83RD YEAR Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING 0. LIMITED. J. G. Elliott .... President Leman A. Guild ging Director . and Sec.-Treas, Telephones: Business Office .. Caran Editorial Rooms Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Datly Edition) One year, delivered in city One year, if pald in advance One year, by mail to rural offices One year, to United-States (Semi-Weekly Ed! One year, by mall, cash . . $1.00 One year, if not paid in advance $1.50 One year, to United States . $1.50 Six and three months pro rata. Attached is one of the printing offices in Canada ..$6.00 5.00 "$2.50 .$2.50 job best The circulation of THE DRITISH WHIG is authenticuivd by the Audit Bureau of Circulations i SE -------- STII COUNCIL'S PATRIOTIC ACTION. Kingston's City Council, when the war broke out, was eager to encour- age the public officials to serve their king and country. It passed certain resolutions, and they One promised the salary for everyone who enlisted for military service and went overseas. Anotlier promised to re- imburse, out of public funds, anyone doing home duty of a military cha- racter who failed to receive in salary or stipend the amount received when performing his civic duties, So far there has been no cancella- tion of these resolutions. One case has come into the limelight, and without much evidence that it has been duly considered. Capt. Peters was forced to attend to his military duties as an officer of the Fourteenth P.W.Ol Rifles. He is not due to go overseas. Thus the first resolution does not apply to him. He is not suffering financially because of the fact that he cannot leave his post of duty at the present time. His civie position will not, however, be kept for him, and he ea. pol oceupy or vacate it at once. There is, apparently, only one thing for him te do, namely, remain in the military service until the end of the war. There may not be any- thing for the Utilities Commission to do but fill his office with a compet- ent man. In accepting the resigna- tion of Capt. Peters it will be for the commission and the council to recon- sider the patriotic resolutions which have not been repealed, and which place both the commission and the remain. he "council in an embarrassing position. The resolutions may not now ex- press the sentiments of the aldermen, and they may not reflect the mind of the commission, but they have not been amended or annulled, and until they are the public officials whom they affect should be free from any unpleasant criticism, Hon. Mr. Patenaude lauds the sol- diefs of Canada who have been doing 8 splendid work in France, How mgny of them has he encouraged to ke up arms In defence of their Mother Country? WHAT A MANAGER DOES. Toronto is realizing the advantage of having a man who is an authority on finance, and who, as the head of the finance department, is capable of advising it correctly. Thomas Brad- shaw, who left a financial firm to ge- cept service for the city at the high- est salary it has paid to any official, has set out in very plain terms the position of the city. He has shown that it is running heavily into debt, that it has contracts in hand for mil- lions of dollars, and that it must cur- tail and retrench if it would not im- peril its future, - Mr. Bradshaw stands in the rela- tion to the council of a manager, and of such unquestionable rank that what he says must be respected, Men positions in the com- munity, like Sir Edmund Walker, ac- cept. the record §8 satisfactory. They say that it is the first {ime in the history of Toronto that anyone has got at the real situation and present- od it in @ wa y to impress the people. The Mayor and Aldermen have re- flected the statement, and ad- mit that My. Bradshaw's advice with regard to 'it must be taken. Every city would be the better of a city manager. This repre- sents the latest and model' of civic government. A manager is what he represents himself to be. He is an expeft in municipal affai's>a man of commanding ability, of experience, of of energy and power, or a success. Then the council has some- | one to guide it, to get at the bottom of every difficulty, and to deal with it in a practical way. A manager who performs his duty unflinchingly prove its salvation. There is a 10t of sloppy work done in every muni- cipality, because there is no one wit! authority to prevent it. The London Mail is opposed to Sir Sam's command of the Canadiaps in France. It says he is "keeping the Dominion in the limelight," and that is about all he is doing. It's an ex- pensive luxury, COROOKEDNESS IN ENGLAND. The evils of contract broaking are not in England made the subject of commission enquiries. A charge, when necessary, is laid against an al- leged offender, and he is prosecuted in one of the courts. The London Chronicle gives the report of a typical case. A firm was supplying tooth brushes for the army, and found great difficulty in making delivery siisfactors, Case after case of goods was rejected and changed, and later accepted, with very great loss to the sellers. In looking after a new ten- der the firm was given to understand that the "obstruction" could be re- moved. An agreement was made under which 3 per cent. of the value of the goods was paid to. the inspect- ing officials. In a year one of them received £1,400, and so far as he was concerned everything was passed. The contributors did not object to the bribes, as, exclusive of them, they made a profit of 40_per.cent. The tax paid for crooked work was high, but it was justified on the ground that there were many beneficiaries, and some of them were high in office. The exactions of the inspectors were, how- ever, unsually heavy. The Judge: "What did you mean by unusually heavy?. It suggests you were used to these transactions." Witness admitted tiat it bore that construction. The Judge (sharply): true, isn't?" Witness: "No," "What was your profit contracts?" "About 40 per cent, gross profit." "Here was a man in receipt of £200 a year, and in about eight months you were paying him in solid coin £1,400. 1 looked upon him as an Agent of many.' "Were you then trying to corrupt the whole department?" "l was trying to get through." "And incidentally to get your 40 per cent. profit?" continued the ~judge. "You appreciate that it is more luck than anything else that you are where you are instead of be- ing over there?" (pointing to the dock). The judge asked the witness if he was still on the War Office list. Witness: *'Yes." "What! Do you mean to tell me you are still supplying goods to the Government?" "Yes." If crookedness in Canada were in- vestigated in the criminal courts, in place of by special,commissions, there would be less of it. "And it is on these the goods The knocker has disappeared from Brockville. The Ad Club has taken him to the outskirts of the town, has pointed to the signposts on the con- cession road corners, and told him to "get." And there hasn't been any delay*in his going. The Kingston knocker had better take notice, AN EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS, The assessor has finished his work for 1916. His report will, when re- vised later by the Court of Revision, become the basis for the tax rates of 1917. There are some who think that the assessment and the col- lection of taxes should be made in the same year, or within it, but that would be quite impossible. The a sessment could be made in a shorter time, perhaps, but not by one man, and Kingston has experimented with three men; with two men, and with one, who is the present permanent officer, and one of the most conscien- tious that the city has ever had. The population is reported to be 22,546. This is as correct as any computation can be under the sys- tem which is pursued. The assessor carefully tabulates the number of persons in each houso, or home, of hotel, including the number of ser- vants or employees. He also makes a record of the boarders. There is no doubta shiifing of the population, and to a considerable extent, from one ward to another, from the city and into it, during the months in which the assessment. is being made. But experience has demonstrated in connection with the Dominion cen- sus that there is very little variation between the enumeration that is 'made within a few days, and the enumeration that is made within a few months. There is an assessor's increase of 1,221 persons during the year, and there is no reference to the -mil men who are coming and going, ds the recruiting proceeds, or to the women and children who come here im order to be near the soldiers and to get upon the Patriotic Fund, The assessable property is valued at $13.340,8%9, This repre- sents an increase of $678,060. be all this: and 41): they ~ place~he prebumes to occupy with is a God-send {gr any city and must, mand for rentable houses, in the gil provement of grade, in the success ot| men professionally and commercially, shows a substantial progress, and the council and the people are to be .con- gratulated. The war promised to make a serious difference in some Hoes of business, and it has done this. There is.a shrinkage in values and profits, but there are other lines which have been helped materially, and there is a prosperity without a parallel. On the whole there is, in the civic returns, evidence of an ad- vancement which it is very comfort- ing 'to note EDITORIAL NOTES. Laurier is to Bourassa what the Englishman is to the Hun. Oh how | Henri hates the venerable Liberal leader. \ Bourassa's abuse of Laurier should be sufficient to stamp as ridi- culous the slogan of the Toronto News, "A vote for Laurier is a vote for Bourassa." a Why does our Federal Government not imitate the government in Aus- tralia-afid submit a referendum as to whether the people want conscriptiqn or registration? New Zealand has a law which en- ables its government to put into ser- vice those who will not voluntary en- list, and when the voluntary system fails. That would be all right in Can- ada, Canada need not worry about the Empire's desires, later, to impose militapy duties overseas upon her dertaken voluntarily. There will never be coercion with regard to her sacrifice. There are lonely homes in Kings- ton, and homes that have been sadly | bereaved of late. The war is bring- ing its depressing memories to\many of our friends. 'The meaning of the supreme sacrifice is becoming re and more significant with each A ing day, It is estimated that $70,000 a week are being saved in Toronto through the curtailed social privil- eges of .the people, ané that this money is going into the stores, and for better things than liquors. Will the merchants and their patrons vote for the return of the license system? Not much, An increase in.\ population, not- withstanding that many of our young men have gone to the war, and that no calculation has been made of the military and their dependents now here, is something to talk about. , An increase in the assessment represents a gratifying growth materially not- withstanding the war, Humility is 'one of the ingredients a self-made man occasionally lorgets Canada is doing all that she has un-| | specting military camps. = = i POBLIG OP) INION | A High Roller. ! (Hamilton Spectator) { The late Pierp. Morgan bought | cigars worth $1.25 each--a pronounc- ed case of sending money up in smoke. No One Knows. {Montreal News). * > Apart from being absent from Canada, it is hard to figefe out what dood Sir Sam Hughes is doing in England. a R Was Cruel. ndon Advertiser) Cruel Yo "stop the importation of false teeth into Germany, when the Huns have bitten off more than they can chew, Thanks To Britain' s Navy. (Boston Globe) Trans-Atlantic liners are sailing from New York with their passenger lists as full as in peace times. Evi- dently the sea is safer. Joke of the War. (Ottawa Journal) The joke of the war, if there could be any jest about such a thing, would be a protest, against the war impropriety of the British " tanks' by the perpetrators of poison gas and poisoned wells, Zeppelin raids and murderers of Belgian civilians. Liberal Government's (Hamilton Times) The Montreal Herald points out that the Quebec Government was am- ong the first to subscribe half a mil- lion dollars to the new Government war loan. No other province with the exception of Manitoba has sub- scribed to the loan. Both have Lib- eral Governments Act. . Getting It His Work. {Ottawa Free Press Hon. F. B. McCurdy, Parliamen- tary secretary to the Militia Depart- ment, is rushing around the country inspecting the military camps. There is good reason for his hurry. Gen- eral Sam is on his way home and when he gets back there won't be anybody else but General Sam in- IKINGSTON EVENTS 256 YEARS AGO i The roller rink; has opened, and it is very populawsport with the people. Mayor; Drennan says that he can detoat-aRids.. Miskleston, Swift, Mc- 'ammon and Melnivee: <n the mayor- alty contest for 1892 Many people were wale ill ifi the ¢ity by eating cauliflowers. It was found that. paris green had been sprinkled upon the vegetables, They had a close call from death. A PRETTY SAFE BET, ¢ Havana Paper Ready to Wager $10,000 on Allies, New York, Oct. 3.--La Lucha, of Havana, a leading newspaper - of Cuba, announces through its corres- pondent here that it is willing to wager $10,000 that the Allies will win the war. «© La Lucha will accept a wager from any part of the world, its offer to mix with his material. rm ---- remaining open until October 7th. mm THE STOCK DIVIDEND The stock dividend is something which occurs when there is no other place to put the money. The object of the stock dividend is to private genteel board aud auto- mobiles with red wheels for citizens who got in on the ground floor. By the simple process of taking a little foresight and wrapping it around a $100 bill, thousands of people have been enabled to retire from business and live off of semi-annual stock dividends which have escaped the sinking fund. This is why we see so many people who couldn't keep books in a shooting gallery living in the lap of luxury and wearing threadssilk anion suits. The automobile industry produces a ty. swollen form of stock divi- dend, but it is not distributed among the common people to any alarming extent. When Henry Ford started out in business the neighbors would not call on his wife or take any of his stock, as he was considered about 99 per cent. non compos mentis. This forced Henry to take most of it himself, with the result that his yearly dividends make the output of the South African diamond fields look like the earnings of an ize.cream so- cial. This teaches us that there dre times when it pays a man to go plumb crazy, While fortunes are being made in stock dividends, it does not pay to mortgage everything in sight unless Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax ,of Cabbages and Kings." ary the dividend can be seen approach- ing with the naked eye. It is a great disappointment to sink the earnings of a lifetime and the surplus capital of soft-hearted relatives in a new HANK FORD WANIED ME To | -- Bly SOMESTRCK IN HIS HOSS or We Sell the Celebrated JUST WRIGHT SHOES For Men $5.00 and $5.50 While present stock lasts we intend to sell at the old prices. ~ See Our Great $4. 00 Shoes Good dressy styles. The best $4.00 shoe values in Canada. See Bibbys Avebury Overcoats $15, $18,'and $20. The Real Thing. Limited i / We Sell the Great Borsalino Hat Price $4.00 Also the King Hat at $2.50. Warren's | Kingston, Ont. } We sell great quan- tieies of Men's Underwear 50c to $3.00 per garment. See our Union * Suits of underwear $1.50 per suit. See Bibbys Pinch Back Suits $15, $18 and $20 Pin checks, plain blues and grey plaids. Pure Wool Sweater Coats Ant Bibhys % Limited 2 | = ae Bul | TURNED IT DOWN SOLD eee | 5¢ DID_1- HARKS - ALToGETHER Too VISIONARY : LESS CARRIAGE BUT pare ) The neighbors would not take any of his stock kind of stock which fails to survive the teething period. The glittering stock certificate is nice to look at, but it does not always put coal in the cellar and flour in the bin. out in song twice a year is a price- less boon, but it is a poor substitute for good health and a free-acting stomach. Tipping Rhymes the clover may Li FACING WINTER. Prepare for winter, gentle reader; put by the hoe and rake and seeder; the tool with which you mow rust a while, it's season's over. In _ storage put your trusty swatter, until the days again grow hotter. The goosebo on ne seers as one are saying hat winter won't be long delaying, and they insist when it's a Sunes, | 'twill be an old time ring-tail hum- mer. The Sighs ol} indicate a season prolonged and cold beyond all "reason. The ; the roOAlAnd busts are working quicker to provend em till comes dodgast them. Springtime moss upon the trees is The southward birds are flying RS "The stock divident which breaks|_ Water-glass will keep eggs fresh and in One large tin sufficient McLeod's Drug Store utumn Footwear \ TTT Emer This is the season when you must have your feet well shod, your shoes must be serviceable and still be stylish and up-to- date. We are prepared to sell you footwear that is the last word in style and we know the quality is the best money will buy. J. H.Sutherland &Bro. The Home of Good Shoes Sa ey o Ea a---- ia THOMES COPLEY A IN kr Pa ; h--No. 1 wif 3. 3 95 per Ne of bast Preserver 5 Ib. CLOVER HONEY Sections . . ... each Glasses, each ... ... ... Quart 10 Ib. Tins, each ... -., JAS. REDDEN & Co. Telephone 987 Drop a card to 19 Pine street when yanthg anything done in the carpen- tery line. Estimates given on of repairs and | wood ticors of all kinds. All orders wil | | receive Queen str all kin new work: also har prompt attention. Shop, 60] eet. NEW In the Comb: 20¢ Strained: . Sealers, each ... Tins, ech . ..."... «+s. 708 ... $1.30 Phones 20 - 990 the best of condition for one year. for 12 doz. eggs. Price 15¢. no 180 acres of good plow land Kingston, about 8 miles from 45 acres; 5 miles from city, | "McLaughlin Garage Farmers and Automeblie OW. ern, attention please! 'eo. hin. die the best grades of lubrichting olls "Veedol" and "Polarine," also Model T Ford oll. All kinds of automobile nccessorien kept in stock. Repniring promptly at tended to. Storage by the day, week or month. Robt. J. Fursey, hones Ls ® 1 000- 831. 85-37 Montreal St, near Princess BUILDERS ! Have You Tried GYPSUM WALL ' PLASTER It Saves Time P. WALSH Barrack St. 10HN M. PATRICK Sewing Machines, brellas, Suit Cases, Tru repaired and re-fl Saws filled, Knives and Scissors Sharpened, Razors honed. Al makes of fire arms repaired promptly. Locks repaired; Keys fitted, All makes of Lawn Mowers sharpened and repaired. 149 Sydenham Street Weight? Yes! Wait? No! are in vain -- unless they per- suade you to try a ton or so of our Excellent COAL This coal has many old friends and is making mew ones daily. nt freshly mined, and best procurable. CRAWFORD