* Published : Weery. we al 3010 Katum: Street TC Terrace, BC. by Sterling ‘Publishers: Ltd. Authorized \as second: class’ mall, Registration’ . “ut “Number 1201: “Postage pald In cash, return postage: » _ Sparaniteed ee ih ; . "Sports: : coed =“ o Don: Schaffer! | : Reception. Classified: “Circulation: - ° : Caralyn Gibson - Sve. Nelson NOTICE OF ‘COPYRIGHT . ‘In any advertisement produced and-or any*editorial -. _ or photographic content published in the. Merald, Reproduction Js not permitted without the wetter” permission of. the Publisher. Trade discussed TORONTO. ( CP). — Canada’ s premiers agreed today that the country’s trade policies have to be revamped in any ‘attempt to build a long-lasting economic recovery. important international trade is to the Canadian economy, _ especially in the Atlantic provinces,” sald New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield as the premiers emerged from * the first closed session of their two-day annual conference. He called discussions today the best he had heard in five * _yeara at premiers’ conferences, “For maybe the first time we all realized aga group how important international trade is to the Canadian economy, especially in the Atlantic provinces,” said Nova Seotia Premier JVOHN Buchanan as the premiers emerged from the first closed session of their two-day annual conference. _ He called discussions today the best he had heard in five years at premiers’ conferences. . - The discussions followed presentation of a paper in which Ontario Industry and Trade Minister Frank Miller said © Canada could have an additional 350,000 direct jobs and 350,000 indirect Jobs if it reclaims the share of world trade it ‘ held in 1970, | BRITISH Columbia Preimier Bill Bennett said trade can. be-improved if government costs are cut while Saskat- chewan Premier Grant Devine focused on areas like wage settlements and the need for more research and develop- _ Ment, saying, “Frankly, we haven't been working hard - enough. ” ‘But the general focus appeared to beon a need for better financing arrangements. * - Manitoba. Premier Howard Pawley said provincial leaders expressed concern at the morning session: that “Canada is unable to finance international. trade in the - Third World in the same way that, for inatance, Japan has been doing." - - Today’s emphasis on trade followed pre-conferen statements in which all the premiers said fin Ways to . P ding ¥ _ annual flooding of the Ganges River in Bangladesh hesn't rebuild the economy was their top priority. ‘However, Canadians should not expect the conference to - come up with miracle Solutions, Ontarlo Premier William - Davis sald Tuesday, ‘The touchy issue Ot medicare will likely come up Thur- 5 sday, he said. : With nearly 15 million Canadians out of work and interest rates starting to edge up ‘again, provincial leaders pushed medicare into second place as a major issue at their meeting and played down its potential 2 as a new point of contention with Ottawa. - - Old-adversaries are trying hard not to scrap, said Quebec . Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau. “I'm trying awfully hard, for instance, to work as well as - possible with Mr. Lalonde (federal Finance Minister Marc” Lalonde) and I think he'tries also with me,”” Parizeau told reporters. ; “It’s not easy. Things have been done and said in the past that mean that sometimes things are difficult, but 1 think ’ ~ we've made some progress in the last few months.” ATTACKS OTTAWA The least conciliatory words came from Alberta Premier Peler Lougheed, who last week accused the federal Liberal government of “the rape of Western Canada.” -, “It’s hard to avoid fed-bashing when you have regard to the competency level of the people in Ottawa,” he said. - Other premiers commented warily on Prime Minister Trudeau's appeal last week for provincial co-operation in finding the road back to government solvency and in- dustrial health. “He has said on many, many occasions. that he ‘will be’ conciliatory, that he wants to co-operate,” said Nova Scotia Premier John Buchanan. “The end result ig that he does not. “If he does this time, ifhe really means tt, ‘certainly we' re ‘Willing to co-operate in every possible way with the. government of Canada because. I'm convinced | the Canadian people want that.” : Quebec Premict Rene Levesque. sald the federal ap- proach in recent months has been to ‘work: Without the provinces, “And now, all ofa sudden, there’s this great new offer of some sort of co-operation, so I don't know,” he sald. . At their conference in Halifax last ‘August, the premiers united around a statement emphasizing the need for lower - interest rates and measures to boost consumer and Investor confidence. But no one was saying Tuesday; what message might come out of this year's conference. woh METHODS DIFFER . As the premiers climbed out of thelr limousines and stepped into the downtown Harbor Castle Hilton hotel, they offered different ways of coping with a tricky situation. Political leaders have to admit ‘‘government costs are out of control” and do something to get them back under control, British Columbia Premier Bill Bennett said as he called for a first ministers’ conlerence on the economy. Lougheed said his government has a “hold-the-line’’ policy. Manitoba Premiér Howard Pawley said he came to. the conference Intending to outline how governments can create jobs, ‘Saskatchewan Premier Grant Devine ‘talked about “building on strengths" such‘ as the ofl and mining in- dustries. He also reiterated proposals to keep interest rates. as low as posalble, éven at the cost ofa devalued Canadian " dollar . ‘WasenNatoN cop) + i ‘Canadian pla fieeian that! the Reagan 1 administration’ In tiltlig. “to mee magotites poles! settlements in Centr i - dn the face: of ea8. among Americans :and including’ ‘Canada, “About its ‘paralle! 4 approach.’ . (But the: diplomats, who ‘maintain a continuing. didlogue : ~”, with -U.S, counterparts about: ‘the. dangers. Of Warsand | prospects for peace in the explosive: region, say the shift in: phasis is tentative. Any peaceful resolutions would be ‘'a Meanwhile, Canadian. Ambassador Allan - Gotlieb: and Embassy’ Counsellor ‘Jean-Pierre Jumeau,.a specialist on to'ba encouraging the poltical. approach during , ks US. officials, through US. -backed insurgents {n Nicaragua and under the _ * pressure of milltary exercises. — said diplomats’: in- ‘terviewed ‘Tuesday on condition they not be identitied by name.” > ~ ~The Canadian point is being. made anew at ‘tneetings _ a : designed primarily to keep abreast of official U.S. thinking. _ The Herald ratains full, complete and sole copyright : Economy steamrolls ahead » “Both Statistics Canada and the country's largest’ char- . tered bank provided some evidence Tuesday that: despite . recent interest-rate scares, there are still sound signa that the economy is-steamrolling ahead... The Royal Bank of Canada said Tuesaday its Treddiéater index of seven leading econoniie inditators rose §.7/per cent: - during the second quarter ‘of 1993, supporting the: bank's - "view that the real Gross National Product ia Hikely. to rise ix - per cent during the year: ‘Last year Canada’s GNP declined by about 4 4 per cent, ~ > $9 the real growth rate will be close to’! ‘1.6 per cent from the - “For maybe the first time weall realized asa group how final quarter of 1962 to the lat quarter of 1983. The bank has: ‘ . Fevised its estimate of GNP growth in 1983 upward to: 2. 2 per cent.° ; The bank sald that between September, 1982, and March, 1983, the manufacturing work week grew by an average of: - one hour to 38.2 hours. With average hours worked’ now close to the long-tero trend, further i increases in production Would result in new hiring. ~ - Primary steel production showed an abave-averagi. in- crease during the quarter in reaponse to. the upsurge in. residential construction ‘and car sales, : ‘The: Toronto Stock Exchange price-earnings’ ‘ratio. also rose at an above-average rate and new rorders by. Export industries were up. more than usual,” ’MONEY-SUPPLY GROWS © On the negative side, money-supply growth rose. 12 per cent on the quarter. New orders in consumer durables were. the advertiser-supported service, to be provided by. -wholly-—- Nicaragua retains Powers: =. _ uP at a below-average rate and residential -construction increased by 1.2 per cent, a Meanwhile, SVTATISTICS Canada reported ‘that "department store sales climbed to almost $4.6. billion in the - first six months of this year, up 6.7 per cent from the same period last year. © And the federal agency said sales in June. were. par- ticularly good, jumping by 16.4 per cent from a une, 1982, to $820 million. . All regions of: the country ‘enjoyed: ‘higher. sales 4 ‘in- June - than in the game month last year, with sales in the Atlantic Provinces Increasing .by 23.8 per cent to $44.6 million. - Ganges River -WINNIPEG (CP) — A Winnipeg geographer SaYE the been carefully studied to date because it has seemed an inevitable fact of nature. John Rogge, a | professor of geography al the University of Maniiobe, says'a team ‘of researchers from Canada and Dollar declines | LONDON (AP) — The v. $. dollar rejumed its record- breaking march on foreign exchange markets today after'a one-day pause. Goldpricesrose marginally after a morning - decline. The dollar gained on all major world currencies, ‘soaring to all-time highs in France and Italy and hitting its highest level in more than nine years in. West Germany. . Profit-taking, - which slawed the dollar's rise Tuesday, was overshadowed ‘in morning, dealings by. forecasts of higher American interest rates, tradera said. They pointed to predictions of a $2.3-billion jump in the basic U.S. money supply, which would give the Federal Reserve Board, the U.S, central bank, Little rensdn to take ‘steps to lower interest rates. . There was also speculation,of another rise in. the 1l-per- .- cent prime lending rate blg American banks are charging -. their best corporate.customers, __ A widening of the gap. between ‘American and foreign ‘ interest ‘Tates makes the dollar more attractive to in- vestors. , - Traders said the dollar also was. aided by a. predictions ‘that the West German Central Bank Council would not raise - leading interest rates at ita meeting Thursday: The American unit broke through the 2. rabeile level in Frankfurt for the first time since Feb. 16, 19M, when ft WAS, fixed at 2,7240. The dollar began the day strong, rising In Tokyo to 245.55 | Japanese yen, up from ‘Tuesday’ 8 244, 45° es DOLLAR IMPROVES wet Later in London, the dollar improved in relation to the pound, with the British: currency changing hands at #14840 U.S., compared with $1,49185 Tuesday, - ‘Other. dollar rates compared with late Tuesday included: ‘Frankfurt — 2.7065 West German iarks, up from. 2.6670, . Zurich — 2.1900 Swiss francs, ‘up from 2.1735. Paris: — 8.15525 French trans, up from 8.0650, . -_ Amsterdam — 3.0260 guilders, | up from 3.0050, _ Milan — 1,603.60 lire, up from 1,592.75, > - London — 1.23675 Canadian dollars, up feom 123625, ‘In Montreal on Tuesday, the U, S. dollar closed up +20 at i. 2365 Canadian. _ The strong dollar was putting pressure on aod bultiori in early- trading, dealers said; 1. = “Gold is movitig of the back. of the. dollar,” "as Loidon dealer said. “If the currency’ were to weaken, gold ‘prices “would rise," London’s five major bultion houses fixed a recommended afternoon gold price of $408.25 U.S. ain ounce, Up 25 cénts from the morning fix and down from $413.25 late Tuesday. In Zurich, gold also was bid at $408, down from: $412.60. _ Eailler in Hong Kong, Bold lost $3.44 to finish. at a bid prict of $408.46, Silver was bit i 1. London at $11 6 an ounee,, down from Tuesday's $11.675. i In Toronto on Tuesday, silvér. was sinted at ou. 436 Canagian an ourice, ' gave-a dimer for Thomad. Pickering, ‘the: mew: UCB. ams 4° diploma agsignments in Geneva,’ Tong proceas — ‘not Something to be fixed in afew weeks,” plomatie ‘Latin "America and a former.envoy to Cuba;'are’ indetatood ~ ‘poliey approad _to $26.9 milllon;: . dJahangimmagar University in Bangladesh want to be able to . make more reliable predictions of the river’s flood chan- beginning'ét ‘June, a week after Stone-was: ‘appointe ;, On Monday, Gotlieti and his aldes, had a ‘similar 6 on °: for ‘Inter-American’ affairs. Last week, the ambassador | bassador to El Salvador-and an old friend from overlapping . A ‘x There ‘re’ tentative: plans’ for Gotlieb to ‘see: ‘Hetiry Kissinger,’ the former UB. State secretary who is heading a * commmisglon assigned by‘President Reagan to Fecommend , thes to Central America.: .:.”: ‘Canada’ ‘ginterest is badedon itsrolein thé hemlaptiere as ar membees of! various” intef-Ameriean ald and. social -- oor >» Gotlieb, is. ‘Pepeating : ‘Canada’s long-standing. ite * epncems about. seeking a’ military ‘solution — ‘Rotably development, agencies, including. offlelal observer status in - the Organization of American States, its. participation in Reagan's ‘1962 Caribbean Basin Initiative, @ developoent '-. program, “anda loose arrangement for discussions of ©’ regional matters among theleaders of theU.S., Canada and. “Mexico. | ot One such North American meeting was held at Grand Rapids, Mich., in September, 1981, and there have heen hb . ‘a f ! after Stone's . vd faag SricAl - recent consultationsin the region. They had conferred at the. | “big-atick’ pnd : ; with Langhorte Motley, the new, assistant state secretary ‘De'ta Madrid ts: a\ meinber'of of the ‘so-called: “Cogtts of regional: leader seeking anegotited settlementor ee in.Nicaragua E} Salvador and named. for‘an. “island, ineoting place off Paniima. at ‘Ottawa’, ‘view of the Central American problem as : generally’ been closer to Mexico City’s than Washington’ 8, “although there ‘have -been shifta of emphasis in’ public " Canadian % ‘statements -during the-last 24 years." ‘While diplomats stress that,Canada has been constant: Wy ite ‘opposition ‘to outside ‘iriterference, especially military ~ - “tnvolvenierit —by the United States as well.as Cuba or the. |: , Soviet Union —ithes supported the U:8; approuch publicly 7 Whee the ew? ‘Reagan ‘administration took. cette’ ig” January, 1881, warning against a domina-siyle Conitnanist ‘takeover.in Central America,. stepping’ up military: aid” “-agninat guerrillas in El Salvador and threatening the new’ reftiat regime in Nicaragua, Mark MacGuigan, ‘then - - Canadian ‘external affairs minister, sald he was: “pleased to supply our support for the general lines ‘of approach: which -are.em that I understand them," from. the new administration, to- ‘the éxteit~— ’ Sales in Ontario Increased . by 21.8 percent i $337.8 million; Quebec by 21.6 per cent to $163,4 million; Manitoba by 13 per cent to $46.2 million; Saskatchwan by 19/6:per cent Iberta by 5.2 per ceat to $127.5 million, and British Columbia and.the Yukan and. Northwest Metritries by7.8 per, cent to $1518 million, BANK PROVIDES LOAN /, | : In other business news Tuesday: 9/0 — The Bank of Canada said it will provide $10 millicn US. to an intefriational. -banking effort which will provide short- term loan of $600 million to help ease “Ytigoslavia’ ’s debt problems, ‘The Idan is designed to help Yugoslavia with its immediate financial® problems while @ longer-term credit’: package. 1#: negotiated with the International, Monetary ’ Fund and piivate banks. —.Ford ‘Motor Co. of Canada said it plans to ral e. production ‘of Tempo and Topaz cars at its assembly plant in nearby Oakville by 25 per cet to meet market demand in. ’ Canada and: the UV.S9 The company Bald. four: hours of production will be added: to each of the two 40-hourshifts in the next two weeks and starting Aug. 22, each shift will work for an extra’ elght hours overtime, That will ‘allow daily’ production’ of the’. 1984 Ford Tempo, and Mercury Topaz to rise to 1,200 from 960. — Baton Broadcasting Inc. saya” it is. seeking federal - ‘permission. to set up a. 24-hour, all-news ad information . channel to be: distributed free to Canada’s. 4.3: million: English-language cable television subscribers, Baton said ~ owned subsidiary CNIN Communications Lid.,: would be __ delivered by satellite, It said annual costs are expected to. total about $25 million, with the epata of belting up ee $7 million, About 200 jobs are expected io. be « — The dollar alipped a tenth of a cent tn 80,87 cents US. - by close of foreign exchange markets — ifs loweat level in nearly two months — but traders said it was atill doing well . against most of iis European counterparts. Traders said the - American: dollar :continued to: soar soar’ against: European | currencies, the Canadian dollar got swept along forthe ride . despite its own slight dip in value against the U.S. currency. to be studied Bangladesh will begin work this fall on analysing the age- old flood pattern. ~ ‘Rogge has visited the small country east of India, ‘populated mostly by poor landless peasants who have been displaced by the yearly floods and have resettled in Dacca, the Bangladesh capital. The researchers from the University of Manitoba and nels. They also want to asseRs ‘the implications of the Allght ‘of people. Rogge sald the profecthas.a $350,000 budget, mainiy from. Canada’s International Development Research Centre. ' “My specialty has’ been involuntary migration, mainly fefugees,”” Rogge said in an interview. “But I was in ‘Bangladesh in 1980 and got interested in the’ problems “caused by the flooding, No. one had really systematically investigated the problem, because it was accepted as the normal course of life in the area, ““T went back in 1961 for three weeks when we established the link with the Bangladesh university,’ “Our main role is to train the students from that coun- try,” Rogge aid, adding that three graduate students from Bangladesh are part of the team, in Canada. i “The Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers constitute. one of ‘the largest catchment basins in the world, draining - vit tually the whole of the Himalayan basin. With all that water . channelled ‘through the delta, _ Bangladesh is. little more (than) one big river‘delta."” ‘Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, became ‘pn in- dependent. country in 1971 in the wake of the Indo -Pakistani war, The mostly-rural country has’ a population of more than | 80 million Iiving on a total of 144 000 square kilometrés, The average population density ‘of 589 People'a square | kilometre is rated the highest in the world. Rogge said as ‘much as 36: per. cent of ‘Bangladesh | is flooded.as‘a result of. monsoon floods. - ' The study, Canada has rejected the U.S. interpretation ‘of the Central American struggles ds part of a global U.S,-Soviet contest, economic pressures, Last April,- ‘Trudeau stated flatly in Ottawa that “there are ‘major ’ sseriblng them’ primarily. inatead to. internal ‘boctal and before visiting | Reagan’ in “Washington, divergences (with U.S. policy), beginning. with the fact that we object to the interference In the internal affairs of other friend:""" But after. the ‘meeting, a Trudeau ‘aide sald the prime _minister had expressed “general ‘support’ for the Reagan line and “we recognize that -the United States has-to - be’ 7 interested and intimately involved with the -aftalia: of. that : part of the world,” “That apparent’ shift, ‘diplomats say, was designed. ‘to : countries by any major power - — even If that power | Is our: encourage the line in a Reagan speech to Congress during : the Trudeau visit that emphasized peaceful goals and ~hegotiated settlements; describing U.S. military aid as “‘a | ' shield” to encourage political and economic reform and not an end in itself. . AS a. friendly “neighbor,” the’ diplomats say, : Canada _ recognizes special’ U.S. interests in the region. Ottawa is - Feluctant to attack U. Spolicies publicly, preferring quiet - persuasion designed’ to ‘get Washington at least. to try . diplomacy instead. of military. and economic power. Lately, however, Reagan his urged increased backing ‘ for ‘Nicaraguan insurgents and El Satvador’s army while ordering maséivé air, sea and land exercises in the area: He has supported a negotiated settlement but suggested: it’ would be- difficult while’ the. present: government of Poor. are. ‘poorer. “TORONTO (CP) — -working poor would be better off quitting their jobs. and going on wie dere a study released today. : ed by University of Manitoba a worker ai uppérting f économilat Dele te apr a amily of four on a ‘minlmum-wage job earn eared only 68 per.cent of . what. he’ or she, would have received on welfare in’ 1960. In Toronto: that year, a welfare. payment for a family of four was only $6,900 — a little more than half the $12,870 — Many of Canada’s nearly 400,000: , * figure Statistica Canada set for a subsistence level for four . people. Instead of’ helping the working poor, “provincial policy tendé to penallee them for working, ” says the report titled 7 Federalism. and. the Poor. ‘Hum, in his I1i-page work conimisstoned by the: Ontario Economic Council, says impoveriatied working Canadians | ‘Hkely will ‘become worse off unless the federal govern- - ment’s multibliion-dellar Canada Assistance Phan A reformed. " “TPs nota nice pleture,” Hum aid of his report Tueaday. . “For a country with ag much going for it ag we ehave, It is 4 fairly damning indictment." , _ MILLIONS BELOW LINE About 2.5 million Canadian men, women and children are living below the poverty line, said Hum; who was educated at Oxford University. and the University of Toronto.: Hum criticizes the federal government for excluding the - working poor. frori recelving ‘beriefits: from its Canada Assistance Plan; under which the federal government pays the In his study,.Hum noted Saskatchewan, Manitoba and provinces about $2 billion, or: ‘half the cost of social : : “welfare programs... ~ ' Rogge’ said -most of the field work will be done by researchers from Jahangimmagar University, -— - Quebec are the only provinces which have progranis to . augment. incomes of the working poor, - Increases in the minimum wage have not kept pace. e with inflation, Hum said. However, raising the minimum: wage _ereate more unemployment. a ..Hum gaid a guaranteed annual income — under which’ ‘a would be. paid : ’ the difference by thé federal and Provinelal governments - _ _ worker not earning a certain level of income "would be a better system, “The issve af won't end poverty for the: working poor because it. ‘may” the working _p ‘poor has never. been’. satisfactorily addressed," Hum sald, blaming the failure on - - divided governmieént. responsibility for _ impoverished ; working Canadians, | i * Restrictions on: "incomes from part-time ‘work: ‘also. - * penalize those who receive soclal assistance; he paid. “Ini a cotintry where about 50 per cent of the population a ore lanilless peasants, living on holdings of one-enth of a hectare, ‘that figure » grows after almoat every flood, * he mmAnother problem I la that the river channels. ‘change. course. “The Brahmaputra River channel has moved 4.” | kilometres in the past 100 years and may move more than ig’ ; kilometres: in a‘singla season,” Rogge said. - ys With'‘an average per capita income of $120 3 a “yoni: thé © people of Baigladesh face a precarious: life. ‘Marauding: rivers leave tomelensness, poverty, disedse and war-in Chowdhury Haque, oné of: Roige’s: graduaie students, - grew up on the delta, and his family and thal ot his -wite: have been displaced more than once, =. > eee Haque said there are three options for- the dispinced::” “They can go déepér into the rural area; they-can try to . _begin again on new. lend & as it emerges, or they can move to the cities.”’ . With little new land ‘available, many newly-landless peasants end up working for a few big landowriers. . ‘Haque said flight to the large cities often solves nothing because rural peasants do not have the skills needed to. adapt to urban life. As aresult, the jobless gather in ghettos where they haul rickshaws or beg in the streets, The scheme will be.the subject of .an international sympoalum later this month .on Hecla Isloth Canada and - Bangladesh also plan to meet in Winnipeg in December. Raaberalie Hisiiee cleat ok ere ilidyx Tale dealin Meadiethsetharcladrdeghoda add desea Youth is broke? employment conference in Newfoundland fear the meetitig _may-be-a bust because the 200 delegates ara unemployed xpensed. and too broke. to afford travelling ¢ “Tt eauld.be the biggest thing that never happened, " says . Douglas Rich; from Newfoundland to bed for more money. |. The federal government has kicked in $65,000 to set up the OTTAWA (CP> Organisers of a federally funded youth an organizer who came to Ottawa this week ‘ conference and Is offering expertise. But no one has offered _ to dubsidize the cost: of delegates travelling to’ Newton ; “dland. from : ‘sibytas' the: country. “Major airlines and the Defence Department have refined ~ to give free or discounted tickets on their flights; Delegates are being selected "by three’ yduth organizations, Canada World Youth, YM-YWCA and | - Katimavik. The conference is being sponsored by the: Rewtouduand ; | and Labrador Youth Advisory Counsell. With 624,000 people between the ages of 18. id ‘4 unemployed this summer, government officials welcomed ‘ the conference, which concentrate on ways youth ‘can battle unemployment: The conferetice is scheduled for dod. 25-28. ;