The Exeter Advocate, 1922-8-24, Page 6URgfASE QF WELSH SOFT COAL
ADVISED BY FUEL CONTROLLER
Conference of Representatives of Ontario Municipalities
field at Toronto to Discuss the Fuel Crisis in
the Province.:
A despatch front Toronto says: -z memorialized to that • end; From
Provided that iinmedia;te action: iso Northern • Ontario representatives
taken on the part of Ontario rnuniciel carne the suggestion that the Govern-
palities, in co-operation with each Ment should be asked to take steps to
other and with the coal dealers of the ` reduce the freight rates on hard wood,
province, there will be no real coal E' This also met with general approval,
famine during the • coming winter.! it being pointed out that large sup -
Such is the view ,of J. A. Ellis, Pr*. t plies of bard wood were available for
ei neial Fuel Canntxeiler, as expressed; distribution throughout• the central
before a conferenee of some one hun-s portions of Ontario, if the freight
dred and twenty representatives of rates could be lowered to. a point
Ontario municipalities held; at the t where such action would be e.:onomc-
Parliaanent Buildings on Thursday '1 ally possible.
afternoon. Purchase, of Welsh bite -i C. A. Magrath, chairman of the
mina>us coal, either admiralty ori Federal Advisory Fuel Committee, and
em keless, was..the measure advised ": F. McCourt, another member of the
by the Fuel Controller. r same body. outlined the steps taken
The gist of the f out eller's advice` by the Dominion authorities, and
s as folio: ; De neat rely en Anr-" stated that. should Ontario decade to
ei•ictat antllta,eite. If you can get Atn-purehrse urge amounts of Welsh coal,
er_,an bituminous coal, get it, but you the •ceneh'sttee 'would undertake to
will be• well advised to leak elsewhere` facilitate trar.Yshi;taanent at Montreal.
r a•sebstitute. Anticipate that yawl W. C. Oox, ei Tor nto, deela'-ed that
ry 4. have •to final same substitute foal there was actually at the present time
hard odi, at least until well en into;; a surplus of Amerce nn bituminous
Irecetatlaer, anti if buying soft • coal',i coal in Ontario, and that ne difficulty*
bray from 15 to 20 per vent. of ytaurF, was being experieneed in getting ord-
rermal years s' pply. •era from An eriean Anne filled for
a'tltheug-1z ne esnnerete action grew.further large amounts. The better
stet of the eonferenee, those • preeentt: grades were nal obtainable,. he said,
learned a geed deal about the situa-; but every clay offers 'were being re
tion as it effects the praviree gener- calved for delivery of soft coal of a
".y, and the individual consumer ino, etaliclard almost identical with that
par iea:.ar. ° `T'ronz ere so agree eaame th•
e! of the Welch fuel, The Toronto. deal -
duty . Welsh ,, pAin' become active during the as
,. ton that the Doran sa ri Govern- er prophesied that the price Of past ten etc., tivhQ make wooden eases far their
men. ehoul;l take the d,z.y off Welsh en,can anthracite, following the close days and the first shipments will be goods in their own plants.
deft ea.•al as was 'lime in 1902. The of the strike, would be somewhere in
Feel Contrailer approved and suggest- the n:a'ighborhood of twenty dollars
tai that the Federal authorities be per torn, laid down in Toronto.
THEY TAKE THEIR STAND
-Detroit News
Dominion News in Brief
Vancouver, B.O.-According to 134 at the plant here of the P. B. Ye_..
prominent local grain dealer the met -e-", Ma4line Company, Limited. They are
men: of wheat thtaagh Vancouver will, the first Canadian manufacturers to
at least equal last year's t".$al. He has. make this produet which is suitable
just returned from a business trip not only for plants where boxes and.',
through Alberta and Manitoba. box shooks are made, but also for shoe'
Chinese Ana Japanese inquiries have factories, clothing manufacturers
s
1,000 SOLDIERS FOR
N.S. STRr F AREA
Colliery Dispute Retches a
Complete Deadlock.
A desp actin frern Sydney, N.S..
v ay s:---Yrs:ersiew s with the heads of
the disputing fa etien- of the Nova
.9zczia eoel strike an Thursday yielded
a rnee s of confiie;ini; testimony. Dis-1
tri •t Secretary J. B, McLachlan of the;
L :::c d Mine Zi e rlters definitely stated,
tieet the miners would stick to their
cta'ision even if it meant starving',
while 1$. J.:4YeCann, Assistant Gen-
eral Manager of the Dominion Coal
Company, grave aro less firm state-
ment that the eon -any could not yield
to the demands ef the strikers, even
though refusal meant destruction to
ail the collieries.
No general outbreak of disorders
had occurred at an }our Thurs-
day
h r�early i u -
-
day evening. According to Secretary
MvLaetnlan there is not likely to be
any. "It takes two to make a quar-
rel," he said, "anti unless the company
'brings in strikebreakers there will be
no trouble."
On Thursday afternoon thousands
ef striking miners and members of the
Great War Veterans' Association par-
aded from the United Mine Workers'
headquarters at Glace Bay to No. 2
colliery at New Aberdeen, where the
soldiers from Halifax are encamped.
There they met a new Waterford con-
tingent of veterans, the majority of
whom were United Mine Workers,
and to the music of four bands the
two bodies marched bask to South
Athletic Field, where a mass meeting
was held.
Meanwhile water is pouring stead-
ily into the pits of all the mines in
the Glace Bay area, while officials at
the Scotia Colliery are being allowed
to operate maintenance machinery
there. One company official stated
that if the present state of affairs con-
tinu'bd for three more days every nine
would be rendered unproductive for
six months or more.
Asked what the miners intended to
do if the operators held out until the
mines had been hopelessly destroyed;
Mr. McLachlan said they would not
he destroyed. "Only those men who
just marched by -referring to the
Great War' Veterans -miner parade -
can prevent their destruction though;
nobody else will do it."
Pressed for a definite reply in view
of the fact that Number 10 had al-
ready been abandoned, finally, the Sec-
retary said:
"We can make just as much money
unwatering mines as digging coal."
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Under the authority of the Militia
Aet, and in response to a further re-
quisition from the officer commanding
the district, the Departmefit of. Mil-
itia is sending 500 additional troops to
RETURNING PRQSFERMT INDICATED
-BY INCREASE IN FED= RECEIPTS
A de`epatch, front Ottawa eayea:-. In-'
O'7,`,rationn of returning proeparite are ,
furnished by inoneaaing 'Federal rev
enues, and the suceess of the -new!
stamp taxes as money' makers is be-
ing deurenstrated early, Although the
tax has. been in operation only a fort-'
night, revenue from this sour has!
gone as high as $1,500,400 in a clay. °
This figure is inordinate and is at-
tribu!table to firms or eompaniea pay-
ing in •one day for the embossing of
their eheques for a Mantle thus oh-,
viating the aesessity of affixing
sitamps. An ordirery day's, receipts
from the stamp. tax, ,however, are
around half a rni'tlion. .
How it w,rks out is exemplified by
comparing a single day in July with
one in August, On July 15,' before
the new levy 'came into effect, the re-
ceipts were around. $280,000. On the
corr$'aper - :ug day of August they
amounted to $590,000, It will not be
surprisiug if the menth'a•revenue from
this source , aggregates $15,000,000,
with proepeets of further. increases,
because Anrgust is a dull month eons
mereiialiy and the 'operation of the
saw has -nee yet acquired its "swing.",
Simultaneously cnsltorns receipts are
gain; up, - Those for July showed an
inereaee .of over $3,000,000 compared
with the corresponding month, while
the August increase promises to be
mere marked again, The estimate
wrral be exceeded.
Likewise, in regard to income and
business profits revenue it is apparent
that the estimate of $60,000,000 is
well within the mark. From time
source $51,000,000 has already been
collected in four menthe, the propos-
tion being $45,000,000 from income
and $6,000,000 from bti%iness profits.
Tbe latter tax has expired' and celiac-
tions are in the nature of old taxes.
If things keep up at the present
rate the hnnnaial showing at the end
of the year will be exceedingly favor
able, especially if expenditures are
kept in check and the railway short-
age within bounds.
The Week's Markets
Toronto,
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern,
$1.27; No, 2 Northern, $1.19; No, 3
Northern, $1.7.4,
Manitoba oatn-_,:Nominal,
Manitoba barley -•-•Nominal.
AU the above track, Bay ports.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, $0e;
No, 3 yellow, '79e, all rail.
Barley -No. 3 extra, test 47 lbs, or
better, 35 to 58e, according to freights
in late October or early November. Montreal, Que.-From the opening i outside.
Wainwright, Alta. -A number of of navigation to July 31 a total of 498 Buekwheat--Nominal.
Asiatic yak have been added to the steamers, with a net tonnage of 1,- Bae ---No. 2, 65 to 70c.
animal herds at the National Park 673,656, arrived in Montreal harbor, Mil/feed-Del. Montreal freight,
here. It is expected they will be as against 409 o 1,260,707 tons der- bags included: bran, per ton, $22 to
crossed with the Buffalo and prosuee ing the same period last year, .ac. ord- $22; shirts, per ton, $24 t0. o $25; good
useful hybrid, an experiment that ing to a report of the 1larbor blaster. feed ed hr y T e , Tor
Baled hay Taack, Toronto, per ton,
ri;i he watehed with interest by zoo-! British ships were hi the majority', extra No, 2, $22 to $23; mixed, $18 to
ogists. with Italians second, and. Norwegians : $19; clover, $14 `to $$18.
Regina, Sask.-Twelve mountain third, while the remainder were either Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To-
eep were recently presented to the` Swedish, American, Dutch, Belgian, route, $12 to $13. '
WWI States Bureau of Biologi,sal French, Spanish Greek or Jugo Ontario wheat -New Ontario wheat,
1
Arthur Griffith
Head .
e. tl afthe Dail Eireann
sad found-
erof
the Sinn Fein, led
d at his resi-
dence near Dublin of influenza. He
was described as the Father of the
Sinn. Fein and was regarded as the
principal intellectual force in it.
the disturbed mining areas in Nova
Scotia. This will make approximate-
ly 1,000 members of the permanent
militia which have been sent to the
strike area in addition to the non-
permanent militia, which are avail-
able at the orders of the district
officer.
Forest Fires Rends=
Hundreds Homeless
A despatch from Duluth
says: -Six known dead, hun-
dreds homeless, at least two
towns wiped out and a dozen
others in imminent danger,
was the apparent toll of a
series of .forest fires which
swept North-Western Minne-
sota on Thursday, "causing the
worst conflagration since
1918, when four hundred per-
sons lost their lives.
Drought conditions have in-
creased the menace to alarm-
ing proportions, and on Thurs-
day night more than 2,000
were fighting the fires in vari-
ous sections.
Statistics show that the urban popu-
lation in the Province of Alberta has
grown in twenty years from 18,553 to
222,904, an average'Increase of about
10,000 a y'ear. During the seine per-
iod the rural population has been in-
creasing at an average rate of 15,500
a year.
Survey by the Canadian National . Simian. In aR 3ition to the -se, the No 2, Sac to $1, at outside points,
Parks Braateh to be liberated rant w also visited t i h • 1 O tar N 2 white oats• --•New, 34
, i on the . as ti i; i tet. } a are num to 5c, ro o,
Montana National Bison Range. The; ber of vessels from the Great Lakes. Ontario turn -Nominal,
sheep were secured from the Reeky; Sydney, N.S.--Not since the war Ontario flour--lst pats., in jute
I►Iountain Parlc, and arrived at their • has Sydney harbor been so full of mels, 93's $6 80 per bbl ,• n a o d p, is
destination in excellent condition.! shipping for coal as it is to -day. Al -
Their future will be watched with a most every merchant flag in the world
great deal of interest by big game" is seen among the mastheads waiting
enthusiasts. for fuel. Sydney piers are working
Winnipeg, Man. -Orders for binder' twenty-four h.^.firs a day. Double shifts
twine conning to Winnipeg firms from have been put on the steam shovels at
the big enaI bank at Glace Bay to
load coal trains for Sydney.
St. John's, Nfid. Tho Government
Manitoba farmer, indicate that
heavy crop is expected in ell parts of
the province, local dealers announced.)
The amount sold or ordered is con- ef Newfoundland will open an all: year
lid rabl.
e greater
thin was •freight and.limited Y n the r Z t
caseate
d a en
passenger serviee
Ir g
v ce
last year. Practically 60 per cent. of between St. John's and the West In -
the demand has been filled already*, dies in October if steamers can be se -
according to an official of one cif the cured at a reasonable rate, it is an -
firms. The price is five •or six cents a pounced here. One boat will leave St.
John's every six weeks under the
plan, and should conditions warrant,
another will be added in October,
1923, and a three weeks service main-
tned•,
pound less than last year and farmers
are taking no chances of running
short, another dealer stated,
Hamilton, Ont. --Manufacture of
nailing nnae'hines has been commenced
Manitoba Needs
5,000 Harvesters
A despatch from Winnipeg says: --
Complaints are continuous from num-
erous cants throughout the Province
that insufficient men for harvesting
are arriving, and the'blame for this
is attached to the railways 'by' J. A.
Bowman, Provincial Superintendent
of the Employment Services of Can-
ada.
Mr. Bowman states that 5,000 har-
vest hands still are needed to fill Man-
itoba's requirements. Hundreds of
harvesters, he says, have been de-
sirous of assisting in the grain fields
of the province, and, alter completing
the work, wanted the privilege of go-
ing further West as the crop matured.
This was refused by the railway
companies, who •declined to permit the
excursionists to "stop over," insisting
that the men travel directly to their
destinations.
Finishes Threshing;
Gets 34 Bushels to Acre
A despatch from Brandon says: -J.
Black of Douglas, who was the first
to report threshing in that district,
has finished a 20 -acre field which yieldi-
ed 34 bushels to the `acre and graded
No. 1 hand. •
Trinity Sunday was definitely estab
lished in 1334.
_,
(bakers), $6,30. Straights in bulk,
seaboard, $4.50.
Manuteba flour -1st pats., in jute
sacks, $7.80 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $7.30.
Cheeee--New, large, 181 to 19e;
twins, 19 to 19%c; .triplets, 20 to
201Oe. Old, Targe, 25e; twins, 24 to
24?cae. Stiltons, 25e. Extra old, large,
26 to 27e. Old Stiltons, 24e.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 88
to 39e; ordinary creamery prints, 34
to 36e; G , No, 2 creamer 32 4c.
�*,to 3
Dairy, 29 to 31c, Cooking, 21c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
35 to 40e; roosters, 28e; fowl, 24 to
270; ducklings, 30e; turkeys, 35 to 40e.
Live polutry-Spring 'chickens, 30c;
roosters, 17 to 20e; fowl, 20 to 22e;
ducklings, 30e; turkeys, 30 to 35c.in
Margare-20 to 22c.
Eggs -No. 1, candled', 28 to 29e;
selects, 32 to 33c; cartons, 3 t to 36c
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus.,
$4.25; primes., $3.75 to $3.90.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.20; per 5 inip. gals,, $2.10;
Maple sugar, lb., 20c.
Honey -60-1b. tins, 13 to 13%e per
Ib.; 5 -2% -lb. tins, 14% to 15%c per.
ib.; Ontario comb honey, per doz. $4
to $4.50.
Potatoes -New Ontarlos, $1 to $1.15.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 34 to
36e; cooked ham, 48 to 52c; smoked
rolls, 28 to 31e; cottage rolls, 35 to
38c; breakfast bacon, 32 to 35c; ape-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 41 to 43c;
backs, boneless, 39 to 43c.
Cured meats -Long clear. bacon,
$17; lightweight rolls, in bbis., $48;
heavyweight rolls, $40.
Lard Pure, tierces, 16e; tubs, 17c;
pails, 17c; prints, 18c. Shortening,
tierces, 14% to 14%c; tubs, 15e; pails,
15%c; prints', 17c.
Choice heavy steers, $7 to $8; but-
dher steers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do,
good, $6.25 -to $6.75; do, med.,"$5 to
$5.75; do, com., $4.50 to $5; butcher
,,,heifers choice $7 to $7.50; do med.
Miss M. A. Dickinson
City Clerk of Windsor, Ont., one of
the two ladies in Canada holding such $
a high official civic position. She is $
the daughter of the late Jathes Dickin- $
S'031, once editor of this Port Arthur s
Sentinel and Win,ds'or World. She is
attending the Canadian Municipalities
Convention in Winnipeg.
Great Relief.
Lady (engaging a maid) -"Was your
last mistress satisfied with you?"
Maid -"Well, mum, she said shoe was
very ,pleased when 1 left." •
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The Chinese use shark fins for mak-
ing a thick, gelatinous soup,
5.75 to $6.75; 'do, con., $4.50 oto $5;
butcher cows, choice, $5 to $6; d
meed., $3.50 to $4; canners and cutters
1 to $2; butcher bulge, good, $4.50 to
5; do, cern., $3 to $4; feeders, good,
5.50 to $6; • do, fair, '$5• ` to $5.50;
-bookers, ,good, $4.50 to $5.50, do, fair,
4 to $4.25;'• Milkers, $60 to $80;
springers, $70 to $90; calves, eheiee,
$10 to $11.50; silo, ined., $7 to $8; do,
corn., $3 to $7; spring iambs, $11.50 to
$12; sheep, choice, $5.50 to $6; do,
good, $3.50 to $4.50; do, corn., $1 to
$3; yearlings, choice, $6 to $7; _ do.
corn., $4 to $5; hogs, fed and watered,
$13.50 to $13.75; do, f.o.b., $12.75 to
$
Lord Northcliffe
The great British newspaper magnate,
who succumbed to the illness which
brought him back to England from
Switzerland a s�lort gime ago.
do, No. 3, 51 to 52e, Flour --Manitoba
spring wheat pats., firsts, $7,80. Milled
oats, bag of 90 lbs., $3.20 to $3.30,
Bran -$25.25. Shorts, $27.50. Hay
--No. 2, per ton, ear lots, $25.
Cheese, finest easterns, 1511 to
15%e. Butter, choicest creamery,
mac, Eggs, selected,. 33e.
Canners, $1 per wt.; good veal
calves, $8; meal. calves, $7; grassers,
$4.50 and up; good lambs, $9 to $9.50;
choice lots, lo-
cum. lambs $8,50;
,
, ,
straight lots ef culls, $7; sheep,. fairly.
good lots, $4; tom., $3; hogs, $13.
46 Persons Hurt
on Niagara Trolley
A despatch from Buffalo says: -
The International Railway Company
offered a reward .of $10,000 for the
arrest and conviction of the peraonis
who dynamited the high-speed fine ef
the company north of tire city shortly
after midnight Friday, and caused the
wreck of a three -car train, resulting 'in
the slight injury of more than a socre
of pereons and injuries to •eleven
others seriously enough to require has-
pital treatment.
Six of the injured passengers were'
brought to Buffalo hospitals; four
were treated at a Tonawanda hospital,
and one was taken to Niagara Flits.
Most of the others returnned to
Buffalo after receiving attention from
doctors called to the scene of the
wreck. The International has a list
of 46 parsons claiming to have suffer-
ed injuries.
•
Troop Train Hits
Truck; Two Dead
A despatch from North SeYdney, N.
'S., says: --Jacob Anthony of Sydney
ts, Mines and John Andrea of North Syd-
, 'nay were instantly ki zd atzd Harold
McSween :of Sydney Mines was sesi-
ou,s�ly injured when a motor truck
driven by Anthony sea 'carrying 1112.3
three men and a load of 'empty bot-
tles was struck at Leitch e's. Creek ?revel
crossing on the Can ei�an N teon'al
Railway near here by a troop train
carrying the 22nd Quebec Regime ;�t to
Sydney.
The troop train struck the truck"
fair on, throwing it on a concrete epi-
vert, from which a large piece was
betoken by the impiriet. The men were
thrc,wn . gabort 100 feet and the tr k
13; do, country points, $12.30 to
12.75.
Montreal. •
Oats- Can. West. No. 2, 58 to 59c; smashed to bits.
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