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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-7-19, Page 319, DAMAGE CLAIMS IN IRELAND ESTIMATED AT $150,000,00 Problem of Settlement Involves Sifting Just from Fraudulent Demands Upon, Imperial and Free State Governments. 'A despatch from London says:—I pensation in respect of injuries to its Now that peace has been 'restored in own supporters in the pre -truce per - the Trish Free State, an effort will bo rod. Subsequent damage will be set - made .to speed up negotiations to 'set -1 tled under a criminal injuries bill tle damages growing out of disturb- passed by Dail Eireann. antes in Southern Ireland. The total This latter bill provides for cash of such claims will be enormous. The:. settlement of approved claims up to problem is a big one, and there are 7'$x,000. Claims above this amount numerous complications which null-! will be settled partly in cash and part- tate against haste in arriving at terms ly in Free State securities. Acceptance of settlement. • of government securities is very dis- The aggregate of damage done to tasteful to former Southern Irish loy- property in Ireland in the last four! aliste, who would like to have their and one-half years is variously esti-' settlements in cold cash, and theyare mated, but the sum of $150,000;000; pressing the Imperial Government to seems to be a. ' guarantee payment of their losses. fair computation, Of course, all claims are not yet and: That the Government here has gtead- when the last claim has been filed, the' featly refused to do. real task will begin—that of sifting Among those former Southern loy- absts are many who, having done just from fraudulent demands upon everything in their power» to thwart TORONTO. Butter—Finest creamery the Imperial and the Free ,State exp Irish home rule, finally abandoned $1to M tribe wheat—No. 1 Northern, to 36 d` chequers' Ireland altogether : upon the creation The Colonial Office resided over b g p Manitoba oats—No. 8 CW, 49c; > p y of the Free State. Their position is lv o. 1 feed, 48e. the Duke of Devonshire, which is, of akin to that of the loyalists in the Manitoba barley—Nominal course, concerned with claims arising United States after the Revolutionary All the above, track, bay ports. before the truce, received deputations War. Though much of the property Am. corn—No. 2 yellow, $1.48'fa. of Lords and members of Commons, of the American loyalists was confis- Barley --Melting, 5 7 to 59c, accord- of former Southern loyal- toted, there arose no end of Revolu- frig to freights outside. Buckwheat—No. 2, 68 to 69c. Rye—No. 2, nominal, Peas—No. 2, $1.40 to $1.45. Millfeed—Del, Montreal freights, John 8.. Martin Minister of Agriculture in the New Ontario Cabinet. CoI, W. H. Price of Toronto The Provincial Treasurer in Pre- mier Ferguson's, cabinet. .Weekly Market Report BRITAIN MAY PURSUE SEPARATE POLICY TO SAVE EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION British Premier Declares That French Policy is Destroying Germany and That° Occupation of the Ruhr Should Cease—Will Strive to Maintain Entente but if Necessary Will Take Separate Action—Germany Must Make Re- parations to Full Extent of Her Capacity.` A despatch from London says; --i This was the only important point The British Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. in the pronouncement, which, for the Stanley Baldwin, made his expected remainder, was a warning couched in statement of Government policy in re-, the most friendly language, but plain.- gard to the Ruhr and German repara-, ly telling France that the British Gov tions on Thursday afternoon in a' eminent could not much longer remain crowded House. An identical state-; a passive spectator to a policy which znent was read in the Lords by Mar- threatened the eoonomie collapse of quis Curzon, but whereas, according' Germany and with it disaster to the to prearrangement, there was no dis-' whole of Europe. cussion of the statement in the Com. -1 Taken as a whole, the pronounce - mons, speeches were made in the Lords . merit seemed to be a new appeal to by Viscount Grey and Earl Birken- France to retrace her steps and come head, which were, in the words of Lord into line with all the allies in a new Curzon, "a little irregular." i effort to settle the reparations prob- It is assumed that the French and i tem by negotiation, instead of by mili- Belgian assent had already been ob- tary penalties. The Premier was most pewee, 35 tained to the general outline of the careful to avoid any shutting of the e; ordinary creamery prints, 32 British proposals. If and when the doors on renewed negotiations. 3e No. 2, 31 to 32c. French and Belgian assent is obtained Notable points vera the complete Eggs—Firsts, 27 to 28o; extras, 31 to the text of the note which Britain i to 32c; extras in cartons, 33 to 34e. I will draft in reply to the German offer, j absence of any reference to the United the British, or, as it will then be, the States in connection with the negotia- allied note, will be presented to Berlin.! tions and emphasis that Italy was The next stage will be the appoint-! wrance. ith Great Britain, rather than with F merit of an international expert corn),The real meaning of Premien Bald - indemnity Germany can pay. i 'wmission to determine what amount of .The speech might be roughly pare - 1 contrast to such statements b1* phrased thus: fists from time to time, but rather •tionary War claims, which, to this day, strict secrecy is maintained concerning are still in process of settlement by a the course which the conversations special standing committee of the Un- take at those conferences. But, 88 ited States Senate. bags included: Bran, per ton, $25 to usually is the case in the award of The American precedent may well $26; shorts, per ton, $27 to $29; mid damages, the claimants aro up inbe cited as an indication of the time dlings, $33 to $35; good feed flour, arms because they do not think theyit will require to adjust a]1 of the $2.15 to $2.25. are oin • to receive as much as theyi Ontario wheat—No. ,2 white, nom - claims g claims growing out of the wholesale final. are entitled to. destruction which has been carried on • Ontario No. 2 white oats --46 to 48c. The claims fall into two categories. in Ireland in the last five years. 1 Ontario corn—Nominal. First, there are those arising before Payment of those claims will, ofOntario flour—Ninety per cent. pat., the truce of July, 1921, which was a course, be a drag on the Free State in juto bags, Montreal, prompt ship - preliminary to the peace treaty and treasury—now nearly empty—for merit, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto bass, the subsequent erection of the Irish some years. Nevertheless claims ag. 85.05 to$515 bulk seaboard, $4.95 to Free State. Those claims must be met jointly by the Free State and the Im- perial Government. All claims for damages arising after July, 1921, must be met by the Free State alone. That is, the Free State and the Im- perial Government each assume res- ponsibility for payment of valid com- Lincoln Goldie, M.P.P. Appointed Provincial Secretary in the new Ferguson Cabinet in Ontario. His home is in Guelph. Arrangements are being concluded according• to report by the Alberta Governim nit for the financing of the extensions of railways in the Peace River and Grande Prairie districts, the farthest north railways in Canada. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 40c; hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; . do, 4 to 5 lbs., 20c; do, 3 to 4 Ibs., 17c; roosters, 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 28c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs, and up, 25c, Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 45c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24e; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 20c; roosters, 17c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 29e; turkeys, young; 10 lbs., and up, 30c. Beans—Can. hand-picked, lb., 7c; primes, 6%c. Male products—Syrup, per imp. gal, p$2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per gal,; maple sugar, lb., 25c. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 10',ca to 11c per Ib.; 8 and 2% -lb. tins, 11 to 12§ac per lb.; Ontario comb honey, per don, No. ; u sea oar , a 1, $4,50 to $5; No. 2 $3.75 to $4.35. gregating nearly $5,000,000 have al- $5.00• Smoked meats— ems, med.., 20 to ready been paid,500, that, of NIanitoba flour --1st pats., in cotton 28e; cooked hams, 42 to 45e; smoked althoughsacks, $6.90 er bbl,; 2nd ata., $6,85. rolls, 26 to 28c; cottage rode., 25 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 34c; see. cial brand breakfast bacon, 34 to 5c; backs, boneless, 37 to 42c. course, is not a drop in the bucket, Hay—Extra No. 2 timothy, ler ton, compared to what must be found when , track, Toronto, $15; No, 3 timothy, the Government settles down to the $13; mixed, $12.50 to $13.50. serious task of paying the fiddler for! Straw—Car lots, per ton, track, To- all that has been going on in Ireland, ronto, $9.50. particularly in the last year. Cheese—New, . large, 21e; twins, 22e; triplets, 23e; Stiltons, 24c. Old, Halifax Starts Campaign With British Shipping Companies A despatch from Halifax says:— The City Council has begun a cam- paign to induce British steamship companies to use Halifax as a port of call for large passenger and mail steamships and it has instructed the Mayor to cable Rear Admiral Sir .Guy Gaunt thanking him for his interest in developing a fast Atlantic mail ser- vice via Halifax.. A message was sent to the British Postmaster -General urging him to test Halifax as a mail port with a steamer of the Mauretania type. It was said that the port possesses "increased facilities for the expeditious handling and transmit of mails for practically the whole continent" The first two of the amphibian fly- ing boats, which the Government has ordered for use in forestry patrol, will, it is, expected, be flown to Winni- peg shortly. The Government has ordered eight craft of this type for Capt. Joe. Thompson the forest surveys from the Canadian The newly .appointed Speaker of the Vickers, Ltd., the remainder of the {Ontario House. machines will be delivered during the rummer and will be distributed three more to Manitoba, one to Vancouver, one to Halifax, and one to Ottawa. large, 32c; twins, 321/%c; triplets, 38e; Stiltons, 83%c. New Zealand old cheese, 30c. WASHINGTON MUCH DISTURBED OVER POSSIBILITY OF PULPWOOD EMBARGO A despatch from Washington says:—Administration officials are much disturbed over the action of the Canadian Parliament in passing a law authorizing the Governor-General to place an embargo on the exportation of pulpwood. The State Department disclosed that the United States is taking up the matter with Canada to point out the. serious consequences to the paper and publishing industries in this coun- try if the Governor-General shoujd ex- ercise the discretion placed in his hands and proclaim such an embargo. In some quarters here it is believed the Canadian Parliament passedthis legislation primarily for the purpose of arming the Governor-General with a retaliatory weapon to be used in the event: that the United States should use the flexible provisions of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff law ,to Canada's serious disadvantage. Even. without these provisions Canada is hard bit by the tariff, and several pro- visions of the law are working an even greater hardship upon Americans than Canadians. For example, Can- adian cattle, which used to he shipped 'to this country and fattened on Am- erican grain when the price was low, are now shut out by the tariff, and are being diverted to England. The Pa- cific Coast lumbermen have petitioned for a reduction of the $1 rate on logs, which was aimed solely at Canada. Whatever the real motive behind. Canada's action, the administration is exerting all proper pressure to see that the Governor-General does not invoke his authority and slap on an embargo that would cripple the paper., industry of this country. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $18; 70 to 90 lbs., $17.50; 90 lbs. and up, $16.50; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $26; heavyweight roils, $33. Lard—Pure tierces, 121/4 to 13%e; tubs, 151r to 16c; pails, 16 to 1614c; prints, 18c; Shortening, tierces, 14% to 150; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 151,E to 16c; prints, 17 to 17i/sc. Choice heavy steers, $8.85 to $8.50; butcher steers, choice, $7.75 to $8; do, good, $7 to $7.50; do, med., $:6.50 to $7; do, com., $6 to $6.26: butcher heif- ers, choice, $7 to $7,50; do, med., $6.50 tc. $7; do, com., $6 to $t3.50; butcher cows, choice, $5.50 to $6.25; do, med., $4 to $5; canners and cutters, $1.50 to $2; butcher bulls, good, $4.50 to $5.60; do, com., $3 to $4; feeding steers, good, $7 to $7.50; do, fair, $6 to $0.75; stockers, good, $5 to $6; do, fair, $4.50 to $5; milkers, springers, each, $60 to $80; calves, choice, $8 to $10; do, med., $6.50 to $8; do, com., $4.50 to $6; lambs, spring, $15.50 to $16.25; sheep, choice, light, $5.75 to $6.25; do, choice, heavy, $4 to $4.50; do, culls and bucks, $2.75 to $3.50; hogs, fed and watered, $8.60; do., f.o.b., $8; do, country points, $7.75, Hog quotations are based onthe price of thick, smooth hogs, sold on a graded basis. MONTREAL; Corn, Am. No. 2 yellow, 95c. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 57 to 57%c; do, Can. West. No. 3, 55 to b5%c; do, POLITICS REPLACE THE SWORD IN IRELAND President Cosgrove of Ireland making a political speech before a huge gathering in Ireland, his first since peace has been restored. An election is now pending in that country. Doc. WI—irreY WAS HERE, TODAY, PAA, LHa,5AID DUMMY 1n/,�5 A PERFECT WONDER FOR.' HIS AGE e IN RABBI TEORO owl his predecessors, Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Bonar Law, which were very lengthy; Premier Baldwin's pronounce- ments were particularly brief, taking about 16 minutes for delivery. The question on everybody's lips— how far the British Government's open disapproval of the French Ruhr policy and its holding aloof therefrom were to be converted into an active policy separate from France -was to a great extent unanswered. Premier Baldwin certainly moved quits perceptibly away from Mr. Bonar Law's attitude of passivism, inasmuch as he announc- ed the Government's decision to sub- mit to the allies a separate reply to Germany's latest offer. But he did not give the slightest indication of the na- ture of the proposed reply, The French are destroying Ger- many and the result must be chaos and war, French methods are already devastating our industry as the Ger- mans devastated France, and the French should withdraw from the Ruhr, permit Germany to recover and pay. "Germany has made an offer con- taining the germ of a settlement. We insist upon accepting their proposal to carry out the award of an impartial commission as to what they can pay. We want France to agree with us, but if she does not, we with Italy, will act notwithstanding. "We desire most earnestly to main- tain the Entente, but we cannot let European civilization fall to pieces for its sake." extra No. 1 feed, 53% to 54c; do, No. 2 local white, 62%,to 53c. Flour, Man, spring wheat pats., lsts, $6.90; do, 2nds, $6.40; do, strong bakers, $6.20; clo, winter pats., choice, $5.75 to $5.85, Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3:05 to $3.15. Bran, $26. Shorts, $29. Middlings, $34. Hay, No. 2r per ton, car lots, $13 to $14. Cheese, finest easterns, 17§x, to 18e. Butter, choicest creamery, '80% to 31e. Eggs, selected, 29c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.10 to $1.25. RECORD MAY BE SET BY WEST WHEAT CROP Railways Add to Equipment in Order to Handle Huge Harvest. A despatch from Ottawa says:— Reports to the Department of Agri- culture from the West confirm the gen- , erally optimistic statements respecting Western crop prospects that have been issued by the railways, the banks and the various Governmental agencies in the Prairie Provinces. Of course no one will officially hazard the opinion that there will be a 500,000,000 bushel wheat crop or anything like it, for this would mean 100,000,000 more than even last year, when the largest wheat crop in the history of the country was harvested, But the uniformly excel- lent conditions, together with an acre- age only a little over one per cent. be- low that of 1922, warrant expectations of a new record yield. It may seem like expecting too much. to look this year for another crop as large as that of 1922. It,' however, must be borne he mind that when 'Al- berta has a big yield the country gen- erally follows suit. In 1915, when the West raised 364,000,000 bushels of wheat from a little over 14,000,000 acres, Alberta had an average yield of slightly over 31 bushels to the acre, six more than had Saskatchewan and Manitoba. This year Alberta has about 6,000,000 acres under wheat, and if it can duplicate its performance of 1915 this would mean about 190,- 000,000 bushels, and Hon. Vernon W. Smith, one of the members of the Al- berta Government, has ventured the opinion that the yield may go 175,000,- 000. So it is not surprising that big figures are being forecast. The railways are preparing for the heaviest crop movement in their his - `(E.P - I' GUESS' ME MUST BE. -- James W. Lyons A new member of the Ontario House, who has been made Minister of Lands and Forests in the Ferguson Cabinet. His grandfather emigrated to Canada seventy years ago with four brothers. The ship in which they sailed met dis- aster on the voyage, and brae new min-, ister's grandfather was the sole sur- vivor of the family to reach Canada. tory. Last year they set up a remark- able record, but high as it : was they are convinced that they must be pre. pared to do even better this year, and to this end their plans have been laid. The Canadian Pacific Railway is add- ing sixty new engines to its Prairie lines, these being of the largest type, and adding 2,000 box cars to the al- ready huge number on Its Prairie di- visions. The Canadian National is also making important additions to its equipment. The development. of the flour milling industry in Canada in the last fifty years is indicated in a return just completed which shows that in that time the capital invested in flour mills has increased from $10,000,000 to $62,- 000,000, the consumption of raw ma- terial from $32,000,000 to $165,000,000, and the value of products from $39,- 000,000 39;000,000 to $195,000,000. The export of wheat flour from Canada in the same period has increased fr•oni $1,- 600,000 1;600,000 to $54,473,000. 'CAU&! `!"HAY 5A1''' WONDERS NEVES CE/ F ! r -- ,.fie, ries . *!1'