Page Four THE PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE Wovember 25, 1935 — Federal Commissioner Combine Probe To Open At if To Conduct Hearings KELOWNA, BC, Nov. 24.—Intention of the federal govern- ment to begin an enquiry into the fruit marketing combine said to exist in the Okanagan Valley was greeted here this week by growers’ organizations affected, which believe a full investiga- tion will reveal a situation similar to that existing during the palmy days of the Nash-Symington combine. SCIENCE MAY AID FARMERS Seventy leading Canadian scien- tists, business men and agricultur- ists, gathered at Toronto Monday in the first conference to be held in Canada on new inedible uses for farm products. The conference promises to be the beginning of a twenty-year ef fort to link up industry and agri- culture through applied science and delegates include officials of the Wational Research Council, techni- eal agriculturists and industrial chemists. fmtroduced to the conference by D. G McKenzie, former minister of agriculture for Manitoba, and now general manager of the United Grain Growers, the subject is a Te—- sult of research by the United States Harm Chemurgic Council, which has endeavored to put chem-— istry to work for the farmer. Al- ready the council claims that man~ ufacturers working its processes are absorbing the product of forty million acres in the United States. Specific purpose of the council has been to find new uses for stapic erops and farm products in an ef- fort to reduce the surpluses and thus assist the fammer. Outstand- ing examples are the use of cotton as a road binder which has already reduced the cotton surplus to a great extent, the conversion of oat hulls into furfural, used to dissolve the gum out of motor lubricants, the use of this furfural gum as 2 paving material. Transfer of acreage into new erops like soy beans has also been recommended by the council, since it helps to reduce the potential sur— pluses on other staple crops and thus indirectly benefits even those farmers who do not switch over. PROTECTION OF FORESTS URGED VICTORA, BC, Nov. 24—British Golumbia’s greatest industry should be protected and preserved, Captain Macgregor Macintosh, Con- servative MiA for the Islands, told the Legislature this week. The government, he said, had failed to take steps to preserve the timber industry. In 1937 only 167 acres had been replanted where thousands of acres should have been in seed. Finland set the example for the whole world, Captain Macintosh declared. Last year it replanted 6300 acres, assuring a forest crop of the future. “The Finnish government not only makes sure of a revenue frem. a future cut of timber, but insists that timber should be cut in such a way that natural regeneration will not be destroyed,” Captain Macintosh remarked. “This industry is bigger than mines or agriculture, yet we are not exactly sure of our forests’ future,’ he continued. Tt was of the utmost importance to take steps now to sustain the yield from an industry which pro- duced $80,000,000 in new revenue in a single year, Captain Macintosh said. “Forests will vided they are protected. grow again pro- And we EF A. MacGregor, commissioner, government has announced ini- tial hearings in this city “within a few days.’ The probe will be conducted under the Combines In- vestigation Act, and MacGregor bas indicated the hearings will be private and will consist in hearing charges and allegations. He will sit in other Okanagan centers later. Charges on the existence of a combine were first made last Aug- ust by Godfrey Isaacs, prominent Oyama fruit grower, who declared in public statements that thousands of fruit growers were being mulct-— ed as the result of a jobber-shipper combine. In elaborating his charges, Isaacs further stated the combine was operated by the company known years ago as the Nash-Symington group, which was investigated by the federal government and fin- ally dissolved after payment of heavy fines. The new set-up is now Known as the Dominion Fruit Company, which is in turn con- trolled by Western Grocers Lim- ited. Fxistence of the combine ren- dered the provincial marketing control abortive, Isaacs said. Following publication of his charges, preliminary investigations were made by the provincial gov- ernment, and later by F. A. Mac- Gregor conducted investigations for the federal government, reporting his findings to Ottawa. Tt was on the basis of his report that a probe was decided under the Gombines investigation Act. POTATO MEN PROTEST RULES ON PLEBISCITE Voting on Market Con- trol Excludes Growers Renting Land; Owners Only Ballot Proposed plebiscite for marketing control under the BC Natural Products Act to be held within the next few weeks by the Lower Mainland Potato board has caused considerable dissension among potato grow- ers. . Only growers owning their own property will be eligible to vote, thus excluding hundreds of grow-— ers who rent their ground and whose landlords will vote in their place. The area to be covered by the plebiscite will include the Cariboo, Vancouver Island and Lower Main- land. Specific questions to be voted up- on have not yet been decided, but are under consideration at Victoria and will be announced in a few days. Twelve hundred owner-gTroweis registered on the books of the Po- tato Board will be mailed ballot forms within a few days. When the legality of the Natural Products Act was questioned, Hon- Dr. K. C. MacDonaid promised that a vote would be taken from all growers of the different. organized groups operating under the act as to whether they wished to continue under its jurisdiction. The plebiscite, it is announced, will be conducted in a similar man-— j} ner to that for the milk producers. Colin Cameron Asks Aid Big Business Bringing Disaster To BC Farmers Friday. If these methods are developed, it will mean disaster for ninety percent of the small farmers in the province, he declared, adding that the only way in which the small producers could survive would be found in cooperative endeavors. According to the standards set up by Sir John Orr, in his survey of condidtions in Great Britain, Evidence of big business methods in farming operations can be seen throughout British Columbia, Colin Cameron, CCE- MILA for Comox, told members of the provincial legislature on persons in BC were inadequately housed, clothed and fed. Ample markets for the agricultural indus- try could be found by proper pro- vision for the people’s needs. Kelowna | Cariboo Indians - On Move Pian For Native Brotherhood Wins Approval Referring to the budget, Cam- eron remarked that it was based on illusionary promises. It was a record of tax-gatherers but did not reflect the true situation confront- ing the people of the province. Cameron pointed out that 100,000 MacDonald Believes Trade Pact Helps BC Ereer entry of milk, cream and cheese into American markets ought to help to some extent, he said, though he believed in these specific cases the effect would be ereater in Hastern Canada. MacDonald emphasized that full effects of the trade agreement, in- cluding both benefits and losses, would not be felt for some time. VICTORIA, BC, Nov. 95-—Belief was expressed this week by Hon. K. C. MacDonald, minister of agriculture, that the new trade pact signed by Canada, United States and Great Britain would help British Columbia farmers in general. in favor of a single agency for milk marketing, the minister stated it was a further step toward stabiliz- ing the province’s dairy industry. “Naturally I am gratified the! producers were so strongly in favor of it. It is something I have advocated for four years and will be better for all parties concerned,’ he said. “There is no reason Now Special te the Advocate 100 MELE HOUSE, BC — The eloquent appeal of Ivan Adams of Massett for organization of BC Imdians in the form of a Wative Brotherhood, published in a recent issue of the Advo- -eate, was made known here re—- cently to the Indians of the Can-— im Lake district, some 75 miles from Williams Lake in the Cari- boo. And behind the fact lies an interesting story. Early this month an In- dian, slowed up by a gathering storm, asked for permission to Stay overnight at a house on the Canim Take road. He had come from Clinton, a distamce of 70 miles, since morning, and his saddle thorse and two pack hiorses, one a newly-captured wild horse, were played out and need- ing feed. Supper over and his stock bed- ded down, the Indian’s attention was called to the Advocate and Adam’s letter. He said nothing on the first reading. Then he would have liked a copy of the paper to take to the rancheree-. That failing—there was only one available and that one needed— he decided to copy the whole art- iele in long hand, a laborious task that kept him until midnight. But copy it he did, and in full de ] tail, apparently inspired by Adams’ appeal. The owner of that ranch on the Canim Lake road, in telling this story, commented to this corre— spondent on the significance of the incident. This Indian in question wes from the Canim Lake reserve, where, surrounded by the com- fortless cabins of his people, the most conspicuous feature is the mission church with its crowd- ed cemetery cnosses. There was. no doubt he was thinking of the reserve while he was painstak— ingly copying that letter from the Advocate. A WNative Brotter- hood? That was the answer to his problem and that of his people, and it was undoubtedly the message he took back to the rancheree. INTERESTING FILM AT BEACON Showing this Friday at the Bea- con Theatre for the first time in Canada, “Tomorrow's Children” is a very rovocative film, endeavoring to give both sides of the question of human sterilisation. Although most weight has been applied to the “against” side, “sig- nified by the fact that it was ap- proved without question by a group of Catholic ministers, the film pre- sents an outspoken story of steri- lisation, under state control, of physical and mental degenerates. Indisputable evidence is presented of the crying need for sterilisation in cases where family history shows the certainty of imbecile, feebleminded or habitually crim- inal offspring, but the film also shows how state control can be abused by political influence. The plot is simple but intensely interesting and a complete scien- tific explanation is given of the actual operation as it applies to both male and female patients. SPE While You Wait... Men’s Half Soles and Rubber Heels _____... 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