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Managers. in

New York Times

The New York Times of recent date

says:--

The advisability of placing goods on

sale at the New York auction is dis- cussed in the first annual report of the Fur Sales Board of the Silver Black Fox Breeders’ Association of Prince Edward Island, and the following sum- mary of opinions is given:

Many of the wholesale dealers do

not appear to favor auctions on this side of the Atlantic, and freely give their opinion that such sales cannot become a permanent factor in the market. The reasons they advance are first. tllat the directors of the United fates auctions are themselves fur dealers, while the several London con- cerns which carry on auction sales never buy or sell for their own account and thus do not enter into competition with the bidders; second; that so far many of_ the lots put up at auction in America are bid in by their owners, and frequently bid up beyond their values, just for the purpose of influenc- ing the market. This is not permitted in London, where the owner of a pelt_ or a lot of peits has only one reserve bid. For these reasons, they claim, the London auctions enjoy the confidence of buyers .throughout the whole world.

l-low much is in these objections we

can only guess.-But time will tell. if the United States sales can be carried on on the plans of the London auctions there seems no reason why they should not become as important to American trade as the London sales are to thc world’s market. 4

Officials of tho New York Fur Alle-

tion Sales Corporation. wllo were in- formed of these objections, made spir- ited -denials of the statement put down as facts in the above.

Taking _up the point thatthc direc-

tors of the United Statesauctions are fur Vdejalers. While the several London concerns which carry on auction sal- es uevor buy or sell for their own ac-

couélt. an officer of the fur company sa : '

“This may have been true before the

war started.-but since that time the London auction companies have been soiling goods for their own account. Regardless of whether this practice is carried on only dllring the war or dis- continued after the war, the fact that fur dealers are interested parties in the company that carries on the New, York auctions should not be constru- ed as detrimental to buyers. The con-

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tion for advert sing in this column. Cash must accompany orders. Mini- rnuln charges tw_Qg,-fivejcents.

“losAi." sailigauss Ai.wAvs on hand at Ho sh‘b, Charlottetown. WANTED GIEL FOR GENERAL

housework. Apply 188 ,sggalinlr wA~'reo1I'-""d'E'l l.'f'l=on"'eENasAl.

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pany is interested only in the selling of furs and the personnel of the company has no bearing on that point. ~

“There is one very obvious advan-

tage that comes of having dealers in- .terested in the company that holds the auctions. The dealers have the best interests of the industry at heart and they will not sanction holding a. sale at a time when circumstances have proved it would be disturbing to the trade 'at large. An instance of this is given in the decision to hold no June sale here this year. In the past we have found that the June sale has a depressing effect on the manufacturing trade, owing to the fact that prices re- eallzed at that time are generally low- er than at other periods. The"Spring catch is usually of a poorer grade than others, and the skins, being of inferior quality. sell for less. The manufactur- ers in June are just selling their goods and the influence of lower prices for raw skins does not enable them to re- alize the prices they should for their merchandise . "The fur markets that led before the war had no such regard for the inter- ests of the manufacturers. The com- panies thst ran them off were in busi- ness to sell furs and make commiss- ions, consequently we had the very un- settling influence of sales conducted at times when the manufacturing trade suffered injuries.”

Another official of the New York

company taking up the matter of "bid- ding in" refutes the claim of the whole- salers whose opinions were printed by the Fox Breeders' Association, tllat New York auction was reclaimed by the shippers.

"Tllerc wasn't 5 pol' cent of the total

amount of offerings bid in at the last sale," he said, " and it is easy to ex- plain why even this quantity was taken- back by the shippers. ln a large sale of thc kind there are always a number oi' the lots that pass unexpec- ted by prospective buyers. Because their value is not known when they go under the auctioneer’s~'gavel, the bids often do not represent their real val- ue. Shippers are consequently forced to buy them in, This explanation, I think, will account for pretty close to the 5 per cent. mentioned.

“The commission tllat has to be paid

by shipper and buyer alike is sufficient to discourage bidding in. At the St. Louis auctions ,the shipper is only ob- liged to pay 2% per cent. selling com- mission. but the shipper to the New York sale who wants to protect his offerings. must pay 5 per cent sell- ing commission and 1 per cent. dis- count to the buyers. ln other words the shipper has to pay the same price to protect his goods as to have them sold. Consequently the charge that furs are bid up beyond their values by shippers to influence the market is groundless.

"As fas as the protection of goods is

concerned, llowever,,there is no auc- tion held where this is not permissable lt is the ordinary practice for dealers and shippers tn the London sales to protect themselves up to a certain price The companies running the sales undertake to do this for those who are not present at the auctions. Not one bid, but as many bids as are necessary to,glve the protection, are permitted to all shippers and are made by ro- presentatlves of the Londoll companies to protect the offerings of absent ship- pers. _

"lt is hard to understand why these

objections to the auctions have been circulated. J. M. MoLure of the Sliver Black Fox Breeders' Association was present at the last New York auction and sold several skins. I-ie appeared to be more than well pleased with the prices received and was understood to be sorry he had not brought a larger collection of furs. In the future we believe thstthe Prince lildward island Association .will bs well represented at the New York auction." ,

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ST. JOHN. April ZZ(-Mrs.

Freeze. mother-in-law of.Mr. McCready, of €ilal'|U§_¢°iDWll

at har home .Peuobsquisl N’

last night aged 99.

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Ill l'0DlY 10 Ml'~ G00- E. Hughes, ill "would say that the Government in the

the legislature. , | Hon MURDOCK McKlNNON, said that in rising to speak on the subject. before the House, he was not unmlnd-l mindful of the fact that a great deal‘ of time had been spent ami a greati deal contributed to the discussion. llc thought that if that time and discus- sion had been devoted to the purpose of giving to the electorate of the coun- try all illtelligcnt idea of what had been done in the matter of public busi- ness of the province ill the last year, or the last four years, the people would have been well enlightened by that time and something useful accom- plished. it was quite clear, however. to.any unprejudiced person who had- listened to the various speeches during the past few days, that the very oppo- site had been tho result of the debate. There could he no mistaking the fact that a great part of the discussion that' had taken place ill the House had been solely for the purpose of bocloud ing tile issue. Nearly every gentle- man of the Opposition had prefaced his remarks by observing that the pre- sent time -was a serious and critical one for the Empire and the world. He thought that for Germany the sit- uation was perhaps most critical, and

they all wondered how a civilized na- | , “H lo sis: ded to her present state. The answer Every ye" S “ce me Drew" ovem'

ment camo into power, continued the avoided. There was no delay and 110

might be given in a few words: the

K _ gh h ,1 1 g 1| g 1,. loss of time. and ii’ there had been.

conditions in Germany were due to the 59°" er fy 8' ‘given ; Hgh; whose fault was it? They an knew

e t, ll le ll

lace that mere was it bureau ln um m “ ° "g “° 5 Q", 1 1 , the history onus oats and that s com-

country which existed for the purpose

_ V-1 me 01,905 mm mfgm gwlst the (1. mittee was formed to look after the

-- -- -f island there was such a bureau-"thc “fn was fb.” “mm A” an °x“"‘|’l" gginber h:3t1selfAwa;_ 8’ mialbor og bureau of garbnng and mlsmpresemw ol tlle_wn_\ lll which the Leader of the C0l1llll 0°- BU 0011101 09 WB don.. ,t mmm be called A few opposnnll in--:lm-1, he would quote .1 onnolnlod to look after tho alllnnlns months ago the people of the couno.. I '""“" "Cl" il\"’ ~entisman’s snocoll- °f U10 Emil- and Ulelf W9” will they were given a sample of its work in me llc hull suldi tllzlt when the Liberal §l;:;dmg§tthaI.;sistllhnlltiemfg-otglutxle guani- geneml elecuon and again' to an m_||.lrty cllllll, ulo power there wuava K YY.

lil-nl or sl'/l.ooo. onli uint there was the Promlor and from the business

tensilied extent. in the bye-election

in sourm so fm. as he could reco|_ another <inbl,,_<luc to wltlulrzlwal of ca- HIGH in 'tile CKY- They llillwaled '-0 meh there had been more garbung and pitul, allloulltlllg to $200.000. lie ad- :Ill ti1oseTl:ou;'ccs anduobtained assis- mlsreprsselltstlon and more nllse and ‘led “ms” ‘-"”"‘f"‘f"» “ml lllllilo it $371,- ance. .- lo lon. gon omall who was pernicious smemem mum, to the ooo and cscllyllllsrlllcll ln.-.llollsstllllt complaining was only a oounlo of electorate in the last campaign than m at that time they horrmvcrl enough bloclés away from the committee. How all other elections combined in the m°“°y to my Ulm ‘mm “ml Wy 5 P" mu” ass s'“”‘“°° ‘lm 1'” °v°" gi”

H it 'cent interest on l. This was the tiwm? None at all. if there was a

rf; 13:, ?:,§‘;,?_h§1;c(';_° argl ‘Rug startlngkpoint ill his oallclllatiolls. Ilow loss

when the truth was revealed alld the "““’h d th”-V falsehoods and misrepresentations in- f§;7l'000; t H” controvertibly exploded, that “bureau °““°' I rt of misrepresentations" withdrew not ;‘;’,}‘6)0’6‘:)5‘

one of its charges. These false state- I I ' '

ments had been sent broadcastthroug- 'sit ‘T out the gluntry for the purpose of -de- le ‘

ceiving e people, and those responsible for them had no of undeceiving anyone. He

to follow the lengthy members on the but he which

Oil

,lilo public accounts were brought nto

y-The Commissioner oi -Agriculture in one oi ihe Besi ° Specbes lie iles Delivered Makes the 0|»posliion

Feel Very Cheap. -lie Exposes Mr. ilughes’ Peiiiliess in Boasting About ills Daughter Being Equal io Seven 0iiler Ladies, and Shows how Mr. Beil’s Arithmetic- would hardly do Credii io a Schoolboy. lie Proves ihai Education is Beiier than Ever, and Declares ihai so Long as the Liberal Winii; of ihe Alliance Pui Forward Men like Mr. Bell as lheir thampion, .lust so Long will Prohibition Prove lneiieeiive. T

public accounts tabled to the people more than the gentlemen on the other side of the House ever did ill their time. ln order to allow exactly how every dollar was accounted for, all Out- side audit wus made. This was the liiffcrellce between the two parties in tll s respect. When the hon. gentle mon opposite wore in power they gave a slmilur statement ill the year 1891, when they laid everything before thc public plainly; but after that they ne- ver told the country, year in and year out, what tile true state of the finan- ces was, although it had been clalnour- cd for time and again. They were ill iwwer twenty years and never gave the people afull statement. Whenever

the House in ‘former years tilcy coll- taincd just us much ol' as little as they pleased to put into them, and the country never knew what was the true state of affairs. Those gentlemen oi' the Opposition who had been com- plaining now of _not receiving full in-l formation,-were some of them mem- bers of the government at that time. and perhaps they would recall the ef- forts of the _Conservat ves, when ill Opposition, to obtain from them sucnl a statement of tlleaffairs of the pro~'

public accounts were pee cty p a n

off that

to the McKin- it was Oppo-

how bor-

tint ills side of

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explained McKinnon

some of tho

speaker who That

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a point _of mine only. but

of de:

l would like

repeat his stato-

YUusaytherais[

an increase of $45,000 in the depart- ments?

Mr. HUGHES: Travelling expen

scs and departments.

Mr. McKlNNON: I wonder how

lnucll more he will have added to it before he is through. First it was increase of salaries over and above what was paid by the Liberals in his time. Now the travelling expenses are added in :md some other matters. it goes to show ui. least that the stntc- ments at first made by that gentleman, before he llus had time to consider tllem, will not stand tile light of inves- tlgatioll.

Mr. McKINNON next went ell to

deal with Mr. 1iuglle's remarks on the oats question. Tile oats, he said, was a sore spot to that gentleman. The oatp question was an unfortunate one that sllould never have arisen had the gentlemen on the other side of the House pcri‘ormod their duty ag they should have donc. That gentleman (Mr. iiuglles) had assayed to prove the loss of some $2500 onthe shipment of thc oats. if he had been in his place when the llon. member for Sourls made this statement in regard to that matter he would never have touched the subject again. _vThere had been no undue delay; all preparatlonswcrc

to lack of assistance, tllat was one of tlloso who con- it. Tile committee weui

Premier for assistance. _ He have said “I have my hands full

I cannot spare the timo". not. As Premier, he gave

assistance ile could, and as a citizen he also helped them. was any neglect, tile hon. opposite shared the guilt.

committee did the best they could, they worked without the sllgilost

from the hon.. gentleman.

scandal served its purpose in tllo political campaign and since tile

opened members on the other had indulged in misrepresenta- but after the truth had been before them some of the Op- said that they had never mell-

oats question in their cam-

The people would give them the fact: The hon. gentle- also dealt with the hay ques- made the statement that_no had been given any contract

of the Ani in the tile!

some

were

arose

the

Denies. Four

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, April 23.-Battles of

lloavy proportions have been in pro- grcss on all war theatres except the Balkans. Successes for Allies and Teutonic allies are varied. Four ves- sels, an Italian steamer. a French barqllc and two British steamcrs it is reported have been sunk by ' sub- lnarines.- All the crews it is believ- ed are saved. Dr. Von Bethmann llollweg, German Chancellor, has re- tumed to Berlin after a visit to army headquarters where he discussed the American note to Germany concerning Gormany‘s submsrille warfare with the German leaders. The Chancel- lor's early return is taken to indicate that Germany‘s reply has been formu- lated.

On the Vcrdun frollt where for two

months Germans and French have been battling. the Germans, according to an estimate by the French, to April 22nd used thirty divisions about 600.- 000 lncn, or reinforcement, and suff- ered heavy losses. The Germans claim the capture of French trenches in Ver- dun region southeast of Harcourt and west-of I)ozldmall’s Hill. Paris re- cords tnking several German positions ill Avocourt Woods. Hill 306 is again under heavy hollllrardnlent by the Ger-

whicll featured the fighting in France and Belgium, were particularly severe ill the Belgian sector between Niou- port and Dixmudc. south of the Somme where Frcnull artillery concentrated its ilrc on German trenches taken by the Gerlualls from the British on the Laugemsrck-Ypros road. have been evacuated owing to flooods which made consolidation impossible.

Tile Germans are using big guns

against lkskllll on the Russian front and further south repulsed a Russian attack ill thc Lake Narowitz region. Tile annihilation of a German scout- ing party and tllo destruction of an Austrialrpost is told of in Petrograd. Ten German ileroplanos bombed a Rus- slun aviation station ut Ozal, an ls- luud in the Gull’ of Riga.

Tile Italians and Austrians fought

n Sanguinary- engagement on Carso front near Sclz, in which the Italians captured 360 metres of Austrian tren- ciles ami took a number of prisoners a quantity of rifles and other war stores. The Russians report in Cau- casus rcgion near Achkala, fifty miles -west of Erzerum, that they captured an important sector of a Turkish posi- tion Coustanillople says that south of Bitlis the Turks defeated the Russians and sent them in retreat toward Bitlis. ill an engagement east of Mush the Russians were forced to retreat. An attempt of the Russians to debouch south from Trebizond was stoppe dby the Turks. There was fighting bet- ween Turks and Russians who landed on the Black Sea coast ten miles west

malls. Artillery duels everywhere-

HEAVY FIGHTING

Owl Polls

Germans Admii Loss of Trenches

and Claim Successes which Paris

Ships Sunil.

mil

of Trebizoud. The British relief corps which is endeavoring to lift the siege of Kut-El-Amsra made further futile efforts to advance along the Ti- gris rlver. Their failure is attri- buted to the flooded conditions of the country. _

(Special to the Guardian.)

PARlS, April 23.-Au official com-

munication says "west of Vauquers the Germans tried during the course of the night to capture one of our machine guns. which was particularly incon- velliencing them. They were repuls- ed. Eight prisoners remained in our hands. West of the Meuse the ene- my did not renew his attacks between Mort Homme. A surprise attack made by us in the wood of Avocourt enabled us to take several posts on road and make few prisoners. East of the Meuse and in the Woevre re- gion artillery has been only intermit- tently active. The night was quiet on other parts of the front.

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, April 23.-An exchange

telegraph despatch says a Norwegian llurque, name not given. was sunk to-

iiaydbly a German submarine the crow llil E .

(Special to the Guardian.) LONDON. April 23.-An official com

nlunlcatlon on the campaign in France and Belgium issued today by British war office is as follows: "Last night the King's Shropshire infantry recap- tured a‘ trellch on the Ypres-Lange- marck road which was lost April 19th. Our line is re-established.

(Special to the Guardian.)

BERLIN. April 23.--The German

forces were compelled to evacuate their llewly won trenches on the Langcmarck-Ypres road on account of high floods which made the c.msolida~ tion of the pollitions impossible, ac- cording to s statement issucl to-dey by the Gorman wnr office. A hand gre-nude attack by the British south of

3: liloi was refpllised. Froilcll treo- chos on the let bank of the Mouse. Southeast of Harcourt and west of Dead Man’s Hill were captured.

(Special to the Guardian.)

CONSTANTINOPLE. April 23.-A

British camp on the Suez Canal has been attacked by Turkish aeroplanes the war ofilce announced to-day. The airships dropped bombs and returned sucesafully. The announcement il as followsz- On April 20th one of our aeroplanea carried out a flight of 800 milimetres over Desertto-El-Kantara on the Suez Canal in three hours and there pelted sucessfully with bombs the enemy troops in the camps. The

aeroplane returned undamaged.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) ()'I"I`AW'.A, April 23;-Coi. J. Wesley

Allison, has been interviewed. Tile Ottawa Free Press. prints an inter- view to-day ill which thc (loloncl says he is collling to Ottawa to testify bo- iorc any commission which desires his testimony or before all of them. llc stated emphatically he had novor made a cent out of his purchases for Canada. tllat he had never seen the alleged contracts for the division of commissions ovcr fuse orders as cited

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COL. ALLISON READY

FOR INVESTIGATI

ill the Kyte charges. and knew nothing of them. He had known Eugene Lig- nanti formerly of the Rltz~Carlton, or- chestra. only as a' business man. and

had llevcr divided any profits with l lll. According to the report, Colonel Al-

lison has been a very sick man, and is still a very sick msn. He stated

tho only request for his appearaigatl which he received was from the ~ vison Commission. and that he had answered by wire that he would bo in Ottawa as soon as he was wanted.

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(From Our Own Correspondent.) OTTAWA, April 1il.-There were en-

listed in Canada during the first three months of the year for active service overseas 88.675 officers and noncom- missloned oillcers and mon. according to the detailed statement given by Sir Robert Borden in the Commons to-day: in reply to a question by Dr J. W. Edwards of Frontenac. During .lan- uary the total number of enlistments was 80,212; during February. 36.658. and during March, 32.705. The num- bers were distl1bg_ted asfoliows for the three mouths: From the three mili- tary divisional areas _of Ontario 41.725; from the two divisions of Quebec 8.698: from the Maritime Provinces 7,311; from Manitoba and -Saskatch- ewan lmlili; from British Columbia Q13 ‘file Yukon 67.752 and from Alberta

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five divisions in the -Province of Que boc provided respectively 6.235 and 1.460 men.

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