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"U‘uy. xx to 46c; No. 1, 43 to 44¢; No. 2, 40 to 41c; cooking, 22 to 250. Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 80 to 35c; roosters, 20 to 25c; fowl, 24 to 30c; ducks, 35c; turkeys, 45 to Go; geese, 25c. ~ Live poultry Spring chickens. 22 to 28¢; roosters, 17 to 200; fowl, ‘24 to 30; ducks, 38¢; turkeys, 45 to 50¢; geese, 20c. Margarineâ€"20 to 22¢. Eggsâ€"New laid, candied, 326; new kid, in cartons, 35c. Beamâ€"Canadian, hand-picked, busâ€" be]. $4.40; primes, $3.85 to $4.00. Maple productsâ€"Syrup, per Im-' Dressed so to 35c; 24 to 30c; 50c; geese, Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 26 80c; creamery, prints, fresh finest to 46c; No. 1, 43 to 44¢; No. 2, 4( 415:; cooking, 22 to 250. Fodder cheese, large, 18%,c. old, large, 25 to 260; twins, 25% to 26%c; tripâ€" Po‘ts, 26 to 27¢; Stilvbons, new, 24 to 25c. Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 26 to 80c; creamery, grints, ‘fre§}71 finest. 44 d-_ .40-. \r, Cheeseâ€"New, large, 20 to 20% twins, 20% to 21¢; triplets, 21 to 219, Fodder cheese, large, 18km. old, 1311 25 to 260: twin-s. 25M. fn onun- +w‘ Ontario cornâ€"53 to 60c; outside. Ontario flourâ€"lst patents, in CO1:- ton sacks, $8.70 per barrel; 2ntj pat- ments (bakem), $7.20. Straights, in 1:, sea board, $6.40. Manitoba flourâ€"lst patents, in cot- tor'l sacks, $8.70 per barrel'; 2nd pat- ents, $8.20. ’ vAuJU w @1510, Ontario No. side. ._ ,i v, .u. .uu. Barleyâ€"No. 3 extra, test 47 lbs. or better, 63 to 65c, according to beights‘outside; feed barley, 60c. Buckwheatâ€"No. 3, 98c to $1.02, Ryeâ€"No. 2, 95c to $1.00. Mril'lfeed 1â€" Delivel‘ed, Montreal freight, bag‘s included; 1mm, per ton, $28.00 to $30.00; shorts, per ton, $30 130 $32; good feed flour, $1.70 to $1.80.l Bat-led hayâ€"Track, Toronto, per ton, extra No. 2, $22 to $23; mixed, $18 to $12; clover; $14 to $18. $1.36 to $1.43 V Shawâ€"Chief; Egg-ton, track, Tor- on-tio, $12 to $13. Manitoba barleyâ€"~Nomma1. All the above track, Bay ports. American cornâ€"No. 2 yellow, 750; No; 3_ye1'quy, 73%c, all-rail. Manitoba extra No. 1 Manitoba $1.50. -V....y.., or held important government posi- tions, and most of the rest were found in similar positions shortly after- wards. Indeed, the bank owed its charter ’00 a deliberate and cold- It is not, however, the place of the banks in Canadian economic history to which I wish to refer especially; it is rather the part which they have played in political and general hisâ€" tory. Toâ€"day the banks steer clear of politics. Such, however, has not always been the case. In the years preceding the Rebellion of 1837, the banksâ€"in Upper Canada and, Nova Scotia, at leastâ€"were very much in politics. Take, for instance, the case of the Bank of Upper Canada, the first chartered bank in‘this part of the country. The Bank of Upper Canada was the child of the Family; Compact. 0f the fifteen members of its first board of directors, nine sat in either: the_E3:_eoi1rtive or Legislative Council,I v Orit'aa'ior iwvheath‘o. 1 commercial, 0:! L- 01 In say, the American system'does, I do not think that anyone will deny that the Canadian banks have played a crucial part in “building up Canada." Especially after the Ban-k of the United States, established by Alexâ€" ander Hamilton in 1793. had proved a success, the project of a Canadian bank was mooted time and again. Both public opinion and officialdom, however, were difficult to convince; and it was only after the country had had experience of the Army bills durâ€" ing the War of 1812 that the history‘ of Canadian ban-king really began. The establishment of a Canadian banking system in 1822 without doubt gave a very considerable impetus to. Canadian trade and industry in the years that followed. It is a truism to say that the Canadian banks have! played a vital part in the esonomic‘ development of the country. The stability of the Canadian banking sysâ€" tem has seen Canada through many’ firvancial crises; and while there may be room for a difference of opinion as to Whether the Canadian system encourages local enterprise as, let us. non was revived later. As the Wealth and trade of the colony grew, it was found to be a hardship that there existed no machinery by which the funds of the community courld be con- centrated for particular undertakings. 0.1 THE PLACE 0F TEE BANKS By W. S. \Vallace, M.A., Department of History, University of Toronto. TORONTOe wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern oatsâ€"No. 2 CW, 58c; feed, 541/2c; No. 1 feed. "‘7 outside. 3 oats, 40 to 45c, out- II Weekly Market Ream EN CANAEEEAN HISTORY to 42c. E wheat pats bags, 90 lb: $33. Hayfi $0; canners and cutters, $1‘ to $2; butcher bulls, good, $4.50 to $5.50; do., common, $3 to $4; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7; do., fair, $5.50 to $6; stockem, good, $6 to $6.50; do., fair, $5 to $5.50; milkers, $60 to $80; spl‘ingers. $70 to $90; calves, choice, $10 to $11; do., medium, $7 to $8.50; do., common, $4 to $5; lambs, choice, $14 to $15; do., common, $6 to $7; spring lambs, $11 to $14; sheep, choice, $9 to $10; do., good, $6 to $7; do., common, $3 to $5; hogs, fed’and watered, $13.75; do., fob, $13; do., country points, $12.75. MONTREAL. heifers, choice, medium, $5.75 t $4.75 to $5.75; $5.50 to $6.25; $5; canners an‘ butcher bulls, go common, $3 to S to $7; do., fair, good, $6 to $6.50 milkers, $60 to 1 $90: calves. cho ~..._...-, vullthQD, uu bu 511:. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, $17.50 to $19; dear bellies, $18.50 to $20.50; lightweight rolls, $47; heavy- weight rolls, $41. Lardâ€"Pure, tierces, 161/.» to 17c; tubes 17 to 17%c; shortening, tierces, 15 to 15%c; tulbs, 15% to 16¢; pails, 16 to 16%»c; prints, 171/2 to 180. Choice heavy steers, $8 to $8.50; do., good, $7.50 to $7.75; butcher steers, choice. $7.25 to $7.75; do., good, $6.75 to $7.25; do., medium, $5.75 to $6.25; do., common, $5.25 to $5.75; butcher heifers, choice, $6.75 to $7.50; do., medium, $5.75 to $6.50; do., common, $4.75 to $5.75: butcher (’nxvc {flaming i bagks, Igor; “361:; ‘ ..... , “may. guru potatoes, lush darkest bond Cobblers, $1.75 a bag. . . Rose in the springtime to His Smoked 1:nealriisâ€"Hams, medium, 32 heaven beyond to 340‘ coo ed am 47 to 500' smoked . - n, ‘ rolls, :26 to 28c; cottage l‘olfs, 30 to when tthe gleegmlm begin abou‘ the 32c; breakfast bacon, 29 to 33c; special rees‘ I . brand breakfast rbacon, 37 to 210c; _Mmy Amber Knapp' hank: knnolnon or! ;,\ A1, Potatoesâ€"Ont, QO-Ib. bag- Quebec, $1.50. 'Seed potatoe Cobble}'s,r$1.75 a bag. _ periafl ga1., $2.25; per 5 Imperial gals., $2.15; Maple sugar, 1b., 18c. Honeyâ€"60 and 30â€"pound tins, 14% to 15c per 1b.; 5 and 21/2-1’13. ths, 17 to 18c per IIb; Ontario comb honey, per doz. $5.50. Oag, Cgingdian Western, NC I'Bank, under the management of a :young Englisn radical named Francis Hincksâ€"afterwards Sir - Francis Hincks, and prime minister of United ‘Canada. The Commercial Bank was, in fact, the answer of the Reformers to the attempted monopoly of the government bank. So high did feeling run that in 1837, shortly before the Rebellion of that year, William Lyon Mackenzie actually tried to ruin the Bank of Upper Canada by engineering a “run” on it. He got his political friends to go to the "bank one day, and demand the withdrawal of their de- posits in gold or silver. It lwas a time of severe financial panic, not only in Canada but also in the United States and Great Britain, and the run on the bank promised to be'a very serious matter. The bank, however, rose to not only cheated of its charter, but forced to face what was really the competition of a government bank at the provincial capital. Under these circumstances, it was inevitable that] the Bank of Upper Canada should have come in for a good deal of the odium gathering at that time about the devoted head of the Family Com- pact itself. It was complained that it discriminated against opponents of the Family Con1«pactâ€"â€"-and perhaps there was some truth in the charge, for the credit of William Lyon Mackenzie and some of his political associates was not peflhaps all that might be desired. Certainly, the Reformers did ,not on the Whole enjoy the financial standing of the members of the ruling class, and when they were refused at the hands of the bank the accommodation] So great was the hostility felt to- ward the Bank of Upper Canada that in 1835 the Reformers established a bank of their own, the Commercial regard the discrilfiination againsut them as political in its motive. given to people like the Robinsons arm and the Boultons they would naturally members of the Family Compact v subs‘titu‘ted for the names of the p nets in the Kingston bank. As a sult, the Kingston bank found it not only cheated of its charter, forced to face what was reallv blooded “s-teal" on the part of the Family Comm-act. The charter was originally applied for by the partners of a private bank which had been formed in 1818 in Kingston, which was then the most important com- mercial centre in Upper Canada; but when the bill granting a charter to this bank was going through the legisâ€" lature, some of the members of the governing clique in York (as Tor- onto was then known) awoke b its possibilities, andA conceived the <Ibril- liant idea of apprhpriating' the charter to themselves. A few trifling changes were made in the bill; among other things the names of a number of firԤts, $8 ce, $6.75 to $7.50; do., 5 to $6.50; do., common, '5; butcher cows, choice, 5; 40., medium, $3.50 to the Family Compact wereI the men for the names of the part- TWélVe, Kingston bank. As a re;â€" equivaler ingston bank found itSelf UD‘DGI‘ C: leated of its charter, but ing Com] 'ace what was really the same pol of a government bank at of Up‘pex ial capital. Under these just as t our, Mar 8.50. R0] =b~ bal , $1.35; potatoes, Irish the part of the [‘he charter was ' by the partners which had been Kingston, which important com- n. Spring )lled oats, ‘0. Shorts, 1‘ lots. $29 5.50; d‘o., ‘od, $6.50 stockem, to $5.50: 353-50; out that teaching is only part of the Emdto work of a modern university whik lo’n g2; research, though not generally under; 5. ’do..5 stood, 1s a most important service to ,S" $ 1 the province. In this connection sev- 0; do,’ era] research problems are mentioned, to $5; notably the one on diabetes, and the 3., fob, statement is made that more than two hundred prdblems are now under in- lvestigation in the University’s labor- 2 63c. atories. In the third bulletin post- ;imng’. graduate work is discussed and the L oats, importance is stressed of so providing ihorts, for this type of work that the potential 5, $29 leaders of this country shall not be driven to the United States for the % to type of specialized knowledge and 230351 training which is necessary to make ’ them experts in their professions. Im- ‘alves’ portant developments of this work 14. are for-(wasted and commercial firms The Alumni Federation of the Uni- versity of Toronto has just issued the first three of a series of very at- tractive bulletins on the work of the Provincial University and its need of an augmented revenue. The first of the series deals with the University’s province-wide extension service con- sisting of extension lectures, corres- pondence and extra-mural courses, ‘ short courses for farmers, journalists, housewives, and town-planners, rural and urban tutorial classes, evening courses for industrial laborers and for the general public. The second bul- letin deals with research and points out that teaching is only part of the work of a modern university whik We should be glad in spring, when darkness fle‘es, Hark to the robin, swinging on the bough, His red breast bursting with its mus-lc glad, The sparrow’s chatter, and the blue- bird’s caJll; With all this melody who can be sad? When the green mist begins about the trees, There is a freshness in the morning air; New life wakes in the blood, and everywhere Burgeonrs earth’s beauty, home on every breeze. / A similar situation prevailed in Nova Scotia. There the board of directors of the Halifax Banking Company was all but identical with the membership of the Council of Twelve, which was the Nova Scotian equivalent of the Family Compact in Upper Canada; and the Halifax Bank~ ing Company became the object of the same political animosity as the Bank of Upper Canada. On the other hand, just as the Commercial Bank was the Ichil‘d of the Reform party in Upper Canada so the Bank of Nova Scotia was the child of the Reform'p-arty in Nova Scotia. For One mg failed to ruin *the Family Compa< through its pocket-book, proceeded t try to ruin it through armed rebe lion. ‘ the situation. They got wind of the conspiracy, and they met it by a strategem which shows that the mem- bers of the Family Compact, whatever else they may have been, were not fools. They lined up the counter of the bank with their own friends, and they paid out silver to these deposit- ors, very slowly, in a very leisurely manner, and then, when night came, they trundled the money back to the bank in wheel-barrows. The next day the same process was repeated, and thus the bank staved off the .evil' hour when its reserves would be ex- hausted. Confidence in the bank’s ability to pay in gold and silver re- vived, and the run potercd out. The bank was saved; and Mackenzie, hav- ing failed to ruin the Family Compact through its pocket-book. nrnt‘pmlnrl m Interesting University Bulletins. When I went up to Nazareth I marked how time came down With blighting dust and withering breath Upon the hallowed town! The years that buried Babylon Were drifting to efl’ace The steps of Marf’s Heavenly Son, His dwelling and his race! But still I read his permanence By signs that never dim; With all their ancient eloquence The lilies spoke of Him! â€"â€"Damiel Henderson. The Lilies of the Field. (Concluded next week.) The Green Mist. who broke the saddest, me process was repeated, 1e bank staved off the .evil its reserves-would ‘be ex- Confiden-ce in the bank’s Jay in gold and silver re- the run pctercd out. The avcd; and Mackenzie, hav- 0 ruin the Family Compact pocket-book, proceeded to April. . “011, month that comes with rainbow crowned“ ' And golden shadows dressedâ€" Gons'tamt to her inponstancy, And {5331.111111] to unrest." are invited to help, as a patriotic undertaking, in forging intellectual links between Western and Eastern Canad; by offering postâ€"graduate scholarships tenable by graduates of Universities in the West. ' Gwen turned and trotted down the 111516. She smiled back happlly at the smiling people whom she paased. ' She"felt very much pleased. The lily had bloomed on time, and now, instead of having a. place at the minister’s feet. it was up‘om the pulpit at his elbow. Her Easter plans had turned out beautifully!â€"Youth’s Companion. , Ira??? 3% gen @hrig-H (9 fagferifiower! ' I :1 I” 57531:: fiearfifkg (irate haggmwnl a . %om§ag&i'fo New with‘lmfitgmn flake all the work! Mane him. 7 :â€" Mr. Norton from the eager could see it. "A perfect Easier flower,” he said pulpit." Gwen did not waste any time wondering how it had all happened. She scrambled to the floor; there was no time to lose. A moment later the congregation-saw a small figure scurrying up the aisle. It was a somewhat disheveled figure and it went very fast Indeed. At the pulpit it paused. “Mr. Norton,” said a high-pitched little voice. “Excuse me, sir just a. moment, but here is still another flower for Easter. It really’ d-td‘n't mean to be late.” . Mr. Norton hesitated; then he leaned down and lifted the heavy pot from the eager little arms. He held it up so that all the congregation “He’s going to tell us to bring up the flowers now," thought Gwen. Her heart beat fast; she etmig-htened her hat and grasped the lfly pot. But the minister did not say that. Instead, he looked at the congre- gation with a smile and began, “I’m going to make my talk a very short one,-£or it is nearly time for the eleven-o’cbock service." Gwen sat up siralght. “What does he mean by that?" she thought. The minister went on, “But I want to say that these flowers that you have put hereâ€"” Gwen craned her neck. “And what does he mean by that?” she said to herself. She got up on her knees and then stood up on the seat. One look was enough: the chancel was banked with flowers â€" flowers of all kinds and colors. The children had carried up their offerings while Gwen was asleep; no one had noticed the quiet little figure hidden away in the corner of the deep pew. The service was nearly over. She settled the pot mdre firmly on her knee. "It's nearly time to begin now,” she said. “I’ll just shut my eyes and wait.” When she opened her eyes she was astonished to see that the church was full of people. How had they all come in $10 silently, she wondered. The chodr was in place, and all the pews were full; above the tops of the deep pews she could see the sleek bobbing heads or the little boys and the negdllng Easter hats of the little girls. , IV..- -_'.. “But it’s loveliest of all just hure white," said to berselg, She felt venry peaceful and comfortable; the church was warm, and the music sounded sweet and far away. After a While the organisi came In and began to practice softly on the organ. Bright sun-light streamed through the stainedglass windows and painted everything in strange colors. The Easter Lily was rose pink for a while; then it turned yellow and then a pale blue. ' .vncy, ,' The giraffe is thé only animal which " i is really dumb. It in; unzb‘Ie ’oo express â€"-A1106 Cary. : itself by any sotmd'wha'hever. By Edith Ludwell Laurence There was no one at all in the church as Gwen walked slowly in. She settled herself and her precious burden in the corner of a pew near the door. She wanted to carry the Lily all the way up the aisle when the time came, so that as many persons as possible might. get a good look at it. ganist came in and began to practice softly on "Its place will be at the foot of the pulpit," she thought again. “Who is going to take Gwen to the church?" the family asked after breakfast. The question caused some confusion; no one. it seemed. could get away so early. ‘ "But I must go, you know." Gwen said anxiously. “th not let her go alone?" Aunt Felicia asked. "The church is just around the corner.” So it was settled that way. Nearly an hour ahead of time Gwen set off down the street in her new spring hat and coat with her right arm camehzly circling the flowerpot and her left hand steadying the blossom itself. People looking from their windows smiled and said to one another, “There goes little Gwen Banister with an) Easter flower aim-oat as big as herself.” The children’s service was to be held at half past nine o’clock. In her eagerness 'to be off, Gwen could hardly eat her breakfast; she sat with her s‘poon lifted and gazed at the plant as it shone In the sun on the window sill. am the later service. "0 lily, don’t be late!” Gwen s The 1in was ohliging. Just at 1 the green buds began to swell; lat white showed through each gree'r at last, a. few days before Easte lovely flowers began to unfold. morning the blossom was perfect The children‘s service was tc LL through the early spring Gwen had watched her plant anxiously. Would it turn into a lily'at the right time? It might blosom too soon. which would be dreadful; or, worse still. it might blossom too late or not at all. silent; tended Easter ied by e Tardy Lily Lh Shlne. April! Smile. April! April bluster wfld. Storm and scold, warm and coldâ€" 'Tis for her, the chfld. Work your will through glint and gloom, Tune the song bird's note: And May shall walk In lea! and bloom Up to her rosy throat an t like Gwen, had lilies lwen felt sure, would be late!” Gwen said. )bliging. Jusrt at the right time egan to swell; later on a little rough each g-ree'n sheath. and ays before Easter, one of the The Elder Sister. “I will put K have on the y picked out the place where When the moment came in 9 children to make their of- she would carry her precious e aisle and set fl: art the foot en it would be right at the en he preached his sermon lilies. But none would be so love- By Easter