---- Pett i eset ci EE He THE DAILY BRITISH. WHIG Published Dolly and Semi-Weekly by TMZ DPRITIS WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED J. G. Hillott sesesessssaress President Leman A. Gui Editor and Managing-Director TELEPHON Private Exchange, ON ou all departments SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Dally Edition) One year im city . $7.50 One year, by mail to rural oftices, $4.00 Oudiyear, to United States (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by il, cash Une year, to United States aes 82.00 + OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: Poy St. Juha St., Moutresi! vw W. Thompson 'Toren -ien te the Editor are published ty over the actual name of the 100 King 81. W, to, Attached ome of the best job trices ia Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations After all, perhaps the proper study of mankind is a boarding-house bath tub! The Mexican ruction is called a "ecivil war", but there is no civility about it, -------- A hick town is a place where the . man with the manicured nails is a | ! drummer, The Mexican method is deplorable. It Is so much Cheaper to stuff the ballot boxes. ©. Don't ridicule a popular song. The music was stolen from numerous old masters. Ponzi and Doc Cook are out of business, but you can still lend mo- ney to relatives. Modernizing fighting ships isn't such a big job. The game old gang- plank is retained. ¥ A bachelor is much like a married man, except that he thinks all in- tants neuter gender. Railroads are declared to need more income. That's the way most of us feel about income, You don't realize how small a man is until you discover what insigni- flicant people he hates. The objection to saying it with flowers in love affairs is that the flowers get the caressing. Divorce: Proof that people found out about ome amother before they got used to one another. is Arn experienced husband is one who can guess what in thunder his Wits is Weeping about now. Correét this sentence: 'Hs is our only child," said she, "but it seems impossible to spoil him." . ---------- And then again you can recognize the approach to Easy Street by the nervous wrecks along the way, When the world is sane, there will bo medals for the man who keeps seven children in shoes. ----- The time to call up is after the telephone girls have given all the wrong RUmbes to other people. The boss is the one over there "who gnaws a cigar in order to' look fierce and profound while loafing. ------------ Another eternal triangle which demands attention consists of an amateur hunter, a Shotgun and- a "wire fence. That superiority complex doesn't mean that you are a woader, but y that you associate with "two by fours." . -- 'Though twelve persons may con pn fn saying a man on trial Ig a direction opposite to the United filers. Care needs to be taken 3 BRITAIN'S INSULARITY. Premier Bruce, of Australia, in his farewell address delivered in Lon-| don, England, makes the charge against the people of Great Britain that they absolutely fail to realize the possibilities of the British Em- ing in imagination in Empire affairs. Unfortunately, so far as the average citizen of the British Isles is con-| ! cerned, the accusation appears to be only too true. British statesmen, who have had the opportunity of gaining a closer in- dominions, and into the resources and possibilities Canada and Australia, do realize to the full what these things mean. Certainly those. statesmen who re- | presented the mother country at the | {Imperial conference last fall must' have realized that they were dealing, not with the representatives of small states which were but adjuncts. te Great Britain, but with vast domin- ions with the full status of nation- | hood, and with potentialities worthy of the deepest consideration and de- velopment, Premier Bruce's greatest com- | plaint seems to be that there is a dis- | inclination on the part of the people | | of Great Britain to give the over- | seas dominions a voice in the dis- cussion afid settlement of problems which have a far-reaching effect on the whole ~British Commonwealth, Probably this is true to a very large extent. The average Britisher, de- spite his reputation for being a wan- derer and traveller is conservatively insular in his viewpoint. He Is not always able to see beyond the con- fines of Bis own country, When the Canadian soldiers were overseas, they found thousands of people who hdd lived all their lives within twenty or thirty miles of cities like London, but who had never left their own villages. This, naturally, tends to narrow the viewpoint of the people, and it is not surprising that they know but little of what the overseas dominions mean to the motherland. Many of them still look upon the overseas dominions as mere colonies, subordinate to the mother country and whose affairs are direct- ed by the British parliament. This attitude is 'to be found in many im- migrants on their arrival in Canada, and it takes some time for them to become accustomed to the fact that Canada is entirely a self-governing nation, with resources so vast and an extent so great that the mother conn- try itself pales into insignificance in comparison. The appeal made by the Australian premier, therefore, appears to be quite timely. The insular viewpoint which hé found to prevail in Great Britain is one which needs to be amended or entirely cast aside. The overseas dominions have earned thelr right to a voice in deciding the destinies of the Empire to which they are proud to bélong, and they will not shirk any responsibilities which are entailed by this recogni- tion of their proper status. Officially, that recognition has already been granted, but it will be many years before the general public of Great Britain comes to a full realization of the proper place which the domin- fons are entitled to occupy within the Empire, So ---------- DISSATISFIED SETTLERS. Canada and the Canadian govern- ment are being given much untavour- able criticism in Great Britain as the result of some of the stories which have been told by dissatisfied set- tlers who have returned to England after a short stay in this country. The large majority of these men be- long to the parties which were brought to Canada to help in harvest- ing the western grain crop, and who returned to their native land as soon as the first signs of winter began to appear in the west. Perhaps they came to Canada expecting to become wealthy in a few weeks' time, and were disappointed when they found that money can only be earned in this country in the same way as in Great Britain, by hard work. It is certain that they went home without giving Canada a fair trial, and most of them, in all probability, are of the class of men who would be dissatis- fied no matter where they locate or what they are doing. The Hon. James Robb, minister of immigration, and W, J. Egan, the deputy minister, have replied very effectively to the British criticisms. Mr." Robb's statement ig a laconic one. "Canada wants immigrants from Britain and elsewhere, but has no room for idlers," he says. Mr. Egan replies effectively to the eritie- isms made of the government, when he points out that the harvesters re- garding whom so much trouble. has arisen were brought to this country '| by the railway companies, and not by the government. The impression in Britain, and in the minds of many of the harvesters, was that the gov- Srament was responsible for indue- ing them to come to Canada, and should therefore be responsible for any who have been unfortunate in *| being unable to find suitable employ- ment. On the whole, however, the num- ber of settlers to become dissatisfied with conditions is very small. Of the 12,000 who were brought to this country by the railway companies as harvest hands, between 7,000 and 8, pire, and that they are entirely lack-| It may be that the] sight into conditions in the overseas | of countries 'like | {000 are comfortably settled in con-| genial employment and. are satisfied.' I with conditions. About 2,000 more | have either returned home voluntar- | fly, or have gone to the United States. In all, 800 were deported | because they had no funds and Fh | work, or were undesirable citizens. | | Mr. Egan's report indicates that] | there are many of the others who {are grumbling without cause. - He cites cases of men who have been | begging in Winnipeg, and who have | been found to have from ome hun-| dred to three hundred/ dollars in| cash in their pockets. Yet these are | 'the very men who are making the | loudest eomplaint against their con-| dition in Canada. I The biggest trouble, the depart-| | ment has found, is that the men who | are discontentdd.are the men who | wanted to gravitate to the cities, and would not stay on the land. The cities, during the winter months, have their own unemployment prob- lems, and find it impossible to pro- yide work for any added population. The trouble seems to be one which has been general in Canada for many years, and which can only be reme- died by a firmer restriction of immi- gration. The cities have no need of added population at the present time. They can provide employment for their own citizens only, and can- flow of immigrants. But 'the farm- ers are shouting for help. There are millions of acres of farm land.which are crying out for settlers. The only type of immigrant really needed in this country is the type which will 80 on the land and stay there, either as a farm labourer working for an- other farmer until he gains sufficient experience for himself, or as an ex- periénced farmer ready to take up land. For such settlers, there is a real future in Canada, and this com- bination of facts relating to both city and farm possibilities, should be | made fully known to all who are! intending to settle in Canada trom | any country. Unfortunately, the railway and steamship companies are the greatest immigration agents, and as a curtailment of immigration would not be in the best interests of their business, they are not ready to make this sacrifice. ' NEWSPAPERS AND READERS. There hag been some criticism of certain sections of the press because of the space devoted to 'stories con- cerning "Red" Ryan and his career of e¢rime. Evidently such criticism is widespread and flourishes across the border quite as commonly as in | Canada. The editorial executive of the Detroit News, speaking before the students of the Medill School of Journalism the other day told the prospective reporters and editors that newspaper readers, rather than newspaper makers, are generally to blame for the prevailing opinion that the press prints a great quantity of crime news. Whether or not Mr. White talked Tor publication, the substance of his remarks has been published, and the readers of his paper and of other publications are doubtless more than mildly interest- ed in knowing what he thinks of them. The Detroit editor says that many readers 'pase the assumption that much space is devoted to erime and sensation upon the fact that they spend so much time in reading every line of violence and scandal that lit- tle opportunity is left 'for perusing the many columng of really serious and constructive news matter. The reporting of the arms conference, of the farmers' party, of an orchestra deficit, are passed up as dull or mild; but murder and divorce grip and hold from the first line to the last. There are two classes of readers who delight in: the sordid details of a Stillman case, says Mr. White: those who find it a "sociological docu- ment," and those who admit it is "hot stuff." Whether readers are pleased or angered by this frank statement, that may not have been meant for their ears, remains to be seen. Perhaps most of them will rather enjoy the lampeoning. Surely anyone will ad- mit, who takes the trouble to meas- ure with a yardstick, that the amount of space devoted to crime by the average city dally is small as com- pared to the vast total contaimed in all the departments of wide scope and varied interest. Ot course, the difficulty in gener- alization is this: that no one indict- ment and no one defence will apply equally to all newspapers. There are black sheep and white in the publish- ing business as in every other. And while it is undoubtedly true that most newspapers are fairly free from gbnoxiousness, and some are clean in high degree, others deserve only the scorn of their tempor- aries and the public generaily. And it is known in mewspaperdom, it gif elsewhere, that the "yellow press has the scorn of self-respecting pub- lishers in greater degree than it has of the rank and file of readers, ---------- It Wwe consider the Frequent re- liefs we receive from laughter, and how often it breaks the gloom which Is apt to depress the mind, 'one i not to grow oo wise for so great a pleasure of life: ~~Joseph Addison. The truest ond of life is to know the lite that never ends.-- William not assimilate, with ease, apy further | An LRusun, Jduse, A chap consulted a specialist re- {garding a severe earache. The specialist made a careful ex- amination during waich he was un. ale to discover any inflammation 0! - the *middle eir--thie usual cause oi earache, There was no foreign body in the | ear. Nor could any ulcer or other trouble be found with the tongue. ; The teeth 'were sound and an X- Ray taken a week previous showed no decayed teeth. There were no voils or abcesses in the canal, and the physician was puzzled, As the'Yman tarked with the phy- siclan, the actual speaking scemed to hurt him, The Physician took hold of the lower jay and moved it up anc down, The patient nearly cried with the pain, Does it hurt you. to eat? "Yes." Does it hurt you to talk? "Yes." "Your trouble is rirewmatism_ "Rheumatism of the ear," ques- tioned the man. | "No! your rheumatism is in the Joint between your lower and upper jaw just under the ear.' And this proved to be the case, as the measures taken to remove the cauge of the rheumatism--got rid also of the pain in the ear. You are apt to forget this point when thinking of ear pain, but it is a more common cause than is sus- rected, The mouth of modern man is not ay large. as it was some years ee It would seem that Nature in- tends to grow our full number of teeth--thirty two--irrespective of the size of the mouth, And so the last molar--the wis- dom tooth-=the one that comes tas. and goes first, is often = greatly crowded for room when it tries to make a place for itself in your mouth. And this also Is a frequent cause of pain in the ear, as these four wis- dom teeth try to meet one another on each side right at the joint, be. tween the upper and lower jaws, And s0 if youihave pain in the y MEN'S SUITS $15.00 $18.00 $22.50 $25.00 $29.50 $35.00 Men's Overcoats $18.00 $25.00 $27.50 $35.00 $37.50 $45.00 Values Without an Equal THE TALK OF THE TOWN! Men's Trousers $1.75 $2.25 $2.90 $3.50 $4.50 $5.75 $6.50 HOSE MEN'S PURE CASHMERE Blacks, Greys and Browns. 2 Pairs for 75¢. 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Dividend Scale Maintained The, Scale of Dividends to Policy- holders has alw been poted fo its liberality. actually midst of Vo +1 lly. de 1916 in a ohition The A 1 Ample Reserves On the Company's' own basis of fo, ig larger reserves are set up for the security of policyholders than is the case with any similar class of on * this continent. Full provi- sion is' also included" for all profits accruing, al- though not due for years to come. Contin- Jency Funds maintained or emergencies. Ss. tion was nancial such as to enable it oon. was scale t and record in Nor since the war unparglleled America. $44,749,707 6,569,819 23,074,169 51,780,810 Increased Surplus The Surplus on the Com- y's stringent basis is 966 an increase' in the year of 60%. Were liabil- ities computed according to the less stri Government standard, the Surplus, in addition to the® sum (approximately half million dollars) by which the market values of secur- ities exceed the book values, would be $3,210,160. 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