THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1918

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Vou. IV, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915, f No. 29

According to the Vancouver Sun, ‘Smash the Machine” is the
battle-cry of the British Columbia electors. The manifesto issued
by Mr. H. C. Brewster, leader of the Liberal party, ends with
these words: ‘‘We appeal to all good citizens to assist us in smash-
ing the machine.”

A careful examination of this manifesto reveals a fatal weak-
ness. There is not one word regarding the policy of the Liberal
party should it be returned to power at the elections. _It criticizes
the Conservative policy in the past and accuses Sir Richard Me-

” Bride’s government of corruption, but the electorate will examine
it in vain for enlightenment as to the future or for what sort of
government the Liberais intend to establish on the ruins of the
Conservative “‘machine’’ when they have succeeded in smashing it,
It is all very well calling on all good citizens to smash something,
but those good citizens want to know what will take place after the
work of destruction is accomplished. However destructive the
manifesto may be as to the past, the citizens of British Columbia
are chiefly concerned with the future.

The Liberals may retort that for the last year or so they have
been endeavoring to educate the people in their principles so that
when the time came they would beable to appeal to them with
some chance of success. But this manifesto does not advocate any
principles at all. It simply is destructive and spends all its force
on what is past. The Liberals may not like the Conservative rail-
way policy, but they surely do not propose to tear up the rails and
pull down the bridges. Yet that is exactly the sort of thing this
manifesto indicates, ; : .

The Liberals can not appeal successfully on a purely destruc
tive or negative platform. . The electorate desires above all else a
definite policy.3 {It wants to compare that policy with the policy to
be advocated by Sir Richard McBride. It wants to decide which
is best for the country in the next four years, The electorate
asks for a policy and the Liberals in their manifesto offer it an
expletive. No party can fight an election on an exclamation mark,

— Province.

ous sections of the province.

Dotil the outbreak of the war
it was thought that the1918 pro.
duction ‘of lead, which totalled
55,000,000 pounds—the highest
annual Gutput in eight years—
would be exceeded last year, the
Hast Kootenay mines being well
in advance of the others,

The estimated amount of cop-
per mined in the province last
year reaches the figure of 44,-
968,541 pounds, worth about
$5,845,910, the decrease in pro-
duclion compared with 1913 be-
ing inconsiderable.

The quantity of zine produced,
7,029,276 pounds, is a record for
the past five years, .

Among the other minerals in-
cluded in the report are iron,

Mineral Production

The mineral production of
British Columbia, according to
the annual report of] Mr. W.
Fleet Robertson, provincial min-
eralogist, although materially
less than for 1912 and 1918, is,
nevertheless, about the same as
the cutput for 1910. and is much
in excess of the average for the
last ten years. ;
' Conditions during the latter
part of the year were unprece-
dented as regards their effect
upon the production of minerals,
but there is good reason for ex-
pecting a large improvement in
conditions this year, and a nor-
mal state of the industry is ex-
pected, ;

The estimated recovery of

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in Winter Goods, including Gloves, Hosiery, Toques,
etc., which we are willing to sell at special discounts.

We aim to anticipate the wants of our cus-

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the purpose, Fred Stork cinched
that post,

placer gold for 1914 is $524,000,

of which practically all ig. ob-|

tained from the Cariboo and
Cassiar districts, one-twentieth
of the total coming from other
‘fields,

. The quantity of silver praduced
‘was about 8,895,000 ounces, only
71,000 ounces less than in 1918,
and was greater. than any other
year since 1905. . The Stocan
district. led by a considerable
margin in the output from vari-

crude placer platinum, molebden-

ite and petroleum, in which
branches of mining considerable
prospecting was done.—Vancou-
ver Province,

What is This?

Prince Rupert, Mar, 12:—Last
evening the Liberals of the city
gathered together in what was
deseribed asa nominating con-
vention for the whole of North-
em British Columbia, After.
going through the form of select.

ing’ delegates, ‘these ‘latter met,

Mobley, for Atlin, —Prince Rup-
ert Journal,

For use in the harbor at Naples
the Italian Government has pur-
chased a fire tug, the pumps of
which ean deliver 1,245 tons -of
water ner hour.

Having won the eastern .hoc-
key championship, Ottawa is now
at Vancouver to play that team
for the championship of the
world. The first game is ‘sched-
uled for March 22, _ a

It requires only from one-fifth
to one-third as much acetylene
gagas hydrogen to do a given
piece of welding.

To ‘save neckties from the

For the provincial ||
election, when it is called, the|{
machine nominees were: T. D. -
Pattullo, for Prince Rupert; Alex |I
Mangon, for Omineca; and Frank |B

and praceeded to select candid- |B
ates forthree northern ridings of| j
the province, Then, in addition, | f
in order to make gure of the|B
Dominion nomination while thel|
machine was all woll oiled for|i

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