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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-03-20, Page 3'•t (CHIPPA A SYSTEM_. COST $82,400}000' FIN DING OF COMMISSION Gregory Hydro -Electric Investigation Report Praises Project and Vindicates Integrity of Commission. ' A despatch from Toronto says:-.' In other., sections, with regard to The Gregory Hydro -Electric Investi- the relations between the Commission gation Commission ,report, represent- and. Government, the report ing the results of over a years prob. states; ".There, was• a notable lack of ing Mid the expenditure of more than frankness ppon the part of the Gem - half a million dollars, was tailed on mission. This led to misunderstand- Thursday in the Ontario Legislature. ing and mistrust, which ought never The Commissioners vindicated gem- to have; eXieted ",• Again, the report lfitely the personel integrity of the declares: "The e Cammrssi n over -spent Hydro Commissioners and Engineers, the n»propriation made be the Legis- eenceded.their admiration for the en- lature and diverted funds which it had gineering 'buses of the scheme, but no authority to''uee for this purpose. said that it should have cost, with ref- The quest'on of costs seems to have erenceto the'Queenston-Chippawa de- heenelightly regald'ed," . I velopenent, $11,800,000 less. The crux • of the Gregory Commis, Coneeeeing; the management, it sion's positien.ire the, whole matter of says; "There is not re breath of sus. the Rueenston=Chippewa development pieion of any personal wrongdoing is that it'should'have been'carried on' There are special references' to the by a separate eonstructien department efficient and loyal services of. Engin- directly responsible to, the Commis- eere• F. A. Gaby and Harry G. Acres, sion. To this policy largely, which re and as to the results of their engin- suited finally in the necessity for ' eering efforts as represented in the adopting the "mush schedule plan," it Queenston-Chippawa development attributes the $11,800,000..t excess cost plant, 'its effl _ieecy, it states, "sur- claimed to have been incurred on the passed even their own expectations." Chippawa plant. > One paragraph pays tribute to Sir The full cost of the Queenstc n Adam Beck, who through anxious Chippawa 550,000 horsepower develop - years has shouldered responsibility ment, the report states, will be - for the world's premier public owner- $82,483,914. , • ship power project at Chippewa. "His With regard to the general Iiydro fighting qualities," it says, "stood him undertaking, the report makes various ' in good stead and enabled him to over- suggestions. 'It declares that the Dome all obstacles, '. From the begin- Hydro'madeoa mistake in entering the Hing he has kept the Commission free radial business. It criticises the fail- from paralyzing influences of official- ure of the Commission to build up a dem." ' He "hes rendered great and sinking fund to take care of its bond - notable service to Ontario." ed indebtedness. It finds that the After praising the value of the powers of the. Government to guaran work of Sir Adam Beck and of those tee Hydro indebtedness are too tviise in charge of the Hydro projeet, the It believes that regular conferences • report goes on to say: "The, chairman should be held by the Commissionwith of the Commission has been regarded the municipalities. It recommends In effect as' the Commission itself, and that the Central Ontario system his forceful personality has played a should be unscrambled. It says that great part in settling -or unsettling the Government should have fuller in- -the n -the relations between. the Govern- formation regarding the operations of meat and the Commission; he was the Hydro. And it declares that the arbitrary and inconsiderate, and al- value of the power developments; lowed nothing to stand in his way." under the control and management of! His "utter disregard for law" is also the Power Commission are in-' commented upon. estimable. CANADA ENTERS INTO TRADE AGREEMENT c, Economic Union of Belgium and Luxemburg, and the Netherlands Granted Tariff. A despatch from Ottawa says: - Canada has granted. her intermediate tariff to the economic union of Bel- gium and Luxemburg, and to the Netherlands, the Netherlands East Indies, the Netherlands Guiana and the Netherlands West Indies. In return, Canadian products will get most favored -nation treatment in the Countries mentioned. Imports of produce' Froin Belgium during the fiscal year 1922-23 were to the. value of ,e4,995,093, while Can- adian produce was exported to Bel - glum to the value of $12,527,524. The principal imports were artificial silk, window glass, diamonds, beans and ezenereasonse canned vegetables. Exports included wheat, oats, barley, lobsters, canned salmon and agricultural implements. I To the Netherlands Canada export- ed good to the value of $10,540,085 in. 1922-23, and imported goods to the value of $4,970,362. The principal commodities `imported were cocoa - butter, gin,.bulbs, plants and nursery stock, and aniline' dyes, while exports were wheat, barley, wheat flour, buck; wheat, oats, rye, oil -cake, rubber•tires, canned salmon and, lobster. Alberta Coal Miners Will Strike April 1st Calgary, Alta., March 16. -Coal miners of Alberta will strike on April o 1, negotiations between officials of t District 18 of the United Mine Work- ers of America, and' the operators d having been definitely broken off here on Saturday. PRINCE HAS MISHAP ON RACING COURSE Thrown - from ' Horse Again While Contesting Arborfteld Steeplechase. London, March 16. -National con- cern, for the life of the heir to the throne received another shock yester- day when the Prince of •Wales, only just recovered from a serious riding accident involving th'e• fracture' of a collarbone, again indulged his. love of steeplechasing : and got a nasty spill, fortunately without' serious. conse- quences. Much as the public loves and ad- mires the spirit and high courage of the Prince, this incident is certain to revive in intensified form the national agitation in favor of some- sort of check being put upon this undaunted; spirit which places a heavyrisk on the successionto the throne. The event in which the Prince met with mishap was a steeplechase in the army point-to-point meeting at Arbor field, near Wokingham. There was a brilliant concourse, with beautiful weether and the Prince, appeared to' be in excellent health, laughing and chatting with fieends.before the races started, He was entered in twoevents and met with mishaps in both. Prince ' Henry also carne a cropper, but escaped with little damage. :Both Princes were unseated early in the afternoon, but were merely shaken up. Prince Henry was to ride in the last event of the day, a steeplechase for the Earl of Craven's cup, but with- drew. The Prince of Wales, however, was one of the eight starters. He got away well, but at the first fence his horse stumbled andfell, throwing the rider heavily on his head and hands, A rush was made to the scene of the accident by the large crowds watching from -various points, among the first being the Duke of York. An ambulance was quickly on the spot, and, bleeding profusely from the nose, the Prince of Wales was placed on a stretcher and taken to a nearby farm house, where it was found his injuries were not of a serious character The Prince tried to get up, pro testing to the stretcher bearers that he was quite able to walk, but gentle pressure was applied to keep him on the stretcher until the farmhouse was reached. His injuries having been at- tended to by physicians, the -Prince ater in the evening` was :sufficient) recovered to return to Aldershot by motor car and it was then officially ascertained that he was suffering from a slight concussion, which in - eluded some bruising of the face, --ea.-- PASSPORT PASSPORT FEES UP AS DEMAND GROWS Need of Revenue Only Rea- son Given by Department of External Affairs. • Ottawa, March 16. -In anticipation f the increase from $2 to $5 in the fee payable for passports issued by he Department of External Affairs, which increase took effect on Satur- ay, there has been a big rush of applications during the past three or four weeks. Tho staff in th@;,Passport ranch has been kept exceedingly Get Your. ist Prize $55,555 2nd. Prize $13 888 (g 3,000) 3rd Prize $49555 (L1,000) and 2000 other cash prizes from prize fund of $138,808 (£ 30,000) donated by B o v r:i 1' Limited. Ticket NOW FOR THE Veterans' Associations' Bovril " Poster Competition Which closes 31st MARCH, 1924, and while helping the Veterans you 'nay WIN A FO r N Competitors arrangements of the Posters meet reach London, England (address given on ticket-fold�ei•, postage 4c) on or before 30th April, 1924 . Send your donation with coupon properly filled out to any one --- I enclose a donation of $ ....,,,,.•...... ........,...... ...., Please send me.,,,....,Ticket-Folders for Bovril Poster Com- petition. One Ticket -Folder will be sent for every $1.20 given, Name in full of the following: • Veterans' Association of Great - Britain, 2725 Park Ave., Montreal. Great War Veterans' Association, Citizen • Building, Ottawa.' Army and Navy Veterans in Canada, 121. Blshop Street, Montreal. Imperial Veterans In Canada, 700 Main Street, Winnipeg. Tuberculous Veterans' Association, Room 47, Citizen Building, Ottawa. CLOSES MARCH 31st, 1924 (Mr., Mrs. or Miss) Address Make Cheques and Money Orders to Veterans' Association, Bovril Poster Competition. Mnt+ Ay,W;Ka Urex t;Rt/,,rill :F Dr. G. Streseman Foreign Minister for Germany, who has demanded the removal of allied y military control. FRANCE OBTAINS $100,000,000 BAiNK 4B busy receieving applications. As passports are' required for INC CREDIT FROM AMERICAN FINANCIERS other'cou t les Bozritzaionr,o7e,weelnlae as thousands of Canadians are planning sD h'bi A despatch from New York says:-- Establishment of a banking credit of 'not less than $100,000,000 in favor of the Bank of France has been arrang 'ed by an American banking group headed by J. P. Morgan and Co. The loan is fully secured by gold held in the vaults of the Bank of France, which is acting for the French Government, and will be used to stab- ilize French : exchange and for such other purposes as the French Govern- 'ment may determine. While details of the loan were not made public ,it is understood.it will not run for more than one year. In the event that the credit is not at maturity liquidated in other ways, gold in, amount equal to the loan will be shipped to the Morgan firm in New York. The group is limited • to bankers of; New York and neighboring cities,,.a'p- plications to share in the' loan 1^rgely exceeding•the amount requir?4. y the French Government, In connection with trek credit the Governor of the Bark'of. France has issued a statement which sets forth the . following„points : 1. Complete measures are being taken to better the financial situation. 2. The French Government is insist- ing that the Senate shall ratify the new tax measure, -which means balanc- ing the budget, and shall approve the policy of stopping new expenditures. 8. Until the ilnanciai situation has been greatly bettered, the Govern- ment will undertake no new borrow- ings orrow ings whatsoever except for funding existing floating, indebtedness. 4. After such improvement in the financial situation has been shown t•?:e Government will make no r.,r loan, even for reconstruction i i 'the liberat- ed regions, with .e . sing assured that the budget fill cover the service of such new loan. 5.";lie .Bank of France will con- tirde to envisage and .assist the eltuation. This is the first foreign government credit of its kind that has been . ar- ranged in this. country.; The only, in- ternational banking ojleration of an analogous nature wee the•famous cre- dit to the British Government during the war' in which British -owned Am- erican securities were pledged as to attend the Brith pmire 'xr- tion.in London this summer, the de- mand for passports is heavier than it has been for some years. No reason is given by the depart- ment for the increase in the fee other than that of the need of revenue. Blizzard in New Brunswick, Signs of Spring in Y:kon A despatele. 'frlii -Moncton, N.B., says . eile snowstorm continues here Stere has been practically no cessa- tion since early Wednesday morning. A despatch from Dawson City, Y. T., says: -Very mild weather prevails in; the Yukon, and 'there are indica- tions of an' early spring. The moun- tain bluebird, the earliest of feather- ed migrants, was seen at White Horse, Feb. 9, two weeks earlier than usual.. A despatch from Fredericton of Manchester to receive, Canadian fat says The March blizzard which cattle as - well as store cattle for l GIANT ZEPPELIN TO CROSS ATLANTIC Airship Built at Friedrichsha- fen for; United States .to Leave End of May. Berlin, March 16. --Germany is vastly interested by an announcement that trial trips will be made within the next few days. by the giant Zep- pelin airship which is scheduled 'to attempt a sensational flight to Am - mica. The transatlantic flight, orig- inally scheduled for next month or the beginning of May, has now been postponed until the end of May. The Zeppelin will start from Friedrichshafen, where the airship factory is located, and proceed over Switzerland, France,, the Bay of Bis- cay and the Atlantic to America. It .is expected that the flight will be made without stops in five and a half days, The dirigible scheduled for the trip will be called the LZ -12. It is to be delivered by Germany to America on reparation account and embodies the latest technical developments' in air- ship building. In constructing it the Zeppelin engineers profited from the lessons taught by the loss of the French airship Dixmude and the threatened disaster to the American dirigible Shenandoah. Many features' of construction learned during the war, when the designers supplied more than 100 airstrips to Germany, are also embodied in the new craft. Britain Now Accepts Canadian Fat Cattle ' Weekly Market Report TORONTO. Man. wheat -No. 1 North., $1.103/0 Man. oats -No. 8 CW., 44%e; No 1, h38/nc. Man. barley -Nominal, All the above, c.i.f., bay ports, ' Ontario barley -65 to 70c. American corn -No. 2 yellow 9834c Buckwheat -No. 2, 78 to 82c. Ontario Rye -No. 3, '76 to 79c. Peas -No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50. Millfeed-Del,, Montreal freights bags included: Bran, per ton, $28 shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, $36 good feed flour, $2.10. Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, 98 to $1.02, outside. Ontario No. 2 white oats -41 to 430 Ontario corn -Nominal, Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat. in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship ment, $4.70; Toronto basis, $4.70; bulk seaboard, $4.35. Manitoba lour-lst pats., in jute sacks, $6.30 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $5.80 Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $14.50 to $15; No, 2, $14.50; no. 3, $12.50 to $18; mixed, $12.50. Straw-Carlots, per ton,' $9.50. Standard recleaned screenings, fo. b. bay ports, per ton, 520.. Cheese -New, large, 19 to '20e; twins, 20 to 21c; triplets, 21 to 213,tc; Stiltons, 22 to 23c. Old, large, 25 to 27c; twins, 26 to 28c; triplets, 30c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 45 to 460; No. 1 creamery, 43 to 44e; No. 2, 42 to 43c; dairy, 37c. Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 86 to 87c; fresh extras, loose, 34 to 95c; fresh firsts, 32 to 83c; fresh seconds, 28 to 29c. Live poultry -Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 20c; hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; do, 4 to 6 lbs„ 15c; do,, 3 to 4 lbs., 150; spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 25e; roosters, 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 19c; 'do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18e; turkeys, young, 10 lbs., and up, 22c. Dressed poultry Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 25c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28e; do, 4 to,5 lbs., 240; do; 8 to 4 lbs., 18e; spring chickens, 4 lbs: and over, 80c; roosters, over 5 lbs., 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 24e; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up 32 to 35c; geese, 22c. Bean's -Canadian hand-picked, lb., 7e; primes, 6%c. Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal, tin, $2.40 per gal.; maple sugar, lb, 25e. Honey -60-1b. tins, 11 to 11%c per lb.; SO -lb. tins, 11 to 12c; 5-1b. tins, 113'0 to 12c; 23,z -lb. tins, 121,4 to 18c; comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $8.75 to $4• -No. 2, $3.25 to $3.50. Smoked meats -Hams, need., 24 to 25e; cooked hams, 84 to 86c; smoked rolls, 17 to 180; cottage rolls, 19 to 21e; breakfast bacon, 23 to 26c; spe- cial breakfast bacon, 28 to 80c; backs, boneless, 28 to 33c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs.,. $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs., $18; 90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight rolls, n barrels, $37; heavyweight rolls, $32. Lard -Pure tierces, 14'i to 14eie; tubs, 14% to 150; pails, 15 to 15efie' pzinte, 17% to 18c; shortening tierces 14 to 14%c; tubs, 14 to 15c; pails, 1b3 to 153sc; prints, 17 to lleee. Heavy steers, ohoice, $7.50 to $7.75; utcher steers, choice, 56.75 to $7.75;. o, good, 56 to 56.50; do, need., $6 to $5.76; do, coin., '54 to $4.50;• butcher; heifers, choice, $6.75' to $7.50; do, need., $5 to 55,75;' do, corn., 54.25 to 41.75; • butcher cows; choice, 54.75 to 5.50; do, med., $8.50 to $4.50; can-: ners and cutters, $1.50 to $2; do, com., l 52.50 to 53.50; feeding steers„ choice,- , 55.50 to 56; do, fair, $4 to 55; stockers, choice, 54 to $5; "do, fair, $3.50 to $4; milkers and springers, choice, 580 to 5120; calves, choice, 510 to 512; do, med., $7 to $9; do, cone., $5,50 to 56; lambe, choice ewes, 514 to 515; do, bucks, 512.50 to $18:50; do, culls, '$8 to•59; hogs, fed and watered, 57.75 to 58; do, f.o.b., $7.26 to 57.50; do, noun - try points, 57 to $7.25; do, selects, $8.50 to 58.80.- MONTREAL. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 53 to 54c; ' do, No. 3, 50% to 5le;' extra No. 1 feed, 49% to 60c; No.. local white, 47%z to 48c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats, lsts, $6.80; 2nds, $5.80; strong • bakers', 55.60; winter pats., choice, $5.65 to $5.75. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., ' 58.05. Bran, 528.25. Shorts, $30.25. Middlings, $86.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 516.20. Butter, No. 1, pasteurized, 88c; No. 1 creamery, 87c; 2nds, 86c. Eggs, • fresh extras, 86c; fresh firsts, 33c. Po- tatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.55 to 51.60. Heavy veals, 58; cone, light calves, $6.75 and up; hogs, thick, smooth, and shops, $8.25 to 58.60;; do, poor quality, $8; select bacon hogs, $9. London, March 16. -The Ministry of Agriculture has authorized the port commenced on Wednesday grew in in- slaughter. Three ship leaof stores are now on the way to Manchester fall becoming heavier all the time. where, it is expected, this presages a - revival of the Canadian cattle' trade after the harrassments of the last few Weeks due to the loot and mouth dis-' $ ease situation. tensity hereon Friday with the snow- : No rock soherd but that a little wave may beat admission in a thou - collateral. sand years. • IN RAB'BITBORO :MOW, I)c 'ot Do 'I"if25. DUMBu NY I- • AND DEAR'LIYYLE. DoRA• WHAT A PIcrvi,E of INt'ioCR,.Nce -- LLITTLe. DoRA'' IS 9� • NEW CANADIAN FLAG ON THE SEVEN SEAS Red Ensign to ' Appear on Shipping- Union Jack Floats on Land.' A despatch from Ottawa says:-- The Canadian red ensign is to be used by all privately owned ships of Can- adian register on the high seas -as it is now by the offices of the Can- adian High Commissioner in London. It will make its appearance wherever Canadian merchantmen are voyaging, on the last day of this month. This flag has a red field, with the Union Jack in the left upper corner. It has been called the exclusive flag of Can- ada, but will not be used in Canada, where, as before, the Union Jack will be flown as the national emblem. The new flag will carry a simplified form of the naw Canadian coat -of - arms in the field. It has been author- ized in order to give to Canadian ship- ping a mark in contrast with vessels of the Motherland and the other Do- minions. For the sante reason it has been authorized for the flagstaff of the High Commissioner's office in London. The blue ensign will be used ex- clusively by:Government owned ves- sels or vessels which, number among their crew a, specified percentage of naval reserve men. British Squadron Cruising Australian Waters Adelaide, March 16. -The special service squadron sailed from here yes- terday morning and will reach Mel- bourne on Monday morning. The citi- zens of Adelaide presented the squa- dron with large supplies of wine and fruit and paid a .tribute to the oxem- •plary conduct of the men. The keel press, referring to the intense enthus- iasm shown by. the 'people, comment upon the psychological importance of the squadron's visit. viimatemassor 60N -o1? AJ) N,'T NOTICED. i -r ----- DO RA TE.Le- ME. -CPRE. 'TP..urN' RIGHT -AWAY t. WHAT' (HOVE. t--' , •`(oU .BEAN .DOING 4 `•w D. We Know Canada Well Enough? Halifax is .separated from Vanceuver"by 3,777 tniles by rail, When this distance is compared with • that ` of 2,455 miles from Halifax to Liverpool, some conception of the magni- tude of Canada may be apple dated, and at the same time the thinking man will realize the problem which confronts Can- ada in keeping her people homo- geneous and:. those of one por- tion considerate of the welfare of thoseo£ other portions.Nov a Scotia has her advantages and problems which are local to her- self, while British Co1uni is also must provide for and overcome conditions of which the eastern province knows nothing. These sea -bordering provinces, like- wise, are free from some of the problems' and lack some of the vadinvantageses of the inland pro - That the people of Canada may be kept fully informed on its component parts, the Natural Resources Intelligence Branch of the Dept. of the Interior has published a series of pamphlets on the proyinces and portions of provinces and territories of Canada. Those at present avail- able are Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Basket chewan, The Peace. River Dis- trict, and Central British Col- umbia, Others are in course of preparation. This branch has also published a number of in- teresting maps nteresting`maps showing the na- tural resources of Canada. Copies of any of these pamph- lets or maps may be had free on request to the Natural Re- sources Intelligence Service, Dept, of the Interior, Ottawa. HOOVER TO HEAD U.S. BOARD ON WATERWAY Co-operate With Canadian Commission in Discussion of Waterway Project. A despatch from Washington. says:. -The Canadian Government; in a note made public by the State De - pertinent on. Friday, agrees to the suggestion of the United States Gov- ernment that two additional engineers be appointed by each Government to the Joint `Engineering Board which will have charge of the consideration of the St. Lawrence River waterway, project. At . the same time President Cool- idge authorized the announcement that, in pursuance to the correspon- dence given out by Secretary Hughes in respect to the advancement of the improvement of the St. Lawrence, the President had appointed the St. Law- rence Commission of the United States, comprising: Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com- merce (chairman); William C. Breed, attorney-at-law, New York City, for- mer President New York Merchants' Association; James, E. Davidson, Bay City, Mich., Vice -President American Chhipbuilding Co., Bay City; Janes P. Goodrtieh, Winchester, Ind., formerly Governor of Indiana; James R. How- ard, Chicago, formerly President Am- erican Farm Bureau Federation; James D. Noonan, American Federa- tion of Labor; Stephen B. Davis, Washington, D.C., Counsel; Charles P. Craig, Duluth, Minn., Executive Secretary, A further member of the Commis- sion wi:I be chosen from the common- cial community in the Nee' England States. ~ Y Insanit Wave Sequel to Quake in Japan A despatch from Tokio says; -In- sanity, one of the terrible aftermaths of the September earthquake and fire in Japanincreased enormously in Tokio during the five months follow- ing the catastrophe, according to po- lice reports. Results of a police investigation made public in February revealed 1,- 533 cases of insanity in Tokio. Ofthis number, 357 reported since September, 1 may be attributed directly to the effects of the catastrophe. Police report that many persons who became violently insane,_due to their harrowing experiences: in the great holocaust inflicted injuries upon those' with whom they came in contact in the days just following the quake when Tokio was still disorganized,' 4 Montreal" Leads American Ports in Grain Shi rnients A despatch from 'Montreal says :- In the'years 1921 and 1922, Montreal' led the grain exporting'. seaports of North America. Last year, as shown by the following figures, the Canadian'; metropolis maintained her position as the'lea`drng geein;exporter of the con- tine$t. Port Bushels Montreal, Qua ..;120,013,088' New York, N.Y.. . 87,130,000 Baltimore, Md. .. 41,083,000 . Philadelphia, `Po.. 32,107,000 New Orleans,L ., 22,793,804 Vancouver, B.C.. 22,553,731 St. John, N.B, • 17,710,871 Galveston, Texas`. 2.0;460,000 Boston, Mass. 7.954,000 Norfolk, Va . , 1,568,000