The Guardian 1.s,Read Daily by 42,000 People. g , Sworn Circulation Statement Furmshed Adverhsers. _ _ _ :.2-~v-r'J:‘ A A H \ . ' . Y ' '_H"Y""""tl'_'Y"'A`A"""rV"-"T-`-`-'-=`~`f-‘-`-'-'-'-r-1*:-'_-____,_-_-_-_-:_-_»_~_»_~_4_-_-_~.~.‘.~:_-:_-_#_-_-_~_~---»---_-_..‘_.. _.__...__.___._~-_.----~~»----_------~-~-~»------U_._-_-___-..._--A--...._.._».._-l___Q___.Q._ I __ __ ...__ _........_...__......_....._.-»-»--»~_y¢.» _ ---Y..-,,__,,__,_,,___,____,____,,_._,.-Y..-~--~- -~-----v----_-.--"_____._,__.-..._...__.___._.,..V________,___-:,-_-,-_»_»_-_-,»_-_-_-_._-___-,_-Y-_-_-_-_-:_-_-_-_~_-_»_»_-,-_-_~_-_-_-,-,,_-_»_-_-___-_-_,,___-_-__________,_______,.-_-______.....». 1 Isla cgipgogl edition Mornlni Daily handed 1`l01 Weekly (now Evening Daily) 1837 it _,I»- ___ _ . -cHA1u.oT'rE'rowN, CKNADA. W.-:DNEsoAv, rl-:BRUARY 23, 1916 p {sa.so im vw faettvmdijnt advance ' $2.50 Per Year (Mailed) in Advinee In Canada and 03.00 for U. 8. A- FIERGE FIGHTING - NEAR OIIIENCHY Seven ,German t Ballalious Attacked Allied Trenches and Succeeded in Entering al Some Points but Were Driven oil. Germans Sui- tered Heavily. _ (Special to the Guardian.) I I'Ai_tiS. Feb; 22.-A French othclal ‘ l‘.:"‘"°’~ 1r°'m»'°' I. tl.` 4. 3. 1. 1. 5. 4. . 1” QF., Hua Hoover. sg; ié 8. . ` tbenioafue an 'rin-no - eventually became legislation incur-I porating the Fox Breeders Associa- tion with certain provlslonal direc- tors to hold office until yesterday. 22nd February. Yesterday n new board of .,direc-tors was elected to lake the place of the provisional dl- rcctors who had held fhce until that time. He stated tiiat during the year after the incorporation of the Association books were opened for the registration of silver foxes in this province. it was n slow process to secure registration. Many foxmuu seemed not to rcuiiso the importance of having their animals registerod.| Mr. McCready then went on to de~- scribe tho gradual growth of interest which was beting taken in the Asso~ clatiou. and remarked on the splen- did work of the Sales Board. Speak~ ing with regard to the value of foxes' and fox pelts. he gave as an author~ ity an estimate of Mr. Dearborn, ex- pert: in furs in the U. S. Department of Agriculture, that the value of a ood producing fox would be about N0 times that of the polt. The effect of the For Sales Board's efforts, said Mr. lVicCl'oli.4ly. luul been to re-ostab ilsh theconildenoe of those enguged` 'tn the business. They- had come to realise that they. had reached so- .gg ground ln the fox lndustry. ,'l’he` Lfox lndustrydaad withstood the de; precsion consequent on the wal* "it, greet deal better-_ than any other iu~ usu;ly.1tud but proved its stability. lie id not hesitate in _say that it was n record almost unparalleled in tho hlstoiy of the business world, and he t ought. they had arent roa- son to face the future with a large measure of emiiideneo. i » Mr. F. I... Rotor! then read thi R0-I port of the Fur salon Board. 'After describing the experlenéeirof the de- putatlon before and after they rea.ch~ od New York. the report proceeded as follows' " ‘ . The hlghet at the ('i)° for positive bid WI WQFG f0f .K2 `~-~ gws/trwa naaanao. \ _ _ , th \ WED IWW . Z . ' _ . l this. lic was very 1nucl1'lmprcsscd with the quality oi' our best stock and unite awake to the possibility of u large and increasing business with l’. E. Island ranchers, if this initial transaction could be worked out in such it way us would be agrccubic to their representatives. For quite a number of the pelts in thc collection we felt that his offer was really sat- isfaclory. \Vc ilnally decided that these should go. The others were left in his hands temporarily, it be ing decided to consult the owners as to whether thc offer mallo by hhn should be accepted. For such as were. wc agreed to immediately close the sales and wo have asked the owners who are not satisfied to leave the others in our hands for inter sale. Below is u list of those we sold: No., to . , . . , . . . . . . . . . ., s soo.oo No. 20 . l000.0tl No. 21 .. 1000.00 No. 22 .. 1000.00 N0. 109 .. .. 800.00 No. 120 .. ._ 1000.00 No. 23 .. 1000.00 No. 124'". . 1000.00 No. 201 l.000.00 An average for these ton polls of $945.00 each. This average wouidltave been much higher ,g had we been -in a position 'to_ have sulllcient skins. to make' matched pairs! ‘ t' ‘l ' . We also sold the following: No. 0 $750.00 N0. 10 .. 600.00 ~N0. 112 400.00 §q. 122 r.oo.oo ~ 0.123`... , 750.00 `ND. 207 . 500.00 -No. 24 .. . 550.00 No. 25 300.00 . No. 26 325.00 No. 27 450.00 ' Those 20 aklnrsoltl. producing un average or $720.20 -each. - . i... ...»......¢..¢ e thi. -NEw.Eln orrsustu rox Iunusuu . In Prince Eowmo tsutnn -GREAT MEETING 0IF FUXMEN ‘LAST NIGHT Sales Board oi P. E. I. Foxbreeders. Association i’re= seul Elaborate and 0plimistic Report oi their investigation ot Pell Market in United States and Made a Number of Important Recommendations for Future Guidance-ol Industry. Report Enthu- siaslically Received and Board iieartily Thanked for their Labours. “ were in New York, each working In~ depeuticntly ot’ the rest. To-day one rancher offers it retailer u. number ol` skins, to~~morrow. another comes along also with u grip full, thc next day still another, cach one endeavor- ing to impress upon the dcuiors the necessity of immr-diutt-, purchase, One reason for the high price. of Sil- ver Fox compared with other [urs is the fact that it is k'nown to bc rure. As no statistics of our 1015 fur crop hitvc, so far as we kno\v, rcuclietl the New York trade, there is liable to be created an impression. by indivi- dual markcting, that many iiundreds of silver fox polls may bc in our hands, whereas the quantity is, and for some years will continue to be Ihnitcd. Such false impressions cun- uot fail to affect iuivcrscly tho con~ iitlcncc of those who are carrying stocks of this fur. and to stimulate their uetivlty in disposing of it. Dealers whom we consulted very readily admitted that they could get for pairs of skins perfectly matched. an advance of from 15 pcr cont. to 80 per cent. over what these would bring it' shown singly. llufurtunulc- ly our collection wus not large enough, 'nor so st-lcctcd, as to unable us to take advantage of this. which would accrue. instead, to at deal:-r \vho might. among several lots pur~ chased, limi many skins thul. would match. It is obvious that wo cannot Hrow and slaughter our foxes and have thcm go into consumption in one year. Fox pelts taken off in 1015 must wait in son1oone's hands for the market oi' 1916, etc. With refer- ence to the quality of our pelts, this was such us to strongly attract the attention of the dealers to whom they we-re shown. i’n.rtIculurly were we gratified by the pruise given to our genuine 1". E. island peits by the mon who purchased them. He ret`er~ red to our industry as wonderful. und one that was bound in the i'ut~ ure to bc oi’ great importance in thc fur trade. Fur dealers who u your or two ago knew practically _nothing of the ranch bred silvcr fox. 'now ati- tnittctl that thc rut.. toward wliich this fur hcurcr in its wild state is nearing extinction is very uutrked. and that in but 11. few ieurs more the world will have to loo to tho ranch- cs for thc bulk of its supply. R ECOMM EN DATIONS. ill llillvillfl this report before you we fcnl that certain |'ccommeu1in- tions are timely und important. Tltcy are as follows: The organization or l’. E. island ranchers now proccetl- ing sstislhctortiy in many respects. should i'or thc common good. go 1| step further. individual effort in marketing the skins is not satisfuc tory and should be discontinued. 'l‘hc marketing should bo done ull from one source. These furs should be colicctcd ill l’. E. island, the services of one or more experts engaged. untl so long as the present fashion 1-on~ tlnucs for sets oi' two skirts, thr- matching should be done here at home. lligh class dealers are will- ing to psy u premium for skins that (Continued on page three) A THE \VEATl1ER, , '1‘EMPERAT.URE, . 'I‘ID_E. MOON, ]‘}'1‘U. (Special to the Guardian.) TORONTO. Feb. 23.-Maritime: North and oust winds; light. snow nl night. THE WI~JA'l‘llEl”C.---Yesterday was cool.`wIth occasional snowfall. , Tile highest temperature recorded yesterday wus 20 degrees above zero; nt nine o'c|ock yesterday morning lt registered 8 above; at nine last night 20 above. The coldest the previous night was 2 below. The tide will bc high this afternoon al. 1.23 and tomirrow at 1.47; it will bo high tomorrow momhig at 2.08 and Friday at 2.56. . The sun sets this afternoon at 5.38 and tomorrow at 5.40; it'rIscs tom- morrow at 6.46 and Friday at 6.46. ' N091- The moon rises tonight at 11.21. in Wi' There' was a full moon on 1-‘rlday Feb. 18th. at 10.29 p. m. The lost quarter of the moon will on Saturday Feb 2u_lh. at 5.24 will :be ts.. (Special to the Guardian.) (?l)Pl‘}N1lA(1lrGu\1tliicr, Rev. 1'. l‘. Arsunnult. Prof. S, B. McCready. l'rot‘ Iteek and Hon. ;\lurdoch lVicl\'luuo|\. Commis- sioner of Agriculture. ' Following thc spt-cclms ri number of resolutions were placed before the uuriicnce by thc cltnirntdn of the com- mittee, Mr il. .I. 'l'hompson. The re. solutions were as fullowsz- Itoselvod, Tlmt. it would bt- in tin- bost init-rcst of thc industry If vvt-r_\' factory rcprescntaiivc present could procure rt copy oi’ thc material placed ,before this conference in regard to 'existing conditions to tukt- homo and place lmforo 1|. meeting nt the hoard of directors at nu curly dnt:-, and to impress upon the directors ihc Import- ance of making a persouaI`csnvass of ,thc various milk routes with u view of having milk cooled and bcttcr cared for on tht- farms, also the int- Iportancc of clost-r t-o-operation with the makers und factory inspector In order to bring about improvctl condi- lions. Resolved. 'I‘hat in view of tht- facts prcsontcd 11| this colifcront-4: und the importance ol` keeping our output of cheer-.ie and butter up to thu standard ui' the goods wc are obliged to com- putc with on the- foreign mark'-ts we ht-llcvc it would be in tho host, inter- ests of the il\dustr_\' to have un iustruc. t.or and inspector to work among the factories and patrons during the whole YGBF. lilld we further believe said in- structor and Inspector should bc lu It position to curry on his work without COMING EVENTS. ANNOUNCEM EN‘i‘S, MEE'l‘il\’(lS. l'I'i'C ONE CENT per word each inser- tion of the advertising in this column. Cash must accompany orders. Mini- mum charges twenty-ilvle cents. "Tho Women‘s Missionary Society of Bt James Church will hold a sale of home cooking in Moore & Mel.eod's store on Saturday afternoon of this week. 7487 "On the out~ *I i, ,conditions In tht- cliccst- industry.; ‘This was foliowctl by at discussion, CHEESE AND BUTTER MAKERS IN SESSION depending on thc assessment made o . the factories for his salary, and \\.- would urge upon thc incoming dirt-< tors of thc Dairy Association Lhe itr. portuncc of taking this-matter up with the Departments of Agriculture with : vicw of having these suggestions cur ried into effect along the same lili- followed in the other provinces of tl -- Dominion. Resolved, That in view of thc farf presented at thc conference nn.. realizing the importance of having ui' our factories and equipment, etc., key' up to a satlsfaotory.standurd, we If-~ lleve it would be in the best interest-° of the industry that legislation I.- nsked for along the lilies followed iz. the other provinces to govern th work of the Factory inspector and “-- would suggest that the incomitw directors of thi- Dairy Association sc ‘ that this is dont: ut thc coming sessio- of thc Provincial Legislature. ltcsolvcd, 'I`hut it would be in tI:<- bcst interest oi` thc dairy industry or Prince l~]