WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1024, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG 213 Princess Street. SPECIAL SALE OF SHIRTS Plain Colored Shirts with Collars to match in Blue, White, Mauve and Tan. SALE PRICE $2.50 These are exceptional values, and it would pay you to take advantage of it. George VanHorne's Phone 362w. error of vision is not excessive the muscles of the eyes are of- ten able to overcome it, but the strain in doing so is very great. So even these folks who see perfectly MAY need our ser DENTIST 1068 Wellington St. Phone 256. Creations in BAGS Our English shipment of Leather goods is just opened up. It includes Bags, Jewel Cases, Writing Portfolios, Bridge Cases, Bill Folds, Golf Scores, etc. Kinnear & d'Esterre Princess Street, Kingston "The Gift Shop" ~4 CHATEAU Phone. S00 WE NEVER CLOSE Live or Dead. Storage Broad thongs may be cut from other men's leather, PHONE 316 Pus or Taxi Service, Cutters or For Sleighs for drivi parties. Qh and Night Service. 136 Queen Street, oppusite St. Paul's church. \"CODKIN'S LIVERY "I'm going back to the pit," de- clared Silby Barrett, who has re- signed as provisional president of the Mine Workers district No. 26, Sydney, N.S. Open Stock Dinnerware is the most satisfactory to buy. You can select the particular articles that YOU need and add time. to your set at any Dinnerware by Johnson Brothers, England, is the best made. We have many patterns in OPEN STOCK and will be pleased to quote you on any size set Crockery Robertson' China AT ANY TIME. Glassware s Limited 73 Princess St. Simmer! Footwear SOMETHING NEW FOR EASTER Suede and Nu-buck Shoes will be much worn this Spring. Spring-like smartness, distin Grey, Fog Grey, Cabin Brown, Beige, Pars uality--in Silver aracteristic for their ctive style and boo and Blas The dainty light, sandal effects and cut- outs, which style authorities have decreed for the Spring and Summer of 1924. . We invite your inspection. ALLAN. M. REID t8 LETTERS To The Editor Hudson Bay Propaganda. Regina, Sask., March 21.--(To the Editor): In addressing the legisla- ture of the province of SBaskatchewan recently, the premier, Hon. C. A. Dunning, cautioned advocates of the | Hudson Bay railway against making | extravagant statements with refer- | ence to what the Hudson Bay outlet might accomplish in the matter of delivering the exportable surpluses of Western Canada at European desti- nation, Mr. Dunning remarked that nothing would really be definitely known as to what the Hudson Bay route might afford in this regard un- til the test of actual experience had been made. It is quite apparent of late, how- ever, that Mr. Dunning's warning'has fallen upon deaf ears. Both East- | ern and Western Canada are being ! deluged with propaganda of the most 'reckless character, This is very re- grettable, because the reaction that will follow an awakening to the ac- | tual facts will have a bad effect upon the morals of the people who are at | present swallowing holus-bolus the | rosy hued pictures that are being | painted of the wonderful possibilities { of the northern outlet. | With the absence of any of the | actual experimentations to which | Hon. Mr. Dunning refers, it will be { apparent to all thinking people that | these statements, uttered in the name | of truth, are at best but the ver- | lest kind of guesswork. I am not opposed to the building | of the Hudson Bay railway. I favor | its completion. The railway will open up a new era for limited coloni- | satlon. It will bring out fish and | fur, and will develop probably some | very valuable deposits. It will also | give us a connection with the Arctic | that may prove of considerable value | in the years to come. There may | also be established a more or less serviceable export trade route. This, | however, will be of a very limited | nature owing to the short open sea- son at the bay, and many obvious handicaps to conducting direct line service navigation. I wish to call attention to one or two of the misleading ' statements that are being uttered by propagan- dists for the Hudson Bay railway and route. Recently, W. J. Ward, Pro- gressive member of the Federal par- liament for Dauphin, Manitoba, stat- ed according to press despatches, in addresses at Deepdale, Manitoba, and Sturgis, Saskatchewan, that the producers of the West should save $175,000,000 a year on freight rates with the completion of the Hudson Bay railway, How utterly absurd and ridiculous such a statement is, will be apparent when it is known that $176,000,000 is far in excess of the aggregate sum paid out in freight rates in one year for Western Can- ada's exportable products. Editorially, the Regina Leader de- clared recently that the amount sav- ed on freight rates in one year, with the opening of the Hudson Bay rall- way, would be $40,000,000. This, too, is worthy of examination. In the senate report of 1920 dealing with evidence concerning Hudson Bay, the most optimistic statement made in that report with regard to the possibilities for grain shipping, was made by the late W. A. Bowden, as chief engineer of railways and canals. 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Thousands continue to suffer from Headache, Constipation and Biliousness because they dread the painful sickening effect of Calomel and Salts, ' This difficulty has been over come in Dr. Hamilton's Pills, which are vegetable in composi- tion and contain such well known alds to the bowels as Mandrake and Butternut. You get a normal, free and painless action of the bowels when you regulate the sys- tem with Dr. Hamilton's Pills, For the removal of Constipa- tion, Headache, and Liver Com- plaint, your best remedy is Dr. Hamilton's Pills. Sold by all deal- ers in 25¢c. boxes, five for $1.00, or by mail from The Catarrhozone Co., Montreal. Da SS mmm cme tare were built, Mr. Bowden's gvidence is as follows: "Probably in four years' time the port (Port Nelson) could be made ready for use as a harbor for shipping grain. Then, if the boats came for the cargoes, I think there would be no difficulty in handling 15,000,000 bushels." 80 we see that by taking the Re- gina paper's figures and applying them to Mr. Bowden's estimate of the probable quantity of grain that could be exported in a single season, the farmer would save $2.33 freight on every bushel of grain exported via Hudson Bay. To carry out logic just a little further, the Leader and other pro- pagandists are endeavoring to create the impression in the minds of the public that the Hudson Bay would be capable of taking out all the ex- portable products of Western Can- ada. Now, assuming there were no handicaps in the way of navigation and that plenty of ships would be found at an adequate harbor for carrying these products to Europe, we still have the problem of getting the products to the Bay. A single moment's thought will convince any sane person that one line of railway could never get even a fraction of our crop, cattle, dairy products, etc. to the Hudson Bay port during the short open season that the boats would be operating, Thousands of people in Western Canada stand ready to condemn the deplorable tactics that are being adopted in some interested quarters for promoting agitation in favor of the immediate completion of the Hudson Bay enterprise. Sincere, honest people are desirous of the Hudson Bay matter standing entirely upon its own merits without the wild- eyed and irresponsible statements that are so frequently made. It is well known that the controversy as regards the comparative merits of Port Nelson and Fort Churchill as an ultimate harbor is still raging. I do not care, however, to dwell upon this phase of the situation, nor upon the various handicaps to navigation that at least will, in the opinion of many experienced navigators, make the possibilities of the Bay route ex- tremely limited when the require- ments of Western Canada's increas- ing exportable products are taken into consideration. Yours very truly, --JAMES G. McINNIS. 2300 Broad street, Capital Punishment. Kingston, March 24.--(To the Editor): Those who seek to justify capital punishment by acts of pariia- ment and isolated texts of scripture, must go to justice at is source, and hear the chief justice speak to Cain who had killed his brother. It was not life for lfe; but '"'whosoever killeth Cain vengeance shall be taken on him seven fold. Therefore God set his mark upon Cain lest anyone finding him shall slay him." Here is justice at its fountain, the highest rudimentary form of law, which cruel Judaism subsequently revoked, and in due time were de- stroyed, all save eight just persons: This Chief Justice sent His son to teach mercy and forgiveness, and abrogate that law of eye for eye, and a tooth for a tooth. And I impeach sir any statute as Anti-Christ, which dare make mur der lawful by act of parliament, and unlawful when done by the sub- ject; and I further say, that if jus- tice, mercy, truth were seated upon the throne, every piace might be a temple of righteousness, and all gea- sons summer. But crime may never be eradicated by merciless cruelty, nor by placing Mammon in God's seat. We must learn from Sparta, who when gold was dethroned went crimeless for five centurfes, with a ruler "a demigod, or more God than man"; but when Lysander brought back the yellow pest, "avar- ice and crime were its inseparable attendant." All authorities aver that crime is a disease curable by kipd- ness; and our ancestors wisely at- tempted to cure it by making erim- inéls work at the divine art of ag- riculture ;and although such institu- { | | { i | | | trample justice, mercy and truth reli- with dicers under foot and make sweet gion of rhapeody of words," marriage vows false as oeths. All created life hates a bully; yet are ravenous beasts responsive and | docile to the hand of kindness; and | they who sit at east and will not | plead for abolition of capital punish-! ment from our statutes, ought to be | driven from the society of men and | made to herd with forest beasts; and copy their virtues. Yes sir, I have heard wolves howl around my camp nightly, when young, and these I feared less than the crime-breeders of cit¥ coxcombry, who think that lite consists in building "cities all full of lies and robbery," and no seat for a good shepherd to guard the sheep from the two-legged wolves, who profess and call them- selves Christian, but like the coward- ly disciple "Know not the Man!" Consider ye good Canadians, and do not copy us bad English, who use mammon to destroy justice; but make one oasis in this desert world of iniquity; for there are men in terra who do not 'crook pregnant knees, that thrift (titles) may follow fawning;" and were these coxcombs chained to farm lands, and not rev- enues, crime would flee like chaff be- fore the wind!;Reason, justice, truth, | demand the abolition of capital pun- i ishment, or we devour our own chil- dren! Bring down false pride and | go back a few years and hear an old | clergyman weep o'er the grave of a son hanged to death; not for his crime, but for yours and mine who suffer such iniquity to remain shak- ing its bloody fist at Almighty God; nor forget that apathy is the most damned of all vices! It may be your child or mine to fall victim*to the accursed heresy of man-butchery. --W. H. COMPTON, Abernethy's Dainty patterns in Strap Shoes. Grey Suede, Patents, Vici Kid are' very popular and attractive. Best grades .... ....... $10.00 Shoe Store Pe GANANOQUE March 26.--The Hikers passed through Gananoque yesterday after- noon about five o'clock, having come through from Kingston. They are a fine looking lot of husky men, very gentlemanly and quiet and made a good impression on everyone they met. They had supper at the Brophy House, slept at the armourles, breakfasted at the Brophy House and then proceeded on their way east. Mrs. Feeney, Tweed, who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Harold McCarney, for the past week, returned -home yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Joseph Dempster is enter- taining at bridge _this afternoon. This is a week of prayer in Grace Methodist church, conducted by th. Rev. Dr. Thomas. The services are being very largely attended. On Thursday at noon, Dr. Thomas will be given a luncheon at the Brophy House, . Sterling Reid is home spending the past few weeks New York and Washington. Mr. and Mrs! W. T. Sampson motored to Kingston Monday after- noon. Among those who went down to Bethel last evening for the tea meeting were Mayor and Mrs. Wil- son, Mr, and Mre. William Bdwards, Dr. and Mrs. Stedman, Mrs. Thom- as Sherill, Misses Rhea Haynes, Janet McKellar, Margaret Brennan, Ella Phillipe, Kate Brennan, Lor- aine Pelow, Kathleen Kidd, Alice Pelow, Nelle Kidd, Luella Sheets, W. Pennock and Rose Funnell, Joseph Dempster has left for trip to the west. D. Ford Jones is spending a few days in Toronto. Mrs. C. C. Skinner and her sister, Mrs. Thomas, who is here on a visit spent yesterday with friends in the Limestone City. A few of the most enthusiastic golfers have already played around the course which every day shows better condition and within the next two weeks with this brand of weath- er the links will be largely patroniz- ed. after in THE TOWN OF NAPANEE. Great Grand Father Baptises Child of Rev. H. K. Coleman. Napanee, March 26.--The sacra- ment of baptism was celebrated yesterday in the chapel of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene at the dally evening service, when Wanda Mary, infant daughter of Rev. H. K. Coleman and Mrs. Coleman, Parham, received the rite of baptism. The celebrant was Rev. A. H. Coleman, greatgranddaughter of the child. The god-father and god-mother wer. J. M. Simpson and Miss Edith Cole- man "Billy" Milsap who was success- fully operated upon for appendicitis at Kingston is reported to be out of danger now and doing well. Chief F. W. Barrett is in King- ston to-day on official business. A large number of Napanee peo- ple are anticipating a rare treat at SHILOH STOPS . THAT COUGH Your grand-parents used it. Safe, 'sure and efficient. Small dose Furnit The Leading Undertaker || KINGSTON'S BIGGEST HOME FURNISHERS In the average home to-day the quest is for space with economy. When the day is over a slight pull transforms your "KROEHLER" into a real BED---roomy, comfortable and sagless. Mattress, Pillows, Sheets and extra Covers all made up into a sleep in viting bed, unfold with astonishing ease. minute's work to close the Kroehler and it again stands a lovely piece of "JAMES REID In the morning it is only a» "Phone 147. Historical Hall on Friday night when Dr. Jolliffe will give a lecture on "Pompeil" The young people of Grace Metho- dist church are staging a play en- titled "Deacon Dubbs," in the Sun- day school room on Thursday even- ing. Proceeds for the benefit of the Mission Band. A large volume of water is going over the falls here, but the Ice bridge at Deseronto still holds, at though it is said to be unsafe for travel. Death has called two aged Nap- anee ladies. On Friday, March 21st, Mrs. Blimbeth O'Connell passed away at the age of seventy-eight years, and on Sunday Mrs. Margaret McNeill dled, aged seventy-five years. | WHY THE WEATHER? | DR. CHARLES F. BROOKS Secretary, American Meteorological Society, Tells How. a é Heating of Land Surfaces. The surface of land heats and cools very readily, and its tempera- ture reaches greater extremes than either air or water temperatures. Land surfaces do not store much heat, what heat the ground receives is almost immediately returned to the air or to space. Different kinds of land surface show widely varying temperature characteristics. In the first place, we can note differences in reflecting power, the white, smooth surface will reflect more radiation and have a smaller range of temper- ature than the black, rough surface, Relative dryness is an important feature. If molsture Is present, part of the heat received will be spent in exaporating the moisture instead of relsing the temperature of the ground. Measurements on some bright August days showed that a granite surface lost no heat in evap- oration, a sand surface 20 per cent. of the heat received, and a swampy meadow consumed 50 per cent. in evaporation alone. In consequence, the granite was the hottest and the meadow the coldest. Motst surfaces also tend to heat more slowly than dry because of the high specific heat of water, that is, it requires more heat to warm a given weight of water one degree Fahrenheit than to warm equally the same amount of almost any other substance. ------ The shoulder blade of a mammoth was recently dredged from the sea by a trawler and landed at Douglas in the Isle of Man. : BEST LAXATIVE FOR BOWELS If Headachy, Bilious, Sick, . ! No griping or inconvenience fole lows a gentle liver and bowel cleanse ing with "Cascarets." Sick Head» ache. Bill ess, Gases, Indigestion, and all Such distress gone by morn ing. Most harmless laxative for Men, Women and Children-- 10c. boxes, also 26c. and 50c. sizes, any drug tore. Car Ran Into Rear of But Occupants Did Not Stop Trenton, March 26.--With the opening of the automobile season, the accidents on the Belleville-Tren- ton highway have begun, On Sun- day evening, John Reid, Sidney, while driving to Belleville with a horse and buggy, was run into by an automobile, The car struck the rig from the rear and overturned it in the ditch. Reid was slightly cut up, and the horse had its left hind leg broken. With the arrival of the veterinary, it was found necessary to shoot the horse, which Mr. Reid bad that week sold to a horse buyep in Montreal. T.4 The occupants of the car did not stop to investigate the extent of the damage. The provincial police at Belleville were notified. The Ontario legislature passed a bill enabling reeves to call out resis dents to night fizes and give them uneration. - -