v _Istter word®beginning--" THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Wl THURSDAY, MARCH 26; 1025. THE BRITISH WHIG 92ND YEAR. '| to the Peterson contract. id IRE || sons by mail, ts year, to United States' TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: §t., Montreal « Letters to the Eattor are published] over the actual 'name the Attached Is one of the best job Canada. printing offices in '§ The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the A BO ~ Audit Bureau of Circulations - Also, 'the proof of a "wave of pros- Perity" is in the eating, "i "What," began Abel, "is a seven And then Cain did ft. i "Shoes cost about the same in a vil- lage. but you save $36.50 a year on shines. Ancient saying: "And you must. u't aver kiss one until you are mar- < Tied." There's small chojce. " Hush money is the kind a husband tof over for a new coat. « Another good way to keep "nasty literature from the. children is to Stop buying it. . * ~ There were '"sophisticates" even 2 the old days, but théy were called Smart Alecks. -- Forgiving spirit: The indifference Jou feel when the tan wronged is uo kin of yours. ; The hen seems . to be throwing gloom into the ranks of the "O88 Profiteers, ne The rest of the world prides {t- Self on the belief that it is not quite : a8 grazy as Russia. TA few persons depend too much on themselves, but-a lot more de- pend too much on others, 's Refuse him ten.and you lose a friend; lemd ft and you lose the ten. * Very probably the world's hap- Plest people don't even know how to pell "psychology." I ------------------ An experienced husband is one D can square himself without ail ppnt in millinery. old was a mass of people that more: sense than to follow. {| the first two years THE PETERSON CONTRACT. Parliament has, by a substantial majority, adopted the Government measure which aims to give effect That it may, however, receive further con- sideration as to its details, the whole matter has been referred to a committee of the House. No one could very well find fault with any step which i# calculated to make the Act as perfect as possible in all its essential features. It is an impor- tant matter, and there is no need for haste. Perhaps the most cogent objection brought forward by tlle Opposition was that the ships of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine might have been turned into the Atlantic trade to break the combine which admittedly exists. But that sugges- tion left out of the reckoning the" unsuitability of the Government ves- sels and the engagements to which they stand committed. In other Words, it was impracticable, and to have tried}it would have been to fail in the main purpose in view. Looking at the matter in all its as- pects, the course taken by Gover® ment will probably have general ap- $3.00) Proval as a means toward a most de- dn Arable end. . ---------------- THE) INDUSTRIOUS SMUGGLER. "Next to the railroad situation, smuggling is the gravest problem Canada has to face today." This was one of the statements published in the New Yogk Times of Sunday last, in a long article dealing with Te arsasingly urgent matter of raband moving beiween the Do- minion amd the United States. For cof prohibition, smugglers limited (heir operations to liquors. Supplies from Canada were carried across the border fn quantities representing many mil. lions of dollars annually. Now {t has come to be a two-way business, with silks. and other high-priced merchandise as the commodities moved northward. The apparent ease with which th illicit business can be carried én has brought it up to what are said to hd huge proportions. For some part at least, the goods smuggled into Canada have in the first insjances been stolen in the United States. Thus organized stealing at one end, and organized smuggling at the other, have linked np two large groups of criminals. Not only is the public treasury being defrauded at the Canadian end, but the Mer. chants Association of Montreal] is authority for the statement that it has already ruined many legitimate dealers, To say that this form of banditry cannot be suppressed is fo acknow- ledge that the brains of bad men are superior to those of good men; anid that would be obviously untrue. One of the difficulties in the way has been the lack of pegfect co-operation between the United States and Can- ada in respect of all forms of smug- gling. That obstacle to law and or- der has been in part removed by re- cent treaties between the two coun- thes; but those measures are in large degree directed against the trade in narcotics. With genuine and complete co-ordination of the forces of law on both sides of the boundary, and the organization of such special constabulary as might be necessary, there is no reason why the position of the smuggler should not soon be made quite untenable. On this side of the line politics would not enter into the matter at all; but it is regrettable that what has al- ready happened on the other side to protect the bandits affords ground for the fear that preventive mea~ sures to the south would have that factor to contend against. 3 i 4 COMMENDABLE INDUSTRY. 'Whatever may be said in just criticfsm of the Dominion Govern-| mént, its most uncompromising. op- ponent would scarcely deny that the wasting of time by Parliament has { were to. be made out of supplying fiery liquor to these black children. So came "trade spirits" and other equally filthy and poisonous liquors which no self-respecting white man would touch, and Africans themselves to death by the ands. science of Christendom was touch- ed by the reports of the havoc. Pro- | hibition was passed on behalf of the native Africans. But Europeans | drank | thous- | Finally even the tough con- | Before the lay 25. the Hud- son's Bay Company did a thriving fur trade with the Indians of . the interior, fiom their posts on Hud- son's Bay. With British occupation came rival fur companies, the great- were not to be balked thus easily of | %t being the North-West Company, illicit, to| their profits. 'A gigantic, if trade supplying corrosive liquor blacks still' goes on in Sout and all up the West Coast. Throughout the East total ab- stinence is an article of religion. In this at least Mohammedan, Hindu | and Buddhist art united. But one of | the first Western customs which the | exploration of | formed by Scottish fur traders in Montreal, in 1774. The new com- Africa | pany penetrated the interior and in- tercepted the Indians who had previously traded with the old company, and for a time outstripped | the old company in energy and | achievements. A deadly xivalry de- { veloped and to this was due the the west, for each progressive Asiatic adopts is that of | COmPany sent out their most in- drinking whiskey, India there is a very strong prohibi- ! tion sentiment but it is mixed up with the effort to thwart and over- throw the government along po- litical lines. Thus prohibition is sadly confused with sedition, and the .government is in the'unhappy posi- tion of having to maintain its au- thority by protecting saloons in the teeth of violept native protest. Wherever local manufacture is pro- hibited the more potent spirits from the West pour in, and the last state of the district is worse than the tirst. The import of foreign liquor into China is said to be beydnd belief. There is a flourishing ,Jocal indus- try besides. When the Eighteenth Amendment was established in the United States breweries were ship- ped complete to China. The astute brewers realized that if a widespread taste foe beer could be cultivated in the Chinese republic their profits were assured for a very long time to come. Throughout much of the world the West bas established the benefits of good government, security, justice and peace. It is salutary to recall occasionally that this does not com- prise the whole account. On the other side gf the ledger stands a damag- ing record, with the liquor trade among its blackest entries, which wey much do everything in our power to redress. ~~ That Effects of City Life. If we were to look up the' lives of many of thé world's great men, we would find that they came from farms. It we looked up the lives of many of the inmates of our asylums and prisons, we would likewise find that they came from the farms. Perhaps an ideal way for this matter would be for our young people to stay on the farms during the early part of their lives, and learn to do the hard work of the farm, strengthen their bodies in the frefh air, and then come to the city to make their mark upon the world. If they have no desire to come to the city, no desire to do other than make things grow by care and thought, then the country is that much ficher by this thought and ef- fort. Now two kinds of people from the farm to the cities; those that can adjust themselves to the city, and those that cannot. Those that can adjust themselves 'soon make headway: They find that their habit of early rising, their wil- lingness to work, their ability to do for themselves and others, r actual habit of doing Town thinking, all make for pro- gress in the city. The other type that cannot adjust | trepid gin and brandy. In | avenues of trade. to open new Thus was estab- lished the British administration of all Western Canada. News of their exploits fired the ambition af... .the. Ear! of Selkirk to found the Selkirk colonies in what is now Manitoba. Such deadly rivalry eventually led to much misery and bloodshed, but finally the powerful North-West Company was absorbed by the Hud- son's Bay Company on this day in 1821, and so thegeontest ended. LETTERS To The Editor The Pulpwood Question. Hamilton, Ont., March 24.--(To the Editor): Shall we export raw pulpwood, or manufacture it at home, which? "Wise cutting, not miserly hoard- ing, is sound conservation," is a good herring to draw across the trail, which can and should be practised whether the product is exported or not; but I fear it is very little prac- tised in either case, but believe the cut from the home manufacture has the best of it in this respect. The "whole situation boils itself down to the question, whether Can- ada is going to continue cutting and exporting raw pulpwood at $10 per cord or cut, manufacture and refine our pulpwood in Canada with §60 per cord and upwards distributed in wages and profits at home. Canada must use her own best judgment, and take her choice. Yours tsuly, .- --W. 0. SEALEY. explorers Dr. Sparks Writes From Florida. St. Petersburg, Florida, March 10. ~--(To the Editor): A few observa- tions of things and conditions in the south may be of ihterest to readers in the north. is is my excuse for penning a few lines. St. Petersburg covers 160,000 acres of land, but a movement is on foot fo extend the city limits to five times its present dimensions. It is in the throes of a real estate boom. Its greatest assets are its winter tourists. Its all-year population is claimed to be 30,000, which during the winter months swells to 100,000, The city fairly swarms with stranger¥, Dvery effort is made to entertain them; churches put on cbncerts, lectures, conven- tions, conferences, etc. Theatres and picture shows are crowded. There are golf links, bowling lawns, roque courts, shuffle boards, quoits, tennis, band concerts in the park afternoon and evening provided by the city. Perhaps not least among the con. veniencies provided for the tourists are ithe "green benches." They are made to a regulation size and paint- ed green. In the business portion of the ¢ity they are placed In rows along the outer edge of the walks where tired pedestrians may sit-and rest awhile. In Williams Park where the band plays, I presume thege are a thousand. eggy O'Day says of the green bench: "The good green bench stands on the street, Inviting weary folks to vest; A most convenient place to meet Your friends, from North, East, South and West." "If this old bench could speak to me, I'm sure that it would say, 'I know a million secrets, ; Le And hear new dnes every day'." BIBBY"S BIG SHOWING OF NEW SPRING MODELS Topcvats and Suits DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED bX STYLE:--For whatever purpose you buy that Spring Suit you want to be sure that it is correct in style. Style on a foundation of quality Mear. ing, service and value sums up the absolute assurance you get in choosing your suit WV here. You'll find every model distinctive in its lines, in its fabric weave, in its tailoring re- finements, in its pattern exclusiveness. Our feature values --' $24.50, $27.50 $29.50, $32.50, $37.50 TOPCOATS 'Here is tasty, tonney selection of Top Coats. There are the new Tubular and Guard models. The Preston, the Cambridge, and they are in very smart fabric weaves--knitted effects Gab- erdines, Covert Cloth, Donegal Tweeds -- most of them rain- proofed at $25.00 to $35.00. wannee are the thfee largest. Vinoy in course of erection will cost $8,500,000. We witnessed 8, aowmil spectacle one night in the form of a monstér parade of the Ku Klux Klan. There were hundreds in it--some on horses, some on floats but mostly on foot, but all attired in while gowns and hoods. The floats represented the ideals of the order--a miniature school house represented education, a miniature church representing re- ligion, the open Bible representing Protestantism, "Rock of Ages," a young lady clinging to a large eross, representing - faith, two flaming crosses representing hope and sacri- fice and many bannerettes. The Y.M. C.A. put on a drive to raise $550,000 which, by the way, was over sub- scribed, one of the first large sub- scriptions sent in was from the K. K. K for $5,000. The climate here is certainly won- derful. When the Whig came an- nouncing sub-zero weather at King- ston we were basking in sunshine with flowers blooming on every side. The drop of temperature from day to night is not as great nor as sudden as in South California. Rents in Sf. Petersburg are high, but it is claimed they are more mod- erate than those of towns on the east coast. Tourlsts are largely fed at cafeterias of which there are great numbers. Churches are well attended. First Congregational, capacity 2,000, has often to turn away an overflow. First and the other inthe Bible and school hall--and a third at 7.30 p.m. First aveue Methodist hold two morning - pacity is 1, 200, and is full at each service. Tourists are beginning to move homeward, many carrying with them the sunburn of a tropical Winter, A ~ Yours, --R. B. SPARKS, . Never regret the lack of friend- ship on the part of the unfair man and the oppressor. ad The FOR SALE --=Frame dwelling, Montreal promt y hi sire 3--Frame dwelling, Livingston Ave., 7 rooms,-good garden--§8,000. 8--Double frame dwelling, Cata-} raqui, garden--82600.00, 4~~Rough-cast dwell street, 6 roome--$2600.00. S--Brick Swelling, York = Street $4500.00 . 6--Brick-veneer dwelling, Union sires. nour Queen's University. I. J. J. Lockhart nes BROCK 8 8T., KINGSTON Phono 3337 or 1791). GROUP OF COUNTRY CLUBS. First Canadian House. Will Be in Montreal. New York, March 26.--Plans for a group of country clubs to be locat- ed in cities both in Canada and the United States were announced today. with the organising here of the Na- tional Town and Country Club. The first Canadian house of the internationally linked club will be erected in Montreal, it is under- stood, and will be similar to the lo- cal clubhouse, which is to have 550 bedrooms, golf links, 'tennis courts and polo fields. When inclined to censure your neighbor whistle the thought out of your head. Sunday clothes and the chirch never yet successfully disguised the hypocrite. NEW MAPLE - SYRUP, Imperial quart bottles .. .. 75¢c. Per gallon .$2.50 Jas. REDDEN & CO. 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