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MARKETING
LEGISLATION
DEFENDED

MacDonald Says Control
Of Farm Products Is
Essential To Orderly
Marketing

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 10 —
British Columbia’s marketing
boards are intended only for
orderly marketing of farm pro-
ducts, Minister of Agriculture
K. C€. MacDonald claimed in
the legislature this week, vigor-
ously denying there has been
any attempt to establish an
apricultural bureaucracy.

In a two and one-half hour
speech to an attentive House, the
minister referred particularly to
the difficulties placed in the way of

the Marketing Act by Judge Man-.

son in his Supreme Court decision
last year, which had forced the
government to take the case before
the Privy Council before the legis-
Jation was finally declared ultra
wires.

“The Supreme Court decision, de
clared 48 hours before the elections,
resulted in a chaotic situation in
respect to milk, vegetable and fruit
marketing,’ MacDonald asserted.
“tFforts are being made to recover
the ground lost as a result of Mr.
Justice Manson’s judgment, and it
is now expected that organized
marketing of milk in the Vancou-
ver market will be re-established
as a result of the plebiscite among
Fraser Valley producers.”

Critics of the agricultural admin-
istration were no longer on firm
ground when they spoke of “du-
plication of effort by the provin-
cial and federal departments of
agriculture,” he pointed out.

Referring to the absolute neces—
sity for the control of prices of
farm imports into the province, the
minister instanced the dumping of
Alberta butter on the Vancouver
market at a price lower than pro-
duction costs in BG, and said he
hoped to see a way by which such
dumping could be controlled.

Powers for controlling wholesale
and retail prices, provided for in
marketing legislation, would be in-
voked as soon as producers decided
upon doing so, he indicated.

Referring to the composition of
the marketing boards, he claimed
the boards were democratic in
character since the personnel was
elected by the producers them —
selves. This claim, however, has
repeatedly been disputed by pro-

gressive farm organizations which
have demanded fuller democratic
rights for producers in board elec-
tions.

Replying to further eriticism
on his handling of the Okanagan ,
fruit combine charges, MacDon-
ald stated he had conferred with
fruit growers in the Walley re-
specting a probe uuder the Com-
bines Investigation Act and after
taking preliminary evidence, had
submitted it to the federal gov-
ernment for study aud reply as to
whether such an investigation
was warranted. Meantime, he de-
elared, the government was giv-
ing every assistance possible to
expedite the enquiry.

Victoria Meeting
Calls For Embargo

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 10—At a
meeting here addressed by Miss
Freda Utley, English author and
lecturer, a resolution was passed
urging the federal government to
place an embargo on shipment of
war materials to Japan.

Miss Utley told the meeting, held
under auspices of the Democratic
Book Club, that huge shipments of
war materials from Canada and
the United States were enabling
continued Japanese aggression
against China.

Guthrie Seeks
Amendment Of
BC Labor Act

workers to organize.

“Some may have thought the
government was Sincere in passing
the legislation at the last session,”
Guthrie remarked, “but it didn’t
work the way it would with a gov-
ernment that had a will to aid the
workers.’

He urged amendments to the bill
to strike out the most objectionable
elauses, in particular that denying
union officers the right to nego-
tiate disputes on behalf of their
members.

The CCE member, who was
forced to speak under a barrage of
interruptions from government
benches, also demanded to know
why the government was using fuel

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 10—Hon. George S. Pearson’s Labor
Conciliation and Arbitration Act came under fire in the House
this week from Sam Guthrie (CCF, Cowichan-Newcastle), who
declared that the act had proved a hindrance to trade union
organization since it had not served the purpose of encouraging

oil on the Pacific Great Eastern
when Island coal mines were being
elosed due to falling markets.

Miners, many of them from
George S. Pearson’s own constitu-
ency, had raised this question,

Guthrie stated, pointing out that if
the PGE used coal it would give
employment to men for the mining
of 25,000 additional tons.

Supporting other CCE speakers,
Guthrie attacked the proposal to
bring selected immigrants into
British Golumbia from Great Bri-
tain, when thousands of BC citi-
zens were unemployed and the
majority of farmers were unable
to gain a decent livelihood from
the land.

Gout Plans Changes

‘Monopoly Inte

rests Oppose

Amendments To Mine Act

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 10—Despite opposition from the BC
Chamber of Mines, large mining corporations and a small group

a short time.

After a year of discussion with
prospectors and various mining
interests, Asselstine has now com-—
pleted his draft bill for submission
to the House. This draft bill calls
for important chaniges in staking
laws and provision for assessment
work, as well as other technical
changes.

Main amend-
ment will allow
a prospector to
stake up to
eight claims in
his own name
within a radius
of ten miles.
Previously
a prospec-
tor could stake
only one claim,
although he
eould act as
agent and
stake for oth-
ers.

An equal-
ly im port-
ant change will

Geo. Price

-of company prospectors, Mines Minister W. J. Asseltine is ex-
pected to introduce his amendments to the Mineral Act within

wipe out the present $100 penalty
in lieu of working on a claim and
substitute a clause obliging a claim
owner to put in 20 days’ actual
work the first year, and 30 days
during each of the following four
years.

Tt was this final clause, in par-
ticular, which brought the big min-—
ing companies up in arms last ses-
sion and forced Asselstine to hold
up his amendments until this fall.
The companies developed their op-
position campaign through calling
meetings of their own company—
controlled prospectors and stam-—
peding the public into believing the
new amendments were opposed by
all bona-fide miners.

Commenting on these proposed
amendments recently, George
Price, secretary of the BC District
Gouncil, International Union of
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers,
said he believed the changes would
be generally approved by working
prospectors and miners.

MANY PERSONS
UNJUSTLY PUT
IN ASYLUMS

—— fe E. Winch
CCF Member Points TG

Alarming’ Increase In
Number Of Those In

Mental Homes

VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 10—
While the population of the
province has increased by 104
percent over the past 12 years,
the number of persons in men-
tal homes has jumped 431 per-
cent.

This was the startling informa-
tion given to the legislature this
week by E. ©. Winch, CCE mem-
ber for Burnaby, as he produced
charts analyzing records of the
BC Mental Hospital, which inci-
dentally won him the congratula-
tions of Dr. G. M. Weir.

During the same period, he as-
serted, inmates under 15 had in-
ereased in number by 108 percent.

Chief point made by the CCE
member in his speech on mental
patient problems was the fact that
the percentage of increase was ac—
tually an artificial one, mainly
because-many patients were con-
fined to the mental hospital when
in actual fact they should have
been sent to psycopathie institu-
tions for treatment and eventual
discharge. In addition, he pointed
out, the number of discharged
cases was very low and falling all
the time.

“This appalling chart shoula
impress the House if nothing else
will,’ Winch remarked. “There ]
are many inmates who should
never have been admitted. They
should be in a psycopathic hos-
pital”

In proving this point, he cited
the case of a woman of 62 who
had been held at Essondale for
12 years, although doctors had ad-
mitted there was no reason why
she should not leave. MNeverthe—
less, he said, it had taken six

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months to effect her release and
several more months before the
municipality of Duncan would ac-
cept having to pay 315 a2 month
to support her, although the prov-
ince had paid $30 a month for her
maintenance while in the institu-
tion.

Tn answer to a question put by
E. E. Winch, Dr G. M. Weir this
week admitted overcrowding in
mental hospitals throughout the
province. Essondale, with a cajpa-
city of 1864, has 2,735 patients, it
was admitted. New Westminster,
with a capacity of 371, has 600
patients and Wilkinson Road
Home, with a capacity of 265, has
262 patients.

Jubilee Camp
Seeks Tag Day

Oppose Restrictions

For Indians R

Connelly Voices Plea

ights

VICTORIA, BC, Nov.

were voiced in the legislature
Liberal member for Omineca.

Connelly referred particularly to
the proposal to take away the In-
dians’ right to fish salmon streams

for food purposes during the
closed season.
“Restrictions against our In-

dians are getting more severe every
year,’ Connelly declared. “‘They
were here before the white man,
after all, we have taken away their
trap lines and hunting grounds,

10. — Opposition to the placing of
further restrictions on Indians along the British Columbia coast

this week by Mark Connelly,

Salmon is the chief food of the
coast Indians and of many of
those in Omineca riding, Connelly
pointed out, emphasizing that if
they were unable to get salmon for
their winter food supply, the situa-
tion would become extremely seri-
ous.

‘T would recommend most

strongly to the government that

Delegates from all city organiza-
tions will meet this Sunday in the
O'Brien Hall, 404 Homer street, 11
am. at the annual conference of
the Jubilee Children’s Summer
Camp.

“The need for a camp of this
kind is becoming more and more
necessary if the workers’ children
are to enjoy a happy beneficial
holiday,” Mrs. K. Hyslop, secretary
of the conference, told the Advo-
cate this week.

The conference will discuss ways
and means of improving the camp
at Orhloma Beach where over one
hundred children received two
weeks’ holiday last year.

A special committee from city
council Tuesday was instructed to
consider granting a tag day to en-
able the camp committee to pay
off $1300 debt. Several aldermem
have promised their support in this
request.

The committee, if granted a tag
day to wipe off present debts, in-

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