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THE DAILY | BRITISH WHIG. MOXDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1020. me THE BRITISH WHIG| J. M. CAMPBEL L, AN APPRECIA- | pay as taxes, or '&n excessive amount | triumph is domted. they wring their | hands in black distress. The vie-| Dally and Semi-Weekly by lished PUBLISHING EB BRITISH WHIG €O,, LIMITED ---. a G. Elliott Leman A. Guild President itor and ing Director TELEPHONES Business Office ftorial Rooms b Om . SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered In city ......$6.00 one year, if paid in advance 5.0 @ year, by mall to fuzal offices 2.50 "One year, to United Sta 3.0 (Semi-~ Weekly: ation; One Fear by mall, cash One not paid, in advance One Yar to United S Six and three ar Se rata, -OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES , pEnider, 23 St. John St, Montreal, M. Thompson, 402 Lumsden Bldg. Toronto. Letters to the Editor are published Lom over the actual name of the writ Attached is one of the best job print- ing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the . ABO Audit Burean of Circulations. If they heed not Sinai, how shall {hey obey Geneva? A good resolution doesn't last long the face of a good chance. | These are the shortest days in the year--in more respects than one. The difference between a dimple And a wrinkle is about thirty years. + When one goes a fast pace it is padiitticult to keep MM TUT of a fox trot. In these days kings reflect sadly that coronation is grimly suggestive of coroner. Hard words i ne 'Passnips, perhaps; but, 0 ither do cold feet. 3 Falling prices barbers. They are us'to the last. The man who is too good to have a Bood time isn't too good to envy the man who does, wi i No doubt d'Annupzio's parents Bumed him Gabriel because of his tin-horn tendencies." Just before a man tumbles into obscurity he entertains the idea that almost all men are fools. , Some men are ill-mannered when g with money, but they are all "polite when taking a profit. The Allies are willing tp compro~ _ Mise by giving Constantine some- thing closely resembling Hellas. ~~ There are two kinds of aliens-- 'those who can be assimilated and 'those who should be eliminated. lad now it only remains for some ark to tell Armenia how many there are in kind words. A -------- An 'old-fashioned capitalist's idea of heaven Is a place where all mere 'working men lift their hats to the _ A parliament of the 'world is a fine 'idea, but considering the sore spots our real need is a liniment of the world. + A few months ago each nation was demanding credit for the victory, but they would be satisfied with cre- for raw material. % -------------- + Those people who insist upon go- : ing to extremes in everything over- - look the fact that the pendulum al- ways swings both ways, ---------- 'The luxury tax has gone, but the tomobile dealers and the early Roppers are not wearing any broad grins because of the fact. g ep -------------- Candidates for ithe position of lool trustee in Toronto ridicule the nt system for its frills and fads [1s time they were eMminated. Unemployment is one blight that r strikes a farmer--The Senti- pl, Toronto. That fact ought to help in inducing 'more men to go to the farms, ~ A Russian was robbed of $2,100 'while taking a bath in Montreal. The strange thing about this is, no: that he was robbed in Montreal, but that = he wanted to take a bath. - -------- er ee 'Wouldn't it be awful if Santa 5, when he comes to Hrockville . Friday night, should get caught a bottle into some fellow's pocket *--Brockville Recorder. | professions TION. Kingston has had a nur tizens who gained distinction in the and in politica whose pames are well known, but amo those whose activities 'have been en- tirely devoted to the industrial and commercial interests of the city, progress and/prosperity, none are de- serving of more re¢ognition than J. M. Campbell, president of the King- ston Board of Trade. A business man, avoiding notoriety and ostentation, he has given of hi} time, eénergy freely for the without any expec tation of and honors. Mr. Campbell manager of the Campbell Company, the Campbell Powér Com- pany at Kingston Mills, and during | the summer operates | service between St. Lawrence ports of Gananoque, Brockville, Prescott, Clayton, Alex- ber of ci- city's good rewards is proprietor and a regular freight and tourist service! to Picton, Belleville and intermediate points. One would naturally suppose that direct oversight of these enter- prises would claim all of his atten- | tion. But not so. As president of the 0 Kingston Board of Trade during the 9! past two years he has done a vast | amount of work involving the mas- tery of a mass of detail. He tookea | leading part In pressing Kingston's claims for harbor impovements upon the government and secured theadop- tion by:the government of making Kingston a point when the new Welland canal opens, involving an expenditure of $3,000,000. During the past year he represented the city twice before the International Joint Waterways Com- | | mission, and secured a sitting of that {| commission here and the attendance jot representatives from Eastern On- tario in order that Canada's claims | for industrial development and in- terest in St. Lawrence power might be effectively presented to that body. He also attended a number of con- ventions and conferences at outside points, notably the Eastern and Cen- tral Ontario Hydro Power conven- tions, where he wad a strong advo- cate of the city's claims for more favorable terms and rates. At the re- cent sitting of the Dominion tariff commission he presented an exhaus- tive report upon the city's industrial needs, a census showing the number of men engaged in and dependent up- on industrial enterprises, and the an- nual value in wages and manufac- tured articles. Acting in conjunction with the industrial committee, he was instrumental in bringing new in- dustries to Kingston during the past year and condueted negotiations with | consumate skill and foresight. Another matter that might be! mentioned was the securing of the | civic grant of $150,000 for new hos- | pital buildings in order to keep Queen's medical college here, Mr. Campbell took the initiative in hav- ing the matter brought to the atten- tion of the board of trade when as- surances satisfactory to Queen's Col- lege were pledged. The foregoing is but a brief sum- mary of some of the big things Mr. Campbell has been prominently iden< tified with, and the Whig feels that in glvigg expression to its sense of gratitude it is but expressing ths thoughts of a large majority of the business men, of Kingston who know his sterling worth. His presence at any business meeting always inspires confidence, for his judgment is ac- curate and his advice sound. While not distinguished as an orator, hLe bas a mastery of facts and presents them in a concise and conyincing manner. Kingston needs' men of his type particularly during the next five or ten years, if we are to seize the opportunities that are bound to come with the period of industrial expan- elon that the future holds. We hope that Mr. Campbell may be blessed with health and strength to bring more benefits to the old limestone city. THE REVISION OF THE TARIFF. If the hearings of the tariff com- mission throughout the country may be judged by the sitting at Kingston on Monday last, it is evident that those clamoring for free trade or the elimination of the principle of pro- '| tection from our fiscal system have failed to make out a case. It was strikingly shown that nobody want- ed free trade, for the representatives cof the U.F.0., who were the chief spokesmen for the tariff agitators, repeatedly stated that they did hot want free trade. They did want free trade in farm implements and mach- inery, but were willing that the gov- ernment should receive revenuss by some system of taxation. They held that the farmers were paying too much for farm implements and machinery and thatthe chief cause for this was the tariff. Sir Henry Drayton, in an effort to find out how the operation of the present tariff effected individuals; questioned thres witnesses upon their purchases of im- plements and machinery during the past five years. R. J. Vair, Glenbur- ale, president of the Glenburnie Club, who owns and operates a 300 acre farm, maintained that he paid the equivalent of the tax upon his pur- | chases in the prices charged, which came to $7 per year during the five years. J. L. F. Sproule, county U. F.0. director, stated that he paid about $9 per year, during the last five years. Sir Henry naturally asked if that was an excessive 'amount to ; \ its | thought and | Milling | a steamboat | Kingston and the | andria Bay and Ogdensburg, besides | plans | trans-shipping { to pay under the system by which $150,000,000, per year as revenue? As to the benefits the farmer deri- 'es from protection duce, his hogs, etc., not one of these witnesses was in a .position to say. They simply did not know that they | did receive protection. This was re- { markable in view of the sweeping re- solution that they presented. To the minds of the spectators in the hall the farmers failed to sup- port or justify their memorial by any concrete facts. When questioned closely they hedged away from local | conditions upon which the minister desired particular information. The point upon which they were strong, | however, was their objection to any Canadian maker charging up the duty onthe selling price of an arti- cle, but no invoices or documents {showing bona fide transactions were presented in support of their repre- sentations, and in view of the im- portance of their claims this should [have been done. In lieu of the tax | { represented by the duty on imports | they suggested an excise tax on the home manufacturers which they | would be willing to pay when added [to the selling prices, as they would | know that the government got the | money. A land tax was mentioned, | but the proposal was not pressed by | the witnesses. There are some features about the | proposal of an excise tax on home manufacturers that call for very thoughtful consideration. In the first | place it is assumed that all manufac- | turers take full advantage of the auty and add it to the selling price of their articles, but this was not proved. If it is not true, then the placing of an excise tax on the arti- | cles would increase the present | pices, and If the Canadian manufac- | turer could not produce as cheaply {as the United States factories the latter would get the business, the Canadian manufacturers would be forced to close down, the government lose its revenue and Canadian work- men their employment. In order to collect the excise tax the government would be forced to protect home in- dustries and the home market with a stiff duty on the foreign-made arti- cle, and there would, under such a system, be no assurance that prices | would be any cheaper than they are at the present time. But looking closely into the pres- ent system, is seven or nine dollars | a year an excessive amount to be paid by a farmer with 150 or 300 acres of land and carrying on opera- tions under the excelient conditions {that have favored agriculture during the past five years when they are | paying no income tax? Nobody. will | contend that they have causé for just | grievance, particularly when they are protected in their produce, their hogs, and in fact recoup themselves from the consumers, for it is the con- sumer that, in the last analysis, ac- tually pays all the taxes. While the farmer paid for his implements and machinery in the first instance, any excess in price attributable to the operation of the tariff is distributed over everything he sells and he gets his money back. It seems only fair that we should look at this whole matter in a proper light and endea- vor to arrive at a just conclusion. Hon. Sir Henry Drayton showed that he was not conducting a haphasz- ard inquiry or treating the matter in a flippant manner, He was at pains to get at the most trivial de- tails, and showed a disposition to get the farmers' point of view in order to be in a position to give full weight to the prevailing opinions on the tariff. He is earnestly endeavoring to ascertain the true facts relating to the tariff and its effects upon pro- duction, agricultural and industrial, in order to be in a position to com- pile a report and draw" up recom- mendations for. parliament's action with a view solely to stimulating all lines of business, increasing the vo- lume of trade and wiping out Can- ada's national debt. This is also the purpose of Hon. Arthur Meighen, the premier, 'who has backed up his an- nounced policy by action and there is absolutely no reason for assuming that any recommendations or propo- sals that may be made on this tariff question will not be designed to re- sult in the best Tnggesty of the.coun- try. A SINLESS WORLD. Reformers are not satisfied with merely moderate success; if any a Mason | upon his pro-'| as won, while they plan out some | drastic way to make another evil) run. The brimming flagon they have an earnest campaign has to fill Dame Nicotine train must must go; { been mapped, with woe. The Sunday other year, or some reformer with a The Sunday paper must be banned, on Sundays autos must not chug, or sheriffs, with their writs in hand, will put offenders in the jug. They'll censor songs, they'll censor plays, they'll censor everything in sight, and strive, in forty-seven ways, to drape us aH in snowy white. They will not interfere with me, for I'm so moral, anyhow; a shining halo you may see at any time above my brow. But much I fear some wearied guys, by laws galled, jaded and oppressed, in revolution yet will rise, and knock some statutes galley west. Reform- ers now are going strong, they look as though they'd never stop; but when Reaction comes along, just pause and hear the fireworks pop. --WALT MASON. ttt cat attttsnee | MUSINGS OF THE KHAN The Old Gentleman. I can easily recall the time when I could walk up to any house in western Ontario and rap on the door, Somebody would open and I would say: "Is the Old Gentleman in?" And the somebody, who was sure to be a Lady, would say: "Yes, come in and set down; Liz- zie, oh, Lizzie, tell you ma there's somebuddy here wants to see the Old Gentleman!" And he would' come in his sock feet. There was one thing about these old gentlemen, they had no use for slippers. If company came and they wanted to throw on style the Old Gentleman had to put on slip- pers. But nothing suited him better than to meet someone who didn't matter and put his sock feet up on the porch rail and talk till midnight. The funny thing about the old- time Old Gentleman was that there ever was a nice girl concealed in the shrubbery go to such a house as I am speaking of and ask for the Old Gentleman | but the girl would appear. Oh, son, them was the days! Everybody got married then. *] was quite the usual thing to get mar- ried in them dear old days. it? The Old Gentleman is dead. I went up twenty sidelines and | four concessions this afternoon, look- | ing for the Old Gentleman. A bright girl just home from the | | university beckoned me into what she was pleased to call a den, " She i said "You have heard of the netican wild pigeon? Yes, history hath told | you that there was once a thing call- | ed the Dodo? Once also in the past | there was a shoemaker in every vil. lage; where is that shoemaker now?" "Search me," I said. '"Ah, search you, certainly, and I would find no shoemaker. Dear Boy, the Old Gentleman hath gone to that bourne from which men who knew how to set a crosscut saw will never return.' She sighed. "Do you believe in a future state? So glad, indeed. I can't think of a heaven where there were no old gen- tlemen. Still--" She rested her pretty chin on her soft palm and fell into reverie. And I tiptoed out. The Khan, The Wigwam, Rushdale Farm, Rockton, Ont. | PUBLIC OPINION A Stayer. (Louisville Post) The only reasonable explanation is tant Lloyd George is glued to the saddle. Blatherers. (Albany Times-Union) Some of these people who write ebout Russia should be able to pro- duce excellent articles . concerning home life on Mars. The Business Case; (Baltimore American) The man who loeks for a long period of business depression is quite as foolish as the one-who thou- ght war profits could last forever. The Quick and the Dead. (Liverpool Post) The conversation around the din- ner table ended, as do so many con- versations nowadays, with the sub- ject of spiritualism, Most. of the company gave their opinions as to whether or not the dead could com- municate with the living, but it re- mained for "Sweet Sixteen" to pre- sent the only origina: thought on the subject. "It's hard enough for me now to keep up my correspond- ence," she said. "When I die I want a rest." No Joke. Said old Mr. Capers: "I well understand, That a cut in a paper's Worth two in your hand." Luke McLuke. wn ABOLISH * FINANCIAL WORRY PROLONG YOUR LIFE » from security. Free from Dominion A CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ANNUITY WILL DO IT Gives a larger return for life than is obtainable rom any other form of investment with absolute 'Income Tax. scrapped, and now fhey say the pipe | cease to run before we've scored an- | gun will rise and shoot the engineer. | ER IOS a as soon | {the government is enabled to raise |tOTY of yesterday forgotten is, i -- BIBBY'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS -- {-- PRE-WA R PRICES See our as it were. You couldn't | But as I said before, or did I say { Men's and Young Men's Suits and Overcoats $25.00 g we o = = |BIBBY'S A | ll EE CR OOOO =z HARDWARE. McCLARY'S FAMOUS PANDORA RANGE The cheapest, high-class Range on the market to-day. BUNT'S - KING ST. PHONE 388. L amen No. BROCK White Fox Stole 1 Quality $68.50 Gourdier's | : : a STREET New Jordan Almonds New Table Raisins New Table Figs . REDDEN & Uo. Phones 20 aud 999, FARMS FOR SALE 119 acres, ¥ wmues from Kingston, on a leading road, new barn, with stavies 30 by 40 feel--small dwelling, nearly new; about 4b acres now under cultivation; avout 30 acres of varuaoie wood, chiefly maple, ~ rice $4,000, 30 acres on the Bath Road; pleasant iocation ou the Bay ol Quuute; over 80 acres nrsg class soil under cultivation; 8ovd bundings. Price $6c00. We have aiso a large list of farms of ai sizes and prices, T. J. Lockhart Rew rstuce sua tusdrance KINGSTON, Ont. Phone 1036w or 17974 STOVE COAL. ..... NUTCOAL....... SOWARDS EGG COAL ............$16.50 per ton PeaCoal ...............$15.00 per ton Carrying 50c. extra. PHONE ».. ALL SALES FOR CASH. Phone orders C.0.D. reiee + $16.50 per ton ees +. $16.50 per ton COAL CO. Sin Painting ad raining JAMES S. ROBINSON 273 Bagot Street Robinson Bros' Old Stand G.Hunter Ogilvie INSURANCE AND GENERAL BROKER In daily communication with Mont- real and Toronto Stock Exchanges. 'Dominion, Provincial and Munici- pal Bonds for sale. 281 KING STREET Phones 568; & 1087 DAVID SCOTT =) | Plumber Fiambing and Gas Work a Soy "All werk Ee Tn 145 Fronteas Crescent Wire Works ---- C7 Fencing, Guards, Baskets, Flower borders, Wire Work of all kinds, man: afactured by:-- | PARTRIDGE & SON y 62 King Street Phone 380. heiraence o15w, Christmas Gifts Our stock Is larger and more beautiful, and our prices more attractive than ever. ~Solid French Ivory Toilet Articles. ~--Manicuare Cases and Rolls. --Perfiimes and 3 Toilet Waters . in exquisitn odors ~Sachet Powders in individual * glass-stoppered bottl Lake: Ontario Trout and Whitefish, Fresh Sea Salmon, Had- déck, Halibut and Cod. BOOTH FISHEIERS Canadian Co. Coal That Suits The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Celebrated Scranton Coal The Standard Anthracite The only Coal bandied by Crawford Phoue 9. Foot of ween 84. "It's a black business oni we treat you white." NG EE