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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-9-9, Page 3BRITISH FQ D� BOARD CONTROLS CANA,- WANa BACON: LEVELS APPLE .PRICES Discnin-jinatiore in Controlled' Price Fixed for Nova Scotia Apples is Withdrawn,—Important Decision inRe- gard to Can adian Bacon. A despatch from London says;—e Two Canadian grievances against the .British Food Control are being .re- moved. As a result of several con- ferences between the Cowbell *bacon trades, W, L, Griffiths, Deputy Sligh Commissioner; Food Minieti'y officials and Lord Milner, Canadian bacon will shortly •be .controlled. Canedian pro- ducers may also be required to give some guarantee as to equitable diatl•i-. bution: The decision is important, as Can. sola vied the United States are now engaged in keen competition to main - train the bacon trade to Britain built up during the wee,, The other grievance removed is with regard to discrimination in the controlled price fiaedafar'Neva Scotia'. apples, as compared with others, a difference of six shillings being Made.' Protests were made by the High Com- anisaioner's Office on behalf of the Maritime Province growers, and as 5 result prices have been levelled:' The ,only objection which now remains on 'the part of Canada to the Food Con- trol here is with regard to 'the pure chase of wheat, which is still under Government supervision, SAVED WOMAN FROM CERTAIN DEATH -Had. Fallen. Over Niagara River. Bank at Whirlpool Rapids. - A despatch from Buffalo, says:— Miss Matilda sSahoonert, Philadelphia, was plucked from certain death in the whirlpool rapids at Niagara Falls on Wednesdayevening by Gordon W. Dunn, Montreal,' who was severely cut in the rescue, They were among the passengers on 'a Gorge Route trolley that was blocked at the edge of the Whirlpool Rapids by a fallen rock. The passen- gers got out of the car and were walk- ing- on the brink of the river. - The girl fell over the slight embankment some 15 feet into the river, but caught and clung to a projecting rock. Dunn saw her instant clanger and vaulted the embankment. He landed on a slight beach oe rocks and cut himself, severely on hands and head: Getting to his feet, he seized -the girl before she was swept away. Help was quickly at hand, and the per were taken back to Niagara Falls. Dunn, after_ his cuts were dressed, loft the hospital. The girl As still suffering. from shock. Canada's Oldest V.C. Pte. George Richardson, V.C., of Lind- say, Ont., 91 years of age, who was a guest of the Exhibition Board on the opening clay of the Fair. Ho was also• a guest of the Knights of Columbus in Toronto, although a high degree Orangeman. He won his V.C. at Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny. POLES CONTINUE NORTHERN ADVANCE Bolshevists Driven From Gro- ' dek—Lose More Than - 1,000 Prisoners. A despatch from Warsaw says: Continued fighting in the region. of Zamose, 45 miles southeast of Lublin, is reported in a Polish official com- munique. The . northern wing of the Polish army is reported to be advancing without resistance. It has captured Grodek, says the statement, taking more than 1,000 prisoners. A group of Red detachments op- erating east of Cholla, for the purpose of supporting Gen. Budenny's cavalry, was repulsed with heavy loss when it attempted to take the aggressive by attacking the Poles in the district be- tween Dubienka and Moniatyez. New WheatG� ads eS Higher Than Formerly A despatch from Winnipeg says:— One million bushels of new wheat have already passed tbroligh Winnipeg, ac- cording to the estimate of a promin- ent grain exchange official, A large part of this. wheat grades No. 1 Northern, and the percentage is said to be higher than in previous years. Canada From Coast to Coast. Vancouver, Ma—Judging the mat- ter from all angles, the general im- pression is that there will be fairly decent lumbering •business between now and November; that the orders will then fall away, particularly on the American side;; and that with the coming of spring therewill be a re- jt11'enation of business that will make up for the big Handicaps under which the industry has been working for, some months. Victoria, B. C:—There are now in operation considerably more than 25,- 000 automobiles in British Columbia, Plates running up to 27,000 are being issued by the Licensing office here and Vancouver is working on a series cul- minating -with 30,000. Medicine Hat, Alta.—The Gas City Brick' Company is installing a hollow tile plant in connection with their present brick manufactory, with a ca- pacity of 75 tons per day. Clay will be brought from Eastend, Saskatchewan. Regina,'Sask.—:4merican anthracite coal which in pre-war days was de- livered in. Regina for $13 a ton will in the very near future cost more than double that amount. The increas- ed,freight rates on the American rail- ways whichgo into effect, on this month have added another 80 cents a ton to coal delivered at the head of the great. lakes. This will bring the Regina retail price to $25 a ton. On the assumption that Canadian rail- ways will be granted an increase pro rata to the American increase, the additional freight :charges from Fort William to Regina will be $1.60 a ton. This will mean that American anthra- cite coal will have to be retailed locally at not less than 526,50 a ton. Winnipeg, Man.—There is a total of 4,900 acres planted to potatoes in the province; and a fair crop is ex- pected, averaging 126 bushels to the acre, or a total crap of 5,287,500 bushels. The Better Farming Train has been characterized as one of the most sue- cessful enterprises ever. undertaken in the West. in the interests of the farmer. Lectures Were given at 83 points to an audience of some 30,000 people. Plans have been approved for the construction by the Dominion Oxygen Co. of a $75,000 plant in this city. Welland, Oat.—Positive assurance has been given by Hon. Dr. Reid, Min- ister of Railways and Canals, that a start will be made at the earliest pos- sible ,moment on the construction of a pipe line from Lake Erie to supply the water works system of St. Cathar- ines,`Welland, Merriton and Thorold. The reservoirs are now fed from the Lake Erie level of the Welland Canal, which water will be polluted when the work is started on the upper sections of the new Welland ship canal. The new pipe line will also supply Port Colborne, Humberstone and Port Dalhousie. Berthier, P.Q.—Tho St. Maurice Lumber Company, as the result of the ' season's work, have 1,000 carloads of lumber for shipment to outside points. Fredericton, N,B: The New Bruns- wick wool output this year has am- ounted to about 70,000 pounds, of which half has been sold to the United States. The Canadian Co-op- erative Wool Growers' Association of Canada has been conducting the ,sales. Grace Bay, N.S.—The Cape Breton miners in the employ of the Domin- ion Coal Company produced an aver- age of 61.8 tons of coal each in 1910. The- output ofall employees of the company in all different branches. was 454 tons per day. Pacific Great Eastern Ry. Opening New Lines A despatch from 'Victoria says:— Eighty-four additional miles of the Pacific Great Eastern will be turned over ready for operations on September 13th, A. If. Proctor, chief engineer of the department of railways, announc- ed on his return from an inspection of the railway. The additional mile- age will carry the PacificGrcat East- ern :from Squamish through toDeo Creek, which is 294 miles north of Squamieh and 52 miles south of Quesnel, Newly Appointed Commission to Deal With Mother's' Pensions. The Commission, under the chai0tnanship of Rev. Peter 13ryce, hag n?w got down to business and is getting everything in shape for the operation of mothers' pensions in October. This, photo shows the Commission outside the Commission Headquar- ters, as follows, Brom left to right: Mrs. Adam Shoett df Ottawa, A. 3, Reynolds of Hawarllen, Rey. Peter Bryce of. Toronto, Major T. J.Murphy of Lon -don, and Mrs. W. F. Singer of Toronto. Markets of the Work Wholesale Grain. Toronto, Sept. 7.—Manitoba wheat —No, 1 Northern, 52,810!x; No. 2 Northern, 52.78%; No. 3 Northern, 52.74%; No. 4 wheat, 52.597/2; in store Fort William. Man. oats—No. 2 CW, 931'c; No. 3 CW, 901c• extra No. 1 feed, 901/40; No. 1 feed, 881/,ec' No. 2 feed, 851c, in store Fort William. Man. barley—No. 3 CW 51.275±; No..4 CW, 51.227/ ; rejected, $1,077/2; feed, 51.127/2, in store Fort William. American corn—No. 8 yellow, 52; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 80 to 85e. Ontario wheat—No. 2. Winter, per car.lot, $2.30 to X2.40, shipping points, according to freights. Peas—No. 2, nominal, Barley -51.35 to $1.40, according to freights outside. Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal. Rye—No. 3, 51,75, nominal, accord- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour= Government stand- ard, 514.85, Toronto. Ontario fiour-510.40 to 510.50, bulo sea -board. Millfeed—Car lots, delivered, Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, 552; shorts, per ton, $61; good feed flour, 53.75. Country Produce --Wholesale. Cheese—New, large, 28% to 29c; twins, 29 to 29x%; triplets, 29% to 80c; old, large, 32 to 340; do, twins, 33% to 841/4,0; Stiltons, old, 85 to 36c; new, 38 to 34c. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to 50c; creamery prints, 60 to 62c. Margarine -35 to 39c. Eggs—No. 1, 59 to 60c; selects, 65 to ' 66e. Beans—Canadian, hand-picked, bus., 54.75; primes, $3,25 to 53.50; Japans, 10 to 110; Limas, Madagascar, 15c. Maple products—Syrup, per imp. gal., $3.40 to $3.50; per 5 imp, gals., $3.25 to $8.40. Maple sugar, lb., 27 to 30c. Honey—Wholesalers nee now offer- ing the following prices to farmers: 23 to 25c per 1b. for 30 to 60 1b, pails; 237/2 to 254±-o for 10 lb. pails and 24 to 25c per ib. for 5 and 2% ib. pails; $7.50 case, 15 sections case. Provisions—Wholesale. Smoked meats—Hams, med., 47 to 50c; heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 64 to 68c; rolls, 34 to 360; cottage rolls, 39 to 410; breakfast 'bacon, 50 to 62c; backs, plain, 52 to 54c; 15oneleas, 58 to 64c. • Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c; clear bellies, 26 to 27c. Lard—Pure tierces, 27 to 28c; tubs, 28% to 29c; pails, 29 to 29%c; prints, 20% to 300. Compound tierces, 22% to 23c; tubs; 23 ti, 24c; pails, 247/ to 25c; prints, 27 to 27%c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Sept. 7. -Oats, Canadian Western, No. 2, $1.16 to $1.17; CW, No. 3, $1.13 to 51.14. Buckwheat, No. 2, new standard grade, 514.25. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., 55.45 to $5.60. Bran, 552,25. Shorts, 557.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lets, $25. Cheese, finest easterns; 26c, Butter, choicest cream- ery, 60 to 61e. Eggs, fresh, 66c. Po- tatoes, per bag, car lots, 51,85. — Live Stock Markets. - Toronto, Sept. 7 --Choice heavy steers, 514.25 to 514.50; good heavy steers, $18.50 to 513.75; butchers' cat- tle, 'choice, 518.25 to 513:50; do, good, $12.25 to 5.12.75; do, coed„ $10 to 511; do, coo„ 57.50 to 59; bulls, choice, $10 to $11; do, good, $9 to 59.50; d'i:age gh, 56 to 58; butchers' cows, choice, 510.50 to111.50; do, good, 59 to 510; do, come, 56.50 to $7.50; stockers, 59 to $11' feeders, $11 to $12.50; canners and cutters, 54.50 to $5.50; milkers, good to 'choke, 5100 to 5165; do, coin. and med., 565 to 575; lambs, yearlings, 58.75 to 59.50; do, spring, $18 to 513.50; calves, good to choice, $18 to 520; sheep, $3 to 58e hogs, fed and watered, $20,75 to 521; do, weighed off oars, 521 to 521.25; do, f.o.b., 519.75 to . 20; do, do, country points,' $19.50 to $19,75. Montreal, Sept. 7 --Good veal, 513 to $14; med., $10 to 512; grass, $6.50 t� 58; ewes, $5 to $7; lambs, good, 513 to 513.50; sons„ 510.50 to $12. Hogs, off ear weights, selects, 520.80 to 520.7.5; sows, 515:50 to $16.50. FAMOUS "TRENCH OF BAYONETS" SPOILED Tourists Desecrate "France's Most Glorious Tomb." A despatch from' Paris says:— Stories of vandalism by tourists on the French battlefield are still coming into Paris. Unscrupulous souvenir hunters have undermined 'at Verdun the famous "Trench of the Bayonets," a spot where the tips of bayonets dis- close the tragedy of a mine explosion, .where a company.of French infantry were buried alive when atandiing up- right in a trench. Another trench had been dug at night alongside the place where the bayonets protrude, and the desecrators of "France's most glorious tomb," which is to be perpetuated as a na- tional monument, have taken pieces of clothing and accoutrements front the skeletons of the heroes, who, up- right in death, form the most grue- some relic to the glory - of French arms. The souvenirs thus obtained have been sold, it is charged, at high prices to tourists at Verdun. Last Month's Revenue Twice That of August of Last Year A despatch from Ottawa says:— With an increase of $6,321,171.88, as respects war tax collections (which included sales and luxury taxation for the month of August, just closed), as compared with August of last year, the new taxes have begun to make their weight felt in the National Treasury, Canada's total revenue for the month just closed was 511,374,- 290.98, as against 55,251,501.41 for the corresponding month of last year. The increase in the amount of war tax wiped out the decrease of $198,915.76 in the total amounts received from ex- cise and seizures, fines, methylated spirits and law stamps, and left a net increase in Inland Revenue for the month of $6,122,489.57. The total revenue for the fiscal year, ending March 31 last, was slight- ly over 558,900,000. A very conaerva- tive estimate, based on the August to- tals, places the total collections for the current year at approximately 5115,000,000. However, it is expected that the total revenue for the fiscal year will be $150,000,000 or more. The luxury and sales tax collections, it is stated, are expected to show a sub- stantial increase fin coming months. Big Crops of Wheat Expected in Western Provinces A despatch from Regina, says:— Saekatchewan's wheat crop this year will total 122,296,400 bushels on the basis of 18 bushels to the acre from 9,422,800 acres, Manitoba will have 41,026,000 bushels from 2,563,500 acres', or 16 bushels per acre. Alberta will have the highest average crop of 'wheat of the three prairie provinces, 66,295,000 bushels from 3,516,400 acres, an average of 18 bushels to the acre, Sell Ontario Fruit Direct to Western Consumers A despatch from. Winnipeg says:— A plan by which Ontario fruit grpw- ers will sell their apples direct to Win- nipeg consumers As being worked out by Mayor Gray, who says the people are tired of the"exorbitant prices" of the fruit men. r It's a Great Life if You Don't Weaken SOL,Ol POLAND FREE OF ED -TROOPS Decisive AGtIOn by Poles' Against Btuidenny Turns• Seale. A despatch front Paris says: Poland has been freed from a'11 of the Bolsheviks inside of its ethnological frontier, The destrnetioit of General Bilden- ny's army on Aug, 20th and the rapid. retreat of tate Recl cavalry behind the Bug River purges Polislf .soil of the last remnants of the invaders. ' There are still some ,isolated,uni'ts of Red cavalry west of the Lug, but they .are merely seeking to escape being taken prisoner. Gemmeal atannslaus Haller's troops, who are pursuing Gen, Budenny's men in the upland regions have occupied Chola and have crgssed•Ohe Bug at Opalin, where they are now astride the river. From there they threaten to.sweep to the southwardto cut oft the fleeing Reds. Having ,retaken Zamoso, the Polish cavalry is now riding eastward: Aviators report that the bridge at Hrubieszow is choked with fugitives. Nearly all of Budenny'.s' mountain artillery has been captured. The roads along which it retreated are lined with horses that dropped dead froth fatigue and starvation. A. despatch from Warsaw says:— The Bolshevfik •army of General Bud eouy, noted cavalry leader, was anni- hilated during the operations in the Lemberg sector which began August 29 and ended September 1, says the Polish official statement on military operations. Isolated detachments of the Bud- enny forces, succeeded in escaping, and are noin disorderly retreat. General Budenny's mounted men had been endeavoring to break through the Polish lines and march upon Lublin. They had virtually completed an encircling movement against Zamosz, midway 'between Lublin and Lemberg, but were out- flanked by the Poles and attacked from the east, the communique states. The engagement resulted in the de- feat of the Soviet forces along the en- tire centre of the front, and the Rus - eons were compelled to retreat in disorder, with the Poles in close pur- suit. The Bolsheviki lost heavily lin killed and wounded, adds the statement, the Poles capturing thousands of prison- ers, 16 guns, and enormous quantities of material. FIUME PROCLAIMS HER INDEPENDENCE Has Not Sufficient Income to Support City and State. A despatch front Ronne says:— The"citizens of Fiume have determin- ed to risk all on the proclamation of the city's independence of the king- dom. This move will be trade because, after paying revenues to the state, Fiume has not enough resources to maintain its existence. The city's only,source of income is derived from the sale of tobacco. Of this there is plenty, but the revenue from its sale alone will not support the city. Anxiety exists here and in Fiume about the constitution of that city, which hoe already been drawn up. To !nest people it appears too radical and the Republican party in Fiume has told D'Annun'zio and the National. Council that a constituent assembly must approve it. It seems D'An nunzio has agreed to call a constituent assentlbly if all parties do not agree to the constitution before September 12 next, the date fixed for the pro- clamation of independence. In any case the internal situation of Fiume is far from satisfactory. Airplane Saved British • Political Offices s A despatch from London say's: -Tho situation in Mesopotamia shows im- provement in the disturbed areas, but is becoming tenser in districts ; lot yet in open rebellion, according to a War Office communication on Thursday. The Sjawas railway station was at- tacked on August 29, and' is still be- sieged by increasing numbers. The British political officers at Munzfdik were saved from assassina- tion by fanatics by escaping in an air- plane. Several other stations have been attacked, In northeast Persia the Reds have made no southward move from.Resht. Big Demand For Royal Grapes A despatch from London says:—Tate huge grapevine at Hampton Court Pal- ace hothouse has six hundred bunches this, year. Before the war they • were always reserved for the royal table. During the war they went to the soldiers' hospitals. Now they are sold to the public at 51.20 a pound, in baskets made by 'blind soldiers at St. Dunstan's ' Hostel, Orders by post, telegraph and tele- phone havo exhausted the crop in two clays, bringing nearly 51,000 to his Majesty's office of works. - WEEK UF WING' Iii'BELF°AST :RESULTS IN TWENTY-FIVE FATALITIES Hundreds' Lying Injured in Hospitals and Homes—Over Two Hundred Disastrous Fires—Garrisons of Soldiers at Strategic Points Reinforced — Two More Policemen Murdered. , A despatch from Belfast, Ireland, says: -Four persons killed in the last twenty-four hours 'have brought the death roll for the Belfast rioting since Wednesday last to 25. Two hundred and sixteen are in thr hospitals with serious injuries, Hundreds of others are. in their homes with lesser injur- ies,. The week has been marked by 217 serious fires." ' Toward dusk a body •of men ad- vanced on S'hstnldll Road. They car- ried revolvers. The military barred the way with machine guns and wounded several before the would-be invaders retired, In the Waring Street area the sniping was particu- larly lively: Men on the way home from work were fired on, They hur- ried home, got rifles and returned to attack, • Orangemen attacked a Catholic church from three points. The whole Catholic population of the area rallied to its defence. Firearms, atones and battles were the weapons. The wound- ed were numerous. A Protestant chauffeur was halted on the street and challenged to state his religion. His automobile. was ;burned. He was staved from lynching by a priest: Two of W'ednesday's dead were kill- ed by the rifle fire of the soldiers. The men were participating in Ong fight between the shipyard workers and tSint Fein. A Nationalist was killed by a Unionist mob, -and one of the Cameron Highlanders was accidental- ly killed. The garrisons of soldiers at the strategic points in the city are being reinforced steadily. The signal 'station, the post office, the power house and other public buildings at Brown Head wer stroyed Tuseday night by 'bomb and fire. A record for extinguishing ffi'es was made when the Belfast brigade extinguished .four -s'cattere'd ones in an hour, Sniping added terrors to the riot. On tro'lleya conveying Orange shipyard workmen, two were sniped end several wounded. Sniping on Peters Bill between the Falls and Shanks Hill Roads, has brought military occupation with free quest volleys at real or fancied snipe. A despatch from Dublin says: Two policemen were shot dead 'Tues clay evening while patrolling near Dal laghad Breen. An official report on Bailaghacler- een killing says that five policemen proceeding from Baliagbadereen to the French Park petty sessions were attacked by sixty armed sten. Con- etable Murphy and one civilian were shot dead. Another constable, Mc- Carthy, was dangerously wounded. The other policemen `made their escape. Former County Inepecter Foley, of the Royal Irish Constabulary, war shot Tuesday evening at Menagh, by armed men and seriously wounded, His assailants avers raiding his real. deuce near here fmf-arnts, During ;a raid on a private resiclence near Dungarvan, Monday night, by twenty armed men, one of the oc. cupants resisted and was shot dead, The coast guard at Crookhevsn re. ports that all the buildings at Brow: head, including the war signal station and the p,ost office and power station, were destroyed by fire and bombs on Tuesday night. to Geneva Conference. R. H. Coats, Dominion Statistician, who will represent' Canada at con- ference called under the auspices of the League of Nations. He will also represent Canada at the meeting of the governing body of the Internation- al Labor Offiee. Falling Off in Canada's Coal Output A despatch from Montreal says:— According to latest reports received here, coal production is not nearly up to expectations in- Canada though she is rich in measures of coal both in her most easternly and her two moat weaternly provinces. Her central provinces, however, are dependent on foreign coal as a basis of their in- - dustedes and home. The outstanding feature of the situation is a decline in production and many times it has been feared that a coal famine would take place as the coal fields of the Domin- ion are undeveloped. The total pro- duction for the last calendar year of the Dominion was thirteen and a half million tons below the maatimum out- put of the Canadian mines, which was reached in 1918, figures that year be- ing 15,012;178 tons, ' The falling off in production is sta- ted to begreater in Nova Scotia than any other province in the Dominion: In 1918 Nova Scotia produced 8,000,- 000 bons, while in 1919 the produced only 5,700,000 tons. Too Obvious. Sunday School Teacher—"Wlrieh bird did Noah send out of the ark to find out what the weather wee like?" Small girl — "Please, teacher, a weathercock." By Jack Rabbit ,, 1e. . q* uJ-%�['^ grRis 0OilAR.S, '`(OU ME. 14 -IR 'E E. `(EARS A60 '^^^ M1'�°�UC•4 .<,.- ....--'t" - •.., S t' �a.-Jy 4. rtvr' ''a .,�. - qM _-__- �,.�� ------ ;r / �e-.....- 17 L• _ (EkJ�f (}r' � Q+r iF'•,`.l�i'j�,,`3Yw�.wwn.:rdy.:�,'4fw.l�H'.(W--. ! Noire aG P. DOLLAR IS ValORT►-1.Orit-'i FIFSY.-TWO CENTS COMPARED V41114 WHEN 40.9, ` come. ivA rN6 WE1 LLOANED eaokafE. THIS Tall'N� 11/, F.,react-rri,NITii t�RjJT �J :INVeU'N i_ �� .� TW0.i~•Mi6N1•e r UP saT ,Al6441ENED OU'TNA //// / -' .a a t ✓ i gp. iv.: , r , u w C r/,.-.,_ ;�r, f� ;.,r� �.It9 I J ••n , �`p r��" .�J� % $, .�� .- .u�.. -. .. I 1 �, \ • c `e�AV°�®.es p` _«' a ld t , ; .,i,�wm �� a --y "..�•` 'Y- _... Vit , ec,,......_,Q.......:, +"r^•'� "`� r :. `.+r-'•�' 11 _ I �r Y+.c`,y `. Lee.. .�Q �tl... "I �wLi .Y tl t .�;sa�i1 d ' b` 1 r •yy�� ' ti' tits , t�'. p fi ! -�'. .. 4e.: .. ..''-',. CUBA S WORLD'S ELDORADO OF 1920 AND SUGAR IS ITS KING, SAYS A WRITER. Cuba Produces a $400 Crop for Every Human Being (in the Island. With a sugar production nearly doubled and prices more than quad- rupled since 1912, one can readily see why Cuba is the world's P71 Dorado of 1920, and why sugar is its king, says a recent writer. The imagination is almost over- powered in attempting to comprehend the vast proportions of the sugar in- dustry of the island as it exists this year. , The cane produced is of such tre- mendous volume that a procession of bull teams, four abreast, reaching around the earth, would be required to move it. The crop would suffice to build a solid wall around the entire 2,000 miles of the Isl'and's coast line - as high as an ordinary dwelling house and thick enough for a flle of four nien to walk abreast on it. The sugar extracted from this cane wduld load a fleet of steamers reach- ing from Havana to New York, with a ship for every mile of the 1,200 that stretch between the two ports. The great pyramid of Cheops remains, af- ter 5,000 years, unrivaled as a monu- mental pile; but Cuba's sugar output tars ,year would make two pyramids, each outbasing and overtopping Cheops. The wealth the outgoing sugar crop brings in is not leas remarkable in its proportions. Four hundred dollars out of a single crop for every human being who lives on the island. What wonder, then, that Cuba to -day is a land of gold and gems, richer than 11'Iidas ever was, converting Croesus, by contrast, into a beggar Produces Ten Harvests. Sugar cane is grown by three class- es of• planters in Cuba. Perhaps the major, part of the crop is grown by share farmers, or "Colones," as they are called. The owners of the sugar Innis furnish them with a given num- ber of acres of land to plant and give them cit agreed share of the sugar they produce. How much net profit the oane grow• er reaps at 1920 prices is hard to es: timate, but that it is. large will appeal when the methods"of cane growing are stated. To begin with, after the first 'crop, the planter does not have to bother with seed time for about ten years. The soil is so deep and easter- tile that one planting produces ten harvests. Neither does cultivation bather him after the first season, for the blades stripped from ons crop form a mulch that keeps the weeds from competing with the next one. Think of the profitsthat the Cana - akin reamer would make out of wheat 1f he could get ten crop' from one awing and slid not itaVe to plow nine of them at all to keep down the weeds! Another item 10 the low cost of pro- during sugar le the theorises of the motive power. The cane is hauled in ox carts. The. ovree aye Rests lilx tQ., !an months w areae of the bladey stripped ftom the harvested stalks and the remainder of the year on succu- lent guinea grass. Think how pros- perous would be- the Canadian farmer If he could have anlinal power regiih4 ng not a pound of grain to feed iti New Gold Deposit - - Found in Miami'. A despatch front London says:--Aoc cording to an Athlone despatch la Thursday morning's ncwspapere, that itecl States mining englneors have die. covered gold deposits in the hills note Iforselenp, county Westmeath, Troland, Spain devotes more than 3,200,00 acres of land to olive culture,