acs In the hardware trade there has been a growing de- mand for supplies but the business hac experienced tight money and col lections consequently slow. ; Constraction Work. The firm of McKelvey and Birch, report a good year in construction with business fair in the hardwars lives. This firm in addition to deal ing in Lardware, c:'oves, plumbing end fixtures, are constructing engin- cers and builders in a large way. The past season has been good in the building line in Kingston although prices are still firar-in such lines as steam, hot water boilers and fittings, bath room fixtures, cte. Other firms in the building trades have had a share in the activity of the season. 8 There has been a shortage of skill- ed/ labor, stone masons, particularly, being scarce. There was plenty of unskilled labor, and this was pretty well absorbed in one form of con~ | struction or another, a condition of improvement inexperienced in the past two years. Thomas G. Bishop, machinist, re- 4 {ports the best year in his business. In addition to machine repuir work he operates a moulding shop and does a large marine business. Retail Trade. Steacy's Limited, dealers in dry goods, household and fancy goods, reports an improvement in the res tail trade in these lines. "There has been a noticeable turn for the better within the past year which is a cause for renewed confidence," sald Mr. Steacy. "All retail me i have experienced depression bat the. trend is in the right direction now." Steacy's Limited are strom advertisers and changing cond are quickly reflected in their I business. The retail grocery stores their credit diMiculties as well (Continued on page 7.) U.8. Governors' Conference On Dry Law Is ---- Washington, Sept. 28. dent Coolidge is expected to unounce tomorrow the date of conférence here of state gov i 'en enforcement of prohibition ' other laws. Invitations will be within a few days for the m which will closely follow the nors' annual conference to he at West Baden, Indiana, Oct. 1m 15tK and 19th. The governors probably will here one day. Thei- "dels