wa THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG she should clearly realize that, while the Penitegtiary Act' nas not been fundamentally amendea since 1868, a great change has nevertheless ta- ken piace during that period in the treatment of prisoners. On the whole, the change has been vindi- cated by results. Up to compara- tively recent years, for example, no provision had been made for the education of the illiterate. Access to wholesale and inspiring litera- ture had no place in the prison | scheme, There was no wisely orga- | nized plan of appeal to the higher and bitter instincts of men who had fallen into crime, which might send them out with a new and sane out- look on life. It was not necessary to | change the act to do that; but it) would require statutory authority to pay prisoners for their work. As a means to an end, profitable employment while in prison might be an aid to discipline; but it would not solve the whole problem of re- formation. It could not. Those who are in close contact with that problem have never seen in gainful work anything more than a single factor in the broad pian of trying to reform wicked and lawless men. INSURING THE FUTURE. | this mattef. The profits to be made, Life fnsurance companies recount | the stimulation of local trade in periodically the expansion' of their many forms, community pride, and business in terms of mew policies | other considerations, should impel written and death claims, endow- the citizens of Kingston to a survey ments and annuities paid. It is | of what needs to be done in order to natural that among the most inter- | make sure of a reasonable share of esting of the statistics should be en- | the great tourist business in 1925, umeration of great sums of insur-| In one way and another every mem- ance carried upon the lives of fn- | ber of the community is interested. dividuals recently deceased. { The national view is, of course, Yet that millions are sometimes | fundamental. Kingston could do written upon a single-life is not a very little by itself. There must be true measure of {he triumph of the | an alert and constructively co-op- idea of life insurance. The regard | erative spirit all along the line. But in which protection is held by the| back of that is the attitude of the public and the extent of the bemne- province, in particular, and the Do- ficient influence are alike measured, | minion in a broad sense. Ontario has 'mot by 'the few great policies, but| decided to raise three or four mil- by the many small ones. A greater | lions a year by means of a tax on service is done in writing a thous- | rasoline. The excuse for this ac- and policies for a thousand dollars | tion is the rising cost of highways, each than in writing one policy for | Well and good. That may be a a million dollars. For it is in the | sound defence. But the tax will be universality of life protection that | in the nature of a swindle unless insurance will reach {its greatest! every penny of the proceeds is act- achievement. ually expended on the highways of Large policies, nevertheless, pro-| the province, without any reduction tecting investments of varied 'na-| of the outlay heretofore attaching tures and vast ramifications, are | to that service. coming into Increased popularity If the highway policy of the var- among men and corporations able fous provinces measures up to need SHE ear. by. mi to set aside liberal sums for this| and opportunity, it is not incon-| Where it has beén tried, the results (Semi iy Editor purpose. And the fact that rich men | ceivable that tourist travel may have not been wholly satisfactory; year, dF TER, and 'great corporations find insur-| come to be worth a billion a year 'and yet Miss Macphail should not ance a good thing add greatly to the | to Canada. - What has occurred un- | be reproached on the side of her real ES a TON REPHEIENTATIVES: confidence of the man of small| der adverse conditions during the | motive. The matter is well worth i Jus Ring Stragt, W,, means in making a sacrifice to-day, | past five years should open our |considering. Whether or nor the Letters to the Editor are published| if necessary, in order to safeguard | eyes to the almost unreckonable pos- | time is ripe for such an experiment LT We aovunl ums a WM] oFrOW. sibilities. Lying across the boundary [fn Canada could scarcely be decided Attached 1s one is a country which owns four- | without very careful consideration. printing offices In fifths of all the automobiles in the --ien "Whe circulation of THE BRITISH pm i round figures that means SWAT. WHIG is authenticated by the *109,000. 07 that number 50 one! "py. ool days of spring, A BOC may say how many will go on tour when the plant and insect worlds Audit Bureau of Circulations this year. All that concerns us is the show the first signs of returnt . proportion of the inevitable move- | lite, ate an © + ti ng: ment which can be brought across ! Ppostune tims tor Bust. | {ing the fly swatter, cleaning the the boundary. It is wholly a mat- back yard and ridding the premises ter of being prepared to" receive it. of stagnant pools, These are the | Are we getting ready? days which will decide whether man | DRESS WELL .AND SUCCEED Correct Styles for Men and Young Men A Showing of Suits and Topcoats that is well worth while travelling miles to see. A real beauty show. Wonderful suit value-- $18.50, $24.50, $27.50, $29.50, $32.50, $37.50 The CLUBMAN Dress up for the holidays. Inthe CLUBMAN, smart tailoring and fine material are combined at a price that's easy to pay. Grey worsted, all-woo! casy lines--comfort---d is- tinction. A AY WHIG PUBLIS) G , KINGSTON, ONT. SUBSCRIPTION RATES{ (Daily Edition) One year, in of the best job A COURAGEOUS CELT. Alderman J. G. Sullivan, whose name suggests the fighting courage of the Celt, came down from Winni- peg and spent seven weeks in Mon- treal probing the situation as to western freight rates. On his re- turn home he declared that "'west- ern Canada 1s suffering from too low and not from exhorbitant STANFIELD'S SILK AND WOOL Underwear | $2.50, $3.50, for Spring $4.50 Neckwear Elegance 95c¢. Miss Spring is expected to act a little bit forward. are beauties. Genuine English Broadcloths -- ------------ genuine Tobralco The ideal existence is to -emjoy EC ---- YN being good. ' You can live a long time if you don't do much else, A wife is a woman who wishes you wouldn't be so foolish. Some nations appear to be trying to get better to get worse. All reports are not in yet, but the fruit crop has undoubtedly been killed. After all, nothing on: earth can freight rates." Not only did his in- quiries lead him to tne discovery that 'grain rates in western Canada are he lowest in the world," but are 75 per cent. lower than those which obtain in the United States for simi- lar distances. Alderman Sullivan seems not to have been content with his discov- eries as to the superficial facts of the matter, since he did not hesi- tate to discuss the philosophy which lies at the bottom of all sound pol- icy as to rates. He declared: "When a rate gets so low ghat there is no or WORK FOR PRISONERS. It is perhaps suggestive that the subject of prison rerorm should have been brought up in Parlia- ment this year by the only lady member of the house--Miss Agnes Macphail. Such a fact might be ta- ken as implying that her suggestions of betterment in our penitentiary system would contain a certain mea- sure of sentiment. And, to be quite frank, that was \precisely what took place. In amplifying thé basic statemant that the Penitenti~ to minators Warm season means countless num- bers which will dealth with later in the year. Every housewife and property owner can insect will rule the next summer. ' © The fly and mosquito are prodi- gious breeders. vives the spring means thousands ; that must be killed. later in the sea- ! son if man is to rest in pedce and! Lealth. Each one that sur- Each one that falls victim the swatter or chemical exter- employed early in the not need to be do much toward alleviating the fly community i ee ---------- A a at eat Pn. - BIBBY'S One Price and Plain Figures ee -------- EE -------- 5 and 10 1b. tins 15¢c. per Ib. | HONEY IN THE COMB Sections each. ...25¢. and 80c. jary Act had undergone very little of genuine amendment since 1868, Miss. Macphail said: "It seems. to me that penitenti- and mosquito pestilences this year by removing all decaying vegetable matter and making liberal use of exterminating chemicals and instru- margin left with Whicn to pay in- 'terest on" investment, the country must suffer from stagnation. There will be no development, even in move as rapidly as a thoroughly idle rumor, . The principal objection to wself- 'made people generally is that the b is rarely complete. "In New York a woman kicked in shop window. S le may have seen hat there just 1#Xe hers. ~~ Study of art suggests the thought that no man is a hero to the chap who makes a bronze of him. It is better to:live in a centre of culture. Hick news stands don't carry the more spicy magazines.' : EE -- ~ Wild boars still exist in French forests, but in this gountry the wild bores are chiefly at bridge games. Very likely we shall continue to 'Bave prison scandals as long as we 'send such & low class of people there. Next time & man tells you that ik is cheap ask him if he knows much a session of parliament 'While opportunity is supposed to at your door only once you } Always find it somewhere down btw A Glasgow professor says he can that the earth is 8,000,000, years old. That's old enough know how to act better. those parts where prospects of traf- fic would justify the construction of railway lines." Logic of that nature is peculiar- ly refreshing from such a source. We have grown accustomed to some- thing quite the opposite from the West; and we apprehend that Al- derman Sullivan will not be popu- lar out on the prairies. Whether it be from ingrowing prejudite, or merely the stern influemce of geo- graphy, the fact. remains that our western friends have giabbornly re- fused to consider for a moment the economic foundation of freight rates, much less the relation of railway soundness to community soundness. Yet these views must always appeal to the open mind. They are very real and very vital. They should absolutely control the issue now pending before Parliament. Unfor- tunately, however,. ait westerners are mot Sullivans. ammwe emrrndamanyy 'We have scarcely grasped the full financial possibilities of the tourist movement. The coming of fine weather will bring with it tens of thousands of people moving over our highways in automobiles. Iii the aggregate, this great carfivan leave millions of dollars slong the routes over which it travels. ' It has been estimated by the National P Board that the tourist trade b t $136,000,000 into the country in 1923. Last year the business was might be so classified. Without re- aries should. serve two purpbses: First, to protect society by confin- ing within - their walls those who have been proven anti-social in outlook and action; second, to re- 'make men, changing anti-social into social beings, and thus pro- tecting society and adding to the fullness and joy of life. Produc tive work, with pay, I believe to be the chief remedy needed." With these premises few 'would be disposed to disagree. They are sound, as far as they go. As to the suggested remedy, there is much to be said in its favor. The labar or ganizations 'assure us, however, there is also much to be said against it. Therefore, when Miss Macphail asks us to "recognize that the pri- soner is the logical outcome of igno- rance and wrong thinking," and that "we shopld treat him as a patient and not as a victim," we feel there is room for the assumption that only half of the truth has been present- ed, There. is another and a. very large side to the matter. No one but a sentimentalist, whose life has been spent far from prisoners or prisons, could dismiss the whole problem of crime by as- suming 'it is always the outcome 'of ighorance and wrong thinking. Of course, crime is a mistake, and grows directly out of unsound thinking; but it still remains true that much of it is deliberate, and committed with a clear consciousness of the difference between right and wrong. ' Men cunningly plan to hurt society for thelr own gain, knowing, full well what they are doing and to wherever there is stagnant water and vegetation. To a 'great ex- tent the public is th own destiny where it concerns the pestiferous and disease spreading fly and mosquito. master of its Now is the time determine the summer status of these noxious parasites. Chat Body of - Pours Making Terms With Your Body. * One of our newspaper writers said a gpod when he suggested that to get along with your. fellow man, and with life itself, you should make terms with life. thing the other day In other words, you're here on earth and it is up to you to make the best of it. He commented favorably on the fact that notwithstanding all hardships and injustices, very few people give up life in despair. Now Just as you have to make terms with KANSAS' MYSTERI A cavern large énough to house a large building has sud- denly opened in a field near Wichita, Kas. The opening of the [ff cave is seven feet across and thirty-five feet below is a subter- ranean stream of extremely soft water. Between the roof of || the cavern and the water is space enough for a canoe. Sci- entists are planning to explore the cavern. CAVERN brain, your common sense. newspapers in existence, The Royal tte, of Halifax, which was the first newspaper published in all the territory now comprising Canada. After a century and three-quarters of existence, it is now the official organ of the Nova provin- clal governmient. Bartholomew Green, the 'of a publisher of the same name, who had founded the Boston News-Letter in 1704, settled in the newly established city of Halifax, and on this day in 1752 he issued the first edition of The it does demand the use of your Franklin, London, is - visiting her [ll] #way when not in use, parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Spence. Mrs. R. G. Johnston has returned home after visiting her - brother, G. Scott, Gananoque. A number of young people attended the dance at |} the dairy school. Mrs, Jennie Suth- erland has returned home after vis- [Ji iting friends in Kingston. Miss Isabel Graenlees is spending a few days the guest of Miss B. Bat- tams, Gananoque. Miss H. _Root has returned home after being with her cousin, Miss Blake, in Kings. |! The Four Square Club met on Friday evening in the basement of the church with a very good attend- ance. Elmer Garrett gave a very interesting reading. also Rev. Mr. Lancaster continued his address on the Early Church, which was en- First Mortgage Real Estate Bonds To Yield 6.60% We offer for ment a Selection hh are or will be carefully located Jas. REDDEN & CO. : ONES 20 and 980, | "2be Hause ot ' * MOTH PROOF CANE Bc Moths, Dust and Light. --. - MOTH BAGS From 15c¢. to $2.00 SEE THE NEW CEDAR CHEST iL Se Se MOTH. BALLS MOTH FLAKES -MOTH SHEETS DR. CHOWN'S Drug Store di : FLORIST |} Phones: Office 110. Residence