THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1916 ‘ - a —— The. Omineca Miner | PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HaZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE GREAT Omineca DistRict or Brrvish COLUMBIA, - A. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor. + ‘ SUBSCRIPTION -RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a -year;, Foréign, Three Dollars a year. ee a ADVERTISING RATES: Display, $2.50 per inch per month; Reading Notices, 20 cents per line for each insertion. Legal notices ingerted at B,C Gazette rates, , ' : . ; ra VoL. VL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1916. No. 2 .o - . h As election day draws nearer it becomes more and more evident that the political strategists who planned the Liberal campaign made a serious miscalculation. When they were laying their plans, it would appear, they believed the-depresgion which then prevailed would predispose the electors to heed their “blue ruin” ery and turn the government out of office. Also, they counted on their reiterated charges of-graft and corruption to alienate many supporters of the government, Fortunately for the province, but ynfortunately for the Liberals, the untoward conditions of the first year of war have ‘passed away and ‘prosperity is returning, partly because general conditions are more favorable, but also, in a ‘measure, because of wise legislation passed by the Conservative government, Then the opposition, although afforded every opportunity, failed to make food their charges of corruption. Instead, they were themselves placed on the defensive by disclosures of criminality within their own organization, Thus Geprived of their chosen weapons, they *- find themselves at a sad disadvantage, for which they must blame the leaders who took them into the campaign without a constructive ‘platform. o . That the lack of definite policy which has characterized the party is being severely felt is evident from the efforts of various Liberal candidates to supply the deficiency at the eleventh hour, A week or so ago, the opposition candidates in Victoria promulpated a “‘platform’’ which was of the usual indefinite character, the planks including “Enforcement of laws”, “Economy in expenditure’, “No politics in the administration of workmen’s compengation’’, ete,- Naturally, they did not go into detail, Next came William Sloan, who issued another platform, the outstanding features ‘of which were ''The Recall’, “Proportional Representation'’,'*Woman Suffrage’, “The Referendum”, ete. These policies have not yet ‘received the approval of the Liberal leaders, so far as we know. Other oppositi8n candidates are probably busy publishing their little platforms.. At any rate, A. M. Manson, the young lawyer ‘who hopes to direct the destinies of Omineca from his , office in . Prince Rupert, has come out with another Liberal program. He States tnat ‘the Liberals are pledged to the abolition of party patronage, but fails to give a hint as to the means to be adopted. The patronage system, under which a part of the business of all ‘governments is conducted, is not an ideal method, and many. wise ‘ Statesmen’ have sought to eliminate it, If the Liberals—who have “never when in office shown any dislike to patronape—have not only “been converted but have discovered a remedy, it is to be regretted that they are not willing to take the people into their confidence. -’ ' Our bright young friend’s platform also provides for the reduction of the list of civil servants. Evidently he does not favor his leader’s plan to give all returned soldiers civil service positions. He would also eliminate game wardens and fire and forest rangers, whose work would be undertaken by’ the mounted police whom. the Liberals would substitute for the provincial force. In other words, an expensive permanent force would be organized to undertake the duties now satisfactorily performed by men who are employed only : when they are needed. _ ‘ Mr. Manson’s ‘ignorance of facts and conditions is further displayed when he alleges, apropos of the soldiers’ homestead act, that holders of purchased tracts who have-not. paid up are to.be allowed to select thirty acres in each quarter section. His ‘dislike of the bill must be extreme. to lead him to make such a . statement, a - ‘ a ’ Mr. Manson also proposes ‘to remove all tax from improvements and to tax non-improvements to the extent of-10 p.c. or 15 p.e.,”? ‘no matter whether purchage cr pre-emption. We wonder if the _ leaders of the Liberal party will approve of this plank when they .Jearn of its inclusion in the wonderful platforn which the Prince _ Rupert lawyer haw ‘‘wished on’? the party. ; ’ “ie. BY way o contrast, we reproduce a statement by the ‘Conger-. vative candidate for Omineca, Frank M. Dockrill. ‘who bays ina * letter to the electors: ve - ee _ Notwithstanding my utmost efforts, I have been uaable to interview all the Electors of this large constituency, and as election day is rapidly approaching, I desire to’ bring before statement uf the needs of the district, as I see them. .. |: 2 ‘First: For yeara the district has needed a'resident representa- h:-the “industry, ‘you, a brief : y alt between all mining areas and the under reasonable restrictions; (d) (e) the establishment of refin whois familiar with its industries does not live in the district and w its requirements, As you all am serving my own, the district; {b)" an extension of: the Government's policy providing for an adequate system of. trunk trails, giving: communication the district, by government assistance, with restrictions on profits; eries at suitable points in B. C.; .(f) bonuses for new and valuable minerals, oo While the above are, perhaps, the chief requirements of Omineca, many other questions of vital interest to the people ‘of this district will be dealt with during the life of the next Legislature, and it will be to the advantage of the electors to have as their representative a man whose entire interests are in Omineca—a man agriculture and mining in Omineca, and in serving your interests I instead of: being ‘stationary is constantly rising, Twenty-five years ago the world produced 265,400..tons, last year 1,000,000 tons, ‘The price here in America has already,risen from thirteen jto twenty-seven cents a pound.- Evidently the world must either find new deposits or discover a substitute metal.—Ex, — railway; (¢) free analyses of ores the establishment of a smelter in -- “Honest, John” Was There The following appears in the Columbian, of New Westminster, deseribing: a meeting'held a day . or two ago at Mud. Bay: ‘‘'Sen- : =| Satioual feature after sensational and needs—rather.than one who ho has no personel knowledge of know, Iam heavily interested in OVERSEAS CLUB IS RECOGNIZED The British War Office has jyst riven official “recognition to the. work of. the Over-seas, Club, which since the commencement of the war has presented the goverhment with 72 war aero- planes and bi-planes, costing from $7,500 to $11,500 each.- The money for these machines, which are at the disposal of the Royal Flying Corps, has all heen raised through the instrumentality of the Over-seas Club, and several of thege machines have been subscribed for and donated in Canada, . . We have just received from Francis R. Jones, the organizing secretary in Canada, whose office is at.the Windsor Hotel at Mont- real, copies of the above-men- tioned official recognition which has been granted to the elub, The work especially referred to in the war office certificate is the raising of upwards of BTHQ, - 000 in all’ parts of the world to provide tobacco -for the British troops from overseas. ‘Lhe lar- gest contributions towards: this fund have come from Canada,’ where -up to the end of Jure 131,990 had been contributed. : All of this money has been de- ‘voted to supplying tobacco to the Canadian troops, “and the’ popu- larity and usefulnessof ‘‘Canada’s Tobacco [uad,’’ by which name operations of the Over-seas Club are known throughout Canada, is growing all the time, But Can- ada now has’ over 100,000 men at the front fighting the Empire’s battles, and they - nearly. ‘all smoke. To them tobacco is a neceasity, not a-luxury. They look to: the generosity of. the freat-hearted Canadian public to provide the cigaretteg and tobacco which they .cannot .obtain: for. |themselves,'and our.readers are|. invited to help. Money for ‘Can: ada’s ‘Tobacco Fund”, organized by the Over-seas, Club, may be paid into any-bank in Canada, ° i The Future of Copper, - Next to'iron,the most valuable industrial ‘metal: is copper,’ of | which the world now uses about |a millich tons a yee: More than half comes from’ the mines'in the been hurling tin ‘coppar ati each ao vast that future archwologiaty | Bascal Fotal Vauerle Show, United ‘States. ~ Sirice.the begin-} ning of thé war the” wastage: of| All, common metals hag been tre-| “1; :{mendous, | The'belligerents have|\_~* ny ated), lead and | ARE. tlic in, aitantitles | — may map the éourse of the struggle from the scrap heups, Germany especially is in urgent need of copper. ‘Long ago the government melted down its copper and its nickel coins and [substituted iron currency, In spite of this, the price of copper and bronze ston rose from about fifteen cents a pound to eighty cents. In Germany the seareity of copper is owing not oniy to its use in many kinds of munitions, but also to the fact-that the out- put of the mines.of the country —about 55,500,000. pounds.a year —is always much less than the needs of the country require. _ At present two-thirds of the world’s production . of copper’ is absorbed . by the electrical indus-1 try. - Telephone and telegraph systems have taken 600,000 tons, submarine cables: ahout 10,000| feature marked the Liberal rally here Saturday night, when under provocative heekling John Oliver ‘admitted he was present at the conference between Scott,. Brew- ster and. Macdonald, which'was beld in Macdonald’s room in. the capital, while the Investigating Committee was sitting fifty feet away, ard while search was be. ing made for Scott by a subpoena server, after which’ Scott was smuggled out of the building and assumed name by which he en- tered the building, The Miner is two dollars a year, . "TELEPHONES A Telephone saves ‘time and ‘money, Get on the lines of tons,and eleciric railway, lighting Formation Ask_fo r full. in- Y and power stations alone’ in- this NORTHERN TELEPHONE Co. country. have “used about. 50;000| tons. - Copper enters extensively in the manufacture of machinery, automobiles, builders’ hard'vare and nickel-platéd goods; for brags Dominion, British Columbia, or bronze,of which it is the chief} ad ‘Alberts Land Surveyors constituent, has a thousand useg, | Offices at Victoria, Nelson, Fort George and forms a part, of articles asl pp: Bure New Hiszalton. Hecation diverse as shoe eyélets“and the} _" - - roofs of houses... “°° Even before the war economists ‘predicted that the present sources Head Office -.- Hazelton, . ' Civil Engineers 2 STUART J. MARTIN a t i { ! of supply of copper would ’not|{ - Provincial Assayer, . ; last. longer thin..a~ generation.|! paselton, —« -. Ba f- They estimate thdt the mines of “pm eecttectreiimet inal this country still contain 10,000, |r 000 tons and that foreign‘ mines fr have about as much more, Even THE ROYAL LUNCH at the present raté of eonsump-|' . Special Dinner on tion, therefore, the supply now “Bair Days -~ 0c. in sight would last only‘about 20 years, and the'rate'of consumption MRS. SAMMONS .22.-Prop. —— September 20, 21, 22 — $3000 in cash prizes, cups, medals, etc. $900-in cash ee oa ak : my rye a a & + "reves, Bly So, Be Jou, ‘ONE'GATE COVERS ALL Days: of. £ a peratinunt aad ne : no aru faotiadd ad x 954," Prilide Rupert out of the country under the | Opp. Police Office, Hazelton, Green -Bros., Burden & Co. a prizes for Indian ‘contests, _ ‘un i og q q — (oe —f ' ( N