a oo sateen

ters: Pa
on: New Domesiie. Laan: Being. D ba aed

Otte Canady a

Last. ‘Monday. ni ent. ‘the Alret. -Pro-
- gram over the radio: in aid: Of: he lew
domestic loan, the government. of Can. | ~
ada Is offering to. ‘the people of ‘Canada
was heard, and ” in ‘this: part” “Ot” the

learness.. Addresses. were: given’ by
“Hon. Mr. Rhodes, ficting miinister’’ ‘of:
finance at Ottawa; Hon? Thos, ‘White;.

Toronta,. minlgter of, - - finance’. _duriig ;

the war years and: ‘Hon: Chas: Dunn

ing, Montreal, minister’ of finance ir]

f the Inst McKenzle ' ‘King’ government.

. Something over 40 ‘stations were ‘in of

- the, Canadian: -National: hook-up. an.
‘Canadians: from thie: “Atlantic to th.
Pacific were thus. served: “by what Wa...
the record for hook- “up broadcasting’. i *
Canada, This evening’-there will ° be.
another Program during which: the pré-

‘mier of each’ of the nine’ provinces’ dix:
f Canada will’ be, heard: for two and nf

half. minutes each in support. of th.
loan: aa

Japanese. oranges ‘should ° “be - avail
‘able for the poor’ as well as: the” viel
this year. Nearly” $00,000° bundles a:

2 -in BO. now: anda third of: these are
= - for E.. G.- consumption... a .

sting. Year Eletedl—The
| Presilent and: Candidate. made .
oe be “Speeches , foot

he: Vatadestiont ‘Conservative: Asso:

‘Clation held. ‘its. ‘annval-” meeting: ‘re fe":

cently: with a- large attendance prese
incliiding’the candidate, .Samuel “4:

Cocker, and: the: president. of the Cen -

tral’ Ominecn. Association, H.W. Sma
They. both. ‘addressed: the gathering. -

“The offers for the ensuing: ‘Ye ie

are:-—. .* oe 4

“Hon. Pres,” Hon: RR. : Bennet. ,

‘Hon: ‘Vice-pres., Hon. ‘Dr. “7 5 -Totrale
‘John ~:A. Fraser,

M. Py. :Samuel -W-
Cocker; - Pres., John. -MeMillan ;: ‘vee:
pres., Frank ‘Bowman; * secretary and
treasurer, William: of Rimes. - An. ‘ex.

‘ecutive’ commitiee composed - of David

W-Donall, J. WwW. H.. Day, George, Ogs:.

ton, Stephen - Holmes, Jom H, Andro: 3 no

R, Me ‘Taylor. and: Caleb Prout,

“sap? Look! ‘Listen... Have you
heard: about the Hazelton Glee Club.
They -make™ their : first appearance tn

‘the: variely ‘show to be given for the

.| Hospital- om Saturday, December 2, at.
| Kitaninax. Hall at. F880 Pam... * Adimis-

. sion te wo

: iver. and held By the. ferry.

to Teside. in Prince: Rupert.”

: The school pupils. who eross ‘the tiv:

er to. school ' had an enforced. holida’
on’ ‘Nov. 16 as the. ice came down’
‘Since, L

: ind ot lore ‘meetin;
:| for ‘the ‘children this, season’ Was hek
on: Saturday, .
refréshme mits. were served. “A good ‘i

 fendaince. njoyed ‘the: attertioon .

The ‘truck driver ‘from. Coyste ¢ cree?
lett ‘on: “the” “20th: for Smithers. Re
port, ‘fs. that: he: met! swith: ‘fee, ete, ‘anc
Is Aaving
throngh.

° Boulder Creek camp has, closed dows

WEDDING or INTEREST ;
* Yoeal residents learned with “inte
est of. he wedding in Prince tRuper —
the’ 14th of one’ who some years ag’
was a resident, of’ this district © On the
above date . ‘Miss ‘Ann Walker becnm
the bride of Carl Gustafson. ' Whey a are

Canadian Pacific js-Leader inh ‘eam. Work.
And Good Ww ill ‘With Organized Labor Eod

. Nex “46. years ‘ago, the Cana.
dian Pacific set the -pace for

. all the. other. railroads ‘on the
American continent, by ‘completing |
': the ‘first:-known- wage : ‘agreement fro

for. raliwa
oA rota? sch edile~ “ot
a regulations: and tates. for.

amen’. batween..* ”
“Montreal. and:

7

pany” Thus, ‘éoday,
tha:-pact of 1886 is
harvested. :
Similar experiences ean be-culled
om. many other :

HEon:=-G “Robertson,”

the fruit: of ‘about 1890, however, the emmplorrea
still being felt that the railway, . thea beits *
well established and maidng 3} ien-
did progress with substantial: A
branches. - of | sistance from}
_emiployerg, ° in: the. oreanized Jai lway work, For ex- shovld
: ‘D oyses
ngine- Mista of ‘Labor: vend’ for: many’ | ‘The

4 on.
i LoS"

government 30 Teed,
giv aie eel ion ta its 2
“woliare as Wy

@: ~eniployess, :

' Chalk River,
'Ont.; dated.
February’ ae
1886. So

.. The:story. is’ f°:
‘ably told whe oo
money Care J.
men's’ Jour-

Canadian Te-
resentative, 3.
‘brief yesume of :

whose -" article.

follows here:—
--Liooking back
“on: the | hali--

century: of the .

company’s. his-

. tory, the event

‘seems: almost

prophetic in its

Amportance, for

aa’ Mr. Hay- -

don pothts out;
itis doubtiul if

aly” organiza-

tion :has: been.

‘Maintained .

pid is continu-

_ ing to maintain |
such good rela- ~
‘tions. with its
workers., -To-

vy 37 differ:
emblabor bodies
ata recognized”

. by the compa-_

“ ny; - collective

. discussion has

. ‘Teplaced . indi-
vidual ‘deal-

“ness” *~concilia-

‘tion replaces

strikes ‘and

lockquts.. and,

‘ina word, team -

“work: igs the <

“ grdgroftheday,
~Nelther’ the ‘|:

"Ergot of. ..]

vocomotive |

Engineers or |

ay a
i sme

organized, dnd
‘through: their:
“elected: repre-
"sentatives ne=
-gotiated . with
the --Canadian
Pacific. Rail-
way Compan
to establish
contractual re-~
lations © eover-
ing working
conditicr: gs acd.
Tabes - 02, pute:
Thus the Caras
dian Pavitie’
was the Bist -
railway in Can-
ada--to extend
general recor
niticn “of: the
rinciple of col-
ective bongo” as
ngiane unicn:
Tecoghition to%
its “employees.”
“For. abou’
. 80 years, .. or...
from 1890: to.
1918 the Cana- ©
dian. Pacific
Railway has:
oral foremost”
l railways -
in Canada
extending -
courteous, rea-° ~~
‘sonable treat-
ment toits em- .
ployees, while’
Buring the’ ‘Past
ten years it has»
closely co-oper-
ated with other
lines; thereby |
standardizing
‘and stabilizing...
"the! whole ‘rail-

he - Brothers

TT
pnd), eenoral coxtmittes oa the
ng rs MT he fprobleins oF. finatdal nature, and

" organizetl iy
bi of: -relatios : oh

ws "our organization!

ee ‘have ---al ie 8
_ existed ‘ang: still: continue, bate: =n
dl. the ploye: s, San it. ‘aid,

| years vice-prestdent ¢ of the Order]
| of- ‘Railroad gale a praphers Baye:

“During. + ten years of
| thts - ‘tallwaly's operation: -it ex-
periencéd most wes out.and difficult

in-mny- opinion wa mite A Mneble-t
deal: more. ‘liberal

“Bagi

at

ene
OF service; co

acn: G. W: _ Stevens, 4:

been 19: yoata..withr: theo opr
and. tha latter's son, Clifford Hi
Stewets ged 12; who bids fair to:

a'the:
generatiow on thefootplate: What.
more eloquent testimony of good
ita .em= Tse between thd compan and’
ts: earliest could be found :

épresentativa ‘of thé-thitd.

Games were played an”

“less than“ hale ‘nt normal,

a lot of Alttienty aettine
, 4 o ness, otherwlse- the ~business will £

o following the . -extraragant

“a bin ts benefiting,
a shipment of claing ‘from’ thé “Saanich
~ Canning Co, and ‘the ‘Nootka. Packing | :
- ‘Co Went out on the Empress of Russi;
1 to Hong Kong, and it satisfactory | fur,

; ther: ‘orders: muy, be looked for,

cur our PUBLIC SERVICES.

‘Government services mtist. ‘be. ‘ eut
id.,taxes must. be’ reduced. - That: ‘is
the. order. of, the day -a Victoria. - The

- taxes are now: ao high that people. can
No. longer ® “pay, and unless there. is a

very substantial reduction ‘the govern-
ment will: find. itself, with a vast -quan-

“s tity ‘of Drojietty: on “their hands. that at

present: -is “in ‘the hands. of individuals

+ fond. Producing a-revenue, for thé-gov-

‘ernment. “Onee. that ‘property gets ‘{n-
‘tothe government's hand .it becontes
non-productive my

‘Business’ in AIL lines has ‘aropped « ott
‘hoveitly, » ~ In” some: lines. it is “Mier
Everything.
is.down, exeept taxes” and they are Ro.
ing steadily Up... ‘Taxes today are onc.
of. the’ main: items: one “must. eousider
An connector: With any ‘kind of busl-
broke the first year, 7 4
Bhe- present government: ‘at Victoria

‘cannot, be Dlanied: for- the -high taxes |

as they svere faced with: a “tremenduow.
debt and a Jong ‘line of public services

- which thé’ ‘late government: brought in-

to: effect. to: keap : themselves 53 “offlec {
and. which -did no “make. so. much: dif.
ference ‘in those days when. ° everyont
was intoxicated. with. ‘prosperity, anc:
‘the present: government ds: also. faced.
‘with «a. readjustment of world affair
abandon
after the war.

‘But the present government, “nant

mo reduce ‘expenditures, cut: off, public

“services, and ‘get out of commercial en-

"| terprises, and thus: give ‘the _Drivate
“teltizen a chance to live.

‘The ‘civil sérvice from top to bottom

‘|is so unwieldly, that there seems to be
- really no’ one responsible for ‘anythin;
sjomit is a° perfect system of pass. the
ok -buck Tight along to the milnister and
_ -the. cabinet, and then if you are “not:

i nister.or. :

 agdinhd

7 ‘t0' the Janitsr of a. govern ient build:}.
‘| ing someplace in, the north,- ;

such: foolishness, ae Met
‘There: has. been ° developed: ‘80 ett t.

: -Glent-an efficiency thatthe business ir
‘yhand is: entively Lost sight” of, and “Ste
7 just: too ‘bad! for the: tax- -payer,. a '

. The + Poluvia gover nmeént has -beer.
making reductions and. giving warn
ing of, more to come, but they have noi

- : fone hear far -enongh yet, to make an;
. , p appreciable difference in the gross ou’
“| lay..

. There. seems’ to be no tax reductions
in sight for this Year, nor: for ‘years~ te.

{ come, unless: the public gets behind ‘thr

governmetit: in-its attempts to reducer
the ‘nneontrotable expenditures: left ‘by
ihe old suvernment.. . ‘

‘

~ CLANS OR. HONG KONG 3

ote “Chinese-Japanese . dispute. in
Manehurla is: having its teflex -influ-
eNEE. on trade” in British ‘Columbia, In,
Past: years Ching” has Amported large

| quantities of canted’ clam from Japan’
| This: your, following -a boycott on. TJ. fp

anese goods, Ching is looking. to othe
neurces * ‘of supply: and ‘British -Coly:
‘This week a large

~ Goop crop vans ,

"cane: OF MACHINERY as .
: _ SARY IN -SKEENA ar

“gome months ago “ehis' paper advo- ,
cated that the provincial: public works
department provide. for winter. classes
for young. “men, and ‘some older : “ones
too, who. might have the “quallfica-

‘tlons, who | ‘are to be ‘intrusted: tooper-
ating - the . trucks, eatipilara;: shovels, - -

Touders,: graders and. -Whatever ' other
er machinery the government - ‘might
have for building roads, °. “We: ‘are still

‘little expense. to the government. |

.AS We pointed out ‘before, this is-an
age of. machinery, - The provincial de.
partment of public works, quite right-
ly, hag- adopted machitiery for build
Ing better roads and building: them a
n faster rate ‘than in the: ‘past. “Mav
thousands. of dollars have been. invest-
ed in-road machinery,’ and a very: big

portion . of this money’ ‘has gone. “to the - -

United ' States, That this foreign’ pur-
chased - machinery - should dave “tht”
best of ‘Are, LORS Without soying.: Th
less : ‘money ° sent ta: ‘foreign - eountric
for “mocchienry, replacements: and re-
repairs, the mbre money. therd will be
for the roads in British: Colmbia and
all: owners: are prying 5 cents a gal:
‘ton extra tax: for the privilege ‘of driv-
‘ing on ‘good roads. . .

‘ Our, argument that all’ men. oper:
ing government “machinery should be
trained: men, stilt holds ‘good, . and we
have information that leads us to be-
lieve that there: is. no ‘district in the
province that “heeds ‘trained. men on
the machinery more than does Bkeena

This is not 2 reflection on men: em-
ployed’ on- machinery the: past, ‘season
‘We believe they gave the hest service
they could, -but-they are handicappex
By certain “thou: shalt nots”...

«We -anderstand: that. a. general me:

a handle. al ‘repairs: and~ to. 606 that alo: -
7 machinery ‘Is. kept’ in goo ‘condition

So" ‘far sq ‘good. “The : “governmen
has: ‘doue its- part. “The: next ‘thing
why ‘bas there bean so: many. govern.
ment: ‘iachines out of conimission i
bod ‘part of the time: when: ‘they we
supposed to be working? a e

. It seems: that. someone has fale:
| downt" some Place. and the local ‘auth
orities . should look’ carefully into tr
ter “now while work is slack: ‘and they
have time on their hands, “We are of |
the opinion that tlie-machinery is wel
worth looking after, and the. System 0

handling it is worth looking - -into. Ww
donot believe. the government has a:
ways been getting ‘what. it paid for j

[the way of maintenatice of Machinery
: and, : “as Wwe stated © above, we: do- De.

£ ink it: ds Any. fant ‘of ‘the’ en. wh

factually operate ‘the machines ' unde: -

the existing’ handicaps,’ nok _
- We helieve that ‘al ‘handicaps shir’ =

be removed aad only fully, dualifie’

men engaged . to operate "machinery ©

‘are capable,” ‘and cin: be: trusted, to: ade

By qualited ™Men we méin men iy:
keep” their’ machines : Tunning all: th
time or report inmediately. to‘ the ger

eral potentiate what. parts ate ‘Wearkng
“and:.soon ‘tieed’ replacing. “

’ Many thousands : of dollars. “tave al

rendy-- ‘been: lost to Skeena’ because. th
machinery has. heen: out. of tom:
. ston. at various “thes. cr

we

HINNED sao be

of the ‘same opinion: that it would: be -
Aa: good. ‘thing, : and’ it would. be. very