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GERMANY MAKES INITIAL PAYMENT ON REPARATIONS ACCOUNT Equivalent of 150,000,000 Gold Marks is Made Up of the Currency of AH the Powers and Includes Some Bills of Exchange. Choosing Work on the Farm. Thousands of young men wrll be finishing their course in the Hiirh Schools of Ontario at the end cf the Half Living. A great thinker oiu-e said that we can always do mere than we think we ar-3 able to do. SUPREMACY OF THE SEAS REMAINS WITH THE BRITISH NAVY A despatch frcin Paris says: 'rate of exchange obtaining on May Germany's first payment of the equi- 13. present term. Already these seniors! Oceans rf talk cannot cover up a era considering their future course j failure. All that an employer wants' whether they will gD on with thc-ir'to know is whether the goods \vcre , educational preparation for life at a! delivered or not. Excuses do not! higher institution of learning or! matter, whether they will immediately take' Every where are penple who are only | Naval Estimates Provide for Most Powerful Fleet in World Four Battleships of Largest Dimensions to be Built at Portsmouth. the up their life work. Every young man j should have a general knowledge of half alive only haJf doing UK !r work \ despatch from Washington | barely pass-ing muster scraping says: The British Navy intends to j retain its position-as the world's most' powerful naval force under the new ! valent of 150,000,000 gold marks to' The official announcement by the j the requirements of the marc common through like a sL-hcoIboy in an exam-, the Reparations Commission will be '' Reparations Commission that Ger- 1 occupations and prcfe.^ions that he! ination, wi.h a marl; just high enough made up as follows: $11,075,000, 3,- i many would place at its disposal 150,- 1 may choose the line of activity best: to qualify. 500,000 pounds sterling. 22,000,000' 000,000 gold marks, and had promised 1 suite-d to his talents, and to that end) Forever we have to fight our own. French francs, 4,000,000 Swiss francs,! to pay the balance cf the one billion ' we are here suggesting thoughts re- 'inertia. When we speak of being the 12,000,000 Belgian francs, 2.000,000 ' due before May 31, is greeted with un- ! garding the requirements, training | victims of circumstance?, we misuse Dutch florins, 6,500,000 Dan i.-h disguised, but somewhat guarded, sat-! and opportunities of the agriculturist. 1 the word circumstance.;. It is not the crowns, 3,000,000 Swedish crowns, 3.- 1 isfacticn by the French press. The' There are few occupations requir- things "standing around" us, as the 500,000 Norwegian crowns, 8,500,000 1 announcement was made too late for] ing more all-round ability and gocJ won! signifies, but the things ir- 1 pesetaa and 10,000,000 geld marko. ! editorial comment in the morning, sensa than does agriculture. To be a dwelling the bad habils whose hold The 10,000,000 gold marks possibly! papers, but among the evening papers, ' successful fanner cr.e needs a body is -o tenacious that hold us bark and! will be sent to the United States, as i The Temps says: "It is likely that 'that will wr.hstar.d the strain of pull us down, and keep us from realiz- ; there the gold would have its great- 1 the first billion will be applied as a heavy work, exposure and occasionally | ing the fu!r.i,:s cf the premiss of our est value. The Germans have not' guarantee fund to pledge the annual Itng hours cf toil during seeding and : youth. yet notified the commission when they: interest O n the first issue of bonds ! harvest time. He mast have epM We talk of "Ec-tlng- life ." and when will deliver this first installment ' i by the German Government, which trained to- sa the hundreds of things we say that, what do we mean? We These amounts do not represent all ' Germany must remit before July 1 ^hich are ntcesiary to be understood , mean a k>afe:-> definition rf p'.c-jr- cash or currency, but only in part, I to the amount of 12,000,000,000 gold in d to make advancement in the. wo me ixurwsu.s trifling, fri the balance being bills of exchange,! marks, and which thus might be of- 1 business, and his hands must be aecus- an-d inanition. diately to the international tomed to the use of all the ordinary; r tie which may be converted immediately : fered immediately into cash and cheques reckoned at the public." blows in Soviet Russia. Not long before the downfall of Miners Lose Ten mean visiting a tools and machinery- He should be steel mill, cr watchir.g the building of a practical botanist, a soil chemist, shi-ps or hats or locomotives; but in- a careful bacteriologist, a good plant stead we use the word to indicate and animal breeder and a fair me-' some sort of ''slumming" expedition/ Million in \VagCS "-"ha nie, and the more knowledge and ' in high life cr low. skill he possesses along any of these "You're mis ring the best of your A Finger-Post. Straws show which way the wind A despatch from London says: Hnes the beter able wilf he be to meet! life." some tempter urges, pointing It is estimated that the workers j the various and complicated situations , the way toward gilded, rose-hung and in the Crimea the ruble he . ., R : rm ; nc ,v, flTT1 district havp ; wbich are certain to present them-) dazzling imquity. was using went to 20,000 to the *>!- ! lngnc '\ selves. Modern agricuStural com-peti- But that isn't life. Burning the lar. Them it sank to aji abysmal level where it ceased to mean anything a* money value. In Moscow the Soviet has decreed that 4,000 rubles and the gold franc are equivalent. This means 20,000 rubles to the dollar. It sounds om- inous. Last year the Soviet, ruble seves. oern agrcuura com-pe- e. ur lost ten miUlon pounds Sterling tion an(] metjlod ;7 equire fimhe / that ! candle at both enJs in riotous in warges through the miners strike. Right Hon. T. J. Macnamara, Minister of Labor, states that to be successful at farming, a man is the destruction cf life. Those who should have the proper attitude to-' ar e half living arc those who are fool- ward his fellow farmers to co-operate- > n away the years with nothing to with them in the marketing of pro- show for it bu: the memory of smooth the number of wholly and par- .ducts and in securing the raw nia-.and shining floors, dance cards and tiall unemloed in the United terials needed on the farm. ! chandeliers ar.d in-Hgesrii>!e "refresh- tially unemployed in the United Kingdom now totals over two The prospective farmer should pre- men:?.'' him;el >>* wring both a pnur- The half-living are these who bring was held at 5,000 and 6,000 as the aru i~~ u alf - million Npvprtrtp pare him?e!f bv securing both a prac-, maximum for the collar. If the ex- f ' "f"" IlL nfpp r f n " I tical training and a careful schooling' a fagged and listltn body to the day's change was made by way of Esthcn- !r t>>> d !^ K in ' '" the various sciences relating to the w crk because they are literally played ian and Germ:m marks, it was possible Uoncaster was attended Dy JU,- p ro j ut . t j on o f crops and animal pro- out. to procure as much as 11,000 marks "~ naval estimates. Four battleships of; the largest dimensions are to be built,- in the private dockyards of the Vick- j era, Armstrong and Fairneld Ship- building Companies and the Royal Naval Dockyard at Portsmouth, ac- ' cording- to information from an offi-; cial source. Not a single aircraft carrier is called for ur.der these estimates, and or.ly cr.e submarine is t j be com- ] menced. This single submarine is clearly to be of an experimental type, probaiuy of th submarine battleship type, be- cause only cne is to be built, and sub- marines have always been built in types of from five to twenty ve - each in the past. A mine-layer is also provided for. While nothing is definitely known as to the features of the battleships it is confidently expected in official quarters that they will exceed the : battle cruiser "Hood" in size. In the matter of spee.l it is certain that they' will be built to make 23 knots or bet- ter, as all nations are building battle- ' ships of this speed. It is regarded possible that the new British ships will cam- from six to eight eighteen-inch guns, although older officers declare that ten ftfteer.- inch guns of .45 calibre are preferable to tile eighteen-ir.ch guns. The fifteen- inch guns have been very succe=iful weapons, in fact the most successful of all large naval ordnance to date. They fire a projectile of abr.ut 2,000 pounds and have a rango which ex- ceeds the maximum visibility. The secondary battery will consist of the new six-inch guns. A new feature of these snips is in the torpedo battery. No submerged torpedo tubes are to be placed, as in a submarine. This is a radical de- oarture from modern practice, die- rated hy the failure of the torpedo to perform properly when i from an ur.iler-'.vuter tube during the var. The British already possess ten first-class battleships. When the;e new ships are complete the total wi'.l be fourteen. At pr?sent there is n.it a first-class batt!eship in the United States navy. Japan is the only other nation to have such ships in commis- sion. However, she is supposed to have further vessels under construc- tion and is to lay down still further e-sseia as soon as the vessels now building are launched that the slips oe available for new construction. The cost of building the ships pro- iiied in the new estimates will be around ?2,00,000,000. and this ; %-n is ir addition to the expenses of m~k:tain- irg the largest navy in the world. The United States is not expected to spend more than twice this for both con- struction and upkeep. In this the British appreciation of sea power is quite apparent. ftr a dollar. But the present level is about twice as tew as the lowest point the Soviet ruble has touched! constables, previously. It will not do to assume because of the low value of the ruble that Bol- shevist rule is about to collapse. But when we remember that the Czar idle miners. i auc t s . Where one. has not had farm What keeps same men robustiy on A large body Of strikers are | experience he had better hire himself | the go at an age when others are out assisting the police as special tout to some good farmer for a year! of the race, and tven broken, is the Mount Everest. Of course, the whole earth is inter- or two before he ventures alone. It habit they have followed always would be advisable to supplement this putting into each hour ail that it will training with a course at an agricul- '. carry. If it is an hour for rest, then tural college. A careful study of j they fill that hour with n-sr. which is: the work being done at the Experi-i* 8 much a man's duty as his work. _.. , mental Farm will prove a most ex-! When we pity ourselves for being ruble was generally worth more than;!**" 1 m tho organised assault of the icellent investment. He should culti- i "tired." we blame it on the work we fifty-one cents, it can be seen taw|?S 4,fP' aphlcaI *J~*** and the j vate the acquaintance of a few sue- i d* 1 " ought to have been the play. It I ' and medical science will derive data quite ^ K i owin?Iy as ha< been on all the sons of men. Long-Range Valor. "You're a liar!" draled the little man. "What! ' roared the big man. clench- ing a huge fist. "Do you dare call r:;e that, yen poor puny puppy?" "1 do!" came back the defiant reply. "If you apeak another word, you lump of pork, I'll soon cut you short:" "Cut me short, you cheese mile!" shouted the enraged giant. "Yea. and here goes!" snapped the poor, puny puppy, sharply, and before the burly one could utter a word he hung up the telephone receiver. The peach came frrm Persia. Kcrfanty Issues Peace Proclamation If there is one who is ha'i living) y r value as to the performance of Nfe fuUlre of some other occupaon the human machine in a ranfied at-, arj profession*, but taken all in all th at is to say, only half fuiri'Jing his I mosphere. But it is nut for the sake 1 it is more than probable that farmers earthly responsibility sum* cr..> else 1 I of science that men are primarily ; ^ a class ffet as much cr more out of mu jt make up fcr it by taking on the! , seeking the supreme altitude of Moun-t life do the members o f any other! c'-her half of the apportionment. i Everest. They are conquering tribes c[ais w^ie then; are very few The partly awake ar i the partly .and jungles ami native superstitions f arm ers who have amassed great for- i **'"'* giving but a pc-ion of tJuir and chilling snows and avalanche per- tunes from their farmins bu ,ine an' feeb; e- sieepy strives to their work, are too numerous Wo ,ru,; ^rike a' A despatch from London say< : Information received in offi- cial circles regarding Upper Si- lesia states that the Polish (Vn- aul-General at Beuthen has in- formed the Inter-Allied-Plebis- cite Commission that Acielbert Korfanty has issued a proclama- tion to the people of Upper Sil- esia to surrender their arms, re- sume work and avoid military contact with the Germans. He declares? also that 10,000 men have been demobilized. Weekly Market Report IT i i . Ii: -fi wuie - i**coW| <iii iU because, being men. the old thrill i uimsua n y : ar(fe pcr cent . of them ,, ive f an explorer in quest cf tSe unknown a compe tence above that' enjoyed by new h ulane between the overladen and the unseen allures them beyond the average city worker. Bc^Ves "*t- '' ar - 1 lho undercharged that each may all power to resist it. They are climb- 1 t ; n(r a ?oo<1 i^. ing und en j ^. g ~ on . live his life and do his work with all Toronto. Manitoba wheat No. 1 Northern. $1.8r>'-_, ; x . o Xorthern, $1.834; No. 3 Northern. $1.78U ; No. 4. $1.66i. Manitoba i.ats No. 2 CW, 4.") 1 ^-; No. 3 CW. 41 Sc; extra No. 1 fwd.' 41%c; No. 1 feed. 398ic; No. ' feed, ing Everest for the reason that Peary j ditions that promote gcoJIiwdth, the and Amundsen went to the Pole*.. f armcr mar . ages his own affairs ^ - to all the world a| ^ K0 aml Kme more free , than his bein S- holding nothing back. inspiration. Some cabinet voyagers are sa\ : _r these employed in hrge industrial! organizations. There U ample oppor- work "ttny don't they fly?" Becaus* there i tunity fordoing con-mumtv ,s M suitable place to start or to land. a!cng ^ h ^ mmercia i am j __ Ihe approaches to the mountain are H nes . The well-trainel agriculturist themselves unknown. Tr- maps have has opportunity also for h'Uing posi- nothmg to say of the purlieus of tions as teacher in high schools and Everest. The height .of 29.002 feet (let .colleges having agricultural courses. jnot that two feet be left off on pam as experimenters in provincial experi- f the displeasure of the shades of> menta i farms< as c . ouiujy rep.^.^^. the faithful tngonometers) was taken , ive ,. ;is a? n 0u i tura i writers. or ^ Cue of a^group of Enghsu financiers , by tnangulation a long .i'isiam-e off- experts of some of the hundreds of now in Nt.v York Ln connection with and a long ti:ne ago. The mountain industrial Sir Connor Gutjjrie the plan to float an eight million dollar j might have been named Queen Vic- 'with an intimate tmowlcdee of farm- m timber land deal In British Columbia, toria. but glory enough in the geo-jin-g. In fact, the person well trained .> I yraphy is hers; instead, the crown of > j n farming would seem to have as ' c . . u ,, ! the Himalayas bears the name of the bread a field of attractive position .. beat in House of Lords , ms dest head of the survey. j from which lo choo , e his life work as for Hen. W. Long l 1S an alI-Bnr:.=h expedition. The one trained a'.ong any ether line. : Lmted States people may subscribe. .;. A despatch from Lon.ion says: und * ome of those who are good | Automobile Lavatory Fixed ' The acceptance by the Right Hon. *P' '* ' d> so. The conquest of; p R J . ' Walter Long of a Viscur/y involves a Everest will go far to establish newi lo Cunning DOara. by-eiectkvn at St. Cn^rge's, Westmin- Climbing centres and open new re- S""". perhaps, automobiles will be. Represents India at Imperial . ster, one of the s;ifi\n Tory seats al- !lorts tl> tourists, holiday-makers ar j furnished with all the comforts of a ' Conference ' most from time' jinn:. -morial. It is hunters. The grand range of the llul " e Already they have been equip- M:.i ifebemtijd Haji Jan Mahomea ' believed tiliat Mr. Lopg accepted the " Ab de of Snow." with its numberless-: ped with sleeping quarter.*, and now ' Choiani is the name cf tir- Indian offer of a Peerage with hesitancy. his:P cak * exceeding 25.000 feet in height, i there IS available a lavatory, inequations being entirely for the re- Pm.ises a playground worthy of thej 1111 ^ ta * a ? I ""''"'lo ;1 ter temtion of his seat in the Commons.! eu ^nic race that is to come upon our volr - ;1 uasin a faucet, a towel 1 H;= ,i;tv i,, ,,,,KH... i,if h l^'p!'an*t when the slackers and the ana a SOU I' d: * h - u is carried The deleKad' to the Imperial Conference, holder ' Moral Courage. one of the most acceptable to all , ''''ettan-ti have passed away. parties. Some years ago. returning * from a trip to Cfwi'ada, he declarexl \ fos speaks all languages, that the Dominion not o-nly claimed Many big London hotels are being a share in the fleet, but meant to help bought by business firms for eoijver- pay for it. I s ion into offices. the slackers and the| and a soap dilih - ll is carried on the j ".Moral courage." said the teacher,! 1 ninning board of the car, to which it ; "is the courage that makes a boy do is bolted, and wheu not in use, the j what he thinks is right, regardless of i iKisin folds- up against the water re- the jeers of his companions." servoir. where it can be locked. "Then," sai.l Willie, "if a boy has ; sweets and eats 'em all himself, and ; Civilization is responsible for a | ain't afraid of the ether boys cnllin' : steady degeneration in our teeth. K ,-:i;y ;s :'ui! moral c<".! Manitoba !'ar:.y -No. .1 C\V. 77%C; No. 4 CW. 72V; rejected, (il -, : feed. W\:. All the above in -tare .it F'ort Wil- liam. Aniotican corn N.i. 2 yellow. V. nominal, c.i.f.. Bay ports. Ontario (;:;;s No. 2 white. 1J 'o 44c. Ontario wheat No. 2 Winter, $1.50. to Sl.liO, per car lot; No. 'J Spring. $1.40 to $1.45; N '. 2 Goose wheat, nominal, shipping points, according to' freig 1 :. Pea- No. 2, $1.30 to S1.3. r >. Barky Malting. 65 TO 70c, ac-.- ing to freights culsiJe. Buckwheat No. 3. nominal. RVJ No. 2. $1.30 to $1.35. accord-! ing to freights outsi-.ie. Manitoba flour First pat.. $10.50; secor. 1 pat.. $10; bulk NODOMrd. Ontario flour $7; bulk seaboard. Millfeed Delivered Montreal freight, hags included: Bran, per ton, $25 to 29; shorts, per ton, $2t> to $31; good fee J flour. $2.10 to $2.40 per bag. All cf the above in store at Fort ". .ii. Hay No. 1. per ion. $21 to $23. Straw Car lots, per ton, $12. Cheeic New, large, 19 to 20c: tw;r.. 19',2 t.i 20'; triplets. 20 to 21c; oil. large. 33 to 34c; do. t\v ;\ l, S3 5 -, to 34' 2 c: tiijilet?. 84 H to 35c; New Stilton, 22 to 2:io. Butter^Frssh dairy, choice, 24 to; 25c: creamery, prii.t-. frisii. No. I, 29 to 30c; ccokir.jr. 18c. Mai'garine 25 to 2tic. Eggs New laid, 29 to 30c; new : laid, in carto-!-. 33 to .'Me. Beor.s Car.. hani-picked, bus., $2.90 to S3; primes. $2.40 to $2.5C; 1 taM, Ml li ir, 1 to 8c; ' ifcrnia Lim.'.s. 10 to 12c. Mapie products Syrup, per i gral.. $2.50; per 5 imp. paJs. $2.35. Mapie sujpar. !b.. 1'J to 22v. Honey 60-30-!b. tin=. !9 to 20c per -. .VJ'-s -'.!>. tint, J! t-i 2L.V pt-r ; Ontario comb hor.ey. at $7 per ' "- section case. Smoke<l meats Hams, med., 37 to 39c; heavy, 31 to 32c; cooked. 50 u> 55c; roils. 2'J to 30c; cy"a^.- mlis. 30 to 31c; breakfast bacon. 38 to U,-; special brand breakfast bacon, 4(5 to 4Sj; 'lacks, plain, bor.t> i::. 43 to 44c; bonc'!es<. 4ti to ">0c. Cured meats Lons clear bacon, 18 to 19e; clear bellies. li to 17-. Lani Pure, tierces, 13 to MUi'; tubs, 13S- to He; p;ills. '.:j-\ -<> Ii',0; print*. 15 tu lo^c. Shortening riurces, ll ! j to 12c; tubs. 12 to 12'c; pa.l.- J2 ! - to 13c; prints. 14 to 144c. Choice heavy steers. $9 to $10.50; u-oc<! heavy stJers. ^J to $9; butch<?r' '. choice, $9 to $10; do. com., J<* to $7; do. ir.e.i.. $7 to $8; buuhur- c-ows. choice. $7.50 to $8.50; do. guixl. to $7.50; lio. com.. S4 -o $.">; butcher bull's, yrmiii. S; u> ST.,"!); do, ^.-ni.. $4 to $5; feeders, best. $8 to $9.25; do. 900 Ibs.. $7 to S8; do. S0 >--. $."-.7."i to $i;.7r>: do. com., $5 : c.;in::ers and outter>. $2 to $4.r>0; inilic- ers. good to choice. $75 to $100: v.-oni. tin! !<>.!.. $50 to $t>0; choice *prir.srr. $.S;') to $110; lami>s. - inirs. Sid to $11; d". spring. *13 tx> $14; <io. p'.ew >-rop, each, $10 to ?!.">; i::iivt., trcod t.i choice. $11 to $12; sheep. S"i to >.': >irs. feii an<i watered. $10; do. weighed off cars, $10.25; do, f.o.b.. ?'..25; <!o, country points., $9. Montreal. Oat*- Can. West.. No. .'. /i!' :.- '. . No. ;{. .">! t ; ) :.'<(.. Flour Man., SlO.iiO. Bo;; t .-i ..at^, bag. 90 Ibs.. $3. BI-SJI, $29.25. Shorts, $31.25. Hay, No. 2. per ton, car lots, $22 to $23. ' Clues.', finest easterns. 15 l-16c. Ml i-ryamery. 21)^ to 27c. Efrp.--. selev-te.1, 34o. Pot;r . (, per :;ag, car io;s, H5 to 70c. Veal cahes. $7; choice milk-fed calves. $8.75. <: . :-^ lambs. $(j to $8. REGLAR FELLERS By Gene Byrnes