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CANADA IS A LAND WITH A GREAT FimiRE Population Not Much More Than That of Greater New York â€" Second in Wheat, Wonderful Resources. flisurkcts of the WorluUpiTC^wh^jp^uirsiysetoiii ||w1rit«. May 14. â€" Manitoba •tandafd 05. Rolie<r oat*-- Ba«s, M l!ja, $5.25. Bran, $35.40. Shorts, $40.40. Mia<liin«ri. $48.00 to $50.00. Moui'.lie. $60.00 to $62.00. Hayâ€" No. 2, per ton, car Lire Stock Markets Toronto, May 14.â€" ExWa Canada is a country in its infancy. With a population that is not very much larger than that of Greater New York scattered over an area of over 3,700,000 square miles, it is impossible evet to imajfine the pos- sibilities of this Dominion. The United States has a population per square f^ mile 14 times as great as that of Canada. 'dried, rominal Fortunately for the Allied cause, the smallness of th» population haa al- Ontario oats No. 2 ways enabled Canada to have second in the great wheat bushels of wheat were ^pped and even in the three great atchewan and Alberta, only present readily adaptable to _ The forests of Canada are unsurpassed and constitute a resource that will be called upon to a very great extent in the reconstniction period after tiM war. There are between five and six hundred million acre-s of forest. The total value of the different classes of forest products for 1916 was $173,000,- freights outside. 000. The e.xports of forest products fo the United Kingdom, United States -M-i.^itoba flour â€" - War and other countries realized in that year over $43,000,000. $10.90; new bags. Toronto. Toronto. May 14.â€" Manitoba wheat â€"No. 1 Northern, $2.S2>^; No. 2 do., lots, $17.00 $2,201^; No. 3 do, $2.17^0; No. 4 w!.eftt, $2.10H; in store Fort Wil- liam, including 2 He tax. _ »» ,. i^__ u • Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W.. 81Hc; , Toronto, May 14 -Extra clwice No. 3 C.W.. 78% c; extra No. 1 feed, *^V"y ^ »««"• '^^f .„^ ,^^,^nn i 78%c; No. 1 fe«d 75%c, in store Fort choice heavy fleers, $13^o0 to «1J00; William »*><^ heavy steers. $13.00 to $13.25;. American comâ€" No. 3 yellow, kiln ^l;'*'*?^'/*"^*' j '^"r.l, l^^ •fo o^l notninal; No. 4 yellow, kiln $13. To; do., good, $12 00 to »12 ,2o; • - do., medium, $11.65 to $11.86; do., | common. $11.00 to $11.25; butchers' Buckwheatâ€" $1.84 to $1.86, accord- ing to freights outside. Rye â€" No. 2, $2.45, according to quality, $11.00; feeders, $11.00 to $11.75; i canners and cutters. $6.60 to $7.50;; milkera, good to choice, $90.00 to $140.00; do., com. and med., $65.00 to $80 00; sprin^rs ,$90.00 to $140.00;' Uffht ewes, $13.50 to $18.00; lambs,! $18.00 to $20.50; calves, good toi In one of the most essential mineral products Canada leads the world, ^ewb^gs, Toronto 1^ Montre^ choice. $14.00 to $15.50; hogs, fed In 1917. 54,500,000 pounds of nickel were 'produced. This represents over fV'e'igfats'^p^mVt Xipme^. â-  v . , 80% of the world's production. The largest asbestos mines in the world are Millfeed â€" Car lots â€" Delivered *5'^,!7i, ° «,S*" In the Province of Quebec, and at present supply the greater part of the 5[ontreal freights, bags included: world's coiisumption . The war haa stimulated in a very pronounced manner Bran, per ton, $35.40; shorts, per ton, the production of all those metals which are necessities of war. Some of $40.40. them had never even been developed prior to the outbreak of war. Only a comparatively small part of tl»e coal resources has been to'jched; an estimate of the examined mineral coal areas shows that there ai-e 73,500,000,000 tons of bituminous cool and 461,000,000 ton* of anthracite. In regard to its fl«h«ries, Canada has been richly endowed by nature with an extensive coast Une, irmumera'ule rivers and lakes. The Canadian lobster fisheries of the Atlantic and the Gulf of St. Lawrence are the moat productive in the world. ' Canada holds a position second to no other country in tiie world in re-, gard to its water-power possibilities. At present 1,800.000 24-hour horse-' Hayâ€" No. 1. per ton, $16.00 to $17 00; mixed, $14.00 to $15.00, track Toronto . Straw â€" Car lots, per ton, $8.50 to $9.00. track Toronto. Country Produce â€" Wholesale Butter â€" Creamery, solids, per lb., 41 to 42c; prints, per lb., 42 to 43o; dairy, per lb.. 37 to 38c. Eggs â€" New laid, 33 to 39c. ! -Dressed chickens. 30 to and watered, $20.75 to $21.00; do.,] $21.00 to $21.25;i do., f.o.b.. $19.75 to $20.00 Montreal, May 14.â€" Choi<re steers,. $12.50 to $13.50; do., good, $12 to $12.50; do., medium, $10 to $11.50; choice butchers" cows, $11 to $11.50; good cows. $10 to $10.75; medium, $8.50 to $9.50; butthers' bulls, $11 to $11.60; good bulls. $10 to $10.50; medium. $9 to $10.. Calves â€" Milk- fed. $8 to $14: comraor., $6 to $7. Sheervâ€" $16 to $17. Hogs â€" Selects, off cars. $21.75 to $22; sows, $19.50 to$20. power liave been developed. It is estimated that, within ai-eas likely to be ,J°^^'^^â€"i^{^^^ '•â- ?"=?*°!.v ^"o,,"^ OA UIW HI 1 MTC populated in the near future, there is an aggregate of neaHy 18,000,000 2-1- ! f^Ji/^'^^o "o 35c.'' ' ' ^" "1)11 1 LATIEO hour horsepower . . , „ , , _^ •. ^i. i i* ' Wholesalers are stalling to the retail, riAITnil*!* n\T imTA In Its fur-beanng animals Canada has an opportumty that is present«»l to ^^j^ ^ ^^ foUowing prices:â€" rill liH T RY TWfl but few other countries to develop a great fur in<lustry. The annua! output, Cheeseâ€" New, large, 23Vj to 24c;i * VUUll 1 Ul 1 fIV <rf furs is 15% of the value of the whole world's production. I twins, 23^ to 24'-*c; old, large, 25H' Finally, the transportation system has developed at a rapid rate. The! to 26-.-; twin 26 to 26t4c. 'd • • u »• r railroad mileage of Canada for every 10,000 persons in nearly twice as great' Butterâ€" Fresh, dairj-, choice, 40 to British .\irmen Engaged Ten A British Telephone Post in Palestine. Type ot ;he :rer.i:h 'phon* station in use by the British armies in al! the theatres of war. Telephon- ing is a necessity of modem war in order that the officers and men at th« front may be always in touch with headquarters: ALLIES MAKE NOTABLE GAINS IN LOCAL ENGAGEMENTS IN FRANCE that of the United States and more than eight r'mes that of t^rmany. creamery prints, cut, 45 to 46c;, 43c Consequently, Canada is well prepared to meet the transportation require- ! ^^'^j^^^^^^^^ ^^'^:^^li^J_^. ^^ t« 45c. ments of those future settlers who wiH cultivate immense areas of good agri-j ^gg^^^ey, "laid. 42 to" cuRural land lying within fifteen miles of the railroads. Canada is yet but a vary young nation. Only a minute portion of its re- •rouces has been examined; vaat area.s have never been explored. Now is the time, in the present great world crisis, for the most careful study and economic development of its resources and their industrial derivatives in order Hbttt Canada may be prepared, at the restc-ation of peace to rebuild the de- vastated regions of Europe and feed, clothe and shelter all those who may Times Their Number and Destroyed Eight. laid, in cartons, 45 to 4€c. I --^ <^e*Patch from the British .\rmy| Dressed poultry â€" Milk-fed chickens, in France, says: â€" One of the most dar- fowl, 38 to 40c; turkeys, i„g ^j^ magnincent bits of work ever' done by British battle planes was carried out this week, when two British Repulse German Attempt to Secure Position North of Albert â€" French Are Now in Possession of Town Park at Grivesnes. 38 to 40c 40 to 45c. I.ive poultry â€" Turkeys, 30c; chic! ens, lbs.. 28 to 30c; hens, 83 to 37c. Beana bushel. Canadian, $8.75; imp.. hand-picked, British machines fou^t twenty Ger- hand-oicked. come to its hospHa'ole rfiores.â€" Reprinted from the Wail StJ-eet Journal, New g'^^a orTndtan. '$6':'75 t^l:'-2S-"^U. "^T **^ ^° ^ »<^^1- «iestroying York, one of tie world's greatest financial authorities. pan. $8.25 to $8.50; Lhnas, 19 to 20c. ^'f"*^ °* the enemy and foronsr several ' Maple syrupâ€" 8 '-i -lb. tins. 10 to a 0"»«rs to abandon the conflict because , o , , ,.,, . , ^ case, $14.50; imperial gallon tins, per *ey ^^ *>««" so badly shot up. The To make fried mush pour commeal Some poUto seed was chilled. last ^in. $2.26: imperial flve-gailon cans. British m.achines returned safely from mush into an enameled diah and when winter and the buds may be injured. cold cut into slices and fry in hot Before planting see that the sprouts, pa!. $2.00; maple sugar, drlpping.s until v,-ell browned. Serve ^^^'^ started a little or test by placing pure, per lb., 24 to 25c, hot "with butter and tyrijqi. , » P<«»*'' o*" *«'<> '" • '^^^ ?••"-'« per can. $10.60; 15-gaHon kegs, per this extraordinary engagement, hav- BRTTISH POSmONS IN SOMME REGION IMPROVED IN LOCAL ENGAGEMENTS l-lb. bo.x, ing abandoned their attack only i\-hen their ammunition became exhausted at the end of a holf-hour of whirlwind ^ fighting with maxAine-gunS. The battle w-as staged last Tuesday Provisions â€" Wholesale Smoked meats â€" Hams, medium. 36 to 38c; do., heavy 30 to 32c: cooked. , , ..t , •, . 49 to 50c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast *'^T'!^?- ^'"''^ **** ^'* ^^ -^=*''^ "^ bacon, 41 to 44c; backs, plain. 44 to 30 Allied Line Completely Re-established in the Voorme/eele-La Cb'tte Sector .\fter Hard Fighting â€" Enemy Gains Footing Near Albert at Cost of Heavy Losses. the British in Ridge Wood and t^ neighboring territory southwest of V"oormeze«Ie. ami by the 56th Division, the A de.spatch from London says: â€" .\ vlgrorous counter-attack on Wednes- day night resuUed in the re-establish- ment of the allied line in the 'Voorme- which attacked the British on zeele-La Clytte sector, where the Gar- i right and the French on the left mans in a local attack yesterday sue- Before the battle started in earnest, seeded in making some advance. This however, everal thingrs had happened operation developed hard fts:hting which were to have a vital bearing on throughout most of the day and into iho day's programme. .Mong the the night. i 'V'pres-Coniines Canal an unusual Two attacks were attempted against movement among the enemy had the British lines in the Somme sector, brought down a tremendous barrage The first, at Bouzineourt, was dis- from the British guns agair3t a Ger- persed. Near Albert the enemy, after man division on the right of the 52nd | suffering heavy casualties, succeeded Reserves. Nothing further happene^^ . in penetrating the defence positions along this sector, but it appeared later on a front of about 150 yards. I 45c: bone!e.s3. 48 to 49c I CureO. meatsâ€" Long clear bacon to 31c; clear belHe«, 29 to 30c. I Lard -Pure, tierces. 3Ha to 32o; tubs, 31^ to 32i>*e: pails. 32 t.-. 32 '-.c; I prints, 33 to SS^sc Compound tierces, 2t; to 26Hc: tubs, 26^* to 26Vc: pails, ;20^-.. U) 27c; prints. 27 >4 to l'Sc. Montreal ^larkets 14.â€" Oats --Cana- Montreal, May dian Western. No. extra No. 1 feeii. 9t?c; No. 3, 92c; No. 3 it which now come to hand: It w,-\s about sundowTi that two British battle planer, each with a pilot and obser\'er, went wheeKn^ across th'.j part of the front in search of prey. They were well back of the enemy's line when rh'?y sighted seven .German planes fh-ir.ir in formation, j The hardy Britisheirs didn't e\-en I pause to consider the odds against tiiem, but turned the noises of the ma- g9^,, chines toward the enemy and raced in Ioc.t! ^'"' '^^ attack. A despatch from London says: The French on Friday made a notable ad- vance at Grivesnes. five miles north- west of Montdidier, where they took the park of the town, which had been in German hands for three weeks. Al- most 300 Germans were taken prison- ers. Along the front to the north, there were scattering engagements, notably at Aveluy Wood, north of .•Al- bert, where the contending armies are striving for strategic ground. Hostile artillery is active in the Vimy region. There were also small oper- ations in the Kemmel hill front, south of Ypr«s. A despatch from the British .\rmy in France says: The operation by which the British regained in a coun- ter-attack the small portion of trench north of .Albert which the Germans had captured on Friday, while a small one, was Important The position in question lay on high ground which had been hotly contest- ed ever since the Germans stormed their way into Albert. The temporary success of the Ger- mans cost them dearly, for they suf- fered heavy casua'.ries from the rifis and machine-g-an t^re which was poured into them as they advanced up the slopes. The operation was under- taken at about daybreak and shortly afterward the enemy attempted to reach the British !ines ea«t of Boui- incourt about 2.000 yard' to th« north. Here also the British wers holdir^ defenses on the high ^ound, which th-? invaders covetL'.i becauss its occupation to work from for an- other big attack. The hostile artillery fire was very heavy on Th.ir;Jay nigh: south of .^rras. The air services on t)oth «ide» were very a.tive throughout the day, a^s the conditions were ideal for ob- !>ervation. There was much bombuig and many engagements were fought in the air. OSTEND HARBOR PARTLY BLOCKED BY SINKING OF CONCRETE-FILLED CRUISER EXPECTED GERMAN OFFENSIVE MY NOT BEGIN FOR A FORTNIGHT Military Authorities of Opinion That the Enemy Has Met With Severe Repulse From Which Recovery W ill Take lime. .Another Successful Raid by British Navy on l-Boat Heavy Bombardment of Port Held by Ciermans. Ha The Canadian forces from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have en- paged in a successful local attack south of .\rras. A despatch from the British Army in France, says:- The Germans had Intended to make a much more preten- tious as.tault in Flanders on Wednes- day than they were actually able to carry out. it has been learned. Their failure was due to the e.xcellent work of the allied gunners and to a small coincident operation by the French eas.t of Scherpenberg, which came at the right moment to help upset the •nemey plans in this sector .\ despatch from London says: The o'clock Friday morning and lasted un- that the enemy had been assembling German submarine base of Ostend. on ti! 3 o'cloi.'k. The bombardment was here to participate in the attack and ^^e Belgian coast, has been partially very heavy and could be heard at had been s,-. badly smashed that the blocked as the result of a new raid Dover, idea of their taking part had been ^y British naval forces m which the, The night was clear, with th^ stars abaixioned . In the meantime along the French front between Locre and LaClytte the French had their eyes open and bc- g:«n a heavy bombardment. .\li0, the Freiuh had undertaken a small operation in the early morning for the capture of a po.sition east of â-  Scherpenberg Hill. The combination of the French attack and the great, bombardment undoubtedly completely; upset the (.ierman plans for additional German divisions, which were as- cruiser %'indiotive, laden with con-^ shining brilliantly, bu: there was The Germans preceded their ad- sembling to assist their comrades on vance by a terrific all-night bom- their right, could not be brought in. bardment against both British and As a consequence the a^wult was con- french over a wide front. At 9.30 fined to a two division affair, which ('dock the infantry was startsd by the \ was dtrecte*! mainly against the Brit- $2nd Reserve, wlvich was »«nt against; ish about Ridge W.hxI. haze ovfr the sea. The Vindictive came under a fierce tire from the Germa.n shore batteries. She was navigated close into the pier in tine style and sunk by an internal charge. The crew escaped in fast motor boats. Only the number of of- ficers and men absolutely necessary were on board the ship on account of the danger of her total loss. These, en signal, swarmed up from the en- gine rooms and stoke holds and took Some of the men who participated their positions at stations so as to in the affair returned here on Friday, slide quickly into tho motor boats.! They say it was completely success- 1 The small boats were under heavy' ful. ! Run tire all the time while they were , The firing which covered the sink- transferring the crew to the wait- 1 ing of tho Vindictive began about I i ing destroyers. i rete. was sunk at the entrance The Vimliotive lies at an angle not effectively blockading the channel at Ostend. but serving a very useful purpose. A partial and very serious blockade has been achieved, and un- der the conditions of tiiie and silting prevailing, this obstruction will cer- tainly tend to increase. .\s on the former occasion, the operation to block Ostend hafbor was under the direction of .\dmiral Keyes. A despatch from Paris says : Con- trary to the belief expressed in de- spatches from correspondents wiih the French army, military authorit-.es here do not believe that the ne.xt Ger- man offensive is as imminent as ex- pected, and agree that the battle may not begin before a fortnight. Many reasons contribute to this delay, the foremost of vvhi_-h is the fact that so severe has been the repulse of the last week, especially on the days of the 29th and 30th, that sufficient time must elapse before the enemy can be able to fill in and reorganize his divisions. On the other hand, allied aviators are working such havoc in the enemy's lines that he is finding it extremely difficult to carry out concentrations. From high militarv authoritv it is understood the allies \vou!d be willing to give up Ypres if the eneqiy was willing to pay to the extent of about 20.000 men for it, and at that "wou'd 'oe a good bargain, as tactically Ypres is worth less than 10,000. This author- ity expressed the belief that in the coming offensive aviation may play the most important role in the whols field of war. The allies are now much superior in th? air than the enemy. It has been established recently that the German airplane production aver- aged from 1.800 to 2.000 ma.-hinas. While it i.s not permitted to give the figures of the French and Knglish output, it is not exagge>rating to esti- mate it at more than double, and daily increasing. It is hoped that the allies will be able to give a demon- stration of their superior' â-  -h* air before manv months. amiy Gereia' Foch m bu.'l<hng up be- Nearly 250,000 Italians ^â- '"'^ ^^^ ''"*» '" Frajice for supremo emergency uses, number* nearly a quarter of a million men, c>Wci»l de- spatches of Friday say. »r.d the force is Iving sir^ngihs-nthi stendily. Koch's Kesorve .\rmy Includes .\ despat^-h from V^'ashington says: It-aiy's contributi.'^n to I3te reserve