3 Zo Ee LIL he ou - 1 | - rf . and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING ? €0., LIMITED, President Managlig Director d Sec.-Treas. Elliott . fox A. Gutid' Telephones: 'Business Office . nares Edisopial Roome . Office 343 IPTION RATES: pai i advance Jour. 5 Un ted States ,... . ix and three months pro rata. Attached 4s one of the best job printing offices in Canada. The eireuiation of Hp BRITISH WHIG is authenticate by the Audit Bureau of -Olrculations FEEDING THE TRAITORS, "Then there is a hoard of censors at Ottawa which give every one a pain. While' a little English sheet "at the head of the great ge is suspended the Bourassa organg are permitted to insult the army, malign every thing that Britons hold dear, show how the battle of Jutland was a German triumph and a British de- feat, and in fact preach treason month after month and year after year, and friends of the Nationalists .are given contracts to help keep the traitorous press alive. "Toronto World. Why? Three Nationalists get seats in the government, and hold them because the Nationalist party is if control. The idea of the government feeding these dislcyalists, keeping them and their press alive, advanc- ing their cause by the use of public patronage! 'What -do the people thing of it anyway? 'The French- Canadians are against recruiting. 'The, government is coddling the men who are resisting the Allies all they ean, and in a nefarious way. If there is a racial war in Canada the government will be to blame, i ------------ dns. | Sir H. Smith-Dorien is anxious to clean up England and rid it of its social sores before the Canadians realise that it is, in the language of one critic, "a hot-bed of iniguity." War was supposed to have chastened the nation and cleansed it of-all of its impurities, but it does not seem to have done this yet. FAILURE OF THE MACHINES. The voting machines are not to be used 'in the next United States elec- tion. Many thousands of dollars were spent on these machines, and they seem to be getting nearer and 'nearer perfection. Th balloting was © not only done mechanically, and it was contended correctly, but when the election was over and the last vote had been tallied the numbering was complete. The calculating gnd "the voting proceeded simultaneously. . A great deal of mental effort and some mistakes were saved. So it was contended at the tithe." Now the ma- chines are to be abandoned, if they have not been already scrapped. The reason 1s that 'they had to 'be oper- ated by the electors, and these did not understand them, notwithstand- ing their simplicity. 'Seemingly, too, * they were subject to the touch of the ones, and their manipulations "tended to - 'produce undesirable re- sults, ~The machines operated by 3 v expertly, as a typewriter or f machine can be, would regis- : 'But they would not votes of the people secret- ! ne Er of their ie mystery o | voluntary support of the péopin fin- getting his permission. . He must] know what the excavation is for, anc give direction as to how the work, shall be conducted. In other words the engineer is responsible for the condition-of the streets, and any one| who uses them must adept of his in- structions.' The Whig thought | there -was & perfect understanding between the Commission and the | Council with regard to this sybject.| The fact that there is grou complaint, with regard to ner in which any street has suggests that the sooner, our public | officials get together and adopt all new procedure the better it will be| for all concerned. | | Four hundred men, trained at an| enormous expense, are being from England to Canada, because they have béen medically rejectéd., What a waste of money and time aud service, to be sure. The govern- mefit should make a serious investiga- tion into the facts In order to-guar- antee that -there will not be a repeti- tion of the experience. sent MANAGING PUBLIC AFFAIRS. The Mufiicipal Research Bureau exists in Toronto, and has a definite purpose in view. It is to discover what is wrong about the municipai government, and suggest a rewery. It is a body which depends 1 upen the ancially and otherwise, and empinys experts whose duty it is to look irto Toronto's municipal business and re- port upon it. A~writer in the Toronto Star would like to see ii hava three times as much money as it has now at its disposal, and thre times as riauy employees, "But," thls wrifer re- marked, "while the Bureau is doing all that it humanly can. 10, it mus: he admitted that there are «ome things which it cannot do and will never dare to do if it Be wise., Ther: are ok subjects on 'which it cinnot safely give evidence withoa! imniedi- atgly jeopardizing its Yinaneia! standing and laying itself open {c partisanship." Reflecting upon this, one sees wherein even this expensive organization fails, and the tho of the day go on. May ona not hop] that the time will come whéa the people's business will be run with the efficiency: which a business man €a- pects to find in his own offara, and as the result of the employment of a hgh type of men to drect the work of the cty. A beginning has been made in Toronto in the finance depart- ment. Why not put an espert in every department and give hin power at act? eviis The farmers of Saskatchewan are being formed, says the Mall, info a non-political league. An insidious eqort 'in tho opposition to produce a cleavage in tie government party. Insn't that the gage? THE PREMIER'S APPEAL. Ther@-will be very general approval of the letter which Premier Bosden,) has addressed to the eligible men Of Canada in the interest of recruiting. Sir Robert Borden Jad no doubt, when he announcéd,on Jan. 1st, 1916, that the Canadian contribu- tion te the army woutd be 500,000 men that it would be realized. Re- cruiting at the time was very lively. The cause was popular. There was no difficulty in rallying young men to the colors, but, later, the situa- tion became greatly changed, and it has been evident for some time that if the quota was to be reached some stimuation will have to be given to the call for men. It is possible that better efforts might have been real- ized had the premier's personal ap- peal preceded the appointment of the National Service Commission, The desire is to get the necessary comple- ment of men through the voluntary system, and the Borden letter will accomplish this if it is to be accom- plished at all. Every one who gan be influenced by a patriotic address will answer it by the dedication of his service and his life, if need be, to the defence of the Empire. Fol- lowing that last and most urgent ap- peal it will be seen whether the 100,000 men are to be available without the use of coercive measures. Failing. to make the impression which is desired there may be no al- ternative but to' add to the powers + me staphorically,' L A Conservative Tribute, knigng him.* His | guilelessness is passing all ry standing. et Shepphard, the ex-Speaker of the] Saskatchewan Legislature, resigns in order to ascertain what the people, think of him. . He collected moneys | for election purposes from the liquor men before the last eontest. He! says that some things that are pow| { unpopularly regarded were formerly common enough in political life. | People have becorie supersensitive. | { It'is hoped that they will give him | an "evidence of this, and in a way] he will never forget. | | PUBLIC OPINION | Great Egg Paters, | (Montreal News) seized 15,000,000 to prevent speculation, liminary to declaring an election. eggs (Syracuse Post-Standard) When Greece decides to go war] it won't have army or navy or much/| else to take. The Allies have ap- (Ottawa Free Press) It is worth while Rn out that | in his latest speech the Kaiser only | "hopes" the Almighty willbe with the German armies. It was differ-| ent two years ago. Fall of Blow . } (Montreal Paper) Papa Hohenzollern and his heir are strangely silent these days. Per- haps they cannot find anything to boast about, although their official reports are still full of real good stuff. Waiting for Signals, (Hamilton Herald) General Marchand of the French army. declares: that . the Germans could be driven back in Belgium-and northern France at a given signal any time now, Such a signal success the world is juxiously waiting for. (Regina 'Pegvince, Con.) Hon. Mr. Scott's political career, if i} is to be regarded as closed now, may be summed up in a few words: A man of ability, clear-thinking, and right instinets, leaving a record with its good and bad spots, the latter lar-' gely caused by a false idea of politi- cal expediency. ASKING, SOME VERY HARD QUESTIONS Toronto Work. i Sir Wilfrid, in short, says to the prime minister, that the national reg- istration plan looks to him like a political affair, and that if a man like Sir Thomas Tait cannot stay in it because it smells so strongly of party politics, then Sir Wilfrid would rather not he tied up with it, but continue '"'untrammeled" in his efforts to stimulate recruiting. Those who are inclined to be erit- ical enquire why the oppesition was asked to co-operate in this ona mat- ter and not asked to co-operate gen- erally with the government in the conduct of the war, and they may wonder why it is necessary to put more Conservatives than Liberals on | profits as a result but their prosperity The Italian Government has just! Probably it's only a pre-, | minds is how long can eX | tension prosperty last Greece Ceifiiled. in the United States propriated about all that Greece has. | be no peace for We eakening in Faith, | | rules a non-partisan comuiittee. i EVEN 26 YEARS ACO There is a-great scarcity of car- riage horses in this district. 'Queen's students took a '"'constitu- tional" to Cataragqui Cemetery this morning J. B. MeKay is home from Youngs- | town, Ohio, where he heard McKin- | ley give a rattling campaign address. ' THE END OF THE WAR NOT NEAR a Henry Clews & Co The industries dependent upon ag- ricultrical and mineral products are [Jf reaping directly or indirectly large of war inflation, is small com- pared with what has been reached by a few of the big industrials, notably those engaged in the fabrication of steel. The question forced upgh our such high ; and have we reached the crest of fhe wave? I thinkinot; be- cause the end of the war, on which all this feverish rush depends, is not vet in sight. Apparently there will many months at least. Signs of serious exhaustion on either, side are still wanting; reason | has lost" its sway, and mad passion all belligerenis. Until the power of one side or the other is | broken it would seem that peace will be impossible. The Allies are already negotiating for another big loan on this side; steel" for munitions is being ordered |deliverable into the third quarter of 1917, and shivs, guns and munit- ions are being turned out with great- er intensity than at any time during the war. Such efforts do not por- tend peace, They rather suggest further sacrifices, further ion and more and more waste; al- though it may be that change of mind or breakdown of strength will develop when least expected. In any event, the immediate outlook for peace is remote and this convict- ion is the prime source of present market strength. WHY PRICES IN CANADA ARE HIGH Montreal Gazette (Con.). Canada's exportable wheat sur- plus from the present year's crop, compared with that of last year, was cut down two hundred million bus- hels. In like manner the huge de- mand for meats for export to the belligérent countries has caused a reduction in the number of cattle and other farm live stock, and in- creased the price. cheese quite gdouble the prices are being paid that/ruled a few years ago. If Canada had no connection with any power concerned in the war it would be possible for Parliament to prohibit exports of foodstuffs and by reducing the demand from out- side compel producers and holders to take lower prices from home con- sumers. Fach for himself can form a judgment as to whether Parlia- ment would venture on strech a thing under any conditions. With supplies from Canada necessary to feed the Canadian army in France, and with Great Britain relying on them also as part of the megns by whieh it is hoped to win the war, tife prohibit- ion -of exports is out of the question. This is' why the delegates could only complain. on - Random Reels "Ot Shoes and Ships, and Seall ng Wax ,of Cabbages snd Kings" COLORADO Colorado is a place where the nim- ble tourist goes to spend the sum- mer and anything else that he hap- pens to have with him. Just forty years ago Colorado was admitted to the Union and at once began to vote the straight Republi- can ticket. 'Four years ago, how- ever, she raised a crop of independ- ent voters who are harder to control than a mustang pony with the hives. The second largest crop of Colorado is the $20 gold piece, which is dug out of the ground and then returned to its native lair by the eastern tour- ist. 'Colorado's chief charms are her climate and altitude. Thousands of fixed merely by selling the climate of that section by the week and throw- ing in a little breakfast food. Every summer tourists from the sunblister- ed east coast journey to Colorado rid of both b heat symptoms and: get without the slightest difficulty. The: with traveler's cheques and prickly cool, invigorating colorado nights, which stimulate the sale of the Can- ton flannel nightgown, are a great re- lief to. the easterner who has had to sleep out on the lawn in a negligee which would bar him from the bath- ing beach. The Colorado altitude can be felt more distinctly from the top of Pike's Peak than anywhere tlse, and causes the legs of the tourist to wab- ble in their orbit. G and silver mines are so thick in Colorado that any industrious citizen can start one with a garden spade, but more, money can be made by raising cucumbers and the rocky Ford Canteloupe. 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