THE DAILY NEWS THE DAILY NEWS Published Daily and Weekly by THE PRINCE RUPERT PUBLISHING CO. LTD., PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. H. F. McRAR, EDITOR AND GENERAL MANAGER HEAD OFFICE Daily News Building, Third Ave., Prince Rupert, B. C THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA SUBSCRIPTION RATES—To Canada, United States. and Mexico: Daily, 50¢ per month, or $6.00 per year~ ($5.00 if paid in advance). Weekly, $2.00 per year. All Other Countries: Daily, $8.00 per year. Weekly, $2.50 per year, strictly in advance. Subscribers will greatly oblige by promptly calling up Phone ¥8 in Pelephdne 98, case of non-delivery or inattention on the part of The News carriers, | DAILY EDITION agGGRGHO Tuesday, March 10, 1914 Prince Rupert is not the may be a gentleman, but cer only place where graft is used tainly he is not a fit man to] in securing sites for publie represent northern British buildings. A quarantine sta- Columbia. tion was required at Levis, : Quebec, and the opportunity Twenty-five officers, one was made use of to enrich at lady private retary, one least three of the Tory party assistant lady private secre following. Land that a few tary, and two orderlies, with months before could be had the officers’ wives and daugh- for $5500 was purchased from ters, comprised the party a good friend of the party for Which Col. Hughes, minister $32,750. The same motives of militia, took with him to seem to inspire the party in Europe last fall. The esti- the east as well as the west. mated total cost of the trip Race has been stated by the minis- Mr. Borden was elected on a ter to a et fae ae a are informed state that when platform: that aeclared ech all the bills are in the total ly in favor of civil service re- cost will be vastly in excess of form. Previous to his elec- this sum. ‘The officers re- tion the Liberals has estab- received for pay of rank $3,- lished .a competitive system 984, and for subsistence and for the inside civil service. other allowances in addition Instead of extending that re- to a regular salary $10.a day. form Mr. Borden has done the ghee sik e opposite. Since his election While Gol. Bam Boshes waa the Conservatives have ap- entertaining this gold pointed 361 civil servants and brigade on the Continent, he not one of them took the re- iikaged st Sa > ae f sneage 0 é average 0 quired examination. Add to " this the ruthless discharge of cent ee nOULCS,- Dee AAs . Se ae from the Wolseley Motor Car an army of other civil ser- . us . ; Co., Ltd. These cars were vants, and we have a record of : j sent from England to Bov- which any government should : logne and from there convey- be ashamed. Re eas: ed the party over north and | northeastern France and This paper never attacked} other continental countries. William Manson on personal}; The automobiles were with the grounds. A man may be a party from September 3. to gentleman and nothing else. October 17, and the total As a rule men who are strong | amount paid for automobiles { on gentlemanly conduct are; alone was $6,904.26. very weak ~ on aggressive | vy Seetoan se qualities. As government} During the years 1912-13 agent William Manson was a| the militia department paid great success, and if he were out for repairs, furnishings still there he would have the respect of all who know him. | He is a man built to be set} and upkeep of the automobil owned by that department Canada $8,644.92. under authority. His first | During the summer of 1912 thought is about what his} Col. Sam Hughes and Sir Ian superiors will think. This | Hamilton made a tour of in- country, however, wants a} spection through Canada on a man full of energy and per-| special train with a host of sistence who will demand our| attendants and officers. This rights, and see that they are| trip cost the country $20,740. granted. William Manson | How long can Canada of- keeps on smiling while Bowser | ford to keep so expensive a cuts the appropriations of; minister and so wasteful a Skeena in two. As such he} government? — — —— — — —— = braided es in PCR e oat lap “The Shubert Shipper” Mailed Absolutely Free to Fur Shippers—Send “Shubert” your mame on a postal teday You want this valuable publication—it is worth hundreds of BRITAIN’S CHIEF DIPLOMAT IN BENTON CASE Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, British Ambassador te the U.S. has IN MEXICO Spring-Rice secretary at embassies. had was years’ experience at the February 27, 1859. He Berlin, Constantinople, and was First Sec- and many born Brussels, served as Tokio, retary at St. Petersburg. He was Minister to Persia, Minister to Sweden, going to the United States last year. 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DRAWER 1524 PHONE No. 3 Builders’ Supplies Plumbers’ supplies Paints Oils Varnishes Sheet and Plate Glass Plate Glass Mirrors Stoves, Ranges Tinware HARDWARE: MONARCH MALLEABLE ™” ‘* Stay Satisfactory Range.”’ | an alien, POLITICAL ROAD BUILDING IN PORTLAND CANAL DISTRICT MINING MAN WHO IS AFFECTED BY ROTTEN SYSTEM TELLS HOW THE APPROPRIATIONS ARE DISPOSED OF—NO HELP TO MEN DEVELOPING COUNTRY characterislies; moreover th To such I may say that and undisputed reign of the Con- No doubt some estimable peo- ple of British Columbia will be) ceryative party should develop a inclined to resent a criticism of political machine with the usual the government emanating from n e period of inflation from whic I tame here upon the invitation| ne country is just emerging af of the people of British Colum-j forded the particular soil i bia, collectively expressed by| which machine methods flou their government, and a large|jcpeqd. In the older settled dis- fraction of my life is in the com-|¢pje.¢ of British Columbia, whet munity I have helped to develop.) 4 jarge proportion of the inhabi I have taken a pride in the pro-|tants jive by creative industry, a gress of the camp, and realizing | wholesome respect for public the necessity of showing results opinion eliminates the grosser before we could expect @ renewal) features of ring rule; in the of public support, [I have been newer distriets this restriction is endeavoring to bring the prop- lacking, and there is less respect erty in which [ am interested to’ for th, proprieties. The machine the producing stage. So far this has a free hand. property has shipped twelve tons This is the condition at of ore of a gross value of about! stewart. The prineipal industry | $1800. The coming season I am|jg pbuilding roads and trails. The ready to continue produgtion un-| poad department is the largest less prevented by obstructions |employer of labor. Public opin- jpretty closely traceable to the}jon is a negligible quantity, government agency, TI consider,|there being only a corporal's jtherefore, that I am entitled to ajguard of voters, most of whom jhearing, on a matter of public/are directly or indirectly pen- | poliey that directly concerns me, sioners of the government. In | Moreover, for whatever reason it short, the government dominates jmay be, no other person from|the sjtuation. Its local represen- jiny section has come forward to}tatives are the inevitable pro- eall public attention to a de-|duet of the circumstances—pli- moralizing situation seiiditoseesaccnrshcrheidbeelomtleial eesisiaceommesniigoentiiii It was inevitable that the long Continued on Page 3 UMBER SHINGLES, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS PRINCE RUPERT LUMBER CO. | First and McBride Prince Rupert PHONE 25 , Branch Yard at Smithers, B, CG. Better Wait ’Till 1915 F ai outs (HERES THE (914 AUTO THAT SUITS | ME_= FRENCH TYPE OF SLOPING- H00D-CROWNED FENDERS — STREAM-LINES- LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE DRIVE UY IS7 \INCH WHEEL BASE | ; 60 GALLON GAS TANK-— j BLOCK CAST S CYLINDER ‘is FUR SEAL HERD WORTH PROTECTING? Seattle Paper Thinks They Are Expensive Enemy of the Salmon ' The Seattle P.-I, treats edi ally with the question of the | seal herd of the Pribilif inds, which has «ost a lot of money in centroversies and in awards to other nations. The P | hinks perhaps they are not iworth while, It says: As a matter of fact, notwith tanding the many volumes |which have been written on the bject, 1 18 an open question jwhether the seal herd is worth | preserving and whether it would jnot be far better to permit the ist of the seal which resort to the Pribilof islands to be killed The fur seal are the most vo racious and destructive of all animals, It is the claim of men who have followed sealing for years that the fur seal each kills his weight in food fish every day They follow the salmon run to the coast each year, and prob ably kill many times the number of salmon that are taken and used for food, The diminution in the size of the seal herd is believed to be the principal rea- son why the salmon run remains as great as it is, despite the enormous numbers which are taken for food each year. 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