PAOK-TWO DAILY EDITION ail the time. THE DAILY NEWS. ruiNCE uui'chi - m:msli coixmhia Published Every Afternoon, Except Siinday. by. Prince Rupert 6ally News, Lurilted, ThlW Avenue H. F. PULLEN - Managing-Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES City delivery, by mall or carrier, yearly period; paid Ul'&aVaH6('': For lesser psrlods. paid In advance, per week fey mall to all parts of British Columbia, the British Empire and United States, paid in advance, per year By mall to all other cbiintries. per year . .Advertising rates Classified advertising; per insertion, per word Legal notices, each insertion, per agate line Local readers, per insertion, per line Transient, display advertising, per inch, per Insertion Contract rates on application. Advertising and t'lrculaiion Telephone 98 Editor and Reporters' Telephone .asd . Member ot Audit Bureau of Circulations USE OF THE ELEVATOR Spanish Beauty f JF LttMbL'V jjf(isiisiisiE 8JM 10: , ' .00 ti.bo Friday, Jan. 20. 193$ i in. ii nil, (, Itus fhany tai:keir fochnrj mm A : :.t Mantnoa Arellano wettt oi bUt vvui Mir iuir uf M'ltMic. n- -I'uUy Her back was achurtpd htoM b ;u:t.ifui tn all Spain. Daily News Want Ads. bring quick Results Assets of $705,512,920 the Liquid jAjfetS amounted to as much as '$355,929,915, .and were equal to 52.8GJ of all Liabilities to the Pub lic. An outstanding feature of the Liquid Assets was the large holtf In? ' of Cash Assets, which reached a. lbh Would result in a co-ordinated importation system adequate to a heeds of the country and con- ucted at a mlhlmum of expense. Ciovfrnment Expenses ;'For many years. Government expenditure lias been on an excessive scale. Extravagance ha characterized the budgets of na tional, provincial and municipal i governments. Throughout the j country there is a general demlrid that budgets be balanced ahd ev-'ery effort made to lighten the heavy burden Imbojed upon the people by reducing the unduly ,heavy taxation. j "there .i a noteworthy duplication ot Government in danada 'which leads to the excessive cost of administratis. We must serl-lously I consider whether this coun- trv can afford to maintain as rrtarty as nihe Provlntlal ddvm-mehts, togelhef with tlie Federal Government, eftch with ail elaborate organization. The whole population of Ureal Britain IS governed by a single Parliament which finds time t6 leglsldte, not only fdr All lnterhdl maltets. hut also for thbs whieh concern the Em plre as a whole Reviewing the Imperial Confer ence at Ottawa, Sir Herbert said THE DAILY NEWS ftay&l Batik of C&iiada Presents Strong Statement CASH ASSETS 1(51 MILLION WOLLAttS 'Canada hlls miilntaidcil lieY credit tllilina!t,ccl' Tciy.., . ... .,.ti. ... null. uuuiiu.1 wua iuiijr wiauit u. ( meeting any fUHhef tkU whieh might be imposed but felt that I present indications pointed lo the! Initiation of a nvovery In 1933 111 a reasonable degree of interna-1 norm! common stmse and io-oper-utlon could be secure ! total dt On Hundred and Bliiv- (Jell, Aliliagfr's Aildteis ' . , . , , , ' , Four Mllllonl i Mf. M. W. WHstorl. Vtee-Pr- Pnnce Rupert A people, and particularly i members of the The Annual Meeting brought td-'utnt atid deiieM Htityet, lit it-chamber of commence, should give a good deal Of thought gethef a large numbei- ol share- ilerrlh a the pmlton of the bk, to the 'problem of the Prince Rupert elevator. It is the pro- holders, ahd was marked by inter-! Mid that ah oUUtarMni feature lierty of the people of Canada as represented by the' gov- 1 eHntieht at Ottawa It has been held .under lease by the Z S&VwthST v?S A JJUlT. fSt Alberta Wheat Pool but the lease expires this summer'. r;ent and General Manager. Ibilltlea. total llatild assts Wto3 Por several years the elevator has been used only as a vigorous comment and sugstes-' wW-iai w bter 5bt of public tfi- storage house for grain ahd not as a terminal shipping t,on a5 reards "Ttral ot h 0li,i SSit f1?11 Hthi.riffM,.:ri!, u;it standing domestic problems ot '.ihiplovi'nient hi the rtWrket tor elevator tot Which it ,..oo built. purpose Was Hnteht Bands whieh Utok Canada, and art able summary of goVef Ih the fall the chairman of the grain board made a visit the wnrld economic situation and; place during the year, and sttt: to Prince Rupert and he made a suggestion in regard to the prospects ahead, a strong plea ("Canada again ywvd its eipMHy thfe leasing of the elevator but there is no assurance that Jr t!Jf amalgamation a! the two; to provide- the Kfh nfehnl ,,.511 Krt fo1W0,1 W tha tmim.nt Canadian railroads, at the drtly Mir publle bod e. Darin, tne ylar 4.4o jw. v. n... wwv fcV,w1.1...v..k. manner lh which the1 grave Cana- It is qliite useless to protest and talk mysteriously about dian railway situatwn tan be soiv-sinister influences working against the port. What is intervention by me prevtneia! needed today is a definite suggestion which can be put be- wy"fiifiu t conserve Cahadian fore the government as to the disposal of the elevator. We ?JK "TSAS SS must decide whether we are prepared to recommend that ant newsprint industry, if the ie-the iease be cancelled and if so what disposal of the pro- sent strong efforts being made td perty we would make in case the. present lease is not re- ecur cd-opetation are not sue-newedv ce8su' and a condemHatldh of ex- t , . , ... , .... cessiVe govermerttal fcxoendltlire. yhat it i is hoped to secure is a clause l ill the lease pro faufed the address of the presi-Vldirig for the shipment of a reasonable amount of grain dent through the elevator each year. The insertion of such a sir Herbert said in part clause would protect the city and the railway. S l of LKhta!T, hlth - i . , . , ... Uili country has htwti during the We, are df opinion that the railway company should be third year of the deprenioa is as much interested in securing a propel4 lease as the citi- cause for congratulation, with no zens.of Prince Rupert. If the elevator were used for re- financial assistance rrom crtilni. chlnmanto tVin vailtfmr ivmiffl knnafit nm Viio Countries Other than ft .nt.1l fVih v.- f u amount amount of of re-flnanchig. re-flnanchig. ,,uuu u.C miuc .c nmu'Ui. onuuu ui i ic arranged on a strictly buslne line WOUUl pay its way. As it IS today it loses money fdr1 the basis, with currency depreciation operators. This means that the federal goverhmerit has1 to in terms of gold limited to a ver pay the deficit. , moderate percentage, and with During normal times regular shipments- of lumber are ena0nieth0er "SZSSZ rtiade f rohl the mills along the railway to the prairies. The which have been found inevitable empty grain cars could be used for these eastern ship- in se niany case. Canada has ments and thus save the back haul for the railway. In view Uvtd "P the letter of her eon-of this it would be beneficial to the C. N. R. td have grain f d. a,ined her credit rollljig steadily into Prince Rupert and the elevator busy fpUd,d th tradltton of th i Ish Empire as a whole. It Is no ; exaggeration to say that the le-jblllty and soundness of the Em , plr' benking institutions have played an lnDortant part in the creation of this good record. Railway Problem In referring to the report of trie ftoval dbnimistloh on Trans portation, Sir Herbert expressed tht opinion that co-operation between the two railroad systems V ; effect mutual economies will no ! prove drastle enough to cut down ! In any. adequate degree the annua: de licit of the government railways, and expressed the conviction tt-fft the solution lay In compIeU ; ihklganvatlon. He felt fears of a monopoly were groundless and tha Under proper safeguards uniflea- the average yield on Dominion beterhrrient long-term bend de-; cilhed from 5.20 per cent, to about 433 per cent. This represents a dlstlntt drid Very satlafac-' tdry lfiiiJfdverheHt whieh In due course should be carried farther as addltldhal cajJItal seeks Invest-; meht lh gtit-edgM secdHttes." ( dinting out that the banking system of dahida adequately serve the needs bl the eoontry. he mM that a Central nink could perform few serVttes not available Under the p'toltnt system, ana would hoi lh aHjr sense do away with the necessity of reqiUring ad-: equate security "for Hanking ac-1 other commodatlon. nor permit banks to sntall I undertake long-term transactional which was (Instead of short-term advances for: reproductive purposes. Recognising, liat the question of central banking Is not one to be dsaposca of iummarily. he said: "I should hope' that it Parliament k called upon1 to deal with the matter, the Oov-jf nment will f lm have the protect rtamthed thoroughly by a body of . experts. Including several from old-n countries who have had exper- 'ence in the practical working of; i central bank. V confess to a re-1 Uietahc&ld tinker wttfc our fltian-j -tal inarlllnery' tfme like this." I'rlce ttetoratlon "On previous occasions we hare ;treseed the importance of rritot-' fig the world ptlee strttetttre to1 pprbxlmately 134-26 level. I re-! marked last year lhat such action' essentia! If the present defta-1 tton U to be Hqukiated in an or- leriy manher. pom ting oat that ieflalloh Had beerl carried to ex-temes and that anti-deflation neasures wire urgently required. fnfortunately. priee levels continued to fall until the end of June itid the rite write?, commenced at hat time' Jias sdhee been cancelled. The decline for the year.; is Indicated by the United States' Bureau Of Labor fndex win be, aj-' parently. About 1 per cant., whmh compares with 13 per cent. In 1931 ifid i7 per cent. Ift 1930. the best! that can be said Is that the rate or fall was appreciably leu than In1 irevlous years. j The vital hecessity for Inereas-; ing prices Is now commonly recog-1 aired, but the difficulty ot count-, erlng deflation Increases as the depress! in continues We must hope that, .the forthcoming Worlo Iconomlc Conference will point tlie way to constructive action In this respect. , There Is little Inclination to Indulge In prophecy as to the future. As Sir Herbert stated, there are indications of a gradual increase In stability throughout the world, this Is particularly true In Europe, wherfe conditions wert anything but favorab'e a year ago. In the United States, the financial crisis Is apparently over, and a return of greater confidence is in evidence. Many problems ot business readjustment remain to be met, both abroad artdIn. Cahada, tpt rfal progress toward recovery has bben mafie, and the tirWpect of further Improvement In the com-Wg yelr Is much more hopeful than JLwjlSfl. year ago. "I 'EaVe.-.full.'S.jnfldencen thr character of our people and of our tnatUcftttni, and ttthotlt rJttnf-fiifttni the lmporUtill f M trb-biem that must ti dealt ftlh, 1 loftlt to the future wltrt tntireas-lng optimism." Hotel Arrivals r'lllfCE UUI'hKT a.- b w. Wilton. fnirerheM; JacKI Sir Herbert Holt deals vigorously with Railway and other national Smith, Premier; , J. A. Duclos nroltlfm . KnliitiaMsPs nefil for GdvrriUiient Idnomv Ini- t-i m.u' t rwhon tmw 02 fhe Slxto-foilrth Annual Meet- 1 , , "T 7", t miterlal ehlevm 15 ing of The Royal Itonk of Canada f ;" f n a!ned we a triumph for Mr. 25 marked the close of a very success-1 1.40 ful year. The Statement submitted j Betnnett an,hl? OT!fnmenft-i.vkLj In concluding Sir Herbert said .u riw . k i n-J I aituwcu nic uauit w in a a iti j .strong liquid position. Of the Total Successful Tea Held Yesterday Home of Mrs.JSantcrbanC Seme of: Evrnl Mlti .Mrs. Pi file Receiving rtuttA rUituu tMlM' a if 1 1 cornish Weil; m enarte 67TT 1 Ilf Ulillini LiliUIUll Mliu " -' I peHal A'n Hre'ite Canad,an nmihrsi Condition - Inter- c g jt0 0nt fr. jiar- tea held at the home of Mrs. San M?ai SflS rttru Winnipeg. Iterbane terd.y attend wa il. .Mr. bn satisfactory year's AHefclt.dn - Cehlral Hi nk discussed Measure headed for business recbvery. - - - ' ' " ' THE uecMful considering the fiiejicjr tf the weather Mrs. P'aytie assisted the ho,i. receiving while Mrs. P. C Mill : skWd at the tea table. In ch the afternoon tea wm Mrs Ki sky and Mrs. ClccoJjne and rving were M!s McOroKi"i Dorothy Stylet and Mrs l Moore. Mrs. N. Thuma m- 'ooklrtg cashier. and Mrs. Shtnl' MUTUAL LIFE Assurance Company OF CANADA Operating Results for the Year Ending December Slst, 1932 I'KOltr AND LOSS ACCOUNT h'rvknUi: iusis Surpliu Fundi i at Oerernhrr 3lt, 1931. roiniititu oft General Iihestment Hefrt- ... $ 816,190.94 FrreSiriliifnrCintlnrrnelei . I3.f INCOMK I'reniiiitn (net) .... Inleret ami ItenU (after furtlier deduc tion of S21eV.016.4t for inUr lots of inlrrmt on FariH .Mnrlgfe) SuilemrnUry Gntraeti .... Profit and A(ireidtioii ot Idprr Aieti EXPENDITt'HES AM) HESF.lt VF Death and t)ialility Claim, Miturrtl Enlm ments. SurrerHlerhl PHHe Inrtein Artusrisl HerTeind Amounts," Net Amount TrSrrffrrl to Surpfiw Pl!i Tin av Diihitll IIBj3S4.729.90 iSiiriih Paid or Allotlral to Folic) Iwldett AililitMnal 1'rovHkrii Ir stall I'eiHmmi mt e f' SuinJementarv (mtrrt. etc $11,115,W1.93 CoiHiniim, rates ami Genrrsl rhrties 3ilS,93849 IHts and )rnreciation on Isdgrr AmMi lSI,n2S2 Amount Written Off Hed Oilier Premltel WjmAM Sutpltii Earning fpr Year ...... Scinl Cftnfgent Additional Sprt-iffe Hewfte iVti 14 of l'Hncful mi Mortgage ih! Sale Apeeineiits ......$ AiiMMtnU Written Off llooL Valor of Hoods m Pro Won for Pf1I4e I Stt730.79 Stirpim Fuiuli ii at Dferodr 3Ul. 10Jt Miitingft . i27.650.iW.90 21,1 40.7879 I- Urnrral Investinenl l(er,i;rc. Jlt4, 1931 . . . $ MfriWH Tramfrrrel from Free ?lirIu ... J73jMrV $ IJOOiXJOLOO FrrffSurpltft fof Gnf to genres 4l$74.y7 $ 4l3H.ll I 5,3S73tf .97 Ontslqiifling features of 1032 Sttttbnletit! Surplus fund ami Contingency Hewi-vet 8 1 1)1153, 105.72 Dividends paid I'olicvhoMers (AmmmI and Dffrtnl) Total Al80t8 . . 8 5.02M ,911.56 81il?.,10H,392.72 Nctv Asslirandefl pdid-for g 'iJli03H,5H2.()0 Assurances ill force December 31st lOlJS- 3.1 1 7,0ft797t00 Lowest Kxjiense Hatio in itic Company's flistory. ' Death losses were well Wlllilti the exjitjftrjd Surplus eartllngs per $1,000 of total uscli were S 1 1.6H. A Purely Mutual Company llie principle ot iftutuality Jias again been justified by the grati- lying cuiiii9 cuiiiingi ininiig ine nasi yeitr wllltjli iicrfilH Ihft cdlitfntiatioil (if the unitiue record which the Company hag main, taincd throughout its entire history (if' over" sUfy yHf8 ih the field of low cost life insitrailte. Itr.COItl) ()K PItOCIIESS lUliiMi Year Awti , fUr 1892 $2,23.Vtt 110191,195 1912 $20,071,3 IS f77J2f,lU 1932 Sia2.-10n.393 5ltl7t0(l7Jf4 Ifi.il.lfni. I. iii r.irf,uj,i,.r, i27U1l 'M. M..I A 1.4... '.ll t.:.S i il I. 1 1.1' . .(. . ... lottl I'jtmnili ih r(.lll.rt,lT $2lr,.337 $l,27,flHG v uv iniii..iUi mi-runE III WIC I1IIIOJIIOI UTS f ir ll oh T ...ri,l. Frl.rf.ary 2nd, 1933. at the llr.il OfRct. .irrUrOntario T It. b. MtCUtJM-li,' VttltirHt V. U.rtlllflUI.Siijf,Mfa)Uaw