PAQE. TtTO ui If You Are Considering Slippers for Xmas Gifts Buy Them Xou- White! Sizes' Are Complete Our range of slippers in every department is the f fnest quality, variety and styled in the latest fabrics. Paris Maid. Slippers Steel Arched "FOOT GUARDS" For Women "COMFORT WELTS" For Men Priced to Please Everyone Family shoe store ltD. The Home of Good Shoes THE DAILY NEWS. PRINCE RUPERT . BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every AItern5nr Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Dally tfews. Limited, Third Avenue H. P. PULLEN Managing-Editor Adcrtuin and Circulation Telephone S, News Department Telephone . U Member of Audit BrcL at t'ixeulatlwu DAILY EDITION Monday. December II. 1839. EDITORIALS INORDINATE GREED little parallel in history. Even if there were historic in current loans and dis- nroAont tnic cimnn: in )v or. nKtanrJ ora o ,COnU, whkh TOW Stand at CM.- Here is what a contemDorarv has to sav in retrard to the situation: "Rennrt.s; fmm npnpvn sntrfrpst that Rnscio fooc tno choice ot resigning from the League of Nations or being; At the dose of bis comments on tian t V) mln nilt Thoro if?ll Vm nn ltcnrtc?!f !nn nninnltiiM f w'th flr.lnriol tull.n nf f V, - V.b THE DAILY NEWS- - Monday, r, Bankers Confident of Canada's Capacity to Meet War Needs Huntly Drummond, President, Sees Canada United, Strong in Emergency Envisages Expansion in Many Lines of BusinessUrges "Keeping Costs Noun" to Mitigate Deflation Process Lajer. General 3Ianagers Say Bank Prepared for War Requirc-ments-FinanciaI Report Shows Record Figures for Assets and Deposits Uans increased S;W,000,000 in Year While emphasizing the gravity of the present world situation in its bailing on Canada, Hvotly B- Drummond, president of the Bink of Montreal at the 1 22nd annual meeting of shareholders voiced his belief in the essenUal unity of the Canadian people and confidence in their , abtUty to liner the ,storms mat might lie ahead. ! "We stand a united country In our war effort" declared Mr. be no excessive profits Our aim 'Drutamond. It remains for us to should be a fair price for wheat 'bring the fu! strength of a united h trm products and a Canada to the work of prosecuting price for manufactures in the war to a successful conclusion Government wtti have while at the same time keeping our taa support of business and affairs so irr hand that we nay labour, to prevent a vicious spiral enter the readjustments of post- that la which the cost of war conditions as free of inflation Utng and wage rate endlessly as possible with debts at the mln- Pursued ach other in the last war. ifcnum possible and with morale un-' eplnt costs down as much i impaired. M possible, we wUi keep domes- trtd moving and. after the i -I am confident that Just as we have entered as a unified Canada lr- thu PT 1U mMgate the into the fiery ordeal of war. so we Plnful P"" of deflating prices nation at heart and vh5cn inevitable (shall emerge, a one (but more miture in thought and ence of an undue rise" aspiration. ready to go forward as Government Central i member of the British Common- Mr. Drummond referred to the wealth of Nations to the great des-1 governmental measures for the suitor which undoubtedly awaits this.otnzation of supply and prices for country Speaking at the meeting also I was Jackson Dodds. who presented 'on behalf of himself and his fellow general manager. O. W. Spinney, a financial statement whkh revealed "the more efficient prosrcuuon of the war.' While he recognized their necessity and pointed out that business institutions, including his bank, were co-operating to the fullest extent with the gov- 'new high figures In the history of."" he made it clear to his the institution. (hearers that these regulations Assets Over Billion Stark With assets at more than a bil- i showed substantial Increases in all of the more important headings compared with a year ago. Not were a restricting influence c business. As soon as the condi tions which made them necessary toi dOiUrs. the balance sheet no longer existed, they should, ht said, be abohshed In the matter of taxation and - (a. iiv ui?ijihuii uci c uj jci " iwik, Unduly excited over this intelligence. The man who dom- ,tte yt&ent made reference to -Canada may be said to have found to borrow, and has confronted us I wtth the problem of finding other ms ler our funds. The possibility of seeking a way out of this situation by relaxing our standard of safety ut lending maey is of course precluded by our obligations to our depositors." Industry and Commerce In a abort review of Industry fraUKs. he referred to the large wheat crop in the Prairie Province ad la the Quickening of the pace of reoaomV: activity there, also to the !iM that gross railway revenues to ' the end of October were some $19.-OOOeeQ higher than in 1938. He rave figures shotting that in moot ' . se metals, as well as In gold, protection had been larfer this year than last, and dassrlbed condition) making for a brighter immediate outlook for the pulp and paper In-dustry Summing un be said th j physical volume of business vr-i conslstenUy higher throughout Lh ' elapsed months of JM9 tiun in th comparable period of Wi, whil, durin both Antust and September ' of J 8)9 the Index was higher than M any parallel months In recent' years. j In conclusion. Ur Dodds struck a note of confidence, sarin that Canada bad progressed far along her destined way since the outbreak of war to Mi. "In supplies of wheat, minerals and manufactured goods." he declared, her contribution toward the combined effort (n ths side of ritht In this wii! far exceed what she was W to offer in the last: and there abundant evidence Jn every oro-pf the Dominion that Canada's contribution In men mill be araole and of the type that lrr the Jt war brought ever-lasting glory to this country ' No. 7 Man in the Moon Colonel Johnston's Scandals were puoiic finance, the -president urged sometime scandalous. It was wc ic iuxu ai a rrroru jadnerence. aonerence. as as far far as as was was pracUea- pracUea- scandalous to suggest that some of KUSSia has ten times as much land as It can use. The lipire- Wl ceT , ""-""W.ble. to a -pay-as-you-go" policy, them looked anything like girls emintn- k in nn foar nf inracinn It U tno lni-trftct iniintn- were U tbe WKht level In the "But It is In reducing exoendi- mates the Soviet, vho is responsible for the present mur- uTg bankWe lxu and to h2Jf rMChtd mator- rfi,l:e "y4 hc rtT an derous attack on Finland, has himself outride the oSred Sffi Wn tauih put pale he hea r of 11.1 "T, V SiTSSLr t He and uf Austrian paperhanger are in a Sas,;-profits, S"S 2 rthdstTwhS "1 bv theniselves. They stand condemned before the world du ot r tostituuon- but have at times leaned towards s7- Png. doubUe S eventually the world will have to deal with them. Gen- i ta""nt tlonal Interests, forgettlne the na- aotten over the tragedy of the eva for the time being can be. JitUe more than a sounding S 2eS The tide ,n Syr 'nternational opinion. This must not be taken'w cf wV o pcr uciiy w.ijsAw. twn than eter wuv oa eacn iiuu or . . . -. lasiets h . . rrenw. ne saia. naa served TAKING .MANY CHANCES - " we to this fact-the ut many chances. That was fully exemplified In the case ofLTurai? 10 DougEdenstavotohUboattodajrso BKSSS; S. -5?So who run around the coast regularly come to gnef soonei caoaia. ,t u,to c.n,r.i jUn.rf a,. or later: ' Some seem to bear pnarmpH llvpa fni- forolitiocttcre -ai thi! n2nri , rw. -qj 1 If you name a thing a "scandal" An audience you wUi get: And if yj wear a uniform ItU ga over big you bet. The galaxy of musical talent v vuc bilsiG" Dusmess conai- aEd ' French miza yujtr, Hke. and na the me re- re- ;wn iai nignt indicates th, are lew. Cfimpared With the number of accidents. jthe war with one of the btst an- cussed at length the question of Erkientfy the rMiaurania wuld aii uitr samuier inonins conaiuons are . aiiierenu Anv w i. -j, u L L . " ' " cwacnu. n, M ue- - - wc wewe every ... : V : ,,,. -r,,,,- v.. , .L, PucaaT wenxiy ctalmed." he ""T rji!i son with uiin a a terrain .Prtatn smnnnt omntinr r,r Avn,MnnAA n.H.no. H 1 - .Jr- .- 1 "c observed. vtciro. need of a piano at the barracks. especially during Uie Christmas season. I ! in tna ,,U ic ot ot;cl U h J'T7 oi tte.tawtntton- . lure in non-essentials," Mr. Drum- Some peoale sea to think that ; , ti- j r- , .. ,- ji uiuim Brvuuca. our uoTcrn- .us race trie Ofllr xtrtuh feature ) little Fmiand. Such a case of inordinate creed has ; ported . an increase of neariv no.- m.nt M A . ' I dlans. Sectional needs should no . 1 lonzer be eiven flrxt nVip m, tt i taumdh. . i. ' Rus-ianrdiiesuDDO?edlotanenlmhtenedDeon!e, Lool .fJP??" out railway problem, with ai Seottteh dtoiect thire h at little FTnland I on the pap 3nd alongside it take a lool !tii, Hig rSiSn LSSTS rLii at nussia in Asia ana turope. fnn- w cjase or tne twenties left unsolved- As for the Irteh. tbe Irish nor auuuon cue to tne lacit to- t v.. ... , . . ... w. . . .. " I CONDE3INED BEPORE WORLD ,d,.tof f te fommerdal ...t Mld t of the Emerald Isle at the eMtSlst-l . T. icrtdU- wWch had wJt w fierc- trial such as that nrvw, ment last nirht ' ELtiT k 3 !at wWch eountrT 11311 "iter- nrrni C IxT !, M mu1 ProT '"her a time of in really scandalous thine government bonds a. and other elk- i.. . iv- .i - . . . . w edged securities. w o uc sumgui- c u nini waa now m. ence were at church earlier in the -jn "In the jjje last jjj war war.- he he observed observed, evening. 1" " "nrr tt.",:,'cutC4-ul c Wrf the rxwumon. but -that the banks are reluctant to J. "' ci iwiuuv uimcuuy u uiey use reftsonatlf ie parwiarly to the Pr We rUk their money In loans to bus!-- "Nrr." bejan the architect If t c ou mc iiui iij uio iiiucn nurrj'. ".we. w cxoiras: to ne. preferrlnjt the supposedly jr'J ve me the fcxnersJldr of " ALSO IX PRANCE France iias been having Prince Rupert weather. For three lays . yrhfle the King was there it rained incessant and there were floods, cold winds and winter conditions In spite of the unpleasant weather the men are jn tip tor conditio. Yiw far pre, in the hospiUiJs aitf there arr none of those horrible verminous condition- about whid-so much was heard in the First Great War. The men get hot -r r.P(r.t -wriodi. dUinfectanU are use freely and every attention is given to the welfare of the fighters. THAT PIAVfl N'PP-npn - A "fp nro - m .npeal was . made -w. for the . . v. use m .-v. of c a niano uiuiw mil, lot wneai rmn racer rmru nf hnMu. i in rind nr hmu ... --. , jnnusuaay Jarge and of .unvtsg7 ties: and the fact that 'the total "J nt to hav- aomrthlnt." re w- f u. - -oaa. nas tunues neia neia oy oy toe me chartered cnartered ' ira ln- l" nusoana. nusoana. -to "to to go with with Terv Tery f larva uiv imwV'm sonoUes u i 1 banks l . . .. ... . j 1 , 9 0 the food nro- substantia Uy exceed Ojelr' 4'knacher mr wife brought aucti which the Allied and neutral. Joans Is cited as simple proof that hom ttom .few England' nations wjB ntd and the bsrfng'thls Is so. ' HOWer nf th ITrlniWnrot I ...... . ... I Tr. - . .... - ... . ""uu-i .-.oming covjrj pp further Xroml H"" Kirrn ai u. B. c. rt. lenerTbtSnL83? b'lp the m K, one of the nuesllona waa: A-n ;Hf, ?lTJ'2trT' Uabmti Jo Indeed require Uo "nclent atrtx.- A (Da?cf ,b,hf.,a " to bold a due propor-''! role: -Anthony Md pflet f Vr "ndltJons, we bave.tlon of hlzh trade nrlt!M Cleopatra. mm? iruifriM ui.u . . i n iiT.r;" '"'"V' "rac roppiementary reserre against supoues, and we hare h nrM..m . , . .. . .. . 3?J fa. W aances to foster "7; "Z"1' "PP're, iincuitry trade and commerce. Hi. '? "n 0181 00 the -Unfortunately our readiness to m,t.H,i ... w v tu material H4i material S?l Lettr side Srii Canada M may tSn" exoeet.lend 'SCS to creditworthy ffrrflrorth3r borders for the foldiers in the old hospital headquartere. No Plief receM , two hundred men face the possibilr S SS Se SyXdenl itv of hpnff errhem! in a large building without a piano il 11 t -.. r,. . . 1 . . . . . 10 iveen jnpm rnppren un, Dureiv some pergon nas an old instrurvhr that is pot In use. If this appeal is not sue cestui it i)osible that fiome one may be willinir to write a check for abnut a hundred dollars with which to nur. chfle an oW piano. Plenty of people here could do that without misinrr it. Failing that a good sized donation to start a fund might be in order. JTSSSSfiK1?14 M -' ns depend, lA..co the state of trade and the Und In providing lot the continued rowAd money. The fact that thf 'ZZ.i i,r. ' ty",mxuui at mnfuuoo of the markefs for many -U cE . oi Canada's principal producU ha, "Cana . ln r M,b recent year, prevented anything to be Ureelr a, a source of sur-.like a full recovery of business ac-nly to Great Britain then ttrttv -t - j.. .... . 1 -.. -1 "!f w wuuuuuiij yrtces nas 1 should see to It that there shall, therefore limited the Inducement, i Keep op to da AOMtue reeu- 'wly. FRESH SHRIMPS Boat W.S.L. Dail at 4 pjn. TROTIEIfS DOCK Timely Suggestions For Your Xmas Gift Problems Silk 'Hosiery 3Iakes the Ideal Gift We have thom in all the tK shade In cr?eg. -( service weignts From, per pair ... moves In fabric, kid or cape Lined or un lined. From, per pai r 85c S1.50 75c 1 $4.50 EoaeU or Individual Handkerchiefs -I a esaafruinvf . r" JL 25c 81.25 . .. ... SyfB ,Xllr, . fof the Men f?k noted Tle, ffandkert Itfef . u Stmrw ir, hand. Carter Set, Etc All at Very Attractive Pnm Set Ou. Assortment of Chriitmu Card". U'rapHnf lri,kfr. ' Tags. Seal and Ribbons WALLACE'S Phone 9 Tlllltn and linos I Changes In Service Of Hudson Bay from Kltvanga manager W R Hei r cLeod Lake to M a manatrr. earhai. k CANADIAN jk lal Sr llE GDOD cutd GOOD FDR YOU Order Your Supply TODAY by Government Grude MKind, Hn4p'tVrd appU of good ralour foe tHf urirt;. frr from in and praeti. rally frrr from dix-str and minor UrtoUhr. TW apple rr ird arrordinf to rkty ggggggKkMBiBL' iifcikhcyiXtgB ggggggagggHSgflgyflH 'gggagKJ!eK''iM FULL of tUh Biiour . . firm nd juio ' Itul thai :'' he Iot7 . . . for ibrw rMw-rtp nduin n"r a,T nlf omf, hul lhy'rr ind Jor ion loo. So let the thitJrrn ka all Ibry anl . . . eal plrnl tourvii . . . rr Ibrm to ) our frirrwi. And Canadian appU ran prrparrJ and ruokrd in a trirt ofdiffrrat rtnr all of km heallkful a the; arr latiT Ordrr a pWnliful aupplj of Canadian applo . . . txi thrm t rmt, tMUmrr. Thr Carrmmral frodVi Canodion Jppif mri "EXTRA rAHCY- Inrludr. -f AWCV Inrludr aauna hondplried apple, of fair J our for th arW(f and rra0' Uf frr from diraw aJ other injury. The rH" lird aerrdin to arit bciMiswn DtrtvLT or t KtiTtai tt It w :wKUim. u rvrayxn n.t- , , manager at Maaaon Crm w a (Hwtton. formeriy of p r s IWver to tiae Wkan " A number of change have been made in the personnel of the Had- Dally adv n lTte rw,, son Bay Oa sulfa la this district News U sure 1 bflac dn-t R. Walker has been transferred ulta ' UNION STEAMSHIPS LTD. SPECIAL RCOCCCO VITLIt EXCURSION FARES Including all meals and berth accomodation TO VANCOUVER AND RETURN Ftom ?RI.CE RUPERT QQ ft ft Flora Pari Rimjuon gjjj VUUiUU Reduced Rates-rare and one half also apply to Vancouver ffa Intermediate potnU.) tiMren-4Fi.e years of age and under twelve! Half Tare ikml on SaU front Xovember 1st, 19J9 to Febrary 25th, 1M Oood to return up to March 31st 1540 Krf? tave Prince Rupert Ar. Vancouver ETrrr YBftf"' 1 M Thursday ajn. . rAimrw SJv. CARDENA Every Friday 10:30 p.m. Monday a-m. TlckeU and ReservaUon, from K-BvSJ. t:ardeMa t je4Te I.rlnfe nuperl Friday, December JSth at 9:00 p.m. Instead of 10:30 p.m, arriving anturer 9.M pju. Sunday. N.Bv Tbse Intending passage on the -Catala leaving Prlt Rupert December ISth are advised to make Urtdngf XO)V. Prince Rupert Agent (FRANK J. SKINNER) Third Ave. Phone 5M If Pitntatti Io, I HI mm, a . ' 4i, xirse rurrnisc tenets ml Office