a THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG "KINGSTON BOYS OWN WHI "THE ALL BOY PAPER". Published under the Auspices of the Local Boys' Work Board. F. J. C. DUNN, FY Editorial The Editor of the Kingston Boys' Own Whig is informed that David « Crombie the energetic Managing Edi- ~ tor of St. Catharines Boys' Own ~ Standard is in Camp Ahmek where he ~ will spend the summer months. --~Mr. Crombie is the St. Catharines Stafi Correspondent of the K. B. O. W., and we are in fortunate in having such a real "Boy" as correspondent. David's brother is Managing Editor of the famous college magazine the "Goblin" and the K.B.O.W. have been able to secure cuts from the magazine his 'kindness. His staff aided the K.B.O.W. immensely previous to its entrance into the already large field of "Boys' Journalism in Canada." The K. B. O. W. wish him a happy vacation at Camp Ahmek. Another one of our correspondents * has gone to the famous Camp Ahmek at gquin Park, in the person ot John R. Wilson, of Toronto. fohnnie attended the camp last year and liked it so well that he decided to return. This modest boy is not a stranger to the" Kingston fellows, lLaving at- tended K.C.I. for three and one half » years. All the members of the *"Liter- "ary Sot will remember "Foghorn" as he was called. ~~ Mayor John Collins will likely spend two weeks at Camp Pine Crest during summer. "Bobbie" Sparks of Kingston left last week for Camp Ahmek. Ni .Falls has entered a paper in the field of Boys' Journalism in Ontario. We are indeed pleased to hear this. It is to be published in: the Re- view. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Dear Sir--May I ask for space in your valuable page. I have been read. ing your paper with glowing, interest and congratulate you on its successful venture. I noted your article relative to "Boys Council in Kingston" and it is for this purpose that I write. We need such a Council badly but from all appearances will never have one unless we get a "move on." Its a shame the way "Boy Activities in Kingston" stand. There is no need at present of my stating reason for such a Council as if was admirably. stated by you. 4 '1 will appreciate an answer from such a person as our boy member of arliament who is I presume thorough- b aware of such a council and may I ask him: "why are we not getting one started?" I will await his answer through the columns of your page. 3s ; G. F. R. WRIGHT. - Editors Note--The proposed Boys Council which Mr. Wright speaks. of appeared in our issue on May 3rd. Any one who Wishes to answer Mr. Wright's letter through the columns of our paper may do so if such letters are sent to me before Wednesday of each week. This is a good question and is deserving of careful considera- tion. PUZZLES. ed in our last issue a ppear each week during sumnier and a prize of "One Dol- will be awarded for the correct newer. Write your name and ad- ess, (inclosing answers) and send puzzle to Editor Kingston Boys' )wn Whig, 119 William street. a verse from David's "Song of - Bow" referring to the death of Jonathan and Saul by putting in the missing vowels: Frmthbldfthsln, Frmthitfthmght, ThbwiJnthntrndntbeck NdthswrdfSirtrndntmpt. EE --_-------------- SWIMMING HINTS «Due to the facts that usually some unfortunate drowning accident occurs, which probably might have been avoid ed had a few Safety Riles been prac tised we deem it advisable to publish a few hints. oa : Enjoy the water in safety--Swim- ming, canoeing, wading and all forms of water Sports are healthful and wholesome. They can be enjoyed without the fear of tragedy by observ- ing a few common sense rules. Swim- mers and non-swimmers should ob- serve the following "Don'ts." If You Cannot Swim Don't--Wade ufiless you know the depth of the water. Don't--Go wading alone or where there is a swift current, Don't--Go canoeing unless accom- panied by an experienced swimmer. If You Can Swim. ; Don't--Attempt l6hg swims early in the season. (Wait until you get in condition) Don't--Swim on a full stomach. (Wait at least two hours after eating) Don't--Swim if overheated. Don't--Swim until exhausted. Don't--Dive without accurate kaow- ledge of the depth.of the water, Don't--Cry for help in fun. (You may some time need help and not get it) Don't--Go in swimming alone. Canoeists. . Don't--Attempt canoeing without some instruction in paddling. Don't--Stand up or change seats un- less ready to swim out. (Many deaths result from this) Don't--Try to scare your compan- ion by rocking the canoe. (It isn't smart and may cause a death) Reprinted from the Red Cross Courier * | With the Humorist { A Backhander., The young editor had just founded a new magazine--one of those high- brow things with pale gray covers and uncut pages--and was eager for ap- plause. "What do you think of it?" he ask- ed the celebrated literary critic to whom he took a copy for examina- tion. "Well," replied the other, wearily but warily, "the stuff you rejected must certainly have been rotten."--Ameri- can Legiog Weekly, . It Was. Willis: You know that excuse you told me to spring on the boss when. I was late this morning? Gillis: Yes. I said it was a sure-fire excuse. Wasn't it? Willis: It was. He sure fired me. --Life. -- Both In the Swim. "My daughter sprang from a line of peers," said the ardent father. "Well," said her feller, "I jumped off a dock once myself." --The Naval Monthly. - Juggins: "Yes, it's very pleasant liv- ing in the country, but jt has its in- conveniences." Fuggins: "What do you miss most?' Juggins: "The last train home at night." | Stamp Collector's Eyrie | & (By K. B. 0. W. Stamp Club) Looking Southward Before going overseas for stamp news let us turn for a moment to Cen- tral and South America. A century ago one of Costa Rica's former Presidents, Dr. Jesus Jimenez, was born. A commemorative series has now been issued in his honor, each stamp bearing his portrait, which ap- peared on several Costa Rican adhesi- ves of 1901, 1907 and 1910. The deno-|- minations of the new set are 1 ¢entavo, 2¢, 4¢, 5c and 20c and 1 colon. Costa Rica has not had a new definite series since 1910 but has been putting forth numerous surcharges to displace the 1910 set; an entire new series is being issued, appearing concurrently with the Jimenez commemoratives, the denomi- nations of the definitive set being 1c, 2¢, 3c, 4c, 10c, 12c, 20c, and 40c, and 1 colon, You will recall that on the August page was mentioned the new 5 centa- vos red issued by Argentina, the design comprising a portrait of General San Martin, one of the Republic's early warriors in the struggle for the coun- try's liberty. As it transpires, that stamp was but the first of an entire series, each having the San Martin head. The other values are Yc red vie. let, 1c buff, 2c dark brown, 3c light green, 4c red brown, 10c dull green, 12c deep blue, 20c ultra marine, 24c light brown, 30c claret, 50c black, and ~--larger in size 1 peso blue and red. In the Colombian Republic new air- post stamps have appeared--5 centavos yellow, 10¢ bright green, 15c red, 20c gray, 30c blue and 50c deep grecn-- each picturing a hydroairplane instead of the airplane which was shown on Colombia's earlier aerial adhesives. It remains to be seen whether this is the Government's official issue or whether the stamps were, like the pre- vious ones, only semi-officially print- ed by a private airmail-carrying com- pany and therefore not be accepted by philately as actually being postage stamps. It is curious to learn that the new airpost adhesives may be purch- ased in foreign lands, presumably from Colombian consuls, and there af- fixed, in addition to the regular pos- tage, to letters addressed to Colombia, thus entitling the letters to be delivered by air upon reaching the South Ameri. can Republic. \ Four newsstamps have been issued by the United States government. One is in memory of Warren G. Harding, the late President, The others are air- plane franking labels, arising out of the recently-inaugurated transconti- mental flights by mail-carrying ma- chines between our Pacific and Atlan. tio coast The most interesting of the four is the Harding stamp, 2c black, the issu- ing of which was approved by Presi- dent Coolidge before he had been in office a fortnight. It bears a profile bust, the name Harding, and the dates of birth and death, 1865-1923, The memory of no other President has been honored 'by the appearance of a special adhesive so soon following death; the idea is credited to Postmas. ter General New. The stamp is to be sold at post offices as long as there is public demand for it but it will not dis- place the current 2c red. The denominations and colors of the airpost set are 8c green, 16¢ bank note blue and 24c carmine. The size is that of the high denominations of the pre- sent regular series, The stamps are { perf. 11 and on unwatermarked paper. An airplane radiator with propeller | is the central design of the 8c. On the ! 16¢c appears the official insighia of the airmail service--wings bordering an of the Army"s latest models of airmail 'planes in flight. Which stamps are to be used for pre paying postage depends on the dis- tances the iy pieces are to be trans- ported. The 24c, for example, is for use on a letter carried all the way ac- ross the country. New members for the K.B.O.W. Stamp Club will be enrolled d ring July. No fee; just send name any ad- GENERAL REMARKS. July 4.--South Africa's contingent of 201 Boy Scouts for the Imperial today, includes nine boys from Kenya, one of whom travelled hundreds of miles on an ox-wagon.and hundreds of miles on foot through a lion-infest- ed country. Another Scout from Kenya admitted nonchalantly that he had killed two lions on the way to the coast: Ross E. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Anderson, Alfred street, won the prize for general proficiency in the Lower by at Trinity College School, Port Hope. The presentation was made by Lieut.-Governor Cock. shutt, ------------ BOY ACTIVITIES IN THE CAPITAL. has once more got under way and is going full speed ahead. Mr. J. Walker who is director" for the first three weeks, says that there is more pep and life in the present group than ever be- fore, so the future of Sunfish Camp certainly looks bright, - The 1925 Directors of Broadview "Y" are already working in prepara- tion for the next Broadview Boys' bits from every corner of the Globe. This fair is entirely 'run by boys for the benefit of boys and they are trying to instill into young Canadians that simple but wonderful motto, "Learn to do my doing." An attendance of ten thousand is the aim of the Directors for the coming fair, The Boy Scouts of Toronto gave their services' generously to the visit- ing Rotarians during their recent In- ternational Convention in Toronto. Before leaving the visitors expressed their admiration for the efficiency with which the 'Scouts did their allotted tasks, A treat for the track and field athle- tes of Toronto will be the field day to be held at Exhibition Park on Septem- ber 21st, |! At a recent meeting of Toronto Boys' Council it was decided that the Council should officially welcome the Australian Boy Scouts, who will be in Toronto at the end of August on their return from the Wembley Exhibition. A letter was received from Chief Constable Dickson, suggesting that the Council co-operate with the police in assisting children across crossings. The plans of the Council for the fall in clude rugby and basketball leagues, a field meet, the Hamilton-Toronto re- lay race and the oratorical contest. oval - containing the inscription *'Air | Mail." On the 24c is reproduced one | dress also number of stamps in collec- tion to Innes Fraser, Associate Edi-! tor, corner Earl and Sydenham Sts. jamboree, which sailed for London | Sunfish Camp, for employed boys, | Fair. They are planning to have exhi-| { Summer Activities TUXIS BOYS TRAIL RANGERS Swimming Badge Thuxis. A.--Swim 200 yards. B.--Swim on back. C.--Give instruction periods of at least thirty minutes each to non-syim- mers, in the water. i D.--Swim with clothes and shoes on. E.--~Swim under water. F.--~Demonstrate (a) crawl, (b) trud- geon, (c¢) English overarm, (d) breast, (e) side. G.--Dive. (a) Front or back somersalt from low board. (b) Front or back jack-knife from low board. (c) High dive six to ten feet. (d) Front and back dive, three feet. Red Honors--A, 4 min. 15 sec.; B, 100 yards; C, 12; D. 60 yards; E, 30 feet; F, 4; G, all four. Blue Honors--A, 2 min. 30 sec.;-B 75 yards; C, 9; D, 30 yards; E, 25 feet; F,3;G,8CandD. * White Honors--A, 5 min.; B, 50 yards; C, 6; D, 15 yards; E, 20 feet; F, 2; GD. Trail Rangers. A.--Swim 75 yards, free styfe. B.--Swim 35 yards on back. C.--Show reasonable proficiency in diving. D.--Give five periods of instruction to non-swimmers, (Periods to be of , at least twenty minutes each.) E.~Swim under water for 15 feet. Note--Any boys wishing to get this badge will be greatly helped if they at- tend the "Y" Swimming Class. In the Interest of Accuracy "You have heard what the last wit- ness said," persisted counsel, "and yet your evidence is to the contrary. Am I te infer that yon wish to throw doubt on her veracity?" The polite young man waved a de- precating hand. "Not at all," he replied. "I merely wish to make it clear what a liar I am I am if she's speaking the truth."'-- Tit-Bits (London). ------ Motorist--"Am I én the right road to Pokeville?" Countr n--*No, you ain't." Motorist--XThen that old fellow I asked lied to me." Countryman (expectorating)-- ""Mebbe not, stranger, Mebbe I hev." : 4 | Activities of COLUMN IN REVIEW Local Organizations Will Be Recorded in Weekly Section-- Arrangements Compl for C.S.E. T. Field Day on . Saturday. (Special to Boys' Own. Whig) Niagara Falls, July 7.-- The Boys' Council held a brief but busy session on Tuesday evening last with Mayor Peckham in the chair. , Mayor Peckham reported that he had made arrangements to have a col- umn in the Review, reserved as a Boys' Column. Ald. Heximer read a letter he had received from St. Kitts', in which the editor of that city stated that he was glad to hear of the forma- tion of a Boys' Paper and offered his assistance if needed. -- Gerald Willox Editor. Ald. Peckham reported that final ar- rangements had been made for the C. S.E.T. athletic meet to be held Satur- day, June 7th, and the mayor request- ed that the Councilmen and City Clerk act as judges, moved by Ald. Peckham, seconded by Ald. Shoveller that the responsibilities of the publication of council meetings be placed in the hands of the editor of the Boys' Pa- per, Gerald Willox. The motion was carried. " It was moved by Ald, Shoveller and seconded"by Ald. Mears that the re- signation of City Clerk, Stanley Mayes be rejected. Carried. It was suggested by the Mayor, moved by Ald. Shoveller and seconded by Ald, Mears that during the summer months, the council should hold its session once a month. Carried. The next meeting of the council is to be held Wednesday, July 2nd inst. The mayor then n ed that a motion for adjournment was in order. C.8.E.T. Field Day. The Boys' Council have planned a field day for all registered C.S.E.T. groups Saturday next in conjunction with the plans drawn up by the Na- tional Boys' Work Board. The con- testing Trail Rangers and Tuxis Boys are classed, according to age and weight. Points will be given and the results sent to the National Boys' Work Board where the results sent in from all Canada, are checked over and individual and group champions of Canada declared. Provincial leaders are treated in a like manner. The purpose of the athletic contest is to encourage larger participation in athletics by the average boy and at the same time to give the exceptional athlete credit for his performance there fore, it is expected that all enrolled members of the squares except those physically unable should complete. However, each member competing must have attended at least five Sun- day and five mid-week sessions be- tween February 10th and April 10th. The five events have been carefully selected by the Boys' Work Board in order to give the all-round athlete a greater opportunity than he who spe- cializes in one event and neglects the others. - BOYS' COUNCIL TO HAVE ---------- For What Alled Him, By dint of much effort, the enter- prising. young commercial traveler found himself at length in the pres- ence of the great man he had been hunting. . "I really cannot see you," return- ed the man with some irritation, "Then it's lucky I called," return- ed the intruder calmly, "I represent a firm of opticians and . . , ." . Y.M.C.A. News Slt | Stn The meeting of the Y.M.C.A. Ten nis Club was held last night and it was decided to elect officers at the next meeting of the Club on Tuesday. Thanks were pressed in regard to the kindness of 'City Engineer Dick, who is providing a grader to level off the courts that are being prepared for the Club. Over one hundred names will have béen registered for the "Learn to Swim Week" at the Y.M.C.A. which starts on Monday. The Y.W.C.A. has made arranges ments for swimming classes for the girls at the Y.M.CA. The Y.M.C.A. vacation school is to be held on Lake Couchiching July 36, to August 4th. -- SUNFISH CAMP BOY + DIES OF PNEUMONIA Ernest New Returns From the Island and Passes Away at H. (Special to Boys' Own Whig) Returning home from the Y.M.C.A. boys' camp at Sunfish Point last Wednesday, Ernest New, aged 183, de- veloped double pneumonia, and died at his home yesterday morning. On Saturday last the lad had gone over to Sunfish Camp. According to the statement of one of the directors of the camp the only complaint the boy had made while there was that he had a pain in his thigh. Every effort had been made to relieve this, and he was massaged with olive oil. That was last Monday. On Tuesday it was suggested to the lad that if he did not feel better in the morning he should go home and return to camp at a later date and finish his holiday. Every attention was given to the boy duging his brief stay at the camp, and the only ailment he complained of there was the pain in his leg. When he reached home on Wednes- day morning he collapsed, and was put to bed and the doctor called, At 8 o'clock yesterday morning he died. Coroner M. M. Crawford stated that the cause of the lad's death, acco 3 to the autopsy, was double pneumonia, No blame, he said, could possibly be attached to any one. It will, therefore, not be necessary to hold an inquest. ------ Careful Man, A motorist meeting an old colored man trudging along the dusty road generously offered him a lift. "No, sah, thank you, sah!" said the man, "Ah reckon mah ol laige will take me 'long fast enough." "Aren't afraid, are you, uncle? Have you ever been in an automo bile?" "Never but once, sah," was the re- ply, "and den Ah didn't let all mah weight down." ' rr ------------ Calling the Turn. Peter's father had brought home some cloth for an overcoat ,and both he and Mother praised it highly. Little Pete eyed it thoughtfully, especially on the inner side, which led his mother to ask him how he liked it. "I don't care so much for the pattern on the inside," said Peter. ; "What are you worrying, about that or?" "Well, that's the side I'll have to wear on the outside some day." --Klods-Hans (Copenhagen). Every man is great just because he is a man, Ca ws. * Consul, Sask., July 3.--(To the Edi- tor) :=~We hear much these days re- y lian unity. It should seem that now we are standing at the threshold of this great movement and to so state, is not to parrot pointless A The budget of this parlia- ment has done more to promote this 5 ent, in my opinion, than any thér measure of the government for | quarter of a century. Mr. Meighen| tes that"the next election will be : out on question of tariff, this may be'so. Tariff agitation, take it, has been the principal theme economic controversy for a hundred in several of the "greatest na- of the occident. igh tariff advocates. point to the af material SucEens 2 that has attend. e adoption of this policy by the i States and y. They at- this success to the fact that et nations have not had to compete vith the "pauper labor" of Europe. There is, no doubt, a large measure of truth in this contention. But 'there are in all this more vital issues at stake than the mere accom- modation of riches and material pros- perity. What may we not ask, is the primary concern of society, if it is not the prevention of the accumulation of Poorer? But some will say "tariff is. t a standing army, if one great na- keeps up a large standing army 0 nations are obliged to do the e, and if one or more nations erect high tariff wall, other nations must the same." The history of Eng- for seventy-five years largely ' Burnette Shows That the West Needs King Government Budget a Mark Statesman Lower Tariff--The of Good ship. confutes this statement, although per- haps not entirely. In any event, all are agreed that if there were no standing armies at all, the world would be the better for it, and likewise if there were no tariffs at all the world would be the better for trade then, like the wa- ters of the sea, would seek its natural levels. Question of High Tariff. - But, to return to the budget. Is it a fact that because the republic to the south has prospered under a high tar- iff it necessarily follows that Canada would too. share the same fate? Oh! here's the rub. I contend that it would not so follow. If the 'west had never been opened up thgre might have been more soundness in the Canada should follow the States as to her economic policy. But when the great west was thrown open to sets tlers there was a new orientation. The Dominion then passe dfrom a quasi- manufacturing state to a distinctively agricultural domain. What, then, is the paramount consideration of this coun- try, if it is not the development of her natural resources, her mines, her for- ests, and her farm-lands? « ~ Can these great resources be pro- perly utflized with a tariff any higher than it is now? The west answers with one voice, manifestly and posi- tively no! ; And where is the trouble with the eastern reasoning on this most impor- tant problem? It rests mainly on two facts, to wit sectional interests, and false veins as to the real western con- ditions, and the handicaps, under which she labors. It is a principle of perverse human nature that nine men out of ten reason with their pocket- book instead of their head. Because the east think that high tariff will benefit them, they clamor for more protection, and certainly the same rule holds in the west, and because the west is ab- solutely convinced that she can never prosper with high protection, or, it may be with any protection at all, that she insists on tariff reduction. Give and Take. We come then by an inevitable se- quence to the crux of the case, and what is it? Simply and solely that this entire matter is a question of give and take. We of west can not have all we want and the east should fot be- grudge us what the budget gives us. This budget should have been brought down a year ago. We in the west credit Premier King with the desire and the intention of handing out this budget a year since, but we all well know that in this he was not his own boss. We should have been greatly pleased if more reduc- tions could have been made on the ne- cessities of the table. We pay four- teen cents a pound for our sugar, and sometimes more, and what it should be, and. if the really knew and appreciated all they would never utter a protest mst tariff Teduction, but would Rive us more of it. % Heavy Marine Charges. Another handicap on the west often mentioned in the press is the exorbit- ant charge ofgthe boat companies. An effort was made at the last session to remedy this situation but without avail. Our legislators seem to have lost sight of the fact that it was not in the powers of the wit of man to regulate the operations of the foreign merch- Fant marine. It has been charged in the House that our own merchant marine is in league with the American bot- toms to extort the last €ent in the water-borne trade. If this marine is not sufficient to overcome the diffi- culty, then the west suggests that the marine be incredsed. True it is, that some will say that the experiment launched by the States as to their state-owned marine did not prove a success. But what the west cannot un- derstand is why Canada cannot suc- ceed in an enterprise made to well pay by England, Germany, Japan, the Ne- therlands and other countries. The west insists that at least more effort should be made to relieve a somewhat desperate situation. Effect of U. S. Tariff. Another reason why the east should not demur to the budget is that the tariff wall of the States has literally severed this western land in twain. 1 am confident that the east has never risen to a full appreciation of the ac- ute, distress this hostile measure has occasioned. This western land, as has Been before stated in these columns, is as much a stock-growing country as it is a grain-growing section. The Unit ed States is our best, almost our only 'market for our stock. does not need our cattle, and if she did the ocean rates aré in almost ev- ery way prohibitive, and are likely to NIN tad Hgts; 1 of "national remain so, The west has been to an enormous expense in building up her ranches, and it must be handed out to the west that she 'has exhibited a re- markable zeal and pride in her ambi- tion to make her ranches as good as could be found. She now awakes to the desolating fact that a few more years of the tariff wall will reduce her ranches to waste places. Her hope is that 'the November elections to the south will place in power some party that will consider the interests of her neighbors, as well as her own. And thus have we feebly endeavored to place before your readers some arguments why the east should look with decided favor upon this great budget. We say great, because, in ev- ery sense it is a mark of good admin- istration, and what is more, a mark. of good statesmanship. Canada, from the beginning, has been one of the most contentivers countries in the world, as all are agreed. We will not embark upon any discussion, as to the differ- ent causes of these dissensions. Our aim here is to emphasize the necessity a unity," and we would that we had the power to properly set forth this theme. ee -- Economic Unity. "Economic unity" is the key-stone in the arch of this confederacy. This accomplished, other unities will fol- low. Of all the subjects that lend themselves to disagreements and fault- findings the tariff is the primary one. From time immemorial it has played the part of the football in politics. When the party which is out of power nd { has nothing else to talk about, they will, descant vociferously and un- ciously on the tariff. With a cynical gayety, and a dour insolence, and a fine command of language and wealth of imagery they will charge this and that, promise this and that, and end Lup at zero. For the first time in Cana- dian history the tariff is now an issue between the two old parties. But let as not be deceived. If there should be anether election, and the Conserva-|. tive party were returned to power, it is an open question whether they would touch the tariff at all. No party must run away with the idea that it has a monopoly of patriotism. Every party in every democracy is equally patriotic. Canada is a country of boundless natural resources, and what she now most needs is not settlers but capital to develop her mines, her for ests and her farm-lands, as every one believes. Give her capital, and set. tiers will follow as the night the day. Where,is this capital to come from? From the United States mostly of course. Who is so blind then that he cannot see that the reduction of duties on the implements of production is the surest way to attract American capi- talists. The German war-lords bank- rupted themselves and half the world, and so we must stand pat and do the best we can until there is a change. The bane of democracy is the partisan spirit, and the craving for power. Let us look, then, with some degree of al- lowance upon the frothy utterances of our political opponents for they know full well that the government has ta- ken the only possible course in the premises. --M. S. BURNETTE. Consideration. "There's a poor man outside who wants something to eat." "Give him some' bread and pota- toes." : "But he seems to have seen bettep' days." "All right; give him a napkin, too." --Karikaturen. (Christiania). Men Worth "Do you know what becomes of boys who smoke cigarettes?" asked the kind old lady, ; "Sure," replied the boy. "Ain't. you never seen any of them big cigs arette advertisements?" --Judge. 4 nnd Children