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THE PEHEOPL

EB’S ADVOCATE

February 3, 1939

BC Agriculturists Condem

Convention Featured
By Reactionary Attack

On Railway Unionists

Special to the Advccate

VERNON, BC, Feb. 2.—With sessions featured by an odd
mixture of progressive and reactionary discussion, the British
Columbia Chamber of Agriculture in convention here last week-
end went on record as strongly condemning the Page-Croft
scheme for settling selected British immigrants in the Prince

George district of the province.

The resolution, introduced by H. B. D. Lysons, of Kelowna,
won strong support from a number of delegates, the majority

takins the position that no further
immigration of the type suggested
should be permited until such time
at least as the problems of far-
mers now on the land were solved.

“Wo matter what their subsidy,
such settlers would have no chance
of success except at the expense
of farmers already in British Co-
lumbia,” Iysons declared.

His position was supported by E.
D. Barrow, retiring president, who
Geclared that during his term of
ofmce he had seen a good number

of such schemes to _ subsidize
pseudo farmers.
“When the subsidy came to an

end the government came in for
a great deal of trouble,” he re—-
marked.

Krom 2 progressive stand on the
Page-Croft scheme, discussion
abruptly swung to the side of re-
action when a fraternal delegate,
Paul Fisher of Burlington, Ont,
former president of the Canadian
Horticultural Council, urged BC
farmers to goa down the line
against the railroad brotherhoods
as the main obstacle to lower
freight rates and by inference de-
clared in favor of CNR-CPR amal-
gamation.

"We have a national railroad
problem,” he declared. “INo amount
of talk will give us lower freight
rates until the railroad problem is
solved. Governments are afraid to

act as there are too many factors,
such as taxation and sectional in-
terests.

“The Chamber of Agriculture
must get into the fight We must
fight the railroad unions. The
trucking business is developing
simply because wumionists insist
on working only eight hours a
day. When we come with busi-
mess after hours they close the
car doors in our faces and won’t
do anything.”

The Ontario man’s attack on
unionism and the eight-hour day
was apparently, however, too sharp
and open to find much support
from other delegates.

Several resolutions were referred
to the executive for action. Of
these, one asked that the CBC and
the federal minister of agriculture
be asked to make provision for re—-
ferringe to Canadian primary pro-
ducts on the national network’s
radio programs.

A suggestion was placed before
the convention that freight rates
to the prairies be cut 50 percent
and that the federal government
be asked to stand the resulting loss
to the railroad companies.

Several delegates spoke against
government subsidies to the fruit
growing industry. The subsidy
question had found support in view
of the fact that the federal gov-
ernment had already aided wheat
growers.

Raise $180 For China

Kimberley, Cranbrook
Meetings Demand Embargo

By P. WALSH
CRANBROOK, BC, Feb. 2.—Emphatie protests against the
shipment of war material to Japan from Kimberley, home of the
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company’s mine and from
this city were registered by citizens attending overtiow meetings

in these two centres sponsored by
the Canadian League for Peace and
Democracy.

The mectings, staged to raise
funds for Ghina, were addressed by
three prominent local ministers,
and resolutions were forwarded to
Prime Minister Mackenzie King de-
manding an embargo on all war
materials to Japan from these
points where profits from human
suffering is the basis of a syn-
thetic prosperity.

Talking pictures

showed the

scourge and wanton devastation of
Shanghai, Canton and other
Chinese cities with their civilian
populations coupled with a splendid
address by the Geague’s Alberta
president, Arnold Robertson, real-
ized $180 for the Chinese cause.

The voice of the church in its
condemnation of Japanese ageres-
sion can be summed up in the
words of one attending minister
who stated, “You cannot remain
unmoved and inactive and be a
Christian.”

Ferndale Establishes .
Community Association

MISSION, BC, Feb. 2.—Residents of Ferndale have organ-
ized the Ferndale Community Association at an initial meeting
attended by 45 people last weekend. Those present became

foundation members.

Object of this association is to
take an interest in all local and
municipal affairs and to advance
the social, cultural and educational
welfare of the people in the district.

Officers elected were: president,
Albert Cade; vice-president, John
Doyle; secretary-treasurer, Miss
Mailes; directors, L. Sherriff, E. H.
Merrill, Mrs. Wm. Davidson and
Mrs. Boudreau,

Keen interest was shown by the
members in discussion and endors-
ing the bylaws.

The same enthusiasm was taken

in appointing a committee to look
into the question of several path-
masters being laid off in the dis-
trict and reporting to the next
meeting their findings. A ‘wood-
cutting bee was arranged for a sick
member.

Meetings of the association are
to be held on the second Thursday
of each month. The organization’s
first public datice will be held on
Saturday, February 4. MRefresh-
ments and dancing added a lighter
touch for the members after their
deliberations.

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NEW ARITHMETIC
SYSTEM REVEALED

Bight Minus Nine
Now Equals Ten

REGINA, Sask. — The case of
a farmer who borrowed $8000 in
1919, paid back almost $9000 and
still owed $10,000 was brought
before the Board of Review at
2 sitting in Saskatoon last week.

The farmer was Joseph Kary
of Allan. Interest on the ioan
was eight percent, the board
was told.

Kary told the beard he had
the debt down to less than $6000
in 1932, but had not been able
to pay much on it since that
time because of bad crop con-
ditions.

Even the representative for
the creditor, appearing before
the board had to admit that
Iiary had been a good farmer
and had produced good creps in
the past.

DAIRY OUTLOOK
‘DEPRESSING

Special to the Advocate.

MATSQUI, BG, Feb. 2. — Outlook
for the future of the dairy industry
in BC is anything but bright, ac-
cording to statements made by di-
rectors at the annual meeting of
the Fraser Valley Milk Producers’
Association local here last weelk-
end.

“Tt is becoming more evident that
some sort of control over produc-
tion is necessary,” was the asser-
tion of one director. He stated that
650 million pounds of butter was
made last year while the public
consumed nowhere near that total,
with the result of depressed prices
of butterfat to the farmer.

In 1938 there was 237,185 Ibs. more
butterfat produced than in the pre-
vious year, while FVMPA members
produced 300 more cans of milk
per day last year than in 1937, and
the market for the product is any-
thing but pleasing.

For many years the FYMPA was
the sole manufacturer of powdered
milk in the west, which had a ready
sale to bakeries and manufacturers
of poultry feed. The same product
is now being placed on the BC
market from Edmonton which has
caused keen competition and con-
sequently price cuts.

Great Britain also has a surplus
milk supply which is now being
utilized in the manufacture of the
powdered product. This market is
greatly curtailed with a direct Joss
to BG, as most of this product was
imported from Canada.

Need For Dyking
Stressed At Meeting

CLOVERDALE, BC, Feb. 2.—
Action cannot be delayed any
longer to provide the necessary

flood control measures which have
become more acute each year in
the Surrey lowlands. '

This in short sums up the opin-
ions of all in attendance at the an-
nual meeting last weekend of the
Surrey dyking district.

Unanimous endorsement was
given a resolution propesing to
authorize a tax levy up to 50 cents
per acer to meet the necessary dyk-
ing requirements. A proviso is con-
tained in the resolution that this
can only be done if aid is forth-
coming from the municipality and
province.

Dyking commissioners were em-
powered to proceed with construc-
tion of two new fiood gates to be
built at the dams and should this
method prove economical a general
meeting will be convened to discuss
eonstruction of additional gates.

Farmers Institute Meets

COURTENAY, BC, Feb. 2——Ofi-
cers elected at the annual meeting
of the Comox District Farmers’ In-
stitute were: Howard Cox, presi-
dent; E. H. Spencer, vice-president;
G. EB. Yockney, secretary treasurer;
HH. Allberry William Dunean, G. N.-
Mangiles, J. Crockett, Sr., and
George Bigelow, directors.

NANAIMO, Feb. 2—Pians are
underway here by the Gyro Club
to erect an auditorium at a cost
of $80,000 with a seating capacity
of 3500 at the mouth of the Mill-

ROYAL CITY
REDUCES STAFF
‘FOR ECONOMY’

13 City Workers
To Be Retired;
No Appointments

NEW WESTMINSTER, Feb.
2.—Retirement of 13 civic em-
ployees on superannuation
April 1 is proposed in a re-
organization plan presented to
the city council Monday night
by Mayor Fred Hume.

The plan, which will be discussed
in committee, offers no new ap-
pointments to fill the vacancies of
the employees who would be re—
tired immediately by giving each
of them two month's holidays with
full pay.

Names of those slated for re-
tirement were not made public by
the mayor.

Saving in the plan which covers
a score of proposals will amount
to $20,000 and revenues will be in-
ereased by $5000 annually, the
mayor stated.

Other proposals in the mayor’s
plan to place the Royal City on a
more efficient administration are:
Increase in the superannuation
allowance for this year if the pre-
sent amount is considered insuffi-
ecient. City Engineer H. Steward-
son to be appointed in charge of
the board of works, electrical and
building inspections, waterworks,
electric light and all mechanical
operations.

Purchasing agent duties to be
taken over by the city clerk and
operation of the city market to be
placed under the comptroller office
as would be the transference from
the police station of the collection
ef poll, road and dog taxes.

A boost in truck licenses from
$20 to $40 and an increase in trade
licenses whereby contractors would
pay $40 instead of $20 is proposed
in the mayor’s plan.

SLUM CLEARANCE
TO BE PRESSED

NEW WESTMINSTER, Feb. 2.
—Shim clearance and a municipal
works program featured the inter-
im program drawn up and en-
dorsed by the Workers’ Alliance at
its regular meeting here Tuesday
night.

The city council will be urged to
take full advantage of the provi-
sions offered for such schemes un-
der the National Housing Act

Wherever the city council has
influence over employers they will
be requested to employ where pos—
sible resident unemployed, and the
board of works’ cooperation will
be sought in employing as many
of these resident unemployed as
reeular full time civie employees
with union rates of pay.

Since there has never been any
organized clothing allowance made
to the unemployed, the organiza-
tion will make representations to
the council to institute same, and
pending employment, the unem-
ployed be granted an increase in
relief.

Assistance will be given the
Fiousewives’ League to organize
the wives of unemployed heads of
families to combat high prices of
foods.

Mission Dairymen
Elect New Officers

MISSION, BG, Feb. 2.—Annual
meeting of the central executive of
the council of locals of the Hraser
Valley Milk Prdoucers’ Association
held in the Elk’s hall reelected the
following officers by acclamation:
President, L. Beharrell, Matsqui;
vice-president, D. R. Cooper, Sil-
ywerdale; secretary, O- Blatchford,
Abbotsford.

Poplar Farmers’ Tnstitute pro-
posed in a resolution that treat
ment for the eradication of the
warble fly be made compulsory,
as it is in the case of tubercular
testing. ‘The resolution received

stone River.

the meeting's endorsement.

n Farm Immigration Plan

Parent- 1 eacher Meet

Discusses Cooperative ||
Purchase Of Textbooks]||

textbooks occupied the spotlight

Valley points.
An address by Mrs. J. P. Leem-¢
ing, president of the BC Trustees’
Association on the “Cooperative
Buying of Textbooks” evoked some
interesting questions and discus-
sion. -

This scheme has been in opera-
tion at Kitsilano High School and
was also being tried with success
at Duncan. The scheme would ap-
pear to be proving beneficial to
parents, scholars and teachers,
Mrs. Leeming stated.

From a financial standpoint co-
operative purchases provided a sav-
ing to parents, since $3.75 would be
the approximate cost te parents for
grades seven, eight and nine, where
previously the cost for the three-
year period had been approximate-
ly $13.70.

Dr. W. Jackson of the Essondale
Mental Hospital dealt with the sub--
ject of “New Treatments in Mental
Tiiness,” outlining a new type of
mental disease which was attack-
ing thoSe in. the early “teen ages
and up to the early forties A sur
yey conducted in 1934 showed that
there were 12,400 casés in Canada
alone of this specific type and that
49 percent of mental hospital beds
were occupied by patients with
this type of mental iliness. The
average stay in hospital was two
years, he stated.

Dr. W. G. Black of the University.
of British Columbia spoke on the
work of the League of Nations, re-
minding the audience that the PTA
was an affiliate of the League of
Wations Society in Canada.

He dealt particularly with the
refugee problem and showed the.
benefits that might come to Canada
if the country would absorb a num-
ber of refugees from fascist coun-
tries, many of whom were out-
standings professional men, scien-
tists and doctors.

Mrs. G. Delmage spoke briefly
on “Parent-Teacher Work” urging
groups to continue the building of
parent-teacher groups throughout

Special to the Advocate
NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, Feb. 2—Cooperative buying of

ference of the Parent-Teacher Council held here with delegates ql
present from Burnaby, Vancouver, North Vancouver and Fraser /

of attention at last week’s con--

GOV'T APPOINTS |
UTILITIES BOARD ,

VICTORIA, Feb. 2. — Personne)
of the Public Utilities Commission Ff
announced here this week by Pre—
mier T,. D. Pattulilo include Dr W.
A. Carrothers, L. W. Patmore, KC,
and Major J. ©. MacDonald.

Dr. Carrothers has been chosen
chairman of the three-man board
at a salary of $10,000 per year. This |

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salary will also cover his chair-—
manship of the Fuel and Petro-
leum Board.

L.. .W. Patmore of Prince Rupert
and Major MacDonald will receive
a salary each of $7,500 per year,
Patmore also receives $1000 from
his post on the International Fish-
eries Commission, which he at
tained two years ago succeeding
George Alexander. = :

The new board can, if pressed by
the people, clip the wings of such
corporations as the BC Electric,
BC Power, BC Transportation,
which are practically one and the
Same company, and the Kootenay

rates within the reach of the

Light and Power by keeping their )

ception of the BC Telephone,
which has a federal charter, tele
graph, ferries and water system
fall under the scope of the com-
mission.

There are in BC some 54 power
companies, four street railway sys-
tems, 2800 motor behicles, includ-
ing bus lines, eleven telephone sys-
tems and toll bridges which come
under the Public Utilities Act

But the frst job for the commis—
sion to tackle is that of the act

itself before any price-fixing can.)

be done in regards to public utili-
ties mentioned.

the province.

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