Daily by "ISH WHIG PUBLISHING IMI FED, KINGSTON, ONT. DAVIES «0.0. ent WN REPRESENTATIVES: , W. Thompson, 100 King . Sade » 233 St. John ! Powers, Ine, Avenue. Powers, Ine, 19 Street, m™ to the Editor are published f over ihe actunl name of the circulation of The British Whig tented by the Audit Bureau of y anim tl IE THE NEW CHAIRMAN. Tory papers, of course, as- the tariff board, but now and n one speaks without bias. The ton Spectator says the board r the presidency of Right G. P, Graham, who is of n capacity and experience, 1& be helpful In the effort to re- differing viewpoints. The will, at least, hope for the " The Hamilton Herald, inde- nt, believes the choice of Mr. 18 a happy one. He is not of high tariff; on the 'hand, he Is no free-trade doer , but a practical statesman ly desiring the industrial ad- mesment of this country. We be- ® that any reasonable plea made of an Ontario industry will falr treatment at Mr, Gra- hands." § AND THE DOMINIONS: ---- 'W. H. Triggs, New Zealand, 'in an illuminating way re- the idea extent in the Brit- as dominions that war id not be entered upon until part of the empire has been {8 some way and hag given approval. Unfortunately, the itions under which wars arise no opportunity of any such ly consideration, and it is as as anything can be in this 0 world that an empire on such a principle would be able to hold its own nations able to decide and an emergency with the promp- which is of the essence of suc- in diplomacy and wam, In British government had no "consult" even the House of although it was actually Sir Bdward Grey at the of the crisis was not even the English cabinet, and we 18 'realize that we I m and promp- 'beeli spent in 'and it was "touch and our expeditionary force 'time to be of mater- | vehicles, harness and feed, in tr --_ SERVICE CLUBS NOT CHURCHES! That ripe scholar, accomplished lecturer and delightful humorist, Sir' Bertram Windle, is reported as pointing out that service clubs are not as new ds we may think, and that the ancients Were similarly or- ganized, particularly in the medieval guilds. Referring to these present day clubs he went on to "say, "Though I do not belong to any of these organizations myself, yet I see an immense amount of good in them, However, if a man turns them into a religion and thinks that he can go to a luncheon on Wednesday and sing, 'Yes, We Have No Bananas To-day,' and expect to get out of going to church on Sunday, he is making a great mistake." Rev. Dr. Bland in writing com- mends them both and he wishes the churches. were less non-sectarian and exclusive: The clubs breed fel- lowship to a gréater extent than modern churches do. The church should show the world the graces of goodness, hospitality, self denial and service. But does it? BUSINESS MEN'S FAVORITES. Some time ago ' Dr. John C. French, of Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, said that the average man in business knows about 50,000 words. But Dr. Vizetelly, editor of the New Standard Dictionary, thinks this a ridiculous exaggeration and that if the average business man commands 10,000 words he will have a fu | vocabulary. As a matter of fact, the average man of business is prone.to fall in love with a few words and Keep on repeating them, rather than expand his vocabulary with more precise terms. We have such words as "service," "conférence," "reac- tion," "worth while," "eMiciency," being worked to death, and we sus- pect that it was the average Ameri- can business man who took the word "hectic," meaning habitual, and in- gisted that it should mean "fever- ish." That is now what i seems to mean to everybody who uses it, and we have not the slightest doubt that Dr. Vizetelly, in his new dictionary will set the seal of his approval upon this impudent fraud. -------------- A, NATION ON WHEELS, It is only twenty-five years since the automobile emerged as a com- mercial product, and to-day the manufacture of motor vehicles takes first place among American indus- teles. The Bureau of Industrial Technology estimates the annual automobile bill at $14,000,000,000. This makes an interesting compari son with the total business of our retail stores, which has been esti- mated at $35,000,000,000, says the New York World. Computations of this sort are obviously subject fo a wide margin of error, but it seems safe to conclude that, roughly, for every dollar spent for food, clothing and house-furnishings we spend 40, cents on motor-cars and their up- keep. The country has enjoyed a pro- longed building hoom, and yet its yearly outlay for new construction has been less than half what it has been spending for automobiles. With 20,000,000 registered cars for 115,000,000 people we are literally a nation on wheels. The rapid de- velopment of the automobile busi. ness has no parallel in the world's economic history. It has brought about a revolution in our social and economic lite which may prove to be as far-reaching in its ultimate re- sults as the industrial revolution ushered in by the mechanical inven- tions between 1760 and 1820. We are too. close to these changes at present to view them in their pro- per perspective, but we do know something already of the effect of the motor-car on health, the death rate, the crime wave and the redis- tribution of population. . While our annual expenditure on automobiles is large, the figure does not necessarily represent a gross in- crease ig our national outlay. For {1 the gasoline engine had never been invented 'we should now be spending "a large sum for horses, of for cars, tires and gas: The "| tional bill on sccount of Old Dobbin oma Shan tae ent outlay, buf his services ROUTE be loss Satisfactory. | Kingston Bas mimety-nine 'sato- no ry 1,000 inhabitants. | barley automobile. Over in Italy they never | gratulate him in his promotion to not iL overmuch, but when she 106 gk, her remarks are couch- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG pearance will be delayed. Such was Mr. Graham's tactful answer to a question on that point given at a gathering of women. People apologizing for the vaga- ties of March say, "Well, we would prefer to have all the cold weather over at once!" But it doesn't come that way. The Bishop of Aperdeen is very frank in saying that modern girls dress more sensibly than amy girls have dome in a thousand years! The dear, good bishop! At a recent public gathering the | chairman at the close called for | "three years for the distinguished | speaker." So sald the paper. Some | speakers may deserve it. The Cincinnati Enquirer says it 18 | hard over there to tell whether it ig a shot or just the backfire of an know whether it is Mount Vesuvius or Mussolini, They can burn all the soft coal they like for all a crow cares. It takes more than that to make a crow cuss. For crossword puzzle pur- poses the alternative word 1s a gpring flower--Crocus! -- To make money out of honey is the object of a continental organiza- tion of beekéepers now ing plan- tied. We hope the promoters will meet with the success they deserve, says the astute Hamilton Spectator, and that the consumers won't get stung! ------ A Chinese general offers $1,000, 000" for the head of his opponent. The head of a genefal would do more to end a war than the heads of ten thousand cooliq soldiers. But it is a dangerous undertaking and is worth the price. ---------- pelling the observance of honorably entered into, afd should tive of the pleas of Chicago. damage to others is a serious mat- ter and must be remedied. We are informed by Dr. C. A. Zavitz, Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario, that 2,832 Ontario farmfers conducted experiments with fleld crops on their farms in 1925. The number is increasing from year to year. Choice seed of some of the best varieties is being distributed. The present, premiers of Saskat- chewan, Alberta and Manitoba were all school teachers at one time. The premier of Ontario took to the school as soon as he headed the government and showed good sense in doing so. The best training for a public man in Canada is a few years as a school teacher. Chicago. must solve its sanitary problems in some other way if Cana- dian shipping and Canadian harbors are harmed by the illegal action of the Illinois municipality, and the federal government must stand by {ts guns until the menace is remov- ed, is the conviction of the Peter- boro Examiner, . ------ Mr. James Somers of the City Hall, Torontic, has been a great asset to the city. His kindliness, courtesy and good judgment in caring fog city guests is proverbial and all who have been under the sway of Mr. S6mers' hospitality will con- the Assistant Clerkship of that grand old town. The west is well on the way again fo agricultural prosperity. Big erops and high prices in years past have put farmers once more on & sound footing. Debts have been largely paid off, and buying on an extensive scale has been resumed. The east is already feeling the good times created by western prosperity. -------- Hon. George P. Graham, the white-headed veteran of many a par- ifament, has come under the.spell of a woman for he says "parliament would be the better if we had a few more. Agnes MacPhail's. She does 7 ed in short, terge sentences, and are right to the point." Jom oad est rer. "stits that are obtained through the Meo 1 Wednesday, March 31, 1926. rm News and Views. , A Truth for the Ladies. San. Francisco Chronicle: Dear lady, the art of making up is to look natural, not to look made-up. All In By Now. Answers: It is eighty-five years since the first time table was pro- duced. All the trains mentioned in that volume are in by now! Would Try to Learn. Progressive Grocer: Grocer (to boy): "H'm! So you want a job, eb? Do you ever tell lies?" : « Boy: "No, but I'd be willing t learn." Another Tax that Should Go. Goderich Signal: The provincial government has abandoned the tax on soft drinks, but still declines to remove the annoying tax on amateur gports. Only His Owen Opinion. Hamilton Herald: Major D, Owen of Afinapolis, N.S., told a Boston au- dience that Nova Scotia will secede from the Dominion in his lifetime. We trust timt the gallant major is a very young man. | On the Bonny, Bonny Banks. London Opinion: A motor colli- sion was narrowly averted at Loch | Lomond. recently. It appears that the "drivers could not agree who | should take the high road and who should take the low. | Canada Must Advertise. Border Citles Star: Canada' is neither small nor congested. We | have room and to spare for all who | would come, But.we must start i8- | suing more invitations. We must | commenee letting the world know | that we want people to come here. | We haven't begun to.do this yet. Education in Quebec. Le Droit (Ottawa): 'Whatever | is of value is worth its price, and precious stones are worth what they cost. It is the same in the domain of public instruction. Education cer- tainly is not gratis in the secondary and higher schools of the province | of Quebec, but it is to that province | we have to go to find the more fre- quented schools and the better re- {instruction there given, even in the rural districts. Where instruction is tree in the public schools, has it ac- complished anything marvellous?" The U.S.A. and the League. New York Times: What happens in Bulgaria has its consequences in Kansas. It is all very fine for us to stand aloof and wash our hands of what may occur, but that does not relieve us either of responsibility or consequences. Put aside the ques- tion of moral duty. Possibly if we were in the League we could maps it work better. It is highly probable that an American delegate at Gen- eva would have™been able to find some way to induce Brazil to Te- train from exercising her veto pow- er. But putting that on one side, a merely selfish point of view would dictate that we sympathize heartily with what the League of Nations is doing, and may do, instead of gloat- ing over its mistakes ind temporary failures. Quebec Viewpoint Viscount Allenby is warmly wel- comed to Quebec by L'Bvenement. "Viscount Allenby is one of the greatest captains of modern times, but he is also a governor and a a diplomat of incontestable ability. The object of his present journey through Canada is to ceme t the bonds that dnite Canada and\Eng- land. In these days of pro nda carried to extremes, one May judge peoples by their ambassadors. The ambassadors whom London sends forth to spread their ideas through the British Empire are not only gen- tlamen but politicians of enlightens ed patriotism. Moreover English diplomacy is achieving miracles throughout the whole world. This is because mind governs matter in al the domains. 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