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A. despatch from Toronto says:- prinee he was a prince -,amtedp_,- them
Craig Eaton, president of the Not the least importalit ot Sir
Eaten Company, Limited, posed John's services to his country •was
awie at hiresidence, "Adwold," the share that .he himself tochiin die
s ,-,
vatting. the resources at tee „Ilttit^h•
Davenpert Road,'Tot-/
Onto at 9,40 . •
, 0A7tranozation towards the prosecution
Thersday. Leath came after a Eng- of Canada's, part in ilc rct Nvart
cring illness of seven weeks' duration. Shortie' after the' outbreak of
Although only forty-six year's of tde01 ho oirtTed, $1,001000 to 'the, allive
age, 'Sir John Eaten was one of the einnteut tor the purchase and etp•iip-
outstanding figures' of Canadian hi- inert of a battery of Tieier3 Cittik-
111 a i n (3 g leis, mounted on
clustry and commerce, Forfaetj3 firiag
years he had been at the, Iread"of the arimir!---"-i car% • This offer was accept-
ed, end the Eaton 'Machine Gun.
largest retailing establisiame•nt in the
It -
British Emire. As president, he terY was 'sent •ovnseas at SO:
Ffs
guided the fortuneseof the T. Eaton •exlienso, Not satisfied With this, Can
Company, merchant prince gave the Gov-
, Company, Limited, through the period
erthat immense concern's, most rapid ernmerrt t1e frPe u,se 'of his
atenni
from coast to coast, wherever, in ftet,
the mails carried their load of war .the "Fleren'cle" 'was used 'r•o"
expansion. His n•ame was known Yarlib the "Florence" and of his islar-
pa-
coni . station at Tore:MOO Durinig the
trol'dutY•off the Labrador coast.
merchandise sent out by the Eaton,
distributing centres scattered over the 01 generous proportions were Sir
Dominion from Saskatoon to l\loncton, John's &DRUMS to the many aunil-
The heir of, great wealth, Sir john's iary funds necessary' to ,carry on the
The Patriotic Fund, the Victory
innate genuineness of character and 11150.The
,campaign, the Navy League, the
his broad and democratic human sym-
pathies had gainedsfor him the liking,' Rej Cross Fund and numerous others
rew.ect ,an,d admiration ofaul than reaped the benefit of his munificence.
with whom he ctiine in contact. The Fitting reo02.Ti4tion of this and roanY
institutor of reforms in working con- other features of his war wcalt come.,
ditions and hours of labor, affecting; when on June 3, 1915, he was created
twenty thouseed employees, his pose; a. Knight Bachelor,
tion ill the industrial sphere ' was Sir John is 'survived by his widow,
unique. Known as Canada's largest Lady Eaton, his mother, Mrs. Tim -
employer of labor, a philanthropist, othy Eaton, four sons, Timothy Craig,
whose benefgetions mounted into th, se • ,
e ;John David Edes
eir Galber
millions, ande a -sportsman who took a McCrea; one daughter, Florenceme
keen delight in the oetdoor life of his. Mary; One brother,Major W. F. Eaton
country, Sir John was equally -weir' of Oakville; and two: sisters, Mrs. J.
,known TOT his ahhorrence •of anything M. Burnside, and it_Irs. C. E, Burden, p
proaching. the 'snobbish. A merchant both of Toronto, LVP.
te•- st2-2,2i
')Ahrik
10,
John Ball--"Bavent you. found your feet yet.; Pat?"
W. S. Wallace,
C,AlqA11)1AN
ADep artment
of eloronto.
story, Univ•4
"W'S rrom
To illITI39tig,,:tte the posilnlities 11
recene mineral discoveries In the Port
I A r t r and Sob ri e bet districts, a party
philt .by trading in coMmteroial PATIN'. of Roston tcaptielists` anti mineral de.
19 may, be intereiting to recall that ; Liills 0! exchange on London 'were fre- velo.-pers are expe'cied. to, visit Port,
it is just one hundred years since; Vent*" 01 a Proonluin New Yollt Arthur in the no :q- futaro, It is the
in-
eharlonad banking in Canada bee'an, ',When they were Plentiful] ie Canada; tention of the. patty, 10ttho11 eon,
It was in 1821 that the 13anit of Upper o•nd. the Carl'adian therchamts plefo survey of the leineral areas.' With
possibility view of becoming
Cariada--tlio first chartered bank in Often able to Sell their hill's of ex- the
Upper Calitelee-received its chapter; ' change ,on Londen in the American financielly into es-ied t‘n tear° (le-
itna IVO, in 1822 ,tha.t the lati.k of market at an almost immoral profit- velopment work. '
Montreal, the Bank of Canada, and This wes one of the ways 'in. 'which' A muskrat term -win shortly be
tee Quebec Bank were -chartered in Enos Collins of Halifax, the founder teletslieti at Neettoro, Leeds Connie',
Lower Canada. Several of these banks of the Halifax Banking CompanY, end Ontario, by Dr. G. 19. Richards. Dr,
had already been in existence for a the first great Canadian banker, laid molar/is lees leased a large bay in
short time as private banks -the Bank the feuntlation of ltis great fortune. )teetoro Lake in the Rideau chain,
of mcm,r,eal, for instance, began busi_ Collies, who •ty•as• actuall•yeeehat was and in the spring iiiteuds to enclose
in -1817, But 1822 was the year rare at t•hat time -a millionaire, had. it with wire [elven g, wbere 1111191QaLa
in which chartered banking in Canada holdings in the United States that will be bred, 11"e also commeeried
Telly began,
It may occur to you to wonder how
people in Canada got along without,
banks during the two centuries and
more which elapeed ,between the first
settlement of the country and 1822.
The answer to that colnundrum, lies in
the faot that, before banks were c•etab-
lished, the functions of banking Were.
to DOttle extent performed by other
agencies, The functions or banking
may, I suppose, be summed up under
three heads -deposit, discount, ' and
issue. Banks' exchange money for
were even greater than Iris xesourees, block foe ranch at the same place.
in Nova Scotia, and he, was thus able; The first seipment of an order of
to make money out of exchange both; 131500 tons of newsprint, whihi. Price
coming e,etil going. He was, in fact, al Brothers Compauy, Quebec, has con -
past inaster in the gentle art of play -I tvacted to supply to the London LailY
mg 'both ends against the middle. Dur-, Ekpress, will be made; ibis month, ac-
. •
"mg the war of 1812 he outfitted, aordieg 'the general manager of that
privateers in both American and Brit-; ooneern- The first shipment will con -
9031 parts; and While seine of his ships, slat of one thousand tons. The total
were brinving back into Halifax bar -1 value of the shipment is approximate-
bor American urizes of war, others 3Y- $900,000.
of his ships wehe bringing British A. despatch from Kingston, eamatee,
prizes of war into the harbors Roe-, state's' that the Legislative Connell has
ton and New York. In those days Passed a tariff measure giving a pre,
the right to demand, -money; they ex- ba7j-killig arid Irira'Y 'went ferelice- of 25% 911 good's '1.11111artea
•
change the right to- d•emand money for But the function of bankine- which. from Canada and Great Britain end of:
in those 'Ne-eartmlug, days, was rilst' 50% ea En ' fa'
. rphern un, ed Lottee
money itself; anti eechange the • •,,
1,, • e„)..t. f Leow
where they are, but divil a bit will the pig let
'et -"Sur- —
. paece goods, This legislation will OIL -
Tight to deinand was that of
-The PaSsing Show; (London) t't fb I '
inoney for other imPerfe°tilY Performed,
of the French pe-iod there Nlv,S 110!
the trade relations between Canada
T u o • , areas, ah these funct-ons
Be;forot• the hi_ frate-issue. During the greater part: deubtedIT 'have a benefietiei effeet on
stand on ',ern!" 'rights to dernand it.
• e•l-' rite "e-ettne- •he-,,evei- 'tiler' A Ilan:deal Oaried,ian. motion picture
y
paper currency in Canada at all. In! i'Ung.IL jai:oaf:ca.
Nvere performed in Canada b- •t' •
yi 4, 1 323; brealdast 'bacon, 29 to 33c; special agenmets-though hot so completely . '
UNION COAL MINERS lof Alberta and Eastern British Col -
DROP WORKING TOOLS lrent o'f posIsibsilygntahe most bitter iteug„
gle between the operators and men
Western Canada Affected to ever known I nthe minin•g .history of
l''' the Extent of 12,000 ',Western Canada. Nine thousand men
I . '
ke .
wor rsall members of District No. '18, I.Tnited
; Mine Workers of Arnerida, laid down
A despatch. from Chicago sayse--.): their tools and the mines are idle, ex-
.Arnerica's union coalfields ere in the cept for the punipmen and others who
,
grip of a bituminous and, anthracite remained on duty at prevailing .salar-
strike, which became effective at mid-, les to protect 1.1Ce. mines.' An arra,nge-
night on April 1. 1 ment between the Western Canada
I
In Caned , the strike ds expected to Coal Operators' Association and the
be effective in tho WestRem rBovinc.es„. miners' efficials to this effeet was
but not in the East. I reached Friday •afternoon.
Railroad officers asserted plans had, How long the strike may continue
been made to suspend certain freigh0 in an unknown quantity; much will
, trains, especially on coal roads, It is depend upon the Board, of Condlia-
estheuated that 18,000 railroad men in: tion appointed by the Dominion Gov-
1?ennsylvania are out of work. as a i eminent., At present both ,sides to the
result of the strike, . „ I controversy have taken the most de -
A desparech from Seattle says,: --I termined stand and the miners have
APP7, xiMately 2,600 coal miners (in refused, to -accept the revised rale of
.4(0,1,
- Was Zgtort quit work at midniiht, wages offered by the operators,.
p 't'.. Xilli tee, M,ine ViTorkers efficia.IS an- "'-
enticed. ' 10,000,000 War -Medals :
Most of the commercianineres in the Issued by Britain
-I- State are unaffected by the strike
order, having been placed on a non- Nearly 10,0-00,000 war medals have
union basis in the summer of 1921, been 'issued by the Beitish and 1,500, -
The stoppage of work, it was believed 000 rnore,are to be issued, according
, by those in touch with the situation, to an announcement by Sir Laming
would not render the fuel situation in :Worthington , Evans, Secretary of
the Pacific acute. State for War, in the House ef Com -
Mins on Vancouver Island, B.C., „mons. The war medals and . victory
where a large tonnage is procured, medals are about equal in number, be-
arimutally, are riot unionizedt ing slightly over 3,500,000 each. There
A despatch from Calgary, Alta., have been 360,500 of 1914 star medals
says: -When the whistles blew on issued and 1,500,000 star medals for
Friday night at the union coal. ni'mes the first two years of service. '
ROYAL ASSENT GIVES LEGAL
, EXISTENCE TO IRISH FREE STATE
A despatch from London says
: -
Royal assent -was given Friday ;lifter -
noon to the bill ratifying the Irish
Treaty, and a new chapter of frish
history was begun. The Irish Free
State has,:now a legal existence, and
its Provisional Government, Under
Arthur Griffith andi Michael: Collins,
is endowed with full powers to
minister the countii- until the general
election. Britain has given up the
right to interve,ne helm -ed.'s, internal
<xincerns, and en the Provisional Gov-
ernment alone new rests the responsi-
hilitTY of restoring order and of pre-
paring for a pee.rnanent regime. The
new State, however: came 'into being
under the shadow of a speech of ex-
ceeding go wity by Winston. Churchill Eamon de Valera gives the greatest
He paid a warm tribute to the
"statesmanlike courage and earnest
good -will at this enost critical junc-
ture,of Sir jamas Craig and alas, col-
leagues!' He saw hope in the yew
co-operation of the Northern and
Southern Sta,tes for a peaceful future
of the country, but he mimed no Words
in defining The imminent present clan-
ger which besets the infant Free State.
A long, weary pe,riod• of anxiety and
uncertainty lay before it, -and he pre-
ferred to face the facts brutally and
acknowledge that the Free State was
"exposed to deadly foes who woulkLnot
ar 'Leis
C
.
4.movement, which has been attracting
A or1,1 ib•rand breakfast bacon, g7 to 40e; or so Oatislactorily as they are per- 1?rendi aa"timrades in New Fralic'''' re-
books, boneless, 36 to 41.0. : formed to -day. .. sorted to the exp”d i en r., in , to rd er to,.. ap•a:gitrefeetwdentliol notthz.a:theatsitirclittimedILIrtgedthhei
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, • overcome the scarcity oi' comog,,e, or
Taranto.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Nerthern,
$L53%.
Manitoba o a te-No. 2 CW, 573/ec ;
extra No, 1 feed, 54,c; No. 1 feed,
Take the ease of deposits. If sonie issuing „hat was imo,,,,,,,,„ as e„,,d the repeated formation of a Fe'derali
$17.50, to $19. clear bellies, $18,50 to
$20.50; lightweight -t,olls, $47; heavy- t'olialYani, to he managed from Ott:a-
fortunate person, rn. the eafly clays in
weight rolls, $41. Canada, had nitoa.-e gold and silver than money -playing cards cut in four
t'irP,., W11 i z. 11 will be known as the 09 -
pieces. marked_ good for various am-
Larcl-Pure, tierces; 16% to 17; he required fore his immediate needs, ' • .• • • tetwa Mini 1-'.eductioes T imite(1 Ari.
• °huts and countersigned by the in- - - (••• • '-' •
tubs, 17 to 17]..,,e; pails, 171/2 to 18c; and did not wish to place it mart on -' '-'' : edv. - '1 f leading '
rnalista au th or -1 le v 1
count! , 9 ,statesmen,
tendent At first thi5 card money Wq-3
prints, 18 to 19c. Shortening, tierces, loan, he could do one of ttvt'•o things a jyroi dee p y later in gold 0,13011
551e c. s. t et" en and
16 to 16Y -c; tubs', 16% to 1-70; Paps, with it; lie could pit it hi the old- -1 -
Manitoba barley -Nominal.
sever and It CIT(3.1liate-C rree.y 1,s
. 1 .i social welkers will co-operate „with
All the above track, Bay ports.
17 to' 17%°; Prints', 181/2 t° 19c. fashioned' stocking (and there 'Wile "a . the producine unit te safeguard
face value. bet ultimately 'It becarne . ,
American corn -No. 2 yellow, .75c; Choice heave- steers, $71 to 8.50. . agamst possible evils.
1
$ good deal of hoarding of .thi•s sort at
certam periods), ,or he clietTeld take of eoure,e it. la to a, fi!aebion 02, its
to a. merchant and get him to place fo..,,oe oehe• like the. Continental dol-
lars of the ..,6tinericart Congress.
No: 3 yellOw, 74c; No. 4 yellow, 73M3c;' do', :good, $7 to $7.50; bete er steers, inconvertibie-inere fiat money ---and
The- current ye.a.r eas cefnmenced
track, Toronto. choice, $7 to $7.75; do, good, $6 to •
with a general rush in tile staking of
Ontario osts-No. 2 white, nominal. inintig claims throughout Northern
Ontario ...'wheat-Noreirtal.
Barley -No. 3 ektra,rtest 47 lbs. or
better, 57 to 60e, ttccording to freights
outside.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 78 to 80c.
Rye -No. 2, 86 to 89e.
Manitoba flour --First pats., nom-
inal. -
Ontario flour -90 per cent. patent,
bulk, seaboard, per kW., nominal.
Millfeeolt-Del. Montreal frei,ght,
bags included: Bi!an, per ton, $28 to
$30; shorts, per tole $30 to $32; good
feed floor, $1.70 to $1.80.
Baled hay -Track, Toronto, per ton, do, come $1.50 to $3.50; liogs fed and
$6.50; -do, med., $5 to $5.50; do, come
$4 to $5; 'butcher heifers, choice, 936.5013± in his strong -box. Eveiy merchant
fa $7; do, inetr.7 $5 to $6; do, come $4 I of importance in the early days had
to $4.25; butcher cows, choice, $5.50 to i a strong -box -a great iron -bound
$6.25; do, med. $3.50 to $4; canners :chest, es a rule, studded. evith nails,
and cutters $1 ?to $2.25; butcher hulls, and securely locked and padlocked. Of
good $4.501.to $5.50- do coin. $3 to $‘1.-
, , , , " course, the merchants did not allow
feeders, goad, $6do, fair,
int -erect. an the moneys placed with
them (it was only in 1835 that even u.seful service. -During the first half-,
$5.50 to $6; stockers, good, $4 to $5;
do, fair, $3 to. $4; milkers, $60 to $80;
springers, $70 to $90; calves, choice, the banks began to allow interest on century of British, xule, it became also
the practice ef a ihunber of merchants.
$10 to $11; do, med., $9 to $10; doe( deposits), but the gold and silver in to i.„sue notes or Lottf.,s_known as
cone, $5 to $7; lambs, choice, $13 to !these forrnidahle-lookintg strong -boxes e, , ,, .fe, .
I oons . torn ,he fe.ct that, thee' were
Ontario, which, has gathered. increaseg
After the Briti.h conquest, the uralov. moreati.teunreslilli,,otsmat tuhi: reoxacueepligongeollyd
laC-{ onov..tet\i,timn-nemaeantat.e,ofeissfhtiNin7o;i:it:Scioecit,:s,sti,p;_e_arftisaousvItluilieliteddihaleflos:orr. lom..ef,e0m2,eirsain.eed,sAjoinlacoo jrla.ednit:Lisar;ti.oz,3_tnolidoe - 01110315 weFebruary re
were convertible. a
the Lardner ',alto mining division.
Ont.a o peaches a r better than
California. peaches accOrding to Aaron
Sapiro, co-operative expert of that
State, who addressed a. large aerlio-rice
$14.50; do, coni, $6 to $7, sheep, or another day were reasonably safe, ; _e ttii alt
choice, $8_ to $9; do, good, $6 to '$7; t and. the arrangement answered IllOat 011,1):1:rtkeo-f1 gni7,;(1,1,e:s(r.b(11c.(11,:flYV a Ot Trait glowers at Se Ca -.nos. Is.
ee as the Santro is reported to have said that
extra No. 2, $22 to $23; mixed, $18 watered, $12; do, f.o.b., $1..25; do,
to $19; clover, $14 to. $18. country points, $12.
Stra-w-Car lots, Per toil, track To- •
t , $12 t $13. „ Oats --Can. N',. 2 65c; do,
requirernerres.
- • chant who isatied these notes wag in •b.3,, ine right ntot,h,ods
comparatively few people in Canada ernble euerency, and made Ina to .iome , • •
As a matter of fact, tbpre were good standing, 'they paineef eemeo. opemthe tetarkevng, Neigterd (es-
.
t..e int ler - ,>• t,L ot Ori."();(31';:k7' 011.
• nicts eat, et cll. e a 0 cq.11,...,
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Unofficial quotations-iOntario No. N,. P 61c. Flour Man Sprine• wheat for places to eposit money. There i,$ite„,,i...-phey were oleo; It may he ne020,
in• the. early"daYS:',WIria• Were' 'caking
1 commercial wheat, $1.36 to $1 49 pe"-- 1sts $8 50 Rolled oats bao• 90 was little gold and silver in the colui-. t'soerce of occasional 'profit to the:
outside. • • lbs., $3. Bra,n, $37.50. Shorts, $33. try, for -like all new •countries --Can- for there were -usually( statistics froan
Ontaioo No. 3 oats, 40 to 45c, out- No. 2, per ton, ear lots, $28 to ado had an adverse trade balance, and •-some of them that •tvere never pre -i „
side.
.Ontario corn -53 to 60e, ou,tside. Cheese, finest Westerns, lolAi' to constantly to escape from the colony. lost or destroyed. There were (asee -i-----
.
Ontaim flour-,-lst..pats.,,in cotton 181/2c. Butter choicest ereamery, 381/..... 1 Trade was local and was carried on' known, actually, where -tlei Indians A despatch iron.). In.,,,,,Jianap-
,
sacks, 98's, $8.20 per bhk; 2nd. Pats. to 391/2e, Eggs, selectod,-33ce. Foto. -
(bakers), $7.20. Straights, in bulk, toes, per bag, car lots, 90 to 95c, to a eurprisiug extent by barter or by used them as wadding for thole tient. oj-
Ind -- ys • —The foilo-sr -
a system of merchant's credits like locks. Finally, durirtg the war of 1812, ... bi ,1 d. b... ..h.,.., _
e meney, especially good inemeY, tended' se a for paymenr th; t -were either. rlIncipFit
se:aboard, $6.40.
ing a ure or Dia.hetee. that in use in same parts of rural still .;-.1110theT variety: ef p•aver rpon,:v ta ,e t
lvta,nitoloa; flour---lst pats., cotton' Find. C f
saeks, $8.70 per bbl; 2nd pats., $8.20.
Obeeseei-New, large, 20 to 201/eo;
twins, 201k to 21C; triplets, 21 to
211/2c. Fodder cheese, large, 181/2c.
OK, large, 25 to, 26c; twins, 251/. to
261,fic;""triplets, 26 to 27c; Stilton's,
new, 24 to 25c.
Butter --Fresh dkiry, choice, 22 tp
28c; creamery, prints, fresh, finest, 42
to 43c; Na. 1, 40 to 41c; Not 2, 37 to
38c• 'cooking, 22 to 25c.. ,
Pressed ponitry--Spring chickens,
30 to 35c; roosters, 20 to 25c; fowl, 24
to 30; ducks, 35c; turkeys, 45 to 50c;
gee f, 203.
• Li-ve psiultry--Spring chickens; 22
to 28c; roosters, 17 to 20c; fowl, 24 to
30c; ducks, 38c; turkeys, 45 to 50c; research. It is only when some great
geese, 20c. discovery is announced that people
Mareerinc-20 to 23c.
realize that in a modern, institution
' Eggs -New laid, candled, 31 to 32c; -
new -laid in cartons,'34 to 35c.
of higher learning like Ontario's pro -
Beans -Can, band -picked, bushel, 'vinclal milversitY, research as
conthmai-
934.40; primes, $3.85 to $4. ally going.on and that the results of
Maple products -Syrup, per imp. these investigations are always of ad -
gal., $2.50; per o imp- $2•35, vaiittage to the people of the province
Maple Sugar, lb. 19 to 22c.
and of the Dominion. Should a cure
Honey, 60-30-1b. tins, 14-ei. to 15c for diabetes he niade available to the
medical profession the resultant •see,„
intg of .life cannot be domputed in
dollars and cents but Will be worth
It is reported that a group -of doc-
tors, working in the medical lalrora-
tones of the University of Toronto,
have discovered at least a palliative,
and perhaps a cure, for diabetes. These
doctors, like all te-pical university men
are quite reserved when interrogated
about their work and do not -wish to
raise any false hopes in the ininds of
the public. But the very fact that
they are working on this problem and
that they have made some progress
is very encouraging and is ,another
proof of the great value of scientific
, , . ,
per lb..; -5--21/2-11i. tins, 17 to 18c, per lb.
hesitate to use any means, howeveerl n, alio corn • honey, per 1 ., . .
Potatoes -Ontario, 904'b. bag, $1to
cruel or treacherousm
or urderous, ta $1,15; Qttelac, $1.25. Seed: potatoes,
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destroy, it." Irish, Cobblers, $1.75-a bag.
Tilt:. attitude, of the followers of Smoked ineats-.-Ilants, med., 32 to
.,
34c; cooked, ham, 47 to 50e; smoked
in the House of C.,ovetrone, on e-Fitia,y. cause for an.xiety.
many times more than the amount
eXpendecl in research at the univerSity.
The actetal discoverers will,not benefit
rolls, 26 to 28e; cottage rolls, 30 to. financially, but the general public will.
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Canada even to -day. The necessity of noele its appearance. - The naiiit'Ary millers officials snows the
having banks of deposit was not there- authorities, in order to facilitate their number of -men who bc..eve
fore nearly so urgent then as it is -war purchases in the colony, Issued .• • •
stopped work. in the princroal
ntow; antd the stocking of the house- -what were known as Army States:
wife and the strong -box of the mea-- notes redeemable at the Army Bill o0a.L
chant answered the purpose fairly ,Office in Quebec in Government bills Illinois, 95,000: incliana,
Just as -deposits were accepted by passed current :as readily as. mone5, hi°'
the merchants, VD discounts were
usuallry made by them., Especially
after Jay's treaty- in 1794, -when Can-
ada WI' as first permitted to trade di-
rect with the Uni.tedt`States, some of
the merchants made a very handsome ,(Continneci next week) 4,500; Arkansas, 2,000; Col.-
orado, 5,000; Kansas, 10,-
Cheap Fertilizers for Cana- Their Majesties to Visit 000; Kentucky 18,000;
dian Farmers. - War Graves in France Maryland, 1,500; Michigan,
Well. of exchange on London, These hills
30 000
to
and without doubt they cad 2,000; Penns viVarna (bet 'it -
much
familiarize the people of Canada with rninons). 105,000; Penna
the aha
,dvenges of a ire:framable paper (anthra cite) . 110,000 ; Wes t
eurreney such as banks might, if 1 . . '
established, be expected to provide- Virginia, 3J:0°Q; A-Iaban-la'
By the use of fertilizers and scien-
tific methods England, grows ,52.5
bushels of wheat to the acre as against
Canada's 15.5. The Council of Scien-
tific Itesearch is trying to perfect
;methods of providing eheapit ertilizers
for Canadian fanners frOhl raw ma-
terials now wasted in Canada. At 82.5
bushels per acre our last wheat crop
would have been incresed roughly
$398,000,000.
tr11.1.181111161:1112111:0A. Imease.ralmer,,
Gg 1311M81,
IT5
iN OMNI'
DON'T 'WEAKER
500
.1 t
•
t
I 2.500; Missouri, 7,500.; Mon -
London, March 3L -r ---it•• tana, ,4,000; Oklahoma,. 7,-
authoritatively.annmmced that 000.: Tennessee, 4,200; Texas
the King and Queen will pay 2 400. Washington, 5,200;
1
a State visit to the King andwyominc4; 7,800; westrn
'leen of the Belgians, °°m- Canada, '12,000.
rnencing Monday, May 8. At ., _
the conelu.sion of his visit his Radio \Till controi
' •
Majesty will visit as many' as .gritirli n Balie.shi.
possible of the war cemeteries
of the British and overseas A dee pi tell ±00111.Lnidot says
forces in Belgium and France. The A.g.,ane.ennen, the latest of the
USSIA HAS LOST
LEA IN GRAIN TRADE
Canada, Argentina and United
States Are Now Chief
Producers.
A despatch from Loudon says: -
Thai: the Ruselan tgrain tirade has per-
manentrlly passed never to return,
the elaim, interesting to Canadian
wheat grower% rnattlee by the Morning
Post on Friday. The Poet points out
that even after Russia's production of
grain is, once more raised to. the level
of hex internal, consumption, cereals
will bs needed for the restoration and
upkeep et her livestock. "With this
further tend indefinite epostponezneritt
of, a net margin for sales toareaki, the
passing of the Duman main trade
the opinion of,,Mark 11) ame, an ac-
complished fact," Says the Post. Lt
goes 071 it, say that °anode., Argentine
and the United States have replaced
Russia as wheat prOdUeelet Al* that
the Argentine and Canada furnish the
low grade white eatS formerly ob-
tained from the C2ar's Empire.
• British pre-dreadnoglit fleet. 1.11 tee
navy Met, will lee commissioned at
IPortsmouth for a series of experi-
ments in gmiliary and homes af 0.
highly conliden•tial 135911170. Th10 vessel
will be steered and controlled by radio,
-which will not be put out of action,
by the heavy concussions.
Prince George, youngest sou of the
King, bras been transferred from the
battleship Iron Duke, stationed in the
Mediterranean to the Queen Elizaboth,,
iiagship of, the Atlantic fleet in home
waters, whielt will soon carry out ex-
tensive manomrsres. Minimal Sir
John de Rdbeek will soon take com-
mand of the Atlantic fleet Adruh-oh
de Robe& is regarded ati, the coning
man in the oyea novy, which is ha.
Rieved to explain 'why Prince Qeoego
is' to go with him.
It costs four times es much to
duce ,an English Bible now as it did
betorb Ole war, according to the re
tonle of the Society.
To date 21,00 trees have been
planted on 128 miles 1J Government
highways, according te 11. J. Tvloorep
23) ehove of that Worl:.