over the Ssetuni name of the of The British Whig the Audit Bureau of TIDE HAS TURNED IN CAN- ADA. A document reached the editor's jk 'yesterday morning which had iraging news for Canadians, It the Bulletin published by Mac- an's Bullding Reports on June 1st. an Building Reports are Te- throughout Canada as auth- {nformation on the building The June 1st report states up tb date this year building 8 53 per cent ahead of 1935 and st the contracts awarded for the ith of May are the largest for "single month in the history of and reached the astounding otal of $57,139,700. he distribution by provinces Ontario ahead with awards $33,378,100 or 40.9 per of the Dominion total for May; next with $19,117,000 or dent.; Prairies $12,067,500 gent.; British Columbia or 3.3 per cent. and the sovinces $767,000 or 1.8 ble record of $140,~ ie first five months of 'up Into classificationsy jal for residential work 00 or 30 per cent. of all awarded. Business build- ude 38.9 per cent. of the $40,560,900; Public Works $84,424,400 or 24.5 per 6.6 per cent. for indus- ls totalling $23,200,400. 'figures indicate that there revival in the building trades in mean only one thing and that business is improvidg 'the country, and this indi- ly. more than anything there is a decided improve- 'business. general ime | ministration plan in the United] LET'S FIND ONTARIO COAL. Canada spends from $80,000,000 to $100,000,000 for coal every year, --gends it to foreign miners. Prem- | {er Ferguson should devote one per | cent. of our yearly bill, or say a mil- | Hon dollars in an effort te find coal | in Ontario. The Canadian govern-| ment should be prepared to venture | a little on its own undeveloped re- | sources; 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 affair, and Ontario could then cut its coal bill id two. On- tario would save its million dollars ip three or four days if coal were und in commercial quantities. Coal at Sudbury, coal everywhere morth of the Soo, and coal in Patricia --they call it lignite thete~--~the On- tario government surely would be justified in putting experts seriously to work to connect up these finds. No move the government could make would be more popular." CITY MANAGER PLAN. Recently the University of Chicago announced that Prof. L. D. White of the Department of Public Ad- 'ministration would devote a year to studying the operation of the city manager. plan in 'American cities. By facilitating an independent, im- partial report by an expert in this line of research, the university is rendering valuable services both to its own city and community, and incidentally the whole continent. Moreover, its action illustrates in @ striking manner the intimate nd valuable relation that exists between scientific method and politics in the true sense of that comprehensive term. City government in Chicago and other large cities of its type, says the Watertown, N.Y, Timés, has been notoriously inefficient and corrupt, due happily to the brazen- ly partisan political influences that battled among themselves to secure control./ Bo far, however, none of the most populous centres has tried the city manager plan, though #t has been adopted in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Rochester, and Kansas City, among the places that have adopted the. method. These of course, do not rank with Chicago. But no reason can be found, on 'the surface, why a compe- tent city manager should fail to promote efficiency, economy and public betterment in Chicago if these advantages have been se- cured in smaller communities. \ Texas, twenty-three; California, eighteen, and Virginia, nineteen. In fact, one fifth of the Virginia popu- lation and every city of more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants. union labor man, a lumber man, a manufacturer and a physician. The council then Hired a city r, whom they took away from Spring- field, O. He previously had been manager of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and of Cadillac, Mich. - Only . four communities have abandoned the city manager ad- i In each case the reason was i -- BY W. L. WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: show of winning." OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: of the ou is as 00 in "noon." SYNONYMS: old, elderly, antique, antiquated. WORD STUDY: Let us increase our vo "Use ION; fmperial objurgation that bro . DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cincinnati, three n's, one t. a word three time and it is yours." bulary by mastering ome word each day. GORDON Don't say "we have an excellent wound, Preferred pronunciation aged, ancient, senile, decrepit, a severe rebuke. "It was an t fear to the king's subjects." > vault, the time has come for atten- tion to be focussed on the work of the garden. Winds have helped the sun dry the plots about the city and {n most back yards the spade, the fork and the hoe are coming in for a large share of labor. Adam is said to have been the first man who digged ana from that time to the present man has been inevitably bound by the strongest of ties, to his physical needs, to the garden. The place that the garden holds in history is one on which tomes could be written. The garden is & place where health may be gained, where peace of mind rules, and where. many apt lessons on life may be gained. Study of nature in flow- ers and 'plants brings its reward inl' greater knowledge of the action of the Mfe primciple, and it brings ma- terigl gains. Gardens about the city have of late years been taking on added beauty due to arrangements and to cleanliness. The garden even it it grows only onions and potatoes may be made a place of beauty. EDITORIAL NOTES. Be careful about passing bad checks. Chicago-jailéd check passer was visited by two wives. * If trade follows the flag, the North Pole ought to be pretty well clutter- ed up with cold drink stands. The perfect copy reader is the one who can spell the name of the Polish cabinet without looking it up. Se Montreal's 95,000 Catholic school children have been enlisted in a cam- paign to abolish swearing. Let the good work spread. The Detroit woman who started to serve on a jury and forgot to turn | oft the gas realizes that citizenship ties. d has its The Border City Star has discover- od that the trouble with modern flap- pers is apparently too much lipstick and too little broomstick. A doctor states that a million germs live on the head of a pin, They 'are the only things that could live on some pin heads! Appeal for Queen's is made by "| Nickle, is a heading in's Toronto paper and along with it these words: "No Drop in Milk Prices." Week-end trips by airplane are to be popularized among English fami-] Hes, and on Mondays and parents will come down to earth, as ysaal. -~ The best exercise for a man more than fifty is nice, short walks, lots of good air and plenty of sleep. Over. exercise Illke over-feeding is dan- gerous. Axa -- . It has been suggested that motor trucks ought to have roads for them- selves. We cannot see that this would require any change in exist- ing conditions. A A lot of those who think a trip to the Adizondagls means sitting on the front at White Pine and visiting with President Coolidge will find themselves mistaken, g plan of the Quebec govern nt to make a thorough: survey of its 700,000 square miles of territory {States accompanied them. the and consequently the public as well city. Britain are so abundant that it ap- | pears the price level of war years land those subsequent cannot be Westmount, A lower standard of prices will have to be accepted and if Canadian farmers hope to maintain their income it will have to be done by increasing production on their farms. ~ News and Views. Why Not Collect It? Philadelphia Ledger: Perhaps the happiest thought Mm connection with the war debt is that Russia owes us only $193,000,000. Brains Often Lopsided. Ohio State Journal: Every man who has become famous for some- to be interviewed on other things. Our Veterans. Canada owe the returned men a debt they can never repay and they are quite conscious of that. But they are willing to do their best. taxed as they have been, they have ¢ On With the Good Work. Hawaii, the tango in the Argentine and the whirl in Turkey. The white race is continuing its civilization of world. ¥ % % Jilin 1 Season. ~ London Advertiser: If the touring multitude find courtesy, considera- tion and an absence of profiteering, all over the United States. a rich harvest of good will as well as pecuniary profit to be reaped if bors feel at home. . Canada Takes Stock | 4 public improvements, and every dol- |} lar spent at home increases business | fi as the commercial revenue of the | \ --e i Supplies of common food in Great || maintained, says Mayor McLagan, |} thing ought to pray for strength not i Vancouver Province: The people of Heavily f never suggested that pensions be re- | [i | duced either in number or amount. Brantford Expositor: The Charles- | [i ton is superseding the hula hula in| the under-developed peoples of the I they will spread the tame of Canada | lf There is | | Canadians seek to make their neigh- | |i IT'S NEWS If anyone is going to build a house or a business block. If the pastor of your church has gone on a sleigh ride. If anyone has been injured in an accident or the city hall has been burned down. If any society to which you belong has held an important meeting or elected officers. If you have had visitors or.given a reception. resigned or the choir has If the flowers in your garden come out earlier in the Spring or stay out later in the fall than any of the neighbor's flowers. If you own a very old or rare book or coin or stamp. If you are going away on a trip or have returned. If you see any strange phenomena in the air, on the land, or in the water (when you are sober). If a boat sinks or a train or automobile is wrecked. If a burglar breaks into 'your house or store. Ehborhood or if seeding or If sap is running in your nei * harvesting has commence If anyone dies or is married. If your ball team or hockey team plays a game. If one person saves another from drowning. If a presentation has been made to any of your friends. If you have bought any pure-bred stock or have sold the arm. If anything has happened which will be of interest to the readers in general. The British Whig is anxious to print all the news of the city of Kingston and of Eastern Ontario and asks the co-operation of its readers . You know some item of news every day and if you live in the city or near the city The Whig would appreciate it if you would tele- phone these items into the office. If you live at a consi- derable distance and the items are of no more thanordi- 'nary importance, write them out and mail them. If it is a serious accident or other sensational news, tele- phone or telegraph in the details at our expense, "TELEPHONE 2612 ' (New York Sun) ~~ Canada has been taking stock and finds, the facts encouraging. The dominion's gross agricultural wealth at the end of 1925 was $7,882,942 000, an increase of $324,685,000 aver 1924. Its total agricultural revenue last year was $1,708,667. 000, an increase of $264,890,000 over the previous year. By prov- ices the revenue from agriculture last year was: Ontario, $477,159, 000; Saskatcnewan, $416,022,000; Quebec, 282,739,000; Alberta, $245. 662,000; Manitoba, $142,046,000; British Columbia, $42,444,000; New Brunswick, $39,506,000; Nova Scotia, $39,120,000; Prince Edward Island, $23,869,000. Returns from sixty cities show the building permits issued in April, 1926, were $3,545.900, or 23 per cent. over those for April, 1925. Im- fon records a steady increase. A feature of this particularly grati- fying to Canadians is the return of natives from the United States. In the fiscal year ended March 31st there ed | and daughters who had been absent for six months or more, Eigh- teen thousand citizens of the United 47,221 of these repatriat-| Lumber, all sizes, FOR SALE Also Roofing Material Quebec Viewpoint | Le Devoir philosophizes upon the lot of political leaders. "While the renewed attempts that are being made here to upset Mr. Meighen and throw him into the dis- card as Conservative leader, are be- ing discussed, there is also question in British déapatches of a movement set on foot in London, as a result of the recent general strike, to evict Mr. Lloyd George from the lead ship of the Liberal Party. One must not be astonished at any of these 1.Cohen & Co. MONTREAL STREET - movements for Messrs. Meighen and Lloyd George having replaced Sir Robert Borden and Mr. Asquith un- der circumstances altogether out of the ordinary, it is to be expected that the tactids which helped their