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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-11-15, Page 71111PF7V,.;',7' Canada from Coast to Coast Halifax, N.s.-mmiana a dollars imported from the Old Country ar- have been spent in the past few years to improve conditions at the Port of Halifax for handling exports. A mil- lion bushel grain elevator is to be built to replace the present out-of-date one. Quebec, Que.-Attracted by the pod wages paid in lumber camps near Ville Marie, Haileybury and Kippawa, imir five hundred young farmers, residing mostly in Champlain county) will leave here shortly for those Quebec - Ontario border points. This is a rec- ord number of men leaving here at one time for lumber camps. The ma- jority are taking their own horses. The young men will return to their' farms in the spring. Cornwall, Ont -Messrs.. 0ourtalds, Ltd., of London, England, said to be the largest manufacturers of artificial silk in the vrorld, have purchased 240 acres on the banks of the St. Lawrence river at Cornwall for the purpose of erecting a manufacturing plant to take care of the Canadian end of their business. About 500 persons -will be employed, half male and half female. Braudon, Man. -With a great.num- ber of the Eastern harvesters return- ing to their homes, it is difficult to get men for farm jobs, according to information at the government em- ployment bureau. Men are now want- ed for fall plowing on fanns, and a monthly wage of $60 fails to attract •enough to fill the orders filed. Regina, Sask.-Representative of the best sheep and swine blood of Great Britain, thir y -three animals rived here recently. There were 19 sheep and 16 hogs in the shipment. The animals were bought by the Gov- ernnient for farmers in the province, under the new government -aided scheme for the purchase of blooded stock, whereby the province advances money to purchase approved animals and the farmers are given credit ex- tending over a long period, Calgary, Alta. -Almost 5,000 visit- ing motorists, of whom 1,664 came from the United States, used the Cal- gary Auto Club's camp tine year. This is more than twice the ri.umber of visitors registered in any other year. , They represented 1,433 cars. Vancouver, B.C.-Vancouver saw- mill owners have advised the city that they are 'willing to erect a central heating plant to cost at least $250,000, ' providing the city will grant a suit- ! able franchise to a local company to I handle the plant. The mill owners I will contribute $50,000 to start the [ company, and guarantee to finance " the balance. The idea is to use saw- mill waste as fuel. Dawson City, Y.T.-Wireless tele- graph stations at Dawson and Mayo, a part of the great system planned by the Government to link up the vast, northland with the other sections of the Dominion, were opened to busitess recently. These are the first radio posts established north of Edmonton. For the present the Government tele- graph line fonns the connecting link between Dawson and •the outside world. IMPERIAL PARLEY BENEFITS TO CANADA Achievements of Delegates of Empire Units in London Reviewed. A despatch from London says Another Imperial Conference has passed into history. The Economic Conference meets again on Friday for the consideration of wireless com- municalions, but its proceedings will probably be brief. For all practical purposes both conferences have con- cluded their labors. It has been six weeks of constant consultation, com- mittees, conferences and speeches. What has been the result? Not until Sunday will the official text of the resolutions be issued, but it may be forecast that they will not indicate any organic change in sonstitutional relations; in fact no constitutional proposals of a sweeping nature ap- pear to have been brought forward at all. In matters of foreign policy there is no change in the existing machinery. As seen from the Canadian point of view the results of the Conference are summed up by a member of the Can- adian delegation as follows: 1. A much clearer understanding of the Canadian position as to Imperial relations. 2. Recognition of equality and inde- pendent initiative in matters peculiar to one part of the Empire coupled with willingness to co-operate in mat- ters of common concern.. 3. The clearing up of the present position of the Dominions in respect to making treaties with the unani- mous understanding reached along the lines adopted by the Canadian Govern- ments from the treaty of Versailles to the Halibut Treaty. 4. Recognition by the Admiralty for the first time of the principles of Do- minion navies. 5. Emphasis on the responsibility of each part of the Empire for its own defence. 6. Recognition that it is for the Parliament and people of. each part of the Empire to decide on the measure of its own defence preparations. These concern the main conference. In the Economic Conference the chief gains to Canada lie in increased pref- erence, in the probability that as a re- sult of the Conference discussions Canadian ships trading to Great Bri- tain will be freed from British taxa- tion on profits made here, and further in the probable _concessions by the British Government in the administra- tion of regulations under which Can- adian cattle are admitted, Eruption of Oil Geyser, Two Miles off Coast, Forms Island ' A despata from Baku, Azerbajan, says :--Caused probably by shifting strata in the Caspian Sea; an unusual phenomenon in oil wells. was noticed recertly near here. A geyser suddenly began eriipting fron, the sea,1 two miles off the coast, and duringtwo hours of activity epurted at a* height of seventy feet, throwing off stones as well as oil. The -eruption 'was accompanied by flames. On the spot a small island formed after the "gusher" died detven London Fog Often Does Damage -..of $5,000,000 A despatch from London says :---As the season of fog approaches pee* here are recalling what these vieiters do to thern and their city. 'they keep sunlight ,away from the eitee dwellere, deposit enormous Tian - Liles of soot broadcast over eveee- thing, and a single had London fog costs the capital $5,000,000 in extra laendering and injury to fabriee. e.'404,Weg eieee •Zaee COMES TO CANADA Sir Robert Horne, former Chancel- lor of the British Exchequer, whr, is en route to Toronto to make arrange- ments for putting a. big steel plant, owned by Premier Baldwin, to work at capacity output. Imperial Government to Supply Aviation News A despatch from London says Empire air communication was dis- cussed at the Economic Conference and it was decided that the British Government should undertake to in- form the Dommons and India of pres- ent and prospective air performances, both of gas and heavier-than-air craft. , The home Government is to keep the ' Dorninions supplied with up-to-date informatien on 'all aviation subjects, as well as all the details of the pro- gress of the Burney airship scheme, which provides for an Empire service from London. Earthquake Survivors Apply for Life Companions A despatch from Tokio says: - Matrimonial agencies which survived' the earthquake and fire are beingi flooded with applications for husbands and wives. Among the female ap- plicants are hundreds of widows anxi- ous to find life companions who will care for them and their children. Hun-, dreds of girls, hardly 15 years old' who lost all their relatives in the dis- aster, have applied. Most of -the male applicants are mechanics who make good wages. Australian Premier Plans to Visit Canada! A despatch from London says: - The Times Melbourne correspondent says Premier Bruce has telegraphed. that he is leaving England at the mid- dle of December. He will stay eight, weeks in Canada and the United! States and reach Australia in Feb-' raary, It is estifnated that Saskatchewan's 1923 crop will yield $276,844,650. tt is based on crop yield reports and gauged at the average price which is expected to prevail during the selling season. ARE THEY SEEKING. WAR? Ring Alexander of jugo-Slavia, left, and Field Marshal Stepanovitch, right, head of his army, which has been brought up to a state of high efficieucy. Jugo-Slavia has issued an ultimatum to Bulgaria, following an attack made upon one of her ministers in Sofia. She demands that Bul- garia make the same reparations as those demanded by Italy from Greece over the Corfu incident, including the payment of indemnity and the salute of the jugo-Slavia Bag. LUDENDORFF PLACED IN COMMAND OF REVOLTING PROVINCE OF BAVARIA A despatch from Munich says:- the establishment of a national Reich The Bavarian Government has been declared overthrown by Adolph Hit- ler, the Fascist leader, and the ad- ministration placed in the hands of General Ludendorff, as Commander - Dr. von Kahr, the Military Dicta- tor in Bavaria, had just finished ad- dressing a patriotic manifestation in the Burgerbrau on Thursday, when Hitler entered at the head of 600 men. Hitler announced that the Govern- ment had been overthrown and was re- placed by a new Government, with Gen. Ludendorff as supreme head and Hitler as political adviser. Ludendorff, who was present, spoke after Hitler, and placed himself "at the disposal of the national German Government, and avowed his willing- ness to lead the national German army. Ludendorff was greeted with wild cheers. Armed Hitlerites occupy the prin- cipal Munich squares, the State police occupy the Munich main telegraph office. Incidentally, Hitler proclaimed a march on Berlin and a crusade for nature of a, dramatic surprise. Government. Former Chief of Police von Pohner has been named as Administrator of the country, and General von Lossow Minister of War. After Hitler's declaration his troops drew a cordon around the Burger- brau. '.About 10 o'clock Thursday night troops of Oberland and Empire flag organizations concentrated on the Burgerbrau and occupied different quarters of the city, chiefly the squares. Conferences are being held within the Burgerbrau, and it is reported that Dr. von Kahr is attempting to negotiate a settlement with Hitler. The attitude of the police and the Reichswehr has not yet been disclosed. Those who gathered in the Burger- brau, which is a famous Bavarian beer cellar, were members of Nation- alist patriotic organizations, to whom Dr. von Kahr read a manifesto to the German nation denouncing the prin- ciples of Marxisrn. The reading of the manifesto was greeted with ap- plause, and Hitler's sudden entry with strong forces was sornething in the Enormous grcwth in British Col- umbia's lumber industry during this year is shown by lumber scale figures made public by Hon. T. D. Pattullo, Minister of Lands. Lumber scaled in British Columbia from January 1 to , the end of August totalled 1,489,892,- 000 feet, an increase of almost 50 per cent. over the figures for the corres- ponding period last year, when 1,029,- 893,000 feet were scaled. . > According to the published statistics of the Bureau of StatiStics covering the year 1921, the birth rate in the eight provinces Of Canada, excluding Quebec, was 26.3 The birth rate of the Province of Quebec in the year previous was 34.7. Among the eight provinces, Manitoba led with 30.3 per thousand of population. It has been practically decided that Montreal's Winter Carnival will be held4r9m January 19th to February 23rdeg.924. The program arranged is, if anything, more elaborate than last year, and the committee is confi- dent of having prepared a list of events which will keep Montreal to the fore as a centre of winter attractions on the continent. SIR JOHN BRADBURY Famous British financier, who will probably represent Great Britain on. the committee of experts who will in- vestigate Germany's ability to pay her debts. " The Chinese consider red a lucky color. Weekly Market Report TORONTO. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.05. Manitoba oats -No. 3 CW, 45%o; No. 1 feed, 43%c. Manitoba barley -Nominal. All the above, track, bay ports. American corn -Track, Toronto, No, 2 yellow, $1.17. Ontario barley -58 to 60c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 72 to 75e, Ontario rye -No. 2, 73 to 75c. Peas -Sample, $1.60 to $1.55. Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $27; shorts, per ton, $30; middlings, 06; good 'feed flour, $2.05. Ontario wheat -No. 2 white, 94 to 96c, outside. Ont. No. 2 white. oats --42 to 44. Ontario corn -Nominal. Ontario flour -Ninety per cent. pat., in jute, bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, $4.75; Toronto basis, $4.75; bulk, seaboard, $4.25. Manitoba flour-lst pats., in jute sacks, $6.30 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $5.80. Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $14.50 to $15; No. 2, $14.50; No. 3, $12.50; mixed, $12. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $9. Cheese -New, large, 28 to 24e; twins, 24 to 25c; triplets, 25 to 26e; Stiltonsi 25 to 26e. • Old, large, 30 to 31c; twins, 31 to 32. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 40 to 42e; ordinary creamery, 87 to 38c; No. 2, 36 to 37e. Eggs -Extras in c, ‘'ens. 46 to 48c; extras, 42 to 43c; firsts, 87 to 88e; seconds, 80 to 82c. Live poultry -Spring chickens, 4 lbs, and over, 25c; chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 22c; hens, over 5 lbs, 22c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 150; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15e; roosters, 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 20c; do; 4 to 5 lbs., 18c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 30c. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 83c; chickens, 8 to 4 lbs., 30c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18c; roosters, 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 88e. Beans -Canadian hand-picked, lb., 7c; primes, 634c. Maple products-Syrep, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, $2.40 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25c. Honey -60 -lb. tins, 12 to 13c per lb.; 10 -lb. tins, 12 to 13c; 5-1b. tins, 13 to 14c; 2% -lb. tine, 14 to 15c; comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $3.76 to $4; No. 2, $3.25 to $3..50, Smoked. meats -Hama, med., 27 to' 28c; cooked llama, 39 to 414; smoked rolls, 21 to 28e; cottage rolls, 22 to 24e; breakfast bacon, 30 to 34c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 34 to 38c; backs, boneless, 30 to 35c. 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, $36; heavyweight rolls, $33. Lard -Pure tierces, 171/2 to 18c; tubs, 18 to 181/2c; pails, 181/2 to 19c; prints, 20 to 21c; shortening tierces 161/4 to 15%,c; tubs, 15%to 16c; pails, 16 to 16%c; prints 1814 to 18%. Heavy steers, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; butcher steers, choice, $6 to $6.60; do, gd., $5 to $5.75; do, ined., $4 to $5; do, eom., $8 to $4; butcher heifers, choice, 0.75 to $6.25; do, med., $4 to 5; do, corn„ 3 to $3.50; butcher cows, choice, $4 to $4.50; do, med„ $3 to $4; can- ners and cutters, $1.50 to $2.50; but- cher bulls, good, $3.50 to $4.50; do, com:, $2.50 to $3.50; feeding steers, good, $5 to $5.50; do, fair, $4.50 to $5; stockers, good, $4 to $5; do, fair, $3.50 to $4; milkers and springers, $80 to $110; calves, choice, $10 to $11; do, med., $8 to 0; do, corn., $4 to $5; do, grassers, $3.50 to $4.50; lambs, choice, $10.25 to $10.75; do, bucks, $8.75 to $9.25; do, com., $8 to 8.50; sheep, light ewes, good, $6 to 6.50; do, fat, heavy, $4 to $5; do, culls, $2 to $2.50; hogs, thick, smooth, F.W.; $8.50 to $8.75; do, f.o.b., $8 to $8.25; do, country points, $`7.75 to $8; do, selects, $9,25 to 88.60. MONTREAL. Flour -Man. spring wheat pats., lsts, $6.30; do, 2nds, $5.80; do, strong bakers, $5.60; do, winter pats., choice, $5.75 to $6.85. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., $3.05. Bran, $27.25, Shorts, $30,25. Middlings, $36.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $15 to $16. Cheese, finest westerns, 19 to 19%c; do, finest easterns, 181,4, to 184,. Po- tatoes, per bag, car lots, 95c to $1. Canners and cutters, $1.25 to $2.50; caws and heifers, slightly better flesh- ing, $2.75 to $3; bulls, $2.25 to $2.75; veal calves, fairly good, $9 to $10; lambs, good, $10.50 to $10.75; do, corn., $9 up; hogs, thick, smooth, and but- cher, $8.75 to $9; do, select bacon, $9.50. Handbook of Saskatchewan. A revised edition of the Handbook of, Saskatchewan has been issued by the Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Department of the In- terior, and copies may be obtained free on application to the Superin- tendent. The more intensive: immigration movement that is now taking place is creating a demand for authentic in- formation on Canada's particular provinces, and in the above handbook care has been taken that nothing of a flambuoyant or too enthusiastic a na- ture be included. The report goes carefully into the natural resources of the province and their present state of development, the agricultural con- ditions and statistics of production, climate, government, transpoi tation and communications, educational facil- ities, and, what is of especial value to the newcomer, a conCise description of the survey system under which the Prairie Provinces are being laid out. Urban and rural opportunities are also given attention. The volume is 'suitably illustrated and contains a number of maps and charts of the province and its resources. The hand- book is one which would be very suit- able for intending setlers and it is suggested that residents of the west- ern provinces .who are interested in having friends settle in Canada send the names of the prospective settlers AMBASSADOR HERRICK The United States representative in France, who declares that the time is coming when its own interests will force the United States into Euro- pean politics just as her own inter - este forced her into, a war with Gen many. It is not merely a matter of ideals, says Minister Herrick, to the Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Department of the In- terior and have copies of the Hand- book of Saskatchewan forwarded toi them. GREAT BRITAIN TO WIDEN SCOPE OF IMPERIAL TARIFF PREFERENCE OFFER A despatch from London says: - The British Government is prepared to eviden the scope of its offer of Im- perial tariff preference'. At the Economic Conference Sir Philip Lloyd- Greame, president of the Board of Trade; intimated that in addition to the list already submitted, the British Government was prepared to give tariff preference on fresh apples, can - "BLUENOSE", FISHERMEN The crew of the schoon( r "Btu enose," the champion of the Atlantic. the fishing, trade off the coasts of Nova erotia and. Newfoundland, and are Scotia, fishermen are known, as "Blue noses." • ' Tko men a re . regularly engaged IT) a hardy lot, kuown wherer Nova ned salmon, fruit juices and honey. In each case the British Government pro- poses to impose a new duty when these products are iinported front foreign countries and admit them free when imported from countries within the Empire. The proposals are; Fresh Apples -Dutiable at five shil-1 hags per hundredweight when import- ed from foreign countries. Empire'', apples free. Canned salmon -Foreign imports to be dutiable at ten shillings per hundredweight. Empire imports free.' Fruit Juices --Foreign imports to be duttable at six pence per gallon. Em- pire imports f.ree. Honey -Foreign imports to be dutie 1-,..‘ble at ten shillings per hundred- weight. Empire imports free. The offer also touches umnanufac- tired -tobacco. The original British proposals on treinannfactured tobacco offered. as 'alternatives either the stab- ilization of the existing preference or an increase in preference from' one- sixth to one-fourth, The various do- minions affected, however, prefer the increased instead of the etabilized preference and the T3ritish Govern.. ment intimated its intention to bring down legislation increasing the pref- erential duty accordingly. Legislation is to be introduced also to give effect to the rerrutinder of the British offer, The preference to be given canned sahnon and apples is particularly' welcome by the Canadian delegates. They feel it will be a great stimulus to a eple growers throughout the Do- minion 'as well as encouragement ta the salmon canneries on the Pada. Coast, .whose prodects are to enter the P,ritish market, free, while the foreign competitor is taxed,