HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-11-18, Page 7AIRPLANE AND BOMBS
USED 'IN 'FACTION FEUD
Marion, I11., Nov. 12; -The airplane"the plans ''with #hies, and madhnvo
and aerial bomb to -day were added to
armored cars, machine goes and other
novel weapons used 'in• the Southern
Illinois gang warfare 'between the
rival Shelton and Birger limier fac-
tions.
Flying low over "Shady Rest," a
roadhouse operated by Charlie Birger,
gang leader, 10 miles east of Marion,
an unidentified aviator dropped a
bomb, which failed to ;explode.
• Seven ora eight gangsters then ran
out of the place and began firing at
guns issl it `circ'ed aro'tizid sagein and
dropped awe more bombs, One was a
dud, The othereeplodod in the woods
100 yards from the. roadhouse.,
The gunfire did not find its mark,
but the aviator flew away, rapidly to
the north. The attacking plane born
no marks of .identieeatfonand the
pilot ,could riot be, seen clearlyfrom
the ground. .Qne witness said he be-'
lieved a second'man was in the cock-
pit. •
BRITISH LAUNCH
FIVE NEW VESSELS,
FOUR TO •GO TO SOUTH
AMERICAN WATERS
Built With Assistance 'of the
• Trade Facilities Act
Guarantees. o-
Notwithstanding the crippling effect
of the coal .strike on the •heavy.indus
tries and the increasing difficulty the
shipbuilders of 'Britain are experience
ing in, -obtaining steel a remarkable
series of new shags• .bays recently.
either been completed or launched,
saysa London.despatoh.
They include the launch of the. Al -i
cantors,, forming the seocnd unit of
the Royal `Mali Steam Packet'Com-
pany's fleet .o; motor ships, a new
Donaldson litter • for the Canadian
trade, two Blue Star :passenger and
cargo hears, for. South American ser -
Miss J
er-Miss, lane Hoey vice end the first ship of the new' Sit -
Who visited Toronto with the. .New ver Line which is to operate in the
York crime commission, which -As try- Pacific:
ing to find how Canadian law punishes The most remarkable feature of this
crime without the long delays and eva- series is that all, with perhaps one
Glans of tate American system. Miss exception, have been built with the
Hoey is a member of the commission. ' assistance of the Trade Facilities Act.
I guarantee and Possibly without this
incentivetheir owners would have de-
ferred their building programs. On
the asauinptiorz that this is the case it
Is safe to say that few or no ships of
ally consequence would have been.
Econonfc Importance of the
Farm.
.BY CHARLES w. PETERSON.
'It zs. a fact that. Canada's agricul- turned -out by any British shipyard re-
- ture looms up -as the largest single' center.- -
factor in her economic life, with the This is a matter which provides
farmers as the largest group of do-' much food for thought, because .the
mestic consumers, censeduently-exec- amount of unemployment in the ship -
rising a commanding influence upon building districts iseto-day'very large
ae,.. :the general business conditions 'of the.' and, of course• would have: been very
country, One-third of all revenue much worse.'
freight carried by, our railways origin- . e
Providing Stimulus.
ated on the farm and another third g
was doubtless represented in carrying
Four of these five ships are to aper
commodities of all kings back to the ate in South 'American waters, and
farm; and the transportation to and this part of the world seems' to be
Proof agricultural rave material. The
providing the shipbuilding stimulus of
Canadiefefarm not alone feeds the na-) many nations.' Italy in particular is
tion,. but exports. on, such n scale that giving all the financial erseistanne she
can to her own aaionses•.in furthering
credits are available to balance .our, I t
,, �
international obligations and create a the interests of her.Mediterranean
trade. To such an ex 'l
factorable trade balance. td zt has this been
Besides 'the millions of him "work- • carded that she hat fust„put intoser-
cis directly engaged in producing,' vice the largest passenger'. liner ran -
there are other millions earning -their ning to Soutli America ant even this•
will be eolipse
living by performing work connected il' in the near future by
with supplying the implements; tools, the largest motor ship in the world,
shoes; clothing, etc., for the farmer, building in one of her yards•.
with the manufacture of raw materialWhile slits financial'assistanee is
given in the form of loans wlilch
originating on the farm -'rind the its are
g� g
tribution and'transportation. of such of -course a charge pit the assets of. the
commodities. individual concerns who are also re -
Who is bold enough to attempt core eponslble for the Payment of interest
on the money, the n
recite to estimate the economic' im- y Wer o thel•ess, dor-
portauce of agriciuture in . a country Ing tinter of national crisis, _form, at
®'like Canada? It is perhaps well within r least indirectly, assts which the re -
the =vitae assert that titlea'st 80'persportive &tutee have ' more than a
,
Cent. of. Canada's total population, in casual interest In preserving and'so,
' every walk of life, depends absoletely notwithstanding efforts at Freedom
en, the farm, directly or indirectly.' front state OWrieighip • and `manage -
These are imposing figures and,shoud "''eat, countries like these trays, not
lead thinking men to speculate on the
ebeen able to"divest.themse'Ives entire-
,
possible performance of Canadian y mfr responsibility.
• agriculture in terms of national de- i -
velopment, were we in the happy po-
sition inhere more than a mete fringe
of our agricultural area. was on a
producing basis. If,for instance, we
were'produefng on one-half, or even
on one-third, of our arable lands
instead of only one-sixth, granting a
fair occupational balance, our present
economic prol>:ems would vanish over
night, The time is ripe for- bringing
such a situation about. We have the
nude.veloP ed''natui'al resources, the
markets are there, we only need the
man -power and the capital to complete
the circle. -And that is purely a ni'at-
i
ter of intelligent besiness : organiza-
tion.
r a z -
i1nn` gnitt
o
Little Variation ' Sl]dZwll '
in
Average Cost of Living
•
Ottawa One.,Nov,-
Nov. 12�., The atyer•-
age, cost of a 'weekly family budget of
29 staple foods was $10.93 at the ho -
ginning. of October, as compared O
for
"10.59 temhere- with
, $10.94 'for Se P � Oce
tees'', 1925; $10:$1 fon October, 1924;
$10.23 for October, 1922; $11.48. for
Octdeer, 1921; $15.83 for Oetobe,r,
1020; $13.92 for June, 1920 (the
peak) ;- . $13.54 for October, 1918, and
$7.90 for October, 1914, '
Tapestry.p
No man may trac,e my scenes wi
No comrade guide my way;
But male atone, our tepeetry
•
th m:e,
Must weave as best we wary.
What then? Song makes the labor
glad; •
The picture growsi•In beauty clad;
It glows, a dawning lae„V set _,
A?tii.'fi,r 1'atiwedl.. i
"UNCLE JOE" CANNON
DEAD AT AGE OF 90
Served _in U.S.
House of Re-
presentatives for Period of
Danviele,' Ill., Nov: 12. --"Uncle Jos"
Cannon died here to -day at the age of
90. He had been ailing for some time,
and for the -first time since be • voted
for Lincoln in 1816 wits unable to get
to the polls on November 2.
Forty-four years "Uncle Joe" eerv-
ecl.in the House of Rep`resentitives,
having served continuously, with the
exeeption.of cue two-year term, from
1873 to 1921, when he -retired at' the
age of 85. And in the Congressional'
record%nay be found a graphic record
of his ftctivities during those: y%airs
and of his gra dual climb to the.epriet-
ere.hip where he ruled from 1903 to
1011. with .a•high hand, earning- the
appelation Cca.r' of tbe House..
Rowed HisL,.e
akili
gDo:y
for Twenty-six Hours
Portland, Me., Nov. 12:-Dayid' Con-
rad tells a story of the fishing fleet.
easing his scl:meler, Benjamin Thomp-
son, forty miles o3' D'enxariscove Is
and, Conrad rowed his leaking dory
safe to .shore in twenty-six hours,
Part of the time: he was rowing, steer- I
ng by the sun and wind, the dory was
fomlowed by a huge -shark, which had`
been attracted to the boat by the deli
Conrad threw overboard to lighten.:
P ntiques seem to be the latest thing
n furniture.
HER MAJ'ESTY,'QU`EEN• MARIE,.A SIOUee INDIAN
While passing through North. Dakota on lee tour of -the Unitedr States,
Queen Marcie, of Rumaniii, wee gneeted,by Chief Red Tomahawk of the Sioux
Indians at Mendiou, 11.D., and was made a member of the Sioux tribe. Photo
shows Queen' Marie with the official war head-deof the Sioux.
FIND DETROIT CACHE
OF NARCOTIC RING
Police Blow Safe Containing
Drugs Valued at. $151,716.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 12. -With ;the
seizure of narcotics to the value of
$181,716, police believe they have dis-
covered the Detroit cache of the inter-
national ring, 'which is largely re-
sponsible for the wholesaling of drugs
in the city,, 'This is the largest De-
troit haul On record,
Acting on a tip from sources whieh
they refused to reveal, detectives of
the narcotic squad crashed the door of
Room 15, at 28 West Warren Avenue,.
which, according to the inscription,
is the Detroit Art Model Studio. In-
side they found no trace oe any artiste''
equipment. •
In a Targe: safe in the room, which
they blew open with nitro-glycerine,
the offi"cets'found 175,216 gainsof
opium ,and 2,439. grains df heroin. At
current rates' the find is valued at
$18L716.
The raid followed the as -rest on
October 26 of several men. These ar-
rests were made as a result of city-
wide raids;' but a71 the men: concerned
are believed to belong to a single ring,
which is importing huge quantities
of drugs. Presence of• starch in the
roomindicated that the dopesters
"watered" the drugs before distribut-
ing them to .the,pedd:ers.
Man Crushed to Death ,
at Canal Guard Gates
Cornwall', Ont., Nov, 12.-E.. Arm-
strong, of Goderich,' Ont., had his life
crushed out at the guard, gates above
lock' 20 of the Cornwall Canal this
afternoon when " he was caught be-.
tween the big steel `steamer Belcher
and the stone: coping as the boat was
attempting to tie up before being
locked through on its way east. Young
Arn1str"ong• was ling 'swung, out on
a boom to the coping to attach the
hawser to a snubbing post when the
boort broke, ele fell between the boat
and the coping and met instant death.
The boat has been lying in elle har-
bor 'at Goderich.for two years and re-
cently was Bold to the Japanese Gov
element and was on her way to Japan
on its present trip.
Frayser Valley Reclamation.
-
The British. Columbia' 'Government,
which successfully ,reclaimed 30,900
scree of rich agricultural land at' Su-
n es, in the Fraser River Valley, will '
undertake) another similar` scheme
which will rnake an aaea'of 1000 acres
available for :agriculture. This land
lies near Port Coquttiam, outside Vain-
couver, and will be cleared of water by
a systens of drains --and pumps; 'This
scheme {s an aftermath orf the lend
boom which swept the' Frasier Valley
with the rest orBritishColumbia be-
fore the war. The land to be drained
had been,ddvided Otto city lots for sale
but fell 11110 the hands of the Govern-
non-payment•nt for non-payment of taxes. The
C.iovernmen.t decided to dispose of it
for agricultural purposes because of
its ;remarkable fertility. -
ROWDIES IN DUBLIN
MAR CELEBRATION
Street Battles Are Staged and
Police Charge on Mobs.
A despatch from Dublin says: -
Excitable soldiers returning from
Phoenix after Armistice Day celebra-
tions;got out -of hand in the city
streets and the police were obliged to
resort to baton charges to stop the
,disorders. Several persons were in-
jured and required hospital teatment.
One body of youthful Republicans
marched' along Grattan Street shout-
ing: "Down with King George." The
police clubbed them severely, causing
a wild stampede, and later, to avoid'
further disturbances, large bodies of
Police were ordered out, and patrolled
the streets In vans, ready for emer-
gencies, '
It was for the purpose of avoiding
the blocking of street traffic. ` by
crowds, with possiblechancesof sim-
ilar disorders, to those which charac-
terized former celeiirations on Armis-
tice Day, that .the authorities selected
Phoenix Park. - This park was the
scene of the assassination of Lora
Frederick Cavendish, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, and Thomas H:" Burke,
Under-Secretsary, in 1882.
Armistice Day ended with ,a series
of,.riotous demonstrations, :and the
police were again 'called upon to, dis-
perse the fighting crowds with their
batons, -
Nine persons were sent 'to hospitals
and many others' were .hart in th
various melees` throughout the, da
Some of them were women, who wer
caught in the clashes between the d
monstrators and police.
The worst disturbance was in th
evening in O'Connell Street, where
pasty of poppy -wearers were inter
eepted byRepubidcan rowdies, A`wild
scene followed, and civic guards club-
bed the disturbers, felling several of
them.
Increases Made in '
Ocean Rates Effective e
Dec. 1
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A despatch from Montreal says: -
Ocean freight rate advances have been
announced by the : Canadian Trans -
Atlantic Conference
ransAt1•antic-Conference for the carriage
of conferende commodities to the Con-
tinent from _Canada, , these to take
effect from Dec. 1st next. Decision
has oleo been taken to absorb the 15
per . tent. : surcharge on, the transpor-
tation of conference commodities to
United leiligd'oni ports, which has been
in effect since Septa 23 last, and to
enforce a new series of rates, which
will become effective on Jan. 1. These
rates to the Continent and to the Un-
ited Kingdom will run tea the end of
April '
The increases in freight rates will
range from 15 per cene upwards, but
it was made clear that such advances
will be from the rates in force before
Sept. 23 and not from those now rua
ing, in the case of produce moving to
the United Kingdom ports.
Commodities affected .h the e new
rates are only those: included in the
list dealt with under the jurisdiction
of the conference; Cattle, flour and
grains are not affecbed by the new
rates,' these coining under the purview
of the separate tines.
Similar advances' have been made
by the North Atlantic -Continent and
North Atlantic -United Kingdom con-
ferences,
Reasons for the rate increases are
attributed directly to the pro`on.gaeiot
of the British .coal. strike„which has
resulted in an increase of operating
costs ,together with a decrease in
available cargo carrying capacity. As
a result of the embargo placed on the
exportation of any available'•British'
coal; it : has been necessary for coal-
burning- vessels to take aboard suffl-!
cient supplries on this side of the At-'
:antic to enable then to return from;
England. This has necessitated a re-
striction in carrying capacity of ships,1
which,, in souse cases, has amounted to
over 1,000 tons,
Air ,Line to Africa.
Ib is probable that len 011 tine will,
soon link London and Paris with
orth Africa. The Air Unlon will most,
kely absorb the French Compagnie
eronavale which hoe run. a flying
oat service, from France to Corsica
r some time past:
Ex'Parllamen.tarian Dies.
T. e. Stewart, Coseervative member
for West Hamilton from 1909 to 1925,'
who died in fuffal:•o. ,las•t. week. Ile was
bora in deettulfore township, Oxford
county, in 3,84.
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sada from Coast to ` Coast ,
fla:lifax, N.S.-Moose+ aro reported
plentiful in the Nova Scotia woods
this season and many excellent epeei-
intens have already been taken by
sportsmen, native and'foreign, include
ing John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who bag-
ged a fine animal in North Qteeli's
County forest.
Saint John, N.B.-Prospects for the
paper industry are brightening visibly.
Fraser Company Limited are erecting
a large warehouse at Edmunston to
take care of their output of paper and
the Great Northern Paper Co. ma-
chine shop at Granville is running a
lull crew with e likelihood, if present
amend creep up, of having to, put on
a aright crew. The Eraser Co. has
now 430 men at, work.
Quebec, Quo.-- Ayreshike cattle
from this province won a number of
prizes at the National Daitly Show in
Detroit where -competition this year
was particularly keen and close. R.
R. Ness and Son of ,H•owick won first
and junior champion for yearling bu11,
whieeother awards went to Montreal,
Ste. Anna de Bellevue} Ormstown and
Howick. .
Toronto, Ont, -Students of the'On-
tario Agricultural College came sec-
ond at the National Dairy Show at De-
troit in •a catt'.eejudging contest, com-
peting agsinst'27 other colleges. The
leading team was that from the South
Dakota State ,University.
Winnipeg, 'Man. -At the American
Vegetable Growers' Association an-
nual show held in Gieyeland, a Mani-
toba market gardener, ILiaas de Jong,
of East Kiddoivan, was crowned Cauli-
flower I{ing of North America. The
winning exhibit was twelve headof
cauliflower whose .superiority ;in size,
Weight and pniformtty of shape drew
the money prize and also the Alex-
ander Forbes Silver cup.
Regina, Sask.=-Nearly a minion
dollars was spent on highway con-
etruction hi the province during' the
fiscal year -$966,890,46 to be exacta
-Since work began, in 1919, on this sys-
tem of tronas highways, nearly five I
million dollara have been (spent, OT 111
actual' figures _34,996,962.64. xsctly
two thousand miles of roadways have
been built uander this plan, according
to reports from the Ministry of High-
ways, and a third of the amount can
be credited to main market road.
Edmonton, Alta. - An Albertan
farmer by the name of A, G. Walker,
living at Irma, achieved the near -
miracle of raising 94 bushels of wheat
to the acre, This was done on spe-
cially, prepared land, however, cover-
ing only three and a third acres, sewn
to Prelude wheat.
Victoria, B.C,-It is a banner year
for fruit in British Coltimbia. Apples,
pears, peums and prunes are all pro-
,lific. The Okanagan apple crop will
run to 3,127,000 boxes this season as
against last year's 2,533,449 boxes, ac-
cording to the Horticultural Depart-
ment of the province.- The crab apple
yield should be about 117,850 boxes as
compared -with 115,623 Test year;
pears 100,900 as against 16,484, and
plums and 'prunes 215,350 against
77,766,
Canada and Old Country
Adjust War Debts
London. -A reciprocal adjustment of
`war debts between Canada and Great
Britain is being negotiated by the
Canadian high •commteedcsea• here 1n
conferences with imperial treasury
of8eials.
The commissioner's offloe has so far
collected 3126,000,000 due to Canada.
There Is some. controversy over the
balance of debts, Britain having mane
taro:aims• which she. states praaoticaliy
offset the belance. clue. Canada does
nat agree as, to the amount of these
claims, so the conferences „are con-
tinulug The commiseioner's office
was responsible for the funding of the
Rumanian debt, 324,000,000, and the
Greek debt, $114000,000. Interest on
these debts is being steae fly received
and a sinking fund is being provided
for ultimate liquidation.
Noted Social Worker
Expires in Montreal
A despatch from Montreal says: -
Mrs. R. J. Allan, prominent social
worker and society woman of this city,
died here to -day from cerebral hemor-
rhage. Mrs. Allan was in her 58th
year.
Born;in Thorold, Ont., Mrs. Ahain,
.nee McArthur, moved to Torento after
her ntairiage and remained there until
her husband's death 20 years ago. She
came to reside in Montreal, Burial
w18I take place at Thorold.
Strange Food.
A popular table delicacy in China is
"pidgin," which is made be preserving,
fresh ducks' eggs in a paste made
from soda straw fish, table emit, boil-
ing water and slacked lime. The pidau
is stored for a month before being
used. Experiments have shown that
there is as much vitamin A in plates as
in fresh eggs; but vitamin is entirely
destroyed by the process.
Madame Alexandra Koitantay
Soviet Russia's only woman diplomat,
lies been forbidden by the Uaited
States to enter that country while en
route to Mexico, where she has been
appointed soviet ambasewdor.
Two Days' 'Flu Cure.
Freshly boiled potatoes and greens,
buttered toast, • water -and nothing
else.
This diet, says a noted London
specialist, els a certain cure for the
present epidemic of influenza in ing-
land.
' "1 have -prescribed this diet: in
dozens of cases In the lest few' weeks,"
he said, :"and in noecaso'has it failed
to have the desired effect, - Usually
the cure tikes ri couple of days, -
"W3ien a person has influenza his
blood becomes polluted with acid, The
diet I recommend contains certain
alkalis welch counteract it.
"Lor a normal attack there is no
need to lay up. Provided you beep
reasonably warm it better to be up
and out of doors."
THE THE W S
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TORONTO. Comb honey -$3.40 to $4 per dozen.
Maxi. wheat No. 1 North., 31.521
No. 2 North., $1.47%;,.No, 3. North.
:31.43.
Man. oats- No, 2 CW, nominal;' No
3, not quoted; No. 1 feed, 641/2c; No. _
feed, nominal; Western grain quota-
tions in c.i.f. ports.
Am. corn, track, Toronto -No, 2
yellow, 85e; No. 3 yellow, 80c.
Mllifeed-Dep Montreal ` freights,
bags included: Bran; per ton, 329.25;
shorts, 'per ton, 331,25; middlings,
$42.25; good farad flour, per bag, $2.30.
Ontario oats, 48 to 50c, f.o.b.ship-
pinp points,.
Ogood milling wheat -$1.30: to
;1.32, . f.o.b. shipping points acoording
to .freights.'
Barley -Malting, 60 to 640.
Buckwheat -85c,. nominal.
Rye -leo. 2, 91c, .
Man. flour -First pat.,, 38.10, To-
ronto; do, 2nd pat., 37.60.
Ont. 'flour -Toronto, 99 per cent.
patent, per barrel, in carlots, Toronto
$5.80; seaboard, in belle $5.85.
Poultry -Ducks, lb., 26 to 30c; hens,
6 ibe., 25c; do, '1 to 5Ibs , 23c;'broiler•s:
under 2 lbs.,25 to 30c; do, 21/2 to 3
lbs., 25c; do over lbs , 26c: `
Hay -New, No. 1, 320; do, No, 2,
318.
Eggs --Fresh extras, 54 to toe;,
fresh firsts, 44 to 45c; fresh seconds,
31 to 32c.
Butter -Solids, fresh pasteurized,
v4. to 35e; do, firsts, 33 to 34c; do,
seconds;, 82 to 28c, -
Cheese -New, large, 20 to 201/2c;
twins, 20.1/2 to 21c; ,triplets, 22e. St11-
tons, 23c.' Old, large, 26c; twins, 27e
triplets, 28c. Old Suttees, 30c.
Beans -Can, hand-picked, . 38.30 to
33.40 bushel; princes, 33.15 to 33 25,
Maple products -Syrup,' per Imp,
gal:, 32.25 to $2.30; per 5 -gal., 32,15
to $$2,25 per gal.; merle roger, lb., 25
to 26c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 1 ,121/zto13c;10•
ib. tins, 121/2 to 13c; 5-1b. tins, 13 to
181/2c 21 -lb tins 1311 to 14e
Smoked meats -;Tams, ned.,' 30' to
; 32c; cooked hams, 46 to 47c; smoked
roils, 28 to 20c; breakfast bacon, .34
to 39c; backs, boneless, 35, to 42c.
• Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to`70 lbs., $28; 70 to 90 lbs., $21.50;
20% lbs. and up, 322.34; leghtweight
rolls, in barrels, $42.50; heavyweight
• rolls, 339.50 pet bbl.
Lard --Pure tierces, .10 to 171/2e;
tubs 17; to 18c; pails, 18 to 1S%c;
prints, 18 to 191/2e; shortening tierces
12 to 121/-•c; tubs, 121 to 13e; pails,
13 to i1?tc; blocks, 141/2 to 15c.
Heavy steers, choice, 36.75 to $7,1.0;
do, good $0.25 to 36.50; butcher steers„
choice, 36 to '37; do, good, $5.75 to
36do, eone," 34 to 35; butcher
cows, choice. 34,75 to 35; do, fair to
geed, $3.75 to 34,50; butcher bulls,
good, 34,50 to' 35;50; bolognas, 33,50 111
to 34; canners and cutters, $2.25 to 38; d
good milch cows;'$70 to 31C0; spring:
ers, choice, $90 to $115; med. cows; zn
$45 to 360; feeders, good, 36 to 36.51;
do, fair, 35 to $6; do, Hied,, $7 to et
$9; calves, choice, 311.50 to $12.50: do, 11
good, 39. to 310; do, med., $6.50 to 39; ho
grassers, 34.50 to 34,75; good iambs, to
3)1.75 to 312; do, bucks, $9 to 39.75;
good light sheep, 30.50 to $7,50; heavy
sheep and buries, 34; hogsthick
smooths, fed and watered, ,311.1.0: do,
f.o.h;, 310.50,
MONTREAL.
Oats, .C.W:, No, 2, 71c; do, No, 3,
66c. Flour -Man. spring wheat pats;, du
firsts, . $8.10; do, seconds, $7.60; do, vi
strong bakers, 37.40; 'winter pats., ads
choice, 35:60 to 36.70. Rolled oats.- isa
Bag of 00 lbs., $3.755, Bran -$30.25, ,,I
Shorts, $32.25. aliddlings--$41.25.
Hay -No, 2, per ton, ear lot's, $14 to ea,
Douglas 8. Cole
Canadian Trade Commissioner to the;
West of England, South. Wass, and
Midland, at present visiting In Toronto.
Mr, Cele says that the present Im-
perial Conference shows Canada to be
on the outer circle of still greater
drives in the interests of empire trade.
HOPE TO WIN CROWN
OF KING COTTON
PROPOSED IRRIGATION
OF THE SUDAN.
Will Ultimately Open 6,000,-
000 Acres for Cultivation
of Fibre.
Great Bnitedin's bid fax control of the
weed's oatton supply be regarded
as .canted a stage farther with the re-
cent appointment of Sir Jobe Maffey,
formerly chief oommdesioner o$. the In-
dian northwest frontier provinoe, 60
succeed Sir Geoffrey Archer as Govern-
or General of the se -called Anglo..
Egyptian Sudan. The appointment of
the new British administrator for a
territory as large as the whole of west-
ern Europe, which this country virtual-
ly annexed as a sequel to the assatest
nailer of Sirdar Sir Loe Stack in Cairo
two years ago; and whloh Great Bri-
tain plans bo develop into. one of the
greatest cotton producing areas lis
the world, coincides with the injection
of. a new. economic factor into the. still
unsettled 'political relations between
En,gland�and Egypt.
Egypt on Verge of Crisis.'
The latter • country is on the verge '
of a serious economic Crisis duns to the
slump in the cotton market and, fol-
lowing the exampee of the. United
States, has now decided to restrict. the
ouibput, The Egyptian government has
drafted a'decnee limiting acreage un -
dos cotton to two-thirde-of the present
'area. ,,It is proposed that this deaua,
which is still to he submitted to Parlia-
ment, should be operative for three
years, The .proposed three years re-
striction of the Egyptian cotton cut -
put as a result of the backwash of tho
nsarket depression coincides \vitt' the
imminent development of e new
source of cotton supply which must
inevitably react on Price levels the
world wide.
This Is the Gezirelt area in the Su.
clan, where a large acreage or first.
class Catton land will soon be;Iteigated
as a 050081 to the completion last
spring of the great i\takCtvar or Selman
dam on the Blue Nile, which is the
largest in the world. Ultimately ibis
aria end •empty district of site 5udaal,
some 6,000,000 acres in area, w{ll be
reclaimed by a besiege. from a desert
end trans•fcsm•ed into rte of the rich-
est ootton-growing regions 3n 111"
world, Plane so far call for inime:ilea)
irrigation of only 300,900 acres, which
are estimated to produce 400,000.0o�1
pounds of cotton yearly,
Restriction May Be Temporary,
Whether this resrtnietioli will iii
maintained under the new circnut.-
steatces, however, remalis to be soon.
it was originally accepted by the Bit,
Usti goverumeut as a coneession to the
Egyptian govern:nren•t, svelte feared
that the development of the Gezirch
area, fa the Suntan would diver; the
flood water eugeiy, whereby t1 whole
Nile Valley lives, from the nrigatee
areas in upper antd'lowee Egypt:.. Die.
ing the political crisis following rho
assassination of the Stelae he British'
gobernmenl. canceled the exie ing
Watt with with Egyet for the aliccetion. of
the w -a -ter supply and announced that
e area to be irrigated in the GGezla•elt
iatric(. would be increased "to en
limited extent as needs maty arise:"
This threat, was wlth•draavn, 1100'.
er, antes it. had played its part in
'ening out the crisis. This country,
weve.r, took advantage of the crisis
expel all the Egyptian civil and mili-
tary elements from the Sudan, which
was, and noininsilr stilli
s, adminis-
'Weed under Anglo 1'lgyptlott "rcneonli
\4"h1lo 7 83)11 01111 Teatimei,1) a chile,
to sovereignty in the Salon - this
&teat stumbling block in. the )va9 of '
sebtlement. was informally discussed
ring Premier Serwat Pashas recent
sit to London, but without the least
ranee being registered -- Lngla.sel
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