~ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG BRITISH WHIG 018T YEAR. {HE Published Daily and Semi.-Weekly by "THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO. LIMITED i G. Elliott ..... sn A. Gull . . President ng-Director =: TELEPHONE mess Office torial Rovms . 2612 2613 . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: § (Daily Edition) One year in city . One year, by mail to rural Une year, to United States ........ (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, vensrene One year, to United States ...... OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: 22 St. Joha St, Montreal 100 King St. W., Toronto. : Letters to the Editor are published any over the actual mame of the Attached Is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH 'WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circuiations rns vm « He sneers at the old wheezes who sever had asthma, J there were no movies, where would people go to talk? _ The most slushy thing aboui ®now is the poetry it inspires. Wearing old clothes is all righ: §f you know you don't have to, It's a rare conscience that wakes up before time for the post mortem. Entirely too many people try to get the upper hand by dealing from the bottom. It's fair enough. Nice tight houses injure the coal man, but they .help the doctor, Having _ a beautiful complexion "doesn't leave much time for cleaning . up the house. If he knows just how to handle great affairs, it's a safe bet that he i8 a good whittler. Fable: Once there was a member of the literati who didn't yearn to * run a newspaper. . "An open mind would be all right if you could close it quickly when ~ #1 idea happens in. Friendship is progressive: First Uncle Sam offers Mexico his hand '# \and then his arms. | Actors don't feel their parts, and & kiss means nothing except that the dast reel is about over. The winter resorts have delightful olf courses for those who don't mind playing in mittens, Rheumatism is a fearful thing. It keeps an old man from pressing his foot on the accelerator. : That investigating commission in Germany will be unique in one wav Jt won't need any whitewash. Correct this sentence: "Aw, lei me have it," said the old bachelor; 'I'm a great hand with babies." Old Dobbin has his faults, but he didn't choke nine times as you were backing him out of the stable. Lots of people think ambition consists in selecting a soft spot and sitting down to wish for fame. "The sad thing about being cheer- ful is that people are filable to mis- take it for just plain ignorance. | And so we have no leisure class? "Who are these people who watch the man put the ball In the side pocket? In the old days, "polite" peopla 'were comparatively few. But there i e no dress suits for rent at that 0. < : "How shail we increase church i dance?" asks a clergyman. Well, we might make it a mis- "The early statesmen were a delf- { t bunch. They had to be. There 8 no big business to borrow y from. COMMIT THY WAY unto the Lord; trust also in and he shall bring it to pass. -- 3: 35. SE i WORLD TURNING REPUBLICAN. (this respect, are different from the| at least, we may have more to regard It is estimated that to-day fifty- seven per cent of the world's popula- | presenteq the tion is living in republics. Until 1910 { house, They have not the same party | France and Switzerland were the only republics in Europe, nine-tenths of that eontinent being under kings. To- | united on broad labour principles. | rich and flourishing community for day about nine-sixteenths of Europe is under republican kings and emporers having been dis- possessed. Since 1910 Portugal, Rus- | and this has added greatly to the dif- | {sland to the sia, Austria, Germany and Turkey have deserted the monarchial group, and China in the east also has become | a republic. It is figured that 790,- 000,000 out of 1,650,000,000 people of the worid to-day are the subjects of kings. Greece is the latest coun- try to give its royal family the walk- ing ticket and decide to become a re- public, and there is a chance that some other -Furopean monarchies may give notice io their sovereign lords to quit, A new spirit has as- suredly come over the world, but Great Britain retains its limited mon- archy and is likely to do so as long as it is an empire. HONESTY IN POLITICS. The one thing which stands out most prominently in the de- bate on the financial statement pre- sented to the Ontario legislature by | the Hon. W, H. Price is the fact that his one object was, not to give the people of the province a correct statement of its financial standing, but to use the opportunity to heap discredit upon the heads of the form- er U.F.0. administration. The an- nouncement of a deficit of fifteen mil- lion dollars was a spectacular one, and one which was calculated to make the people of Ontario hold up their hands in horror at the thought of the financial chaos into which the provinée has been plunged. But, strange to say it has not had this effect. The very magnitude of the alleged deficit was such as to make the think- ing people of the province doubt the figures and the motives of the pro- vincial treasurer, Bearing in mind the fact that the treasurer of the Drury administration predicted a surplus for the year, the people began | to wonder how that surplus could have been changed into a deficit by a mere change of government, and the honesty of purpose of the provincial treasurer of to-day is being question- ed over the whole length and breadth of the province. The political propa- ganda side of the presentation of the budget has been overdone. The stagecraft of the Conservative gov- ernment has run away with its good sense, and so we find the citizens of the province laughing at the Hon. W. H. Price and wondering what the correct condition of the finances of Ontario really is. Not one in twenty believes that the statement as pre- sented is a correct one. Most are convinced that it is simply a piece of political juggling with figures. One of the clearest proofs of this was given by Harold Fisher, the Lib- eral member for Ottawa, when he ex- posed the fact that, if the provincial treasurer's deficit is a genuine one, then thé province is due for a deficit of six million dollars during the pre- sent financial year. It is not reason- able to suppose that any government, even a Conservative government, is going to start a year on a basis of taxation which will leave so large a deficit when the books are finally closed. That in itself is proof that the alleged deficit is a play on the popular mind, that it is"Wn effort to make the people believe that the U.F.0. administration had been dis- honest in its presentation of the fin- ancial facts, Apparently, the honesty of the statement means little so long as the opposition side is discredited in the eyes of the electors. Unfor- tunately, the Conservative budget- maker has overstepped the mark, and the bombshell which he attempt- ed to throw into the ranks of the opposition U.F.0. ranks will In all probability turn out to be no bomb- shell, but a real boomerang which will show itself in a loss of the con- fidence of the people. No governs ment which so far forgets its hon- esty as to try to delude the people as the present government has tried to do can long retain public confidence, and the result of the sensational bud- get statement is not likely to be very encouraging to those who made it. AN UNENVIARLE POSITION. Premier Ramsay MacDonald is finding out that being the head of a minority government in the House of Commons is by no means an en- viable position, and it is becoming apparent that the Labour govern- ment in Britain cannot expect to hold office for any lengthy period without the calling of an election which might improve their position. When he took over the reins of office, he had a fairly clear conception of the difficulties which faced him, but, nevertheless, he had the courage to go ahead. He expected, as was per- fectly logical, that neither of the other parties wanted to have an elec- tion so quickly after the last one and that they would be willing to give the government a chance to carry on the affairs of the country until such time as matters had become more stabiliz- ed. He ig finding, however, that the opposition parties are prepared to give him real opposition, even to the extent of defeating him in the house, and, yin addition to that, he is find- ing trouble in controlling his owna hide-bound party men who have re-| old parties in. the | | spirit. They represent many differ- | | ent viewpoints, although they are all | | But that they are prepared to vote governments, | against the government when they | requisites for such development is a | better rate of emigration from our | | see fit Mas already become apparent, | | ficulties of Britain's first Labour | | premier. | When a government is saved from | | defeat by the speaker - refusing tu] | torce a division, and is saved again | a day or two later by some of the | opposition members voting along | with it, then that government cannot | be said to be strong." As a matter of | | fact, had it not been that Ramsay | MacDonald accepted the Conservative | naval policy, against the wishes of | many of his own followers, he would | have been defeated on that division. | The Conservatives were placed in a | position where they had either to support the government or disavow | their own poliey/ They thought the policy was good, so they followed the government supporters into the divi- sion lobby; while several of the la- bourites took the opposite course. The fact, too, that the Liberals are | showing signs of giving strong oppo- {sition to the government is embar- | rassing to Ramsay MacDonald. There are several points of Labour policy to which the Liberals are unalterably opposed, and unless some compro- mise can be reached, then the gov- ernment may look for'defeat. With this situation facing him din the | house, and with strikes and labour | troubles on all sides throughout the country, the Labour government has started under very difficult circum- stances, and if it weathers the storm which threaten its course from with- in and without, it will have done much more than was expected of it. RESTRICT EXPENDITURE. Again the Whig draws attention to the necessity of curtailing civic ex- penditure until Kingston starts od! grow once more. Recently it urged | reducing the amount of road paving| suggested in this year's Board ot| Works programme. The Board of Bducation has decided to keep its ex- pendfture down and has started by refusing increases in teachers' sal- aries. It may be that Kingston is in need of a new school, but it will have to get along for a while with its present school structurés, Just now the people are heavily enough taxed and the rate for the next year or two should not be increased. A study of Kingston statistics of 1923 and 1913 reveals some startling things. In the ten years our popu- lation has increased by only 398, yet since 1911 we have built two new public schools ang added an exten- sion to Victoria school. Our tax rate in 1913 was 23% mills; last year it was 36 mills. The cost of civic maintenance per capita in 1913 was $15.75; in 1923 it was $31. Our assessment in 1918 was $11,700,000; in 1923 it was $17,000,000, but the increase of $5,300,000 was chiefiy on increased assessment on' old buildings. In ten years the city's taxable assessment has increased but little. The street lighting expenditure has increased 110 per gent; charitable grants in- creased 180 per a the fire depart- ment cost went up 114 per cent.; po- lice department 114 per cent.; pub- llc library increased $10,300; mothers' allowance and suburban road area each cost $8,000, both new expenditures. In 1913 our deben- tures and interest took $64,000; in 19238 they taok $200,003; schools ten years ago cost for maintenance $83,- 000; now they cost $210,000, an in- crease of $127,000 in ten years. Our general debt in 1913 was $692,000; now it is $1,644,000. Ten years ago the city's total expenditure was $246,000; last year it was $670,000, an increase of 172 per cent. With figures Ilke these before them, the members of -the city coun- cil must act warily. The dominion and provincial governments are prun- ing their expenditures for the year, and municipalities must do the same. The only excuse this year for a large road paving programme would be un- employment. PRESS COMMENT Critical Days in India. If supported by parliament, th government of India will have little difficulty in carrying on the adminis- tration. Resolutions are not man- datory; there is little important legis- lation pending; and, should the legis- lation refuse supplies, there are pro- visions in the Act of 1919 which arm the governor-general and Provincial Governors with the requisite author- ity. But the slightest weakening in the support which our administra 7 country into political London Times. - ------------ Better Rate of Emigration. Hitherto in both girections--de- fence and development--the advant- age, though mutual, has been greater to the Dominions than to the Mother Country. ". . . In the post-war world we seem gravitating though slowly, towards a position where the balance Will be the other way. Economically, )[ the soles of your shoes and where Imperial development as one of the keys to our own. And the Labor party will have to take note of this not less, but more than the other parties; because its programme what- | ever else it may require, requires a it to be realized in. The first of all Dominions.--London | Chronicle: : MONEY AT. WORK Brief but Important Lessons im Finance, Markets, Stocks, Bonds and Investments WHILE LIVING ASSETS ~~ INCOME BONDS #2000@ 6% *120 SAVBANK 500037 15 HOME 8000 4000 SALARY $4135 AFTER DEATH INCOME ®@6%%120 ASSETS BONDS *2000 LIFE INS. 10000 6% 6Q0 . Take a pencil and scratch pad and | figure up your assets--both while | living and after death. Are your | assets like those in the illustration?) A man feels he has reason for | satisfaction when he owns his] own home, has a good job and has | money in the bank. But what will | happen to his financial situation | when he dies? : His earning power stops and his| life insurance is all that takes its place: $10,000 seems like a lot of money. The income on $10,000 is | only $600 a year. His widow's in-| come will be only about one-sixth | the income she had before. To be sure, she will not have rent to pay, but taxes and insurance and repairs | cost money to say nothing of regu-! lar living expenses. | | WHY THE WEATHER? DR. CHARLES F. BROOKS Secretary, American Meteorological Soclety, Tells How. | it Earthquakes and Storms. The coincidenes. of .earthquakes and intense cyclones has often been noted. Where conditions are ripe for an earthquake the earth's crust is in an unstable condition. It is pos- sible that the stresses accompanying the passage of a severe cyclone may be sufficient to initiate the quake. It is clear that tropical cyclones | subject the earth's crust to an ap-| preciable and relatively sudden | strain, especially on coasts. A drop of two inches in barometric pres- sure means that a load of about two million tons is removed from each square mile of land, while over the neighboring sea a 10 foot rise of water commonly associated with such a storm would add about nine million tons, less two million tons for reduced air mass, or seven mil- lion tons, per square mile of sea-bot- tom. When a tropical cyclone pass- es, a difference in pressure of mil- lions of tons per square mile on land and sea-bottom is created and dis- sipated within relatively few hours. A typhoon, ir tropical cyclone of the Pacific, commenced at Yokohama just before the great earthquake and affected Tokio soon after. The winds of the typhoon made the fires terribly destructive to life and property. Refuges fleeing to wind- ward found themselves to leeward of the flames as the wind shifted while the typhoon passed. Unfortunately the storm centre did not come close enough to give rain. That Body of Pours k) By: Jgmes W. Barton, M.D, . | Do Your Feet Hurt You? "Your 'feet are beginning to give you'a little trouble, and you im- mediately come to the conclusion that the arches are giving away, and that flat feet will soon be yours. Before doing-amything about it] take'a look at your shoes. I'm not going to talk much at this {it8 about narrow pointed shoes and 'High heels, "1 just want you to take a look at ey are worn most. ' i 'I heard a speaker years ago sav that a good honest man would wear %he heels of his shoes out evenly at the heels, and not on either the out- side, nor the inside of the fentre. What do your shoes say? Why you have worn them out on ithe outer side of the heel, and not at the back of the heel. What does this mean? It is a good sign, that's all. BIBBY'S JUST TO KEEP THE KETTLE We are offering some real, honest-to-goodness bargains, MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS SUITS SUITS : SUIT S. $1475 $18.00 $2500 SUITS SUITS This is the opportunity you have long sought! Clothes are marked down now for purpose of clearing stocks before arrival of our new Spring garments. At these prices you'll never secure better made or better quality Clothing. All are most desired styles, colors and your size, . \ . Overcoats at Wholesale Prices oJ SALE OF HIGH GRADE SHIRTS Sizes 14 to 17}. Regular $2.50 and $2.95 values. -- have not worn them out evenly, but the outer side is worn down a bit more than the inner side. What about this? Just another good sign that you have good feet, even if they are paining you somewhat. Now what should be done about ' Well what kind of shoes are yon wearing? Are they wide enough, with a sensible heel? If so, what about your weight? Perhaps you are living well, tak- ing no exercise and putting on weight, You see you have the same feet that used to carry you around when you were younger and lighter. Further, when you were younger and lighter you were taking more exercise, and the muscles of the feot and legs were much stronger than at present. If you are not overweight perhaps you have some slight infection from the teeth, tonsils, or intestine, and | that has got down into: the joints of the feet, and is giving you the pain. o In any case get busy with your feet, and practise the three simple exercises mentioned once before; walking on the toes, yalking on the heels, and walking on the outsides of the feet. Five minutes of these, twice a day, will keep your arches up in their proper position. s---------------- ~ FRANCE WINS IN RHUR. N York Tribune. "It 8 disheartening tidings for the Keynes.School of Economists that the Dawes Commission has no intention of advising the cancellation of part of the German debt. These staunch friends ot Germany, exten- sively represented in the pro-German press in this country, have argued and argued that such a reduction was essential to the rehabilitation of Germany, to the payment of any re- parations, to the peace of the world. They pleaded this theory so eloquent- ly that it has gained support among impartial observers who should have known better. Now, there never was any solld basis for this contention. The truth lay clearly with M. Poincare, who contended that it was impossible to guess today how much Germany could pay five years or tem years hence. Paris despatches now repre- sent the American experts as having reached this exact conclusion. The parallel of a bankrupt concern, re- organized and operated by receivers, is cited on the point. As a ma"er of fact, the project of cancellation was simply a part of the German maneouver to escape re- pairing all but a small part of the damage the aggressor of 1914 had wrought. Had British policy pre- vaileq it would have succeeded. But the French necessity of reparations L{ntervened, forced the seizure of the Ruhr and revealed the plot .of German wealth to elude the country's creditors. This decision represents a major victory for M. Poincare, who reject- ed the first Hughes proposal for American advisors on this precise issue. It is a large victory for com- mon sense facing Germany, and ft gives hope that the remainder of the Dawes conclusions will offer a practicable solution for Europe. The details of financial reconstruction ang of German payments remain. So does the guestion of how Ger- in a wheel or other part of an en- gine means the stoppage of , the machinery and loss and delay. Let us put our welders to work on the broken part and your machine will be running in a few hours, as good as new. Bishop Machine KING AND QUEEN STREET» | FOR SALE --We have some attrac- tive bargains in city pro- perty. --A good list of farm and rden lands to choose rom. --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. "GODKIN'S LIVERY PHONE 316 For Bus or Taxi Service, Cutters or Sleighs for driviag parties. Day and Night Service. 136 Queen Street, opposite St. Pauls church. offered the best source of compul- sion. Certainly, if the simile of a receivership holds good, there can be no question that the Allies must tor a considerable period retain con- trol of key points in the German system. When a debtor has shown persistent bad faith in evading pay- ment and in concealing assets it Is childish to finance his recovery and trust to his good faith to hes hany new plan of payment honestly and effectively. There can be little fear that France will reject any fair and effec- tive proposal. Having gained a com- plete victory in the Ruhr, her policy called for a productive Germany, and such was the Poincare programme. Since then the fall of the franc has strengthened French opinion behind this sound course. M. Poincare has ghown as great courage in dealing with the peril of the franc as he showed throughout the Ruhr ven- ture. His sole blunders have been the separatist movement In {the Rhineland and the Palatinate. Even if in the vicissitudes of French politics his government should fall in saving the franc his policies would be continued by that staunch centre of French opinion which is as firmly resolved for. reparations as it is against imperialism. -------------------- His Kind Invitation. Professor (after trying first-hour class)--Some time ago my doctor told me-to exercise early every morn- ing with dumb-bells, Wiil the class please join me tomorrow before breakfast? . | Watch Your Step Have us put on a Metal Cane Tip On your Cane or Walking Stick 80c each Just the thing for slippery walks. We carry a line of Canes from $1.00 up. also Crutches In all the required sizes -- best Split Maple in a close, straight grain. Clover Honey In the Comb. .25¢c. per section Extracted, 5 and 10. pall 18c¢. per pound. Jas. REDDEN & CO. OAL QUARTETTE E'VE declared war against Jack and you are our allies. We -will declare no rate peace but will continue to heap coals of fire upon that gentleman's head until he's licked to a fraszlé and sneaks away, We're taking orders from you. Phone us, Crawford "PHONE », © QUEEN ST,