i" . ernment orfice. Tender Laws caarier ' > ob FETTTITTeTeT Ter eri rirdddey "Hal law by only Posied tdrougnout the oH ETUYDENTS Just recolved a Swiss woalen OUKE! We have gpecial ueder of Bik Neckwear, in the University colors, Colle' Toggery | YEAR £8; NO. 83. Che ------ KINGSTON, ONTARIO, rors eres onsen ipesmnerernte rr co rrr. SPECIAL SALE tiles FELT HATS AT $3.50 Collier's Toggery TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920. LAST SDITION, OVERSEAS FORCE CEASES T0 EXIST oom As Ox Caafi Fores A.ter March 1st. AN EXCHANGE OF hs 4 ds TO BE MEMBER OF MUUTIA COUNCIL. Now Recommendations Fer the Ex. |- change--Col. Anderson and Col. Hougns Taking Staff Course at | Toro, Jan, 27.--A Mail and | Empire Loudon cable says: | The overseas miittary force ot | Canada will cease to exist here after | Marea 1st. On that date the remain- | ing personnel will be diviaed into | four aaministrative sections, and will | be known as the Canadian Bayedt-| tionary force for the fow furwer | months of its existence, which may | be necessary. Its passing will make | the establisament of some form = Permanent liason between the Cana- dian and tmperial military organiza- tions necessary. It is understood that the appountment of a Canadian | officer of at least colonel's rank, to | be attached to the high commission- or's staf in Loudon, has been sug- gested. In addition to recommenda- | tions made hy the committee on | Which General MacBrien was Can- | ada's representative, for the ex- | change of omcers between Canada | and other donunions and tne motner country. betore the war the prac- tice wills to loan imperial officers to ,Uanada for various star positions, This aid not work altogetner satis- tactoriiy, as It blockea tue road ior Promouon of Uausaians to these lceitions, : The new recommendations are for cxchauge as belween oue Part of the Empire ana anocuer, With the de- IT. Ure of Major-Generai Uwatlkin from Canada, tne War Omce no longer nas a representative on 'the | Milica Counell, His postion 1s to UE liled oy ueneral Mesrien, who i8 & Lauadai.n, Col. auuerson, C.R.E. of the Thira Callaatau wivisiva, ana Col moag.us, | RISO OL Tue Lsuadian S(al, Dave ar- : Od bere Lor 4 SAK Course at Cou vgiigy. vol, rrower, i1ormery GL tue own Buslwlon, anda Maj.-Coi, LMel, OL tae AUyElL CRla0ia uru- BlvMs, BIE LUE LUST TWOTCUIAT RG 494 casuLallves AL LOIS COUrse, Waco 48 Lue Bovuul BDU LN War anda is BiG 10 nave tae wosc oriuant array Vi Cuilliva led Vu (800Td, SOME OF Lue VEBL Ulasus OL tne army! in ¥ravee being uuw In trading (or stair Posa- Miku su LS Fog wil LUCE, ee es TER EPPV er I TIE PrP EEE Ree . ANTI-LEAP YEAR * Atay un FORMED, » -- v - - w | » » » v Cincinnati, 0,, Jan .27.--Uni- Velsily of Lincinnutl claims toe Lisl two QUliaeap Yeal urgaui- Zations In AlueTican ULIVErsiLes. 4 "I'he 'Apuslo Leieuce League' is ¢ for tue purpose or "repeluug tne ¢ ONBAUKULS OL Teunniniy," willie toe "un Haters' Cup," » AMOong tne co-eas 1s to see Laat « lelmipiaiion 18 Lul piaced in Loe * PALL OI & memoer, *| The "mun maters" . contend | their orgawzanon 1s a perman~ + | 6nt one, Dut toe "ApPolY'S" aa- + | JUL they are prepared to sur «| at mid- # | % aigat, Decemuer 51, 1920. *| * *| ve >» - - » * - * - . -» - - - » ------------------------ DUBLIN THREATENED WITH man ini LAW Lord French Countermands the ir Kier having rro= | clamauons Frinwed., | Dublin, Jan. 27.--Dublin oity nd | €ounty escaped declaration of mar- | ] & lew hours, it was | ied to-day, Lord French, it} learned, had prepared a ro- | MInation ordering estabiishment of Artal law, etrective to-day, put for SOMO UNKNOWN reason late last mgai Countermanded the order. The coun- ter order dad not come througn antu Posters haa been printed in ihe Gov- The order arrived only a rew minutes before the post- ers were to leave tae buniding to be county, ~The 'prociamstion will be ma g @ifective at tae nirsc sign of renewed Fadicai outbreaks, it was undersiopd. Meanwaile, Sinn Fein expected a DIE round-up or irish Nationalists. None or teas wouid appear in pub Of violation or laws and customs morning the disabled transport hatan and convoy were reported : seven miles off Che- d in * South-west gals. It should Teach Halifax } i | workers are out of Siberia, TO MURAY.U.8. WOMEN OUT OF BANGER ZONZ Simul In Path of Advancing Bolshevik | Army--Tods Reach Mon- gellan Frontier. (Canagfiian Press Despatch) \Viadivostek, Jan, B87,--The Am- erlean army authorities believe it will be march 15¢h before the last American soldiers and Red Cross Orders have been sent that all American wo- men be hurried out of the trans. Bakallal, which Is in the path of the advancing Bolshevik army. Reports state that the Bolshekivi Lave swung southward from Taiga and have reached the Mongolian frontier, ---------------- POLITICAL OPINION Method of Getting What 1s Said a Correct tieflection, | Ottawa, Jan. 27.---That there was | no better method of obtaining an ab- | solutely correct reflection of the po- | Mtical opiuicn of the people in the | choice of representatives to the | House of Commons, the Provincial | Legislatures, municipal bodfes and school boards, than "the method of | proportionate representdfion, other wise known as the method of single | transferable vote, was the opinfon ex- | pressed by Hammett Hill, M.P.P,, for | West Ottawa, in the course of an hd- i dress delivered at the Russell Thea. tre, during the G.W.,V,A. Sunday | concert. In the recent provincial elections | in Ontario the vote showed that the | number of candidates elected Ly each | Party was proportionate to tho total | Yote given to the candidates of each | party, Mr. Hill remarked that the | day was not far distant when the | System of proportionate representa- | tion would be adopted for the pro- vincial elections in Ontario as the | United Farmers, Labor and the Lib- | EL A erals had bledged themselves to sup- port its adoption, LATE AFTERNOON NEWS. ---- | The population of Ottawa increas- | ed last year from 104,000 to 107,- | 372, In case the United States refuses to accept a mandate for Armenia, it may be given to Holland, according | to a despaten from The Hague. | General Denikine and starf have taken refuge on poard a British ves- sell at Constantinopie, according to a Zurich despatch. Sterling exchange reached another low mark at Tuesday's opening of the New York stock market, when it | dropped to $3.57 %. | + Hamilton union job printers, press- and bookbinders went on strike | Tuesday because their demand sor | An increase was retused. | E. T. Meredith, lowa, editor of | "'Buccessful Farming," will be named U.S. secretary of agricutture, to suc- | ceed Secretary Houston, who is to DeoOInE Secretary of ihe treasury, The dontinusnce of government control 'of raliroads for at least two years was asked of President Wilson again on Tuesday by representatives Ol United States farmers' organiza- tions. A conference of the elected labor members of the local Jegisiature is to be held in Toronto Tuesday aftter- noon to discuss present deliberations between the iabor party and the pro vinciai government, The Citizens' Liberty League has decided to oppose Premier Drury and Attorney-General Raney in the bye- elections, because of the govern- ment's refusal to have a recount ot) the referendum ballots. Charges against the Board of Com- merce and its orticiais were laid be- | fore the government, Tuesday, by a | delegation of textiie manutacturers, who protested against the Question- | Aire 'sent out by the board to the tex ule trades demanding certain intor- mation, ----t WON'T ENTER POLITICS Currie Finds Reorganization of Militia Sumiciently Unerous. Toronto, Jan, 27,--"1 have no in- tention or desire to engage in. any other sphere of work than the one in | which | am at present engaged," said | General Sir Arthur Currie on arrive ing here. The reorganization ot the'l militia of Canada presents quite s | sufficient number of Problems for me. ' . "Lhave simply come to Toronto to | gee the heads of the militia here," he | continued, referring to his presence | in the city, 'in order that an early | announcement may be made of the | reorganization of Toronto's militia. | Gen. } Alex. McKinnon died in Wood- | stock of pneumonia at the age of | thirty-five, exactly a week after the | death of his father, Daniel McKin- | noa. A wireless message from Warsaw, undated, gives a Bolshevik rumor that Red eavairy have entered Persia and India. ! ------ ---- | the | fought and died 1 help. | MouBE-AUTO aoEs FROM L Upper photo shows Mr. and Mrs. H. 1 sitting outside of their house-auto. the trip from Lockport, N.Y., to r photo shows the interior of the auto. N.Y, made Lowe HUNS WOULD BE JAPAN'S. FRIENDS Appointment of Dr: Solf to Tokio Re- parted As Sibunicant. MAY DISCOURAGE RENEWAL OF THE AWEIANCE BETWEEN BRITAIN AND JAPAN -- This Alliance Expires at the End of This xear--i artes in Both Coun tries Opposed 10 Lis Ienéwal, iCanaulsn Fro. Weapacch) Wasnington, Jan, 27.--uermany's appointment of Ur, William Soir as Ludige a aliaires and eveutual an. LABSaUOr at 10KI0 15 accepied here 48 an indicauon that a Cruse unaer: Blanding Wiln Japan 18 to pe tae tui ure or the new German ore.gu polcy. Now it 1s bernutied tne Ger- dlun repupiic to re-open aipiomatis felations with oLher governments. That Lr. Soir snouid be seat to 1'0K10 18 regarued nere as nigniy sig- nincdnt or vue Lug Detause Tue ET AID TO THE OCKPORT, N. Y., TO PALM EA CH. CREFLLY PK NEW GIzeNs Canada Accepting Only Cream of Candj- | daics Fel Imungrauon. ONY FOUR COUNTRES| IN EUROPE FROM WHICH aL | GRATION 1s SOUGHT, i These Countries Are Belgium, | France, Holland and 'Scandinavia Foles Are Deing Turned Back, Lonaon, Jan. 2{.----piuigration to | Canada Irom Britain during 1919 is | estimated at 58,000 by the Dominion Comuniissioner in Lon- | Conmpiete 1ig- immigration don; Col. Oped Smita. ures 1or the year are not availanie, bul the estimate 18 a conservative ong | - | anda SNOWS a substantial increase over | | the previous year. 4 The 1920 figures, however, are ex- pected 10 be iar greater, even al- | | thougn thé new citizens will be | | Land-pieked spetimens, Not oniy does eugioumy of tne prospective | | agricuiturists have to be passed on | [by a board of Canadian tarmers, | | which is on its way here, but prac- ticatly all emigrants or every ciass | have to submit to a medical ex- amination even betore they are given a permit to sail. A recent case whieh tuis practice operated to the | Fore 01 Canada was tnat of an | Kngusawoman, woo was due to sail | to we boffmion to Murry a young | | Canadian. on examination she Nip [ touna to be suriering irom a com- | | municaple and pracucal:y incuraple | | disease, Beigium, 1. Uorwin, Lockport, in which they Palm Beach, Fla, Holland | Scanwinayia are toe only muropean | countries from ~Wuich emigrants are | Anglo-Japanese alliance expires by | ben aamatyed. Yoies are being | limitation at the end of the year, and | turpfed vack even thougn their tamui- | there 18 said t6 be some division of |ies[in some cases hud got as iar | sentiment both in Japan and Great | as Antwerp ou their way to Canada. | Hritamn over its :enewal. It is be- | Unly the very cream of canaiguces | sieved by some tha: Dr. Solf will en- |Jor prospective Canadian citnzeusuip | France, 'and | ington | Atlantic City. {a tailored suit. (from the second car to the smoker. | that's why I'm coming | | here," she flashed back at the brake- | | lan, With that, she calmly seated her- | {all the way 'to Atlantic i | courage the party in Japan opposed | | to the renewal of the alliance. { -------------- TRE TTTErTee teehee o, ow» $ TO ACCEPT CANADIAN MONEY AT rank NOW. The American dealers are evi- dently reatiz.ng that the ex- -* change wnich is being demanded on Ganadian money 1s nurting business, A lgeal merchant, who haa cancelled all orders in tue United Statés for tne reason that he rerused to pay the ex- change, has veen noutied by three American rirms that-they + Will accept all his cheques air # par. » » - * * * FEE ESF RAT rar 0 ga : : * % Shido \ Flavelle Buys An Estate. Toronto, van. 47. --Seventy-eight acres oI land on the Torento-ratnil- ton hignway, near Clarkson, nave | vifinged hands, tne amount paid pe- | RE $100,000. Tue estate or tue late | . Turner, veing sot oy "his wi- dow to Sir Josepu Flaveile, Bart, rossession, it 1s understood, will be | given in tae spring. upon the land is | built a modern country house, erect | ed by Mr. Turner snoruy, velore nis | death. The purcnaser, Sir Joseph | riavelle, will probaviy use the estate | 4s a summer res.aence. y ! ARMENIANS | { | How urgent is the need for relief may be juoged from the following excerpts trom a cable received trom Col. William N. Haskell, who is serv- ing as Joint High Commissioner by aucaority of the raris reace Conter- ence, and who also oflicially repre- sents the Near East Relief in Ar- menia; "1 estimate that there are 800,000 destitute Armenians who will re- quirg assistance until next' year's harvest. "The minimum relief requirements amount to 7,000 tons of flour month- ly until the harvest, besides one tull cargo of additional relief to 150,000 chilaren for three months, "For food relief I estimate that the Caucasus will require $500,000 monthly." Out in the bleak wastes of Armenia thousands of women and ' children are fighting a grim fight against star- vation and death. The call for help | has gone forth to all parts of the world, but few countries are as well able to respond to this appeal as Canada. Safe from shot and shell and man hordes which swept over Europe, Canada emerged from the world war stronger and more pros §. The men who e Carfada, fought that others might live, The Armeni- perous than e | [ans are no exception to this cause, | | and the appeal for help is finding a ready response Everyone can do In the hearts of Ca- The following is a list of donators: A Friend ......... 0. $25.00 G. H. Kempling, Ports: I something to | Employees of Ring Spin- ming Room of Lomin- ion Textile-Co. ,... WH ein. Li) W. E.' Pixley, Harrow- | smith . |. ; | A Friend ....,. Teddy and Jack Sey | Mrs, Jeremy 'taylor... . | D. Hall Sena Mrs. W. Harkness, Sr, , Mrs, Herbert Burnard, Napanee ... ... ... A Friend ...... 0... No-Name ........... M.R.G. 4} is8es Nieol ,........ . Dr. Macgillivray Beginners' Class, St. Andrew's Sunday * School |. is Employees Winding Room of Dominion Textile J. M. Fair, Kingston Tp. . Ares iaaay Mrs. W; H. Reid Mrs. 8. 8. Corbett , vos * Mrs. Herbert Robinson, Mrs. H. 8. Hubbell |, , 8. Campbell, Verona. Friend... ese Mra Purdy ........., Mrs. George E. Les No Name aah Miss Richmond .,, ,.. SMUT. Martin... AFriend .......... 0 Yerd Burnard, Napanee, _ Rgod eight years . Yee "ae are velug accepted rom anywaere., THE OLD CULPRIT NOT 1V keETURN (Canadian Fress Despatony | Mayence, Jan, 27.~The Ger- | man newspapers publish a letter from former Emperor William to a personal friend, in which Count Hozenhollern expresses his absolute discouragement and says he does not want ever to return to Germany. He says he believes his return would cause a split between German factions. ------ es WIFE IN TURKISH HAREM Husband Sailing From America to Attempt kescue, New York, Jan, to rescue his wite trom a Turkish harem where she has been held cap- | tive Ior about tour years, Assdour | berpoghes, an Armenian of Hacine, Wis, will sail from nere this week for Turkey. Lervognes came to the United States trom riarpoot, Syria, | In 19.11, returned to rescue his fam- ily in 1914, and was se.zed by tae Turks, but managed to escape thru Siperia. Three Uaugnters, aged 10, 12 and 14 years, were seizeq at the same time as his wite, and are be- Lieved aiso to have been sent to Tur- | | dicated {shell during th | have been { British fle | NEWS IN BULLETIN. -- | Ireland. kish harems, and the tather has Llit- | tle hope of finding them, A son, Ho- venes, escaped with his father. IN DRAWING CARICATURES «he Court Decides That the Cartoon- ist Was Justitied. Berlin, Jan. 27.--rresident and Gustav Noske, the Minister Deience, have lost thei the editor of The weekly, which had cartooned tha members of the Capinet tn the shape of difterent animals, collection "Our Menagerie." president and the Mumster of le fence were the oniy mempers of the Government to bring suit. President Ebert was cartooneu as a wild boar, Herr Nosye as an ape, Erzoerger, the Finance Minister, as a cnameicon. me /MORRISBURG $30,000 FIRE. The Cameron Block is Totally De- stroyed in Hot Blaze. Brockville, block in. Morrisburg, Cameron bakery, Fisher's butcher shop, Stata's barber shop and WwW, Shannette's residence, was totally de- stroyed by fire with a loss of $30,000. The heat of the flames cracked plate glass windows across the street. ni. wd 200 Dead From Grippe. "New York, Jan. 27.--Deatas from influenza Here this month totailed 202 to-day, of which 43 occurred Jan. 27---The Cameron during lle last twenty-four hours, an | increase of thirteen over the number reported yesterday. = Deaths from pneumonia during the month total 1,187, of which 98 were reported to- day, or 13 more than yesterday, To- day's addition to the number of in- fluenza cases was 1,712, making the month's total 10,611. New cases of poeumionia aggregating 238 made the month's total 3,425. : bird A Friend ree waa {on March 1st their commutation tic- | r suit. against | Satyr, a humorous | I BERLIN GUARDED DURING THE NIGHT (Canadian "Press Despatoh.) Berlin, Jan. 27.---Heavy pa- trols of soldiers guarded the Government buildings during the past night and stopped ail traffic over the streets in that neighborhood, where barricades were thrown up by the troops before nightfall, Deep indignation pver the at- tack on Mathias Erzeberger was expressed in a proclamation is sued last night, the attempted assassination being a "criminal excess of political warfare." GIRL SMOKES BRIAR Astonishes Smoking Car Occipants | and Conductor. Atlantic City, N.J., Jan. "This is the smoking car," ) announced a brakeman on the "Nel- 27 {lie Bly" as the New York fiver was between Bur- | toward | Speeding somewhere and North Camden He was addressing an attractive young womas, with raven black hair | bandanna and | tucked under a red wearing a crimson silk sweater over "I Know it, self in the rear of the car, much to the annoyance of*a fussy gentleman | taking up all of the seat to turn over { his newspaper, and pulled from her | Bweater pocket a large She puffed and ble ently enjoying the "Micky" as much as the male passengers enjoyed their cigars and cigarettes. Charles the girl When \ Conductor along for tickets, volun- teered that she was a gypsy and of- | fered to tell the conductor's fortune. ------------------ BRITISH NAVY SOON TO HAVE WONDER SHELL New Invention Would Have Sunk Many Hun Ships Had It Been Ready. London, Jan. 27.---The British {avy may soon be given a new 'un- | surpassed' weapon in a large calibre {shell which will plerce the heaviest {armour without shattering, said { Robert Hadfteld, chairman and m Sir an- aging director of Radtield Limited, steel manufacturers, recently. He in- that' possession of such a ® great war would of inestimable value to the et. "The feat has been accomplished," he said, "within the last few days, of getting - thé largest calibre of armour-plercing shell unbroken through thé thickest of modern hard- faced armor plate. This result wil! render the British gun unsurpassed. incomparable, and the master in any naval engagements of the future. 'It we had possessed such a shell {during the war many of the German | battleships would have been 'scut- | eet at the Boara of Trade on Thurss | tled' long before their en 41 ~in an effort | Flow." d at Scapa em------ Sa There is successful gun running on a great scare on the west coast 0 The Russian Soviet Government has $500,000,000 to spend, says the ambassador to the United States, and one thousand United States firms are anxious to do business. Canadian railways announce that kets will be raised. The Wilhelmstrasse is barricaded and under a guard of troops on ac- Monday. Forty thousand troops surrendered { without firing a shot, when Omsk fell labetling tne ! The | and Matnias | housing the | into Bolshevik hands, Investigation of the Toronto police administration is requested by the City Council. 5 ------ A NEW JUDGE. JOHN FOSBERY ORDE, K.C. ow OTTAW, Who bas been ap] te sucess 33% patton on the Supreme Court a "a t Village, NB, 5, To, " 1570. Bducated ar Ottawa £5 ; 'to Bar in Toronto, May, 1591. and pod in: Ottawa, Created K.C. in 1908; ector of the FB. Co,; License C issioner 1908 to 191 thie Governor Victorian ion I, for Cox tersely | She was walking | briar pipe. | Ww clouds of smoke | City, appar- | came | INTEREST ROUSED OVER LIBRARY eating of Gi Beis 10 Uige Cosel | lo Provide For Mamionance. ---------- $20,000 18 0 BE ASKED FROM THE CITIZENS T0 RECOM STRUCT BUILDING | That George Y. Chown Presented te the Public Library Board----A Free | Civic Library Wanted. . 5 | At a meeting in the City Council { Chamber on Monday evening, ofsthe | Kingston Library Board and repres- | entative citizens, Including members | of the Trades and Labor Council, the veterans, and many other societies, called to consider proposals for the establishment of a free public lib that an appeal be made to thecitizens | passed: "Moved by J. G, Elliott, seconded by F. J. Wilson and resolved, that this meeting of citizens and represen- tatives of tne various boards and so- Cieties, is in favor of the following line of action: First, expressing our appreciation 'of G. Y. Chown's gene- {Tous gift which goes so far in mak- Ing a free public library possible; second, approving of the suggestion that an appeal be made the citizens | of Kingston for $20,000 required for - | the reconstruction of the building; | that a petition be prepared and pre- sented to the city council for the | Preparation of a by-law empowering them to make the necessary annual that the library board e a committes to CAITY out these proposals inviting the Co-operation of the representatives of the various so- | cleties. {| This action | | expenditure; | | was the result of an address given by Mr, Carson, seere« tary of public libraries for the pro- | ¥ince of Ontario, whe was introduced to the meeting by Col. G. Hunter Ogilvie, chairman of the Kingston {Library board, whe Dresided' at the | meeting. The followin committs { Batuteq : he Lira | Canadian © + H. BE. Richardson, | Wholesale merchants, R, J. Roager, [ retail merchants, Col, R, Crocker, Veterans, Daniel Barr, Trades and Labor Council, Mrs, W. F. Nickle, Women's Canadian Club, Mra. John Mac®livray, National Couneil Women, Mrs. Gg. H, Ogilvie, LO.D.R,, Rev, W. T. G. Brown, Ministerial As- sociation, A. W. Gannon, C.M.B.A., Capt, B. W, Skinner, Y.M.C.A., Mrs, McNeil, Y.W.CA., Principal Bruce Taylor, Queen's University, Mrs. Al~ exander Newlands, Board of Bduea- tion, Mrs, H. T. J. Coleman, Parents and Teachers Aswociation of Victoria school. This committee is called to (day at 8 p.m, when all details con | Tary will be discussed. ------ The Present Library. There ¥ i i |: | | | Interesting information | Present library which has been in ax- fistence since 1834 when it was open- | ed in the city hall. It remained there. { for sixty years and was removed to | the corner of Princess and Montreal Streets. For many years A. Strachan and James Redden kept it going, Ten | years ago it was moved to the prs | sent site, The children's branch has | Bone ahead by leaps and bounds. Col | | Ogilvie read the letter from @, Xu Byes: count of the assault upon Erzberger, | Chown offering the building formerly { used by the | to the {1f the Clarified Milk Company, city for & free public oar | city would remodel the build- | ing and provide for its maintenance. | 1t was estimated that the Cost of re- | modeling the bullding woulq be bea | tween $15,000 and $20,000 and the annual expenditure would be $7,004, A very interesting address wa given by Mr. Carson, secretary ot {Public Hbraries for the Province of Ontario. He told of the modern library movement. The growth of {the library idea in Ontario was very rapld, for thers were 423 free Ube raries, and Kingston was the only city that had not a free library. He told of the necessity for expert sor vice and system in order that the in- formation mignt be readily accessible. to the reading public, and emphasizg. ed the value or the Juvenile depargs ment. Librarians were iraineqa for their dutles which were really sciepn- title. It was held that more people were educated by the libraries than elsewhere, for regular readers wery aR important influence in a commutis ity. it was only right that all the People should be able to use toe library. In Kingston it was not u tres library, and there was an o portunity for a greatiy enlarged ger. vice. Kingston used less tnan nat the books in eircuiation in Fort Wi Ham. Mr. Carson expizined tne act governing public labrari W, {od that & by-law had to 10 the people, for maintenance st loss than ha mill; and the fact that Kingston's rate was * LAAN that of any other city showed that ft ought to be able to support the library, ! :