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Entered as seccozd-elass matter May 26th 1917 at the Post O Jee at Christian- sted St Croix V. 1L ol the 11. 8 A, un- der the Act of March 3, 1375. Contribution to this p:per will be glad- lg received when the same dexls with mut- ters of general interest, and s azompa- nied with the a:winor’s name, as i guar- antee of good faith Theeditor cannot be rosnonsible for Live views of his correspon- fants nor does he necessa.ilyendorsethem, TELEGR A M>. S CROLIX STATION. Ortawa, May 15th. —Refining costs of the (anadian sugzar refineries were placad before (h 2 special agriculture cHmmittee of the house sitting in Cainera t4his afternoon, hy representatives of the rafiaers, who had been summoned to L"i\'\f (evidwnce. Th::‘.\‘tf l‘Ppl't“"‘?!]i??ltiVCS demurred against giving cosis puhliely, sating as their reasons, that suea in- formation woulé be detrimental to their business and would assist their competi- tors in the Uanited States, British and o hor markeis. The committee therefore decided to take the evilence, as to refin- inz costs, in Camera, reserving tne right t) issue whatever statements it saw litat the close of this examination. That advance in the price of sugar were duz to the increased price of ‘the raw vroduet and that the Canadian sugar re- {iners were (o be thanked for absorbing a portion of this increase, rather than to be blamed for increases, was the claim of of Mr. Drummond, President of the Can- adian sugar refining company of Montre- al, who avpeared before the special House of Commons committee on agricul- ture this morning. Mr. Drummond de- clared that raw sagar had risen $3.25 per hupdred pounds since January last, whle the price charged by the Canadian re- iners had beea advanced only $2.64. The witness reserved to the ciause in the bud- get, which remnoves the dumping duty after sugar is inereased over eigat cents ®. pound, as a 'staguzering blow to the refiners’’. He wished the investigation %nto the refineries had been staried earl- jor, 3o that the inanc: minister would ~ have had the information befere intro- . duecing such a measure. The effect of this clause might prove extremely grave to Canadian refiners. Mr. Drummond ' strongly objected to submitting figures of the cost o” production by his company. It wonld give United States cempetitors | an unfair advantage, he continued. i “Your view 's that you and the public . are victims of circumstances over w hien i vou have no eontrol’’,? asked Chairman | Mac Master. ‘‘Absolutely the refiners ' are hit worse repiied the witness, AsKed ! if there was & real scarcity ot sugar in the | world, Mr. 1 rummiond replied that if he | was to sayv so the inevitable result would . be a further ‘nerease in the price of su- | gar. Pressed for the facts, he said he ' was informed that the erop of Cuba last | year was about four million tons and this | yearit was ten per cent less. Mr. Drum- . mond went o to declare that Canadian . refiners had custained a lossof mcre than | 19,000,000 in 1920, wher the industry | was under Government control. The in- | dustry, through no fault of Its own, and | under Government control, was saddied ‘ with a loss from which it may never re- | cover he declared. Peking, May 16th.—Banditry in six ‘ px'ov_ivco‘s, anti-Japanese riots in one | province, Janunese boycotls in several, | piracy on the southern coast and up the | southern rivers, war in three provinees | and warlike preparations in a fourth, are | outstanding problems of the past few . weeks confrontinz the Chinese Govern- | ment. At the head of the list, owing ’ to the internztional complications invoiv- | ed, stands the Suchow outrages, in which ' bandits from Shantung and Honan pro- a b G RA i ST. MARY’SMOVILES Tuesdoy, May 22, 1923 8.15 P. M. CCURTENAY FOOTE : [N “The Bronze Bell” 11 DrOonze Dedl’ ‘ 6 REEL. DRAMA. 1 REEL VOD A ¥il. PRICLS: Howbinad ke .. )il 0 e . O General Admission...... L . : : .15 & 1O vinces raidea the FPeking to Shanghai express cn Miay sixith aed kidnarped a number of foreigners, who stil] are Pris- oners, -At -Fakehan, in Chili Liovince, on Sunday, ( hinese toops mutinied and attempted to loot a rative hurk. Fear- ing damage to the railway, shich it is their duty to guard, Cunited States troops at Tientsin were ordered out. (Mutside of Hankow in Hupe provinee, one thou- sard human bandits are encamped, de- manding a beavy cash puyment and gifts of ammunition from the Chinese authori- ties as the price of their departure. Qn May 15th,pear Shao-wa, two United States Missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Christiar, were robbed by bundits of evervthing they pos-essed. Away to the South in Kwaisg Tung where Sun Yat Sen holds sway, bardits near Pakbo capivred My, Rowson of the British American lobacco Co. on Aprii 27th and demanded S3O, 060 ransom. Atier beirg bound and Impris- oned i 4 cave, with his arms bound in a cask for six days, Mr. Rowson regained his freedom, when Chinese troops at- tacked the bandits, who fled. Leeds, Muy 16th.— Jze Kirkwood gave a magniticent performance today in the gualitving round for the professional golf tournament. He made a new record for the Headingly course by rurning in a score ot 67, which made his total 139 for the 36, oles, the first 18 of which was play- ed on Tuesday. Waiter Hagen wich 147 and Gene Sarazen with 150, also have qualified. 'The sensation of today was the first failure of Ted Rayv in 25 yeuls to survive the caalitying round. i'he Frenchnan Arnaud Massey also failed to get in. ‘