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An exceptional opportunity for the Inyestment of Havings ID a high-grade Municipal Security Yielding s 1 /* per cent. We offer the unsold balance of $1,200,000 Ont year Notes, dated 1st September, 1912, of a Western municipality. They are In denomina- tions ef $100 to $3000 and especially suitable for the Investment of small savings or money which is now earnlni only 3 per cent, or less. DETAILS ON REQUEST Dominion Bond Compaiiy, Limited Toronto Montreal Vancouver London, Enp. FRUIT SHOULD BE GRADED Special Harket Commissioner at Winnipeg Says Care Must Be Taken, A despatch from Toronto says: Competition for th fruit trade of Western Canada is so keen that Mr. James Parnell, Special Market Commissioner at Winnipeg, in a re- port issued on Thursday, warns On- tario shippers that only the very best mutt be offered if they expect to control th market. Ontario fruit* are acknowledged to be bet- ter quality than British Columbia shipments, but shipment* from th Pacific Province and th western States show excellent stock, well gr;ided and packed, which reaches the market in a splendid condition. Mr. Parnell suggest* that prices (or apples are likely to decline. Good sales are reported in the country, but city buyers are mak- ing light purchases in the hope of cheaper prices later on. "With the keen competition between east and west it looks as if the growers will have to take lower prices. Ship- pers should exercise great care in packing their apples, as there is an extra staff of inspectors on, who are examining carefully each ship- ment, and all shipments should oome up to the 'fruit market act.' "Many of our Ontario growers are shipping out fruit that will hold iU own with the best of quality, pack and condition on arrival. In other oases, however, too little at- tention is being paid to grading and packing, some varieties of plums and peaches being shipped liere that will not hold up and are arriving in bad shape, which has a tendency to lower the prices of fruit coming in right." Mr. Parnell states that the mar- ket has been crowded all week with foreign fruit, which has caused quite a drop in prices. PRICE!! OF FARM PROOOCTS RIPORTI FROM THE LEAOINO TRADI CENTRES OP AMERICA. frlets of Cattls. Craln, Chi ana Othsr froduo at Hjm and Abroad. BEEADHTUFF8. Toronto, Sept. 17. Klour Winter wheat, 90 per cent, patentu, $3.75 to $3.80 for new, f.o.b. in HI 8. and at $3.90 to $3.95 for old, f.o.b. mills. Manitoba Hours (tbene quo- tations are for jute bugs, in cotton bugs lOc more): First patents, $5.70; second pa touts. $5.20. and strong bakers', $5, on TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE SOME INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM THE QUEEN CITY. The Minister of Lands and Mines -North- land's Possibilities -Trades Union Movement-Exhibition Criticism. While Provincial politics in general are enjoying a rest considerable publio ut- tent ion is centered on the work and per- sonality of tbe newest member of Cabinet, lion. Mr. Hearst, who, 2 old Northern track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat-No, quoted at $1.10 to H h. .1 1. 65 to 66d Ontario Wheat- _ . mixed. 97 to 98c, outside; new wheat, 93 1 men, to >' , ouLside. the few months ago, succeeded Mr. Coohrano as Minister of Lands and Mines. Tbe other day when Sir James Whitney was asked o $1 10 i-2 Bay ports, i'eed j to address a public gathering he contented Bay norm i h'msvlt with a few words and introduced t No 2 white red and , Mr. llearst in his stead, "one of my young the Premier described him. Mr. __ Ifcarst took Northern Ontario as his text bkti New"~No. 2 oats quoted at 41 to ! and delivered an important addroks on 42c here, and old at 45 1-2 to 46o, Toronto. ts possibilities. Coming from Sault te. Marie, where he is a leading lawyer, tbe subject is close to his bear;. Mr. Hearst does not resemble his photo- No. 2 w'. C. oats, 47c. Bay ports. Peas Nominal. Barley -No. 3 nominal at 60 to 65c, out- side. No. J extra. 58c, and No. 3, 55o, out- . graphs. They do not reproduce his sandy complexion or his almost fiery hair and Corn No 2 American yellow, 84o, on i moustache. In manner of speech Mr. track. Bay ports, and at 88c. Toronto; | Hearst is not unlike his leader. Sir Janifs - Whitney. He has th same downright- "- and something of the same force of deliverance. Assuming that those quali- In ties in speech reflect, similar qualities of i the head, it is not difficult to understand why the Premier selected him out of his large following for promotion. No. 3, 87c Toronto, and at 83c, Bay ports. Kye 65 to 70c per busuel. Buckwheat Nominal. Bran-Manitoba bran, $22 to $23, bags. Toronto freight. Shorts, $26. J^^ l\/f ANY brands of Baking Powder contain alum, which is an injurious acid. The ingredients of alum baking powder are never printed on the label. Magic Baking Powder contains no alum and is the only baking powder made in Canada that has all the ingredients plainly printed on the label. EW.GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO. ONT. WINNIPEG MONTREAL COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter Dairy rolls, choice, 25 to 26c: bakers', inferior. 21c; choice dairy, lats, 23 to 24c; creamery, 27 to 28u for rolls. and 26 to 27o for solids. HILVER CAMPS REVIVING. All the news from the northland serves to strengthen the optimism that has been Kggu Case lots of new-laid, 24 to Ko developing during recent years. The per dozen- fresh 24o. i known agricultural area is widening. In- Cheese -New cheese, 14 1-4 to 14 l-2o for stead of 16,000.000 acres in the clay belt A despatch from Montreal says : According to figures compiled by >; ""per "bushel. Settlement is slow, but the point is ra- ! the Grand Trunk Pacific the we-lt- the figure has now risen to 20.000.000 acres. ESTIMATE OF WESTERN CROP Q. T. P.'s Report Shows 179,828,000 Bushels of Wheal, Half of Which is Harvested. large, and 14 1-2 to 14 J-4c for twins. Beans Hand-picked. $3 per bu ---- . ------ --- primes $290 'idly being reached when it will be cheap- i , . ... Honey-Extracted, In tins. 111-2 to 121-2c er to clear New Ontario farms than itirn wheat crop this year will reacn , . per ib. for No. 1. wholesale; combs. * 2 - B i *' b * Poultry Wholesale prices of choice dressed poultry : Oh Hi : hens, 1.1 to 14c Live poultry, about above. Potatoes 90c per bag. buy PROVISIONS. be badly damaged. There Fas leen no frost to hurt. The yhVJ gener- ally is a large one. Estimates carefully prepared by experts for the company place ih<t total crop as follows: Wheat, 10,- 53-1,000 acres, at 17 bushels per acre, 179.82S, 000 bushels; oats, 8,245,000 acres, at 42 bushels per acr.-, 920,- __ ,290000 bushels; . barley, 1,500.000 |Ue summer's work hag been the revival j rain. In several places it is re- j acros, at 32 bushels per acre, 48, ported that the early out grain ha. 1 000 f 06; flax, 1.111 000 acres, at H -- _-- .- Then " 179,828,000 bushels. Their report ought to be easy to divert the westward ' . ., , . en r __ stream of tmmigation to the north. The shows that an average of over 50 iiickens. 16 to Ifio per mining industry is making progress. The | ne T cen t of the grain had al"*a<ly ; ducklings, 14 to 15o. news from Porcupine continues to be en- 1 . . t 2c lower than the i oouraging in a moderate way. One mine been harvested, but the work has is understood to have produced a quarter been greatly delayed from one end of a million dollars of gold up to the! . .. f . .< u _ first of September. But the feature of < the prairies to the other by heavy to $25; do., mess. $21.50. to light, 17 to If Uoi beary, 151-2 to 16c; rolls, 14 to 141-2c; breakfast bacon, 181--"; backs. 20 to 20 l-2c. Lard-Tierces, 131-2c: tubs, l3$-4c; pails. 14c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal. Sept. 17. Oats Canadian to 481-2c; extra No. 1 feed', 49 'to 49 l'-2c. Barley Manitoba feed. 60 to 65c; rnalt- , 75c. Flour- Manitoba Spring wheat on Hams Medium in *- lk Liake and Qowganda operations are ] begun to sprout, but in ihe major- 1 bushels per acre, 12,210,000 busnele. ' Dd wild cats for the unwary. LABOR UNIONS IN ONTARIO. The annual meeting in Qulph of tbe Dominioi in Ontario for the first time in several years, has served to call attention to the and present strength of the movement in this province. cropofity of districts no damage has yet The total wheat crop last year was been done to it. Thrashing hs* Lot j 177,109.000 bushels, so that this yet commenced, and in some pmccs . year's estimate places the yield at it is feared that unices the weather between two and three million bush- clear3 a promising crop is going to I els in excess of that of last year. iui n-y main LOUU HHtl, '" I" u" . iiiuiir . .... ., . iiiir 75 to BOc Hui-kwli.-iit -No 2 74 to " nile tno organization is strong numeri ing. 75 U We. nucKwIuat No. Z. 74 cally and has secured in some trades an $5.30; S almo ? t masterful position It is not with- rtrsts. strong bakers'. j; do., seconds. J.JMJI $5.10; Winter patents, i "' it would be more . . . ^ . .1 r. . . a . .?i.'i , f*iiivt-i k*en:ii.o. ' kw , , . .. . , * choice. $5.25; straight rollers, $4.85 to $4.- * >[ 1 u , c ', t ' ) 8uy f th , at il ha f n V ?' '"ken , National , 90; do., iu bags. tUt to S2.30. Rolled oats a < !vamagt> ' ,' u opportunities for tbe al i owe d t -Barrels. $4.80; bag of 90 Ibs., $2.271-2. }n>l"-"vmg of the condition of th. great ** "*"* below what they ought to be and no doubt before another year a great change will be mad in this regard. Those in charge of the Exhibition realize that if the Fair is to be truly representative of as it is t.'r-in.'il. it must not be . . . M,llfoed_Bran,_ $23; shorts. $27; mi* MAKING SAFE INVES1ENIS LONDON'S APATHY HAI REDUCED PRICES OP MUNICIPALS. Prices Lowsr than fsr Many Years Like- lihood of Furthsr Rsduotlen In Opinion ef Eipcrti Is Remote Many Bar-Kami on Market The articles oontnouted bj "InTetor" re for the >ole> purpoH cf galdlns; *ra foctlTe Inventors, snd. if ponible. of ** tig them from loung money throuis pUnng it In "wild-cat" enterprise*. The impartial tnd reliable chario'.or cf the Information may b relied upon. Tk i , i ol !. .if i. , and the publliser I this pper have no interim to servi In i.n.r.i i i . ,n with tbli m nt tor ot,br toao UK.ID of tbi reader. iHy Inventor.) The apathy of the London market for Caii.iili.in municipal di IMMIIUTCS has con- tinued all Huuimt-r. and now witli the be- sjiuniiiB of autumn there appear* to be Ho iiniimveiiiPiit in the Biluiitiou. The re-nit hm in .'ii that -IM h munieipswtiM Khuve nvi-ntly cxime on the murke. with lids have been forced U> tell thi-ni at bii'iruially rlieau iinrcB or have had to r'k temporary relief through HnaiK'ing by means of h<>rl-lrrni notes ur treasury kills. Invi-ton-. tlii-ri.|..ri-. start this fall eukon with iiuineioun oLip'irtuniiies for pure tiamiiK cb><a|> uiuincipul drlivnturei or OOLUSionul chances to purchase Monti' tien maturing from eil to twelve months of fairly high yield, but ><Mir*d by the wts of nii'lli-nt mnnicipiillties. Just this week, For example, one liniiiw is of- fering oni year notes of a suburb of Van- couver at a price to return the mvetUT five and c. p. n. ill per cent, on his niont-y. Many of the lnrg<T eitie* of the middle Wr-t are now ri-turning from 43-4 to 51-4 per i-i-ui. a tact that has not taken 11' u- in. i- tbe bad yrarutl 1907. The iiuolion that many investors are sking is not whrtlicr delMinlureH are hran at pri-M>iil, but whether or not they may not b* i ronie even eheupi-r This jni ~ii.ni Is not rasy to answer and I van nly oxprens an opinion bancd on ths opinions of many of the most expert bond men In Canada. But while their opinions are well worth having they art) unfortunately hampered by not being gii'i-.l with prophetic poweri and their BnowU-dRO of the future is only that based Upon probibililim. What they think is this; The market hua now reached a point where debentures are returning as Divli a rat* of income as li.-y have, within the i>H>t BfKvn yean or moro. General eonilitions sre excellrnt, and prlres art oiKiuestionably attractive. Therefore, al; hough London may not again come in- to the market for some time to come the bsorbtive power of Canada and ths Btate will prove sufficient to keep ths iiink, from going any lower. This, C.HI., . .I with the fact that municipalities will riinnidrriililv moilitrate Ihrlr flnanrl- 1 i. .| . i . n.i i. for the i.-t lew months will pi-obnlilv |c.''M> IIM.' H at about the pr. ..in l.i.l Any i , -uin|.' ion of buying on the nan >! l>. mdon. however, will soon exhaust tbe present supply of securities and tbe result will be a beginning to n upward movement that will tend to replace prices somewhere near tho levels of a year or eighteen months ago. It cannot be said that this feeling was feneral a few months ago, but so far an ran learri the above reflects pretty well the general opinion now. Municipal de- bentures are cheap and there is a fair demand for the bargains. Hhould thn de- mand follow the usual course and oome up to the average enquiry of October and November there iihould be no question of the stability; of the present level of pric- es and possibly even an advance in some cases. At all event*. If one has money to In- vest at thn present time there are many unquestionable bargains In municipnl de- bentures, and the likelihood of these hnr- trains falling further In priee - remotn. Ai ono ini i in..i,i. .1 investor remarked tho other day: - "It Is only a tx-Kintu-r who eirxrts always to buy at the bottom anil ell at the top and this i near enough tbe bottom to suit me." TUMI TF TO DEAD EMPEROR. Nog), PainoiiH (..-M.-i-.-ii. and His \\ .1 . Comiiiit Sni.-iil,-. A despatch from Tokio, says : General Count Maresuke Nogi, 8u- prpmc Military Councillor of tho Empire, arid his wife, the Countess Nogi, committed suicide on Friday night, in accordance with the an- cient Japanese custom, aa their final tribute to their departed Km- pror and friend, Miitsuhito. The taking off by their own hands of the famous Oenera! and his wifo. was as dramatic as it was snd. The Gen- eral cut his throat with a short sword and the Countess committed hari-kari. Following the Samurai custom, tho couple hod carefully prepared thoir plans for killing themselvns and timed tlu-m so that they would be coincident with tho departure forever from Tokio of the dead Emperor. to become lopsided. TfRN YOUR TIME INTO MONEY who five bun- an opportunity 500.00 every year -- ,, i: wuv i, ' >- ....-, b. i n ^ lirm in. in. ii !, would be Impossible to estimate the ad- ; ,, reliable family remedies, beautiful UNITKD STATES MARKETS. | vances in wages the unions have to their ! ^j,^ prppara,,,,,,, and many necessary Minneapolis. Sopt. t7-Wheat-8e P t<.mber. I fJldes tLv ' navo^oubledthe ratTof"^? ' h " U8ph<>l11 ""<'" uch bakin * Powder. 85J-4c; December. 881-2c; May, 931-8 to thev would be rw-eivin* if there were , w flhin B compounds, stove, furniture and 931-4c: No. 1 hard. 893-4; No! 1 North- ' un'Sn? In other 'trade? they Ii7v7fan ' n " >tal P olil!he9 ' in " OTer one hundred ern 87 1-4 to W Me: No. 2 Northern. 83 M to and , he ,. uri ous fact is that In the strong: preparations that every horns uses every hi"? ' *l"' ? ell ^, corn 72 , 1-2< '' ! i!''. 3 ly unionised city of Toronto many of the dft *' "'<"> person in each locality can wiiitt- oats. 30 to 301-2c. No. 2 rye, 61 to largest industries are absolutely non-nn- "'cure exclusive right to distribute then* & **KS%i * ZO ' Floure-Klrst Pt<7 i :. ion. or open shops. Tho employers in some preparations to their neighbors. They 4.35 to $4.65; second patents. $4.20 to $4.55; O f these industries have no objection to : P v 1M l' er (-cnt - commission to their orn c "i/> ' "* co|jd le r '. high wages, and voluntarily pay the union I agents. Write and secure sola agency be- scale or higher, but it is also unfortu- fore it IB too late. Address The Home nately the case thut some of the others ' Supply Co., Dept. 20. Merrill Building. To- $2.30 to $260. Duluth, Be No. 17.-WTieat. No. 1 hard, , I BO 1 o v i I ""j m*j , ii*v niuv BI,HJ "i inn uiiu'm ; *>wi'i'.,7 v ,.., .!, v, ........ .. ,, '.'pay absolutely inadequate wages. There ronto. Out., for full particulars. n December. TTVF LlVf, IF VOI' HAVK MONEY TO INVK8T write for our Sep- torn It er List of INVESTMENT SECURITIES and our free TViok- let: "What a Bond Inv<>tnu>nt nu'jtnn." They may help you CANADA SECURIi.:: CORPORATION LTD. D.mlnUn Exprsst Bids:.. Montr l MoKlRRSn Building. . Toronto 14 Coi-nhlll. London tn|. CHILD MM I li IN ELEVATOR. Attendant In Iliilifax Hnilding Full- ed to Close < ,ii Door. A despatch from Halifax says : Enid Griffith, a three-year-old girl, was killed in the elevator shaft in the Metropole Fiuilding in this city on Thursday. The child was in the elevator with her aunt. The eleva- tor boy omitted to close the door as the elevator went up from the, third storey. The child had hold of the grill work on the e.dge of the shaft. Tho elevator going up, left the girl hanging by her hands. In a moment she dropped to tho bot- tom and was killed. AMERICANS STILL COMING. 175,000 Will Have Crowed Into Cuniida by End of Fiwul Yenr. A despatch from Ottawa says : According to W. J. White, who re- turned on Wednesday from an in- spection of Canadian immigration agcnciea in the United States, the American influx to the West is con- tinuing at a rate unprecedented. Mr. White estimatco that in the current fiscal year 175,000 people will cross the border. They are not settling in particular localities or any one province, h,o says, but aro scattering everywhere that good Innd is available. Mr. White ipeaks optimistically of t.h crops. * LIFTED BY NLA/ING BALLOON Aeronaut. 2.0M) Foot l"p. Cut Loose Just in tho Nick of Time. A despatch front Toledo. Ohio, u . . na i n 1 1 J fJ wurmiuir-ij i u uiit-if 14 a |- Heptember. 881-8C asked; | are mAny wmp(> tent workmen in Toronto Jtny. Wl-Bc asked. I to-day, working 10 hours a day. receiving not more than $10.00 a week. If there in a I family of any SIM?, with no other wage Montreal. Sept. 17. Prime beeves about earners in it. this means, with rent and 63-4; medium, 4 J-4 to 61-2: common, 3 to < the coat of clothing and provisions what 41-2. Milch rows. $30 ,<> $70 each; calves, i they are, that these people are on the 3 to 6i-8: nln-<'i> about 4 cents; lambs ragged edge of penury. Compare such about 6 cents: hogx. 81-2 to 83-4c. | wages with those that prevail in such a Toronto September 17 - Choice ; trade as the printers, who are at present ' Choice butcher. *6.50 to $675; good meili- negotiating a new scale and have refuxed I sa >' 8 : Hundreds of terro. i/od spec- > 'St < '^ 2S; h ( 'M mn *\" 1 . $4 i?rj, to $5; '" ^T' 1 '' " mi . nim " m . rato r 2i-M !tators on the count v fair grounds cows, $3 to $5.50; bulls, $i to $4.50; can- , week for an oight-hour day. m, , ,. nors, $2 to $J. Calves od veal. $8 to i on Ihursday watched the fiRllt fis^sffS-effl 1 V* 6 ."^^"JiS? WORKIN<IMKN POOR MWTICIANR. | aK ainst d.ath miulr l,y Frank Arm- rn, ouu HI ''' l inn., * . > to QO.OU. Milk- Some of thr Inlwir l^ailorri urn ivmniiify , ers and springers. $50 to $75. Hhoep and to realize that the question of wages ' stro "K- an arronailt, wllPn ho was lambs Prom 25c to 50o lower; light owes, while of vital importance, is but one of I carried 2,000 feet into tho air by a V *./& llo . avy ""I'"- *J \ **?* Inmbs, | many things which are of the utmost hla/inir IiAl^ion Armtrmiir was to $6 25 HOSTS $8.75 fed and watered ; importance to the working clauses' ma- and $8.35 to $8.40 f.o.b. ; terial condition. The question of land! prr-pannf? to make an ascension values in Its relation to rout is one of and was straightening out his para- NKW/KYI/YM) LFPI' '' rjl r ' ; these. Ho is the question ol public owner- [ship of natural monopolies Ko is the IUt rigging when the balloon I question of taiation. including that moat caught fire and his helpers lot go. Condition in Cook Islands Officially f^ 1 ^, 1 '^ taHn-.^Theso'Thingf 'im-cll Fi K nti K to release his parachute, Itl'ltortod as Deplorable. , the earning^ power of_ the workers jus: as | the aeronaut was carried up in a landing inside the raoe-travk. tions and the general health of the i n/ed of something, that condition, ar* i I in. I is deplorable. Drastic mea- 1 rapidly stratifying Into a form which HIII-(" urn n. ! . n tn oavo +!.<, r,n *><' "'t bode best for the classes gener- isary to save the po- a i ly . n ame dny ^ wiu BPe that wh * at , le ptllation. needs is political organitation. But at r ji present the efforts in the Province to or- Jt'MI'S FROM HOTEL WINDOW. Well-Known Resident of Quebec Ends His Own Life. A despatch from Quebec says : Jumping from a window of the third flat of the Mountain Hill House, Ludgor Bcauregard, a well- known Quobecker, committed sui- cide on Wednesday morning. Mr. Iteuuregard formerly wa purchas- er of right-of-way for the Transcon- tinental Railway Commission in tho district of Quebec. He was living in Defosses Street with his daughters. four TWO OUTLAWS TO DIE. Floyd and C'lniule Allen Sentenced to the Electric Chair. A despatch from Wytheville, Vir- ginia, says : Floyd Allen and his nephew, Claude, two leaders of tho i', ni". that shot up the Hillsville courthouse, we.re brought into court here on Thursday and en- teneed to be. electrocuted on No- vember 22nd. The.y were found guilty of murder in the first degree several weeks ago. THANKSGIVING, OCTORER 28. Hale Iti'coiiinifiiilnl by State De- partment for This Yenr. A despatch from Ottawa says : Although the formal Order in Coun- cil fixing tho date for Thanksgiving Day this fall has not yet been pass- ed, it is understood that the date recommemlo.fi by (he Ht-ate Depart- ment is Monday, October 28th, and ganite a workingman's political party have fallen flat. That party's dependable strength in the city of Toronto is pro- bably not more, than a few hundred vot- ers. KIER BARDIE 8CENT8 TROUBLE. Klor Hardle. the powerful but somewhat in-. -mi. . i. in- Hcotch socialist labor leader, a former collier, but the match in mental equipment for political leaders anywhere, has been telling his Canadian brothers some plain facts along these lines. He declared that in some respects privilege has already become entrenched in Can- ada in a way that it will take genera- tions to rectify. If it can ever be recti- fied. No doubt one reason organised labor has been slow to agitate in political ques- tions is that well organized labor has been so successful in keeping its wages up to a good standard, that it has thought the other matters were of trivial import- ance. Besides, on some of th most im- portant issues labor meo are by no means united in their opinion. A good example Is the tariff question. At the moment some of the most forceful men in the un- ions in Toronto are free traders, or. at least, low tariff men. But while the union men of the city would follow these leaders over a precipice If a strike were Involved it is doubtful if more than a Dtnall frac- tion would follow them in a free trade campaign. Judging by concrete results the labor men of Toronto are strongly protectionist. One result of the Canadian labor men's large attention to the question of wages li i been to arouse against him sonic re- sentment on the part of the great nrmy of other workcrx and salaried people gen- erally who are disposed to accept tho statement that much of the high cost of living must be charged to the unions with their unending demands for higher wages. As a matter of fact, the intercuts of tho union man, the farmer, tbe store- keeper, the clerk are largely in common. The problem is to find action. basis for united CRITICS OF THK BIO SHOW. Now that thn Exhibition is over, loyal critics who would not say a word while its success was in the balance, are rais- ing their voices In protest on account of conditions in some of the departments. The chief complaint Is that the Fair has been losing its agricultural character. It is a significant fact that the entries In live stock this year were much Mow those of previous yivrs in point of num- ber, and no satisfactory explanation has tt proclamation will be issued short- jboon forthcoming of wny this was so. The i_ (live stock sheds and accommodation - Ot R LADY OK THK SNOWS. Sir Percy (iironnrd Tells How Peo- ple Ahrpad Keg:inl Canada. A de-spatch from Montreal says : Sir Percy Girouard, formerly Gov- ernor of British East Africa, is HI Canada on a visit, "t am afraid Our Lady of the Snows is a back number so far us the popular imagi- nation is concerned. A great change has come over opinion abroad in regard to Canada," he said in an interview. "People no longer think of it as a polar country. They now re>r."d it in the true light, as a land where there are greater agri- cultural opportunitie-s tha.n any- where in the United States, and as a country with one of the finest cli- in the world." CONDOR CHARLIE. Lord Charles Beresford is still prophesying the crack of doom, and is as firmly convinced as ever that there is no hope for the navy unless things are done exactly as he de- sires. Lord Charles is the second eon of the Marquis of Waterford, and his earliest ambitions were direct- ed towards the navy. On the boy's thirteenth birthday, the Marquis called his son into his study, snd Lord Charles Hercsford. asked him whether he had any de- sire to enter a profession. "I'm going into the navy!" he replied. "And why the navy?" inquired the Marquis. "Because I'd like to be an admir- al like Nelson." "Pshaw! like Nelson," exclaim- ed his father. "But even if you join the navy, why do you think you'll become an admiral?" "Because I mean to!" replied young Beresford. NEW STEAMER BRITANNIC. Titanie's Successor Can Kloat With Six Compartments Flooded. A despatch from Liverpool says : The White Star Company an- nounces that its new 50,000-ton steamer will be named Britannic. It wilt have a complete inner skin, and the bulkheads will be increas- ed. It will be capable of floating with six compartments flooded. BRITAIN BEST CUSTOMER Exports of the Dominion to the United Kingdom Last Year Worth Over $150,000,000. A despatch from Ottawa says : Corrected customs for the year end- ing March 31, 1912, show that the aggregate foreign trade of the country was $874,637,794, made up of exports of $315,317,250, and im- ports of $559,320,544. The total duty collected was $87,570,036, as compared with $73,312,367 in 1910. The United Kingdom was the beat customer of Canada, taking $151,- 853,413 of her exports. The United States took 1110,884,484. Other countries to which Canadian goods were expo-ted were : West Indies, $fi.900,940; South America, $1,-' 825,030; Newfoundland, $4.2H4,313; live stock sticiln :inrt arcomniotlHtuiii gen- \ . ft ^~. " ^^ rally for this oluss of sxhibiu ar far 1 Australia, 9AMT,010] Germany. .n was 16. $3,814,914; Belgium, $3,732.222; France, $2,123,705. Canada bought most heavily from the United States, her imports from that country being $356,354,478; those from Great Britain were $116,907,022, while those from other countries mere: France, $11.744,- 664; Germany, 911,090,005; South America, $10,533,310; West Indira, $8,490,878; Switzerland, $3458,006; Belgium, $3,686,419; China and Ja- pan, $3,112,982. Of the duty col- lected $49,177,584 came from the United States, and $22,367,069 from Great Britain. The percentage of <li'ty on all goods imported For cun-