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Howe said that Japanese industrialists

were anxious to see a steel mill constructed in

B.C, Japan, said Howe, would rather buy pig iror. or ingots from B.C. than iron ore as at Present. Howe told the conference that he intended to investigate the possibilities of es- lablishing a smelter on the Coast, which meant “finding an ore body to warrant a smel- er.” Picture above shows 4a steel ingot being worked at the Vancouver Rolling Mills plant in

ancouver.

Stop goading Soviet Union, China, industrialist tells politicians

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the destruction of mankind was levelled last week by Cyrus S. Eaton, Nova Scotian- born iron and rail industrial- ist, in a press interview here.

Appealing strongly for peace- ful coexistence of the rival systems of capitalism and so- cialism, Eaton . warned that either both learn to live to- gether or perish side by side.

He declared the West could not match the combined man- power of Russia and China and that the logical conclu- sion was “we've got to stop goading, prodding and chal- lenging Red China and Rus- sia.”

Eaton is chairman of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, the world’s largest coal carrier, head of the Steep Rock iron mines, vast iron de- posits in Ungava, and a leading figure in the U.S. industrial world.

For the past two years he has been conducting what are termed “think” sessions at his

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Israel, Germany, the US., Britain and France. The industrialist deplored

the use of war as a means of settling . differences. “Some will say such a method could never succeed, but one thing I can guarantee you: World War III won’t succeed. We stand a very good chance right now of exterminating the human family.”

Recognition. of People’s China was inevitable, he de- clared. “We are just hypno- tizing ourselves in the extreme if. we try to pretend a nation of 600 million persons does not exist.”

He continued by pointing out the great cultural tradition which China had, its ‘mar- vellous literature and great artists.’ China was one of the oldest civilizations in the world, -he said, “we are not dealing with a lot of barbar- ians and savages.”

He added that while he was not endorsing communism, “the Chinese feel it has improved their material wellbeing.”

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In a letter sent this week to City Clerk R. Thomp- son, Effie Jones, president of the Civic Reform Associa- tion and independent aldermanic candidate in the coming Vancouver civic elections, put up a strong case for the Mica Dam power development becoming a public utility

under control of the B.C. Pow- er Commission.

letter Mrs. Jones urged that city council “re-

commend to the B.C. govern- ment that the Mica Dam be built by the B.C. Power Com- mission, thereby excluding private utility corporations and thus assuring cheap power for industrial development and do- mestic use.”

Mrs. Jones outlined three arguments favoring develop- ment by the B.C. Power Com- mission:

In her

1 A publicly owned utility

can borrow money at lower rates and is free from other financial burdens such as cor- poration taxes. It would not have to pay dividends which a private company must bear.

An additional factor is that federal authorities are now considering tax-exempt bonds for large scale public works. This would make the Mica Dam even more attractive than ever as a public project.

2 The B.C. Power Commis-

sion has estimated that it could produce power at Mica Creek for $17 per thousand horsepower year and that it would cost a private utility $28.80 — a saving of $11.80 per horsepower per year, which could be passed on to indus- try and consumers in the form of cheaper power and electri- city bills.

3 Examining the overall cost

of Mica Dam, the B.C. Power Commission’s Charles Nash, director of load develop- ment, has said it would cost consumers $15 million more in annual operating costs if the Mica Dam were built by private companies rather than the B.C. Power Commission.

Court rejects appeal of Tunnel leaders

Conviction of Arthur An- dres and William Hunchuk was. sustained this week by B.C . Court of Appeal. The leaders of the Tunnel and Rock Workers were sentenced to four months in jail on charges of criminal contempt, arising out~ of the recent strike in which members of their union picketed major construction jobs.

Andres and Hunchuk, presi- dent and secretary of the un- ion, conducted their own ap- peal,

Trade stamps out in city

Vancouver City Council this week turned thumbs down on the introduction of trading stamps in any form within the city limits.

Trading stamps, which are used by some food stores in eastern Canada, are purchased by the storekeeper and given to the customer with every 10- cent purchase. The stamps are pasted in a book supplied by the storekeeper. When the book contains 150 in stamps, the shopper gets a free prem- ium.

Experience in the east and in the U.S. has shown that competition inevitably causes one firm to try to outdo an- other int offering prizes with a resultant increase in the cost of goods to consumers.

Vancouver’s licence inspec- tor was instructed to refuse a business licence to any firm issuing trading stamps, with- out first referring the matter to council.

Retail Merchants’ Associa- tion, Downtown Business As- sociation and the Better Busi- ness Bureau have started a campaign against trading stamps.

Ald. George Cunningham, head of the largest drugstore chain in western Canada, said that trading stamps are “a vicious and parasitic form of merchandising.”

Earlier in the year, C. L. Carlson, president of the Gold Bond Stamp Company, one of the three largest in the U.S. came to Vancouver to see if he could find a market for his promotional schemes.

Wherever this type of pro- motion has been in operation, organized labor has roundly condemned it.

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