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«. RAY __ PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH WHIG S0TH YEAR Published Daily Semi-Weekly by THE - BRITISH HIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, + +. President . « Editor and Managing-Director. Telephones: dusiness OMee ., ... ... «+ «. Batorisl ROOMS .. «0 «ov uu Job Ofhce ... .., SUBSCRIPTION RATES {Daily Edition) . Une year, delivered In city .. One year, if paid in advance .. .$56.00 One year, by mail to rura: offices $2.60 One year, to Unfted States .. 3.00 (semi- Weekly KEdition) «2243 ve 229 ves 292 she men sas One year, by mail, cash .. ... . .31 One year, If not paid in advance $1.50 Ome year, to United States $1.5 Six and three months pro rata. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE F. W. Thompson, 57 Mall Bldg. Torofite R. Bruce Owen, 123 St. Peter St., Mont- real. #.H.Northrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York ¥.R.Northrup, 1510 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer. Attached is one of the printing offices in Canada. best job The circulation of THE BRITISH Whig is authenticated by the A BO { Audit Bureau of Clirculations. Our children will judge ms by the fair two Teds 325.000 on does so for to expend grounds It sons: 1. Mhe expenditure will good improved ! grounds and ouildir Ereater revenue will provide invest as desired. January, defail the benefits that 10 the lkeity in having an up-to-date | fair grounds. HELPING THE FARMERS, A plan has been adopted in the] state of Qhiec witich has been of great benefit to the farmers, andj successful in this country. kinds of | | and the demand for all foodstuffs will for a come exceed the supply. Clubs are springing up Farmers are demanding radical political and! ness and financial matters are lack-| ing, and without these many farm-| s<Jers will be unable to take full ad- vantage of the unrivalled opportuni- ties of today. The plan above re- ciency. a -'Massachusetis agricultural lege, who was bred a farmer charge of the farm loan 'department of a Cleveland bank. He grew 'in: his present job because, visitor for his school, that farmers need business education quite as much as they need to know the 'sclence if agriculture. He is the originator of the pig club, and one of the first men to show the farmer how much money he was losing by hoarding has he what we did dupingathe war and hy how we acted "4 t war, With cheese selling at 26 7-8¢ on the Ontario boards, the dairy irdus- try of the province ought to be in a prosperous condition. Only businesses established upon good character are successful. The prosperity of sharp traders is as un- stable as a house built upon sani. Girls with rouge and powder on their faces are not allowed to enter the railway stations at Newark N.J. The authorities seem tobe 'ss silly as the gill # ERE, But oF City banks were busy on Friday and Saturday taking in payments on the second instalment of Victory Bonds. Those who overlooked their duty have still a day or two of grace, We want the boys happy when they come home. How? By keep- Tug industry going, opening up jobs for soldiers. omployers and em- ployees should forget personal aims for the eountry's sake, I ------ te ------ At the peace cofiPerence Britain will demand absolute abolition of conscription throifghetit' Europe, Inm- mense standing "Atified' are a con- stant menace to the peace of the world, and. should no longer be tole- rated by the powers of democracy. ---------- ti sn. Crime has increased to such an .extent in Toronto the "good" that & demand has arisen for the appoints ment of a new central criminal judge to relieve the heavy work of the present judges. What is the ex planation' for this increase in crime? The boys of Kingston's gallant 21st Battalion are going to see tha war 'through to a finish----{o be in at the death, as it were. They form part of the NBecond Canadian Divi« sion, now on German soll, and ut this moment quite probably quar ered in the fortress city of Cologne. ~The war wus won by mood sol- > ! adlers doing their best for honest officers and by these officers doing their best for their soldiers. Pros- perity (will follow by good ' wage- workers doing their best for honest empl and by these employers going their best for their wage workers. , money to carry them out. Mass. interested '#nd soon its farm low grade cows and how much he could make by buying the great milk and butter fat producers. In noting the success of Mr. Lin- coln's work the 'Buffalo Express points out that in his earlier work he found that even though farme s got business ideas fairly well im- planted, they 'sometimes lacked So he be- gan to try to interest bankers in farmers. It 'was uphill business, because farmers require long-tima loans and bankers lean toward shor: loans. But he got one at Brockton, business grew from $500,000 a year to $3,000,000. Then he was called to Cleveland, where Milton T. Her: rick established a farm departmen in his bank. Mr, Lincoln, as he travels over the state in' his auto- mobile, is teaching Ohio farmers how to do business profitably, and he is making many prosperous who were almost fadlures before. It i» an idea that might be extended in» Ontario where it would set many a farmer to thinking on lines th t would fill his purse, Sn ------------ DEMOBILIZATION, When the war broke out and the government asked for men there was a quick response and for two years recruits continued to come forward in sufficient numbers - to tax the organizations formed to train and equip them. Every: poss- ible encouragement wus employed, philanthropists, clergy, business united in efforts to promote tae 'welfare of the soldier and wish him God Bpeed. Out of a total of 500. 000, fully 409,000 enlisted voluntar- ily. The soldiers have done their pert and are now returning home, They have fulfilled all that was expected of them. They helped to bring vie- tory and in doing so established tha security of our liberty, trade and commerce on permanent founda- tions. They gave to Canada and the Empire the best of their manhood, something that is far above price and while the government of Can- ada is expected to make every pro- vision for their comfort and' care before discharge, there rests a greater obligation upon the country as, a whole. This is their re-estab- lishment in remunerative employ- ment that will assure them the El Fines and fees collected by tue _ provincial police force during thal past year for infringements against | the Ontario Temperance Act, ing government is bound to employ to $61,430, an g 4,000 over tae of Hvelihood. While govera- will accomplish a great deal, public sympathy and Hs fullest exercise is needed to obtain the desired results. every scientific resource to ment and veterans organizations| THE PAIR GROUNDS BY-LAW. [turned soldier lives he The Whig endorses the proposal that calls forth the ac gratitude of death be & for emulation ngs Will yield a'regpecting the ;2, the expenditure (ejvilian and soldier y good deal of wrk !boarded during the year following the cl 8¢ 'mind. If of the war, 4nd this i« much td '2 a delusion. he Bafore the by-law is sub- land blood and mitted to the people on the Hin of {posing he f the Whig will' have mors completely he did so in a test to say on the subject and show in!in our behalf and stead; and will result !guffered restraints and penalties in {home is flot qualified to judge, for they were likewise born2 on his behalf. which would undoubtedly prove as pp A SINGLE MAN IN KHAKI TO- A. DEW DAY RECEIVING GOVERNMENT and better day has dawned for agri- 'poy WHO [8 NOT A RETURNED culturists in Canada, their markets ngan. NOT are more extensive than ever before bqryy |every profession long time 2 Canada, and the government should {long ago have taken steps to carry 1 all over ,u¢ its announfed policy of placing Canada, and farmers' organizallon® returned soldiers in positions oecu- economic reforms. Training in busi-| prance. ferred to aims to supply this sot } Murray A. Lincoln, a graduate of | col-| Oo t {conducted with as a farm igs private business, and by as learned lable men, financial and jemployer; get the men to'ran' yout {operated to restrict men and soclal organizations were, ' isome of THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1918. s an object dmiration aud and in his memory tion, leaves x © generatiolse rstgnding of the when the latter There misun was no elationship nsport--not in lis he entertained it in sweat Sup- even made if he the perchance paid for mental strain. partially, or the course of discipline the stay-st- be hig Therefore let the returned soldier have justice ang not wait for him THERE SHOULD NOT to ask it. ONE. was composed of and Our overseas men from business in such as had not been to Such definite action would of purpose and so- of returning pied by sincerity the confidence show cure men. | PUBLIC OPINION y Up to the Voter. (Guelph Mereury) The best way to keep the taxes down is. to have public the same despatch cap~ Remember, you're (ne business right." Want World Chiefs to Visit. (Kitchener Telegraph) After the peace "treaty is signed the leaders of England, France and Italy, including Lloyd George. Sir Douglas Haig, Marshal Foch, Clemenceau, Sonnino and others, will be expected to give ihe Canadians and Americans a chance to show their appreciation of their leadership. Real Sela Freedom. {Toronto News) The record of the navy since Tra- falgar is clear. Never ounce has it the commerce Of its business rivals. The mercan- tile marine of Germany was built up under the true freedom of the reas, a freedom guaranteed by the Bri- tish navy. If Germany or any oth- er nation calls for a greater free- dom than it had before the war it is babbling. = There could not be a greater freedom. If by babbling it seeks to gain attention while some hired assassin stabs Britannia in the back, then it is time Britannia was forewarned. | business | I i i THERES ONE GUY LNW FEN THAT CERTAINCY 15 0 XMAS LIST! 2.276 BED PATIENTS In Care of Invalided Soldiers' Com= mission Last Month. During the past month there were 2.276 bed patients on the strength of the Invalided Soldiers' Compnis- | sion in sanatoria, convalescent | homes, hospitals for the insane and | other like institutions, including! military hospitals. There were! also 822 out-patients, of whom 773 | were overseas men. During that month the total bed accommadation | of the 1.8JC. was 3,088 | In reading these figures allow-/| ance must be made for a certain | amount of fluctuation of many pati- | ents 'who were bed patients for only | tad time, or who were dis- charged during the month Of the patients under 1.8.C. conirol, 1,269 were in the 27 sanatoria entirely or partially occupied by the comunis sion; 359 in asylums a great num- ber of whom were only for tempor ary treatment; 292 in convalescent hospitals and hospitals where beds are assigned 'the Invalided Soldiers' Commission, and 366 in military hospita In connection with this latter figure it is to be noted that in many cases a 'patient who has been discharged froin a military hos- pital may have to return to that in- stitution for a renewal of treatment or for an operation, although he is actually on the strength of the 1iS.C. THOUGHT SEVERAL WOULD DIE Were Restored After a Time. Picton Gazetle. A very sad accident happened on ithe shore of Lake Ontario quite near the residence of James Mastin, Con- secon, Mr. Mastin and a friend were going hunting Friday morning, when they found seven ship-wrecked men and two who had died from expgsure. A barge from the United States had gone down near Nicholson's Island and the nine men drifted on a raft to the shore. The men had drifted about two days in the wind and cold. Mr. Mastin took all the men to his large, comforable home and sent for Dr. Fielding, who by his skill has hrought all 'the rest back to recovery But They although it was thought at one time Rippling Rhymes them and rejoice! straight and honest thing! work, two kaisers and a king! here, I wist, you'll ne'er again behold! see the mailed fist that made all feet feel epld. COMING SIDESHOWS The future sideshows will be great, I venture to predict; 'twill make an artist strain his pate, their wonders to depict. will to the dump have gone; the bearded dame and kindred jays, the living skeleton. to tattooed Greeks, Circassian beauties, too; and. all the boneless rubber freaks will vanish from our view. I see the barker at the daor lift up his mighty voice: | "We've wonders here from every shore! y We have in here a royal Turk, the |i "The marvels of the olden days There'll be an end Come, see A lot of monarch out of Such marvels as are We have a pair of submarines, the kind the Prussians build; and: you may look upon the beans the Ger- and paper scraps, dime---~the show pulls out to-day!" THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPE By GENE BYRNES \ -- x man kaiser spilled. We have about a million maps Ji that show what Wilhelm planned, and hymns of hate : and swords to beat the band spend your time with profit, while you may! Come It only costs ten cents--a -- WALT MASON. 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