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E' TAX BILL- INTRODUCED
BY MINISTER OF FINANCE
Canada's Wealth to Contribute Fill Share in Prosecution ai? the
War.
A 'lespiltch from Ottawa says;—The
tWea;ith of Canada w*It1 be made to con-
tribute its full share toward the cost
of carrying on the war, In the Com-
mons Sir Thomas White introduced leis
income tax proposals and the extent of
the toll to be taken of the ineom8e of
the rich met with decided appreval
;from both sides ief the house. The
Finance Minister, proposes to exempt
the incomes of single . men and
widowers without children up to
$2,000, andall other persons up to
$3,000:
Income Tax and How it Works Out,
Four per cent. upon incomes exceed-
ing $2,000 per, annum in the case of
unmarried men or widowers without
children.
The same tax on incomes exceeding
$3,000 in the case of other persons.
In addition the following super -tax
is to be imposed:
Where income exceeds $6,000 and
does not exceed $10,000, 2 per cent.
Where income exceeds $10,000 and
does not exceed 20,000, 5 per cent.
Where income .exceeds $20,000 and
does not exceed $30,0.00, 8 per cent,
Whore income. exceeds $30,000 and
does not exceed $00,000, 10 per cent.
Where income exceeds $50,000 and
does not exceed $100,000, 15 per cent.
Where income exceeds $100,000, 25
per cont,
A tax of 4 per cent. on incomes ex-
ceeding $3,000 in the ca5e of corpora-
tions or joint stock •Companies.
The plan will work out as follows:
Income. Uumerried. Married,
$ 4,000 ' ' $ 80 $ 40
5,000 120 80
7,000 220 180
10,000 400 360
12,000 550 540
15,000 850 810
20,000 1,300 1,260
30,000 2,500 2,480
50,000 6,300 5,260
75,000 10,050 10,010
100,000 14,800 14,760
150,000 29,300 ,29,260
200,000 -- 43,800 43,760
WAR COSTS CANADA
$850,000 A DAY
Statement Showing Financial
Burden Assumed by the
Dominion.
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
Canada's
ays:Canada's war expenditure both in the
Dominion and overseas now. amounts
to over $850,000 a day. This state-
ment of the extent of the tremendous
financial burden, the nation is assum-
ing, in carrying on her part in the
great struggle, 'was given in the Coni -
mons by 'Sir Thomas White. The
Finance Minister gave the figures to
the House in explaniing the necessity
for the new income taxation. From
the beginning of April to July 20th
war expenditure in Canada amounted
to $39,700,000;t"and estimated expendi-
ture elsewhere, including France, dur-
ing the same period, was $62,600,000,
or a total of $92,600,000. Taking that
total as a rough basis Sir Thomas
estimated the daily war outlay now at
$850,000 to $900,000.
CANADA OBTAINS
$100,000,000 LOAN
A despatch from New York says:-
-J. P. Morgan & Company announced
that arrangements had been perfected
for the flotation of a $100,000,000 loan
of the Government of the Dominion of
Canada, which will he offered to the
American public upon a basis to yield
approximately 6 per cent. The loan
will be unsecured, and it will run for
two years. The loan to Canada will
be the first foreign Government trans-
action that has been undertaken since
America's entrance into the European
war.
FRENCH AND ITALIAN
SHIP LOSSES LIGHT
A despatch from Paris says:—Dur-
ing the week ending midnight July 22
not a single French vesseleither over
or under 1,600 tons was lost, according
to the official statement. Six French
merchantmen were attacked unsuc-
cessfully during that time by sub-
marines. Ships of all nationalities,
numbering 1;063, entered port and 937
departed.
A despatch from Rome says:—Two
Italian steamers were. sunk and one
small sailing vessel was damaged dur-
ing the week ending midnight July 22,
says an official anno'ancement . Five
hundred and ninety-three vessels, with
a_ a gross tonnage of 339,815, arrived,
and 550 of a tonnage .of 403,460, left
port.
ITALIAN GUNS BUSY'
ON WIDE FRONT.
A despatch from Rome says:—The
War Office statement regarding mili-
tary operations on the Austro -Italian
front reads: "On the whole front the
artillery and patrol activity was nor-
mal. During the night an isolated at-
tack by the enemy southwest of Cas-
tagnavizza was broken up by our fire.
One of our airplanes paid a surprise
visit, under adverse, atmospheric con-
ditions, to St. Lucia-Tolmino, drop-
ping a ton of high explosives on the
railway works and doing considerable
damage."
SUBMARINE TOLL
• WAS 24 VESSELS
•
A despatch from London. says: --e
Twenty-one British vessels of more
than 1,600 tons each, and three of less
than 1,600 'tons each, were sunk last
week by mines or submarines, accord-
ing to the weekly Admiralty report on
'shipping losses. One fishing vessel
was also lost,
RUSS TRAITORS
PUT TO DEATH
Markets of the . . World' HUN AGENTS
BUSY IN RUSSIA
nroadatltifs
Toronto, luly '81.--Munitobn Wheat—,
21ol32,3421 rt,iDorn,
22.011, nominal, e1o�it Northern,
Manitolla arta- -NA 6 0. Yv., 892, track
l4;ty parts.,
Anlorlpnn 091'11-47o, S yellow, nominal,
truck Toronto.
Ontario alts—NO o011n'ta ,MA0.1.0.110118.
On tarlo wheat -,.-No, 2 win ter, per ear
to 22,56; ho. 3, 22,62, nominal, accord.
log to frolgi,ts outside, A despatch from New York says: It
a'en.a—No. 2, nominal , acrordI ,t0 is true that Garman agent's under the
freight's 00lon(e.
Barley-51altina, nolnlnal, according guise of Socialist and Anarchist
io freights outside,
•.,t'''
alcers have been openly engaged in
'Jive—No, 2 . nominal; auoording to
frofi rite outal0o, epreacling revolt against the Republic-
Manitoba.9iour—S'h'it patents; 1ii lute an GoYor»mont of Russia, end Gorman
bag's, 212,94; second patents, in lute
bags, $12.40; Strong halms', in Jute money is being freely used to encour-
Days, 212.00
1 o discontent and dissatisfaction with
Mario -flour-'iWlnter,' according' to
sample, 510,76 to 210,85, in bags, .track, the progress of the war, according to
t
Offer Money to Incite Rebellion
Against Provisional
Government, •
Toren o, prompt shipment, a&''
Capital Punishment to be Meted
Out to Seditious Troops.
A despatch from London says; The
Russian Government's policy of
"Blood and Iron" is to be carried out
along lines which bodes ill for'the se-
ditious troops along the Eastern front
and those person$ within the country
who are trying to nullify the good
work that has followed in the wake ofe
the revolution.
Capital punishment, abolished with
the advent of the new Government,
again has been put into force on the
demand of the military commanders
at the front, who will now be able to
assemble field courts-martial and put
to death summarily traitors in the
army. Gen; Kornilolf, commander of
the forces in Galicia, whose disaffec-
tion and desertions have wrought
havoc in the Russian morale, was the
most insistent of the military chiefs in
calling for a free band to check the
refractory troops, declaring that the
death penalty was the only means of
saving the army.
FOUR SENATORS
ARE APPOINTED
Five Seats Are Yet Vacant,
Three in"- Ontario and
Two in Quebec.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Four new Senators, two of whom have
up to the present occupied seats in
the house of Commons, have, it is
understood, • been appointed by the
Government. They are Richard Blain
of Peel, John Henry Fisher of Brant,
David Ovide Lesperance, chairman of
the Quebec Board of Harbor Commis-
sioners, and Lendrum McMeans, K,C.,
of Winnipeg. These appointments re-
duce the number of vacancies in the
Senate to five, three hi Ontario and
two in Quebec. Its is understood, how-
ever, that two further appointments
will be made on Friday or on Satur-
day, leaving only three seats then to
be filled.
DEMOCRATIC RULE
CONTROLS GREECE
Icing Not Present at Opening of
Parliament at Athens.
A despatch from. Athens says: The
meeting of Parliament on Thursday
was signalized by a complete re-
sumption of popular rule and the end
of autocracy in Greece. King Alex-
ander did not take part in the func-
tion, the speech from the throne hav-
ing been abandoned on the ground
that it would involve criticism of a fa-
ther by his son.
The Chamber presented a pictur-
esque scene, with Greeks, Mussul-
mans and Islanders dressed in their
quaint native costumes. Premier
Venizeloe was acclaimed by a large
majority of the deputies. The new re-
gime completely controls the situation
and is in full accord and co-opelating
with the Entente.
Make ydur own dustless dusters by
wetting good-sized folds of cheese-
cloth with liquid veneer or floor oil,
and allowing it to dry. These work
first-rate.
Mrs. Alexander Lodyguine, wife of a
A141lltii, bags lots delivered Mer Coal
froih.hts, bags lneludud—Bran, per tan,-( former New York construction. One
2361 Shorts, per ton, $41;' middlings, per
ton, 244 to $45; good feed dour, per bag, girloer, whoarrived here on Thursday
$3.20, after spending ten years in Petrograd,
• 2Iay-extra No, 2, Per ten, $11.,60 to where her husband is employed.
$72.O0; mixed; per ton, 85 to $10, track
Torun to. She asserted that aria had seen Ger-
etraw—Car lots, per ton; $3,00 to $3,10,
track Toronto. �+
man agents circulating among the
Country Prodnoe—Wholeealp and openly distributing ton -rouble
crpwds surrounding street speakers
Butter—Creamery, sonde, ter lb.. 34i notes to those who would agree to
to 85e; prints, per 1b., 36 to 1352o; dairyper lb„ 29 to 30o.olshout for a separate peace or the
'Wh—Por doz., 35 'to 300:
'Wholesalers are selling to the retail overthrow of the existing government.
trade at the following rices: She Added that these emissaries are
Cheese—New, largo,, a3 too 28c; twins, everywhere in Russia, in the army and
large, 30o; twins, 3030; triplet
tag to 0318; triplets, 23... triplets,
cls;
s, 3020,. among the civilian population, and
73utter—Fresh dairy, choice, 34 to Ole' that their Worit is aided by shortage
creamery prints, 38 to 300; sonde, 37,f
to SSe, of food, due to the existing disorder.
Eggs—New-lata, In cartons, 43 to 440;
out of cartons, 400, "We are confident; however, that
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, Premier ICereneky will bring about
300; fowl, 20o; squabs, per dos., $4.00 order Out of chaos. ,...Ile is a wonder -
to $4.60' tur'keys, 25 to 30o; ducks,
snrint ,;li0c, ful man, and the best people of Rus -
Live poultry --Spring chickens. ib., sic are ready to follow and obey him.
22c; heirs, 16 to 18e; ducks,. Spring. 15o.
Honey—Comb-Extra fine and heavy There will be no separate peace, I am
weight, per doe., 22.75; select, $2.60- to
$2.76; No 2, $2 to $2.26. sure, and Russia will continue to stand
Beans—Imported, band -picked, $9.00' -on the side of democracy."
to 29.60 per bush,; Limas, per lb., 18 to —...,
100.
Potatoes, on
bbl., 26.50 to $5.75; North Carolinas, WAR DOGS HUNT FOR WOUNDED
new, bbl., $6.50 to 27,00; seconds, bbl., •
$6,60. traok—Red Star, new, Description of Work Done by Faithful
Provisions—Wholesale Animals in German Army.
Smoked meats—Rams, medium, 80 to
31c; do„ heavy, 26 to 27o; cooked, 41 to Johann Gottlieb, who has been in
420• rolls, 27 to 28o; breakfast bacon, charge of the war dogs of the Ger-
33 to 300;, backs. plain, 36 to 370; bone-
less, ss to 400. man army, gives an enlightening de -
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 26 to scription of the work of these faith -
Mos per lb,; clear bellies, 25 to 26o.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 282 to 27o; ful animals on' the firing line. Hetubs, 27 to 274o; palls, 279 to 2720; SS
compound, tierces, 21c; tubs, 210;y 5:
pails, 2130. "When a war dog is loosed from the
leash holding him and receives the
Montreal Markets command 'Find wounded,' he rushes in
Montreal, July. 31—Oats—Canadian the direction indicated. He noses
Western, No. 2, 84c; do., no. 3, 830;
extra No, 1 feed, 83e. Barley—Man. around through fields, forests and
feed, 51.26, Flour—Man, spring wheat swamps. Moved byhis instincts of
patents, firsts, 513;' seconds, $12.50 to p
$12.60; strong bakers', $12 to 212,40; smell and hearing, the war dog rare -
winter patents, choice, $12,60 to 513.00; 1 misses finding a wounded soldier.
straight roller's, $12 to 512.80; do., bags, Y
$0 to 56.15. Rolled oats—Barrels, $0,00 This is especially true when a number
to $9.36; bags, 00 lbs.. $4.40 to $4.50.
Bran, 535 to 586. Shorts, $40 to 241.
Middlings, $43 to 550. Mountie, 560.
Ilay—No. 2, per ton, car lots, $11,00 to
811.50. Cheese—Finest 'Westerns, 212c;
finest Easterns, 2190, Butter—Choleost
creamery, 37; to 38220; seconds, 363 to
379c. niggs—Fresh, 450; selected, 440;
No. 1 stock, 400; No. 2 stock, 36 to 380.
Potatoes—Darrel, $4 to $6.
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, July 31—Cash prices:—
Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $2.34; No. 2,
do., 22.31; No. 8, do., 52.26; No. 4, $2.14;
No. 6, 51.80; No. 0, $1.69; feed, $1.60.
Basis contract—July, 52.34; August,
$2.29. Oats—No, 2 C.W„ 78c; No. 3, d0.,
77c; No, 1 extra feed, 77c; No. 1 feed,
76c; No, 2, do., 7190. Barley—No. 3,
$10PO$1.10: feed,
Phut-No. rejected,
.W C„ 52.95; N
6
C. W., 22.912; No. 3, do., $2.775.
United States Markets
Minneapolis, July 31-1Wheat—Tuly,
closed 22.65; September, $2.17. Cash—
No, 1 hard, 52.93; No. 1 Northern, 52,85
to 52,93; No. 2, do„ $2.80 to $2.57. Corn
No, 3 yellow, 52.18 to $2.20. Oats—
No. 3 white, 762 to 702c. Flour—Un-
changed. Bran—$31 to $33.
Duluth, July 31—Wheat—No 1 hard,
12,51; No. 1 Northern, 22.50; No. 2, do„
2.76. Linseed—$3.17; July, $3.17;
eptenbor, $3.19; October. $3.17.
Live Stook Markets
Toronto, July 91—Choice heavy steers,
$10,25 to $10,75; butchers' oattle, choice,
$0.76 to $10,26; do„ good, $9.26 to $9.80;
do„ medium, $8,26 to 50.65; do„ com-
mon, 57,10 to 57,20; butchers' bulls,
choice, $8.00 to 58.60; do„ good bulls,
$7,25 75; 27.50;
do 0roug'ii medium bulls,
6$6050
butohers' Iowa, ohoiae, $7.76 to $5.26;
do„ good, $7,10 to 57.26; do.. medium,
fe5d0 rtso $570,,765;to s$o,c7kersc, an,0s tan
tars, $,26 c,2u6t-
;
to $6,76; mincers,- good to
choice, 880 to 8100; do„ coni, and mad„
awes, 53 25 to 159.25; 2sheep,2 h avy,g56
to".$7.26; yearlings, 510 to $11; calves,
good to choice, 513 to 514; spring lambs,
10,26 to $13,76; lambs, yearlings 59 to
10.60; hogs„fed and watered, $15.76 to
16; do., weighed off oars, $16 to $10.26;
do„ f.o.b., 516 to 516,25,
Montreal, July 31—Butchers' cattle
choice, 510 to $10,26; do„ medium, $8.75
to 59,75; do., common, $7.50 to 56,50;
canners, $7 to $7.26; butchers' choice
cows, 59:25 to 59.76; butchers' cattle,
rued„ 57.50 to $8; do., bulls, 50 to $9.60;
milkers, choice, each 270 to $160; sheep,
ewes, 53,60 to $0; bucks and culls, $8
to $8.60; lambs, 514 to 514.50; hogs,
milk -fed, 5122 red,$13; .0dograss-fed, $6
to $8.
PLACE NEW BRIDGE SPAN
ON SEPTEMBER 12TH
A despatch from Quebec Bays:—The
centre span of the Quebec bridge will
be put in place on the morning of
September 12. The event was planned
to take place quietly without wit-
nesses, but an engineer of the com-
mission is supposed to have told the
secret to a newspaper man this morn-
ing.
LOANS BY BRITAIN
TO HER WAR ALLIES
A despatch from London says:—
Bonar Law has made a statement in
the House of Commons in regard to
loans to the- allies and the dominions.
The total advances to the allies are
£1,025,000,000 in addition to £146,00o,.
000 loaned to the dominions, the total
being £1,171,000,000,
FROM SUNSET COAST
WHAT TIIE WP'STERN PEOPI.B,
ARE DOING.
Progress of the Great Weal Toid
in a Few Pointed
Paragraphs,
With the arrival of the G. T, P,
steamship Prince George at Vietoi'ls,
Capt. D, Donald completed his two -
hundredth round trip to tile North see
commander,
The greater portion of Sumas prelrie
is still inundated, as well as a part of
the through highway from Chilliwaelc
to Vancouver, Traffle over these
roads has practically stopped,
That tourist travel to Alaska is re -
inevitably heavy and, compares 'well
with that of last year le the etatemeat
of Mr. 0, E, Tenney, general agent of
the Grand Trunk Pacific line, which is
now operating its stiinmer service to
the north.
According to news just received in
New Westminster, Lieut, S. F. ICnight,
who went overseas as Machine gun of-
ficer, has been awarded the military
medal for bravery during the struggle
at Vimy Ridge.
To have something over thirteen and
a half hours oe bright sunshine every
day for a week is somewhat of a re.
cord. That is what Victorlo and
Nanaimo have had for a week.
An order -in -Council has been issued
at Victoria permitting the Canadian
Northern Railway to operate a work-
men's 'train between that city and Port
Mann witirrout paying bridge tolls.
The. proper conservation of the few
remaining spawning grounds and
sources of fish food on Vancouver Is-
land is being strongly agitated for by
residents of the Cowichan district,
At Nanaimo the employees of the
Grant Colliery Company, the new mine
in process of successful development
at Nanoose Bay, have Just received an
advance of eight per cent. in their
wages.
---Tire clanger period from bush fires
is again upon the province of British
Columbia, iu the coast district as wall-
as in the dry belt, and the part that
members of the general public can ex-
ercise in reducing the number of fires
is once more emphasized by the for-
estry department,
"Cordova” is to be the name of a
new station on the Canadian Northern
Railway at Cordova Bay. The erection
of dogs operate together. of the building has commenced, and
"When a war dog has found a fall- but a few days will be required to
en soldier, he picks up a knapsack, carry out the necessary work.
bread -pouch, cartridge -box or gun, The Nelson Patriotic fund total is
with which to report his discovery, or $14,377.41. During the year the Nel-
if nothing is at hand, the dog, return- son hen's auxiliary committee of the
ing, by jumping up to his master, or Canadian Red Cross has collected over
by characteristic expressions, makes 53,000 and has paid a regular income
known that he has found a wounded of over 5200 a month to the local
man. The master then fastens the: branch.
leash and gives the command to go in Next to Australia I•Iouse, at A1d-
the words: 'Where is the wounded?' wych, British Columbia's new home
The leader and a corps of ambulance at the bottom of Lower Regent street,
men, stretchers in hand, follow. In a close by Waterloo Place and Pall Mall,
similar manner, battlefields are 15 undoubtedly the most imposing of
searched for wounded soldiers, re- all the overseas Government offices in
gardiess whether the fallen men are London:
friends or enemies. The fifth of the six mining engineers
"Very often the presence of a who are to be in charge of the several
wounded soldier is not disFovered un- Mineral Survey districts created by
til the dogs have been set loose. Thel legislation of last session was selected
visual faculty of the dog as a rule is by lion, William Sloan, Minister of
Mines, This is Arthur G. Langley, a
Victorian,
At Mission City the feeling against
the Japanese seems to be lessening.
Tho Jap will buy cheap land that white
men will not touch, clear and drain
it, and the following season produce a
crop equal to his white ;neighbor..
A cougar is skulking in Stanley
Parti, according to Mr. 1•h Irvin o6 the
In order to accomplish the work per- ?leaver Rooms, Vancouver, who claims
formed by a dog in an hour, ambo- that while walking in the park, near
the "Seven Sisters," he saw a big
mountain lion in the underbrush.
M, S. Middleton, who was assistant
Provincial horticulturist at Nelson for
five years, has been temporarily ap-
pointed by Hon. John Oliver, Minister
of Agriculture, as provincial horticul-
turist to succeed R. M. Winslow.
not greater than that of man; in fact,
the very Qpposite is true. However,
his sense of hearing is very marked,
and, above all, the sense of smell.
Even when a wind blows most un-
favorably, the war dog knows how to
overcome the resulting difficulty. With
the nose on the ground, or raised in
the air, the dog sniffs and rapidly ex-
amines a remarkably extended area.
lance men :would have to labor for
days."
MAKE BREAD FROM CLOVER.
Latest German Substietute Claimed to
Be the "Best Ever."
"Bread of the Future!" is the title
of a book recently published at Jena,
which sets forth the view that ono
of Germany's enduring war lessons
will be the introduction of a sort of
broad hitherto unknown. It will be
from a combination of both colors of
flours, with a liberal mixture of clover
meal.
The dietary authority who advances
this theory says that the world has
mistakenly been giving all its clover
to animals, although it contains, he
says, exactly that "mineral energy"
which is required not only of bodily
nourishment but of "mental sub-
stance" as well.
Advance in Food Prices.
That meat is 140 per cent. more
costly In England today than at the
commencement of the`war is the state-
ment made by Montagne Gluckstein,
of London. "From June, 1914, to
June, 1915," Mr. Gluckstein states,
"the general rise in food prices was
45 per cent. Hy the end of April,
1916, the rise Was 66 per dent. and by
the end of April this year 97 per.
cent. That is the general average, but
meat has advanced 140 per cent. since
June, 1914, butter 80 per cent., and
milk 180 per cent,"
FRENCH CAPTURE
ENEMY TRENCHES
German Losses Are Very Heavy
in Aisne Region.
London, July 26.—Again the Ger-
mans have made a vicious thrust at
the French lino in the Aisne region
of France, and again they have paid
dearly in men killed or wounded for
a slight gain. The attack was de-
livered over a front of two miles, from
Hurtebise to La Rovelle, hut only to
the south of Ailles was the Crown
Prince's army able to penetrate
French first-line trenches. In
Champagne the French have captured
German trenches.
Gardening is an old, old story. It
is related that nearly twenty centuries
ago Pliny 'the elder summed it up in le
sentence' of just six words: "Dig deep;
manure well; work often."
Put two tablespoons of ammonia in
some warm water and lay your comb
in the solution. 'After a half hour it
will be thoroughly clean. Dry thor-
oughly after rinsing.
BIG ARTILLERY-
DUELS RESUMED
Fighting Ras Ilcen Resumed in
Flanders on a Very
Large Scale.
A despatch from British Ileadquar-
tors in France, says; --The Gorman
and British fighting lines in France
and l3elgiern, which have been com-
paratively dormant for several weeks,
so far as any large offensive is con-
cerned, have tensed perceptibly in the
last few days.
Out of the stiffening have grown
numerous fierce artillery duels, eepe-
ciaily in Flanders, The Germans
have developed what is known among
the British as "nerves"; that is, they
have become exceptionally sensitive to
any movement ,of their opponents
'which deviates from the routine, and
give evidence of this condition in furi-
ous bombardments at suspected points.
From this tho conclusion is drawn
that, for reasons of their own, the
Germans may be fearing that trouble
is impending in some section, and are
not certain where to look for its ap-
pearance.
Lehs and Hill 70 nearby have been
under heavy and almost continuous
gun fire. Even the battle -scarred and
barren Vimy, Ridge, which overlooks
the valley above Lenshas been the
object of vigorous shelling which has
accomplished nothing except to add
still more shell craters on the already
badly punished hill.
WILL STOP ALL
PROFITEERING
British Food Controller Will
Regulate Prices.
A despatch from London says:—
Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller,
outlining on Thursday the policy he
purposes to follow to regulate food
prices and eliminate profiteering, said
he intended to fix the prices of com-
modities of prime necessity over which
he could obtain effective control, at all
stages, from the producer to the con-
sumer. Every efffort would be made
to prevent speculation, and unneces-
sary middlemen would be eliminated.
Existing agencies would be utilized for
the purpose of distribution under
license and under the control and sup-
ervision of local food controllers to be
appointed by the local authorities.
HOW MANY LANGUAGES?
There Are Over 4,000 Languages
Spoken by the Human Race.
How many men, if asked how many
languages there were in the world,
could give anything like an accurate
answer? The average man's knowl-
edge or ability to speak languages
rarely exceeds two besides his native
tongue. The late Emperor Francis
Joseph, when visiting, a Red Cross
hospital, spoke with the patients in
their own language, which showed the
aged emperor to be master of six.
It may appear strange, but it is
nevertheless true, that there are over
4,000 languages spoken by mankind,
while the number of dialects exceeds
this. There are more than sixty vo-
cabularies in Brazil, and in Mexico
the Nahua is broken up into some 700
dialects. There are hundreds in
Borneo, while in Australia there is no
classifying the complexities. Let us
assume that fifty dialects, on an aver-
age, belong to each language, and we
have the colossal total of a quarter
of a million linguistic abilities.
A century hence the probability is
that there will be only four languages
of importance in the world. Central
Europe may produce a newer and
more straightforward German lan-
guage, Imperial English may reign
alone over the North American Con-
tinent, and a more businesslike Span-
ish will bo used in South American
States, while Russia .may take on
some more rich Slavonic dialect which
Will blend the races of Eastern Eu-
rope and Central Asia into a harmoni-
ous federation. So that in future these
four languages will enter into what
may be a never-ending competition.
In the first throe months' this year
the United States consumed 83,652,-
907 pounds of cotton fiber in the manu-
facture of explosives.
Dahlias, gladioli and hollyhocks and
other tall plants should be staked up
if exposed where they are likely to be
broken by the wind,
We often hear people say, "I could
have amounted to something if I had
had a chance," The person who has
it in him to amount to something does
not wait for a chance, he just. goes
ahead and makes it. The man or wo-
man who makes up his or her mind to
succeed can- do so. In order to
succeed we must have faith in our own
abilities. If we start out depending
on "chance" alone, and thinking "may-
be we will succeed and maybe we
won't," we might as well give up at
once, for will power is the foundation
of success.
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SITS 051 NOW; m;0305• TAH
114ARITIM.I PROVINCES,
Items el Interest From Fleece Lap(
ped By Wavee_ of the
Atlantic.
Lieut, H. P. Osborne, son of Melee
and Mrs. W. J. Osborne, of Frederic,
ton, has been killed in action,
Pte. Isaac McIntosh, of Sydney
Mines, is the third -eon of Mr, and
Mrs, A. McIntosh to be killed in ac-
tion,
A Nova Scotia three -master, the
Coral Leal, was torpedoed and set on
fire, but was towed to an Irish port.
On July 2711 a conference will be
bold in Monoton to arrange for a mart
time province teLebers' institute in
1918,
Preparations aro on the way for
the New Brunswick Women's Inati•
tute Convention to be held in Mono
ton in October.
Thirty or more household science
teachers of New Brunswick are gtv.
Ing instructions in canning to the
various clubs In the province,
Dr, Archibald Proctor, of Oakland,
Cal,, youngest son of the late Mr. and
Mrs, Proctor, of North Sydney, has
Joined the medical unit in Oakland,
Q. M, Sergt. G. N. Muldoon, of Glace
Bay, who won the D, C. M. and the
Italian bronze medal for gallantry on
the field, has been wounded,
Master Fred Russell, a Newcastle
student at Acadia Collegiate School,
won the essay prize offered by the
St. Catharines Chapter of the I,O.D.E.
A serious break was discovered in
the dam across the mill brook which
supplies half of Marysville, but the
trouble was discovered before much
damage was done.
M. A. McInnis, of Glace Bay, who re•
Gently resigned as superintendent for
the Dominion Coal Co. at Glace Bay,
has been appointed assistant to C. A.
Magrath, fuel controller,
.The rainy weather of the spring and
summer has seriously delayed the
road -making operations of the Pro.
vhlcial Department of Public Works
in New Brunswick,
GREAT WASTE IN LOGGING.
Technical Forest Services Necessary
to Supervise Logging.
A recent report .issued by the
United States Department of Com-
merce calls attention to the very
large amount of waste which occurs
in converting standing timber into
lumber. Waste in logging occurs in
a number of forms. In many cases,
the tree is cut unnecessarily high, leav-
ing a large amount of the most valu-
able material to rot in the stump.
Young trees are frequently, not pro-
tected from falling timber. Immature
and defective trees are cut and reject-
ed. Large limbs, tree tops and lodg-
ed trees are left to waste. Small
bodies of timber in comparatively inac-
cessible places are often left standing.
Trees broken in falling -are generally
left, as are also short log lengths. In
the United States National forests,
where modern methods of scientific
forestry are practised, this loss ie
about 10 per cent., but in general
practice 15 to 20 per cent. is not too
high an estimate in considering the
logging industry as a whole. Un-
doubtedly, the same percentages would
apply also to Canada unless, indeed,
they should he increased.
The forest resources of Canada are
by no means inexhaustible; in fact, our
resources of saw timber are only about
one-fourth those of the United States,
One of the most practicable and effec.
tive means of conserving these re•
sources is to avoid all unnecessar3
waste. That great waste still oc•
curs in our woods. cannot be question.
eel, and a good deal of it could be
avoided.
The great bulk of logging in Can.
ada is on Crown timber lands, under
regulations imposed by Dominion es
Provincial authority, as the case may
be. In most cases, these regulations
are inadequate either to prevent un•
necessary waste or to provide satis-
factorily for,. the re-establishment of
,the forest on cut -over lands. Further,
the enforcement of such regulations is
for the most part also inadequate, duo
to lack of sufficient inspection of the
right kind, on the ground. The
establishment of technical forest ser•
vices, with adequate staffs of trained
foresters, in direct administrative con.
tact with all cutting operations oe
Crown lands, will be necessary before
a satisfactory solution of this prob.
lam may be anticipated A beginning
has been made in this direction in Can.
ada, but much still remains to be no
complished. Just at present, foresters
are not available, due to _the very
heavy percentage of enlistment from
this profession.
ROYAL ROAD TO HEALTH.
Laughter is the Worlds Friend and
Best Health -Promoter.
Aide to health are constantly finding
their ways into various periodicals,
Lengthy articles aro composed, which
dilate upon the advantages of plain
water over other beverages; the ex.
traordinary value of fresh air; and
which also tell you what wholesome
food really does consist of.
They all seem to miss, however, a
far greater benefactor than any of
these, and that is—laughter,
Hygienic experts can say whet they
like; but they will never compose a
:Nle $ OrikC Velw a �le 4er,,he0l 2• lira"1
moter, thsi t good, hoary la'ug ter,
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Iit. 39 sweopa away the c'bluos,l
I shakes up the old bones, and stirs llovf''
life into every pother of the brain,
It fills the lungs with good, pulp,
new air, anti drives out all the bad, ime
pure broeth, It is the world''
friend, and one of the few human
cliaractorleties velilch la universal,
Promote real laughter --the gemilu
result of humorous inaidontp, NO
giggles, sielcl smiles, or sarddonic) all
sol castle galls but hofostc open
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