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In the Poultry
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Many believe it is more profitable
to sell egge when the prices are high,
than to turn them into broiler's or
roaster, ann ueleg the egg) for hien-
batiou only when there ie deane in
price, it is thought that everything
should be governed by both the man
ket and the facilities of the poultry-
ment. It fete been proved. that (.1)111-
binations pay better than a sittiee
branch.
Poultry meat farming has been made
a profitable otempation eine() the invert --
14°n of reliable inerthators and brooders,
but, of eaurse, along with these um-
e.hines must go good judgment and ee-
perience.
WATCH THE AfARKET.
It ie all important that WP know the
etmdition and the demand of the merket
o wieh to aupply. Some matkets give
better priees for broilers, and others ex -
eel in roaeting
At the beginning of each year, in
nearly all the large eity markets, there
is an inereased demand for 'oft roast-
ing fowl, weighing froin four to eix
mum& each. At this. time, too, there
is a reasonably good demand for broil-
ers. Beginning about the middle of
Jammu up to the lint of May there
ia a rail for squab broilerseethicks
weighing eight ounces dreesed-for
whieh as high fie ninety (=mite a pair has
een paid.
The New York Produce Review says
the cause of coneiderahle poultry arrIV,
ing in bad order is the fault of the ship-
per, either by not havine cooled out
properly, putting too rtme'ch in barrels
without Sufficient ice, or muggy weaths
er,
POULTRY SHOULD BE WELL
COOLED,
Poultry that is to be tanked down
in ice water before shipping should be
well cooled out by putting in three
changes of fresh well water before
ple.chtie in ice water; this takes the
animal heat out gradually, whereas if
placed ia the ice water too quickly it
drives the *mimed heat to the entrails,
making a condensed and extreme tem-
porary heat, which sours the contents
of the crop and entrails, and which in
reaction gives a grout; and unsavory
amen to the poultry. and almost invar-
iably gives a greenish cat to that thin
portion of the birds at the lower point
of brettet, which, of course, affects the
selling price. This mistake of improper
vooling occurs more with winter and the
inexperienced ehippers than with those
who ship the year round. However, it
frequently occurs even with those who
have used too much haste, .or dressed
too close up to shiPping time.
USE STRONG BARRELS.
Strong, sound barrels should be used
in shipping, end the carcasses packed
with ice. On the bottom of the barrel
place a. good layer of broken ice, then
a layer of poultry, beginning in the mid-
dle and packing in a circle, with heads
down, backs up and feet toward the
centre. Then alternate layers of ice and
poultry. until the barrel is filled to
within six inches to the top, taking care
to have lee between the poultry and
the sides of the barrel. Top off with
large pieces of ice and cover the barrel
with burlap, which will insure its being
kept right side up. Mark your name
and address on the barrel along with
OLD LADY ALMOST
CRAZY WITH ECZEIA
A Remarkable and Convincing State-
ment of the Success of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment in the Treat-
ment of tho Pain, Itching and
Burning of Eczema
"I, the undonirned, cannot give ettough
praise to the Outieuta Itemediee. Iliad been
doctoring for at least a year for erzetne on
my foot. 1 hatl tried doetor after doctor ell
to no avail. 1eliin a you:) g girl I sprained
uty ankle tit - tigre':elit times, paying little
or no tatentiun to it, wht,ii five years :to
a small spot rihov.'ed upon iny left anicio.
1 was worried wet bent for a, doctor. Lie
mild it was eczeillit. Ile ant a Small bone
frontthe unkle .bout the size of a match
dud about an inch long. The email hole
grew to about tee elee of an apple, und
the eczema epreitd to the knee. doctors
never could heal the hole ift tile ankle.
The whole foot riot weter all the time.
"My husband teal my sons were tip night
and day wheeling me fono one room to Ln -
other in the hope ef glvele• me seine rolL'[.
I would sit for Lows at tina,,, la froet ut
the hrepiece heeing for daybreak, 'rite
pain was so inteeee 1 was almost crazy,
in fact, I woted lose rr.y reason for hours
at a thne, One day a friend of mine droppod
fU tO $ee me. No more had elle eletweil
tuy foot than she excleimed, Ifinnegae,
why in the world don't you tty the Cute -
cure Iternedieet' Beingnilegusied with the
doetors and their niedlemee, and not being
able to sleep at all, 1 deeided to give the
entleura Soap lied Cotictira Ointment
.efter usieg them three days that
night I elept as sound ;Is; ft AYH.' dollar
for eight long houre. I awoke in the morning
vane but very little pain, in fact, I thought
was in beaveo. After using tee Cuticure
Remedies; for three months I was perfectlY
restored to health, thanks to the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. I. will be sixty-four
years of age my next birthday. Jiah and
hearty at present." eSignede Mrs, Julia Ifsenne-
gan, 2234 Hebert St., St.Lou 'Mo., Mar. 7,111.
Cuticula Soap and Ointment are sold
throughout the world. Send to Potter D. tir,
C. Corp., 47 Columbus Ave. Boston, IL
for tree Sample of each with 32-p. book.
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that of the party you are shipping to
and at the Same time send an invoice
hy mail, so that there may be no mis-
take or misunderstanding. It is always
advisable to write ahead of a shipment,
so that in ease of a stocked market the
conunie,sion men cart notify you to delay
the shipment a few days.
Those who ship live poultry to mar-
ket must use strong, well ventilated
coops, of sufficient size to avoid over-
crowding, or some of the birds may be
crushed to death while en route. The
stock should be well fed and watered
before shipping and an extra allowance
of feed placed in the coop. The ship-
ments could be timed so that they will
reach destination not later than Friday
and never ship at the end or latter part
of the. week, except by special order,
as the stock should not be allowed to
remain in the coops longer than is act-
ually necessary. As there is a certain
amount of shrinkage in all shipments
of live poultry, exact returns for the
full weight at time of shipment must
not be expected.
The number of pounds of food ele-
ment we buy in a ton of linseed mete:
is 564.4 muscle makers; 65.8 fat form.
ing; 130.0 pure fat. In a like quantity
of bran we have 223.4 muscle makers;
1,085 fat forming and 70.4 pure fat.
WHAT WE SHOULD SAY.
A little boy -Instead of a little wee
boy.
A silver dollar -instead of a large
silver dollar.
He drove the horee-instead of be
drove the carriage,
He came through the doorway -in-
stead of througb the door.
0010•••Oili•••8406
Wine Drinking France
Ig 110 vountry in the world is the sit-
uation ae to eueohol so desperate ati
Vritnee. Front all tildes cries of despair
are risiug. Tints the leader of the French
Co-operative Movement, M. Mahillean,
renntrine, that until a revent visit to Nor-
mandy and Brittany he had. no idea, of
the intensity and rapidity with which
the process of rave poisoning is proceed-
ing.
"In -Came where for eix yelliFt 1 was
eonnected with, the Faculty of Letters,
4. woe horror-etriehen. With the aid of
Dr, Barflies and others I drew up CzAtlia-
tive ohartd of Normandy. The evidence
ehowed that, if sennething does not me
eur to check the downward movement
this province will be a desert inhabited
with idiots insane and murderers."
"When, 1.reached Brittany 1 asked of
thole who know the country best, "Tell
nee about alcholiam. Id anything being
done to stay it advaneet"Fhey raised,
their arms to heaven and replied in
stricken tones, The plague advances
steadily. it lets gone so far that one
tun hardly speak of it. The youth fur-
nish a continually increasing number of
imbeciles and criminals. In some places
half, in others two-thirds of the con-
scripts eannot be aveepted because of
phyeical weaknees. Those who enter
the army sound are dragged down by
their comrades. One eannot imagine &
more doleful sight than that of the
young soldierat the railway stations
ceming home when their service is over.
No jolly song, only sad, glaring faees.
00 to the wharves; it is worse there.
The laborer hardly eats now. He rarely
washes himself or Oranges his clothes.
He only drinks,"
"But, I asked, after hearing theee
things, why don't you cry out to the na-
tion?" "What's the use? No one lis-
tens to us, and besides it's too late.
There's no poseible help for us now." --
From Record of Christian Work.
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Only to find our duty certainly, and
somewhere, soneehow do it faithfully,
makes us strong, happy and useful men
end tunes our lives into some feeble
echo of the life of God. -Phillips Brooks.
DON'T waste your time figuring
i out why a black hen lays a
! white egg. Get busy and jump
1 into your LEATHER LABEL
OVER.HAULS and get the egg.
THE HEN. TER ROCi.
THE
LeatheP Label
OVER -HAUL COMPANY, LIMITED
2.1AIMPACTITRER5 OF
High Grade American Over -Hauls,
W.AIKERVILLE. ONTARIO.
Tear this oat and mall It to um with
your name end address and we will send
you one ot our celebrated CORN COS
PIPES, FREE.
Name
Town Prov
Your dealer's name
Town Prole
Aff,Modern Force
in Business
ADVERTISING has established a new
order of things in commerce. It has
become a mighty power in business prog-
ress; a complex yet comprehensible trans-
mitter of many parts for the distribution
and selling of merchandise and service.
Its function is fivefold:
To enlighten or educate—to create
new wants or to satisfy old ones—to
protect and foster legitimate enter-
prise—to establish a medium of
understanding between buyer and
seller as a ba,sis for mutual profit
and advantage—to prescribe an eco-
nomical price and the maintenance
of a fixed standard of quality.
None know better than the buying
public how well these functions have
been in/filled. wee:axe...e'en., •
Modern advertising has given us an
insight into various manufacturing
processes. The producer has takeri.
us, the consumers, into his confidence
and told us just how his mince meat,
his flour, his clothing, etc., is made,
We know why certain things should
or should not be. Advertising has
told us—broadened our understand-
ing and guided our judgment.
Modern advertisitig has enabled
us to unlock the treasure house of
the world's divirAest melodies through
the medium of the player -piano.
The motor car has lengthened the
business day arid brought the fra-
grant countryside to our door. Men
shave in comfort in ten minutes where
ij
they used to take twenty. A magic
bottle provides us with cold drinks
with the weather at 90 degrees or
gives us a warm beverage when Jack
Prost dips at 40 below.
Modern advertising has elevated
the standard of business ethics. It
protects the manufacturer from un-
scrupulous competition and the con-
sumer from base imitation. It con-
serves trade—extends business—
creates good will. It enables the cor-
poration, the manufacturer or private
individual on trial to take his case
directly to the public, and to secure
the public's judgment on his policy
or character based purely upon tbf
respective merits.
Modern advertising has opened up
new opportunities to the oppressed
and poor of far-off lands. It has
turned an unceasing tide of inunigra-
tien to new countries. It has de-
veloped nationst, and made the name
of the New World a promise of better
things among the purple of the Old.
All this advertising has done ani
will continue to do. It is the ever-
increasing influence for the advance-
ment of mankind—the most potent,
indeed, of the many forces influencing
human aetion.
Advice regarding your advertising problems ij atidilabk through
any good advertising agency or the Secretary of the Canadian
Press Association, Room 503, Lumsden Iluilding, Toronto, En-
quiry involves no obligation on your parS —so writif interested.
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BORDERING ON
THE MIRACULOUS
John McElroy's Heart Trouble
Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Could Not Work Ali Summer, and
Doctor Failed to Help, but Our
Was Quick When He Used Podcl's
Kidney Pills.
Benton, lel., B., May 1.3,-(Speeial,)-
Bordering on, the miraculoue is the mire
of John, .11oE1roy, a young well
lemma here. He MIS sufferiug from
heart trouble,
and wee so bad, that all
last Knurlier he Was not abie to do a
dity'S work. Dodd.' Kidney Nibs eurad
hint. In telling the story of his cure
.Mr. McElroy eays;
"1 went to a door, who said I ,hied.
palPitation, but his medieine did nOt
WW1 to reach the spot. 1 eufferedfor
over a year, and all last summer I
was not able to do a da.y'e work, My
eleep was broken and unrefrealting. I
ilat heavy and sleepy after meals and
1 wets always tired and nervous.. 1 per-
spired freely with the lent exertion.
"After I had finialied taking the dc' -
tor' e medieine, and I felt no better, I
read, in an almanac what Dodd's Kidney
Pills could do, and made up Jny mind
to try them. Before 1 bad finished the
first box I felt different, and by the
time the eecored was half gone T was
working in the woods and doing good
work."
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ARKERS SELLING
Their Products by Cooperation in
the States.
Farmers' organizations all over the
country are rAudying the problem of how
tart/Jere can get their products into the
homes of consumers without leaving hall
or more of tile pecuniary returos in the
hands of the middlemen.
In the west the matter of coporation
in marketing farm produce has made
gOod progrees. Producers are unitiug to
send their vegetables and other produee
to the eity, where a man itt the employ
of the organization distributes the com-
modities to the retailers. That agent re-
ceives a salary. A great saving has re-
sulted. in most cases in which that plan
has been tried, the farmers getting more
for their products, butter and eggs at a
lower price.
A Colorado farmer in describing the
conditions which formerly existed said:
"I shipped cantaloupes to Denver wilier'
sold in the city for $1.10 a crate. For
that shipment I received lees than 60
cents a crate. out of which I had to pay
22 cents for the crate. By the time the
middlemen get through with my product
they had received nearly two-thirds of
its value. I labored from April untii
Auguct to produce my crop and they
handled it in twenty-four bows.
"One year the farmers of my commun-
ity shipped $200,000 worth. of cantaloupes.
Of this amount the middlemen received
4k120,000 tend the farmers $80,000. This Is
not only true of cantaloupes, but almost
every other crop the farmer grows,when-
ever the middlemen, especially the corn-
miesion dealers and the transportation
companiee, must handle it.
"I shipped tomatoes in baskets con-
taleing twenty pounds. On the city
market they brought 75 cents a hasket.
The express company and the commis-
sion man together received 30 cents, leav-
ing me 36 cents net, I being obliged to
pey ten cents for eaoh basket. The mid-
dlemen handled the tomatoes in one
day. I labored ten months to produce
them., besides being obliged to have
lands, fertilizer, tools, and many other
things to produee the crop."
By coporation the profits of the mid-
dleman are eliminated and at the same
titno better transportation rates can be
secured by a united body than when
each shipper acts as an individual.
In some other parts of New York State,
in Ohio and the middle West great quan-
tities of butter are produced in coopera-
tive creameries. The companies are
composed of the farnie.rs and dairymen
of a given Section, who take their milk
to the creamery, where an expert butter
maker prepares it for market. The stock
of the company is divided among the
farmers and after the butter is sold and
all the expenses paid the profits are di-
vided according to the holdings of the
stockholders. The directors of those
creameries are now considering a new
plan of marketing the output.
Heretofore the butter has been mar-
keted through the large commission
houses. Many of the stockholders have
regietted to see part of the proceeds
from the sale of the butter go ono the
hands of the commission dealers, holding
that all the profits should be divided be-
tween the stockholders and the con-
sumers.
A plan is now on foot among many of
those cooperative creameries which is to
be tried out this summer whereby the
commission dealer is to be eliminated.
The idea now being worked out Is to
unite a large company of creameries for
the marketing of the output. Directors
are to be named, who like all other or-
ficers of the individual companies are to
act without pay. They are to employ a
competent, experienced man to have
charge of the receiving and distributing
end of the business in the city. He Is
to do the work now done by the commis -
Sion men, only acting as an employee or
the united creameries.
Bach erearnery will retain its independ-
ence and individuality under the new
mysteen, merely uniting with the alters
for the sale of the products and for meta
other beenfits as may accrue. The earn-
ings from such an arrangement would
be divided pro rata among* the creamer -
les, to the number of pounds
rdud.
The project has been discuesec1 for
nearly a year and Is meeting with great
laver among the united dairymen. The
promoters of the plan say there is no
lIznit to the poeeibilitles of saving, once
a merger has been formed. The sales-
man is not only to sell the butter, but
belng the representative of a large nem-
ber of creameries, each one of which has
front twenty-five to a hundred etock-
holders, he will be in a position to buy
teed and other supplies tor farmers'
needs at an advantageous price.
If the Plan is successful It will mean
tt very material lessening in the cost 01
Creamery supplies for the consunier, and
when the united creameries prolect is on
a successful peals the plan may be ex-
teecled to other branchea of the market -
Ing ot agricultural products. -N. Y. Sun.
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CUT IT OUT.
(Niagara. Falls Journal.)
Here is a list of slang expressions the
Publie Speaking Club of America and
the West Side Y. At C. .A. want their
Members to avoid they say:
Slang is the subterfuge of the sloth.
ful. Cultivate tante and discrimination
in your use of the Unglieh language.
Avoid all such terms as:
It's up to you.
den't think.
Not on your life.
Irby eau search me.
1 guess.
That' e going some.
Can you beat it?
Sure I will.
There's some class to flee.
Are you on?
That's awful nice.
It's a *Ina.
On, fudge!
Cut it out.
Talkitig to beat the band.
They're not in it.
It's all both.
Nothing doing,
That's nifty.
Never again.
Cough up.
He has nothing on me.
The !wrest thing you know.
Not to bo sneezed at.
That's the real thing.
Not her a long Mali.
I see his MO.
Opt the hook.
That will be about all.
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WHY HE DROPPED,
(Vancouver *nudity Huntiet.)
An Waltman fell front n, hottee and
lAnded On ZN trilA zthout twenty feet from
the grtennti. After he had strusegled a
mienent the mail let No and fell to the
grieend. Son' one asked his reaSon for
letting go, "Faith," wee the reply, "I
V,tto afraid the wire would break;
.. neee-aeree -
I' Tlagduppeeellello, Buggette; I supporie
- you crin't lend me $10 eau you? Bur
gius----Vou ate oue of the most neeurate
Suppoetre I know.
TO THE FARMERS
A Few Hints to Help Solve
the Labor Question.
Dear Siete-Realizing that one of the
most urgent needs of the farmers el our
province is an adequate supply of farm
htbor, the eolonizatioa brauch has been
endeavoring to meet that demean'. by
‘bringiug, mete from (levet Britain end
Ireland and 'fleeing them with farmers
in tide province. Doriag the past few
3earo several thousand tee !leen
brought out and placed la thie way. In-
stead, however, of the demand leeseoing,
tiCeni.'i tO he inereesenta. Our otreerva-
tiou and experience convinee us ilea,
while there may be many tiAltialtt
of this regrettable fact, the one out-
standing reresou is the •praetiee of em-
ploying men for six or eight /1101W:tS of
the year and then. taming them out to
find situations elsewhere for the beletece
of their time. This works out iu such
a way that the uteri who hese been em-
ployed oa the fermi now 'scent to gra,vi.
tate to towns and eitiee in the winter
mouths and remain there, with the re-
sult that the farmer is compelled to start
over again the next sPring itt M. elfin te
to erectrve help,
ilaving regaud to these facts, 1 beg to
make the following suggestions, the
adoption of whieh we are eatisfied would
go a long way towards relieving the
steingency whielt exists at the ireeent
time:
J. First and foremost, arrange to em-
ploy it man by the year. We have found
that the farmer who employe his help
by the year, especially if he is able to
supply a hou,se and a small piece of land,
la the farmer who has the least trouble
over the help problem. It is the better
way for the man as well as for the
farmer. if you feel your work does not
warrant the employment of a man the
year round, you might be well .advieed
to eon:eider the question of taking Up 13
few more bramelea of farm work or
handling additional live stock, and in
thin way we feel satisfied you. would
emote than make un the extra cog oi
the help.
2. Do not be too exacting about get-
ting an experienced man. Experieneed
farm laborers are rare at the present
time, as there is a large denvend for
them in the old court/tear as well as on
this. aide. If you take an inexoerionced
man' recognizing that he is unfamiliar
withthe conditions and methods in this
eountry, and devote a little attentien to
training him for a few months, you will
find, in nine cases out of ten, that he
will prove very useful to you. Being
reasonably generous in the matter of
treatment and wages is easential if hired
help is to be retained.
We beg to submit these suggestions to
the farmers of the province, feeling sat-
isfied that if they are acted upon the re-
sults will redound to the personal ad-
vantage of the farmer as well as to the
orospeaity of the provinee. Yours Lolly,
EL A. Aletedonnell,
Director of Colonization, Parliament
Buildings, Toronto.
50 CENTS
PER WEEK
Puts An Organ or Piano in
Your Horne,
On Friday, March 15tb, we commene-
ed. our annual slaughter sale of all used
instruments in .tock. This year sees
us with double the number we ever
had. Some eighty-five instruments are
offered and among them organs bear-
ing names of such well-known makers
as Bell, Kern, Thomas, Doherty and
Dominion. The priees uf these range
from $15 to $60 at the above terms.
The pianoa bear such well-known names
of makers as Decker, Thotua6, Herald,
Weber, Wormaith and Ileintzman
Co. Every instrument has been repair-
ed by our. ONVII workmen, and mimes a
five years' guarantee, and as a special
inducement we will make an agreement
to take any iastrument back on ex-
change for a better one any time within
three yeaass and allow every cent paid.
Send poet ear(' at once for complete
list, with full particulars.
Heintzman & Co., 71 King street east
Hamilton.
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JIM BROWN -PESSIMIST.
(From the Detroit Free Press.)
Jim Brown says, Sa.yei he to me;
Life ain't what it ueed to be,
Everybody's money mad,
Things are goin' to the bad,
Maks is ahaeneful now,
Preachers ain't as good somehow
As they were when he was young.
Even gospel hymns ain't sung
As they ought to be, says Jima -
Least that's how it scents to him.
Jim Brown says, says he. that men
All were honester back then;
Merchante all were kinder too.
Trusted more than what they do;
Women didn't nag the way
Most of 'ern take on to -day,
Children, he can reeollect,
Paid their parents nore reopect.
Everything is worse, Says he,
Than it Woe in eighty-three,
jim hangs round th' corner store,
Hasn't worked for months an' more;
From the last job where he hired
Out to work he eon was fired.
Niro. Jim, though, eews an sews,
Jug to keep her kids in elo'es.
It's 'bout all that she can do
T' buy shoes an' feed 'em, too;
Since Jim spends his time in fretting
'Bout how bad the world is getting.
BOYS AND AIR GUNS.
(Philadelphia. Record.)
rend parents who give air rifles to
their dear boys ought to be wining to
serve as the targets. It isn't quite fair
for them to expect the neighbors or pere
sons passing through the street to serve
in that capacity. These are tot respone
sible for the possession by boys of weal).
ous that ate deadly, in spite of the inno-
cent appearance of the word "air." One
boy of fifteen is now under arrest for
sheeting three men with his alr rifle.
There are many other boys in thes town
who ought to be diaartned before they
shall put out any one's eyee or kilt the
Pets Of the neighborhood, for it bosr With
gun, whether of air or powder, think*
aeybedy's dog or eat is falr game for
him. and it le evident from tile arrest
meile yesteroay that some boys look for
nigger game than these. Ouns and pis -
tole are tiot proper toys in it city, and
they e.re itot proper toys for boys any-
where. cs.eept hz .ottipany With adult
wile can eontrel 1110111.
THAT SUITED HIM.
Mrs. Meyser- Could yon give me
t. Itt-
tle money, my d ear ?
AlP,VePr- .Certainly, dear. ..kbont
how little?
U T TO N L0610.
Unbutton all eioneeg oweo peee;ng iti
to the IttlIndrY rtiA you will riml iWIi
VUttouS Will be is; er
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A BRACE OF DISAPPOINTMENTS,
"So that is Swellbean, the matin co star? Re doesn't look as dis-
tinguished as 1 imagined,"
"No. And he doesn't look as di stinguished as he imagines, either."
RAILWAY DECISION
•••••••••1•1•••••••••
Da-wson Board of Trade and
Yukon Railway.
Judge Mabee Judgment
Given in Detail.
Although Western despatches have
already reported the decision of Judge
Mabee itt the rates ease of the Dawson
Board of Trade against the White Hone
Ya.Se and Yukost Railway Companies,
they have done eo ouly in the briefest
and moat cursory form that gives very
little idea of the real import:lutee ot what
is pethape the meet thoughtful end im-
partial, as it ie eiertainly the tweet sig-
nificant, comment yet made ea a. con-
dition that is not only applicable to the
railway under ilisetteSion, init,ai a gen-
eral way, to practioally every road in
the country. It. NVill be remern that
the Dawson 13oard of Trade applied to
the Railway Commission for a reduction
in rates. After hearing the evidence, this
body ordered a. reduction of the lates by
about one-third last July. The ease VMS,
then reopened and much additional 4.vi-
deuce submitted, as the result of wbieh
the previous order NV e,1.5 ,211iige
Alabee'e eumniing up and deehdon are
very lengthy nail complete, her a ..‘ew
ot the niort- etriking peetiages ere giV011
-SilYT the reopening of the me sees, evi-
dence has been heard at whil.0 Horse
and twiee at Ottawa; Mr. Commiesioner
Meneean and. myself have gone owe the
raii divieion from ikagwu o White
ZiOnse, and have had an opportunity of
seeing the conditions undor which the
companies operate. and the t•r3ief engineer
ha.s furnished US with a careful and elab-
orate physical valuation of he road,
and in the result much roeful and ma-
terial ieformation is before es-, nett we
had not the advantage of when the
tomer adjudication was made.
"In the respondents' petitioe by way
of appeal, the following fignrcs i'or the
year 1910 were for the firs “ 7inie intro-
duced into the case:
Total freight and paesenger
earnings.. . „ST38,458 77
Mail, ex prvss, telegra pil, ete. 14,1:2 07
Total.
•
.____...-
4753,879 84
Deduat ono -third as provided
by the order.. a246,152 59
Total railway earnings .... ..$506.7.27 25
Less working exnensee ., 4.38.377 12
Surplas..
Interest on bonds, .....
Surplus for paytneut....
• .....
. .
. *68,350 12
Os195,911 02
. 68.350 12
Deficit.. ..... ...$127,560 90
In the result these figures show that,
if the rates fixed by the order of the
board had been in effeet during the
year 1910, the eompanies would have
defaulted to the extent of :$127,560,90
In the payment of the interest on their
bends; to say nothing of the stockhold-
ers obtaining no dividend whatever.
At the hearing on Dee. 6 Mr. Dickeson
gave ite the figures, so far as poceible,
for the year 1911. The companies had
earned $149,700.90 less titan during 1910.
although the rates were the same; the
deficieney being caused by a general
dropping off in business, upwards of
7,000 tons lese freight being moved. A
large reduction was made by. him in
operating expenaee, Hestated that he
had been eompelled to go "away beyond
what is ordinarily called good judgment
in the operation of railroads in mincing
our force e and cutting down expenses
beyond what we can reasonably expect
to continue."
Since the hearing on Dee. 6 the ad-
journed annual meeting of the Qom -
ponies has been hold, and all that the
shareholders got after the season's oper-
ations Wii6 a dividend of 1 per cent.
When giving hie evidence on Dec. 6 Air.
Diekelsoh vete asked if he expeeted to
be able to pay it dividend of 2 per mt.,
and lie answered, "I do not. We have
SAXWELCS
HIGH SPEED
GHAMPIoN
Is the Washer for a Womaa
In the first place, Maxwell's
"Champion" is the only washer
that can be worked with a crank _„
handle at the side as well as with
the top lever. Just suit your Own
convenience.
Another Maxwell feature -Lever and a
BalanceWheelaresoaccurately
adiusted aadwork up such speed
that the washer runs along
even when you have stooped
working the lever. There's
no doubt about
Maxwell's Champion
being the easiest
running
washer OR
the market.
Write for
new illuet-
retedbooldet
ifyourdealer
does not
handle
Maxwell's
a Champion'
Washer.
DAVID
MAXWELL
& SONS.
St. filary's flat
92
provided for our operating expenses and
bond interest, and we are ia very grave
doubts as to whether or not we can
declare a dividend of 1 per went. That
is entirely encertitiu, something to be
decided between now end the ent of the
year.'
Marty more matters could be recited
that have, been placed before the board
al the rehearing, to show that ehe order
of Jan. 18 could not have bean put
into effect; but euffielent has beeu eaid
to make it clear that the reduetion in
rates then directed would be an outrage
upon the eitareleolders in those railways.
it will not be thought that this mat-
ter- le being considered solely from the
atandeoint of the stoekholdere in these
railwayie It is not. The hoard ie alive
to the burdens of the freight rates upon
this route upon the people of the Yukon,
lt would gladly interfere and require
ve-ry euintantial reductions were that
(tall*R a alt reasonable or poseible. It
ie clear that those componies are border-
ing upon receiverehip, and it la not in
the ietereete of nither the public or those
whose moneys are invested in these en-
terprises that any action of the board
would force them into that position. It
is of great importance that not only
the people of the Yukon, but, for that
nuater, that the peoPle everywhere
should be protected from extortionate or
unreasonable tra nsp or cation charges; but
to my mind it le of equal importanee
that the capital invested in trareeperta-
tion compauies should be permitted to
earn fair and reasonable dividend. Rail-
way construetion in Canada depends en-
tirely upon outside capital. 'Thousands
of millions must be borrowed within the
next eg ebnoearradtiloi nna obreetnw
osirongly impressed
with the argument that, if it enforced
the order of trate 18, 1911, or eran made
it more drastic, it would work to the
advantage of the companies itt attraet.
lug additional traffic to this route; that
it would assist in developing the country,
and form an inducement to prospectore
and nuners to explore and make illye9t-
nients. How this might be is a matter
of opinion,
A T------easeetHoLic CENSUS.
There are 15,015,5(19 Catholics in the
United States, according to the 1912
edition of the Official Catholic Direc-
tory, an inerease of 396,808 for the
year.
There are 17,491 Catholic priests in
the United States. Of these 12,996 are
secular clergymen and 4,495 are mem-
bers of religious orders, This &tows a
there are
gaAineeoberd4i0n7gpritoesttebeduDriirnegaloOrl.
y2
5,11'J parishes which have sehools at-
tached, with an attendance of 1,333,e
786, &elides these paroehial Se,1001
there are 280 orphan aaylums, in which
47,111 orphans are eared fora -From the
Ave Azirrie'la.
llititontent both crown and klitig-
dom
An Absolutely Safe 62:, Investment
q The Pirst Mortgage Bonds of Price Bros, & Company 6 per cent. on the invest-
ment -secured by first mortgage on one of the finest paper mills and over four
million acres of the best pulp and timber land in America -insured with Lloyds,
of London, :England, against fire --offer a most attractive invettment. The
present net earnings of the Company are sufficient to pay the bond interest twice
over. The growing demand for pulpwood is yearly increasing the value of the
Company's properties. These bonds have been purchased by the beet infortned
finantiers in both Canada and England. At their present price they yidtl o per
, cent interest. Considering security, earnings, asset, and the likelihood of
appreciation in value, Price Bros. & Company bonds contitnte an exceptional
investment,
Write for full description eflifere heeds,
ROYAL SECURITIES
CORPORATION unTe ta
BANK OP MONTREAL BUILDING, YONCP, All,10)1?otNniFoN STREMS
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perx '3.00§014,mvuwawoom,045Pomt000W4.0,7,
A Tonto; vonviet has, woa pardon by
pent whieh he predueed. Softie MOIL
are lneky in their ehtutee.
gum produetion of the United
Stella in 1911 was i,;110,:43:1,028, aryl the
kilVOr 1'1OL11111 1011 %Va..' 4157.'791%1117
nlitivc.4,
I At s331ina,, c.o., on Friday, a
pound baby was born. It Wa.ii a betty
elephant, the largeet ever bore. In Amer' •
It in vaptivity.
everenztoules p aleor, On-
t ook
During. tins yet 3 marriage
tario. Do the wedding fees- theref•i:o to
the ntioieters' wives as pin money?
An Inland Revenue Department labor.:
:Wiry bulletin on marmalades, Preeenta
analeenis of 138 samples fonnd to be
genuine, And 14 which esontain glitceree
itt Varying uniounts. Th eh. ng in a
very genii ono.
r
Montgomery, Ala„ bus ineLrueted its
street railway to leau ite care every
day and to dieinfetit them thoroughly
twice a weele. The objet of thie is to
prevent the spread of. eoneumption. The
move is a good one.
The CeltStIS and statietics office says
58,129,000 bushels, or 27 per cent. of all
the wheat harvested last year and mer-
chantable, WaS still on the farmers'
hands at the end oi March. What does
that indicate?
V
A United States Senator has publant-
eel a parody on the Apostles' Creed, It
is exceedingly bad ta.ste, to say the
leak. Already there are numerous pro-
tege against this coarse insult to all re-
ligious -minded people,
. 4111.•••.:
Dr. Karl Franke, of Munic.h, says the
elose-fitting skirt he producing a race of
knock-kneed. women. Dr. .Uranke is
taking mueh for granted. How doe e he
know that those women wearers of -
close -fitting skirts are realty kno,r,k-
ii:11Ced? Cart he produce the proof?
*aer
The Roman Catholics in Ireland name -
her 3,308,661, or 72.41 per curt. or the
population. There are 531,0,99 lepieeos
palians; 443.270 Preebyteriaus, and 62,-
0011 Arpthod.i4,3. Ulster hag 690,000
Catholiee, and 888,000 Proteetanta, anie
rost of Ireland has 2,700,000 Catholics;
199,000 Protestants.
The Chicago Tribune estimates that
when the site for a, workingman's house
oasts $32 a foot frontage, or up to $206
a foot, it is exceaeive. Space for sun-
light and health is exceseively dear,
•and a difference is -created that is 110t1
to be cured. The death -rates run up
nearly parallel with congeetion of oc-
cupation.
•110, 4, •
In a general circular on eggs, the Do-
minion Department of Agriculture says
that 17 per cent of the eggs marketed
in Ontario and Quebec are unfit for food..
About two out of a dozen, on the aver-
age, aro bad. Tho deliberate marketing
of bad eggs should bo dealt with as a
fraud against the consumer. Honesty
gould profit by such. a course.
w•••••••••••••.•
On April 28 the .battleship 1oenig Al-
bert Witca launched at Danzig and named
after a former King of Saxony. It ite
practieally the same vessel as the Kai-
ser, Kaieerin, or Frederick der Grosse.
Its tonnage is 24,500 a.nd it is adapted
to turbine propulsion at a speed of 21.
knots. It has five turrets and carries
ten 12 -inch, and fourteen 6 -inch guns,
and cots nearly $.:1!„000, ,000. • •-
"A neighbor and 1 have 51 quarts of
nee, and only two measures, it four -quart
one and a seven -quart one, by which
to divide it into three equ.al parte.
say it can't be done. Am I right?" No,
you are not. Iu our school days we
were told to fill the seven -quart measure,
emoty four quarts out of tho eeven
(parte and three quarts would remain in
the seven -quart ,measure, Which added
to twice the fill of the, seven -quart
measure would Make seventeen quarts.
Three times seventeen equals fifty-one.
(leveler market is
sh
being extended, the intention being to
force a lowering of prices. It is located
in the down -town city market house.
On a recent Friday two tugs delivered
their supply on the munieipel docks at
three cents a pound, and they were sold
direct to the eorisnmera at 5 mite. The
Trust market pricewere 12 eente to 15
cents a pound. At first the two mini-
eipal tugs litnited their sale to it custoe
tier to five pounds at 3 cents a pound.
tater on their fixed the limit at three
pounde in order to maintain the supply.
If the supply of fielt be maintained/
there should be no diffieulty in keeping
this trede going.
The (7`,.%11dUit sttd Stitti4;4.*:3 ()free says
there WerP 1,1128 butter an 1 reeve() foe-
proattetion if butt,.r was 59,875,-
lclie oisieratiott in Canada, in 1910.
(197 imunds, valned tt :415,641h:hie, an in.
erit:WOt. 23,qI8,358 pontide, or n8,441, -
e92 over 1409. Vre p;•,,,Itt<t:?:on t,f dives('
2111,012,79$ imtitt‘19., 10,1791129
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