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THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917 +

The Omin

eca Miner

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT

HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE

GREaT OMINECa DistRicT oF BrIvisH COLUMBIA.

A. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor.

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VoL. VI.

SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917

~ No. 47

T MINER has been informed that contributions to the

local braneh of the Canadia
to decrease,instead of inere:

n Patriotic FE Fund have a tendency

ase, This is regrettable,inasmuch

as demands upon the fund grow steadily month by month as more

and more men enlist,

Of all the funds now clamoring for support in this country,
the Canadian Patriotic Fund is the one most worthy to be upheld.
Without the allowance made from this organization thousands of

suldiers’ wives and dependents
making ends meet.

When a man answers the eall
her rights and liberty he leaves
left at home, confident that they

do were he to Stay behind with them.
trust by making the lives of the wives, mothers,

would truly ave a hard time in

of his country to go and fight for
his dependents asa trust to those
will be taken care of as he would
Are we to forego that
and children of

our boys one long struggle against starvation?

With the rising cost of commodities it is sometimes difficult to
arrange expenses 'so as not to exceed, the average income, and,

naturally we suppose, the first thi
and. man-who-pays-the-bills is to

various funds to which he has hitherto cheerfully subscribed,

ing thatoceurs to the wage-earner
cut down his donations to the
As

a result the funds suffer, and the beneficiaries under the funds

suffer also.-

But consider this:
must be kept.

‘The depe

ndents of Canada’s: firhting men

The money must come from those that cannot go
to fight, to maintain those dépéndents.

If the Canadian Patriotic

Fund—mark that” ‘Patriotie”—which undertakes to maintain those

left in trust to us’by the boys j in
supported by voluntary contribnti
ment will be forced ta step in

fovernment of a country must raise additional finances taxation

generally resorted to,

to the fund, minus the ‘ ‘patriotie’’,

forced patriotism.
It’s up to you!

the firing line,
ions
and find the money.

is not adequately

When the
tig

Will you give freely or be foreed te vive

”, for there is no such thing’ as

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The revelations made by Cost of Living Commissioner O’Conpior

five food for serious reflection,
a complete monopoly of the baco

How two firms can aequir e almost,
n stored in this country: and. make

six and a half million dollars between them and stil] _keep within

the bounds of legitimate enterpri
be explained to us,

se is something we would wish to

Wm. Davies, Ltd., and Matthews Blackwell,

Ltd., last year sold 140,000,000 of the 151,000,000 pounds of bacon

handled by the cold storage peopl

ein Canada. Wm, Davies, .Ltd.,

made a profit of $5,000,000 on what they sold, giving them 4 profit

of 5.05 cents a pound on the commodity.

company had been satisfied wit
1915 and 3.06 cents in 1914. Th

In previous years this
ha profit of 3.67 cents a pound in
© company’s defence ig that the

5,05 cents represents the grogs profit per pound, » Admitting this,
Mr, Q’ Connor allows the company a high averape of considerably

unjustifiable. ‘To the outsider

‘ Jeas than one cent:a pound for overhead charges, and after deduct-
ting this, leaves a profit which he states is exorbitant and totally |

it would then. appear that the

companies involved, have been taking advantage of war conditions

to‘mulet the people of Europe, to
of the sales were made, If t

the governments. Gf whom most

his is so, then our dfsgust at such.
heartlessness i is to deep for words,

has no parallel. They sink even lowef than a German plotter,

The. case’ of these. pirateers
who

at least thinks he is doing his duty when he blows up a bridge’ and
endangers the lives of the innocent: but these wolves ‘in sheeps’
clothing, who would calmly stand by and rob the suffering ‘people
of the Alliesin Europe dnd smile benignly upon their own reflections

in the mirror, are worse than spies—they ard traitors.
squad and a blank wall is, good enough for the spy,
' man-devised . punishment will a

food. extortioner.

‘Ifa firing

dequately meet the cage of the

As an efficacious remedy against greed in ‘ftuve among the
_ dispensers of, staple | ‘gommodities, we. would suggest . ‘thet - the
Dominion government come dowp". with - heavy ‘taxes on’ excess:

_ profits,.even to the extent of confiscating them, and, thus pproteet
not only the people of Canada, but, of our Allies,

then the Dominion. wovern-

|most.of the other provinces,”

then. NO} j

AVOID THE WASTE

Canada Must Keep Allies Supplied| |

The world war has taken so
many producers from the,sources
of food supply that the world’s
consumption of food is greater |f
than the amount available and
consequently food reserves are
being rapidly depleted,

munitions.

their food. Canada will preduce

as a belfish race,
therefore depending upon us to

- OF STAPLE FOODS| :

Millions of men are engaged i in |
warfare’ and in the supply of]!
They are fighting |]
our sbattles and we must provide] |

all the food we can consume, but |
Canadians have never been known-|#

’ Our Allies are

help, and our people. will anques-||f

hand,

‘ |
The time for planting is past,

come,
waste at this time, due in many
instances to the lack of demand
at market prices.

means to pay the market prices,

that it may not be wasted,
.Would otherwise be wasted, will
exportable food.

the kitchens and dining rooms of
Canadian homes,

item.

foods and little care has beer

etusts, ete,
show what this waste amounts

throughout Canada is considered.

Canadians are their brothers’
what it nay. - It ig necessary,
omy of the food supply, It ig

better to deny ourselyes from
cholce than from necessity —and

tise thrift and rigid economy,

\ Canada’s Mining
Canada produces practically ‘all
the known minerals,

yet Prof. W. G.- Miller says:
“Only a. fringe of -our mineral
resources hus been touched; ;?and
only ten per cent of Untario’s
promising mineral area has been
prospectad,'. The same applies to

Mining production ‘in the Do-

tionably respond with a Renerous J

but the time of harvest is yet to I
There is very often much|f

Pruit, especi- |

jally, supplies much of this waste {if
and yet, while this waste is tul-|—
ing place, many families are com- |i
pelled to go without it for lack of ;

Local organizations could easily 1
arrange to bring the consumers : :
in touch with this surplus fruit! #

The ji
use of such perishable food which |

There is also much waste in |i

The waste of |
bread alone is a considerable] |

Bread has been looled|
upon as one of the cheaper staple

taken “to prevent its waste by :
drying up, ‘the disearding ‘of
/A little thought will {]

to .when the cumulative result :

| SOLDIERS AID & EMPLOYMENT

keepers, and will feed them, cost |

therefore that we practise econ-1|f

the present is the time to ‘prac.
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Production ;

has leaped from $10, 000, ano ine.
1871 to $170,000, 000 j in 1915, and |

minion has’ doubled in it year’,
and the total production Since

dollars. 0°.
Canada’ supplies 3 Sver 80. per:

Confederation is over two © billion ql

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IF YOU: CANT FIGHT |
“YOU' CAN AT LEAST

“MAN WHO FIGHTS |
FOR YOU!

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THE CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND

Which - astists the wives and families of Canada’s gallant
soldiers, requires millions of dollars to keep the soldiers’
home fires burning. ‘ .
District Treasurer: Stephen H, Hoskins, Government Agent
Hazelton Committee:
J, E. Kirby, R. E. Allen, J. K, Frost, ‘J. R Barker,
and J. G. Powell, Monthly Subscriptions are Solicited

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THE CANADIAN RED CROSS

The Hazelton Branch requests the’ support of all in its
efforts to assist in the noble work of this great humanitarian —
organization,

i Honorary Presidents: ‘Mrs. (Rev,) John Field: Mrs, (Revs)
help to inerease the supply. of | .

W: Hogan
Chairman:: Dr. H. C. Wrinch a
Vice- Pr esidents: S. H. Hosking: Mrs, E.R: Cox; W.J. Carr
" Honorary Secretary: Miss J. C, Grant
’ Honorary Treasurer: H..H. Little, Manager Union Bank
° Executive Committee:
Mrs. H.C. Wrineh, Mrs, R. G, Moseley, Mrs, Ghas.. ‘Reid,
Miss Hogan, Rev. John Field, ‘Rev. M. Pike, H. H. Phillips .
Lar xe ar Small Contributions will be Gratefully Received

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5 COMMITTEE —

Endeavors to ‘sop soldiers from Hazelton distri witt :

‘such comiforts and necessities as cannot be readily ¢ obtained
. at the front, ‘and will assist them to re- establish. themselves

in civil life wher they return, /The Committee j is acting in
co - operation with the Provincial : Returned. Soldiers”
-Commission and the Military Hospitals Commissicn’
Contri butions-to the Soldiers’ Aid Tobacco Fund uré Weleome..

-» Chairman: A, R: Macdonald 93
. Honoraty, Secretar)- Treasurer: JK, Frost,
H, H. Lithle, R, B. Allen, F. B Chettleburgh.
_«#AL B. Campbell, o:F F Slassoys G. ® MeKeay,

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cent or. the world’s nickel‘output; |}
‘ag well as of asbestos, Estimated f
coal areas 5,100, 0a square’ miles, X