THE DAMY BRITISH WHIG TPP PeTe Published Datly by " TE WHIG PUBLISHING a 0. ts ea, KINGSTON, ONT." W. RUPERT DAVIES ...... Presiden , TELEPHONES (Offlee 0. ..i...... rua at 0 King ¥F, Calder, 22 St. John "Letters to the Editor ave published: Shiv. over the actual 'mame of the ma Sreulation of The Brith Whig ¢ cated by the Audit Bureau of ~~ he . WHY | INTERFERE WITH BUS. / | INESS ON EASTER MONDAY? . Why does the government con=: tinue to close its buildings on Eas- tér Monday? Why, too, do .banks persist In closing their doors on this day to the inconvenience of the business interests of the country? Easter Monday is not observed as 'a holiday by the business men of Canada; nor by anyone except the banks and government buildings. 'The closing of these institutions . i8 a survival of an old English cus- om that has long since outlived its usefulness in Canada. In the case of the government It simply means that the people are paying out thousands of dollars in salaries today for which they re- ceive no return. x It Is time this archaic custom was abolished. 'DOERS AND UNDOERS. In this old world we are all doers undoers-- all operators or oppos- writes a thoughtful 'philoso- . We are all performers, work- stagers--all makers, architects, rtists, ér forgers. | # And fashion promenade-- PHT PPECPIOIISLIOIOINISS & * AFTER EASTER. ae crave your pardon, that I did not know--- ut for you told me so, a stranger here-- festival you celebrate each year I took to be a parade, -- B B This sort of dress 209 PPeve + + % The matter of a hat, and +» gloves, and gown; % But for your telling me, I had + not known + It had-to do with liner grave- + clothes laid % From the awakened Dead; % And with a napkin, folded by + itself. % From tha aroused Head. % ----Gertrude MacGregor Moffat, #% in "A Buok of Verses." * : * + * + + +* (| PPPRSP0002000900%0 . TO TRY TONIC BEER. The United States is to try out a tonic beer, '3.75% tent by volume, and its tonic quali- ty i$ to be upusually great because of an unusually large proportion of solid malt contents. Two large brew- ing firms have received. permits to supply druggists with this veberage in limited quantities, and those who want it will be privileged to buy it without any doctor's certificate. All they have to do is to declare that they need it for medicinal purposes --as a tonic. The motive for this arrangement is the same as the motive for intro- ducing the 474 beer, suggests the Hamilton Spectator. It is hoped that the new beer will satisfy those who demand the sale of real beer, and not glarm the prohibitionists. Really it will prove to be a step towards a general relaxation of the prohibi- tory law. BACK IN 1800. Most of us think we're very mod- ern and enviable nowadays, com- pared with former generations. Stuart Chase, an American econo- mist, questions whether we're real- ly better off than our forefathers a century and a quarter ago. Our children are better taught, he ad- mits. Our women's fashions are pro- bably better.*We have more 'con- venlences."" On the other hand, he says: "I don't know that my -housing conditions in a modern apartment grandfather's were in his spacious farmhouse. "The wholesome environment that present-day educators are try- ing to re-create for young people, our ancestors got automa 1y. "Clothing, though mare varied today, is less durable. And men's fashions, at least, are far less com- It can be said of no man that he not.a "doer." If he be an "up- | doer," he must naturally be a *'do-| !* else he could not, or would not, undo. The point 1s, by your 'own doing, do you undo THE KIND OF IMMIGRANT, n school a child is not passed from a grade until upon examina- n it is found fitted for a higher 10) eo, " Canada 1s a high-grade country. ded immigrants from countries re the standard of living, health intelligence are lower than in ida, must be subject to examin- by some sort of authority as whether or no they have the erewithal, the physique and the is why Canada is opposed at n to the draft convention con: ing the repatriation of aban- ned, neglected and delinquent ren, ted before the Lea- 18 of Nations, remarks the London Press. The convention provides repatriation at the expense of country of residence. Canada be- the cost of deportation and should be borne by the rtation companies. Hild; ng | "to cut ott taxes on vac things, will not be much help. fortable and attractive. "Man-power | wasn't wasted in 1800, Everyone was busy in the little village where my great-great- grandfather lived. Compare that with our industrial waste of hu- man life." Is he right about it? Have we really made so much progress as we think, in- fundamentals? GETTING HIS BUMPS. Frank R. Kent of the Baltimore Sun is not an admirer of Andrew Mellon of the United States treasury. He calls the statement ridiculous-- and often asserted----that Mr. Mellon is "the greatest secretary of he treasury since Alexander Hamilyén."" He, too, is not a financial genius. Mr. Kent says that to reduce taxes when expenditure is in excess of revenue .would demand genius, but to reduce them when revenue was greatly in excess of expenditure does not require ability of any rare order. The great prosperity of the United States, added to the change of a war to a peace basis in the Government, accounts for the swell ing revenue and the decease tn ex-| penditure. Unlike any other belliger« ent, the United States emerged from the war richer than ever, and it was Mr. Mellon's good fortune to ba Secretary of the Treasury when fit was not only feasible but also easy to reduce taxes. He initiated no new poliey, : . His work in makmg uaropean tries on the Continent of Europe, owing the United States more than | but in all three he greatly surpasses alcoholic con- | are any better than my great-great- | Saskatchewan, $21,000. rt ST e-- ; | Mr. Coolidge. : {| Now what do you know about | | that! ! A TAX ON BETTING. To the average Canadian, it will | doubtless appear peculiar that the | imposing a tax upon betting in* his | {forthcoming budget, The idea 1is| | not new, of course. It has been] { ment of a Royal Commission, which { considered the problem and report-| | ed in favor of such an impost. But | { hitherto ' the sporting public bas | | been let off. The real reason 1s to be found isays the Montreal Star, probably, {not so much in relmctance to touch | | "tainted money," although that 1s | a very powerful factor with the | great English Noncopformist body, as in a clear realization on the part of statesmen, of the very great dif- ficulties involved and.a doubt in their minds whether the game would | be worth the candle. To tax bet-| ting in Britain would not be the | comparatively simple thing it is | here. What book-making exists in | Canada is illegal, and is carried on subrosa. Betting on the pari-| mutuels is as easily taxed as is the | private citizen for income--perhaps | a good deal more easily and accur- ately. In Great Britain, however, it is a very different matter. There book- making withjn limits is legal¥ More] over, horseracing is the sport o the entire nation. It is born in th Hi British blood. The masses turn to the race track as people here turn to hockey in the winter-time. And the great majority of the public, from- the highest to the most humble, back their fancy. Evil in its effects as it undoubtedly is, yet it is part and parcel of the life of the people, and no statesman can afford to dis- regard that fact when considering the question of taxing betting. But there ought to be some way out of the difficulty of providing adequate machinery, The revenue derivable would be of the utmost use to the nation today. An extra ten million pounds a year would serve to relieve taxation where it is pinching most acutely those least able to bear the burden. It would not be surprising if, despite all op- position, a way were found whereby a tax could be imposed--and collect- ed--that would provide the govern- ment with a very substantial and invaluable addition to the public revenue. The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill is not the man to be checked by difficulties, no matter of what type. . EDITORIAL NOTES. Now for April showers. France is having a currency crisis. Many of us are also short of cash. Can we count on April showers to bring forth May flowers? After recent experience surely we are entitled to some genulne spring weather. : . The Brandon Sun is convincel that the automobile may be putting some railways out of business but not at the grade crossings. x Weather forecasts are to be studied at a site in southwest Africa. All aboard for some warmth, ex- claims the Brantford Expositor. The Manitoba Liberals and Pro- gressives are to have a conference to discuss terms of an alliance both for provincial and federal purposes. We have been striving boldly to resist the temptation but after the past fow days we simply cannot re- sist remarking that winter seems to he lingering ia the lap of spring. The Watertown, N.Y., Times is not pleased with the baiting carried on in Congress as to Britain. It says Great Britain has never repudiated a debt and does not intend to. That is the reason why her credit is good throughout the world. x The New York Herald Tribune says: It was estimated that the sup- ply of anthracite would last only 1,000 years. But owing to the dis- pute of last winter it will now last 1,001 years, ' Hon. W. E. Clubb, Minister of Public Works, stated that it cost less in Manitoba to maintain Government House than it did in other prov- $47,000; in Bfitish Columbia, $35,- inces. In Ohtario, he said, it cost} 595; in Alberta, $19,000, and in 4 criminally foolish. We do not try the criminal; we put ithe law on trial. The crime itself has & small part in the case!" Truth in the statement, / ------ More than $1,000,000,000 will be spent in the United States for roads in 1926, state aid, about §600,000,000 to be spent by siate highways departments and $430,000,000 estimated expen- # | mooted again' and again, and mat- | diture by counties and municipali- | # | ters have gone so far as the appoint- ties. Watertown will be one of the half dozen cities in New York state that will not observe daylight saving this summer, The ruralists are opposed. Certain industries may alter their "| working hours to give more time for recreation at the end of the day, but there will be no wholesale turning forward of clocks. Particular honors in places have just been paid to the memory of Fanny T. Crosby, who was born on March 24th. She was a famous hymn writer, and most of her compositions were of an evan- gelistic strain, and many are very familiar -- "Blessed Assurance," "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour," "Saviour More 'Than Life to Me" and others, To Fannie Crosby the world owes double inspiration, drawn from her hymns and from her example in the face of adversity. Why is it that sheep growing rises and falls so much in Ontario over a period of years? The Hon. Johp S. Martin says-there were 2,- 000,000 sheep in the province in 11900, in 1910 the number had fallen to 1,000,000, and last year was down to 868,000. Dogs cawse heavy loss to sheep owners, and 'amended legislation proposes that sheep own- ers shall be compensated by muni- cipalities for losses of this sort whether the dogs that did the dam- age can be identified or-not. News and Views. A Man's Next Care. Border Cities Star: It'll soon be time to teach your wife how to run the lawn mower. - Certainly He Rides Hobby. Ottawa Citizen: If. Col. J. A. Currie could be persuaded to work as earnestly for other causes as he does for a wet Ontario, he would be a public benefactor of no mean order. The colonel certainly rides his hobby. * Land In Canada. Lethbridge States farmers are turning their eyes to Canada than at any time since the war broke out. Hundreds of renters are going to cross the boundary to a place where they can buy land -for their own, something they cannot do in the areas of high priced land throughout the agri- cultural sections of the United States. Well Clothed. St. John Telegraph-Journal: A Dover, England, woman found to be wearing nine suits of silk underwear at present holds the record for dar- ing in attempting to-evade the Cus- toms regulations. Since the new rulings went into efféct' the author- ities have coined a new phase: "The six-stocking look." Women put on that many pairs, say officials, but usually their faces betray them. Fmpire First. London Evening Standard: The true interest of this country " does not lie in any attempt to be the balancing force and honest broker on the Continent. The further we go in that direction the greater the strain we place on inter-Imperial relations, since it is a road which the Dominions have no notion of pursuing. - Our proper business is to collect our-debts, to get our fin- ances in good shape, to devote our This includes $118,000,-' | British Chancellor "hesitates about | 000 of federal funds available for various Herald: More United double richness, HIS is our pledge to you--a simple pledge of simple goodness. + Perfect Purity -- Carnation Milk comes to you pure and fresh, whole- some and absolutely safe. High Food Value -- Carnation con- tains all the nourishing qualities. of rich, full-cream milk, concentrated to . . Delicate Taste--Foods acquire a finer flavor, coffee takes on a richer savor, when Carnation is used. Creamy Smoothness--The texture of foods is improved when this creamy milk is used in cooking. Carnation "From Contented Cows" in three. to you. -Prove Ontario. Zz y Our Pledge to Milk-Users 5. 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We gain nothing br the role of international busy- y. s ue Canadian O ver It Te sald that' et ra fa the United States is Increasing at the rate of a million & year and that the current census shows a popula- tion of almost one hundred and twenty millions. It is not to be won- dered at that Was should 'desire to exclude all those not en- titled to enter the country, It is dif- ficult to say just when the United States will stop entry of all aliens. The day for that does not seeln to be far distant, however. Most of the groductive areas of the United States are already taken up. It is becoming a question of being able to food for the population. Tha mstance should not cause downheartedness in Canada. After _ {the United States, this country is the next best bet on this side of the Atlantic for the settler, who wants to establish a home and is not afraid A Digest of the BEST in WIT By Covrtesy of ZIFFS MAGAZINZ 3 N Worth More. 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