THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG b>! 636.06; and Semi-weekly WHIG PUBLISHING KINGSTON, ONT. THE DEBT GOES DOWN. There bas been a decrease of the public debt of Canada'in only 10 of the- 58 years since Confederation. During two of the fortunate 10 years the King Government has been in office. For the fiscal year 1924, the debt reduction was $35,993,593. In the fiscal year 1925, which ended March 31st last, the reduction was $345,589, despite capital expendit- ures of nearly $21,000,000, The ordinary revenue in 1925 was $346,834,479.25. The ordinary ex- penditure was $318,891,901.25. The surplus over ordinary and capital expenditures was $7,155,974.30. There were other receipts and cre- dits totalling $4,791,614.99, among them being the Rumanian Govern- ment's interest adjustment, $3,520,- interest on the Greek debt, $479,526.83, and reparation pay- ments, $659,311.93. Including these items, the surplus for the year 248! on government business was $11, to the Editor are published the actual mame of the of The British Whig by the Audit Bureau of | GLOBE HAS SPOKEN. ¢ The Globe Has spoken. In well-written editorjgl in yesterday it. expl its' nd clears the air 0 Hru- lying to a lifelong reader, the editor in a personal The Globe does not t Dominion Govern- little more vigor," The that it was ever a Lib- but says: that The Globe in the nt the chief exponent of of political Liberalism of Ontario, we shall ac- ment as a compliment journal might be "ada that our desire is yn to the readers of today 48 to come, as a not less te and exponent of et n than The Globe da of George Brown." e explains that it opposed Laurier on four occa- om to say that it pro- future as In the past advocate what fit be the principles of _ Its. chief complaint King administration is failed to throwdown the the Senate. It refers to at way in which the the withes of the ns. in connection of important meas- 3 "It will be bet. ¢ to go out of for its principles than the. direction of public Canada to a senatorial tative of nothing [ices of superannuated "and. the predatory in- : it was, looked upon years as the mouth- 3 947,589.29. _| smile. Against this there were- the following 'expenditures: Cana- dian National Railway loan, $10,- 000,000; Merchant Marine loan, $900,000; Quebec Harbor Commis- sion loan, $702,000--a total of $11,- 602,000. : Not only has the government met all obligations directly chargeable against the Federal Exchequer, and applied a surplus of $345,589.29 to the diminution of the public debt, but it must be borme in mind that the increase of population spreads the debt burden over a greater num- ber of shoulders and makes it light- er for the individual taxpayer. In the past three years, the only ones in which the King Government has had gomplete control of the national finances, the deadweight of the debt per capita has ben considerably les- sened. There is conclusive evidence t¥at Canada has turned the financial corner. The country is now emerg- ing from the trough 'of post-war de- pression, and henceforth will be in a stronger position to carry a load of debt and taxation which will stead- ily diminish, WHAT TAXATION DOES. Canadian Finance, - of Winnipeg, points out that we are too apt to cry out against what taxation takes from us, without reckoning up in the . other column what taxation does for us. It is not so much the taxation that should be criticized as the way in which the taxes are spent. if there are things which can be dispensed with as needless luxuries, then taxes should not De raised MR order to purchase them. But civilized men, in communities that are organized. dewand 80 many services, that the chief"question is to supply these services at reason- able cost to the taxpayer who wants them. Citizens, says Canadian Finance, cannot expect to be considered consistent if they clamor for ims provements in one breath and for lower taxes In the next, for no pro- gress can be made In that way. At the same time, while public spending in recent years has run away beyond. all bounds, anybody who hopes to get back to the low taxes of 20 years ago, is indulging in an elusive dream. To get back to the lower tax lev- els would mean to get back to the inferior school systems and the bad roads and poorer lighting of those days. UNEMPLOYMENT IN CANADA. It js good news for Canadians that there is considerable improve- ment In the unemployment. situa] tion, The MacLean Building Ree] ports, Limited, state in their latest summary that employment in Can- ada is higher than in any year dur- ing the present re-adjustment period with the exception of 1923. The number of employees in almost all lines registers a distinct improve- ment over a year ago. While some industries in the Prairie Provinces are less active, other sections of the Dominion more than make up for this temporary local condition. Statements such as this do much to steady business conditions, and helps one to read the predictions of pro- fessional gloom-mongers with a iin, WORKING THE ORACLE, Coal mining is a queer. game. At|® &| Edmonton on June 30th the miners} ive| went on strike. They have bad ai e| good holiday and will return to work | oracle more etficlently than the coal | barons and the coal workers. But some day there will be a change. { STOP THE "LEAK." And now Duluth is alarmed at the low water in Lake Superior and proposes a control of the waters | that escape through the St. Mar y | river. This might help Duluth but | it would be disastrous for the places | on the other lakes. Canada would not consent to such 4 thing. The | real thing to do is to make Chicago | come fo time, and to make it stop | the "leak." The Manitoba Free Press puts the situation thus: "The major principle governing the natural flow of these waters is that their contents be conserved, be | allowed to flow in the channels] nature has. designed for them through the ages, and upon whose constant tetention there has been built up a great structure of com- merce, now being menaced in its operation through illegal obstruc- tion to a natural law." ---------- WHAT THE LAST WAR COST. It has taken quite a few years to make a complete assessment of the material losses sustained in the world war which waged from 1914 to 1918. All the nations participat- ed have tabulated the deplorable consequences of the gigantic strug- gle, the net result of the shot fired | eleven years ago by a gay Austrian officer. The figures are: 9,998,771 known dead. 2,991,800 presumed dead. 6,295,512 seriously wounded. 14,002,039 otherwise wounded. $186,333,637,097 direct cost of the war. $29,960,000,000 property loss of the war $33, 551, 276,280 capitalized value of loss of life. In assessing the capitalized value of life loss the League figures the value of a human life for war pur- poses at $4,720 for Americans; $4,- 140 for British; $2,900 for French. -------- A RARE AND KEEN SPORT. The maidens who play softball, have no soft time at it but they take their bumps with rare enjoyment. Some of them slide to bases with all the ability and skill of = the "human bullets" in the big baseball | leagues, The sport as exhibited al-| most nightly on the Cricket Field | is decidedly attractive, as the big throngs of spectators proclaim. The sport is keen, is healthful and will | make the participants agile and | active and physically equipped for life's sterner duties. The girls have a zest for the sport and enjoy every moment on the diamond. More power to them. e---------------- BUILDING ON THE INCREASE, Construction figures for August as reported for the Dominion, are par- ticularly interesting because as in 1924 a better-than-usual autumn season is indicated. The total leads that for the corresponding month ot last year by over 18%. Contemplated new work reported in August totalled $49,294,300 com- pared with $48,822,600 in July and $25,0879,700 in August a year ago. The contemplated total for this year to date is $410,523,000. For the first eight months last year it was $237,691,100. All of which might lead one to ask if it is good policy to contem- plate a change of government at Ot- tawa or to keep the present business administration in power. PROJECTORS OF HYDRO. A Toronto paper having claimed for that ¢ity the credit for taking the "first decided step" toward the establishment of 'the hydro-electric system, The Kitchener Record en- ters an emphatic and justifiable pro- test. The Toronto claim is that in 1900 the Toronto Board of Trade ap- pointed a committee to investigate the subject. But The Record points out that long before then a pair of D. B. Detweiler--had been going about the country agitating the sub- fect-and. expojuding Shols plese, ¥ was thelr | which in time t about local which if Hue deaGeht dhout loot aroused Interest in Toronto and other centres, resulting in the im- portant muaielial sonterence boita® "aa vo Watarin © i { grown on the baldest pate by having { list. Autos crashing and lives sacri- {ly the law of gravity wouldn't let | ship. The Financial ued agitation | EDITORIAL NOTES. Advertising sells goods. Try it. | Only a brief shut down of the an- | thracite mines is expected. } { Somebody says that hair cin be a cat lick it. Why not a cowlick? Baseball does not end with "the | world's series. For winter comes along and knocks out flies. Have you ever noticed that Mon- day's paper is usually a casualty ficed. ---- A "speed cop" caught Henry Ford speeding' near Detroit. Was Henry fined? He was not. The cop was fired for his audacity. The operators and miners have managed their strike in Pennsylvania | as if it were a joint picnic. After you, dear Alphonse! The Canadian Bar Association ad- vocates wages for prisoners in jail and penitentiary. Lots of persons outside of jails would like- jobs at reasonable wages just now. Some people argue that prohibi- tion increases drinking because it is forbidden. Why not repeal the laws against murder and highway rob- bery. These things are forbidden. And now another stray hat will be bagged and placed in the attic. When the owner sees it next summer he will decide to keep it still in storage, along with other old things. A Pembroke man was blown forty feet in the air by an explosion and lives to tell about it. Going up| wouldn't be so bad, but unfortunate him stay up. Premier Ferguson says there Is too much politics in temperance pro- paganda. Cannot the same be said, and with even greater force, that there is an almighty lot of politics mixed up with beer and whiskey. Hon. Mr. Robb has made a loan in New York. Bring the money from outside and let"Canadian money be utilized for industrial purposes. There is far too much of Canadian money tied ap in bonds and like securities. Let Canadian industries be financed with Canadian money. That champion of private owner- Post of To- ronto is gleeful over the thought that Hydro 'will "disintegrate as: a single institution into a number of smaller corporations, some publicly- owned and, in time, many privately- owned." The editor will be a long time dead before that happens. A Salvation Army officer sayisCan adian girls make the finest kind of | nurses. They have proven in most instances to be more adaptable te Ahe requirements of the calling than girls born in the United States. We tell the world the Canadian girls are the finest anywhere in whatever sphere they are placed. Provincial Treasurer Price says the revenue from 4.4 beer has not realized expectations. Has 4.4 beer measured up to the expectations o: its promotors? But it does look as it it was a governmental game to create a demand for the real stuff-- and it would be provided by another vote, if it could be carried and of which there is serious doubt. A fine anditodinm fas been plas ned for the "Arthur Voaden School" in St. Thomas. It will be a real community hall. Well: St Thomas will have nothing on King- ston. The new school here will have an auditorium of generous propor- tions and suitable for all sorts of gathering. What are our school buildings for but for the benefit and pleasure. of the citizens near to them. The public use them far too - {her red flannel petticoat. & BIBBY'S THE MEN'S AND YO UNG MEN'S SUIT SHOP at $25.00 DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED Dressing well is not extrava- gance, but on the: contrary is true economy or rather a good investment. Our motte is to give the very best clothing pos- Sible at the very closest prices possible, and help along the Dress Well and Succeed cam- paign. This season we are special- izing on Men's and Young Men's finely tailored SUITS and OVERCOATS $29.50 $37.50 SUIT AND OVERCOAT SPECIAL See our $16.75 Suits - See our English Topcoats $16.75 is porta than up in the Georgian Bay district. Has It Come to This ? Toronto Star: An exchange wants to know what has become of the {heroine who used to prevent a rail- |way wreck by flagging 'a train with The mod- ern girl hasn't a thing she could even try to flag a train with except a dinky little handkerchief about the size of a soda biscuit. ~ Silly and Dangerous. Carleton Place Central Canadian: Young ladies, who sit on drivers' knees ad thé car speeds on rural roads cause blushes to mamtle the cheeks of their sisters in other cars. It is a silly and dangerous practice and would well warrant the road- side police in publishing the num- bers of the cars. A Canadian Invention. Victoria Times: In spite of the fact that the wooden house is suit- able for all varieties of climatic con+ ditions in Canada, the British hous- ing authori have come to the con- clusion that it ix net sufficiently fire- proof or durable for their purpose. {But they have been met on their own ground by a Canadian architect who offers to demonstrate to them his invention of a concrete house which will not crack. He has sug- gested to the members of the Nor- wich council that they allow him to prove that a dwelling built accord- ing to his system may be lifted two feet from the ground and dropped again without cracking, turned over on its side and replaced with- out damage, even lifted and removed bodily any reasonable distance after thirty days. Wit and Humor Changed Times. "Clothes certainly make man. "Not any more, my dear--now it's the car." the -- Dentist--You seem to be terribly nervous. Don't you know that I am & painless dentist? Vietim-- Yes; but you see I'm one Try Bibby's for Boys' School Suits -- $7.50, $9.50, $12.50 BIBBY'S habit of saying grace at the table. "Now, can any of you tell me what your father says before he eats?" she asked. "Go easy on the butter, kids, it's 50 cents a pound," piped a small voice from the rear. . Theory and Practice. "I can hire all the brains I need for $25 a week," boasted Mr. Dustin Stax. "If that's the case," rejoined Miss Cayenne, "why don't you?" 'More Important. Modern Mother: "Yes, I know the baby is pretty, Auntie, but the gunes- tion is, has she style?" Cross-word Eloquence. First Lady: "You rotund, decangu- lar, eolithie, ferruginous, neuro- pathic cassowary, you!" Second Lady: *"An' would ya listen to the langwidge of "er since she's been doin' cross-word pusszles!" A Difficulty. "Alfred," said his mother in a low tense voice, "if you disobey me, I will spank you right here on the street." The little fellow looked up. "Mother," he inquired with interest, "where would you sit?" Right Through. "Here's something queer," said the dentist. "You say this tooth has never oun worked on before, but |) al find = 1 flakes of gold on my in- strument." "I think you have struck my back collar button," moaned the victim." ' Qualified. Father: "I want to apprentice my boy to you." Master Plumber: "Where is "e?" " Father: "Well--er--he forgot his references and has gone back home for them. Makter Plumber: take "fm!" "Rigto!--1'1 All Animias. "Every one in our family is some kind of animal,' said Jimmie to the amazed preacher. "Why, you shouldn't say that" the good man exclaimed. "Well," said Jimmie, "mother's a} dear, the baby is mother's little lamb, I'm the kid 'and dad's the goat." See Bibby's Extra Special Value $3.00 Hats And Abdominal Supporters Riding Belts i Arch Supports" {if th et tar 1% | Private Office for fitting. Experienced lady attendant. DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE 185 PRINCESS STREET "PHONE 843. | VINEGARS Mait, Cider, Crystal Pickling in bottles and by the gallon. Whole and Ground Spices. _All absolutely pure. Jas. REDDEN & CO. "Ibe Moinyd of Batisfacsien™ Established 1871.