“ANNOUNCES DISCON. ™ TINUANCE OF EXCESS PROFITS DUTY —_—— Jal Pre-War Businesses Will Pay Tax. How Period of Seven . Years, - British Chancellor of the Exchequer—With New Businesses Tax is . they fell within the scope of the tax. -| For all new businesses it will cease as from December $1 last. y. H an anno ‘ment, important to English business- men, that the much-revi ‘excess | may fits duty will be discontinued this ‘the am- new revenue-producing impost upon business. Ho admitted the excess saya hoon Pg open to great objection. toa eres extent, arbitrary in pes in- eldence, tended to encourage extrava- i Exchequer, ‘game source for the year ending| enterpri ees. 81 next is estimated at £220,- 000,000, need Mr, Chamberlain femnounced all pre- ‘war businesses wil for a ‘is seven ace dating from the first accountancy period in which were earning abnormal profits. Encouraging Symptom of France’s Recovery A despatch from Paris says: —For the first time in a number of years the population of France shows an increase. BRITISH INDIA iolent Coie Against Government Despite Pro- mised Remedy. =A despatch from London’ says: CANADA'S PULP INDUSTRY Hauling timber from the camps into a big lumber plant, a typical winter scene in Northern Ontario. The Leading Markets. Manitoba wheat—No. 1 portisea: 1.75; No. 2 Northern, $1,72; rthern, “$h. a de No. 4 vee: at “62, ianitoba oa 2 CW, 46%; ote No. 1 fe ed, 40%¢; No. 2 feed) ficial figures prove that dur- ing the first quarter of 1920 there were 67,946 more births than d is num- Unrest: ontinues among the Deasants fel: Provinces s of Agra and ish India, according to a ienaich t5 The Londo eaths. The birt iH re renee aim| bered 424,668; the deaths 856 722, These figures include e devasted eenion and Alsace-Lor- raine. ‘he population of fe ae is given as vin 000. The Paris newspapers declare | these figures the most encourag- af ing symptom os the country’s re from the ravages of the Man that has yet appeare Petes Ap Ra ay he Government, despite the [ast that legislation has been prom- ad been arrested, was eevee Pie sapoet ed. = When persuasion failed the police “were ordered to clear the track. The a attack with whereupon the police opened fre Pei Baekahiot TWELVE MONTHS’ NAVAL HOLIDAY Abstention From Big Ship- building gram Recom- mended. A despatch from London says:— e draft of the report of the Imper- com pleted, and it ‘recommends absten- tie object of the delay, it is leamn- ed, give time for official nego- Hatibtia uiong the Uidted Stale, Ja- pan, and Copet Bai for a curtail- ment of thei Thre will wsagiacuah-en' tes irk ta sas tal morte yceo Gad ae any event the decision of the Govern-| 2 ae will need the ratification ot the Imperial Conference, which is to be Lneld in Jun Sper sees ‘the First Lord of ike ae ralty will request the nainicna ts peneioe poteithecent of the naval estimat ‘Ausitglias andapars ace closely |” watching every ere in jada’s Boog! a4 Mayo! Lies situation. Senator E, D. Mi racket, Bie ees coon elected Chief Magistrate of Ottawa, a Peeing ie te Melbourne from Saturday, gave out, a aes on Thursday, i dene ‘xt the Tan vill back Fiogtatta's and. ts dowihead of big manufacturing plant. BRITAIN HAS 50-PASSENGER PLANE Thousand’ Horsepower Air- plane Motor: is Most Powerful Known. from Lon don rial si tat immigration} hi Ania ca esrenitte oh the status quo in the Southern and, Eastern Pacific, achieving such a/ naval 1% tween the Occident and the Orient would cease, but where ja that the British interests in the should be safeguarded. | Prade With R Rana Offered to Canada | Jar London-New pes AS ee rara 2 complete| A despatch from” London, passage within 24 hours, citer shes or Dy changing: aircraft at the Eng., my ith is. re conditions, guaranteed He d by the experts| to lutely safe by the British- eo ara Phe leeds te 1919 flew | Baltic se adage which is in process from Newfoundland to Ireland in less of formation than 16 hours, using two 875-horse-| @ statement m: ie by the honorary, new engine is secretary of the tatociation, Mr. G. was 07 W. Mi of over Tt is understood | one ninared important ceccanile in- ant the Titania, @ flying-boat destroy-| terests sre.0 aes with this body, ex which is to be used in Doucet 1 aa im ecutpped w wo Erte aoe 1,500 siiee For ae ine the crew will number ten, aod mee civilian use the raft can accom! passeng The Cub’s is cyl ri ies on a Indicated 1,057 horsepower in 20 hours of running. bi engine iy arly a ton, and costs about £5,000. eee Coal ree ee 's Gasoline. ‘The use 1 gas instead ot gaso- whose - eff< to re-establish British trade wt the” ue States through them “Russia, are at- tracting ateention in the British press. PANNE Use, Cold — Has truck Newfoundland | A despatch from St John’s, Naa, says—The Newfoundland coast is ice- bound as a result of the severest cold tion. ee city, are solidly frozen over and il steamers have abandoned thei ir service. St. John’s harbor has a Nae but 90-per cent. of the power | thick coating of ice, Perce the obtained from gasoline. jal Defence Sub-committee has been | twit community of interest’ that the mad: la mbs cw, ie Nor feed Rae barley—No. 8 CW, 78%4¢; No. 4 CW, 6bc; rejected, 54e; feed, Bde. above in store, Fort William. wheat—F.o.b. tay according to freights “eet, e Non spring, $1. 70 0 w Oty No. winter, $1.80 rey Pigiude wheat, $1.60 tosh merican corn : No. 2 yellow, track, "Toronto, Ontario oats—No. 3 white, {7 to b06, according to freights outside, Ontario flour—Winter, in jute ve bags, prompt shipment, straight ‘run ee ’—Malting, 80 to 85c, accord- ing to aut outside. Sea fo. 2, $1.50 to $1. Pes onesie lour—Track, Fisk patents, $10. 105 second neg Buckwheat—No. 2, Pe St to $1.05, AiR ye—No. 2, nominal; No. 3, $1.55 to. Millfeed—Carlots, delivered, eo to pelieie bags included. hate ton, $40 shorts, per ton, white lating, $41; Mae eh ‘i vi Cheese—New, large ins, 81 to S2c; ints: ae oe S2iAe; ald, Large, 82 to: Bic; do, twins, 82% to 35%. it shipment, Butter—F\ 50c; creamery, 58 to 6le, Margarine—29 to 85c. Egg: 1, 68 to 70e: et to 780; Néw'laid, in cartons, ‘resh dairy, choice, 49° to No. 1, 55 to 59¢; fresh, ; new laids, 78 to ns-—Canadian, hand-picked, bus. to $4; primes, $3 to $3.0: Ja- 8c; Limas, Madagascar, 10%; California Eimas, 1230 Maple produ 33.40. to. $8.50; B36 to $3.40. Map! to 30c. Honey—60-30-Ib. tins, 22 to 24¢ per Ib, Ontario comb honey, at $7.50 per Is-section ease; 5%4-244-Ib. tins, 28 to er Choice heavy steers, to $10 steers, $8.50 “e $9; bat: chers’ cattle, choice, $8.50 to $9.50; do, ood, $7.b0. to $6.50; do, med., $6 $i; do, com., $4 to'$6;" butchers’ bulls, oe $7 to $8: an a .. $4 to $5; bul rup, per imp. nD. gals., sugar, Ib. 27 3,do, to $8.76; 800 $e 4. 205 iikers, 0% | $150; do, com. to med 8, yearlings, spring, $11.50 to sit" 15; ¢ good to choice, $16.50 40 $1750; ae $6 fe ea ee e3, te co watersd, $14.75 eighed $4 to $ Ihs., $7.25 to fost, lbs., $5.75 to 3 do, ;_canners sua. cutters, $3 to to choice, hae to $50 to $60; country points, $13.50 to $14 soso wots; 2, 66e; do, Sou, *vtane $100, RAT. 1 oats, bag, 90 Ibs, $830. Bran,, $i0.28. Shorts, $3825. Hay, Now 3. per ton, carlots, $27 to $2 ese, finest easterns, 27 t Butter, choicest creamery, 4 to b5c. Eggs, ‘fres! |. Butcher ears Boe es to $8.50; | butcher heifers, m to $7.50; but- cher cows, fed 3 canners, $25.0 5,50, 'Butcher bulls, com., 0 $7. | = Good en, $1350 to 64 med., $10 . Good lambs, $580 dogs, selects, ers ae ar h $4 off for sows. 4,c;| alien breed:in killing the birds rouse: ALLIES STATE WHAT GERMANY MUST PAY Total Damages Collectable Be- tween 210 and 250 Billion Gold Marks. A despatch from Paris Reparations imat ata ace ot all al the A | saye—The oft of Foreign Affairs calculates that the Supreme Council's fixed indemnities, if capitalized, should yield about 75, 000,000,000 g Bie Raperabos Cont: ee 900,000,000 Pon Ks devastated re- gions and 3, wn 00, 000 gold marks for pensions. estimate of 76,000,- ito: | 000,000 ty a as ¢a] ee aithough approximately only one-third e damages, will be les ented by he twelve per cent. Gen ‘expo! the ministry of forei ne ign affai eS explained that the twelve pet tha cent. S dicek tax ome sto ce Sunlled to ae shipment out of Germany, but tthe ae demand that| {tea wa Gaaaney wall pe a lump sw addition to the Bxed dndgruntticn. = in pacers: aaa Small Hands of Mischief. How small a matter may kindle a great fire is again piste in the */dispatch from B scribes the riot that nud upon killing of two pigeo ries medans; and in the present in- tametie state of Indian feeling against the countries of the West it hes not hard for the native agitators to make political cogil ae of or incident. ‘The Sepo: pia by ‘the fact “that te Se diers were compelled to ie off se ends of bullets smeari eat eaciehete weleeatteriate the cetling nes ago two little boys of Newtoundleng: ‘pinging ates and ae ie act wi pe ey of dollars, That child's play was costly, | © but the loss was material, determin- able and limited. In the present in- stance none can say where the mis- chief ends, for on the win; rumor 3 do, off cars, $15 to|* | $15.75; ae eon) . $13.75 to $id. 50; do, ma ities in India to. all pos: striving in sible ways to reduce the temp- ning fever of the ve kt to rue ungsters of the temper of the crowd to fighting facy-and provided theweditioniate wiih i more campaign material The “Complete Pessimist, ‘ather, what is te my son, is a game—played st an ep oponent, who in- erally a what they actually see. “MUSHING BACK t aly 200 ie and in Great Bri- é the which de- than the 3 paren pro Germany Hine Lowest Per Capita Tax A despatch from Paris says: —A peu sc As ak Me eee ion hree the allied Bian ay ae t Bri he eater bu Aeteacte issued by the various delegations of experts who par. ticipated in the Brussels con- uate ie per capita taxes, except +H ogad charges, for the current fis- cal year “in Germany are 9: marks; in France, 390 franes; in ne $2) tement says. he taete of recent Ni York exchange ra‘ ie per capita tax in dollars i in Germany in France, $28.08; in ute aS and in Great Bri- tain, $83 ew + The University Professor. Occasionally there are evidences t the ancient idea that a university professor works only t half as long and half as hard as do other tion that the profes: then he is before re esse es aetually engaged in teaching. Though see a ne Rane, Sidon still remain, anyon ui ity pro- tae: a ge twentieth century real- izes that he works harder and eee most business men and that bee are not fewer than ‘armer. Some people say that the Hea does ne work in sp ne farmer indignantly tke is night. 8 ‘Some peo- that the professor does ae ae in sunny he denies this tly as eet the farmer = hea equally 3 ‘The professor's techn is not even half gus the work he ds called upon to ealing always with tl brightest of youthful intellects, he cannot afford to fail in preparation of his work; he must be always up to ,| the minute in his ee Five hours to twenty hours of pri Ge Saeed precede one ox of lectur- ummers pro a time for Peat nee for research, for advance- ment in knowl Then there is the. reading and mark- ing of essays ercises—hundreds. of them. Also the reading and valu- een: wf sanateisieative details, of the hundred and one matters, large endian: Ceathberty be Saas in the work of a great institution of learning. There is one art that the average sor does not under- nd—the art of self. advertisement. eople gen- ie ie tnelined’ ta telleve,“ edly eo a ated Jugo-Slavia has had its first parlia- mentary elections, result is encouraging to sup- port the present monarchical regime Under Prines | Alexander, th Serie are particularly strong among The new ee Sanaa ose eee years, -wil course of the enga te | tain, France and Italy, is art 2 ipecty <mangm eae iS! to the pul fire’ de- | Thursday and the] passed ork Soprines Storm Centre o spateh from Don. epee pitched Battle oceurred in County Cork on Wedn ry night in which fiye ed Sten Feiners fought with a contingent of police and military. It is racialle stated that the Crown forces suffered no losses and it is -estimated that six Sinn Feiners were killed and twanty wounded. The lat~ ter aah thei wound in Wednesday night th: body of civilians had concentrated at Buratia, a mile south of the former enty men were sent out to dis- pers then them while another force was despa’ the scene from Clon- Pepi When the Roscarberry contingent arrived on the scene, they were fired on from both sides of the roads ae the Republicans. The police to cover and when the. Clenatty party arrived the two forces closed in on the attackers from the and east, driving them back to their head- quarters. » aE least six Sinn Feiners fell in the gement but the nt automobile, boxes of bombs and other S | equipme This Saeed Republican Sees ek it is decane, waerine tended for a rush on oscarberry barracks For the e twenty-four hours ending amar seeing, teeeeiates from various parts of Ireland reported nine - police and nine ere killed and ten police and twenty -two civilians wounded. i} Two policemen at Bal briggan, Ni Ireland, Thursday night. One Two lorries . wy ‘but the other was riddled lets. Nine policemen were killed an¢ two wounded. At Limerick city span nighb. the bridges over the Shannon River leading to County Care were held by the police and no one was allowed Le pass over them, Dublin now is one centres for ambuseades, of the storm on quent night and day Dapers bave ditteulty in reporting all of obeet of the Sinn Pein activ. Med invemia Mi Dul and military 1 lorvy here now carries a hostage. Heavy Fire Losses in 1920. Canada closed the eM, pee with a talion t oinilebont: or $17: 10 per ion ly—a new Saad and one worthy of much thou An ee ‘ot this fire loss discloses certain facts which are not creditable to ae aes Be of the country, » in part, fink cost of tsi in Catlada, as compared with Europe. One-half of the fire waste was due to 72 fires, prac- tially mercial property SEs business man ‘should By is, “Why these fires?” e more interested in what we earn than in the means by which we mo it?” Are we so intently watching sales that we cannot devote sufficient atten- tion to the plants which make the es Dossibie® the average business man carts insurance, but this is charged to cost of production, and the edule pay the insurance. Is it fair blic, however, to charge more insurance cost than necessary. owing to ratio to protect the plant. from Sei modern methods of fire pro- tection available, no business man should be permitted to increase un- necessarily the cost of living through neglect or carelessness’ in eliminating fire dangers. Section spe - the Cae ee Code as amended re is quilty of an indictable aaa en Mable to two years’ imprisonment, eparation | to influence which might be brought to bear. eee Why Our Teeth Chatter. The little muscles which close the examination -papers—again| such of and then let it fall by its own weight. ‘This, repeated many times, causes the teeth to click together and duce Se we ah as “chattering.” ft it in connection with our feat because 11 is the teeth which make the sound, but the cause, lies in the ee which we use in chewing or in opening our mouth when we ing the teeth. It is really a mild muscles in much t! not be controlled. SI ae a New German Steamer Yielded to Britain A. despatch ae London says:— The newly-co n steamer yon Tirpitz, a reat 19,200 tons, was surrendered a in sarsicot the. Bets Saeyi et BSG The Delaware State Senate hes just | making the penalty epee robbery forty lashes on the bare back, not less than twenty years’ ynment and a fine of $500. The -go to we at once on a aes ceomaectlon: m the measure was unanimous, movement of shipping difficult. It’s a Great Life If You Don’t Weaken oe _ By Jack Rabbit EVERYTIME { LOOK AT iT Cost: LONEY \WAIHEN HAVE. YouRE TOO EXTRAVAGANT" 1 1 YOu WILL ssi fea ITS A GREAT Y pert iF You Dont WEAKEN ads Social Service Councsl ” Canada. Dean Lewis Norman Tucke Paul's Cathedral, London, heen elected President of the § Servic Counc of ickaeae homer tn its — of Quebec and started hi a travelling mission: Townships, ts a a repute find has re Bngla United sisted Great E Continent. He enjoys the distinetior g occupied pulpits France, and of haying preached in the French language r, of St | As to ‘The chattering occurs in spite of the | country born and he| will or brain, We have little control | an artificial chute on a over it, and can stop it only by clench- | tame of variety of spasm caused by the cold, | full of boulders and | which acts on the fe same way that some poisons | eating canned mushrooms or produce muscular spasms which can-| ed apples. la in the dusk. e| The Winter. Wine whi city dwell ia those s both more enjoyable and moze: widely enjoyed in the country than in the There the snow lies cleam? for es a mantle that n warms the things that the knows should be kept ere he (Po hides much that would be ightly if left sees posed. The ianueanes change: When the leaves have apc who live in #] pro-| that go bar! dogs, the voices of cattle; and in the clear cold of a Northern winter they - have a wonderful Sern quality * and something of m winter oan: they are ak d bred. Coasting down toboggan is when compared with skimming’. half a mile of snow-crusted pasture hidden brush, in a rink is like r desiccat~ to skate is out_ iver where you cam) heaps; and skating i The pl joors on a ry. gs teen eA Pail, in flooded onde 5 wise 308 can glide into a thousand sheltered from the wind! and et, ace sticks that Nature her-. t le in her own factory and build es roaring fire round which to gasher city man pities his country sous because ay has to get up in & nd conter Pent wea: bothing fac wheel No: winter is nothing for et Hibs oly ty ope =