vores ARE VAL UABLE. RA cm-------- Gr Some ¢itizens excuse themselves | from voting at civic elections be- | cause they do not know anything about any or all the issues. They assert they cannot conscientiously cast a ballot. It is | a good citizen's business to inform | himself or herself about both, says the Brandon, Man., Sun. Intelligent pal candidates enforces better work by a eity council. feeling of the people unless the peo- | ple express it at the polls. An old | now it has to bé "make the people | | rule." . ! In a civic or any other election some one must be elected. There anciher even in some small way. It is better for every voter to express eee {JT Bey cannot always be right. SUPSCRIPTION RATES: (Dally Jour, by > . Shien, year, to United Staten ,... "aes 81, James Siree I et POWYS, Ine. Madison Avenae, Ad0celagthham-Powern, ine, La Salle § ilahod to the Editor sre pub hd over the Sciusl name of » | tions. Lr Sa SA NS NAAN NN NS THE FALLACY OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL, Did anyone ever. hear of any gov- | ernment really controlling the liquor | 4raffic? Can any person or any body Experience is the 'greatest teacher of all, and ex- i "of persons control it? i perience long ago taught those who ( thought the liquor traffic could be " gontrolled that they were wrong. iy ~ In the old days the a. the liguor. - Proposes to license the man "buys the liquor. He is bringing the | " lqvor traffic back into the life of | | this Province M a new disguise, but _ don't let us lose sight of the fact that he is bringing it back, once it gets back, no matter-in what form, it will never rest contentedly until it has spread its poisonous ten- tacles all over this fair province, liquor was licensed was the government § Lo. ? Abso- law was broken sold hours either in the publie bar un @ back room. Liquor was sold | minors although it was against Jaw. Liquor was sold to men Ea were already drunk although ~ that was against the law. {As a mats ter of fact, although there were ex- ©options to the general rule, the 1i- gor traffic was uncontrollable un- It will When the man who sold The fmpunity, Liquor was der the old license system. Be uncontrollable under the ayastem. ! Government control has been tried in various forms in other provinces. here has it been a success. From the standpoint of temperance 'sobriety the Ontario Temperance Act been the beat legislation that has been enacted in this province. ené claims that it is perfect, but t has drought joy to thousands of and carefully amended by a government could be | Let us be lured into voting away the nce of the Ontario Temper- Act for the shadow of Govern- mpathetic much more effective. T IS MR. FERGUSON REAL. LY TRYING TO DO? Jt is a bit hard to determine just Mr. Ferguson really is trying do. At a meeting in the interests Ald. Kidd, the official Conserva- , ¢andidate, an out and out sup- of Ferguson, Dr. A. E Ross, , sald, according to the report his speech in a local paper: on is not trying to throw -------------- i ---- et The gireuiation of The British Whis anthen dented by the Angit Bureas of A Provincial _ government licensed the man who Mr. Ferguson now an opinion and every expression of 'opinion counts, ' No one man among civic leaders can ever know it all The men who are always right are most y prolific in mental hospitals. It Is 50 2d the duty of the people, comments the to show the candidates that they are wrong when they are wrong. One vote is added to every expression of opinion until a major- ity is made. There can be bo gov- ernment by default to benefit our condition. The only thing candidates are afraid of is voters. The only way to get good candidates is for good viters to keep on voting for the best in sight. The real boss of the town is the ordinary voter, with his ordin- lary vote. If he wants a clean and {orderly community in which to live iand rear his children, he can get it {by voting for it. If he wants his !sons and daughters to enjoy the 'graces of living in a prosperous { home city he can help that desire by voting intelligently. If he wishes that his children shall find business openings, professional opportunities and home employment with oppor- tunities ahead he can vote for wide- awake, progressive and common- sensed civic candidates. If a voter falls to vote, or votes from prejudice or emotion instead of i by reason, he is not supporting order and decency and unity in his home town. If a citizen doesn't vote at all og votes unintelligently he has to take the sort of government he gets. Far-siglited, up-grade cand! dates, mayors and councils push a city ahead, increasé home business, make more industrial opportunities, increase employment, widen open- ings for better business and keep ambitions youngsters in their home city. paper, WHERE ONTARIO FALLS DOWN. --- Discussing what it terms the hardy perennial question of why Ontario has lost the Prairie market, the Nor'West Farmer makes some frank - eriticlsm that will bear re- peating in this Province. It says: "The Ontario apple sent to this country 18 inferior to the British Columbia apple in appearance and frequently in quality and is market- ed in containers that are unsuitable for the Western trade generally speaking," says his paper. "One has only to compare the uniform, clean, graded and boxed apples of the Coast with the uneven, often green. look- ing, frequently wormy product from Ontario, delivered in barrels that are generally faced with apples of a bet- ter quality than the run of the bar- rel to know why the Western con- sumer 'favors the British Columbia apple. "Until Ontario producers get away from the out-of-date idea that the top layer of apples in a barre! | will blind the buyer to the fact that the remainder of the contents of the barrel are scrawny and ill-sorted and pack their fruit honestly, grade care- fully and market in containers bet- ter suited to Western requirements this problem of why Ontario has lost the Prairie fruit market will remain a hardy perennial. The simple truth ie that British Columbia apple grow- ers are giving Prairie consumers the quality of fruit they want, in the form they want it and under the brand name or grade designation that can be relied upon, Ontario ap- ple growers are not." ~ temperance. He Is simply; o * the Ontario Tem perance , for as it iz it is unworkable." the same evening, speaking at , Mr. Ferguson {Howard i prey Mie Lét me repeat what I have sald how is Premier Ferguson go- amend something which he i be will not kaap ou. the sta- hhh _+ EDITORIAL NOTES. The Brantford Expositor insists that It 1s bothering a whole lot of Ji 48 1 who Will bs Tir an Des: ember first, The kindly word, the ready smile, and the willingness to oblige, are as- gots in business as well as in social life. They never come amiss. The Kitchener Record thinks the 'electors will soon be calling the On- tario premier's twistsland jumps on Bis election policy, the Ferguson Charleston. ~ {estimated for in a few years they bave grown from $400,000 to $24. 473,000, Canada has knowledge of A mayor and. a { board of dldermen cannot gauge the { must be one candidate better than | Canada's exports to China can be | fine thick, But some people are able 10 elon 40 arguReni. comments | the Brantford Expositor, so fine that | Montreal "Gazette. The or ut |} | it has neither breadth nor depth bug | j only length. of the candidates or | A returned missionary from Ching reports that he did not see a white woman for sixteen years. He can un- derstand the fSelings of the black. | brethren in Africa, millions of whom interest in civic issues and munici- (never see one at all, is a Toronto | of personalities, gifyed, original, and Mail and Empire belter. Emma McMahon, Kansas City, | born in 1821, is a véry modern wo- | man. In her 105th year she is self- slogan was "let the people rule" | supporting, as she appears to have been for almost a century, "All wo- { men should earn their own living" she says. S---- Nickle is of opinion that Mr. Fergpson has jeopardized the future of the Conservative party fn Ontario by making liquor a Gov- ernment issue rather than by intro- ducing legislation as the result of a plebiscite vote. "Ignorance of the law excuses no man. In view of that all-controlling maxim," says the Brooklyn Eagle, "Elihu Root's assertion that the state legislatures have enacted 60,- 000 laws in the past five years sounds slightly discouraging." Hon. W, F. Hanging for car stealing is the solution of the problem of how Dest to cure the car stealer offered by R.- L. Calder, K.C., in an address be- fore the Crime Commission of the State of New York. "Car theft is the basis of organized crime," said Mr. Calder. "In other days horse thieves were hanged." The Port of St. John has benefited from increased shipping, recording the best season in years. The Cape following the settlement of the coal strike; while a bumper pofato crop, in the face of a world reduction in output, is bringing substantial pro- fits to the farmer. All over the world the devastating effect of alcoho] on the human sys- tem and the economic waste it en tails are being recognized, and en- lightened convictions are demanding legislation for its suppression. The elections of Kingston have a chance to make legislation effective by re. turning Hon. W. F. Nickle to the le- gislature. When a man acts on principle he is entitled to the respect and esteem even of his ememlies, if they them- selves are men of principle, suggests the Oshawa Reformer. Fortunately, Mr. Nickle does not need to depend on the ravings of fanatics for his re- putation. For many years he has served his fellow-citizens well and one may hope that he will still do #6 in a public way, the paper re marks. - ' Mr. F. W. VanLuven, Hamilton, writes that very many people who are not particularly concerned about politics "would like to see Mr. Nickle head of the Government. He is known to be a man of strong com- victions, ability and determination. It associated with men of like cali- bre we would have a Government to be proud of. Measures like the O.T. A. would bd respected and enforced, hut, if a Government is pasympathe- tic, enforcement is difficult." At the Northwestern University Evanston, Ill, they are teaching his- tory by movie films. A writer ques tions their usefulness. Doubtless stu- dents who lack the "image-making tagulty" will learn more history from pictures than they would with- out pictures. But how about deve- lopment of the mind? How about ex- ercising the imagination? Is it men- tal pictures, of mental power, that a higher education is supposed to give? Three million flower bulbs were imported into British Columbia, trom Holland and the Orient. "Here, on the British Columbia coast, we have diked lands, as Holland has," says the Vancouver Province. "If our consuming public will but give our bulb farmers thé encouragement they give the Dutch farmers, it may be possible, before many years, 10 see, in 'British Columbia, fields of hyacinths and tulips and daffodils that will rival the bulb fields of Haarlem." The intense and pleturesque res cord of the Jewish race in maintain. ing its distinctiveness and solidarity Breton miners are working steadily, | {is vivid and Salorfol Feros tho that of (JF j any other nation known; { men, poets, artists, musicians, states- | | men, philosophers, scientists and | | theologians the Hebrew race has gi- | 'ven to humanity should ettectually | | [ stop the mouth of the cynic or the | slanderer, Dr, Max Reich affirms {that no nation in proportion to its | numbers has had a greater galaxy | leaving their impréss upon the ima- | gination of mankind. ---- ee News and Views. Taking Awful Chances. Loudon Opinion: The latest hair- C -- Flooring DENTIST ' Rvenings by. appointment --- lent stock of §'* Oak, Maple and Bin - oose from, Insist on Seaman Kent Flooring. ALLAN LUMBER CO. "Phone 1042. PAPER HANGING, PAINT- ING AND GRAINING YOUNG, "198 COLMORNE STREET iz "Phone 987 See ua for all kinds of Carpentry | wes, Estimates given on new Soery Have your hardwood floors cleans with our sew fldor cleaning ma dressing fad is to hide one ear and leave the other exposed. We doubt it the style will be popular owing | to the risk of a girl not hearing al proposal made on her deaf side. Still a Task Ahead. Guelph Mercury: Every country is still talking about reconstruction, 'though it is eight years since the war | ended. It will take many more years | before the effects of that last war are obliterated from human remgm- brance in any country. Legs Still Useful. Portland Oregonian: Viscount Grey is right about the need for preserving human legs. We may not walk as much as we used to but they are a great convenience in get-| ting in and out of cars. The para-| dox is that we must walk a bit in| order to make use of appliances made to obviate walking. Cavse of Confusion. Ottawa Citizen: Premier Fergu-| son is obtaining the reputation of &| man who does not know his own | mind. His advances, his retreats. | his explanations, his protests against | eged misrepresentation of his views give an impression of insta-| bility that injures his reputation for statesmanship. It is fair to ask] whether the fault lies in the man or | in the nature of the task he has un- dertgken. How to Compose the Difficulty. Watertown, N.Y. 'Standard: The arbitrary control of working hours, regardless of anything but the ques-| tion of time, meets with understand- able opposition, 'when it is seen to interfere with one's right to make use of his full earning power. To compose the difficulty there must | be an acommodation which will in- sure a maximum use of the power | to earn and prevent any abuse of the duty to protect health and strength trom overwork. - Quebec Viewpoint Le Droit 4s inglined to commend the activities of the United Farm- CLEARING OUT Smash Go the China Prices! GET THAT DINNER SET NOW! BUY TWO CHRISTMAS GIFTS AT PRICE OF ONE 500 White Cups and Saucers-- ". 4 dozen for 59 cents 1,000 Clover Leaf Cups and Saucers-- 4 dozen for 79 cents Real Sale Price on Everything in the Store. It All Has To Go. Come in the mornings. Better service then. 65 BROCK STREET THE ROBERTSON CHINA SHOP ns. "We must wait several years be- fore we can pass definite judgment so the work of the United Farmers' party of Albenta, am organization oreated by Mr. Wood. Up to the present time, however, the adminis- tration of that province owes a great! deal to the ability of Messrs. Green- field and Brownlee. In the Federal domain the United Farmers have been somewhat radical in wome of their demands and in the legislative meafures they have recommended. This is generally the way with all young and active organizations of a reactionary character. The pase- ing of time will correct these exagg- erations and give the party greater force and effect." Attention is directed by Le Devoir to the old problem of the respective rights of pedestrians and of motor car drivers. "The respective rights of pedes- trians and automobilists are again under discussion. In the same of the Public Safety League' 2OMEONs | has written to the newspapers re | minding pedestrians that they are Hable to arrest if they cross a street | glsewhers than et an intersection or | other point sanctioned by the chief | of police; that they must cross a street at right angie and not di- sponally; and that when allghting | from a tram car thoy must pass to} the mnearest sidewalk before at-| (tempting 10 cross a street. All this! ts very excellent; and if pedemrians; respect the law mo doubt there wild | be fewer accidents. One other tact | is contain. It is that seventy-five! per cent. of automobile drivers have no more regard for a pedestrian who Grosses the street at an intersection | and at right angles than they bave. for a jay-walker. They continue to] advance thinking to the last second | that right of way will be conceded to them when that night property | belongs to thé pedestrian." i Jose! Hofmann, pianist, formerly of Poland, has atoms U.8. cltizen. Bug Whose Bite Carries Poison. BY AUSTIN H. CLARK. Smithsonian Institution. Back in 1899 many peopls were bittest on the face and especially about the Hips by 3 rather large "kissing- tracted much attention since is &till with us. and and painful bite. win REAR The "kissing-bug" has not at | Some 'are very sociable, and that| known as "big few people suffer from! bugs more or jess like this that you | "kissing-bug is quite iaofl-| other kinds of hugs of the same gen. not bother yo ifjeral type which are very common akme, for if handled #t is quick to bite. It is a clumsy flier. and if in its bungling headlong flight it happens to strike your face it often bites al onos. There sre in tropical America quite & number of ferocious buge more or less like the "kissing-bug" are Don't think that all the lacge a8 are kissing-bugs. There are many | it. But det it]and quite armies. Cosy Home Triple Effect Heater It combines the flexibility and efficienc, heater with the forced heat circulation Pipeless Furnace. 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'Fhone 12330w Call snd deliver, Walter Cannem "Finsmith, Roofing and Furnace Work Jobbing a Specialty. Automobile Radiators repaired and recored. 69 BAGOT ST, 'Phone 1800. Jobbing Work a Specialty Brick, Stone, Plastering and Tile Setting Doe Nelo 400 ALBERT STREET "Phones 2007F---028W REAL ESTATE For Sale or Rent--116 Barrie St. For Rent---Avonmeore Apartments. For Sale--Dwellings, $1,000 and up. Lots, all in best locations. Oak Park Farm, 133 acres, well equipped, 3% miles west of King. sion. Lake fromt. Insurance in all its branches. KINGSTON AGENCIES, LTD. Tel. 708, 67 Clarence Street. J. 0. HUTTON, Mgr. rt lA NN A NI New Goods | New Table Raisins New Brazil Nuts New Shelled Pecans New Sweet Cider Jas. REDDEN & CO. PHONES 20 and 900, COAL We fre mow taking orders for Seranton and Virginia Anthracite Steve, Nut and Fea Coal Also Bisek Gem and Pocahontas Semi. Hard, Our Con ip all weighed on the city seales. 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'Phones 9% or 283% H -- a eR ad A frstocians farm of one hubs dred acres, withip one mile of the highway and viiags: In & good pod > endid bulidings,; 1 excel Lent so 4 raised thirty. tile drainage; this farm is double well watered; price $7,500 We have many uiher choice farms Lo sejed froar, aise suns good. bargaitd in clin property. Money to oun ou JOSrigliges. Meitnbie Five Luswrance Com {i pRBLEn . i) T. J. § p Heal Estate and Insurance 81 Brock St, Kingston, Unt, Phoacs 2780-w andl 1797.4. creme pe ma