hs ) Thursday, February 11, 1926. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG nse town hall which contained one of the THE PORTSMOUT | arson crowds ever in attendance at 1 « DIR OVER STRENGTH) Rr It Left the Brewery? ~Question for Magistrates ¥mith's Falls News- Reco Judgment retorvasl until Mon- lay next, February 15th, in the case of the King versus the Lake Ontario Brewing Company Limited charged with unlawfully selling liquor to the three local hotels over a period of about three months. A mass of 'evi- __ dence, pro and con., touching every gt phase of the case, was heard before -MePolico Magistrates B, E. Sparham end J. T. Kirkland of Almonte, tra- velling magistrate' for the county of Lanark, at a lengthy session of police court on Friday morning and after- aoon, Interest in the case was so 'great that the court was held in the -- tr ocal court case. The charge preferred against the brewery was the result of a test of the beer that was being sold in the Rideau, Russell and Palliser hotels in December and January. Liquor Inspector Moss of the provincial po- lice force seized a large quantity of the liquor, contained in barrels, from each hotel. Fifty-one samples were taken and sent to Toronto for analy- sis. There it was found that all, with the exception of two, were over- strength, exceeding 4.4 per cent. of alcoholic content in some cases by nearly double the prescribed limit. The fifty-one bottles containing the samples occupied the centre of the stage in the town hall and made an imposing array. Mr. C. H. McKimm, county crown attorney, condu®led the prosecution while Mr. James Haverson of Toron- fo and Mf, Wilson McCue of town l acted for the defendants. For Young or Old { Dr.Hickey's Speedy Relief Quickly banishes the troublesome cold or THE NATIONAL. 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Wants Whentshe'is working, about the 4 houseishe finds it would be a great con- Lake 'claim to fame in the north was as THe witnesses included Inspector Moss; Dr. McGregor of Carleton Place, Liquor Inspector for South Lanark, who corroborated Mr. Moss' evidence in regard to the taking of samples; Mr. Charles O'Reilly, pro- prietor of the Rideau hotel; Mr, W. E. Earle, proprietor of the Russell Hotel; Mr. M. Balfe, proprietor of | the Palliser Hotel; Mr. John G. Broomfield, superintendent of the Ontario Brewing Company's plant at Portsmouth; Dr. Leo. Good- win, Professor of Chemicgl Engineer- ing, Queen's University, Kingston; Mr. Dan. McCann, clerk in the Rid- eau hotel; Mr. J. C. Brown, brewer of Valleyfield, Que.; Mr. Archie Hayes, shipper in the brewery's Portsmouth plant and Mr. Morley, provincial analyst of Toronto. That the confiscated beer was overstrength when sold to the public was established in the evidence but that the liquor may have greatly in- creased in strength after it left the brewery was also shown in the ex- pert evidence of Dr. Goodwin and Mr. Brown. The difficult question that the magistrates have to decide is "Was the beer overstrength when it left the plant or did its alcoholic content increase while it was stored in the warm cellars of the three ho- tels?" If the decision reached is that the beer was stronger than 4.4 per cent. when it left the brewery the company is liable to a fine of $5,000. If the magistrates decide that the liquor became overstrength as a result of "aging" in the wooden barrels, the brewery cannot be held responsible. According to Mr. Broomfield, the beer was about 4.2 per cent, when it left the brewery. Evidence was given to the effect that the liquor, if stored in a warm room, would continue to ferment and would greatly increase in strength. Thus the magistrates must determine whether the eircum- stances in this case were such that the process of fermentation might have continued after the shipment feft the brewery at Portsmouth. The analyst's report gave the alco- holic 'content of the fifty-one sam- ples by volume and consequently a number of persons in the eourt room were under the impression that prae- tically all were of legal strength. But beer that is 4.4 per cent., proof spi- rits, 1s only about 2.50 per cent. by volume. Thus the strongest beer in the samples examined by the analyst, about 4.45 per cent. by volume, would equal nearly 8 per cent. proof spirits. This beer was sold in gquan- tities in the three local hotels for some time, but the proprietors claim- ed that they were not aware of this increase. They paid for the beer at the usual price of 4.4 and did not realize that it contained an illegal percentage of alcohol until Inspector Moss informed them that such was the case. Considerable interest attaches to the case as the result may influence the judgment in future cases of the same nature. PIONEERING AGAIN Financial Post, Toronto. J. H. Black, former railroader, Dower magnate, insurance manager, pulp and 'paper operator, has again shown his versatility and blossomed out as the promoter of a $15,000,- 000 paper plant, power development and railway development. Thus he combines in the one operation the experience of three of his former berths. "Black's Baby" is the way the Ka- puskahing development is already being referred to by Northerngrs. It is to be located on the Transcon- tinental west of Cochrane while the power development will be 50 miles north, well on the way to James Bay. It is between Kapuskasing and the power site that Mr. Black will run his railway. Mr. Black has always been known as a fast worker, but he seems to have excelled himself on this ebcas- fon. On Friday morning last he sign- ed 'his contract with the Ontario Government agreeing to spend a min- imure of $12,000,000. He will likely spend twenty--and Friday the com- tractors started on the construction of the railway, the first essential. Then will come the power and later the paper plant in units, J. H. Black is well known as a Northern Ontario pioneer. His first general superintendent of the T. and N. O. railway. Then came the power b development of the Fasken interests, who had entered the north in a big way through Nipissing and - other mines. They wanted a man to handle their affairs and. picked on Mr. Black. He was general manager of LETTERS To The Editor Of The Whig SOLDIER SETTLEMENT. Sir: 'This is a"copy of a paper that is being circulated all over the Do- minion where there are soldier | settlers. The intention is to have them signed by soldier settlers and | all those interested in the welfare of the schema and the signed coples sent to the parliamentary representa- tive of the constitueney in which they are signed. If you would pub- lish a copy of this paper in your valudble periodical; it would be much appreciated. All soldier settlers de- siring information might apply to me. H. MEERES, A Soldier Settler. Condor, Alia., Feb. 6. Re-Valuation of Soldier Settlers' Lands. We, the undersigned, are of the opinion that if the government would 'act on the suggdetion of General Earl Haig and cut the Soldier Set- tlers' debts in half, it would be of advantage to Canada as a whole and tend to make the scheme at least a partial success. , In. forming this opinion we realize that jf this is car- ried out it will add an apparent in- creased burden on the taxpayers "of our 'country. . But this burden is more apparent than real. This scheme has already proved an en- ormoug burden, and with every set- tler that throws up his land this burden is increased in every school district and municipality for the fol- lowing reasons: The land reverts to the government and becomes non- taxable. In many school districts two, three, four and more quarters have heen abandoned and the other taxpayers in that district bave to assume the taxes that should be car- ried by that land. The same thing ap- plies, only to a great deal larger extent, in. many municipalities. And the -vorst of it is, these cases are on the Increase. Soldier Settlers are throwing up their land in all direc- tions and hundreds more contem- plate doing so rather than continue' carrying a burden of debt that it ap- pears impossible to get from under. We realize that Soldier Settlers throwing up their land "is a very serious menace to any immigration policy, and are of the opinion that if we had a conténted, fairly prosper- ous rural populaiion, the immigra- tion problem would te-a large extent solve itself. We are also of the opin- fon that the Soldier Settler scheme as at present carried out 'éan never wipe 6ut the tremendous debt incur- red by the government in putting the scheme in operation owing to th large overhead, and doubt whether the collections at present cover more} than operating expenses. We believe that if tho debts were cut in two, a very small percentage of Soldier Set- tlers would abandon their places, as they. would realize that if unable to carry on through physical disability or other causes, it would be-possible to get a buyer able to pay off all their indebtedness and perhaps leave them with a small margin. We would suggest tha! the staff be cut. down to one collecting agency in each Province and that the term of years for repayment be) the same as. at present, . In conclusion, we would ' once more beg to draw to your atténtion that when the Soldier Settlers bought, land, stock and implements were at the peak of prices and that they "have gone through a number of lean years since. In taking this action we are not in any way criticize ing the government. We know they were sincere in trying to re-establish their soldiers; the scheme looked good to us a3 well as them, but con- ditions and circumstances have proved to us that we assumed obli- gations impossible to fulfil. FyangEusy O CHAPMAN) + Says Millennium Clos Closing 'Period of # God's Great Work. "The day dreams of those who are predicting that the nations of this world are soon to be converted to Christ, and that mankind is about to be ushered into the 'millennium of peace," will never be realized. stead, the nations are to be pieces, becomes as chaff of Christ," sald Evangelist Chapman, in his' sermon last night, at the New Church on Alfred street. "The millennium is the closing period of God's great work of time --a great Sabbath of rest to the earth and to the people of God. 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