HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-5-5, Page 3GOVERNMENT'S OFFER •TO END
COAL STRIKE REJECTED BY MINERS
All Negotiations Have Ceased and Prospect of Settlement
Not Bright at Present -Miners' Federation Continues to
Demand National Pool.
A despatch from London; says: -The three shillings and sixpence, while
miners on Thursday night refused the what was left :over should be used to
Government's oiler of 110,000,000 to ' increase wages in July and Auguet.
keep up their wages for the next four The only condition the Government
menthe, and all negotiationsfor the prcpoeed was that in return for this
moment at any rate, are off. aid the miners and owners should
The decision was reached by the agree on a permanent system of di -
meeting of the miners' delegates after vidieg profits and wages w:hieh should
the milers' executive had been to thei hold good for at least a year from the
Board of Trade to hear from Sir end of August and should then be
Robert Horne the Government's finalterminable only on three months'
decision. notice.
The Government on Thursday went In making this offer Sir Robert
a lo»g way to meet the miners in the pointed out that the mine owners had
hope of reaching peace, already agreed to the principle of di-
The ow ers had already agreed to vision, whieii he described as "the
give up every cent of profit for tate greatest -advance in industrial matters
next few months, and the miners in which I know of in any industry,
return agreed to a cut throughout the either in this: country or in any other
industry of two ,killings per day for, country:"
every parson employed. This made a standard wage for
The earnings of the industry ford workers the first charge on the pro-
March, however, showed that even if eeeds eif industry. Capital was then.
every penny went in wages they must to share the standard profit and any
be reduced by a little (Met' four shit surplus left after this had been paid
lines. was to be divided between wages and
To help the miners the Government profits in fixed proportien,.
promieed them a temporary subv.en- In answer to Sir Robert's offer,
tion so that the cut should be only Frank Badges replied that the miners
three shillings and sixpence, and on could not possibly accept more than a
Thursday, Sir Robert Horne increased two -shilling reduction, and once again
the eller to the definite cum of 40e, insisted that no settlement whish did
000,000, c that • t ,
, zo 1_'tt the reduction in May not sicl�__de the r�-ioi,al pool would be
should be only three shillings, in Junsatisfactory,
Fifty Mixte Pits
Destroyed by Flooding
despatch from London says:
irreparable loss of many
millions of pounds has been sus-
tained in Scotland through the
miner' stoppage and the flood-
ing of the mines.
Fifty pits can never be pump-
ed out again, and even those
which niay be saved will be in a
dangerous state for many
months to come.
The coal ownen declare not
more than 50 per cent. of the
miners will find work when the
pit:; there are re -opened.
FOUR IRISH REBELS
ARE EXECUTED
Shot at Cork Military Bar»
racks for Levying War
on Crown.
FIRST LAUNCH OF - THE SEASON
SS. "Idejford," which was launched in :Montreal on April 9, from the
Canadian Vickers yard. This vessel represents the last word in high-class
cargo steamers.
Canada From Coast to Coast
Victoria, B.C,- -A number of Mee
tralian sheep farmers are desirous of
building a. wool inial on Vancouver
Island to cost $500,000, providing they
.can obtain a free site.
Vancouver, B.C.-The Nanaimo Bri-
tish Columbia Fish Meal and Oil Re-
finery has commenced operations with
a daily capacity of twenty tons of fish.
Five tons of fieh snake one of areal and
produces fifty gallons of coarse oil.
3yclmanton, Alta. -Great activity
prevails in the boat building trade.
During the week a full car of twenty
foot heavy freight eances axed lighter
boats for the trapper and prospector
left for the far north. This represents
a portion of a large order pl;aeed by
the ila,cl.on's Bay Company with the
u Alberta Motor Boat Company. An
order has also been rexeivcd for two
heavy trainer type canoes for the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police whb h
a they will use in patrol work, and
boats have been ordered by, the
ominion Forestry department.
Medicine Ha:, Altki,C'onstruct en
tori: involving cin experditure of half
trillion dollars is planned on the Can-
ada Land and Irrigation Company's
velem in Southern Alberta this sea-
son. Satisfactory financial arrange -
mons are said to have heen made in
England for this undertaking, and alt-
erations are expected to commence
shortly. The work. contemplated- in -
eludes strengthening main dits.hes and
the doni,ling of the present availaule
circulated area of 30,000 acres.
Moose Jaw, Sask.-Approximately
Half a million eggs, comprising six
carloads or 2,700 eases, were shipped
from this point to Canadian and Aiu-
erican markets during the month of
March. The shipment is a record for
any one prairie city at this time of
the year.
Senlae, Sask,---A. plant is being
-completed here to produce dairy sal:
from the silt deposits, and it is ex-
pected that almost 850 tons will she
produced this season. The dtdry salt
will be taken by the Saskatchewan Co-
operative Creameries at Regina, and
the balance of the rough salt, when
cleaned, will go to laundries at Ed-
monton, Saskatoon. Regina ancLMoose
Jaw. A plant is in course of erection
at Fusilier for the manufacture of
sodium sulphate powder from the de-
posit there. This will have a capacity
of 20 tons, and shipments will begin
this summer.
Winnipeg. Man. -Twelve major
Winnipeg -made products provide em-
ployment for 15,591 employees, with
an annual payroll of $24,308,982, ac-
cording to a statement of an official
of the Made -in -Winnipeg exhibition.
There are operating in Winnipeg fac-
tories producing 2.64 different commo-
dities. Of these 515 industrial estab-
lishments are engaged in manufac-
turing. -
Wdnnipeg, Man: The value of Man-
itoba's farm wealth in 1919 is now
placed• at $350,296,000. Of this amount
crops were valued at $158,566,000;
live stock, dairy produce, poultry and
wool, $191,730,000. The number of live
stock in Manitoba was: horses, 379;
356; nmileh cows, 227,872; other cattle,
553,899; all cattle, 781,771; sheep,
167,170; swine, 261,642; poultry, 2,-
731,166.
,731,166.
Ottawa, Ont. -Canadian flour mills
for the first six months of bhe .cur-
rent crop year, ending February 28,
-1921, cleared for . export a total of
3,558,818 barrels.. Of this amount
Premier Oliver
(if British Columbia, who 12€t Victoria
A despatch from Dublin says:®A ion Saturday for Ottawa, where he Will
raid in Dublin on Wednesday T ni ]ut v • try to Remade the Dominion Govern
the (_`Town forces resulted in the big- ment to tulle over the Nellie Great
Eastern Railway and incorporate it
gest haul of arms and ammunition yet into the eanadiaui National Railway's.
made. In a stable at the back of No. He will also urge the federal autliarl
48 Pembroke street they found an,i
et• wd 11 rifles, 33 revolvers. 11 shot- ties tapas, legislation supplement
plans, 13,000 rounds of revolver ane , the British t,alvttp Liquor Control
munition. 14,700 rounds of shotgun `tet incl r h that province Complete
cartridges, ti 000 detonators, 48 rounds
control of imports.
of Winchester ammunition, eight box-
es. of various.explosives, seven swords, A Course in Journalism.
18 undetonated bombs, 16 detonated
bombs, 90 coils of fuse, two tins of. At the request of the Canadian
aluminum, one bullet -making machine,. Weekly Newspapers' Association a
two magnetos and 11 coils. short course in journalism has
Mrs. Potter, wife of District Inspee- been inaugurated by the Univer-
tor Potter of the Goverment forces, sity of Toronto. This course
who mysteriously disappeared on has been arranged for the week
April 23, it was thought during an• of September 12th to 17th and,
anrbush.near Clogheen, County Tipper- while designed primarily for
publishers of weekly newspapers in
ary, has received by post atypewrit-
ten' letter informing her that the In- Ontario, it is open to any citizen of
speator was "legally- tried, convicted the •Province The subjects of in-
rand sentenced to death, which sentence struction are: editorial writing and
was carried out on April 27." newsgathering, English literature: and
The letter adds that during the time composition, newspaper jurisprudence,
Inspector Potter was in custody he Canadian constitutional history, pub-
lic health and hygiene, The lectures
on editorial work will be given by Mr.
P. Whitwell Wilson, a British news-
paper man who is at present on the
staff of the School of Journalism,
Columbia University, New York. The
other; subjects will be dealt with by
professors on the University staff. It
is hoped that Ontario publishers;.will
take full advantage of the opportunity
offered them.
So far as can be discovered, this is
the only course of bhe kind ever given
in Canada, and the establishment of
such a course is another indication of
the progressiveness of the provificial
University. A syllabus giving ,com-
plete information wibd be,ready short-
ly and will be distributed front the
Extension Office, University of To-
ronte. •
was well treated and shown every con-
sideration. The letter is signed with
the initials 0. C.
At the Cork • Military barracks'
Thursday morning, Maurice Moore,
Patrick O'Sullivan, Patrick Ronayne
and Thomas Mulcahy were executed
by shooting. The two former were
convicted bf levying- war against his
Majesty at Clonmult, county Cork, on
February 20, and the two _latter at
Mourne Abbey, county. Coils, on Feb-
ruary 15.
The total strength of the Boys' Bri-
gade for the United Kingdom is now
over 59,000.
The number of men who lust one or
more limb is the war is, stated to be
B8,000; 26,000 lost one leg, 11,000 an
arm, 952 two legs, and 50 both arms.
Great Britain took delivery of no less
than 1,415,892 barrels valued at $15,-
030,474; United States, 905,924 bar-
rels valued at $9,248,604; while other
countries took 1,236,702 barrels valued
at $15,349,997, This is a considerable
inerease over the record year 1913-14.
Toronto, Ont. ---4. total of 341,825
eases of supplies were sent overseas
during the war by the Canadian Bea
Croce, =carding to R. B. Bennett, of
Css'.gary, Canadian representative to
the International Red Cross Conven-
tiGa Geneva. The amount of money
raised totalled $9.000,000. Gifts to
Fr:.ree in money amounted to nearly
fi. e million franc;, in addition to 94,-
000 eaees of supplies valued at nearly
five million dollars.
Teterboro, Ont. -Six thou -and
muskrats were caught in the marshes
of Ot an:abee River and Rice Lhke this
sprira� eceorcling to estimates of local
far buyers. One buyer computed that
pelts enough for one hundred Hudson
seal coats, valued at $32,500, had been
gathered from the marshes near here.
(Invitee, Qoe.---The only known flock
of ,snow geese in existence, containing
over five thousand weighing an aver-
t2ge of eight rounds each, has arrived
at Cap Tourinente, on its annual
northern migration from the southern
states. Rath year the birds make this
a stopping -off plate on their way to
the Labrador coast, and have been
known to do so for over forty years.
The flock has been closely protected,
aril moving pietures taken by the
Moving Picture Service of the Domin-
ion Parks Branch, Ottawa.
Montreal, Que.-The exclusively
Canadian wireless news serviee which
was inaugurated by the Canadian
Pacific Ocean Services to their liners
in mid-o:ean has now supplanted, or.
all Canadian liners, the United States
news service, which has been discon-
tinued. The present bulletin consists
of Canadian news combined with Eng-
lish news received from the Welsh
station.
Fredericton, N.3, -No changes in
the hunting season will be effected
until 1022, according to Premier Fos-
ter. It was proposed to commence the
open season for hunting on October 1,
instead of September 15th, but the
New Brunswick Guides' Association
appeared before the government and
protested against the proposed change
being effected this year because a
large number of hunting patties were
alreally* booked for the last two weeks
in September. The moose are report-
ed to have wintered well, and their
condition is most favorable. Caribou
are also reported plentiful.
Halifax, N.S.-The• Dominion gov-
ernment entomologist, after examin-
ing the fruit buds in the Annapolis
Valley, reported that he had never
seen then looking better. Unless
some serious -weather conditions are
encountered he is satisfied that this
'year's crop will run to 1,500,000 bare
rels, with every possibility of reach-
ing the 2,000,000 mark. All early in-
dieations point to a bumper troll.
Sydney, N.S.-Residents along the
coast are enjoying the unusual oppor-
tunity of hunting seals without having
to go more than a stone's throw from
the beach. -Small stray herds of seals
have come down with the .northernice
pack, and it is a comparatively thing
for the hunters to go out on the ice
to k]ll the animals. Seventeen were
shot by eine nian along Lingan" Beach
in one day.
GREAT BRITAIN RECOVERING
FORMER FINANCIAL FOOTING
Chamberlain, in Introducing New Budget, Announced Cone
siderable Progress Made With Wiping Out Indebtedness
to Other Countries -Certain Forms of Taxes
to' be Removed.
A despatch from London says;- excess profits duty, removal of the
Great Britain is planning to pay surtax on, cigars and replacement of
this year interest on loans from the the existing fixed duty of seven soil -
United States amounting to more 'than lingo and. an ad valorem duty of 331-3.
per eent. on sparkling wines by a.
£40,000,000, This announcement was specific duty of 15 shillings per gallon.
made in the House of Common's These changes have been made bee
by Austen Chamberlain, taking cause the higher duties proved: unre-
the place of Sir Robert S. Horne, munerative and were injurious to Brie
Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he tain's allies.
introduced the new budget. The corporation profits tax proved
During the last fiscal year Great to be a disappointment,. producing
• Britain reduced her indebtedness to only 1:650,000, instead of the expected
the United States by 1;75,000,000. £3,000,000, but the Chancellor hoped
England stili owes foreign countries, the tax would justify itself the come
chiefly the United States, calculating ing year.
the exchange at four dollars to the The Chancellor ebaracteriaed the
pound, £1,161,500,000. past year as one of the most remark-,
The Chancellor's estimates of re- able in Britain's financial. history, and
venue and expenditure of a year ago declared that the finaneial results
have been borne out with remarkable were satisfactory wizen it was taken
aeeuraey, a surplus of £230,500,000, into consideration that his last state -
only about £4,000,000 under the esti- mon. was made when trade was boom -
mated surplus, being recorded. ing and prospects were rosy, and that
No additional taxation is proposed; upon that sunny prospect there des-
and there will be no further reduction eended with almost unequalled and -
of taxation in the current year. The; denness and completeness deep de-
-chief points are the removal of the. pression, which still continued
May 24 Set for
Irish Elections
A despatch from London says:
-Elections will be held in the
North and South of Ireland on
May 24, under strong military
protection.
This announcement was made
in the House of Commons on
Thursday and means that with-
in a month the country will be
in the midst of another period of
acute tension.
Sir Hamar Greenwood in mak-
ing the announcement, declared
that the Government was deter-
mined not to shrink from the ap-
plication
p-
pli cati n o of the i Iame Rule Act.
Our finger -nails do not grow with
equal rapidity, that of the thumb usu-
ally being the slowest, and that of the
middle finger the fastest.
Historic Waggon Among
Treasures of Paris
A despatch from Paris says: --
Waggon No. 2,419 has been added to
Paris' coileetion of war souvenirs.
On Wednesday night its monument-
al hulk was 'dragged through the
streets to the surprise and distress of
many god citizens who were aroused
from their beds by the noise, and'on
Thursday it was lifted onto the rails
in the Court of the Invalides. There,
in the hospital which Napoleon faun 1 -
ed for his veterans, it looks enormous
and out of place, but Paris is rather
proud of i:, for it marks an Meteoric
event.
In waggon 2,419 the armistice that
ended the war was signed by the Ger-
mans on November 18, 1918. It was
President Millerand's idea that the
waggon should be preserved in the
Invalides Museum. The table and the
other furniture that it held have been
reserved, and the chairs on whirh
Foch and the other signatories sat are
to be arranged in their proper order,
Weekly Market Report
Toronto.
$1.M48fanscitoba. wheat -No. 1 northern,
$1.75%e; No. 2 northern, $1.6814 No.'
3 northern, $1.61%e; No. 4 wheat,i
Manitoba oats -No. C"W. 43%c;1
No. 3 CCI', 383.e; extra No. 1 feed,:
38%.e; No. 1 feed, 36%4e; No. 2 feed,t
35 sac.
Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW, 7714c;
(No. 4 CW, 66i c; rejected, 5614c; s
feed, 5611c.
All above in store Fort William. I
Ontario wheat-F.o.b. shipping
points, according to freights outside,'
No. 2 spring, $L40 to $1.45; No. 2
winter, $1.50 to $1.55; No. 2 goose'
wheat, nominal. 1
American corn --Prompt shipment,
No. 2 yellow, c.i.f. bay ports, 73c,,
nominal.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 411 to 43e,'
according to freights outside.
Barley -Malting, 432 to 67c, accord -1
ing to freights outside.
Ontario flour -Winter, prompt ship
went, straight run bulk, seaboard, $7.1
( Peas --No 2 $1.30 to $135
Toronto:
'4iManitobaflour-Track,
T fi
First patents, $10; second patents,'
$9.50.
Buckwheat -No. 2, $1.15 to $1.20,1
nominal.
Rye -No. 2, $1.30 to $1.35.
Millfeed-Cairlots delivered Toronto
freights, bags included: Bran, per ton,
$31; shorts, per ton, $33; white mid-
dlings, $38; feed flour, $2.15.
Cheese -New, large, 28', to 29%c;
twins, 29 to 30c; triplets, 30 t� 303/2c;
old, large, 33 to 34c; do, twins, 331
to 34%e; triplets, 34% to 35c; New
Stilton, 33c.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 48 to
49c; creamery, No. 1, 55 to 58c; fresh,
60 to 61c•.
Margarine -28 to 30c. •
Eggs -New laid, 36c; new laid, in
cartons, 38 to 39c.
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus.,
$3.10 to $3.25; primes, $2.40 to $2.90;
Limas, Madagascar, 7 to 8e; California
Limas, 10 to 12c. `
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.60; per 5 imp. gals., $2,50.
Maple sugar, lb., 19 to 22e.
Honey -60 -30 -db. tins, 20 to 21c per
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lb.; 5 -21i -lb. tins, 22 to 24c per Ib.;`
Ontario comb honey, at $7.50 per 15 -
section ease.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 37 to
38e; heavy, 81 to 32c; cooked, 50 to
55e; rolls. 31 to 32e; cottage rolls, 33
to 34c; breakfast bacon, 40 to 44c;
fancy breakfast bacon, 47 to 50.:;
backs, plain, bone in, 46 to 47e; bone-
less, 48 to 52c:.
Cured meats -Lang clear bacon', 27'
to 28e; •elear bellies. 26 to 27c.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 15 to 1514e
tubs, 1514. to 16e; pails, 15a'n to 161ic;
prints, 17 to 17%e. Shortening tierces,
11 to 111,:c; tubs, 111 to 12c; pails,
12 to 121.;x; prints, 13% to 14c. '
Choice heavy steers, $9 to $10.50;
good heavy steers, $8 to $9; butchers'
cattle, choice, $9 to $10.25; do, med.,.
$7 to $8; do, coin.. $6 to $7; butchers'
bulls, choice, $9 to $10; do, good, $6 to
$7; do, coin., $4 to $55; butchers' cows,'
choice, $7.50 to $8.75; do, good, $6.50
to $7.50; do, corn., $4 to $5; feeders,
best, $7.75 to $9; do, 900 lbs., $7.26
to $8.75; do, 800 lbs., $5.75 to $6.75;
do, corn., $5 to $6; canners and cut-
ters, $2 to $4.50; milkers, good to
choice, $75 to $100; do, corn. and need.,:
$50 to $60; choice springers, $85 to'
$110; lambs, yearlings, $10 to $11; do,
spring, $13 to $14; .calves, good to
ehoice, $11 to $12.50; sheep, $6 to
59.50; hogs; fed and watered, $12.50
to $12.75; cio, weighed off cars, $12.75
to .$12; do, f.o.b., $11.50 to 51075;; do,'
eountry points, $11.25 to $10.50.
Montreal.
Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 61 to (12c;
do; No. 3, 57 to 58c. Flour, Man., $10.
Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs. $8. Bran,
$29.25. Shorts, $31.25. Hay, No. 2,
per ton, carlots, $24 to $25.
Cheese, finest easterns, 24% to 25c.
Butter, choicest creamery, 53 to 53',%c..
Eggs, fresh, 35 to 36e. Potatoes, per
bag, car lots, 65 to 70c:
Butcher c:uws, wed., $5 to $6.50;
canners, $2 to $2.50; cutters, $3 to
$4.50; butcher ,bulls, good, $7 to $8;
cam:, 55.50 to $6.50. Good. veal, $7.50
to $8; med., $6 to 57. Sheep, $7 to
$9; spring lambs, $7 to $12 eaceb. Hogs,
selects, $13.50 to $14; sows, $9.50 to
$10:
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