* » BRITISH WHIG | forties of the annual growth $0 (Daily dition) year, ta pais One Na weal Bie year, to United States . JIOWN REFROSENTATIVES: Pree King West, ut X Madison Avenue, 0 rowers, Ind, in street. ween, late » to the ditey arp sver ihe Actual aame clreulstion of The British Whis B auibendested by the Audit Wuress of A So KINGSTON AS TERMINAL, mm It is Interesting to know that the gners of big steamship lines oper- lating in the grain trade in the up- Ber lakes, are thinking about trade } Lake Ontario when the Wel- jand Canal is completed. And they talking in terms as has been hy ested and outlined by the Do- minion Marine Association, that | Kingston is the logical terminal tor discharge of eargoes from Fort Wiliam, Port Arthur and Chicago. ton's harbor is ample and ac- Bssible to the largest lake craft. 'Shippers do not intend sending the 'Peal big steamers into the §t. Law- Fence river. It is a tortuous channel Shrough the Thousand Islands and there are already enough narrow ghainels between the head of the es and Kingston "without ven- luring Into another." The Financial it comments that the clear-sight- opinions of a practical shipping quoted by the Whig a few ago, "express in the main, the imfon of other Americans inter i in the Great Lakes grain and r carrying trade." Mr. Kenneth Wilson in an article the Post on "Canada's Inland aterways" says that with theopen- # of the new Welland Ca al there only two alternatives, either ities must be provided for hipment, at Kingston, or else $t. Lawrency must be deepened sw Lake Ontario so that the 20- freighters may proceed to Mon- , Kingston has a natural har- but it there is to be tranship- t here there must be elevator harbor facilities which would ut least $60,000,000 or $60,- ,000 to construct. Already at go there is a gteel elevator sh has a capacity of 2,000,000 pls and although present ht rates are unfavorable to its the new Welland canal may up this American channel, if a does mol provide her 'own ilities. If Cagidi 18 to reap the afit of her Welland investment must be prepared to develop or Kingston or the St. Lawrence. My. Wilson has stated the real of the matter. The Welland anal will be ready in 1930 and so ' only preliminary work has Seen eo on the enlargement of the St. wrence Canals. The only alterna- for Canada "to reap the bene- of her Welland investment" is to velop Kingston with all speed as ¢ natural trasshipping point. The British Whig is repeating has been often told here but it recalling to stimulate n to fellow up vigorously, 'the government to recognize on as the termindi for deep navigation from the upper : The government is working the proposition, as a recent let- shows, which stated that "very © We have in mind the selec the Welland ship canal." - "is the time for action. that at the end of every forty year re-cutting as a resuit of natural re- Lforesting. And the fire peril should be fought so sciéntifically and with such financial resources as to main- tain unimpaired in perpetuity the people's heritage. . The output of our paper mills al- ready exceeds that of the United States and has a value of 200 mil- lion dollars yearly. Our lumber brings in another 145 million dol- lars, and capital {s pouring in to es- FLablGh IadustFiaN to sweep our lands of their choice stocks of trees. STANDS FOR A SQUARE DEAL. Canadians are glad to hear of the constructive programmc and policy of their new Minister of Emmigra- tion, Robert Forke, who is at once cautious and enterprising, and who has taken hold of his new duties with promising enthusiasm, remarks the Chicago-Canadian which is sn admiter of the minister. He came to Canada forty years ago has nothing to learn about the" draw- backs and advantages of her farm- ing communities. His ambition Is to fill the vacant spaces from coast to coast with the best blood and brains available, European and Am- erican. And he wants to spread the influx of newcomers over the entire Dominion, giving a square deal to the Maritimes as well as to th? Prairie Provinces. { Canada's wealth is sufficient to { double her population, says Minis { ter Forke, and take care of fresh | millions of home-seekers from {Great Britain, Germany, Scandina- {via and other lands, and their com- | ing would bring increased prosper- ity, wipe out unemployment aad es- tablish the perpetual boom that should prevail across the boundary Mr. Forke has the popular con- fidence. One of his recent sayings is characteristic: "The best immigra- tion policy I know of is to make the people who live here happy, com- tented and prosperous." ON THE PATHWAY TO HEALTH. Tremendous strides have been made since 1907, when an active campaign was started against tuber- culosis in the United States. The death rate from the dreaded "white plague" has been cut 55 per cent, and that means an annual saying in the year of 1926 ot 100,000 lives. From an economic viewpoint the savings have been enormous. The loss from tuberculosis, in sickness and death, in 1907 was estimated at $550,000,000, The loss -last year would have been a billion 'dollars if the 1907 rate appli®d during 1925. It is a triumph to medicine. It is more than that; it is a triumph to neighborly influence and example. In the old town hall, the frendly = meeting place, wher- ever friends gathered, the campaign has been carried on. it people are to escape the fatos of Chinese, Mayans, Aztecs and In- cas we must live as neighbors. The fundamentals of health are habits and customs, and the circle in which one move is no more elevated than any of its members, Disease is an {ncident that proves the power of many clean and friendly hands! EMPIRE SETTLEMENT. -- The Saskatoon Star thinks there will be general agreament with the decision of the Anglican Synod of cation of the British Empire set- tlement scheme in the Prairie Prov- inces be advocated. Several thous- and men, women and childzen have already been brought out from Geeat Britain under these auspices, and while ft I too early to say all will achieve success, there seems to be no doubt that the plan is work- ing very well, within its somewhat limited scape. It the British Govern- ment will agree to extension of the scheme on a wider basis there is lj tle doubt that it will bring a splen- did class of settlers to the West, of the best stock and under initial con< ditions that will give them a real opportunity to achieve prosperity. INFANT MORTALITY IN FRANCE. The infant mortality in France cuts the population very materially. The birth rate is not declining as rate is credited to fhe ignorance of workers and peasants. As one in- stance there are 100,000 deaths ev- ery year from diarthoea. Overcrowd- ing in the cities, an entire absence of sanitation in many "pleturesque™ old towns, and insutficient hospital and medical service for the poor are largely responsible for the maladies which cat down in the first few years after birth the child popula- tion of France like a scythe. ' But period the limits would be: ready for | i : : { : i % Rupert's Land, that a wider appli={ {some infer, but the terrible death | EDITORIAL NOTES. The British coal striké has creat: ¢d. a Brasillan transfer crisis. How small the world (a! ' . We are to do our Christmas vot- ing early this year. Twice we visit the booths in December. This is apple week. We have a weakness for McIntosh Reds. A hint is dll that is necessary, The combined deficits of the past three years of the Ferguson govern- ment ts placed by Mr. Sinclair at] $28,000,000. a : ee The St. Catharines Standard be- Heves that the coming election is one occasion where many a man won't vote the same stripe as his grandfather did! : Queen Marie of Rumania Is fifty- one years of age. We know older girls' who say they are thirty-two. But queens' ages are recorded and available for publicity. The federal government is to be urged to encourage gmigration from Sweden to Canada. A good hardy race to put on the farms-of the Dom- inion. Gather them in, S---- A scientist eays that the constl- tuehits of man's body are worth 98 cents. This thought, remarks the Hamilton Spectator, should cheer those who have occasion to "feel like a nickel." Qualified electors who fall to vote at the forthcoming municipal elee- tions in Mexico may be punished by fine or imprisonment. And no doubt the people who do vote will be ex- pected to vote "right." The first woman in the British Empire to obtain the degree of Bat- chelor of Architecture is Miss Norah Dunphy, of Llandudno. This degree was conferred by the Uriversity of Liverpool on this clever woman, and it exempts her from the final exam- ination of the Royal Institute of Bri- tish Architects. nm-- Dr. Joseph Calvin, a missionary in China, home on furlough, the troubles in that old land i duo) the transition from a mouarchy to republic. When a stable government is reached Dr. Calvin foresees Letter days for China, "when the rest of the worid will gaze upon it with pride and envy." : Niagara Falls is called the Gret- na Green of Ontario. It is tradition- ally recognized as the place for a honeymoon, aye the plighting of troths. But does it give lasting plea~ sure? In the most important step f lite isn't it nicer to be with friends and joved ones to share the gladness and the joys that peculiarly belong to that -most hallowed period---one's wedding day. : i In the past few days the papers have been talking of seedless apples grown in Quebec. The story is old. In 1928 such an apple waa found and each regurring year the fact is nar- rated. The one found at Abbotts- ford was apparently a freak, and all efforts to trace the origin of the tree have to date failed. The tree has not borne any more seedless apples since 1922, © n-- Walter Christie, Presque Isle, Me., produced this year 154,000 bar- rels of potatoes on 1,100 acres, much hetter than an average crop. Selling at $4 a barrel against an es- timated production cost of $1.70, he has apparently cleared $354,000. That kind of a human-interest story is likely to go round .the world, 'as {illustrating the ways of a country where you can almost pick up gold fn the street. It takes no account of three bad years for Aroostock Coun- ty previous to 1925. What Ontario People Fear. Toronto Globe: The people of On~ tario are not likely to be much con- cerned with alarmist reports the scientists that the American Continent is gradually sinking into the ocean until the present campaign is over. It is a flood of whiskey, more than a deluge bf water, they AlL of}. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG A Close Second. degrees, thus running a close second to Mr. Fahrenher. ' Has the Conservative Instinct. Ottawa Joursal: A candidate for alderman has to be a long distance pack in the line not to be imtro- duced as "Our next member at To- Eh Al . Son mtn But That Was Yeats Ago. Shelburne Rconomist: The other day we came across a clipping that said: "A Toronto alderman has stated in public that he thinks there should be a law to compel wo- men to wear shorter skirts on the streets." But the clipping was In a 1908 serap book. ' { -- Sir Joseph Flavelle's Views, Loftdon Advertiser: Sir Joseph Flavelle lays an unerring finger on the weakdst spot in Mp. Ferguson's liquor scheme when he points te the provision for the returm of the privite sale of beer in hotels. So in- veterate a Conservative must have felt a pang when he fssued a public denunciation of the government's polity. s Two Sorts of People. Chicago Hergld-Examiner: There are two kinds of people who ara dangerous. One is the kind which, believing nothing in particular, can seé no reason why anybody should change his views, That attitude ex- presses at best only a sort of flabby cynicism. And the other is the kind which, admitting ho possibility that they are wrong, determine at all cost to bring ethers to their own point of view. That is at best only a sort of violent obstinaly. A Fortunate People. St. Thomas Times-Journal: An- other "great constitutional Issue" has cropped up at Ottawa. Hon, Ro- dolphe Lemieux gave a reception, as Speaker of the House of Com- mons, to Queen Marie, and it has since been pointed out that, with the old Parliament dissolved and thé new one not yet convened, there is no Speaker. "Ursurpation of au- 'thority" is alleged. If the people of b Canada have nothing to worry about except such things they are fortun- ate indeed. ¥ { Mr. Nickle as Leader ? | - (Border Citles Star) F. G. H. Williams, in a letter to the Toronto Globe, suggests tha: Hon. W. F. Nickle, late Attorney- General of Ontario, be selected as Leader of the Federal Conservative party. Apparently Mr, Williams is a Conservative himself, for ne says: "1 nominate W. F. Nickle as the best mame to be submitted to the national Consefvative convention whenever it meets. Mr. Nickle would make an ideal Leader. He has prov- ed his worth in both the Commons and the Legislature." Stranger things have "happened Even those who disagree with Mr. Ferguson's former Cabinet col- league, admit his abilities, his cour- age and his resourcefulness. The late member for Hingston has had, as Mr. Williams points out, experi: ence in both Federal and Provincial fields. He proved himself a front. bencher at both Ottawa and To- ronto. He is qualified, in many ways, for the Leadership of his party. If he has any aspirations in this direction, there is, of course, the obstacle that he "Drosw with. his Provincial Leader, and that the break has not been beneficial to the party's interests. This sort of argu: ment goes a long way in strietly partisan circles. It cannot be. ques- tionied, though, that the scope and influence of these circles have been greatly narrowed in recenl years. In all the talk of Conservative Léadership, however, the belief per- sists that Mr. Meighen is really on a holiday, 'and that he will event. ually return to the helm. Some per- sons who should know, say that he is through forever--but forever Is a long time. A Pair of Them. Judge--jit seems strange to me that you could keep on robbing that are afraid of. was pretty busy #teelf.--Life. QlikisyNATURE BY ABTHUR N. PACK President American Nature Ass'n. ~ American plane (ree, the bota- nists tell us it should be called, but sycamore it has long been called and sycamore it will probably remains. 1t is rated as our largest and tallest deciduous tree, but attains perfee- the stream banks aud of our southern states. or dooryards it E : i | ¥ & : : ¥ : Hi Hi g¥83 il g o § i i ¥ : i 8 ii} Ege, i sriid E38 the old bark, which has become more or less darkened by the ele- ments, scales off in broad sheets and reveals the smooth new coat which has been forming. In some places the sycamores are then com- Jar le to the birehes in their pur- Many birds seek the sycamore in nesting time. The older trees are fre- quently hollow, affording shelter for the early-nasting owls. The dead tops often furnish sites for tke nesting holes of various woodpeckers and commanding perches. In. towns and even cities the angular limbs furnish the best of situations for the needs of. robins and kingbirds, and the ore "oriole frequetitly Hings her sile home from the tops of its farspread branches. forest monarch many s bear has cho- sen her winter home, and innumer- able raccoons and opossums have | been trailed to their hiding places v "3 1] 3 ia its bosom. / . Border Cities Star: The president) of Yale university has twenty-five, ronto," or "The future Prime Min- In the hollow trunk of a massivel "Extraordinary Values in Overcoats The exceptional value in our Overcoats is in the superior tailoring, fabric and findings at popular prices. THE ABSOLUTELY NEWEST MODELS. The Oakwood The Elmwood (Blue) (Blue) $25.00 $30.00 The Bilton The Senator $35.00 $37.50 It you are thinking about a mew Blue Overcoat we woul advise you to come in---if only for a look. : Truly Wonderful Values BIBBY"'S Limited A first class farm of one hun dred sores, within one mile of the highway and viiagh; in a good neighborhood; splendid dulldinge. over ninety acres of excellent ofl under cultivation; raised thirty. five hundred bushels of grain on forty-eight acres; tile drainage; small otehard: this farm is double width; well watered; price $7,300, We have many ofher ocholos farms to select from, Also Some Food bargains in city property. Money to loan on Mortgages Reliable Fire lasurasce Oome pa T. J. Lockhart Real Estate and Insurance 81 Brock St, Kingston, Ont. Phones 2780-w and 17974. Walter Cannem Work Jobbing & Specialty. Automobile Radiators repaired and recored. "Phone 1805. TOO LATE! 1 was called on the 'phone a few days ago to make repairs to an elec tric motor, but the call came too late, The bearings were worn out, the | winding burned to a crisp, and the fuses were ok. Your motto should be: "I will have my motors ins at regular per- iods by JAMES BOYD ('Phone 2504) ----- He's Down. "What is absolutely certain is that stupidity, just like intelligence, |bring me a steak like that again ! is hereditary and--"" Waiter--Why not, sir? "That's a nice way to talk about your parénts."'--Le Petit Bleu, Paris. old thing !---London Opinion. Faux Pas. " . No Wonder. charity meeting last night ie "It was I who passed the plate around."--Heywood Advertiser. ed eyes would be more common, One cook may spoil the breth completely as too many. International Paper Company | 6% Convertible Debentures, Due 1941 Price: 98 and interest, to yield 6.209, [Frm] HANSON BROS. 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