'THE DAILY BRITISH : : ily snd Semi-weekly by RIT IS I WHIG PUBLISHING w LIMITED, KINGSTON, ONT. 'o pBOrERY DAVIES IPTION RATES: ay dition) ely uo Er ey mali to rurs offices, to Untied States ea "POWN REPRESENTATIVES: LONTO--F, W. Thompson, 100 King Streq West, Toronto. INTREAL-F. Calder, 22 St John YORK-----Ingraham-Powers, Ine. Madison A - "AGO~--ingraham-~Powe: ¥ 19 South La Salle Streets ett to the Editor are, published ily 'over the actusi name of the The cirenlation of The British Whiz B Suthen: fieateq by the Audit Bureau of SHORT-CUT METHOD, The federal parliament had fire- ks at its first session over a ution, of Hon. Mr. Lapointe, Eiberal House leader, to de- tefmine whether the present gov- mt' enjoyed the confidence of » 'majority of the members. The | rance, position leader set up a great cry, ng all the language he could nd to denounce the intro- m of the resolution. The y or-General having approved position of 'his advisers in de- g to meet parliament, it was the ht--the bounden right we should hing to bring in the resolution test the house rather than pro- ig the debate on the Speech from ons and then reach the conclusion. The shprt-cut | will surely appeal to the 4 wise move. How the Lib- stable and assured government. _ A NATIONAL COAL POLICY. Canada requires a national coal policy--one capable of producing re- sults, and one which would relieve this country of its servile depend- ence upon foreign supplies. This h which has been urged by far- citizens year after year, is at beginning to force itself upon e householders ang the taxpayers at large, remarks the Montreal Star. The channel of communication is by of the cheque book and the rse, upon which increasing de- 3 made. Anthracite coal, ve at $15.50 and $16.50 a will probably cost at least $20 ton before spring. : situation is not without its side. There is always the hope if the people suffer sufficiently lack of reasonably priced coal they will force an adequate bandling of the problem. 'possesses ample coal fields in own right, and in Grest Britain ithin the Empire an incompar- anthracite coal source, The demand for a national coal is not a new thing. Successive Jot partinment have made Canada when he declared that unless compulsory grading of apples for export is adopted Canada will lose her overseas trade. Canada, with ap- ples that ars at least the equal in taste, 'appearance and flavor of those of any country in the world, is los- ing trade through her own foolish- ness in not haying compulsory grad- ing. In the United States the pack- ers grade pack in fine shape and by little methods win out over Canadian exporters, NEWSPAPER MEN NECESSARY. The Chicago Daily News has been sold to a newspaper man. The late owner, Mr. Victor Lawson, willed that a trust company run it; it was tried for a few months when it" was again demonstrated that a financial institution has no business trying to ¢| TUR & newspaper. The impression is general that so conducted the pa- per is not free toegive expression to untrammeled opinion, Its expres- sions are almost invariably biased. It would be as unsatisfactory for a newspaper organization to try and run a financial institution, INDIVIDUAL ACTION, Washington correspondents say one of the amazing things at the Ca- pitol is the great growth of organi- zations of the type known as "up- lifters." They fill office space and shout loudly of their plans for the salvation of the country. The groups are of various kind, some small and weak, others large and powerful, But all are very helpful to the prin- ters for they issue reams of state- ments and put up a din that in the aggregate, has a volume like Nia- gara's--only shriller, True they are honest in their purposes, but they can never legislate people into good- ness; there must be individual in- fluence, the ice man, the motor man, the salesman, grocer, banker, minis- ter and all the rest must feel the need and practice the virtues of tol: indliness, unselfishness. If there in bod for more vision, more poetry, more sweet home life, begin developing these virtues individually at home. Little by little the leaven will spread. The people of any na- tion cannot be transformed from one state into another In quick order, Bach person must realise ' his own feelings and try to overcome them. That is his task, and it is enough. Freedom, truth; beauty, life all lie along this path. Uplifters who seek to do everything by legislation are on the wrong track. ; WEALIR HABITS nw 1926. ---- * hat eminent and aie' Brittel 1 M. I D., Sir William Arthbuthnot Lane, C.B., is president of the New Health Society, recently organized in Lon- don for the purpose of making better and happier citizens of the British Isles. The New Health Society is out to turn the national mind toward phy- gical hygiene, making gradually easy, and even pleasant, the ways of living that are now considered hardships. Dieting is an awful nuis- ance at first; we feel like martyrs on the rack when we stop eating and drinking the old favorites, love for which is bred in the bone. But per- sistency brings fine feeling, clear thinking, better living; we enjoy restful sleep which makes hard work a pleasurd, In the end we discover that habit is the whole thing. On the threshold of a brand New Year, this is a splendid thought for Canadians as well as Britons. TO DEVELOP COPPER. Valuable deposits of copper have been located in Manitoba. Americans are to control and will develop it. It is stated that there will bé an invest- ment of $24,000,000. It is claimed that within three years' time there will be a city of ten thousand people in the neighborhood of Flin Fon. The development of a great mining industry to the north of the prairie ] 'country would mean much not only to the cities, but to the farmers of the west. ON JouRNaxis: nited States, is a firm the power: of the press. ort, Presenting journalists at the school that there are also two great twin sisters ia newspaper life--gush and slop. These must be avoided. Sympathy with misfortune and pity were good but not misplaced and misguided sympathy. The mora! of his sermon, Sir Esme pointed out. was "restrain your natural inclinations to attack those who disagree with you until you are sure that you have studied their point of view apd that you un- derstand something of it." A judi- cial, calm, serene and impartial spi- rit is necessary .if we are not to make gross and often irretrievable blunders. Such a spirit is necessary for that gpod will which alone can bring real peace on earth. I am in- clined to think that over and over again serious crimes would have been averted if such a spirit had prevail- ied in international dealings." EDITORIAL NOTES. In this climate people must work or freeze. This i@ why the northern lands flourish, The outlook for 1926 in Canada is decidedly hopeful. Most people are agreed and are acting accordingly. -- "Let him whistle for it," used to be a popular colloquialism. Radio fans have revised it to: 'Hear him whistle for it." The Orillia Packet says there are some folks who can't grow a smile without a wart on it. In other words it is quite horny' -- Ald C. B. Taylor {8 mayor of Shoreditch, Eng. Twenty years ago he was a night scavenger. He had the go in him, A newspaper in the western states recently suspended publication be- cause the last of its subscribers had quit! Good enough reason. It cost Brockville $8,000 for a Provincial audit of the municipality's books, which revealed everything in good order. The doubt was settled but at high cost. Parliament opened in a blaze of color. The ladies wore their richest and most highly colored garbs, men wore their Christmas ties, a---- { It hard work could only be classi- fied as sport, and competitions ar- ranged therein, the Guelph Mercury figures, prosperity would be in evid- ence everywhere. "In the rew instructions for the conduct of libraries in Russia it is . | provided that "the section on relig- fon must contain solely anti-relig- ious literature, Ce) ARE Dr. Henry FPF. Vaughan, health commissioner of Detroit, says: "In all our experience we have yet to find a case of smallpox in a person who has been vaccinated within five years." Tilsonburg tax collector gathered in 99 3-6 per cent, of the taxes on the roll last year and is going to make it 100 per cent. in 1926. He should pass the secret on to other municipalities. Princess Mary recently christened the largest battleship. But the Brant- ford Expositor suggests' that the Prince of Wales still remains the world's most noted cruiser, The Atchison Globe safely. .re- marks that the road to happiness runs through the home place of- tener than any place, even though you have to bridge for a mortgage. Field Marshal, Sir William Robert- son, England, says his greatest thrill was when he was promoted to cor- poral from the ranks. This is the ex- perience of many other great soldiers. Brazil has rubber trees and cheap labor and only needs $10,000,000 to make it a great rubber industry. The predictions are that the world can absorb all the rubber that can be de- veloped. ao "Now they're telling a story about Prince of Wales having 'exch accept led a box of Canadian "apple, the and if the Liberals will introduce | policies along Liberal lines satisfac- tory tb the west the Progressives will support them, for nobody wants an-! other general election just when the | country is well started on the road to prosperity, Le Soliel, Quebec, disputes the statement that the Conservatives in the late election led the Liberal by 200,000 votes. The error made was in crediting Mr. Meighen with the 250,000 votes cast for Mr. Paten- aude who appeared in Quebec as an independent. The Liberals, with this error restored, had the majority of votes polled. ------ The minister of customs squeiches an absurd story that the Canadian income tax costs 6214 per cent. to collect. The actual cost is between 2% and 2% per cént. But apart al- together from the cost of collection, the public is looking for a reduction in this form of taxation, which is duplicated in some provinces by pro- i vincial or municipal income taxes. With an increase of but one bus- hel per acre on the area planted to wheat last year many millions of dol- lars of additional revenue would be secured by the . growers. Last season nearly twenty-two mil- lon acres of wheat were sown. One extra bushel per acre at the present price of around $1.50 would mean $33,000,000 more to Canada, Hustle for the increase! Engineers are still talking of bridging or tunnelling the British channel. The scheme is fascinating to engineers but it will not be prae- tical until war is outside the pale of possibility. A bridge could be destroyed and submarines could put divers on the bed of the channel and a hole soon blown through the wall of the tunnel, the floods ren- dering is useless. News and Views. In A Short Skirt. Detroit Free Press: The tallest woman in the world, says a dispatch, is Mme. Lendy, of Paris, who is seven feet six inches, in' height, and who weighs 300 pounds and who must look like a sight in a short skirt. "Please." Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa and To- ronto newspapers are debating the | matter of Bolisaness to telephone girls. ' He phoneth best who beareth 'best Rebuffs both great and small; In hours of trial call Central blest And she'll complete your call. A Popular Minister. Vancouver Province: If Mr. Gra- ham retires, as it is suggested he may. Cabada will miss his services and: the House of Commons will miss his pleasant and cheery count- enance. He has been in the publied eye almost constantly since he join- ed the Laurier ministry in 1907, and for ten years before that, he was a figure in Ontario politics. As a min- ister, he has shown both capacity and versatility. He has conducted his own department with ability, and, as the handy man of the cab- inet, has usually had charge of some other department as well dur- ing the absence or illness of its own head. He has been consistently pop- ular both with the members of his Rqwn party and with those of 'the op- posite side of the House, and, if he sees fit to withdraw from the gov- ernment, will carry with him into retirement the good wishes of Lib- erals, Conservatives and Progres- sives for a long and happy old age, Wit and Hamor 1 Wonder. Walter: Seems to me common sense would prevent most of our di- vorces. Winnie: Maybe. How about marriages?--Answers. the Scratch. ¢ Tom: Gladys is a perfect picture of health. BIBBY'S Big Suit and Quercoat Sale DON'T PART WITH YOUR MONEY UNTIL YOU SEE -- THE -- SUITS and OVERCOATS WE ARE OFFERING AT $14.75, *19.75 na25.00 SALE OF BIG BOYS' OVERCOATS SIZES 30 TO 35. EXTRA VALUES AT *12.50 BIBBY'S January Investment Our January List offers a wide choice of good investments, including attractive Government, Municipal, Public Utility, and Corporation bonds. This List should assist investors. Copy, gladly forwarded upon request, 36 King Street West, Toronto. Telephone: Elgin 4321 Wood, Gundy & Company Limited tl | The Quebec Viewpoint Le Canada contends that the Pro- gressives should at least give their first votes to Premier King. "It all the Progressives vote in the House for the King Government, it: will have a majority of ten. In our opinion this is what 'will happen at the opening, on the vote upon the Address. "The Progressives, in fact, were not elected in antagonism to the Liberal policy. They ~represénl a more advanced shade of opinion in the West. But they are closer(to the Liberals than to the Conservatives; that is to say, to the official Opposi- tion. "The first vote will be one of con- fidence between Liberals and Con- servatives. It would be only logical for the Progressives to align them- selves with the former; they are too few in number to form an independ- ent group and they have ndthing in common with the Conseyvatives." "Thus, even those "Progressives who reserve to themselves for the NEW CHURCH IN HONOR OF ST. JOAN OF ARO | To Be Erected In Paris as | Thankoffering for France's Victory. « Paris, Jan. 11.--When St. Joan of Are! 8 day comes again, next May 9th, the foundation stope for a new church in her honor will be laid in Paris, in fulfillment of a vow made to her in the dark days of early Sep- tember, '1914, when the Germans seemed destined to occupy Paris. The late Cardinal Amette, then Archbishop of Paris, made a solemn wow in the Cathedral of Notre Dame that if Fra were victorious the Catholics of the country would build a church to St. Joan as a thank offer- ing. Won't Take Pulpit Orillia, Jan. 11.--<Rev. William- son McIntyre of Ogdensburg, N.Y., who accepted a call to Orillia Pres- byterian church, now writes to the church Jeclining the invitation. future an entire ind a tion, according to the measures sub- mitted to them, should in all logic 'give their fat vote for the King HARNESS : We always have team Harness 'on hand that we rp bo bouphe 'We tnvite you to fa- For 1926 We are still head- quarters for all sick- room supplies and necessities. : Phone us your van 'and they will promptly filled. All prescriptions are coms. pounded from the purest drugs, with absolute accuracy and DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE 'PHONE 343. 185 PRINCESS STREET Silk Purse out of 1 a sow's ear" and the only coal that you can 'y get plenty of heat out of is good coal. We have a number of good coals for sale, and when we say good coals we mean good coals. If there is any question fin. your mind as to which coal will work best in your heater, ask us! We will be glad so tell