£8 TE tay tots iit esti ube me ALLA tr SrA SNe we 5 AAR RB RA dsr -- Listen, World! & You have done--something. It is pomething which would be a blot on the most savage tribe in darkest Af- fica and which, performed here in the freest, most enlightened country on . the globe, is a stench unto high Hea- ven. And YOU---YOU and i--have done this thing. As soon as you read this article 're going to dispute that statement: You're going fo say that you didn't this. "Why should T be blamed?" you'll ery. "The Supreme Court did it, not I Personally I think it's detestable." Nevertheless, my friend, YOU did §&. And I did it. You and I are res- ponsible. For in the final analysis we are the Supreme Court. . The government of the United Sta- fe isn't a mushroom growth, spring- ing from some mysterious origin, It's OU and I. If that government is rious, YOU and I have made it so. d if it does aught that is shameful, "YOU and I are, responsible for that shame. And so when today we discuss the Supreme Court's recent decision that the laws against child labor are uncon- stitutional, it is vain for you and I to wl under the bed to escape notice. e can't escape it. If Little Children are working today anywhere in the United States, You and I are to blame. It's a sweet thing to be blamed for, isn't it? Little children are working today. © They are not doing those normal small i chores which hurt no child. They are " working as men and women work. Lit- tle tads, just like your Jimmy and ¢ Rose--small 'sprats with their hands still soft, and their noses still"in a baby pug, and their front teeth still missing--working on eight-hour day shifts! Limping home to cry at night because they have "growing pains" in their poor little legs--crawling out of Ded at six in the morning, heavy eyed, stupid, How do YOU feel about it? I ~ feel like a dog. © "Just exactly what is: We have in this country a thing called States' Rights. It is a good thing. It is the principle upon which "our democracy is founded. This prin- giple maintains that each state must late for itself in matters which are its own particular concern, and 'that the Federal Government cannot dictate in such matters, The law forbidding child labor was Federal law. Men and women had worked for 20 years to pass that law. it in certain sections it was strongly D because in such sections there 'was available much cheap child labor. This disagreement at last forced the ue into the United States Supreme ourt, in the effort to test its constitu tionality. And the Supreme Court has 'declared that the law is *unconstitu- 0 It says that the United States happened?" WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY ELSIE ROBINSON - Ro THIS TALK IS ABOUT LITTLE JIM'S JOB Government, as a Government, cannot protect the children. That matter must be left to the States to decide. So the States have decided--by do- ing exactly nothing. Despite the fran- tic struggles of women voters and women's clubs, practically all restric- tions against child labor have been wiped away, As a consequence, child- ren are being worked in wholesale lot throughout thi¥ supposedly civilized, Christian country today. The Children's Bureau of the De- partment of Labor has recently made a survey of the condition in the indus- tries of the eastern states. This is a coldly impersonal survey. It is not conducted by sentimentalists or in- spired by sob sisters. Here is what it found "A survey of conditions in 30 cities scattered all over the country shows an increase of 36.8 per cent, in the number of children working during the first six months of 1923 as com- pared with the record for the last six months of 1922. "Of the 30 cities surveyed, all ex- cept Washington and Minneapolis re- ported increases in the number -of 14 and 15 year old children taking out per mits to go to work. "The largest increase was in Water- bury, Conn., almost 800 per cent. "Other Connecticut cities reported increases of from 98 to 178 per cent. Other s¢ities reporting strikingly large increases are Springfield, Mass, 215 percent. ; Pittsburgh, 127 percent.; San Francisco, 85 percent.; Indianapolis, 75 percent.; Birmingham, 63 percent.; Baltimore, 56 percent.; Philadelphia, 51 percent, In Manchester, N. H, Milwaukee and Louisville, from four to five times as many certificates were issued to children as formerly." That is what happened when the Su- preme Court of the United States de- clared that the laws regulating child labor are not the concern of Washing- | ton, D.C. Now get these facts straight in your head. This does not imply that the - HL COMMON CURS ARE SAVED. FROM TORTURE ~ MAY - A House With An Exceptional Plan LJ. ILLITE TTETITIT ON Zl Ly Supreme Court approves-of Child la- bor, nor that Washington D.C. doesn't want it stopped. This decision simply states that at present we--YOU and I --have given Washington, D.C, no right to indicate to use in this matter, and that if the Federal government does attempt to dictate, it oversteps its authority. Which, I suppose, is really all the Supreme Court could say under the circumstances, and in no way reflects discreditably upon that body. But it does reflect most discreditab- ly upon YOU and ME, For, mark this--When YOU and I are sufficient- ly.concerned with any great issue to desire its perfect enforcement, we very speedily put it under the protection of the United States Government. We're not satisfied to make it merely a State affair. We nail it right to the national masthead. As an example, witness the Vol- stead Act of which you may have heard some faint rumors, particularly ---- Jo. a houpe that provides the maximum of room for the minimum of miomey, consistent, of courwe, even a "box" could not be built for much less and at the same time give the required room. rooms and three baths, with generous halls and closet space, all within a rectangular ares 2 bas anything been cramped to get this number of rooms, in fact, all of the if the blue blood of barkeeps bubbles N AT LAST Wo oBD's € AND WE FACE JODG- MENT DAY. SIDE BY SIDE WiTH OTHER NATIONS, WHAT, OH ROTHERS, Ie SAY? ir WHAT Wit ALL OUR WEALTH AVAIL US IF WE FACE GODS AWFOL WRATH WITH THE Quooo OF LU ChRIL N STAINING OUR TRIGMPHAC TH Be RODINGSOM. i TEN INCHES OF SNOW AT WHITE RIVER, ONT. Cold at Sudbury--Much Rain Has Fallen At The Soo. Sudbury, Oct. 20.--Ten inches of enow are reported this morning at eight o'clock at White River, Oat., The "beautiful" was still falling bountifully at that hour. The wea- ther in Sudbury is clear, but the winds are cold this morning. Des- patches from the Canadian Soo last night said that rain had been falling there' Wednesday, with 'considerable dam- age to bridges and roads by floods. POTATO CROP. They are Growing Some Big Ones in That District. Yarker, Oct. 20.--The potato crop is harvesting out far better than ex- pected and some potatoes are far too large, running from 1 3-4 pounds to over 2 pounds in weight. The farmers state the land is too dry to plough, and the work is being delayed. The hunters who make their annual trip to the north coun- try are getting things in readiness for their hunt. Fresh eggs are hard to obtain at present. Mrs. Hartman has moved from Verona to Cole- brook and will operate the hotel in Colebrook. He will run his stage route from Colebrook to Kingston, three days, by way of Yarker, and three days by way of Harrows » thus giving a good 3 Hao Rev. Mr. Truscut will preach here Sunday, taking over Rev. Mr. Dower's work. Vernon Cord has re- turned home. from Newburgh. Morris Wallace is home. He states that Th the north country where he was lo- cated it rained véry nearly every day for forty days. Mrs. Card, of Watertown, N.Y., is here for a few days' visit. William Storms is home from Rochester, N.Y. He states all who went from this section have obtained steady work. The kitchen bas complete equipment and good on the second floor. The large bedroom is served by a private 0 Al of the bedrooms have closets and a Mnen Dutch Colonial style. The wells are finished Blinds and sbutters are painted a deep _ TR may "= qbteinad for a nominal sum from the The 01d Fellows held a social "At Home," Thursday night. Charles Amey has received the appointment of fishery overseer, taking the place of Henry Purcell, who received this appointment from the Sir John Maec- | donata government. Camden town- ship taxes are lower this year. C. | Richardson goes to Tamworth and 'will take over the business of L. Way. V « I ---- Personals. Murphy, Toronto, fis visiting her brother, Michael Celia Kennedy, Flint, Michigan, is Spending a month's vacation at her | ville, were destroyed by fire a few almost continuously since Rights ago. in your veins. The Volstead Act is concerned with an article of diet which the majority of our citizens believe to be injurious to individual health and public welfare. Now I am not about to discuss the rights or wrongs of that Act, but I am merely going to point out its legal significance.. If there is anything on earth that would seem to be a matter for individual or state regulation, it is an article of diet. And yet the citizens of America consider this question to be of sufficient importance to tall for Federal legislation, backed by state ra- tification. We use the supreme power within our command to regulate the alcoholic content of our beverages, but we re- fuse to give even State protection to that most precious possession -- Qur Children! That statement is not overdrawn. It is the literal truth. We have failed to put this issue under the jurisdiction of Washington, D.C, but that failure must have been of small importance if we had attended to the matter in our own State legislatures. 'But we haven't. Save for a few school laws, which are sily evaded and, for lack of funds, poorly enforced, our Chil- dren today have hardly more protec- tion against human avarice and cruel. ty than our dogs! And the various women's clubs who are taking up cud- gels in their defence and demanding decent legislation, are branded as "sentimentalists" and "cranks." "Yes, you sigh, "of course it's all very terrible. Politics is such a dread- ful thing. But, after all, it doesn't hurt the real American children. It's mostly Jap and Negro and Italian children who work and they're used to it and don't mind." I could write about ten volumes on the sort of Christianity and humanity and common decency that is embodi- ed in that reply. But I'll pass it over, leaving such matters to your consc- ience, Since nothing but personal gain reaches you, let me point out this little fact. Yes, the children worked are mostly of Jap and Negro and Italian origin. And they are worked because their parents are too poor to keep them idle, too ignorant to protect them. But suppose that erty stricken--or suppose you died and left Little Jimmy and Rose to face the world without a penny? Don't you see that the country which fails to protect Little Japs and Negroes, is also going to fail to pro- tect your dearly loved Little Ameri- cans? There--bang! I've dragged this beastly thing out of its obscurity and left it where it belongs--right on your doorstep. What are you going td do about it? INEWS FROM THE DISTRICT 'Culled From the Whig's Many Bright Exchanges--Brief Items Full of Interest. -- John J. B. Flint, Belleville, is leav- ing again for southern climes for the winter. Timber wolves have been seen in the vicinity of Ormsby on the way from Maynooth. The garage, stable and summer kitchen of R. H. Hogaboom, nemps- Ernest Johnston, of the 7th eon- cession of Rawdon, horribly burnmea on Monday morning when starting the fire with coal oll, is dead. Margaret McCready, wife of Thomas J. McCready, Belleville, died on Friday. She was a daugh- ter of the late Hugh Keyes, and was born in Tyeninaga, eighty years ago. Fire, supposedly from a coal oil heater, left burning in the owner's absense, on Wednesday, destroyed the house of Herbert Langstan, Ox- ford township, together with its con- tents. A quiet wedding took place Oct. 19th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Coulter, Thurlow township, when their only daughter, Olive An- na, was united in matrimony to | Russell Alexander, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Christie, Sydney town- The returns of the ass for 1923 for Pembroke sh crease in population at the a 'ittle over four per cent, population, 8,642, an increase of 322. In valuat on there is am in- crease of $237,767.00; total assess- ment, $5,711,250, A crane operator was roasted to death in his steel cage and four other men were so badly burned that they died in a hospital when a cable fit i tomorrow you | were reduced to the ranks of the pov-| 3 POV! to the portion of cost borne hy pub- 6d he had been drinking lemon ex- The death occurred on Saturday of Mrs. Adelia N. Leslie at her late residence, 76 Lower Bagot street. The deceased was born on Wolfe Island in 1858, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bullis, and had been a life-long resi- dent of Wolfe Island and Kingston. Besides her husband, William Les- lie, she is survived by one son, H. Leslie, Rochester, N.Y. Late Mrs. Bertram Stirling, Word was received in the city on Friday night of the death in Mont- real of Mrs. Bertram Stirling, daugh- ter of Dr. W. L. Goodwin. She had been in her usual state of good health and news of her sudden death came as a shock to her Kingston friends. Her parents and sisters, Mrs. Sweezy and Mrs. Cadenhead, went to Montreal Saturday after- noon, TWELVE-YEAR-OLD LAD HAD "SLEEPING SICKNESS" In Juvenile Court On A Charge of Assauiting Play- mates. In the juvenile court on Saturday morning a twelve-year-old lad was before Magistrate Farrell on a charge of assaulting some other boys with whom he has been playing. It is alleged that the accused has been attacking soveral lads and that in some cases he has choked them and it was feared that serious harm might come to some of the boys if the lad is not taken in charge. An endeavor will be made to have the boy placed in some institution where he will receive proper treatment. It is stated that the lad suffered from "sleeping sickness' some time ago, and that since this illness he has had a mania for attacking boys. The Correct Appointment. Hon. G. 8. Henry, minister of pub- lic highways, who spoke before the Canadian Club on Thursday even- ing, was evidently misinformed as {ic bodies in connection with the construction of the Collin's Bay di- version, which opened on Thursday afternoon. The following is the correct proportion - made Canadian National Raflway, 10 per cent.; Dominion Railway Grade Crossing Fund, 25 per cent.; Ont- ario Highway Commission, 36 per cent. and the Kingston Suburban Area Commission, 24 per cent. The City of Kingston pays half of the amount born by the Suburban Area Commission, which amounted to $8,000. Burial of Robert Southwick. The funeral of the late Robert Southwick, who passed away on Thursday at the age of seventy years, was held on Friday afternoon from John Cornelius' undertaking parlors to Cataraqul cemetery. Rev. A. I, Burgess conducted the service. The deceased was a well-known employee of the Grimason Hotel and the Whit- ney House. He was a Presbyterian in religion. One sister resides in England. Late John Quigley. The funeral of the late John Quigley was held on Friday morning at 9 o'clock from his late residence, Wolfe Island, to the Church of the Sacred Heart, under the direction of the James Reid firm. The pall- bearers were Thomas Hogan, James T. MacDonald, Joseph MacDonald, James Murphy, Thomas Casey and J. Murphy. Mass for Late Mrs. Branigan. A solemn requiem mass was sung at St. Mary's cathedral Saturday morning, by Rev. Father A. J. Han- ley, for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs. D. P. Branigan, who died in this city five years ago today. The Bishop of Keewatin, whose diocese extends from Lake Superior to the North Pole, will be the spec- fal preacher in St. George's Cathe- dral on Sunday morning, when the harvest thanksgiving will be observ- ed, All interested in Northern Can- ada should hear him. A drunk was the only offender in the police court on Saturday and tie was fined $10 and costs. He stat- tract. Miss Madeline Greenwood, Wolfe Island, has returned home after spending the last three weeks in Clayton, N.Y. General Smuts: "Use the m ! Ce ; Smuts To Be Lald on Nov. 10th--Dn, ""Angrove New University Medical Officer The Board of Trustees of Queen's University met on Friday. Eighteen members were present, of whom the following were from out of the city: Hon. Justice Logie, Toronto; A. J. Meiklejohn, Mont- real; H. A. Calvin, Toronto; Dr. T. H. Farrell, Utica, N.Y.; J. M. Mac- donnell, Montreal; D, M. Mcintyre, Toronto; Very Rev. Dr. W. T. Her- ridge, Ottawa; Hon. W. F. Nickle, Toronto. Reports were received from the principal, the finance and estates committee, and the treasurer. The trustees considered the pos- sibility of an extended summer ses- sion and agreed to accept the decl- sion of the staff in this matter. The following new appointinents were made: Dr. Frederick Etherington, asso ciate professor in surgery. Dr. H."S. Angrove, university me- dical officer. The folowing appointments pre- viously made by the finance and estates committee were confirmed: Dr. Barle Whyte, lecturer in chem- istry, to succeed the late professor Waddell. Nathan. Van Patten, Ibrarian, to succeed Miss Lois Saunders. Miss Catharine Tracey, head cata- loguer, to succeed Miss Subers. The plans for the Women's Resi- dence at the corner of University avenue and Alice street were exam- ined and approved. It was agreed that the corner stone should be laid on November 10th and should bear the following Inscription: "Erected through the efforts of the Alumnae Association for the Women Students of Queen's Uni- versity, November 10th, 1923." & CAPACITY HOUSE AT GRAND, The Hastings Company Is Prawing Large Crowds. There was a capacity house at the Grand Opera House on Friday even- ing when Miss Jane Hastings and her players presented that delight- ful play entitled "Tess of thé Storm Country." Since coming to Kingston this company has become very pop- ular with Kingston audiences who hope that it will remain in King- ston for a long period. This play will be presented at the Grand Opera House, Saturday mat- inee and night. On Monday evening the company will present "East is West." This play has been running in New York for over two years. A Perth Man Honored. Gordon A. Scott, Perth, gradu- ated with distinction last spring af- ter a full course taken at tue agri- cultural college, Guelph. For a time he served with the Ontario Co- vernment in connection with the good roads system. More receixly he has been associated with the Lan- ark district representative 'at the series of school fairs in the Ottawa Valley. Last week he was offered, through the governors of the On- taro Agricultural college, the hon- ors of a post-graduate course and the use of a $500 scholarship lead- ing up to the degree of master In scientific agriculture. This honor is offered to but one man in each province in the dominion. Mr: Scott has left for the MacDonald College, St. Anne de Bellevue, Que. to take the course that associates him with the provincial and collegiate distinc- tion. He is a son of Dr. A. H. and Mrs. Scott, St. Andrew's church, Perth, and a graduate of the Perth Public school and Collegiate Insti- tute. : Old Mines Pumped Up. Two old mines in Hastings county are being pumped out and interest is rife as to what the future holds in store for these. They are the THamond gold mine and the Silver King mine. Activity is quite marked in the townships of Madoc and Elze- vir, in which these mines are situ. ated. ---------- At a convention in Winnipeg, J. A. Thomas, fire marshal of British Columbia, was chosen as president of the Association of Fire Marshals of Canada. Daniel Kennedy, former mayor of Allumette Island, and ploneer resi- dent of the county of Pontlae, died at his home as the result of being attacked by a bull. For the first time since the war there is an acute shortage of Jue bermen in Quebec province. i egaphone, Vea. He's very hard have no reason fo speak with bated breath." --Gen-« at the Imperial Conference.) --From the News of