The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-12


A correspondent of the Montreal Herald. in
discussing this tax. corrects some statements
of xr. Rowland to the minister of finance.
tie claims that the statement that competi
ton came mostly from wheat grown in Da-
kota and Minnesota, which. by the new roller
process of milling, Welded on an average
about &c per cent of high grade, or what
is known as patent flour. is absurd The
average of high grade Hour taken frof4
good wheat Is not greater than 10
per cent Mr. Rowland claimed that
Americans sell their Hour in Canada
at slauchte iates In contradiction of
this statement the quotations of the Mont
real markets show that American strong
bakers sells at 81. J0GtJ, and Canadian
strong bakers ut S.G,i2 %. on the same day
The truth is, the American miller does not
slaughter this any other grade Of Hour.
lie sells strong bakers to his Canadian Gus
toners on precisely the same terms as he sells
tn his American customers. In the West
Winona for instance, the place mentioned by
Mr. Iiowland-fiour of all grades il sold to
customers mt the same prices, no matter
where they come from. II it is going East
the custom is for the miller to pay the freight
to Chicago, and If he pays the Canadian duty
he adds that also to his invoice. American
millcrs cannot afford to make their neigh
bors in Canada u present OF part Of the price
of the Hour they sell them. II they did so
they would soon have to close their mills.
In the matter Of freights It was
Winona Mimi. to Ottawa for ~ cents per
barrel. while from Toronto to Ottawa the
rate was 30 cents Here was difference OF
only seven cents per barrel as against one OF
the furthest points. From Minneapolis to
Montreal the rate was ~ cents, and from
Toronto b cents. a difference Of only 13
cents. The facts are that the rate between
Wiuona and Ottawa was not AZ cents per
barrel but 81 cents; and the rate between
Minneapolis and Montreal il not iS cents,
points mentioned is usually divided into two
parts-one part from west Of Chicago. and
the other part from Chicago to the East.
From WinoDa to Ottawa, for instance. the
freight is ~ cents per barrel. divided this
way: From Winona 10 Chicago, 20 cents,
and from Chicago to Ottawa AZ centA From
Winona to Toronto, the freight to Chicago il
30 cents, from Chicago to Toronto 30 cents
General Grants Days a-s Numbered.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. PA special to the
Times from New York, based on reliable
medical authority, says:
Notwithstanding the rose colored report of
Gen. Grants health recently given in . medical
journal, the truth is Gen. Grant Is very sick
man and his death IL apparently not far distant.
The public have no conception Of the shattered
condition Of his physical system. 1t ia hoped
the affection Of the tongue may not prove fatal.
but there ts a. yet no appearance that 1t 10 not
the development of q malignant and fatal dis
ease. Although somewhat better now than
es'Ine weeks age. the enlarged and tnflamed
tsngne continues to make II painful to
ment he can take. In addition to this,
distressing inalady, Gen. Grant IL . terrible
sufferer from neuralgia, and IL seems to have
taken possession Of his whole system. He has
had most Of his teeth drawn to lessen the neu-
ralgic torture. and hts injury in the hip caused
By his fall year ago Is still . source Of great
suffering and forbids physical exercise. It IL .
fact that should no longer he concealed from the
country that Gen. Grant IL rapidly breaking
down. and apparently without hope Of reaction.
and unless there should he some unexpected re-
lief he will not be long among the living. He II
wonderfully patient and accomplishing. and he
profoundly appreciates the expressions Of SYM
pathy which have been called forth by his re-
cent appalling misfortunes. He works every
day with bandaged head and in unremittinR
pain to finish his military autobiography or
spring. The first volume II entirely finished,
but not revised, and the second volume is more
than half done. He has not taken time to re-
wise the first volume because OF his apprehen-
sion that he may not be able to finish his second
volume
LESS ALARMING
NEW York, Special Telegram, Feb 81:
occasion to acquaint himself with
ing that Gen. Grant was probably NO
worse than he had been for some time; that
the cancer trouble did battle his physi-
clans to an extent, and that his
friends did not doubt that IL
would finally prove fatal There is
no cause for present uneasiness, however, as
Gen. Grant would probably live year yet.
unless something turned up to hasten his
death