6 : BRITISH WHIG '9SRD YEAR. THE ES - oe LIE J A x ----ie » Pitas Dasty and Semi-weekly by PHE H WHIG PUBLISHING £0. LIMITED, KINGSTON, ONT. W. RUPERT DAVIES : I | CT | ] 8 | eghcgad | | bod he \ i | HEE TE al Lr - LJ a. ct ary eerie eet DUT-OFPOWN REPRESENTATIVES: TORONTO~F. W. Thompaon, 100 King West, Toronto. a ¥. Calder, 23 St. John x Sires. ontreal, ¥ Powers, Ine. Madison ia ngraham GO==1 Wer Ine, 19 4 to 'the Editor are published over the actual name of the The cifcuiation The British Whig 18 authen cuted br ia Aware yr of Utrenlations, POLITICAL TEAM PLAY. We have béen hearing so much about ths Progressives being the rea] rulers at Ottawa that it is a change to hear that Independent "Conservative organ, the Toronto Melegram, inform the people that it is not Premier Ferguson and At- torney-General Nickle who are "directing the temperance legislation in the Ontario Legislature, but the | Conservative leaders at Ottawa. The Telegram says: TET HOW UNE H6E tee Prey mier Ferguson is delaying a con- _erete statement through constant pressure heing brought to- bear on him by the Conservative leaders in the Federal House. On account of the possibility of a - Dominion election in the next few months, Ot- tawa Conservatives have been urg- ing Premier Ferguson to keep quidt on the O.T.A. as long as possible, + + + «It 18 stated that the OCon- servative party at Ottawa fear that on faciataion of 8 wet Duley by he guson Covernm might on er, ee Tg 0 rl 'the 'event of fon = a t a tangle to be sure! On- * dario's temperance' policy depends upon the wishes of the Conservative . directors ab the Capital. What do "ithe people think of it? BURDEN MUST BE REDUCED. Judge Vance, in addressing Sim- toe County Council at its last ses- , sald he would "call a halt on road building." © "Too much emphasis," the judge 'added, "is laid on the government grant. Whether the money comes the government or the county, people have to pay In the end, id the same thing applies to gen-| eral provincial expenditures." A clear cut and decidedly sensible t.. Too many people think 'government grants are heaven sent prn surgery. : susequently, when some one re- jarks that we are living in a great ® we say, "Yes, indeed," snd trot to ses a movie. pocket and, at will, see 2 ball game or a public convention fn a eity & ; thousand 'miles away--these won- ders and more even greater tiken as pvery-day features of life and causing no amasement--can you fmagine it? The chances are very good that, it we ourselves do not see such an era, our children.or our children's children will. It is just around the corner--Iliterally. On one day a prominent scientist announces that it will soon be pos- gible to transmit heat in a manner similar to radio, so that every house could be warmed by some distant heating plant. On another day an- other scientist says that utilization of atomic enfrgy is a development of the near future. Then a great physician gredicts victory over disease. An electrician says we can soon See by radio. Industrial leaders 'admit that electric. power will place steam in factories and where. And so0'it goes. It is coming, and coming rapidly--the day when re- else- '| man's material troubles will-be cor-: quersd. And what then? When we have our freedom from toil and dis- comfort and pain, what will be do with it? Will we make of it a blessing or a curse? THE WOMEN ARE LEADERS. ee, "Men are little more than animat- ed check books" is the observation of the manager of a women's ex- position in New York. Men consult their wives about purchase; eighty- five per cent. of purchases are made to gratify women. This has been the case since the dawn of money and merchandise. Merchants know this better than they used to, and know also hew much more frankly the situation is recognized in the average family. So the shrewd auto- mobile salesman shows the new caf to the woman first, ON DOING SOMETHING ELSE. A great many people are happy in having some hobby, apart from games or pastimes, to which they can turn for recreation when the day's work is done. Some of them h WON high alstiction™ ut these' spare-time occupations; and one and all have found that they pursue their respective callings with all the more success for having a second interest to which they can turn, says the Chiago Evening News, "It would indeed be a great thing for all of us if we could do some- thing else. There are those who do- clare that they find life dull that is nearly always beéause they choose to nike it so. They have missed the moral in the poet's word: \ * "The world is so full of a num- ber of things I am sure we should all be happy as kings." "To pursue one calling to the neglect of all other interests in life (is a bad thing for nearly all of us. It is like constant indulgence in a monotonous diet, which, in time, kills the taste for that variety which is the sauce of life." THE RAT INVADES THE WEST. In the Saskatchewan legislature, steps were taken to fight the invas- ign of the rat. It was stated that the territory east of a lime drawn from the international boundary through Lampman, Broadview, Mel- ville and Priestville was now rat- infested and that the government was doing what it could to stop fury] ther incursions. Up to ten years ago the rat was unknown in the three prairie prov- inces. There was great excitement the first rat was discovered at pn, on the Manitoba boundary line. Little by little he made his | way north until in Winnipeg today the. rat is almost as common as in eastern cities. Then the rodent started pushing west, until now he Bas reached Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan government is making a fight to prevent his further spread. x HOUSE SHOULD KNOW, Radical departure from the pres- ent system by which moneys granted under the Northern and North Wes- 'tern Development Act ar: expended by the Provincial Government, is adeocated in a resolution which Har- Le old Fisher (Liberal, Ottawa West) introduce in .the Legislature. Fisher contends that "in the op- | EDITORIAL But |' 709,000 over 1924. NOTES, Another thing to worry over: Will The overshoes last until spring? Looks as though we will have to keep the home fires burning té- morrow. Princé Albert sald it with In 1885 in the same constituencies "A" and "B" Batteries of Kingsjon bad to say it with bullets. Sleeping sickness is reported ram- pant in Moscow.' If , some of the Reds could take a good long sleep it might clear up their brains. - If the University of Toronto is to get, annually, $3,480,750 of On~ tario's public money the question sity get? son would take some hot ginger tea and go to bed he would break up his cold. But specialists don't be- lieve in hot ginger tea. Canada will not bar the Countess Cathcart, but neither will a press- ing invitation be extended to her to dedicate any young ladies' colleges, avers the Hamilton Herald. Dr. William H. Park, director of laboratories of the New York state health department uses a serum for measles. Has Ontario's Board of Health anything to offer? The Vancouver Sun speaks of Mr. Dunning as a great asset to the government of Canada, who will add "vigor, dignity and genuine ability to the Mackenzie King administra- tion." Dr. H. M. Tory suggests to Can- adians that we see Canada, as a young aspiring nation and make comparisons with other nations in the same stage of development and not with the United States. Brockville 18 to have a whale of a time at its coming reunion. The town is enthused over the event. May they have a wonderful gather- ing. It engenders a real spirit cc? endeavor, 8 need in every place in the. province, . iui ema In view of the depressed value of the franc, the members of the French Chamber of Deputies decided to stabilize their allowances. Th yearly indemnity has heen In- creased from 27,000 to 40,000 francs. Canada is looking to the future period in front of her, is a Calgary Herald opinion. The past year has seen the turn of the tide of dif- ficulty under which we as a coum try have been handicapped, and con- ditions are undoubtedly improving. The New York Sun describes hockey as a game "that comes from the great open spaces of Canada. where men are fce-bound and wo- men are fancy skaters. It is played between two teams of five mien each, none of whom cares a thing about 'his physical future." -A strong provincial committee of city school trustees has been ap- pointed to survey 'the costs of primary and secondary school ad- ministrafion and to suggest re- ductions for the benefit of the tax- payers. This committee will study the subject for the coming year. According to the Ottawa Journal Rt. Hon. George P. Graham was, "by a goodly margin, the ablest mind in the Cabinet. In experience, in knowl- edge, in administrative and legis- lative capacity," he was, indged, among the ablest minds in parlia- ment." Really it was worth quitting to get such a testimonial. In Manitoba a legislative cor§ mittee recommended the imposition of a levy over the whole province to provide for salaries of teachers. This is the New Zealand plan. The gov- ernment there pays all salaries and locates all teachers. A frontier place gets a good teacher and the teacher's 'salary is thy same as is paid in the capital city. : The habit of Canadians to invest country, developed during the war, has continued, and last year they absorbed $248.370,710 of the total of $492,869,043 securities fssued. At the end of last July the holdings in Canadas amounted to $1,895,916 000, out of the total national debt of $2,508,458,000. More life in- surance was sold in Canada last year $424,872,000, an Increase of $33. ------ : ballots. | : », - | . arises what should Queen's Univer | though mere arduous, perhaps, be- Colonel Coolidge says that if his! Provincial | with 'every prospect of a prosperous |° freely in the securities of their own |: Quebec Viewpoint Le Courrier de St. Hyacinthe urges resistance to the Americani- zation of Canada. "More and more, our province , seems to be intended for industry. We do pot inquire whether it is a good thing or a bad one. What is important is to weigh immediately what the immediate future reservés for us and to adapt ourselves to circumstances without losing our technic qualities. Inevitable trans- formations will be operated among erial, that is to say, in things. From now on we must prepare our people for the realities of the mMOrTow. "Against Americanization the fight will be the same a8 ever, cause of a greater wealth and a cioser and more direct attraction. But as in the past, we will oppose the . invasion of the barrier of our national traditions with our numer- ous children, our family morals, pur language, all that composes our French-Canadian physionomy in Am- erica." Le Nouvelliste draws attention to the extent of rural depopulation, both in Ontario and in Quebec. "The Toronto Star complains bit- terly that rural Ontario is becoming depopulated while the urban popula- | tion is growing at a disquieting rate. | Thirty years ago, almost two-thirds of the population of Ontario was to be found upon the land. Today, the proportions gre almost reversed. "The same djsturbing phenomen- on is reproduced in our province. Thirty years ago, seven-tenths of our population lived upon the land. From decade to decade the proportion has visibly dwindled. Today, according to the census of 1921, the majority of the population in our province is urban, We find 56 per cent in'the towns and 44 per cent in the coun- try." News and Views. Strong on Quantity, i Kansas City Star: The guality of | goverhment we get for our money may not always please us so' well -+-ag-gome we-have bought Teeio- du' there's no denying that we get more of it. How Doth the Busy Littl Bee! St. Thomas Times-Journal: Can- ada's pusy bees set a headline for thrift and industry. Honey produc- tion in the Dominion jumped' from 6,000,000 pounds in 1920 to over "21,000,000 pounds in 1935. Auto Tourists: dent Kelly of the Tourist Association of Ontario says there are 10,702,000 motor cars within 700 miles of Na- agara Falls and it is the task of the association to convince people that Ontario is the place to visit in the summer vacation. Excellent idea, but at the same time these tourists should be instructed as to some of the rights of Canadians on their own roads. The Gift of, Gab, ; Pulaski, N.Y., Democrat: If a group of people would sit and think for a period and then let some one start conversation "it would be a great mind cleanser and produce good results in the manners of many people. Talking with nothing to say before an audience is what some people think a display of gift. It is only a display of gab, 'The gift of gab," is not the most valuable as- set one can have; it is far less valu- able than the gift of thinking stead- fly, soberly and sanely on worth- while topics and then when occasion arises be equipped to say something worth hearing. Canada's Future. Victoria Times: Slowly but surely the natural resources of the coun- try are being developed. The in- vestor in other lands is turning his eyes towards Canada and Is begin- ning to understand more clearly the extent of the possibilities which await him. People who come here from the Old World to inquire about some curious conceptions of Canada and Canadian conditions permanent- ly corrected. 'Not all of these come back and profit by their fin 3 but in many cases they do. event their favorable reports : fruit in other ways and such Hi §38 i Hal ol H WHIG us. But they should be merely mat-, Petrolia Advertiser-Topie: | Presi. \ * "DONT. MISS SEEING THESE NEW SUITS "DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED" 'FIRSTARRIVALS in New Spring Suits Four very beautiful patterns in new English Tweeds. Something extra good for '27.50 BIBBY'S BIBBY'S | --- Oshawa Reformer. * C. L. Burton, General Manager of "| the Robert Simpson Company, said something the other day that will bear® repeating a good many times. "The mainspring of business or pro- fessional life is pride in the service, Those who feel no pride in the day's work experience no joy in its ac- tomplishment and lose the mental stimulus which work Sushi. to 4f ford. In depression they 88 r happiness and thelr health . Very often one hears a working- man bitterly call himself a "wage slave." It he thinks that, "of course that is what he is; but, if he enjoys his work, jf he feels pride in doing a good , if he takes pride in rendering efficient service, his lot is as far removed from that of the slave as the east is from the west. Why grumble? To enjoy one's work is inevitably to succeed. : Many young men who enter com- mercial or industrial lite today will tell you, after three months, that they are not getting promotion fast enough. They expect to be manager of the concern in about one year or two years at the utmost and are bitterly disappointed {if they are kept a few years at the same task. With the feeling of public service, the feeling of having accomplished something worth while, comes the many things have gone home with | cure for the present discontent. Every task should be an adventure, undertaken with the" high spirts of |- the knight errant and the dogged perseverance of the explorer. : Perhaps it is because we travel so fast in these days that working- men snd office men (who also are surely workers) are so impatient if they do not attain ease and comfort almost overnight. Hard work and the concentrated effort of all the brain power one possesses are the only passports to promotion, and when these are used there is real pleasure ia the day's work. If 9 w Hl it it 1 7he spirit of Adventure | or from his reputation, will not be | pnsnpisad at such. an. get of cone. tesy by him. It is only another ex- ample of that rare chivalrous char- acteristic which the world has al- ways recoghized in him and ad- mired. But an act such as that re- corded in The Times-Journal is worthy of being remembered. That a great statesman, long so com- spicuous in the eye of the world, im- mersed in great affairs, should go out of his way to perform a ser- vice, at mo little trouble to himself, for & man unknown to him and ly- is almost worthy of in history. Correct. A father took his son of four years to the incubator in the cellar to see the eggs hatch, Said dad, impressively: "Isn't it of the shell?" gets me is how they get in there." ~~ by acquaintance, through his books, [FSS For inside the house and out side. ) Clear reading and accurate, with mercury or spirit column. Hi Bath Thermometers in wood- {i en protectors--something | ought to be In every house where there is a baby. Clinical Thermometers = I} these are mot much use unless ing in a distant quarter of the world |! being recorded |} il butter and cheese maker. queer how the little chicks get out i "Huh," sald the youngster, "what i * absolutely ageurate. We carry only guaranteed ; a for Veterinary Thermometers metal protectors. DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE 'PHONE 843. 185 PRINCESS STREBT | A Digest of the BEST in WIT By Cowrtesy of ZIFFS MAGAZINE I ------------------ ---------------------- A -- a ---------- ------