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ELEVATOR
DISCUSSED
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should
like
to
have
some
Uiforma
Ptlon
from
the
Minister
of
Trad?
and
Commerce
(Mr.
Stevens)
in
connection
with
the
elevator
at
Prince
Rupert
which
was
built
in
MS
rtifopfrdlately
iftenH
iM'j
Questions
and
Answers
Regardirj
er.ed.
ft
was
leased
to
the
Alberta
Local
Grain
House
Are
Kepor-
.
wheat
pool
Duljf
1926
anL
Vetted
In
Hansard
several"TnTIftoriTXsneTs
oT
"gfifi
went
through
the
elevator;
In
1928
The
following
Is
the
report
from
and
1929
about
the
same
amount;
Hansard
of
recent
questions
b
in
1930
and
1931,
there
was
one
Olof
Hanson,
M.P.
for
Skeena,
and.
cargo
and
In
1932
there
has
been
answers
by
Hon.
H.
H.
Stevens
no
cargo
so
far.
I
ask
this
question
minister
of
Trade
and
Commerce,
because
I
understand
the
lease
regarding
the
operation
of
the
o-
will
expire
within
a
short
t!m
cal
grain
elevator:
,
Does
the
government
intend
to
re-
Mx.
Hanson:
Mr.
Chairman,
I
'
leaser
li
ta
the
Alberta
wheat
pool
which
uses
it
only
as
a
stgrehouJUj1?
Will
the
minister
enlighten
me
on
lhat
subject?
.
Mr.
Stevens:
This
elevator
Is
rafjto
pf&M'.i
do
not
know
of
any
other
body
of
exporters
that
are
more
efficient
in
tne
Handling
of
their
export
business
than
are
the
pool
operators
of
the
prairie
provinces.
They
ere
now
divided
Into
three
pools,
but
sometimes
the
three
operate
under
one
sales
agency.
They
now
operate
their
own
sales
business
which
is
efficiently
handled
and
whlth
is
in
charge
of
the
export
trade.
At
the
present
time
this
el-1
THE
DAILY
NEWS
imvatat
i
full
of
tmln
not
innrttTj
,
Piwp
Rupert
it
tne
owner's
or
iheureiipw
the
lease;
incis
so
tinureor;
-
js
a.
MelnHki
I
I
Rdmhv-owned
by
the-
pool.
Ths.
grain
do
not
find
the
facllltntj
Pacific
coast
calls
at
Vancouver,
Through
that
port,
'if
I
recollect
rightly,
the
export
of
grain
ismuca
larger
than
It
was
last
year
and
has
reached
around
63,000.000
bushels;
the
movement
Is
free
and
very
large.
There
is
nothing
the
government
has
done
or
can
do
that
will
move
that
grain
through
very
moderate
one:
the
rate
Is
low:
)
the
freight
rates
are
low;
every-'
thing
that
the
country
can
do-
has
!
been
done
for
the
movement
of
shipments
through
that
port.
The
lease,
I
may
say,
expires
next'
year,
when
the
time
comes
the
government
will
consider
what
U
the
best
thing
to
do,
whether
to
lease
wun
ourarclty.
oh
tiie
r9.,i.
.
"rcl
movement
of
grain
through
Prince
there
lor
Its
movement
to
be
an
ipartlest
but.
that
point
has
not
yer
from
a
trip
to
Vancmit
iiuperu
aepenus
luiburuuy
uu
ic
w,v
w
nu
wu
utu
vo.v
:
nwiu
cjuujunauon
nniw
r
.Viinninir
.nn4
t
Via
I
Mn
isp
nt
nther.
nnrts.
As
I
stiifv
ii
l
Mr
Hnnsnn
Has
the
.
Alberlfek
fortunately
for
Prince
Rupert
I
other
matter,
the
grain
is
in
the
suppose
I
can
only
put.tf
in.
thahands
of.Jts
owners
and.
-they,
rtl-way
-the
main
shipping
on
the
;
rect
Its
movements.
The
lease
Is
a
jto'
make
a
new
ol
the
lease?
Mr.
StevensNob
yet
Aaveruse
m
me
uauy
News.
;
The
followm?
it
:
of
charges
made
for
,
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HERE
is
in
Canada
an
irresistible
forward
motion
a
constant,
fc
flp
un'abourecJ
progress,
a
current
so
deep
and
permanent
that
it
c?l..cannotbe
stopped
or
even
stemmed
by
periodic
adyances
and
recessions
of
business.
.
Consider
these
facts
about
Canada's
progress
In
the
ten
years,
1922.1931,
inclusive:
Her
total
trade
increased
14.75;
her
population
17.75".
.,
.
.
Her
newsprint
tonnage
115;
her
mineral
production
24'.
'
The
gold
output
more
than
doubled,
made
a
record
in
1930
and
broje
k
.it
again.in
1931.
Sted
production
grew
23.
.
y
Hydro-electric
power
arose
22.
Life-insurance
in
operation
increased
105l
.
,
"
''
The
employment
index
arose
1
1.
Savings
bank
deposits
22,
and
bank
debits
11V
f
The
true
nature
of
this
unlaboured
progress
of
Canada
in
motion
Is
k
revealed
in
the
fact
that
dividends
amounting
to
$226,351,000
were
paid
by
Canadian
corporations
in
1931,
AN
INCREASE
OF
$32,500,000
over
theaverage
of
the
six
years
ending
1930
and
$50,000,000
BETTER
than
any
year
previous
to
1929.
"
The
basic
forces
natural
wealth
and
national
character
are
moving
l'orward.to-day
as
steadily
as
they
were
in
1922,
and
they
will
undoubtedly
produce
by
1942
beyond
what
men
to-day
do
not
even
frope
or
anticipate,
I
iv
The
men
who
march
forward
with
Canada
must
tMnk
m
and
maintain
their
business
momentum,
never
km
track'
wfrj
market;
never
losing
faith
in
the
consumer
with
what
tk
Ul
newspaper
Keeps
m
constant
ana
intimate
ce-nuct.
This
advertisement
is
sponsored
by
the
Canadian
Daily
Newspaper
Association,
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