RE «TO REPRE ENTATIVES: Thempeor, 160 King Strons we eg 49,0, BUR: ave wubtiatza ™ eculation of THE BRITIRN Ee y 4'B © | Audit Bureau of Circulations Gray hair dyed black is the height J Iding the HNly. eing desperate is a streak of luck ; used properly. | Many persons Jump at conclusions ca them convictions, - Farewell Jasivary. You cut up a bit too mush for ordinary folks. 4 - It wheat prices continue to climb may all be willing to eat bran, it of the few spring styles will "Yery simple figures except on price tage. i 'e & reputation, of hand work to ee & sian calls hig wife the bet- 'When she 8 about 90 per damnily. attractive costume for a cold is abu of blankets thrown a a in. to prove that the world 1m- Ves, men of the fifteenth cen- Wore ¥ings on their thumb. tax bill, covering some THE LESSON OF TAXES, "Ihe tax bill of Canads hes rexched large progortions. Within ten years it has plsen from $163,174,395 to $403,09¢,210. Up {o the, outbreak of 'war the federal revenus had been drawn from customs duties, excise and so on; but with a rise in the public debt from $483,232.665 to $2,888,827,237, these sources be- come inadequate, Special imposts had to be imposed, and, according to the last available official state. ment, they amounted to $181,634, 875. For imbediate purposes it is proposed to look only at the income fax, the facts as to which teach us Several more of less significant and | opportune leghons. The levy on individual incomes 'produced $26,367,814, It is both interesting and instructive to observe how this large sum was distributed among the various classes. 'The facts are as follows: Nuthbers. «127,718 94,580 10,140 4,700 1.047 851 $ 1,000 to $ 2,000 2,000 to 6,000 ... 6,000 to 10,000 ,.. 10,000 to 20,000 ... 20,000 to 30,000 ... 30,000 and over. ...!. us little. THey must be put in their relation to amounts. Let it there- fore be understood, as a starting point, that the total number of con- tributors was . 289,036. Assuming that each taxpayer represents the statistical family of 5, it Will be seén at once that, out of a total popula- tion of 8,788,488, there were 7,698.- 308 who wholly essaped the levy: Going a step farther, it will be ob | Served that 222,208 out of a total of 239,088, or 93 per cent. come within the first two classes, e incomes did not exceed $6,000. et that 93 per cent. of the full number of in- come taxpayers paid but a little over 28 per cent. of the amount collected. "Passing to the other classes, their payments were hs follows: $6,000 to $10,000 paid $3,187,012; $10,000 to $20,000 paid $4,288, 848; $20,000 to $30,000 paid $2,621,615; $30,000 and over paid $8,825,424. When these figures as to amounts are put In juxtapdsition with numbers, sev- eral deductions are obvious. It will be geen that 851 individuals paid more than 38 per cent. of the total amotint collected, as against 26 per cent. by 222,298. This was, of course, unavoidable. The tax fell where the fncome was to be found. But to anyone disposed to view our demoeratic system in a speculative mood, amplé material would be found for somewhat startling deduts tions, ; y also #lbject to taxation, and they contributed $29,770,950. The sum of the two fotms of levy, on indivi- dualy and companies, was $56,138;- 764. Hore again the same pheno- menon is to be obsyrved; since cor- porations having an income of $30, 000 ad over actually paid $26,817, 760 out of $29,770,950, or almost 87 per cent. of the totaly The sugges- tion is irresistible of considerable concentration of wealth, on one hand, and the escape from taxation dy & large number of corporations on 'the other. - ~. This whole matter takes on a par- ticularly interesting complexion when the income tax is analysed by prov. daces. Joining the amounts paid by individuals to those paid by corpora- tions, the facts are és follows: ¥ P. E Island ......$ Nova Scotia New Brunswick. ... Quebec 52.844 1,074,708 870.188 seers 19,506,413 cove 34,066,008 © 8,878,299 1,125,926 1,898,847 3,048,961 CBT Ontario ...... Manitoba ,..,...4 Saskatchewan San Alberta "ye British Columbia Yukon ...... i The first outstanding fact is that Ontario paid over 43 per cent. of the total, while Quebec paid almost 26 per cent. "The two together con amount collected. The share of the 11 per cent. If the entire federal e eight or ivisions, were brought together, 1d probably On the surface these figures tell | «+ The incomes. of. corporations: wets | they can have thelr own way in a matter which concerns the whole country. 1 STRANGE "SOURCES." ; Hamilton despatches inform us that "action is being called for from several sources" fn the case of a young woman in Hamilton who has married a Chinaman. It would be interesting to know just what are the sources and what is the proposed action. There is nothing in the law of this provinte to prevent a young woman of years of discretion from matrying a Chinaman if she wants 'to, and while we are not enamored of mixed marriages, we must say that we have known lots of young wo- men of sufficient years and average discretion who married things that turned out to be much worse than the av@yage Chinaman. There is something offensively un-British about the attitude of mind which starts prying into the affairs of two people who; as in this case, are com- plying with the laws of the land and have made no complaint against one- 'another. We are prepared to wager that the "sources" referred to.in this des h (if they really exist out- side thie mind of an fngenious re- porter) include some male beings of unimpeachable "Nordie" blood, whose wives wo#ld be delighted vo exchange them for Chimamen. Per- sons who are #0 much concerned about other people's business are seldom any good at their own, Per- haps the "sources" had better go ahead and organise a Ku Klux Klan and do the matter up properly with nightgowns and flaming torches: And if they find that that sort of thing does not go well in Ontario, they can pack up and move to Her- rin, Illinots, NATURAL LITERATURES, Dean Skelton"s references last week, in his address to the Arts un- dergraduates, to the notable develop- ment of literature in Ireland in re- cent years were much to the point. If any comparisons are to he made, however, between Canada and 'the now no.longer "disthressful" island, Canadas will have to be credited u der large number of completely expatri- ated writers with little but théir birth in this country to establish thelr Csnadianism. Mr. Bernard 'Shaw 1s technically an Irishman, but he 1s much less of an Irishman by domicile and assoclation than Mr. Basil King, for instance, is a Cana- dian. New York is plentifully sup- plied with Canadians by birth who have drifted thither just as Mr. Shaw drifted to London snd Mr. George Moore to Paris, for a larger oppor- unity and & livelier sesthetis &tmo- sphere. Mr. Arthur Stringer occas: fonally comes back and writes about his native land; moreover he has a very besutiful estate near Chatham, Mr. Harvey O'Higgins neither re- 'turns nor writes about us, but he fs none the less a born, Canadian for that. - 8ir Gilbert Parker talks to Canadian Cluds on, his way to and from Hollywood. Miss Lily Dougall, whose recent death in London took away one of the ablest and most] prominent leaders of a certain very important gehool in religious and so- cial thought in present-day England, had been out of Canada for so long that few Canadians knew she was one of themselves, or kept any track of her doings. Sarah Jeanette Dun- can, atier writing in 1800 one of the 'Books of the year," not of Oxnada | 70 but of Baglish-spenking world, went to England and later to India, and by the time she was ready to pub- lish her really fine Canadian novel, "The Imperialist," her native lend had forgotten that she was/oné of its products. : Ireland has had a great develop- ment in Iterature 'a the last geners- tion or. so, because Irishmen have for the work of Irishmen wherever they might be. (It we are not mis- taken, it fs illegal to import into Ireland the "magnum opus" of James Joyce, the chief of the : three prairie provinces was less than | I Dr. Skelton's system with 'a\ jaction. They might as well expect to prevent small boys from swim- ist. In other words, a market, which will in part be speculative because of business. A dottery is not a neces. sity. mele ket always Ye: the idea that they made it by their own brains, instead of by duck, with the result that they $0 on packing their alleged brains ning. Which proves to other persons, 'who have recently made money in the if they had made it in a lottery. They their own capabilities. | 7 That Body of Bours 'By Jasms W. Barton, M.D, | EYE STRAIN, Your eyes have perhaps been bothering you some, and you have been to the n, the optomet- rist, or even he oculist, and no cause can be found, because your vision is 'perfect. . You have been placed in a chgir, and well-printed letters or figures, about one-quarter inok in size, and separated from ome another by about j 76 samme disctance, ars placed at a distance of fifteen fect from you. Now, ii is comforting to learn ) that your sves are purfect, but they are giving gou trouble just the same, You find that after you have heen reading for a little while that the type seems to "blur", and you find it necessary to take your eyes from the pagés for a minuta or two, You motive aleo thai your eyelids seem to Be red and heavy. When You go autdoors on a '"'sanny" day, the eyes paln you slightly. There fs often an undue amount of mois ture about the eyes, and our friends, * ., stimes appear. Simply of the eyes, that's all. It may be that you do not use them so much, but use them where the Hight de poor, or where it strikes directly drom in front. Sometimes it is the actual holding of the eyes at a certain distance and angle from the printed or written 'Page, that tires the muscles that hold the eyeball in place. You may remember that these muscles dre on either side, and above and bélow the eyeball, and are thus able to turn the eye in any direction. So just as holding out your hand at arm's length will so tire the shoulder musole that you drop your hand in five minutes, so will this holding of the eyes at ome point for too jon at @ 'time tire these eye muscles , Bometimes, were one is a hear- ty Sater, but takes no exercise or ysioal work, there fs intestinal congestion which affects the eyes Just as it affects other parts of the body. 80 it you are advised that you do nolL neod glasses you should. be Pleased about it of course, but try to observe a fow eye health rules, 'and #0 avoid this "eye straln" ag it is onlled. gi: 'Have the light strike the page from behind if possible. Always have a good light, and quit reading or writing if you can't get it, Rest your eyes as you would rest your body. If riding 1a & motor ear, not driving, of ut the movies, close your eyes occasionally. 3 will relieve the nerves and muscles of the eyes. 2 ming 80 long as pools continue to ex- | {IN the nature of man, is a necessity of On the other hand, peopie who Il by apeculuting in & mar- ||} until they have lost all that they had |} won en all that they had before win- || 'but mever to themselves, that #t was Hl not brains but tuck that made them: [Jl win the first time. Ft is highly in {I favor of lotteries that nobody ever ([I claims to have won = lottery prise [II by brats. In that respect the people (II wheat market would be tar better off Hi would have a less misleading idea of II | Jou Jn that you can read all the | | without any difficalyy. : : eof (he 'We are now in over the of from 20% to en our stock a thorough looking over an prices with reductions so deep that me realize that our clearing prices are at BiBBY'S February Suit and Overcoat Sale the midst of stock-taking time, and have giv- d made final revision of n who know values will the very bedrock of cost. We Have Placed the Suits and Overcoats Into Three Special Groups '14.75°1850 '25.00 : Sizes are good----34 to 44. a Ey Jou 10 spend. & short. 80%. while of your time | : ins. The new prices mean to you a aking reduction Some Big Bargains That Deserve Special Mention \ * 50 Dozen MEN"S FINE SHIRTS Sizes 14 to 17. 40 Dozen * SILK TIES All new shapes, good color Pure Wool SWEATER COATS Plain Grey, Tans; tancy des All nice, new goods--a man. | ing; a regular $1.00 value for | ins and combination colors. ufactarer"s f values, For $1.45 ceremony, Mr. Weyms was named "Wullowaholly"--a good man---and he was also duly informed by the thief that this name registered would entitle him to the Indian privilege of & squaw whenever he visited their settlements. i February 7. | There is. an odd, (hovgh: slender link between the Pharoah Tutank- hamen who wag disturbed in his three-thousand-year slumber in- the Valley of the Tombs of Kings, and the Dominion of Canada, of to-day, though the democracy of Canada to-day would have heen to the mind of Tutankhamen, a dréam of wild- est bolshevistl. The Barl of Car- narvon, who discovered. and ex- cavated the great Egyptian tomb, was a son of the Earl of Carnarvon who introduced the Bill of Confed- eration to the British House of Lords on this day in 1867. It was the bill which brought about the union of the British Provinces fn foundation for Canada's future atness. The interest of the Car- sarvons ia Canada was not merely a nominal one, for part of the fam- ily fortunes were invested in Can- adian enterprises, and remains to this day. A wh 1 THE LITTLE CHURCH. % PE aetinating. calis and tosses 15 the Church Undon contest there has been a very marked disposition on the part of some of the apeakers and writers to belittle stock. 50c each Sizes 84 to 44. Regular $4.00 and $4.50 valifes-- For $2.75 BIBBY'S 'We have considerable funds to loan on Farm, Village and City Properties, at lowest cur- rent rates. * rime We have some good farms for sale at present. alec some bargains in city property. T. J. Lockhart Real Hatate and Insurance Agent 68 BROCK ST., KINGSTON Phone 3337 or 17977. TO HOLD A BANQUET, - In Connection With the Agricultural i Classes at Delta. Delta, Feb, 4.~--The banquet held in connection with the agricultural i classes promises to be good, as in- vitations are out. This closes the series of meetings held in the town hall. Mr, Nellis, Peterboro, was In town on business recently. Miss Vera Kernan spent the 'week-end at R. Preston's. Mrs. H. M. Kilbourn has recovered from her recent ill- ness, { » The hockey match between Athehs and Delta resulted in a vietory for Athens. Repair work fa still being done on the post office. Miss Vera | Whitmore will run a millinery store in the Russell Block in the spring. A skating partys to be held in con- nection with the league, Friday eve- ning. A programme will be given and afterwards lunch will be served. are only small ihission or augmented changes, » bodies * in comparison to the great churches of the cities." And their influence amd value ave ¢ Discriminating Investors Buy gf Fraser Bonds For" your sick-room needs."" You 'will ré- ceive prompt, effi cient and courteous service. DR. 4. P. CHOWN '185 PRINCESS STRERT , | "PHONE 843; Sick-room supplies 4 er ------ pe Kingston's Leading FLORIST Wedding s, Funeral 1 Cor. Brock asd Fae n Sta. Phones: Office 170. Residence H. Stone, Manager