a Y.. Ld : Ei a "i-- i 4 Bot; tid BR | one your by mail, cash {| Ome year, to United States | OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES; Sate, se 33 St. Johm St, Montreal. CF Wades 100 King Street, W., & Toronto i s to the Editor are published 3 over the actual mame of the "Attached of the best job The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is suthenticated by the A BO Audit Burean of Circulations The final test of executive ability is to let good men aloone after hiring them. Divine comedy: Two hick towns quarreling about which is more im- portant. It will be easy to get the nations toether once their notions are to- gether. : A bell is dumb without a tongue, but it's the tongue that reveals a . dumb bell. fsa Example of husband getting the last word: "All right, I'll beat . the darned rug." Robin Hood was a philanthropist. He took it from one set and gave it to another. God bless our enemies. Mere friends never kept any man from getting lazy.' There's nothing new, and doubt- Jess Adam felt great contempt for gelt-made men. The new-rich can't enjoy village life. There are so few people there worth snubbing. Correct this sentence: "It isn't the i teacher's fault," sald he; "my kid ¥ 1 Just isn't bright." There is one Italian who can pre- ict earthquakes, and another who i can make them, =" One way to make wedding write- ups more interesting would be to 3 'give the motive. "Think first of others," is a motto esppeially popular in connection With laws and taxes. : 1 the wind were tempered to "shorn lambs, they'd never grow up "into tough old rams. "What a nice lafge closet," said the apartment hunter as she looked Jinto the living room. If all reformers were placed on , they would merely reach the height of absurdity. ties make home happier. The & man sees of them the more appreciates his wite. Frequently the fellow who howls liberty is merely howling for the fellow's piece of cake. DT e-------------------------- 'About the only things the new tion will inherit' intact are : is commercialism and the excessive ---- COLLEGE FOOTBALL. As a university centre, and very firmly attached to outdoor sports, [a Kingston will be interested in what Professor C. W. Savage, head of the Department of Physical Education at Oberlin College, has to say about intercollegiate football. He inti- mates that unless physical instruc- tors take it upon themselves te cor- rect the evils which now attach to that ancient game, the colleges will be obliged to abolish it entirely. *I do not want to destroy the game," he says in his own defence; *'1 want to save it." Professor Savage Indicates three evils. One is the emphasis on vie- tory, which dismisses a coach 1 his team loses a few games. The second sums. spent on intercollegiate foof- ball. The third evil is that too few students benefit from intercollegiate football, despite the disproportion- ate amount invested in it. Such an indiétment, coming from one who clearly speaks with authority, can scarcely be ignored. Our Canadian colleges are happily free from those excesses which all dispassionate onlookers have for some time regarded as a menace to American football; yet we canmmot assume a superiority which 1 make our immunity from temptation, certain. In other words, the experi- ence of American colleges should keep us alert and rigidly on our guard against destructive forces. . THE UNANSWERABLE TRUTH. A statement brought down to Pai llament the other day 'by the Min- ister of Railways should put am end to a misconception which has exist- ed in western minds as to the rela- tive volume of trafic contributed by the various provinces to the Cana- dian National. They appeared to have taken it for granted the West not only yielded a high ratio of the freight moved, but that a consider- able profit 'was earned thereon. It transpires they were utterly mis- taken. In view of the issue now pending, it is well the facts of the matter should be clearly and gener- ally realized. First, as to volume. For the whole year 1923, the three western provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche- wan and Alberta, provided 31.29 per cent. of the total freight carried by the Canadian National, On account of the unprecedented grain crop, that was a peculiarly favorable year for the West. Yet the business con- tributed by Ontario amounted: to 40.80 per cemnt.,, and by Quebec to 17.21 per cent.; so that the total by the two central provinces was 58.01 per cent. If British Columbia. be brought into the reckoning, the re- sult would not be materially altered, since the share of that province amounted to but 1.69 per cent. for the year. The account would then stand, Ontario and Quebec, 58.01 per cent., and the four western provinces 32.98 per cent. Then, as to earnings. . Putting them in tabloid form, the facts as to ern friends are fond of quoting as an example of success. in length, with but one point of de- livery, on the Atlantic seaboard. Mr. Sullivan goes on to say: to a less militant attitude if they also grasped the indisputable fact that the Canedlian National incurs heavy annual losses, and the central provinces pay more than cent. of those losses. That should come into the equation, at least as a modifying factor, complaining; but the West is. the precise extent that the West wins out in its contention, the burden on the central provinces will be increas- ed. All that the situation demands is the assertion of a broad national spirit, accompanied by an equally broad instinct' of fair play. reduced their rates for 1925. factors have brought this about. In the first place, experience has en- abled the insurers to make more ac- curate calculations as to the rifk in- volved, and next, competition has greatly years. The result has been a cut of 20 per cent. may be gathered from the fact'that in 1934 the premiums amounted to $6,405,994. six companies engaged in this busi- ness. was paid for that class of insurance which does not include losses by fire. That fact is significant. that motorists are more anxious to be protected against liability on ac- A AREER CIR EE \ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG It is, however, highly specialised road, 503 miles That "Their 1928 figures show that $113,186,456 was invested in road and equipment of 503 miles own- ed, or about $225,000 per mile. Revenue tons oarried one mile per mile of road were 5,615,397, or over 63; times the density of Canadian lines. Their freight operating ratio was 64.8 per cent., and average receipts per ton-mile 0.606 cents. They moved 2,984,- 215,942 revenue tons one mile. After operating expenses = there was an income balance for fixed charges and dividends of $5,827,- 697. The fixed charges were $2,- 156,153, and net income was $3,- 671,444. Let us test them receiv- ing western Canadian grain rates, and paying the western Canadiafi' price of coal. If the, had receiv- ed 0.517 cents per ton-mile (The C.N.R. ( rate 1923) instead of 0.606 cents they did receive, their net income would have been ret duced by $2,665,952 to $1,015,- 492. If they had paid the West- ern.Canadian cost of coal of $5.30, instead of their average price of $3 on the 478,000 tons of coal they used, their net would have been further reduced by $1,087,- 900 and would have left them a defleit of $72,408 in 1923." The Value of Pain. Some one has well said that pain is the most helpful reaction of the human body. It is Nature's method of calling your attention to something that has gone wrong in that body of yours. . A pain anywhere calls for investi- gation, and if the cause is found, of- ten severe illnesses are averted. A. warning signal, such as pain gives you, should never be neglected. That doesn't mean that every lit- tle pain should cause you worry, and you make a nervous wreck of \your- self about any or every little pain. The point is, as mentioned above, just try and locate the cause. On the other hand we have folks who pride themselves on their ability to stand pain, and often a severe pleurisy or even appendicitis, is endured for this reason. Where pain is the main symptom in one of your family or employees, it 1s always well to accept every- thing at full value. Although some folks may exaggerate the extent of their pain, and others may even feign severe pain, nevertheless ft is better to. err 'on this side, than to make the mistake of ignoring the pain. Where real pain is present, it is not hard to see some of the sure signs of it. The breathing is very rapid as a rule, sometimes a little noisy, the skin is wet with perspira- tion, and there is a sick or faint look in the eyes of the patient. Of course there are many varieties of pain. There is the sharp acute pain due to some inflammation, the dull pain from' a blow{ pains that come and go like colic, cramp due to excessive actions of muscles any- where in the body, burning pain, aching as in teeth, and so forth. To get the exact location of the pain is essential because generally speaking, the best place to look for the cause of the pain is just where .| that pain happens to be. There are some pains due trouble at a little distance from where the pain is felt. This . is sometimes spoken of as referred pain. . As to treatment? It seems only reasonable that pain should be relieved, but the cause of it should, it possible, be investigated before any treatment drug or otherwise, is given, You should take advantage of Nature's signal to you, and get the cause located. After locating the cause treatment can be given. ' If the pain is severe, the cause not found, then it would again seem Saiy reasonable to try and relieve t. Heat, rest of the part, electricity may be used. Drugs are always the last resort. It should help our western friends 70 per The East is not To ~--y COSTLY CARELESSNESS. Auto {insurance companies have Two to increased during recent What this will mean then There are now ninety- The larger volume of premiums plasters, It implies KINGSTON'S ONE PRICE CLOTHING STORE We're not a'bank, but you can save money trading here. Wonderful Values in Men's and Young Men's and Boys' Clothing MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS 200 MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S 100 Suits in good, honest-to-good- ness. _Tweeds. Sizes es, fancy Tweeds. Bibby's Special *15.00 34 to 46: Plain Greys, plain Blue Fox Serg- CAPS All new shapes and newest color ings. Bibby's Special 95¢. EACH 150 MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S 100 YOUNG M:N'S SUITS In the newest English models, ~ Men's Fabrics are Homniespuns, All smart- Sport models, etc.; Also conservative models. Donegal Tweeds, Worsteds and Tweeds. ly tailored. Sizes 34 to 44. 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It emphasizes the risks which attach to that form of Jocomo- tion, although competent observers are convinced that caution on tie part of everybody, motorists and pedestrians alike, would reduce the number of casualties to a minimum. This is merely another way of saying that the reckless motorist causes all other motorists to pay a needlessly 395-397 Princess Street, Kingston, Ont. 'Phone 1931, pi 1 APRIL 21. Early in the last century the am- bitious young province of Ontario set out to establish a bank of its own. The ¢ountry wad sparsely settled and its men and women all carve a livelihood passed by the Legislature at CHANGES IN GAME LAWS. A Number of Minor Amendments Have Been Passed. Among the McCrea aiendmenia e Thése figures are singularly in- structive. They tell us unqualifiedly that rates on the ton-mile basis, which represent the fairest and most comprehensive of all tests, were 53.2 per cent. higher in the Maritime Provinces, and 60.2 per cent. higher in the central provinces, than in the West. The Grand Trunk western rates were still higher; but they hap- pen to apply to the United States, wherb the whole tariff is consider- ably above that which obtains in Canada. It was under such conditions the' Canadjan National was operated in 1923, and yet the system as a whole had an operating ratio of expenses t% gross receipts of 94.48 per cent. It is the unqualified judgment of eco- nomists that no railway can be strong and sound the operating ratio of which exceeds 80 per cent. If th® Canadian National had been able to earn central rates on its western business in 1923 its deficit would have been enormously reduced. "In this matter the people of Can- ada as a whole should cearly under- stand the situation as to rates, in 'order to realise how unreasonable are the insistent demands of the There is a general disposition high rate for insurance. sights in the world. vast, across the face of the world at the rate of four or five miles an hour. Or it may be one of the quiet sort which creeps flickering around under the eve and makes a torch of it for a moment before passing on, leaving a pitiful, blackened trunk and bare branches. The helpless on- looker would like to ery out to the trees to take to their heels and save themselves from the red-hearted foe. No one who has seen a forest fire of either sort is apt to forget it. year we set the torch to our forests, and destroy more timber than falls to all the axes of all our lumbermen and settlers. Our resources are wasted, the cost of lumber steadily increases and our taxes are raised struggling to from the virgin land. Undaunted, the promoters started the collec- tion of 6 $40,000 as capital. The whole province was canvassed but the money was not forthcoming. Appealing to the government they secured sufficient aid so that on this day in 1821 the Bank of Upper Canada orporated. Ambition was uy Nn by exper- fence, so that directors and the staff had to set to work to acquire their knowledge - of banking methods, with more or less unhappy results. Nevercheless, for years the bank prospered and its capital increased to three million. A position on its staff gave prestige to any young man. Around 1857 depression in the West reacted seriously on the bank and business started falling off. Conditions with which the bank was.unable to cope forced it to close its doors in 1865. It was a ------ SAVE THE FORESIS. A forest fire is one of the cruellest It may be a roaring furnace, sweeping | until it catches a stately We are a careless people. Year by session just ended, to the Ontario Game and Fisheries Act, provision is made for the huntiyg of prairie chicken, quail, wild turkey, Eng- lish ringnecked pheasant. and black and grey squirrel for the same length of {ime as the open season for dge, namely Oc- tober 15th to November 20th of each year, thereby extending the open season In these instances scme twenty days. According to the former act, the open. season for pheasants and prairie fowl was from November 5 to November 20 and for quail, wild turkey and black and grey squirrel, from November -1 to No- open season for geri ieee it g § Bsif Hi i ; i i ft / 52 fe 8 i EF 2 1 For Sale: New Brick Dwelling, in a good locality, exceptionally well built in every detail. The house is about square and therefore, easily heated with furnace; four good bedrooms; hardwood floor; electric lights; good con~ crete cellar; very cheap house T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance Agent 68 BROCK ST., KINGSTON Phozue 3237 or 17977. 4 and Mattawa rivers, is also pro- hibited by the new act, This meas- ure was formerly in effect only in Addington and Lennox counties but now applies to the whole Eastern Ontario. The new act will force on June 1st, 1925. O.N.R. Ready to Help In Reducing Expenditure come into Sherbrooke, April 21.--A prom- ise that the management of the Ca- nadian National Railways ready to do its full share in develop- ing any movement which will elim- inate uneconomic expenditure and competition in the transportation industry in Canada was given by Sir Henry Thornton, chairman and president of the company, in an ad- dress delivered before the Sher- brooke Board of Trade here last night. / stands Lester Leitch, Arnprior, one of the witnesses called in a robbery case, was sent to jail pending the next court of competent jurisdiction, on a charge of perjury. 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