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Show RETURN8 FROM CANADA. Raymond Knlnht Comments on Frelaht Rates In Canada. Special to The Tribune. PROVO. March 28. Raymond Knight arrived hero thl3 morning from Raymond, Alberta, Car.ada, and wjll make a short 6tay with hiB parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jcsao Knight. Mr. Knight Hays that tho spring 1b about as far advanced In Canada as It la hero, and that the farmers aro busy plowlng and planting. In speaking of railroad rates In Canada, Mr. Knight said that when tho farmers want to Bend tholr Btock to the fairs In each province the railroadB haul thorn there for ?1 a head, and back for tho same price Sometimes theso animals are shipped as far as 300 milos for 51. When one of tho provinces gives a fair, which corresponds to our stato fairs, and puts up a purse, tho government addB to thlH a Jlko amount out of tho treasury dopartmont. 1 Mr. Knight expresses the opinion that tho removal of tho duty on sugar will Borlously cripple, if not entirely destroy, tho beet sugar Industry in tho United States. |