. MERCHANT or a MERCHANT woofers ofi. escape want, but go "'- tbe extent of their waste uthcrs must lack. Immortality lhould be the bed- rock of the morals we ought to l. ———q_---_ 4.-_,_... Gandhi. founded us’: L .__ Charlottetown ‘ Guardian ‘hm cenia . Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, ‘THURSDAY. JANUARY 10,1929 Annual Subscriptions Dalivflld Il-IU B! Milli. Clnmll and U-l-Ai M." lllilllEfli A PHYS ifilllfi SteadyProgress In Lo- cal Condition And a Slight- Increase In Slit-built " (Canadian Press) LONDON. Jan. Qr-Albfil’ noting "no change" in us» condition of the kins since Bvunday. bis doctors tonightxwere able to issue an announcing bulletin. there was steady progress mjtits local condition and s sugm m- crease in strength. While npnnxiety had been admitted in officiel cuties ‘tbofccntinued lack ‘of noticable improveinen in the past Tcw days. tonight's news of improvement was u source of gratification at Buckingham Palace. lihnphasis was laid lipOn the fact that this improvement extended to His Majesty's strength which is an item‘ of chief importance at the pres- ent stage ofthe- iilness. a Bir Hugh REM‘. the surgeon, joined Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson nf Penn in the evening consultation- at the palace and signed, tha bulletin tvith them, ‘The pronouncement, which was issued at 3.15 p. m}, said: "The king bad a quiet day. The local con- dition makes steady progreszr and there is a siisblafincrsase fuwtrengtli. No further bull ,in wllijbe issued un- til tomorrow evening." ‘ l ' "There is growing confidence that the king's recuperative power-has not been misjudged. The ‘fact "that the violet. ray treatment;- is Being admin- istered only at longer intervals is cit- ed in this wnncctiob. The optimistic observers of the are feel that the king is approaohinra stage wherje careful nursing. rather thou; the real ray treaunent, will be the determin- ing factor.“ -~ » w’; “ROBIN HOOD IWOUR is guaran- teed op-piesseycsjbstter; - .'-~ s fin-V‘. ‘I-nll‘ -_ _ "liorden fiins Oliiitloaxiixig Thurs- dsy,.-IJuu. io and Jam-mil.‘ Hours a. -- f ~ ~~ - count-agar “Arena. Sltatibvgm this afternoon 2.30 ‘Tonight 8'10 l0. 3036 "fArena. toda ' 2.30 to 4 and 8 to w. sand at m: t. ' nose “Annual meetinll t: the Ayrshire Breeders will be-haldin Agri- culua-si{na,ll-ou_ Friday. Jan. 1i ct-l tfciock. Members expected . g , in at- tend. Visitors welcomui. Brown. seo'y. "Belfast samples Club lawns Hogs at Fodbla Station on ‘meadow. January 15th. J.‘ R; hfcwiiliama. Sew - . .. . ..3(,u5.1.g.3;_ Bert n. Bflifrl-il-Si "Notice-‘Tho lllllllbl Infill-DC‘ 0‘ the wiltsbirs. . wmvflny W111 be bold in hall, stflvw Wiltlhirv on Monday. anuslry it. i829; 8t 2 P- m. Roland‘ 395W. W. _ , zozc-i-s-si \ v i “Annual meeting of the Orwell Co. will belteld in Orwell Cove- Hall. ‘Iltesday. Jan. 16111. 1-30 p. iii/F. F. Dreeland. Body. . ‘ ' ' l A. 800l-l-9-3i. "Don't" let your Battery mm im- nmstsmonsyoalluptpooltismnd. Htlttion Boil-will do tiled y wo . " "S0134-9431- "kfhe Annual Meeting of the Pid- erel Dairying 00.. Illdon. will ho held in the-Belfast iiaii- on Wednesday. Januaryiflth at ‘I80 p. rn. J. B. Mc- Williants. Hwy. - l- 3004-1-0-21. "Coming -Montsgue Saturday. "Undu- thie; Black llallwvwlth wond- er dog, flash-Yen's theatre" Play and pictures. ‘ 3000-i-0-2L - "Annual Moetinr-‘lfhe annual ma» . <4. tlahflm "will" . .. - was factory o. ,h.l’snusryuliltb at 1 0010c: . - ‘sun no 12.1). tibia .. -1.“7 Nlfl-i-‘i-Si "up, annual muting or w: D __ uiowhom ' BOBBIE Announcement . ‘Causes Surprise (Canadian Press) LONDON. Jan. 9.-—Tlm mu; Mall today says it understands that General Bramweii Booth has placed the administration of . the Salvation Army in the hands 0f the council. The newspaper $179 “PM the command f» chief forcsblled a plan to de-‘ 1108c him by his surpflge an" nonncement that Chief of Staff E- J- will!!! would be president of the council with tho Gent-refs 5m"- Commander Evangeline Booth, and his daughter, Comm- l-“WWP Cltlicrlne Booth and "f0" other prominent conuniss- ioners as members. Ellll iii PLAYING ill Bllii. lilllllES “It Wronrt! NOW” Enjoyed By Enthusiastic Au- dience ' "It Won't Be Long Now," was the title of last nights Mae Edwards’ Presentation at the ‘Prince Edward Theatre. It was enjoyed by a. large audience. The titlepf the play which expresses the idea of the story in every’ ‘detail was pleasing to say the icast. but, so far as Mac Ed- wards is concerned “It Won't Be LnugNow" is entirely out of order —-becau.se this Company of talented and seasoned- performers have al- ready arrived at the stage where each and‘ every presentation. is received with the greatest enthusiasm. - Last. night's Jflaywss in. keeping with the usual Mae Edwards reper- take-snappy, up-to-the-minute. _ and cntert g-and judging by the sp- pisuse during sacb and every act offlt Won't Be Long Now" it looks as though__ "Her Ffutherfs Bin", to- night's offering‘ willfbe enjoyed by a record attendance. ' Last ‘night's cast h of characters was as foilowsz" _ Olga Freeman-Peggy Dcwnes. Mrs. "Power-Alerts. Davenport. Frieda "Rowen-Mae Edwards. Cris-Billy Webb. - Mr. Power-Carleton Plnckney. Vandeventar Burlingame- Walter Ssnvlllc. Floyd" Power-Challis Downes. Mr. Bennett-Wesley Patterson. Chief cf Police-Chas. T. Smith. Tho vaudeville was up to the lla- uai high standard oi‘ the Mae Ed- wards playersrand was KPH-ll!‘ "1- joyed by all. Steamer Overdue There is considerable anxiety 0W‘ cumin; me Norwegian Bier-me!" "Andras," 773 tons, which left Co!“ nerbrcok. Newfoundland. last Thurs- dm January 3rd. for Qeorsewwfl and has not yct arrived. she has not been reported by any of the wireless stations in i118 Gilli 3m intended to load saw" boss of potatoes for the Harris Abat- wu- Company for Havana and Tar» air. in Cuba. skating "Arena, This sitcmoon 3036 2.30 t0 4. Band tonight. "St. Peter's School reopens Mon- day, Jan. 14th. 3°30 "The Ladies Aid of the Prince Ed- ward Isiand l-loslpital lalilicllr i‘ ‘ ‘k es on - series o ca e sa 3028-14041 ."Wesi; Covehead (St. James) Church annual meeting ‘ , ’ .3611- uary fourteenth. two o $2351.15; Carr. Chairman. s "The first and best hockey Bl (lane Traverse Rink tonight. Jan. 10th., Bedeque Beavers vs. Cape Tra- verob Greyhounds. Return game at Bcdequc Friday. Jan it. - 3085 ocoo-ooooo-oo-owcoo-ooooo» ‘ ' I . : w. Condensed, Specials . word net “flirts. P" each insertion in this ‘WhNTlD-APPEY‘ s1‘ am ollcs. h“ s‘ mM-i-‘lo-sl , . toss‘, JAII. t. mo, a aumim sa- ' ~Hhd®ii|fll s dad‘ W? Btflflonslfl , W Ill cw .r~.'.‘,‘~r’1»..-- wkgoaiitgcqi ‘ I581" snows zhiliflltht mm. "en m‘: unravel .,-. ._._ . mqfiqpyi iiilNiEfliNlli. [IN SNNIBISLINI] l _ [llililll 0n Canadian Liquor Exports. ‘ (Special in Tho Guardian) OTTAWA, Jan, 9.—'I_'ho result oi yesterday's smuggling conference was wholly negative so far as the United States’ desire for a ban to be placed upon Canadian liquor exports was concerned. Admiral Hillard, Head of the United States delegation, however, expressed the desire for friendiinse of spirit, regardless of what the outcome might be. On behalf of the Canadian dele- gates it was ‘ pointed out that the difficulties which arise on. the border were incidental to the domestic poll- cies of each country, which were quite different. Each country had adopted its policy without re rence w that oi the other either prei dicaliy or other- wise whencc neither could be regard- cd as created in n. spirit hostile to the i other. - Be Long ' While Canada had in as muny ways as possible tried and more 0r less succeeded to minimize the evils of smuggling from this side, it was in- evitable that any agreement. to ban exports altogether would simply drive the business under cover, and extend its operations so widely as to make it still more difficult to deal with. Another conference was held this morning, but not continued this af- ternoon, reception and tea at govern- ment house being substituted instead. "Last evening the American delegates were entertained at the country club. The conference will be resumed in the morning, but it seems to be ob- vious that the result will be that the delegation from Washington will have enjoyed n very pleasant excurs- ion at the expense of the United States Govt. and that the delegates will goJmc-k with the impression that the Canadians while not. wholly re- sponsible in ussLsting ‘that country in endorsing the act, are s lot of Jolly good fellows which will help in main- taining international bonnc cntcnw. OTTAWA, Jsu. 9. -— The liquor smuggling conference attended by Canadian and United States officials was “practically concluded today. fol- lowing which the American delegates took tea at Rideau Hall with their ex- celiencies, Lord and Lady Willingdon, and in the evening entertained the Canadian officials at a dinner. ‘It was apparent from the joint statement issued by the conference membersthnt while the United States continued to ask that clearances of liquor from Canada destined for the republic be discontinued, the Canadian officials are not prepared to recomm- end such n policy to the Dominion Govt. and that about all they will ad- vlsc is to remedy the defect in the system of exchange of information undcr the treaty. 'I'he Canadian Govt. will bo willlnz to consider suggestions for improve- ment in this respect and fool that hav- ing done everything possible to notify the United States preventive service concerning consignments bound for that country, it is then for the United states to stop illegal importation. _________.,___ ANTIGONIBII. N. S. Jan. s.- Syrlney defeated Antigonish here tonight by a 4-3 score in a fast A. l‘. C. [league hockey match. "his? flushes Sllouw ' cortex." farm A ‘(ENTlQNS 1'0 4n MARKY-f uonomc. Gian. s- Maritime: fair at first follow by strong south- east toaouih win with snow or rain in western districts at ‘flight. Toronto cloudy, .....20-20 Jvfonirssi clear. ...-..1s,-1z _ _ oudy. ...20-2 Haiillfilblmidv ..; ... ...lB“—-4 so. Jobs cloudy. 11F‘! dy. mas-is this morning st 10.3! and "fir": ' - thirmominz at 1.40 and at 43c. . ~ ~ ~ o fir!!! i‘ Qiiillltcn minutes .~ ...- a.» ~ At the annual meeting of the Board of Trude which took place last night in the Board of Trade Rooms, the officers for the omitting your were elected; the proposal -thai. all business firms should. in their correspondence and advertising writ/l out tho name of the province “Prince Edward Island" in full. the question of lower potato freight rules to the west was discussed, and many other matters dealt with. MucLeod, presided. After the minutes of the previous quarterly meeting had been read and adopted, the president. Mr. S. A. MacLeod. read his report, which ap- pears in full on page 6 of this issue. The adoption of the report was moved by Mr. E. T. Riggs. In doing so he expressed appreciation of the great service which the retiring pre- sident, Mr. S. A. MacLeod. had ren- "dered the board and the province. His energy and fidelity in this mat- ger could not be too highly commen- ed. The motion was seconded by Mr. Harold Jenkins. M, n. who added his tribute of appreciation to that of Mr. Higgs. He was glssd to see that the remrl. was so optimistic in tone. This he felt was fully justified. Our ‘pro- vince had been _ .d.\vitli much‘ prospcrityin the t year. l Mr. 8.1-‘. ltlzwPhcc. the Vice Pro- sident, also spoke of the devotion that Mr. MncLeod bad given to the work of the board. and the hours taken both from leisure and business which he had given up to it. Now when so many things we bad fought for seemed on the eve of fulfilment- n new car ferry. the widening of the gauge in the Murray ‘Harbour rail- way and other matters-ii. was a pity that Mr. MacLcod would not still be in the chair to see these things he hnd striven for so well carried out to their final position. The motion for the adoption of the report was carried unanimously. Mr. W. L. Higgins then read the 'Secrctaryfs_..report. It disclosed every satisfactory wndition of finances of the board. The surplus of the year was $05.73 anrl- the balance in the bank $276.82. The Board now had 1'74 members-w. net loss of l0. Mr. W. L. Cotton. in moving the adoption of, the report, praised the excellent work of the Secretary, Mr. Higgins. He mcorporawd in this mo- tion, that a bonus be paid him at least equal to that of last year. Mr. ll. V. Buutain seconded this motion, which was duly adopted. Election of Ofllccrs The next business was the election cf officers. The following are the members of the executive for i929: President. if. F. MaePhee. Vice-President. J. P. Crockett. Secretary-Treasurer. W. L. Higgins. Council G. J. ‘two-say. B. A. MacLeod. R. L. Cotton; J. J. Leighttzer. A. A. Pom- eroy, J. M. Murloy, P. W. Ciarkin and J. A. Clarke. Arbitrators. E. D. Nicholson, L. H. Davison. B. C. Vanfderstine, T. B. Woodmen. P. W. Turner, K. B Rogers, G Fergu- son, S. A. MacDonald, T. W. l... Prowsc. P. Noonsn. G. E. Full and B. R. Holman. While the senienoers were casting the ballots, Mr. James Murley an- nounoedto the hoard that the West- ern Union had reduced their cable rate t!) the Old Country to 4c per word for night letter rates. This permits n message of 50 words to be sent for $2.00. This would be effect- ive from Monday next v _ | , lilr. Keith Rogers brought to the 1 attention of the members the fact that» there were only six exclusive wave lengths allowed the Dominion of Canada under international-anamo- rnentn. C.‘ F. C. Y. occupied one of those. He felt that there was some -, danger that the present Federal Commission in charge of this mutter ‘ might take away this wave length from C. F. C. -Y., abolish the station. and establish one central maritime station. Such a step would be bv no means in the interests of the Prev- ‘ lnoe. ‘Such a valuable means of pub- licity for Charlottetown and Prince ~ Edward Island should not be Miner- diizd. He hoped the board would keep ii in mind ritlringthe ioilowlngyesr‘. My. .l_. m. Marian-in this cantee- tion pointed out that‘ the‘ tendency . . . . . The retiring President, Mr. S. A. ' H. EMacPhee is Elected President ofBoarcl of Trade Qfficers for Ensuing Year Elected ' atA-nnual Meetihg. Potato F reighf ~ Rates Discussed and Much Other Business Transacted. “'55 l0!‘ Bhliis to use radio telephone rather than radio telegraph in com- munimting with points on land. if‘ our broadcasting station were abol- ished, this would be (iestroying u means of communication with these ships when this equipment hnd comr- into gent-rill use. Mr. it. L. Cotton than read the fol- lowing report; us convenor of the committee on Aerini transport: Report of Committee fin Aviation Your committee appointed at the last qunr, ‘ly meeting to take into conside at n s. communication in respect to Aviation from the Border Cities Chamber of Commerce, beg to submit the following report: The communication from the Bor- der Chamber begins in these words: "We presume that Aviation is be- coming a. very live project with you as it is with us. There are such vast possibilities in aerial transportation the‘. none of us can properly estim- nte what the future will bring. But probably all of us are firmly of the opinion that there will be very great development in the next year or two in Canada." - It is along this general line that your Committee has considered the subject and prepared its report. Even in Canada the. Airmail has now passed well beyond the stage of spectacular novelty and the air-craft manufacturing industry is already creating fireworks on the New York stock exchange while Canadian com- , ponies engaged in this industry are not without their champions among Charlottetowws stock trading frater- nity. it. was on December 17, i903 — twenty-five years ago last month — that the first heavier than uir marli- lnc rose from the surface of this rzlolae propelled by its own power and guided by the hand of man. For five . or six years thereafter progress was very slow though the daring pioneers were learning much from experience: but in 1909 many men's minds were turned uirward and advancement in aviation became too swifVto he cen- rsrally ignored. Prior‘ to and duriIlK the great war the great bulk of.’ de~ velopmcnt was directed along mili- taristlc lines. Following upon the declaration of peace the development of civil-aviation in Europe was at once taken up energetically-the sir- mindcdness of the population there being naturally more advanced sm- ongst those who had seen‘ so much of thefevcrish activity of the air forces during the latter years of the. great struggle. Lindburgk wonderful flight fired the imagination of the whole people of tho Unit/ed States and from the date of his trans-Atlantic suc- cess tremendous lumps in wrlfll transport in the great republic have been made. ' The‘ Canadian Government has been using air craft quite consider- ably in an increasing variety of ser- vices ever since the war but the in- auguration of Flying Clllbll in mlllll! of the larger cities of Canada durinil last summer and the great eflilflllslm‘ of nir transport of mails last year on the general policy of contract with commercial operating companies. led to a great stimulation of interest throughout the Dominion and an sc- tive demand for both machines and licensed pilots. ~ Data in Aviation The following data may be of in- tereet. Less than 400 commercial aircraft were produced in the United States in the year i921. in i927 twenty- four hundred were nwduwl- The i928 production was expected in iot- al fifteen thousand. In i921 air craft in regular service in Europe alone flew flfleen mlllllms of miles. carried twowhaungcied sand wfifinlefil. m0 pollndS of luggage and thi-ed million pounds of mail. ‘ Theliiiifl miles seperating New York and Ban Francisco has been covered in less than 24 hours and a non aim! fliwht from ocean inycsan m4 WK again is now being planned. letters are regularly beinii 001F194 WW9"? the Atlantic sage the Pacific it: =1 hours and in t the first. six months ofiflb lit craft had fion 8.850.000 miles on “Jill rnil- es of regularly m“! “m” es. » In Canada. in addition to the sir services connecting with the the h-ong-Alinlltic mail steamers at ihc ‘ (Continued 0n pill 3! United ‘Stttll in. QM mills" he dwelt at some length 0n r Marriage of Hon. Senator Prowsé (Canadian Press) OTTAWA. Jab. 9¢—A marriage wremcny of widespread interest was solemizcd at St. l Matthews 1 Anrlnan Church today, when Dr. . (‘la-re E. MacMilian. of Ottawa. became the bride oi‘ Hon. Senator Belllamln C. Prowse, oi’ Q11“. lvlwivwn. P. s. 1. The bride n u. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan MacMillan. Following the Cf“:- "WIIY MP- 11ml Mrs. Protvse left un "Mir honeymoon for Florida. They will return to the capital in time for the opening oi‘ parlia- ment. - tRullun svlciill manila Much Interest lliani- E fest ‘In Society For; l Prevention of Cruel- ily To Animals ~ Annual lvieeting, J an. 23rd _ A special meeting of the Society | for the Prevention of Cruelty to l Animals was held in the City Hull IaSL evening with-a very good at- tendance. Mr. A. A. l-I-znncssey, Pre- ufdtni. of the Society, occupied the l chair, and in his opening remarks mid Particular stress on the lack of interest and w-opcration manifest e in this worthy and hard-working or- I ganization. i With reference to “cruelty to sni- the ncglzcl. and apparent careless- i 1105s‘ an tho part. of local truckmcn the city, who, perhaps, unthink- iugiy. lsnvo their horses to "weather" l the cold and 9.111111 during the win- , lvr mtjntlzs-on the Square and Low- or QlLfln Strcc‘... His paint was well i taken. Judging by the unanimous en- cicrsaticn of the meeting. The presi- zicnt further snutccl that siabllnz could ix: had in vuricus places for ten cents per horse. In the nlxscncc cf the Inspects‘. Constable Joseph Trainer, his re- port ‘was road by who [lresidcntz To A. A. Hcnnhssey, Esq, Presidrlit S. P. C. A., Charlottetown. P. E. I. - Sin-I hereby submit my report covering pu-iod employed as an In‘ l specter by Seeifty Prevention Cruol- I ty t: Animals. Term expli-cd Dec. ‘ s1, 1921. Before submitting any detail l , would like to ccmnunt on the great i improvement in the condition of wc-ik horses and their equipment. horse owners throughcut the city with very few cxccpiiclzs are paying 3 greater attention to the appearance l and condition of thcil- tumsuts and it is gratifying to note that not on’: ctmpluifit during the past several | months has been rzccivcd concerning ‘ horses being worked with sore shcui- i dcrs or ill-used in any vrny seriously. , There arc inwcvor, a few bath in tcvvm and ccuntrv who do not un- dflfitilllql or rcsTae the proprr way lo treat their horses and will over xxcrk and undo: iccrl them to cucll an extent that the animal becomes of little use as n burst of burden and his grout reward f or many years cf faithful service comes when he is led away to a fox ranch. This mall is hard to gm. at. for lx-ing base 0i hrstt he mctis cut his torture. 81341‘ uuily and at no time could one bring: him up an s. chaigc of cnlclty, never- theless the horse gradually goes‘ l down hill and eventually lands ti * m: bone yard several years bcfcrc his allotted span. 0V5,- loading 01' coal and sand carts continue in not a fcw instanczs. especially on long hauls, and I would recommend that some action be tiikcil to sponsor a law limiting the amount of lend, taking into consideration the weight and conditisn of animal used. The two chicken killing station's tvére visited cn different occasions and the method of killing noted, n0 evidence of any unnecessary suffer- lug was nowd. a quick find most ci- iiciznt method af killing being used. A slaughter house was visited while pills W370 b91711 lime‘! and H’ i was noted that a little ionscr tims ; might be allowed netwflnlhe act- unl sticking of the Dlif 931d the time he is immersed in lnillni! water. as it would split“ 50m? U-em were n9; (yin: dead before taking their final plunge. ‘The following are some of the chock-ups made during my term of office, July, 1927 to Dzc. 31st, i921. July 21st. IBM-The horses and equipment of six teamstem hauiin’; coal from a wharf were examined. one (canister was advised i0 90ml" a new article of harness. the Other-l were found to be incgood condition. Aug. ilth. IMF-Examined horses 5nd equipment of six icamsters haul- mg coal, one case of iii-fitting har- ness was stiandrd i0 u! 0M9. "l? v Continued on page 3 UEGHEASE IN FFEIEHI Hills [IN , Pnillnls Reduction on Ship- ments to Western (Tanada Offered By The (‘anadian Na- tional Railways. léiplwfiiii to the (iunniiani MONCTON, N. Jill}. ii.-—-F‘01'].0W- lug conferences with icprcsientatfves of the three Maritime Province gov- ernlnents and oi‘ the Producers. tho Canadian National Railways have offered to make n. ‘substantial de- crease in rates on tlic shipment of potatoes from Prince Edward Island. Ncvn. Smtin nnri New Brunswick tn Western Canada. Almaunceuit-rlt to this effect was mode today by MI‘. Tompkins. Tm!- fic Manager of the Atlantic Region of the Railway company. who stated. the: the action had been taken to assist the potato growers of the east to-disyiose of their large surplus swcks and to enable them to meet the competition of the Minnesota po- tatogrowers who have been supply- ing the Western market where them is a shortage at the present time. Details of the reductions havebeen submitted to‘ the shippers for their appnrval. If the shippers agree the rates will be put into eflect within ten (lays. (Local shippers interviewed by The Guardian yesterday. report; that 1w (ieiails of the reductions referred tn above have vet been received.) ST. JOHN. Jan. il-That if the low- er freight rate on Maritime Provinm potatoes now being asked for by tbs transportation commission g! (m; Maritime Bourd of Trade, wuld be ob- tained. there would be a market in Manitoba and Aibertfl. either now or in the near future. was the tenor of two telegrams received yesterday by The Telegraph-Journal from Winni- peg and Calgary respectively. The desputch Minnesota and North Dm- kotu at $1.35 per hundrcdweight. but that dealers would pay $1.45 for Maritime stock on account of its being of heifer qualify. The transportation commission is asking that a mnpor- lLry clzlcrgcncy rate on n level with that given ‘c wheat shippers for ex- vil‘. Cartmlinn Atlantic ports be "Even on pwatnn" slflpperi from thg Mnritimcs to the Northwest. The telegram from Winnipeg read: "The demand for potatoes in Mani- tohu is slow Just now and probably will be for the next month but nftar that. titers should be n freer move- mcnt. A lending produce dealer here says that Minnesota and North Da- izctn prices are vcry low and as their freight costr. are lower thnn from the Muritimes they offer strong competi- tion. However, he states that prefer- once would be given to the Maritime produrt, owing to the better grade. T. .1. Coyie. produce broker, is paying about $135 per hundrcdweight for the Unimd States product but say; he would pay $1.45 for the Maritime product. The freight ratc from the south is about I16 rents, with an ad- ditional 35 cents for duty. It is be- lieved that lithe present move on foot lo make n reduction in the rate from the Maritimes was carried through p0- taioes from them would find a good market hcrc." M AIIKET IN CALGARY The telegram from Calgary says: "Wholesale prices on potatoes de- livered in Calgary today were stated as $26.50 to $31.50 per ton, depending on quality. While the present supply ls coilsidcrcd adequate, the larger wholesalers anticipate a shortage by the end of March and believe it would be possible that some Maritime busi- ness could be worked up in April or May." "We are advised that there is a 300d market for potatoes in some sections of the Canadian Northwest, and also that potatoes are being imported into the, Northwest from the United States," said A. P. Paterson, p. ant of the transportation commission of the Maritime Board of Trade, dis- cussing the activities 0f the commis- icn in connection with the prment sit- uation amongst the potato growers of the province. "The commission," he added, '.'-is asking for a reduction in the freight on potatoes from the three Manttms provinces to the Northwest provinces as an emergency ram, to open up ‘the market in the Northwest for Mari- time potaio growers.‘ ‘ "Thr- "MWWflhs which have devol- oped in the export potato markets are such that the Maritime growersare confrooM-i with e vex-v heavfioig." Mr. Paterson pointed out that some years ago there was a shortage of ha! in the Northwest and that the m. ways at mm. time instituted an mor- gency rate for the relief of the hi) consumers of that territory. . " “We are asking that, as refine-m- ihe potato growers of the Maritime. they be given a temporary emqgqmgy ~~ql~ n. this nanny," p,‘ my“ as the regular rxpwr ~11” g‘ the groin growers of tL: lLsthmn _ _ _ .-__---_..-..-,__'_ I __ _ efe-ZQ-naavafla-tewb _ ,_____.‘~fl,_.;fl-.