Sem ms PRE PAGE FOUR EEm-- nd Semi-Weekly by PUBLISHING Published Daily a THE BRITHN WHIG Co., LE President .. Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. J. G. Elllott Leman A. Guild Telephones: Business Office Edliorial Rooms Joh Ofce SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered In £ity On year, if pajd in advance § ne Year by mail to rural offices $2.50 » year, to United States $2.50 {Bem -Wagkly Edition) One year, by mall, © One yeur, if not pald in advance $1.50 One vear, to Unfted States ......31.5 Six and three months pro rata, Attached is one of the best printing offices in Cdrgda. 243 229 job Phe circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is aa eaticated by the Audit BaP rcsiations. A WORD OF WARNING, For the most of the world 1917 will be a year of food shortage, and every- one in the United Kingdom must make a New Year's resolution to avoid waste, to ban luxury, and only to buy and eat sufficient to maintain health and strength. Otherwise many will be hungry and some may starve. It is not generally realized that the food shortage affects every country-- not this country alone. The conscrip- tion of great numbers of land-workers has decreased the world's production. On top of this have come poor wheat crops in North and South America. Russian wheat is cut off by the Dar- danelles, and until Indian wheat be- comes available in the early summer the only important reserve is Aus. tralia. In the last-named case the shortage of ships increases the diffi. culties, London Chronicle, A DECISION OF MOMENT. .A judicial decision of more than ordinary interest has been rendered by Judge Lennox at Osgoode Hall, SOLDIERS AND POLITICS. ! A returned soldier, Joshua Solo- mon, hés had a remarkable experi: ence in Toronto, He has been dis- ¢harged- from the service, as being no longer fit, because of physical in- firmities, .foHowing his participation in the war. He must get suitable employment. He became a conduc- | tor on the street.railway. He sought other suitable employment because he 'was not able to stand @&ll day while on duty on the cars. He, therefore, called upon Staff-Sergeant Creighton, a civic employee at the Citl Hall, and invited his co-opera- tion in seeking some new and con- genial occupation, Creighton advised him to hook up with Ward Two Conservative Asso- ciation and put himself on record as an applicant for a government joh. The. staff-sergeant sald he only re- ferred the ex-soMier to the patron- age committee of the assocition. Sergt. Solomon did not act upon the suggestion, and is not likely to do 80. He is offended because, having done his part in the war, having served his country faithfully and well, he fells that he is entitled to the government's recognition, and that it is really contemptible in any- one to imply that he must be a sup- porter of the government, in a politi- cal gense, in onder to successfully en- Bage its attention. He was promised recognitiqn when hie enlisted. He is worthy of it now, His complaint has been minimized, The mayor of Toronto announces that his: office is not a political one, that he will not stand for any politi- cal discrimination in the soldier ap- pointments. But the fact remains that a political significance has been given to the case, and that it is not likely to be the only one of the kind. Therp may be other instances, out- side of Torontp, in which liberals have been repulsed when, returning from the war, and bearing upon their persons its wounds and scars, they asked for public consideration. A PROTEST IN SEASON. Dorchester, Quebec, presents such a predicament as Sir Wilfrid Laurier expected when he demfurréd to the Borden proposition, that, during a war, there shold be neither a genéral election nor opposition in a bye-elec- tion. It is proposed that | ¥acant seats be taken by members of 'the same political faith or color as those who had previously occupied them. The venerable leader of the opposi- tion had kept in mind the'men who, because of the scandals that had overtaken them---through -dust for graft and the opportunities which presented themselves for it in con- nection with war contracts--meant to become candidates for re-election. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1917, der six years of age were living in| [ access to special information, and should be well posted, declares that there will be a shortage of food all over the world this year. The main cause is the 'shortage of labor. The prices will, as a consequence, be higher. The people must save all they can, and hold their savings in reserve. The president is said to have been annoyed when his ambassador at Ber- lin talked over his cups repecting the cordiality which existed between Ger- many and the United States. Mr. Wilson demanded to know, by cable, if Mr. Gerard were reported correct- ly. The answer was: "Yes; what are you going to do about it?' . Mr, Wil- son did not know. Hé has the mat- ter still under consideration. ENGLAND'S FOOD NOW QUITE SAFE -d Canadian Courier, Toronto. ¢ There js no longer any possibility of cutting off England's food by tor- pedoing food vessels anywhere with- in the range of the submarine scouts and destroyers that patrol every mile of the coast. But the Transatlantic submarine is a different menace. It has been proved that the super-sub- mersible can burrow under the At- lantic and torpedo vessels in Ameri- can waters. It is the Tirpitz idea to send scores, perhaps hundreds, of these vessels across in order to des- troy shipping anywhere on the high seas, It would be .a difficult matter to patrol the Atlantic coast. With the United States at war with Ger- many there would be no check on submarine activities. AH vessels leaving American and Canadian ports would be subject to torpedo at- tack. ation of war by the United States would be counted by Germany a good opportunity to launch her dead- liest great bolt against England. The damage to be done by the United to Germany within six months would be a small matter compared to the damage possible to inflict upon Eng- land--so Germany thinks. In a des- perate conclusion she would be will- ing to risk it. The danger need not be scoffed at. It fs real enough. But those who allege that England's re- course is to cultivate her soil to the last acre neither give credit to the Allied navies nor: provide an ade- quate remedy. England cannot pro- duce enough to feed herself and her armies. NgRher should she have to. If Canada in 1914 was able to send a huge fleet of troop transports safely across the Atlantic under warship convoy, it should be quite as feasible to send fleets of commerce ships un- der perpetual convoy sufficient to keep off submarines. 'The fleets of the Allied powers are strong enough to provide such convoys and to pa- trol all harbors from which shipping leaves for the Allied powers. BENEFIT OF CANA- We may surmise that a declar-|, confined quarters, and an older in- valid brother was living with them, all in a state of destitution. A wo- man to clean the house and admin- ister to the wants of the family w immediately sent in. i tor approached the generously lowered the rent. The eldest child had been il} with meas- les, and the fund had her sent to the Alexandra hospital. When the mother returned home she wag taken with the same disease, as also the second child. A doctor, nurse and charwoman were placed in regular attendanee.- .The infant caught the disease, was sent to the hospital and subsequently died, Following the measles the mother was confined to her bed with a violent attack of rheumatism, one of the girls devel- oped mumps, and the youngest pneu- monia. Another nurse was secured, and medical aid was provided. In all, 40 visits were made to this fam- ily by the fund visitor within 11 we sof junGSToN EVENTS ---- 26 YEARS AGO. Joseph Craig and Henry Mclvor were appointed auditors for Kingston township; Joseph Game, assessor. The sum of $11,000 has been col- lected for the debt arrangement fund of Sydenham Street Methodist Church. The General Hospital with work. WHERE GERMAN RAIDER OPER- ATED The cross shows the region of opera- tion of the latest German raider off the coast of South America, C.N.R. SEEKS ASSISTANCE Railway Again , Approaches Parlia- ment for Financial Support, Ottawa, Jan, 18.--The Cgnadian Northern Railway is again looking for financial assistance. While there has been no direct application to the government, pour parlers to that end have taken place. The business of the company has attained a god volumé'in this 'past year and its earningd show a cbn- siderable increase, However, it is far from being out of the wood finan- Bibbys January Sale of Boys' Suits FT oo Boys' Blue Serge Double breasted Suits -- style coat, bloomer pants. Sizes 29 to 34. Regular $9.50, $10, $12.50 values. Sale price enemse. _-- = -- -- Children's Blouse Suits, Blue children's serge; khaki cloth suits; regular $4.75, $5.50, $6.00 values. price Sale Boys' Fancy Tweed and Cheviot Suits; sizes 29 to 34. Double breasted style coat, bloomer pants; regu- lar $6.50, $7.50, $8.50 and $10. Sale price Boys' Suits; straight knick- ers; sizes 30 to 33; regular $5.00, $6.00, $7.50, $8.00 values. Sale price a DQ IT ELECTRICALLY i -- LET US WIRE YOUR HOUSE NOW -- - HOUSE and STORE LIGHTING A SPECIALTY. LARGEST STOCK OF FIXTURES IN THE CITY. SEE OUR NEW DESIGNS. ~ Moore's Electric Shop DIAN PATRIOTIC FUND "The Shop of Quality." Toronto. It has reference to an in* surance risk which had been voided by Sergt. Sussex, of London, Ontario, cially and further aid would be wel- comed, In the government program for The liberals decided in such an emergency to offer opposition. when he enlisted for service abroad, and ran behind in his premiums with the Aetna Life Insurance Company. He tendered payment of his dues as a military man, and they were refused. Sussex sued the company and de- feated it, the judge declaring "that Another outrage has presented it- self, somewhat unexpectedly, in the reconstruction of the cabinet. Hon. Albert Sevigney, the late speaker of the Commons, has become the min- ister of inland revenue, and appeals to the elpctors for endorsement. There is a revolt against this. The liberals may "Brantford Expesitor. Some idea of the distress and want relieved by the Canadian Pa- triotic Fund may be gathered from the following story, a record of which is on file in the office of the fund in Montreal. committee the mother was in the ma- ternity hospital. Three children un- the coming session there is no pro- vision for assistance to raflways and none is likely. The whole railway situation is under advisement by a commission - which was appointed When this case came to the attention of the relief | the government by railways, I with the specific object in view of obviating such recurrent appeals to This report will not be ready before April, " 00000000 LLl Dells ld VITO TIOVIVIOOOII INNIS OPEN NOSTRILS! END A COLD OR CATARRH How To Get Relief When Head | PASTEURIZATION Kills the Germs of Septic Sore Throat, TOOOOI0000 Typhoid, Tuberculosis and Scarlet Fever. All our milk is thoroughly Pasteurized and sold in sealed bottles at 9¢ per quart. the insurance was valid and subsist- ing on the paymen of arrears." There will be many: to manifest surprise with this ruling? Many insurance not allow him to go and Nose are Stuffed Up. 3 a 4 00000 ND LLL POPTIVOOPIPINNSN0 Poy Count fifty! Your cold in head or catarrh disappbars. Your clogged back to office pp ' thdt would be tantamount to accept- ing the position which this national- Sn _ hood to the fighting line. At last' he . where, and everyhere possible, be in- companies charged higher rates for military risks, and do not want them at any premium. There are cases in which the risks have been cancelled when the policy holders became soldiers, they being refused the privilege of paying their arrears and recovering further stand- ing. TI~ practice under these eir- tumstances has been challenged, and 4 commotion will be created in in- surance circles if the ruling of Judge Lennox, in the Sussex case, be accept- ed as a precedent. AN EXAMPLE TO ALL MEN. A man of seventy, over age for mili- tary purposes, according to regula- tions, has seen active service at the front, with a regiment which spent several months in Kingston. He has returned to Canada invalided. Whe- ther he will essay to return to France @ cannot say, but his is a spirit ich is worthy of emulation and. his a spirit that puts to shame the thou- sands who have fled from the coun- try, to escape service, or remain in it and play the slacker. It is not so long since the press of all America lauded the heroism and sacrifices of a man of sixty-four. He hd been refused admission to the army by the French, but did splendid service in Belgium, and later in France, and achieved a glorious car- eer. Six times he was wounded and retired from the French frontier to recover his strength and return with all the buoyancy and vigor of man- Tell mortally wounded, and his splen- did example, when related in the press, moved more men than many recruiting officers had been able to do with their most eloquent tongues. The returned hero of seventy must be found in Kingston. He must some- duced to show story, and stimulat®. all eligible men who hear him to enter into active ser- or face everlasting humiliation disgrace. ; ist has, taken in the war, Mr. Sevig- ney, in the election of 1911, protest- ed against Canada's participation in the affairs of England on the ground that England had done nothing for Canada. The constituency is represented by a Mberal in the local house, and may be represented by a liberal in the Commons. At any rate, there is no dispositich to endorse nationalism at this juncture, and the government deserves the rebuff which & defeat in Dorchester would mean at the pres- ent time. The liberals of the consti- tuency should not be expected to ap- Prove of the ex-speaker's rebellious attitude and language in the last election, guage of the nmtionalist party as It Is represented by Mr. Bourassa at the present time, nor the attitude and lan- EDITORIAL NOTES. Hon. Mr. Macpherson is very mad because the electors of his consti- tuency persists in raising Cain. Well, is not that what he wanted? ------------ Foods are to be scarcer and dearer than ever this year. So it is predict ed by the wise men of England. People must eat less or grow more. schemes whereby the people will add to production and be less dependent than they are foods. rs ---------------- Hughes '¢an" lead in some upon others for their] Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, ot Cabbages and Kings" THE COMMON PEOPLE The common people are a law-abid- ing class of citizens whose chief oc- cupation in life is to officiate as the goat, There are 8,000,000 people in Canada and if they would all act in unison the Early Rose potato would not command a higher price than a grand opera ticket. As it.is now five or six men who centrol all of the cold storage facilities between the north pole and the east coast afe able to corner everything on the market ex- cept channel ice and hold it until the guilty countenance of a 300 per cent. dividend peeps shyly over the hori- zon. This is not allowed in any of the foreign countries, where they have a despotic form of government, and at times it seems as if we could use a bright-eyed double-fisted des- pot in our business with good results. The common people are slow to wrath, and will pay $4 a ton more than hard coal is worth without try- ing to set up & new form of govern- ment. When a man who belongs to the common people pays 45 cents a dozelt for eggs that were picked ten months before, he does not secure a shotgun and let the breath out of a few manipulators with a melancholy hiss. All he does is sigh and vote the straight ticket. No ohe can witness the patient, long-suffering attitude of the common people in this respect without being convinced that Billy Sunday is wasting his sweetness on the desert air, While the lot of our common peo- ple is hard enough, with everything that is fit to eat, drink and wear rid- ing the ridge pole, the man who is in- clined to grumble should take ome look at the condition of the common people of Europe, and then fall on his knees with his hat in both hands. Three dollar flour and 50-cent butter are bubbles in the sea of WOrry com- pared to a desolation which upturns the graves of millions slain for they know not what. \ The Toronto Telegram says so West Simcoe election really meant or death to the Hearst One can was understand, them, why \ nostrils will open, the air passages of your head will clear and yéu can breathe freely. No more snuffling, hawking, mucous discharge, dryness or headache; no struggling for breath at night. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist and apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream in your nostrils. It penetrates through every air passage of the head, soothing and healing the swol- len or inflamed mucous' membrane, giving you instant relief. Head colds and catarrh yield like magic. Don't stay stuffed-up and miserable. Relief is sure. Phone 845 :: Price's ries, Stra quality. SOLD AT We have something special to offer our customers i Niagara Canned Fruits including Poh. Pears, Raspber- Hand Packell Tomatoes. These goods are in a class by them- selves and are uncqualled in oe Phone 363. and The Bon Marche Grocery Cor. King and Earl Sts. Phone 1844 Bulk Oysters