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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1920-2-19, Page 3Weekly la.rket Rei tireadellefls. " hams, medium, 35s to 80c; heavy,, 33e Toronto Feb. 17,--aniteba 'wheat to 84e; cooked hams, 48e to 60c; batiks, •m -No. 1 Northern,I $2.80; No, 2 North- Plain, 40e to 60e; backs, boneless, 52e an, $2.77; No. 3 Northern, $2.78, to . to 56e; breal.i'ast bacon., 42c to 40c; Otore ort William, , ',cottage rolls, 33e to 84e. Manitoba oats -No, 2 O,W., 93%c - Barrelled rneate---Pickled pork, $46; No. 3 C.W,, 90%e; ,extra No. 1 feed, mess pork, $45. 90%c; No. 1. feed, 87%c; No. 2 feed, Green meats. --Out of pickle, 1c less; 85%c, in store Fort William. than smoked, Manitoba barley --No. 3, C -W„ Dry salted meets—Loaf, clears,, in $1,70% No. 4 C.W,, $1.40%; rejected, tons, 821' e; in eascs, 28c to 29c; clear $18O%;z feed, $1.80 %, to store Fortbellies, 27�c to 28nse; .Fat 'backs, :12c William. to lift, I American corn—No. 3 yellow, $1,85; L,ii, c1.:. t As.a eCe, 31G to 314e; tubs, N'o. 4 yellow,*,11.82, track, Toronto; 311/ac to ,a::c:; pails, $i3Lo to 32'%ie; prompt shipment.prints, 32'ec to 8$e. Compound lard, Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 98e to tierces, 29c to 291,Se; .tubs, 20%c to $1..00, according to freights outside. 30o; pails, 3014• to 30xe; prints, 911/0c Ontario wheat—No. 1 Winter, per to 33c. near lot, $2,00 to $2.01; No, 2, do., $1.98 Montreal irlarkets. to,, $2.01; No. 8 do., $1.92 to $1.93, f.0.1), shipping poixats, according to Montr:eal, Feb. 17.—Oats—Canadian freights, Western, No. 2, $1,13; do., No, 3, 98e. Ontaxiie wheat—No. 1 Spring, .p Flour—New standard, $13,25 to ear lot, $2.02 to $2.03;. No. 2 do., $1,98 $13.65. Rolled oats --Bag of 90 lbs., to $2,07• No. 8 do., $1.95 to $2.01, $5,15 to $5.25, Bran—$45.25. Shorts f.o.b. shipping points, according to --X52,26, Hay—No. 2, per ton, Car freights. lots, $26, Cheese Finest easterns, 30 Peas—No. 2, $3.00. to 30%c. Butter—Chotest creamery, Barley --Malting, $1.76 to $1.77, ac- 63 to Ei6c• seconds, 68 to GOc. Eggs-. cording to freights outeide. Fresh, 76 to 78c; selected, 60 to 62c; kw Bucheat—$1.45 la $1.48, ta•ocord- No. 1 stook, 53 to 54c. Potatoes— ing to freights outside. Per bag, ear lets, $3.50, De essed Rye—.No. 3, $1.77 to $1.80, accord- hogs -- Abattoir -killed; $28.50 to ing to freights outside. $29.50. Lard--P•ure,wood pails, 20 Manitoba flour --Government sten lbs„ net, 322c, darci, $13.25 Toronto. i Live Stock Markets.. Ontario flour—Government same' dard $10.80 to $11, Montreal; $11.00 Toronto, Feb. 17.—Choice heavy in Toronto, in jute bags. Prompt steers, $13.50 tp $13.75; good heavy shipment. . steers, $12,50 to $13.00; butchers' cat- 1tliiifeecl — Car lots -- Delivered tle, choice, $11.50 to $12.25; do., good, Montreal freight, bags included—Bran $11 to $11.25; do., medium, $9.50 to Per ton, $45; shorts, per ton, $52; $10; bulls, choice, $10.50 to $11; db., FROM TORONTO TO NORTHERN good feed flour, $3.60 to $3.75. medium, $9.50 to $10; do., rough, Hay—No. 1, per ton, $27 to $28; 86.75 to $7; ibuteher cows, choice, mixed, per ton, $25, track, Toronto. 810.50 to $1.1e d0., good, $9.50 to Straw—Car lots per ton, $1.6 to $17 $10; do., medium,` $8 to $8.50; do., track, Toronto. e common, $7 to $7,25; stockers, $7.50 Country Produce—Wholesale, to $10; feeders, $l0 to $11; canners and cuotech, $e.25 t1 to $ 65; do., SAYS EUROPE Eggs—New-laid, c'+ses returnable, good to choice, $11Q to $1G5; do., 65c to 67c. Butter—Creamery solids, common and medium, $65 to $75; fi0c to Sia; do., p rots, G0I/z�e to 61.%e. springers, $90 to $165; sheep, $6.50 WII'I' RECOVER. Honey—White, per ib., GO -lb. tins, to $ll; lambs, per cwt., $14 to $19.50; net 21e to 22c; 10 -Th. tins, gross, calves; good to choice, $18 to $21.50; New Secretary of U.S. Treas- 21%c to 22%e; 5-1b. tins gross, 28c " hogs,, fed and watered, $18.50; do., to 24c. Live poultry—Buyipg prices! weighed cif cars, $18.75; do., f.o.b., my Takes Hopeful. View. delivered, Toronto:—Hens, over 5 lbs.,; $17.50; do., do., country points, A desp2.tch from Washington says: live, 38e, dressed, 32c; hens, 4 and 51$17,25, lbs., livo. 3U, dressed, 23c; hens,. under—Confidence that Europe's monetary Montreal, Feb. 17x -,Butcher steers, problems will be settled satisfactorily 4 'lbs., hive, 25c, dressed, 28c; spring medium, $10 to $11; common, $7.75 was expressed on Thursday by Secre. chickens. live, 28c, dressed, 80e to 32c; to $10; butcher heifers,medium,$9 to of the Treasury Houston in a re- sspr ing e1ih kens, milkfed, live, 29c; , r- setaed 34c to 3Gc • roosters, live 20c i to $10; common, $ t .50 to $9; butcher view of the international financial r cods medium, $6.60 to $9; canners, dressed, d, 25a; ducklings, live, 33e, i $5.50. cutters, $5.75 to $6.50; butch- situation. dre d, 33c; turkeys, live, 35c, dress- I •er lilies, common, $7 to $9, Carves— The United States is constantly ed, 4 ,r; geese, live, 22c, dressed, 24c. I Good veal, $18 to $20; medium, $15 to furnishing Europe capital with which Cheese --Large, 30c to 31c; twins, 31c $17. Ewes, $9 to $12; lambs, good, to reconstruct the economic life of to 32c. Cheese—Large, 30c to 31.c. ex - Maple Syrup --Prices nominal. $16.,xr. 0 to. $17; common, $15.50 to nations there, said Mr. Houston, ea- I'ravisions—so'laolesale, $16.50. Hogs (offcarweights)— planning that advances are being made Selects, $19 to $20.25; fight, $18 to in the same way that Europe aided this country in time of depression in the past, not'by Government loans so RUSSIA IS ONE 1 by the rebels. Authority there has much as by indirect methods, such as been taken over by the Provincial private loans, sale of surplus army BIG BATTLEFIELD Zemstve., The city is reported quiet. equipment, and the absorption of higrr-grade investment securities of- fered in markets here by European holders, The Secretary estimated that Europe had received approximate- ly $4,000,000,000 from the United States since the armistice was signed. The position of the United States Treasury was said by the Secretary to he very strong, and on Monday. the last issue of "loan" certificates of in- debtedness, about $60,000,000, will be redeemed; leaving no outstanding floating loan in the sense of long- term certificates requiring to be re- funded at maturity. Tax certificates outstanding amount to $2,935,949,500, all of whichwill be paid by forthcom- ing income and profit taxes. Altogether, Secretary Houston de- clined to agree with the pessimistic view of some public men, who fore- cast a financial crash, and asserted that, while there were many difficul- ties still to be overcome, there was nothing in. the situation to be regard- ed as extremely grave. Mortality Rate From Flu Half That of Year 1918 pert, from James C. Tuplin. It con- A despatch from Washington says: sists of two hundred and twenty acres —The mortality rate due, to the in- fof land, Thetpriceree ranchess and siundred fluenza epidemic this year was about Poses. was over one .hundred half of that in 1918, said a statement, thousand dollars: by the Public Health Service, an-, One War Criminalnouncing. that the present epidemic, apparently had reached its peak. is Found Guilty "A comparison," the statement • said, "of the excess mortality rate; A diespatch from 'Sarreguernines, per 100;000 of population for the re- Alsace-Lorraine, says:—Captain Fritz spective peak weeks of 1920 and 1918 of the Teeth Company of the 166th shows:. Chicago, 1,886, compared with German Infantry, accused of having 4,620 in 1918; Milwaukee, 1,434, as ordered the shooting of ten civilians compared with 1,918; Washington, , at Gerbeviller iii 1914. has been found 2;072, as compared with 9,789. 1 guilty by the court-martial before "These rates may be taken as a which he was on trial. fair indication of •conditions through- out the country. With the exception Bricks Yield Gas, of .some cities in Massachusetts and Eiigiaml has 'a deposit of clay so New York 'State, exclusive of New bituminous that bricks made of it yield York city,racticaB all of the re- oil; gand ammonia when p Y gas heated in ports indicate a decline." retorts. GOLD FIELDS BY DOG TEAM With an Alaskan clog team and outfit, Mr. J. Jones of 294 Rushton Road, Toronto, will leave shortly on a gold prospecting expedition 500 miles north of the James Bay district: He ekpects to cover the distance in two weeks, The picture shows Mr. Jones and his leading dog. Smoked meats—Rolla, 30c to 31c; $20.25; sows, $15 to $16. Bolshevai i Launch xpected German Army is Attack on Dvina Sector. Over 400,000 Strong A despatch from London., says .: -1 She pursuit by the Bolsheviks of the' A despatch from Paris sags: -Tho German army is still 400,000 strong, according to a report received by the Committee of Foreign Affairs from Gen, Niessei, head of the Baltic Mis- sion. In addition there are 100,000 policing forces, officers and non -cpm missioned officers. Germany also is well supplied with tanks, machine guns and airplanes. In the neutral zone alone on the right bank of the Rhine the policing forces number 15,000. Gen. Niessel adds that the German Minister of Defence, Noske, is in the hands of the General Staff -'and that the German Government is capable, if willing, of obtaining execution of the remnants of General Denikine's forces into the Crimea, the Launching of an e pc•ctrd Red attack on the north Rue - elan front in the Dviiis, sector, and the • conclusion of the Lettish operations against the Reds are pointed to by the military observers as the most salient developments of the past week's oper- ations ir. Russia as reported to the War Office here. On the western sector of the south Riese an front the resistance of the volunteers against the Bolshoviki ap- pears entirely to have collapsed with the 'Red occupation of Odessa. The Reds now are pushing, toward the Dniester along a front of 120 miles. treaty clauses by the country. The reports show that the Bolshe-1 vki -suffered disaster in their rat -r tempts to farce the Iine of the Don' and Manitch Rivers, having lost heav- i ily in :nen killed or made prisoner.; The Reds, however, are making rapid r progress in the Stephes region, prob-' ably attracted by the possibility of occupying Sebastopol and Theodosia, Black Sea ports in the Crimea, and seizing the Petrovsk railroad. The, taking of this line would constitute a serious threat to the anti -Bolshevist communications with the volunteer fleet in the Caspian Sea, which has The British detachment is with- I tits base at Petrovsk. drawing from Batum to Constanti- nople. The advices do not state whe- ther the situation at 13atum, which recently had been regarded as threat- ening, hreatening, had improved, warranting the withdrawal of the British, or if it has grown worse and. the British were r compelled, to withdraw. i arteeteeMeresteM Therm, have been no operations of SIR JAMES GRANT great moment on the Polish front. I One.of Canada's foremost physicians Fallowing the virtual dissolution of and last survivor of Canada's fast Admiral Kolchak's armies an Siberia, Parliament, who' died at Ottawa . re- Vladivostok did not resist occupation cently. lig ,:,10.61 NAre Am W;0al' IY JI nKE , y.. 14. )34 DAM BURST AT IROQUOIS FALLS Big Paper Plant Tied Up— Five Men Believed Drowned. A despatch from Toronto says:— Disaster-has overtaken the large plant of the Abitibi Pulp and Paper Co. at Iroquois Falls. A despatch was received,at the T. & N. 0. offices in this city stating that the mill -dam in that town had been broken on Thursday and that it is feared a foreman and four men had lost their lives. As a result of the break in the dam the mill has been closed down indefinitely. Mr. J. 0. McKerroll of the Temis- kaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commission at North Bay said that he had despatched to Iroquois Falls on Thursday night three carloads of tim- ber and other supplies to repair the breach in the dam. No damage, he said, had been done to any other part of the town. ' The company started operations at Iroquois Falls ia. 1914 and by plant extensions the capacity was brought to about 240 tons of paper,, 280 tons of pulp and 130 tons of sulphite a day. • Commons Cheered Canada's Intention A despatch from London says:— ParticuIar hearty 'cheers were given in the House of Commons last night when. Austen Chamberlain, Chancel- lor of the Exchequer, intimated that the Canadian Government desired to make a contribution toward the relief of Central Europe. Pays $100,000 for Fox Ranch in P. E. Island A despatch froth Charlottetown, P.E,L, says:—A big fox deal was closed here when J. S. Wedlock of thris city purchased the black banks pro - DETERMINED TO GET WAR GRIIVIINALS ,Allies. Will Probably Send An- other Note to Germany. A..despatch .from "London, says:— The Allied Supreme Covina. on Thurs- day after discussing the situation arising from Germany's violent pro- test over the extradlition demands, agreed on the, question of instating upon those demands Thursday night. It had Leen reported that there were differeueee between France and (creat Britain as to whether the de- naanda should be modified. It is probable .that the position of the allies will 'be set forth soon in a statement, This may take the form of another communication to Germany, or possibly one to 'Holland, As far as can be ascertained, howaver, noth- ing definite has-been decided regard- ing any further.steps to bp taken to- ward Holland, The Council in dealing with , other questions, decided that financial ex- perts of the allied Governments, many of whom are here, should meet soon to discuss the problem of inter- national exchange in. an effortto de- vise a. plan for its stabilization. It was not settled when the first. -meet- ing of these experts should be held, The Council decided finally that its headquarters should remain in Paris. For the convenience of the British Governmental authorities, however, it will continue to sit here for the pres- ent, probably through the coming fortnight: It is expected that Premiers Lloyd George and Nitti will be in constant attendance. Premier Millerand will probably be called home before long, iii which case France will be repre- sented by Philippe Berthelot, Political Director of the Foreign Office, and Paul Garnbon, Ambassador to Great Britain. Although Marshal Foch and Gen- eral Weygand arrived at No. 10 Downing street just before the first. session of the Comecil to -day they, did not attend either of the two meetngs held. Belguan was represented by Premier Delacroix. Why the Sky is Blue. What makes the,, blue sky and the glorious hues of sunset? Professor Bragg has given the answer in a lec- ture on "Sounds of the Country" at the Royal Institution, London. The blue sky, he explained, was due to the interception by particles in the atmosphere of the blue rays which form a part of the while light of the sun. The parts of white light con- veyed by longer red and yellow light waves managed to jump the many substances in the atmosphere and were seen at sunset. He showed a disc of light on the screen which, passing through a bowl of water, became gradually redder as the water got cloudier, till at last, af- ter an imitation of the sun in a Novem- ber fog, it faded away. Another clever experiment showed how the wind made sounds in the trees. A stick put into a revolving bowl of water set up little whirlpools, behind it, in the same way, the wind rushing past trees formed whirlwinds on a small scale, and these caused those sounds so admirably described by the imitative word "sounding." Similar sounds are set up by tele- graph wires. New Fly Trap. A new fiy trap for househ"bld use em- ploys an electric fan, to be connected toil's light socket, to drotw insects into a receptacle. •Chief Justice Sir Gienhoime Falcon - bridge, who died recently In Toronto, U any of our r•itters axe interested in following the history the 'Western farmers' Movement, .th"ee' Will find it told moat Pasoinatlngly In "Deep Var.. rows," by Hopkins Moorehouse, The Faun Wonum playact their part, each province having its "Women's Section" of the orgenlratiou, But in Ontario the work developed mere slowly, For three yeare the in- defatiguable Secretary, 3. 3. Morrison, managed tine business from his farm name, then the business attained pro. Portions which ' tarranted the opening of the Toronto office, In June, 1918, M1': Morrison learned that one of the foremost women in the farm movement in Saskatchewan was coming Haat, a delegate to the Na- tional Council of Women, He ar- ranged a gathering .of Ontario Farm Women, as .representative as was pos- sible in the short time at his disposal for arranging the meeting, to be held in Toronto. Accordingly, on the 17th of June, 27 Ontario women oonferred with Mrs. MONaughton, and the United Farm Women of Ontario was provisionally organized, Following the precedent set ley the Western Women they adopted the constitution and bylaws of the United Farmers of Ontario. The provisional officers were: President, Mrs. George N. Brodie of Newmarket; Vice -Press- dent, Mrs. James N. Foote, Coiling - wood; Secretary - Treasures, Miss Emma Driesbaok, Collingwood, At the 1918 convention, the United Farmers of ,,Ontario amended their constitution to admit Farm Women to membership on exactly equal terms with Hien. In passing, it is interesting to note that they were the first body of men to thus officially recognize women as equals, "socially, economi- cally, and politically," as the women phrase it, I heard an official • of the United Farmers say in reply to a question: "There is nothing in our constitution to prevent a woman occupying the president's chair." The: U.F.W.O. held their 1918 con- vention on the same dates as that of the U.F.O. The provisional officers were elected for the ensuing year, a Board of Directors was appointed and our organization launched. Our work is largely social. The farm woman is busy, and her activi- ties ctivities are confined very largely to the. walls of her home. Too many of them fail entirely to regard themselves as members of a great class, indispens- able to the nation's prosperity. That is the chief, perhaps we ought to say the first, lesson_ the organization wishes to teach men and women both, that our farms, an integral part of the industry which produces 80% of the nation's wealth, each individual farm worker a citizen of the country, with a citizen's responsibility and privilege. Power we have never sought as ultimate aim. We regard it as a means to an end, and that end is the establishment of principles, the basic idea of which is worded thus: "Equal rights for all; special privi- leges for none." This is the motto of our people. The idea is embodied too in our emblem, a button which the men wear on the lapel of their coat, and . little pin which the women wear. The design, in blue and white and gold, represents the clasped hands of producer and consumer, each meet- ing the other half way. It was de- signed by a farmer, Mr. Gurney, of Paris, At the recent Directors' meeting a provisionalconstitution for young peoples' chubs was adopted, so that we are ready now to "Aid it all we can, Every woman, every man, The .good time coming." and we are assured that "Every help, if rightly given, Makes the impulse stronger. 'Twill be strong enough one day! Wait a little longer." —Margery Mills. Prince Will Visit West India Isles A despatch from Kingston, Ja., says: -0 fficial information has been received here that the Prince of Wales will pay a visit to these islands on his return from has visit to Australia. • Prince Buying Stock For Canadian Ranch A despatch from London says: The Prince of Wales' agents are busy buying breeding stock for his Wes- tern Canadian ranch, and at two or three sale's within a week have picked. up some excellent young cattle. BRINGING UP FATHER et • 11ffis ' War THE TEN • PLAGUES .NEER .t.i.. AS THOUGHT OUT B1f • MODERN STUDENTS, Correspond to What We Call Natural Phenomena in These Days. It is thought by modern Bible ate, dents that the famous plagues b;t Egypt, designed by Jehovah for the punishment of a stubborn'' Pharaoh, were probably distributed over a period of many years, and that the forms they took were such"aa corres• ponded to what in these days we would call natural phenomena,. One of them was a plague of frogs, which multiplied. in astonishing num- bers, i>;}vaded houses and even getting into beds, ovens and kneading troughs, Later they died, were gathered in heaps and "the land stank," Frogs are always plentiful in Egypt, and an exceptional .flood of the Nile, leaving behind many overflow ponds as the waters retreated, might easily give rise to a great increase In their. numbers. Tinder favoring conditions • the little batachians multiply at an amazing rate. And with the dryingu;, of the overflow ponds they would ins eyitably perish in multitudes for lack of water. Were Probably Sand Flies. But Pharaoh would not let the Israel- ites ge. So the next affliction was that "all the dust .of the land became lice throughout Egypt." It is hardly to be supposed that these were "cooties." The word in the oldest manuscripts of the Scriptures might refer to any kind of biting in- sects. Perhaps the plague was, one of sand fleas, which are fearful biters and a familiar nuisance in Southern United States. They live in ,sandy soil, which is often literally full of them; and Egypt is a sandy eowl try. Not long ago. the Lilo. of Pines (south of Cuba) suffered so severely from a plague of sand. Seas that an appeal for help was addressed to the United States Bureau of Entomology: The sand Fleas having failed to con- vince Pharaoh, the next effort made by Moses and his brother Aaron was with locusts. "And the locusts went up all over the land of Egypt. Very grievous were they. And there re- mained not any green thing through- out hroughout all the land." These locusts were what We call grasshoppers. Egypt has had many plagues of them, though probably none worse than Western States farmers have experienced time and again (be* fore. their great breeding .grounds were wiped out by cultivation of the soil), when clouds of the insects liter- ally darkened the sky, and not any green thing was left after a swarm had` alighted. The plague of darkness was match- ed in New England in May,1870, when; children were lost on their wayto school and men searched for them' with lanterns at midday. All over Connecticut it was believed that the end of the world had . dome. Rain of Blood in 1883. When all the waters of Egypt turned to blood it must have been rattler ap- palling. But Gerace, in Calabria, be- held eheld a similar phenomenon in. 1833, when a fiery red cloud approached from the sea, presently covering all the heavens, and a rain of blood fol- lowed. When the rain drieds however, the matter that gave it its crimson hue was found to be volcanic dust which had been carried in the clouds and de- posited by the rain drops. The "plague of flies" continues:. to this day in Egypt, encouraged by In- - sanitary methods of keeping domestic animals. As for the "murrain ` of beasts," it may have been an epidemic or "rinderpest," such epizootics being doubtless much more frequent in alt- cient times, when. there was no gn ar- antine system. The "plague of boils; which at r ck- ed man and beast. was pres mr bey anthrax. Mores stairteri it by throw- ing a few handfuls of aches into the air—probably a figure of spf -ech to convey the idea of wide distri°.ution. Good Roads and Land. A worker for good roads in the re- cent campaign bumped into an argu- ment against good roads That he could not answer. He . had been telling the people if they voted forhard-surfaced highways it would add to the value of their land. He accosted a well-to-do farmer in a northern township. "You're going to vote for good roads, an`en't you, 131112" ",510." " 1 Jhy net?" "You saic it would increase the price of land, didn't you?" "To be sure," replied the good -roads man; "and it will." "That's why I'm against it." "Thait's a queer objection." "No., it isn't," retained the farther. "You see, this is good land all about here and it is selling too low. I want to get a lot more of it this year, and, of course, 1 want to get it as low as possible. ,If your good -roads prow position carries it will' go up $10 an. acre, Now, it will take me perhaps a ,oar to get what L want. After that I"11 sign up for good roads." The metric eysten has been oft'L daily adopted by 13 3 countries ., and is used to as greatorr or Jowl extvntt In 200.