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Vou. I SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1911.

Business Men Will Have a Voice

Contrary to reasonable expectations, there is yet no definite
settlement of the Hazelton townsite question, and the people of the
present town are still in doubt as to the location of the city which
will permanently replace Hazelton, A great deal of land has been
subdivided for townsite purposes on the other side of the Bulkley
river, and so far as present knowledge avails, several of the mooted
locations are perfectly suitable for the site of the town. It only
remains for the business men and residents of Hazelton to decide
where they will permanently locate, Xt is to be regretted that
merchants and others in the old town have not been able to fix Up-
on the proper location. Upon their decision, when they are justi-
fied in making one, the situation of thenew Hazelton should depend,
For many years the business men of this place have been the
distributors of supplies for an immense district, and there is no
reason to fear that they will fail to have a dominant voice in the
settlement of the townsite question. It will not be possible for
any townsite promoters to establish the permanent city in a situation
which the people of Hazelton refuse to endorse. It therefore
behooves those who are putting townsites on the market to have
some regard to the wishes and requirements of our business men
and the mine operators of Nine-mile and Four-mile camps. We
await with interest the expected announcements of the townsite
program.

No, 13.

West Will Seon Predominate

Canada’s “Star of Empire’’ is making its way westward with
increasing rapidity, and only a few years will pass before the
provinces west of the Great Lakes will eclipse those of the east in
population and importance. In a redistribution of federal elect-
oral districts based on the figures of the recent census, Ontario will
lose four members, Nova Seotia and New Brunswick two each and
Prince Edward Island one. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
and British Columbia will each gain five seats. No prophet’s eye
‘is required to see that the time is approaching when the westem
provinces will have a preponderant voice in the Dominion parlia-

ment, ‘

To Improve Our Taxation System

Asa result of the deliberations of the provincial tax commission,
which is now considering the evidence adduced at the numerous
public enquiries held at different-points throughout the province,
amendments to the tax laws are: likely to be introduced by the
government at the approaching session of the legislature, In
addition to the question of the revenue tax, the retention of which
was opposed by many of the witnesses, the matter of the taxation
of ores is likely to be dealt with. It is claimed, and not without
reason, that the two per cent. tax on the value of ores, less freight
and treatment charges, is an unnecessary and burdensome impost,
bearing heavily upon producers of low grade ores, This tax
amounts to a considerable share of the profits on the production of
Many mines, and as low grade properties are, almost invariably,
large employers of labor, and thus distributors of a large propor:
tion of their income in wages, it would seem that the provinee
could well afford to do away with the tax,

British Statesman « Canadian

In must be taken as a compliment to Canada and Canadians
that the Unionist party of Great Britain, in choosing a successor to
Hon. A. J. Balfour on his retirement from the leadership of the
opposition in the Imperial parliament, should elect Andrew Bonar
Law, Mr. Law is one of the Canadians who have lately earned
prominence in British politics, and has displayed qualities which
mark him as one who will not prove wanting in statesmanship
when the time comes, as it will, for him to assume the duties of

Prime Minister.
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Smoothing Out Difficulties

Telling of the ministerial visit to Ottawa, Attormney-general
Bowser said: ;

“We have had a very. satisfactory visit, Speaking for the
premier, Mr. Ross and myself, I can say that our reception was in
marked contrast to the chilling ones we received on the occasions of
former trips. In the course of a few hours’ negotiations we have
been able to wipe out a great deal of misunderstanding of other
years between the two governments,
to get definite answers On all the questions discussed. In a few
instances conclusions have already been reached, but one or two of
these are not ready for announcement.’’

Armed with his special knowledge as Fisheries Commissioner
in British Columbia, Mr. Bowser took up with the marine depart-
ment the question of the issue of special purse seine fishing licences
by the late government in the West. On this subject he said:

“Besides a great number of applications for foreshore, I find in
the department that scores of speculative fishing licences have been
issued. Some of these are to persons in Vancouver, while a great
many are now held by peuple in Victoria and other places on the

- coast. I pressed strongly that if on investigation it was found
that these licences were held by persons who would not erect-can-
nerieg, then cancellation should follow. I have no doubt but that

thig will be done, because Mr. Hazen thinks as I do about it,

These licenses are not given to be hawked around for sale. _ Some

‘new. licenses were issued just before the election, I understand, and

since the. preparation. of.a list with which our provincial fisheries

ones. will be subject: to investigation,”
While we até on this subject,” said Mr. Bowser, ‘‘I might add
e the- assurance of the tinister that the matter of

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THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1911,

Canada’s Northern Empire -

To the undergraduates of Ox-
ford, F. B. Vrooman, explorer
and student of affairs, has . been
giving some striking illustrative
parallels in his lectures on’ Can-
ada. His interest particularly
has been centred in the vast un-
explored region of Canada, the
great belt. of territory which,
extends from Northern British
Columbia to Ungava. In that

ent. Their jealousies and differ-
ences of opinion had gone a long
way, towards accentuating the
unrest which has assured an up-
heayal, ever since he first went
to the country in 1905. First
one secured the supremacy and
then another, and in consequence
the edicts were reactionary one
week and progressive the next.

OS
and the wife of the Prince Reg-

.with the Dominion in regard to.

| this accord of other signatories

As time goes on, we expect).

oyer the delimitation of the

confers upon France the right to
establish a line of ‘posts: along
the Benni River and the Mayo

This will assure passage between
the basin of Lake Tchad
basin of the Niger. .

Oliser, of Canton, China, sajd| fi.
that one of the principal, causes.
of the present unrest, in. China
had. been the. vacillating policy
of the central government, die
{to the: influence of. two. worgen; |

zone, he suys, there are one hun-
dred and fifty million acres of
wheat land, more than the acre:
age under crop in the rest of the
world last year, and this after
excluding ninety million acres
asawide margin, In making
this computation Mr. Vrooman
uses as a Standard the character
of land employed for wheat
growing in Germany and Austria.
This does not include the area
suitable for barley and ‘other
erops. It is illustrations such as
these which Mr; Vrooman uses
to convey an impression of the
immensity of Canada’s unexploit-
ed district. He is especially
enamored of the Peace River
country and his confidence in the
future of that region is based.
upon careful study of its soil and
climate. Its winter is modified
very largely by Chinook winds
and is not a bit more severe than
many of the thriving agricultural
communities in the east. Asa
matter of fact, the Peace River
opens in the spring and closes in
the fall two weeks earlier than
the Ottawa.

Fature of the R.N.W.M.P .

Some of the western papers
are wondering what will become
of the Royal Northwest Mounted
Police if Saskatehewan and Al-
berta are given full control of
their public lands, says an Otta-
wa despatch. It is argued that

‘Will have passed away and that
it will automatically disappear.
One paper published a_ report
that the force. was to be abolish-
ed. Col.-White, comptroller of

there was absolutely no founda-
tian tor any story that the force
will be abolished, Certainly the

present time. Whether Saskat-|
chewan and Alberta want. their;
lands or not does not, affect the!
future of the police force, which|
provinces, Their - agreement
the police rung out in two years,
and the future of the force will
be settled then. -

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According to Paris advices,
the contents of the Franco-Ger-
man accords shows that Germany
recognizes the right of France
to establish a protectorate in
Morocco, while |
agree to obtain the adhesion to

to the Algeciras agreement.

By the second. part of the
Franco-German . ayreement in,
Moroeco, France cedes to Ger-
many a strip of territory east of
the Kameroons, from Bonga in
the French Congo, south to
Logone. _
: Germany cedes to France a
tract of land ‘known as the
*“Ducksbill’’ from its shape, ex-
tending. from Lake : Tehad to

the need for the famous force!‘

the Mounted Police, stated that |'

fovernment has no intention of}:
curtailing its effectiveness at the

is already half supported by the .

- The Franco-German Agreement ‘|

both nations] i.

Wagner and Sufan, the .Ger-
man statisticians, estimated in
the year 1891 the population of
the world at 1,480,000,000 per-
sons, says the Strand. More
than one-half of this estimated

sults of actual censuses and the
remainder was carefully esti-
mated. We shall probably not
be far away from the truth if we
say that there are now (in A. D.
1911) 1,800,000,000 persons on the
earth,

A hitherto vacant journalistic
field is now occupied by the pub-
lication of the Agricultura! Jour-
nal of B. C., which made its first
appearance the other day. There

lumbia for a good agricultural
paper, and, judging from the
contents and appearance of the
first number, the Agricultural
Journal is going to make good.
Two-bits sent to Drawer 397;
Victoria, will bring any reader a
sample copy of the new paper,

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Logone, and: further concedes all
the territory claimed by France
in the long-standing .controversy

Togoland-Dahomey frontier and

Kebhi in her Kameroon territory.-

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