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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-4-10, Page 3DISTRIBUTION OF BRITISH TROOPS TO MAINTAIN THE WORLD'S PEACE Army 1;if the Rhikie Coomiste of 264,000 Men -Over 120,000 in France -10,000 to Aid in Adloothig Trouble lletween Italy and 3'110.814NA. had been remanent at the Peace Cm, ference, In Mesopotamia, Great Britain had 30,000 mon. After emphasizing tine Sonallnese of the number of troopni notedly in Bussia, Mr, Churchill said that it Russia; did not exist the bill would still bo necessary. In North Russia and Sibeda there were skee- thing like 20,000 men out of a total of• 859,000, British troops comprising the contemplated army of occupation in the various areas during this trying period, Froin these 859,000Irren it would be necessary to decluct 208,000, who were not combatanfs in any seas°, "To secure peace and tranquility throughout the immense regions that have fallen into our hands during the war and to secure fulfilment of the peace treaty and to enable us, In con - Sanction with our Midge, to influence a settlement in Europe," said Mr. Churchill, "the total forms we pro- pose to keep at our disposal are thus approximately 650,000 mem"' Referring to a speech by a Deputy who had attributed the situation in Egypt torthe military -government of the country, Mr. Churchill remarked that, whatever might be said, British soldiers and British generals were more in demand in every country of. the world as la -givers and pacifiers than •the soldiers of any. other coun- try, As a matter of fact, British rule nutter which Egypt had prospered sh . despatchtrete London inays:- The eltrOXimate dietribution of the 650,000 trooptil which Great Britain 51105)0003 to keep under arms until the world le again at peace wag; exPlairied by War Secretary Chnrchill tho limo of Commons recentl,, The distribution of troops, the Sec. retari would be as tollowe: In Great Britain, 176;000; M Ferules,- 120,000; apny on the Rhine, 204,000. In Italy and adjacent regions, Mr. Churchill added, there would be 10,000 men, b 011101' to adjust the lainentable differences which had'arisen betwen Italy and the Jugo-Slays, saying: \ "We are keeping small forties of British treops there in many locali- ties where the troops of no other na- tion would be welcome, We have been asked to do this in conjunction with .our allies, te becese it has been Sound that these troops could prevent troubles between the local populations merely by their presence during the period we are trying to settle things." This, was, of bourse, contimed the Secretary; done at the requeff and by the desire Of both parties, who felt. that otherwise there might bo a grave Pelitite.1 situation, and mere were 110troops anyiiiheye engaged on a more merciful and beneficent task. In the Middle East and the Caucas- us there were 75,000 men, and he hoped that they might be substantial- enormously, he asserted, Itever had ly rechiced in the near future. These been, military, but civilian. Of course, troops had been Bare to expel Turks - in time'of war, exceptional steps had and Germans, and were there now to'be taken, but' the country had been merely to keep the people from flying administered through civilian author!, at each other's throats until decisions ties. Markets of the World, Breadstuffs. Toronto, Ap, 8. -Manitoba Wheat, No2 1 Northern, 82.244t; No. 2 North- ern, $2.21%; No. 3 Northern, $2.173; No. 4 wheat, $2.114j, in store, Fort William, Manitoba oatd-No. 2 C.W., 72%c; No. 3 C.W., 69%e; extra No. 1 feed, 69%c; No. 1 feed, 67%c; No: 2 feed, 6414e, in' store Fort William. Manitoba barley -No. 3 C.W., $1.05; No. 4 C.W., 997,fac•, rejected, 97c; feed, 96c, in store Fort William. American corn -No. 3 yellow, $1.80; No. 4 yellow, $1.77, track To- ronto, prompt shipment. Ontario oatts-No. 2 white, 70 to 72c; No. 3 white, 68 to 70e, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2.14 to $2.20. No. 2 do, -2.11 to $2.19; No. 3 do, $2.07 to $2.15 f.o.b. shippingpoints, according to freights. Ontario wheat -No. 1 S'pring, $2.09 to $2.17; No. 2 do, $2.06 to $2.14; No. 3 do, $2.02 to $2.10 f.o.b. shipping poihts, according to freights. Peas -No. 2, .51.70, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting, 93 to 98c, nomin- al. ' Buckwheat -No. 2, 95e, nominal. Rye -No. 2, $1.65, nominal. Manitoba flour -Government stan- dard, $10.75 to $11, Toronto. Ontario flour -Government stan- dard, 09.66 to $9.75, in bags, Toronto and Montreal, prompt shipment in jute bags. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freights, bags included. Bran, $42 to $4'7 per ton; shorts, 544 to $47 per ton; good feed flour, $2.70 to $2.90 per bag. Hay -No. 1, $24 to $26 per ton; mixed, $22 to $23 per ton, track To- ronto. Straw -Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton. Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter -Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36 , to 88c; prints, 40 to 41e. Crearnery, fresh made, prints, 56 to 5Se. Eggs -New laid, 40 to 42c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 26 to 84a; roosters, 25c; fowl, 28 to 33c; ducklings, 32c; turkeys, 40c; squabs, doz., 55,00; geese, 25c. Live poultry-Itoosters, 22c; fowl, 28 to $3e; ducklings, lb., 35c; turkeys,' 30c; chickens, 270; geese, 18e. Cheese -New, large, 28 to 28%c; twins, 284 to 29c; triplets, 29 to! 29%e; Stilton, 29%, to 30c; old, large, 29,4 to 30c; twin, 30 to 301,4c. Wholesalers are selling to the re- tail trade at the following pnices: Butter --Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to 48c; creamery, solids, J8 to 60c1 prints, 60 to 62c, Margarine --32 to 34c. Eggs -New laid, 45 to 46c; new laid in cartons, 47 to 48c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 36 to 400; roosters, 28 to 30e; fowl, 37 to 38c• turkeys, 45 to 50c' ducklings lb., 35 to 38e; squabs, doz., $6.00; geese, 28 to 300. Potatoes--Ontarios, f.o.b. track Toronto, car lot, $1.10 to $1.15, Beans - Canadian, hand-picked, bushcl, 0325 to $ . primes, $2.50 to $3.00; imported, hand-picked, Bur- ma or Indian $3.25; Lirnas, 14c, Honey-Exzahted clover, 5 lb. tins, 25 to 26c ib.; 11:1b. tins, 24% to 25e; 60 -lb. tins, 24 to 258; buckwheat, 60 - Ib. tins, 19 to 20c. Comb, 16 -oz., $4.60 to 56,00 doz,; 12 -oz., $8.50 to $4.00 doz. Maple products -Syrup, per wine gallon, $1.85; per imperial gallon, $2.50; per 5 gals., $2.40; sugar, lb., 27 to 28c. swboxixizzansuansnavascacerscoutramannimaxo. • Providons-Wholesale. 'Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36 to 30e; do, heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked, 49 to 51c; rolls, 31 to He; breakfast bacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain, 44. to, 45c; boneless, 50 to 52c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 28' to 29c; clear bellies, 27 to 28c Lard -Pure tierces, 28 to 28%e; tubs, 28% to 29c; pails, 2834 to 294; prints, 291,4to 80e. Comp. tierces,' 251,4 to 25%c; tubs, 2534 to 263/40; pails, 26 to 261,4c; paints, 27% to 27%c. Montreal Markets". Montreal, 'April 8. -Oats -Extra No. 1 feed, 811/4c. Flour -Spring wheat, new standard grade, $11.1.0 to $11,.20. Rolled Oats -Bags, 90 lbs., $3.60 to $3.75. Bran, $42.25. Shorts, $44,25. Hay -No. 2, per ton, ear lots, $26.50 to $27. Cheese -Finest easterns, 24 to 25c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 60 to 61c. Eggs -Fresh, 47c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1,50. Dressed hogs -Abattoir kil- led, $27 to $27.50. Lard -Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 30% to 32e. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, April 8. -Good heavy steers, $14 to $15.75,• choke butcher steers, $13.25 to $13.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $18.50 to $13.75; do, good, $12.50 to $13; do, medium, $11.50 to $12; do, common, $10.50 to $11; Bulls, choice, $10.75 to 11,75; do, medium bulls, $9 to $9.25; do, rough bulls, $7.75 to $8.25; butchers' cows, choice, $11.50 to $12.50; do, good, $10.25 to 411; do, medium, $9.25 to $9.50; do, common, $7.50 to $8; stock- ers, $8.75 to $11.60; feeders, $11.50 to $13.50; canners and cutters, $5.50 to $7; milkers, good to choice, $90 to $150; do, com. and med., $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $150; light ewes, $12.50 to $13.50; yearlings, $12 to $14; spring lambs, $16.50 to $19.50; calves, good to choice, $14 to $17; hogs, fed and watered, $20.35 to $20.50; do, weighed off cars, $20.65 to $20.75; do, f.o.b., 519.35 to $19.50; do, country points, $19.10 to $19.25. Montreal, April 8. -Butchers' cat- tle, $10 to $12; butchers' bulls, $7 to $11.50; choice calves, $10 to $13; medium, $7 to $10; select hogs, $20; sows, $17; stags, $16. Exploring Party Drifted 9 Months in Arctic Circle A despatch from Fairbanks, Alas: ka, says:-Storker Storkerson, Arc- tic explorer, probably will arrive this week at Fort Yukon, Alaska, on his way to the outside from Herschel Island and the Arctic Ocean, accord- ing to word brought here by Captain Alex, Allen, Arctic trader and navi- gator. Storkerson and four men recently landed on the northernsAretic ooast after drifting nine months on au ice- berg. They set out with the hope that the ice -pack would carry them west to the low Siberian islands. In- stead, it carried them about in a circle and landed them 73 miles from their starting point. Storkerson was a member of Stefansson's party, and took command of the expedition when illness forced Stefansson to leave the north. Flossie Pay -"You'll never catch me again going out to dinner with an editor!" Her Friend -"Was he broke?" Flossie -9 don't know whether be was broke or not, but he ran a blue pencil through about half nay order!" 'OA 4.tes===imussimis.4- ..tt....1=1.111M10101011=1= The, Latest in British Flying Boats.. The above photograph's show the F2A flying boat, thelatest thing in British seaplanes. A crow of five is carried, two pilots, an observer., an engineer and a wireless operator. The photographon the left shows the "Wyd" while in the air, With a complete wing spread of 98 feet. On the right is a photograph of the hydro -plane at rest. Inset'ie a picture of Lieut. 21. A. Gardiner, R.A.F., who has just returned to Toronto, after seeing service with ifhe North Sea Patrol. SMUTS TO DEAL WITH HUNGARY Indicating That Talking, Not Fighting, is Required in , Enemy Country. A despatch from Paris says: - The departure of General Jan Chritlan Sinutsrmember of the British League of nations Commission for Budapest, instead of General Mangin, of the French army, who was first suggested as the allied representative to inves- tigate certain problems in Hungary arising from the armistice, is regarded.. as an indication that talking, rather than lighting, will take place in Hun- .gary, where the situation is believed by the allied officials to have improved greatly. The Roumanian victory over the Bolsheviki on the Bessarabian border and the fact that Odessa, is being re - victualled, and is not being evacuated .by the allies, lesselit, the chance for a Bussian riolsheviki union with the ex- tremists of Hungary, who are evinc- ing a profound inclination for good re- lations with the Entente. The Roumanian armies, in co-oper- ation with the French forces at Arad (Hungary, 145 miles southeast of Budapest), have receiyed orders to oc- cupy the new line of demarcation as fixed by the Paris conference, accord- ing to an announcement issued by the Roumanian Press Bureau, The allies armies have been received enthusias- tically by the various populations who are living in constant fear of a Bol- sheviki invasion'. CANADIAN SOLDIERS AWARDED ADDITIONAL DECORATIONS The second ar to the Die- tinguished Service Order has been awarded to Lieut. -Cols. Reginal, 44th Battalion, and John MacKenzie, of the Engineers. Bar to Distinguished Service Order to Major-General Loomis, Brig. -Gen. Grierbach, Lieut, - Col. Walter -Brov,m, 26th Battalion; Major Terence Jones, 4th Battalion, Distinguished Service Order to Majors John Blair, Dental Corps; Burnet Kelly, Medical Corps; Chas, McLean, 4th Mounted Rifles; John: Millar, 85th Battalion; Maurice Plumer, Artillery; 'George Treleaven, lilediical Corps; Captain Richard Giles, 46th Battalion; Frederick Kemp, 4th Battalion; Edson Purvis, 470h Battalion. Second bar to Military Cross to Captains Keith, 47th Bat- talion; Frederick O'Leary, Engineers; and Lieut. .Evans Ross, 28th Bat- talion. The bar to the Militaty Cross has been awarded to Lieutenants George Baldwin, 47th Batt.; Frederick Barnes, 38th Batt.; Captain Adolph Berner, 47t1t Batt.; Lieutenants Jas. Carvosso, Princess Patricias; Jor- ddyne Cave, 42nd Batt.; William Ernst, 85th Batt.; Reginald Gale, 102nd Batt.; Blaude Hart, Mounted Rifles; .Major James Hamilton, 72nd Batt.; Lieutenants William Jenkens, Artillery; George Lash, 47th Batt.; Captain William Kennedy, 46th Batt.; Walter MaeDenald, 44th Batt.; Captain John MacGregor, Mounted Rifles; Lieutenants Frederick Pye, Mounted Rifles; Benjamin Skinner, 10th Batt,; Edward Wattin, 10th Batt. 5 GEN. ALLENBY RESTORES ORDER IN EtWPT. A desnetch from London says:7. General Allenby, who is now in charge of the situation In Egypt, where die - orders have been occurring, reported that order'had b.een restored in Cairo and in Bellal. Twelve military col- umns are in operation in upper and lower Egypt, the General's report add- ed, and the complete restoration of law and order was only a matter of time. Tho Learners. Olittle feet, (mead to weight and bun, den, little legs, uncertain, timorous, We smile as we behold your faint suc- cesses, _ Your doubtful stumbling seems so vain to' us. • Each three steps' journey is a wild 'ad- venture, And'oerils lurk in ',floor and carpet spaces, Far from the sheltering chair and couch, and farther The passage here to havening arms and faces. But still you dare -for life is eptin of daring; • And step by step your earnest jour- neys lengthen, As mastery grows out of careful seek- ing, As little legs and little purpose strengthen.. We smile and hardly think of long days coming When you will walk with firm and careful trust, 'Watching, perhaps, ina..e little feet that falter, Long after we who smile tire quiet dust. Military Courtesy. A British officer who has just re- turned from East Africa tells an amus- ing story of the kskari recruits whom he was traintng: Mistakes in the drill were frequent. and, in consequence, "As you were" became an order rap. ped out with increasing severity of expression. Later the officer over, heard a conversatiou between two natives of the squad. "What does our officer mean by "As you were?" inquired one Askari, "'Answer'," replied the other, "is a word the Englishman has invented for when he wants to say 'I am sorry,I have made a mistake.' " Steadfast in adversity, wounded with a- thousand wounds, Brita,in's hammer blows have never weakened nor faltered. -Gen. Pershing. ROAM TO PRESS' FOR OVERSEA TRADE Will Spencl $6,000,000 Annually With Propaganda Around the Globe. A despatch from London says: - The now Department of Vverseas Trade is ready with a plan for the re- form of the consular servile and the establishment of commercial attaches. It is proposed to spend at least 000,000 annually on the consular ser- vice and nearly -2250,000 on the com- mercial attaches. Several associations of British manu- facturers intend to take advantage of, this new activity on the part of the government, The largest 'of these re - Presents directly, or through Allied organizations, nearly 20,000 firms, with a capital of £4,000,000,000. The directors of this federation said: "We. shall spend this year a third of mir income and another 220,- 000 from our reserve on the develop - meat of British overseas traab. Our first commissioner has been stationed in Greece, We have another commis- sioner in Madrid, and a third will tour South Africa and report on the pos- sibilities. Wo have invited eight lead-. ing Brazilians to tour England this summer, "One of our representatives is in Serbia with the British Government commercial mission, and another has gone to Holland to investigate the of- fer made by the Dutch to form a cor- poration to encourage British trade. If we go on 115 we have begun we shall cover the world with British trade commissioners. "They will not be selling agents or commercial travelers, but they will have a freer hand than the consuls or commercial attaches, and their re- ports will reach British manufacturers the day after they come to hand." Aeroplanes are the modern magic carpet of the world. -Mr. Handley Page. • a Interior -of Farman Aero Bus Between Paris and London An interior view of the comfortable passenger quarters in the Fat' - man Aero Bus, which is now in operation between Paris and London, -In its initial flight between the two capital Cities, and carrying fourteen peo- ple, the giant aeroplane "The Farman Goliath",made the flight to Lon- don in the remarkable tine of 160 minutes and returned M 190 nil:lutes. It may bo recollected that prior to the war the fastest train and boat service between the two cities was six, hours and forty-five minutes, All the passengers were delighted with their experience. Crossing the Chan- nel the machine flew at a height of 1,500 meters. Thinner was served aboard the machine and the passengers spent the remaining time playing cards. Mr. Farman, the originator of the air route, is studying many new airroutes and one -of the first which will shortly be inaugurated will be betwean Paris -Morocco, via Biarritz and Madrid. • - 31:0 ,71EZ X /IT eamEnrem• 1E,7 3E2' .14.;."17 1lEr 3E1 Xt• BRITISH EMPIRE LINKED BY PHONE WIRELP..30 TELEPHONE F RQ M. LONDON f.f.) AUSTRALIA. Britiob Cabinet Boon May- Exchange Opinions With Premiers of Far -Off Dominions. .7, A, Fleming, probqly 1110 greatest British wireless, expert, de- eleres thet inembere of the cabinet sitting in Australia may "before long" exchange opinions with the cabinet sitting in London by wireless tele- phone: in the course of a long and highly technical article in the London Times; Doctor Fleming describes the progress of wireless telegraphy and telephony .since 1913, mostly 'due to the demands of the war. Of great venni, he says, are the advances made in directiohal wireless telegraphy, Directional receiving stations now always operate In pairs; taus enabling them by trigimornetry to locate pre- cisely a ship or airship, "The Germans," says the article, "used this method to determine the pesitiqn of Zeppelins lost in the clouds over the North Sea, We also used it to determine their position for a dif- ferent object, Admiral Jellicoe men- tions this use of directional wireless by the enemy,-Whieh rendered great. caution necessary for use of wireless by an isolated ship or convoys. Pour such directional wireless stations are new established on the coast of Cana- da, and when togs are prevalent ships several hundred. miles distant will be able to ascertain their cosition by making inquiry of these stations. The control of aircraft 'through such directional wireless stations will be of enormous importance., Can be Heard in Airplanes. The writer says recent technical im- provements in valves have constituted a wireless receiver of extrakdinary sensitivity. Ho says: 'A detector that is not only a quali- tative but a quantitative detector therefore, can bo used to receive artic- ulate speech in radio telephones, Tele- phonic sounds can be made loud enough to be heard in airplanes, even in spite of engine noises. "Anothtr 'important development of the throe electrode valve is due, 10 the discovery in 1913 that it could be used for the generation of electric os- cillations as well as their detection. We are able -to produce vigirous, high - frequency oscillations in an aerial wire and we are able to modulate their amplitude by means of a speak- ing microphone placed in one or the other circuits of the valve. "To effect radio telephony we have to radiate from an aerial wire elec- tric waves, the amplitude of which is varied proportionately to variation in the air pressure of the, air wave pro- duced by articulate speech. For re- ceiving aerial messages at a diste,,rice the apparatus is provided with a valve detector, which enables us to hear this spBeeychthicsmiecaorlyb. 'nation of a thermonio generator and detector radio tele- phony is now perfectly conducted. Airplanes and airships are provided with a trailing air wire or antennae, and with thermohic receivers and generators. Speech is now poesible to or from an airplane so provided at a distance 00 to 100 miles. Orders for manoeuvres can be issued from:a ground station and repliee can be gStrheone'ld Dispense With Aerial Wire. "By means of directional wireless and radio telephony airplanes and air- ships 'can have their location given them when at a height of several thou- sand feet and can be guided to their destination. So sensitive are these modern valve recelvers-that it is pos- sible now to dispense with the long trailing aerial wire and receive mes- sages on a small inclosed directional aerial in the airplane, Radio tele- phony is free from many difficulties attending telephonic speech through cables and le clearly more articulate. "Radio telephony has already to a certain limited extent been accom. plished.across the Atlantic, and before long porfect telephonic transmission of speech by this 'means will be in operation not only across the Atidntic, but probably even front Great Britain to Australia. The Premiers of the great self-governing dominions which form the British Empire may be able to exchange opinions and state their views at cabinet meetings even whine their physical bodies are separated by thousands of miles," • GERMANY ABLE TO PAY 6,000,000,000 ,FRS, IN CASH, A. 'despatch from Paris Says: - Regarding the subject of the financial demands to be imposed on Germany, The Echo de Paris says that the Coun- cil or Pour believes that Germany will be able to pay immediately six billion francs in money of various kinds. De- liveries of raw materials and manu- factured goods from Germany, it says, will reach an undetermined sum which some optimists estimate will amount to thirty billion francs, r 1-a5 Ib'i-s02 imAci\simujAuRT$101,4 . ' onisCo"HUDT e'' FacT51-11.1,1:1-10;N. i il';:. .. , ./41), 1.• ' tr, _ 0,4 l'bti"r IT TOO 11 WO .THanfa bOH r MINC)EDI '' 4 l'14: i' -'''''.....7.,., , k.,,,,.. ..-- iN-E, RICH v.i-IsAi"21,..11 R. Noti ( l'ie.),ti 00 'cal.) Kr1.0%-i THEY ) ' •-,;14.' A Sp' - #01:-.,,,,..'„,..:., ,L',.., _...._ ‘,. I: •. 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'..".1' 't 14' ,,r,,,• Ili' / . __, ..,!„. .„ 4 :,,, , 40. eti • ‘.1,1,. '''7" alit- 4 • .. Qs ... ,... "' rlt...1 „..„.,. .Laa,„ .....A..,..n.,,, ,-......".. • --,..inorr,....-enzaar-.;. • The Automobile Why Motor Hauling ray* 4;;;17 these days a larin-labor short- age it doesn't behore ariyoi ur -10 seOrn 4 410aha2liteal .4.0v5ee that will paen in Pert take the Place of man, The motor truck for farin 1141,111ags. according to a painstaking linteligii, tion by Frank Aadrows of the 51. f4. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Crop 4stimate, has proved its right to be pleged in the agrIeldthral "TID'ici you know that it 10 an estab- lished fact that one man driving a five -ton truck can heal more produce to marleeriban Ilmee teams, three wagons, and three men? And it can _cover three times the distance that those three men with wagons can eover in a given time. Hence, 'we have the illuminating fact that one man and one five -ton truck can do the work ofIlleight men, eight wagons, -and ,sixteen horses. Figure 14, just for fun, how mucji eight men, eight wagons, and sixteen horses would cost you over a pealed of a year, then figure the cost of one man and one five -ton truck, including the purchase price of the truck, and see how long it -would take truck and man to Pay for themselves, And don't forget that there are trucks as light 'as one -ten for the smaller farm- er who wouldn't use many Man, horses and wagons an'hie farm, Me. Andrew's figures are based on reports from every section .of the country, and for all sorts of hauling, mid include not only the trip to town with the load of grain, produce, er stock, but •also the return trip, which may be turned into profit by 'bringing back supplies necessary tu the ordin- ary farm operations, "The estimated cost of hauling in wagons from farm to shipping points," says Andrews, "averaged in 1918 about BO cents per ton mile for wheat, 38 cents for corn, and 48 cents for cotton; for doing the same honl- ing in motor trucks or by tractors the averages are 15 cents for wheat or corn, and 18 cents per ton Mile for cotton. "While most of the hauling from farms is done by the farmers them- selves, these estimated costs are bas- ed largely on the usual charges in the various counties for hiring team and wagon or for motor truck 'by the day. Andrews also says that motor- truck hauls in 1918, trom farm to shipping point, averaged 11.3 miles, while wagon hauls averaged 9 miles. The motor truck made 8.4 round trips per day over its longer route, while the wagon's made bat 1.2 round trips over the 9 -mile distance. If the trucks carried no more at a load than the wagons, the increased number of trips alone would place them in the lead, But the fact is, taking wheat for example, that the average wagon- load was 56 bushels while that of the motor truck was 34 bushels. Ear corn shows the same increased capa- city in favor of the truck, the wagon hauling 39 bushels, with 'the motor truck averaging 58 bushels. Of the 1,473 county reports which were received, Andrews tells us that 898 mentioned motor trucks being used in hauling "from farm to ship- ping points. In a large fraction of these counties, motor -truck service was just coming into use in hauling produce from the farm. There were man' reports of use for light traffic, such as poultry, eggs, and vegetables. Two reporters claimed the truck to be a necessity in their localities to fruit -growing on a -commercial scale, on account of the long time required for wagon trips and the sCarcity of farm labor. In many States hogs were haulid preferably in motor trucks On account of the relatively small amount of shrinkage compared with hauling in :ira.gons. Some coun- ties reported hogs hauled exclusively in motor trucks, although these ve- hicles had not yet come into general use for hauling grain or other pro- ducts: Thousands of individual mo- tor trucks engaged in intercity haul- ing are duplicating, in time and ton- nage, the work done by a corres- ponding number of freight cars. A railroad train of 90 cars will haul no more merchandise than a caravan of 90 trucks. The average freight car travels but 20 miles 1 day, and a motor truck will travel 100 miles in the same time. The average capacity of a freight car is 75 tons, and while te five -ton truck carries but one-fifth of the load of the railroad car, it travels five times as fast, thus equalizing the freight car's perform:nee, Extensive plans are being made to assist the farmer to haul his crop to market or to a central station, saving his time for wink on the farm. Several thousand motor-truoks are now on rural express duty, but to en- courage additional operators to enter this unlimited field return bureaus are being established in hundreds of tommunities. By telephoning the bureau in his community the farmer may leave word for returning trucks to pick up implements or supplies, thus saving him the time and expense of a trip to town. ' Tho idea of Om, rural motor -truck service je to accoranNate the farmer who ie ittable to buy a truck of his ovin. It will serve to bridge the gap until he can afford private ownership. It is a question whether the trucks are bringing the -good roads, or tb, good roads bringing the trueies; but, which ever may be the ease, the two aro inseparable. The truck cannot compete with the tonal and wagon on a bail road, just as lit is impossible for the wagon to try to keep up with the truck on a ,good read. A good road is one that will permit truck and; motor traffic the year round, and not, for certain months alone, Queen Mary ,Awarded Medal By the French Government el A despatth :from Paris sayst-, The Official Journal pinto several pages of names of p0rson,3 to yhopi. the Vrench Government haa award. ed medals. Included in the Het of 24 pets -bile to whom silver or gilt ibist-e shwa medals are awooded are Qtrieen Mary of Groat Britain and tha Xing of Opain,