THE BRITIS ISH WHIG | 88TH YEAR. Published Dally and Semn-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHiG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED : President Guita one Editor and Managing-Director TELEVHONES: Business Office ...... Editor al Rooms Job Of] . . J. G. Eli Leman A 3431 229 292 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city ... § r, if paid in advance ....§ by mail to rural offices $2.5 to United States .. 0 ni-Weekly Edition) mail, cash . . not paid in advan » United States 6.00 5 ..$1.00 e 31:50 $1.50 TOWN REPRESENTATIVES | John St, Montreal] 130 King St KE. LT- QF - 1d aronto the Editor are published ie actual ialue of is one of the best ices In Canada. job $0 [528. to be employed, should it please im, in work among the-heat vear later, the fam settled in Pictou Geddie was trained for licensed to preach and sent Edward Island 'where he w {ln 1843-an overture Was set | Synod and in 1844 a memorial to presbyteries praying that missionary commi ¥0 and -a missionary sent Of tna (three presbyteries concerned Pictou tand Truro voted against it and Prince Edward in favor of it. Wher the synod met, the foreign -work was these terms: "Feeling tl not prepared to enjoin on « tions to make an effort on missions, consistent with ot claims, they feel Themselves unabi: tv embark in the cause." The mo- to send out a missionary was carried by a majority of six, though, {actually four-fifths of the ministry { was opposed to the move and almo=i {all the monied people in the congre- | gations. John Geddle loft for tame {South Sea Islands, and in 1848 was j settled in Aneiteum. On his monu- ment there is this legend: 'When he landed in 1848 there wera | Christians here gnd when he left 1872 there were no heathen." He {learned the language, built houses | and schools which the natives burn- jed. He found them cannibals, great feuds were maintained between ltr ibgs, widows were strangled, iu | fanticide was general theft was not | disrespectable, licentiousness was a | besetting sin, revenge a sacred duty, to Prince as cailea to tn a foreign the motion opposad at thej ongrega- behalf of he tion nm in to enter | 1HE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. erprete last vote of the prov az conclusive, there is no ne ferendum at all. They hold that the Dominion government should have accepted that vote and immediately enforced . the prohi- bition of importation as a necessary sequence The British "North Act, however, governed incial trade and imports were important stipulations Act of Confederation that ince io a re erica inter pro which in the therefore trol of ths Dominion parliament. In- deed, many 'constitutional authori ties question the right of any prov anda ince to place restrictions upon free | { could have married a dozen wise, even for the purposg of enfore- | for¢ cir- | importation by referendum or other- ing temperance, Under 'these cumstances the Dominion authort- ties decided to leave the matter en tirely in the bands of the people themselves. Already some provinces have voted against import- ation, notably Alberja, Saskatche- wan and Nova Scotia. en Monday, and the wick legislature, now in session, {calling upon the Dominion govern- {ment for a similar New Bruns- solutely dry for over thirty years. Quebec and British Columbia are ex- | perimenting with government con- trol, but only a matter of time until they take advantage of portunity to line up with the rest Canada and ban the imporiation of intoxicating liquor for beverage ol pur poses. efore that vast been made in the It is ther seen strides have r------ | 10. language of impiety and impur- perancs cause, although we are no: ulation of THE BRITISH Wit: is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations. War doesn't the qujshed does pay unless Happy packers, they can can their troubles, but the rest of us can't, pelives in armament. But to pay taxes on it The bee he doesn't have Yap teaches us that an 1sland greater than a mustard seed move whole natiop# can Germany may conceal her gold, but she isn't ag all backward abou revealing her brass In a period of delidtion, put up or shut up means put up more collateral | or shut up shop. ' Whatever your opinion 1 may be on! the question your duty to vote on Monday. Perhaps Mr. Ford's attitude ' may bg explained by the fact that nearly ! all Jews prefer better cars. The sun never sets on the British Empire's troubles, is tha seemingly truthful remark of the Flint Journal. And the reason the Lenine-Trot- 2ky regime is'in desperate straits is | because it is out of everything else, Hereafter we shall know enough | to, make each belligerent post a cash | forfeit before sitting in the game. We can't hope to 'settle this pro-| hibition controversy until we make | up our minds to try it and see how | it works. . The only driver more dangerous than a pretty woman is the man who | is watching a pretty woman pedes- trian The waste of war may have ler: the Allies short of a great many things, but patience isn't ome of them. \ It prohibition of lig: liquor is barred | as a result of the vota on Monday, the enforcement of prohibition laws 'will be a much easier matter. The people who think that adver. tising adds to the cost of goods are about the same ones who think that labor-saving machinery adds to the cost of the product. Those who are in favor of govern- ment liquor control should remem- ber that the first logical step in this direction would be to cut off import- ation by the individual. {The St. Thomas, Ont., horticultur- 8] society In its annual report says: "War is being waged upon the bill- board nuisance and the tacking of cards and signs upon fences and oth- er places without permission of the ower." Canipers and (ravellers were re- sponsible for 246 fires starting in the British Columbia forests. This was 4 considerable reduction from the previous year, credit for which is given to the education work done by ihe newspapers. \ --------ag THE MISSIONARY IDEA. On the 10th of April, 1815, just a touple of months before the battie of Waterloo, theres was born in Banfl>hire, Soctland, a baby to the Teddie family, whom the parents ramed John. When he was a few i1ys old, he was stricken with a sev- sro tllness. His parents made a vow hat if he were spared to them, they "+d devote him to the service of van- | uo | [ity vas so common that a native {could not speak without blending nis ordinary conversation with it. Yet lat the end of twenty-four years there had been a great change. One can but wonder whether John Geddie could have invested {his life for the world anywhere e%se [where the returns would have been | s0 large, and we arp of the opinion that his work constitutes a apologetic for the Christian gospel fine | While we cannot test all the wor | land influence of Christianity, be- | | cause so many results lie behind tha | veil, yet, here, we can see its powe, {in the regeneration of character; the opening up of sources of {highest moral energy; in a desre {of religious assurance to wiich no [otner religion can claim and inas- much as men do not gather grapes fof thorns, or figs of thistles, we can !say that this religion which contri {buted the highest elements of tne | spiritual lite of mankind, must ba | rooted in everlasting truth. We are | entitled to trust it and we are bound {to propagate it. VOTE FOR PROHIBITION, Tha people of Ontario in October, 1919, voted for prohibition but to- day they have not obtained wha: they voted for. The Whig, always an advocate of | temperance, gave its support in each | successive step toward the attain- | ment of the goal aimed at by all peo- | ple earnestly endeavoring to wipe {out the evils associated with the li- quor traffic. We have now reached { within sight of that goal, and, in {view of the great benefits experi- | ented during the period of war-time { prohibition that was rendered effec. tive by federal order-in-council that | prohibited the importation of intoxi- cating liquor for beverage purposes, |it would be clearly an act of folly in the people not to vote against im- portation when they have the oppor- [tunity to do so on Monday next. { For the first time in our history | the liquor question became divore- |ed from polities when the Drury | government came into power and | found itself faced with an over- | whelming vote of the people against | licensing the sala of intoxicating 1i- quor, and in favor of the continu=< ance of the Ontario Temperance Act that had been put into force as a war measure by their predecessors. While that act received thesupportot the Dominion Order-in<Council from 19186 to 1919, the evils of drink were undoubtedly reduced to a minimum, for stocks of liquor could not be ob- tained by either private individuals er bootleggers. The Dominion gov- ernment, however, could not prohibit interprovincial trade without a ref- erendum, and the order-in-council had to be rescinded one year after t war. The withdrawal of this order-in-council opeped the flood gates; and the past year has seen an enormous traffic in liquor.~It has been estimated that more liquor has been consumed and sold in the prov- inca during the past twelve months than during any single year under | license, and Quebec dealers have be- | come millionaires. | It was not the fault of .the On- tario government that this traffic as- sumed such proportions, because it was powerless to'\gtop it except where it had conclusive dyidence that liga- or was being sold: \ The Dominion | government ashen to, and it passed a bill calling for a raferen- dum on the question of prohibiting importation into any province that asked for it. The Ontario legisia- ture, believing that it was acting in conformity with the wishes of the people, cirried a motion asking the Dominion goveroment for a Yefer- endum as the only means of render- ing the Ontario Temperance Act of- fective. To a great many people who in- tn of importation, it is | the | {vet in a position to judge accurately | ithe results of prohibition. By carry- {ing the referendum on Monday the { province on Ontario will pass under { complete prohibition, and all must |copcede that it will bring about a | more satisfactory state of than that which now pravails. all events, it will give the provinciai | government an opportunity to try out the O.T.A. under the most fav- | orable conditions, and if it be found a failure the only recourse will be {some system of government con'rol. All thinking persons who appreci- ate the labors of those who have | brought about the present temperance in Ontario must | "Yes" on Monday. To vote for 'm- | portation is to prevent the effective | enforcement of the law, leava the [way open for the traffic of bootleg- gers and others who profit rrom tne illicit sale of liquor and rod the peo- ple of the effect of their will express- ed emphatically in 1919. The issue is clear: Do we want liquor Imporiea into the province or not? This is the only question on the ballot to be used, and all who vote should bear in mind that no matter how they vote they cannot change the present law, as the government is bound 'to continue to enforce it as best it can but it is surely not fair to eithar the government, 'or to the people them- selves, to continue the present un- satisfactory state of affairs. By vot- ing "Yes" the rich and ths poor will be placed in exactly the same posi- lion for none will be able to procure intoxicating liquor except for medi- cal use for which the law makes amply provision. Let us all give pro- hibition a fair trial. This is all that we are asked to do. Try Bibby's $24.75 Suits, The most valuable printed work in the world is the copy of the Bible printed at Mainz in 1152-56, and commonly known as the Mazarin Bible. A Divorce Granted After many years of patient suf- fering, you can be divorced from corns, you can get rid of them com- pletely by applying Putnam's Corn Extractor. This wonderful old rem- edy acts in 24 hours, and never fails. Refuse a substitute and remember "Putnam's' is the only Painless rem- edy. 2bc. everywhere. Am | really Outside of the gon-. _ | My Boar of the} Ontario votes | is | referendum. | I'rince Edward Island has been ab-| the op- | i shade { This Whi tem- | aliairs | Avr | state of | vota | BITS OF BY-PLAY Ay LUKE McLUKE Copyright, 192C, by The Cincinnati Enquirer. Always, { ere man gets back from a the Tight dope out of his grip vife has ws he'll dig ake of hotel soap came ly Mean Brute! 1 regard thirteen as an un- acky number? asked Mr. Naybor. "Sure, 1 do!" growled Mr 'My Wife is always saying Do yo Gabb, that she mean be- | she met me!" Bang! Boe-Hoo! ie went dows r the cellar, A leaking gus pipe for lighted a match to bring back dy B-o- me! | | | to sew ocate it-- He i n-n-i-e-¢ 10 | Oh Things To Worry About. $:0 gold pieces are The edges on in the ning of | likely to weap holes your pockets. -- 'Course Not! "Wouldn't you like "to America, where a fellow he wants to drink?' asked Man with the Red Nose "Not for me!" replied the Thin Man | with the Pale Face. "Why, it is 100} in the shade there all the time! "Well" argued the Fat Mah wist- fully: "You don't have to stay in 'the do you? i live in South can get all the Fat | Orfal! te Mule is & fun se the ny thin Be careful hgw vou Two drinks make you Ten drinks make Deuce. feel feel Ouch! hasn't been married said Jones "Smith very long, has he?" "I don't know," replied "What makeg you thini so?' "He acts so polite to his wife when he is out with her," Teplied Jones Brown Same 01d Story! Though in training camp the Phenom Shows up Vets and swats the ball, | He'll be digging up potatoes | On the farm before next Fal | Notice! | If Asa Dimonds, hia, | Penn. will report at Is} Names Club we can in a poker deck | of the use Philadelp Names him Be Keerful! | Before the Japs start anything they | should look ever this list of peaceful | communities to be found in. the uv. | 8. A: Slaughter, Texas. Gore, Oklahoma Battle, Louis'ana. War, W. Va. Blood, Ky. Scrap, Texas. Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER ' ' PRESENTATIONS. At times I've had forebodings dire, which made me sad and blue; disas- ter, like a house afire, would climb my frame, I knew, and I would drop my trusty lyre, and sound the loud boo-boo. "I know that evil"s on the way, I feel it in my bones," at times like these I used to say, in melan- choly tones, "and hence my pained alackaday, my moist and mournful moans." And since I thus expected fll, the ill would sometimes come, and hand to me a bitter pill that! made my innards numb; my cheer- | up song I'd cease to trill, my well- known harp was dumb. But years leave wisdom as they go; they left a bunch With me; and now I do not look for woe, but bank on coming glee; there's happiness in store I know, and blessings good to see. At times the dire forbodings strive to get me in their grip, my spirit they would curb and drive and scourge as with a whip, but wheré thay're dared they cannot thrive--I bid the blamed things skip. Presentiments are silly fakes for souls to entertain, and yet full many a spirit breaks be- neath their deadly strain before that | weary spirit wakes to know that they are vain. --WALT MASON. See Bibby's $22 Men's Sults. PROHIBITION MASS MEETING ALLEN THEATRE SUNDAY, 4 P.M. SPEAKERS: Mr. John A. Patterson, K. C., Toronto, and Principal R. Bruce Taylor, of Queen's University. 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