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wr PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH WHIG] MOR PC 85TH YEAR. Fablished Dally mi- Week THE BRITISH WHIG PU BLISHING CO, 1AMITED, io Big v's F Promdent "Editor and Managing- Director Jelephoties Business Office Editorial Rooms" dob Office FER "RRSGRIFTION. RATES $ ly Edition) One vear, delivered in city Une year, If paid in advance $5 One year, bv mail to rural offices $2 One year, to United States ( Weekly Rdition) One year, by mall, cash 1.00 one year, if not pald in advance 3 50 Ode vear, to United States 1.50 Six and MONTREAL REP Ra Bruce Owen 2 INITED STATES REP JR Nomhrup, 226 F*h Ave, F.R.Northa up, 1510 Ass'n Bldg, Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer, ol 243 229 three months pro rata. NTATIVE St. Peter St. INTATIVE: New York Chicago Attached Is one of the best printing offipen in Canada, job The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is authenttented by the ABO Audit Burean of Cireulaffons. Before meat prices went sky high, one could buy many uppetising viar- feties of fish for 10e¢ to 12¢c a lh Now the price is nearly as high as that of meat. The Germans must be making themselves very obnoxious in Rus- sia when their envoy to that coun- try Is assassinated, as has juft hap- pengd at Moscow. William the Last, says. the Brook- lyn Eagle, has reigned thirty years at an average cost to humanity of $5,000,000,000 a year. if is as- suredly no joke ta call him Bill The Germans ard being taken wi soner on the western front at the rate of about 500 a day, and with the minimum of loss to the Ales. A lew weeks of such operations will yield quite a bag. None of. the: Allied countries ra- gard Kerensky as the man who can dad Russia back; he, too, is suspected of being a tool "of Germany. At any rate, he had his chance, but proved. too weak for the task. : : Most of "the transports "being sunk by submarines are former German :Hoers. Probably the Huns reason thiet they have a right to do as they please with their own property. At any rate, it will save the Allies hav- ing to pay for the confiscation of the vessels when the war is-over, Employees in the Ford Motor Co's. plant were for years the best paid -body of mechanics to be found any- 'where, but they were not content. 'They recently demanded a still high- er raise, and now the plant has been shut down. There is still such a . thing as killing the goose that lays the golden egg. ~The Ukraine, one of the first of the Russian provinces to fall under the contpel of Germany, is now striving to throw off the yoke. An army of 15, 000 Ukrainians is ap- . proaching the capital eity of Kiev ~ with the objectiof driving out tne Germans. A -------------------------- y It the Trent river water supply is low now, after all the rains of tle past few months, what would hap- pen t to the power supply from that source fring a real dry season? : sooner. the latent power of the 'St. Lawrence rapids is developed the for Kingston and all Basiern to the matter. he serie during Rw in somo quarters) week 55,794 rifles of the moditied | Spare parts. In; addition 3,280 Rus- he {tion Joly 4th as that salen OWER TROUBLES, Utilities Commission its troubles with regard to ro power gituation were end, with prospects of zood s deals ahead, it is con- onted with further difficulties. + Hydro-Electrie Commission, ow- demands of mun!- plaz and because Bf the al- inugual lowness at this sea- water in the Treut river, is the source of hydro-electric energy for this section eof Ontario; finds it necessary to ask the Kings- ton Commniigsion to link up with no more large power consumers at pre- sent Only concerns doing business ix the national interest can be con- sidered just now: a It is evident, view of these conditions, er rafég may be at present out of question if the Utilities Commission has to keep its steam 'plant going as an auxiliary. It costs money to make electricity from steam, with coal gelling at three timeg what the Conrmiszion paid fog It five years ago." And where, pray, would the city be had its Utilities" Commission- ers agreed to .the demands of the 0 | Hydro Electric engineers and secrap- ped its steam plant as soon as hydro power was delivered here from the Trent? The city's representatives were too canny to do such a thing. First of all they saw the necessity of using the steam plant to keep down the peak, and secondly they foresaw its need in case of an emergency, Just Jike the one that has now arisen, True, the city also had the Camp- bell power at Ringston Mills as an auxiliary, but that supply would not be sufficient if the Trent line failed for a time. The stéam plant was wisely retained and may yet have to py an important part in help-' Ing out Sir Adam Beck. So far, Kingston is unable to hand out any bouquets to Sir Adam's advisers, for their hindsight seems to be better than their foresight, The Hydro Commission 'Las not given Kingston what it promis. ed. The power supply from the Trent has not been satisfactory, and there have been various breaks. The . street railway company has been the chief sufferer. Someone had to be the "goat," and the railway was unani- mously chosen. Had Kingston not been in a position to help itself by means of Campbell power and its own steam plant, the people would have fared badly. However, the Trent may yield more power this year than Sir Adam Beck's engin- eers expect. It is to be hoped that as they have made mistakes in other things, their , cdlenlations on the source of supply will prove some- what off, and that Kingston will be elven more electrical energy than will supply its utmost needs. MORF an busines ing sased tion the therefore, that in AMERICA IN THE WAR. The United States is about to make her weight felt on the western front. . The following ave the off'- cial figures Issued by Secretary Baker showing . the despateh of troops to France since May 20th, 1917, when Gen. Pershing and his staff sailed for England:--May, 1,- 7185 June, 12.961; July, 12.988; August, 18,323; September, 32,523; October, 38,250; November, 25.- '016; December, 48,840: January, 1918, 46,776; February, 48,027; March, 83,811; April, 171,212: May, 244,345; June, 276,372, witim 14,644 marines, making the grand total 1,018,115. The despateh of troops is still proceeding rapidly and. the: War Department expects to have 4,000, 000 under arms on Jann-~ ary 1st, 1919, or soon after. Ship 'construction is keeping pace with the transportation of troops. Some 280,640 dead-weight tons were built during the month of May, 1918, and on July 4th ninety-four vessels were launched, forty-two of them being of steel construction and fifty-two of wood. The largest was 12,000 tons and the smallest 3,500 tons; total tonnage, 1,181,700. It tion in 1918 will reach 3,000 000. Charles M. Sehwab, director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, declares' that the total tonnage of new ships will be nearly 4,000,000. Séventy hundred and fifty-one ways on cargo ships can average. three ships per year, The Ordnance "Department "re ports that the week ending June 29th saw a high record of produc: tion of U.S. army rifles with a dally average of 10,142, total for the Batield and Springfield: types. with sian 'ritles were manufactured. On [June 27th approximately 27,000,- "| 000 cartridges of every. description L 'above figures saya: I i haan ore Hg » to our owni people as they wif be a {painful shattering of German fl slong. Fri lah was there such a celebra- lower pow] is estimated that the new construe-| { it "The Free 1 said: "Re and valor of World's 5 menfbering the Britain on land a in this war, remembering and her worthy An es bore the brunt for us] so long, Il we find in this British Fourth of July the symbolis end too long stimulated influences, but which Com the sea how .. she not trangement Gérman unforgetable and an by the field rades the have swiltly dissolved?" THE GOOD ROADS SOHEME. The visit to Kingston of the ex- ecutive pf the Ontarto Good Roads' Association brings to public atten- tion the educational' work of this body It is the elearing house for the ideas of pen ll over the pro- vince and through it public opinion is created and pressure brought to upon the government for road improvement fn the best interests of the province, commereially and highways should be of the should be accessihle should lead ¢o bear sockally, best character, for all classes and the great centres. [In ploneer Jays farming was rendered irksome and unsatisfying because of the isolation, the loneliness and often privation of the settlers, but with the phone, the rural maikand the these 'woes have heen happily witi- gated, though not to the fullest ex- tent. (Bad roads have a direful ef- fe still, and to remedy this the Good Roads Association and the Provincial Highway IConimission are moving together. They aim to make the farmer on the sideline as hapny and contented as the one on the trunk highway leading to the com- mercial centres. 'A provineial high- way from Windsor to the Quebec boundary is the desire with county and township roads leading thereto and @all of such construction that trangportation, swill be a (pleasure and 'a jdalight This is the ideal sought after. Tt will take time. Just now "the war thas stayed progre but the influential bodies pursues their policy of organization and edu- cation and 'when the time (is ripe hope to aid materiglly in giving em- ployment many Iwho otherwise might find it burdensome to live during the reconstruction period The government is sizing up condi- tions fas jthey prevail at present and is assuming roads essential to (he best interests of the province. The announcement of the taking over of the tain road from (Napanee to Brockville is pleasing, and will mean much to Kingston in days to come. Kingston ig doing her share in the work of educating and demonstrat- ing the value of good roads; the ns soglation recognized this during the visit, -and it is hoped the citizens will wheerfully share in the expense tele- anto to TL wee mmr necessary to! make the roads ¢on- verging into the city servi jcoable and efticlent, for the character of the highways undoubtedly alds in the financial Success of the merchants and all other classes of producers Highwaye of the best kind assist in the development of the highest typa of citizenship. Intelligence and moral uplift give stimulus to the best of everything in life, good roads, good homes, good schools, - good churches, eanitation, lpure (water, breadth wf vision snd national de- velopment. Ontario meeds all hese. 5 The ambitious aspirations of aLpeopleihpeet better living The visit of the Good Roads Association's oxecitive Was pleasing, and gave Kingston another opportunity to show how gracious she can be to those who officially come within her gates. i THE PETTY PLANS. Edgar- A, Guest in Detroit Free Press. A neighbor's house was burning down, the fury was intense, The flames were spitting towards the sky, the elouds of smoke were dense; And many ran to ghare the fight, but one, looked dbwn' the street, And said; "My supper"s ready now, and I'll stay here and eat." with hate, are. red, to-day "are, and manly The world is now ablaze the skies with fire fields of France strewn with young dead, And yet I heard a man complain that he was asked to eat His share of sacrificial bread to give the warriors wheat The And. I have heard a man demur when 'oalléd upon to aid it would interfere with 'some pet pleasure-plan he'd made; Have heard one say in time like this with all the world at grip - That he would not deny himself a simple fishing trip. That Oh, petty men, forget yourselves! This is life's biggest age, The greatest drama of all times is now upon the stage! deeds are claiming here, with vietory thoughts must occupy minds and petty plans break. brave nien at stake, men's must Big Big Quite Consistent. (New York World) A German agent in this city is charged with telling colored men (1) that "Germany loves negroes," and (2) that if we 'send them to France and the Kaiser's men catch them. 'the Germans would cut off their ears and arms and would dig their eyes out." This consistent Teu- ton has qualifications for a Foreign} Secretary. (Greensboro Herald-Journal) Probably: the reason why some people borrow trouble is because their neighbors know them too well for them to borrow anything else. | It's just human nature;- but when a| nian does a herole deed it seems that everybody is looking t the other way. | Way Down in Georgia. , | | eg i Kipping Rhymes did, fort is denied; and three feet wide; low; some day when we are snooping around spirits drooping, fair peace will come kerwhooping, and. end the reign of woe, they're blading, as they have done for yeers; but nothing's everlasting in this, the best of spheres; all things on earth are ended, the piffling and the splen~ when Father Time has wended, a while, deep in tears. Today is charged with sorrow, and com- but there'll be a tomorrow all wool "IT WILL END os The captain and the colonel still bravely elatge) the foe; but nothing is eternal in this punk world be- | with They're shooting and knee it's worth our while repeating that mundane things are fleeting; the 'trials we are meeting some fine day will have died. world keeps shifting. until we are perplext; I'm glad the I'm glad we're always drifting from one thing to the next; I'm glad that every Sunday is followed by a Monday, that 4 ADDY one day, the next dfy sorely vext. rgmiles on straight; the war won't last forever, and that's as sure re morning we'll awaken to 'see the daylight vreakin' upon a keep ~ as fate; Bo let us all endeavor to world torseken by every war lord skate. oy THINGS THAT NEVER -- WALT MASON. HAPPEN ATRL YRNES; Smart Styles for Vacation Time SEE OUR SOCIETY BRAND SUITS - "The Ritz-Carlton--ready to try on. 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