Page Four THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE Farmers Need Lower Freight Rates FRUIT CONTROL PLAN UNDER FIRE BY REACTION Okanagan Tories See ‘Dangers’ In Orderly Marketing PENTICTON, BC, Dec. 29— Motivated by a fear that fruit growers will be successful in establishing their own methods of handling soft fruits through a system of srower-controlled exchanges, the Penticton Her- ald and the conservative srow- er leaders have for some time been issuing warnings against setting “any new precedents.” The movement for a more demo- eratic system of handling the fruits and guarantee better returns to the erower was inaugurated by those erowers who received very little fer the summer’s work. Precisely because of the growers’ determination to get a larger share ef the returns and the movement of the ‘ginger group’ which is spreading throughout the Okanagan Valley, the Penticton. Herald is campaigning against any new methods and posing the question ef who will be the ‘superman’ to Imanage the exchanges. At Qliver the growers’ exchange was endorsed unanimously while at other places the exchange system is gaining favor among the growers, the majority of whom are opposed to the public warehouse plan of the Writish Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association. The meeting at Oliver also went on record as being op- posed to a levy on soft fruits for Inarketinge board punpoeses. Growers around Penticton en- dorsed the growers exchange in principle but did not go into the details. Two delegates elected by the meeting to the BCEGA conven-— tion are Reeve Walter G. Wiallins, a staunch supporter of the growers’ exchange, and W. H. Morris, Pen- ticton Cooperative Growers’ pres- jdent, a leading opponent of the scheme. CITY HOUSING RANKS FOURTH Vancouver ranks fourth among the large cities of the Dominion in the amount of Money advanced un- der the Dominion Home Improve— ment Plan according to figures re leased by Hon Charles Dunning, minister of finance. The city has 2526 loans valued at $705,510. Other cities and town having a2 population of 5,000 and over that have received loans were Shown 25 follows: Trail received $161,967 for 452 loans; Victoria has 464 loans valued at $155,292; New Westminster has 476 loans totalling $135,060; Nelson received $84,843 for 172 loans; Na- naimo received $30,127 for 94 loans and Worth Vancouver has 93 ap- plications for loans valued at $21,- 550. Leading the parade in the num-— ber of loans and money borrowed under the scheme is Toronto with 6,216 loans at a value of $2,279,762, Montreal runs a poor second with 2.692 loans totalling $1,442,978, while Winnipes comes third with 2,005 loans with a total value of $782,093 spent on home improvements. At the end of October, 58,908 hames had been remodeled or addi- tions built to them at a cost of $23,521,504 throughout Canada. ARMS FOR SPAIN Cranbrook Boycott Effective Price Of Jap Oranges Drop ‘Like Bombs’ (Special to the Advocate) CRANBROOK, BC, Dec. 29. — Granbrook celebrated Christmas in the usual manner last week-— end but for the first time in the city’s history shoppers were greet-— ed with placards and banners of a picket line advocating a boycott on Japanese goods, a move which received a very definite and em- phatic response. A barometer of public opinion was the price tags on the “bloody bargains.”’ The price of Japanese oranges dropped faster than the bombs they're traded for — beginning at $1.05 per box, finally down to 49 cents. Stores and warehouses here are loaded with surplus Japanese goods in spite of the fact that the local paper deliberately “boycot- ted the boycott.” Business men learned that the policy of insulting the intelli- gence of shoppers was not a good method for their business, that the castor oil and bombs of fas- cism are not for the Canadian people. Cranbrook is taking its place with towns and cities throughout Canada in the demand for a real Canadian foreign policy—no truck or trade with fascism. lncreased Prices On Fixed Basis Only Manitoba Parley Told Hope WINNIPEG, Man.—Stabilization of farm products at fixed prices guaranteeing a fair return coupled with lower freight rates and marketing costs is the only solution to the present predicament of the western farmer, Hon. D. B. Mullen, minister of agriculture for Alberta told delegates to the international agricultural conference which met here last week. The conference was called by the Manitoba government to discuss agricultural problems, primarily the wheat situation. More than 200 representatives from agricultural, industrial, business and financial circles were in attendance. Prof. G E. Britnell and Prof. Hope of the University of Sas- katchewan delivered the best con- tributions to the discussion. “Debts menace the agricultural populations with a steadily declin- ing standard of living,” Prof. Britmell stated. He listed high in- terest rates, the high protective tariff which operates to the detri- ment of western agriculture, the high fixed railway rates, and the risidity of the prices of goods which the farmer has to buy as compared with the changing prices at which they have to sell as the real problems of the farm peopie. In view of the present world situaittion, only a debt reduction program would meet the problem of the western farmer, in the opin-— ion of Prof. ©. C. Htope. “Tt has been suggested that the farmer should learn how to live on a lower standard in onder +o meet the debt situation,’”’ Hope stated, “but any policy that com- pels such a solution does not solve the problem. To restore agriculture to its former position, wheat prices should be pegged above 90 cents 2 bushel, the professor said, since farm implements would have to be purchased or repaired, farm build- ings put back into shape, and the country in general rehabilitated. ‘Renters Oppose Vote Interior Market Board Calling For Plebiscite On Vancouver Island and on the lower mainland a considerable amount of opposition to such a poll was seen and it is expected that interior farmers will offer more op-— position to such a referendum than the board has yet encountered. Reason for this opposition is that farmens claim the poll is undemo- VICTORIA, BC, Dec. 29—A referendum for acceptance or rejection of the Interior Vegetable Marketing Board may he taken in March or earlier if possible according to Hon. K. C. MacDonald, minister of agriculture. eratic since it excludes all those who rent their farms, and allows only those who own farms to vote. In this manner less than half the farmers can express their opinion through the ballot. The interior marketing area reaches from Hope eastward to the Alberta boundary. Port Alberni Fights For Airmail Service PORT ALBERNI, BC, Dec. The demand for air mail services mwas strengthened last week when Victoria City Council informed local city fathers that it had strongly endorsed the move and had writ ten Ottawa to the effect. According to the letter received by Mayor Hamilton from F. A Coolican, assistant deputy post master general, the matter of Port Alberni as a port of call had been reviewed in Ottawa, and tenders had been opened with the various airplane companies involved, but no bids had been received. Mr. Coolican’s letter added: “Rep- resentations were made to the. ef- fect that weather conditions at Port Alberni from an operator’s standpoint were not at all attrac- 29 —This city’s fight for recog- nition as a port of call for air mail service between Vancouver and Zeballos will be continued, the last meeting of the city council decided after receiving a letter from the department throwing cold water on the matter. tive, and this may possibly explain why not one of the companies entered a bid.” Answering the information in the letter, Mayor Hamilton de- eclared it was “preposterous to as- sert that weather conditions here are against the safe operation of planes. As to fog conditions in the winter season, the weather reports will bear out the assertion that fog conditions are worse in Vancouver than here.”’ As a result of the mayor's state— ment, a resolution was endorsed to be forwarded to Ottawa point— ing out that weather conditions are not a drawback to commercial aviation. FARM BURDEN MAY BE EASED VICTORIA, BC. — Amendments passed at the last session of the Legislature to the Land Settlement Act will effect a saving to farmers of some $220,000, it is estimated here by officials of the lands depart- ment. The saving will be effected by eancellation of compounding of un- paid interest on loans under the Act, with the interest payments to be caiculated on a simple basis of six percent from the date of the loan to May 31, 1936, and 414 percent from June i, 1936. Hon. A. Wells Gray, minister of lands, has announced that his de- partment is now having a circular prepared for distribution which will clearly outline to each debtor to the Land Settlement Board the amount of his debt, giving at the same time the comparative figures under the new and old systems. The circular will also point out how each borrower may now reduce his principal indebtedness by pay- ing the simple interest charge each year before December 31. It is understood the amendment will further assist the farmer by allowing the board to grant cred- its against amounts owing of 2 percentage of the value of im- provements carried out by the farmer since the date of his loan, or the date on which he purchased land from the board. Gredits will be granted on 5 per- cent of the value of all buildings erected; 5 percent of the cost of bringing water to the land or build- ings; 5 percent of the cost of clear-— ing and grubbing raw land and pre- paring it for the plow. While the amendment has not had time to take effect, forecasts indicate the legislation will give the farmer who borrowed from the Land Settlement Board the hope that he can improve his position and obtain clear title to the land. Cranbreok Relief Costs Show Increase CRANBROOK, BC, Dec. 29 Direct relief for the eleven months of 1938 thas increased by more than $1,100 over that of the full twelve months of 1937. Last years relief costs were $13,242, while this year they are expected to top the $14,500 mark. Some 283 persons have been cared for by the city in agreement with the provincial government, and of this number nearly half are dependants. Another twenty-nine persons are cared for by the gov- ernment through direct relief. BOYCOTT JAPANESE GOODS SPECIAL! While You Wait... Men’s Half Soles and Ladies’ Half Soles 3 Rees FLAN FLAY OY POD SoS Se Se Ske PED PAE PAV ENED Ske Sh A a NAN RAN tee ee Be ar Ved Pha , red FRIENDS Room 43 - 615 Rubber Heels ____- _$1.00 Empire Shoe Repairs 66 East Hastings Street To Whom It May Concern ! AND IT CONCERNS YOU AND YOU AND YOU! For every fifteen dollars worth of subs any group, club or individual turns into the “People’s Advocate” . within any month, a book will be given as a bonus. 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