THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG -: v "KINGSTON BOYS OWN "THE ALL BOY PAPER" 'Member of the Canadian Boys' Press Association" Published under the Auspices of the Local Boys' Work Board. - TUXIS ACTIVITIES By J. Paton. Editor of the "Kincardine Activities. ¢ We noticed the "physiog" of A. Ww. ter, M.B.P.P. for West Toronto in Star the other day. It appeared h those of several Toronto colleg- te graduates who had won scholar- ps. Ab. won the first Edward Blake tholarship in mathematics yielding $100 in cash and four years tuition fees @t Toronto University. He took a nding of 95 per cent. on his years at Humberside Collegiate. He is ng Toronto University and will accompanied by the best wishes of "his many friends in C.S.E.T, circles. &' Speaking of scholarships, A. Robt. Rourke, M.B.P.P. for Brockville copp- ted a scholarship in mathematics the "other day. The genial Bob is the pre- Vaent minister of finance and played a big part in the phenomenal success of ithe provincial bond selling campaign + dast February. It will be remembered { that he was to have spoken here while "'om the campaign tour but had to can- poel the engagement. He is going to specialize in mathematics at Varsity. : Every success to him. © Joe McCutley, of St. Thomas, who ! claims the distinction of being chosen * the first boy premier of Canada, has 4 won a new honor for his native town : by winning the Massey Fellowship at { Toronto University which entitles him S10 two years free tution at Oxford 2 and carries with it an endowment of © $1,000 a year for the same period. 'i, Owing to the inclemency of the | weather the marshmallow roast had to fe postponed. It will be held this * Wednesday night at half past seven. s $ are requested to meet at * the Armouries at the above mentioned + time. All come to the roast and make i it a success. The elections for the Ontario boys' { parliament will be held in the near fu- : ture and this year our member, Cal ~ Rea will not be standing as he is leav. "ing town at the end of the month. It i is up to us to elect a fellow who will = be able to fill the vacancy in the same efficient manner as our last member. ' The time has come for us to be think- _ ing over the matter and getting our man in the field in plenty of time to _ 'canvass for votes. ~The football season is now started _ and at the last meeting it was decid- CANADK'S BANKING ~ SYSTEN DISCUSSED | M. 8. Burnette Advocates Gov- ernment Quarantee--\Weet- orn Oanada's Bank Needs. nis, Consul,' Bask., Sept. 19.--(To the 'BdNMor): Among the many institu- tons of our modern civilization I Know of none more importact than an efficient and safe banking system, 'Have we such a system? Unmistak- ably not. The slogan, '"'safety first" . applies to a banking system with ~ Jess force Nkely than it does to a . + transportation system, because life i» more important than money, Now, © why have we not a safe depository . for our funds? If any man can tell { . me, he Will tell me something that ~ I do not now know. The Canadian press, for at least a quarter of a 'gentury, have been sounding the 3 praises of our system of banking in | terme that would seem to exhaust the tunefuiness and pliancy of the English language. Right on the Reels of this extravagant adulation , comes one of the most spectular and dissstrous bank failures that the country has yet seen. Should this and every governmeat make banking gate for the depositors? . Where is the man who will 'answer But how ean it be done? There ceeur to It can be done, government guarantee, by an aseociation of Reg. Anderson was elected Captain and Lloyd Conway manager. In Reg. we have a sound defense man and is just the fellow for: captain being a good as outside left he just fills the position to ion. Reg and Lloyd will sel- ect a strong team and this season we hope to carry all before us. Here's to a successful season, WHAT ABOUT, "THE SMOKES"? The Literary Digest is a reliable ma- gazine. It said.in an article a few years ago, "The cigarette habit, with its attendant evils, the saloon and vice, is sapping the mental and moral stam- ina of American young men, gnawing at the very vitals of their physical well- being. Teachers throughout the coun. try recognize in the cigaret the school's deadliest foe, and confess without re- servation that they find it practically impossible to educate a cigarette-smok- ing boy." He cited from the records of Harvard University the fact that "for fifty years not one tobacco user has stood at the head of his class, although five out of six (83 per cent) Harvard students use the weed. A city magis- trate 'said recently, "out of 300 boys brought before me charged with var- ious crimes 295 were cigarette-smok- ers." According to the finding of Dr. Shaw, 80 diseases are traceable to to- bacco, and 35,000 die annually from it." It is an economic waste, as declared by Dr. D. H. Kress, an eminent physi. cian, when he cplculated that the ed to play football instead of baseball, sport. Lloyd is a rising footballer and | I causeth thy breath to stink like a glue factory; it rendereth thy mind less in- telligent than that of a' cigar store dummy; yea, thou art a cipher with the rim knocked off."--Firelighter, S. L. MYSELF AND ME. I'm the best friend I ever had, I like to be with me, I like to tell myself Things confidentially. I often sit and ask me If I shouldn't or if I should. And I find that my advice to me Is always pretty good. I never got acquainted, With myself ell here of late, And I find myself a bully chum, And I treat me simply great, I walk with me and talk with me, And I show me right and wrong; I never knew how well myself And me could get along, I've made a study of myself And compared me with the lot; I finally concluded I'm the best friend, that I've got. LOCAL BOYS' NEWS IN BRIEF. A meeting of the City Boys' Work Board was held at the Y.M.CA. at 8 p.m. on Monday. Mr. Lilley presided and some very important matters were dealt with. We are pleased to again welcome Mr. J, Alex. Edmison to Kingston. "Alex." as he is known has spent the summer months #t old Camp Ahmek, at Algonquin Park where he acted as amount spent in the United States alone for tobacco, annually, would en- able him to provide thirty thousand families each with the necessities of life. In addition he says, "I could grant an allowance of $5,000 to each of ten thousand other families. To each of ten thousand others I could give $10, 000. To each of one thousand other heads of families, I could make a Christmas present of $50,000. To each of another thousand I could give $100,000; and, besides, to each of five hundred of my best friends I could make an annual allowance of $1,000, 000, After doing all this, I would still have left each year $3,000,000 to bes- tow on charitable institutions, and at least $10,000,000 to keep the wolf from the door." "Let every. boy face these facts, re- membering the words of "Bob" Bur ette, "my son, as long as thou hast in thy skull the sense of a jay bird, break an instructor. The chief business among Tuxis Squares in the city at present is, the re- organization after the summer months, We are pleased to announce to our many readers that the Kingston Boys' Own Whig have made another stride in Canadian Boys' Journalism. Last week we entered the "Canadian Boys' Press Association" as a member. There are at present some five or six of the lead- ing boys' papers in Canada linked up with this association whose aim is to further the work of junior journalism in Canada. Therefore at the heading of our page you will find *Member of Canadian Boys' Press Association." Although nothing definite can be given out it would seem that prepara- tions for a city boys' council are under way. Realizing that our feverished en- thusiastics of the boys' council will pester us for information we wish to say that we are not as yet in a position away from the cigarette, for lo, it take over the banks, and own them and control them, of course, this means nothing of the kind, Goy- ernment ownership, I believe, would be a good thing, but it is not at all necessary to render the system safe. But will the banks oppose a state guarantee? Surely not. No one would be so glad to see the system made perfectly eafe as the bank of- ficlals and stockholders, for it would increase their business by a large per cent, Some will say our system is much better than the one across the Mne, Well, that is like the pot not call- ing the kettle black, for .f there ever was a perfectly rotten and in- efficient banking system, that system ' is to be found in the United States. The records show more than eleven hundred bank failures acrces the way within a dosen years, and ninety-seven within the last year, and in no case was a single cent made good to the depositors. But the effects of a bank failure are not confined to the loss by the depositors, The several bank fail- ures in Canada during the last few years have injured us in the eyes of way to my desk I note the statement that British capitaliste have the fear that English in- vestments In this country were not safe on account of the scandals at- taching to our banking system. Remedies Proposed, But up tq date what are the reme- dies proposed by the officials of the governments of the United States and this dominion? : They are what is termed "Bank Inspections." The United States boast that they have the most eom- plete and perfect system of bank inspection that there is in the world. to give any information. If plans are 2 4 ~4 For the sake of argument we will ad- mit their contention, But what does it amount to? Certainly nothing at all, for the banks go merrily on closing thelr doors the same as if there was no such thing as bank in- spection, That man has not yet seen this mundane sphere who could devise a banking inspection scheme that would make men either honest or capable. There is another aspect of this matter to which I have seen no ally sion in the press. It is this: Under our present order of soclety the ele- ment of speculation enters very largely into many business transac- tions. A bank official may be ever So honest and capable, and yet his bank may fail, The bank takes in money and then invests the same in various enterprises, some of which may not make good. All this is only an additional reason why the bank should be guaranteed by the state againet loss to depositors. Certainly in every civilized country the law provides penalties for malfeasance of office. But td convict and punish the official does not restore to the unfortunate depositor his hard earn- ed savings. Who shall attempt to compute the loss, hunger and an- guish suffered by those who have en- under way it will be given to you in due time, The editor, Arthur T. Williamson of the "Chemical Magician" has publish- ed a list of corrections for the above department which appeared in a prev- ious issue. These were due to printer's error. . Alex. Edmison, former boy mayor of Toronto and manager of Queen's Track team has been elected associate editor of Queen's Journal. Y.M.C.A. News A meeting of the staff of the "Tat- ler" will be held next week to discuss the publication of the paper during the coming winter session. The paper will have representatives in every de- partment of the association and things look promising for all kinds of mater- iabfor-the "Tatler." The gymnasium apparatus is gra- dually being repaired; the high bar, horses and flying rings are all ready for opening of the classes, which are ex- pected to be large in attendance. The plunge has been painted and looks splendid while the showers are also much improved in appearance hay- ing been repainted a pure white. Painters and carpenters are busy on the second floor putting on the finish- ing touches on the new dormitories which are urgently needed. New wash rooms have been installed on the second floor for the convenience of the roomers. An old YM.C.A. member was a re- cent visitor and remarked that he had never seen the building looking so clean and neat as it was now. This is quite a compliment for the house offi- cers. . The first regular meeting of the Five Nine Club will be held Wednesday, October 1st. A number of "Y" boys including K. Upton, J. Stevens and C. White are entering medicine this fall while H. Rider and R. Ettinger are taking up commerce. : New lights are being installed in the gym. The gym. class schedule has been announced as follows: Junior 'A'--Mon. 4.20; Sat. 9.15. Junior 'B'--Thurs. 4.80; Sat. 10.15. Jr. Employed--Mon. 7.20; Fri. 7.20. Intermediate--~Mon. 8.15; Thurs. 8.15. Seniors--Tues. 8.15; Fri. 8.15. & THE BROADVIEW BOY'S FALL FAIR. The curtain has rung down on the 1924 Broadview Boys' Fall Fair, and it may truly be said that there is no one, who attended the fair that ques- tions its success. The board of direc- tors deserve great credit for the man- ner in which they did their work. The exhibition also deserve praise for the quality of their exhibits, all of which bespoke of real hard work, whether it was spent in making a table or a col- lection, in taking care of their pets or looking after their gardens, or in do- ing some other honest piece of work. The management of this exhibition is in the hands of a group of twenty to thirty teen age boys. They are known as the board of directors, and are responsible for everything from collecting the prize money to arrang- ing the exhibits in their various places. The attendance this year greatly ex- celled those of former years. The board of directors hoped for an attendance of 10,000 and although their hopes were not realized, about 9,000 people saw the show, over 3,000 more than the year before. The Broadview Boys' Fall Fair is the largest, as well as the oldest boys' fair in the world. If they can but con- tinue the steady path of improvement they have followed for the last twenty. three years, they should have no trou- ble in holding their present position. To point out one department as sup- erior to any other would be a difficult task. In the Agricultural section the flowers and vegetables, exhibited by many youthful gardeners were excel- lent, The judges had no easy time in picking the winners. The Domestic Science department proved conclusively that boys knew how to cook, not only camp fare, but even fancy dishes, cakes, pies, cookies, jellies, and biscuits were there in abun- dance. One ingenious chef had carved a canteloupe in the form of a basket and in it had made a delicious looking jelly. All girls who claim boys are use- less about a kitchen would soon change their minds if they could have seen this exhibit. The fine arts department was par- excellence. Here were displayed wood. work, art, collections, radio and photo- graphy. The first three mentioned were especially good. Douglas Patrick of Hamilton "cleaned up" in the art and collectors' sections. One of his ex- Business Men--T ues. 5.15; Fri. 5.18 prime necessity 'fn { thousand and one ways, and it is very dificult to see how they could be dispensed with, ---- Legal Liability, 5 Ag respects their legal liability tor the safety of depositors' funds, I have wondered not a little, why some of the eminent lawyers engaged in looking after the interests of unfor- tunate depositors in Toronto and elsewhere, have not brought suit against the state in order that this most important issue might be taken to the foot of the throne and be de- cided by that august tribunal. As to what our government may finally do in the premises, I have not much doubt. They will make good 'to the depositors. I can readily see why our officials have not already done go; they think, very likely, that to take such action now might in Some way have a bearing on the tridls in Toronto, and so it were bet- j trusted their all or any considerable portion. of their all to an inatitution sponsered by. the state, when the state fatls to make goed the bank. ing loss. Thee practice is ind sible on any moral or legal grou Bear in mind that I here smploy phrase "legal grounds." If any phrase of this which I am at all Hoensed to s it is the legal phrase. > ili g iH 7 2 ES es £ i 32 q i i ft i : i f : i i 2k 3d : 1 i § 7 i gick i fii ashe £5; if i | | i g i i ; : : i 7 : i i : f f t : x t} iz hibits was a group of 604 different panies. As to these companies we have none worthy of the name. If a farmer starts out' here to procure a farm loan of any amount, he might 4s well save his breath, Neither the provincial nor the federal states have made any provision for farm loans that are at all feasible. The cost of procuring the loan and the interest thereon.is so enormous as to put such a thing out of court. All these matters are questions of time, and must be worked out by financial experts, and, in my opin- lon, will never be accomplished by private companies, It is only the state which can manage such affairs. But the greatest financial question that confronts the west is the ques- fon of interest rates. We are pay- lag now from 9 to 12 per cent. in- terest on machines and lumber and other debts, and mo new country can possibly stand such int t rate oe. The time will come, must come, whetl a state board will be erected '| to adjust our indebtedness, Mean- time the greatest asset of a west- ern man is patience. Rome was not built in a day and the great west not be built in a day, The ay is in a substantial con- dition of bankruptcy, say what they may and only time will clear up the situation. oie The Wheat Pool. ' Our erop this year in the west will be about half what it was last year, possibly a little more. i wo Canadian newspaper headings, The number of collections was amazing. Stamps, coins, car tickets, transfers, newspaper headings, and chocolate bar wrappers were but a few of the forty varieties. The livestock, cat and dog shows were of high calibre. So was the mid- way where many games of chance lured the passing visitor. Among the special attractions weré ping-pong and tennis tournaments, track and swimming contests, a musi- cal contest, an Oratorical contest. a baby show, and a typewritting contest, Orchestras and bands throughout the building furnished excellent music for many appreciative listeners. The 1924 Broadview Boys' Fall Fair has proved a complete success. We can only hope the 1925 one will be the same. Canadian Boys' Press Association. GAMES FOR BOYS. No. 3--Bolsheviki. The originator of this game must have been hard up. for a name, or he wouldn't have called it "Bolsheviki." It was taught to me by a Japanese schoo] boy, who is at present attend- ing a Canadian school, and because of the enjoyment I've had (at odd mom- ents) from if. I've decided to pass it on and publish it in these columns. The two contestants face each other, about two feet apart. Each places his hands, palms out, in front of his chest. His feet are about a foot and a half apart. Then the battle begins. The idea is the same as in Indian Westling, viz:to make one's opponent move his feet. To do this the pair keep striking at each other palms until one or the other loses his balance and takes a step. Only the palms of the hand must touch. If either touches the others body it is a foul and he loses a point. Make the game ten points and count each step two points and each foul one. Next Week: Cat on the Back Fence. J. R. Wilson. CORRECTIONS. The following printers' errors were made in last week's "Chemical Magi- cian." 1--"Potassiumte Iodide of Lead should have read "Potassium Iodide," 8--""Lyne" should have read "Lye." On the red, yellow and blue experi- ment, household ammonia should be substituted for lye. of the people to make good the los- ses of the banks. This suggests the enquiry as to whether there is any distinction between a guaranteed pank and insurance company. We pay in our premiums to the ineur- ance company to insure against our own losses, and the losses of others. In precisely the same manner we contribute our taxes to the state to insure us against loss from bank failures. I can see no difference be- tween the two institutions. \ But some might afirm that all tails guarantee business is only to set a premium on bank profligacy, and incompetency. To thus affirm is to caste a vile and unwarranted indictment against the bank staff in general, No one believes that our banking officlals as a class are any- thing except an able and conscienti- ous body of men. K.C.Il. News in General The K.CI. Rugby team have had some strenuous workouts and are in the pink of condition. The Junior Literary held an im- portant. meeting on Monday. The question of fees for the coming year was settled. Through the kindness of Mr. Griffith Odgen Ellis editor of the American Boy, the famous magazige for boys and read by thousands of fellows, the Kingston Boys' Whig have received "special copyright license" to publish from the "editorial page" of the Ame. rican Boy, a A Mr. Ellis has just returned after spending many holidays in Canada and is- high in his praise of the work of boys' journalism in Canada and wishes us every success in our work. The first of these editorials will appear in our next issue. " STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! We are approaching the time for the election of a member for the Older Boys' Parliament, and Mentors will do well to see that their groups are regis- tered. Last year several were disap- pointed because they' were not regis- tered. Therefore a word to the wise "Register your group before you for- get about it." Q. Will you kindly tell me what is meant by the "Canadian Mentor Mag: azine"?--F. J. H. Q. 2--Please Mr. Editor tell me what would be a suitable procedure for my first Tuxis meeting?--J, R. D, Ans, Q. 1--The "Canadian Mentor" is a monthly, twenty-page 'magazine and can be secured at $1.00 per yeat from your C.S.E.T. Depot of Supplies, It contains a weekly programme map ped out a month in advance and othef practical help. Ans. 3--I would first explain the Ci S.E.T. ideals and principles and prac+ tice (a study of the Mentors' Manual or T. Rangers will give all the infor mation needed. Then proceed to elect officers (c) Appoint.a committee to res commend name and colors for the Square or Camp. (d) Relay and Chal lenge Games, It is essential that this fun peried be properly emphasized; Some of the best games are club of bottle snatch, rooster fight, badges pull, knee or toe wrestle. See Tuxid Manual, pages 381 and 393 to 395 Ti Rangers Manual pages 32¢ and 336 td ' 338 for rules of these games.--Editor. But there is a paychic element is all' this that should not pass unnos ticed. When we insure our build: ings and our lives we are given a sense of secruity that enables us to rest in peace and comfort, When our bank deposits are insured we shall likewise be spared much anys fety and worry. In an age when we are rushing headlong towards 8 nervous Niagara, it is incumbent ups on us to avail ourselves of every ' possible medicament ageinst nervous disaster, ---M. 8, BURNETTE. Charles Bedford, Campbeliford, who has been quite il, is now with his brother, Ernest Bedford, of this city, tor a few days, Everywhere you hear arguments over parking limits while you find , Just parking at all is the Hmit. Shay, Y Dr. Chase's "Tired and Worried Nervous and Despondent" Mrs. M. Chevalier, Belle River, *For eight years I suffered from > 60 ots. a box of 80 pills, Edmanson, Bates & Co., 144., Toronte Ont., writes: despondency and I § ® 8 Li iL it e i "- g ¥ 8 § 9 2é gtd g if H is il ; ] ' 3 erve Food "ACROSTIC J Wimet guarantees Mik is WE rie ad ner vars 15 proved