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THE BRITISH w «Hig " ahh aw » THE DAILY BRITISH WwW 87th YEAR. A GRACEFUL TRIBUTE, Great Britain has done 2.fine thing in deciding to inter the body of an | unidentified soldier in Westminster ot and her dis- | Abbey alongside of [ xings, statesmen, tinguished warriors, { found their last tar In no more effective and impressive poeis ly resting place. manner would the | tion be acknowledged, for tha grave [ wii stand forever as a memorial that thé Empire realizéd and appreciated | the sacrifice of those who died, not {only in defence of its liberties but | those of the world as well. Westminster Ab | place of those who have contributed {in the greatest measure to the well PRM SA, IIA, 3 | being of their country. Noverte- CO., LIMITED | less, it contains few memorials whith President Mark the existence of those who died Editor and [to Better-purpose than the grave uf aging Direetor . this unknown soldier, who rests ua- TELEPHONES: Business Office Editorial Room Job Oftice .... SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) One year, delivered in city © year, If paid in advance ® year, by mail to rural offices One year, to United States PRICE CONTROL. 2.50 has_been caught in the falling wheat (8emi-Weekiy Edition) ol market in the same way that specu- 'One year, mall, cas $1.00}, ni Stat One year, 7 not pajd in advance $1.50! ators in the United avs £0 One (5an to, United States $1.50 caught in the falling sugar market, Six and thres months pro rata. | 1s the opinion of the Buffalo Express REPRESENTATIVES 1 , Calder, 22 St. John St. Montreal, | There is this difference, fjiovever, F. MM Thenpaon, 402 Lumsden Bldg. that whereas the consumer in Bri- Toronto. | UT-OF-TOWN Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual rame of the | writer. § Attached Is one of the best job print. | tions that the wheat commission is | ing offices in Canada. | getting any more sympathy for its | blunder than the sugar speculators | dtd { Heavy buying of wheat by the| Britith government continued even | after there were large stocks on hand | The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABC | Audit Bureau of Circulations. . -- Sainaagess-- r-- - HIG {is accorded the patronage that he |ing't | deserves { | ference who have thers | debt of the na-| {haps higher than ever before. bey is the resting | | tion created by sheer stupidity | penuriousness. { therefore, demands that we put off the evil day 'by each one doing his {and her part to keep Canada pros- | perous. Great Britatn's wheat commission | | local [tain must pay for the loss--either | | directly as a consumer or indirectly | | as a taxpayer-----there are no indica- | 1de of | | { he right attitude, an atti optimism by which alone we will be able to stimulate trade and pay offi Canada's war debt. 'This we cannat do-by azfuming-an attitude of indif- | This is no time to sit fear- worse while denying fair the ing | treatment to our merchants whose whole capital is invested in our ser- vice. Let us see an end of pessim- ism for it is the worst thipg that can befall any people, There is another view of this mat- ter which concerns all classes of the | great consuming public, and that is its effect upon money circulation ard | individual prosperity. At the pres-| ent time wages and salaries are per- | By withholding the purchasing power | | until business stagnation becomes a| reality, reductions in wages and sal- | aries are bound to follow, and no one | will derive any benefit from a situa- | and | Personal interest, | Prices cannot be expected to go much lower. Do your buying | now, and thereby help yourself, your merchants, your fellow-men and your country. MUSINGS OF THE Kuan] Bt re Btn} | Tar and Feathers. There is a battery of threshing | machines strung at irregular inter- | vals across the continent from Hali- | fax to Vancouver, and they are] known as "Legislatures." With one, or possibly two, exceptions they are | all out of kilter. They don't func- tion. They don't mesh. 1 recall the | time when no one of them made any | more noise than wrist-watch. Now | | they make more noise than all our | to the tall timbers--a |and a hen! 5 forefathers. It is simple and satis- fying--and above all, sive. You, get direct thank thee, Jew, for action." teaching me | that word There be people in this land who have. no fear of the law. Worse than that, they do not dread public opinion, for publie opinion hath been debauched There are two things that would make these gentry take bucket of tar ~The 'Khan. The Wigwam, Rushdale Farm, Rock- ton, Ont. CTR HISRHATHA SINN FEIN LEADER ARRESTED Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn I*ein and acting "President of the Irish Repu ,' Who has been arrested | in Dablin, Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER THERE'S NO RULE. | Old Gaffer Jinks should be a wreck; | for eighty years he's been on deck; t is inexpen- RARE & { - and discounts. to find us with anticipated. Men's and Boys' Clothing Store s-- Ruy our prices and man Sys tem. THIS IS THE DAY! of wild advertising and extravagant statements each trying to outde the other in calling atten tion to the w TO THE PUBLIC who have for so many years traded with satisfaction at this store, we want to say that you may rest assured that we allow no firm, either in the city or out of this city, to undersell us--Price for Price, Quality for Quality. Like yourself, we read the advertisements and know ex- actly what is doing. Without any fuss or feathers we are continually revising y of our customers are agreeably surprised goods marked m uch lower in price than they had BUSINESS IS GOOD We are adding a large addition to our premises, which will be ready in a few days, and we will be better prepared than. ever to meet and beat all prices. ' : Yours sincerely, non the One Price Cash onderful reductions BIBBY'S and everyone with knowledge of mar- | industries put together. I can recall | and when & man has lived that long | ket conditions was predicting a drop | the time when you coutdn't smell one | his cylinders are hitting wrong in "Do your li; price. It is possible that the Bri. {more than ten miles away. A Party | thirteen cases out of ten, but he's a | t'sh | government officials belfeved, | ©f aeronauts passing over Toronto | wonder to all men, for he is chip-| | | Yast winter were. nearly suffocated. per, blithe and spry, and we all stare | | with certain officials of the Uniteed | It wasn't the Yonge street slip (that | when he goes by, And if you ask him | States government, that continuance | was frozenover at the time,)it wasn't | for the truth cohcerning how he's of control by the United States grain | the Jacking works; Boy vas It the | kept his youth he'll say, "I naver ; vn. | foreign quarter--the Legislature was | smoked or chewed, and no one ever corporation was keeping prices down. | daw me stewed" And this should | | in session. 'Nuff sed. Once a man gets interested in hisd The fact of the matter was, a3 frost Where do these threshing machines | teach us how to hold the health of rights he has very little time'to think | fATMers are now ruefully admitting, { get their lubricator? Somebody ought | youth, which is life's gold. Beware | of his duttes the grain corporation was keeping | to get out a search warrant. I fancy the flagon aud the pipe if you would | : { pricés up, not only In the United | that they go down to the soap fac- | reach an age that's ripe! But now | ee ,----_-- | ' ed tory and steal fats that are far feteh- | old Gaffer Todd appears, and he has | The only thing sadder than a cold | States but in Canada and elsewhere. ed. 1am told that the smell of the | |ived for ninety years, and he's so | fried egg is a small town rallway| It is another illustration of | brisk and full of pep it thrills us| 8.0.8. from Montreal: Obristmas buying early." Men's and Boys' Clothing Stores 78, 80, 82 Princess Street. A | FR AE : ii iil a ghatun ( : = ] WE ARE PLEASED POULTRY BANDS WE ARE PLES That we can again offer At thig distance #t would appear that Ireland's only hope is the blar- ney stone. Hy ATT TT OS tha | sritish Columbia Legislature is one | when we see his step. "How have | 47) portant feeling. Fate always takes ~ & hand and plts it back between the station, ! a -- sities beyond the period logically de- | There e always drawbacks. [manded by the war. The British | When a man gets prosperous he gets | commission while it may avoi 1] too fat to enjoy it. showing a paper loss by keeping up | ------------------ the price of bread, will have proved The only speed cop on the broad | costly to the country. It is Pohabio) Way that leads to destruction is an that the losses incurred now wiill active conscience. more than offset the savings it ei- fected while its exis.ence was justi- | fied. And continuance of aM kinds; of control has delayed unnecessarily | the economic adjustment. And then, again, by speaking soft- | 1y one saves his breath for the rough- | house when it comes. Getting back to normal is a far | more difficult task than getting | BUY NOW, | away from normal. | There appears to be a pretty wide- | --------------e. {spread feeling In business circles : The war game won't thrive after that the rapid declihe in prices that | & law is passed prohibiting the manu- | has taken place since July- last, fol-| facture 6f munitions. ' lowing the break first reported in| ------------ Targe United States cities and which | Money is hard to get at a reason- {gradually overtook the Canadian | able figure, but you can always bor-f arkets, has now reaclied rock-bot- | Tow trouble at the same old rate. tom, and that, while the buying pub- | Lenine announces that he win | He has been looking. forward to-pre- | abolish money in Russia. He has al.| "AT Prices, this expectation 4s not! ready abolished the value of it | going to be realized. This holds good | | with reference to all lines of house- | Gasoline keeps going up, and tho [hold articles, wearing apparel, mil- People who look into the tank. with |linery, fancy goods, furnishings, a lighted match also keep going up. i furniture, footwear, etc. The reason | - for this is not far to seek. The pub- The viewer-with-alarm is so busy | !i¢, which during the period of the efpecting something worse that he|¥ar and in 1919, pacticularly, Bbver recognizes the worst when it | bought liberally, suddenly began to happens. | curtail in anticipation of a drop in A------ prices, established a '"'hunger-strike"' There will always be Germans to attitude without reflecting upon the pine for a monarchy, just as there consequences this would have upon will always be Canadians to pine for | production and labor, with the re- a butler. / | sult that production has fallen off [and the country is fast approaching a period of bad times, with thou- sands of men thrown out of work. This condition already exists in many parts of the United States, and Can- ada has eased off to a degree that calls for serious consideration. Prices are down, and they cannot go lower without producing an unheal- thy state of affairs. We place these facts before our readers. During the war a panic was avoided by the slogan, "Business as Usual." We carried on and our trade conditions were kept buoyant, although supply could not meet de- mand owing to the adjustment of ere s-------------- When a civilization gets that {m- plow handles, -- Is, Canade prosperous ? Well, Canadian lite insurance companies Mit year wrote over half a billion dbllars new insurance. ------------ Hogs in Chicago are down to pre- - War prices--9c. to 10c. a 1b. Now Watch the restaurants reduce the prices of dacon and tenderloin. The drunk congressman who ran | evils of continuing control of neces-| of the sights 6f the Pacific Coast. | every system. @0¥n a woman in Washington gives further proof of tN§ democratic #pirit that keeps officials in touch with the pastimes of mere citizens. OR, it's easy enough to be merry ] lite goes along like a song, + But the man worth while Is the man who can smile mn he finds that his goal bin and many of our industries to purely war purposes. Money was kept In cireu- lation and everybody was in a posi- tion to meet his needs in spite of advancing costs. Now it is equally important that we forestall the threatened stagnation in business, and maintain normal conditions by making our necessary purchases at the prevailing prices. 8 pockets are both empty at the This will not mean further infla~ musical comedies and vulgar, mis- * Slime time, with a month's rent also < - Kingston 1s an educational centre, ald as such ought to lend its hearty SHpport to legitimate drama. Yet chlled funny pictures crowd the Bouses, while the plays worth while seldom pay expenses, On Thursday Rest a famous Shakespearian actor Will gresent "The Merchant of Ven 168" at the Grand Opera House. Lov- o's of literature and good drama tion of prices, because it is in the interest of every business man now to keep trade active. All see that stagnation is the very thing to be avoided, because if wholesalers and retallers cannot make their sales they will be forced to the wall, there will be a slow-down in money cireu- lation, - boarded-up factories and wide-spread unemployment--a com- plete industrial slump that we will not recover from in years. We ask our readers, one and all, to do their part to prevent these #lould see to it that Mr. Hampden conditions coming to pass, by assum- Towards the énd of the Great War | the Huns were in desperate straits for ofls. We were told that these | resourceful people "tried, out" their | dead and obtained the grease with | which to bridge the" chasm. I don't | believe the story. There's something | wrong with it. It is like my meta- | phor, it is quite impossible. ! Talking about the dead, I wonder | where the Ontario Legislature gets its lubricator from. It hath a horsey smell, Every dog has his day and so hath It begins to look as it the system of government by Leg- islature had seen its day. There is a feeling of unrest among our peo- ple. Things don't run right. There is an uneasy feeling that the laws are not respected. There is about a half ton of old Globes stored in barrels-out-in-the barn: I fished out | a Globe published in the '70s and in | it old George Brown raves about dis- | honésty and corruption in public life. This generation hath learned that | there be worse things than a scoun- | dre Incompetence is mcre terrible i than dishonesty, waste and extrava- | gance more fearful things than cor- ruption. | You can scare a scoundrel, but you i can't frighten a fool: { The laws seem to fail us. Why | not go back to the simple life of our | fathers? What's the matter with | tar and feathers? Our dads did not supersede the courts with tar and | feathers; they made them a great | auxiliary force. If there was an ob- | noxious person in the neighbothood they did not hale him before a Judge --that cost him time and money-- they gave him a coat of tar and feathers and sent him on his way. He never came back; no, he never came back! I fancy it would be | worth while trying it to-day. The! equipment is simple and cheap. All | you need is a bucket of tar and a| hea. Take the hen along with you, | it is the simplest way to carry the | feathers--and 1hen the festivities | are over you can eat the hen! Can you beat it! Gentlemen, we wlll now adjourn to a fowl suppar--we will rise from labor to raireshment. There be people~going about this land quite freely reviling our tradi- tions and insulting! our flag. The best people in any town regard their visit as an insult and a degradation. They appeal to attorhay-generals-- it Is to laugh! In vag! "What's the matter 'with a bucket of tar and a hen? ' If yop can't get a hen, and tar cannot had, you can almost al- ways get a fenced rail. Th.s ig still a wooden country, bt if we hive a winter like last winter there won't be many fences 1éft. when the robins nest again, To give him a ride out of town on a rail was one of the hopitalities extended to undesirable guests by our ovat satisfaction in every cup of INSTANT make you dodged," I ask this Todd, "a rest- ing place beneath the sod?" "I've al- ways chewed and smoked," says he: | "I like a three." drink, and sometimes we like, if we would live to wintry years with supple joints and active gears. Some men, through--makes no diff'rence what they do. ~WALT MASON. ---------------- PUBLIC OPINION It Pays to Fight. (Chicago Tribune) Mr. Carpentier is sure of $200,000 80 have a trunkful of francs. ------------------ Eating and Cooking. (Knoxville Journal and Tribune) Some. women love their husbands, but not'enough to cook what they eat. | not Some men love their wives, but enough to eat what they cook. ------------------ The Seat of War. | (Kansas City Star) The average small boy fairly glows | with courgge when listening to the | destructive details of grenade and machine'gun fire. The only thing | that ciakes him squirm ahd turn pale | Is mention of a hairbrush. ------------------ Those Movie Producers. (Buffalo Commercial) We suspect that most of thése movie producers are married. * Con- sider, for instance, the names of some of the recent productions: Why Change your Wife? Lend Me Your Wife, Behold My Wife, Are Wives to Blame? and so on down a long and martial list. z Not So Far Wrong, (Topeka Capltal) "I wad standing at the edge of the group listeming to" the Franklin! Roosevelt speech at the Union Pucl- | fie station," relates PLC.C., "and a man said to me, 'Say, I'm hard of hearifig. Can you tell me what that fellow is selling there on the end of that car?' / : Output of Factores. (Youth's Companion) - As nearly as can be estimated, the valu. of the output of all the fac- tories in the world in the current year is: United States $50,000,000,- 000, Europe as a whole approximate. ly $60,000,000,000, and other manu- facturing countries (chiefly Canada, Japan and India) $20,000,000,000, making a grand total at present prices of approximately $120,000,- 000,000 a year. ! = ( a 1 Bd 4 4 jangpolis New 3 Business does Rot DecessaHly mean selling goods. Farming is a business réquiring the application of écientific principles. Shop work ic a business, 80 is Keeping the home budget within bounds. When the olifid begins training in tho schools he is not working merely for himself, but for the good of soc self, but he benefits thos. around him in direct ratio to the extent of his training. The public gets a by- product divided for baving aided in his development. There would be sufficient reason for co-operation with the schoo: system if nobody gained save those who are taking in- structions, but there is xl the mote reason for aid because of the many possibilities for commutity, state and n:onal usefulness cn the part of And thus we learn, so help | us Mike, that we should do just as |} methinks, . are ( pre-designed to leave a hundred years ! behind, and they will see the Journey | thatveven if he does not survive | the ordeal his heirs and assigns will | HARDWARE. CELLUOID and ALUMINUM--PLAIN and NUMBERED We carry a complete line of supplies for the poultry business. BUNT'S KING ST. PHONE 888. After Seeing Low Prices on Furs See Gourdier's BROCK STREET A -------------------------- IMPORTED FRENCH PEAS IMPORTED FRENCH BEANS IMPORTED FRENCH MUSH- ROOMS ~All new goods-- Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phones 20 and 990, Ne a tts FARMS FOR SALE | 119 acres, 8 miles from Kingston, on a leading road, new barn, with stables "30 by 40 teet---small dwelling, nearly new; about 45 acres now under cultivation; about 30 acres of valuable wood, chiefly maple, Price $4,000. 8b acres on the Bath Road; pleasant location on the Bay of Quinte; over 80 acres hrst class s0il under cultivation; &ood buildings. Price $6600. We have also a large list of farms of ail sizes and prices. T. J. Lockhart Keal kstate und Insurance KINGSTON, Ont; Phone 1035w-or 17915. ECGCOAL ....... STOVE COAL ........ NUTGCOAL............ PeaCoal., ne... : Carrying 50c. extra. PRONE 185. ALL SALES FOR CASH. Phone orders C.0.p. SOWARDS COAL co. | cones. $16.50 per ton | 5 | 0 per ton .50 per ton .00 per ton | A ---- Lake Ontario Trout and Whitefish, Fresh | Salmon, Had. dock, Halibut and Cod. Dominion Fish Co, Canada Food Board License No. f.R348 . JAMES S. ROBINSON 2756 Baget Street Robinson Brés' Old Stand Sign Printing and Graining {Crescent Wire Works n------ | Fencing, Guards, Baskets. Flower bord "s, Wire Work of all kinds, manu. facte.4d by:-- = PARTRIDGE & sO, 62 King Street West. ] Phoae 380. Residence 913w, | G. Hunter Ogilvie ~ INSURANCE * AND® GENERAL BROKER | SERVES YOU RIGHT | { In daily communication with Mong- real and Toronto Stock Exchanges. | Food or drink, hot er cold y. He benefits Aim- | those trained to be useful ~ Dominion, Provificial and Munici- pal Bonds for sale. 281 KING STREET Phones 568} & 1087 | They make SCOTT'S GARAGE | a | r - 19 nor ier Phone 1894w. when, where and as you like. We have a full line of GENUINE THERMOS BOTTLES and LUNCH KITS very ~ accaptable Christmas gifts. Dr. Chown's Drug Store 183 Princess St. Phone 348. re Coal That Suits The Delaware, Lackawanna an) Western Railroad's Celebrated Scranton Coal The Standard Anthracite The only Coal handled by Crawford Foot of "seen St. "It's a black Busine... out we treac you white."