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The Herald, 1914-01-23, Page 61WENING OF PARUAMENI Ciovernor General's Speech Referred to flatters of Interest to the Dominion. A despateli- from Ottawa says: ' The ;''opening of 'Parliament on Thursday •, was eharacterizeci'with institutional procedure carried out With the greatest exactitude and fi- delity to detail, The Duke came up from Rideau Hall esoof=ted by a squadron" of dragoons, was re- ceivedby a guard of honor and sa- luted by twenty-one guns from the battery at Nepean Point. ' The Senate Chamber was thronged . with officialdom of many cities., Everyone; stood when his Oval Highness entered, aecoin= panted by the I`.a°itctess Patricia aril' attended- 'by a' brilliant military, suite. The Commons, meanwhile, had assembled down in their clam- ' ber, and waited the summons to go higher. Speech From The Throne. cellent results., in assuring better agricultural instruction and need- ful improvement of existing metIc7. ods of agriculture. • Work On N. T. "The work on the National Trans- continental Railway has been rapid- ly advanced during the past year and, notwithstanding the difficul- ties attending the construction of the Hudson Bay, Railway, and the provision of terminals, every pos- sible progress has been made, in bringing that important project nearer to completion. "In connection with the highly important subject o£ transporta- to, of our products, the provision of adequate terminal facilities at our great national ports has re- ceived and is receiving the atten- tion of my advisers. Handling of Grain. The speech from the throne was read by his Royal Highness in the following terms : "Honorable Gentlemen, of the Senate - "Gentlemen of the House of • Commons "I take this public opportunity of expressing to you all ray deep sense of gratitude for the comfort and Support that were afforded nie at the time of the serious illness of the I3uchose, of Connaught by the num- erous messages of sympathy that were received from Canada, and by the knowledge that the hearts of so many Canadians were with us dur- ing those dark days. I can only re- gret that my enforced absence, • made it impossible for me to fully • exercise the duties of my high of- fice during a considerable portion of last year. "It gives me great. pleasure to be able to e neratulate you upon the remarkable expansion of Canada's trade with ether countries in the past fiscal year, during which our total trade far exceeded that of any preceding year. "You have doubtless learned with satisfaction that the new Gov- ernment terminal elevator at Port Arthur is completed, and that it has been in operation since Octo- ber last. In conjunction with this, a. system of interior terminal eleva- tors has been begun, which will provide largely increased facilities for the farmers of the great grain - producing provinces. "The International Conference on safety of life at sea, which has been in session in London for sev- eral weeks, has had under consid- eration measures of the highest im- portance and it is hoped that its deliberations may result in more effective measures for assuring the safety of the passengers and crews of ocean-going steamships. Repre- sentatives of Canada were appoint- ed by order in council and have been in attendance at all sessions of the conferenoe, Ample Revenue. "Gentlemen of the House of Com - evens ; "The accounts for the last fiscal year will be laid before you. You t will be pleased to know that the revenue has been ample to ewer both ordinary' and capital ex- penditure. "The estimates for the next fiscal 'year will be, submitted at an early date. They have been prepared with due regard to the necessary development of the resources of the Dominion coupled with careful at- tention to economical administra- tion. "Honcrahle Gentlemen of the Senate. Gentlemen of the House: In inviting your careful considera- Nerve ling of Crops. "The hountiful crops with which the Dominion has fortunately been blessed during the past season have been harvested under unusually - fa.ti nra'l4e. conditions, " which have enabled: the' tran:tportation com- panies to make full use of all the facilities at their disposal. Thus the difficulties, which sometimes arose in former years have not been manifest, and an unusually large proportion of the crops has been conveyed to the seaboard be- fore the, close of the season of in- THS • Vilicenze Perugia, - the Italian, who e,tole the Mona Lisii, the most famous painting in the world, which wa.s recently re- covered and returned'to the Lou- vre, France. Prof. ZavitzReviews Experimental ' Work Done Last Year in Ontario. • A. despatch from ' Guelph • says•: At the' most successful meeting yet held :of,the Ontario Agrioulturel and Experimental Union, Prof, Za- vitz reviewed the • experimental work "done• in fertilizers. • The work in Ontario had succeeded so well because it was started on asmall scale and worked up from the bot- tom. One year's work with man - gels showed good results from the application of nitrogen. One hun- dred pounds per acre increased the yield from 30 tons to 34 tons per acre, at a epst of testi ,cents a bush- el for .the increase: Prof. Harcourt said that to carry on fertilizing experiments success- fully one must have a full know- ledge of three things : the compo- sition of the plant, the composition of the soil, and the peculiar require- ments of the different Drops. For example, mangels required nitro- gen, turnips required phosphorus, and so on. Pref. E. J. Zavitz told of the work carried on by the forestry depart- ment. Last year two hundred thou - and trees were distributed free to 29 counties. During the past few. years there had been little change in the; area of Ontario woodlands. VALUE OF CROPS REDUCED.. Canada's Production Greater, But Average Price Somewhat Less. A despatch fxom Ottawa says : A bulletin issued on Wednesday by the census and statistics office gives final estimates of the area, yield and value of the, principal field crops of Canada in 197,;3, as comper- ed with 1912. Las;, S'ear's season was very favorable for grain -grow- ing in the northwest provinces, where during the ripening, harvest- ing and threshing' periods condi- tions, -generally • speaking, were ideal. In Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the Maritime Provinces, on the other hand, the yield of grain was adversely affected by prolonged drought. For the whole of Canada the principal field crops occupied a total estimated ,area of 35,375,000 acres, as compared with 35,575,000 acres in 1912, and their value, com- puted at average "'local market prices, was $552,771,500, as compar- ed with $557,344,100 in 1912. Wheat, upon 11,015,000 acres, ;aro- awed 231,717,000 bushels, of the value of $156,462,000, the corre- sponding figures in 1912 being 10,- 996,700 acres, 224,150,000 bushels, and $139,090,000. Of the total wheat area, 970,000 acres were de- voted to fall wheat, the production being- 22,592,000 **Is, :.,arel the value $18,185,000,'a.eompared with 971,000 acres, 20i3fi7,O00 bushels, and $17,157,000 in 1912. Oats yield- ed a total of 404,669,000 bushels, from 10,434,000 acres,, and the value reached $128,893,000, the corre- sponding figures of 1912 being 9,- 966,000 acres, 391,629,000 bushels, and $126,304,000. Both the wheat and oat crops of 1913 are the highest on record iu ;nada-wheat as regards arca, yield and value, and oats as regards area and yield. The value of the oat crop was exceeded in 1911, when the amount was $132,949,000. Ba -ley, upon 1,613,000 acres, yielded 48,319,000 bushels, of the value of $120,144,000, as against 1,581,000 acres, 49,398,000 bushels, and $22,- 354,000, in 1912. Flax seed occu- pied 1,552,800 acres, and the pro- duction was 17,539,000 bushels, of the value of $17,084,000, as com- pared with 2,021,900 acres, 26,130,- 000 bushels, and $23,608,000, in 1912. The quality of the grain .crops,. as indicated by the ,average weight per measured bushel is excellent,' and is superior to 1912. ,Spring wheat averages 60.37 poundss against 58.90 pounds in 1912 ; oats, 36.50 pounds against 35.50 pounds, and barley 48.50 pounds against 47.50 'pounds. r In the three northwest provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan end Al- berta the production in 1913 wheat is estimated. at 209,262,000 bushels, compared, with 204,280,000 bushels in 1912; of oats, 242,413,000 bushels, "compared with 242,321,000 bushels, and of barley 31,060,000 bushels, compared ,with 31,000000. , bushels.. The wheat production of 1913 in Manitoba was 53,331,000 bushels, from 2,804,000 acres; in Saskatchewan, 121,559,000 bushels, from 5,720,000 acres, and in Alber- ta 34,372,000. bushels, from 1,512,000 acres. land navigation. , tion of the ,subjects to which I have "Canada has been favored_,by a called your attention I pray that - long series of prosperous years and, the blessings of divine Providence may attend your deliberations. POWDER EXPLOSION. • convinced that this .condition. willf be merely temporary and that the t One Man Killed and Eight Others although at the present moment business is slightly restricted by the financial stringency which pre - Tails throughout the world, I £eel boundless resources of this Domin- ion, which are so fully and uni er early known and recognized, give us the fullest assurance of contin- ual material prosperity and pro- gress. Redistribution Heralded. "As n,• result ofthe recent decen- nial census the representation of the different provinces must be re- adjusted, as required by the Pri- tisk North American Act and a bill" will be introduced for that pur- pose.; "A bill consolidating the Rail- way Act and its various amend - Manes as well as bills relating to the civil service and tai, trust, and loan companies, will be submitted for your consideration. "Severer other bills will be sub- onitted, including measures previd- ing for increased representation • of the provinces of Manitoba, Sesket- chewan, Alberta and British Col- umbia, in the Senate Injured. A despatch from Deseronto says: One employe, Daniel Brant, was killed, and several others miraou- lously escaped death at the Olym- pic Powder Company's plant about 10 a.m. on Saturday. Brant, who had 'charge of the machine 'which turns out the explosive in cartridge form, endeavored to loosen the conijosition, which had been clog- ged, with a piece of wood or iron, thereby causing sufficient friction to ignite the explosive. The force of the explosion parted and fired the; specially - oonstructed flimsy building, and hurled the employes in all directions. Brant was to stunned and the building so quick- ly -enveloped with flames, thathe could not escape or be rescued. Eight others were injured, but will recover. Brant's charred remains were taken from the ruins later. There was a lower percentage of woodlands in Ontario than in Great. Britain, France and other "Euro- pean countries. "There . is a ,place for the dairy shorthorn in Ontario," said Prof:, G. E, Day. ' •"They are quite coni- mon in England and we have some of them out here, It lies with the breeders of shorthorns to select cows of milking qualities and breed a strain from them." Mr. F. C. Nunnick, who is con- nected with the commission on con- servation, said that not enough . at- tention was paid to . the varieties of grain ' grown. 'In - .Peterboro County, for instance, 17 varieties were grown. These could not all be best varieties. Weeds were gain- ing the ascendency in many cases. On one farm65 different weeds were found. A fact, the significance of. which could , not be slighted, was that 93 per cent. of the farmers, were taking no special precautions to prevent the waste of farmyard manure. This meant an enormous annual lou of fertility, Eight de- monstration farms were established in different parts of the province. On these'iarms cultural methods laid down by the commission were followed. 1111. Mk p1 U 1111 el 1 n1111 a rr'.ININGiS FROM AL TIIE GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL: PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS Volume of „ltutaigration. "The volume of iincnigration dur- ing the present fiscal year promises to be greater than that of any pre= ceding' year, It has come in great- est' measure from the British Isles and from the United States, blit .a large stream of desirable immigra- tion has &ileo reaelled our shores from other countries, "You will be pleased to learn that sattsfactors arrangements have y been made' with the various prov- inces 'triter ' the Agricultural In- struction Act passed at the last session,, •My advisors are convinced that the no-oper'ation between the 17,,, iittinn acid the -t lovinces which CEPORTA FROM THE LEADING CENTRES OF AME1iiCA. TRADE erica' et Cattle, Crarn, Cheese ane aims Produce et Home and -Abroad, Breadstufis. Toronto, Jan. 20. 11our-0ntaaio wheat flour, 90 per cent., $3.50 to $3.55, seaboard, and at 33.50, Toronto. Dianitobae-First patents, in jute bags, 35.30; do., seconds. 34.80; strong bakers', in jute bags, 3 Manitoba wheat -Lake ports. No. 1 Northern, 951.2o. and No. 2, 93 1-20, track, Goderich. 411 rail No, 1 Northern,31.00 1-2 No. 2, 98 1.2c. Ontario wheat -No. 2 at 85 to 86c, out- side. Oats -No. 2 Ontario oats, 341-2 to 35c. outside,. and at 38 to 38 1-2o, on track, To- ronto. Western Canada oats, 40 1.2o for No. 2, and at 390 for No. 3, Bay porta. Peas -$1 to 31.05, outside. Barley Good malting barley, 54 to 65a, outside. Corn -New Na. 2 American, 70c,' all rail, Toronto. Rye -No. 2 at 62 to 63o, Oil' wide. Buckwheat -Offerings limited, with No. 2 quoted at 70o to .72o. outeide, Toronto Mfrs ght a Shorts, $22 28 t Torobags, I If OF LARIKIIFISI4I. All :Bis Candidates Defeated In Dublin Elections. • A despatch from Dublin, Ireland,. says ; The municipal elections here Saturday resulted in the over- wheitning defeat of the ..-candidates of Jim Laxkin, .the Labor agitator, who recently failed in his efforts to raise "the fiery" cross in Eng- land. In Wexford, which is a Ler- kin stronghold, his Candidates Were alsodefeated. This is a deathblow to the strike here, Which has.been` going on for months. Larkin, of ter an all-night secret meeting with the leaders of the Transport Work- ers' Union, decided to advise the 85 3-4e; 3fay, 89 14c; July, 90 1.4c. Linseed -Close-Cash $1.521-4; 7anuary, $1.711-4; May, $1,551-d. Canada, the Empire, in 'General Belt Eyes. Canada. en -London may have Sunday. January 24. Toronto's death rate was t est of any large city in last year. London •Board of Trad that city to be made a ,psi distributing centre. - J, "Stewart Campbell, cler County Court at Fredericto shot himself. Ephraim Racine was sent Cornwall to five years for fire to a neighbor's barn. Live Stook Markets. g Montreal. Jan. 20. -Butcher eteere, good. $7.25 to to 37.50; fair., u ch38.75 r 7bullocks, good, $$7 to 37.25; poor tomedium; $4 to $5.75 but- cher cows. good, 36:75 to 37;' fair, 3625 to $6.50; medium, 35.75 to 36; common, 35.25 to 35.50: poor,. 34.50 to $5; sheep. 35; lambs, $8;hogs, selects, '39.75; sows, 37.75; stage, weighed off Cars, 35; ealvee, $3 to 315. Toronto. Jan. 20. -Cattle -Choice but- chers, 38.75 to 39; good medium, 37.25 to 37.75; common cowe, $360 to 34.50; but- chers' bulls, .$3.75 to $7.76; canners and -cutters $3.50 to $4' choice fat cows, $7.25 Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 23 to 24o; inferior, 20 to 21o; farmers' separator prints, 2d 28 26o; o 290 r storage prints, 30 two EBc; solids, 26 to 26 1-2o. Eggs -Case lots of now -}aid, 90 to 420 per o3zena;eee1ect,r x36 to 37o, and storage, 3Cheese-New cheese, 14 1.2 to 14 3.40 for large, and 16o for twins. Beane -Hand-picked, $2.20 to 82.25 per bushel; primes, 32 to 32,10. Iionoy-Ex�traotsd, in t'ne, 11 to 12o per ib. for No. 1; combs, 3s to 33.26 per dozen for No. 1, and 32.40 to 32.50 for No. 2. -Poultry-Fowl, 11 to 12c per lb.: chick- ens, 16 to 17o; ducks, 13 to 150; geese, 14 to 16o; turkeys, 19 to 22o. Potatoes--Ontarioe, 80c per bag, on track, and Delawares at 80 to 85o, on track, in car lots. to $7.50, Calves -Good veal, $0.75 to $11; President F. F. Westb pests the University of Bri umbia to open in 1915 with dents. Two more applications vorce have been made to ment, bringing the total t to forty-two. .. •• Immigration t,o Canada was' 418,870, made up '10 British. 115,751 American 135 from all other countrie The Duke of Conna,i party will probably make through Western Canada tc cific coast next summer. A Government bill to the Senate representation western Provinces by niu bers was given notice of, Threats to blow up the general offices in Montreal dad s of "blokies" are stat ed, were made in a- It tter. The outlook is bright f profits in the dairy busines, ing to the president of the Ontario Dairymen's Assoc A new Hydro -Electric roe ternplated from London t< with .stub branches to Arl Petrolea, The line, aceo the promoters, is practical way. The Canadian Pacific assets, according to a just completed, are wor $846,000,000, and .its tota for the year ending Ju $139,305,060. The steaihcr Saronic Northern Navigation Lin taken to Toronto in the s from then on will ply -bet port and Montreal, instea Sarnia to Port Arthur. Mary Dolan,. who was to Kingston Penitentiary for the murder of her inf near Hawkestone in the 1910, has been released in after serving • a little ov years. - Between now and the ne meeting of the Ontario Ag and Exper mental Unto five thousand individuals duet more experiments tie Province with a view to 4 the science of agriculture Charles Nickles failed Lend ago suit against the Lond, Railway and the G. T. 1 juries alleged to have bee ed in a collision, it bel that he was not a. paSecie street car at all. The bill to be introduel Coronions by George Bra i P. for Selkirk, to regulat. storage 'business, will. pro', no food•thatlias bean plea' storage '.and has been therefrom for the purpo, shall be returned into coli It also provides a tune) storage for •va;rious eonlln The Western Dairymen tion heard some plain s the meed for greater ear ling cream and milk, al ting up dairy products. Gertrude, the 3 -year -al of Geo. Ferguson, Keller i of. hot water to r and a al P. scalded. . common, $4 75 to $5.10. Stockers and feed- ers -Steers, 910 to 1,050 pounds. 36 to 6.75; good quality, 800 pounds 34.50 to 26; light, 33,60 to $5.50. Sheep and lambs - Light ewes, 36,25 to $6.75; heavy, $3 to 33.60; bucks, 33 to 33.50; epring lambs, e5fol2ebktlsosdalthu lambs. Hg -$950 to 39.60 fed and watered, $9.75 off care, 39 f.o.b. SIR J'AMES LEAVES NEW YORK Left On Sunday Evening, Arrived In Toronto Monday. Provisions. Bacon -Lon oloar, 15 to 16o per lb., in case lots. Pork=Siiort cut, 28,50; do., mese, 324.50. Hams -Medium to light, 181.2 to 191-20; heavy. 171-2 to 18o; rolls, 16 to 18 1-20; breakfast bacon, 18 to 190; backs; 23 to 24c. to La1r d-2Ti43; rpc 1 . 14 1.-2 to 11414 1.4c; tube, tube, 14 1.4 , Baled Hay and Straw: Baled hay -No, ' 1 at 314.50 to 316 ;”ion. on track here; No, 2 quoted at 313 -to 313.60, and mixed at 312 to $12.50. Baled straw-Car lots. $8.60 to $8.75, 0n t 33ig - . prizes arebeing offered this year in Europe for:. aviation con- tests.- • Joseph Meyers was : netantly kill- ed• at the 'Knechtel-Furniture Com- pany's work's, Walkerton, by, some bogs, rolling,off a eiar, crashing "hian, James Paisley, seaman, *on the G.T.It. liner , P.rinoe Rupert, lost his life in Vancouver harbor in a gallant attempt to rescue a luna- tic, 'Chas. Anderson, who had A despatch from.New York says; Sir James Whitney, the Premier of Ontario, who has been ill of heart disease at the Manhattan Hotel since Dec. 14, left for Toronto on Sunday night on a special car at- tached to the New York Central train leaving Grand Central ` Sta- tion at 8.05 p.m., and arrived in Toronto Monday morning. On the train with him were Lady Whitney, Dr. R. A. Pyne, Minister of Edu- cation and family physician to Sir James, and Mr. Horace Wallis, the Prerinier's private secretary. Sun- day's examination of the patient, whose life has been despaired of at various times since his arrival here, convinced Dr. Pyne and Dr. Her- man M. Biggs, of this city, who has been the consulting physician in the ease, that the patient could stand the •removal to his hoarse. DOMINION FOREST RESERVES. In Better Shape This Year Than • Ever Before. - Winnipeg • Crain. Winnipeg, -Jan. 20. -Cash: -Wheat, --No. 1 Northern, 86 1.4o; No. 2 do., 84 6-8o; No, 3, do 81 3-4°1 No. 4, 76o; No. 6, 69o; No. 6, 641.2e; feed, 69e; No. 1. rejected seeds. 79c; No. 2, do., 77o; No. 3, do., 75c; No. 1 smutty,790; No. 2, do.. 77c; No. 3 do. 750; N. 1 rejected, Winter. 661.40; No. 2 red Winter, 84 5-8o; No. 3, do., 81 3.4o. Oats No. 2 C.W., 33 1.80; No. 3. do., 31 1.2o; extra No. 1 feed, 313.4o; No. 1 feed, 31 1.4c: No. 2, do., 30 1.4e. Barley --No, 3, 411.20; No. 4, 400; reected, 380; feed. 37 1.2c. Flax -No. 1 N. -W.0., 31.29 1.2; No. 2 C.W., 31.26 1-2; No. 2, o., 31.13 1.8. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Jan.. 20,-Oahe-Oanadian West- ern., No. 2, 411-2 to 420; Canadian West- _2 41c • extra No. 1 feed. 1 No. 3,40 to ern48 to 600. 41 to 41 1-2o. Barley, Mein. teed, malting, 54 to 66. Bucawheat, No. 2, 56 to 570 Flour, Man, Spring wheat patonte, firsts, 35.40; seconds, $4.90; strong bakere', $4.70. Winter patents, choice, 34.75 to $6' straight rollers, $4.50 to g�4.6 ; straight rollers, bage, 32 to 32.10. polled oats, bar. cele, $4,40 to $4.60; bags, 90 lbe., 32,10 to 32.12 1.2. Bran. 320 to $21. Shorts, 822 to 323. Middlings, $25 to 326. Mouillto, $27 to 331. Hay. No. 2 per ton, oat' lots, 313 60 to 316. Cheoae, finest western, 13 7.8 to 14c; finest pasterns, 13 1.4 2 13 3-40. .Butter, choicest creamery, 28 to 29e; seconds, 26 1.2 to 270, Eggs, fresh, 44 to 46e; selected, 38o; No. 1 stook, 34c No. - t - 76stn k, ' 26e. Potatoes, per bag. oar united States Markets. Ailnneatlolis, Jan. 20,--Wheat-Mal, 88 3.8 to 8888 12 asked; July, 90 "1.8 "to 90 1.4e. Cash -No: i hard, 90 3-0c; No. 1 Northern; 96 7-8 to 89 3 -So; No. 2, do. 84 3-8 t0 86 3-80; No. 3 wheat, 02 3-8 to 84 3-80. dorn-No. 3 yellow, 590, • Oats -No. 3 white, 361-4 to 36 1.20. Flour-A'aney 'patent, $4.60; clears, 81.40; second cleans, unchanged; shipments, 49,749 barrels, Bran -$21.50, Duluth Jan. 20. -Wheat, -•No. 1 hard, A despatch from Ottawa says: R. H. Campbell, director of for- estry, who has returned from a tour of inspection of the Dominion for- est reserves in the west, says : "Un- questionably the work there is in better shspe this year than ever before. Not only have fere-fighting facilities, such as trails,; lookout stations, telephone lines, . tool caches and fire guards, been very. much improved, belt the construc- tion of good roads has made the pleasure resorts in these reserves more accessible to the publie „ SIGNALMAN PUNISHED. ' Year's Imprisonment for Stopping. a Train. .A• despatch from Durban, South Africa, says: A signalman who step - Ped a train and thus enabled strik- ing' railroad men to •seize and at- tack the Drew for not having gene on strike, was tried by court -mai tial them 'on Wednesday. He was eenteneed to a year's imprisonment, This was the $ret court-martial of the kind held here, An American Senator speaking'. in London bitterly assailed - Brit - 88 1.40; 14o, t Nortbern..87 140; No. 2, 2 hard, $5.1do., ain'si policy in Meaia o, 4 to Great Britain A new rifle union has ed fear British. riflemen. A Britishsubmarine a offourteen were; lost' i lisii Channel. Lord. Ealdan.e, declerr that the * Liberal. al • parts inaintaining the : suprei British, niivy The Loondeo.Mail'.se tish battleshipPs :' oYiL and B oye,l Oa' C, below the esti } in' be 13.5 instead- of 15 they will briili a Dal i