THE BRITISH WHIG x 916T YEAR. ld | la NE he AR wg Wiug ro PUBLIS RING TED President Editor and Managing-Director TELEPHONE Private Exchange, connecting all departme 4 G Elot? ....o.00.e Leman A. Gulld SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) _ Ome year im eity 87. One year, by ho § te rural offices, $4.00 Une year, to United States T8500 (Semi-Weekly Kdition One year, by mail, cash One year, to United States OUT-OF-TOWN REPHFIENTATIVES: ¥. Calder, 33 8t. Juha St, Montreal ¥. W. Thompson 100 King St. WW. Toreateo. Letters to the Editor are published | only over the actual name of the : er. Attached is ome of the best job Printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations Peace: A period during which one can tell the truth without going to Jafl, A village is a place where loose "s. tongues operate to keep & man from getting tight. discovere® that "Have Scientists have soda water is fatal to germs. another." A hick town is one in which a man can find nothing thrilling to do while his wife is away. Too many rich men's sons begin at the bottom only when standing on a street corner to 'look' em over." It there were fewer fool laws to teach people contempt of law, there would be less need of martial law. The whiskey barrel may have been taken out of politics, but the good old pork barrel is with us ye. No man who delights to be naughty ever can forgive the nar- .rowness of the man who doesn't ap- \ prove. Some of the youngsters who have unclean minds can't be helped much without the aid of a vacuum clean- er. inns re - } Heredity is the quality that Is showing up when a father says: "Il don't know what has got Into that boy." The man who shaves himseif wonders wistfully what kind of strop the laundry uses so successfully on his collars. It's a hard world; and by the time @ man gets old and prosperous en- ough to sleep late, he wakes up at 4 am. It's a very real pleasure to tuck the children in bed, if you can man- age to keep awake until the chil- dren come in, Sympathy for the mnder dog isn't 80 much good sportsmanship as the | | indicate their conclusions. memory of hurts réceived from some upper dog. Great Britain is thinking of re. <ognizing Mexico, probably because it presents such a natural aspect now, ---------- It is easy to get an education once you learn that the things you learned in school do not constitute an education. ! «Correct this sentence: "He's guch a boisterous boy," sald the mother, "and he always wipes his. feet care- fully before coming in." \ It former King Ferdinand is per- mitted to return to Bulgaria, Jugo- Slavia may wage war. Not much ot an excuse is wanted. arama Farmers who have collateral find ft easy to get luans, says a headlina. It is the fellow without collateral who needs the loan worst, as % rule. OUR MELTING FORESTS. One can easily forgive the towns- man for being bored by this constant harping on the wastage in Canada's forest resources. What is it to him? He is not starting bush fires nor slaughtering merchantable timber. True, but his intelligent interest would greatly strengthen those who are fighting to rescue and perhaps restore our dwindling wealth, The melancholy story of the flight of our forests needs little re-telling. We have hacked and burned like madmen. Even during the past six years we have been spreading fire through), 500,000 acres of forest land annually, With a far greater demand we cut one-third less pine than we did twenty-five years ago, and much of our cutting is the culls which were then not considered worth felling. We have either to use substitutes like hemlock or to import at heavy expense from British Columbia or the Southern States. Yet within a hundred miles of Toronto are thous- ands of barren acres which once sup- ported magnificient pine woods. One corner of this, a plot of some four 7.30| hundred acres recently purchased by the York county council, 18 to be laboriously - reclothed with trees. Such cultivated forests are perman- ent because only the annual Increase is cut. But why cannot the wild | forests be similarly farmed? In this connection perhaps no one woanld be audacious enough to sug- gest that certain city property not yet entirely covered with the hum- ming factories of our dreams might meanwhile he made to yield a fine harvest of ties and telephone poles. Legislation - which would save large timber areas from extinction is being advocated by the forestry en- gineers of Quebec. They ask that permanent forest reserves be estab- lished on all lands which govern- ment, surveyors consider unfit for agriculture, They also hope to se- cure the protection, and where neces- sary the establishment, of forests at the heads of rivers used for power. Within half an hour's ride of King- ston' we can see hoth the evils at which this legislation is aimed. Who that has seen those pathetic farms perched on the granite hills in some of the barren areas of this and the adjoining counties has not wondered why settlement wag ever made or permitted there? And the depend- ance of water supply on trees is de- monstrated even nearer home. One can hardly believe that the Cataraqui Creek, that sluggish ditch, used at one time to saw the timber and grind the grist of all this countryside. HARD BOILED OR SORAMBLED. The late president of Amherst Col- lege has been pouring his scorn on that bane of democracy, the man of easy solutions, the one who seizes upen one side of a dilemma as true and proceeds at once to reject the other side which is equally true. At this the editorial chair emits a creak of distress, for the presi- dent's barbs are falling too near for comfort. If it is true that mo one is entitled to an opinien which is not based on the best thinking ob- tainable every editorial page in the country must needs turn white. But ig it true? Distilled water is not necessarily a pleasanter nor even a healthier béverage than slightly chlorinated and otherwise biased lakewater, and the same may be sald of distilled opinions, The writer of newspaper editor- ials cultivates a wide fleld--with a teaspoon. The interest of his read- ers is limited to a very few hundred words: and within those limits he must present a subject, develop it and arrive at some sort of conclusion. What chance then for choosing both horns of the dilemma or for dealing with all its important implications? It is much that these busy men point to what they consider significant and Nor are they the assertive and self-confident breed that the necessities of their trade would suggest. Though they write with the pen of infallibility, their own minds are as bewlidered and groping as those of other men. They write because life is admit- tedly perplexing and any thegries ex- pressed upon it are absorbed into that marvellous reservoir of human experience known as public opmion, where they will be sifted and tested against the facts of life. So editor- {als are at best much more than dog- matic conclusions or lay sermons. They are food for thought, and only after digestion, assimilation and re- jection should any part of them be- come the flesh and blood of public opinion. . Sin, WHY COAL PRICES GO UP. There is food for thought in the recent report of the United States Coal Commission. This document is the result of what appears to have been an earnest effort to get at the bottom of the coal situation. The Commission tried to find just why ft is that with such a bountiful supply of coal, with all kinds of labor-sav- Dg devices for taking it from the ground and transporting it to the consumer, the miner Nves amid pri- vation, and the consumer pays ever-| increasing prices. It must be conceded by fair-mind-|' 'ed men that the miner is entitled to least decent living conditions and fair wages; that the operators should have a reasonable return on thelr THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG capital, and that the railroads are entitled to a fair rate for hauling. The same may be sald of the returns to jobbers and retailers. But these items do not account, for the present price of coal. The Commission found that in ad- dition to the two factors, labor and capital, there is a third factor, mon- opoly, or land. It found that while the first two factors, labor and éapi- tal, receive little more than formerly, the*share of the third factor, land, | has grown to enormous proportions. Says the report: "The amount of the increment in the value of coal lands is a. matter deserving careful consideration, not only with respect to anthracite, but with respect to bituminous coal. If this increase is to continue indefin- itely piling up carrying charges to be added to current prices, an intoler- able burden will be laid on the con- sumer. Speculation in land should not be confused with mining coal." To appreciate just what the Com- mission means by this ever-swelling "increment in the value 'of coal lands," consider the case of the Le- high Coal and Navigation Company. This company owns 8,940 acres of coal lands that were acquired at a total cost of $1,412,000. Just why this land should have cost the com- pany that sum when nature produced the coal for nothing, does not ap- pear. But the Commission does ex- plain the subsequent steps. Starting with an actual investment of $1,412,000, the company in 1871, re-valued the coal lands on its books by adding $4,970,000 to the original cost. Thereafter, profits were figur- ed on a capitalization of $6,382,000, instead of $1,412,000. The accom- panying advance in the price of coal to the consumer had nothing to do with wages, or with Interest on the actual capital invested, As population grew, and more coal was needed, the Lehigh Coal and 'Navigation Company made an- other re-valuation on their books in 1917, by adding $10,060,000 making a total of $16,442,000, Deducting from this amount, depletion of the supply of coal, $3,685,000, leaves a present capitalization of $12,757,- 000. Manifestly, if the Lehigh Company is to receive the same rate of profit on $12,757,000 that it did on its original investment of $1,412,000, it must charge the consumer more for coal. As population continues to in- crease, and the demand for coal grows, the "increment in the value of coal lands'* will warrant still other in¢reases in the book value, and cor- responding advances in the price of coal to pay dividends on this book value. It this were all, it might be dls- missed as unpleasan} but not serious. It is far from all. What is true of the '"'writing up" of the values of coal lands, is true of all other min- eral lands, forest lands, and water power. Not only is it true of these natural resources, but it is true of the soclal resources that attach to lots in the heart of cities, where the "increment value" is being 'written «up" from year to year. Labor can go on accusing capital of greediness, and capital can de- nounce labor as Bolshevistie, but that gets us nowhere. While labor and capital quarrel, monopoly bleeds them both, and prices to the con- sumer go up. When labor stops re- viling the man who builds a house, or starts a factory--thereby employ- ing labor and producing wealth--and gives its attention to the monopolist who specwiates in land--neither em- ploying labor nor producing wealth ----we may expect changes in our laws that will shift taxes from those who produce wealth and employ labor to those who merely speculate in the material out of which wealth is pro- duced, and upon which labor is em- ployed, . MONEY AT WORK Brief but lmporant Lessons ia Finance, Markets, Stocks, Ponds Investments Dt TE BULLS get rich quick. A mere 10 per cent. jor #0 will not satisfy him. He wij'l always say, "I can't make bécause I haven't enough money get anywhere." Consequently 'he buys too much | and has to trade extensively on mar- gin. Sooner or later he is caught and and cannot pay out. He suffers a large loss and another hog is slaugh- tered. Why add the risk of margin trad- ing to an already dangerous busi- ness? ! PRESS COMMENT any {| money-uniess I buy stock on margin | 01 i ll Settling Australia, The group settlements in the re- gion sought to be reclaimed from the wilds (South-Western Australia), which now number over one hundred, and which before the end of next year will, all going well, be doubled, are the result. Though the admin- istration of the group settlements, which are mainly composed of mi- grant families, has been subject to criticism in regard to details, the premier and his colleagues have the satisfaction of knowing that gener- ally the scheme is going well, has be- hind it the warmest public approba- tfon, and that the south-west corner of the state--an area nearly as large as Victoria--is in a fair way to be- coming the home of a thriving com- munity of producers.--Perth West- ern Mail. The Great Autocracy. The United States is not a demo- cracy to-day. It is not a republic to- day. It is an Autocracy of Wealth-- an autocracy where corrupt wealth has seized the political power, and, using it corruptly, discredits all those who possess property, no matter how honestly earned or how wisely and patriotically used, thus imperilling the very institutions which protect, or should protect, all citizens in their freedom, their rights and their pos- sessions, including the honest pos- sessors of large property as well as the. possessors of.small properties. The only way to end this growing menace of bribery and plundering is to end the political power of this Autocracy of Corrifpt Wealth. As long as bosses can pack conventions and dominate party candidates in the interests of corrupt wealth, so long will there be bribery and public plundering " and protection for bribers and the. public plunderers. As long as publi¢ officials can give away public property without the ex- pressed consent of the people, as long as legislatures and congresses can enact legislation in direct de flance of the people's will, so long will the public plunderers seek in secret and sinister ways to improper- ly influence the representatives of the people. As long as judges can do as they please without fear of anything the people can do to them, so long will judges be irresponsible tyrants und judicial decisions be made to order of powerful financial interests. ~New York American. That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D, Do You Lose Your Voice Sometimes? You feel a little dryness in the throat with a tendency to cough at frequent intervals. The throat seems to burn, and again there is a sort of tickling sep- sation which causes your cough. You are able to eat your food us- ually, but sometimes certain articles of food cause a Nde pain in swal- lowing. Then you notice that your voice is a bit husky and you find yourdelf trying to clear your throat very often. You try to expectorate, but there seems to be nothing to come. from the throat. A little later-the vbice becomes very husky, and you find it extremely painful to talk at all. What's the matter? It simply means that a slight cold from the nose has travelled down to the throat--to vocal cords which stretch across the top of your wind- pipe just like the band of rubber over the wooden portion of the noisy toy baloon. Perhaps you have been singing or talking too much, Sometimes due to some obstruc- tion in your nose, you are breathing through your mouth, and so the throat gets dry due to the air going into the lungs taking its moisture trom your throat, instead of from the nose. Any of these things you can read- fly see would slightly inflame the little fleshy ribbons or strings which | we we call the vocal cords. It is called Laryangitis, 1t is not usually serious but is very inconvenient when one has to use the voice. And the big factor in curing or re- lieving this condition is right there, namely, in keeping absolutely quiet and not "using the voice whatever. treatment aside from the rest ly by breathing the steam of the | Dent's Wool Gloves One dollar's wotth for | See our | SUITS | Greys and Browns. See Bibby's Young Men's Smartly tailored in $2.50 values for $1.19 MEN'S SUITS and The best $12.50 Suit values in Canada. Neat patterns, good style -- SHIRT SPECIAL BIBBY'S English Velour Hats $6 and $7 values for $3.75 MEN'S and YOUNG MEN'S OVERCOATS An $18.50 value for $12.50 Raglan sleeve, three- way Belt, smart color- ing, pure wool Over- coatings. the new 1924 models. $3.00 values for $1.95 BIBBY'S $29.50 Suits Perfect beauties--rich, plain shades of Blue or Grey. Also English Herringbone Worsteds i in new shades of Brown or Blue, SHIRT SPECIAL | SHIRT SPECIAL Regular $2.00 and | Regular $2.50 and |Regular $1.50 value, for 69c. Kingston's One Price Clothing House over your head and breathe in the fumes from the utensil, ] This should be done three or four times a day. However the main treatment is to refrain absolutely from speaking. Kingston Markets = Friday, Feb. 8th. Fruit, St, Lawrence, pk. ......60 Apples, Wolfe River, pk. ......40 Apples, Moulding Machine Parts There is something more than mere mechanical skill necessary to achieve the perfect result when it comes to moulding entire new parts for ma- chinery. Combined with this skill must be the modern efficiency of shop equipment, such as we have here. Bishop Machine Shop KING iy QUEEN 10 oH0p Apples, Haas, PK. ....cevveees 40 Apples, Duchess, pK. ...cooe...40 Bananas, do%. ....seveesee ssesb0 Grapes, Cal., 1b. ST stsnssannsdb Oranges, dos. «..c:sv «...30 to 60 Lemons, 408. ...ceo0csvesess. 30 Dried Fruits Apricots, Cal, Ib, s.ovecennes..80 Prunes, Cal, 1b. ........15 to 30 Peaches, Evap. 1b. ...c.ceveea 28 Sri Garden Produce. Carrots, 1b. pe | Caulifiower, each, w......15 to 25 Celery, bunch, ....cceey044.5 to 10; Lettuce, head, serseareessovisell Lettuce, leaf Onions, Spanish, Ib.........8 for 3 Onions, Yeilow Denver, pk. .. 80 Peppers; rod, dos. sevisnsi3l Peppers sweet green, dos. ......40 Potatoes, new, pk. .35 Potatoes, new bag, ..........31.60 Fresh vegetabies-- Cabbage, each ..........10 to 1§ Unclussified. Sugar, grapulated, lb. ........32 Sugar, yellow, 1b, ..........11% Sugar, icing, 1b. vaaslb Flour, standard, cwt. ..$3.76 to $4 Rolled Oats Ab, ...ccvcnvavnne..B Honey, 6-1b. pall .....cco0vee..T6 Honey, c¢omb, ...occevecessss.30 Maple Sugar, Ib. Fish, vavsessssssesensensesdh sess esann esvsessscanseedb Cod, 1b. Filets, 1b. Finnan Haddle, 1b. Haddock fresh 1b. Halibut, fresh, Ib. ....o000eeee. 3 Kippers, pair .cccveee.s..32 to 236 sessee ssssesiesesadS Salmon, 1b. 's.isiei sannnnsiessad0 Fresh: Trout, salmon, 1b... ......18 to 26 White Fish ...coovves severe s20 ------ creamery, Ib. ....47 to 50 'dairy, Ib ...... 38 to 40 Cheese, new, 1b ........28 to 30 Cheese, old, Ib. . +36 Eggs, new laid, doz ., ..55 to 60 Eggs, packed .. «v..45 to 56 nieats and Poultry Beef: Steak, porterhouse 1b. ..32 ro 38 Steak, round, 1b. ........20 to 25 Bolling outs, 1b. ,..icevs orien lb Stewing cuts, Ib, ........8 to 11 Beef, western, cwt. ,.....12 to 14] Beef, local, Ib. ....v00.....8 to 8! Pork: } Loin, roasts, Ib. ....ce00vve00 28 Shoulders, roasts, .... teee22 1025) Hogs, live weight, cwt_ ....3 to ¢ Chops, Ib, «iv.vcinsrss2B to 38 Hogs, dressed, ewt. .... ..13 to 16! Bacon, breakfast, ........28 to 33 Ham, smoked, .......c..0..0 35 ons tassasusw sun-30%0 28 ord APNRTRR Mutton, chops, 1b. ........50 to 35 Mutton, CAYCE .....icsn0 san 3B Poultry Butter, Butter, Fowl, 1b .. Sees we wn «+20 to 22¢ Turkey FOR SALE --We have some atirac- tive bargains in city pro- perty. --A good list of farm and 'garden lands to choose from. ---Fire Insurance in first- class companies. --Money to loan on mort- gages. T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance 58 BROCK ST., KINGSTON Phones 322J and 1797J. Chickens, Ib .. .... .. ..20 to 25 sesencnsaeripesa26t0 3 -- Hay, Straw and Grains. Barley, bus. Bran, ton Buckwheat, bus. Corn feed, car lots, Corn feed, bus, Hay, baled, ton Hay, loose, ton ....... seessenes.9b ..$1.10 .$10 to $11 Shorts, ton .. Wheat (local) veess.$1.30 Chicago secret service men smuggling affair in which the Rus- sian - government is sending diamends over to help is placed at $260,000. News from Mexico. name sounds like a horse race. Leribe ae retin $1.10} eseess$12- to $13] esse. $32 to $33 are | working on a mysterious diamond | charged with | the | Communists. The value of the gems | Fighting ! around Jalapa. All we know is the! Watch Your Step Have ws put on. a', Metal Cane Tip On your Cane or Walking Stick 50c each Just the thing for slippery walks, We carry a line of Canes from $1.00 up. also Crutches In all the required sfies -- best. Split Maple in a close, straight grain. Dr. Chown's Drug Store 185 Princess Street. Phone 348 | OUR COFFEE The quality is kept up to its usual high standard, while the price remains the samo BOc. per Ib. Roasted and ground on the premises. Absolutely phre. Jas. REDDEN & CO. PHONES 20 and 9v0. "~ Does Back Cripple You ? @ood Advice for Those Who Waken With a Weak- ness or Pain In the Back oo it "Rn AWFORD'SE OAL QUARTETTER F our good coal is in your bin you can ask Jack Frost to step rignt in. He'll think your home is hot ac sin--in fact he'll walk right in and turn around and walk right out again. It will pay you to order our coals