° \ PAGE FOUR The Bri itish Whig . 3 B4TH YEAR i | | i and Sem WHIG LIMITED 1- PUBLISHING I. G. Elltott President . Gul .e an aging Director Leman A. Guild ... M anaging [ress Telephones: 243 Business Office ...... d Editorial Rooms Job OMce ...c.ovaere SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered One year, if paid One year, by ¢ One year, 10 B ¥ (Semi-Weekly Ec cash One year, by mall 30 One year, if not pald in Ac $1.5 One year, to United Sta $1.50 Six and three mon Ww. Bruce Owen TORONTO R ¥. C. Hoy, ... 10056 T UNITED STATES REPT F.R.Northruj 43 Fifth Ave. F.R Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg, one of the best 'n Canada, Ban fi ag NTATIVE New York Attaghed Is job printing offices p= The cireulition of THE BRITISH WHIG is authentiented by the ABC Aadit Bureau of Circulations. A CLEAN-UP NEEDED. A peculiar feature he developed connection with the New Bruns- elections The the rottenness of the local government during the last been a coalition, but dominated by conservatism and defended by lead- It will be remem- cominission ex- in wick issue Is four years. It has ers in the cause, bered that a royal posed the acts of the Flemming ad- ministration, and that after Tis re- port was made public the premier, (Mr. Flemmingd, was driven. from public life. Flemming did not remain long .inp obscurity. Certainly not long en- ough to undergo a thorough fumiga- tion. He appeare®™M a bye-election as the advocate of a member of the government just called to office, and his sins and accepted ministér as a Now the SUCCessors 45 dis- brazened out the success of white-wash for himself. Murray government---the of the Flemming government: posed to repudiate the report of the commission which laid bare the irre- gularities of the former premier and the government which he led. The question before the people, and to be settled by the election on Saturday, 18 not whether this gov- ernment is responsible for thd com- and its revelations, but those given to shameful deals are worthy of the punishment that has been promised to them. The result shduld be a cleaning up of the province politically. A coalition government, on its merits, cannot be injured by the misdeeds of men who are willing to use or work any -eom~ bination for their own particular good. the mission whether How much are some people deny- ing themselves during Lent? Relig- fous ceremonies are welcome when they mean something in the lives of the people. MILITARY SERVICE TAINTED. The sudden departure from Winai- peg, when the Roblin government went down, of Dr, R. M, Simpson was reported. Simpson. was the trea- surer of the Conservative Associa- tion and handled large sums on -be- half of his party. When indicted fo: wrong doing, he was in the military service, and abroad, and the feeling was engendered that it would be in bad taste to call him to account. He did not return to Canada when he was wanted and the Crown took ac- tion, The case came before one of the London courts and some of the com- ments upon it showed sympathy with , the man. ' greatest of all works.while the > 'was on. Why should he be disturfs| , CToronto-Ghobe) . ed? The demands. of the Crown The Jurcisse, of supplies, wien could not, however, be denied, and now we have the report of Judge! Paterson upon the Manitoba roads' expenditures. : 'This report is very severe on those who obtained money from the pro- vincial treasury. for work whizh was not done. Some of this money went, it is reported, "directly into Dr, Simpson's hands, and, so far as the 'provincial treasurer is concerned, are there yet." What win they eay in England about this? Will those who were so ready to condone his of- fenses offer any palliation now} -- Probably the Canadian parliament will now be induced to fegisiate against the ipvasion of Ontario by the liquor traffic from Quebec." The mail order business must be stopped. | THE 0 given them what they Chicagog He was engaged in the| in the are in ing them; they mines and | fields,. serving capabity, and! with an energy that compels admira-| tion; they are driving the omnibuses any or electric cars of London, and acting as conductors; they have acted in the fire department, the warehouses and | the mail service; they have lined up| as clerks in the 'post offices, the cus- toms houses and other public institu- tions, ip, shops and stores and fac- tories. They have preached and| practice economy. With the new and excellent re- sources of the women public opinion | has veered around in their favor and; have so long namely, the assurance of the This in itself is .a great! desired, franchise concession, and with it anything! worth having is said to be at the i Jcommand. The last announcement is that they are to be allowed to) practice law. They may become members of parliament and judges later on. This is the consideration which exercised a certain goverment official not so long ago. He may realize in the capitulation of the | government the evidence of a com-| plete surrender. EDITORIAL NOTES. New York is giving the women the franchise, and without ernment is com mitted What has become of Mr. Hanna? He still oce ture, Has he abandoned the Hearst government? What could be expected when it abandoned.! him? The conservative majority upon parliament tried to keep Mr. Dewart off the public accounts committee. Why? What is the government afraid'of? Congress has passed 'a bill wiien, when approved, will prevent a 3 state from sending any of its g into a dry state. The American' lators are sensible men. How can prohibition be made a success while conditions exist as they do between Quebec and Ontario? egis- the nickel corporation. It has, through an intermediary, a willing servant no deubt, given the com- pany another slice of land in the min-« eral district for $3 an acre. Is there anything too good for the nickel combine? nh Bild The Hon. Mr. Ferguson pleads that he did not know the government was giving away its valuable nickel mia- ing property to the Nickel Co. when an individual staked out a big slice of land and-beught-it for $3 an acre. He ought to wake up. He ought to know enough to enquire into the plans and purposes of this individual. Mr. Rowell must be sitting up late a4 hight in order to think out plans for improving social and political conditions in Ontario. And the gove ernment quietly appropriates all he suggests, swallowing everything without a' grimace. The ministers must need the new foods which Mr. Rowell supplies. PE | PUBLIC OPINION | Mr. Rowell Rules, (Hamilton Herald) This province appears to be gov- erned by N. W, Rowell through the instrumentality of the Hearst gov- ernment. He Never Did. (Guelph Mercury The man who Invented the double house idea never had an idea that any person in the other half would take singing lessons, Buy by Tender, possible, by terider is among the re- forms in Provincial administration advocated by the Liberals. The ma- 'jority shows no sign of Fielding. . Billy 's Talk (Belleville Intelligencer) When a girl gigzled. during Billy Sunday's opening sermon in Buffalo he yelled at her: "That's right, you little frizzled-haired sissy, You could 'n't turn a flapjack in the kitchen without spilling the batter." | > rsh 3 Counts. Thomas Journal Sir aaa Hughes pe nd hat that not one Canadian has been lost in passing from Canada to Britain, to France or back again. Of course, Sir Sam will give the British favy cre- dit for this? ~ Stealing (Hamdlton Times) Premier Hearst stole Mr. Rowell's st RRENDER.! 1 re { Legislative Snapshots. a . $ By Don Hunt H. H., Dewart, K.C., M.P.P., for | South-West froronto With Hartley There has come into the House Vivacity, wit, vitality French is his beard, Irish his eyes, Sparking in good humor His oppgne nts oF He puts' upon the. grill Burns them, roasts them, Turns them over, And roasts them again, Until they cry, "Who said this fellow was good humored? 4 | without gloves and swagger | muscles the fluster |" el = . { dominies are not and foolery to which the Hearst gov-1 | themselves | upies a seat in the legisla- else, however, | the striking committee in the Ontario | The Hearst Soverhment is kind to o steal hi WOMEN: THE ye Oue of the most remarkable| men policy I Pre 8 pposi i changes in is thatrof the tion to t lent 3 as ma e with | ' a view ng 9 Rowell out | | peopl ar women in many | Chic i 103: de the | respects... They were limited in their | vou ate of Ww g | oceupati the war. There | rs Suter rm i | were so loyments which ap-| * t Fo rs ato 14 NCSTON EVENTS the men T he women had no access! S U to them. But, gradually, as the re- 26 YEARS ACO sult of the nation's tragedy, one after 4 another of the avenues of service! % opened to them, and now they are ) eq fox everywhere performing duties that| offer ) 0 are "difficult and. doing it well 8 A; conlast the vac| The women are in the munitio a : Bo al causad hv factories, machining shells and fill of S Angrove gain been to Liberal feated M Ontario MILITARY CHAPLAINS MUST HAVE A CARE b Ht Aadhy A Cit The Canadian chaplains have been reproved by the British military au- thorities for appearing in: London sticks. is serious. If the extra-orbital of some of our Canadian trained retain they are likely to find charged with high trea- The Dominion military au- | thorities should. explain the dangers of oversea work to all candidates for positions of this kind In the meantime, lectures on spat wearing and the proper occasions for soup {and fish #lothes might be introduced {into our theological colleges. santas. This to a monocle son | ve WHY SOME MEN DO NOT WANT TITLES : Hamilton Herald : : That highly respectable English newspaper the London Morning Post | ing industry. declares that British titles of hono: are now bought and sold and each has its stated market vale; that the dispenser of honors is the chief whip of the party M power, and that the money paid by the purchasers of the titles goes into the party chest as an election fund. If this is true it is not strange that Mr, Asquith, Mr. Balfour, Lloyd George, and Bonar Law. prefer to be plain 'misters' and that men like Gladstone. and is such a thing as being too big for a title, Appointed C Terk of Senate. Ottawa, Feb. 23.--A: Ey Blount, private secretary to Sir Robert Bor- den, has heen appointed clerk of the Senite in succession to Major S. E. St. Onge Chapleau, who retires on superannuation, s Zl | Foop, CONTROLLER { : NEEDED IN CANADA || . Sd } { eal Mail 2 : | The food conerollers in. England ave established a n price | and a half cents a ind ford That Is equivalent to 30 « 'busi 1e} or $1.20 per bag of 1 andard weight : present price paid: by the al cansumer is , per bag ing has been x that the is-likely - to 'go much higher. | we not nearing the point whi » Are ! i a food controller is needed in Cans ada? Canada js a with illimi- » potato grows alte ady produces England i country ilities in She table pos more than she «onsulies ! i¢ not able to produce potatoes In, sufficient quantity to satisfy her home demand. Yet in E and the consumer is able to buy s indis- pensable food at only a little more than one-third of the price paid by the Canadian consumer g It is not enough to say that this condition is due to the fact that Eng- land is at war and in the hands of a food controller. (Canada also is at war. Every day it becomes: more evident that unscrupulous producers and 'middlemen are taking advantage of war conditions to inflate the price of foods, The price of potatoes is only one of many evidences of the need of a Canadian food controller. lb + SOLDIERS WANTED . j ON THE FARMS err tawa 'Titizen H on, Howard Fergusoir has intro- duced a bill into the ough house giving the government power to take over land for the settlement of sol- diers and to spend money in training them and getting them started, buy- ing machinery, ete. The honorable minister undoubtedly means well, and is well advised in taking steps in this direction before it is too late and returned soldiers are again on On- tario soil. But what assurance has the minister that the returnéd sol- diers, or even a portion of them suf- to justify such a step on a large scale, will feel disposed to take up farming? Is the minister aware that a recent unofficial census of 2,- 150 returned soldiers showed less than 40 or about two per cent. de- sirous of going on farms? The South African veterans were given serip in the hope that they would set- tle on the land, but it would be in- teresting to know just® how many bona fide veterans of that war are to- day engaged in farming on the land given them by the government. ficient WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE MEASURE PASSES Referendum Carried in Assem= bly, 124 to 10, Augsbury Voting in Minority. Albany, Feb, 23.--The woman's suffrage referendym bill was passed by the assembly Bithout debate by a vote of 124 to 19. Those voting in the negative were. Augsbury, Bax- ter, Grant, Malone, Marsh, Thayer, Welgh and Youker, Republicans; and MeCue and O'Hare, Democrats Applause greeted the announce- ment of the passage of the measure. Assemblymen Welsh, Youker and McCue explained their opposition on the ground that woman's suffrage was defeated in 1915 by more than 200,000 votes &nd that another re- ferendum this year was unnécessary, notwithstanding the fact that their party platforms declared in favor of a resubmission in November, 1917. -_si Random Reels "Ot Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages snd Kings" The Welsh Rarebit, The Welsh rarebit represents an earnest effort to find out how much the human stomach will stand with- out rising up in open and uncon- cealed pebellion, The stomach is given to mankind for the purpose of converting food into brain and muscle. Sometimes it deans too much in the direction of muscle and seems to forget that a few brains will not injure. the tout ensemble, but this is because people insist upon eating something which was intended solely for the adult ostrich. If. the stomach. is treated right and nog called upon to digest food which would appall a cement mixer it will perform its work with the smoothness and rhythm of a street accordeon, and will accompany the owner down to old age without having to be overhauled and rebab- bited every few months, The Welsh rarebit is. composed mainly of cheese and luck, and if either ingredient is lacking it is a total failure, Some people can 'make a dozen rarebits in succession ana feed them to trustful friends without causing a single death while others do not secure the right combinatjon more. than three times out of five. When a,Welsh rarébit goes wrong 11 draws down with it a whole roomful of expectant guests who would be glad to revert to the status quo. Owing to the popular contempt for law which prevails in this country young brides are permitted to make Welsh rarebit four nights a week in a chafing dish which wag given as a wedding present and thus under- mine the constitutions of their hus-| bands who are too weak to say no. If the time spent In weaving the rich, 'self-lubricating Welsh rarebit were put to scme practical use, like learifing how to make rye bread or replacing a much-needed pants but- ton, it would not be necessary for So many married men to take their appetites to some $30-a-day sani- tarium and have them with mineral water, y- Rippling Rhymes old Fathe| white. out of date. new don't count, and may be dropped, prohibition policy, and now he wants VITAL TRUTHS Tipu The vital truths are old and gray; they're old be- cause they're true; the vital truth we spring today; If any man comes up, for | sooth, and says that he can show a truly modern vital truth, oh, lay the faker low. A man might rustle up a lie that bears the signs of youth, but never, friend, will you desery a strictly recent truth truth is that which leads the sons of men aright, to useful lives and goodly deeds, and records clean and We know that indusfry will pay, that honesty is great; and truths like these however gray, are never Old Adam knew them as he wrought among the first green, trees, and he rehearsed them as he sought his missing swarm of bees. Oh, every bles- sed rule of life, that's likely to exalt, was old when L&E , 4 Lot's devoted wife became a chunk of salt. truths are "but a few, and easy to adopt; the truths that seem grotesquely Noah knew. 7 vital The vital re-charged |. AL SA Bibbs A The Store That Keeps The Prices Down oe YOUNG MEN'S = AwAT vor 'over FACE, Made in Italy. Special Values at $2.50 New 19] 7 Hats have arrived. See our Borsalino Hats. Price $4.50 - HATS JEN YOUNG MEN'S SUITS New 1917 models:are here. See Bibbys Biltmore Suiits, : $15.00. 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