.- rl f~.€‘1‘1 tilflif i1~_‘_1; 1- f <~_:-f_;,v._.__., ...___ ._i¢.,_,¢ ;.,».,~ -<»¢»` " '°~f::;_5_.. 1” ~ 1. » 7 ' _ gi llilifi . _ij 1 lllli . if 11 ,“."j1 if. _ ii 1 »s,-. ,_..__ 1 li 1' li 9,1, _ _'p Frfli .1§ _ .gli fi 1:-_i -1 . ._ , »..: ,. if LJ .. ,. .i`- 1: 1-;1 cl. .gil ,_. 1 l M ‘ ‘1» in 1 . . i of hiii 1 fi fltif = ‘£1 '-ii .,l '-if Y|,( ‘-` ‘1. ll _‘.1 l . 1 ill; .if- ,.- .li _‘.51 .1 ~i._l. 1. __-3 _ g-__;, r.. ‘ -..-<0--o-»~ . ._,_.»»»-wnrv-r- I ffl fl ,. .l- _l _+ `il` _;. f 1';- :'11 dll? -,pw i~;»; .1 1,1. l. sr-.-_-».-.if Y. ._._- -.- r-_. _-;-_.gsm--» 1 1 I : ~ 1 l ~ 1 l . 1. 1 C 1 ‘fi i '!=v;"_.;i-"_".<\ ii. -. 1 . f ~ i 1 1 1 |..»&°'- I _=--§},Ggi‘mU'R » ~ - rm: ciuiniorrziowu cu.-inni.-1ii_... . » . . 'SEPTEMBER so 19-4 - y _'._'i\1_fr.o'li:‘-'-' 1' ,_,3,",__. - '\_,... ‘_ 9. S. I _ . ---.ar - Y lliifililiailnllalowii Guardian ‘P as _ . ’ Hold Olllco at Charlottetown, Branch Ofllon at lum- mgrdldo, Albnrton, Sourlo and Montlguo- ar.-::-:-2*-1;:--:-rf--f-‘frf- - -- - - - - - - - - - ~ Y- v - '~~ ~ -~ - - ~ - - ' ' ' ' r ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916. x:_-:_-:;:_~.-:::_-rr:-'-.1-‘V1'- ~ - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - ~ - ~ - ~ ~ -" ' ~ - - r ' r ' ' ' PRICE 0F FARM PRODUC'l`S S The Montreal _lournal of Commerce has- dug up some interestingand convincing figures showing how wholdsaleprices forfarm products have advanced in_Montreal. The sharp enhancement of the value of .farm products is well illustrated by the following figures for each September 15: _ 1912. }1Vheat,_per bu- .. . 90 Oa1s........ 37 Corn . . . . . . . . . . 52 Flour, bbl-- .. . . .. 6.10 Bran, ton .. . ..23.0o Hay, No. 1, ton . 16.00 Cattle, per cwt. .. . .. 7.00 Sheep . . . . . . . . . .. 4.25 Lambs .. . . _ 6.50 Calves . . . . 10.00 Hogs....... 8.80 1914. _ 1.17 54 72% 6.70 25.00 21.00 8-75 5.00 8.00 12-50 10.10 1916. 1.55 50 72% 8.70 26.00 13.00 9.00 7-50 11.00 12.00 12.40 25 16%' 21 V2 36% 45 7.00 Bacon lb. ‘. .l. . . . . . . . . 18 22 Lard, lb. .. . . . . .. 14 14%; Cheese -~ I3 15% Butter, lb. . . .. . 21% 2972 Eggs, doz- . . . . 2*) 24 Beans, bu. . . .. .. ._ . . 2.75 2.75 Honey, per lb. .. ._ ll 14 I5 \\/'ith one or two exceptions, prices have advaiic- ` ed most sharply. 'l`lie farmer gains most of the _iii- creases specified in the table above. The consumer has to pay, by the time the foodstuds pass through the channels of distributioii, a good deal more. One reason for the new scale of prices for cheese, butter, eggs, bacon and siniilar products is the export de- mand. As a riile Riissinii and Scandinavian supplies regulate the British market, and only when Canadian ` prices work down to the levels. there, is there much demand for our meats and dairy products- Our ex- ports of eggs and cheese, which used to be enormous, before the war had fallen away to almost nothing. Now they have been mounting rapidly, and with prices in Britain going higher, the Canadian farmer stands to benefit. For instance, though the Western grain crops were regarded as part failures, with wheat 200,000,000 bushels short, the value of the gfaifn crops in the \/Vest i-s estimated in a bank report as $455,000,000, or far above the ordinary average. Sonieoiie has to pay for such values, and 'it is the consumer. If such prices are not an incentive to largely ac- celerated production on the farm, there is little to ex- pect of more pushful methods in agriculture. The farmer is paying more for his machines, his clothing and other supplies, of course, but recent increasees must have considerably outstripped liisliigher costs of operation. - -#101-3 W THE ULING PASSION There will be no condradiction of the statement that the ruling passion in the world today is selfish- ness. It will be admitted by the most selfish, who will also justify it or, at least, excuse it. Selfisliiiess is at the bottom of ‘most of our ills; it is at the bottom of t'-he self-ruin brought about by indulgence in drink andgambling and vice-each of which is but the gra- tification of selfish passions, the expenditure upon on`e’s self of time and money that should be used for the benefit of others, often of one’s natural depen- dents- \\/hat is there, from the war that is now cas- ting its shadow over the whole world, to the humblest individual misfortune, that has not associated with it one’s own or another’s selfishness? We speak of the war as a hope, a hope that it will burn ont of nations the causes which brought it about- When we speak of redeeming the nations we must not forget that nations are but collections of individuals afid that the character of the nation rises no higher than that of "its individuals. ,_ That the war will have a cleansing and purifying effect upon the nations engaged iii it we have 110 doubt whatever. The going forth of thousands of men to - 1'-_ . - ~ ~. -_ _ _ _ 1-1 _ ,__ .lp . _ tions, allowing the harassed armies-under the Crown Prince of Bavaria and General voil Gallitz to con- struct defences similar to 'those already broken through. But the German wish is father to the thought. The inititative now possessed by the Allies cannot be suspended in the hope of regaining it later lf Gerinanylwere allowed a \\’inter to recuperate from the staggering blows already dealt it, it would face the Allies iii the Spring so strong it could last another Summer fighting on the present scale. Noi only would German stocks of guns and munitions. beginning-to to run low according to an order by Falkenliayn, the deposed chief of staff, bereplenished, but German troops would be rested, formations biiili up, and plans made for, regraspiQg_iheiriitiative. The Liernians 'would be given_]ei'slure'lo concentrate troops in the Btilk'aiis, to make iaudlriye at ‘Roumania or Russia, and generally to recover their grip on military mastery- That would never do. The necessity of con- tinuous aiid costly fighting over the Winter months will break down German streugtli and national morale by pushing home the fact to the German masses that the Allies are engaged in no spasmodic outburst of activity)The ('iermans’chief theory nofw is [hat the Al- lies’ effort will wear out against detprlnined resistance, and when they find out that there is no let-up even over bad weather their remaining confidence will be badly shaken. ? -#---0 rim uPi.ir(iEiis ` )0( _ The Sydney Daily-Post; _“Mn M. 'Macdon- “ald, M, P., and Mr- F._ B._Carvell, M. P., were the “cnvoys who went to Qttawa to interest the ‘uplift- “ers’ there in the Carleton bye-election. Advices from “Toronto on the eve of the contest were to the ef- “fect that Hartley Dewart, M. P. P., the brewers' l “meniber-elect for south-west Toronto, and _l. /\. l“Young, Liberal candidate for Nipissing, solictited “contributions from the brewers and other liquor “interests of Toronto to the Carleton election fund. “]~ G. Turiff, M. P., visited the constituency just be- “fore the election, and is alleged to have conveyed “much assistance of a material character to thc Car- “vell organizatioii. The amount expended by thc ‘up- “lifters’ in their efforts to defeat,-_the Conservative “candidates is estimated at___fr0m $40,000 to $60,000. “And still the uplifters___lost_by something over a half 1"thonsand votesl- 'Uplifting' thus appears to be a -"costly and discouraging occupation.” ::.-.-:_-_-_-:.~_~_-_z-_-.-_~r:_~_-_-_-_-_-,¢_-_-_-_-_-;_~_»_~ -_-_-_-,_-___ . _,` .__ ___ _ _ ____ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE PRUSS rit of the Prussian troops, who sit to- night in new trenches waiting for the iAN ENEMY ` ideal of liberty, equality and justice enunciated by the _ l ____ 5 y i ld t in the midst of carnage ness and the meanness out of them or it will intensify ,muses dull” "le *plat year £31 flfefr muzzle for Daemon They . . 8 DD that brought 011 th war. Canada, including our own g;9"§i;’\;°:i"nl:1£lglclsjsrsgrggg ?:og]"‘;l:§ laughable “lic ridiguloiip, are mixed province will enlerge from the war a different coun- to day were most acceptableltpi visllt- 'Wi'l`l:Hll:§ flag clmespondent has' been try and a ditfereiit People. We should be a better liliilsérillvlhilnlstiirrgllvsgeihel &i‘i_preI%:lh¢li;s?lyl' “mlm me Cmmdlm bmallmw people' some of us will be meaner and more selfish ,md bel. elllclelll s,,c,elal.y_ Ml” Kane utter theilflstormiiig of Cource ette. ’ These med their eyes blinking after ' ' McLeod, had their work so nicely 9-1" ~ '. - than before. Some of us will have made money out F that success must surely have gigeping me clock around, had taken - ° ‘ _ 9 0 0 . . . _ anged b f _ -f -- 1- -f --_-_ »- -.__--1--1 1.-rs.;--1. 11;--....1-...i--..-.f..». Paton s Limited made for it and the need of it to save lives that are :lllglgigiglifgngs much "C er "J g -the village. The, Germans gllllaughl ‘ - - ' ‘ ' ’ th ttack was over. They n`0 being sacrificed for us- _Some of us who are physi- - ~ ~ anilclpale the. second charge' wlllcll ll ht - h h ld h 1 .. .-. - 'nh th Sir Herbert Ames' S°°“""“”' °' me t b 1 <1 11. ' ‘iii-tiiiery ciieiiéd a column at Jeniiiiaii. Ca y ' W O' S ou ave~=akel1.?ul.'..?,*aC.-es-~v~W .ose Patriotic Fund., intended visiting the 0“$l‘15Bi'“EweI; olrlf lligll. deal, dugout; Both columns- were dispersed. lu who have gone to the front will_li_ave saved our lives province on Thursday, but ii telegram laklng cowl, from a sudden burn., ____ by staying at'home and doing work: that our women. was received i"ti';“‘l‘l:§‘5hl;he"Ifgaé‘e‘f af ,hell 5,6., wl,ell_ as the-@1191-1 me , < ' W°“ld be “mble to “ lifted, the Canadians were at their who cannot fight, could_l}ave_d0ne. equally well. These mem sir Herbert met the committee doom The lmlmlllm Wlllcl, look two classes we shall stillihave with us. The country °f the F““€ lnsgaf ‘;§]tlh‘;l:;;5;l’;u°If;" the eastern end. ol the vlllllge' had - .. - ~ L0” °f N° a ' g 1, p only just in time' to deploy will not be any the better for them nor they themsel- wlck_ and returned to Montreal fr0I!1. ,gr aw attack below me mlmlle get ves any the better for the war and the sacrifice and 3* ~l°\‘“- for lt, and then rushed across he . the sorrow. ,They will be the real losers by the war Ml” Josie Blake is spending this shell me' and the- ‘olllcen could ,lol ind l|1@wviiie1a1_ Exhibition l the aPPeal5 to the mgher manhwd as Cana a as P nd were signally favored as to weath- Wm* tif ‘lggililltnagmy ‘ge I`;"";;° _ _ _ t in the last two and a half eventful years will un-~ gl. .lldlgm-ac¢p,ng_ It is genei-;ily_&a§;ln§1.ot(the best :emma lzli all-l doubtedly Ieaveiitsima-tk upon the me" and the wo- S31? ciehdatiii ft