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Wodunesday cach week, agricurtural "conditions in the : Proâ€" vince ‘about the middlo of May _ has béen‘ issued by the Ontario Depart; ment of Agri¢culture. ‘ While a few correspondents _ report good helds of > fall wheat, ‘the . bulk of the returns\are more. or less) fapâ€" VERTISERS. Sptice of shagane qooss ie lett 1e ‘Reports were â€"returnable on . May fith, and at that time vegetation was nearly two~weeks behind its usâ€" dal record.â€"Only the ‘earliest (trees had started to Jeat, anh grass . had mgfie so slow a growth that there was a rather : closeâ€"bite: for live Stock on pastures, *: i When ~live stock ‘went into. a winâ€" ter quarters, it was felt that more than ordinary cate would have to bt exercised ‘in their :feeding and bandâ€" ling, as hay.â€" was not so plenti,ul as usual, and mill feed: was high in price. The early part ‘of the winter was favorable, and the warm weath er_ jof March augured | an carly _ Seaâ€" son upon the grass, but the, keen, raw weather: of Aprilâ€"and the backâ€" ward growth of the first half ~ ‘0‘ May upset all calculations, and when correspondents | wrote, fodder® _ supâ€" plies were ‘short with many, and in ‘some cases live stock â€" had "to be ‘turned out ons pastures that . were ‘hardly â€" forward" enough. " to sustain ‘Ahem, Catile _are not ~in as good ~spring condition @s usual, . beingâ€". on af lean side as & . »rule, although, â€"with the .exception of _ some losses ‘grom stouring, and a few Tocal ‘caset ‘of abortion in dairy cows, they ar ~generally free . from discase. Lh 'mu::&t«hoy ;e:’e put .on grass latâ€" et h usual is also against . tgom: Morses, "owing to the high prices _mow being paid for them, are bein, l Wimarniiee ie ds p ed, but gen . : Higegihigla ‘.';'.uf"“;fmg’ p: ; are a 1, ‘ 6 .. The : jatilities \in spring. lit ‘ters of "l::i have been smu:; s | popular élass .of v. . . Atock ‘is Iavorably. _ spoken, of, â€"â€" an C Cns : "“ : bemg m mad P y W‘ h "!.'”‘~ lmedt use Aky wri . Oeb h o * \ told tigavily. on fodder stores, .. and on Hew . coack foc ‘shiy i{ C clat fibwrg 55 ty k es P imke.© * ces + 4204 o s k( 4 o hronicle> Telegraph WILL hotT © May is scarce and dear in : mosg C , . &$ lat Ait Wa® m'w -?Mf n%#n in the win ter, and a good deal ‘had to be leec ie m ie mornerm fasd" /o , wn us on i comparaively| , smmÂ¥. Wheat has hbeen largely disposed . of, whd, taker David Bean Propriotor MAY CROP BULLETIN Fall Wnea Live: Stock Farm Supplie® Clover lodder supplies . :: haw soly . drawn upon 0’, caursc.there Are Fif lished 6 num in fadvance sccepted up Lo very Thw y ++ Lhesp atitle \Puge to nyon e orfcl ‘ clde to f ' e o ‘The proposal. that if. the trades ‘ot. .province jawould ublish a "Jabor paper in French, they be supplied free with duplicate copics ofâ€". ip] in the ~Banter, Was, . s ~with the ex ecutivé, withdrawn upon. the _ grounds that_ it wouldâ€"be u@iguue at preâ€" mt" it ~to devote any of the ~energy ol the executive on work . outside ; > the provinge. C eds C amsve The proposal to issue a provincial directory, to contain the Constitution and _byâ€"laws and uscful information plied to members at one cent was apâ€" proved. The report was‘ then unani mously adopted as am@nded. | _ ~ â€"â€" Theâ€" report of Editor â€" Joseph T. Marks, of London, showed an increase of : over:1,800 subscribersâ€"during â€"the past year. Inorder to allow â€" tht eastern portion of. the province~ â€"to: have representation on the executive, two new members were added, to be known as fourth and fifth viceâ€"presiâ€" dents. Ottawa, Kingston, Peterboro. Toronto and;‘Windsor central councils were represented for the first time. Secretary P. M. Draper, of the Trades and Labor Congress ‘of Canada, movâ€" ed a resolution that at the next con: vention of that organization, in Win‘ nipeg in 1908,â€"it should be asked â€"to make the‘Industrial Banner the offiâ€" cial ‘organ of the ‘congress for‘ Ontâ€" ario.~ This cartied, amid great apâ€" plause. s ie se pts Brantford;â€"Peterborp and © Kingston wereâ€"placed in nowination > for _the holding of the 1908 convention, Klng-j ston . Winning out by a clear majority on the first ballet.. c «> A good: many. people will) be < surâ€" prised to learn that a~pure ‘castile soap is made id Berlin, expressly, for laundry and household purposes. Why use ordinary soaps. made . of common grease, . when for "the same price;: you canâ€"buy a pure olive: oil soap.. .‘ Ask for "Olive Oil"" Soap, mad¢ in . ‘Berâ€" lin. â€"It will please you. â€"â€"~ <~wâ€"tl Stratiord,. Mayâ€"22.â€". While procceed inghome at noon 40â€"day Jsabel Kelly, a student at the Central . Bum College, dropped dead on the st supposedly from heart trouble â€" She had only,been there about three weeks and .came :xl: the neighborhood _ of Paigley, Bruce .county. ~â€"Sho * was about twentyâ€"five years ol age:= plentiful, but arc:late in getting ~on the grass.. This, with "the. compara tive scarcityof féed,..is making ~tht bandling of ‘beetâ€"catile .a smore interâ€" esting.. problem than ever thisâ€" year. Tho : yery ~. backward: state of the weather chas bnvmted.mlm'fin' ts from‘ reporting / fully and ately regarding the conditions ‘of orthards,. as the stage ol growth is nearly 1wo weeks later than usual, and in most parts /of the Province frult _Areges hbad not : got into leat or plossom. when reports were .sent in. 4 . Several coj mdents.~â€"speak â€" of plum; ttees m ;some attrib ute this "to â€"the severe winter d‘lfig .M-hvmg on the vitality the Arces. truit . Arees haye come through in "good condition, and give a . fair promise of â€" fruiting should spring frost . be eséaped. Comâ€" plaints mwdwm YSan Jose scale and the oyster : sholl bark l:ue. but ‘more ying:. that @ver :3 € g nm Mn o 'fflAZl; C “?Rh)."":” Lh ‘. l r _to small/Iruits by. the winter. t Except on <JOW land, or on‘ â€" very stiff ~clays, there â€" was an ~excellent seed bed for . spring gtaiw, many . â€"te ports ~say .‘‘never better."‘: The gold weatheor, however, . made: growth‘ : so Slow . that it haw beok “&‘ufl to es ‘timite : the : extent «of the â€"catch, but 6 general opifiion is favorable. A ‘ number . of the. returns reported ing .A being practically complet , whileâ€"others . stated :« that there wasâ€"yot much to do. Owing to the ¢ mt“'“" q -&'z Baney have een m anta erine P ho ‘:,’,‘ "WAd . 1 6 sw HH * in Luke Oniatin ‘,_;" CC 140 ‘-.-.‘J'.,},.‘:p .& ‘i,_.'r,d PLEASANT SURPRISE arrd Spring Secding Fruit * griX No j "Lo‘day,", The Prices . tor the set ol five . ts being in . 49 u\:“rm J.l?&lnr o. ce i Yor tral, ho qfi off all books, one ‘or more, which bought â€" direct fromâ€" the publishers and" amextra pet cent . on qu.nu'u_i of $250 worth and upWards. * It is estimated that should * the the ?mm «he price will be $60,000 . a.year to paretits. | 00 > ind dicetir _ This is figured on ~91,000 in ~ thi Arst mmlmfiw . Arst m‘;z, part two,: 75,000 second readâ€" er, 81,000 third .. reaner,. and : 76,0006 lourth ~reader. $ First reader ‘(Part 1), <be . . 10e Third reader : ... .:.....14¢ _ 806 Second reader..... ~..... â€" PC 200 @ourth reater ...... ... ... 150 .. 106 Total. cost under. new «prices ©.fos complete set of Ontario readers, 49¢, ander© old > prite, $1,15. Te ie ‘The Prices,. â€" _ ; "to a prices are ‘Jollows New â€" ; . Old> C ~_ Price Price: mg "It was very satisfiactory to :m6," he ‘said, * having segard _ to . . th tatements and .promises made.~. by .ne To the people of the province tink after Time â€" jn ~the <pastâ€"ten year: that : we _would brhfi ‘down the pric. Y school books, or know . the. reaSor. ,‘h’-" + ~Prewier© Whitney â€"<was partioulathy Meased with the result. of the tendei ty and we will not attempt:to 1e train, profibit or obstruct or An Juce others to restrain, prohibit, .0 obstruct in any way, Birectly â€"â€" o. indirectly the‘ publication in the Sair mdclt:' Of any ~ heretofore. publishec sherein.‘‘ ie " Gives the Province. Rights," . The Canada Publishing Company & ;rees to â€" grant to the ©government ‘the right to print: andâ€" publish . i. ‘he readers all . copyrighted~ articles wtracts or portions of articles, , & ietetofore â€" ~published . therein, â€" ove: whic? we niay ‘have ‘any control, @ ~A cheque _ for $1,000~ accompanies the mu 35 is Waterido vnvv}hjch we niay have any interes whatever citherâ€" directly. or .indirect For Catarth, lét me send you â€" free, justto prove merit, a trial size.box t :Dr. Shoop‘s.Catarrh Remedy: "It :s a snow" white creamy, healing anâ€" tigeptic mmfm gives instant reliel to catarrh of nose and _ throat. Make "the free test g'nvc;l‘su. m‘ Tar Dr. Schoop, Racine, 4 te 50 .cents. â€" Sold by Ai oflm ht $3 with lots of sound bone and muscle, full of animal life and pluck, are raised on wholesome, nutritious It is produced ‘solely from the choicest Western s latest: ved = ods in the "most miodern PURITY mills in the. world. Goes farther than any otherâ€"rith in nutriment and wholesome. Sold Kverywhere in ‘The Great Dominion P > WSoytad Bonnie Girls Sturdy Bovs You can Bake that Kind of Bread with May and Wiille a¢ tunlofiand 18¢ 18¢ 9¢ phaiityine C u0 Eol PmE L ive AbLAT C UE is Voue S ‘ tos, ‘isâ€"likely> to be held lor a Ye&", whenm it is hoped. th¢ si wild e#oi Mfin The, -flid some flts; adiles o‘fi:ewmdh m;.- e niw'zd an improvement in â€" the money market W:‘dm’ have becn nigdeo &00 negetiations have reached .aimost <"The folowing table shows the £r0wth of . currcat loass. in CanaCa -&' %-.Ifl first gflr éolzmn . represcnts theâ€" . change ‘1?:‘ 1905,. gecond percentage flm- show the monthly change is sw w t ue 9+o + e AUGUBD m2lee 2 002. snn dininy coenie $ P14 _ ©©507,013,194 0_ J#A . . C 0 September "...., ........-u% o W‘% 165 â€" > 14. OCtODCT ..... ... nssmc . 490/445, “'-,:g.n.. s g‘,z 8.1 NOoV@Mb@F ",,.," anpesers oi 605 116. . . _ FL9â€" + December ....... ... ‘%g “&Mfl 3 MJ ?t p n A M a s u‘s Ned apr bn. 6 B C . JARUAFY ... a.»» s $451,807,387 na:,;um Y %: + RebFUAIY _..i... ,.....»....«.. $88,700,008 â€" â€"~ ,678,044 ~ 16.8 â€" *4 MAFCR %;, X) .00 tnsrrarmam ies 18,082, 418 ©579,057, 554 ar® . ©#.8 Call Toans in Canada on~March ‘$ist showed a decrease of $606, 820 trom the end of Rebruary, and were ©$8,291,971 less than _ at the corâ€" responding: date of last year, while â€" call loans outside Canada showed _ a decrease : of $4,007,104 from ‘the end of. February, â€" and were $8,976,898 less than at the corresponding . date of last yeatr. 3 * For the=second time in;ten years loans and discounts in Canada bave rxceeded the deposits. In oneâ€" SenÂ¥e this shows. that. money is not scarce. . he: depositor has held ‘his Savings and Strengthcnod their ~potentâ€" ialisy: witly loans. ‘The fact that 10@ng exceed deposits: is due: largely to the blockade in the West.. Theâ€"smo;tnâ€"rumninz wheels of finance have beâ€" come a â€" little outâ€" of geat. : The distripution of cash resources 4s â€"not as even as some : would desire. Money has accumulated, and, by stress of circumstances, become: unaÂ¥ailable . in â€"those channels in which it ~ usually flows, The situation is .more cutious {han‘ . serious. Naturally , â€" bankers will exercisa. more â€" discretion ]USt now in the matter of loans., Big loans are necessary for â€"development.. But loaning, ad infinitum, is paraâ€" inount . to lending a lad unlimited cash without knowing exactly how ... the boy will invest it. It will he hnecess@ary for thost whodesite _ to â€"© extend theif business at the present~time 19 do go economically. There is < a limit â€"to the loaning of nioney. _ It is only excessive money lending that will create..an unpleasant sitwation. ue old hifkeind vib oi tn Ti .t ow en t ors 5 > . ~. . The banks have felt the sttain in two ways.‘ No# only have â€" their loans increased, but several.â€"millions 61 ts "have been . withdrawii; This uum largely ‘io g rush o!B t hunters into the stock matr kets. Low prices Stock EXchange act like a magnet _0 betk. deposits. â€" This. is especially. so now. ‘The average man has becotmea sp . dlator | for the itime being. anyway, ‘There are ° people speculgting .nO whose mon‘?y would be far motre sale.‘with the banks. o ag Public deposits in Canada at the ond of February stood at $574,789,â€" 435. Last month they had decteased . 55¢7,037,05%, a _ loss ‘of $6,852,383. The following table shows the â€" fise and decline in the total depasits in 1906, October ...... November : December .. Canada . for the past six months:â€" 1”7. ‘ January February \~It will be seen that yp to. Decemwer. the: 05. 2 OP00"ou o q056 thFce steally increase. Since then a big decline has occurred.; In the Jast : three months of 1900 the deposits increascd $18,590,412, orâ€": 3.2, per ..Gent._ In ::o flx:t three months of 1907 . theyhave decreased ©$23,971,612, or 38 cent. // & & rncnpt o oteâ€"" Soen‘t. / 59 s 06 o l ng n it oC P av h one oavaney â€" thalk is Seneraily ~!‘ Real estate" and Cobalt account [0F, MO} supposed." Money usually is invested for" proj small investor bave been numerous recently, SAYS PUBLICâ€"OWNERSHIP ; 1sS TOO PREYVIOUS Municipal .ownetship, according to Mr.. Hubert L.â€"Watt, treasurer~ of the Canada. Lifé Assurance Company, ot Toronto, _ who ‘has ‘just »returned trom .a : tour of the west, is â€" responâ€" sible to a large ¢xtent for the sérious n‘.rinoency of money‘ in Western Canâ€" Ada. 4nd s ‘The trouble is," said he, "that in Some townsin the West; they have gone into telephones and street railâ€" ways before they tonstructed systems ol ~waterâ€"works, sewers,: sidewalks, and pavements. Coul'!q&_flfl.‘l!w vestors of the older world have: lost confidénce, and it is ‘almost‘impossible to sell western municipal debentures at any price. ad d 4E io Mr.â€" Watt ‘blamed ‘the real: estate boomers fot unwartanted development of some: citiecs and towns _ west . of Manitoba. â€" These land bfihtofl seemed to be in contrgl of the situa tion: in many €ases.~"~ â€". 00 ~ C to take ‘advantage. of them.. This When Mr. Watt left Edmontom a Kew days ago, there were 8,000 peo: ple in tents, ‘\m:‘ large numbet; jfoining the army campers ~ ever day.~ The authorities© were ~ quite tnable to with the largo‘ ~numâ€" ber dnxéonhs in, and agccomâ€" modation urfiau-umm Thore was anc influx of â€" United States farmers to m‘gm provimces this spring. people, sal, Mr. Watt, made ‘the best: immiâ€" wrant farmers, and they were taking up land which has bitherto beena conâ€" dd'::du too dry ‘to be worth cultiâ€" vating. |â€" > With: the opéning. of navigation. &ehh-.mwwlolcfng way blockades, the . Westerny â€" ‘grain men‘ hape to get their wheat out. In #pite of tho record length and severâ€" ity of the wintor, the farmers "look forward to a good e:fi.ol Wheat this Â¥oat. What they lose in wheat â€" they will make up in ‘coarser grains, said Mr : Wabtt, /+ .00>> P P ~ Light on ency.~«Why man .to Sall fot nuol 450 418,011 457,008,145 1905 IKS are Loans. $573,818,252 ©583,0098,906 ~500,008,664 for more money < LRAN .. 1 for‘ profit. Opgortunlties ecentiv. and be bas not% There is a very strong movemen i in nearly alt Ontario town* and oltâ€". ies just . now against overcrowdin from an insufbcient number of housâ€" es.Totonto has â€" taken the â€" matter. up municipally, â€"and Hamilton . and London are discussing. steps ot the same kind. ‘The condition is & naturâ€" al~consequence of the » sudden uyn-.j sion of industry. in the xcities and The infux of population, and it would not be at alla â€"bad idea it Montreal looked into its own condition as teâ€" pmbmume question. ~It is\ â€"@ matter in which the first action rests m*g;,.*:::: i roaing io th te only aw to its re 34 YEaRs IN BED WiITH AHEVMATISMI NOW â€"WELL $15,556,084 ; ‘1‘5,3515# \%5 574,789,435 187.5 2c 5gkem,osa ©,852,3838 . = 14 r the: total deposits showed _ a na his occutred.. In the Jast three 1t is simply marvelous, the effect Buâ€"Ju has on Ruentuatisin. It not mere« iy reliéves the pain but completely rids K'-n-vw on Ee ce Pmls Aus V “fi-o’ the disease, Buâ€"Ju, THR gxmgg\:x!!fi“ubo- ;';;'{i’é&fifl m""":fi o "Was an hvm 3 “E‘-'fi %vufiz-g‘-&:{: ':::EE? ‘.:' and e w get :5.'-5:"‘-:3:5"! iess Miss A. R, Bean, _ Miss E. L. Bean, Honor Graduate Toronto Conservaâ€" \ â€" Story of Music, TEACHERS OF â€" ~* PIANO, ORGAN: AND ~._%~â€"THEORY Toronto Consérratory *of Musis and Toronto University. ¢ © Studion=â€"â€"George Htreat, Waterioo, and Y." W.~C.. A., Prodariok Btreat THE Puplis prepared for examination a upset. éalculations a 1906 £ HOUSE PROBLEM (Montreal Herald:) Chango â€" Change 11,380,854 7,209,758 per Cent 1.9 The Sovereign c on * aor aranghes se ent ates received at all Branches .at be tâ€"â€"rates consistent‘with conservative b “d Interest paid 4 fim”‘f&&fi!gafia ngs | JORW B,. FISCHER, Proprietor g)ocers and others who realise the ad vieabil ity of be their Patent bosiness by ® in *¢relimin “- Reguect Mation Ahanoe, es York Lile R dorlin. Baden,: Linwood, :St. Jacobs, Milverton, . New Dundes Montreal ; and Washinrtop. D.C.. U.6.A. THE WILLIAMS llurnuw any orrices: _ MONTREAL, P. Q@ _ _"" _ “::lon:'ofi;uoéh. HAMIL TON, 6'&7.%. N. 8. A0ENTB WANTED EVEARYWHERE c * The Loading Meat Market $426,808.17. _ _ in mihiziont vitvpmerst SiM ns SGoARS of Di ' OF DIRROTORA® oboimtonna s boat of meats 81 th6 +( use sigpdan, Res, Water In the line of meats, we have Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb, Sugarâ€" Cured Hams and Bacon (our own ouring); on se tected, always uned: ~In the ;‘M o;:[obw-:doh-n- m%mmu:; Ap ie Chronicleâ€"Telegraph Office, Waterâ€" loo or Paily Teleg: aph Office, Berlin. ALWAYS LOOK F CGas or Gasoline Engine For Salo Bank of Canada PE "IRE INSURANCE CONBPAN INCORPORATED IN 18623 Total <Aagrots 8181 Ders »} $426,808.17. W illam Snider, Reg., @so. Disbel, #4.,, Allaa. Bownsin, Reg., Proston P. ©. Shantw,Preston . Thomas Gowdy, Beq., Qusiph doorré Hinitin proatiams‘ Wim. Buider, Vioeâ€"Prestdents Prank Haight, Managar. ;.‘l;'u_-tuu.m U. A> BDORHM, â€"\â€" District &4 THE NAMEK XBL00 MUTOAL ., Bh. Jacots A ie 2t