Re HR RL i |_S5 SN Sh K n ge FY NF -- Daily and Seml-weekly by ThE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO0., LIMITED, KINGSTON, ONT. W, RUPERT DAVIES JOHN BULL PAYS. The St. Catharines Standard has been, collating facts and shows that within the past week Britain has paid to the United States in gold, some $02,000,000 Iin- terest and, part payment of her war debt of nearly $5,000,000, 000 to that coudtgy... The Standard th¢ money which was put up to stif- fen the backs of her Allies in the Great War, she would have about nine billion dollars' to her credit. Even excluding Russia, which coun- try has refused to recognize any of the Czar's obligations, Britain would still have seven billions to the good. The United States debt in that case would cause no worry to the British taxpayer. It is an heroic struggle the Old Land is putting up, paying the other fellow's debts. And it all falls upon the individual taxpayer. The British 2| currency is on a gold basis, end the credit of the country is unimpaired. After all, it must be a very gloomy person who can see retrogression, 30 disintegration and a general break- year, mail, eaah Fons: 0 Taito 8 OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: RN Thompson, 100 King MONTREAL F, Calder, 2 St. John Powers, Inc, The. of The British Whig ted by the Audit Buresu of REAL BOOST FOR CANADA, The Toronto Mail and Empire is k to normal and we congratul- 1t upon havifig found home again. ts review of the year and its esti- of the home land it is free to "Canada has dons wonderfully 'considering handicaps. We have tion system surpassing in thiit of any country with times our population; we have daws for the security of pro- and eredit; we have an admir- banking system; a people of in- te and national spirit; and we in our political, financial, in- commercial and transporta- circles men of whom any nation be proud. These capable men business will be a great power to country when the signal is given the next advance." These are real ic words; in election times our rary gets befogged in the prison as a place of education in living is the hope of Dr, Frank president of the American i Association. This big, broad, _ idea should be the only that a weak humanity and a up of the British Empire, when the Mother Country can present a clean slate to the rest of the world. And the greatness of a state rests upon the charagter of the individual in the long run. In Britain patriotism means self-sacrifice. Not otherwise could John Bull maintain 'such a stout heart and sound comstitution. CARDINAL MERCIER. The many friends in Canada of Cardiual Mercier will be cheered at the reputed improvement in his con- dition following the operation of last week. Cardinal Mercier is the Primate of Belgium, and in 1924 he celebrated the fiftieth year of his ordination. He is a distinguished scholar and during the war his "pastoral letters" which had to be printed and cifculat- ed with great secrecy, did much to keep up the courage of the Belgian people. fm 1919 the Cardinal visit- ed Canada and on that afternoon in the summer of 1924, when he en- tertained a party of Canadian editors at his palace in Malines, he referred in feeling terms to the kindness and hospitality he had met with in this country. THE SITUATION AT OTTAWA. Parliament will open tomorrow and in a few more days there will be & test of strength in the house to determine who has the largest num- ber of supporters. The indications are that the Liberals have the ma- jority and if an actual test proves this to be correct, Mr. King will im- mediately seek election ' somewhere and proceed to carry on the gov- ernment. It is expected that on Monday Mr. Meighen will denounce the govern- ment in those scathing terms that pn nation ought to have about fall 50 readily from his lips, but in Then the scales on which h an offender would be so de- that we w bétter able to 'whether he reformed and be discharged. course, there are certain speci- recommendations which Dr. advocates as(designed to make ideas practical. In connection with ® parole system, for instance, he y that the discharge of the iT should not be reckoned on a 'basis, but rather upon a char- "basis, and deprecates the lack 'adequate supervision = following aplex question which would . { Don Ar. Lapointe, who will lead the house, he will find a foeman worthy of his steel. Just what will develop from the present situation is hard to forecast, but should the Liberal party be sus- tained it is possible that they will proceed to carry on for several years, No one wants another election in the near future, not even the leader qf the Conservative , party, so it is doubtful if there will be any serious demand for another appeal to the people, At the present time every- body is watching Ottawa. HOW TO REACH THE TOP. Joseph ¥. Donovan, president ana treasurer of the Donovan Motor Car company, Boston retailers of Stude: baker automobiles, although but forty-five years of age, has announc- tive business because he has made $1,000,000, He does not purpose grovelling to win millions more but will enjoy life as he feels entitled to. ¢ began at thirteen working on the York Central Rallway, and told ums that he purposed making a million and then quitting.. Mr. I 1's advice to boys is this: "Do proceeds to say that if Britain had} od his-intention of retiring from ac: | EDITORIAL NOTES. + Men and women may get too old] to love, but they never get too olé to want to be loved. Rich people miss one thing; they never know the joy of paying the last instalment on something. Voices across the gea by radio may be more influential than hands ac- ross the sea, is a bright saying from the Toronto Globe. It was Theodore Roosevelt who said that the man who gounts is the man who is decent and who makes himself felt. as a force for decency. The Hudson Bay Railway has cost Canada to date over twenty million dollars. Estimates say it will require $27,000,000 to equip it for real ser- vice, St. Catharines teachers are oppos- ed to wearing gowns so that they might be distinguished from their pupils, Of course. Why did they they get their hair bobbed? is a pertinent question, There are so many Tories of. the bull dog breed in parliament, says the Toronto Mail and Empire, that the ministerial anatomy views the future with alarm. Not so; the Liberal lions can readily subdue the bulldog vari- ety! Sir Henry Thornton reports an in- crease of 900 per cent in the net re- venue of the Canadian National Rail- way system in three years from $3,- 000,000 to $30,000,000, Some splen- did work by the chief and his ca; able staffs. £ Estimates say next August the world will be short of bread stuffs. 'We are short of coal, and some of. us are short of cash. Thank the Lord we still have a fair abundance of good cold' water; we would have more but for the 4.4. beer which is a drug on the market. Quakerism in England is-growing. Its rigidities have been mitigated but its essential principles have en- dured. It is claimed that its religion has made a wide appeal in a time like our own, and many who choose a silent personal and direct approach to life's mystery instead of the for- mal way of ritual aro sharing a por- tion of the Friends' belief. It is stated by the manager of the Great Lakes steamship service of the Canadian Pacific that if Chicago con- tinues to drain the Great Lakes by its diversion of water through the drainage canal, Port McNicol, will bs permanently ruined as wu shipping centre. And this fact should stimul- ate Canada to see that the colossal steal of water is speedily suppressed. Canada promises to be the major source of the world's gold supply in the neat future, says the National Bank of Commerce, which discusses the future pt the gold supply inghe January issue of the Commerce Monthly. The United States has con- tributed $4,250,000,000 of &pld since the discovery of the California fields, but is now looked upon as having made its major contribution. It is disquieting news that comes from Scotland that the hardy inhabi- tants 'of the Isle of Skye and the Outer Hebrides have given up oat- meal as a part of their daily diet. Doctors, dietitians and scientists are seeking to teach humanity to get away from the artificial foods and get back to the natural ones. They point out that we fail to get the ne- cessary nutriment from the highly refined food products of today, But herg , we find the Scots giving up porridge and eating white bread, tea and jam. dT A Up to the Parents ' Capital Punishniént. American Lumberman: Nevada bankers will pay $1,000 for a live bandit, and $2,600 for a dead one. No Governor can pardon & dead bandit. Come To Breakfast. Guelph Mercury: Canada, with = yield of 520,000,000 bushels of oats, ought to make a great appeal to Scottish settlers. Think what quanti- ties 'of porridge that would make. Stop Warring" Themselves. Florence (Ala.) Herald: The growing movement on the part of the churches to end all wars might be appreciably advanced if they would end war among themselves, Reciprocity. Minneapolis Journal: Sir Harry E. Brucewell, London child specialist, says that it Is wrong to keep quiet while the baby is asleep, as it ought to be allowed to get used to noises. That is the position taken by the baby toward the family in the night, also, The Happy Life. "Sanenoque Reporter: The life of service is the happy life. If, there- fore, we have done something to- ward lightening another's load, if we have carried our share of the burden, if we have used the talent entrusted to us, then we can look back upon the year with some sat- isfaction. ! Greatest\ Material Boon. Bowmanville Statesman: There is going to be an increasing demand for Canadian farm products in the U. 8. cities for two reasons--con- venience or accessibility, and higher quality. What would be the result if we had reciprocity in products of the soil between these two contiguous countries? Passing of "Xmas." Editor and Publisher, New York: That ugly profanation of the most brilliant word in the English lang- uage, which substitutes for the name of Christ an- X, very largely dis- appeared from the press of the na- tion during the current holiday sea- son, If "Xmas" has been killed for all time, there will be spécial cause for rejoicing this week. For a gen- eration it has been an offence in the eyes of all men who are sensitive to the significance of the word and the occasion it defines. 'We have seen "Xmas" used less often both in editorial text and ad- vertising 'matter this year than dur- ing a lifetime. This must be a direct answer to the stirring appeals that have been made during the past five years, an dwe devoutly hope that we are right in. concluding that the 'criticism has yielded a general re- form. Duty i stern andl the days are fleeting, but the American = people still have time to spell out the name of the natal day of Jesus Christ, St. Lawrence Power | Toronto Globe. Zz It will be with unqualified satis- faction that the advocates of the de- velopment of water power on the St. Lawrence River will welcome the Prime Minister of Ontario to their ranks. The clear, definite and enthusiastic way in which Premier Ferguson has committed himself to this great and pecessary undertak- ing leaves nothing to be desired. From the statement in which he declares his attitude toward the project it is evident that he has not been influenced by any hasty; view of the possibilities it presents, but grounds _his support on careful study of it as a practicable scheme from which the Province will reap almost inestimable advantages. He points out specifically that the undertaking will be in no sense an experiment, that it is not a venture involving any risk, but that, 'on the contrary, it will be the most carefully considered power proposi- and one of the wisest and soundest investments the Province has yet made, 'turning to public advantage a great Provincial asset now running to waste." | 'With the power potentialities of CHURCH'S ENGLISH DANCING PUMPS = BIBBY'S ". IF IT'S NEW--IT'S HERE ! - Our New Tuxedo $ in the Olympic model are beauties. Three pieces. BIBBY"S "Where You Can Save A Few Dollars" 37.50 New "Full Dress Shirts The Plaza--the Devonshire-- the Cannaught No 3 SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS. I dimly guess from blessings known of greater out of sight.-- Whittier. * 8» It is to live twice when you can enjoy the recollection of your form- er life.--Martial. . . » "Tis life, of which our lives are scant, "Pis life, not death, for which we t, : Moré life and fuller, that we want. } --~Browning. » . . As no man ever had a 'point of pride that was not injurious to him, $0 no man had ever a defect that was not somewhere made useful to bhim.--Emerson. > * * . A new heart also will I give you, and a pew spirit will T put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of flesh.--Ezekial, 36:26. ! a : They best Can greet the New Year's 'Who best have kept Faith with the old and freighted its swift hours ' With their great thoughts and god- like purposes Translated nobly into noble deeds! --W. H. Burleigh. . -. - A ' We forfeit the chief source of dig- nity and sweetness of life, next to the direct communion with God, if we do not seek converse with the great mindg that have left their ves- tiges on the world. -- Martineau. ' ' coming HARNESS 'We always have team harness on hand that we manufacture from the best leather that can be bought. We invite you to in. spoct our stock. No obligation to buy. Dog Collars, Harness and Dog Blankets. High class Travelling Goods. 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