HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1912-9-19, Page 6An e ptioaI opportunity for the inVestmeat
Of SaYinga in a highagrade XiMicipal Security
Yielding 51/2 per cent.
we offer the Unsold balance of $9,200,000 One
Veer Notes, date(' 151 September, 1992, of a
Western municipality., They are In denomina-
tions Ot $100 to $5000 and especially suitable
for the InveStment of small savings or Mone
Which is now earning only 3 per cent. or less.
coiroz,gTe DETAILS ON REQUEST
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FRIRT SHOULD BE GRAD
Specia ar et Commis er at Winnipeg
Care Must 13e Taken.
eb rem Toronto $e,es
on for the freit trade o
ada is so keen that M.
e Parnell, Special Market
issiener at Winnipeg, ie a re-
,
port issued 4sos Thursday, warns On-
tario ehippers thet only the very
best mast be- offreel if they expect
to control the market. Ontario
fruit$ a.re acknowledged to be bet-
ter quality. thau British Cedumbia
shipments, but shipments from the
Pacc Proviace and the westeru
k/ate$ show excellent etoek, well
graded arid jeaeked, which reaches
the market M splendid condition.
Ur. suggests that priees
for apples aro likely to deeliee
Good salee are reported the
.F41untrY, but city buyere are um,
Ugbt petrehaees in the hope
.per prmes later on. "With the
supetitive betweeet et and
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
PORTS FROM THE LEADIND 'TRADS
CENTRES 'OF AMEnicA,
Priem et Cattle, Crain, nheese an other
Produce at Noma and Abroad.
BREADS'nITPFS,
Toronto, Sept, 17.-Ploar-Winter Nv ea
90 per cent. patents., 53.7e to 03,80 for new, While Provincial politics in general are
nob. mills. an 03.90 to $3.95 or old, enjoYing a rest considereble publics at-
f.o.b. mills. Manitoba flours (these q5o. tention centezed, on the worn ann per-
plt 1%attbealmasi t os .rese5r)57720!ra411:10,sattbrlaisgs,, bin$alie7e00X,o, n.se51Fong,11 mutes ofiliaithiettir, aoltfe:,14tle.aealteil,Aedtesrleauldes tamrmeiml irt :Imo 0,wb::rpoltr;I:oafzioutteheawrse
track, Toeouto,
alaaiteba Wheat -No. 2 old Northern day whoa Sir James 'Whitney was asked
wheat. 65 at
Stolj°65et°, B$1a-y"isfee..2aaY port.
lZilliasdedlliesissataliPaubfleis°vgiavottirsinagmhleisieVieldizlict:da
°uteri° Wheat -No. 5 white. red and Mr. Ilearst in his stead, one of my young
latcl)iX9e4do: .0974tstoide9,8e. outside; now wheat, 95 liill:ani.:;tttooneliPxreoesztiheregesoenrtiabioido as lUsteXxrt.
Qats-New No, 2 oats quoted, at 41 to and delinered au important address on
42e Imre, and old at 45 1-5 to 46e. Trout. its possibilities. CoraIng from Sault Ste.
No, A W. O. oats, 47e. Bay ports, Marna, where lie is a, leading lawyer, the
Pees -Nominal- eubject is close to his heart.
Barley -Ne. 3 nomiaal at 69 to 65c, out- Mr. Dearst does not 'resemble his photo -
side. No. 3 extra, 680. and No, 5, 55e out, graPhs. They do oot reproduee his sandy
ide, tomplexion or his almost fiery hair and
s
LamanNe- 2 American Yellow. 84e, 00 moustache. In manner oi epoch Mr.
track, 13ay ports, and at 88es 'reroute; Rearst is not unlike his leader, Sir lames
No. 3, 87e Toronto, and at 83e, Bay ports, Whitney. has the same dewnright,
leyeaseenen sse per nesban 'lees and something of the same force of
Buckwheat -Nominal. deliveranee. Assuming that those qualie
Bran -Manitoba, bran. $22 to 523, in ties in speech reflect similar qualities of
bags, Tormato freig_bt, Snorts, 526. twhheyh&aed,pirtelinsieurotsedloQifateeualthermuonudterosrteitilid4
Butter-Iaatry roll% choice, 25 to 26e:l
COUNTRY PRODUCE, large festilyjoav:Eiinig
bahere.„ inferior. Zio; elsoice dairy, tuts,
23 to 240; creamery, A? to 28e for evils., Ali, the -new$ from the northland perves
and 56 to 57e for solids, to„,, atrengthen the optimism that has been
SayS per dozen: fresh, 24e.
Eggs --Case lots of new -laid, 26 to Ana enveloPing during recent years. The
nnown agricultural area is widening, In -
Chose -New Moose, 14 1-4 to 14 1.20 for stead of 16,000,000 acres is tbe clay belt
larrig4eel,:;0c1.90,.141-5, 146-40 ear anean the Azure hes now risen to 20,009,000 aeres,
Bea/is-Rper and -picked, 5a r bushel, Settle-04mA elow, but the await is rap.
idlY being reached when it t‘Till be cheap.
Roney -Extracted, in tins. 111-2 to 121.2c er to clear New Ontario farms than it
per lbfor nine. 1, Wholesales comae, $2,25 Will las to buy Prairie tennis. Tben it
0u9ht to )e esy to diveri tho wotwrd
lt°431141-11.Vellee'eale priceS of titmice stream of innetigation te the north. The
dressed poultry:a-Chc/tens, 16 to 18e per =Ming, incluatry is making progress. The
!h.; bens, Li to 14e; ducklings, 14 to 15e. AOST$ fFOUI Poreapine contenues to be en.
Live poultry, ahem 20 lOwer TiROT$ Tito ea:Waging in a moderate way. Oue mine
Phove. lAnderstOod to hare produced a quarter
poteepes_ese per naR, fiorfsta, olfnilslieoicnteuldobleTjs Bo4ft gtoillde fuopatirr4.4ttet
the summer's work has been the revisal
PROVISIONS.
f the Idly° cam eon It I, • t -
aaell-Long clear, 141-2 to 14 5-4e Per `:t) rt. Po., --a ,-xelkf
ToRONTO CO_EiliESPONDEIICE
SOME INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM. THE
QUEEN CITY.
The Minister et Lands and Mines -North.
land's Possibilities -Trades Union
Movement -Exhibition Criticism.
ft oks if the gree will
take lower pies. Ship-
pe.rs should exercise great care ie
peaking their apples, As there is an
extra soil of inspeetore ou who
are examining carefelly eeeh ship-
ment, and all shipmeets ehould
come up to the 'fruit market eat.'
"Istny ()kir Ontario growers
are shipping out fruit that will hold
' own with the hest of qualitY,
peak and condition or. arrival. In
other eases, however,. too little at-
tention is being paid to grading
aud paeltieg, some varieties of
plums and peaches being shipped
here that will not hold up and are
ing in had shape, whieh has tt
ney to lower tbe prices of fruit
iio rrght.
arnell states that the mar -
been crowoW ell week with
fruit, which has caused
. .
p priees,
qui
SAFE INVESTMENTS
1-014 S APATHYHAS REDUCE
PRICES OF MUNICIPALS.
Prices, L.
111100ti
t.
r than tor Many 'Years-Like-
urther Reduction In Opinion
Is Rertiote-Many Bargains on
T atIteles centributed by "Inveraor"
Pre for the sole purpose et guiding pro*.
Peettve investore, and, it possible, ot say
-
In; them from losing money through
lacing It iu enterer's-c.a. Thti
Partial and reliable charecter ct the
iutormation may be relied upen. The
Slater of time° articles and the publisher
cd tbis paper have no Interests 'to serve
22 eounection with this matter other than
those of tbe reader.
iBy Itivcstern
'The apathy ef the Lotion market for
Canadien municipal debentures has COn-
tinued. all summer, and now with the be-
ginning ot aisteteti there appears to be
no improvement in the situation. The
result has beet: that, such municipalities
aa have reveutly Come on the inarket with
bonds have been forced to Hell them at
abnormally eheap prices or have bad to
seek temporary relief through fieanoing
by means el sitoraterm notes or treasury
hills. Investors, therefore, start this fall
stmeon with numerous opportunities for
purvhasing cheap municipal debentures or
occasional chances to purcbase seearl-
*nett mat:ming from eix to twelve naontbs
of fairly high yield, but secured by the
as -eta or excellent municipalities. Just
this week, for example, one bouse is of-
fering one year notes of a. suburb of Van-
couver at a, price to return the investor
fire and one-balf per cent. on his money.
Many of the larr,er cities of the middle
ilVeat are now returning from 43-4 to 51-4
per eent.-a feet that has not taken p'ace
auto the.bad year of 1907„
The question that many hives:sire are
asking is not whether debentures are
cheap at present, but whether or not
they may not become even cheaper. This
questiou is not easy to answer and I ean
only express an opinion based ou the
opinions of many of the most expert
bond men in Canada. But while their
opinions are well worth having they are
unfortunately hampered by not being
gifted with prophetic powers and their
knowledge of the future is only that based
neon probabilities. What they think is
this: The market has now reached a
Point where debentures are returning as
high a rate of income as they have within
the past fifteen years or more. Oeneral
conditions are encellent, and prices aro
unquestionably attractive. Therefore,
although London may not again corae in-
to the market for some time to come the
absorbtive power of Canada and the
States will prove sufficient to keep the
market from going any lower. This.
e,oupied with the tact that municipalities
will considerably moderate their 'financi-
al reQuirements for the next few months
will probably keep prices at about the
present level. Any resumption of buying
on the neat nf London, however. will soon
----a of the grill work on the edge of the
tu 0880 /Qui, 1,ppit-suort ,614,50 _lo111 ts; pf,oper iek can. reopenp , d
waar inantlgvelltw7g.tawnotlacaolupeprsa.tiOnaAaordeuoder ,
doubtlos, there will be a freBb, MVP Of
will eats for the unwary,
LABOlt UNIONS IN ONTARIO.
The annual meeting in Otielph of the
n25; no., mese, 52140, emse- e le
59 liebt, 17 to l70 -2u; neary. 151-259 16e;
ladle. 14 te 14 1.2e: breanfetit IMOD, 351-20;
degas. 20 to 201.23.
Lard-Tiercee. i31-2; tubs, 135-4o; pails,
1.4e.
BUSINESS el.? SIONTREA.L.
Dominion Trades and Labor Council, laeld
in Ontario for the Arst time 00
clIttraill• SePt- 17.-Oats-C4Pacann" years, has served to oell attentioe to the
"..es::“71, No, 2, 4912 t'() 5°P; do" No. 3' 45, progress and present atrength of the
110 481-2e; extra No. 1 feed, 49 to 49 1.2e. Tradea Union movement in this province,
Ilarley-Sfaeitoba feed, 60 to 65o; nialt- While the organization is strong numeri-
ing, 75 to Ole. Backe -beat -No. 2. 74 to p4ely nee secured 10 some expo5
75e. PloureeStanitoba SI/Ting wheatePa' almost masterful position it is not witla
ents, erste $5,88; doe neeentbi s'nnsi out its weakeesses. It would be more
S-'M-tBril9alufregreedl-s1,I4lrant,'310;vr-in1t"s.1a4tel19, east o say ha
t it alas not yet 051850eloee, $5.25raitigbtroliera,8485tO$" avattage of itopportunites for the98: do., iebass 02.23 to 530.Bge12419irovif thoendition of the great• 5460; DaOf VO IPS. O4.rty of wornere.• $25; shots. 52;
Up 59 ehe present in Canada, the great
Lllxingg.,N,52apetz? 8.94 u,loaruiloiet.,,,53;15.tot,0534i0.11,3,,,Y, tbjec,,,tieg441 ,tvilaeget,r1tief,d 0,11ei.nosr,cba:40.bileooun
Olteeee-Fineet *westerns, 14 to 14 143eneoe they have Used for *hie purpose has been
easterns, 331-2 to 157 -Se. Butte --Choicest the crude and often -dangerous and cruel
loreaanerY, 27 to, 1.4e; eeconde, 251.2 to form Of warfare known as the etrike,
ggs PIn innumerable euses etrikes or threata
or strikes bare been succeseful, and it
ud the remit. will be a begiultin5 U.) aac,,
would be impoesible to estimate the ad-
replaee pricea omewhere near the levela
beast the present supple' of sountieta e9 to 20e. Potatoea-er bag, lOts, 75
upward nsOvement that will ten to vanees in ivagea the Unionit nave to their
S
credit by this means. Possibly in many
f a year or eighteen months ago, ctrades tbey have doubled the rate of pay
caneot feeng recoivi
NITED seevrEe MARKETS,
Illiopolis, Sept. 17 -Wheat -September,
be amid that ibis iiwaa
a few mouths age, but so far aa eS31:4°4o;; NI)oe,eellubhearr.d.88819.243-45e;24NaYe' 193Porttlot„ they would be ,tntou. In e 4ng f there werq
can learn the above reflects w
pretty ell)
, , ,,, -lora, 871.4 to 881-4c; No 2 Northern 851-4 to and sae carious feet is that in the strong -
the geTzeral °O'v
nion lo. Mulli''Pa' nPni861-4e. No. 3 yellow corn. 72142e. No. 3 ly uttionized city of Toronto many of the
entures aro cheap and tliere is 2' lair white oats, 30 to 30 1•20, No. 2 rY0. 61, to largest Industries are absolutely 000-3m-
demand- for tho bargaimi. Sho-uld - the do- 63e. Bran. SO. Ilours-Pirst patellas, len, or open 8149338, rho QMPIOSOIT in some
mupaitiold trboellnawvertah6..ecuesttuttauliveyololriscocatoubdorsClattl 84.15 to 54.65; second patents, $4.20 to 54.53; of thcee iodustries bave no objection to
to 53,50; second clears, high wages, and voluntarily pity the union
November tliere should be no queStion of 4$2731.tupleaslis.6'0.03•20
aeale or bigherbut it le alunfortu.
the stability of the Preaent level of prig-,
ee and possibly even an advance •
Duluth, Sep. 17. -Wheat, No. 1 hard, nately the ease, that some oe()f the others
in sOme
201-5c; No. 1 Northern, 891-8o: No. 2 pay absolutely Inadequate weges, There
•es. Northern, 87 1.8e; Septe,mber, 8111-8e asked; are many competent workmen in Toronto
11 evente, if one bas money to in. D b 8 1 4 • May, 93 1 8 k d
een r eas to day vorkine 10 Lours a, day, roeeiving
LIVE ST.1-01—C MARKETS. notilulfoeftilantirly 5s%! atalivtletenolOtaitielerr°wlasgae
Montreal, Sept. 17. --Prime beeves about earners in it. tine mettnewith rent and
As one bard -headed investor remarked the i 6s4; medium, 43-4 to 61.2; common, 3 to 'the coat of clothing and provisiona what
other dee:- "It is OnlY a beginner tvbo 41-2. Mitch cows, $30 to $70 each; (mines, the Y are, that these people are on the
yea: at the present time there are many
unquestionable bargaina in niunicipal de-
bentures. and the likelihood of these bar-
gains falling further in price is remote.
expects always to buy at the bottom and 3 to 63-8; sheep about 4 cents; lambs ragged edge of penury. compare such
about 6 cents; hogs. 81-2 to 83.4c. wages with those that preVall in such it
1oron50 September it. ahmee - trade as tbe printers, who are at present
Choice butcher, 56,50 to $6.75; gooil reed!. negotiating it new scale and have refused
um, 55.60 to 56.25; common, 54.50 to $5; to accept a minimum rate of 521.00 a
cows, 03 *0 55.50; bulls, 53 to 04.50; can, wok tor an eight-hour day.
Der% $2 to $3. Calves -Good veal, $8 to
WORAINDInEN POOR POLITICIANS.
sell at the top and thiti is near enough,
the bottom to suit me.*
,te
'PRIBUTE TO DEAD EMPEROR.
Nogi, Famous General, and Ilis
'Wife, Commit Suicide.
A despatela from Tokio, says:
General Count, Maresuke Nogi, Su-
preme Military Councillor of the
Empire, and his wife, the Countess
Nogi, committed suicide an Friday
night, in accordance with the an
Japanese custom, as their
final tribute to their departed Em-
peror and friend, Mutsuhito. The
takmg off by their own hands of the
famous General and his wife. was as
dramatic as it was sad. The Gen-
eral cut his throat with it short
sword and the Countess committed
hari-kari. Following the Sauna -al
custom ,the couple had carefully
prepard their plans for killing
themselves and timed them so that
they would be c.oincident with the
departure, forever from Tokio of the
dead Emperor.
CIILLD RULED IN ELEVATOR.
Attendant in Halifax Building Fail-
ed to Close Car Door.
A despaach from Halifax says:
Enid Griffith, a three-year-old girl,
was killed in the elevator shaft in
the Metropole Building in this', city
on Thursday. The child was in the
elevator with her aunt. The eleva-
tor boy omitted to close the door
as the elevator went up from the
third storey. The chiki had hold
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shaft. The elevates: going up, left
the girl hanging by her hands. In
a moment she dropped to the bot-
tom, and was killed.
'
58.50; common. 53.60 to 56. Stoekera and
feeders, 500 to 900 lbs.,454,25 to 55.60. Milk -
ors and springers, 550 to 575. Sheep and
lambs -From Ho to 5Cto lower; light ewes,
54 to 54 50; heavy ewes, $3 to 53.50: lambs.
55 to 56.25. Hogs -$8.75 fed and watered,
and 58.35 to 58,40 6.0.14.
NEW ZEALAND LEPERS.
Condition in Cook Islands Officially
Reported as Deplorable.
A despatch from Christchurch,
N. z., says; An official report from
Cook Islands says leprosy is preva-
lent to a, great extent. The lepers
live in the most disgraceful condi-
tions and the general health of the
islands is deplorable. Drastic meae
sures are necessary to save the po-
pulation.
A MERICAN S STILL C 0 MIN G.
175,000 'VVill Rave Crossed Into
Canada by End of Fiscal Year.
A despatch -from Ottawa says:
According to W: j.T-White Who re-
turned on •Wednesday from an in -
i f C ti '
spect en o a,na,c an min gra op
agencies in the United States, the
American infltiX to the Westis con-
tinuing at 'a rate unprecedented.,
Me. White estimates that in the
current fiscal year 175,000., people
ot
w tl e be criss 00000 0?. ei. ey ar n
JUMPS Elt01111 HOTEL WINDOW.
Well -Known Resident of Quebec
Ends IlisOwn. Life.
A .despatch from Quebec, says:
Jumping from a window of the
third flat of the Mountain Hill
House, Lseiger Beauregard, a. well-
known Quebeeker, committed sui-
cide on Wednesday morning. Mr.
Beauregard formerly was purchas-
er of right-of-way for the Transcon-
tinental Railway Commission in the
district of Quebec. He was living
in Defosses Street with his four
daughters.
"
TWO ouyLAws TO DIE.
Floyd and Claude Allen Sentenced
to the Electric Chair.
A despatch from Wythevilleg Vir-
ginia, says: Floyd Allen and his
nephew, Claude, two leaders of the
gang that shot up the Hillsville
courthouse, were brought into
court here on Thursday and sen-
tenced to be electrocuted on NO
rn:
veber 22nd. They were found
guilty of murder in the first degree
several weeks ago.
THANKSGIVING, 0ClIt'OBER 98
Some of the labor leaders are coming
to realize that the question of wages,
while of vital Importance, is but one of
many things ,which are of the utmost
lineal:tame to the working classes' ma-
terial condition. The question of land
values in its relation to •rout is one of
these. So is the emestion okpublio owner-
ship of natural monopolies. So is the
question of taxation, -including that most
powerful and all embracing migine of
taxation, the tariff. These things affect
the earning power of tine workers just as
much as the rate of wages he receives.
But the strike is Useless as a weep to
grapple with them. „..4,nd so far the labor
-unions of Canada, knowing only the strike
as a weapon, have done practically no-
thing toward grappling wItn these prob-
lems. The labor man needs a netv wea-
pen. lie scarcely knows yet what it is.
Be realtzes clearly only that there is
need of eomething, that conditions are
rapidly stratifying into a form 'which
does not bode beat for tbeI
ally, Some day he will so that what he
needs is political organization. But at
present the efforts in the Province to or-
ganize a workingman's political party
have fallen flat. That party's dependable
strength in the city of Toronto is pro-
bably uot moee than a few hundred vot-
ers
ICIER ICARDIE SCENTS TROUBLE.
Date Recommended by State De-
partment for This Year.
A despatch from Ottawa says :
Although the formal Order in Coun-
cil fixing the date for Thanksgiving
Day this fall has 'not yet been pass -
settling in' Particular or ea, ib is understood that the date
any one province, he says, but are recommen y epai
ANY brands of Baking Powder contain alum,
Which is an injurious acid. The ingredients of
alum baking powder are never printed on the label.
•Magic Baking Powder
contains no alum and is the
only baking powder made
in Canada that has all the
ingredients plainly printed
on the label.
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ESTIMATE OF WESTERN CROP
G. T., P.'s Report Shows 179,828,000 Bushels of
Wheal, Half of Which is Harvested.
A despatch from Montreal says:
AcCOrding to figures compiled by
the Grand Trunk Pacific the west-
ern wheat crop this year will reach
179,828,000 bushels. Their report
shows that an average of over 50
per cent. of the grain had aiteady
been harvested, but the work hes
been greatly delayed from one ead
of the prairies to the other by heavy
rain. In several places it is re-
ported that the eerly ant grain has
begun to sprout, but in the major-
ity of districts daanage has yet
been done to it. Thrashing has tot
yet commenced, and in some reacts
A is feared that sinless the weather
clears 41 premising crop is going to
be badly damaged. There }as teen
no frost to hurt. The yield. gener-
ally is a laree oee.
Estimates carefully prepared bY
experts for the eompany place the
total crop as follows: IVIseae,
584,000 acres at 17 bushels per aerie,
179,825,000 bushele; oats, 5,945,00G
aercs, at 42 bushels per acro, 9,20,-
200 000 bushels; bailey, 1,000,000
Acres, at 32 busnals per Acre, 4$,,
000 e00; flax, 1,111 000 acres. 44 11
bushels per acre, 12,210,000 busaele.
The total wheat crop last ;mar was
117,109,000 bushelS, so that this
year's estimate places the yield at
between two and three million hush -
els in excess of that of last year.
below whet tnen ought to be ana no
doubt before another year a great cliallao
will be made In this regard.Thep%) 10
ebarge of the Exbibition realize that it
the Pair is to be truly represeutative of
National, as itsis termed. it meet not be
allowed to become lopeided,
TURN TOUR EINE INTO 310NEY
There is a firra in Toronto who give hee-
ds:oda of ;nee and weineti aoopportatuity
to earn from 5250.00 to 01,500,00 every year
with but little effort. This firm manatee.
tures reliable family remedies, beautiful
toilet preparations and 'many necessary'
household geode, such as bakipg powder,
washing compounds, stove, furniture and
mete' polishes. iu all Over one hundred
preparations that every haute usea everY
day. Just one person in each locality can
sour° exclusive right to distribute these
preparations to -their neighbors. They
pay 100 per cent. esemlaistinau t o r
agents. Write and soare sole agencY
"fore it is teo late. Address The nom
Supply Co., Dept. 20, Merrill Building, To-
rento, Ont„ for full particelars.
LIFTED BY BLAZING imr,LoON
Aeronaut. 2M0 Feet Pp, Cut Loose
Just in the Nick ef Time.
A despatch from Toledo, Ohio,
says; Hundreds, et terre.ized spec-
tators on the county fair grounds
on Thursday watched the fight
against death made by Frank Arm-
strong, an aeronaut, when he was
carried 2,000 feet into the air by a
blazingballoon, Armstrong was
preparing ,to make a,a ascension
and wae straightening out his para-
chute rigging when the balloon
caught fire and his helpers let go.
Fighting to release his parachute,
the, aeronaut was carried 'up in a
tangle of ropes. He si.cceederl in
cutting loose a moment before the
flames reached the parachute, and
the blazing balloon collapsed.
Armstrong made a suecessful drop,
landing inside the race -track.
OUR LADY OF TUE SNOWS.
Hier Ifardie, the powerful but somewhat
intemperate Scotch -Socialist labor leader,
a former collier, but the match in mental
equipment for political leaders anywhere,
has 'been telling his Canadian brothers
some plain facts along these lines. He
declared that in some respects privilege
has already become entrenched in Can-
ada in a way that it will take genera-
tione to rectify, if it can ever be recta
fied.
No daub one reason organized labor
has been slow to agitate in political ques-
tions is that well organized labor has
been so successful in keeping its wages
up to a good standard, that it has thought
the other matters were of trivial import.
ance. Besides, on sante of the most im-
portant issues labor men are by nomean
united '10 tier opinion. .1 gfi::iald example
is the tari question. t e moment
some of the most forceful men in the un-
ions in Toronto are free traders, or, at
least, low tariff men. lint while the union
men of the city would follow these leaders
over a precipice if a: strike were involved
it is doubtful if more than a small frac-
tion would follow them in a free trade
campaign. judging by concrete resulte
the labor men of Toronto are strongly
protectionist.
One result of the Canadian labor men's
large attention to the question of wages
has been to arouse against him some re-
sentment on the part Of the, great army
of other workers an il salaried people gen.
erally who are .disposed to accept the
statement' that' much of the high cost
of living must be charged to the 'unions
with their unending demands for higher
wages. As a matter of fact, the nterests
of the unions man, tlie farmer, the store.
keeper, the clerk are largely in common.
The problem is` to find a basis for united
action.
CRITICS,OF MB BIG 5110W.
Now that the Exhibitien is over, loyal
critics who would not say, a word while
its success- waS in the bala ce, are ra
tog their voices in protest ea account of
conditions in some of the departments.
Tho chief Complaint 18 that the Fair has
li)s a sIgililgicant that the entries
een si its agri fatIt al character. iIt
d -d -LI StateD live stock this year -were much below
those of previous years in point of num-
scattering everywhere that good
land is available. Mr. White speaks
clIongL
nisticalls of the erop
rnent is Monday, October 28th,' and. her, and ma satisfactory . explanation has
proclamation willbe issued short. been forthcoming of why this was so. The
, live' stopk sleds and ,nicommoclation gen.
1141 elas o exhibits are far
Sir Percy Girouard Tells Row Peo.
ple Abroad Regard Canada.
m
A despatch froMontreal says:
Sir Percy Girouard, formerly Goy-
ernor British Ettst Alnee, is in
Canada on a visit. "I 'am afiesid
Our Lady of the Snows is a, back
number so far as the popular imagi-
natien is concerned. A great change
has copiee over opinion abroad in
regard to Canada," he.said in an
interview. "People no longer
think of it as a polar country. They
now reeped it in the true light, as a
land where there are greater agri-
cultural opportunities than any-
,
where in the United Sta,tes, and as
a countrywith wione of the finest cli-
mates in the world.''
OND Olt WTAflLTh
Lord Oharles Beresford is ntill
prophesying the , crack of doom, and
firas inly eoevinced as ever that
here is no hope for the na.ey unleee
things are done exactly as Ise de-
sires.
Lord Charles is the second son W
f the Marquis of aterford, and
his earliest ambitions were direct-
ed towards the navy. •On the boy's
tbi local) birthday, the Marquis
called his son into his study, and
Lord Charles Beresford.
asked him whether he had any de-
sire to enter a profession.
"I'm going into the navy!" he
replied.
"And why the navy?" inquired
the Marquis.
"Because I'd like to be an aftimir-
al like Nelson."
"Pshaw I like Nelson," exclaim-
ed his father. "But even if you
join the navy, wily do you think
you'll become an admiral'?"
"Because I mean tol" replied
young Beresford.
NEW STEAMER 'BRITANNIC.
Titanic's Successor Can Float With
Six Compartments Flooded.
A despatch from Liverpool says
The White Star Company an-
nounces that its new 50,000 -ton
steamer will be named -Britannic.
It will have a complete inner sem,
and the bulkheads will be increas-
ed. It will be capable of floating
with six compartments flooded.
ITAIN
EST CUST E
Exports of 'the Dominion to the United Kingdoni
Last Year Worth Over $15o,000,000.
A despatch from Ottawa saY§:
Corrected ,customs for the year end:
ing March 31, 1912, shoW that the
aggregate foreign trade of -the
country was 5814,631 194 made up
of -exports ot $310,317,250, and im-
ports of $559,320,544., The total
duty collected was $87,576,036, as
compared with, $73,31.2,367 in 1910.
The -United Kingdom was the beat
customer of Canada; 'taking ,8151,a
853,413 of; her exports. The United.
States took 5120,534 634. :Other
countries to which Canadian goods
were exported were West Indies,
56,900,940;, South America,. $l-.-
825,030; Newfoundland, 54,88,1,313;
Australia, $:..1,947,015; Germany.
$3,814,914; Belgium, $3,732,229;
France, $2,123,105.
Canada bought most, Imeavily from
tlie United States, her imports from
that, country being $350,354,478;
-those from Great Britain were
$116,907,022, while those from other
countries were France, 511,744,-
664; Germany, $11,090,005; South
America, $10,533,310; West Indies,
$8,490,878; Switzerland, $8,458,006;
Belgium, $3,(386,419; China and Ja-
pan, 83,112,982. Of the duty col-
lected $49,177,584 came from the
United Statg3s, and $22,367,069 from
Great Bri.tain. The percentage ef
-On all goods imported For cen-
_
,-noiy,ion was 10.