ee ON ED Fe ee ee ET tt : A SIMISTER’S DRY GOODS STORE Beacon Avenue, Sidney Opp. P. O. and Merchants Bank of Canada. Special Sale of Summer Blouses at Very Greatly Reduced Prices Also a few CHILDREN'S PRINT AND GINGHAM DRESSES will be cleared. Telephone Victoria-Sidney Motor Stage Leaves F. G. Woods Motor Supply Store, 1816 Douglas Street ela A Stal i A ai ake A yO lags Mie aR and while we fully believe that the white man Is in- comparably more intelligent, more energetic and more efficient, we beg to point out that tabulated comparative results along this line are practically non-existent, and that the average employer making a change from Or!l- ental to white labor would be working largely in the dark. Clearly, for one captain of industry to oust the Ort- enta] without his associates doing the same could hive but the result of putting that man’s industry out of buel- ness. The Asiatic cannot be gotten rid of without con- certed action; and concerted action is an impossibility without unanimity of opinion. SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW And Saanich Gazetto F. F. Forneri H. F. Crosse Publishers. Issued every Thursday at Sidney, B. C. Price, $2.00 per annum, in advance. All advertisments must be in The Review Office, Ber- quist Building, Beacon Avenue, not later than Wednues- day noon. North Saanich Agent: Geo. Spencer, Turgoose. x ADVERTISING RATES Legal notices, 12 cents per line first insertion, 8 cents per line each subsequent insertion. It would appear that the problem is not one for the captains of industry but for the people to solve. Orientals were permittea to be Announcement of entertainments, etc., conducted by |imported to the Province because there were no pro- churches, societies. etc.. where admission is charged 19 |nipitive statutes in the civil code cents per line. , The people have the power, through intelligent use of the plebiscite, to pro- vide for the enactment of such laws as are needed, ana not only to prohibit Orfental immigration, but to eject Orientals already here. Classified ads, such as ‘‘Wanted,” “For Sale,’ etc., 10 cents per Iine; no ad accepted for less thas 60 cents. Card of Thanks, $1.00. Local advertisements among : reading matter, 10 cents per line. The solution of the prcblem Display advertising, 25 cents per column inch; no ad lies not in howling about the employers and the news- accepted for less than $1.00. papers which are supposed to side with them, but in ir- -|telligent and unanimous action at the polls. When Ori- ental labor is excluded by law the problem will be solved, but not before. When conditions are such that employment of white labor exclusively does not work a hardship upon industry, white labor will be excluslvely employed. It is up to the people. NEWS AND EDITORIAL. TT. REVIEW is somewhat surprised to learn that considerable adverse comment has been occas- foned by the appearance in its news columns last week of an article dealing with one of Sidney's industries. It Phone 394 has been objected, we understand, that the industry men- THE STRENGTH OF EMPIRE. DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY tioned employs Oriental labor almost to the exclusion of . za Leave Victoria ............ 8 a.m. hi Leave Victoria ........... 1 p.m.| White, and that hence it is not deserving of notice in a/ yr is not only what we consciously sought, but what we Leave Victoria ........... 5 p.m.| white man's newspaper. I did not dare to hope, that has come to Britain and Leave Victoria ........... 11 p.m. Whether Yhe allegation is t t h Leave Sidney ............ 9 am. & n ls true or not we have not/the Empire through the frightful struggle now con- Leave Sidney .............. 2 p.m.|investigated. The point which we desire to bring to the! cluded. We began, Heaven knows, with complete faith Leave Sidney ........... . 5 pm. } Leave Sines Dien eeeeees 7 p.m. attention of our readers is that The Review is not in the/in the loyalty of all British peoples to the Empire, but SUNDAY habit of suppressing news, whether it concerns Orientals| what optimist among us ever dreamed that the Empire Leave Victoria ........... 10 am.|or white men. There was nothing in the article of an| would be in the war what it has been, or would emerge eave Vicari . ; : ; ; ; ; : 3 Dm. editorial nature, and the accusation that The Review from it with such new and glorious guarantees of per- Leave Sidney ............ 11 am.|has attempted to “curry favor’’ with the industry in|manence as are established today? Who could have eave Slaney Freee ees en question is wrong and unjust. The article contained | dreamed that in the fifth year of war the hammer-blows nothing but plain statements of fact; it was not pub-|of Canadian and Australian armies were to be among E. DAVEY - - - F. HOBSON | lished in the editorial column, and hence did not treat Phone 4167X Phene 8220 “THE GIFT CENTRE” We extend to our out-of-town patrons a hearty welcome to visit ‘The Gift Centre” and see the many new lines we have in Toilet Articles Hollow Ware Gifts for Baby and many lines vey for Wedding Gifts suitable § Mitchell & Duncan / JEWELLERS Central Bidg., Victoria, Tel. 672 View and Broad 8ts. C.P.R. and B.C. Electric Watch Inspectors Speak Clearly When Telephoning Bays a subscriber: ‘I called up a number the other day, and almost laughed when Central queried a number quite differ- ent from that for which I asked. When I had time to think about ft, perhaps she was not to blame, for it is probable that the number was given tndistinctly.” This is a frank admission and gives rise to the sugges- tion that indistinctness may be the cause of trouble more often than is thought. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. LIMITED SANDS Funeral Furnishing Co., Ltd. FUNERAL DIRBHCTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMEDGs Competent Lady in Attendance, reasonable, Our charges are and beat of service day or night Phone 8806 1612 QUADRA ST., VICTORIA the most terrific of the shocks that broke German mili- from a political or moral standpoint. tarism to pieces? not make the news, it prints it. chronicling what takes place. The Review does It is in the business of Hence, if any of its read- ers have any quarrel with the subject matter of what appears in The Review’s news columns, their quarrel should be directed not at The Review, but at the soutce from which the news emanates. If they do not like what appears in the editorial columns of this paper, that is a different matter. with Apparently some of our gentle readers, in their statements of fact, while editorial reflects the opinions eagerness to criticize us, overlooked the fact last weck of the management of the paper. The management does ; not create the facts chronicled in its news columns, and j)hence assumes no responsibility for them; but It does H|assume full responsibility for itg editorial utterances. 4; When we publish an editorial either lauding or con- 1|demning the industry in question, it will be time for the #\|friends and enemies of that industry to begin to paw #|the air, not before. Who foresaw the supreme hour of our Imperial history in which the delegates of all the Brit- ish States overseas were to set their hands at Versailles to a Peace that is as much theirs as it is ours or any of our Allies’? In this supreme matter, the promise that arises is not less great than the realized marvel.—Lon- don Daily Telegraph. News is concerned purely that our leading editorial had to do with the depletion of salmon by the seining and cannery interests. We beg to call attention that elsewhere in this issue appears a letter to the editors treating on this same subject, to which we give full editorial endorsement. ency, thou art a jewel.”’ “Consist- Currying favor on a news page. and then kicking the brute because he wouldn't eat the brand of oats we wanted hjm to on the editorial rage! Now, we have contrived to progress to the present|Pardon us if we smile! point without commenting adversely on any of Sidney's j\ citizens or industries, and it is our policy to continue the practice. When we feel called upon for condemnatory utterance, we shall, as in the past, confine ourselves to condemnation of the wrong principles involved. We shall mention no names. If any of our readers experience feelings of guilt upon perusal of our efforts we feel as- sured that it will be due to the fact that those readers have reached a place where they are ready for reform. And if they have not reached this mental condition no amount of ‘bulldozing’ on our part would be effective Reform cannot start until conscience awakes, and per sonalities are a poor alarm clock. And permit us to point out that the news columns of any paper make a bum curry comb. The butter produced by the Comox Creamery during the month of June this year sold for $13,152.06. More than ten and one-half tons of the rich golden food were manufactured and the product brought 62 cents per pound. The Comox district has another permanent and substantial industry, the Courtenay Milk Condensary. Both institutions are prospering and ar&S preparing to expand. It is time something was done in this section to encourage the raising of dairy cattle. The Saanich Peninsula is well adapted to the purpose, and substan- tial prosperity could thereby be brought to the com- munity. THE REVIEW'S ORIENTAL POLICY. E attitude of The Review on the Oriental question T should by this timd be well known. We have on several occasions published editorials expressin conviction that British Columbia would be betfer off without Japanese, Chinese and Hindus. We belidve in- dustrial, civic and educational conditions would be im- proved, and that prohibition of Oriental itmmigration and ownership would do much for the development of the Province. . ODE TO A MOCKING-BIRD. (By H. F. Cross.) Note: The mocking-bird sings in the evening at twi- light, or on a moonlit night, and is often called ‘‘the nightingale of the west.” ' Halil! Thou sweet singer of the evening glow Who In the gloaming tun'st thy matchless lay, Now atriking single notes {n measure slow, Now making pregnant all the waning day With bursts of song. Clear from thy topmost spray Thou carol’st, and all eve’s balmy atmosphere Rings with thy warble rollicksome and gay. Such melody-is in thy blithesome cheer All Nature to thy song inclines enraptured ear' our But it must be borne in mind that the present heads of industries are pot entirely to blame for present con ditlons, some of them not to blame at all. Oriental labor was imported by the big interests, whose only motive was to cheapen production. After the Chinese, Japs lana Hindus were here they were confronted with the necessity of making a Ilving, and they entered {nto com- petition with white men in the logging camps, in the mills, Now hangs the west moon pendant o'er the hills, Enrobing Earth within her silv'ry Nght, And Nature—-heavenly fair—the soft air fills With asllent song. Thou, like a spirit bright, Join'st in her chant. Rings all the lovely night! Such harmony from human I!ps ne'er floats! Sing on ethereal warbler, stay thy flight! Pour out for me a flood of crystal notes Will wake the atony-hearted hills to try their throats! the fisheries and wherever they could find em ployment They worked for lower wages, and without realizing the far reaching deleterious results of the ad vent of Asiatic Jabor to the local market, the {ndustries hired them The problem which now confronts many of the cap tains of industry Is how to get rid of the Oriental and still continue to operate industry at a profit. For one mill or one cannery to employ whites to the exclusion of Orientals while other plants in the same Iine of bual ,ness continue to use Oriental Singer, no mercenary chant is thine, Spontaneous as the wind eprings from the sea Thou pourost forth thy goul tn strains sublime, Combining all aerial melody In one grand song. As happy and as free Art thou as some rare joy that glads the breast Weary and careworn! Sweet satiety Stinging love to thy mate upon the neat, Ere seekest thou oblivion tn the vales of rest! labor at reduced wager 'means that the institution using only white labor muat looase to compete. It is patent that for any single plam Wiithe bard of Nature, fount of melody, the industries employing Orientals Had J thy ativer throat and golden tongue, Had I thy matchless spontanelty, No. sweoter songs than mine should e’er be sung And tho’ my heart with anguish oft ts wrung For lack of gift Ihe thine, atti! shall | atrive To fine the apring of joy whence thou art aprung And from its welling source they art derive. That I ithe thee may sing, my own lame song revive among to shift a: once to white labor at a wage Increase of. say. 40 pes ‘cant, would mean financial disaster for that plant u% Jess in place of the discharged Orfontal hands the newly employed white hands gave it a very material Increase tn quantity of production. We hear ao great deal sald abou. how much more the white man can do than the Ortental — SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIBW AND SAANICH. GAZETTE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1919 Pacn Tine - Time and Trouble Savers Needles to Change Such is the case when you own an EDISON Le hd Electric Irons Toasters Coffee Percolators Etc. Clean and economical to operate. Attach to any light socket. Al ways ready for use. See them in OTHER FEATURES Unbreakable Records. Automatic feeding device. Muting device. Automatic lifting device. our salesroom. B. C. Electric Light & Power Dept. Beacon Avenue Sidney, V. I. Call in for particulars. Prices From $62 Sold on Terms. Kent’s Edisor® Store 1004 Gov't St., Victoria, B. C. Sidney Mills, Limited Rough and Dressed Lumber Manufacturers of All Kinds of DIMENSION TIMBERS, MOULDINGS, FLOORING, CEILING, ETC. SHORT LENGTH FLOORING,: CEILING AND SIDING, 2 to 7 ft., at large reduction off regular price. Mill Wood For Sale Phone 6 PRICES DELIVERED WITHIN ONE MILE CIROLE One Double Load One Single Load peer nen teare perry yin os ALL WOOD STRICTLY C.0.D. OR CASH WITH ORDER THE LOCAL BUTCHERS BEACON AVENUE, SIDNEY, B. C. PHONE 81 © Specials: for Friday and Saturday 3HOULDER POT ROASTS CY Oe Pr ee You Can Have Your Eiderdown Comforters Re-Covered and Made as Good as New _— Now that the summer is here, and you are putting your Biderdowns and Comforters away for a fime, is a favorable opportunity to have necessary re-coverings made. This work will be done by our ex- perts at a moderate price, and when finished they will be just a trifle better than they were when they were new. Call at our Dra- pery Department ‘and talk this matter over, then from our perfect stock you may agléct whatever material you may desire for cover- ings.. Our showing of Art Sateens are the most desirable for this purpose, and of these you will find a varied assortment; 36 inches wide, select in design and colorings. Priced at, a yard, up from - DAVID SPENCER, LTD. VICTORIA, B. C. Our Beef, Iron and Wine | J bd ° MAKES PALE PEOPLE ROSY AND WEAK PEOPLE ROBUST You cannot have rich, red blood unless you provide a sufficient amount of fron to build red cells. With pure blood comes a glow of health, which is reflected in the rose-tinted complexion and evi- denced in a robust physique. BEEF, IRON AND WINE tonic sup- plies just the elements that Are needed to make the blood rich and pure. Price, $1.00 IF YOU FEEL RUN-DOWN ON ACCOUNT OF THE WARM WEATHER, TAKE IT NOW -E.F.LESAGE =: = The Druggist a NS SR A Ne SUBSCRIBE TO SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW