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re ------ en -- =H fa Th a i, | The newspapers of Canada send The things we worry about most never happen. The most reliable financial writer 8 the bank teller, Several national problems haven't been solved since last week. Count your fingers after shaking bands with an insurance man. » Many a bride who wasn't left at the church wishes she had been. Another thing that baffles agents of the law is a slice of the plunder. " Bathing suits soon will show that Winter left some of us in bad Jumping at conclusions is about the only mental exercise some peo- ple take. 'He that never changed his opin- an corrected any of his mis . Conservatives are those who build a road where radicals blazed a trail. ---------------- We hear of a young dentist who d & girl for a kiss, 'saying "It 'won't hurt a bit," ', The really hard thing about mak- ing both ends meet is that there are A straw Bat is a round object Somebody sits on it. Spring is that season in which you hear "I don't think he is good for her," ow of Nature is kind and takes away 'the ability to blush when there is © much to blush about. Accidents will happen, which is there are so many different of salads in the world. Two of the most depressing sights & car after it happens and the Supper dishes next morning, 3 a A mes. 2 * It 1s. only a question of time un- Spain will suspect that the don't want her down these. 2 a fe tein. Correct this sentence: "Tom is he never looks in & mirror." diene ens children of your own are a Joy, they often keep you things you shouldn't do. '| what has happened in Canada. In wheat pool with distrust who were joyfully counting their participation certificates a year ago. Those who argued that the scheme will make money on a rising market and lose money on a falling market will feel THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY. through the mails an average of 135 tons of matter per day. For this service the postage charges last year were $1,352,800, which made up 8 substantial part of the total postal|pleased with themselves. revenue of the country. In a fact of But the real value of the pooling 'that nature we may frankly recog-;scheme will not be arrived at in one nize two other facts: First, that the jor two seasons of operation. Over newspaper, industry has attained to | an extended period the advantages very large proportions; and second, | of co-operative marketing should be that there are a great many sub- | confirmed. For if there are not pro- scribers outside of the area of local | fits to be made from the storing and delivery. The development of jour- selling of grain why are the grain walism has been one of the conspicu- | brokers so indignant over the farm- ous demonstrations of advancing |ers invading the business? civilisation, We have come to be a great newspaper reading people. In thus leading public thought the jour- nals of the country bear a very de- finite responsibility. There would be few so censorious as to say they are not courageously trying to uphold worthy ideals. ~ -- SWELLING POPULAR BURDENS. The Citizens' Research Institute of Canada has for some years past been rendering a valuable public service in giving out accurate data with re- spect to taxation and the cost of government. The - latest bulletin gives the sum total of taxes collected in 1922, and the figures are impres- sive. 'They are as follows: PRICES OF FOOD. Some remarkably instructive sta- [tistical gtatements were presented f% Parliament on Monday last by Hon. James Murdock, Minister of Labor, They related to the deflation of food prices in Canada and other coun- tries. Taking the facts for the years 1909 to 1913 as to prices of food staples, and giving the average thus ascertained a value of 100, it was shown that the fluctuations subse- quent to 1913 had their maximum {gd 1920, when the index number ran up to 192. By the end of Oectobbr last there had been a recession to 147. ¥ It is by comparison with the move- ment of food prices in other coun- tries that we are able to measyre Provincial taxes Dominion taxes. 47,342,408 835,453,341 ---- Total ..... $561,460,037 F / The Institute gives an 'added sig- nificance to this total when it points year's net production of all Canadian fwdustries, including mining, fishing and agriculture. It was 50 per cent. of the get manufacturing production for 192%. To be brought face to face with such a view of the situation as to taxes is to be sobered, and in some degree alarmed. It at once suggests thoughts as to the underlying causes, the United States, for example, the |and, at the same time, raises the maximum during that period had been 200, with a drop to 171 last year. Australian figures ran be- tween 17§ and 167. In Great Brit- { ain the peak was 252, and the 1924 {Mation in a long and costly war, as { igure 175, It 'will thus be seen that | Well as the breakdown of two cor- | Canada was mot called upon to pay |Porate railway systems, account al- 2s high prices for food as were prac- | most wholly for the present volume tically all other countries, while de- [Of taxes. The peak in that regard flation has given us the lowest "gr | Bs been passed, and we are mow age reached by any nation. fairly started on a broad plan of re- We have in these facts a plain sug- duction. Quite the opposite, how- gestion of one of the aspects of the |©¥r. is true of the provinces and political and economic situation. Our | the municipalities, especially the western farmers have complained be- | cities. In both cases, high taxation cause deflation affectéd the prices of their products; but we must all see that . the decline «in ood prices brought a direct benefit to all other classes. As those prices come down, "real wages," as expressed in the purchasing power of the dollar, went up. It was obviously impossible to bave the common . people relieved from high prices and at the same time continue the advantages of in- flation te the grain growers of the West, = Yet that was the effect of the operation of inexorable laws, answering to demand on. one hand and supply on the other. g -------- DANDELIONS. Herewith is offered a mild sugges- tion' to persons who, while enjoying & country outing, are unable to dif- ferentiate between the beauties of a protected field of wildflowers and the desolation of a field which has been stripped and left to weeds and grass by the wayside vandals. If they must pick something which does pot belong to them, let them try picking dandelions.' : The. flower of that ubiquitous weed, we are told, though we have- n't tried it, forms the base of a po- tent, pleasing and palatable bever- age. The leaves, we know by ex- perience, can form one of the most wholesome and appetizing vegetable dishes Loown to modern cookery. It is the spinach with a kick. And no one will begrudge thelr passing. Vandals may exercise their most destructive inclinations against the dandelion. Tear them up, root and branch. Bedeck the automobiles with them. Throw them into a bofl- ing caldron. Serve them with oil or vinegar. Eat them alive. Do your worst to the dandelion. But let the wild flowers live. -------------- HITTING THE GRAIN POOLS. Last year the wheat pool of Al- berta was an experiment regarded with considerable doubt by many farmers. But the participation cer- tificates issued at the year's end growing burden might be lightened. So far as the Dominion is econ- cerned, we all know that our partici- ditures and tremendous additions to funded debt. All things considered, the modern tendency of our cities to borrow on an ascending scale is the salient feature of a situation which justifies anxiety; for the ugly ont- which are created. Before making further reference to the municipal situation, a word or two about the provinces will be in place. Apprehension has for some ing obligations of Manitoba, Saskat- chewan, Alberta and British Colum- bia; but it should be remembered that these provinces have taken over the telephone systems and are en- gaged in other enterprises which ex- plain in part the facts as to both debt and taxation. tion, in the final reckoning, of value taxes they pay. Ontario has invest. ed $200,000,000 in its hydro-electric 000 at the present time, with $4,800,000 as compared in 1901, leaves has been lack of prudence. That suspicion degpens when one looks at the very large additions to revenue which have come in recent years from succession duties and certain special forms of taxation. No other province is. carrying as heavy labili- ties as is Ontario. The municipal tax is felt acutely, for the double reason that it is direct and has risen so rapidly. If all the facts could be studied, it would prob- ably be found that the responsibility rests very largely on the people who are bearing the. burden. On one band, they are more disposed to elect popular than really competent men to administer local government, aha; on the other, they insist on more and more being dome In the nature of public service. In this there is the usual lack of Pprescience; for '| were each a"most convincing argu- ment in favor of the plan. It seem- it Is more profitable to restrict the market and allow the to flow. out that it was 19 per cent. of the" Question as to whether or.not this | grows out of swelling annual expens come of debt is the fixed charges time been aroused by the increas- It is all a ques- being received by the people for the system, and yet a debt of $340,000,- SH WHIG - THE DAILY BRITI ---- get 'more value for the same money? "Are you willing that your ward, your city or your province should submit to reduced govern- mental expenditures in the intef- ests of your city, your province or the Dominion as a whole?" These questions are pertinent and opportune. | are distinctly hurtful, and that point [18 very clearly reached when they subtract from popular savings what would be favested in productive en- terprises. That is why bankers are sounding a note of warning. There will be no relief, however, until tax- payers as a group take a direct and constructive interest in local gov- ernment. (In bther words, they have the remedy in their own hands and may use it whenever they feel sg disposed. GOING BLIND? The human: race, a leading expert in optometry warns us, will be blind Municipal taxes. . $178,664,201 ; ID 200 years it the present rate of [defective vision keeps up. That is bad news, and we hope it is exagger- ated, but when we look about us and see the number of folks wearing glasses we are not so sure but that there's truth in it. There are three major causes for this bad sight. They are narcotics, booze and exces- sive tobacco. "For posterity's sake it is up to us to conquer them. Good- ness knows, a man likes to stretch out in his arm chair of an evening, and light up the old pipe. He stretches, his feet are comfortable in his slippers, and he likes to watch the clouds of smoke. It is really a soothing sensation, except when his wife scolds him for getting ashes on the carpet. . But try an experiment with your- self. Close ygur eyes and smoke. Three-fourths of the enjoyment is gone. So it really is largely a men- tal enjoyment, isn't it? You like the environment with which you habitually associate smoking better than the smoke itself. About moon- shine and narcotic drugs there is no great division of opinion among clean people. They want to get rid of both. Smoking is not by any means such an evil. It is excessive smoking that hurts the sight. That Going to the Hospital. You may sometimes wonder why your doctor wants you to go to the hospital when you are sick. You think of the various incon- veniences; the expense, perhaps sep-' aration from loved ones, and so forth. Now your doctor understands all Ba as well as you do. He knows hat everything else being equal, .it would be better for you to be amid the home surroundings. However, when-he made his first examination he depended to a great extent upon what you told him. If you are a high strung nervous in- room for the suspicion that there | dividual, and you do a lot of think- ing about yourself, imtluding con- siderable reading about the various ailments of the body, you may quite unconsciously describe symptoms that are characteristic of & certain serious ailment. Your doctor makes a physical ex- amination of you, and finds some conditions that would seem to agree with your statements, and others. that are vastly different. Now is he to get morg informa- tion? you still further by examining the blood, the urine, the spinal fluids. He would like to make hourly tests, give certain special treatments, and watch their effects. : By having you in the hospital, this could all be done by the house phy- sicians and nurses, in the ordinary routine of the day, Thus your doc- tor will have not only what you tell him, and what' he discovers by ex- HEE At a certain point taxes | DRESS WELL AND SUCCEED SPECIAL ! | Saturday Night Attractions 50 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS Tailored in the very latest models and new- est fabrics and weaves, Sizes 35 to 40. '18.50 See Our Big $4.50 . Hat Special THE DAN DOBBS -- THE NEW GREY, SPECIAL ! 2 TROUSER SUITS| 2 TROUSER SUITS Blue Herringbone Worsteds -- | In Men's and Young Men's mod- els. 'Special at $27.50 genuine, all wool English gent models. Special at $34.00 BIBBY'S . SPECIAL ! \ Worsted, Special Men's and Young Men's Top Coats Tweeds in the Dover and Re A genuine eh Oravenctia $1850 ; "t Kingston's One Price Clothing House ™ the English-speaking part of the colony of that day, he saw the need of a paper to spread the govern. ment news. Everything had to be created, laws, courts, school systems, | | all the necessary means of govern- ment. The paper was called "Upper Canada "Gazette, or Ameri- can Oracle," and was a tiny sheet fifteen inches deep by nine and a half inches wide. The subscription price was $3 a year, and its first is- sue was on this day in 1793. It is the earliest example of political printing in Ontario. We can imagine how |} eagerly its little pages were scanned by the men and women who were lit- erally carving a province out of the wilderness, for less than twenty years before that time Ontario had been practically uninhabitated. Lit. tle more than & century and a quar ter after the founding of the Upper Canada Gazette, Ontario alone has more than four hundred newspapers with countless periodical publica- tions of other varieties. QUARANTEED USED FORD MOTOR OAR PLAN Is Explained by the Company --A Good Thing for the Public. The Ford Motor Company recog- nized that the buying public, which, for reasons of economy, created the market for second hand cars, must have its faith and belief in manu- facturers and dealers alike restored. Immediate investigation was made, with the result that, one year ago, the Guaranteed Used Ford Plan was put into effect. The result has been that the pub- He no longer regards the purchase of a used car as a gamble, but recog- nizes a guaranteed Ford as a sound and profitable investment. This spring and summer, now that the public has become accustomed to the plan, hundreds of Canadians, at a nminimuth of cost, will enjoy motor- 'ing to the full and share with their more fortunate brothers in the de- lights of the open road. Briefly explained the Ford Gua- ranteed Used Car Plan is operated with a view to giving owners a fal» and reasonable price on the cars which they turn in; to have the car put in such condition that the de can guarantes it to the next buyer; to protect the. dealer, and to main- tain the goodwill of the motoring public to the product. The Ford Company issues to f ; : £8 a i i » die £ ih | : : the || | For Sale New Brick Dwelling, in a good locality, exceptionally well built in every detail. The house is about square and therefore, easily heated with furnace; four good bedrooms; hardwood floor; electric lights; good com- crete cellar; very cheap house at savin Real Estate and Insurance Agent 68 BROCK ST., KINGSTON Phoae 3233 or 1197J. 4 = =! ---- - = fore, will furnish that amount of mileage expected of it. Ford dealers, using the approved valuation price as supplied by the company, are able to estimate the true allowance that they are able to make on a trade in and still have the necessary margin for the cost of re-conditioning the car and put- ting it 'in normal running condition. The trade in allowance plus the al- | lowance for reconditioning, is them the base cost as decided by the Home Office which price only the purchaser pays. Before making the purchase, the buyer of the used car is shown the amount allowed the owner who turn- ed in the car. repair list, detailing the néw parts which have gone into the car in addition to other necessary work. Thus the buyer pays the base price as-set by the company, or which he receives the Guaranteed Car. If the guaranteéd car does not give satisfaction and it ix same condition as when purchased, it may be returned by: the buyer within 10 days, and the full price paid for it will be credited on the purchase of any model new and dn- used Ford car truck. J. Starr Tait, St. John, N.B., has been elected Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of New Bruns- wick. 2 See Tweddell's $22.00 suita. Tag day, in Toronto, for the Hu- mane Society, realized over $26,000. TO THE DISCRIMINAT- ING PUBLIC: We offer a splendid. selec- tion of the better class of mem-~ orials in Granite, Marble and He is also shown the | FOR THE FARMER We carry a full line of Cattle S - Fever outfits, leg Veterinary and Instruments-- B : Vaccine and "Ir Jector, 'Incubator ermometers. Best and all Bloch "der, Medicines. thereby De Snlivery. Streets. ion PHONES: --Offioe 770, H. Residence 3603w. in the: