Zurich Herald, 1917-02-09, Page 2UNITED STATES DECIDES
TO BREAK WITH GE
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NY
Allies Have Been Asked to Grant Safe Conduct to Ambassador
von Bernstorff, but Washington is Still Hopeful Germany
Will Halt Plan of Ruthlessness.
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A despateb. from Washington says:
At 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon Presi-
dent Wilson, at a joint session of Con-
gress, delivered a speech in which he
announced that diplomatic relations
had been brokeu off with Germany,
that Ambassador von Bernstorff had
been handed his passports by the
United States, and that Ambassador
Gerard had been instructed to re-
quest the German Government to re.
turn his passports.
Although 30 hours have elapsed, the
situation remains unchanged, no overt
act having been committed by Ger-
' many necessitating a declaration of
war by the United Skates.
Still hopeful that Germany will not
ruthlessly sacrifice Americaa lives or
rights, the Administration is awaiting
developments, but leaving nothing un-
done to prepare the country for the
eventuality of war.
The situation as to Austria is to-
night unchanged. There is no doubt,
however, that diplomatic relations will
be broken with her when she an-
nounces her intention to adhere to
Gerinany's course.
To Protect U. S. Cities.
Steps to protect American cities
and property against attack by for-
eign sympathizers are day and night
going forward actively, although
silently. Preparations to prevent the
disabling of German war -bound ships
in American ports are being taken, but
they are unannounced. The question
of convoying American ehips on their
voyages to the submarine zone still is
undecided, although the first impres-
sion is to let American ships proceed
in a usual lawful way on the assump-
tion that Germany has been warned
that an overt act means war.
Asks Neutrals to Follow.
Besides breaking off diplomatic re-
lations with Germany, President Wil-
son has made a bold stroke to range
the moral force of all other neutral
countries along with that of the United
States in the interest of peace.
The President has suggested to all
the other neutrals that they break off
diplornntic relations with Germany as
the United States has done, and has
instructed all American diplomats in
tliosetountries to report immediate-
ly how the saggestionigrogeivodelile
egesin. 44.rtpra
that European neatrais, at the very
doorstep of Germany, threatened by
her military power, will hesitate to
take such a step. The effect of the
naggeetion in other countries is being
eagerly awaited. This was the only
known development of first importance
V
which came out of a day of tense
waiting which followed the actual an-
nouncement Saturday of the break
with Germany.
The President's invitation to neu-
trals to follow his action was contain-
ed in instructions to American diplo-
mats to announce the break with Ger-
many to the Governments to which
they are accredited. It was contain-
ed in the fallowing note:
1 "You will immediately notify the
Government to which you are ac-
credited that the United States be -
!cause of the German Government's
recent announcement of its intention
to renew unrestricted submarine war-
fare, has no choice but to follow the
, course laid down in its note of April
118, 1916, (the Sussex note).
I "It has, therefore, recalled the
American Ambassador to Berlift and
has delivered passports to the Ger-
man Ambassador to the United States.
I"Say, also, that the President is re-
luctant , ctant to believe Germany acutally
:will carry out her threat against neu-
tral commerce, but if it bo done the
President will ask Congress to author-
ize use of the national power to pro-
tect American citizens engaged in
their peaceful and lawful errands on
the seas.
"The course taken is in the Piled -
dent's view entirely in conformity with
the principles enunciated in his ad-
dress to the Senate January 12. (The
address proposing a world league for
peace.)
"He believes it will make for the
peace of the world if other neutral
powers can find it possible to take
similar, action.
"Report fully and immediately on
the reception of this announcement
and upon the suggestion as to similar
action."
Thus it becomes apparent that in
the shadow of war the President has
not abandoned his efforts for peace,
and as the first step has moved to
direct the moral force of the neutral
t-t1...F.:•45),, 'p. Al GervenV
an - ''''"-7 - ' ' ona at
sea.
Should it eventuate that all other
neutrals accepted the President's sug-
gestion that they sever diplomatic re-
lations with Germany, the choice of a
peace mediator would have to come
from the Vatican.
WAR BUDGET
HALF
'JP
ILLION
400,000 troops, $182,500,000; separa-
tion allowances, $86,000,000; rations
and subsistence, $50,000,000; clothing
and necessaries, $48,000,000; equip-
ment and general itores, $42,261,000;
CANADIAN ORDER
F OREOTERS IIM 1 NDID
IIECORDE 1916
WILL READJUST ITSItATES
Society Proposes to Place Itqausiness
on a Basis of 100 Por ant,
Actuarial Solveaey::
The Clana,dian Order of Foreetere has
had a record possibly withoWarallel
In the history of PraterneAeleurance
Asettelations operating, tel' 444ada.
This Society was instituter'elt ,1879.
In 1885 it enacted a table rit monthly
assessments which has bessAa force
from that time down to tlietalgesent
without a single change. Dealing that
period all other Fraternal 414u:ranee
Societies, it is claimed, Iran found it
necessary to revise rates, ,•Vtatil Ibis
Society stands as the onlY1Pronlintsirt
Institutioa operating unoti. *, remark-
ably low schedule of rates. In 1916
the Society paid cut Me de' p: claims.
over $726,000.00. :Watidtbsett( in.g this
large payment, it addsa: ton le. Inger-
ance Fund, for Ahti yea,k,,,,' 'r $422,-
000.00. The. balances -stoicl, r „the
eredit of the InsurOtee II . lee
31st of December lagth
In spite of this mo
the Society decided tg„, h
thorough and corimegtheestv
gation made of its toixkiial
This eolirSe Was .t.11;`011112$,
Count of the legIsatidii'i
Ontario Legislature at itse
The Legislature in. 19.16.
Act which requires thatfJ
Insurance Societies shaelne*:
the first day of April,. 19 e,
port with the RegistrhV
Societiee, which report e
a valuation of all its Ins.'
ficates in force on the .31
1D17. This report musten
the insurance Liability •et 1: es ,he So. the membership providing for read-
ciety has undertalten-te piekTherehelse justment, and this legislation will be
the Assets which fbeeSocietyliae avail- considered at the next meeting of the
able, in the way of sm'ounng seg Funds, High Court of tlie Order in June.
sirki
The rates for members who are now
and future assessthents fo .7,the pay -
in the Order start at sixteen, with a
ment of the Insurance IAa, lilies as
they mature. The object Wires state- monthly assessment of 65e; at twenty
meat is to show the aeit rtolirtt.enave8.5cusa3t,
lel solvency which each S hety has,
degr et ae tuar- I thirty-fitee-ei,s $1G .101:
as of December 31st, 1917'.The Act with gradually increasing rates for the
provides further, that at ti-nd of older ages, The rates for new mem-
each three-year period, aft 1917, a hers start at eixteen, with a rate of
similar statement of valil .n shall 65c; at. twenty, 73c; at thirty, $1.02;
be tiled in arder to ascerta '
or net the Society has m
degree of actuarial solveno
jest of the Act is, that when
shows at the end of the
year term that it has not'
its degree of actuarial ,solv
there shall be shah an;iit
rates as evill•Iiit s' etfee•
1,11r4C,hteb-t6-11iad.11.1. 3. s.
or improve that position.
In vieer of this legislati • the Can- .
aee,
THE PRIVATION IN GERMANY
REACHES UNEXAMPLED DEGREE
50 Per Cent. of Population in Large Towns Suffering Froin
Disease Caused by Inordinate Eating of Jam.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
-Germany's diffroulties have been in-
creased by the paralysis of coal trans-
port, There is abundant indication
that the frost is occasioning intense
suffering* and inconvenience. There
is plenty of coal, but a deficiency of
railway, river and road transport. The
Munich military authorities ordered
all schools closed owing to the difficul-
ty of supplying fuel. Also the
university, technical school, theatres,
meetings and recreation halls.
German rivers ale frozen and trans-
port on the Rhine is at a standstill.
Many Dutchmen are returning to
Holland, being unable to exist in Ger-
many. From one I hear the situation
is very bad. Rhine barge smuggl-
ing, until lately a valuable source of
ftpod supply, has stopped though large
4uoutities Df provisions aro still smug-
gled by band.
The Telegraaf learns from the east-
ern frontier of Holland as a result of
information furnished by Germans of
various social positions living in dif-
ferent parts of Germany that priva-
tion hue reached an unexampled de-
gree. Taxation has enormously in-
creased, especially in Cologne, Ham-
burg, Berlin and Frankfurt.
Lecturing, Wednesday at Berlin Dr.
August Moeller, member of the Com-
mittee on War Provision (Meek estim-
ated that a full ration was available
for only thirty-nine of the fifty mil-
lions of the population not serving In
the field. This report, published in
the German press, obviously did hot
magnify the seriousness of the situa-
tion. The Telegraaf's correspondent
says 50 per cent, of the population in
the large towns are suffering from
cramp in the stomach and jam disease,
which reveals itself by a skin eruption,
due to the large quantity of jam con-
sumed in default of other food.
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LEADING MARKETS
4.143111$11.,
33readereaffe
14,0TworNonot,0,1rNeohitittie.--rnasnirilaxwoheat :,
re: No. 0 do., 111.831
traelt Bay pert*. Old crop trad-
No. 4 wheat
ng 40. above new crop.
Manitoba Oats -No, 2 aw„ 070; No.
�W., Mc; extra. No. 1 feed, 6640; Na,
sitliAbereediri6etOaance' ntlreba°aerrgka-o33,NaYO PautY56.""' 41'11.
Onterlo oate-No. 8 white, 63 to 650,
nna°11n, ialloacto:rdriir°1g 2towfirleitil'ht°02 otit)ts4314dt.
Ontario tWohlieal.t7-3;N0.N2o.11C3911dtoc,r,' $ple.ergeator
lot. 81,70 Peas -No. 2, $2,25, according to
81.70, ccoourtdsiina:, to freights outside.
corillatieligeYro iVff raelltgi o*uLgidet,° $1.20
' ac -
Buckwheat -31,28 to $1.80, nominal,
outside.
tsoceRf°4:::--cilientNgltest.o02tiftrs3eill:.e41,10t8L.o $1,43, according
Manitoba flour -First patents, In Jute
tbbsaa,8,1183, 81:091.0.06;n0tisot. second patents, 131 Jute
rong bakers', in Jute bags,
Ontario flour --Winter, according to
ample, $7.10 to $7,20, in Is80.75so, track
Toronto, prompt shipment;
seaboard, export trade.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags Included -Bran, per ton,
$34; shorts. per ton, $39; good feed
dour, per bag, per
to $2,80.
Ray -No. 1, per ton, $13; extra, No. 2,
Per ton, $12 to 312.504 mixed, per ton,
$10 to $11.5(), traok Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $0, trade To-
ronto,
•••••••••*,
Country Produce -Wholesale.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 37 to 390;
creamery prints, 43 to 45e; solids, 42 to
43c.
Eggs -No 1 storage, 42 to 43e; stor-
age, selects, 44 to 40c; new -laid, in ear -
1 tons, 63 to 00e; out of cartons, 55 to see.
Live poultry -Fowl, lb., 16 to 180;
chickens. lb., 18 to 20a.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 82 to 25c;
IVI A N1F
ri ESTO Fir,,,,I,agolstott42120800; ducks, 22 to 350; squabs,
trvIc4:60; turkeys, 28 to
lapseS. No allowance was made for
JT ONE REASON
ay Uie ,from . accumulation forfeited thrciugh Br
ggig such .gains in fixing the schedule of
ta,Spral rates.
ggegge Fotirth: There would be a surplus
-iitOr after eliminating the first five years
' f b hi the Actuary loaded
ill contributions owing to the fact th a,t,
• cs mem ers p,
gee the tabular rates by an arbitrary sum
ee, to make assurance doubly sure.
„,eggew Notices of motion have gone out to
whether at thirty-five, $1.23; at forty, $1,02; at..
dined its forty-four, $1.83. 1
.The eb- Two options are given to those who I
e society are already members of the, Order.
't three- One option provides that all mena
b r who are between the attained I
ages of sixteen to fort3r-five, inclusive,
intained
c that
,e in ages elect to take terns Insurance,
society which will entitle them to carry their
1Yeee,d' Ipeuraecemeettieepraisent rate
mien they liage attained thee age of
•' sixty years. Members between the
tt d f f • d fift
adieu Order' Foresthes ,Aecided not five, inclusive, may elect to -continue
to wait until the Slat December, 1917, the present win -aunt of their Insun
to ascertain the facts nem:trod by the ance, at the present rates, as term In -
Act, and, shortly afte the. Act was surance for a period of fifteen years,
passed in 1.916, .this Soldety -engaged Those members who are between the
Mr. Abb Landis, of Nadi:71116e Tonnes. attained ages of iifteesix and sixty -
see, for the purpose of investigating nine, inclusive, can carry their pre -
its actuarial standing, as of. the 31st sent proteotion as term Insurance, at
December, 1915. Mr. Landis mie of their present rate, for ton years.
the leading actuaries on the American Term protection of members between
continent to -day, and is so recognized the attained ages of seventy to seven -
in the Insurance world. Ma. expert- ty-six gmadually decreases from nine
once, extends over a term of twenty- years at the age of seventy to three
five years, eighteen years of which has years at the age of seventy-six and
ammunition, $1.6,750,000; small arms been devotedexc tie NO 3 to Fraternalover,
and machine-guns and 80,000 Ross Insurance Associations. In these The second option insures to all •
More Than $400,000,000 for All rifles, and bayonets, $5,666,000; ewe, eighteen years Mr. Landis le 'Irked members no matter when admitted,
' age, $2,500,000; remounts, $2,000,000; with one hundred ankbigli , Scielge when they attain the age cif seventy,
Land Forces.
transport, .:, , • railway ties, 8tx of these soeieties lie lama and over, the right to paid up Insun
.A despatch from Ottawa says: The
tranzport, $3,00,000; engineer ser -
dime. He has also beeline getteen ance for amounts set out in the
Prime Minister, in presenting the war , vice , Years ou the Committee of, Staehnetory schedule prepared be- the Actpary, •
, $4,000;000; civil employees $2 Legislation of the Nattonal naternal where such -member% do not desire
the total c,f $500,000,00C
I to be voted, 1000,000; recruiti,ngt,tec,usto,ms, du' !ies-, Congresa, and has been Prominently to continue to pay the life rates. This
+funeral expenses f 1 $5 00)000
Budget to the House, declared that of
Identified with the .drafting 'ef all bilis schedule entities the members from
the Department of Militia and Defence} The total expenditure by fiscal years dealing with Fraternal' Insurance Iegis- sixteen to eighteen to paid up Insur-
required $196,171,000, the Overseas 'laden: Mr. Landis is also the anther ance for $900 al the' age of seventy,
since the war began, the Primo Min- , ,,
Militia Department $219,000,000, ancle ister said, had been: 1914 $60 750 476 loi- el8.11 1.)
t ooks on Irrnrance, which are which amount gradually decreases tie
the Naval Service $17,500,000. The 1
1915, $16,197,755; 1916'and 1917 up 'accepted as autlor ties to -day, the attained age of the member in. -
1 , # ;
The Actuar , h
.1 it 'as found that during creases.
large increase in the demande of the; to January 20, $216,901,822. Of the 1 The adoption of the proposed Im-
portant action by Canada towards ,
Naval Service presage new and im- total expenditure for War during the i 1;:ars7 Italie Ceanaedrilaenne; dor loltril'f?tt7or-selsx- adjustment will place the Society
fiscal year the Militia Department had i tern has ha.d an exce rtioenr
p a y favor a basis or absolute solvency from an
coast deihnce and pntroi. In refer-, , .
.I controlleo 4,209,218,000, the. Naval Ser- a e mar a Ity experience. :Because of actuarial standpoint, and enable it to
bl t 1' 00 • CROW' NEST Sr w"
11121,Ei
maintain its splendid pealtion in the in A c B7:134 sETTI Ein
RHO BEEN I laLiliai
FO
Germany Intends to Sink All
Hospital Ships Encountered.
A despatch from London says: An
editorial in the Times says:
e"'§igns of increased ruthlessness
aietr intensity of the German subma-
rine campaign accumulate. There can
be only one reason for the manifesto
of the German Government with re-
spect to the hospital ships which the
Foreign Office made public recently. It
has all the familiar marks of a Ger-
man document designed to prepare
the way for inhuman deeds. It is
based on the lie that British hospital
ships have been used for transport of
munitions and troops.
"The sinking of hospital ships by
German submarines is, of course, no
new outrage. There have been sev-
eral flagrant attacks on Russian Red
'Cross A,ressels 131aele. Sea. and
on our 01,vti liespitaI ships and thole
of the French. Certainly we owed
the comparative immunity in home
waters more to measures of precau-
tion than to any forbearance of the
enemy. The fate of the Britannic and
Braemar Castle. both sunk in the
Aegean in November, proves that well
enough, but the Admiralty is probably
right in saying that the new German
manifesto means that the German
Government intend to attempt to add
other and more unspeakable crimes
against the law of humanity to the
long list. • The most recent of those
crimes is among the worst, On Sat-
urday during a heavy easterly gale
the Artist, a British steamer, was tor-
pedoed 48 miles from land. Of the
crew, who were forced into open boats
utterly without means of reaching
land or succor, sixteen survived. In
this case, too, the Admiralty does not
mince words. It says: 'Those who
perished in those three days of bitter
exposure were murdered.'"
enee to this the Prime Minister's vice $5,775,000, and the Justice De-
meram andum referred to "new sh!psipartment $1,004,000.
and maintenance." 'file submarine
this exceedingly favorable maktality
experieace, and the large antetint of
aecumulated funds:, Mr. letedie has-
been able to prepave imusuelley fa.vor-
menece will evidently require Vig.ilroUS WILL CONFOUND DEVICES
eaten by Canada, as well as by the: able monthly assessment raleanWhich
OF THE WICKED ONE twill euable the Society to p .ovitle for
Admiralty. : - 1 the payment of all future, claims.
The war expenditures propel. pro- A despatch from London says :-.- These rates of assessment, as corn -
The 'The burden on my shoulders is over- P
vide fel. a total of $433,000,000,ared with rates dedeced frons
balance ef the half hillier may le- de -mortality tables, is very =eh to the
whelming," :mid Premier Lloyd
votal towards further aseistance tolGeorge, M responding to a municipal adva.ntage of the members of the 'Cara
adian Order of Foresters.
Great Britain in financing was orders welcome at Criceieth, Wales, his honie, In constructing a mortality' table oh
ie Canada. on Friday, "but I am confident that the experience of the Society, alie Labe
The detailed items in the estimate with the united efforts of us all and dis has eliminated the first litiegears
ef mere than $400,000,000 for the with the justice of our cause, we shall of membership duration. The objeet
lend 'orees both in CattL1da and over- mire:mud the devices of the wicked of this course is in order to insure the
see' include pay nd arowances for one," death rate under more nearly normal
conditions than NV0111dbe possible by
taking the first five years of duration
!into consideration. During the first
nri 17 maw VrTa
ttlrtSia.kid X urF1CIALL 3ILLAI
OVER UNITED STATES
five years there Is a gain train recent
medical selection, He has recommen-
upon the report which will be filed as of
11 ON
ded a schedule of rates, which; based
;the 31st December, 1917, should shoW
I mare than 100 per cent. of actuarial
solvency, because of margins .of safety
That
which may be (Resettled as follows
Pirst: There would he gains from
actual interest earned in excess of 4
per cent., which is the amount the
Actuary fixes as the basis of calcula-
tion. As a matter of fact, the average
interest earned by the Society, upoU
its Insurance Fund, as at. present in-
vested, Is 5.44 per cent, As the ea-
eurities held by the Society are most-
ly for long tertes, there should be a
substantial gain on interest accemait.
Second: There would be a saving
from a lower death rate by reason of
the feet that the that eve years of
memberehip has been fan:Mated by
Mr. Landis in construe•e mor-
tality table.
Third; There would else be gains
Berith Semi-Oilieial News Agency Declares, However,
Wrnng interpretation Was Given By President
Wilson to the Note.
A aeepatch :'rem Berlin says:
Prt-gs tle.TatoiLes Inve reachod
n1'04)1'6:144 tr.) 11 Jip141101OIc re
; '4.V'.nininy arid 11: • toted
Statebitvg.; br(ikvot off, s the
Nows Afteoc.y.
:11..
lnet r;r; i,' Li meme t mess,
th, A1,11cy, "1•112 genteal !o ;s,
Geamany is regeet that the Amer:can
President gave to the German note an
interpretation which was not intended
1.v Germany. The Gorman measures
are not intended to damage 'neutrals,
but were caused by the necessity of
defending Germany against .hostile
. measures which are contrary to ititer-
05 mw, Germany's enemies,:
therefore, beng charged with the
whole responsibility.,"
world of Fraternal Insurance.
MILITARY MEDALS PRESENTED
BY THE INDIAN VICEROY
A despatch from Delhi. says: -The
Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford, at a special
parade held at the Vice -Regal lodge
presented military medals and orders
to 200 Indian officers and men. The
scene was brilliant and impressive.
Gen. Sir Charles Munro and a large
number of the Headquarter::: Staff
were present. The decorations in-
cluded three Victoria Crosses and sev-
eral French and Russian decorations,
Minister Announces a 9 Per
. Cent Increase for Miners.
A despatch from Calgary says :-
The Minister of Labor, Hon. T. W.
Crothers, before departing for the east
on Sunday, announced a settlement of
the trouble between the miners and
the operators. The settlement re-
quires the operators to provide the
91/2 per cent. increase in wages. It is
understood that the operators will add
this increase to prices to consumers,
srags-gragaral=="a'''''..!
ALLIES ON WESTERN FRONT
re
COURT A TTACK BY GERMANS
Have Everything Ready to Receive Enemy or Make Enemy Re-
ceive Thent When They Choose,
A despatch from Paris says: "Do
you believe, General, that the Ger-
mans intend to forestall you in an at.
tack?" asked a Havas correspondent,
in an interview with Gen. Sir Henry
Rawlinson, corps covinnander of the
British forces on the Somme frent,
Gen. Itawlinson qttswered:
"The German offieers are keeping
, up that hope among their men, 1
know, hut, personally, I doubt that our
enemies have already forgotten the
lesson at Verdun. If they like to send
a few hundred' thousand men useless-
ly to slaughter, ',3a see no objection.
' On the Contrary, we have everything
Iready to receive them, or ' to make
them receive us when we choose."
'Cheese -New, large, 253 to 26c; twins.
20 to 263c; triplets, 283 to 263c; old,
large, 253c; twins,261 to 27c.
Iloney-White clover, 23-1b. tins, 140;
5-1b. tins. 13 to 133c ; 10 -lb., 123 to 1$c;
60 -lb., 12 to 18c: buckwheat, 60 -Ib. tins,
9 to 93c. Comb honey -extra fine and
heavy weight, per doz., 32.75; select,
) $2.60 to 32 75; No. 2, 32 to 32,25.
Potatoes -Ontario, per bag, 32.80 to
32.75: British Columbia, per bag, 32.60
to $2.75; New Brunswick Delawares, per
hag, 34.90 to 33.00.
Beans-1mported. hand-pickecl, per
bush., 35.25; Canadian, hand-picked, per
bush., 37.00; Canadian pvlioes, 33,00 to
38.50,;' Limas, per lb., 10 to 1030.
Provisions-Wholeeala.
Smoked meats -Hams. medium, 26 to
26o; do., heavy, 22 to 23c; cooked, 35 to
37c: rolls, 21 to 22o; breakfast bacon,
25 to 28c; backs, plain, 27 to 28e: bone-
less, 29 to .1...c.
Lard --Pure lard. tierces. 213 to 213c;
tubs, 213 to 32c; pails, 22 to 223e; com-
pound, 151 to 17c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon. 18 to
183e per ib., clear bellies, 48 to 133c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Feb. 6 -Oats -Canadian
western 3340. 2, 693c; do., No; 3, 683c;
extra No. 1 feed, 673e. BarleY--Man.
Fl •-•-s
Man. Spring wheat -Patent ,- ;.1:-
seconds,. 39,10; strong 'bakers', Ku.
Winter patents, choice, 39.25; straight
rollers, 38.50 to *MO; 50., bags, 34.10 to
1$4,25. Rolled oats' -barrels, $7,05; do.,
;bags, 90 lbs.. 33.05. Bran, 333; shorts,
g6.34T8n.,..1diiititT-Is 21;1.8 to IT; zor g!i•e'dits32'
1313. vheese--Finesi westerns, 253 to
,26c; do., materna, 25 to 253c. Butter--
lehoicest creamery, 43 to 423c; seconds,
139 to 40e. Eggs -Fresh, 600; selected,
140e; No. 1 stock. 43e; No. 2 etoek, 38c.
Winnipeg Grain
1 'Winnipeg, Feb. 5. -Cash quotations:
Wheat -No. 1 Northern, 31.683; No. 2
11',orthe•'31.0311; No, 3 Northern, $1,683;
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No. 31.473; No, 5, 31.253; No. 6, 9930;
feed. Ole. Ottte-No, 2 C.W., 643e; No. 3
1(7.W., 323c; extra No, 3 feed, 623c: No.
II feed, 51;u: 1+70. 2 feed, 503c. Barley-
]No. 3, 96c; No. 4, 90o; rejected, 80c;
feed, „4.0c. Flux -'No. 1 N.W.., $2.82i;
No, 2 C.W., $2.593.
Butted States Markets '
511nneapolis, Feb. 6. --Wheal•- 5jay,
31.781; July, 31.728. Cash -No. 1 hard,
31.843 to $L863; No, 1 Northern, 31.773
to 31.808; No. 2 Northern, 31.743 to
31.803, Corn -No. 3 yellow, 953 to 91130,
Oats --No. 3 white, 523 to 523e. Flour
unchanged. Bran -431.00 to 331,50.
Duluth, Feb. 8.--Wheat-No. 1 hard,
arrive, $2.693; May, 32.923; July
$321..073335.; No. 1 Northern, 31.771; No. 2
Northern. $1.721 to 31.765, Linseed -To
Live Stook Marken
Tormtto, Feb. 6.-Choico heavy steers,
310.40 to 31.0.75: do., good, $10 to 310.25
butchers' cattle, choice, '310 to 310,26
dn., good, 39.35 to 39.75; do., medium
$8,85 to 39: do,. common, $3 to 33.25
butpers' bulls, rimice, 38,60 to 39,25
dof': good bulls. 35.15 to 38.06; do.
medium bulls, 37.22 to 37.75; do.. rough
bulls. 35.15 to $6,36: butchers' cows,
ebolL•e, 35.00 to $8.50; do., good, 37.40 to
37.65; do., medium, $6.35 to 36.60;
stockers, $6.25 to 37.50; choice feeders.
33 to 35.50: canners and cutters, 36' to
36.401 milkers. choice, moll. 370 to $3.06:.
do„ corn. and med., eaeb, 340 to 380;
springers, $50 to $100, light ewes,
$9.25 to 310; stietp, heavy. 38 to 37.50;
valves, good to tdmioe, 311.75 to 314;
ohoice, $13.60 to 315: do., med..
PIP/4; 31301fli hr. fel andtwekered.
o 2: .. g e o rs,
314 to 314.15; dn.. f.o.b.. 313,15 to 31.3.26.
Montreal, k'eb. C. -Choice steers. 310
to 310.26; good, 39 to $10; choice butch-
ers' cows, $3 in 38.50; good, 37 to 37.50:
canners, $5; choice butchers' bulls. 38.25
to 39; get', $7 to 38; canners, $5,6() 10
$0; calves. 35 to 33; milk -fed. 310 to
311; lambs, $1.3 to $14 choice select
heir,off Jars, 314 to 314.75,
POTATOES .1N AUSTRIA
SCARCE AS GOLD PIECtilS.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
The Vienna Arbeiter Xeitung decTered,
en Sunday that the cold of thesteplipett
viotis nine. days hae shown an Intern:seep'
sity that no one expected. The Daflh „:-
ube ie half frozen. Frost is reiWfotoem.`-:
ing the provisioning of reaVrafe,
causieg 1111 increase in the diflicO14‘V4,,r''..
vI housevrives. The journal
"Potatoes, unfortunately, belong to
the treasures. How nu/eh acuteness ir
people apply to obtain this food de- '
sPige:l in peace time not intreonentiv,
,,hown when one reads of schle
well off woman exebanging 11 beet0Ii-
feel dress for two huudredweight
potatoes. if the cold coetinuee eotim
tom: will be might like gold pieces."
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