HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1920-2-26, Page 3Gr. H TRUNK RAILWAY SHARE.
HOLDERS ACCEPT GOVERNMENT TERMS
Sir Alfred Srnathers Says Company Could Not Carry on Un-
der Circu Stan es—Judging by,Pi otests the Bargain
is Good One For Canada.
.A. despatch from London, says:—recital of this can was sufficient to
Tfe shareholders of the Grana Trunk, cause considerable feeling.
Railway, after listening to heated
"I ]anew there were influential men
criticism, on Thursday assented te,' in Canada who thought that the pe -
the terms .of agreement with the Do•••! licy the Government should pureue
minion Government. A dozen dis i was to let us alone, and that the
sen .lents held a zreeting afterwards' weaker we 1 ecame the e•.:ier, sees could
and passed a resolution protesting'
be tic -alt with, They knew that we
-against the terms, J were being forced by the Government
`'We have fought hares for nearly, to carry_ (n under irjfo si3ale eo.,di-
two years, and five earnestly and un mons -over .;,rich we lead no control..
I fel:, we were being held up," (Cries
hesitatan;;ly reconmmet:d you -to ae + or ,jaame' and one voice, "S vindler ?"
cept the agreement." Sir Alfred, continuing, said: "I re
This was the ,final sentence' of Sir, eeivt e ti uses showing the profits
Alfred Smitihers specrh to the Grand: were swallowed up in increased
True k shareholders. The meeting; wages, without the company being
was eror++,led and at tunes there were; granted increased rates, which meant
strong ejaculations. The sharehold-, the los, to slharchol.icra of at least
ers, hcwever, were entirely cord,ala one gee e quarter to one and a half
toward the Chairman, and his col- notion j ounde in each of the last
leagues. , three years."
Sir Alfred Smithers decalrc : that' Thee Chairman said that they
he had always heea most careful to thought in regard to the Grand'
express himself with all possible re-, Trunk Pacific at least they were en-
straint regarding the Canadian Co' -i; title,l to be sehow^n the same melds
ailment; but, unfortuuately, the bare ber:atien es the Canadian Northern,
Having outlined briefly the begin-
nings of this great movement of ours,
uethaaps we cannot do better than to
attempt in t1ii9 'letter to nuline our
arms and the means by which we
hope to aoconrplish then,
Our position is, we believe,an en-
tirely helical oue, and is based upon
two or three facts:
L That agricultui'c1 is tlw basic in-
dustry of Canada. Data available for
:.anyone upon sctmeet show that near -
1Y SOS: of the- v,wteeith of ('w:t;ada is de-
rived train a grieulturr, directly and
cat heat;y,
e. That this great industry' ie. or
,.tither was, praetically without in -
:Mental with the Uoverumeut, because
.if its lack oY orgenisatiun,
3. That without iniiuenee, it le itn-
l,cssibio to obtain legislation needful
to assure the prosperity of our Indus-
try.
We are nut out for class legislation.
But we are mit willing that the class
to which we belong should be ignored
in legislation:
If it le proper that legislation be
enacted to further tlie,interests ot in-
dustracs which contribute far loss than
does vino to the national wealth, much
more le it just that ours should re-
ceive like consideration -expressed in
legisIatien. But we haveno such con
e:iteration.
The events ,of the past forty years
go to show that fete have steadily been
losing ground—Rural population has
decreased and the influence of agri-
culture dwindled to a mere nothing.
unorganized as we were. we were in
no position to protest against measure
after measure that discriminated
against no. The `outcome, of course,
Is most plainly seen in the high cost
of living. With towns and cities
growing, that is, the number of food
consumers who did not produce food
increasing, and the food -producing
population decreasing, what else could
happen?
This condition re -acted again. upon
the farmer. With food and other
necessities so high in price, increase
In wages to the urban -worker became
linperative, andso wages have risen
higher and higher; the price of food
to the consumer has risen -proportion-
ately. The laborer is in no better
financial position, and the farmer,
who keeps to the primary line of farm-
ing, ,1.e., the production of food, situp, r
ly cannot pay the current prices for
labor and "come, out even." Tf;. you
doubtthis statement send for a copy
of the survey which Prof. Leitch n.ade
of three of the best townships in the
province.
Something is radically wrong when
these conditions prevail.
There is no use to attempt to rema-
dy conditions unless the cause of their
existence can be established. Those
who have given their lives to a stilly
of these things have arrived at this
conclusion:. These conditions exist
because:. -
• 1, The individual voter does not
realize his responsibility for present
laws.
2. The people who do're,alize the re-
sponsibility have not been ,working
for the in.teresl�'s of ,the garnaer.
3. Proper legislation can be obtained
only when the voter b convinced.
the privilege and opportunity .and r
sponsibility involved, ine the ballot,
That the farmers must cease to be
time only industry whose operators
neither eoai:t, weigh, measure, grade
or value one: binglo thing they, oitlio
guy or sell. In other words, the faro
er must control his business. Th
steps toward tine aro: 1, interest; 2
education- 3, organization; 4, c0
operation. But the greatest of these
is education, and upou it all others de
pend.
We ten never prosper until the un
i^ta it wlaie'h prevedes all Blas ee in this
and, other countries is tallay�ed. Tied
effort to allay it is a light for which
in cur kind, the v eapons will be
forged by the press. the platform. yes
and the vilpii, Our - motto is, "'Equi
opportunitscs for all; special p rivi
p p
leges for none. '4� a believe that it is
built up.,n the principle which He who
claimed to have the panacea for all
social ills, in the rules of conduct He
;ave, and which he epitomized thus:
"Whatsoever ye would, therefore, that
nen ,djtouid do unto you, do ye even
so t:a then"
The priuelples that. are incumbent
upon the individual who calls him-
self Christian do not differ one Whit
from those wiiich` a Christian nation
music follow if it would, be worthy the
name.- -Margery Mills;
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Have Until July 10
To Reduce Army
A, despatch from London, says:—
Germane- has been allowed a conces-
sion from the term's of the Treaty of
Versailles with regard to the speed
with which her military forces
must be; reduced. Premier Lloyd
George has notified Dr. St. Hamer,
the German' envoy, that the date when
her army must be reduced to 200,000
men has been -fixed as April 10, while
she is allowed till July 10 to bring it
down to the Bilis,
Cost 50 Millions
To Keep U.S. Dry
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i"ltxs neap 4hcaev- ltal;i's latent Soggy tion regarding stets I)alnt:e i:in
('oast. She would mate Fiume and lis environs a buffer st:etc w•,th its;
Italianity recognized. Zara would be a free port. Time newspai,ers c Italy
aro bitterly hostile to President \'.'ilsc'n'� attitude on the Adriatic' question.
oe They claim that he:is trying to impose hie will aeon all irurope,
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MOTHERS' PENSION Lady A't C h el
PLAN ANNO.NUCED By British Pr
Weekly Market Repo
Breadstuffs. 321/2e;; Stilton, 34 to 35e; of
Toronto, Feb. 244.---Maniteia wheat 32 to .33c; Do., twins, 33 to 33',..
No, 1 Northern, $2.80; N. 2 North- Margarine ---33 to 380. �.
ern, $2.77; No. 3 Northern, ; 2.73, in Beans- -Canadian, hand ,picked, ,.
store Fort William. steel, $5;50 to $5,09; 'primes, $4-.50 ._
Manitoba oats -lvo. 2 r .1T�,, O6 'a; 35.00; Japans, $5.50 to • 3,5 75;,'(cal
l+io. 3 C,W., 93?- c; extra No. 1 feed, fprnia Limas, 173/a to 18%4; Mada-
93zi!ae; No. 1 feed, 92eii.c;.No. 2 feed, g'ascar Limas, lb., 15c; Japan Limas,
91 'c, in store Fort William. Ib., i le -
itiat.itoba barley—No. 3 CV',, : Honey Extracted clover, 5-11'b,,
$1.7 ,; No. 4 (:,V4'„ 1.45%; rejected,tins, 27 to 28e; 10 -lb. tins, 25 .to. 26e;
$L344; ; feed, $1.34%, in star, For60.1b. tins, 26e• buckwheat60-1b, tins,,
W11iam. 18 to 20e; tom r, 16 -oz.,. $6.00 to $6.50
American . corn—No. 3 yellow, doz., 10 -oz., $4.25 to $4.50 doz.
$1.90; No. 4 yellow, 41.87, track, To- Maple products --+Syrup, ped. imper-•
ranto; prompt shipment. la! gal,, $4.25; per 5 ampereal. gals.,
Ontario oats --No. 3 white, 98e to $4.00; sugar, lb.,29 to 30e.
$L00, according to freights outside, Proyiehioxts '4ijolesale.'
Ontario wheat --No. 1 Winter, per Smoked meats. -Hams, medium, 35
ear lot.52.00 to :x2.01; No. 2, do., $1.98, to 37e; do., heavy, 29 to 30c; cookeel
to 32.01; No. 3 do., $1.92 to •$1.93. 48 to 51c; rolls, 30 to 31e; breakfast.
f.o.b shipping points, <aecording to bacon, 42 to 47e, backs, plain, 50.to
freights, 52c; boneless, 54 to 8c.
Ontario wheat --a. 'i. 1 Spring, per Cured me t r—Long clear bacon, 31':'.
r lot, $2.02 to $2.06,; No, 2 do.. to 32c; clear ,bellies, 30 to 31e..
$1,95 to $2.0`7; No. 3 do„ , -9a to Lard—Pure, tierces,31 to 31
$2.01, f.o.b. shipping pointe, accord- tabs„ 3114 to 32c; pails,3114 to 221i4c;
ten : o freight i, }stints, 32 to 321Pac'. Goznpaund taerc
a. fade No. 2 x`;.00. 28x to 29o; sults, 29 to 293 e; 'pia
I'a'ley lifaltirg. $1,77 to $1,;!), 29?a to 29 c; prints, 3t) to31c.
nc4R.m•e ing to frt ;ht outside,1ontreat Markets.
I3ua-kwheat--$1.55 to $1.60, aecord-
ing to freights outside.
;Montreal, Feb. 24, Flour, new
r; -e ---No« et, $1.:1' t~o $1,80, aeeeele s'tanklard grade, $1325ato $13,55, Roti-
inn to freights out ride. ed teats, bag, 90 lbs., $5.15 to $,.
Manitoba flour--(;lnvern f - Bran, $45.25, Shorts, 302.25, Ha
er. stand- No- 2, per ton car lots. 326 Cheese.
axil, $13.23 Toronto.
Ont ri fl t'; • -Finest easterns 30 to �30Yee Bata
'oaf. aid, $10.50 to, 811. M41nutreal,• 311 in ter Choicest creamery, 64 to I35¢t,
Toronto, in j=: to hags, Prompt ship seconds, 51% to 621 e Eggs `re ,.
meet
to to lir- selected, 62c: No, 1 steep,
• i4lil feed - Car lot---- Deli -tiered 58 .0 , 4c, No, 2 stock, 43 to 50c. Po;
Montreal freight,. bags ane�ludet(l-T•: t,to(•,—Per hon, car lass, • 33.:0.
Hirers, per ton, roe+; shorts, per ton,
352; geed feel flour, $3.6c0 to $a,73
s Hays -leo, 1, Per ton, $2, to 323;
Live Stock Markets.
To • ta, Feb. 24. ch . heav
BASIS For Le islation Sub- . A despatch from London "r . , steer,, x13.50 to X24; good heavj►.
t g 'ad ,. siva. »hsxctl, per ton, $.., . tae.c Toronto t $1' 7" to S13 25 b til' ' �:_ ,•
The maiden s•teech. which Lady .9s-' Straw -Car lute per tun, �410 to &i;, tleEtehoice, $11.'75 to $1;?."a0 s
�- misted to l3rury Gov. ]tor has threatenccl k h track Toronto.
o
a to make in the gaoct, 3t101.
11,25 to $11.50; do., 'medium„
A despatch from Toronto says:— House of Commons has not yet macs° Country Proauce--,\luile,ale. $;1,75 to 310.25, cio„ common, 37.50
« ▪ he basis upon wlzieh the Drury terialized, Meanwhile sbe is guirina. Batter—i)airee tubs ant1 rolls, 43to:to $8 bulls, choice, $10,50 to $11; *ea
Government will draft the mother's reputation. as a speaker at Fable! •1#,e, print;;,, 18 to .'0w. Creamery,'me4'it m, $9.50 to 310; Do, rough,
. allowanees legislation to ],e intraday- meetings, She made a trey • . isee„h made rough, 60 to file; ru'nt's $6.75 to $7; butcher cows, cho
ed at the coming session of the en when ..he :peke recently on the tl_ .o +3;”. -e $10,50 to $11; Do,.good,$9,oU Io3
, House, is set out in the final report League of : atioii,. She lea;. im r t Egg,. -Ni,tx laid, 64 t0 (1 '•Do„ medium, $8 to $8,50; Ijo , cera-
on the subject submitted b• Dr. R. dry humor ;tri �ee , a 1 I)nt::sed poultry --Spring' cine kens, mon, $7 to 51,20; stoeker$, 37.50 to
y 7i . gat, her vmt.w, in La to 5e; rosters, '2.,c; fowl. 25 to 510, feeders, $10 to $11;cannais and
W, Riddell, Deputy Minister of Labor clear, un:.eretnndable lang�aetge. She 32e; gree, 25 to ask- duel:iings, 32 to cutters, 33.25 to 336, 50; milk. rs, good
to Hon. Walter Rollo, The report, will speak at the mass meeting to be see; tar% e:•s •a:, t ::,0e - u e d o 5� n
., , u q ala., doz.. t: chaee, $110 to $16 , Da„ cam. and
whirl. is an important compilation of held soon to demand mere women. $4,:,0. med., $C5 to $75; spr1ngears, 590 to
{ information upon the problems of metnber:4 of the House of le/;m -noes. Lave l:. ultry - leering eeaVeens, 22 $165; sheep, 86.50 to $11; la =- _
l looking after penniless mothers, is Some of the rnystery c; her elo-' l0 28a; raostera, 20c: fowl. a3 to 32e: rv: t., .$17.50 to $21.50 calves, go
A despatch from Washington says:
—It will cost $50,000,000 a year to
"make this a prohibition country,"
Senator Warren told his associates
on Thursday. He asserted this great
outilay may not be necessary for an
ndefinite period; bint must continue
until intemperance has been eradi-
cated.
A bill "for enforcement of the na-
tional prohibition act by establishing
Government warehouses" was intro-
duced by the Senator.
Great Prairie Fire
Sixty, Miles Wide
A despatch from Buenos Ayres,
nays:a-A great prairie • fire, sixty
mikes wide, has swept through the
territory of La Pampa, in the central
part of ` the Republic. Fifteen thous-
and sheep and much other live stock
'are reported to have perished, while
the material damage is' estimated at
$1,000,000. This conflagration is said
to have been the biggest ever known
in. Argentina.
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the second made by Dr. Riddell, the quer;•e may be explains 1, perlwaps, l y e se.�22 to 2, . ; ea:,i:iings. ^0; ; tui-, to chaise, $18 to $23; hogs, fed and
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first, an'interim report, having been the fact that she is bones coati?sed by. kt.1: '
watered, $18.50; do., weigbed• off cars,
Cheese—New large, 30 to ode; $18.75; do., to b-, $17.550; do,, do,,
Laid before 'Sir William Hearst just that most :astute British pohliauient- t:vir:. 304 to '1b?ee; triplets, .311: to countrypoints 1.7,25
before the late Government retired, Brian and speaker. Premier David ,,.-r,.._....,.. -.....- Ppoints, $ ,,
r is last
o•3xt;:.ania, King to e
as folMwe: at 1,uvcdee,.their. beaut•ifel ri?ersia'e Crowned in Spring
The scheme as recommended nded by the Lloyd George, who pass
tl i,
Deputy Milliner may be summarized, week -end with Lord and Leidy Astor $
Allowances to be paid the moth- residence. near London. •
er of two or more children limier the.• A eesea �:•h !aim 1 nage, Saye
age of 14 years of age and in the im-
mediate care of the parent, who is Spend Vacations in , rf Greater Four,v'ri:t ail' take place
(a) a widow, (b) the wife of an in- u at Aib•t,iulia. 'Fv4nylvania, next
Canada This x ear
CONTRIBUTION OF
• LAKE SHIPS TO WAR
-- 149 Steamers Passed Out of
King St. Lawrence For Ocean
Service.
A ae;,patch from Detroit, says; --
The war cost in tonnage of Great
Lakes shipping is readily figured now
that Canadian and . Am-•- •
fleets have been restored practicallgl
to a pre-war basis. It is now known
that 149 lake steamers passed out of
the Si, Lawrence River primarily for
the purpose of 'helping to win the,
war. Figures show that the war,ecott;y,�
in lake tonnage consisted of 297,103
mate of a Provincial Hospital for the
Insane or (c) the wife eta a man who A desp:a�tcla from Montreal, eat,;:-•-- tipee."11 envoy to rcpreeent King
is totally disabled. In every case It is stated la R. Ii, Gould, Secretary Gc:efV, ant the name of Kari Haig
where the •allowance is. given the of the Montreal branch oi' the Can- alra�ady is beieg :,aentionod here in
mother must be a suitable guardian adian Manufacture:a' E' : seri'tion, tm •4 c ata,ectiou, Queen Marie, of Rou-
for her ehildren. . that the association was preparing ma: i:r is e::1:eeted to vizi.; England
Allowances only where the father to launch aDominion-vide campaign soon.
is a British subject or the mother tc. induce Canadians to spend their King Ferdinanl undoubtedly is the
:.,wink:. Great Britain will send a
a British subject before marriage. vacations, and do their motoring tours only living mon Ira/1 who will enjoy
The mother and children must be within the` Dominion, this Scar. theuuirttepesiticn of being crowned
resident in Canada at tete time of It was stated that the idea origin- tw:se.
the death or total disability of the ated at Toronto, at .the headquarters
he mother mast be a rest- of the association there, and the step
dent of Canada for three years prior is taken to a:nape the unfavorable
to the application, for two years a rate of exchange against Canada and
resident of Ontario and must reside the heavy head tax. .
in the Province. while in receipt of The campaign will start as soon its
an allowance
the various branches have joined with
To become entitled to an allowance the head organization in formulating
`the mother and children must not the scheme, and it will be aecompan-
own property valued at more than ied by a campaign, supported by the
32,000 or have more than $500 in Canadian railways, to attract citizens
cash or securities convertible into of the United States -to this coan.try
cash (other than househcld goods, in lieu of going to ,Europe.
etc.) The children must be depen-
dent upon the mother. :
The report does not suggest de Governing Body of
finite amounts, but recommends that Royal Mounted Police
the amount shall be determined iu
each case by the .administrative con- A despatch from Regina, Says;
mission subject, however, to an es"- Accordinng to information from reli-
tablished maximum per family able sources, the governing body of
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
will soon be announced as:follows:—
To Repair Church Commissioner Perry, General Offi-
Hit by Big Bertha quarters at Ottawa;. Assistant Com-
missioner despatch from Paris, says:— nrissioner Stearns, Ottawa;Assistant
Work of restoring the anisChurch of St; Commissioner Wroughton, Vancou-.
Gervais which was struck by a "Big, bonver, 'Regina;lt Ad utak t Commissioner
n-
Bertha shell on Good friday, 1938. dent Newson, Ottawa.'
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drilling 54 persons, will commence on
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ter Commanding the force, with head
March 1. • -�_-.-_, _,
Such was the extent •of the damage French Peace Loan
done by the long distance shell that Has Attractio• ns
the work will take from five to six
months to con.plete. A despatch from Paris, says:—
May Be
Canada's Next
General.
i grows tons, and that carrying cepa-
1 city loss amounted to. ,482,400gross
' tons for a single trip. 1
Such well-known Canadian carriers
?. as the Chemung, Cazleton,
Davidson, Donnacona, DunelniW. II.
• Dwyer, Geo. L. Eaton, Emp ss of
!Fort Wiliam, Empress of Midland,
C. A. Jacques, Midland Qtieera,` or
mount, Port Dalhousie Schuylkill,
Scottish 'Retro, Stormount, Strathcona_
i and many more were victims of sub
marines and now rest on the ocean
floor.
The lake steamers Algonquin,.
talia, German, Georgetown -
mount, Meaford, elareafyiind,
Lambert, Tu' grey a, Rutland an -
Pere Marquette No. 5 were a}so lost
1 in Government see -eke.
The steel bulk freighters that eels'-`''
p to salt water numbered 36 American
1 and -44 Canadian steamers, rept; e f-
ing in gross tonnage 1.57,866 tone and
a carryig capacity of 244,500 -gross
tons on -a single trip. Other trans-
fers of lake bulk tonnage consisted
of 13 wooden steamers, which, 'with
two or three exceptions, went into the
Atlantic coastwise coal trade
A fewlakesteamers of Am•eeican
registry have been brought bacl; but
vessels of Canadian registry which
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Gavernoi•- went away to aid Great Britain ;in
supplying her armies are still ii➢. the
ocean trade, filling. the void in Bei
It is expected that restoration ofLord Bai�g c. ilei' Tlie Else;l ti h:tonnage erexted.hy'submarines`' `r
p France on Thursday opened her, ('euniy Standard, o:i' iitaio °tart )' ng-• In -addition to bulk -freight
the church will be fdnisbed by next Peace Loan, which is to .be unlimited, xgcarriers, ^
October in time to celebrate lish paper, Claims.that Lord Byn w*i1T..32-American package freight sty'
the fnve in amount. The ,loan is' at five' per be next Governor-General of Canada., g am
freight -
hundredth, anniversary of the cense:ti cent., with the addit]ozial attractionels and 20 Canadian package freight-
cration,:of the edifice, which occurred of' -a Elftper' cent.'. rezniitim to be i As San Julian iiynU, he was for a bane, ere' were sent to. salt water during the
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