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wif rE PEPEROE | | SUBSCRIPTION RATES gonivered in Cit3 .. Joan : vai mail fo rural of DY Tare Shook 35. threes months pro rata 27 math Edition) sia ws ue i se er a4 Tale ne m. ann Dro rats. it one, of the best job . TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE =» bo 1 p23 aren ut. | 'Hew not fice cesses 325 Fifth Ave. Northrup, Manager. Obleggo asa Tribune Has. --- nk R. Northrup, Manage PROTEST FROM ORANGEMEN A Canadien Orangeman, Frank Schultz, one of Manitoba's leading ¢ Orangemen--a past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba, a past grand master of the sT'riennial Cotincil of the world, and. a member of the Grand Lodge and Black Chapter British Columbia--objects to the Car son campaign in Ireland. Sir Edward has appealed to the Or angemen of Canada for financial as- sistance towards resistance in Ulster, and he sees, in the populace, a down-right disobedience of the king and a treasonable obedience of - his commands. "Ii," says he, "armed to the king and his government is not rebel- lion, what is it?" He reforms by legislation, and he does 'mot propose to compromise the order by doing anything which will be con- trary to its teachings. And these cluded law and ordir the king. of arming of the dis- resistance is in favour of in und doyalty to 1t i» proposed to found a permanent Municipal - Research Bureau in Toron- to. It will need an endowment, and one of sufficient size to secure the suc- cess of the burean. Of course it be made largely seli-supporting by the earnings of its officers in doing _ other places what new York's officers have done for can for Toronto. AN JLLUMINATING STUDY The status of the status of the House becoming clearer through the sions of parliament. For instance this' year the Highways Bill is wissing from the measures which are promised by the government. 'I'wice it was be 'fore the Senate and amended to the effect that the grants should be on a pro-rata basis, and be subject to the administration of the local govern mont. The federal government would not accept that amendment and for rea: sons which the leader of the govern ment in the Senate has outlived. Some of the local governments in the provinces not in political har- mony, with the federal government, and the last named does not propose - ta give large sums without having a good deal, if not all, to say about the manner 'in which the money is spent. Senator Ross, (Sir not now see the necessity or wisdom of the Highway Bill. He takes the ground that the provincial govern ments have all to do with the roads and their improvement, that they may be "recreant" -to their trust as Mr. Lougheed alleged, but that the federal government cannot constitutionally interfere with their duty or trust or function. It way give of its bounty but it cannot dictate as to the man- mer in which if shall be applied. Hon. Mr. Lougheed advances a thought which is suggestive of the attitude of the government on the subject. It can put road grants in 'the estimates, und so avoid the sub- 'mission. 'of the bill again. But it it fakes that proceedure it must pay over the money to the provinces and 'they will expend it as they like. The Il is necessary in order to give the _ federdl goverument the power to dic- ~ tate as to the way in which the grants shall be distributed. This bill as not been rejected by' the senate. "It has been amended so as to clear it of its pavticanship. Only that and nothing more. " senate and the of Commons are discus- are George), does "The parcel post higlds fire. A year ago the postmaster-general made an 'announcement with regard do it, and "before he had made his plans. He has 'ever since boon dickering with the rail: way companies, and they are masters the situatiop. Clever man, this it was interesting fo notice' the se- verity with which ' the premier de- nounced the "perverse and maladroit" action 'of the senate which, in 1913, aceepted the wording of the leader of the opposition in the senate when the liberals ruled in the senate and mov- ed that the contribution of Cangda to the British admiralty should be de ferred until the people were consulted. The occasion in 1911 and the occasion in 1913 were not parsliel, so says Hon. Mr. Lougheed. But others say differently. The senate's indépendence had been attacked, and Hom, Sir George Ross is to be thanked when he revives suf- ficient of the "history of Canada to show that the upper chamber ga filling ite destined place. In speaking of the Quebec resolutions the late Sir Jolm Macdonald said the senate would be less unless it exercised its right of opposing or amending the legislation of the upper house as it saw fit. "As a mere chamber for registering the de- crees of the lower house," he said it would be of no value. The late Sir Alexander Campbell, minister of jus- tice in the Macdonald government, postmaster-general and licutenant-gov- ernor for Ontario," thought similarly. So the senate is mot doing anything which it was not expected to do, and is entitled to the support rather than the censure of the people. Sir George Ross has, in the senate, answered the Hon. Mr. White declaration that the upper house is uot constitutionally the principles of British representa- tive government, and that it must be changed. Sir George has shown that there is no other constitution so mucht like the British and that it or amended except by the provinces, which had to do- with the formation oi it. To talk ing the senate is the cannot be abolished by the The provinces that for his in keeping with as that oi Canada, cannot be changed the creators, of abolish- rot. It' commons, veriest were a party to its establishment can express an opin- ion upon it, but no Qne supposes for a moment that would result in Thanks to Sir George light upon the and probably we will hear less about sen- reform from the an appeal to them any change. Ross, question, we have some men who do not much about ate seem to know this sub- ject The Cerman menace has passed. That is apparent. by the reduction in last year's programme from four bat- tleships to three, and this year fram three The Chan- cellor the Exchequer was justified in saying that at no time battleships to two. of so much as was the British government favourably now sO mat. ter of naval retrenchment. And Wins ton Churchill seems to see it, circumstanced in the too. THE GUARANTEE OF SAFETY the not been taught loss of one disaster The and finest The lessons of Titanic have in vain. of e newest ocean steamships that the world had ever seen, on her maiden under circumstances the ing, not be without important results. of seen the regulations which been signed by the representative of fourteen nations, (including Britain, the United States and Canada), and the implicit enforcemeént of which must go far in ocean travel. trip, and most distress- could he most hese are have Some in towards gdaranteeing safety It will be some time before the regulations will be estab. lished. They will have to be reported to the different governments not later than February 16th, and until en they will not be fully. known. They are believed to embrace provisions covering the following important con- ditions : full re- ordinary cau I¢e patrols, dce observations, ports from vessels, ext tion in ice fields. Reporting and licts. Regulation during fogs. New arrangements in the lighting of vessels. Thorough life saving apparatus The institution of 'a new code of wireless signals with mew regulations concerning the equipment of vessels with os apparatus. Great care in the examination watertight compartments. The vention of fire. Double bottoms for passenger ves- sels, Drills and inspections of all equip- ment, with special attention to the steering apparatus. Increased safety to be provided in the construction of passengers steam- destruction of dere- of the speed of vessels of A . ~" th of escape to be provided frony watertight compartments. uitements as to the strength bulkheads, and decks. Captains should not relax their vigilance on the supposition that any vessel is unsinkable. The powers that are parties to this agreement are determimed to make it effective. There is nothing to prevent the production of the periect ocean liners, but there is no warrant for the belief that a ship can be made that cannot be sunk. That is an 'un- thinkable proposition," and the dele gates from fourteen' powers will hear no wore of it. of ¢ "The controllers of Toronto are di- viding up their work so that each will have a ofvic department and make a study of .it. Greater efliciency should be reached, and it will. Tt is a won der that the Board oi Control did net of patronage dnme. x think of this long ago. The Syracuse Post-Standard is im- pressed Ly the very remarkable ser- vice which the late Lord Strathcona was able to gender to Canada. Baron Stratheona wis a great man, but it was hs Smith, the press agent, that he earned his distinction. ------------ The Whig does not concur with the Hamilton Herald 'in saying that if the Sir Wilfrid must spend all his time in pensated but by. his party. Why should a political party pay for any part of g¢he public service ? Our con- temporary in this argument. is not in accord with public opinion. Mr. Lesperance, of Montmagny, de- nies that he is playing into the hands of the liberals when he proposes to move a repeal of the Laurier Naval Act of 1910, The liberals are against that proposition sa' that the member for Montmagny is not co-operating with them. He is running amuck and making a guy of himself. ett site man of New York, failute he has less. Frank E. Vogel, a partner, for- merly in the meat business, put $1,- 400,000 into the Seigel enterprises and lost all but afew thousand dollars. The crash was complete and ruinous. Siegel begins business life anew, with- but with a svonderful ex- alleges that by his all. lost out capital, perience. heme The farce of enquiring into political ascertaining the grounds their last account offences, and on which public officials lost (up to the record And it defendants the cost, and the $12,000. The guilty places, ing, plete), indeed. be was not com- a farce, held to investigation be- was were before gan. fit the The verdict was simply made to charge. The notes four times : (1) (2) that up in the rest of the world by ten per: cent., Manicipal Journal hard Canadian iacts respecting the That living is very costly; while living has gone in the last five by thirty-five that bad, years, it has gone up (3) very per cent. in Canada; industrial conditions and are getting worse; soup kitchens have been in Montreal for while the jammed full of goods prices. Cant the. trusts be just ? opened the feeding of the poor cold storage warehouses are awaiting higher F. W. ., in the Canadian Muni- Journal, George attributes much of the of living to the cold storage It leads to what the Journal calls a damnable hold-up of a commission that cipal increased cost system. consumer, aud by its action; mitigate this accomplishing its purpose. the does not, evil is not Living five per per cent. Hon. Mr. speculators as compared with ten the rest of the world. should look after "'the exploiters the cent. in White and of foods." Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. By imitation of George Perhy, the Inverary Farmer's Club met at his home and re-elected the old officers ds follows : President, vice-president, Jhon Alexander Ritchie. The members of the Kingston Snow Shoe Club, had a great tramp -day. Several harses broke through the ice coming over from Garden Island. | BIRTHDAYS OF NOTABLE MEN Monday, January Twenty-Sixth Sir Percy Girouard, a son of Can- ada, who has won imperial renown, is celebrating his forty - seventh birthday to-day. Sir Percy's fame rests on his skill as a railroad builder. Lord Kitchener picked him out when he was still under thirty and gave him the difficult task of provid- ing railway t r a n sportation for the troops in the Soudan. This necessitated the construction of 200 miles of track in the space of a few months, but it made possible the yictory of Omdurman. Later when Kitchener was sent to South Africa, he took the young Canadian engineer with him and put the work of construct- ing and operating railways in his hands. For this service he received knighthood. After acting for some years as governor of British East Af- rica, Sir Percy retired a year ago and became associated as a director with one of the big English gun man- ufacturing companies. Jnart; Too Much Shop Seattle Argus A voung woman of Baltimore asked by a friend as to the likable- ness of a young chap who some time had been paying attention question: "Oh," replied the fair one. lessly, "William is a nice fellow; heé talks 100 much.' "How's that ?" was the next ames: tion. "I thought he was a street 8car conductor." "So he is," retumned the was devoted to the young woman in care. but other, "and he's continually saying 'Sit up closer { Seigel, the greet departmental store | He is penni- and (1) that in Canada has increased thirty- 1 William Fergusors, | secretary, ! for , "TALES OF R RAZORBACKS. Hows Hogs of" This Breed Got Down a Steep Hill. I'he' zroup ou the porch was. talking about razowhack hogs. and the store keeper was telling u story. *I'liere was a feller travelin' through here," be said. "He was a stranger in these parts. One day he come across a bunch o' bawgs that had big slits in their ears. Hg figgered at them slits. 'I'bey was too big fer brands. What the public service, he should be com-/f-else could they be? After a bit a na- tive come down the trail. 'Jess lookin' at' them bawgs,' said the stranger. 'You was,' saws the native. 'D'ye min' tellin' me what them big slits in ti ears is fer? said the stranger. "No all' says the native. 'Have you no- ticed these hilhs¥ "What d'ye mean? 'Noticed how steep they is? 'Yes, I have. 'Waal,' says the native, 'that's it. We bave to put them slits in the hawgs' ears so zhey kip stick their hind legs throuxgh 'em an' rough lock themselves down these hills to keep from killin' themselves." There was a salvo of very hearty outdoor laughter at this, and Mr. Ant- wine stirred behind his newspaper. "That remin's me of one they use to tell down on the Arkansas line" he said. "There was a feller goin' through there too. He saw a drove 0' razor- I backs carryin' on mighty queer. There was about twenty o' 'em, an' they act- ed like they was crazy. They would run fost to one tree an' then to an- other, tryin' to climb it. Then they would spin - arour® on their noses, crack their tails an' squeal in the most plaintive way you ever heard, The traveler watched them hawgs fer fif- teen minutes, an' the more he saw o' 'ain the more they jozzied him. Final- Jy he went on through the woods till he come to a house. There was a man ! out in front. He was baskin' in the sun. 'Is them your hawgs up there in the hills? the stranger asked. 'Yep, says the native. At that the traveler stepped up an' looked his man in the eye. 'Say, he swid, 'what in the Sam Hill's the matter with them hawgs? The native kin' o' half smiled. 'They does act queer, don't they he says. '1 should say they does.' 'Waal, it's this a-way,' sald the native. "We had a hard winter in here this time, an' there was no feed in the hills fer them hawgs. 1 bad, 'to let em have corn. Along late 'in the winter I tuk such a bad col' 1 couldn't Holler pig-ooeey any more. I had to call em up by hittin' the cornerib with a ax havodle, an' nqw,' he says, lookin' back up the hill, 'them dern woodpeckers is settin' 'em crazy.""'--St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Passing It On. The clerk filled out the license and handed it over. "Thank you." said the young man. "Hold on! That's $2." T'wo dollars!" "Yes. Did you suppose Wwe gave those things away?" *I certainly did. Charging a man $2 for a sheet of paper that didn't cost the county more than a nickel at the outside is robbery. Have 1 got to pay fez "You'll pay it or you'll hana back that document." "All right," said the young man, tak- ing a bill out of his pocket, tendering , it to the clerk and waiting for his | change, "but I can tell you right now vou ain't robbin' me. You're robbin' the preacher. He'll get just $2 less than I was goin' to give hin." Pocketing the change dnd tilting his hat back on his head, he stalked out of the office with. the air of a man who { had been imposed upon, but who knew | how to get even.--Chicago Tribune. The Cat Came Back. | Jacon--Did you ever try to lose a eat? Egbert---0L, yes. :1 hit upon a plan which 1 thought would work. I wrote an pote, inclosing $10, and tied both about the cat's neck. T'he noté read, *Finder-may keep both the cat and the money." "And how did it work?" "The cat came back 'the next day | with another note tied to its neck. The uote read: 'Don't need the cat, but can use the money. Please send $10 more," " -- Yonkers Statesman. marriage The Pleasure Site. Willie--Father. is it tine that riches do not bring happiness? His Pa--Quite true, my son. If you doubt it observe how much more the people in the bleachers seem to enjoy themselves than those in the grand stand.~New York Telegraph. Lr --------_ Not to Be Fooled Twice. "Johnnie, keep still and sit down and have your picture taken. Nothing will hurt you." "Boohoo! That's what you when we went to the dentist's," aan Afterward. He was not great in any Way, He did not do a noble deed Nor ied a helping hand to and A luckless creature in his need, said Yet he was missed far more than if Mankind was better for his ken, Since. though his way. led through the world. 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