SL pimne---- Eas cam a 4d BEN | 7 Daly and Semi-weekly by ) H WHIG PUBLISHING TED, KINGSTON, ONT. F«TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: DF'. W, Thompson, 100 King West, Toronto. + Calder, 23 St. John =~ Ingraham-Powers, Ine. ham-Powers, Inc, 10 ers, Ine, Site Street, to the Editor are published the actual mame of the of The British Whig ted by the Audit Bureau of BOVERNMENT AND THE JETURNED SOLDIER. claim is sometimes made { band's | war service, being eertified as having no disability or ong not aggravated by service; on appeal by the widows, pensions have | { been allowed them and made re-| roactive, One poor woman's htis-| body was exhumed and his death proved ms the result of 'his and she was awarded | no less than~§7,000.00 . This splendid record effectively answers all criticism of the govern- ments action in dealing with the re- turned men. THE LATE F. S. EVANSON. i The ;death in Vancouver, during! Tuesday night, of Mr. F. S. Evanson, | | secretary-treasurer of the Odd Fel-| came as a great shock to the citizens when The Whig bulletined the news. | Mr, "Zyanson wds the successor of | the late Mr. Robert Meek in the fra- | ternal organization, and he proved to | be an excellent choice, serving with | faithfulness and excellent business | qualities. He was a man of quiet! manners, of good address and men- tally well equipped. He was an or- ganizer of rire ability and a speaker of remarkable fluency and eloquence. In Odd Fellow circles he was a great favorite and his study of the order | gave him facility in presenting its admirable claims and a felicity in portraying its mission of succor and humanity to mankind. In social and bowling circles he held a warm place | among his assoé¢iates. His death, | so far from home, and yet among fraternal friends, is sad indeed, and to those bereaved sincerest condol- ances will be offered. SHOUT WITHOSL KNOWLEDGE. The Conservative party in Can- ada is at its old game, shouting and declaiming their party will win in the | federal elections. In 19#1 they cart | ried on the same. tactics, but whén | "the tumult and the shouting died," | lows' Relief Association, of Canada, | but I believe protection is peculiarly | orators. who talk so much about the issue from the 'standpoint 'of the welfarg of the whole of; Canada. i "In 1911," 'says Mr. Massey, "I | had the homor of- polling my first | vote on behalf of reciprocity, be- | canse I was one of those who be- lieved that our national existence | was not imperilled by &- business arrangement with our neighbors. I| believe our national sentiment is | based on something deeper than the | shifting figures of a tariff schedule. I High protection I believe to be not in the interests of this country. I be- lieve the pendulum is swinging against" high protection, even in| those countries having high tariff, unfitted to Canada. It would imperil | the very fabric of Confederation it-/| self." Mr. Massey, as head of the Massey- | Harris works, knows the practical | working of protection, and despite the fact that a higher tariff would | to some extent benefit his company, | he declared himself absolutely op-| posed to imposing upon this country a measure in face of determined op- position of 2,000,000 people on the prairies, Mr. Massey is not an idle theorist but a large manufacturer and hig words carry enormous weight. PREACHING CANADIANS OUT OF CANADA. We wonder if the Conservative emigration = of Canadians to the United States ever pause to wonder what the effect of their speeches is on the younger generation in Can- ada? They paint the United States as a land of opportunity and Canada ad a land of decaying trade, and they picture a constant flow of enter- prising and ambitious Canadians into the Republic to the south. The result is to create a tendency | is uncompromising. It is as if | years in the interests infancy, developing by leaps and; bounds--atithe close of the war the fastest pursuit plane in service could | do only 125 miles an hour. The rac- | ing flyer of to-day Is simply testing | possibilities that before many years | may become as commonplace as the | | runs of the Twentieth Century. i 1 THE POLICY OF REVENGE. | { One of the by-products of the campaign is the sudden emergenca ! of the "Prosperity League of Can-| ada." It sounds like the battling days | of 1911 when new bodies and new | leaders rose over might to "uphold | | canadian interests" by killing the | plan for easier trade with the United States. The title of the new body | the | 00 members claimed could sit in | their offices in Toronto and Mont. | real, overcome world conditions in a day, and create yprosperity. One of | the objects cited . in the League's: literature is: i "2. To raige and maintain a tariff against thel U.S.A. which shall | average as high as the U.S.A. tarift | against Canada." Vengeance is a cheap and easy vice, says the Toronto Globe. It is | likewise easy to impress the unthink- ing with the idea that they are "pay- ing back' for some economic injury. Unfortunately for the theory, the Canadian tariff must be made in Canadd, for Canada, to suit Can- adian conditions, and this country is not prepared to have fits tariff policies made in Washington. The construction of the Canadian Customs schedules has been a long and intricate process, and thay cannot be turned topsy-turvy and the country reduced to confusion for of revenge and from a political motive. The Prosperity Leaguers are moved by the world-worn theory: "Tit for tat; you kill my dog I'll The Men's and Young Men's Suit and Overcoat Store "DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED" Fabric weavers and pattern designers have gone farther than ever in injecting real style and class into our 'New Suits and Overcoats And then, too, there are other factors as well that contri + bute greatly toward making these garments the dressy apparel of the well-groomed gentleman. Fine shape-retaining character lines in the modelling really expert tailoring that keeps the fit and hang permanent. You will find just such Suits and Over- coats here at $25.00, $29.50, $35 Our new garments are ready for your inspection. SPECIAL ENGLISH VELOUR HATS Newest shades and shapes--regular $5.00 and $6.00 values SHIRTS Men's Fine Quality Shirts--English Broad- cloths, Potter Prints, Regular $2.50 and $2.75 values. Derby Cords, etc. Mackenzie King Govern- . yay . a8 not shown proper con- Bibby 8 Big Special tie on. to the returned. soldiers. jatter was dealt with by Hon. jurdock at the Liberal kill your cat." Bibby's Big Special $3.75 the party found itself the third group | towards the very thing which they in the House of Commons. And the! deplore. The younger generation, indications are tHat they will be still { listening to speeches of this character in that position in the next house. To | by a former Prime Minister and his EDITORIAL NOTES. deral' Appeal ed on August 17th, 1923, last Friday night. Mr. Mur- ted out a few of the mat- with by the government office in 'December, follows: "ensured that handicapped 8 may the more readily find t. The Government has from the date of assuming at employers be reimbursed lums payable under the 1's Compensation Acts of the x ces, thus relieving em- of all responsibilities for ac- compensable under such relieving an objection to loying bandicapped ex- 22nd, 1922, the Ralston ion: of Pensions and } nt was appointed, and an exhaustivé enquiry. nt recommendations apd these recommenda- ded" the Liberal Gov- "in determining its policy, ave brought substantial direct to ex-soldiers. | d was .. for © of receiving appeals from "of the Board of Pensions 8 disallowing claims for The total adjustments made It of Federal Appeal Board to September 1st, 1925, have ancial it. to 221 Iving an experditure of 19.69, and an added annual Hability of $96,847.68. of assisting sol- to file their Féderal Appeal cial soldier advisers were for the various districts, sers being selected after mn wi arans' organiza- nt to the Pensions d on June 27th, 1925, t the éxtra cost of lv- be permanently added 0 arded. ons aw nual lability of the Gov- for these pensioners, as at 925, was §$20,769,503.00: payment, and also the num- 'have dled, the annual of the Federal Government ged by more than two and ter million dollars since t government assumed of- Provided a clothing allow- $54,00 per annum to all putation cases and $22.00 to ovision has affected 3,170 cades, and has increased ral Government's annual in respect of disability pen- at August 31st, 1925, by 3 ' A 'cases have been re- those with a an addition to has increas- t's annual 31st, 1925, by win Would bring about an up-| heaval unparalleled in, Canada. The Liberals and Progressives show a solid front against the high pro- tectionists and industry, labor and agriculture are 'equally firm in op- position to the claims of the Con- servative party that Canada's pros- perity is only possible through a high tariff wall. Since 1878, when the National Policy of Sir John Mac- donald was put in force, a great change has come about in trade and to-day the tariff is much lower than in 1878. The Conservatives them- selves cut it down; even Mr. Meighen in 1921 stumped the country in be- half of a moderate tariff; his gov- ernment he held had on an average a protection of but 14 per cent. Then it was a Union Government, but now he is out in his real colors, declaim- ing for a full orbed tariff as high as any other country has constructed. The theory will not down with Can- adians who are well satisfied with our present tariff and our present prosperity; equal to all the facilities we are possessed of. And so the Conservatives may shout but the solid voting force of Canada will return to parliament, in . Increasing numbers we feel sure, those who will work for wider world markets, better transportation facilities, a higher type of immi- grants, encouragement to internal trade and industrial activities, and 80 keep Canada in line with the best nations of the world. MR. PATENAUDE. The Toronto Star throws some in- teresting light on Mr. Méighen's new lieutenant from the Province of Quebec, Mr. B. L. Patenaude. It points out that in Junme, 1917, Mr, Patenaude headed a group of nine members of the House of Commons who opposed to the death the Mili- tary Service Act, which was father- ed by Mr. Meighen. To-day, says The Star, Mr. Patenaude is denouncing the Hon. Geo. Boivin, a member of the King Cabinet, because in 1917 Boivin declined to support an amend- ment to kill the Act outright. When Patenaude says that he is "independent of Meighen," he is either telling the truth or he is a hypocrite, is a Montreal Star o3+} pression. Nps If he is a hypoerite--if he is a Meighen man at heart--if he intends to deliver Quebec to that "bitter Im- perialist," Arthur Meighen (a de- scription, by the way, that genuins Imperialist will think too flattering) ~--how does this gay deceiver intend to do it without Quebec finding ' ft and enterprise which exist right here, (geariy double those of pre-war years. supporters, wonder if they are not wasting their time by staying in a countgy which these leaders speak of in such doleful terms, How much better it would be it they were to inspire the younger generation of Canadians with faith in their country, and demonstrate to them the opportunities for expansion suggests the Montreal Herald. Can- ada 1s a beautiful country, a country richly endowed with everything that makes for prosperity, a country which has made and is making great strides in modern progress and de- velopment. ' It is a land that will richly reward perseverance and en- terprise; a land that will provide worthy careers for every one of ity sons. Furthermore, the United States provide no paradise in con- trast with Canada, and mute evi- dence of this is the fact that in the fifteen months ending June 30th, 1925, no fewer than 52,918 Can- adians domiciled in the United States returned to their own coun- try. -- RHODES SCHOLARS "POOR" It is estimated that the average cost of an Oxford education is some- what more than $1,500 a year. For Americans the cost is high, as they are unable to.spend the vacations Gheaply at home. Present costs are Fhen the Rhodes Scholarships were instituted their stipend of $1,600 a year was most ample, and some scholars managed to save enough from it during-their three years of residence to finance a fourth year either in Oxford or abroad. An in- crease of $250 has been added to the scholarships, but they are still inadequate. : Further increases have been pro- posed, but have been voted down by the Rhodes trustees off the ground that they would make the position of a Rhodes scholar better than that ot the holders of Hnglish college scholarships and thus lead to envy and discontent. It is mow common for public spirited men of wealth in the dominions to provide Rhodes scholars from their districts with the additional money required by pres- ent conditions in England, FLYING FIVE MILES A MINUTE. | Speeding over a kilometre course at Mitchel Field in 7.4 seconds--303 | S10" miles an hour, or more than five miles a minutes--Lieut, A. J. Wil-| Hams and his rent To-day is the last day for registra- tion. It will be your own fault if you | find on election day that your name was left off the list. Tons of printed filth from the south find entrance into our country. Where's the censor? Another evil of prohibition is it keeps the weather from being the world's most discussed subject. Pullman: pdkghrs say they don't want to be called George. We find they don't want to be called §t all. el The Conservatives claim men of outstanding ability are candidates in Quebée. They will be standing out after election day. I. The birds are going south taking with them 'their colorful plumage; but Princess street hosiery stays all winter, and that's an eyeful. Sir William Robertson says that when Lloyd George cabled for more troops President Wilson replied "I'll do my damnedest." The profana old villain; he was, indeed, a saint. "In the election of Hon. Vincent Massey, the ladies of Durham will have a thance to endorse the prin- ciples of high thinking in public life that the$ have always advocated. It took 2,000,000 miles of binder twine to tie up Alberta's wonderful harvest. That amount of twine would encircle the globe seventy-nine times. And this twine was used in only one province. According to the September num- ber of the Canadian Printer and Publisher, seven periodicals printed in the United States have a com- bined circulation in Canada of 12,- 000,000 copies. Five of the twelve United States newspapers circalating in Baslern Canada have a circulation of more than 6,000,000 annually. The suggestion is'to have a two cent rdvenue stamp put on every U. 8. periodical. Hon. James Murdock's vivid ex- posure of Dr, Ross' exaggerations in J ~* Mr. Meighen's Joke i Toronto Globe. One of the press reports of Mr. Meighen's speech at Kingston reads: "Touching on Senate reform, Mr. Meighen said he hadn't met a soul interested in it in Canada. It was just a joke" It the report is accurate, the Con- servative leadér is tragically out of touch with the people he seexs vo represent. Senate reform that will put an end to the power of the House of Irresponsibility permanent- ly to veto such legislations as social reform, railway aid, relief to Home Bank depositors, advances to farm- ers by extension of rural credits and restriction of gambling is far from being regarded as a "joke" by tens of thousands of the Canadian elec- torate. Were the people to be given by plebiscite the opportunity to record directly their "interest" in practi- cal Senate reform along the lines adopted by Britain in dealing 'with the House of Lotds, the result, it is evident, would astonish---and prob- ably wake up--Mr. Meighen. an employer for services rendered and is not increased very time the business adds a few bricks to the tariff wall. What this eountry re- quires is a scale of living" that will give the worker a chance. If he has to stand on tiptoe to reach it, he is going to .lose interest and will take the line of least resistance and'pro- bably leave the country. Don't Blow the Whistle. Portland Realtor: Do you remem- ber Lincoln's story about the little steamer with the big whistle? Every time they tooted the whistle it blew off so much steam that the boat stop- ped running. That's the trouble with lots of people today. If they would only use their energy to drive the paddle wheel of opportunity in- stead of eternally blowing the whis- tle of discontent they Would find themselves going up the stream of success so danged fast that the bar- nacles of failure wouldn't have a chance in the world to hook on to their little craft. Wit and Hamor Equal to the Occasion. Teacher--Sammie, name the four News and Views. Behind Billboards. Buffalo Post: Scenery is the stuff 'on the other side of the billboard. The Channel Route. Brandon Sun: The English chan. nel still stays unwept, unhonored and unswum. Is Ever With Us. Vancouver Province: Canned fruits, marmalades and "preserves" have their day, but the traffic jam is ever with us. Privilegéd Lecturers. Cincinnati Enquirer: The only two people a man will allow to talk to him that way are his wife and the traffic cop. ' The Clang of the Hammer. 'Woodstock Sentinel-Review: The constant clang of your hammer means that you will succeed. constant clang of other. hammers means that you have ded 'The | mind, dear; 'm putting "another Sammie--Salt, mustard, vinegar and pepper! Some Consolation. ' "Well, Mrs. Johnsing," announc- ed the colored physician, after tak- ing her husband's: temperature. "Ah has knocked de fever out of him. Dat's one good thing." "Sho nuff," was the excited re- ply. "Does dat mean dat he's gwine | to git well, den?" = i | "No," replied the doctor, "dey's no | hope fo' him; but you has de satis frattion ob knowin' that he was cur- ed befo'e he died." Good to Phone Girl. The old lady had just used the! telephone and had given any amount | of ttouble to the operator before she got the right number. 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