~~ Chevrolet Six | t in Quality First in Val ,¢ Sold and Serviced by 4,% o. KAIEN MOTORS LTD. at phone 52 “It’s Service That Counts” Ye, > + . = — AN rive by NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA’S NEWSPAPER a ? 3% eae -_ : . 0% 4 Oe a \ XXIII., No .231. D By Tomorrow's Tides Thursday, October 6, 1932 ' High . 6:14 am. 16.4 ft. 17:40 pm. 18.4 ft. LOO irs Se IES 11:37 am. 10.1 ft PRICE: FIVE CENTS H 00 VER OPENS HIS iberal Convention Is Pledged to Maintaining Pacific Great Eastern Resolution By Perry of Prince George Adopted Yester- day—Rousing Speeches Are Made By McCaffery and Pattullo VANCOUVER, Oct. 5:—A resolution on the ’Pacific| ‘reat Bastern Railway at the British Columbia Liberal! ntion yesterday, sponsored by H. G. Perry, former L. A. for Fort George, brought M. P. McCaffery and 1D. Pattullo of Prince Rupert into the discussion with ‘using speeches. The resolution, which was adopted, 4pledged the Liberal parly to main- M. P. McCattery taining operation of the Pacific; Eastern in justice to settlers} ministry of railways|} to bend every effort to safeguard | the public investment Mr McCaffery contended that Canadian National line to Prince Rupert was the logical coast outlet for Central British Colum- Great and urged the bia and insisted that thée’P.’G. E. was second in the field, being sponsored by the McBride Conser- vative Government and Vancouver nter never Steaidbaih Liberal who repudiates report that he Unionist. is going LETTER TO PR. TOLMIE Suggestions Made to Prime Minister By Unemployed Workers’ Association The following letter has been sent to Premier 8S. F. Tolmie by W. A. Hogg, secretary of the local branch of the National Unemployed Workers’ Association of Canada: “At a meeting of above associa- tion the recent order barring Orien- tal storekeepers from the relief tic- ket business was discussed and my instructions were to write you in protest at such an outrageous edict to emanate from any responsible government. “My personal feeling at first was that I must be in the interior of Borneo and that the next step would be the confiscation of the property of these Orientals and the removal of their heads to adorn the walls of the tribal assembly hall. The British Empire must have sunk very low when it stoops to such petty.. statecraft. Union Jack been so degraded. The citizenry of this country will find it difficult to look a Chinese or Jap- anese gentleman in the face “At the above meeting it was ack- nowledged that many of the unem- ployed are under personal obliga- tion to these storekeepers in the way of unpaid rents and store ac- counts amounting to $200 and $300 in some cases. Forcing people to deal with certain stores is en- flict of interest between Vancouver und Prince Rupert but in reality a y of interest National Government communit Just as the Mr. McCaffery made representa-| tions that Prince Rupert offered the best grain route and asked why rain should be diverted to Van- couver, It was pointed out that the JW. deb Farris K.C.. solution did not touch this ques- i tion Mr. Pattullo intervened to pro- claim that there was no real con- Liberal Convention Has “Red Letter” Day; Commission on croaching on the individual's rights. The discussion was extremely bit- ter. It is an unheard of situation for a government to not only coun- tenance but actually institute a boycott against a section of its own , ligation to Prince Rupert sitizens. The memory of the un- beral convention had an obligation to Prince B C T tm t R q t d ore : ite than P.G.E. for grain. jand the settlers on the old Grand . . rea en e ues € necessary and_ senseless indignities \Trunk line, an obligation that he \t) unemployed are called on to iclaimed had never been fulfilled, so jeadure will be a long time dying ll ff had the province an obligation to] Would Allow Government Measure to Be Defeated With-| 1a jt is pointed out that, for a a ing at e settlers along the line of the out Overthrowing Administration—Overhaul of »overnment to legalize a highly ° |p. G.E Tax Structure Asked |forged double-edged weapon like a Local l rary | With regard to the Peace Rive lboycott, is a very dangerous pro- | | lhe said his authority and influence 7 y XTDD r . lceeding and will eventually be ih i ’ r os - ‘ Iu *O * » i Tints vould be directed to insuring that) VAN( Ol VER, Oct. 5:—More than Six hundred dele turned against the very people it is rectors of the Prince {the outlet to the coast follow the| gates registered yesterday at the British Columbia Liberal) ,ow designed to aid. An unparal- Gurecvwors 0% - —_ ; oe j ei : . : . : : , . ; , “a biel a rary Board were pre st economic route regardless of} Association convention and, in the words of Mrs. Mary leled folly of this nature calls for ” 7 , : ; tte Th , ‘ . ° : » ‘he, . , . sestioant ‘ . . ° ilar meeting last nig vhat comm benelitted on Ellen Smith, the preside nt, it was a “red letter day for|an investigation and those respon 4 ivocated i ring tu . . : ‘oug?) r N y ° eport of the librarian and|had been advocated in Prince Ru-ly i nalien * A number of resolutions dealing with a wide | sible brought to book. No govern number of routine de- | pert itself. Th sue would have to : . tant vincial issues were dealt with by ment can keep its face when highly i I ) outine at | aw : au Ig ¢ : lbe determined by experts of the variety ol! impor ant pro - ssues were Y| paid officials are so influenced as ltwo national railways and the Do-| eechaace aia ito perpetrate an offence of this na- iikshank sported that)" 1e resolution adopt by the , 7 ra : ” ‘+ }minion and provincial rai Iways in| OS aoe u aa eee cr P idi | ture and we trust that you will een @ sgn o~ * leollaboration but, insofar as grain} conve NUON ASKec mt 4 int resi hg /hasten to consign this unjust order p ha : vernment be reauested to appo borrowin yu 7 novement was concerned he stat-| 8 ernmen be requestec » appt Ito oblivion without delay. in improvement in the] — that eminent railway men had|@ Royal Commission to ascertain “The following suggestion may pay section. The figure ~ , “ tt t wheat could be moved to| the extent to which British Colum- | not he amnien at this ‘time Maiwhew-et r were ~ Pacific more cheaply from Redj 9/4 has falied to = 7 qui a if | your proposed coalition—that you 3892 a Junction to Prince Rupert) vent eae a “a pal tm ‘include two or more of the unem- tion, 537 linn in to Vancouver ay, Geet POVees DAVE ON |»loyed to positions on the unem- - AA : “oa mrnihell , ‘ i. | J 1076 | «7 have stood in my own city of|J. A.Campbell of v acnta ted ployment council, These would tend ‘ | y ing S es Oo! Stave ‘ e pay, 160. 'Prince Rupert,” Mr. Pattullo said, | ovin nt , a4 * ve ‘ c erat {to leave your legislature with that 1665 ‘nd told them that, even as I had: the maritime provinces tad ent yt jmodicum of humanness, under- erage, 262.2 tond for their moral rights in con- | $5,000,000 annu oa . a mi . standing and common-sense which ab , ee > esult of tl nc gs 0 1e Dun- : the month there were 58/nection with the Granda Trunk Pa adhe abeoncthe - it seems to lack and give it a point commission some years ago. -Never..has the, CAMPAI GN WI TH DES M OINES SPEE( Ew nna President of United States Asks Support of Mid-West Farmers Reviews Accomplishments of His Administration and Its Policies on Economic Matters, Farm Aid, World Trade and Other Questions DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 5:—President Herbert Hoo- ver came to his home state of Iowa to deliver in the Capital city here last night the first of a series of major addresses in his campaign for re-election as chief executive. It was a plain and heart-to-heart talk on serious matters of the day which the president gave before a huge and enthus- iastic audience in the Coliseum, the’& largest assembly place in the city, with overflow meetings in the Shriners’ Auditorium and the Capi- tol Plaza where radio loudspeakers were especially installed to trans- mit the address. The president, af- ter leaving the Coliseum, visited both the Auditorium and Plaza and spoke briefly to thé erowds. ~ Declaring that, after three years of bitter experience and despite the destructive tactics of a Democratic- controlled congress, the adminis- aome.” The president further ad- nitted that there could be no gen- eral recovery unless these things were secured for the farmer. Far- ners, manufacturers and business people were all in the same boat and they must come to shore to- gether. Happily the economic spiral had been turnéd from its down- ward to an upward course due to the removal of “some of the de- structive forces.” “The Republican ; policies,” the president declared, tration was finding a way out Of/“are winning out for agriculture the depression, President Hoover/anq, if we continue to fight along made a direct appeal for support of the farmers. He pointed out what the administration had actually achieved for the benefit of the far- meérs and disclosed some of its fur- ther intentions along this line Taking issue with many planks of the Democratic platform, the pre- sident declared that, if the program of his political opponents were to the same lines, we will win out.” Protective tariff on farm pro- ducts was the very basis of safety for the agricultural industry of the United States, Mr. Hoover asserted. The Republican party had institu- ed this policy of protective tariff m farm products and proposed to aintain it, even widening it if necessary. “Ninety percent of our be adopted, it would “plunge the | :armers’ market is at home and we country back into the abyss Of de-|»ropose to reserve that market to wression and end hope for recOv-|them,” declared the president. Mr. ery.”” He compared the “constructive Hoover decried the Democratic pol- nrogram of the administration” | icy which would lower the tariff on with the “destructive actions” of|farm products and substitute bar- the Democrats while in control of|¢aining tariffs with foreign coun- congress. |tries. The sole desire of foreign Discusses Agriculture \countries was to have the tariff on Admitting that agriculture was’ their farm products lowered in re- ilmost prostrate in the United, turn for their lowering of tariffs on States today and that, despite their; American industrial products. “Will ivings and economies of years,jthat help the farmer?” asked Mr. the farmers’ lot was one of hard- | Hoover, hip and distress, Mr. Hoover was President Hoover reviewed some zyreeted with applause on declaring | of the benefits he claimed the ad- his belief that all the farmer wan- ted was “higher prices for his pro- ducts and the chance of saving his} ministration had brought about for the farmers. Among these he enu-+ ‘Continued on Page Two ) ELEVATOR BEING ESTABLISHED IN INTERIOR AT VANDERHOOF; FIRST ON THIS RAILWAY LINE VANDERHOOF, Oct. 5:—A grain elevator to be estab- lished at Vanderhoof, situated on the Canadian National wers registered, 39 were|cific Railway, I would stand od Annie tedolulien would provide Jot view impossible for it Dee mele Railways line, signifies the importance the district has § ee 4 ' . ' sonle g ¢ g the} cA? yes - ; attain. : y fair se he list and the number |those of the people living along the) | ative Assembly shall to attain, It ts only fair that those] attained in the crain growing areas. During the past sev- } tered was 3,649 line of the Pacific Great Eastern | hat / u i, oni pw deta for whom such sympathy is expres- ‘al vears the Vanderhoof district has been wing » books were received, 28 by Without doubt, Mr. Pattullo de be free to * op ’ = ae |sed should be consulted in regard te. era ye ars S i ” andernoor ¢ S v 1as e¢ gr OV ng a Bu | eight by purchase, the to-|clared, the rail route from Prince|any measure 01 csi su a oe lefforts on their behalf. In any even’ surplus of grain, each succeeding year greater tracts of ta ion now numbering 8,437 (Continued on Page 2) to it ee ; Ta re % ans ‘nthe! |it would be impossible for them to|iand being brought into production,” S ) yn 4 juestion of repairing the ae xpressing uc i . ew which | lower the prestige of government }increasing this surplus and placing Vanderhoof will have the distine- v governmen\. 0 Mo isgraceful discrimination.’ }an additional burden on the shoul- ng the m betw lo be attended to by VIR di R ti | : tu ho in hed such disgracefu fan additional burden on the s n of being the only town between Basso-Rert, ‘4 cadmnmniteee Of one! adlo ecep 10n | err 7 ak con titidcea | | ——— lders of the producers in marketing|:asper, Alta, and Prince Rupert Actino ¢ a direch youe Of non=< their grain |with a grain elevator. The aggr for the pan : ain, a gr t ; ggres- the board. Here to Be Gone | ¢till another resolution proposed | } Halibut Arrivals | | fag orzanisation of saat aae ate ‘a thorough investigation and over-| Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith, who oc- ; J. Gillespie, of Gillespie and Com- ‘pu tis 6 elas of Vanderhoo? are to +e + | y th whole yrovinecial| eupies chair at British Columbia y levator operators in the tg : t+eeeanreaeeeee B hauling of the I cupies chair ¢ a | }pany, eleva I ; 5 » “ nto y icial taxation structure including exemp- | Liberal convention, | Summary | prairie provinces, Was interested in| i sonsree aan I we * SEATT E GETS + tions in low scale of wages and sal- | | American—-68,500 pounds, 3c and) i}. yanderhoof situation. He visited | ""* interest ¢ pie om + E GETS WARM | On 14 d 2c. pany in this community enterprise. WEATHER FOR FALL #| To conduct an investigation Of) , jos, ‘SCUED IN NORTH