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DAILY EDITION Thursday,

the | products. The far-seeing eye
party | of Sir Wilfrid had focused
err ai no mere weal ehik. abt und decause of. that
lan a awa today. | token ba . » pec
Conservatives to a man are| he staked his al! op the reci-
standing up for high tariff| This would
have supplied exactly what
was required, but instead of

and special privilege. The
that we have had thrust upon

Liberals on the other hand.
while friendly toward capital : ;

us the old national policy of
increased protection. Conse-

and .industry, have taken a

decided stand on freer trade

and wider markets, which quently the farmer was de-

means a distinct relief for the} prived of his market and he-

farmers and for all who toil. gan to lose faith. With this
depression in the air it was
useless to induce more home-

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steaders to take up land and
so the immigrants all took to
the cities. The result was
congestion, pessimism and
hard times.

in
of

Perhaps nowhere
world are the lines

procity issue.

Only a few days ago did the
Liberals bring forward a reso-
lution in favor of free farm
machinery. In this line cer-
tainly the old cry of protect-
ing infant industries would
not work, for Canada posses-
ses some of the largest imple-
ment companies in the world.
Notwithstanding this, how-
ever, the Conservatives
strongly opposed it and of
course voted it down. How
such a reasonable request
could be refvised it is hard for
fair-minded people to under-]}
stand. Certainly such con-
duct does not entitle the gOV-|
ernment to the support of}
those who toil nor of those|
who would like to see justice
established on the earth. |

. . .

The prairies today are the
pulse of Canada. In that re-
gion there are thousands of
bushels of grain that are rot-
ting for the want of a market.
which, but for an imaginary
line, right their doors.
Consequently price of
wheat now low that it
does not pay to farm.

The only possible excuse
the Borden government can
have for such a state of af-
fairs is that they cannot
afford to adopt the policy of
the Liberals.

at
the

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The year 1896 saw the close |
of one of Canada’s dark ages.|}
The country was dying for the |
want of a progressive govern- |

ment. In that year the Laurier |

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Reciprocity is becoming
more of a live issue every day.
People are beginning to real-
ize how much a reduced tariff
has already done for the
American people. The hope
that the Wilson tariff bill
would benefit Canada has
disappeared. Every article
which the Americans put on
the free list was immediately
sOught in large quantities,
with the result that the Cana-
dian price went up, and with it
the of living. If Cana-
dians had an equal privilege
in the American markets
prices would soon right them-
As it is the advantage
entirely in favor of the
Americans, and Canadians
must pay the bill.

government came into power
and immediately began a pol-
icy of publicity and expansion.
People swarmed into the}
country and prosperity on
with a rush. This continued
for fifteen years when the
Borden government secured
control by means of a silly}
Yaukee scare. With them was
ushered in a period of depres-
sion that is still with us.
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cost

The reason is not far to|
seek. The time had just ar-}
rived when it was to
bring in more people without!

furnishing a market for their |

selves,

is

useless

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WELSH COAL BARON HAS OPTIONS
| ON B.C. ANTHRACITE COAL LANDS

March 19, 1944}

D. A. THOMAS TO INVESTIGATE COAL PROPOSITIONS AS
WELL AS NAAS AND PEACE RIVER RAILWAY
, Options are gyll,
jbeen taken by
the Welsh coal baron,
jnow en route to the
ithe east, the claims of
thracite coal lands cont
the British Columbia Anthra
|syndicate, a company composed |
lof prominent Quebee finan: Groundhog,
lwho hold charters from both ‘
Dominion and provincial gover!
for constructing a ra p
from the mouth of the Naa
into the Groundhog il
fields, a distance of 140
and beyond its holdings
additional sixty miles.
The head of the
Coal company announced his /is
intention of Brit
ish coal interests rth,
and if said that
under instructions from the}from the provincial government.
British admiralty. The product|The quantity is estimated by Mr.
in the Groundhog district is said Campbell-Johnston 14 i...
to be the only hard, 440,000 engineer
coal in the world, beside that | spent seven in the
found in South Wales, Pennsyl-| Groundhog and
vania and West Virginia. | driving the
Mr. Thomas and his associates | extent of the
are said to absolutely control| The claim advanced
the output of naval coal in South|sufficient coal could be
Wales and to have acquired ex-|from the Groundhog coal
tensive interests in the Ponca-|yearly to supply all the
hontas mines in West Virginia.|squadrons in the Pacific ocean
The development of the Ground-|with smokeless anthracite coal,
hog fields would therefore that on account of its geo-
the coal baron in an unassailable|graphical location a port at the
position in so far as the control|mouth of the Naas river would
of the world’s best anthracite is|be in a better position to com-
concerned. for naval business than the
the|Weish or Pennsylvania interests.

Ar who is a relative of Mr.
impbell-Johnston, first tor
he question up,with the Rt. Hon
Reginald MeKenna, when the lat

first lord of the

to have
Thomas, ¢

wh

reported
Mr. D. A.

1K
coast from

on was admit

Nasago, bay, the port the
roposed railway the
is said to be admil
adapted for a coal distribut
point, the harbor being
rolected, and capable of berth
large The
of railway int
coal fields, equipping the
providing rolling stock,
coal-carrying and

for
into

the b

we
ments

way j

estimated
t

vessels

building

jrivet st a

|

th
colliery,

miles

for

e
an

iving

ships

Cambrian;general organization on a work-

has x basis, is $10,000,000.
safeguarding
in the

controlled by
Anthracite

under

The eoal
ithe British
ndicate are held

lands

say Columbia

is iS acting | ey lease

as
The
months
prospecting
to ascertain
seams.

smokeless tone

bores

that
mined
fields
naval

Is

place land

| pete

The anticipated repeal of
exemption provision in the Pan. |Nasago bay is said to be consid-
erably nearer to the Orient and
|}Hussia than any other sheltered
harbor suitable for coal dis-
tributing m the Pacific
and could be

ama tolls regulations will have a
big effect on the coal
Dues of $4.25 per ton
to be paid on coal by American
and British alike. The
opening up of the Groundhog, it|shipped to Hongkong, Yokohama,
is pointed out, would enable na-| Vladivostok, Australia and New
val ships to,come through the | Zealand, other naval bases
canal with a small amount of|at a much
fuel in their bunkers and to re-|the other
plenish their supplies of The company in
the Pacific coast ports. }1944 a charter from the province
In 1910 Mr. Ronald C, Camp-|for a railway under the fille of
bell-Johnston, engi. |the Naas &«
neer for the syndicate,|Way Company.
made a trip to the Groundhog to|the
report on some claims. other
sult of his explorations
asked to head a larger
ition the following year
district and
sive surveys

situation.
will have a

centre

vessels coast, thus coal

and
than from
fields.

secured

less rate

anthracite

at one eoal

Rivers tail-

ute

ae

Skeena
The
of the
140
direction
which
north of
D. Cairns,
a

COMsuiling

Quebec ro fojlows

course and

as
AS a re- rivers miles in
from
about

Pritwee
who
of

Dominion

to

a
Na-
fifty

Rupert.
has coi

he was |northeasterly
expedi-
into the
secure comprehen-
of the coal lands
and to locate a railway line from
Nasago bay, at the mouth of the
Naas river. Since Mr. Campbell-
Johnston made his investiga-
tions he has kept the British ad-
miralty posted on the new fields
at the request of high officials
in Great Britain. The Duke of

sago bay,
miles

Mr. D.
ducted
surveys

is

le

number
for the
said

ger lowiecal

Soy
ernment,
pressed

have
the opinion that

feasible route for a con-
necting link from the Groundhog
line to the proposed
ways via the headwaters
and Stikine rivers,

is

eX-
there
Was a
Alaska rai!
of the
thens

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along the jatler streaia to the
Dease river and lake to the head-
waters of the Laird river,
through the Atlin district to the
White Horse, and thence by way
of the Chisana pass into Alaska;
along ‘the Tanana_ river into
Fairbanks, the Coppel
ountry and interior
Alaska.

the of

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Manitoba Liberals to Convene

Mani-

alled

A general convention of
Liberals has heen cé
i Winnipeg
Lo The purp
nvention is to consider

toba
ne i
27. se

the po-
plat
n

declare a
and prepare for the
election which is now
the

ical siluation,

form, oe

looked

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for early midsummer

 

FOR SALE SY PUBLIC AUCTION

At the Fisheries Wharf, Sap
perton, B. C., on Thursday, the
twenty-sixth day of March, 1914,
at 2 o'clock p. m.
THE GASOLINE SCHOONER
“ACTIVE”
~and—
GASOLINE LAUNCH
“BONITA”
With equipment
Approximate length
tive,’ 58 feet; beam,
inches; engine, 50-h.
der, 4-cyecle “Frisco
“Bonita,” approximate
27 feet 6 inches; beam,
depth, 3 feet 6 inches;
h. p. “Palmer.”
Further particulars
to inspect be
at the Dominion Fisheries Office,
New Westminster.
F H. CUNNINGHAM,
Chief Inspector of Fisheries
New Westminster, B.C., March
17,

THE

furniture.
of “Ac
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feet;

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obtained

GRANY S.S. Prince G
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S.S. PRINCE ALBER’

Sundays at 6 ;

Fridays at 9 ;

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EXPERT ACCOUNTANT

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March 2ith:
Sailings for Vancouver

Twin screw steamers

Thursday

mornings

at Vancouver
and Monday
respectively

Arriving
evenings

Arrivals from South

“Chelohsin”...Mondays, 6 p. m.
“Venture”...... Fridays, 8 p. m.

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