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_ PAGE SIX / THE DAILY BRITIS H WHIG THE BRITISH WHIG| 87th YEAR. HEN in Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITS WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED Managing-Dirvetor TELEPHONES . Business Office Editorial Reoms dob Office ............ SUBSCRIPTION RATES on One year, delivered in hy. i One year, if -paid in Advance or One year, by mall to rural offices One year to U three months pro rata. -OF -TOWN REPRESENTATIVES or, 32 St. Johp St. Montreal a Thom peo! 402 Yamsden' "Bldg. ER Norn: FARES ave: New Tork | to the Editor are published . over the actual name of the : {pribiached is one of the best job t The circulation of THE BRITISH IWHIG is authenticated by the ABO J Audit Bureaw of Clreulations. i. <r - ; The new battle-cry: "On with the pveralls." ° Tt { Fads rule the day. Firsttit was the ouija board; now overalls have the - pall. Hea + There's one fellow who isn't likely to take kindly to the overall fad, and that is the chap who starts out to spend the evening with his best sgirl A recent count showed the arrival in Los Angeles" a single month of more than fifty 'screen struck' girls, each seeking an opporfunity to be- come & moving picture actress. Lur- ing simple-minded girls from home is one of the evil effects of the mov- les. Members of the Frontenac cheese board suggest that other things be- sides potatoes might be boycotted, manufactured articles, for instance. But does refusal to buy provide any lastiqg benefit? Experience has : wn that as soon as the boycott is raised the prices revert to their ori- ginal status. . Premier Drury has accepted the suggestion advanced by H. Hill, M.PP. for West Ottawa, that his * proportional representation bill be | considered by the government after * the session and a report made next ~ pession. The present method of elec- * tion is obsolete and unfair, and should clearly be amended. Bolshevists in Russia have started" the United States and set up a Soviet government. Tf that's the way Russia isreads Jack London and Rex the fiction-historfans or his- 01 fictionists, of Alaska, there is arian ro for the Slav when it comes fo understanding the real character the 'western ward. -- -------------- i R. Waldron, drygoods merchant, who has just closed out business af-| 'Jong and honorable career, was ifty-one rs a constant ad- jn the British Whig. He such publicity to. pay him well. F that long peridd the business ship was of the friendlest satistactory nature. The : of such a reputable mercan- house-is- something to be regret- * ---------------- NEGLECT. REFORBESTRATION With wood and lumber so scarc \d costly, Canada's neglect in re- " strikes us very forcibly. country of great areas ile ours \ at Queen's University in the room (and on the' platform, pleading for the' restoration || national resources of the forest that the day might not come the beeches and the ash be wiped out. For every tree | out down a sapling should take its Jace. In some localities, perhaps, has been done by the various y its, but now many farmers replanted where they cut down firewood ? A very small per- ne indeed ! who stripped the country of its wood, l | tion, "reaping where they had not sowed, and gathering where they had not | strawed."" A FREE LIBRARY SITE. In all the discussion that has tak- | en place over the proposal to estab- { beat him: it was a club wielded by lish a free public library there was | choice. . Now, however, Mr. Chown has undertaken to secure a Carnegie | library, which will relieve the citizens | of the cost of remodelling the build- ing that was under consideration. What the city should now do is to provide a suitable site. That site can be secured for the asking, and it is probably the best spot for the purpose in the city. We refer to the vacant square on Clarence Street, between the post office and the custom house. It was reserved as a park, but in its present state exposes the rear of St. George's Cathedral, and is anything but pleasing. A suitable library building there would 'be a splendid addition to the architecture of the block, making it the finest in the whole city. The square is said to be the property of the government, and all that is necessary is to apply to the government for permission to erect a public library on it. Several prominent citizens have urged this matter upon the Whig's notice, and we believe that at the present time, when money is hard to obtain for urgent necessary work, such as the repair of our streets, ete., we cannot afford to spend $10, 000, or more, for a library site. But this is not thé only consideration. The location is an ideal one. CASE OF RURAL MAIL CARRIERS. 'While other branches of the gov- ernment service are receiving in- creases in salary and bonuses, and while mechanics are getting from five to ten dollars a day for office hours all over the country, the Dom- inion Government still neglects to take any action in regard to the re- quests of the rural mail carriers. It shows a disposition to compel the mail carriers to keep contracts 'whose unfairness is at once evident. These contracts were made by the men who are now protesting. That we freely admit, but so also did An- tonio make his contract with the Jew freely and without compulsion. Does anyone who has read the "Merchant of Venice" think that Shylock did right to persecute him because of that? Yet how many are now sup- porting the rural mail carriers, who are In precisely the same straits as the merchant of Shakespeare's tale? They made contracts with no idea of the great increases in the cost of fiving which were forthcoming in the future. No one else in the general rin of people had any idea of the proportions that prices would take on; ridiculous proportions, they might easily be ¢alled, if they did not hover so close to the tragic. Now the men find that it is impossible to exist on the terms of these contracts. The clerks in the employ of the postal service and the mail carriers in the cities received bonuses of from four to five hundred dollars to help them meet the stress of living conditions. This was only right, as they certainly ded it. But on the other hands, rural mail carriers, the men w ust face heat and cold, wind and storm, rain and sun alike, winter and summer, received abso- lutaly nothing and are asked to live on what is now next to nothing until | their contracts expire. The average carrier is now getting about two dol- lars a day, out of which he has to feed one and sometimes two horses, 80 that, by giving each horse six oat- less days out of the seven and feed- ing the animal on water and bed- rock, he may possibly secure for him- self. and his family the princely in- come of one dollar per day. ! Surely this condition of affairs is not going to last. The mail carriers ask for a straight salary basis of sixty dollars per mile per year, sal- aries to be paid in monthly install- ments, and full pay on all statutory holidays. Even the penitentiary guards, who certainly have not too much, receive a little more than this. The demands are very reasonable and should receive the support of all true lovers of fair play and a square deal, as well as their acceptance by the government. ® - PUBLIC OPINION Best Spring Tonic. (Brockville Recorder-Times) Th tonic a person can try walk while the that t here. Reports go to the peach crop in Ceorgia | » word of a simi- ra crop is hour + Herald The Nadelberg Y. MC. A. in Baste, , has had the excellent of organizing a 'course on good At hg twa frst ) were: The ten com d- & well bred man, and good dence, In a mentioning and is worthy of imita- The Suit That Beat Wilhelm. (Philadelphia Record) The story is now in circulation that [ the ex-Kaiser is the victim of an ill- starred diamond in the Prussian crown. But that is not the suit that Marshal Foch, S------------------------------ Starting Them Wrong. Anyone who is a careful observer cannot fail to see large numbers of the very young on the streets at too late an hour; or in places of public entertainment, and that at an age when it would be better from every point of #iew, for them to.be home in their beds. A E-------------------------------- . Hon. N. W. Rowell. (Regina Post) It has been the thing to do in some circles to attempt to belittle the President of the Privy Council. The Post does not join in that ¢ry. On the contrary, we believe that Mr. Rowell is a man of exceptional abil- ity, a Canadian and a Britisher first and last, who has been singularly perspicacious in foreseeing the moves needed to increase Canada's stature as a nation. He is a fighter for what he believes to be right. He is an -ardent upholder of the prerogatives of Canada as a self-governing Do- minion. He can present Canada's claimg with singular strength and eloquence. This country will not be badly off as long as it can draw men of his high character and outstand- ing ability away from private money- making to its public service. The Reason Why 'What Was the Origin and Meaning of Bread? Bread is baked from many sub- stances, although when we think of bread we usually think of wheat bread, It is sometimes made from roots, fruits and the bark of trees, but generally only from grains such as wheat, rye, corn, etc. The word bread comes from an old word bray, meaning to pound. This came from the method used in preparing the food. Food which was pounded was said to be brayed, and later this spelling was changed to bread. Properly speaking, however, these braved or ground materials are not really bread in our sense of using the term until they are moistened with water, when it becomes dough. The word dough is an old one, mean- ing to "moisten." This dough was in olden times immediately baked in hot ashes, and a hard indigestible lump of bread was the result. Ac- cidentally it was discovered that if the dough was left for a time before baking, allowing it to ferment, it would, when mixed with more dough, swell up and become porous. Thus we got our word loaf from an gid word lifian, which meant to raise up or to lift up. . From the Book of Wonders. Pub- lished and copyrighted by the Bur- eau of Industrial Education, Inc. Washington, D.C. The marriage took place in Brock- vile on Tuesday of Miss Carlina Elizabeth LaBreck and William Os- car Clemo. The bride and groom+are residents of Brockville. § (CanadaEast and West Dominion Happenings of Other Days. THE CHAMBLY CANAL Born of the experienges of war the Canadian people decided it Was neces- sary t6 have a canal to avoid the vice on the Richelieu river. So the Parliament of Lower Canada in 1818 passed an act which gave to a pri- vate company the right to dig the waterway. The surveys were made and a great deal of preliminary work accomplished but as the company did not start the actual work of con- struction, the Legislature passed an- other act setting aside $200,000 for the work and appointing a commis- sion to look after the work as soon as the task of building the Lachine canal was completed. Still the pro- ject made no progress until 1830 when work was begun. on the dredg- 4g of the river, a task that contin- ued until 1 vhen an engineer was appointed to h¥ve complete charge of the operations, ; For a number of years the enter- prise had a chequered career, and there were charges of corruption and mismanagement everywhere, But fin- ally the situation was cleared and the construction work Public Works and rushed. The canal was opened two years later but the work was found unsatisfactory and so much of the canal had to be re- newed early. This was done in 1858 while the whole system was enlarged in 1875 and again in 1881. The canal lies on the west side of the Richelieu river and extends from Chambly Can- ton to St. John, a distance of about twelve miles, A FARM. HAND SUES : FOR SIX YEARS' PAY He Claims That $800 is Due Him for Lengthy Service. Lindsay, April 23.--Judge Swayze reserved judgment in an interesting county court case when George. Miller, a farm hand, claimed that Benjamin. White, a farmer near Dunsford, had not paid him any wages for the past six years. Miller, who put in a claim for $800, said that he was forced to remain on the farm by being kept in terror of the military police, and once hid in the hay mow to escape detention. It was stated that he even had to borrow or beg tobacco from the neighbors. 30x3% non-skid tires, guaranteed 3,500 miles, for $17, at Lemmon & Sons. The Women's Institute pledged $700 towards repairs to the Lanark town hall. They handed over $769. Roosters do a lot of crowing, but the hens egg them on. A A A A AAA Do not suffm Teh Teching, w ree r ru : Piles. No sur . poo a8 ice. and Limited, Toreate. Chase's as or Edmansen, Bates & Co. Rippling Rhymes be a scream, no clined to lose a bread; for him fat man starves CHOPS :.iiiious dui uns Boneless Pot Roasts Whole or half DAVIES' PURE LARD SUGAR CORN . . are eieie LEAN AND FAT. The lean man, when he'd gain in weight, will find the process quite a treat; he is indeed a lucky skate, for all the good things he may eat. His bill of fare may he may flood his works with cream, and eat mince pies and doughnuts too. dreary grind, the sledding is extremely hard. For him the busy housewife bakes a sickly loaf of sawdust must eat bran mash 'Instead. day snooze, he hears the learned physician say, "Be active, if your grease you'd lose, and walk four hun- dred miles a day. it gains when you are sitting down; go forth, go forth and walk a heap, and circumnavigate the town." goes down town to weigh, and note results of all his Stuns, ue uuds ge's gained eight pounds a day. Then he goes back to 1iv-| ing well, consuming pies and pork and beef, and all the neighbors laugh and yell, and make his life a long-drawn grief. | » i a The Wm. Davies Co., Lid. - PHONE 597 .----ANOTHER EYE OPENER--- FRONTS .....covsimns LOINS .......... conurivwi munis suis wines S120: CHOICE HAMBURG STEAK ... Finest Wiltshire Rolled Bacon, sliced Ses visianee ns. 500 LARGE TINS SALMON .. PORK&BEANS.............. .. 2tns925c Buy DAVIES' SPECIAL tempting grub must he eschew, and But when a fat man"is in- ton or so of lard, the process is a there are no luscipus cakes, but he If he would take a mid- Your fat increases while you sléep, The and' toils and grunts, and when he ~--WALT MASON. VEAL versus ini edi 16c, Ib ...16¢c. Ib. ...38¢c. 1b. . = oie os eine. .. . . 2 tins for 35c. "ie awe. 7. "eee ..-.-55¢. per Ib. SE Soi ids=and to improve ser was renewed | with the result that in 1841 it was | taken in hand by the Department of | .33c. per Ib. | { ETT TTT | dm; >a FRIDAY, APRIL, 23, 1920' Es i BIBBY'S Men's Fine LS serve you. NEW HATS ~The Prince ~The Brock $7.50 OTHER HATS $2.50 up ENGLISH RAINCOATS $15.00 Specials Sizes 84 to 42 where else. Kindly come f --_--_-- Style Heodauaitors for Men's and Your Mew s Clothes : Mr. Smart Dresser » DEAR SIR: You may think it strange that we are writing to the Spring Clothes question. The reason we are doing so is because we want your patronage and, in order to win it, we must - have an opportyhity-of convincing | you that you can do better with your clothes money here than else- where. We are always striving to win new patrons, but the only way we can do it is to induce a man to come here and learn what we can do for him. - We eall special attention to our $25, $35 and $45 Suits--our $25, $28.50, $35.00 Overcoats, hand- some fabrics, elegantly tailored, correctly cut and beautifully trimmed. Better garments than these same prices will buy any or a look and learn how well we can BIBBY'S, Limited GENUINE GABERDINE RAINCOATS $87.50, $40.00, $43.00 POLICE SUSPENDERS 50c.' BOSTON GARTERS 85c. BIBBY'S)| you again in regard ed L A SPECIAL VALUES fa --Men's Underwear ~--Men's Pyjamas -==Men's Silk Hose ~---Men's Cashmere Hose Limited Floors and Woodwork, Loek up Physics Report Paper Collegiate Note Paper Science Note Paper Square Ruled Paper 20c¢. per 100 BRITISH WHIG JOB DEPT. Notice To Ford Owners Let us overhaul your ear now 5 ELLIOTT & N 378 BROCK STREET Phones: Shop 1039. Kes. 1537J. ' Highest paid nN kinds at ant Jritel Bata Sur all kinds Princess Street. FORS SALE Military Saddles, Bridies, Lines, Straps, Boots, cte. phone 1337. 45 PP A SHAPIRO Special for SATURDAY Choice RIB ROASTS . POT ROASTS SHOULDER ROASTS All from Al Western Bee! Daniel Hogan Phone 285 Ot LOWE BROS, "VERNICOL DEMONSTRATION" WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, APRIL 26th and 27th "LEARN HOW TO GRAIN"--The lady demonstrator Who will be here to show and explain to you the "Vernicol Method of Graining some of the work you Intend doing and if you need some information come in during the demonstration BUNT'S King St. Phone 888 A i Colorite Colors Old and New Straw Hats ~Kasily applied. ~=Dries quickly. ~-(iives a permanent color. w=All colors. 30c Bottle - DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE i ait - pr---- To obtain best results you should feed your Young Chickens with Baby Chick Food In packages ....85c. and 65c. 7c. per Ib. Jas. REDDEN & Co. A Phones 20 and 990 ---- EE ---- DAVID SCOTT Plumber bing and Gas Werk a ty. All work guaranteed. Address 148 Froutenne street. Phone 1277. -------- pe] 'Chestnut Coke The Ideal Fuel for KITCHEN RANGES and SMALL HEATZES * Quick heat; clean: no clinkers; economical Sold only by :-- asi Crawford Foot of Queen St. 4. Phone, ug OO "~ - * i a : I 0