a #l VR Re "OVER THE HILL" gv 93; No. 49, The Taily British Whig KINGSTON, ONTARIO. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1028. Tose of Commotis to Sit Till After Premier King Takes His Seal 10 CONTINUING " By the Ontario Click Property Tim to United Church-- SUNBURY CHURCH GIVEN PRESBYTERIANS -Presbyterians to Pay Annual Rental of $100 for Fortnightly Use of the Church at Grafton. Belleville, Feb. 27--The Omtario $ Property Commission, in ses- f )! pn here yesterday afternoon, gave Sunbury church in Frontenac coun-, ty, near Kingston, to the Continuin| Presbyterians, with the exception of gome church ,t, altar and four gasoline lamps. 3. become the property: of the United Church. Twenty-one dollars was paid by the United Church for an insurdnce premium on the manse. This amount must be paid back by the Continuing Presbyterians forth- oe Otherwise: the application Sefands as presented when the Unicn k place. Use of the old Presbyterian church at Grafton by the Continuing Presby- terians at an annual rental of $100 for- three years was granted by the commission, Non-concurring church members pay this sum to the Unit- ed Chureh for use of the edifice fort- tly. This was the original offer made to the non-cencurrents. With regard to the Amherst Island application it appears that here there | are two churches, a large stone building, the property of the Preshy- "terians, and a smaller frame church, the property of the Methodists. Some X or seven years ago the two con- egations united, worshipping al- térnately in doth churches, repairs : "57 being made tH the building from the meral fund contributed by the two I ous. The Methodists claim t mord money was spent on the byterian church for repairs and ask: that some adjustment be ade, naming $250 as a fair sum. Judgment was withheld by tue com- mission. It was decided by the commission furniture, including' that the voting by the Plainfield church members was invalid. Sand Hill and' Sunbury. Commission in giving the fons, Sand Hill 'and Sunbury will] now form one charge and will call] a minister. Sand Hill, which for years has] burgh circuit, voted against entering | the United Church of Canada. Pre-| on the union, shipped in thé Fresbyterian church there. When the vote was taken, it was chown that the Presbyterians at Sunbury were not in favor of union. During the years that the Metho- man. After the vote was taken, the Unionist Presbyterians withdrew, | and, with thé Methodists, moved to ithe Methodist church, located a short | 1 distance out of the village, and have been holding services A8Yern. every Sun- i Decision As Asked For. of the Sunbury church had never asked the Church Property Commis sion for the church. A. BE. Day, who represented the Presbyterian Union- ists, informed The Whig that the members who withdrew, as well as the Methodists who formed the con- gregation, asked that they be given hall the costs of the articles which were purchased during the sime the Presbyterians and Methodists had worshipped together. The Commis- sion decided that the claim was well founded and gave decision as asked by the applicants. "CHALTING OF FERGUSON % ON THE 0.1.1. ISSUE Is Said to Be D Due to Con- servative Leaders in the 'Federal House. Toronto, Feb. 27--The Telegram ye: t Light is beginning to filter through the O.T.A. "policy" of the Ferguson result that the * Government with the £m is gradually clarifying it- > if. It is now understood that Pre- mier Ferguson is delaying a con: crete statement through constant re brought to bear on the ( rvative leaders in 'House. On account of Possibility of a Dominion election the next few months Ottawa Con- servatives have been urging Fren- ier. Ferguson to "keep quiet" on the OTA. as long as possible. The Tel- cgram was Informed this morning that a '"dekpatoh carrier". in the gs ape of '= well known Conservative fin and: Montreal affilia- "seen Premier Ferguson in an effort to get him to on O.TA. declarations. . stated that the Conservative party at Ottawa fear that the de- claration of a wet policy by the Fer- guson Government his cost the Bes several seats in ata iu Ontario 1 in Be event of & t out he wie 0 a de- - will not hurt. the Ontario uSonibrvatives to such an extent. ing to the difference An the rid- , it might "play: havoc with the tnstay, of Conservatism in Cana- da, Gna 8 pTRONED, MINNOWS ON MAIN STREET. Dundas Folk Wonder if They Came From Clouds, Hamilton, Fe¢b. 27.--The finding | of numerous minnows ' along the Main street of Dundas, in the half- frozen water in the ditches, and in window sills three storeys from the ground, convinced many people that the tiny fishes were brought down along with last night's rainstorm. There are no creeks which empty near the part of the.city in which they were found, and neither was there any break in the water main. It is held conceivable by some that the minnows dropped from the clouds. One theory is that in (he hurricane which raged over the coun- try yesterday, they were scooped . up somewhere else, carried through the air and deposited on Dundas' Main street. Er -------- Farmer Burned to Death. Calgary, Feb. 27.--Peter Cutt, old-time farmer of the. Vulcan, Alta., district, was burned fo death yesterday im an effort to save a trunk from the blazing shack. BISHOP OFFERS T0 LEND HIS PALACE Any Anglican Who Will Pay Upkeep During Dr. In= gram's Tour Eligible. London, Feb. 27.--Right Rev. Dr. Winnington Ingram, Bishop of Lon- don, who is going on an extended vigit this'summer to Canada and the United States and later to the Far 'Bast and Ceylon, announces that he is ready to lend Fulham Palace, the Bishop's official residence, to any '| member of the Chureh of England, or woman, who will undertake | | It is understood that as a result | of the decision of Church Property) Sunbury | church to the Cohtinuing Presbyter-| been on the St. John's church- -Pitts-| vious to the vote, which was taken] the Methodists and | the Presbyterians at Sunbury wor-| dists and' Presbyteriand held a joint] service, the Methodist minister sta=| tioned at Batter§ea was the clergy- | On Saturday morning, The Whig! learned that the Unionist members | Freesesserercess BISHOP OPPOSED TO PURITAN SABBATH New. York, .Feb. 27. -- Bishop Williani Manning has declared against a "Puritan" Sabbath, holding that the day should be one of worship but also of "happiness and glad- ness." - > * +. 4 * * + 4 + * i * * PPE Pe Peete | PPP 2200 000% 1 'TREND OF BUSINESS - IS MORE FAVORABLE The Canadian Bureau Report Says "That Many Factors Show Good Business. 27 | Ottawa, Feb. 27--- The trend of | business conditions in Canada was {decidedly favorable during the first | month of the present year, says the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. In spite of the high levels attained in preceding months, many factors { showed considerable increases. "This remark," continues { Bureau in a statement the reviewing | business statistics for January, "'ap- plies to the three prominent factors selected to represent the different phases of business, but especially to industrial stock prices and to no- tice deposits. The index'-of indus- trials in January reached a maxi- mum on the present movement, as well as for all time. The increase in the month under review was near- lly 6 per cent as compared with De | cember last, while the advance sinc? | January 1925 was about 39 per cent." reeslieaeeie {First ANNOUNCED BY BRITISH WHIG | 8 The Financial editorially savs: The announcement of the import- ant decision of the Kingston Loco- motive Company to enter the min- ing equipment field as a manu- facturer of machinery was first made in the Financial Post, which explain- ed the company's arrangement with the Colorado Iron & Fuel Co. in re- gard to manufacturing rights for this country. A few days later the Toronto Globe came out with the statement, that: "A Kingston firm has an order froni Colorado for locomotives." To this was added the following caustic comment: "This is a strange condition for this -coun- try, which, we are told, buys every- thing and sells nothing in manu- factures." Believing that the Globe had jumbled the facts, -either with that lack of knowledge it so often dis- plays in the handling of bifsiness news, or intentionally for the pur- pose of taking a slap at industry and protection, The Financial Post drew the matter to the attemtion of the locomotive company. William Casey, vice-presiden: and general manager replies that: "We have no knowledge of any such order." Post The Fizatcial Post is wrong as well 'as The Globe. It was The Brit- ish Whig which first announced that The Canadian Locomotive Company was entering the mining equipment field. as editorials in this newspaper last autumn and also on the 28th of December last will show. GIVES BISHOP CHANCE TO RUN PUBLIC HOUSE John Qibb's Offer to Bishop Welldon of Durham, Who Attacks Trade. London, Feb. 237.--Bishop J. E. C. Welldon, Dean of Durham, who is a rather severe critic of the pres- ent-day licensed public houses, is the recipient of a sporting offer from John Gibb, of Newcastle, p:s minent in the liquor business. Gibb offers Bishop Welldon the use of a public house in a densely populated area and he will supply the Bishop with "first-class articles" That He structed Clerk to ~} of Toronto BY BISAILLON OF A CHARGE, Forge a Sigaatare. MUCH EVIDENCE GIVEN With Regard to the Alleged Disposition of Stolea Cars Smuggled Into Canada. on Ottawa, Feb. 27.--Just before the special House of Commons mittee probing the * smuggling charges adjourned last night, J. BE. | B. Bisaillon, central figure in the enquiry, flatly denied the testimony given by Ralph Garceau, clerk In his office in Montreal, that he, (Bisaillon) instructed Garceau to forge a signature on the form waiv- ing rights to a stolen car smuggled com- into Canada. Bisaillon, answering | two or three pointed questions by | Charles W. Bell, West Hamilton de- | clared that Garceau committed per jury when he so testified yesterday. ! A tangled web of "evidence in re-| gard to alleged disposition of stolen | given at three sittings yesterday. Another feature was the state- ment made by Capt. E. Bilodeau of | the Montreal police that two cars, | one made at Oshawa and the other | also in Canada, had been treated by preventive service in Montreal as not only stolen ears but smuggled Cars. Another interesting: statement by Capt. Bilodeau was that there was for sometime no operation. be- tween the polige of and the customs preventive 'ser © in that city, in dealing with smuggled stolen-cars; that cars seized by, the police were taken from the muni- cipal garage by preventive officers without giving the police an op- portunity of making further investi- gation regarding the police seizures. lies ivy ARTICLE INACCURATE DECLARES MR. NICKLE No Friction Between Himself and Hon. Mr. Price Over Compensation Board. Toronto, Feb. 27.--Varied mat- ters came before the Ontario House during the course of iis sitting yes- terday afternoon. Questions by mem- bers were answered to the number of some twenty. The Workmen's Compensation Board occupied some moments of consideration, and bills from the statute law revision com- mission measures were principally consolidations, although one re- specting private = detectives was amended to prevent coercion of an individual. A bill respecting real es- tate practices and also one pro- tecting inheritance rights of legiti- mized children, which are new en- actments, were passed through the second reading stage. : | 'When the sitting opened Karl Hemuth, Labor, South Waterloo, called the attention of the attorney- general to an article in a Toronto evening paper which alleged frie- tion between Hon. Mr. Price and Hon. Mr. Nickle over the compensa- tion board policies. Hon. Mr. Nickle declared that the article was quite inaccurate in the allegations which it made. Premier Ferguson, as Minister of Education yesterday made replies to a long list of questions placed on e order paper by A. Belanger iberal, Russell) concerning ¥rench-English school in Ontarie. THE Emuggied --into--Canadd was {of the silk dresses and other silk | clothing worn in Canada was produe- DENIAL MADE SILK AND MR. McCLENAGHAN DEBATE W By R. J. Deachman. a Mr. McClenaghas, M.P. for the | city of Ottawa, spoke in the House of Commons this wegk, I mention the fact mot for its historical value | but merely because it illustrates the type of speech that Ottawa listens to] with contained calm and stoical in- difference, I do not mean to suggest that Mr. MecClenaghan is hard to listen to. He is a reasonably pleasant speaker. He is reputed to be a good business man. Let us examine his argument as he himself would examine it if the subject under discussion were busi- ness and not politics, That's fair, isn't it? + Even Mr. McClenaghan could not object to that. We shall not examine it all. Any man in mak- ing a speech can utter statements which it would take reams of evi- dence to disprove. Mr. McClenaghan has placed the emphasis on silks-- well and good--forward to the task ----"8ilks and Mr. McClenaghan" is the subject of this brief review: His own. 'Words. Mr. McClenaghan said (Hansard 1252): '"Here is another Canadian industry in which the merchants of this country are deeply interested, and the principal place of manufac- ture is Montreal." "Perhaps there could be no.better example of the injurious effect of thé tariff policy of this government on industry in Canada than what has | happened in regard to the importa- tion of women's silk clothing from France." ""#There are in Canada more than one hundred factories making wo- men's silk dresses. (1) Up until 1921 by far the greatest proportion ed in Canadian factories. In 1921] the value of silk clothing imported from France was approximately $142,000, This was about the time that the fall in the value of the French currency commenced. As the value of the franc went down im- ports increased as the following statements show:" Imports of Silk Clothing From France. " Year. 1922 .. eas 11928 LL oe. ss ; 1924 .. 500,026 1925 .. 810,183 This says Mr. 'McCienaghan repre- sents 500 per cent. increase but the total increase was only 20 per cent, during tais period. Read and see why. Value; $187,288 264,958 oe as The Countries Left Out. - Mr. McClanaghan gives the im- ports of silk clothing from France. He leaves out the .other countries f'om which we purchase silk cloth- ing. The imports from Japan and the U.S. have declined. By that means (you can call it a trick if you like) one can prove pretty nearly anything from the Annual Report of the Department of Trade and Com- merce. Let us however look at total imports of silk clothing over the same period of years. The increase is not 500 per cent. since 1921---it is only 20 per cent. { 21920 .: os ss vs +-$2,306,667 1921 1,781,308 1983 ..... ov ie 1700108 1938 .. «ius ev 1,701,988 1984 .. i 4. x v5 1837152 1925 . 2,064,721 There has been an increase since 1 1921. This country is now prosper ous. Business cannot always remain quiet even to please a great political party. Any woman will tell you, any man can see for himself that there has been a tremendous increase in the demand silk goods in the past few yea But there is go in- dication whatever in the gures given of a deluge of cheap silk flood- ing this country, Now if I desired to give you a tale exactly afiposite to that of Mr. McClanaghan I would select not France but Japan. By selecting one country and using it as aw illustration 1 could show that imports of silk clothing had 'declin- ed over 70 per cent. Tm From Japan. 1920 pans vue ow $192,022 1921 .. .. .: .. +. 135.343 1922 LoL. vies 198 : 1924 .. as nains 1828 ni ah ae re AFT BT ME Mégnen wis 1n .{defend a high tariff by reason---you IR {1s sojourning in G0 ON T KING ARR Conservatives to Await Arrival of Premier in C Commons. ADJOURNMENT FOLLOWS | If No Business Ready to Go on With, the Conservative Whip Announces. Ottawa, Feb. 27.---Conservative speakers from the Maritime prov inces, from ' Toronto and from Yukon coatributed to the debate om the address yesterday. Between | speeches, W. A. Boys, Conservative ° whip, interjected a brief announces ment that the opposition proposed to continue' the debate until Pres mier King took his 'seat in the House, which he is expected to do. % next week, "Then, if he demonstrates that ne has no business ready to go on with, we age prepared to give him an ad- journment," he sald. : Mr. Boys also made statement as to the attitude of the members of the Conservagive party regarding t leadership of Rt. Hon. Arthup Meighen.. Ha was -moved-to-deo- an article appearing in the Toronto Star which attributed to a Consers vative member the suggestion that a considerable number of Ontario members were ready at any time to desert Mr. Meighen. The chief whip emphatically denied these sugg tions and repudiated the statem of the Toronto paper that they came from a Conservative member, declared that the party Was so behind Mr. Meighen. y ---- Speeches on the Address.' George Black, Conserva Yukon, quoted from press reports Premier King's campaign speeches in which the Progressives had been referred to as "outlaws in parlia ment." Yet to-day, the Governmen was dependent upon Progressive members for its very existence. J. H, Harris, Conservative, T rontc-Scarboro, gave the House statistics of ineregsed importation of machinery. "That kind of thing work from my people," clared. Mr. Harris compared opposition of Liberals toward & tariff board proposal in 1812 to ¢ Government's tariff commission to-day as promised in the Speech from the Throne. ; G, T. MaecNutt, Conservative, Co! chester, denounced the Austral treaty, It was a matter of and butter to the Nova Scotia farm er. He advocated maritime ports for the exportation of Canadiah grain, if a man wants to give a wholly one sided story he can do so. .A member of the House of Commons can be careless of facts as the average bag- gage man is of trunks. One may be called a fact smasher the other a Trunk Smasher. I write the latter with capitals ecause there. is a justification for his action--there is none for the other. Now turn back for one minute and read the sentence which I have marked "(1)" in Mr. MecClenaghan's Speech. Read it carefully, just the one sentence. Now glance down at the figures in the first table following it. Mr. McClena- ghan said, "Up until 1921 by far the greatest proportion of silk dresses and other silk clothipg worn in Can- ada was produced fn Canadian fac- tories." What he should have said is this: "Prior to 1921 we imported far more silk dresses and silk cloth- ing than we have imported in re- cent years: Despite the increased demand for products made from silk ard 'the growth of population our imports remain stationery or even lower. It indicates the capacity of our factories to more than hold their own under present' conditions." Whole Silk Industry. Now skipping for the moment the question of silk clothing let us glance at the whole silk industry. We had a deluge of silk importations back in 1920. The Conservatives were in power then. The deluge con- Ynyed in 1921--Mr. Meighen was in owep then. It continued in 1922. force to the end of that fiscal year. Here are the delugian figures of im- ports. 1920... .. .. 1921... 1922.. 1923. .$35,432,789 . 29,720,792 21,942,338 ae.ne va ae 31,155,878 1924.. .. .. 21,841,422 1925 19,875,268 Note the "steady reduction in im- ports. Dges Mr. McClenaghan see in this the baneful influence of the gov- ernment trying to ruin an industry? But that's not all. We are actually developing an export market in silk and silk manufactures. Here are the figures: 1920 .. .. 1921 "3 1922 .. 1928 .. 1924 ,. .. & asi: 600,508 1925 392,981 Qur are "ot silks during the last two years came pretty close to equalling our exports during the four previous years. If we deduct our ex- ports of silks from the imports thus giving the "net {mports" it will still further dispel the {illusion of the deluge. I leave you to do that." ° The Raw Materials, - Now there is another way by which the progress of an industry may be judged, viz., bv its ¢onsump- tion of raw material. The larger the import the more prosperous the in- dustry. We import the raw silk. It is not produced in Canada. You will find it listed as "silk raw or reeled from the cocoons." It is admitted free of duty. The importations were un NEW SASKATCHEWAN 1920 .. .: a. 1921 .. .. 18232 .. .. "371,570 1923 .. 868,026 1924 .. .. .. + 330495 1935. .. .. .. .. 861,403 1925 (9 months since March 31st) 368,247 Regina. Will you notice the last figure-- fmports of raw material for the first |- Regina, Sask., Feb. 27---~ Thoma 9 months of the current fiscal year | Clayton Davis, Prince Albert, and --it's almost a8 much as we have | William John Patterson, Wind- imported previously in a full year. |thorst, became members of the Sass It represents over 40 per cent. in-|katchewan Government when Pry crease above the imports of the cor- {lier James G. Gardiner and men responding period last" year, 50 per |of his cabinet were sworn in cent. above the imports of the eor-|Lieut.-Governor Newlands yes responding period the year before. | Mr. Davis takes the portfolio of \ Oh, ruin where is thy sting! Did the | {cipal Affairs and Bureau of Lal French Treaty cause all these things | and Industries, while Mr. Patterso then bring on more French Treaties.:| becomes Provincial Treasurer I have analyzed these statements of | Minister of Telephones. Mr. MecClenaghan not because his | Gardiner retains' the portfolio statements are specially vulnerable | Highway and also becomes P they" are vot particularly so. One| of the Council and Minister of tai might go through every speech from | ways. i the same side of the House and tear{ The six members of the fo it to pieces in like fashion. These | Government who served under F b= men fight against facts. . You cannot | ier Dunning also have portfolios 4 the pew administration. : must defend it with falsehoods and i prejudices. There is no other means » of defence--that is the Only or. Jers BY am $176,461 Se ee ea HAL,017 ee de a1 391,015 bo in isn ml «+. 208,985 1b. «s 272,508 Thomas C. Davis and wW. Patterson Sworn In at * Bucharest.