_THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Tuesday, March 9, 1926. 4g W. RUPERT DAVIES .. CO. LIMITED, KINGSTON, ONT. President TELEPHONES ee .. The circulation of The British Whig is suthenicated by the Audit Bureau of Clrculatious. . " WILL GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. 'It is expected that on Monday next the House of Commons will get © down to business in real darmest. A great deal of time has been wasted deciding who had the majority in the House. That matter seems to be pretty definitely settled now, and for this session, at any rate, it is evi- + dent that the Liberals with the open ald of the Progressives are going to be the able to function successfully. "© There has been a good deal of eri- ticism from the Conservative press in regard to the co-operation of the Progressives and Independents with SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY, Shirking responsibility is one of the weaknésges in civic life in al- most every community. Men will not do public service; they spend time in criticising those who give time and thought to betterments of things. in their community whereas if they turned in and helped in promoting schemes of advantage splendid work could be accomplished. In a féw places there are evidences of excellent . spirit and these places grow and develop. Why cannot this interest be shown in «II our cities jand towns? In many places the try- ing work of improving business and living conditions is borne by per- sons whose numbers can be counted on the fingers of any citizen. These public spirited individuals toil un- ceasingly. to make the place they live in better and more progressive, but they are handicapped by general indifference. Frequently the wor- thy men who give time and thought despair of accomplishment and drop away with the idea firmly implanted our wearying work in time and mon- ey when so-many are slackers?" This is. the feeling that comes over the advocates of measures for the pub- lic weal. Kingston has not caught the spirit of helpfulness and service that it should have. Many are sel- fish and self-centred and so matters lag. There are a big lot of propos- als that never reach fruition and mainly because the citizens will not get behind the movements and con- sequently they pass into the discard. Such should not be. With an earn- est, enthusiastic, courageous outlook Kingston could reach a position sec- ond to none in the province. The citizen who is afrdid to trust his own powers, who always shirks responsibility, will néver make a dent on the world, jwill never get anywhere, will never have any influ- ence or be of any account in his com- munity. He will never be a full, cdm- plete man. His powers will remain forever undeveloped. When will we awake to our res- ponsibilities as citizens of no mean place? " OUR TROUBLES ARE SMALL. in their minds, "What's the use of ; the Liberals. We are told that twen- 'ty-six men are in power in Canada. - Is it not always the case. If the Con- - Bervatives were to secure power by a majority of twenty-six, could it not be said with equal force that any twenty-six 'men in the party con- trolled thegovernment of the coun- Supposing Mr. Meighen had been to' power by a majority of in the House, would it not be ually as just to say that the coun- try was being ruled by the Paten- de group? ~The country has turned the corner, It is prospering. What it wants now 18 more of the sane and sound con- structive policy that has brought order out of chaos during the past four years, and We fancy Mr. King " be able to continue the good work. Everyone knows that the loss of Messrs. Graham, Low, Gordon and " Murdock was a blow to the govern- pent, but these blows come to all Mr. J, C. BI pvernments. With the coming of Dunning from the west and the p ince of the Premier the out ranks will be greatly igthened, and should be able to 'their own against all attacks. lott, the new Minister in the federal government, been in Kington a number of speaking at political 'and soc- by his earnest helpful ser- He has been in the political t for many years and chiefly We in Canada feel that we have tremendous and almost insurmount- able problems to solve. There is at times a spirit of pessimism abroad. However, there are few countries in the world so happily situated as the Dominion and to most of them our probleins look small, marks the Londop Free Press. Even the United States, with its growing colored population and huge unas- similated alien people, has puzzling questions much more difficult than any which face Canada. , The statesmen of Great Britain are struggling with social, ecofiomic and industrial problems which make any Canadian troubles look very petty. There is not a European country which is not having difficulties which are gargantuan compared with any troubles of Canada: South Africa might look like a favored country, far from the.swel- ter of Europe, but with a negro po- pulation five to one of the whites, with an ever-increasing conscious- ness, with East Indians, who are ag- gressive for their rights, and with a poor white population, South Afri- can politics are one continual worry. Australia, likewise, is not without problems as perplexing ad Canada. The facts are that there is not a country in the world as well off, as happily situated, with as contented a people and with the average of wealth as evenly divided as the Dom- inion of Canada. There is nothing wrong with Canada and there is no need for pessimism. TRY ARBITRATION. aa-- Arbitration; either in the world court or some other international | tribunal, should be used in the set- tiement of the dispute over the di- version Qf water from the great lakes into the Chicago drainage can- al. This is the practical suggestion [of the Winnipeg Free, Press which' r | points out that the United States has It is beginning to look as it this would be the only solution. It seems hopeless to look for any justice from indeed, re-|, = sentences, the ambitions of every citizen to make Canada, a great country, Let us create the Canadian spirit and idealism. EDITORIAL NOTES. Can you beat this weather? A good mixer has a lot of friends when he has anything to mix. Night they say in Italy, is that blessed time when Mussolini sleeps! The trouble with the Council of the League of Nations seems to be | that it hasn't sufficient seating capa- city, The man who predicted a mild, open winter will soon be with us fgain, prophesying a wet, cold sum- mer, or something like that. If King Alfonso flies to Mexico it will be as inspiring an adventure as when the Kaiser took that famous hop, step and a jump to Doorn. The Canadian income tax is twice as heavy as the American, it is still less than a quarter of the British' rate for moderate incomes. ------ More than half of the creameries in the Dominion are situated in the | Province of Quebec, and over half the cheese factories are in Ontario. A sarcastic collegian declares that the resignation of a collegé presi- dent does not jar the students half as much as when the football coach quits! * A great many furnacemen insist that ninety-five degrees is the ideal temperature for a day in March. The longer he stokes, the higher the win- dows go up. The United States tariff commis- | sion is talking of advancing the tar- iff duty on butter to 12c a pound. Good enough to keep our Canadian '| product at home. The chief methods in vogue for "reducing"----over-exercise, rolling machines, starvatiofi diet, going without water and excessive use of thyroid, iodine and smoking-- are certainly injurious. t ---- Who would have thought that in- tensely Conservative organ, the Mon- treal Gazette would suggest, an On- tario election in June, "with the Hon. J.. Barleycorn as Mr. Fergu- son's running mate." Y The, Acton Free Press gives this sage maxim. "Teach your dollars to have more cents." Good advice to those people who act in their expen- ditures as if there were really more than 100 cents in a dollar. Editor Curran, of the Sault Ste. Marie Star, says the Algoma Steel Corporation is shipping about 750 tons of coke daily down around Tor- onto. This, he says, is an indication of how Canada is freeing herself from "her dependence on hard coal. NO SPRING HOUSECLEANING. \ i ------ The annual spring upset can be entirely avoided by -the housewife who 'plans her cleaning ahead of time. Tackling one room or thor- ough cleaning every week or so is considerably easier on the one who does the work as well as on the rest of the family. Cupboards and closets are not such serious problems if they are guarded against being .catch-alls in hurried tidying-up, and rqoms which are cleaned often aro no great tasks to put in ship-shape order. When one room is dona at a time, the house mever looks bare for lack of curtains or cold for want of rugs. What little disturbance is necessary for particularly thorough cleaning can be dome during the day while most of the family are out and things can be in order before they return. One of the greatest labor savers in house cleaning is a family trained to put things back where they he- long, With such a family and regular light housecleanfng, the bagbear of the spring - upheaval will disappear forever, | fications of Quebec and see the cond!- | | LOOKING | AROUND Wolfe Island is beginning to re- | alize that the dairy cow is the best | thing for it to produce. It has di- ways raised a big hay crop, but the | market this winter has been poor. {The islanders are shipping large { quantities of calves across the bor-| {der at Cape Vincent which is only |2 short distance across the channel. and {it is apparent that there will be a cattle shortage. | e superintendfnt of the King- [ston street railway asks. greater co- reration on the part of motorists in | drder to avoid accidents on crossings. | As in the case of railway 'trains, it ia | now recognized that it is the motor car which runs into the street car and not the street car into the auto- mobile. The street car is now like Old Dobbin, as it goes little faster than the "old brown mare." Well, we have had a fine discus- sion on the milk question and it is only through such discussions that we learn what is what, Queen's University . continues to win fame, Now the Ontario govern- | ment has named a lake in the "new | gold district after Prof. E. L. Bruce! who first drew attention to the fact | that the Red. -Lake district gave great promise for prospecting. The printer's, devil does not he- lieve . that a big-chested person should be able to simg any better | than one with an average-sized | chest. In support of his contention, | he: points to the canary which makes (a terrific noise for such a dttle mite | of a bird. Now what have you to say to- that? ' 'All his old friends are Happy to know that Mr. John McKelvey, King- ston's oldést ex-mayor, who has been critically ill, is rallying and that his recovery is almost certain. Mr. Mc- Kelvey is one of Kingstoh's, grand old men, and before he was takea, with illness recently he was out and | around although close to eighty-nine | years. He was born here and has lived here all his life, so it is prac- tically certain that he is the oldest living of the city's natiye born. Some people down in Nova Scotia, and who should know better, talk of that province seceding from the Do- minion They cannot vote themselves out of the federal union of provinces, and they only talk nonsense when they shout secession. Gay music was played as the body of a London shipbuilder was con- veyed to the crematorium. Ship- builders must be a merry lot to di- rect that Mvely 'waltzes should be played at the cremation' instead of funeral dirges. This London man, taken death seriously at all. "Ea? motto. J a, "nt from this American continent Great Britain. But you have to do your talking before supper time if before midnight. growing smaller and smaller. Quebec Viewpoint » 9 "DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED" BIBBY'S ~ Spring Styles BETTER CLOTHES FOR MEN WHO KNOW AND CARE ! The object of this store is to have quality of cloth, thoroughness of making, perfec- #¥ tion of fit and style paramount in every garment we offer for sale | To sell clothes at the lowest possible prices consistent with fair and honest busi- ness. _ The often surprised pleasure of new friends, and the flatter- ing permanency of our old friends are the endorsement and re- ward of adherence to these ideals. J SEE OUR SEE OUR » METCALFE 'SUITS NEW TOPCOATS 5 "THE SHELTON" $ i} at ' 27.00 1"-$9750 SOMETHING REAL * 'BIBBY'S . QUEEN'S CAFE We want you to hold that Club Dinner in cur upstair dining hall, where youn may dance after dinner. "Ee ARNEL & HAMBROOK sitisirss * CATERERS THERMOMETERS | For inside the house and out side. Clear reading and accurat with mercury or spirit column Bath Thermometers, in wood- en protectors--something that ought to be in every house where there is a baby. ' "Wy, " * No luncheon too small. Clinical Th hk i i these are not much use unl Arh arnahahahahk A Carlisle, does not appear to have |i drink and be merry," was surely his | Ji t i Now they are talking by telephone {fff to (Hr ycu want to get your English friends ||§ Thus the world is |} - FOR SALE 1 pair Solid Brick Houses, El- lerbeck Avenue; just completed. 7 rooms, Will sell separately. Also three new houses, In good location, on south side of Prin. cess Street. 6 room Frame House, garage and shed; all improvements, 440 Division Street. E.E.WATHEN 127 NELSON STREET 'PHONE 1391.J. absolutely accurate. We c: only guargnteed lines. Dairy Thermometers for butter and cheese maker. Veterinary Thermometers in metal protectors. DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE : *PHONE 343. 185 PRINCESS STREET INSTALL Saves Coal. Ends Draughts. J.R.C. DOBBS & C0. SALE OF -- enemy, the Orange Sentinel. thousands of acres of land Orangemen have hitherto learned to consider as a promised land from which their confreres are to benefit: "Those lands are rich and fertile. French-Canadians have so far cast their eyes upon them, absolutely in vain. The land is not a "promised" ene for them. French-Canadian in- fluence is too strong already for its expansion to be encouraged. "Immigrants are needed to people these fertile spaces. Immigrants who will be both British and especi- ally Protestant. Why?" 3 L'Evenement is concerned for tho historic monuments. of Quebec. x "There are not ten churches whose the French that remain intact and ir too many of those that remain to. us the interior decorations have: been ing remains of their originality and real value, The historic and artistic "And what we say of the churches is true of most of the historic monu- ments that time has more or less re- spected. Do you wish to form some exact idea of the situationf Very well, study the history of forti- tion in which they are to-day. Of t under the Le Droit takes a fing at its oid {|i° <*The Orange Sentinel of Toronto || has been making revelations for sev- § eral weeks past in regard to some |} that |i FOR SALE 1.~Brick dwelling, excep tionally well built; lot 66 by 132; stone foundation; hot wa- ter heating; six bedrooms; hardwood floors, garage, Fron. tenac stréet. Price $5,900. 2.~Brick dwelling, nearly new; seven rooms; good fur. nace, electric lights and gas. Price $4,250. ! Some excellent bargains in farms. Money to loan on mortgages. Reliable Fire Insurance Com, panies. T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance Agent, 81 Brock St., Kingston, Ont. Phones 2780-w or 1797-J. WALL PAPER We have decided to clear out our stock of choice Wall Paper at SACRIFICE PRICES. Come and save money. 314 BARRIE STREET coal strike, Sist August last, has just been received by Sith 'construction dates from the time of. n-£0 | changed to such an extent that noth-| losses thus sustained are irreparabie. 8 Crawford | (CHESTNUT Sizm) * No change in price. - : six . Props net § Te A First