The Herald, 1912-07-26, Page 6ti
WHEAT SOWN AREA IS LESS
Oats and Barley are Somewhat Ahead of Last
Year -Crop and Stock Bulletin
'A despatch from Ottawa says;
. bulletin on the crops and live
'Stock of Canada was issued by the
Census and Statistics Office on Wed-
nesday, According to the revised
gigures obtained at the end of June,
the total area under wheat this
year is 10,047,300 acres, compared
with 10,387,159 acres as returned by
the census of 1911. The area sown
to fall wheat in 1911 was 1,097,900
pores, but winter killing has reduc-
ed this area to 781,000 acres. The
Ivrea sown io oats is estimated at
9,494,600 acres, as compared with
9,233,550 acres in 1911, and to bar-
ley 1,449,220 acres as against 1,403,-
969 acres in 1911. In the three
northwest provinces spring wheat
covers 9,02,3,000 acres as against
e,9.16,965 acres in 1911, the increase
being in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
xneluding fall wheat the total wheat
Acreage in the three Provinces is
9,246,100, as compared with 9,301,293
Acres in 1911, the decrease being ae-
Counted fur by the large area of
tall wheat winter-k'lled in Alberta,•
als are recorded in Prince Edward
Island and British Columbia, the
per cent. condition ranging froze
'97 to 99 in the former and from 90
to 95 in the latter Province, the
average for the Dominion being
from 80 to 89. Fall wheat remains
low, being only 70 for Canada, 73.
for Ontario and 71.6 for Alberta.
Last year the condition was also
low, viz., 75 for Canada; the aver-
age of the four years, 1908-1911,
was 81.5. Spring wheat is 89.73
per cent., compared with 94.78 last
year and 88.25 the four years' av-
erage ; oats 86.43, against 94.46 in
1911 and 90.42 average; barley 88.58,
against 93 in 1911, and 89.28 aver-
age. Rye is 87.84, peas are 80,08
and mixed grains 84.98. Hay and
clover show a condition per cent.
of 85.59, against 84.97 in 1911; al-
falfa 90.59, against 82.31, and wheat,
oats and barley range from 80 to
88 per cent., figures which are ex-
ceptional records by from about 10
to 15 per cent.
The estimated numbers of live
Oats in the three provinces ..ecupy stock show further decreases ex -
5,037,000 acres, and barley 826.11.0
acres, as compared with last year's
census figures of 4,563,203 acres for
ons an ,r t d 761 `38 for barley
cept as regards horses and dairy
cattle, the former being 70,400 and
the latter 14,500 more than last
ear's estimates. The census fig -
Whilst not equal to the exeep- ures of 1911 are not yet available.
tionally high figures recorded this The condition of all live stock in
time last year, the condition of Canada is uniformly excellent, the
spring sown crops is generally good. number of points being 97 horses,
The highest figures for spring cera- 98 cattle, 97 sheep and 96 swine.
PRICES OF FARM PROOOCTS
IREPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE
CENTRES OF AMERICA.
'Prices of Cattle, Crain, Cheese and Other
Produce at Homo and Abroad.
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto. July 23. -Flour -Winter wheat,
90 per cent patents, $4.15 to $4.20, at sea-
board, and at $4,20 to $4.25 for home con-
sumption. Manitoba Flours -First patents,
5.70: second patents, $5.20, and strong
bakers'. $5, on track, Toronto.
Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 Northern $1.12,
ay ports No, 2 at $1.10, and No. 3 at
ay,
?pr B. heat by sem
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cwt to r.• Irra; Xc.and thrWaive=
Mixed, $1.04 to $1.05, outside.
Peas -Nominal. -
Oats -Car lots of No. 2 Ontario, 46 to
Pee and No. 3 at 45c, on track. 'Toronto.
No. 1 extra W. C. feed. 4c,
Bay
Ports,
Rad No. 1 at 44e. Bay ports.
Barley -Nominal.
Corn -No, 3 American yellow, 76o, on
!track, Bay ports, and at 81e, Toronto.
'Rye -Nominal.
Buckwheat -Nominal.
Bran -Manitoba bran, 822, in bags, To-
ronto freight. Shorts, $24,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter -Dairy. choice, 23 to 24c; bakers',
'inferior, 20 to 210: creamery, 27 to 28c for
runs, and 26e for solids.
Eggs -23 to 24c a dozen.
Cheese -New cheese, 14 1.4c for large and
3.41.2o for twins.
Beans -Hand-picked, $3 per bushel;
',Plums. $2.85 to $2.90.
Honey -Extracted, in tine. 11 to 12o per
Poultry -Wholesale prices of choice
rsled poultry; -Chickens 15 to 17c per
bt fowl, 11 to 12e; turkeys, 18 to 19c. Live
'Poultry, about 2e lower than the above.
Potatoes --Car lots of Ontario!, in bags,
$1.40, and Delawares at $1.50.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon• -Long clear, 13 to 14 1.2o per ib.,
case lots. Pork-Shnrt cut, $25 to $25:
dn., mess 520.50 to $21. Hams -Medium
light, 171.2 to 18o; heavy. 161.2 to 17o:
knolls. 13 1.2 to 13 3.4c: breakfast bacon, 18
to 181.2e: backs, 20 to 21c.
'Lard -Tierces, 13 3.4e; tubs, 14o; pails,
141-2c.
(,MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, July 23. -Corn, American yel-
low. No. 2, 78e. oats. Canadian Western,
v: to 47e; Canadian Western. No. 3,
ija5_�w1n .' feed, 63 to 64o; (eed, 46 malt ng, 1-2c.
$1.05 Buek-
PRICES STILL ADVAN.
Labor Department's Report
Increasing Cost of Ltvtn
A. despatch from .Ottawa
The steady advance in prie
tinued during June, the ,s La',-
partment'index number l
advanced from 135.9 in May,;
viously the highest record
136,9 in June, .as compared.
126.1 in June of last yea'
numbers, it will be understo
percentages in each ''case
average price level prevailing
ing the ten years 1890-1899, the,
period selected by the Department
as the standard of comparison:
throughout its investigation into
wholesale prices of some two hue,-,
dred and fifty commodities of reprea
sentative character. The estimate
of the department for the month of,
June, therefore, shows prices to
have been nearly 37 per cent. higher
in that month than was the average
for the decade 1890-1899. The chief;
increases during June were in. ani
mals and meats, fodders, fruits and
vegetables, hiders and leathers;
there having been slight decreases
in dairy products, prepared fish,
sugars, coal and coke.
s
wheat, No. 2, 75 to 76c. Flour, Man„
Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80; sec-
onds, $5.30; strong bakers', $5.10; Winter
patents, choice, $5.40 to $5.60; straight
rollers, $4.95 to $5.00; straight rollers,
bags, $2.40 to $2.50. Rolled oats, barrels,
$5.Shorts, $2.00
bag, Middlings,
90 0
h $27.00. Mouillie,
$30.00 to $34,00. clay, Na 2 per ton oar
lots, $17.00 to $18.00. Cheese, finest west-
erns, 127.8 to 13 1-4o; finest easterns, 123.8
to 12 5-8e. Butter, choicest creamery, 253.4
to 26o; seconds. 25 to 25 1-2c. Eggs, select-
tatoes, 25 to per6bag,No.
oar lots, $1,60.5 160. Po -
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62 PERSONS KILLED..
Number of Deaths in Industrial Aa
cidents in June Last.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
According to the records in Canada
of the Department of Labor, sixt3e
two persons were killed and 249 in-
jured during the month of June in
the course of their employment. A
comparison with the records of the
previous month and with. June,
1911, shows that there were twenty-
eight fewer fatalities than. in Mary
and thirty less than in June, 1911.
Of the non-fatal accidents there
were eight more recorded than in
May and one hundred and thirty-
seven more than in June, 1911.
There were • but two accidents re-
corded involving the death of more
than one workman, one of which
occurred on June 1, by which eight
construction laborers were killed
during blasting operations on rail-
way construction work near Stones'
Corners, Ont., and the other 'a
head-on collision of railway trains
near Nipigon, Ont., in which four
railway employes were killed.
SIR DONiI,.LD'S pi iTICTION.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Minneapolis, July 23. -Wheat -July. $1.-
05;
1:05; September, 951-8o; December, 953.40;
No. 1 hard, $1.08; No. 1 Northern, $1.07 to
$1.071-2; No. 2 Northern, 51.051-2 to $1.06.
Corn -No. 3 yellow, 73 to 731-2c. Oats -
No. 3 white, 46 to 45 3-4c. Rre-No. 2, 70c,
Bran $20 to S . 3.tt-First patents,
first 6.10 clears,.;$3 Z to $3.76; do., to 000nds,
S2.40 to $2,70.
Buffalo, July 23. -Spring wheat -No: 1
Northern, carloads store, 51.08; Winter
scarce. Corn -No. 3 yellow. 771-2c; No, 4
yellow, 753.4c; No. 3 corn, 751.4 to 761.40;
No. 4 corn, 74 3.4 to 75 1-4o, on track,
through billed. Oats -No. 2 whi' a. 55 1-4o;
No. 3 white, 541-4c; No. 4 white, '531.4o.
LIVE STOOK MARKETS.
Montreal, July 23. -Top quality steers
sold at $7.25 to $7.50, good at $6.75 to $7,
and fair at $6 to $6.50 per 100 lbs. Choice
butchers' cows sold as high as $6, but the
bulk of the trading was done at R5 to
$5,75, and the common and inferior at
fed bulls $4.50
ld t $2er 0wt. tto $2.50 perron owt and
the better stock at from 54 to 55.50 per
cwt. Sales of sheep were made at $3 to
$3.75 per cwt. Lambs met with a fair
sale at $7 per owt. Selected lots of hogs
sold at $8.50 to $8.75 per cwt., weighed
off cars. Calves ranged from $3 to $8
each, as to size and quality.
Toronto. July 23. -Hoge continued their
rise of 10o a day, the latest figures being
58.10 to 58.30, fed and watered. Spring
lambs were clearer again, choice ones set -
ling at $9.50 to $10. Milk cows were also
a good sale from $50 to $70. Common and
medium cattle ranpeed from $5 to $6.50,
with what few choice ones were offering
seiline at 56.75 to $7.25.
4.
J. Craig, a Hamilton postman,
was presented with an oak rocker
by the police for his bravery in as-
sisting it consta,bie.
A. J. Vanveit, of East Grand
Forks, Minn'.. handed his wife his
will in Victoria, B.C., and then shot
and killed himself.
PLENTY OF RAIN IN WEST
Samples Show as Goon! Head and Clean Straw as
Ever Exhibited at This Period
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
trop conclitions in the three prairie
provinces were never better nor
more promising at this time of the
year. This is the report being sent
tout by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, and is the generalresult of
reports sent in by. its agents from
'every sub -division on the Western
lanes.
The situation in Manitoba is
greatly improved over one week
,go. Last week some points 'still
seeded rain, but now every district
ties been greatly relieved. • While
generally cool, the weather has
been good for sturdy growth and
Riling of the heads. Seventy-five
per cent, of the grain is now out in
bead and a large part oi it shows
fairly long head, although on
!some of the light land owing to pre-
+vinus dry weather the heat is a
little shorter than it would other-
wise have been. There' was a slight
Lomb of frost throughout South -
/western Manitoba last Saturday
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New modern plant of E. W. Gillett Company Limited, Toronto, Ont., consisting
of six buildings, with three Railway sidings and separate office building.
TRYING TO CLOSE THE GAP
Work on the Tianscontinental is Being ' Rushed in
North Ontario
A despatch from Ottawa says : i tion of the road. The track is laid
Major R. W. Leonard, the chair- from Winnipeg to a point near Lake
man of the Transcontinental Rail-
way Commission, has just returned
to Ottawa. and lost no time in issu-
ing an absolute denial to news-
paper assertions that he has in-
creased the grades of the railway.
There has been no change in the
grades, he declared, that will effect
the hauling capacity of a locomo-
tive either eastbound or westbound
to the extent of a single pound.
Neither has he any intention of
making any such change.
Major Leonard has just complet-
ed a long trip, in which he went as
far west as the Yellowhead Pass in
company with Hon. Frank Coch-
rane, Minister of Railways, and in
particular went over the line east
of Winnipeg for the purpose of do-
ing everything possible to hurry on
the work, and expedite the comple-
Believes the West Ville Haie.250,-
000,000 Bushels This ''g'elir.
A despatch from Winnipeg 'says:
Sir Donald Mann, in -Winnipeg on
Wednesday, denied that the New
York -Montreal -Toronto syndicate
would buy the Winnipeg street rail-
way. "As far -as I know there are
no negotiations now for the pur-
chase of the street railway stock.
At the present time it ` is worth
more in market ethen prospective
purchasers are offering. In regard
to the main line, as things are go-
ing now, grading will be completed
from New Westminster inland for.a
distance of 350 miles. The inter-
vening gap will also be covered
with contractors by the end of the
year. I have never seen the crops''
looking better, and unless some un-
foreseen accident occurs I believe
the crop will run as high as a quar-
ter of a billion bushels," said Sir
Donald.
and Sunday nights, but no damage
was done except on some low-lying
land in the vicinity of Napinka, and
this was confined to a very small
area. There was also some haul in
different sections, but the aggre-
gate damage is very small.
What is true in Manitoba is
equally true in Saskatchewan.
Splendid progress has been made
during the past week, there being
a fairly good growth of straw and
the heads filling well.
All authorities in Alberta state
that conditions there were never
better. There has been an abun-
dance of rain. and on the light
lands the crop' looks better than it
has in a number of years. It is
fully expected that with the aver-
age warm weather and plenty of
sunshine the fall wheat will be
ready for cutting the first part of
August,' Samples sent in from dif-
ferent sections shore as good head
and clean straw as was ever shown
at this time of year.
ENDURED TERRIBLE AGONY.
Sad Plight of An Old Lady Owing
to Paralysis.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Mrs. Brunet, aged seventy-two, of
117 King Edward Avenue, a para-
lytic, is dead as the result of terri
ble burns received when, in cnd6a-'
voring to pick up a key from the
floor, she upset a candle, igniting
her clothes. The old lady as a We -
suit of paralysis was unable to utter
a sound or move to - call for as S-
tance, and was only discovered
some hours later by occupants. 'of
the house, silently suffering terrikrl.e.
agony. •
Nipigon. There then occurs a gap
which by this time is reduced to
about a hundred miles. Another
gap of about the same length oc-
curs in Quebec, some distance east
of Cochrane, and there is a short
gap in Quebec on the south side of
the St- Lawrence, a short distance
east. of Levis.
While Major Leonard will not
commit himself to a definite state-
ment, he has some hope of closing
the Lake Nipigon.gap this Autumn,
so that the line may be available
for hauling this season's wheat east
to Cochrane and down by the Timis -
kerning and Northerfl Ontario to
Montreal. Every effort is being
made. The issue is largely a matter
of conditions. If they prove favor-
able, it may be accomplished. Next
year the line should be in operation
as a grain -carrying route.
BIG FIRE IN VA.NCOUVER.
The Tutlhope and "A.B.C." Com-
panies Burned Out.
A despatch from Vancouver,
B.C. says : Causing approximate-
ly from one and a. half • million to Government veterinarian,- an en-
tt*o million dollars' loss, 'fire pn tire herd of swine, owned by M. A.
Saturday morning wiped out prat- Rounding, a butcher, on Tecumseh
tidally all of the buildings on the
Road, has been ordered destroyed.
west side of Main Street, one block, Hog cholera in a virulent form was
south of Prior, The fire originated discovered recently among the ani -
behind Chaznpiori' and White's mals, three having died before the
warehouse, which 'was burned, as
well as the Tudhope Motor and case was reported to the inspee-
A.B.C. Motor Company's buildings tor• 1�
with most of their contents, includ-
ing 19 cars and trucks- The latter. 76 NEW POSTOFFICES.
MUST DETROY SWINE.
Whole Herd at Windsor Found In.
feeted With Hog Cholera.
A despatch from Windsor says:
Upon orders from Dr. F. A. Jones,
THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH
HAPPENINGS FROM ALL OVER
THE GLOBE IN A
NUTSHELL.
Canada, the Empire and the World
in General Before Your
Eves.
CANADA.
Chief of Poli;re Carpenter says
Montreal is the centre of the opium
traffic in Canada.
Ottawa is ,experiencing an epi-
demic of typhoid, sixty eases being
reported within a few days.
Connie Wooley, aged 11, came
from Liverpool to Toronto alone,
with her four-year-old brother.
Thomas Wilson was burned to
death at the old Quebec bridge, be-
ing pinned under an overturned
b oiler.
Beatty & Sons, Limited, of Wel-
land, a dredge and shipbuilding
concern, has been sold to a Clove -
land firm.
C. D. Sheldon's estate will pay
from one to one and one-half cents
on the dollar to creditors . of the
"financier,"
William A. Grasby of London
dropped dead at the Pere Mar-
quette Station a•s he was going to
take a train.
A trainload of pilgrims from Ste.
Anne de Beaupre narrowly escaped
death in a collision near Rigaud,
Que., on Friday.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Premier Borden and his 4iol-
leagues attended a Royal garden
party at Windsor Castle.
The Kolapore Cup was won by
the mother country team. Cana-
dians won several prizes.
Freda Pickett, a 6 -year-old girl of
Leicester, Eng., swam a half -mile
in 19 minutes.
It was computed that ten million
workers in Britain had registered
under the insurance act.
Eight suffragettes were arrested
in Dublin for attempted violence on
the Prime Minister and on other
charges.
LING SAVES A. GENERAL.''''
Spanisli Sovereign's Proniptitl7le
Averts a Fatality.
A despatch from Pam
Spain, says : King Alfonso
nesday afternoon prevents
might have ben a fatal ac,
he was leaving the Cath
a ceremony a General's h
ed, throwing the rider,•,,
ging him along the groi
the spectators hesitated',
to do, the King with, gre
of mind sprang from hi
caught the horse and exti;
fallen General. , IIe wit
cheered by the populace._
The Westerngrain gre)'
decided to take over thi
Government elevator
prising.,.104 elevators.
estimate their loss at a quarter of
a million dollars on their stock and
garage. The Gibbs tool works, the
Angelus, a furnished rooming
house, and six street ' ears were
burned before they could be taken
from the barns after the power
went off, and ten A.B.C. motor cars
went up in flames.
CROPS BELOW AVERAGE.
Opinion of judge in Field Crop
Contest.
A despatch from Hagerman says:
Adam Hood, who this year, as last,
has been chosen by the Department
of Agriculture as one of the judges
for Ontario in the fieldcrop compe-
tition, has returned from Guelph,
where he was under instruction at
the 0. A. College. He states that
reports from '70 or 80 delegates all
over the" province indicate that the
spring crops are below the average
at almost every point. Hay is re -
'..ported as being very light all over,
while none of the grain crops are
very good. Mr. Hood is one of the
;judges on oats, and James Boyd,
Cedar Grove, is another York
County man chosen.
Galt has an epidemic of burglary.
:Half a dozen stores have been en-
tered' lately.
June's Record -Most of Them in
Rapidly Filling West.
A de,spateh from Ottawa says :
Seventy-six new postoffices were
opened in Canada during the month
of June. The 'great majority of
them were in the western prov-
inces, thus indicating the rapid
settlement of new districts by the
record influx of immigration this
year.
F
VEIN UNDER DOCKS.
GOLD
Workplan Said to Have Made Dis-
covery in Cape Town.
A despatch • from Cape Town
says: ft is reported that gold -bear-
ing quartz has been discovered in
excavations under the docks here
in a reef 30 feet high. The man who
discovered the vein is named Tear-
nan. He was employed as a work-
man on the dock eighteen years
ago. Since then he has been em-
ployed;; in the mines in the north
and suspected the presence of gold
in the soil here. He watched the
excavations on Wednesday and col-
lected some specimens, which he
submitted to experts. These nten.
who did not know their origin,esaid
they were gold specimens from the
Transvaal.
A BRILLIANT STATE BALL
UNITED STATES.
Mayor Arnold, of Denver, esti-
mates the damage by the recent
flood there at four •millions.
GENERAL.
Abdul Hamid, former Sultan of
Turkey, is dying.
Another case of bubonic plague
has been found at Havana.
Four battalions of Turkish troops
were forced to surrender in Albania
The menace of a national strike is
beginning to take shape in Bel-
gium.
Sir Percy Girouard, Governor of
the East Africa Protectorate, has
resigned.
Public opinion is growing in Tur-
key against the Committee of Union
and Progress.
The French dirigible, Clement
Bayard, was sixteen hours aloft on
reconnaissance duty.
Hubert Latham, the well-known
French aviator- was gored to death
by a wounded buffalo in North Af-
rica,
Italian torpedo boats made an at-
tack on the Turkish forts at the en-
trance to the Dardanelles. Two
were sunk by the forts.
In a com.petititon for the selec-
tion of ten professors of drawing
for municipal schools, held at Par-
is, women artists won them all.
a' +.
NEW GOVERNMENT ELEVATOR
Plans for Port Arthur Structure '
Practically Completed.
A despatch from. Ottawa says':
The Government plans for the big
elevator ab Port Arthur are to be
in by August 1. The full capacity
of 'the elevator is 3,250,000 bushels
and its operating rate will be 30,000
and 50,000 bushels per hour. The
drier will have a capacity of 48,000
bushels daily. The cost is estimated
at one million dollars and the ele-
vator will be ready to help move
next year's crop. The enlarging of
the Port Colborne elevator will. oast
$200,000. Additional bins will ac-
commodate 1,700,000 bushels more
than at present.
GERMAN TRADE INCREASE.
The Exports for Year Show an In-
crease el $79,670.000.
Premier Borden and His Colleagues and Their Wives
Given Place of Honor
London, July 20. -The last Court
notion of the season took place
.Friday night, when the King and
leen gave a state ball at Buck -
'ham Palace. Over two thousand
lusts were present, and the as-
s,enxbly was unusually representa-
tive, especially of the diplomatic
vorld. Mr and Mrs. Borden and
-the other Canadian Ministers and
;heir wives attended. The Premier
xe for the first time his new
;vy Connell uniform. The spec -
ever known in recent times, Cana-
dians were given the place of honer
in the state entry and the proces-
sion, and were seated on the dais
to the right of the throne. The
Canadian Ministers and their wives
had the honor of taking supper at
the Royal table, where a profusion
of floral decoration and gold plate
made a fit setting for the wonderful
display of jewels,
Premier Borden on Friday after-
noon had a lengthy interview with
the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Lewis
was one of the ;most brilliant Harcourt.
A despatch from Berlin says :
Official reports of Germany's fore
eign trade for the six months end-
ing June 30 show that the imports'
amounted to the value of 5,093,600,-
000 marks ($1,278,400,000).• This is
an increase over the preceding six'
months of. 410,600,000 marks ($102,-
650,000). The exports reached a
total value of 4,212,300,000 marks
($1,053,075,000), an increase of
318.600,000 marks ($79,670,000).
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