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The number 01 stars visible to the naked eye is 5,000. Leading in the list of Canada’s im-j ports for the year were fibres, textiles and textile products to the extent of $170,146,958. Iron andiron products accounted for $148,241,455; non-, metallic minerals, $139,919,012; agri- cultural and vegetable products, main- ly‘ foods, $108,701,762; agricultural and vegetable products other than foods, $52,940,022; animals and ani- mal products, $46,737,774; miscellan- eous, $‘46,136;§11; non-ferrous metals, $37,492,604; and chemicals and allied products, $25,793,101. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS HEAD EXPORT LIST. The export list is headed by agri- cultural and vegetable products, main- ly food, which accounts for $384,226,- 936. Next in line, also accounting for a heavy volume, wood, wood products and paper with $229,165,216. Animal‘ and animal products are also over the; hundred million mark with $137,486,â€" 160. Iron and its products account fer $54,373,173; non-ferrous metals, $45,753,498; non-metallic min- erals, $28,317,634; miscellaneous, $16,- 511,579; agricultural and vegetable products other than foods, $26,713,214; , phemical and allied products, $14,743,- 804; and fibres, textiles and textile‘ products, $9,272,623. ‘ The trade report for the fiscal year ending March 3151:, 1923, shows Canâ€" ada‘s business to be considerably high- er than for the previous year. For the year figures show a favorable trade balance of $129,772,400 as against an adverse trade balance of “348,539,880 in comparison with an adverse trade balance of $50,961,â€" 855 in the year ending March, 1921. Canada’s total trade in the year Canada’s total trade in the year W81: ended amounted to $1,734,686,486 in comparison with $1,488,033,664 in the previous year, an increase of The total trade Canada transacted within the year with countries of the British Empire Was $619,183,477, and with foreign countries $1,114,733,009. The individual country with which the heaviest trade was carried on was the A despatch from Washington sayszâ€"Warning that public sentiment “will tolerate no suspension of the anthracite coal supply this year," was served upon coal miners in session at Scranton, Pa., by the United States Coal Commission. The warning was contained in a letter signed by Chairâ€" man John Hays Hammond, urging the miners to seek an understanding with the coal operators. Mr. Hammond told the miners, who are in session considering new wage demands, that the public expected an agreement and expressed the hope that both the workers and the mine operators would recognize their duty to the public. The letter concludes with the adâ€" monition that “as the present contract provides that the continuance of pro- duction after August 31, 1923, shall be upon such terms as the parties may agree upon in the light of the report of the commission, the commission confidently expects that all questions will be left open for consideration of a joint scale committee.” $246,683,422. Of this total $802,457,- 043 was accounted for by imports as against $747,762,984 in the previous year, an increase of $54,694,059, and $932,229,443 by exports as compared With $740,240,680, an increase for the year of $191,988,763. Exported for- eign merchandise to the extent of $13,- 844,394 brought the grand total of Canadian trade for the year up to $7,748,539.880 in comparison with I61,501,689,993. COAL MINERS WARNED TO AVOID A STRIKE Public Will Not Tolerate Sus- pension of Supply This Year. “The commission hopes," Mr. Ham- mond wrote, “that the prompt and satisfactory response received to its suggestions in the matter of the bi- tuminous contract will be repeated in the negotiations about to be under- taken in'the making of an anthracite contract “The public," the letter adds, “ex- pects an agreement and we have full confidence that both miners and op- erators will recognize their duty to the public and will be able to effect a speedy conclusion.” The miners are informed that the commission’s report on the anthracite industry will be completed in a few days and forwarded to them for study and warns that “in the meantime we urge upon both sides that in addition to the welfare of each, that of the great body politic of the American people is involvd and that public senti- ment will not tolerate a suspension of its anthracite coal supply with the be- ginning of the Fall and Winter sea- son." CANADA’S TRADE 1922 - 23 E \ SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE l INCREASES IN IMPORT TRADE. l Increases in Canada’s import trade are noted in business with Africa and the Indies, the United Kingdom. Un- iited States, Newfoundland, NW! Zei- iland, Argentina, Belgium, China, Gerâ€" many, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. There were notable declines in importations from Cuba, France, Greece, Japan and Switzerland. The substantial in- crease recordcd in the value of Canâ€" ada’s export trade busmtss with the ’United Kingdom accounted far $79,- _705,770 of this increment and that 1with the United States for $76,491,â€" 575. Exports ‘to China increased 'from $1,900,627 to $5,125,697: to France from $8,208,228 to $14,11u,577: ‘and to Germany from $1,509,547 to [$9,950,871 There were heavy increas- es in exports to Australia, South and West Africa, Cuba, and Mexico. and smaller increases in the cases of Ber- muda, West Indies, Hong Kong, Ar- lgentina, Belgium, Greece, -Nether- lands, Roumania, Sweden and Switz- erland. The only decreases in export trade recorded were in trade with ' Newfoundland, Brazil, Italy, Norway and, to a small extent, with Japan. A SATISFACTORY SHOWING. Canada’s trade for the last fiscal year makes on thewhole a very gratiâ€" fying showing. Not only has a great- er volume of business been transacted, but it has been the kind of business most beneficial to Canada and an un- favorable trade balance has been turned into a favorable one. Dealing only with Canada’s two principal cus- tomers, a small increase in imports lfrom the United States is more than counterbalanced by a substantial in- crease in export trade to that coun- try, and in spite of the greater v..£ume of business transacted, the unfavorâ€" able balance against Canada has been 1 much reduced; whilst the greater am- ;ount of business tran‘sacted between I | Canada and the United Kingdom, indi- , cated in a larger favorable balance in the case of the Dominion. pacon hogs mg, $10.50 United States, amounting to $910,- 907,650, followed by the United King- dom with $510,355,116. Total trade with France amounted to $26,338,953; with British West Indies, $21,957,126“ with Japan, $21,721,148; with Aus- tralia, $20,241,687; with Belgium, $17,522,617; with Cuba, $16,379,086; with the Netherlands, $15,498,176; with British EastVIndies, 9515246319; and with Germany, $11,517,884. the‘ crew had taken to the boats. The wireless call was received by the Tre- vean, owned by the same company, which vessel at that time was but 300 miles from the position given 'by the Trevessa. The Trevean hastened to the scene, and searched for the surâ€" vivors until June 7, when she reported from Sydney that she had found only wreckage and an overturned boat. Coming on the heels of the message to Mrs. Foster was a cable-gram from the vessel’s owners, filed by Captain Foster from the Island of Rodriguez, in which he reported that he had ar- rived there with 16 members of his crew, and believed the boat containing the others would turn up. Thousands of spectat at the impressive cer‘ clifl’e Cemetery who) all the schools of Folkestone district 1) the graves of Canadi Local mayors and delivered addresses. Decorate Graves of Canadian Soldiers at Shomclifie Captain Foster of British Ship Wires His Wife from Isle of Mauritius. 'A despatch from London says:â€"A mystery of the sea had a happy end- ing when Mrs. Foster, a resident of Barry, received an unsigned cable message from the Island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, reading: “Safe, excellent health.” Mrs. Foster is the Wife of Captain Foster, of the British ship Trevessa, which was given up for lost in the Indian Ocean nearly a month ago, since which time the wife has been prostrated with grief. The Trevessa, tons, was on a voy to England, when, less message from saying that she wa HAPPY ENDING TO MYSTERY OF THE SEA A despatch f r y ceren when '0m 1 ctato ‘3 2e on May 28, a wire- her was picked up, ‘5 sinking, and that vessel of 5,000 e from Australia |Ond01 Hyth ad flow soldier: iren Shorn- , from fly (I: fishing has commenced and many hun- dreds of boats and thousands of fish- ermen have left for the fishing areas, extending from the international boun- dary to Alaska. LABOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . INDEPENDENT . . . . . CONSERVATIVE Standing of Parties in the New Legislature CONSERVATIVES . . . . . . . . . . . 77 LIBERALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 From From From From Edmonton, A1ta.â€"Alberta motorists burned up approximately one million gallons of gasoline during the month of May, this year, according to re- turns filed with the provincial secre- tary’s office. At least this is the quan- tity upon which the Government tax of two cents a gallon will be collected from gasoline dealers. The provin- cial treasury is therefore enriched to the extent of $20,000 for the month. From U. F. O. From Conservatlves From Liberals Ford, Ont.â€"â€"â€"For the fifth consecu- tivemonth of this year the Ford Mo- tor Co. of Canada, Ltd., has broken its previous monthly records, and the out- put during the month of May was the highest in the history of the company. During May, the Ford Motor Car Co. He who tells the truth doesn’t have to puzzle his mind to remember what he has told. Co-operative Creameries, Ltd., the biggest daix‘ying organization in the province, has just completed arrange- ments whereby all of its exportable butter output during the summer months Will be shipped to Great Bri- tain. This will involve shipping be tween two and three million pounds of butter. Vancouver, B.C.â€"â€"â€"Sockeye salmon Regina, Sask.-â€"The Saskatchewan the U. F. O. the Liberals Labor . . . . . Independents LIBERAL GAINS / m STOP! CKYlN' AM.) WONTMAKC ANY NONE AT { ILL STOP CKYlN' AM.) WONT MAKE ANY NomE AT ALL lF 40“ LET ME BEAT k MY DRUM NII'NM £57m? wagfi F. O. GAINS Daminien News in Brief GAINS TN PLAIN VIEW. ‘ BUT- 54 sold 417 cars daily, a' total of 10,000 cars. Quebec, Queâ€"The advance guard of the Buckeye Fishing Club of Col- umbus, Ohio, has been in the province making arrangements for the annual outing of the club which has been making fishing excursions to Canada for fifty years. A camping space has been selected on a lake twelve miles above Buckingham, in the Lievre dis- trict, and one hundred members of the club will travel there is special equipment to enjoy the unsurpassed sport of the district. St. John, N.B.â€"Lumbering opera- tions are to be carried on during the summer months in several parts of the .province, although it has been the cus- tom to cut the logs and haul them during the winter months. During the season just closed the heavy snow in the southern portion of the province made it necessary to curtail the cut, and several operators bound them- selves without sufficient logs to keep their mills running during the sum- mer. In order to supply their wants in this direction, several firms will have logging crews in the woods for the summer. Toronto, Ontâ€"The Western Co. of Chicago, have opened a Canadian of- fice and factory here. They are manu- facturers of hair nets, tooth brushes, etc. They have a factory in China and also in the United States, and are importing goods from both countries. Rains have brought a cessation of the fires throughout the province for the time being, reports to the depart- ment stated. A despatch from Fredericton, N.B., says:â€"Lig‘ntning caused a forest fire which destroyed 1,500 acres of timber lands in the south-west Miramichi River, near Napadogan, a divisional point on the Transcontinental division of the Canadian National Railways, according to reports reaching the De- partment of Lands and Mines. Few gradients upon milways are steeper than 1 to 60. Modern locomo- tives will take much stooper gradients, but they are not economical to work. Lightning Destroys 1,500 Acres of Timber Lands Railway â€"Phlladelphia Ledge: Gradients. ’51 Rue-.5 St. John, N.B., is to have a large new modern hotel, operated and mane aged by the United Hotels of America‘ according to an announcement madq by the firm of Thomas, Armstrong and Bell, Limited. The new hotel will bq eight storeys high, and there will b1- approximately 200 rooms, all with baths or bath connections. $120174. Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 CW, 5495c: No. 3 CW, 52c; No. 1 feed, 50%c. Manitoba barleyâ€"Nominal. All the above, track, bay ports. A Am: cor'nâ€"No. yellow, $1.04; No. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., $18; 70 to 90 lbs., $17.50; 90 lbs. and up, $16.50; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $36; heavyweight rolls, $33. Lardâ€"Pure tierces, 151,4, to 151/2c; tubs, 151/2 to 16c; pails, 16 to 161/2c; prints, 18c. Shortening, tierces, 14% to 15c; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 16c; prints, 17 to 17%c. Choice heavy steers, $8.35 to $8.75: butcher steers, choice, $7.75 to $8; do, good, $7 to $7.50; do, med., $6.50 to $7; do, com., $6 to $6.25; butcher heifers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, med., $6.50 to $7; do, com., $6 to $6.50; butcher cows. choice, $5 to $5.50; do, Cheeseâ€"New, large, 19c; twins, 20c; triplets, 21c; Stiltons, 22c. Old, large, 32c; twin’s, 3239c; triplets, 330’ Stiltons, 331/2c. New Zealand 01 cheese, 28 to 30c. Butterâ€"Finest creamery prints, 35 to 36c; ordinary creamery prints, 33 to 34c; dairy, 24 to 250; cooking, 22c. Eggsâ€"New laids, loose, 28 to 29c; new laids, in cartons, 32 to 33c. Corn, Am. No. 2 yellow, 98c. Oats â€"No. 2 CW, 601/2 to 61c; No. 3 CW. 58 to 59c; extra No. 1 feed, 57% to 58c; No.2 local white, 560. FlourI Man. spring wheat pats, lsts, $6.90; 2nds, $6.40: strong bakers, $6.20: win- ter pats, choice, $6.05 to $6.15. Rolled oats, 90-11). bag. $3.05 to $3.15. Bran, $26 to $29. Middlings, $34. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13 to $15. Cheese, finest easterns, 1614 to 16%c. Butter, choicest cteamery, 307/5c. Eggs, selected, 32c. Cows, canners, $2; better quality, $3.75; best grades, $4.50 to $5; bullsl prlmes, til/ac. Maple productsâ€"Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5â€"ga1. tin, $2.40 per ga1.; maple sugar, 1b., 25c. Honeyâ€"GO-lb. tins, 101/2 to 11c oer 1b.; 3 and 21743-1b. tins, 11 to 12%c per 2, $1.03%. Barleyâ€"Making, 60 to 62c, accordw ing to freights outside. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 70 to 71¢. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 77 to 79¢. Peasâ€"No. 2, $1.40 to $1.45. Millfeedâ€"Del., VMontreal freights. bags included: Bran, per ton, $26; shorts, per ton, $29; middlings, $35; good feed flour, $2.15 to $2.25. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 white, $1.21 to $1.23. Ontario No. 2 white oatsâ€"50 to 51c. Ontario cornâ€"Nominal. Ontario flourâ€"Ninety per cent. pat. in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto b35151, $5.05 to $5.15; bulk, seaboard, $4.95 to $5. Manitoba flourâ€"lst pats., in cotton sacks, $6.90 per barrel; 2nd pats., $6.85. . Hayâ€"~Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $15; No. timothy, $13 to $14; mixed, $12.50 to $13.50; lower grades, $8. Live poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 40c; hens, over 5 lbs., 22c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 20c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 17c; roosters, 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 28c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 250. Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens 45c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 b0 5 lbs., 240; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 20c; roosters, 17c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 29c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and up, 300. vBeansâ€"Can., hand-picked, 1b., 7c; primes! 61/2c.r Honeyâ€"GO-lb. tins, 101/2 to 11c oer 1b.; 3 and 21743-1b. tins, 11 to 12%c per 1b.: Ontario comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $4.50 to $5; No. 2, $3.75 to $4.25. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, med., 26 to 28c; cooked hams, 41 to 44c: smoked rolls, 26 to 28c; cottage rolls, 25 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 340; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 34 to 380; backs, boneless, 37 to 42c. $6.50 to $7; do, com.. $6 to $6.50; butcher cows. choice, $5 to $5.50; do, med., $4 to $5; canners and cutters, $1.50 to $2; butcher bulls, good, $4.50 to $5.50; do, com., $3 to $4; feeding steers. good, $7 to $7.50; do, fair, $6 to $6.75; stockers, good, $5 to $6; do, H Straw-Car lots, per ton, track, To- ronto, $9.50. ' The Week’s Markets Better, pf \Vho, Io Counting the thing I yield And points that I defend. You’ll] find I've served you well In the end. Because I hated you, I have been very fair, Measuring train by grad-n, And hair by hair. TORONTO. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern. you to give and give lovers do! MONTREAL Service. you â€"Louise Drlscodl that one 1/1. to 151/2c; 16 to 161/2c; tierces, 141/2 ; pails, 15% do, $14 ,50: