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4 § ut * ¥ A despatch from New York says:-- ; Business men are wondering if Henry Ford started something io bring down Iprices, or whether he made his cele- brated "slashing" announcement at the most dramatic time. Reports gathered here indicate that.a good many more articles besides Ford mo- tor cars are coming down. General belief that the peak of high prices has been passed and that the direction of the curve is now down- How soon the consumer might ex-| RRL aD bt i no is RAL dH ve km pect to benefit directly and the high| |= cost of living cut to the average citi- zen was a matter of speculation. There was a general agreement that the con- sumer would benefit eventually, but could not expect to get the full ad- vantage of the wholesale reductions at once. The consumer was expected to bene- fit first in lower prices for clothing and other manufactures of textiles, as ward was expressed by busin An many cities of this country. The H. H, Franklin Manufacturing Co,, makers of the Franklin autom- bile, was the first of Mr. Ford's com- petitors to follow his lead, and an- nounced cuts in the price of its cars from 17 to 21 per cent. Two of the largest mail order hous- es in the world, Sears, Roebuck & Co., and Montgomery, Ward & Co., both of Chicago, announced substantial reduc- tions in many lines of merchandise. The list included men's and women's clothing, : shoes, furniture and a few staple foodstuffs. the reducti in the textile trades have been more marked than in any other. Lower clothing prices are not looked for until next spring, In other manufactured textile goods further retail reductions may be looked for earlier, | ~ Despatches from the larger cities of the country showed that substantial] retail price reductions had taken place or were expected, the tendency toward lower prices having been in effect in some cities for several months, be- cause of an increasing tendency on the part of the public to refuse to buy anything but necessities, gaa "WHEAT BREAKS ON WINNIPEG EXCHANGE Drop of 5 to 7 Cents Comes in Last Half-Hour, Due to Various Causes. A despatch from Winnipeg says:-- Wheat broke 5 cents to 7 cents a bushel on the Winnipeg Grain Ex- change on Friday, following a drop of 10 to 11 cents on the Chicago market. The close for October delivery ~ at Winnipeg was $2.54%; for November $2.49%, and for December $2.35%. Although coarse grains declined on : the American market they held their own at Winnipeg. The break in wheat came in the last half hour at Winni- peg, and was said to be due to a variety of causes. Slacking of export booking, due to the threatened coal strike in Britain, and favorable re- ports on the Argentine crops were said to be the two main causes, but one wheat dealer on Friday night de- clared that hé believed the falling in prices of commodities in the United States had a good deal to do with it. "If prices of commodities are to come down wheat must come down," he said. The drop is of tremendous conse- quence to Western farmers, as the 'marketing of the wheat of "the prairies is just well under way. In- spections at. Winnipeg on Friday to- talled 1,004 cars, as compared with b83 a year ago. The Canadian price of wheat is still higher than the American. De- cember 'wheat -closed here to-day 'at $2.35. At Chicago the price was $2.16. te ions Russians Restore Fortunes in France A despatch from Paris says:--Many of the Russian nobility who fled from Bolshevism to France now meet its chief requirement, that all niust work with their hands that they may eat. The, roster of deposed royalty is long, but every few days there comes to public knowledge the situation of. another Russian person of prominence whom' adversity has not conquered. A large dairy farm has been estab- lished near Paris by Count Paul Igna- tieff, where members of that family and 'some: of their noble friends are reconsfracting another fortune. The. Duke of Leuchtenberg-Beauhar- nals is farming "near Tours: The Prince Lyszezynski is a bank clerk. Princess' Mestchercky and a number of others are commercializing their knowledge of art, doing interior de- corating. Prince Goudacheff, once Ruséfan 'Ambassador to Spa is a' farmer.. Gen. Nicolajeff drives a truck and - many Russian officers dre me- chanies 'and some 'are taxicab chauf- feurs, War With Bulgaria. Officially Ended A despatch from Ottawa says: -- War with Bulgaria is off cially at an end. A proclamation 'published in this week's issue of The Canada Gazette orders that August 9 shall be treated as the date of the termination of war Heads Soldier Settlement Board. Major John Barnett, who has just been appointed Chairman of the Soldier Settlement Board in Canada in succes. sion to Mr. W."J, Black, who has be- come an- organizer for the National Liberal-Conservative party in Ontario. He was overseas with the 50th Bat- talion and was wounded at the front. Since returning home he has been general counsel for the S.8.B. in the West, with headquarters at Calgary. tilt Represent Canada at League of Nations Assembly A despatch from Ottawa says:--Sir George Foster and Hon. C. J. Doherty will sail for Europe on October 25th to represent Canada at the assembly of the League of Nations, which be- ging its deliberations on November 16th. The name of the Dominion's third representative has not yet been definitely announced. Sir Robert Bor- den and Hon. N. W. Rowell, ex-presi- dent .of the Privy Council, have both been mentioned as probable choices of the Government. -- Wrangel Entraps Two Bolshevik Cavalry Divisions A" despatch frem Constantinople says:--The brilliant attack by Gen. Peter Wrangel's forces in the region of Alexandrovsk has resulted in en- circlement of the Reds, who are flee- ing northwest, abandoning their en- tire arms and equipment. This move- ment netted Gen. Wrangel two divi- sions of Red cavalry, with entire equipment, as well as 8,000 "other prisoners, 16 heavy cannon; armored cars * and valuable transportation equipment. , : ' ---------- Cost of Occupation Is: Nearly Paid Up A. despatch' from Pirls 'says: -- Frederic Francols-Marsal, the Finance Minister, Toplying to a question sub- mitted to him by & member of the Senate, said. that the expenses incur red through. the Rhine occupation were estimated at the end of March to have' reached 18,000,000,000 fr. The amount paid by Germany on account was 13,088,000,000 marks at the end of July, the equivalent of 402,000,000 between his Majesty and Bulgaria. ] francs, M. Marsal added. | party of uniformed men during the Selfe, Aldershot; Mr. Chas, B, Musg Chairman of the Congress; Mr. E. J. shot Chamber of Cominerce; Mr. J. ley Machin, J.P., London; Lord Desb: 1 raye; London, i orough; K,C. v0. Lozdon; Bruce, J. uddersfield A. Darracott, Aldershot. > 'Mr. Arh "and Convenor of Albert J. Hobson, J.P,, H. Smith, IRISH REBELS USE DUM DUM BULLETS Wounded Police Officers Also Fired Upon and Killed. - A. despatch front Dublin says:--An official report issued at Duklin. Castle on Thursday. evening. shows: that the rattack Wednesday ona motor. lorry containing six policemen near Lahinch wag more serious than previously an- nounced. Six. constables were killed, while soldiers who fired on their as- sailants assert that they saw four of them drop, The police allege. that their assailants used dum-dum bullets, and that the wounded were fired upon and killed. A despatch from London says:--As a 'reprisal for the shooting of ppHee- men near Lahinch, says a despatch to the Central News from Lahinch, a night set fire to eighteen houses in Milltown, Malbay, Lahinch and Ennis- town. Three civilians were shot dead. Castle Mary, the seat of Col, Long- field, dating from the reign of King John, was set on fire and destroyed by raiders Thursday night. The raiders gave the occupants of the castle ten minutes in which to leave the build- ing. . ---- en WHEAT MOVEMENT IS SATISFACTORY It is Believed a Surplus of Grain Cars is. Still Available, A despatch from Ottawa saysi--8b far as officials of the Department of | Railways have been informed, the movement of grain over the railway! lines on the prairies is progressing satisfactorily, There is known to bs an immense demand for wheat cars now that thrashing is well under way, ! this demand arising from the fact that all the farmers who have finished their thrashing are attempting to get their grain down to the head of the lakes before the close of navigaion. How- ever, every effort was made before the opening of the grain movement to marshal a supply of grain cars at Western points, and 'there are, it is thought, still considerable %ars on} hand. It is pointed out, however, that complaints of car shortage on any of the various lines serving the wheat= growing districts would be handled by the Canadian Railway Association, and these matters would not come be- fore the Railway Department to any extent, " ¢ ef. Allies Get 1,975,000 Tons of German Fuel coke and lignite to the total of 1,976, 000 tons was despatched hy Germany | to France, Italy, Belgium and Luxem-|' bourg during the month of August, ac- cording to official information i d the collection of the excise taxes im: | prisoners were among twenty or twena been weeded out when an investigation A despatch from Paris says: --Coal, | | LUXURY TAXES COLLECTED BY STAMPS $6,000,000 Revenue Collect- ed Last Month by the LA des Stamps. patch 2 from Ottawa says a will be used after Nov, 1 in posed on sales of luxuries by the bud- get legislation of the last. session of the Dominion -Parliament. Arrange ments for the introduction of the new method of collection are being com- pleted by the Customs and Inland Revenue Deparfment. Stamps are being printed and 'perforating ma- chines for their cancellation are be- ing prepared for distribution free of charge to merchants dealing in taxable commodities. A From the luxury taxes the Dominion derived a revenue of $6,000,000 last month, - Still larger feturns are ex- pected in months to come. Investiga- tions by Inland Revenue officers have disclosed cases of "deliberate evasion of the tax law and cases of non-com- pliance due to ignorance of the pro- visions of the statute. In a score of cases of deliberate evasion; it is under stood, prosecutions are being initiated. Thirty auditors were recently appoint- ed to check returns of tax collections in various sections of the country, All Hunger Strikers = g Are Murder Suspects A despatch from Dublin. SHysISik Nevil MacReady, Commander in Ire- land, said .on Thursday: that the Cork' ty-five suspects, the others" having showed there was no chance of ping cessfully prosecuting them. But' against the eleven hunger strikers the Government considered it had a strong cage in each instance, and every case involved the taking of life. a = by the Reparation Commission. Fou fitths of the amount wag allocated to France and about equal shares of the remainder to dtaly and Belgium, ex- cept fr 90,000 'tons, which went to Luxembourg. 3 ot Sixty-three per cent. of the fuel dese] patched was' coal, 29 per cent. toke and the remaining 8 per cent. lignite; A detailed programme for the dex livery of 2,000,000 tons of fuel September, in accordance with the |. Spa protocol, has been fixed, and de- liveries are proveeding satist filled up with all styles n authority declared here. He said there M." Di nel as P; of the French Republic. For Shoes Satisfied A despatch from Montreal says: The Canadian demand for shoes h been satisfied, and the warehouses resident 0 prospect for finding | coal. Their decision was reached after {coal and the amount mined in normal | times that it is considered there should ~I'be little difficulty in agreeing on a | scale 'that will enable t -{ get the increase they d & 2 -- :j million tons of breadstufls must be' HES ive. + A "dedpatch from accept the Government's proposal and refer the question of an increase in ag an alternative, to meet the owners the output, which the Government be- lieves would give the miners more wages than they are demanding. = . But the Premier's appeal was futile. The miners insisted that their de- mands for a two shillings increase should be granted immediately, and passed a resolution refusing to with- draw the strike notices, which expire Saturday, : Thus, unless the Government re- lents within the next forty-eight hours the miners will, after the last shift on Saturday, lay down heir tools, and the mines will be idle Monday. At a meeting of thé miners' repre- sentatives during the day, Robert Smillie reported on the position taken up by the Premier and his offer. He said the committee could not recom- mend the acceptance of either of the Government's proposals. A lengthy discussion ensued as to whether the question of wages to an impartial tri- 'bunal should be referred Back to the districts anda vote taken, * of Mr, Smillie, as president, submitted a tesolution to do this, but on a card vote it was decided that nothing had happened that required such reference back. Telegrams were sent to 'the various districts, calling on' all' work- ers necessary for the maintenancetof the plimping and coking plants and other machinery and the care of the horses to continue 'working until fur. ther notice. = _A despatch from London says:--The British coal miners agreed on Friday afternoon to suspend their strike for one week and to meet the coal owners in an endeavor to arrange with them a system of payment®by the results of which - they will simultaneously in- crease their earnings and output of a conference "with Premier Lloyd lieved in official circles to amount to a practical abandonment of the strike, the miners, is 'so much dif-| ference between the recent output of he. miners to a esire, Germany Must Import ~ 2,000,000 Tons of Grain - A despatch from Berlin says: --Two imported by Germany, chiefly from America, as the 1920 crop will be con- siderably' short of the country's re- quirements, says an announcement hy the De & REFUSE GOVT. APPEAL Premier Lloyd George orge's Pro-| London says: |? 'Premier Lloyd: George made another! gsi! 'appeal on Thursday to the miners. to in wages to an independent tribunal, or,| and 'agree upon' a scheme increasing: l Roll; Government's proposal to submit the N. Bonar Law and Sir Robert" M Horne in "Downing street, and is: be-' ni .- The coal owners; it is known, 'are| med if | anxious to have an : { agreement withy $4; | the miners; and there ii 'president of the Imperial Grain | hey cece FARE ,.in 60-1. tins, per 1b, Ontario, No. 1, in 2% and 27 to 208¢, urni creameries are: paying ; for churning '{ cream 61 to 62¢ per Round fat, fob. nominal, : shipping points, | -. Provisions--Wholesale. .. Smoked meats--Hams, med., 47 to 60c; heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 64 fo ; 'rolls, 34 to 86c; co age rolls, 39 to 4lc; breakfast bacon, 50 to 62¢; backs, plain, 52 to bdc; boneless, 58 to y . ' Cured ents Loup clear bacon, 27 to 28c; clear bellies, 26 to 27¢. y Lard--Pure tierces, 27% to 28%c; tubs, 29 to 20%c; pai 29 to 80e; prints; 30 to 30%c, Compound tierces, 21% to 22c; tubs, 22 to-28c; pails, 28% to 24c; prints, 26% to 27c. Montreal Markets: 4 Montreal, Sept. 28.--Oats, Can. western, No: 2, $1.02; do, No. 8, ae 'Flour, new standard grade, $1450. ed oats, bag 90. Ibs., $4.75 to $490. Bran, $54.15. Shorts, $50.75. Hay. 0. 2, per ton, car lots, $32. - Cheese, finest easterns, 24%e¢. Butter, -choic- ~ est ereamery, 60 to 6lc. Eggs, fresh, 66¢. "Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.66 to $1.75, % 2X "Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Sept. 28.--Good steers," $14 'to $15; butchers choice, $18.50 to $14.75; d r to $18; do, med., $7 to § com, $5 to $7; butcher heifers, choice,. $12 to $14; do, med.,:$7.50 to $9; do, com, 11, do, met $0 15 SR00s panera ;.do, med., $6 to $8.20; canners cutters, $3 to $5.50; butcher "bulls, - od, ¥ to $10; do, com,, $4.60 to 5.50; do, fair, $7.50 to $9.50; feeders, best, '$9.50 to $11; do, fair, $7.50 to 9.60; stockers, good, $8 air, to '$10; do, $7.60 to $9.60; milkers ' and springers, choice, $ 100 to $150; calves, « oles, $18 so. $204 do. med Shes" 17; do, eom., $7 to $18; lambs, to §15; sheep, choice, $7 to heavy and bucks, 8 bo $6. 38; do; $5 to 8800; doy yearlings, $9.50 to and watered, $21; off cars, 8 50; cannes, $5.75. Good. to $13; us selects, sows, $15.50 to. $16. A despatch from 'London says: ~The! Daily Sketch is' promoting a plan a 'civic. welcome being pressed with the Governm Local authorities in thusiastically. tal