The Exeter Advocate, 1924-2-21, Page 7Canada 'fain Coast to Coast
St. John, N.B,--Prom all indica-
tions, the potato shipments to Havana
:this season through the port af, $t -
John will greatly exceed those of last
year. To date there have been 750,-
-387 bushels sent forward in twenty
"Steamers, while from September 1,
1922, until . January 81st, 1923, a to-
tal of 505,668 bushels were shipped
inn seventeen steamers.
Quebec,. Que.-Announcement has
been made by the Federal minister of
agriculture that a new Dominion seed
aboratory will be established here.
U4 ri
'ora
mit is practically ready for op-
."!
p-. ! seed samples for the Pro-
inee of Quebec will be tested and.
graded here under the Dominion Seeds
Ac
Fort William, Ont.—Contract has
been let by the Mutual Elevator Co.
for the construction at the head of.
'the Lakes of a grain storage elevator
having a storage capacity of 1,500,000
' bushels of grain. It will cost $1,000,-
000. Work will start in early spring,
with expectations of having.,it ready
by, October 1, 1924.
Winnipeg, Man.—It has definitely
been decided by the United Farmers
of Manitoba to establish a wheat pool
for the handling of Manitoba's 1924
crop. Incorporation will be sought by
special act of ;ie Legislative Assem-
bly, now in session, and the pool will
be officially known as the "Manitoba
Co-operative Wheat Producers, Ltd."
The contract, which has been adopted,
isnot radically different from the Al-
berta pool contract,
Regina, Sask.—The total grain crop
of ` the Province of Saskatchewan in
1922 was over 458,000,000 bushels, of
which 250,167,000 bushels were wheat
The total value of the province's field
crops is estimated at $287,270,600.
Adding livestock and other farm pro-
ducts the total , agricultural value of
the province in 1922 was $505,318,966.
Edmonton, Alta.—Alberta's . butter
production last year was 18,500,000
pounds, or 2,000,000 pounds more than.
in 1922, according to reports present-
ed at the annual meeting of the Al-
berta Dairymen's .Association,,
Victoria, B.C.-The amount of tim-
ber scaled in the Province of British
Columbia during 1923 was 2,542,280,-
000 b.f.m., as compared, with 1,899,-
158,000 feet in 1922, an increase of
34 per cent., according to a statement
made by the Hon. J. D. MacLean,
Acting Minister of Lands for the pro-
vince,
Dawson City, Y.T.—Referring to
the rush now in progress from Mayo
to the newly discovered silver regions
of the Beaver River district in the
Yukon Territory, W. E. Cockfield, of
the Dominion Geological Survey, says
silver lead ores have been discovered
at many points, and with much of the
area still unprospected there's chances
that further discoveries will be made.
PLANS AFOOT TO AMEND
U.S. CONSTITUTION
Resolution Introduced in Con-
gress to Effect Quicker
Changes in Adminis-
tration.
A despatch from Washington
says :--Pians to amend the constitu-
tion in":order to bring about quicker
changes in Administration after the
voters have spoken and to eliminate
"lame duck" control of legislation and
of the executive branch of the Gov-
ernment, were seriously undertaken
in the House on Thursday.
The White resolution introduced by
Representative White, proposing such
an amendment to the constitution, was
favorably acted upon by the commit-
tee on the election of President and
rr Vice-president.
The resolution provides that the
President and Vice -,president shall
,begin their terms at noon, January
'24, while the terms of Senators and
representatives shall begin on Janu-
ary 4.
The resolution contains another
provision concerning the selection of
a President in the event neither a
President nor a Vice-president shall
have been chosen by House or Senate,
respectively, whenever the election
shall have gone to the Congress. This
latter provision appl:l s to a situation
which it is considered might possibly
arise under the present political cir-
cumstance relative to the election of
the next President and Vice-president.
Under the constitution the House
elects the President, while the Senate
elects the Vice-president under the
proposed amendment. In the event
the House does not elect 'within the
time given, the Vice-president is to
-- serve as President "until the House
shall have elected," and if the Vice-
president has not been chosen the
Congress shall specify who shall
serve with the President until the
'election occurs.
Five Hundred Canadian Books
Sent to Empire Exhibition
A despatch front. Toronto says:—
Dr. George H. Locke, Chief Lib-
rarian in Toronto, has been asked -to
select the Canadian literature exhibit
to be shown at the British Empire
Exleibition this coming summer . in
London, England, Dr. Docke has
started in on his task and hopes to
have the exhibits chosen and well on
their way to the Old Land in a fort-
night. --
Dr. Locke has been asked to do this
by the Canadian Authors' Association
and expects to collect altogether about
500 works in Canadian literature, ex -
elusive of books and writings in
French.
Already a preliminary list has been
drawn up and submitted to the Can-
adian Authors'. Association president,
and Dr. Locke has received this' list in
turn from the president in Ottawa.
He will start in on his final selections
• lmm.ediately.
Prince Erik of Denmark
Who married Miss Lois Booth of
Ottawa, granddaughter of J. R. Booth,
millionaire lumberman. The bride-
groom is a son of H.R.H. Prince Valde-
mar, brother of Queen Alexandria of
England.
HOPE TO PHOTOGRAPH
EVEREST SUMMIT
England to. India in 100 Hours
Prediction of Air Ministry
A. despatch from London says:—
",fymes, get my bags and the plane,
ready.. I'vea notion to drop over to
Bombay shortly."
This may be heard in any London
household soonif the prediction made
recently by Major Gen, W. G. Bran-
eker of the British Air Ministry comes'
true. The General sailed for home
on the Ordun.a of. the Royal Mail Line
after completing six weeks off:pleasure
touring about this "jolly, old country."
"England may soon inaugurate air-
ship service direct to India, ,snaking
.the trip in, less than 100 hours," he
said. "1 am ' quite `confident of its
uecees... It' flow takes seventeen days
to make the journey by train. and
ship from London to India, and if
things go as they should the trip frain
New York to India should not take
more than 160 hours at most,"
Third Himalayan Expedition
to be Presented in Films by
Experienced Cameramen.
A despatch from London says: --
Elaborate preparations have been
made to take cinematograph pictures
of the third expedition to climb, Mount
Everest, which is soon leaving • this
country. Captain J. B. L. Noel, P.R.
G.S., who was responsible for the film
'of the second expedition, shown last
year, is again in charge of this side
of the undertaking.
He and his party are takingfour-
teen cameras of all kinds and sizes,
and he hopes this year to be able to
h every phase of the expedi-
pnotog
tion, and, if success crowns the efforts
of its members, to take the first pic-
tures of the summit itself.
A number of pictures are to be
taken by a new process of color cine-
matography invented by Freise
Green. This is said to be not only
comparatively simple, but commercial-
ly feasible, as the cost is only slightly
in excess of that of the normal pro-
cess.
W e Market Repo
TORONTO, lb. 10.1b, tins, 11 to 12c; 5-1b. tine
to
to 12c; 2
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Nertberrn, 11 3a -1b. tins, 72}�z 13c';
$7..13'/m, eomb honey, per dot., No. 1, $3.75 ter
Manitoba ants—.Na. 3 CW, 463.c; '$4; No; 2, $3.25 to $3.50.
No. 1 feed, 45'%,e. Smtekcre Meats ams, med., 25 tsj
'Manitoba barley --Nominal, I27c; cooked hams, 36 to 37c: smoked
All the abovebay portsrolls, 19 to 21e; cottage rolls, 22 to
Ontario bailey, --65 to 70e, .. :24c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; spe-
American corn—No. 2 yellow, 98i/se• cxa1 brand breakfast bacon, 30 to 83c;
Buckwheat—No. 2 78 to so backs, boneless, 30 to 35c,
Ontario rye—No. 3, 75 to 79c, 'Curei}-'meats='Long clear bacon, 50'
$1.46 to $1.50 to 70 lbs., $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs., $18;
Peas—No. 2, 90 lbs. and um $17; lightweight rolls,
Millfeed—Del., Montreal freights,
ton, $28; $3im barrels, $37; �.eavyweight rolls,
bags included: Bran, per 2
shorts,. per ton, $30; middlings, $36; Lard—Pure tierces, 15% to 16c;
good feed flour, $2.10. tubs, 16 ,to ,1,6,%c; pails, 16% to 17c"
Ontario wheat—No, 2 white, 980 to prints, 18 to 190; shurteniny, tierces,
$1 On, rios. ,14/i to 14%c;tubs, 14 to 15e; pails;
Ontario No. 2 white oats -41 to 43c. 15 to 15%c ptrints;17 to 17%c.
Ontario Born—Nominal. Rleavy steers, choice, $7 to $8;
DIRECTING- DESTINIES OF INDIA'S MILLIONSOntario•flour—Ninety per oat. pat .,'butcher steers, choice, $6.25 to $7;
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- do, good, $5.75 to $6; do, med.; $4.75.
S1'Sydney Oliver, left, the new secretary of state for India, is an ex went, $4.70; Toronto basis, $4.70; to $5; do, corn, $4.25 to $4.50; but-
ponent of the social equality of white, yellow and black races, He tried put- bulk seaboard, $4:35. cher heifers, choice, $6 to $6.75; do,
ting his theory into practice as governor of Jamaica and claims it was a Manitoba flour -1st pats., in' jute med $4 75 to $5 25 db come $4 50
p ' P '' to $5; butcher cows, choice, $4.75 to
success. The great experiment, It Understood, is about to he made in In- sacks, $6.30 er barrel^ 2nd ats ' ' ' '
$5.8a $5; do, medium, $5.50 to $4.00;1
dia. Will it work? On its success or failure depends the political condition Hay --Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
4 of India's restless ,millions, who are bitter in their complaint at the way past track, Toronto, $14.50; to $15; No. 2, canners and cutters, $1.25 to 82.00;1
governments have drawn the color line,Lord Reading, right the present $14;50; No. 3, $12.50 to $13; mixed, butcher bulls, choice, $4.25 to $5.25;
5 • ` do, corn.$2 to $3; feeding steers,
viceroy .of India, is a Liberal in politics and In his policy as viceroy. ; $1St aw—Carlots, per ton, $9.50. good, $5.50 to $6.50; do, fair, $4 to
There is every likelihood of the two clashing on matters of administration ; Standard recleaned screenings, f.o. $5; stockers, good, '84 to $4.75; doe
when socialist methods are applied in dealing with oriental radicals lb. bay ports, per ton, $20, l fair, $3.50 to $4; milkers and spring-,
DENY BRITAIN'S RIGHT
TO CONTROL ADVANCE
Speakers in National Assembly;
of India Question Good Faith to
of Labor Government.
A despatch from Delhi says :—The 1
radical views of India's right to Home
Rule, expressed on the first day of
the Natiohal Assembly, were eclipsed
on Friday during, the debate of the
Swarajist motion. Mr. Patel inter-
vened with a speech clarifying the is-
sues. Wrapping his Khaddar Indian -
made shawl more closely round his
tall, grey -bearded and rugged figure,
Patel, speaking clearly, but without
pretence to oratory, denied the right,
of the British Parliament to deter-?
mine the time or manner of India's
constitutional advance. Moreover, he
specially questioned the good faith of
the new Labor Government, members
of which, Col. Wedgwood and Mr.
Spoor, six years ago, had supported
the extreme demands of Congress. In
reply to Sir Malcolm Hailey's chal-
lenge, Mr. Patel declared that he ex-
pected the Swaraj Government would
be guarded from foreign invasion by
gallant British . officers and British
soldiers, serving under its control.
The most significant point in his
speech, however, was his declaration
that the proposed conference for the
----.. _ Cheese—New, large, 20 to 21e;.1 ern, $70 to $100; calves, Choice, $11
c. rri* to $12; do, med., $8 to $10; do, coma
twins, 21 to 22 t ' lets, 21% to
The Will to Live. .22xc; Sti`tons, 23c. Old, large, 27 $5 to $7; do, grassers, $3 to $4.50;
All round about us are tired and to 29c t i 28 t 30 • tr` 1 is 30c lambs, choice ewes, $14 to $15; do;
discouraged souls confronted by prob- I
leets which nothing that is read in
a book or heard from a pulpit seems
reach and to dispel. Doctors, law-
yers, ministers, writers do the best
they can to imagine the plight of the
onely and distraught and to adminis-
ter the prescription. Frequently there
is success, and the condition of those
who come in quest of comfort is alle-
viated, if not healed. The chief joy
of a man in a calling that brings him
into contact with human woe and need
calling as that of medicine
or the ministry—is to know the good
he has done, which is the reward
superior to any payment that can be
made in money.
Besides such professional aid as
may be received from those who are
consulted in doctor's office or minis-
ter's study—or even between the pages
of a noble book—there is the incalcul-
able help to be found in the tender
sympathies of friendship. A man may
be rich in friends and little else; and
he is never poor while he can go to a
few and divulge the contents of his
mind with no fear of misinterpreta-!
tion.
Yet with all the assistance to live
that may come from the science of
professional men or the affectionate,
concern of those who personally care`
for us and want to further our de -1
signs, there must be—in the last'
analysis—the strength of will on al
man's own part to live his life, to face;
his duty and his destiny, to make the
best of things with a high courage
that never recognizes defeat and never,
will haul down the flag in surrender. 1
We think we suffer alone because
we know so little of the lives of all'
the rest. Nature has no pets. Fate
plays no favorites. It only seems so
because of our ignorance. The cross
that we have we are'aware of; but
we cannot feel the weight that millions
of others are bearing.
Look about you, and the brave, the
tranquil, the cheerful whom you see
are likely to be the very ones who
have come out of great tribulation or
at this very moment are passing
through the valley of the shadow.
The solace and the strength they be-
stow are theirs to give because what-
ever life brought they faced in an un-
conquerable spirit. They made up
their minds to meet life "adequate,
erect, with will to choose or to reject."
—such a
revision of the constitution would be
.incomplete without the presence of
Gandhi, and Ali Brothers, and other
revolutionaries. This possibly places
Motilal Nehru in a difficult position,
for it vitiates his efforts to maintain
a reasonable constitutional character
for the proposal for a roundtable`:
conference. This was shown by his
attempts to move closure, but the
chair held the debate must go on, and
certain Swarajists were also unwill-i
Ling to agree to its premature cessa
tion.. It had therefore. been adjourn -I
ed until Monday.
The effect of Mr. Patel's speech
was enhanced by the intervention of
two young Swarajists, both Oxford -1
trained. Mr. Chamanlal, Punjab, and
Mr. Goswami, Bengal. Chamanlal,
with excellent delivery, poured out
1 red revolution in the approved Hyde
Park manner. Goswami, less polish-
ed oratorically, but more academic,
took the .same line, pleading for a
brotherhood of -the proletariat and de -
1 scribing the Indian States as pictur-
Iesque, mediaeval relics.
Effort to Stamp Out
Epidemic Cost $14,000,000
A despatch from London says:—
The
ays:The gross amount of money paid to
farmers in the United Kingdom by
way of compensation for animals de-
stroyed by the authorities in the effort
to stamp out the foot and mouth epi-
, demie is estimated at £2,803,000. A
statement to this effect was made in
the House of Commons on Thursday
in answer to a question.
• We are living in an extraordinary
rush of discovery in physical science.
--Sir Oliver Lodge.
Canada's fisheries production dur-
ing 1923 is estimated to be worth
$40,000,000. At the beginning of the
year it was not thought that anything
like this mark would be reached, for
the Fordney tariff had cut deeply into
exports to the United States. But as
the year wore on the demand and
prices generally improved, thus giv-
ing fishermen along the Atlantic
coast especially a much better price.
Butter—Finest creamery prime,. 46
to *47c; No. 1 creamery, 43 to 45c;
No. 2, 42 to 43c.
Eggs—Extras, fresh, in cat -tons, 58
to 59c; fresh extras, loose, 55 to 56c;
fresh firsts, 53 to 55c; extras, stor-
age, in cartons, 46 to 47c; extras, 44
to 45c; firC.�ts, 39 to 40c; seconds, 32
to 34c.
Live poultry ----Spring chickens, 4
lbs. and over, 28c; chickens, 3 to 4
lbs., 230; hens, over 5 lbs., 220; do,
4 to 5 lbs., 15c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15c;
roosters, 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs.,
19c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c; turkeys,
young, 10 lbs. and up, 22c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,
4 lbs. and over, 30c; chickens, 3 to 4
lbs., 25c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28e; do,
4 to 5 lbs., 240; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18c;
roosters, 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs.,
24c; do, 4 to 5; lbs., 25c; turkeys,
young, 10 lbs. and up, 28 to 32c;
geese, 22c.
Beans—Can. handpicked, ib., 7c;
primes, 61zc,
Mahle products—Syrup, per i
Out of their very failures are built
the foundations of the ultimate victory
which depends not on a blind hazard
of fortune but on a man's indomitable
will.
British imrnigration during the nine
months ended December totalled 64,-
127,
4;127, compared with 28,525 in the cor-
responding period of the previous
year, an increase of 125 per cent. Im-
migration from the United States
was 17,282, compared with 18,982, a
decrease of nine per cent. Total im-
migration for the nine-month period
of 1923 was 124,680, compared with
60,247 in the same period in the pre-
v'ous year, an :increase of 107 per
cent.
gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per
gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 11%c per
bucks, $10.50 to $12; do, cul s, $7
$8; sheep, light ewes, $7,50 to $8; do,
fat, heavy, $4 to $4.50; do, eulis, $2
to $3;hogs, fed and watered, $7.50 to
$7.75; do, f.o.b., $7 to $7.25; do,
country points, $6.75 to $7; do, selects,
, $8.25 to $8.50.
MONTREAL.
Oats—Can. West., No. 2, 55 to
' 55r,ie; do, No. 3, 5311 to 540; extra
No. 1 feed, 52i to 53c; No. 2 local
' white, 50, to 51c. Flour—Man.
spring wheat pats., lets, $6.30; do,
• 2nds, $5.80; strong bakers, $5.60: win-
ter pats., choice, $5.65 to $5.75. Rolled
Ioats—Bag of 90 lbs., $2,90. Bran ---
428.25. Shorts --$30.25. Middlings—
$36,25. Hay—No. 2, per ton, car lot,
$16.
Cheese—Finest easterns, 42 to
(
42%c. Butter—No. 1 pasteurized,
41% to 41%c• No. 1 creamery, 40%
1 to 41c; seconds, 44c. Eggs—Fresh
!specials, 55c; fresh extras, 52e. Po-
tatoes—Per bag, car lots, $1.85 to
$1,40.
Com. to med, quality veal calves,
$8 to $8.50; hogs, thick smooths and
shops, $8 to $8,25; select bacon hogs,
$8.75.
Both MacDonald and Baldwin
Have Socialistic Sons
A despatch from London says:—
Both the present and the former pre-
miers of Great Britain have Socialist
sons. Macdonald's son, Malcolm, who
is about to obtain his degree in econ-
omics at Oxford, is preparing for a
journalistic career. He contested a
seat . at the last election and did well,
but he expects to have an easier di-
vision at the next election; and will
be returned, he hopes, as a Labor.
member along with Arthur Hender-
son's two sons, who are sitting in the
present house.
Ex -Premier Baldwin's son is a radi-
cal and Socialist, but he has not as
yet made any plans to get a seat in
Parliament, being satisfied to speak
his opposition to the policy of the
party of which his father is the leader.
Baldwin ' and his son are the closest
of churns.
Fifty-two Years' Service
in Royal Household
A despatch from London says: --Sir
Dighton Probyn, V.C., comptroller to
Queen .Alexandra since 1910, had " his
91st birthday the other day. The an-
niversary found him in excellent
health and on the job at Sandring-
ham, in his fifty-second years' service
with the royal family.
Sir Dighton, who served in the In-
dian mutiny, won `then Victoria Cross
at Agra. He joined the household of
Edward VII. , when the latter was
Prince of Wales, in 1872, and has
faithfully served the royal family in
varying capacities ever since. - His
flowing white beard makes hint a pic-
turesque figure. Each Sunday he
drives a pony chaise to Sandringham
Church to open the door of the private
entrance and conduct the royal wor-
shippers to their pews in the chancel.
CHEAP AND QUICK WAY
TO OBTAIN INSULIN
British Scientists Use Water
Instead of Alcohol With
Results in Two Days.
A despatch from London says:--
Very great interest has been aroused
by an announcement of a new method
preparing insulin without the use of
alcohol. The discoverer of this meth-
od is Dr, E. C. Dodds, chemical path-
ologist to Middlesex Hospital, and in
the current number of the Lancet he
and F. Dickens, assistant in the bio-
chemistry department of the hospital,
make a preliminary communication of
the subject.
Whilst the old method required
costly alcohol and the process took
eight days, it is claimed that Dr.
Dodds' method requires only water
and two days for the process.
Insulin prepared by the new meth-
od, so far has been used on four cases
of diabetes, and found quite satis-
factory.
The authors acknowledge their in-
debtedness to the Medical Research
Council, and especially to Doctors
Dale and Dudley. The discovery is
placed freely at the service of man-
kind.
Third of London's Population
Travels Daily to City
A despatch from London says:—
There is a veritable romance of fig-
ures revealed in the latest Blue Book
published by the Registrar General's
department. London's population is
somewhere in the region of 7,000,000
and the Blue Book's analysis of the
figures shows that at least a third of
this number—more than 2,000,000-
move every day either in or out of
that ancient bailiwick still known as
the City of London.
The City is the ancient municipal-
ity in the centre of the London met -
ropolitan area. It has'its own int-
unicipal organization and is entirely
independent of Greater London. e But
it is the heart of the business and fin-
ancial systems of the British Empire.
It bas a daytime or working popula-
tion of 416,150, whereas at night it
contains only 13,709, of whom a large
number are watchmen who guard with
vigilance the great business and fin-
ancial interests there gathered.
— s
Denmark in Grip of
.Arctic Temperature
A despatch -from Copenhagen
says :—Denmark has never experienc-
ed such a terrific winter as at present.
It is continuously below 12 eentigracle
(10 degrees Fahrenheit). For the
past three months the ice has held
the Danish archipelago, which , is
closed to communication with Sweden.
The sea communication with Gerraany
also is frequently suspended..
Of the world's estimated stock of
forty-two tons of diamonds, mare
than three-fourths have been taken
between Quebec and Levis betore it broke up recently with eight people 'from African mines,in 1 ho last forty
years.
Photo shows the ice bridge that formed on the St Lawrence rive:
marcrpednn the floes. All e.soapecl safely after a thrilling experience.