Ap bed eb AN A FO Air tate hale Peet) Deed ee AL ee yf et te fet it bale fall fond Be a A Peta Page Four THE PEHEOPLE’S ADVGCATE February 10, i93! Federated Grower ‘i Perishable Berry Crop Endangered By Methods Of ‘Arbitrary Selling’ MISSION, BC, Feb. 9—Opposition to any marketing les- islation whether provincial or federal governing the marketing of highly perishable berries and other small fruits was expressed in a resolution passed by the fourth annual convention of the Federated Coast Growers’ Association held in the Canadian Ihegion annex here last weekend. The resolution points out that “the expense of any such board would have to be added to the already too high production costs under which the producers are at present laboring, making any such scheme prohibitive. Pre- wieus experience has shown that any attempt to arbitrarily control the marketing of any highly per- ishable product has proven disas- trous to prodnecers.” A blanket rate of $2 per i100 pounds on all express carlot ship- ments of fresh fruits to the prairie provinces was sought in another resolution which met with the wholehearted approval of the growers. Representations had already been made to have the 20,000 pound minimum reduced to 17,000 pounds but was rejected by the railway companies and now the e2rowers have compromised on the difference and ask that the mini- mum be 18,500 pounds- Housewives’ League To Hold Whist Royai Gak branch of the House- wives’ League is sponsoring a whist drive and tea at the Parish Hali (Rev. Dingle’s church) on Royal Oak avenue, Thursday, Feb- ruary 16 from 2 until 4:30 pm. A speaker from the central executive will speak briefly on the work of the League. Tea cup reading and a drawing for a hamper will fea- ture the affair in addition to whist prizes. Housewives of South Burnaby desiring information regarding the Teague are asked to write the sec- retary, Mrs. A. Head, 2336 Royal Oak avenue, or attend the next meeting at 1507 Royal Oak avenue, on Wednesday, February 15, at 2 pm. Meetings are held every al- ternate Wednesday. Delegates from practically every section of the Lower Mainland were welcomed to their annual meet by Reeve A. B. Catherwood, who opened the sessions at 10:30 am Saturday J. J. Woods, provincial hoerticul- turist, Agassiz, spoke on certified seed for new plantings, and Harry Beach addressed the convention on the possibility of an export market in Great Britain through a more rigid inspection and grading of surplus berries.- Many matters were discussed, and resolutions were passed con- nected with the following phases of the industry: More thorough inspection and grading of S.O.2 berries for export. Requesting that application for Gump duty be brought into effect upon call. Recommended that time limit for auty on early potatdes be from May 25 to July 15 of each year. Protested any resolutions being adopted permitting anything but No. i potatoes being imported into Canada. A subsidy from the federal gov- ernment for the berry and small fruits industry of BC was request ed. Officers elected for 1939 are: President, R. E. Knight, Mission, who presided over the sessions and banquet; vice-president, W. Ker- sey, Saanichton, V.1I.; secretary treasurer, LL. R. Wilson, Mission. The board of directors are: A- WN. MeKim, Steveston, T. Ikebuchi, Mission, H. D. Kelly, Chilliwack, J. G. Derkson, Yarrow, Frank Aish, Upper Sumas, C. E. Prosser and A. GC. Fisher, Hatzic, W. H. MeNally, Saanichton, and TF. Iso- shima, Haney. s 0 pose M arketing Board Contro 7 r APPESSEMENT DAILY wait PREMIER REAFFIRMS FaITH iM POLICY OF EART H~10 RM “HOW ABOUT “<“APPEASING’’ HUNGER? Gleneden Ski Tournament Sees Outstanding Events 7 SALMON ARM, BC, Feb. 9—Annual ski tournament of the Gleneden Sports Club was staged here last Sunday with an estimated crowd of 500 in~attendance to watch the two feature events—the cross country race Matt Soon took the men’s three— mile cross country event, with Yud Maki and Ed Brown runners-up. Winning time was 39 minutes, 32 seconds. On the juvenile quarter- mile course, Reino Hill took the honors in an elapsed time of three minutes, 40 seconds. Elmer Sep- pala and Mauno Seppala came in second and third. The girls’ one and a half mile event was won by Mamie Hill in 24 minutes, 54 seconds. Sylvia Kuoppala and Elma Soon finished second and third. Best time for the boys’ three- mile event was turned in by Fred Huhtala with 41 minutes, 24 sec- onds. Emil Gunnarson of Revelstoke took first place in the A class jumping, his best jump being 89 feet, nine inches. Ernie Amato and Joe Golleo also turned in star jumps. In the B class event, Jack White of Revelstoke took the honors with a leap of 77 feet. Roy Farrell of Sunnybrae and Hd Durand of Rev- and the jumping contests. elstoke turned in good perform- ances. In the hockey tilt, Salmon Arm Juniors came out on top of a 43 score in a fast game with Glen- eden. An annual affair here, the event is gaining wider support each year and is helping develop mass sup- port for Canada’s great outdoor winter sport—skiing. Kiondyke Nite Planned By Unions NEW WESTMINSTER, Feb. 9— Workers’ Alliance and Pacific Coast Fishermen’s Union are working jointly on a “Klondyke nite’ arranged for March 24 in the Legion hall These affairs have been a souree of entertainment for the patrons and revenue for the sponsors and the ticket sales are meeting with a ready response. A trip to the San Francisco Exposi- tion and $25 expense money is of- fered as a prize. Ottawa Canada’s Subservience To Chamberlain Real Danger to Democracy By HARRY BINDER TTAWA, Ont.—A crop of reso- lutions and motions to vest with Parliament the sole right to determine Canada’s entry into war have made their entry into the House of Commons during this session. The latest of such measures was a bill introduced by J. T. Thorson, (Liberal, Selkirk). A similar reso- lution was placed on the order paper by J. S. Woodsworth (CCF). Of the same type are resolutions by Grant MacNeil (CCE-North Vancouver) designed to amend the Military Service Act and the Naval Service Act. These amendments would lodge with Parliament alone the rgiht to mobilize Canada’s land and sea forces. There is no question these reso- jutions are motivated by a healthy distrust of Chamberlain’s foreign policy. They are aimed, even if they fail to hit the mark, to give Ganada legal status for freedom of action in foreign affairs. They seek to assure the fact that Can- ada is not blindly committed to follow in the footsteps of Chamber- lain. The weaknesses of the resolu- tions lie in this — they fail to point the way now for a policy by which this Dominion can help to halt the fascist drive to world war. Instead, the type of resolutions introduced serve to demobilibe the struggle for an immediate peace policy for Can- ada. They concentrate their ex- clusive attention upon constitu- ¢dional definitions which are not the main mattesr at all. Obscures 7 Im facet, these resolutions and motions, when unsupported by an enunciation of a positive peace pol- icy, cannot win the support of the greater majority of the Canadian people. The movers of the motions fail to realize that even the passage ef resolutions through the Cana- dian Wouse of Commons will not five Canada greater freedom of action in the international sphere. ) HAT prevents the Dominion government from pursuing a positive policy for peace? Wot legal hindrances but the pro- Ghamberlain outlook and policy and most of the leaders of the gov- ernment. The government, through Pre- mier King, has already given fre- quent assurances that war will be declared by Canada only after Parliament has been summoned to debate the issue, Furthermore, it is quite clear that the King government is quite willing to drift along in the wake of Chamberlain’s pro-fascist jpol- icy. King has solidarized himself with Chamberlain’s Munich betray- al on more than one occasion. Herein precisely is the pro- Chamberlain policy of the gov- ernment revealed, and in that re- fusal to oppose the National gov- ernment’s foreign policies is to be found the betrayal of peace by the Dominion government. For failure to oppose Munich and further “appeasement’ of the fascist axis gives Chamber- lain the free hand he desires. 1 permits him to represent the at- ditude of Canada to the British people in any way he chooses, frequently with utter disregard for the facts. This is the problem involved, and not speculation on what steps Can- ada can take when a war breaks The Basic Issues out involvmeg the United Kingdom.© S Tf and when that develops the stand of Canadian democrats and progressives will be determined by the conerete practical situation. Let it suffice, at this stage, to say that in order to preserve demo- eracy in Canada, they will neces- sarily have to support the battles against fascism in Europe, Asia and every other part of the world, as most of them are doing today. e T IS to prevent world conflagra- tion that the efforts of every democrat in Ganada should be dir- ected today. Members of the House of Commons, and particularly the progressives, can during this ses- sion do a great deal toward influ- encing Canada in the direction of a positive peace policy. As yet it must be said no member of the House has offered an alternative policy to that which the Dominion government is today pursuing- The CCE group, in brief refer- ences to the imternational situ- ation during the debate on the Throne Speech, has roundly con- demned Munich, the betrayal of Czechoslovakia, Spain and China- They have reiterated the demand for 2 boycott of fascist states. CCE members have urged the re- sumption of normal trade rela- tions with Repubilecan Spain. In these efforts they have the sup- port of Canada’s peace move- ment and every thinking demo- erat. But the weakness lies in the fact that there has been no positive policy outlined with relation to the role Canada must play within the Empire and as an American mna- tion. It is today more generally recog- nized than at any previous time that Canada can play a tremen- dous role within the British Em- Motions Calling For House ‘Okeh’ on War Not Key Question pire and in shaping its policies. That is Canada’s task in foreign affairs today—the influencing of Britain’s foreign policy conducive with the desire of the peoples of the commonwealth for peace and to stop fascist aggression. © DO that, Canada must not only offer “advice” to the Bri- tish government, but make Cham- berlain and his cabinet, as well as the people of the British Isles, fully aware of the opposition of the people of this Dominion to any further “appeasement;” their op- position to the infamous policy of assistance to Franco and Mussolini against the Spanish Republic; their favoring of a course leading to close collaboration between Brance, the Empire, the United States and the Soviet Uunion, as well as the smaller independent nations menaced by fascism. Along this road lies peace and the preservation of democracy. Labor progressives as well as other democratic groups and individuals must realize that adoption of such a policy will require that Canada faces up to its responsibilities. Those responsibiliies mean Sup- port to democratic and peace loving ntions against fascism, up to and including military support. For despite the Atlantic Ocean every defeat of democracy in Eur- ope and Asia is 2 defeat of Cana- dian democracy and brings nearer the day when Canada, as well as other American mations, comes face to face with armed fascist aggression. SEMI-DISPLAY CLASSIFIED BILLIARDS Mr. PLEASANT BILLIARD HALL and BARBER SHOP Everything in Smokers’ Supplies Cigars — Cigarettes — Pipes Lighters — Ete. 2341 MAIN STREET DENTISTS Dr. W. J. Curry DENTIST 608 BIRKS BLDG. Phone Sey. 3001 BARRISTER | GARFIELD A. KING BARRISTER, ETC. 553 Granville St. Sey. 1324 Vancouver, B.C. 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ABABABABABBEBADB V1 \a | New Type | Of Crops Suggested Berry Growers’ Outlook “‘Far From Promising’’ Special to The Advocate MISSION, BC, Feb. 9—‘Un- less the farmers of the Fraser Walley cooperate and srow fruits other than strawberries and rasp- berries, they will not be able to maintain a livelihood during this era of eG@ommercial barbarism,” delared J. B. Shimek, at the an- nual general meeting of the Paci-- fic Cooperative Union here last weekend. The outlook for the berry grower was not a rosy one as portrayed by the directors be- cause of the low ebb of the pres- ent economic system. J. B. Shimek, manager of the cooperative, reported that durine the Season of 1937 the grower had realized an average price of $1.35 per crate for his berries while the crop for 1938 had ex- eeeded that of the previous sea- son by 40,000 crates, which aver- aged the grower slightly better than a dollar per crate. : The excess crop, or 40,000 erates, had brought the grower 50 cents per crate for his product. Officers elected were: Presi- dent, —. J. Taylor; vice-president, T. Nakashima; secretary, YV. A. Goodman; secretary translator, EK Hayashi; and J. B. Shimek re-elected manager. J Directors elected were: S. Shin, EK. Mori, Mr. White, Mr. Gaspar, | BProposals to hold these card par- KEK Gasumatsu, K. Tatebe, Mr. Gott and Jj. Kistler. Dellartom Citizens Aid Mac-Pap Fund DOLLARTON, Feb. 9—Anoth®r $7 was raised for the retunring Ganadian volunteers from Spain by the QDollarton and MWDistrict Friends of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion through a whist drive held here Friday, February 3. A drawing in connection ‘with the eard game for a pair of embroi- dered pillow slips was won by Mrs. Duke. The committee is entertaining CANDIDATES | URGE CENTRAL MILK AGENCY | Basil Gardom Asks Producers to Give New Setup Trial LADNER, BC, Feb. 9.—Mill producers in the Fraser Valle; | were urged to give the single marketing agency plan “a fan” trial” at a meeting here thi week addressed by Basi Gardom, candidate for the in dependent seat on the director.’ ate of the Clearing House. “The setup has been approvec — by the Provincial Marketine | f Board, Hon. K. C. MacDonald ang the Milk Board,” Gardom stated. “Under the plan the efficien; dairyman will get real result: from his labor.” : He gave listeners his opinion thai under the single agency plan the farmer will be given the opportun- ity of controlling the wholesale price of milk, taking this power out of the hands of the big dairies: which, he charged, now control the price. “Bivery dairy in Vancouver will have to start from scratch from the first of March when, I hope the agency plan will go into ef fect,” Gardom stated. “There wil be no more 25-day credits because the dairies will be forced to posi eredit bonds.” He pointed out the Clearing WMouse would be absolutely neutrai and that Associated Dairies, for example, would have to pay as much for milk as any other dairy The speaker was especially criti cal of E. G. Sherwood, the othei candidate for the independent seat citing his past record as bein: harmful to the interests of diary men. : Discounts on milk prices, whick he declared certain independeni dairies and some restaurants Were forcing the farmer to allow, were particularly attacked. Gardom said that an average price of 43:44 cents per pound but terfat for milk will be paid pre ducers under the Milk Producers Glearings House Cooperative Assa ciation. | eee es dae ties for the vlounteers every week. ARMS FOR SPAIN | aN E = 4 ™ CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING | 4A es ADVERTISING RATES Glassified, 3 lines 35c: Weekly contract rates on application. BICYCLES AND REPAIRS — BICYCLES, NEW AND USET Baby Carriages, Sulkies, Doll Cs riages, Joycycies. Repairing of 5 kinds. Saws filed, *xeys cut, et W. M. Ritchie, 1569 Commercir Drive. High 4123. NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN DR. H.C. 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