s Wednesday, August 18, 1926. oo ---- ! ? | used as a medium for bootlegging H- R R . S ill kh . | quor into the United States. But wp - B ; | to today the distillers n oy | um unning t1 Ives i know what the prospects of their | Hbraries and an academy of art, be- - | {Charge That Hon. Mr. Stevens Has Failed to Keep His Promise to} | bugintes are, Br il 11¢h [sides many educational institutions Hull has given "the Lootom oy Kill the Most Fertile Source of Smuggling. { that I speak "'confidently but rashly {and musical orgainzations. Ontar-| the city" to a} Ottawa Centenary | | about campaign funds," and you ask 11ans have been led to believe all these | Visitors. Huh! - | me what facts I stat Broduce, bat me { years that Henry Ford, the leader of rome | | just what Mr. Stevens promised in | refer you to the o report of | the automotive industry in the Unit.| AD optimist, says a Detroit paper, | ing letter; addressed to the Editor of | 4 Toronto speech to do. Mr, Stev- | Proceedings of the Stevens Prvam d 8 Ty Cobb base- | is 8 man who looks in the cup after | The Mail and Empire, returns with ens could have carried out his pro- | gating committee of the |e tates, and Ty Cobb, the basge-! | vigor to the discussion of smuggling | mise within a day, or, not to pat | June. Mr. Nash, the auditor, was on | ball king, were the two Detroft | and its oa » and the attitude of | too fine a point on it, within, say a | the 'wiiness stand. Mr. Nash was a | giants, but the Michigan city has its | iss Cam {the present Government. | week. He could have issned orders | reluctant witness and the Hen P oe | side of culture as well, although the Trains killed 42 people dn Can P| To the Editor of The Mail and | that all exportation of intoxicaung | Slicited by i Ranney the stre- { bulk of the people know little else | JUriing the month of July, many of | Empire: I hesitate less now than I| Hquor in future should be by one of | Peace River farmer, Nr R. B. Ben | | the victims being passengers in au-| did on the last occasion to crave [ithe international railways or by a re- | RUOuUS opposition of Mr. Minister of | than the geography and history of | { your indulgence because Mr. Meig- | cognized ferry operating under the nett, now Mr. Meighea's | their own state and next to nothing | about what Is going on in the great | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG EDITORIAL NOTES. L H WHIG leader in automotive industry. An; | article fn the Free Press points out that this great Michigan city of a { million and a half souls has splendid THE BRITIS 93RD YEAR. Russia doesn't worry over debt | payment agreements. { 3 Hon. W. EB. Raney, in the follow- McCALLUM in the world of MEMORIALS is a MARK t DISTINCTION and QUALITY. The McCallum Granite Ca. Ld; 305-887 Princess Jireet, kingscor, Ont. 'Phone 1931, losing his golf ball. id EN | = tomobiles. | =r "-- A gn, vn. ------ Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise 25¢., 40c., 70c. sizes Thousand Island Dressing, 5c. apd 40c. | hen's share of responsibility for con-| eyes of the Customs officials of the | Finance. Mr. Nash to'd the commit. 2 {dittons in the Customs Department | rag countries He could, for in- tee that he found "payments in a { world outside. One does not wonder Io Mow Yosv'S lelow hac fo Jo | Is oven mors Tperent now than it! stance, have recognized the farvies| distilleries ot reraion Wo ques- {at this state of things after goin | well bred as well as well read. No, Was then. I ventured to inquire then | petween Sarnia and Port Huron, be- | amounts of ay he dfstillerier j at & going | one can enter the public library there whether Mr. Stevens was at that time | tween Windsor and Detroit, between | tioned the ofticlals ae "did not through the Detroit newspapers and 'a Bis shirt slceven | refusing ciearances of whiskey smug- | Port Stanley and Cleveland, between i about." ...These paynx me Published Daiy by failing to find more than a column of | '® ' ! |8ling craft. Your comment was that | Toronto and Lewiston, between Co-| have to do with the business THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING m tion was distil' company." ...""They di €0. LIMITED, KINGSTON, ONT. |0ews regarding world events. The | Mark thie name of Beaverlts ou on ANE hed aso it | bourg and Shariutts, between i ep -- aan ae Bad been gi- : £1 { re- ensbung, and so on. And | EL RUPERT DAVIES Prerjasnt Free Press is an exception in this | 5, road map. It is one of the few | Sent Government. It turns out to | that or have a an end pract!- | ven..." There is no doubt some a regard, for that newspaper (the old- | Canadian towns wheres the roads in have been an exceedingly awkward cally to rum-running by boat. And | these funds have been directed ¢ : { tunds."...""I asked the 343 est and best in Detroif) a week ago | TOW fo bokter thag the High. | 20°: becadse I learn that the busi- | by putting an end to the rum-run.| campaign fu Bor ans of these *; Zais| printed various Canadian despatches | i ning he would, as he admitted in hie | direct Sueation whet a io se-- 34 (1y its regular city edition, and one | ¥27® leading to it. States by gasoline driven bean pod | TOPO Speech, have pus an end to| moneys ware used for campaten PAL i tiven hoats | the return cargoes by water. ' . \ : SUPSORIPTION RATES: of these Canadian despatches hee The tourist business has assumed | been going ahead under the Meighen | Mr. Stevens promised his Toronto | Wore. and a 10 how hirig ge Fo One year, in eity . g7.50| do with the new Canadian Mbraries tions that all | Government since the lst of July | hoarere that he would put a stop to | pot say"... 4 year, by mail to rural oftices, 82.50 | opened during the past year, King- Such. eAGrMous propor thi t {with a wide-open throttle, just as it | the granting of bogus clearance pa- | Walker & Sons, Limited, 1 uy my ! Fear, to United States . Be 5. Doing Jecorded BONE: ihe communities that have anything 0 | ddd dn 1920 and 1921 under the pre- | pers, "without regard to the profit | Walker and I asked Mr. er oUT-0 p RB 5 8 offer visitors are justified in exerting | vious Conservative Administration, |, by thi _| he had made a contribution to cam- - F-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES: ||. . | to be derived therefrom by the Can he said, 'Y 10 TORONTO--F. W. Thompson, 100 King i {every effort to secure their share of and just as it did from 1921 onward | agian liquor expofters." paign funds, and he © a West, Toronto, wiey, | Detroit has of late been termed 1 © FF" [under the Liberal Administration, | "rrpig was bold language. Neodless both parties." That was iL -- William J. Crowley, {the most sinful city in the United {and that Mr. Stevens is granting | to say, it did not have the approval | 8dSWer. : BF ¥o raham-Powers, lac.| States, and attempts are being made t | Cleatuiecs today to the rum-runnig | of tne distillers and brewers, They| Then Mr. Nash gave the amou § s, A despatch says that the occupant | craft 4n the same way that Mr. Whit-| road it the next dy and then some | of money and the name of the ac: to cleanse it of its vice. But Detroit Bureau did before | titing happened. On the 12th a dele- count in each case under which the Avenue. 1 of St. James Palace is complaining | more and, Mr. cn GO---ingraham-Powers, Ine. oulh La Salle Street. only the actual mame of the Writer, The cireulation of The British Whig is amthencicated by the Audit Bureau of Clreuniations. IN tn Pn ww BE AT THE LIBERAL CONVEN- TION TONIGHT. ---- Every Liberal in the city is ex- Pected to attend the convention this evening. Liberalism means liberal tredtment of 'the people, encourage- ment to the workmen, business for manufacturers, and cheap goods for the consumers, The Liberals should help to create these benefits by sup- porting the nominee of the conven- tion. YERY POOR BUSINESS DULGE IN. Rt. Hon, Mackenzie King has been telling the people of Canada that the present is a bad time for the cam- paign of prejudice against the Unit- ed States which the leaders of the Conservative party are seeking to arouse. The Canadian hotels are thronged with tourists who cherish only the kindllest of feelings towards the pedple of the Dominion and who Are spending their money very freely in all parts of our country. 'It would be difficult to estimate what the tourist {rade alone means to the pre- sent prosperity and future develop- ment of our land. The wholly unnecessary talk of Annexation and the contemptuous terms In which many Conservatives refer to the United States does not foster goodswill. . It' breeds ill-will in & variety of directions: it 1s a ¢heap Sort of business at best, and the party driven to appeals of the kind cannot wonder if its unpatriotic attitude is getting in the minds and hearts of the public a resentment which will make itself felt in no uncertaia terms. A GREAT CANADIAN INDUSTRY. TO 1IN- * There is no duty on binder twine-- thers has been no duty since 1906. Is there any twine made in Canada? "Yes. * Despite the increase in grain Production in Canada we are actu- 5 ally importing less twine to-day than We did before the war. In the two Fears 1913-1914 our total net im- & (gross Imports less exports) led 51,671,179 Ibs. In the years and 1928 the net import was 51,808,273 Ibs. As the import of the fiscal year would cover the crop of previous calendar year we have the following comparisons. In 1912- 1813, our total production of grain Wheat and oats) was 1,260,000,000 Dushéls in 1924-1925 the total was 2,000,000 bushels. So you will that with a twenty per cent. $0 In production thers is no in- in the import of twine. Fur- we have not mentioned the in- production of barley and rye this period. Throw it in tor good re---It amounts to about 80. 0 bushels. * Meantime the jtiord Cordage Company, one of the largest plants in Canada reports ows: "We have been running ten hours a day--fifty-nine & week throughout the year. the addition of the No. 3 min Which we are mow obtaining production it has again been _mectssary to work overtime. | you are--an industry under trade In a protectionist country Sr Siete Set Letters to the Editor sre published | over is hardly that bad. There are thous- ands of scarlet women on its streets | and in its apartments; but what | large city in the world is not thus | infested? Even our own "Toronto the Good" has that evil. The other day the Free Press recorded that the number of women "haled before the city magistrate had fallen that | back from |'him. because his collars come | being done in the: face of Mr. Stev- the laundry with the edges like saws. The Prince has manly worries like the rest of us. After looking at several pictures of the girl"who was chosen out of 454 Toronto entrants as the Queen | of Beauty, we would suggest that the And not only eo, but this is jens' own public statements that | Tum-running was responsible for the | demoralization in the Customs De- | partment, and that as long as it is al- | lowed to continue 'we can never re- | medy the conditions that have been shown to exist in the Customs ser- | vice of Canada." | If you will make inquiries you will discover that at Sandwich and Port morning to five, which was regarded i s > g | judges pay a visit to Kingston and | yp och, cit A Te th smug- ns an evidence that the police broom was showing its effect. But the soc- { lal evil cannot be cleaned up by the | me | lice. on to somewhere else. the evil remains. The root of | see a few real ones. | Mr. said at®Toronto that Robb thods of moral reformers and po- [330,000,000 had been saved to the | The women are merely moved | canadian taxpayers this year as a re- | [ sult of his budget. Is not that some- Before it can be ining to be thankful for? And Mr. | | gllers are reporting inward light, and | being cleared outward by Mr. Stev- eis' officials, laden with Canadian brands of whiskey and beer to be landed somewhere on the other side of the United States boundary or perhaps somewhere in Ontario. And what is there in August, 1926, to eradicated the natures of men and | Robb says there will be further tax | prevent these international outlaws women must change, political and social systems must be totally re- formed, and this can be done only by following out the precepts laid down by the lowly Nazarene. SENDING THE BEST. Canada Las the opportunity to be- come a great exporter of foodstuffs, but the goods sent overseas must establish and maintain a faultless re- putation for high quality. It may be neces®ary to spend some time and money to learn what the demand cglls for. That is the Intelligent method of going about the business and it is sure to pay in the end, re- marks the Sarnia Observer, Govern- mental co-operation in these matters cannot fail to be of immense benefit. { WHY CANADA IS BACK ON GOLD BASIS. estan According to the U.S. Federal Re- serve Bulletin, among the principal factors facilitating Canada's return to the gold standard have been the growing favorable balance on exter- nal trade account, together with a decline in the net trade balance due the United States; the liquidation of | British indebtedness to Canada; the | restoration of the pound sterling and otHer. forsign currencies to a gold basis; the resumption of cash or short-term payments in international trade; the complete funding of the national debt, the major portion of which is * internal; the increasing American and foreign investments in Canada; the rise in other "invisible" items In her balance of payments, notably tourist expenditures; and the continued expansion in the an- nual gold preduction. A THE HORRID HAY FEVER. This is the season for hay fever, and & million br more residents of Canada and the United States are sufferers from it. 'They are filling the hay fever resorts all over the continent. The northwest is a favor- ite plgee for sufferers. New "Hamp- shire is another section free from Lthe malady and its towns will soon be thronged. Pollen iz now filing the air and distress is everywhere. The membrane irritation is very dis- have not had the affliction have no conception of its worriment. Thus far .no tic for its cure has been d rered. Physiclans are working to find something. They have discovered treatments which are beneficial in some cases, but they have found no eure. Some day they will discover the specific cure, just as they have made other great dis- tinct and oppressive and those who cuts if he and his colleagues are re- turned. {If the highway department in | awarding contracts should' specify [ that the highway be kept open, the contractors would find a way to meet | these specifications. But as long as | they can close traffic and compel de- tours they will do so. Rt. Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, former President of the, Board of Education in the Lloyd George Government, ahd a noted historian, blames 'certain armament firms" for a condition in China that threatens the peace of the world. Formerly peaceful, China is now armed to the teeth. The inmates of Portsmouth pent tentiary are building a new prison for women, and, according to reports, are making it extremely substantial. Whether this is out of malice or in recognition of women's newly acquir- ed strength is not stated, comments the Toronto Globe. It 1s claimed for Canada that in proportion to population it has more golf courses than the United States. | The total here is 464, Ontario lead- ing with 160 courses. A number of new courses are being completed this year In all of the provinces. The uni- versal game is therefore well patron. ized in the Dominion. ---- Y Remembér the King government ernment by $108,000,000 annually, has reduced the interest on the na- tional debt by $10,000,000 annually, has reduced the sales tax all along the line, has slashed the income tax, and has restored two cent postage. That's a record to be proifd of. And if Liberalism wins, more tax-reduc- ing benefits will be niade. -- Le Nouvelliste (Three Rivers), on the subject 'of drowning acei- dents says: '"'The public authori- ties ought to adopt some measure which would bar people from bathing in dangerous places. On their side parents have a duty to fulfil. They ought to keep constant watch upon their children and never allow them to go bathing unless accompanied by cate to the younger children the places where there is danger and keep them from going there." La Presse is happy over the favor. able position of Quebec. *"The conclugion to be drawn from the facts figures of the provin: cial tréasu ; has reduced the expenditures of gov- | Quebec Viewpoint | And do you picture for her a place as a helpmate to such a worthy citizen ? a person who 1s competent to indi-| + | from taking on return cargoes of de- | natured alcohol, or something else, | to be landed somewhere on this side of the boundary line, just as they did in Mr, Bureau!s time? | In his Toronto speech on the 8th | of July, Mr. Stevens attributed the | origin of the frouble in the Depant- | ment of Customs to the association bof Customs officials with the men | who were marketing the output of {the Cadadian distilleries and brew- | erles to the bootleggers of two coun- | tries. Now, of course, there was not | the least difficulty in putting an end {to that association. All that it was | necessary for Mr. Stevens to do was {to follow the suggestion of his own | committee by putting an end to the | granting of Government clearances { to the rum-running craft. And this is > 3 | | ~~ AMessage _ to Mothers and Housewives You are vitally interested in the fi | gation of liquor men visited Ottawd |and the purpose of the visit, as ex- | plained to the newspaper men, and | reported in an Ottawa, despatch, was: To find out the lay of the land so far as the new Government is con- cerned, and particularly with refer. ence to the immediate intentions of Hon. H. H. Stevens, Acting Minister of Customs and Excise. Mr. Stevens was a new hand, and he had put his foot in it in his Tor. onto speech. At all events, after the visit of the delegation nothing hap- pened to interfere with the profits of Canadian Hquor exporters on their immense 'export business. It 1s not publicly known what the arguments were that were addressed by the liquor men to Sir Henry Dray- ton and Mr, Stevens, but, whatever they were, they were obviously ef- fective--so much so that a few days later Gooderham & Wonts stocks jumped 15 points in one day. This good fortune to Gooderham & Worte shareholders, coming hard on the announcement of the issue of nine shares of bonus stock for one, with @ prospect of profits of 120 per cent. per annum on the original stock is. sue (or 12 per cent, on the new), de a straw indicating the confidence of investors dn Canadian distillery stocks and in the permanency of the rum-rynning industry, which is the chief source of their huge profits. I do not doubt for a moment the sincerity of Mr. Stevens's promise on the 8th of July that he would "never allow the Customs Department Gmbe A | entry appeared in the books of the | diteerent d'stilleries, as follows: Hiram Walker & Sons, Ltd., "Pro- tecting Trademarks," 1924-5, $62, 900. And the same company in 1936 under "Profit and Loss," $79,137.50. Gooderham & Worts, 'Sales Pro- motion," 1924-5, $69,100, St. Hyacinthe Distillery Co. "Re- serve for Contingencies," 1924-5, $63,000. Mr. Hiram Walker's candor fur- nishes the finishing douches to the most sinister picture that has yet been painted in connection with the Custome scandals and the associa. tion of the liquor trade with the Government of Canada. In conclusion, may I refer to the excellent editorial leader in your is- sue of last Friday, dealing with the new agreement with regard to rum- running between the Gevernments of Great Britain and the United States. Your article is headed "Bri- tain Plays Fair." Apart altogether from the return cargoes and the de- bauchery of her own Customs offi- cials by this "putrid business," do you not think it high time that Ca. nada too began to play fair? W. E. RANEY, Toronto, Aug. 14, 1926. U.S8.8. 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