Whim tess die ve -- {ot the r | Mr | more fully | | y on the war, and to] general election." The ald explain itself a little Is co-operation limited g of the supplies which the ities, stave Courier si to a vot | government spends, through party] chanr and largely for the benefit | servative party? MEN AND WOMEN VOTERS. The women in some of the western states voted in the presidental elec- tion and made their influence felt Wilson, does not claim that the | women voted for him, and yet he can as an act of justice, mot gratitude, | labor to have the election law amen- | ded so that the qualifications of the 83RD YEAR Published Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITYSH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED. J. G. Eljott .:.. Leman A. Guild .. ..,. President Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. Telephones! Business Office Editorial Rooms Job OMce electors shall be the same in every state and affect mén and women alike. The country eannot be right, electorally, which discriminates against any class, and the women are decidedly discriminated against in the eastern states, The subject may suggest a bar- monizing of the voters lists in Can- ada, and to the extent of giving the women of Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces, the standing of their friends and sex in all the other provinces west of the Great Lakes. gres. He got »f the republicans to get ' W€ from /the party, and they ap-| to bate been lost to it now. Hamilton Spectator finds that | ade is a slogan of the western , as well as of the western pro- Canada. ction, be the same, there is. a 1 storé for some people t hundred clergymen and lay- the Protestant Episcopal of New York, have come out strongly 'for total abstinence. This is a most important deliverance, and marks the spirit and fervor of tem- perance septiment, Canada's contribution to the war is $18,000,000 a month. The net debt of the country is nearly $700,000, | {KINGSTON EVENTS 000, and in the last year the addition to it was over $200,000,000, This means pretty heavy taxation during J { the coming years. The Canadian Niagara Company claims that it is losing $120,000 a year in selling power to the Hydro-Electric Commission at a lower rate than it can get for this trio! day { ernment If the result, in | | ment. | Canadian army of 250,000 is no light Power ment and dropped it. | the New Haven and other railroads pp 4 f might mention. Here's a Problem. » (Toronto News) Not only the Liberals, but all pa- - Canadians should considef to- if it is possible to allow this Gov- to continue dividing the exploiting "our patriotism, ts friends with money voted war and denouncing the peo- cry famine, r It is Some Job. 7 (Toronto Mail) Sir George Perley's experience in the administration of big business, and his familiarity with Canadian af- fairs in Britain, will enable him to | take up his.new post of Minister of Militia overséas with vigor and judg- The direction of affairs of a task. 26 YEARS ACO great Many young men were un- ye influence of liquor in the eity ld. Greegan says he will be a te for Frontenac ward. , reeve of Portsmouth, d a banquet by some of wie | aan ARROW COLLARS 15¢ EACH " rial Bibbys LC IE ARROW COLLARS 15¢ EACH acim) Men's Choice Overcoats ! We know that we offer our trade the best Overcoat values that the same money can buy anywhere. SEE BIBBYS $ COAT. BROADWAY OVER- - 15.00 SEE BIBBYS $15.00 :] ULSTERS Grey Vicuna cloth, notch or shawl collar. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) year, dellvered in city year, if pald in advance 0 year. by mall to rural offices $2.50 year, to United States $2.60 (Semi-Weekly Edition) It was a grave question with some to other buyers. persons as to the effect of giving the wonien the right to vote with their a sons, and brothers, in the year, by mall, cash 00 nite State J 1 ya Year: 3 not pad in advance i so| UM ed\_ States, Would they on ower when sold : po much as that? | hi r = at the Anglo-American § S ? J } arr --------" SEE BIBBYS $15.00 NEW. MARKET OVERCOAT Heavy, soft Scotch tweeds, One One One One Heavy, soft chinchilla cloth; double breasted style, form fitting; silk velvet collar. One One A LOUD CRY year, to United States 50 | social grounds, vote contrary to the men and in opposition to them? There is no way of knowing ex- actly, and outside of 1 close analysis of the vote, and with some way of 'One wd vn gix and three months pro rata. Attached Is one of the best printing offices in Canada. job ---------------------------------------------------- The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations THE END FAR OFF, "For us who know what terrible gacrifices we are paying in precious | lives, in the unceasing, pitiless drain | upon our reservoir of potential prom- | jse and vitality--who have greater | reason than we to long and pray for but on one con- with its Peace, yes, dition only, that the war, vast waste, its sacrifices, its untold and undying and unselfish- peace? ufferings, its glorious example of courage ness, shall not have been in vain. "There can be no question of a peace. And peace when it comes, be it soon or late--and I will not disguise from you for a moment my conviction that the struggle will tax all our resources and our whole stock of patience and resérve--the peace must be such as will build upon sure and stable foundations the security of the weak, the liberties of Europe, and a free future for the world? l==Hon. Mr; 'Asquith at 'the Lord Mayor's banquet in London. separate "Jet dside," says the Belleville In- telligencer, "puerile politics until we have won the war." This is an indi- rect rebuke to those 'who are getting ready for an election in Toronto. CALIFORNIA EXPERIMENT. In California there has beén a curious experience, Fish, a common article of food, was so dear that an appeal was made to the state gov- ernment for relief. A commission was appointed. It conSisted of a wholesale 'merchant, a retail mer- chant, a fisherman, a state official, and a member of the market com- mission. This commission set each day and fixed the price of fish and the cost went down by from 25 to 33 per cemt. Fish was sold at be per Ib, and from that up to 16c per 1, when before the commission was appointed, the pricés were 20c and 25¢ per Ib. After the plan had been in operation for a time one of the wholesalers withdrew from the or- ganization, and the question of dumping the fish into the bay rather than allow them to be put on sale at a lower price was resumed, 20,000 ibs. a day being disposed of in this way. The prices went up again, It is now for the state to declare whether for a purpose there shall be a wastage of food, and it will prob- ably adopt some very drastic legis lation, Mr. Nesbit, K.C., and Sir Adam Beck do not appear to speak as they pass by. All over the power ques- tion. THE WANT OF DETAILS, The point which the Canadian Courier makes against an appeal to the people in an election during the war is that it will weaken our na- tional unity. But how can unity be 'preserved in the conduct of the war by a partisan government, one which expects from the opposition its con- sent to all it does without consulting it upon anything, and not desiring any advice which will interfere with the patronage system. The St. Catharines Journal puts it in this way: "That our leading men have but to come together in a mutually peaceful spirit and agree that whatever the mistakes and blunders in the past have been, from this time till peace comes they will -work in harmeny." This means that they will work without friction in ad- Yandine the cause they have espous- The Canadian Courier presents the thought in another way. "By all rs means," it says, "let the opposition co-operate with the government, ab. _ solutely independent. of party pel | determining it, but it is all2ged that there has been a tolerable unanimity of opinion between the men and the women, when related, 'on iho great problems of the day. The St. Catharines Standard says a truce in politics is not needed. It has been tried and failed. A coali- tion governnient should succeed in Canada. But the Standard gets no encouragement from any political party. Coalition is not wanted nor sought for by conservatives or liber- als. JOLLYING THE PEOPLE, The federal government has not settled the demand of the people for an enquiry into the higher cosi of living. It simply says that it will authorize any municipality to conduct an enquiry; and the provincial gov- ernment has not strengthened its position by saying "ditto" to this proposition, The municipality is not in the position of the gcvernment 'and cannot carry on. investigations which are of 'a mere or less techui- cal 'chafacter." The people nave not forgotten that the federal govern- ment trified with this subject a couple of years ago. Before the war broke out, and. before it could be charged with disturbing things, Prof. Laycock, the economist of Mee Gill University, offered to organize a commission and do the work of it ir given 'the necessary authority. There might have been incidental ex- penses, and they could have been paid without any objection. But the technical service would not have cost anything, The government turned down the offer and appointed a com- mission of its officials. These spent a long time, and considerable ex- pense, in a confidential enquiry, the result of which was never announced. Now the government makes the fool proposition that any municipality can appoint a committee to probe into higher prices and the govern- ment will give it the authority to act. Hon, Mr. Lucas, in answering the council of Toronto which called his attention to the existence of com- bines, from which the peop.e suffer, suggested that it supply the evidence on which the crown attorney could act. Mr. Lucas was in public life when a liberal government 'hrough its crown attorney went after the combines and created a profound sensation, He will remember that Mr. Currie went after several firms and convicted them, and that he would have gone after others and probably 'convicted them:--but an el- ection occurred, With a new gov- ernment came a new crown attorney, and the combines seem to have en- joyed immunity from prosecution ever since." It Hon. Mr. Lucas means business he can give some one specific instrue- tions to go after the combinsters, to spare no pains or expense in call- ing them to account, and he will have all the evidence that he wants, The surprise is that a government that presumes to serve the people will attempt to jolly them along. All the appeals that have been made to it have been treated in a most remark- able manner. , ' EDITORIAL NOTES. ! The World's Temperance Sunday lessons dwelt upon the power of ex- ample. They did not apply so much to Ontario'as in former times. It is Canadian nickel that the Sooner or later submarine will Deutschiand is taking to Germany. || | PUBLIC OPINION | ? Helping the Enemy. (Montreal News) Tt is stated that there jis a great shortage of socks among the soldiers They've been giving them to the enemy. Still Going Up. (Hamilton Spectator) Striatly fresh eggs are predicted to cost a dollar a dozen at Christmas That means most folks will have to fall back on crockery ones, or go without. Is This a Warning? (Port Arthur Chronicle) Food prices are to be investigated by the Federal government despite the fact that no investigation of the kind was ever made without" being followed by a sharp advance in prices. An Election at Hang. (Toronto Glube) The word has gone around among conservatives that an election is com- ing soon. Liberals throughout On- tario should no longer defer the choosing of candidates as a precau- tionary measure, The Coal Supply. (Toronto Globe) The shortage of coal is another reason for increasing Ontario's sup- ply of white coal from Niagara and other waterpowers. The Hydro- electric generation project ought not to be held up a day longer than can be helped. Only One of the Kind. (Hamilton Herald) Canada has several coal barons, but only one cement baron---Baron Max Aitken, to wit, 'who has just been raised to the peerage. If the new baron elects to stay in England there will be no protest from this country. Other Causes. (Puck) Before frothing at the mouth over the eight-hour day, "conservative"" persons should remember that it was not increased wages or shorter hours for trainmen that wrecked FOR COALITION 3 nes Standard mn.) irgency of ¢ jon of our al leaders and forces is great- er today than at any period since the war began. In the earlier stages of the war, the recruiting of a hun- dred thousand men in Canada was no great thing fo accomplish, nor even the second hundred thousand. The third hundred thousand became much more difficult, and it requires the straining of every nerve and ef- fort to reach the total of the fourth hundred thousand. But we - have promised still another hundred thousand, and we are compelled to admit that our present voluntary system, under present conditions, has about reached its limit. While such is pe case, we find that both political parties are sparring for positions in an expected general election, rather than tind a way. of coming together, and setting an ex- ample to the country at large. polit While the party leaders and party] press on both sides publicly profess an interest in recruiting and prose- cuting the war, the actual work of re- cruiting is practically paralyzed, so much =o that the total does not come within a long distance of filling the gaps. We must have a change some- where, and it should begin at Ottawa. That change will come if the press should forget for a little while petty partisan advantagé and speak out for a cessation of strife in Canada. A truce is not what is needed. That has been tried and largely failed. The coalition in Great Britain has succeeded. It has accomplished what a party government never could have done, and should be an encour- agement to a similiar movement in Canada. Grand Trunk gross earnings for the first week of November made a good showing, being $1,244,959, a gain of $253,194 over the week a year ago. William Melvin, Stratford, a bar- ber, was fined $200 for selling cher- ries which were stuffed with fifty and a half per cent. proof spirits. Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." The Smoke Pipe. The Smoke Pipe is an attachment to a hot-air furnace which burns up money faster than a college boy with a blank check book, If it were not for the Smoke Pipe and the ash pit, it would be cheaper to' heat a twelve-room house nine months in the year than it is to operate an electric toaster for a week. As it is now, the Smoke Pipe seizes most of the heat before it can escape into any of the upstairs rooms and conducts it up the chimney, which accumulates fnore carbon than a motor truck fed on kerosene. It is very discouraging to the owner of a new furnace to watch this cost- ly heat drift out of the house with hectic energy and allow the occu- pant of a northwest bathroom to sprout icicles four inches long. The ash pit is another source of grief which science has not been able to circumvent, Why is it that the hard coal manufactured to-day confines its energies to throwing off ld clinkers instead of heat? One of the worst enemies of mankind is the iron-jawed, bullet-headed clinker which wedges into a furnace grate and is harder to pry loose than the president of a fraternal insurance society. One of these days some inventor will discover a way of preventing the Smoke Pipe from rusting out in the dead of winter and breaking in two around the hip joints. One of the worst calamities which can befall anybody is to wake up and find that a trusted Smoke Pipe, which was cleaned out the summer previous by a plumber's assistant has caved in at the knees and is trying to set fire to the vegetable cellar, The pa- tience of the average Canadian un- der Such Sicumstanses shows that we are indeed a religious people. Probably the best solution # the Smoke Pipe problem is to build it of reinforced concrete, with portholes every ten feet, so that the owner can crawl inside and blow out the car- bon at regular intervals. USELESS REGRETS We ali regret our past mistakes, and view the same with wailing; and when we've made our dizzy | penalty, SEE BIBBYS $ Full back, storm collar, patch - BELMONT OVERCOAT cuffed rich greys, browns, blues and fancy tweeds. 18.00 sleeve, pockets, way J pleated back, new two-way SEE BIBBYS $18.00 ENGLISH ULSTERS Fancy English tweeds, dou- ble breasted style ulster; two collar, Very classy garment, $18.00 collar. knee length. P SPECIAL Just received a new lot of English Ulsters. Hand tailor- ed garments. Plaided back cloths. We will be glad to show them. Prices $22.50, $25.00 and $28.00. PR -------------------- a 80 GERMANY GETS MORE NICKEL Montreal Herald (Lib) Many tons of nickel are being stored in the Deutschland for trans- portation to Germany. As Canada is the only source of nickel on this continent, it is a fair presumption that the Deutschland's cargo must have come out of the mines... How much longer are Cana- dians going to be fools enough to al- low this priceless natural treasure to | be owned and exploited by foreign | interests? There is enough slaughter of Canadians and' British as it is, without Canada's nickel being sent to Germany to help along the hellish work of that nation. oo A HEALTHY SIGN iN THE WEST Hon. C. Marcil For the second time this year a| member of the Saskatchewan Legis- lature has been sent to jail and fined for accepting a bribe. This is" a healthy sign of public opinion in the west, and will redound to the credit of Liberal rule in Saskatchewan. "A public office is a public trust," and any man forgetting that wholesome | maxim should be made to pay the The interests of the state requires this. Russian Plans of 1912. Berlin, Nov. 13.--The assertion of Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg | in his address to the Reichstag main, committee that as long ago as 1912 | Russia made plans for war on Ger-| many was supplemented to-day by| the semi-official Nord Deutsche All-| gebeine Zeitung, which published | what is given as the text of the Rus-| sian Government's general order to which the Chancellor referred. Its easy for a woman to under- stand why a man can't understand her, McLeod's Drug Store Canadian | are = | hoy Queen Quality ! FROM EVERY VIEWPOINT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOES CREATED Every shoe in i 1 i A AA NI | vook's Cotton Root Compound, Ls rites fend Nn sont Pr £ Tees $5 on wosiph Js Sook wEmcE 06 OYSTERS We Are Now Receiving Regularly the Famous COAST SEALED OYSTERS Best Quali Solid Meat Only. 70¢ quart. JAS. REDDEN & CO. Phones 20 and 990. QUALITY stock is selected for its beauty and utility. You can wear them for any occasion and they fit comfortably from the day you put them on. The prices are very reasonable too, when you consider market conditions. $4.50 to $6.00. J. Sutherland &Bro. The Home of Good Shoes. AAA TERRA RAAT 180 acres of good plow land about 8 mjles from Kingston. | 45 5 miles from acres, ' ety, | | w. 2. GopWIN & SON | Phone 424 TEES Brock #4. [1 our large QUEEN 4 ETCETERA TOTO TETRA THOMES COPLEY Telephone 987 wanting anything done in the carpen- Estimates given on all kinds work; also hard- w wood floors of 811 kinds. All orders wii) Tompt attention. Shop. Weight? Yes! Wait? No! to heat the homes and cook the food of the people of this community. OUR COAL has won its place on its merit alone. We know it will | please its constituents Foot of Queen Street. J Phone 0.