THEN Ee an a a. Bl 7 8SRD YEAR Published Daily 'sind Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING J. G. Elliott ..,. President Leman A. Guild ... Managing Director v . and Sec.-Treas. : Telephones: Business Office .... Editorial Rooms Job Office oe . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Dally Edition) One year, delivered in city ... One year, if paid in advance .. One year, by mall to rural offic One year, to United States (Semi-Weekly Edition) mail, cash year, i not paid in advance One year, to United States _:.. x and three months pro rata. Attached 4s one of the best job printing offices in Canada. $ $1.50 $1.50 The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authentitaind by the Audit Bureau of Circulations SENDING HOME THE CHARGE, pnever been under 'the consideration Mr, Maclean, of the Toronto World, has found an alley in an unexpected . quarter. He quotes Lord Robert Jecil as saying that the Deutschland carried" from Newport News to Ger- many, on her return trip, a cargo of nickel, It was "mined in allied terri- tory" (Canada), "and found its way into the hands of those who we know will use it to help our enemies." Lord Cecil is a conservative, and one who would not knowingly do the On-Lstbry as gospel truth. tario government 'an injury. His statement will startle the Hearst gov- ernment once more and hasten it in carrying out the plans of which an- nouncement was made some time ago. If the province is to have a nickel refinery it is time definite plans were made known with regard to it: Three Nationalists are still mem- of the Borden government, and Jl hold their seats until the elec- tions. They are not recruiting. Why? Mr. Bourassa will not Jet . them. WHAT JUSTICE DEMANDS. "~The Canadians deserve well of their countrymen, One had better believe this. The returning heroes do not want to be a burden upon the coun- try, but they do want, and they must receive, a preference over those who have not suffered in any way on be- half of Canada or the empire. There are many eligible young men who can join the army and have not tried to enlist. These are enjoying themselves. They do not, by any act or 'word, appear to worry over. the war or the part their fellows are tak- ing in it, As a matter of fact, judg- ing by their demeanor, they are not concerned to the slightest extent about the great conflict. By and by there will be a competi- tion between them and the survivors of the war, and the government and people can have no hesitatian with regard to the result. In every in- _...Atanve, when it hetgmes a question of precedence between a returned sol- dier and one who has not had his baptism of fire, the decision must be in favor of the saldier. Common 'Justice demands that this shall be the choice. A ---------- The Ottawa Journal approves of a Joint appeal of the conservative dnd liberal parties to the people on the question of recruits. Hon "Bob" Rogers will have nove of this, and he is the boss at Ottawa. HIGH SCHOOL FEES. There is an agitation, originating in the country, and to the effect that - 'the Board of Education putinto force _ the provision of the School Act, which enables them to open the In- » to the country pupils on cer- a gounty pupil +34 per annum, pay. NO THOUGHT OF AN ELECTION. According to Hon, Mr, Rogers the| federal government has been so busy during the last {wo years with the conduct of the war, as to have had no time for "the comsideration of! politics. . Mr. Rogers' performahces do not tally with his professions. At] the close of the first session of par-| liament he journeyed, to Montreal, there to set off hid political fire- works. The war, in his opinion, favored the conservative party. The government appealed to the soldier] vote, Despite the unpropitious cir-| cumstances that appeared to be the| time to go to the people.. Yet Hon. | Mr. Rogers declares that he was so| absorbed in' the details of the war that he had no.time to think of any- thing else. > A little later, when the Roblin gov- ernment collapsed, when the inqui- ties of that corrupt combination threatened to swamp the party in Manjtoba, Mr. Rogers hastened to Winnipeg. His movements were shrouded in mystery. It transpired, however, that he was the man that provided the fallen ministers with the ablest counsel, and endeavored to throw out a sereen of fire behind which his friends might, for the time being, find protection. The investi- gation into 'the Ag¥icultural College contracts,' by Commissioner Galt, has served: to show why Mr. Rogers was 80 active in Winnipeg on certain oc- ¢asions, and he would have us all be; lieve that he was so engrossed Tn the conduct of the war that nothing else could cross his vision. A Finally the minister of public works infoymed the unsophisticated, (for no others would accept the statements), that the question of an election has of the government. Never! Then why print the tons and tons of cam- paign literature which is stored up in Ottawa? Why print and issue the soldier ballots and store them in Eng- land for emergent use? Why revise the patronage list and command that only the faithful be fed upon the war contracts? Mr, Rogers must be talk- ing in a sarcastic vein. He surely does not expect any one to receive his The Canadian- Manufacturers' As- sociation protests again the govern- ment's preference . for American architects and contractors in connec- tion with public works. The Lind- say armouries is cdusing a heap of trouble. . 3 HIGH COST OF LIVING. The Federal Government has been asked to appoint a commission, and give it power to speedily search into the cost of living and make such re- commendations with regard to it as will bring about, in its opinion, a re- duction in the price of foods. An- other commission such as that which the federal government appointed two years ago is not desired. Its proceed- ings, secret, slow and unsatisfactory, were ineffectual. Not so the work of the commissions which the British government has appointed. One took stock of the current cost of foods and advertised what they should be sold at, after al- lowing for a reasonable profit. An- other has just reported. It makes a ntfber of proposals of which these are the chief: A meatless day once a week for all not engaged in severe manual labor; municipal shops for the sale of bread, milk, meat and bacon, in the districts where the mer- chants are said to be reaping exces- sive profits; and a revision of the pay rolls in order to improve the posi- tion of those who have not sufficiemt- ly benefited by the general upward mavement. Other recommendations include the speeding up of 'the building of mer- chant ships, especially those which are intended for the conveyance of re- frigerated meat and the provision of adequate labor at the docks. Seven members of the committee recom- mend that there should be public con- trol of the prices of primary food- stuffs produced at home. In many cases, they stated, far, too much profit wds being made by the home producers. : The meat trusts are cited on ac- count of their-extortions. They did not make any money, it is alleged, be- cause of undue competition, in 1913, In 1914 they made moderate profits, In 1915 one cleared up £100,000, and a second declared a dividend of 12% per cent. after putting away £100,000 to the reserve. 2 Government control was the cure for high prices in Great Britain at the outset. of the war. It is the only thing that will regulate the »rices In Canada, and yet this is the thing which is the farthest away from the Coal is selling $7.50 and $8.00 : T H E ] coal, which costs $3.18 at] will cost, delivered at the city buildings and the schools, over $7.00 per tom. them, the the wharti, Ah, the racial quarrel must go on, and regardless of consequences Peace between the people of neigh- boring. provinces must not be, al present, for political reasons. How many conservatives will subscribe to this atroc ious doctrine? "In order to guard against the ex- perience, of this year,!" said a public official who was discussing 'the coal] prices, "the city must haye its own wharf and unloading apparatus." | The arrangement .of this year was certainly a most improvident one. The Greeks, who are pro-German, | have appealed to the United States) for the protection of Greece. Will] the Monrone Doctrine apply in thjs| case? Will Uncle Sam "Be induced! to 'burn hig fingers by trying to pull; Constantine's nuts put of the fire? | Who have the greater power -pol- itically--the capitalist party or the] labor party? - Hughes has the one and Wilson has the- other. That] White House labor siege at the close & | of Congress made Wilson solid with! the"railway brotherhoods. The industrial classes of the mid-| dle states are having their perplexi-| ties. They are being told that the| eight-hour bill is not a blessing. It] is. "designed to take money out of; their 'pockets in order that the pay] of 400,000 railway men may be in- creased." Playing class against] class, eh? That game is not unknown | in Canada. | -------- | Quebec is said to have contributed | only 18,000 recruits to date, and] 10,000 of these are said to have de- | serféd. According to the recent in-| formation sent out from Ottawa, Montreal is credited with 31,9561 re- cruits, and Quebec) with°, 7,341. In the recruiting of the last fortnight | Montreal fieads the list with 762 re- And no desertions. cruits, | |. PUBLIC OPINION | ° Cost of High Living. . -- ORL RIT oe The cost of living may be high; but! it is also true that most folks never| lived better. | Kasily Satisfied. (Hamilton Spectator) Upward % a million of prisoners and many nfillions of fighting men in this terrific war are : consumers of food instead of produders. Pros S bh arrim offered a solid barber vote tH shaves off his whiskers. If he caters | sure to lose that of ihe cartoonists. | have dealt with the Home supplies of It seems | sional" drink may later on become hardly necessary to seek further for|semi-occasional. world-wide high cost of living. | Hughes is Downed. i (Toronto Telegram) The Republican campaign is doom=- IH ed, and- Hughes will be defeated un-|i§ the Republicans can hold the labor vote. : Suggestive Signs. (Montreal Mail) The discovery of valuable relics of former Governors-General in Ottawa may stiniulate the move sglaries of these high less s' Vote. (Ottawa Eree Press) Candidate Hughes in the States is if he to the barbers' vote like this he is Billy Very Much Alive. (New York Herald) "Billy" Sunday was never caught asleep on the bases when he was a professional baseball player, and he doesn't intend to let anybody else sleep while he is coaching for the Lord. . A GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF PRICES London Chronigle, The Royal Commiss should ion meat, bacon and milk. In many cases far too much profit is being made by the producers, and we are of the opinion that a large measure of public control should be exercised over these home supplies and that resonable prices should be fixed. There is no new principle in this. The Board of Trade ,wihch has taken wide action in respeclL to the price of coal, is now extending its powers. There has been legislative action af- fecting the recents of houses. The Government has taken over the whole woolclip of the United King- dom at a price determined by refer- ence to the prices of the previous year, > We know of no adequate reason why the public control ,6 of prices should not embrace the primary fodostuffs produced at home. In re- gand to the milk industry, for in- stance, a Committee of men and wo- men acquainted with the conditions of the trade, might be appointed to regulate prices, taking all the fac- tors fully into account, and endeav- oring to act fairly as between the farmers, the distributors, and the public. We believe that machinery could be set up by Parliament which, whilst allowing for the increased cost of production and distribution, and laying down safeguands to prevent a decrease in the number of milch cows, would eliminate from milk prices any element of extortion and encourage more efficient organization is distribution. The danger of it is-that the occa- Random Reels "Ot Shoey and Ships, and Seall og Wax of Cabbages and Kings." THE SEWING MACHINE. The sewing machine is a useful household implement which prevents woman from becoming an idle doll of fashion. Ome of the first things a young husband does after an air- tight marriage ceremorny is to make a present of a six-drawer sewing machine to his wife, so that she may have something to cccupy her mind and feet and not want sit up after nine o'clock. al Before the sewing machine was in- vented women had to do all of their sewing by hand, and were thus able to keep their feet in a pliable and good-natured condition. Some wom- en became very expert with the needle and could make a pair of father's discarded trousers fit a nine- year-old boy while waiting for a batch of bread to rise to its knees. From this lowly beginning originated the sewing circle, which has become a community centre of missionary effort and vocal enthusiasm. If it were not for the sewing circle thou- sands of benighted heathen in India, Ching and Japan would be obliged to wear thé rude castus skirt and frail palm leaf chemise, which would be a greater hardship than having to commit to memory the fourteenth chapter of the Book of Hezekiah. One of the noblest tributes to man's generosity it the fact that ft American home at 10.30 p.m. and ob- serve the husband taking a well- eamed rest on the sofa, while his wife plays feverishly upon the pedals of a sewing machine which was bought second-hand just prior to the battle of Bull Run? Yet we have Mm 50 TIRED SEWING CuRTaNS + \F | HAD SOME Sux AND LACE an0 SUTTONS 1D MAKE] MYSELF AN OPERA [ 4 MF E3 Lr) - - . Husband taking a well-earned on the sofa while his wife plays feverishly on the pedals of a wing Machine. greatly improved in recent years by taking off the foot pedal and dttach- |D. a trial. | the first bottle relieves you. 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It will take jukta few moments to step in and ask us what our experience has been in the way of satisfied cus- tomers. We want you to give D.D. Your money back unless D.D.D, Soap keeps your skin healthy. Ask' us about it. the Standard D. D. Skin Remedy The Mahood Drug Co. Lid, Kingston. Farms For 15 years Kingston wish to buy or sell it would be to your advantage to consult us. I. J. LOCKHART Real Estate and Insurance. . Bank of Montreal Bldg. Phone 10385 or 1020 Kingston. -- ETT Women's High- / Fashion calls for HIGH CUT FOOTWEAR and every woman wants to be up-to-date in her foot- wear. We are showing a big range of KID and PATENT HIGH CUT SHOES at $5.00,.86.00 and $7.00. J H Sutherland & Bro. Rs ---- I } There is no need for you to | personally examine the coal you buy from us. We Stand Back of OUR COAL ig your guarantee will receive the high- coal for the money ~ gvery time! expended