Daily and Semi-weekly SH WHIG ui eaekly 7 LIMITED, KINGSTO! | THE BAILY BRITISH gain, it would seem, and the premier being fair and in the best interests of the province. 'The "agreement provides for the handing over by the federal government of the crown lands and existing interests in na- tural resources, together with the school lands fund and eny unpaid moneys coming due om account of transactions completed by the Do- minion government. The annual subsidy of $562,500 is continued for another three years, to recoup the province for expenses imcurred in taking over the resources. This sub- sidy has hitherto heen paid as a com- pensation. for the resources adminis- tered by the Dominion authorities, and to continue the' payment after those resources have been retityned can. only be regarded as an act of generosity. All that the Dominlon retains is land set apart for Indian reserves, the national parks, three forest re- serves, lands coming under the sol- dier settlement scheme and such aus lands are under charge for seed grain wers, Ine, 10 "ine actual" sme cirenlation of The ail Wiis bn Sletited by the Audit Bureau of ® news regarding the Canadian itive Works is most cheering put new heart, not only ine Workingmen of Kingston, but merchants and other busi- on. Brantford, too, sees good ghead, The Expositor on Sat- t listing four important items ng a revival of industrial s on the front page. Canada is on the upgrade is evidenced everywhere. The tf Canadian agriculture in noted by Mr, R. 8. White, Bn The Montreal Gazette, was d at $1,716,580,000, compared 888,958,000 in 1921, The ority shows hat Canadian 25 were $1,210,679,000, $941,666,000 in in Canada, but a gov- 'compromise with the 8 the dominant force. the Ihe. advances, in these lands and will receive back the territory itself if the government should not continue to use it for the specific purposes indicated. Alberta is satisfied that she has made a good bargain, comments the Hamilton Spectaté?, but the other prairie provinces think otherwise, It seems they not only want back the natural resources, but insist on béing paid tho subsidies as well, It would be hard to justify such a demand. WORK FOR CANADIAN CLUBS. hd Brantford Expositor: In speaking of the need of studying national problems; Sir Thomas White, in an address before the Canadian Club at Montreal, said: "If we could arouse the patriotic spirit of the people of Canada concerning the problems now before them, and the necessity for thelr solution, our national difficul- ties would soon be at an end." This is quite true, and the Canadian Clubs have a great work to do in the deve- lopment" of a truly national spirit that will take a keen interest in pub- 116 affairs. ------------------ A SINGULAR SPECTACLE. The House of Commons is talking away on the Speech from the Throne ~--an Mmterminable jangle of words, theories and abuse. Mr, Meighen and his followers are dragging every kind of amendment into the sunlight to attempt to defeat the government. What did the Senate do with the same speech? Discussed and passed it. The majority in the upper Cham- Der is Consefvative and might have delayed or defeated action on the | Administration's programme. That it gave that programme its approval testifies to its agreement with the policies it contained. The Toronto Globe puts it this way: We find the Conservative par- ' | Mamentary. party in.the Senate at variance on matters of policy with *| the Condervative parliamentary party in the Commons. Yet both sections of the party are under the control of the Conservative Leader, Right Hon, Arthur Meighen. The public will very naturally deglre an explanation of this obvious inconsistency, this Sahu fest difference of opinion in the OBnservative parliamentary ranks on question of policy. RURAL EDUCATION. Recently at Hamilton an agricul- turist in discussing rural education hit the nail on the head when he de- clared that it was not so much a mat- ter of education, but of aptitude and | inclination. Education was the best '| way of discovering what a lad was { most fitted for, and if it turned out | that life on the farm was distasteful to him, why it was better that he try something more congenial, at which 'ihe was more likely to make a suc- "This problem cannot be solved by It is not possible, and, if has concurred in the arrangement as, Alberta gets the minerals | low on' the farm, by merely deprive ing him of the advantages of educa- tion. If the farm-bred boy wants to go to the city, he will do so, what- ever his standard of education may be. The wike ones who resist the temptation will find whatever learn- ing they have managed to imbibe | will stand them in good stead on the | farm, and they are entitled to that much as & rewird for their good sense 'and fidelity. MARRIED MEN ARE CAUTIOUS. When an unmarried man embarks on a career of crime he is more like- ly to commit assault and battery or to use other direct and forceful tac- tics. But if the married man runs true to form he cautiously and se- crétly commits a crime of fraud. These tendencies in both -white and negro criminals have just been re- ported by Carl Murchison and Ralph Gilbert of Clark University, follow- ing'a study of two hundred and fifty men prisoners in the: Maryland state penitentiary. THE STREET RAILWAY. Once again the street railway com- pany has offered to dispose of the road: to the Kingston city council. | The railway, since it was electrified, has never paid the company, because we did not have the population to make the concern a profitable invest- ment. It has been proven that only in exceptionil 'circumstances do street railways pay in places under 40,000" population. Guelph's rail- way used to pay a fair profit because of the large traffic it secured to and from the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege. The Kingston road passed from the old management, headed by. the late I. A, Breck and B. W. Folger, and was taken over by the Riehard- sons and Nickles, who have kept it going for the benefit of the city. They have made no money out of it. If it was to close down, the city would suffer. . It is well within the memory of many citizens how twenty years ago continued snowstorms forced the company to cease operat- ing the cars because it became too costly to keep the line open. Prof. Adam Shortt and others living in the outskirts' showed .the city council what would happen if the cars did not continue to give service. Pro- perty values in the outskirts would decrease and the city treasury would suffer. The result was that the city gave aid to the company to keep the line open for the remainder of that winter. Now that there has been some talk about a motor bus line, the street railway officials have placed their cards right on the table. | The automobile has made great in- roads on the company's trafic and will continue to do this. The city ean have thé road at a fair price anytime it wishes to buy and the company's books are at the disposal of the civic authorities. Of course the city will not purchase the line so long as the company will run it for the people's benefit--not their own --but it must be remembered that Kingston cannot do without the rail- way which still has a big part to play in our icivic service. A little boosting for the street railway com- pany would not be amiss. Its heads are giving the people a very valuable service for a five-cent fare. upbuilding of Kingston, and the Richardsons and the Nickles should receive the grateful appreciation of the public for what they have done. EDITORIAL NOTES. Kissing 'causes measles, says a famous doctor. Me for the measles! Potatoes and oranges are gnoted at about the same price in Chicago. Potatoes have the call, There are to be no more wedding gifts in Turkey. Unfortunately the new iden is travelling Bastard: An intelligent study of mnlolpal issues was never more désirable than fh. hie stent ae I ras blems for Syerylndy. Tis sawast Toor womans Has is raspberry, Now you can see for |: The | Are "| railway has played its part in the advocate, doing away with mothers' pensions?" No, but many would like legislation that would = mighyily lessen the mothers' pension list.' An old-time resident is authority for the statement that crows won't eat corn, but there ised to be a eer- tain brand of Old Crow on which it {| was easy to get corned. A radio fan 4s happier when he gets Salonika than he is when he tunes in on Palm Beach. The rea- son is that his sporting instinct is stronger than his distaste for bad muic, < ) The best kind of a Canadian win- ter is one that does not produce any weather reports. from White River. That point only breaks into print when the bottom drops out of the thermometer. Mr. Mitchell, a former colonel in the United States army, will write a series of articles attacking the avia- tion branch of his country's war de- partment. Welcome, Mr. Mitchell you will keep things warmed up! Captain Bernier declares that all the diaries and personal records of both Peary and Cook, who claim to have discovered the North Pole, { should be examined, And, after the evidence submitted by Amundsen and Scott in their trip to the South Pole, the suggestion seems quite reasonable. Mr, Robson Black, a former King- stonian and now a forestry expert, ineists that replanting trees in .tim- ber areas will never save the Can- adian timber supply. Rigid fire supervision and co-operation of every Canadian is needed. Under such conditions nature would per- petuate the forests. Was it good judgment for the council to rescind a resolution per- mitting firemen to see that fire ap- paratus in business houses and pub- lic places was in workable shape? It was a most commendable thing that meérchants and others were willing to invest in extinguishers. The fire- men could readily care for, them and at the same time get ® good knowl. edge of the premises where they were located. ee -- ~& The" proposed establishment in the United States of a $2,000,000,000 baking-company merger, or Bread Trust, part of whose profits may at the discretion of the directors be employed in building hos- pitals and recreation centres, has evoked comment. WM is regard- ed as a camouflage to a mon- opoly in the necessities of life by giv-, ing It a veneer of benevolence. Hos- pitals and recreation centres should wot be built for the public by patern- alistic. industrial corporations; they should be built by the people them- selves. If industrial profits are ample for such undertakings they should be returned to the consum- ers through the mediam at reduced prices. Pan News and Views. cre Good News for Border Cities Star: Human ears getting smaller, says an English surgeon. Horray! Then there'll be more room in the street cars! Kind Words Don't Butter. Boston Transcript: Everybody wants the farmer to be prosperous, but nobody wants to pay him pros- perous prices for his milk, eggs and potatoes. Chinese Developments. ~~ Port Arthur News-Chronicle: An editorial says that the young Chinese in China 'are tearing their shirts for self-government." Over here the Chinese are tearing other people's shirts for nothing at all. @ Tt Might Be Worse. Gananoque Reporter: We are af- flicted. with several pe in Canada, bat it J ght might be worse. | that many of the men who sit under WHIG | b BIBBY"S in Kingston for The Celebrated Church Brogues Walk in ease, money. We are selling agents English Shoes, 'and Pumps They're worth the BIBBY'S Our Olympic Tuxedo Suits Are truly masterpieces of tailors' art. Three Piece Suits, - + 937.50, *40, 45 Kingston's One Price Clothing House ' Pre Sen { FROM THE OUTSIDE readers that when they hear Quévec 0 characterized as holding the balance § of power in the House, they should Brockville Recorder and Tim his newspaper holds no "brief for the members of the Progressive group is the House of Commons, but it fails to see what possible good can result from the statement which the Conservative Ottawa Journal has been at pains to disseminate,that of the twenty-three men comprising that group, but thirteen are native Canadians. This leads the Journal to .the reflection that "the present destiny of Canada is in the hands of a small group of men, a majority of whom are not native Canadians, for of the eighteen Progressives who voted Liberal, ten are from outhide." Well, what of it? Is the fact that a member of Parliament was born outside of Canada, however long he may have resided in this country, to put him beyond the pale? If the Journal chose to pursue its investi- gation further, 'it might discover the leadership of Mr. Meighen are of other than Canadian birth, but no person for a moment considers that because of that circumstance," they are any the less worthy Canadians. Bir John A, Macdonald, that states- man whom the Journal reveres, was by birth a Scot. So was the Hon, Aledgnder Mackenzie, than whom no mote honest or public-spirited states- man or more loyal Canadian ever sat in' the House. Sir Mackenzie Bowell was born in Suffolk. In the west three outstanding public men of the ler of British Columbia; Hon. Char- les A. Dunning, the Premier of Sas- present, Hon, John Oliver, the Prem- |. katehewan, and Hon. Herbert Green- field, the late Premier of Alberta; were originally emigrants from the | British Isles. Presumably the, Jour-| nal would also class them 28' being | "from outside' and attach some pec: | uliar significance 5 the ecircum- stance of their birth. Of the ten Progressives whom the Ottawa Journal namé® as "from out- side," three had their origin in Eng- land, two having been in this coun- try for 85 years and one for 14 years. |" r ber, if the Journal's argu- ment is pertinent, that among the Quebec members there are probably more native-born Canadians than in any other provincial group, And their native-bormness does not seem to commend their politics ._to-the Journal, despite its "reflections" concerning the Progressive group. -------- As X oungsters. Brandon-Sun: Most ef the big jobs are held by men who didp't im- press the neighbors much as young- sters. The Paris police say men who jump into the river there are men- tally unbalanced. The Ottawa Jour- nal says they are inSeine, Agreed, they. are also likely unSeine, Laval-Quebec Mines, Limited --In Strong Hands! 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