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prices Tof living and charging present *: high were not forthcoming, and i only small stocks are being laid away. wh Ottawa.--That there is'a To tit food in the: world; that Canadian are regulated by a: that there ; "plus. of food supply in Canada: that the duty of Canada is food production for the benefit of itself and the world, y that the government may present a program to regulate the cost of liv-, - ing, and that industrial unrest can be traced to the cost of living, were, § stated in "the senate by Hon. G. D, Roberta, minister of labor. >! Hon Mr. Robertson said that there or IE fo be a great deal of mis- demand understanding 'in Canada. as - indicated : by press comment and resolutions calling for enquiry to reduce, the cost high prices of food to hoardi ng for profit, Mr. Robertson said' the people of Canada should know there is 10 sur- plus of food in Canada, -and unless production was increased there was Tittle hope for sks reduction of food. ~ prices. Z ~ As to food in cold storage if at once realized, little would be done to re- lieve the situation. If all the butter in storage on May 1 were. divided. it ; would give each Canadian 1.7 ounces; a division of oleémargarine would | give each Canadian less than a quar- "ter of a pound. The quantity of but- ter in cold storage was 838,234 pounds; oleomargarine, 315,764; cheese, 1,- 064,318 pounds; eggs a little over 3,- 000,000, or a third of a dozen per head; pork two and a half, and beef ice and a half pounds per person. 'What portion had been sold for over- seas consumption he could not say. 'He gave the figures to show the incor- _rectness of the idea that the present price of butter, for instance, was due to there being large quanti- ties in storage held for the benefit of the owners. This was the season_of egg production when 'usually they ate _ collected for storing, but today eggs _therefore Unless production increased there was the prospect of an egg | famine within a year. i 3 er ta re Get the first of it. In another column appears the first chopter of © our new serial story. : I ks Cargo ting Cl Guns. Captured By Canadian Soldiers 2 -- The steamer Vindelia \n interesting and historic car- n port, 'consisting of a score of captured guns which! were wrested he Germans by Canadian. sol- is labelled: sion; 24th battalion, No. 0," and this is consigned to the | : Victoria Rifles, Montreal. Number 017 i is for the 21st Canadian battalion and i itis 'addressed to the lieutenant- - governor of Ontario. Number 960 : tured by the 31st battalion, a in August last, and it is 'the lieutenant-governor timber) 933 is' he; pro- "Second hier Ba: they illegibly marked. held | } entry by aliens and || are in default will land 'make is no great sur- : '| says that a. Kitacl c on Sie Upon His 'Return to Warsaw 4 Nin Voik. -- A Warsaw dispatch » reports an Slept by Bolshevists to | assassinate Premier and Mrs. 'Padere- wski. Few details of 'the premier are to: C is stated that the attempted assassin- ation took place as he alighted from his train upon his return 'to a from Paris. The attempt followed a series demonstrations of approval and wel- come "accorded to. M. Paderewski at the towns and cities through which Ire passed on his return tor Warsaw, these mier had done at the Polish confer- ence in Paris. The Poles are satisfied with the de- cision on the Danzig question and are also pleased with the sglution of the Silesian boundar problem. In the decision on the Teschon ' coal field, some disappointment i is expressed. Germans Will Told Out Ebert Hopes U.S. Democracy Will Not Accept Treaty "Berlin, -- Declaring 'that thé terms of peace presented by the allied and associated governments to Germany, "contemplate the physical, moral and intellectual paralysis" of the German = people; that Germans were "hypno- tised" by statements made by Se dent Wilson, and "that he, himself, 'i looking forward to the future ith gravest apprehension," President Eb- ert said that he" still hoped that the United States democracy would not! accept the treaty framed at the peace! conference. He rejected with dis- dain the suggestion that the present German government would resign rather than accept or reject the terms saying 'that the governitient 'would |" "hold out to the end." Accuse French of Sy. Lo ge Paris. -- 'An official note issued German correspondent sent to the Neties. Weiner Tageblatt a dispatch that the where the. Germ housed i is full of spies attendants 'and ! nes: have been installed in all the rooms. 'odious and calumnious invention and says Jf it is repeated the French gov- vernment may find it necessary to expel the German correspondents. To Settle Women 'London. -- The government over- seas settlement committee is sending six women commissioners to the Do- i minions, two to visit Canada, two to Aviston and two to New Zea- land. They purpose to, enyine openings for women, particularly workers on the. land, wiih a: settling in the - "dorhin on workers desiring: toe i 'your farm as' I enquiries fr WINNIPEG, MAN. WANTED d city listings from owners. We do not ask for exclusive listing. . NTED' IM VM EDIATELY SEV} IE cre farms in 'Manitoba. ive large cash payment, 0 ithe tie- -up grows. receptions being a tribute to the work for Poland which-the pre~ into |! iB Price $20. 00 per. bal History Now in Progress Hey -- Winnipeg i is now in the ) throes of the greatest labor, struggle |, : faa fr these ru 115 000 to 27,000. ie Veterans of Canada associations, in| duty, cluding all men of the n: aval TRrviecs, & resoluti Ww and order; wil Husthil furth I, He ik when the present troubl has be bor repreenlatives Slt discuss thes deportation - of the undesirable enemy alien. "i i, " The mayor and pri grappling with. the Ee taining the 'essential services of public | in. utilities, police and fire protection, as' Every walk of in- dustrial and commercial life in Winni- peg is represented among the strikers. Wholesale and retail stores are affect- ed, and in a number of cases closed. The large: departmental Stcres experi- | enced only a partial walk-out and are | continuing to give service. The big- gest of these, employing - some 6,000 | hands, lost the assistance of about 700 |, employees, including engineers, team- sters, grocery clerks, _ butchers, and lunchroom waitresses "and kitchen help. With only the | postmaste luty and three stamp clerks remaining ; on duty, the post office is tied up---269 postal workers having quit at cleven | o'clock. Street railway service is at| a complete standstill, while the ques- tion of the city granting the Jjitneys permits to again opeEate is s under ad- visement. Hd Free automobile lis Loy SoRetl trians are again being offered by auto owners. The" fire brigade is out. to al man, except for the. chief' 'and his de- puty and district chiefs, the depart- ment being manned by volunteer help. Numerous fire alarm calls 'have been answered, but nothing of a serious ha- ture had to be coped with, All the civic clerks, with a few exceptions, are out on strike, and there is not an of-+ fice at the city hall where. yi jeven pay.a bill.t Light and power and whterworks] employees are out, buf effortsyar are. be- ing made to continue ih S em 'and to S Labs power for dom stic More than 4,50 cluding car checkers, etc., are out in the yards, offices and shops of the C. Pp, R, C.N.R and GT. P. railways. / ! Ties for H. B. Railway. Ottawa. -- Contracts © 250,000 ties, to be used on the. a of the Hudson 'Bay Railway, have been awarded. "G. W. Cann will sup- ply 75,000, 'H. F. Borth 150,000 and John Dione 75,000. are of The Pas. is sixty cents and the ties are of spruce and pine, 'mostly the former. N FS A fo I Ton). wish to purchase or sell a Farm or Store Busi- ness of Any Kind or make an : ngs of Pioperiies, call or. write Hi © SCorT HILL & C0. . 22 C.P.R. Office Building ~ (Corner Portage & Main St.) WINNIPEG . ia : ; the military T police orl be exe- cuted---"that is to say, shot or "hang- country; and, if er Ay 'the 'vie-| tims of assassination, adequate provi- In Political sywpathizers with 'the party of violence 2 had 3 fil) to support Sha cause 0 law and order. The bill was read a' second time. : : a Ww iT Import Canadian Wh Minneapolis. -- Julius H. Barnes, of the United' States Grain Corps ation,®who conferred with mil- lers here, announced that the corpor- ation had arranged for a moderate importation of wheat from Canada, He stated that a - moderate, down- 'ward revision of prices in foodstuffs 'was anticipated, and that sufficient wheat was available to keep: the price of flour from: "soaring. above $12 a barrel. He added, however, that no radical price revision could be ex- pected until the American export de- mands, were greatly reduced. © An absorbing romance in serial form commences in this week's paper. On being inform- hte ey 250,000 tons of La Plata so that ton- wk 'was assured for a further 100,- 1000 tons of Argentina purchases. = All contractors | The contract price | Merchants and Farmers | ~ FARMS FOR SALE 3 Greenway, _ Man., 160 acres. 100 acres cultivated. Rented 5 . crop. Frame Stable, . Granary, Log Hause, good well - water. - acre. $700 cash, : easy. "terms. s TINGS WANTED immediate ioral, a pal clients with WE BUY VICTORY BONDS Sh hol Highest Market Prices for Same fy Do N ot Sell Without Getting a 'Quotation From Us 5 me BOND & DEBENTURE * CORPORATION of Canada, Limited ~ Union. Trust, Building WINNIPEG 'seriously red. another, policeman is missing. Sia Knocklong i is a small 'town in Lim- - Lo county about | southeast of the city of Limerick. It [is on the Great Southern and West- eighteen miles ern railway, War Expenditures Britain Spelt a Gn prot Canada During 'War Period London. -- In' the house of com- mons, replying to Sir TT -Morton- Grif- | fiths, Col, Emery, under secretary for the colonial office, stated that the war office expenditure in Canada was ap- proximately £225,000 ,000 sterling; in Australia £291,000,000; in New Zea- land £75,000,000; in South Africa £23,000,000; and in Newfoundland £2,000,000. on Budapest Indignant London. -- Budapest wireless mes- sages state that the entire press is indignant with Rumania's response to the request for armistice conditions and declares that. the only. reply' to such arrogant terms is by arms. 1 | extremely unstable ars, ind embodied in the These, it is asserted, not only will re~ | quire ¢ demobilization of the Austrian New York--The Associated Press > issues the following: - s Although the peace terms which the Allied and associated powers are to ice that 'Wednesday has been chosen as the day when the Austrians are to be called before the peace congress, the negotiations may be delayed by rea- son of the fact that Hungary, where conditions stilt exist, has failed to appoint delegates to go to, St. Germain, The Godiel] of Four continued dis- cussion of 'the 'military items to be "Austrian compact. future conscription, dismantling. of the famous. Skoda works, Austria's great armament factories at Vienna and Prague, where the monster howitzers and other 'big guns 'used by the Teu- tonic armies "du ig the war were | made. D3 = # ga A Ee ' * feoltane Land in | Dalmatia : London. -- The Italians are land- ing military forces at Zara and Zebe= nico on the coast of Dalmatia, accord- ing to a Reuter dispatch from Bel- grade, the Serbian capital. The troops are being moved eastward and. are fortifying the ridges and passes. Will Not Strike : Lethbridge. -- Civic employees who voted some days ago to go on strike have rescinded such action and have applied for a Dominion board of ar- bitration to settle the dispute. A Six-Room Bungalow DINING R* "0 " 2, 1076 x ui ' Wegxuso 4 - KITCHEN n-o'vio-0 i BEDROOM he shove bungalow shows a lay-out which is- ample time .convenient, Ei Fatenlly. no space wast 1 B. MARTIN, m. Horas and Socommend he i" 704 McIn yre. your spring distin harrowing 5 arrows, cultivators, seed- Tt will put in your nd a mower, a, belt Dp ing with a Fordson, It will BF