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| uncanny | aide hroaks the of ows seer 0 * 'There 18 no mistaking the growing bit- torness of res' pitted againat ery over ( A s and jokes 0 first hours of the Stike. are no ti boom of artiliore as yot--but if ever a battle was waged in this world it is being waged now in Britain. It is a but what a battle it is! Here and there, to be sure. are the usual appurtenances of warfare. Arm- ored cars crawled through London on Thursday on their way to military con- centration centres. Squads of soldiers guarded bus garages. Sentries in full war equipment--many more of them than usual--marched briskly to and i ; fro in front of the Royal palaces. s Rk And dutside London there are troop ~may break out at a moment's notice, and sudden marchings of battalions on undisclosed errands. Civilians also are lending a touch of 8 days. Nearly every bus which dares' ; to venture into London streets has a constable seated beside the driver. And also there is barbed wire strung over the radiator in case the strikers movements ' to places where trouble "= War to the Britain of the last three | 'and foreign correspondents baring offices. in the. Times Building | his office, tried vainly to get to work. Bvery time he started for London his car wae turned back by one group or battle fought practically in silence--{ another of strikers in no mood for par | leying. Boys from the cable company, carrying despatches, also were stopped outside newspaper offices, but the of the strike pickets. ~ Thursday night, in the House of Commons, Sir John Simon, one of the most notable legal lights of Britain, sald the general strike is absolutely illegal and the striker is liable to pro- secution. The picture of prosecuting millions of men may cause laughter, 'but the phrase Is considered significant here, In that it may foreshadow more drastic Government methods in seek- fing to crush the srike. For it the strike is illegal, why quibble, the Gov: ernment may ask, about how to throt- tle it? Why not soldiers instead of constables, rifles and machine guns in- stead 'of persuasfon and half-hearted wielding of police clubs? EXPORT TRADE SHOWS $246,125,438 INCREASE Imports from United States Fr 810 'Millions and Exports = "474 Million A despatch from Ottawa says: -- Canada's export trade for the fiscal year ended March 81 last, reached the unprecedented total of $1,815,192,791, and showed an increase of $246, 125, 488 over the preceding fiscal year. Im- ports amounted to $927,402,782, an in- crease of §$180,470,195;" favorable trade balance of $115,665, 243, as compared with the preceding year. Imports from the United States in- i y creased a little more than $100,000, rr . ©. 000, to a total of $609,825,350, and pe exports to the United States increased more than $57,000,000 to a total of $474, ,890,028. Exports to the United Kingdom increased by over $112,000,000, to a » total of $508,249,676, and imports _ from the United Kingdom increased 'by more than $12,000,000, to a total | $163,710,481. Exports to Australia increased by over $3,000,000, to a total of $15, 436,025, and imports from. Australia advanced about $400,000, to a total ~ of $3,042,064. Imports from the British East Indies increased b: - nearly $4,000,000, to. a total of $16, 927,102, and exports increased by over = $5,000,000, "to a total of $11,500,185, Imports from the British West Indies : : dropped nearly $5,000,000, to. $9,97. 2 < es 0 152, and . exports increased by over $2 000,000, to a total of $13,005, 160. Exports to New Zealand increased by dar AR : ghoat § $500.00, + to a total of $16,561, Port os freighters {m- since Sunday have mado 8 = Bro. 'there i Ey en vr "leaving al total net improvement in Canada's Y | years old, of this city, had a narrow shock. No bones are believed to have prisoned in the ice off Port Colborne Sir Wm. Mitchell-Thomson Posmaster-general, who leads the gov- ernment. organization for maintaining public services during the present strike tie-up in England. isa rr Youth Drops 50 Feet Into Niagara Gorge A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says: --Falling 50 feet into the Niagara Gorge, William Lyle, 16 from death. Lyle was walking along a pathway at the top of the bank; when he slipped and plunged over._the cliff. He took a sheer drop of more that 50 feet and then struck some shrubs, which broke his fall and pre- vented him from rolling the remain- Y ling 160 feet to the river edge. Lyle was brought to the top-of the bank by rescuers and taken to a has- pital, where- it was said that he was badly ~bruleed and suffering from police rescued them from the clutches | ish 'strikers, _-_, Prince Victor Napoleon Bonapartist pretender to the throne of France, who died in Brussels on May 3. The prince was 64 years of age. -- i IsTRIKE 'CAUSES DROP : IN FOOD PRICES Fall Off as Boats Are nable to Take Cargoes to Britain. A despatoh from Paris says:--The British strike has brought benefit to the French consuming public in the form of an unprecedented fall prices of early spring foodstuffs be- cause of cessation of exportation to England. There has already been a drop of 50 per cent. in the prices of fresh | ve, les and fruits throughout South France. Cherries fell from {350 to 150 francs per hundredweight jin the Montpeilier region. The famous: new potatoes of Saint Brieuc are in danger of being left in the ground as unprofitable if the strike continues. Exporters face heavy losses. Brit- |; ish vessels. are not even taking aboard cargoes already contracted | for. The Cabinet has directed the Minister of Agriculture to arrange with the railways for the return of perishable foodstuffs which are rot- ting on sidings in Channel ports awaiting transportation to England. Labor organizations of France and Belgium have --whole-hearted.y ap- proved an offer to support the Brit- Officers of the National Federation and functionaries of the various Labor syndicates wired the British Trade Unions Council ex- pressing solidarity "and hoping for "complete success of your program relative to vindications, which inter- est the workers of all countries." All sea traffic from Belgium. to England has been suspended since the last boat left Ostend Wednesday night. At Antwerp the dock workers décided to prevent all Sxpurtation of coal to England. -------- ua -- Boy Starts Treasure Hunt and Finds Robbers' Cache Tort William. -- Buried treasure brought reward and prominence to Harvey Shable, an 11-year-old Fort William boy. Starting a treasure hunt near his home, Harvey unearth- ed jewelry valued at $1,000, and Im- mediately turned it over to the police. He found it under a sidewalk ren his home. The treasure was identified as part of loot taken in a $8,000 robbery here on March 5. ee Bem Royal Courts Are Postponed Because of British Strike ------ : --A despatch from London says:-- The Earl of Cromer, Lord Chamber- lain, announced that the Royal Courts, which were to be held at Buckingham Palace on May 13 and 14, and at which King George and Queen Mary were to have received many Canadian and American visitors, have been post: poned indefinitely on account of the ip = gains frésh popu- Fhirevs Ti son of his natural and ng ways 'and his obvious en- iis of life. He has figured as the principal actor 'in an offi function here by acting for the King in carrying out an in- Vestiture, at which the Governor and others were ceremonious!y presented with decorations. This was quite a big affair, reminiseent of investitures at Buckinghom Palace, and the guard of. honor for the occasion was supplied OF £5. not go by 'ar mitiury, but by the y of the Volunteer of sons of Scotland a ili positions in the lon; y. On the night of the investiture the Prince was the guest of a titled Chi-| | nese, Sir Shou:Son Chow, and at it he made his acquaintance with such Chi- 'nese dishes as birds' nest soup and " sharks' fins. The chopsticks did not cause him any trouble for he handled them with remarkable dexterity, but {he came to grief when he borrowed a native fiddle from a member of the Chinese orchestra. Making several | attempts to extract music from the strange instrument, the Prince finally handed it back with a smile, saying | that it was "far too difficult" for him, The Prince aso takes a huge delight in horseback riding. Polo and pony racing take up much of his spare time, while he also follows the Fanling Hunt n the beautiful country in the New i All in all, "P. G." as his naval chums cal him, "is &bout the most popular Britisher in this part of the world. Charles F. Paul Editor of Saturday Night, suddenly in Toronto, on April 30. who dled RL Ra Three Hamilton Women A despatch from Hamiiton says:-- Three women occupants of an auto- mobile were injured when an automo- bile overturned while swerving too sharply to avoid a collision at Locke and York Streets. Mrs. Charles Vance, 429 Wentworth Street North; Miss Betty Vance, a daughter, and | 4 Miss Campbell, were all removed to the General Hospital suffering from lacerations and bruises. None of them are seriously hurt. The car they were in was driven by Charles Vance, and overturned when ho attempted to avoid striking another vehicle driven by P. Phillips, general strike. 26 Locke Street South. Injured When Auto Overturns | Government and represent | Bufldings by Hon. George 8S. Henry, and Minister of Highways. The total of $2,339,000, which has been awarded, does not represent the total work which the Highways De-! partment will undertake during the season, but simply the portion of ft which has been passed upon by Hon. Mr. Henry, Quite apart from the sum total, however, which may reach five this year in the construction costs which the Government has achieved. Contract figures show that the washed and screened gravel concrete, the hardest type road which the depart: ment builds, is being constructed this year for $19,700 to $23.900 per mile, This figure represents the lowest build. ing costs which the department has succeeded in achieving, and contrasts notably with the $35,000 and $40,000 I per mile costs which formerly pre- valled. The program which the Government has already embraced for the present year contemplates the construction of 44.31 miles of concrete paving; of 19.18 miles of asphalt top ona black: base type; of 19.83 miles of bitumin- ous penetration type; of 12.30 miles maocadam type; of 32 miles of grading and culvert work; and of 61.20 miles of surface treatment. The details of the localities In which thls work is to be done are as follows: Gravel concrete roads: From Col- borne westerly 7.39 miles at a cost of $22,700 per mile; from Brighton to Colborne, 7.26 miles, at a cost of $22,400 per mile; - from Trenton -to Brighton, 7.7 wiles, at a cost of $19,700 per mile; from Marden north 5.2 miles a have been awardéd by the Ontario | Leamington west and Ruscum, 12.17 miles, at a cost of $23, | Bram of construction for the present | #00 per mile; from Dublin to Mitehell, 5 1 season, which has so tar been decided |4. 59 miles, at a cost of $20,500 per 1. | upon, Practically every section of old ; Ontario {8 interested in some phase of the program, the detafls of which were { From Allanburg to. Welland, 6.41 0 made available at the Parllament or six million dollars, interest centres | mile. Asphalt top on black base. roads: miles, at a cost of $24,300 per mile; from North Gower to Ridean, 7.34 miles, at a cost of $19,300 per mile; | | Johnstown to Cardinal 5.43 miles, at a cost of $20,600 per mile. Bituminous penetration roads: Bast of Lansdowne, 3.566 miles, at a cost of $21,200 per mile; Pembroke per mile; Gananoque West, 3.68 miles, at a cost og $17,100 per mile; Simcoe to Renton, 4.41 miles, $21,900; at | Stittsville, .5 miles, at a cost of $20« 600 per mile; Morrisburg to Irequols, 2.68 miles, at a cost of $20,200 per mille, Macadam roads: South from the Belleville Bridge, 3.2 miles, at a cost of $11,700 per mile; from Fraserville to Ballieboro, 5.24 miles, at a cost of $16,430; from Georgetown, west, 4 miles at a cost of $12,100 per mile; from Norval East, 2.56 miles, at a cost of $14,800 per mile; from Brampton, north, 7.3 miles, at a cost of $15, 800 per mile. Grading and culverts: In the Lom- bardy Division, 6.7 miles, at a cost of $6,300 per mile; Chatsworth South, 6.5 miles, at a cost of $3,200 per mile; Markdale North, 61 miles, at a cost of $2,860 per mile; Joyceville North, 13.5 miles, at a cost of $3,800 per mile. Surface treatment: Ottawa West, 18.16 miles; at a cost of $830 per mile; Port Elmsley North, 35 miles, at a cost of $860 per mile; L'Original West, 18.4 miles, at a cost of $810 per mile. Bridge structural work and super- structures have been-contracted-for-at Louisville Culvert, Jantzen's Creek, Simpson's Gully, Tremblay Creek, Hawkesbury Creek; and Carp Bridge. The grand total involved In the whole program adopied to date Is $2,339,419. TORONTO. Man. wheat--No. 1 North, $1.61%; No. 2 North., $1.65%; No. 3 North., [$1.50 %v Man. oats--No. 2 CW., nominal; No. 13, not quoted; No, 1 feed, 49%c¢c; No. 2 feed, 48¢; Western grain quotations on cif. bay ports. Am. corn, track, Toronto--No. 2 yellow, 87¢; No 3 yellow, 84c. Millfeed--Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $31.25; shorts, per- ton; $88:25; middlings, 1 $40.25; good feed flour, per bag, $2.30. | Ont. oats--44 to 46c, f.o.b. shipping | points. Ont. good milling wheat--§$1.28 to { $140, -f.0. shipping points, according to freights, Barley, Jali ing. 62 to G4ec. Buckwheat--N No. 2, 72¢. Rye--No. 2, 86e. Man. flour-- First Pts $9, Toronto} do, second pat., $8.50. | ne flour-- Toronto, 90 per cent. of per barrel, in carlots, Toronto, 6.05; seaboard, in bulk, $6.20. | Straw--Car! ots, per ton, $9 to $9.50. Screenings--Standard, recleaned, 1. o.b. bay ports, per ton, $22.50. Cheese--New, large, 20c; twins, 21c; triplets, 23; Stiltons, 23¢. Old, large, 26¢; twins, 26¢; triplets, 27¢. Butter-- Finest creamery prints, 38 to 38%c; No. 1 creamery, 36% to 87%; No. 2, 84% to 35%ec. Dairy prints, 27% to 29%ec. Eggs--Fresh extras, in cartons, 85 to 86c; fresh extras, loose, 84c; fresh firsts, "88¢; fresh seconds, 28 to 29c¢. Dressed Ey Chickens spring, Ib, 70 to 8 chickens, 1b., 85 to 87¢; bens, over 4 to 5 lbs., 30¢; do, 8 to Ibs., 27¢; roosters, 26c¢; ducklings, b Ibs. and up, 80 to 31c; turkeys, 40c. Beans--Can. hand pleked, $2.80 per bushel; primes, $2.40 per bushel. Ma) produce--Syrup, per im gal, Ble 30 to $2.40; per b-gal., $2.26 to $2.30 per gal.; maple sugar, 1b., 26 to 26¢c; maple syrup, new, per gal, $2.40. Honey--50-1b. tins, 11% to 12¢ per 1b.; 10-Ib, tins, 11% to 12¢; B-lb. tins, 11 to 12%ec: 214. Ib. tins, 14 to 14%ec. | A $500,000 TARGET 1 ' he British Atlantic for reconstruction nd for removal of egy and nh able parts o ee ofivemuperstracture, THE WEEK'S MARKETS extras, 36¢; do., storage firsts, 83¢; do, | | storage seconds, 31c. i bec, per bag, car lots, $3.50 to $3.75. ars Jie to $14.75; -- Smoked meats--Hams, med. 32 to 84¢; cooked hams, 47 to 49¢; smoked oll, 22¢; cottage, 26 to 20; break. fast "bacon, 32 .t0.38¢c; special brand breakfast bacen, 33 to 89c; backs, boneless, 39 to 4bc. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, to to 70. 1bs., $24.25; 70 to 90 lbs,, $23.75 20 lbs. and up, $22.34; hvala rolls in barrels, $42.50; heavyweight rolls, $39.50 per bbl. Lard--Pure tierces, 17% to 18¢; tubs, 18 to 18%c; pails, 18% to 19¢; prints, 20 to 21c; shortening, tierces, 16% to 16c¢; tubs, 16 to 1614¢; pails, 16% to 17c¢; blocks, 17% to 18c. Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to $8; do, . geod, .- B7 .. to. ..$7.25; . butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.75; do, good, $6.25 to $6.75; do, com, to med., $5 to $6; butcher heifers, choice, $6.50 to | $7.60; do, good, $6 to $6.60; do, com., | $6 to $5. 50; butcher cows, choice, $5.25 to $6. 25; do, fair to good, $4 to South, 5 miles, at a cost of $10,400 Bobby Leach Who _ achieved - world-wide: notoriety when he plunged over Niagara Falls in a barrel, died in New Zealand as the result of a fall on a piece of orange peel. -- te. wnt. 2 SPALATO TO SUPPLY STONE FOR MEMORIAL Vimy Monument to be Built of Beautiful Stone Used in Roman Palaces. A despatch from Ottawa says: -- Stone from Spalato, such as was used in the building of palaces for Roman Emperors, and particularly that of Diocletian, who ruled A.D. 284 to 8065, will be utilized in the construction of the Canadian war memorial at Vimy Ridge. Spalato is on the Adriatic coast of Jugoslavia, and permission has been obtained from the Govern- ment of Jugoslavia to work the ancient quarry, which has been re- discovered in recent years. Colonel H. C. Osborne of the War Graves Commission, when asked about this stone, stated that it had been recommended by the highest authori- ties. It is a beautiful stone of fine texture and amber color, The Roman remains of this stone are in fine pre- servation, he said. Colonel Osborne explained it has taken two years to find a desirable stone with the quali- ties necessary for such work as that of Walter Allward, the Canadian sculptor. The stone is both beautiful for carving and of durable texture It-can also. be obtained in the neews: sary large blocks. The memorial comprises a large number of sculptured figures in groups, so that this latter qualifica- tion was also essential. The con- tract for the construction of the war memorial has been let by the Cana- dian War Memorial . Commission _ to H. T. Jenkins, Ltd., of Torquay, Eng- land, -- Natural Resources Bulletin. The various provincial governments spend about three million dollirs an- [ nually on their forests and receive in revenue from the forest industries about twelve and one-half millions, $5; butcher dis, good, $5 to $6; bolognas, $3.60 t. $4; canners and | bojogns sae to $3. 50: springers, | choice, $85 to $100; good mileh cows, | $75 to $85; medium cows, $45 to $60; | feeders, good, $6.2C to $6.75; do, fair, i $5 to $6; calves, choice, $11 to $11.50; do, good, $9.50 to $10.50; do, lights, | $5 to $7.50; good lambs, $14 to $15; | do, med.,, $12. 50 to $13; do, culls, $10 to $11.50; good light sheep, $8 to | 3 50; heavy sheep and bucks, $5.50 | to $6. 50; hogs, thick smooths, fed and | watered, $13.35; do, f.o.b,, $13. 75; do, country points, $12.50; do, off cars $18.76; do, thick fats, fob. $12.25; select premium, $2.61. NTREAL. Oats--CW.,, oA 2, foe} do, No. 8, 68c; extra No. I food, bbc. Flour, | Man. spring "wheat pats., firsts, $9; seconds, $8.60; strong bakers', $8.30; winter pats, "choice, $6.70 to $6.80. Bran, $31.25. diings, $40.25. car lots, $18.50. Shorts, $33.25. 1, pasteurized, 33%c. Potatoes, Que- Fairly good veals, $6 to $7; hogs, sows, $11.26 to $11.5 tmnt a -- Cheerfully Ignoring Strike, Tourists Sail for Britain Montreal. --Apparently ignoring the possibility of meeting hardship be- cause of the British strike, the con- course of the Windsor Station here was filled to overflowing with travel. lers taking the boat train for Quebec to sail on the liner Minnedosa for Southampton. -- Two special trains were made up, carrying some five hun- dred passengers from all parts of the y Dominion: Many were of the impres- | sion that Government lorries would! be on hand to carry them from the coast to their inland destination in the 0!d Country. ------ es cot Quebec to Standardize Rates of All Public Utilities A despatch from Montreal says:----- Standardization of rates charged by all public utility companies for thelr services throughout the Province is Quebec Service Commission is gather: ing data from all concerned, accord- "ing to Adrien Bemudry, "Chafrman of | the Commission. ° 3 oes, finest wests, 18. Butter, No. | | ploltation. Similarly with mining, the expendi- tures are less than % milion dollars and the revenues 2% millions. On | game and fisheries, less 'than $700,000 ies spent and nearly $1,700,000 rev- enue is obtained. Under these three | headings alone we find a direct rev- enue of 16% millions, as opposed to maintenance charges hy the govern. ments in question of only 4 miilions. In this connection no account is taken of the huge pay rolls in the three industries. No record is made {of the dependent industries, the sup- | plies purchased, the transportation furnished to the railways or to the profits that are made for the benefit of shareholders in every part of the Do- minion. It is thus apparent how profitable t> Rolled oats, bag, 90 Ibs., $3.20 to $3.30. | the country is the development of na- Mid- {tural resources, and how essential that Hay, No. 2, per ton, Ye greatest care and supervision hould be maintained over their ex- Mineral resources may be Eggs, storage | forever wasted by using up the high ri grade ores and neglecting the lower grade. This is known as "picking the eyes out of a mine." Forest reserves the definite object with which the]. may be depleted in a generation | through fire, insect ravages and indis- criminate cutting. Fisheries which, with care, might be maintained in per petuity, may be exhausted through ex- cessive and unrestricted prey upon given areas and specific species. The gradual depletion of the magnificent sturgeon and of the sperm whale are but two examples of this. The public conscience is gradually becoming awakened however. Respon- sible officials are pointing the to more business-like regulations their efficient enforcement. haustible portior. of our natu: tage may yet be preserved for genera- tions yet unborn, and at that, with no appreciable sacrifice of immediate needs or legitimate gain. ---- Election Law. In Australia there is a law that im- poses a fine of $10 on who does not vote when _be. cally able to get had {ts first test | r cent. of enrolled voters actually votes; several years before the las 8 J ed only fitty-five or sixty out hundued Sitizens: Could bo iy