FINANCIAL NEWS V Agricultural Condition* In Ontario Quito Favorable ' Asrtealtaral condlUona In Ontario para been greatly ImproTed by the WmlleDt weather of the last ten days. Oattlns of all kinds of grain has been pretty well completed In Western On- tario, with the exception of the most Aortherly part. Threshing has been (eneral In this district, a great deal '/ot wheat and barley haying been frmled to machines from the field. Nvhere winter Injury was not too se- jTere wheat has turned out well, rang- ing from 20 to 4S bushels per acre. In some districts rust Is causing 'serious Injury to late crop. Owing to the very rank growth of straw and the continued wet weather many fields of spring grain are so badly down and tangled that harvesting is very diffi- cult *7astures are in good condition and all kinds of live stock are doing well. ,Tbe second crop of alfalfa is excellent and farmers are hoping to experience more favorable weather to balance tile losses In the first cutting. Considerable plowing has been done for wheat, but wet weather has Inter- fered with cuitlvation and many early plowed and summer fallow fields are quite weedy, and if dry weather con- ditions continue will be difficult to work. The picking of peaches has com- menced in the Niagara district, and It la expected that the harvesting of early tobacco will soon be started in %sex. Total Trade Was Higher In July For the month of July, the summary of Canadian trade, as just issued by the Department of National Revenue, shows a substantial increase in total trade, when compared witj^ July of last year, standlnp ^ ?22S,03},440, as against $17(J,a3,7{l8 ^ the correspond- to^ irtjfiff of 1927. Excess of exports ^rer imports amounted to $22,127,142, while in July last year there was shown an aderse balance of 111,973,- 626. For the first four months ot the fiscal year ended with July, total trade amounted to ?815,S2S,651, as compared with $733,291,169 in the same four- month period of last year. For the lame four-month period of this year there Is shown a favorable balance of $3,468,391, as compared with a favor- able balance of $11,096,929 in the cor- responding period last year. ferred stock a bonns of nine shares of common will be Issued. WAS VERY DEUCATE According to finally revised statis- tics just Issued by the Mining Metl- lurglcal and Chemical branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at Otta- wa, a further advance In cement pro- duction In Canada was recorded in 1927, and as a result a nnew high mark was set up for this industry. Shipments during the year reached a grand total of 10,064,065 barrels, valued at 114,391,937, as compared with 8,707.021 barrels at $13,013,238. shipped in 1926. British Company Rumored in Market for AsseU of "Industrial Alcohol" Montreal. â€" Accompanying the recent advance in the shares of Canadian Industrial Alcohol were rumors sug- gesting that an attractive offer had been made for the purchase of the company by British distillery inter- ests. Officials of the company would not confirm this report. Earnings, however, are understood to be run- ning at a high level, and in some quarters there continues a disposition to look for an increased dividend rate or some special disbursement before the end of the year. It is reported that Hollinger's aver- age for July was 4,600 tons of $5.40 ore daily. No official statement has yet been made. If this report is cor- rect July was ahead of June on grade and about the same on tonnage. Con- siderable low-grade material is being drawn from the "summer stopes." New Health Came Tli rough . Using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Mrs. Casper Miller, Lourdes, N.S., I says that twice in her lifetime she OWL LAFFS o.w. (OM WmiLAIKiNTEfO KEEP ON KEEPING ON A report from the north states that the Conlagus is negotiating for control of the Trout Creek property, the scene of the recent sensational gold discov- ery. Samples of gold from the show- ing have been most spectacular and the formation and geology is said to j be similar to the producing section of the Kirkland Lake camp. The Canadian Mines Investment Corporation, Ltd., has been organized for the purpose of conducting the busi- ness of an investment trust. The company claims that diversification, inasmuch as not more than 10 per cent of Its funds will be put into any one mine, will be obtained. Capi- tal Is set at $1,600,000 6^ per cent, onmulatlve first preferred shares with a par value ot $5; $400,000 7 per cent non-cumulative second preferred â- hares with a par value of $5; and 200,000 common no-par value shares. With every 20 shares of first preferred â- took Issued a bonus of three shares ot common stock will be given and with every 20 shares of second pre- Canadlan Chajter Granted to British I F'iim Co. I The Gaumont-British Corporation of i Canada, Ltd., has received a Canadian j Federal charter which empowers the I company to produce, distribute and I present motion pictures throughout the Dominion, as well as buying or building theatres. The new company is closely affiliated *ith powerful Brit- ish motion picture interests, and this would see mto mark their entry on the .American continent in the various I activities ot the motion picture Indus- ! try. I The Gaumont-British Corporation of ; Canada, Ltd., will have its head office 1 at Toronto and branch ofiices will be I opened at St. John, Montreal, Winni- peg and Vancouver. The company will release from 24 to 30 feature pic- tures each year. These releases will not only be pictures produced by the Gaumont Company, Ltd., England, but will be chosen from the best British pictures that are produced. Report Anl<erite in Deal with Abana, Abonde Mines Timmins. â€" Members of the staff of Ankerite Mines hare recently com- pleted an extensive examination and sampling ot Abana and Abone copper- zinc properties, and it is reported that several companies are now In prog- ress, if not concluded. The Ankerite property has been meeting with con- siderable success in new ore develop- ment during the last few months. Ankerite Mines, Ltd., is the only own- ing and operating company formed in Canada by well-known British in- terests, and it appears more than a rumor that it will shortly become the pivot ot much larger operations. When ffour Children Cry for It , Baby itas little upsets at times. All your care cannot prevent them. But you can be prepared. Then you can do what any experienced nurse would doâ€" -what most physicians would tell you to do â€" give a few drops of plain Castorla. No sooner done than Baby Is soothed; relief is just a matter of moments. Yet you have eased your child without use of a single doubtful drug: Castorla Is vegetable. So It's •ate to use as often as an Infant has any little pain you cannot pat away. And It's always ready (or the crueler pangs of colic, or constipation, or diar- rhea; effective, too, fur older children. Twenty-fivq million bottles were bought last year. Canada and the Elmpire Toronto Saturday Night: (In an editorial, the Post of Cairns, Queens- land, rebukes Canada for being selfish- ly indifferent to the importance ot the Suez Canal to the Empire and especi- ally to Australia.) Canada has of late gotten herself in wrong in more quar- ters than one and seems to have quite innocently managed to become misunderstood on the matter of Kg>-p- tian policy. ... On his visit to this country last year Hon. Stanley Bruce privately made it clear to mJlny public men how deeply his Commonwealth was concerned in the maintenance of a firm Egyptian policy which would assure security to the Suez trade route. The misapprehension with re- gard to Canadian sentiment on this question is probably due to the cease- less and inconsequential chatter about our "status" which does not in any degree represent intelligent opinion In this country. These vaporlugs seem likely to get us in bad odor with our best friends in the world at large and the sooner they cease the better. has reason to be thankful for what It the day looks kinda gloomy Dr. Williams' Pink Pills did for her. '• An* the prospect's awful grim. She says: â€" "1 was a very delicate If the situation's puzzlin', girl going into womanhood, ->wben I! An' yer chances kinder slim, first found benefit from Dr. Williams' An' perplexities keep pressin' Pink Pills. I was a sufferer with i Till all hope Is nearly gone, cramps and pains every month and Jest bristle up an' grit your teeth was hardly able to move around at i An' keep on keepin' on. all. One day when I was very sick a' friend came in to see me, and she i Newly Arrived T.B. Patient â€" The said to my mother, "Why not try Dr. climate here i.s salubrious, isn't It? Williams' Pink Pill.=, I know they -Native â€" That's a new bit o' swear- will do her a world of good." The 'ng, Mister. I:'s been called every- result was my mother got six boxes thing else. and I began their use, and I soon found benefit from them. By the time '^'"" â„¢*y reasonably expect a strong . IS dood tea Red Rose Orange Pekoe â€"Top Quality In clean, bright Aluminum Antelope and Geese ' Clasaliied Advertisem ents I Two days out of Kanchow we saw I had taken them all 1 felt an alto- friendship between two girls to '"^t ^uda^ bro"v^trvell"i\-.^ri?i? gether different girl and no longer as long as two weeks provided ^-^tZt:t^Z::;fti^fr^"J^n:^^ suffered from cramps and p.iins. ; ^^me man doesn t take u> going with j^ -^ Monv af wr^kT^J^^^H «''"S'«- «<'«" ofHr* Hamilton. Ontarli Then a tew years ago 1 was at- both of them. l"^.. ''I'""- ^^"".y '^ *« atter^^-ard , ,.,.,„,^,. „n, .^. m„„, tacked with infiuenza, and was sick ' for six weeks. Again I started taking! '^'hen a woman says she hasn't any- Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and again they brought me good health. I am the mother of a family and do all my own work, so you see I have to keep in good health, and depend upon these | pills to keep me so. Now I always recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to any ot my friends who may be*"*'' f'"^ '"'' sickly." ,""^e the wa.^p? If you are suffering from any con- dition due to poor, watery blood, or weak nerves, begin taking Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills now, and note how your strength and health will improve. You can get these ptila through any dealer in medicine, or at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Brockvllle, Ont. thing to wear, that is, of course, an esuggeration, but not much of one. HILL THE M0V1:Hâ€" PIO-VEEit UI3- TANCK movers of Can.-iila. L.trgesl 6p«fedy padded vans. New Ei) J'.p:nent. iatest meihiids. Two experienced meo »very trio. \n load* Insured. Beyond compare foij Kkltl a'ld care. Before you move write u9 nr wlr» nn*^. reverse th* saw, I r.eier quite got used to the . _â€" _ sight, or lest the thrUI of watchin- W L.^ils wfeki7'fof 'fpI^e'^i.^^iTt them scurry and stop to browse ajiri t"'""'- ^^"""iie for particulars. The Auto (fliVV,i> ^-r, o.»„;„ • â- -u ^ "-""Knitter Hosiery Company. Toronto. De- nicker on ag-ain m panic haste. p.irtmmt T But the frosty morning: of that dayj â€" will never be forgotten for sheer ela- Uncl.-â€" Well, my boy, you look pen- sive. What's on your mind? tion. We started an hour before the Bobbyâ€" I wa.s Just wondering it a | ^'^^ P«*P of dawn in the chill, and wasp landed on a nettle, would the | ^^^^^ ^'^ &ot clear of the I'ttle gate- nettle or the nettle '^'^ walled to-wn there was a quarter moon and a heaven full of stars. Then from every side came the clucking and snbd'ued quacking of fat d-ucks and the whistle of wrngs &i our cart's rumbl- ing put them up from the roadside ditches. But the geese ! The world was peo- pled with geese, bugling and calling Opportunity sometimes has to kick a man before it can wake him up. 'Young Ambassadors" on Tour WHERE'S THE OTHER IMAN7 Two Aberdonians were brought be- fore the Police Court for being drunk _ _ „ and disorderly. During the hearing ot | °"'y ^f ty feet over our heads and the case the Bailie asked the Prose- j gabbling as they grazed in the stubble, cutor: "But where's the other man?" -^^ it slowly lightened enormous "What other man, sir?" "The man who paid for the drinks!' wedges of them came in sight from every side, all talking and hailooing aid giving ad^^ce to the leaders as they flew. In the gray of early dawn â€". . , A ^. „ , . I. If y°" think men are bosses still. The tour ot a group ot fifty BriUsh observe how few now sit on the front ; they shone ghostly white from below, schoolboys and schoolgirls across ; ..^^^^^^j^ ^.j^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ | I never knew before how many ca- Canada, as ' young ambassadors ot i jencee and tones and modulations the the Empire, will Include an inspiring! xhe low price of hogs never affects goose language holds. Thev talk and meeting with a representative group ; j^e high price of hog meat. grumble and mnr.nur and they fairlv ot youth from the United States early i - - In September at Niagara Falls. The | ifg easy to find your way Into two groups are to meet on the inter- \ troubleâ€" the hard part is finding the national Bridge, which is surely sym-'^gy q^i bolic ot the building ot the bridge of' ' understanding between Great Britain j -j would like you to paint my wife's and the United States. Before reach- portrait." tng Niagara Falls, homeward bound, 1 "in oil?" the "young ambassadors" will have; "Yes, but It might be more like her, journeyed through every province of perhaps, if you added a drop ot vtne- the Dominion, from Quebec to the â- gar." Maritime Provinces, and from Halifax to Vancouver, enjoying the glories of. Just Married: "This steak tastes Canada. They are to visit the ranch queer." ot the Prince ot Wales In Alberta,! She: "I can't understand it, dear, stop over at Jasper Park in the Cana- it burned a little, but I rubbed vase- dian Rockies, bathe In the Pacific I line on It right away." Ocean, see the harvesting of the wheat I crop oB the prairies, attend the Cana-| BETTER LATE THAN NEVER dian National Exhibition in Toronto,- Abel: The wind is rising; we must and generally learn .ibout the oppor- jjug the shore. f6r British enterprise in Mabel: Maybe you will have nerve enough for that. tunities Canada. The educational value of travel in broadening the outlook has long been Some worried young man writes the appreciated by leaders ot opinion In i heart editor Imploring her to send the British Isles and In America. The [ him a formula for proposing marriage. Empire free travel and scholarship scheme, organized by a group ot British newspapers, in co-operation with steamship and railway Interests in Canada, must have served greatly to stimulate the interest of many ' young Britishers in the nearest Do- ] minion. The possibility of extending ; the scheme to provide annual tours to other parts ot the British Common- wealth â€" South Africa, Australia and New Zealand â€" has been mooted. Whether the "young ambassadors" are led to return to the countries they visit, to make homes for themselves, or to be satisfied with opportunities for service in the British homeland, the benefit of such educational tours in promoting unity within the British Commonwealth is apparent. â€" (Chris- tian Science Monitor Editorial.) A. but we Imagine a young man ot that kind might just as well save his breath. shout aloud till one fancies them a crowd cf men and women fitted with wings for a long journey. All this time phalanxes of enor- mou.9 cranes were flapping over or alighting to graze. First an ordered company of them would f.ap unevenly and then suddenly fall into step. a,s it were, in perfect unison for a minute: tlieTi. setting their wings motionless, would s«iil like gigar.:ic platters till they reached the ground where they Tiny Mandate in Pacific Prospers Australia Is Largest Customer for Phosphates From Small Island of Nauru Canberra, Aujt. â€" Steady progress Is being made with the development of the phosphate business on Nauru Is- land in the Pacific under the direction of the British Phosphate Commission which is administering this former German possession under a mandate from the League of Nations. The countries represented on the commis- sion are the United Kingdom. .Aus- tralia and New Zealand, and under the terms of the mandate the United Kingdom and .\ustralia are-each en- titled to 42 per cent, of the output of the island and New Z<>aland to 16 per cent. Australia and New Zealand, how- ever, have proved to be far Uie iaigest customers in respect to the demand for phosphates and, according to the commissioners' report, Austi-alia dur- ing 1927 bought 80.76 per cent, of cUo output. New Zealand 24.97 per cent, and other countries 5.27 per cent. The total output ot the island for the year was 393.092 tons, of which the revenue amounted to £611.653. The histoi-y of the i.sland dates bick turned into high question-marks as to 1S8«. when the German Gove rameut big as three-quarters-grown sheep. j granted to a Gtrman company the ex- There were thumping geese as ' ci,,sive right to exploit the dcpovts. heavy as a SM-an, a^d when the sun I with the approval ot the German Gov- canie up, smaller Lama geese dressed j prnment. however, the right was irans- In taw-ny red robes. There was a j ferred to the Pacific Phosphate Ccn- marsh on either side of the road with ^ pany, a company registered in Great plowed land beyond. The ducks fell Britain, and in 1919 the interests la to the marsh and the geese to the furrows and the grazing. Then as the light grew more alive I began to see snipe and plover and little fat ducks in pairs apart from the rest. There was a snipe-like bird, black that company were bought by the Governments ot Great Britain, .Aus- tralia and New Zealand at a cost of £3,500.000. and the three comni-'>..'-'on- ers were then appointed. The com- mission is at present titated in the THE SECOND SALE To sell a man cnce â€" is a small affair, Not a matter for very much crowing. | off farmsteadings. dogs were barkiing and cocks crowing and donkeys bray- And will not. In the coarse ot a full business year. On your books make a very good showing. But, to sell him again Is a far different thing- When he comes back for more, it's a token That your ser\-ice Is pood, and you've made him yonr friend: Sell him twice, he is yours â€" years unbroken! a"d white with a crest, which waded same v.as as it it were a private com- and ran beside, very tame, and there pany. were pairs of big sickle-billed ciirlew ^ The area ot the island is 5.400 acres, stepping about on stilts, with bodies The population numbers 2.163, of oe big as our tern. They whistled j whom 115 are Eurnpe.iris. 761 Chinese familiarly at me till I thought of the and 1.2G6 Nauruans. Most cf tht- labor State of Maine. By now, from far- is provided by the Chinese selected at Hong Kong by a reprch-nntative of the commission. Educational, so- rntg till, with the callLrtg of near-by clal and sporting facilities are pro- Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud. Turn thy wild wheel through sun- shine, storm and cloud: I Smile and we smile, the lords of many lands ; l^Vown and we smile, the lords of our own hands. For man is man, and master of his fate. â€" Tennyson. CASTORIA ESoping Bride â€" "Here's a telegram frpm pa^l" Bridegroom (eagerly) â€" "What does ho say?" Bride â€" "Be not come home and all will be forgiven." If you wtil, you can make light of I your darkest tirotible. j o Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce? â€" Ralph Waldo Emerson. A reputation of over thirty | years is at stake every time a '< Package of Red Rose Orange ekoe Tea is sold. So hif hly is this reputation prized that ' the makers have authorized J your grocer to replace any , package free of charge that | does not satisfy you in avery ; particular. ȣ GUARD BIBrS IIElLTfi n THE SIM.)!ER geete and the garrulous gargling of crar.es right overhead, there seemed a terrific din. Withbroad daylight there was plentj-of life with noisy flocks flyis^g by and fat birds feeding in the fields, but it was all different, changed in some strange way ami less exciting. It was in the afternoon, when the ; countryside shifted abruptly to desert. ! that we saw antelope among the sand- hills. Farms were co more, nor any 1 tillage. The plowed land with noise j of dogs and men shouting at their ^ j donkeys in the fields stropped to gi\-e i place to a desert stretch as lonely ar.<: I arid as anything in Mongolia, though we were scarce a doze" miles in either ; ! direction from cultivated grround.^ ! I l.angdon Warner, in "The Long Olu • ' Road rn China." vidcd on the island under the direction of the commission. ^ Tour temper is ronrs. It below your chin. .Mwiiys keep The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- vllle, Ont. ".\ man who is dniwn into a duel asks for seconds â€" because he can make a get-awav in lees than a minute." â- <. Let Mlnard'8 Liniment Relieve Pain. _ 4i Western Canada's Air Service Victoria, B.C.â€" Western Canada's pioneer aerial passenger mall and ex- press service has proved a remark- able commercial success In Its initial operations. Travel on the 12- passenger Ford trl-motor monoplane of the British Columbia Airways Limited between Victoria. Seattle and Vancouver has far exceeded expecto^ tions, and at its present rate ot In-j crease will soon test the sefflce 1o| There's many a^slty twtit the tee its utmost capacity. I ^^j ^le cup. The Elmpire Settlement S.Tint John Telegraph • Journal: With the best will in the world to The summer months are the most help, they (the Dominions) positively dangerous to children. The com- ; cannot aflonl to tahe a large portion plaints ot that season, which are ! of possible failures. Even when times cholera infantum, colic, diarrhoea and j. are hard In Oreat Britain there Is in dysentary. come on so quickly that the couutry a vast reserve of wealth often a little one Is beyond aid before ! Immediately available. The wealth of the mother realizes he is 111. The , the Dominions is locked in their soil, mother must be on her guard to pre- 1 Those who will come and e.\tract It vent these troubles, or If they do j are as welcome as the sun, but not yet come on suddenly to banish them. , Is there enough permanently in re- No other medicine Is of such aid to j serve, to be drawn on at need by mothers during hot weather as Baby's j finance ministers, to support failures.. Own Tablets. They regulate the The Dominions Just cannot do It stomach and bowels and are abso- They must enquire faithfully, they lutely safe. Sold by medicine dealers must sea that settlers are not likely or by mall at 25 cents a box from to become a burden to the new and Blistered Feet It walking has blistered ycur feet, bathe them w!lh Min- ard's. Sure relief. it busy communities whose business men already work long hours overtime on their own social problems. Let the riffht people come equipped to be assetJ, not liabilities, and the D>«- It Is a good divine tbat follows his own InstructloQS. I can eaaler teach twenty what were good to be done ' nilnlona will welcome them with open than be one of twenty to follow I arms. For the others they have uo A GREAT TONIC," SAYS MRS. RUSSELL After Taking Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound mine own teachlnjr.â€" Shakespeare. « ^ Production ot lead, tin and sloo products In Canada has increased from |2,1S1.000 In 1923 to 16.149,000 In place. A fool and his money are supposed to be t^e two things most easily •eparated, but a movie actress and her husband run a pretty close sec- ond. « MInard't Linimentâ€" Unrwersal remedy Fenwick, Ont. â€" "I am taking Lj-dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the Change of Life for ncrvoua feelings, loss of ap- petite and to gam strength. It is a (Creat tonic and I have taken a dczen bottles of it. It A-aa recommende<1 to me by a friend an<l now I recommend it to all women for such trwibles as come at this time." - AlK'^. :\. V. :UsssLL, U. R.No. ^ F'-nwick, Ontario. ISSUE No. 3b - 41