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‘V'VV‘V‘VV’VWH ‘vawyvvv‘vy'vJ‘ . ' ..- _ Live Stock, Fish, Fflllt and Farm Produce on Free _List----0ement, Coal, Autos, Agricultural Implements Reduced. IA despateh from Ottawa sayszl Before giving in detail the basis of the arrangement the Hon. Mr. Fielding, Finance Minismr, on Thursday afternoon, asked those who had evinced opposition to the reciprocity negotiations to give the xesults fair consideration. “I am persuaded,” _said he, “that the form or in the press took suchl strong ground against our action did not give us the benefit of their wellâ€"considered judgment. I appeal to them to revise that judgment.” The character of the agreement and its Wide scope may be adequately apprecnated when it is stated that, the reduction in taxation effected not be the gainer by a cent. The manufacturer and the middleman would absorb the reduction entire- ly. The United States continued in the past, and in the future as well had and would frame their tariff in order that their own people would get the cream of the trade. AT WASHINGTON. A despatch from Washington special message of President Taft, with which he accompanied the re- ciprocity agreement with Canada was read, no one had a very clear idea of tho-extreme length the Pre- sident and his Secretary of State had gone in endeavoring to bring to a crisis the contention regarding the high cost of living. Certainly ‘of seventeen and a half per cent. r N i: the President in his message makes it clear that the cost of the neces- saries of the interior of American lbodics, rather than the exteriors, was the prime motive in bringing about the conference with the Can - adian ministers. Now, when the schedules are out in the light, Sen- ators and Representatives alike are being dragged back and forth by the complaints that food is too high and by the fear that Canadian com- etition will ruin the farmers. That there will be a contest over this matter and that President Taft will press it with vigor there is no doubt. It is impossible to get a good idea of what line the contest will take. amounts to $2,260,000. Large con- cessmns are given by the United States. They provide for reciproâ€" cal free trade in wheat, barley, oats, hay, vegeta les, dairy proâ€" ducts, live animals, coke, fruits, eggs and poultryâ€"~these being of the utmost importance to the agri- cultural classes, who will benefit to the extent of millions of dollars annually. The duty on agricultur- al implements, such as harvesters and mowers, is lowered two andlp a. half per cent., the present duty ad valorem being reduced to fifteen per cent. ad valorem, while on plows, thrashers and other classes pf agricultural implements a reduc- ion is made of five )er cent.â€"â€"â€" - namely, from twenty p3,}. cent ad MORE IMPORTANT CHANGES. valorem to fifteen per cent. ad va- The chief feature of the proposed lorem. On farm waggons the duty tariff agreement with the United is reduced from twentyâ€"five per States is the removal of all duties cent. ad valorem to twentyâ€"two and on both sides of the border on the a half per cent. ad valorem, and bulk of what is known as natural reductions are made on other items proclucts. Among the items on of spoolal interest to farmers. which the tariff duties are to be There is a reduction of eight swept away entirely are cattle,| cents per ton on bituminous coal. horses and ,mules, swine, sheep and None of these concessions should lambs, poultry dead and alive, excrte serious opposition from the wheat, rice oats, barley, buck- manufacturers of the country. wheat, beans, dried peas, potatoes, An important concessionis that butter, cheese, milk, cream, eggs, of free fish and freecoke, which honey, fresh and salted fish, vege- gentlemen who on the public plat- says: The United States angress can scarcely grasp it. Until the should prove of immense value to tables, fresh fruit and several var- ' ' the Maritime and Pacific Provinces. ieties of dried fruits. This means It is further provided that sawn in effect, if Congress accepts the lumber will be admitted free to the View of President Taft and his ad- United States, and an important visers, that the United States d-e- feature of the arrangement is that finitely abandons the policy of pro- pulp and paper will be placed in a tecting t'lzs- food producers of that similar position if the Provinces of country, leaving the doors open to the Dominion can see their way to Canada, the only country from withdraw their export restrictions which foods of the sort mentioned on pulpwood.. . , can be obtained to supplement the MR. BURDEN,S VIEWS' home supply. In meats of various _ , , sorts, although the duties are not 3- L- Borden Said thls queStlon entirely removed, there are very was one Of fohe deepe§h moment to material reductions, while flour will Canada, hemg lh'actlc‘illy av pl'o' bear a duty of 50 cents per barrel 130531 for 34 new Uhhafdlan ml'lff- on both sides of the line, and eat The agreement would affect many meal 50 cents per 100 pounds, industries and trades: and espt‘ICi‘ Among the miscellaneous articles I thB Slnallel‘ trades Of Canada. of importance othen than foodstuffs It would diSIOCM/e trade greatly, on which duties are entirely re- bufi no, man Fould POW say how far lmovcd by both countries are hay, thls dISIOCaUOD Flight Proceed- lumber, coke, certain classes of The finance minister had spoken Steel rods, typesetting and type- 0f the .11111301‘172nee 0f 0111mm?th casting machines, cottonseed oil, trade With the hundred million railroad ties) telegraph poles, P301319 to the SOUHL What 3100113 wooden stavcs, pickets and palings. the tradeof the three or four hun- Considerable reductions are made Eler milhonvpeODle under the Brit" in the agricultural implementsche~ 15h flag? Was “Oh that trade the dule, a uniform scale of duties on first consideration? If the past ten both sides having been arranged. years, hlStOW were to be COhSider' Among the more important reduc- ed, the 8139‘<3Chh€al'd 20-day and the tions in the Canadian duties are announcements made were unneces- farm waggons’ harvesters and 534W, for the Past ten yem’s had mowers, 22 per cent.; plows, har~ been filled With the Pl‘eaChihg Of rows, drills, horse rakes, cultiva~ the finance minister and his col- tors, thrashing machines, hay- leagues, of Canada’s winning world- loaders, patent, angers, feed-cut- Wide trade: 01‘ canadais Winning ters, grain-crushers, fanning mills, imperial trade, and 0f Canada’s in- hay-teddcrs and farm .or field roll- dependence of its neighbors. But era, 5 per cent. reduction. now in a sweep the whole policy There is a lengthy’list of reduc- had been changed. Canada’s trade tions on various products of the was “OW made to S‘Ving on that mine, the most important being a. of the United States. decreasc on the Canadian duty on And for this dislocation and ad- bituminous coal from 53 to 4.5 justment, what assurance had We cents per ton. The revenue loss of permanancy. The finance min- from this will be large, OVCI' Clght lster told us that he hoped the million tons of bituminous coal has“ agreementwas cast for some time, ing been imported last year.' This but that it could be terminated at would mean about; $640,000 in re- any moment by either country. duced duties on coal. The people The minister was open to criti- of Ontario now pay most of ,the :ism for vagueness. What would soft, coal duties. happen if Canada deemed it wise WM‘ to change half a dozen items in the .- PINIOV Egmement? Trade was to be dis- ENGLISH 0' ' logat'ed Without any assurances that A despatch from London 593's: this was to last for six weeks or Speaking on Friday on the l’eCIpro- that long. If the government’had city agreement just made between T‘stood firin last year to‘ the United Canada, and the United States, Vis- . would never have been count Miluer, former high commis- ' Gséhe position it was, of signer for South Africa, said: “No- ” 'n.‘ these concessions thing one Says can make things bet- l.,SUF ter. 11; is idle to shut our eyes to b ‘ an of agricultur- the, fact that the Proposed treatyv ~armer would.1ike that already concluded with _....-â€"â€" / France, must tend to diminish Bri- tish preference, and is, to that ex- tent, detrimental to the policy of closer union.” The editorials in the London newspapers dealing with the pro- p‘psed reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada are concerned more with its effect on 'the policy of Imperial preference than the merits of the agreement itself. The protectionist journals consider that the agreement if ra- tified will deal a serious blow to British trade and increase the cost of food in Great Britain through the diversion of Canadian supplies. to the United States. TO FIGHT FREE FISH. A despatch from Gloucester, Mass, says: Special sessions of the Council, the Board of Trade and the Master Mariners’ .Association, the last two meeting jointly, were held on Friday, at which steps were taken toward a united opposition to that part of the proposed reci- procity treaty which deals with fish. The City Council adopted re- solutions whiCh declare that the proposed treaty is inimical to the welfare of the ~City of Gloucester and to other ports of the New Eng- land coast which depend upon the fisheries. ______,,,_____._-_ BANK WITH FRENCH CAPITAL .___... Application to be Made for a $10,000,000 Incorporation. ‘ A despatch from Montreal says: his stated here on good authority that application has been made to Ottawa for a charter for La Banque Gen-erale du Canada, with a capi- tal of $10,000,000. It is believed that a roup of capitalists, headed by Mr. todolphe Forget, M.P., and Mr. J. N. Greenshields, K.C., are behind the new banking project, which plans to give Canada a pow- erful French chartered bank, which will be known the world over. It is a foregone conclusion that Messrs. Forget and Grecnshields had the project in mind when they went to Paris not long ago, and it is believed that millions of Parisian capital will be behind the new in- ni ‘ no u 011111115111 Will Become Governor-General of Canada ' in September. A despatch from Ottawa says: and that the term of office is to b( h The Government has been notified two years, with the possibility of of the appointment of H.R.H. the extension. His Royal Highnesl Duke of Connaught to succeed Earl will be accompanied by H.R.H. the Grey as Governor-General of Can- Duchess of Connaught. The an- ada. The announcement was made nounccment was received with ap- in a cable received on Saturday by provel by members of Parliament, his Excellency from the Colonial irrespective of party. It is believ- Secretary. It is further announced ed that theappointinent coming at that H.R.H. will arrive in Canadalthis time will do much to promote to assume ofiice in September next, the unity of the Empire. WW Pillth 0f Flillfl Plillfllllllgliéiéjfif Natiffttllfitt 3314.152 wheat patents, firsts, $5.60; do., -â€" seconds, $5.10; Winter wheat pat« ,, , V , ents, $4.75 to $5; Strong bakers’ RLPORES FORM IKE LEADID‘G $4.90; straight rollers, $4.35 to $4.: TRADE CENTRES on 50; do., in bags, $2 to $2.10. Rolled , oatsâ€"Per bbl., $4.45; bag of 90 lbs. AMERICA' $2.10. Feed bai‘lewaar lots‘eii store, 49 to 50c. Cornâ€"America No. 3 yellow, 57 to 57%c. Millfeea. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSITUFFS. W“ Toronto, Jan. 31 â€"I‘»'lourâ€"Win- ter wheat 00 per cent. ratenrs, $3.80 at scabiard. Manitoba flours' â€"First patents. $5.4m SCCUU'Ci pa- tents, $4.L0 an'l strtng balmrs‘, $4.70, on track, Turn It). Manitoba VVhGELt-â€".LTO. 1 North- ern, swat/g, Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, $1.01, Bay ports, and No. 2 at 98c, Bay ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"«No. 2 white, 87 to 87%0, and No. 2 red and mixed, 86 to 86%0, outside. - Barleyâ€"Malting qualities, 58 to 60c, outside, and feed, 48 to 500 outside. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 35}; to 30%c, I/ .n q ="'7 on track, Toronto, and 30/2 to 34c ‘ M- ioutside; No. 2 W. C. oats, 39c, Bay! T Iports, and No. 3 quoted at 37V2c,i1\0- 1 stitution when it is ready to start Bay ports. business. The introduction of French capital into this country is a matter of great importance, and will tend to strengthen our general financial po:iticn not a little. _,,,_ MONEY ORDER BUSINESS. Postofilcc Sent Thirteen Million Dollars to Europe Last Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: According to a. return of the Post- office Department on Wednesday, Canadians during the past year sent to Great Britain and its posâ€" sessions and other European coun- tries 750,000 money orders, re- presenting upwards of $13,000,000, or an increase of 35 per cent. over the previous year. All this money passes through the department at Ottawa. Money to the United Sta-tc' mud South America goes dir- ect from sender to receiver, so no official record of the amount is kept at Ottawa. The money sent across the ocean is principally to relatives of. immigrants. vs SIX HEN FATALLY INJURED. ._..._ Portion of Mine at Plitston, Pa., Was Wrecked. A despatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa., says: An explosion of powder or gas at the Hugliestown No. 11 colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Co. at P'ittston on Wednesday wrecked a section of the mine and killed and injured a number of workmen. Late in the afternoon the officials reported all out of the mine. Forty men who were shut in and had a. narrow escape made their way out safely. Of the eleven in- jured, six are fatally burned and five are seriously hurt. _-Is_._.___. ' RAISE FIRE RATES. Western Underwriters Put Up the Price on Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Following a million dollar fire loss in Winnipeg last year, and $400,000 in January, the Western Canada Underwriters’ Association decided on Friday to raise rates by ten to fifty cents on the $100. This will be partially offset by the increased reduction where signal services and automatic alarms are installed. >14 STATE VISITS. King and Queen to Visit Dublin and Edinburgh in July. A despatch from London says: The intention of the King and Queen to pay State visits to Edin- burgh and Dublin in July is now officially confirmed. rin- Cornâ€"No. 3 American yellow, 52%c, prompt freights. shipment, Toronto ' â€"Bran, Ontario, $20 to $21; Max nitoba. $20; $22.50 to $23; shorts, Manitoba, $22; mouillie, $25 to $30. Eggsâ€"s Selected, 300; fresh, 350; No. 1 stock, 260; No. 2, 22 to 240. Choose. ~ll7estcv'ns. 115-8 to 12%0; east- erns, 11% to 1153â€"80.. Butterâ€"Choi: oest, 257; to 25%0; seconds, 23% to 24%0. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Jan. 31.â€"â€"Wheat «I May, $1.047-8; July, $1.055-8 to $1.05%; No. 1 hard, $1.06 3â€"8; No. 1 Northern, $1.03 7â€"8 to $1.05 7-81 N0. 2 Northern, $1.01 to $1.03 7-81 No. 3 wheat, 980 to $1.01. Branâ€" $22 to $22.50. Flourâ€"~First patentr $4.75 to $5.15; second patents, $4.« 65 to $5.05; first clears, $3.15 to $3.55; second clears, $2.15 to $2.‘ Buffalo, Jan. 31.-â€"â€"Wheat Spring, Northern. carloads, storm. $11534 ; Winter, No. 2 red, 960 bid! No. 2 white, 95c bid. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 503/20; No. 4 yellow, 48%0, on track, through billed. Oatsâ€" Peasâ€"No. 2 at 82 to 830 outside. .No. 2 white, 36%6; No. 3 white, Ryeâ€"G4 to (550 outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. outside. Branâ€"~Manitobas, $21, in bags, Toronto, and shorts, $22, in bags, Toronto. Ontario bran, $21 to $21.50, in sacks, Toronto, and shorts, $22.50. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"Spy-s, $4.50 to $6; Bald- wins, $4 to $5; Greenings, $4 to $4.50; No. 2 assorted, $3.50 to $4.50 per barrel. Beansâ€"Car lots, $1.70 to $1.75, and small lots, $1.85 to $1.90. Honeyâ€"Extracted, in tins, 10% to 110 per lb. No. 1 comb, whole- sale, $2 to $2.50 per dozen; No. 2 comb, wholesale, $1.75 to $2 per dozen. Baled Hayâ€"No. 1 at $12.50 to $13, on track, and No. 2 at $10 to $10.- 50. Baled Strawâ€"$6.50 to $7, on track, Toronto. Potatoesâ€"Car lots, 75 to 800 per bag. Poultryâ€"Wholesale dressed poultry :â€"â€"Chickens, 15 to 170 per 1b.; fowl, 11 to 130 per 1b.; ‘ prices of ducks, 15 to 170 per 1b.; turkeys, 19 to 21c per 1b., and geese, 13 to 13%c per lb. Live, 1 to 20 less. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Dair prints, 21 to 22c; choice dairy solids, 21 to 220; infer- ior, 17 to 190; choice large rolls, 20 to 21c. Creamery, 28 to 290 per 1b. for rolls, 250 for solids, and 23 to 240 for separator prints. Eggsâ€"Case lots of pickled bring 20c; cold storage, 270; selected, 28c, and strictly new-laid, 31c per dozen. Cheeseâ€"Large, 13c, and twins at 132,0. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear, 11% to 13c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, $21 to $21.50; (10., short cut, $25 to $26; pickled rolls, 21 to 220. Hamsâ€"Light to medium, 15 to 16c; do., heavy, 14c; rolls, 121/, to 13c; breakfast bacon, 17 to 17%c; backs, 18 to 190. Lardâ€"Tierces, 12%0; tubs, 130; pails, 13%0. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Jan. 31.-â€"Oatsâ€"â€"Cana- Idian Western, No. 2, 40V.3 to 41c, {ear lots ex store; extra No. 1 feed, 39l-Q to 40c, car lots ex store; extra !No. 1 feed, 39,»; to 40c; No. 3 c. w. 1 at 48 to 500 Melting, 92 to 980. Rye l360; No. 4 white, 35%0. Barley~ No. 2. track, 84c. ‘ LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Jan. 31.â€"Choice steers ‘sold at 6%0 to 0%c, good at 5%0 to. Go, fairly good at 5%0 to 5%0, fail at 4%0 to 5c and the low grades at 40 to 4%c per pound. A few good bulls sold at 50 .to 5%c, and the low grades at 40 to 43.40 per pound.‘ Sheep advanced fie per pound. Lambsâ€"Ge to 6%c per pound. Hogs â€"â€"$8 per 100 pounds weighed 0H cars. Calves ranged from $2.50 to $11 each, as to size and quality. Toronto, Jan. 31.â€"â€"â€"As high as $6.25 was paid for the best butcher |cattle, but bulls and cows and com< mon cattle were undoubtedly a( least a quarter lower. The Hog Market was decidedly weak. Lamb: were up as high as $6.15 per cwt. Sheepâ€"~Ewes were steady, but bucks and culls were somewhat Sliatcd Into Open Channel in 11am- iltou Bay. A despatch from Hamilton says! While skating on the bay on Sun- day morning, Frederick Smith, .agcd 21, eldest son of Mr. Henry lSmith, 80 Wood street east, skated into the channel that had been cut by the Dewey 8r. ‘O’H-eir Icc Com: pany, and was drowned before as- sistance could reach him. Albert Smith, whose home is at 156 Brock street, Brantford, with him at the time, is also missing, and it is fear» ed he also went to death in th( water. firmer. at. TWO MEN DROWNED. â€". % EXPLOSION AND PANICS. Two Women Killed and Many Slightly Injured. A despatch from Philadelphia says: In an explosion of a largc tank containing ammonia in the L0« cust Laundry at Ninth and Locust streets here on Wedncsuay, two women were killed, 150 to 200 girl( were slightly injured, and 250 othel employees, mostly young women were thrown into a wild panic. For: tunately fire did not follow the ems plosion. Annie Hall, an elder! employee, who was killed, was no the tank on the first floor when- exploded, and blown through window ‘into the street. Lizzie 39 to 391/130: N0. 2 local white, 38% Guigan, twenty_five yum old. a ‘ - to 38%0; No. 3 local white, 37% to 111 the hospital in the afteri'loon5 I mi-ddlin gs, OntarioL . 5â€"»»4~A-~«~ -u viiâ€"A...___..,n___._. ,w ~n __ ,_ ' l. - l , ' ‘ I "*“v W“"~"\: flTffns‘ut’ndAWJW‘:a~mafimwlqw-gfl ,' y. . “ . l v'..â€" «v . "“ â€"-« v Fr ‘9.- ‘i l ‘5 ‘9 l ) :I e. 3 .4 ‘ l I: