mg, nbd WIIG PUBLISRING ITED, KINGSTON, ONT. Presiden Pr SPORT TION RATES: Edition Jon ail 457 i 97.50 mail Furs Mices, $3.50 eam BY hath Jo, ured otiecs, $350 "TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: RONTO-F. W. Thompson, 100 King Street West, Toronto: C w= William J, Crowley, ' 3% Somes Street. Po ; m«Fowers, Inc. PR Madison Avenue. are, I 19 South 1a Salle Stree ne pinot to the Kditer are published over ihe aciugl name of the i Whe circulation British Whig of The f Br by the Audit Bureau of THE BATTLE OF THE O'S. awa is marching on Ottawa! mighty army is being gathered | i together in the automobile city, 'which will besiege the Capital on Friday. An attempt will be made to iget the Dominion Government to 'modify the changes made in the tariff in automobiles. There will be a good deal of sym- y with the city of Oshawa if it 8 as hard hit as is claimed. At the present time, however there is 50 | much confusion and noise, that it is 'bard to arrive at any definite con- jones on the matter. With the inajority of peaple the tariff nges seem to be immensely popu- In 1924 the Budget made some | ht reductions in the duties on [mum and on a rental basis. The city| this time the residents would be mltural implements. i paper well qualified to serve the community." But the father, we beg { to remark, was an eminent journal- | of literary | | ist with an abundance | style and good common gense. Lorne | Eedy is assuming charge of ome ot | the leading weekly newspapers of | Ontario and The British Whig joins | with his fellow-publishers all over | Canada in wishing him success. A FINE CHARACTER PASSES | EDITORIAL NOTES. Welcome Weather! The streets ought soon to-be ready for the cleansing process, {| Keep smiling, the refreshing | spring will be here. We have thal { sunshine already. rare | The potato holds the attention of the public. Seventy-five cents a peck | makes dear eating. The death of Joseph P. Downey, | superintendent of the Orillia Hos- pital, has removed a brilliant Cana- dian from life's activities. He was a fluent speaker, a successful par- | liamentarian, an able editor and a kindly administrator of an institu- tion where patience, devotion and gentleness were needed and all of which he gave in abundant measure. He was widely known and beloved; "Joe" was one of those who radiat- ed happiness and Guelph, his adopt: ed home, mourns his departure and will cherish his memory. He was known in Kingston, having been here on political missions, and was admir- ed for his splendid qualities. COMMUNITY SETTLEMENTS. » -- A new scheme of emigration from the Old Country, called the Empire Community Settlement plans, to open the way to permanent settlement in the Dominion for those having secur- ed incomes of small or moderate di- mensions, who possess little or no capital and may neither be fitted for nor desire an agricultural life. In this category will be found a great many retired officers and officials of His Majesty's services, thousands who have retired from business or professions and also those who re- ceive small fixed annual sums from investments. This scheme, described in the Em- pire Review by the Right Hon. Sir John Ross, a former Lord Chancel- lor of Ireland, proposes to establish in a carefully selected locality a Com- | munity Settlement in the form of a | residential country club. In the sur- rounding grounds would be the sep- arate dwellings of the residents. Pro- vision would be made for outdoor re- creation and each family would be allotted an acre or two on which to practice some form of husbandry. Residence in the Settlement would be temporary with five years as a maxi- During Brantford was hard hit, and the | expected to make up their minds paper and people of that city | whether or not they would settle per- y condemned the Budget and red that it 'would have a most effect on the agricultural ant industry, The whole city grms, and the Liberal Parliament, Mr. W. G. d, voted against the Budget. did not turn .out so badly antford as'a result of the 1924 In its annual Fepars » as quot- | The Toronto Globe, . 16th, , the Cockshutt Plow wg 'stated its sales in the West during 126 were almost double those of §, and an improvement was also in trade in Eastern Can- It reported a profit on the operations of $313,505. The Harris Co., too, reported a improvement on the previous y Brantford city is boom- In a recent issue The Expositor |. ed interviews with all the manufacturers and they all d business good and humming. The Whig was on good authority yesterday, Jarge Hamilton plant that years ago was rumning only 'hours a day four days a week, vy operating twenty-four hours alk days 2 week, ! it not possible that when the autlt and the shouting dies and the s question of how the new tariff ffect the auto industry is care- examined, that it will not prove nearly so hurtful as Oshawa fear. This, at any rate the wish of the large major- the people of Canada. It is > conceive that any govern: uld willingly injure any in- although different views held as to how much pro- have. The desire of manently. Potential #8ttlers having been asked their preference the re- sult was that 33 per cent. named South Africa; 22 per cent. New Zea- land; 20 per cent. British Columbia; 14 per cent., Australia, and 11 per cent., other countries. Representa- tives visited South Africa and every- thing now points to the first settle- ment being established in the Cape Province at Bathurst or Drakenstein. The only remedy for the present con- gestion at home, writes Sir John, is | the migration of whole districts, and the main endeavor of the Empire Community Settlement Committee 1s to blaze the way for great migrations that will bring about a redistribution of population within the Empire. CHILDREN AND BOOKS. What kind of reading is provided in a large.numbar of homes? A few books are left lying around the tables, more to impress callers than anything else, and the sort of pabu- lum provided for home reading is the Sunday newspaper with its lurid stories, vivid and garish drawings, .atroclously colored , and grotesque "comics," and a whole mass of snip- pety stuff which leads nowhere and is forgotten the day after it is read. Sound reading Is not encouraged enough in the home, is a very real- istic statement of the St. Thomas Times-Journal. The children of to- day are pandered to in an excess of indulgence, and, instead of belng brought up to enjoy books, they are treated to the pictures until picture- going become second nature, and they go to too many dances when they should be improving their minds. Some pictures are good for children, Inasmuch as they give young folks a good laugh or have a certain meed of instruction in them, but the advantages of picture-going '| and dances are out of all measure to the permanent. value of learning to | ™ appreciate the right books. REAL "DEATH RAY" DEVISED. A ray whieh Nerally dente' death and promises to be of practical use in combating insect pests has been developed in the laboratories of the | The 24th of May is not far off, the { day when we are allowed to exchange heavigs for the lighter ones. "The Maple Leaf Forever' is a gea- | sonable selection in the sugar bushes { now that the "sap's running." | Agnes MacPhail, M.P., tells us that what is most needed Is the "tech- nique of peace." Does she possess the fine points in the art? Great choices in this free land. One can cut out a great man by 'radio, pick up a jazz station and no one will call you impertinent! Pushing the vacuum-cleaner housecleaning time is good training for pushing, the lawn-mower later on. But this is pop's busy season at the office! in won't be around to see you 8000. when he comes he doesn't get offend- ed. Within one month, beginning April 26th, there will be six Geneva con- ferences of the League of Nations in which the United States will be re- presented. It will soon be well in! "Be good to your country. Keep it looking as lovely as God intended it to. Let all enjoy it." Not beauty for for a few! Beauty Share and let one nor everybody! share it! ------ ¢ Seven new words are added ta the language every day, and the Ottawa Journal says that six out of the seven are probably synonyms for bull, bunk and blather. The chiet authors of the new words are cers The Dominion Department of Agri- cillture announces that mo change will be made this year respecting the present regulations governing the buying and selling of eggs, The ex- perienced egg buyer has mo respect for old age. Mrs. Knapp, secretary of state, In New York state, wants to run for fieutenant-governorship. The prohis bitionists are opposed; they ask an- other term for Lieut.-Gov. Lowman. Many women are behind her in her ambitions. Everybody has heard or read of the year without a summer, 18186, when not a month passed without frost. What is now wanted and would be highly appréciated is a year without a winter. The winter through which we have just passed entitled us to a skip for 1926-7. The.new tariff gave a stimulus to tax free Victory bonds. Upon the announcement of the details of the speech, both Victory loan 1933's and 1937's advanced immediately, the former advancing by about .20 and the latter by .35---quite substantial jumps for Victory bonds. Four children were drowned in Ontario during March and fourteen others came near being drowned, The latter ranged in age from five to seventeen. Parents should be watch- ful of small children and educate the older ones to be careful and safe- guard their fellows. ' The Duchess of Atholl is not con~ vinced that woman's chief place is in parliament. Home, she claims, is her chief sphere; if in public life then health and education should be their hobbies along with the promo- tion of thrift. Saving was necessary it war debts are ever to be paid. ---- A Harvard senior ate forty-eight eggs in forty-five minutes, on a wager, and went home on his own power. ing as his mother's comment, "'Feed- that boy has always been like putting cheese down a rat hole." We'd like to have seen the young man in the pantry after a day of | haseball. : sii On April 19th a year ago we were digging ourselves out of the snow, At Cape Viacent, N.Y., on that date J he enkin and 1 hd t he shovRL Don't be afraid that the assessor | Even if you happen not to be at home | for | others But that is not as interest. { 1 | h ¥ - News and Views. They Bet Their Kneecaps. Ottawa Journal: Girls used to set their caps for the elusive male. Now they appear to be using their knee- caps, + Slow Progress of Science. Macon: Telegraph: But how do { the gcientists hope.to conquer static | when after all these years they can't make a' fussy steam radiatior shut up? The Business-Like Thief. Washington Star: Police say that the cheaper types of automobiles are most frequently stolen. A business. like thief recogniges the advantage of quick returns and small profits. Chief Use of the Curtain. Akron Beacon-Journal: Curtains are pieces of cloth hung at the win- dows to keep the neighbors from knowing when you're watching them. : Money Talks. ; Cincinnati Times-Star: It is the pweakness of the successful American business man that he thinks, se he has made millions of dollars, he is thereby qualified to pose as a philosopher, Still Defend Amusement Tax. Fergus News-Record: Government officials are again defending athe amusement tax. At the best it is a | nuisance and at the worst it does serious injury to amateur sports and other purely local activities. A Difference Surely. . Kincardine Review --RBeporter: There are two sides to a question right enough. There are also two sides to a sheet of fly paper, but it makes a great big difference to the fly which side he chooses. "=t¥ Remember. Shelbourne Economist: When somebody is trying to get you to in- vest your money in far-off fields {it never does any harm to remember that if it was not for the plentiful supply of suckers.the sharks would have to change their diet. High Cost of Schooling, Boston Transcript: In New York the cost of education in the public schools has been made the subject of study by a commission on school finance and administration. And what has been happening in New York has been happening in other states. The high cost of schooling comes with the other elements in the high cost of living, but the money spent on the schools, unless there is obvious waste and inet. ficiency, is money whose expendi- ture will cause little complaint. ™ Canada spends from $80,000,000 to $100,000,000 for coal every year --gends it to foreign miners. In spite of the fact that some Government geologists have declared Ontario outside of the coal belt-- Sudbury has found coal that will burn, Some of it is in the Sault Star window, True it gives much ash, but it burns steadily and gives good heat. "We have in Ontario," says the Canadian Mining Journal, "an area of cretaceous rocks known to be coal bearing. What we know of that group of rocks could be told in a very small volume. The cretaceous rocks are not well exposed, and the prospecting required is not of the type that can be done by lonely pros- pectors, Possibly before a million is spent we would begin to get returns, but we should be prepared to spend some such sum in exploitation of the formation which can reasonably ba Sapacted to supply Ontario with uel." A man brought two samples of 2 low grade coal found in Algoma to the Sault Star office last year, and never came back to get 4 report on them. The samples were tested by an assayer for the Star and found to be true coal, burning with a blue flame. They were surface finds. The fuel problem of Ontario is one which must be faced before long. 'The Sault Star cordially endorses the suggestion by the Camadian Mining Journal and urges Premier Fergu- gon to devote one per cent. of our yearly bill, or say a million dollars, in an effort, to find coal in Ontario. The Ontario Government should be prepared to venture a little on its own undeveloped resources; - it shouldn't leave all the risk and work and expense to the prospectors and miners. Ontario coal, when found, should be a public ownership af- fair, and Ontario could then cut its coal bill in two. Ontario would save] its million dollars in three or four days if coal were found in commer- clal quantities. 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