The Daily News PHINCE RUPERT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Evry Afternoon, excopt Sunday, the Prince Rupert Daily News, Limited. Third Avenue. H. F. PULLEN, .Managing Editor. - Memberyof Audit Bureau of Circulations. DAILY JEDITIOK Cesspool Of Corruption Is Strong Language. ' t PAGE TWC Wit?. DAH4Yj,NliW9 TiiuriU. Ft-li, un v Finer Tea ii means .more delicious cups. SA1ADA" GREEN TEA blendetd from.only tKe choicest young leaves, yields very richly. Superior to any Joxpantior Gunpowder. Try it. Thursday, February J, 1020. II. II. Elevens behind Ihe privilege tif parliament-makes ri slashing charge at the customs, 'service of this country. He ought' to he compelled to hack up Ill's statements. If they sire true, then a thorough investigation jshoud he made and the culprits 'punished: It is difficult for us',tobeieve, however, that there is" anvlhing like wholesale corruption in such an honorahle .ser vice. Doubtless there are custom's offfeers, just us (here an' nten in uny walk of life, who 'dotvvrung things and who make profits for themselves at .the expense of the public or of their neignnors. ji nee are unit unv auu our opinion is mat me same obtains in the customs service. H is to he hoped that '.rr. iHleveiis willbe specific in his charges and that the governnieiit:.will act quickly and thoroughly; on those charges. They should be either proven or wilhilrawn. King George Reads Speech From Throne. ' Hespatches from England yesterday make, it seem ,n If King (ieorge was asking I lie different factious iu parliament to try to agree among themselves ,so that the country might not suffer. This is mil exactly correct. The speech is written by the cabinet and placed in the King's hands and it is the Conservative government of Ureal Britain that asks parliament to agree with them. In other worth he government is asking the opposition not to oppose some Tneasure, probably n protective measure, that they are about ioM'mrudiice. The King is the mouthpiece for them. ' Why Allow Criminals Free On Technicality. "... a Because ufjta' te,ehnicijy 'criminals, awho ..have been regularly tried anuonvicted havebeem'flovved 'forgo free. Xol onlv lias the country been put to great expense for nothing but the. people have been taught disres-peel for the efficacy of the law, 1 Ins is not Iiy any means the first tune that a judge has given thai kind of judgment. Doubtless he thinks he is doing right but he is none the less i danger lo the community. One particular judge is always singled out lu Lawyers who take up tbo.se cases because he seems to be the one who wjll lend them a sympathetic ear. lie may be technically right from a legal point of view, but the people of the country do not see It Iliad way. They think more and more thai' the law is an ass. when interpreted in such a manner. There seems to lie a difference between law and justice. Lay people are taughl that, the u-Ourls are courts of justice, but lawyers odl them "law courts' .which is quite a different thing and just what they often are. Chief Justice Hunter was sitlirig iu a "law court" . when he letthou men go free and not in a court of justice. Utilities Audit May Be Good Thing. As long as it is not Ino costly aj audit of the utilities department for the purpose of flrfOing out If our utilities have been really paying should 'lie enlightening. It is to be hoped if such an audit is conducted that 'The auditor will use plain Kntr-lish in his import and make it ipule clear lo Hie lay mind what he means. So many reports of auditors mean nothing lo the average person because the average person is not trained in the ways of an auditor. .Take as an inslance the average financial statement produced at a publio-hieetiiig,- Very few people realize what it ieans. They cannot eve it. rf fid U intelligibly. In th.is case th information is needed so Hi.1l 'la-people of Prince Rupert may know how they stand exactly in regard to the public utilities and it is to be hoped the audit will hlake that clear Without nnv 1 1 'ii imr "We Got Our Exercise T"ffrllnftiiu at the Woodpile" In the good old days when we were boys in the country there was no lsfk of exercise. But wood piles are eearre now nd we suffer from inditection and t -In Kreat majonty of homes Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver PilL? are constantly kept on hand as the best means of regulating the liver, kidneys and bowels and thereby counteracting the effect of too little exercise. With these filtering organs active the poisons are swept from the body and the cause of pains, aches and serious disease is removed. Use them when you have headache, backache, constipation, indigestion. Their action is direct, Relief comes quickly and you soon feel fine. Dr.Chase'sKidney-LiverPills 35c. a box, all dealers, or The Dr. A. W. Chase Medidae Co., Limited, Toronto 2, Canada IBETTER TIMES ! THIS COUNTRY Financial Conditions LUMBER ONLY EXCEPTION Fewer Commercial Failures and Merchants Depend Less on Borrowed Capital The conclusion (hat Hie year t'.)2: marked a decided improvement iu the ei-ononiTc condition mary industries of agriculture. mining mill fishing. The total yield of wheat, provisionally es limaicu ai i.;.J(,oiMi iiusiieis. is the second largest prop in history am) compares with 202,-ODO.OOn lnishel last year. There were substantial increases alsn in Hie coarser grains. The pre liminary official estimate places the, total value of the field crop of 1925 at l.t t2,f! 1.000 as compared with the final esti mates fur i2i and IH23 of 59U5.235.1HHI and J?99.i20.2OO respeotiely. The increase Is largely accounted for by the value of the wheat crop $1(16,735.000 "which is the largest on record. The crop, was exceptionally well distributed and with more bal-uiced relations between agriculture anil- the other imltiVlries. I tie fanning community is in a helter jiosition towupport general trade activity than It has been in several years. Foreign Demand A chancre fur the belter haw vome over the live stoflk initiw- try. Cattle receipts at the leading markets vvere heavier -and stockyanl returns show a uh-stantial incre.-i-e. .There was u keener fnnign ilejnaiul for (in- ndian cattle and the export of Journals ami animal nroiliicts both in voIuimp and value exceed ed those of the pre ioiiH year. Dairying continues to make nlifying progress, especially in! the middle west. The production of creamery butter and cheese was larger and is estimated in the aggregate to have returned Ihe tarpesl revenue in the history of the industry, jlxports of butler from Canada for the twelve months ended 31 si October 1925 were 30.XS3.735 lbs. n?ahisf 21,-H5,32t llis. in 192i and 12,21 1,-t8i in tl)23. Tlie fishinc indus try in the Marilimes had an ex- septionally eood season. A lar-. ser number of vessels were en- aa?ed and the total landed value of the catch was substantially iu excess of Hie previous year. The, total salmon pack of Hrilish Columbia was approximately 1,- 025.00(1 cae of nil srodes. a little less than in 192 i when a rpcord was established. The soekeye pack was slightly larger, than lal year and export demand was slronifei. Mining .Advance A gry uilvanne has been made iii Jhe piininsr ItiiIiisC) ry both in the development of established fields and the discovery of new mineral areas, ('old production for 1925 reached a record value of 35,7fiti,0(IO. 'Lead and 2in- show lai ;r increases and Ihe market fur these two metals has been strciur. A marked improve ment i also noted in Ihe pro duction totals of nickel, copper. and cobalt. Asliestos iirmliieliim' increased but coal, owinp to protracted labor troubles, showed a loss In lohnasre from the pro- mous year, Ibciolal value of Canada's mineral output in 192." has been officially estimated at ?22K,tl0.oi)O an increase of 818,-5;.(tno ver ihe ficure of 102-tj The lumber Industry experienced a rather difficult year ow-biK lo over production and keen compellllon which resulted in price s'oncesslons. ihlpmenls from Kaslern Canada lo Kurope fell off but Hrlllsh Columbia ejt-ports were lamer and the dn4 aiestjc demand is reported to be well above that of laM year. Pulp and Paper The pulp and paper Industry had n fairly satisfactory year despite a tendency lo lower prices. Newsprint production Was well maintained, and for the! ! uuLttut for Uj U)t fust fust eleven 'months wrts 1.3i:t.lL'l ions, un increase of 1 IsMii'.i tuns over the corresponding months of last ear. Tim expansion of the pulp ami paper industry in Canada; I - ;has been remarkably rapid. From 'Royal Bank Monthly Letter Tails HMD to 1!21 the capital unesl- I of General Improvement In mcnl increase,! limn 2to.i 000 to !?t51), 157,000, while in Hie same period the total ulue of the output advanced inun Mu,mo,-157 to '3,71t),lUr. The improvement in the business (mi! industrial sanation became more .pronotii d in Hie fall mill wasjurltfied l tin R'n-eral increase in agrnullural pur-cliasiiiu power, vwlm'li gae n stimulus In all activity. I to' iiiiiiilii-i' ii r frahrlil i-.-irs loaded. nf Canada can now he siiiported I w,(l(,j, is Hie hs n'iicril index by a variety of statistical evi- ,;, ,,,,, vrtUiw or commodities deuce, Hie figures of foreign f,ir,..i i in.i i..,m in im- trade, bank debits, railway l,od-llig and earnings all show- an increase nver'lhose of life previous year. says the Itoyal Hank monlhly leller. The oJiief source of improvement is to be found In Ihe increased productivity in Hie pri prove in the sepmul half of Hie year and Hie Joadiuirs for !U2. exceedinl those of tlie previous yir both for merchandise and in the ;i3nifratd. Mills Are Busy The farm iiiaehuiery industry has emerged from the depression of recent eais and both domestic ales unit exports liaxe been iu substantially larger volume. The coUori mills have leen oper-atinj; at a liifrlier rale in recent inontlis and the industry Is in ti much more favorable position wilti cheaper raw material. The situation in Hie woollen goods industry, however, -oiitiiiii unsatisfactory Ott'illX to foivli-'ll competition aggravated by de-preeiateil exchange!-, oilier lines of textiles, including knitleil guilds and clothine bae experienced a revival and reports a to the prospects for trade are almost eer where better. lluyins; generally, however, continue-, on a conservnlUii Uisis. allboiicli itiere and there are indications flf future eoin-niiliiients beiinr lnade on a more extensive enle. Commercial failures Tor Ihe year both iu iititubiM' and extern of liabilities, show a consiileftible falling off. There has been n movement to ward consolidation in the whole sale trade and senerally speaking Hie husinesK nf the country ts in stronger liands; inventories are low and merchant are depending les than formerly upon borrowed capital. Construction work has played an important part in the increa el business activity. Itiiilding operalioii have been going for ward on an enlarged scale and Hie total value of contracts awarded for the year i estimated it S207.973.on. nn increase of 7.H per een over the final ffer- ure4 of 1921. Canadian Automobiles The nutomobtte industry con tinues to expand. Tlie produc tion figures of cars and trucks in Canada for the ten mouths elided October 1925 exceeded by 8357 the total production of 1.12.580 for the entire year of 1924. The industry has been benefitted by the restoration of Ho- MeKennn ilnlios in 4lriit' llritain ami export business has Increased over the previous year. ay: IK COliltAOl: is all right, hut look what happens iin- courageous trout. Hlirnsil Parliament opened yesterday and there was a galc blowing. WO.MHN may not be strong but one nf them will succeed often in carrying oh a big sturdy man. IT'S Just a wetJt- from next Sunday when t. Valentine will bo with us once more. And on a unday loo! When ball we have a party? ill' had a cold. She had one too. He said "good nnle," Sim said "kerchoo."- "YOH have beard ibeild story Ihat while figures may not He, liars can figure. Well, I don'l figure thai' me so you don't need lo say il is. I first lime on record the output -H ST around Hie time nf llio or i.anadian mill exceeded Ihatjllurns hampieis a lot of peopl. of the Untied Slates The total were asking what is huigglsf RRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Western Canada TO END OF DECEMBER, 1924. Has produced Minerals us follows: Placer Hold, 77.:i82,ll5:i; Lode 0o:d, is m.UMl; .Silver, J?tl8,S2A.570; Lead, $70,548,578- Copper, t?I87,48l,r.7K; 'Am s I71,t7; Miscellaneous Minerals, $l,VH,:M0; Coal ntul Coke, 2(IO,SSO,(HM; Hu id,),. Stone, Ilrick, Cement, etc., ?2,22r,SH ; making lis Mineral Production to Hie 1 , it)2i show an Aggregate Value of $859,427,386 Production for Year Ending Dec. 1924, $48,704,604 The Mining Laws nf this Province are more liberal and the fees lower (lion llnne nf any other Province in the Dominion, or any colony In the Ilrilisli Kmpire. Mineral locations are granted lo discoverers for nominal fees, Absolute Titles ore obtained by developing such properties, the security of wlu. h guaranteed by Crown Grants. roll information together with Mining Report nud Mnpi, may Im obtained gral nildreiug THE HON. THE MINISTER OF MINES Victoria, British Columbia. N.H. Practically all Hrilish Columbia Mineral Properlies upon which ileviv -t work has been done are described in some one of the Annual Reports of the M of Mines. TIiom' considering mining investment should refer lo such report5 T,ie-' are available without charge on application to the iJepnrlnienl of Mines, Vi.-loi i p,, Reports of Hie fleologi'-al 8urvry nf Canada, Pacific Hnildiug. Vancoiuei . are r: mended as valuable soune of information. Why not ak what is li.uh Til Hill' wre ii lot of young, folks at tin- ih-w United Clonh hall this week. Tliy were just' gymdaiolies. WITH n lot of the old men It's ii consolation to think they were siimmI when they were young. "lUMnnOANi: swept town." iiy a hetidline. Yes, I kHow neral towns thai would be In' I tfv fur sweepniif. exi'ii if it luii In lie done hy u liiirricani'. Ten Years Ago in Prince Rupert February 4, 1916. I". W. Weseh, Kilsiimkiiltiui rancher, writes a letter In the Daily New expressing slifar-lion with the nplMmlnienl v the rrity eouneil of Krnnk Clapp a uwiiKiger of Ihe eity market. Major I.. Hulluek-Websler. who Mi as Jeen seriously ill nl Vernon with lyphoiil feer and pleurisy, is now recovering and lias been rrra nt eil three months sick leave. He intends to proceed In Hng-laml and rejoin Ins louiiiiand on i he eonlineitl. n well as domesllc sales. 1 "I had gas rrnm stomach During the year considerable' oressing nn my bean and was proerii'ss uas neen maue in the told had heart irouhle. Adlenkai renioviU of obsUirleji which since the war have blocked Hie way lo the development of International comnierre and Hie gener;i trend of World trade has iteen '.towards recovery. THE MAN IN THE MOON C. O. Howe had a narrow escape yesterday when n gasoline tank in bis simp exploded blowing out Ihe Klas front of I ho i sre in the K era in llloek. Mr iiowv was III row ii hy Ihe force of Hi explosion against some ptjies and slialily injured his iiack GAS ON STOMACH MAY CAUSE HEART TROUBLE did more Tor me than any-thin? ' I: Mrs". . II Harris j ONI! siioonful Adlerika removes (fas in TH.N mimiles and often brings aslnpislilng relief to th1 stomach. Hrings mit n urpri-j ing amount of old waste niallor, you never thought was in your' system. Slops Hi.it full, bloated i feeling ami makes you hapnv audi cheerful. Hxcelleni ((tv chi-onlc coivslipation. Onnes, t.ioiiled,' Druggist. SALC OF QOVCRNMCNT STIAM SHOVEL Bsrnt Lk District TK.MiK.HS will be reii-lvMy tlie en tlerUlinl up nil ii.hiii WisIiikmUv. IIh-Mill l.v tit lilinno, li'.'.. rur Hie lull ilm.e or a j yint .Marion Slram eluivrl, IJ.UliO Jim., loiiifilele wilh eiillinicil. I'lrJiert at shenKm sutlntt'. ram r Hums Lake. ArrinmiiH-ui. ran be maile with Mr. .(nnloliaw, Vaiiili-rlKiut, H.i... for In fieriiun. The hi He, I r my Iriiilrr nol nerea i1ly aeie.el. JAMES I'ATKIISO.N, t'llfl'llJ Alllir k tr.a raillamrnt tliillilln. Vlrlorl.1, it.i... fllli Jarmitrr. It1. GOVERNMENT LIQUOR ACT. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOH CONSENT TO TRANSFER OF SEER LICENCE .NOTICK IS IIKIUUIY CIVF..N that, on 'the 7lli nay of lehrtiary neji, the ninler liriied inleiid. In aijr til Ihe l.iuor Oill linl Huaril fur iisi.iiu in iraiirrer nf lleer l.lienre number 0, ami l.sueil In reeiiert vt .mnl.e lielnif part or a bullil Inr known a The Itoyal Hotel, oimaie al Ihe emiier or lli Slrt-et ami jril Avenue In Ilie city or frlnie Ruerl, li.c. uihh the laiult (leci'iilieil as Inta .eleven ill' nil twelve J, rtli.ck thirty two i'At Map nine Inimlriil anil twenty three fsjji' I'llnee Itnpert l.nml Iterlslratlon PIMrlrt' In Die Province or HrlUMi CnliiTiiblH. rn.ni Jainea I'mtolii to James Zarelll, or I'rlnee lluiierl, liriiluli Columbia, Ihe tranreree Pale.1 al I'rlnre Itui.eil, It.C tliln JUtli ! of Jiutiary. t4. ZMIFI.I.I, Apllctot and Triui(r. BONDS We (lllci Vuo Guaranteed hirst Mortgage 10-Year Bonds Of The International Electric Co. Paying 10 per cent per annum Thi Company supplvuig Light and Power lo H and District -is well managed .nut effo lentlv og YOUR INVESTMENT IN THIS IS AMPLY PROTECTED Comiiare thi intert on your nionev with lh., wit yon are getting now ICANADIAnf NiufTy Are you getting 10 per cent on your invested money? If not, here is your opportunity Write, or call and see u, ,(i .,n. e im the pa' nf lhi bond, which ensures Safety with Profit H. W. M. ROLSTON & CO. General Brokers, Stewart, B.C. Also M. M. Stephens A Co., Prince Rupert. B.C. II. W. M. Ilolsloii. hi lluMnii (.. nud Krnc-! I. of Hlewarl. H.t; w, he at the prune Rupert I lute the week commencing F.'hruarv 2. li!u. mid tie Anyox. Canadian Pacific Railway B. C. Coast Services Sailings from Prince RuDert r incttiUM, wu.1011, mm, ukvukx r,w, ?.. . m F-iANCotjuR.riaoau.wsuTru rJn:4.'K.,'iiw u. ntiNcist nutitia cUmwltf Hual'V-'V' 0tM '. . ' vampa.il ni,,r, and Vacour i,p (tlwr, ' l a.m .-, u, .u im.. ,;t,tmtXl.n su.m.hi5 rull ,ftm- ' M.?:zr,:? a0;:;::: pAr.v The Savage Washer and Dryer At the last Quebec Inhibition lfp,,a, ed its succesH of the previous venr bv ftKain winning Hie Cold .Medal with dis 1 "'Hi nver all other makers nf Amen can and tlniatlinn Washers. Cash Price $185.00 Also sold mi easy terms, Kaien Hardware Go. TUGBOATS Day Phones 423 B30 Or. 238 Black 738 Rupert Marine Products Ltd GEO. Q. BU8HBY, Man. Dir. Night ;lhons 687 830 Or. 238 tlaok 735