i' 31 lyuuu uiijjai Ouilg 3CU)S Monday, March 10, 1947 (Authorized Cto JtaU. Post Office Department. Ottawa! MEMBm MEMBER nr . llt0r- a PERRy- Managing Director. CANADIAN DAILY AfflS BE3l 2 CIRCULATIONS SUBSCRIPTION RATES . By City Carrier per week. 16c; Per Month. 65c: Per Tear 7 00 By Per Month. 40c; Per Year. 4 00. National Income THE NATIONAL INCOME of Canada in 194G I was $0.2 billions, only half a billion less than the wartime peak of $9.7 billions, according to , the Dominion Bureau of Statistics wages represented $5,112,000,000; military pay and allowances, $315,000,000; agricultural and in- (llV(lli:il pnfpvnMcoc W nonnnnnnn. : A , i m V v'",vw,uw, investment in- The Bureau now gives what is called the gross national product. This adds to the national income figures taxes paid and depreciation allowances. In effect it -adds up. all the "inflow" items of the national account. This is a very important statistic for the provinces, for it, is the governing factor in the annual complication of tax transfer payments under the Dprninion-provJnelal agreements. to lmmm'm'wi "' 1946 is estimatC(l 10 Showing' the importance of export trade it is seen that $3,200,000,000 represents receipts from abroad excluding mutual aid. Maintainine a high level of national income is essential for full employment. As governmental expenditures are reduced private enterprise investments will take up at least part if not most of the slack If private investment is insufficient to maintain the national income so that it ensures full employment, then public investments will have to be made preferably unon works that indirectly or divectlv will return the investment, and in expand-in'? social services or in wages. It is for that rpnsnn fko nnmiM:n has been endeavoring to make agreements with thn nrovmces so that it mav be in a financial position to make the huge public investments that may be necessary in days to. come. For the provinces would be unable to cope with the problem of such magni- Peace Treaties -"1919 and 1947 AS EUROPE. STRUGGLES to rise from the A mm of the second great war, nations of the World are once more writing peace treaties. Again the'people of the World have"but one aim-one prayer a lasting peace. Now is the time fn attemnt 28 yearsago, to end forever the blight Qf war. That attempt, many feel, was merely the pre-ude to the greater, bloodier, costlier war through which the world has just come. What did the nations of the world do wrong in 1919? On January 18, 1919, delegates from the victor Srt6'10 ?fn8nf desin what the W 1 editor ilf Jl,ffh4Ps 9,nd Ereat pomp, an American then in Paris, wrote that "The vanities 3w? national Un Pna,citIes which masquerade as aspirations' are seething beneath the serenity of the Quai d'Orsay," mJ&MJft 1 Trtunism of Politicians, -the Sft business classes, and militarism of professional soldiers operated to make a sinister EY.fi WS10h ?pp.ear,ed a11 tlie -aM motives ch?lractenze(,- before oth( Peace conferences Against these dark backdrops three forces worked for a really permanent peace, Thev were; (1) The world's revolt against warfare: (2 The disgust of hberal-minded people with the theory of the ''Balance of .Power"; (3) The promise in- Natlons n PrJ that beC3me the League f Jn thjs Jast respect alone, our current situation r differs from that in 1919. This time the community of nations comes first. For instance, the United IttSelS' Wi'1Hng t0 8CCePt HS PSiti0n f In Paris in 1919 President Wilson was the "great mediator." The world looked to him for guidance Wilson had proposed the "Fourteen Points" to answer questions the Allied peoples had asked themselves as thev foUP-hf Wa nek tW iu. im. ?u!l answer is the "Atlantic Charter," with its Eight Points. It is startling to note the amazing similarity of the two. In 1919, jt took the "Big Four" delegates five months to draft the Versailles Treatv which, on May 7, was delivered to the German delegates. It supposedly reduced Germany to the bare essen-tials, limited her military power, redistributed her colones, defined new boundaries over most of Europe, set reparations payments in money and materials, and established various international zones. lhe United States never signed that treaty, Vnoi"16 Ther own wace wh Germany in July 821. On January 30, 1937, Adolf Hitler declared the Versailles Treaty "a scrap of paper." and on September 1, 1939, German tanks rumbled into 1 eland. Somehow, the world had made an unwork-able peace In 1919, The world's problem today is to correct the errors of 19lbv writing a workable peace. That is the task confronting the current peace makers. Local M.P. Boosts Groundhog Deposits w... . w6C vital and alive by havlae a firm growing economy m which we have complete faith. There waa a .time when this country was vital and alive. When I look back thrcueh the papers of 1910, I run into these headlines "TeleeraDh Line to aiewari- "Kauroad at Mie 45" "Sir Ernest Shackleton Head? English Company to Develon the Falls of the BulkUjy River for Power Project" "Oomnanv Is Ready to Build Road From Vancouver to Alaska and Confers with Premier McBride" "Min ing Crews go into the Groundhog Coal Fields," etc., etc. LIVES IN jF EAR OF DEPRESSION None of these headlines are m our papers today, but rathe the very opposite. We live in fear of depression. The events of the past year or two should oe a lesson to us. We rearf of terrific shortages in other coun tries caused by the crises of war or from the lack of develoDment during the thirties. That could very well arise in in s countrv in the immediate future. And vet no plans or no lead is given by trie Government of the dav to avert this condition. We read that four million were unemployed in Great Britai of shortage of coal. We, ton have suffered from a shortage of coal, just in the last year, but of course not to the same nro- portions. Coal is the backbone of our industrial economy even yet. If our economv is tn ex pand, the Western regions must Oe industrialized, esoeeiallv th west Loast, and yet the resour ces, of coal; the very backbone of that Industrialization nrosrram are Dem depleted to the vsnich ins noint. The Carl Commission on Coal nas this to say about the two main fields on Vancouver is land. -Mining has been carried on in the Nanaimo field fnr more than 50 years and most of me Known available coal has neen recovered. Recent lnvEM- sations of the geological survey maicaie mat the reserves in the area are only sufficient tn nii operations to continue at the current levels or production for confirmed by ths reserves submitted by the Can- uuian ooueries, (Dunsmuir) ltd. The mines la the CnmhorinnH area have also been worked ex. lensiveiy and all easiiv able coal has been minpH Thi is the position nf vi mii I the two main fields on the Pa- cuk coast. There are other fields open for development within 150 miles of tide water and that coal is nnthriit only anthracite, in any quantity west of Pennsvivnni-! t . lerrlng to the Rmnmthn. "fu oi central B.C. P. B. Malloeh onpnt nrv. t- . ' guiuc nine m the Groundhno- f;BM. ,,.1 1912, Iftiii for i the Federal Department ' uuwilj or Mines, , on which ha gave a report. Which c.nn ho f..j ... the Sessional' Papers of 191a Z,w ,A No- 0n Page 87 of this volume, under the heading, Character of the Coal." Mr. Malloeh had this to ay. "The character of the coal differs essentially from any hitherto described. lt is anthracite, non-coking, and contains exceptionally high percentage of moisture in many pases, the coal has a resinous lustre which It usually ound In lignite coal, and very likely the high moisture produces this lustre." While 'in the field, he investigated the properties e.r the, Western Development Co., the B.C? Anthracite syndicate and th nn i.,ii... cite Company. The companies. . wiai ume, nad claims staked m this area, in thi t v, ha5 detailed data on the various seams he Investigated, width of seams, -moisture content, ash, fixed carbon, etc. He also gives descriptions Df the structural geology o( the area, desrrlntlnn of the coal out-cropplngs, and a aesiripuon or the routes that a I railroad would have to take to entfx the field. In 1921, evidence was laid before a fpedal committee of the House of Commons at Ottawa, think this is a national Drolert wnich is well worth the atten tion of Parliament and if it could be realized, and I am sure mat it wl l be real zerf t hb. lieve it will cause the reproduction in northern B.C. 6f all such Industries as are caused by or have resulted from the development of similar classes of coal In Pennsylvania." THREE (RAILWAYS TO GROUNDHOG There are three routes hv which a railway may reach the field. First, a branch northward from Hazelton on the ON. Rail IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OP THE "ADMINISTRATION ACT and IN THE MATTER OP THE ESTATP OP JOHN BALFOUR. DECEASED TESTATE TAKE NOTICE that by Order of HH Honour W e. Fisher, made 7th dav Of Mrrh A r ,., on . the lne appointed Administrator with win annexed of th .V'i. .V1." four, deceased, and all parties havino claims against the J3 T estaU hereby required to rurnUh same, pron! parties ndebtX,' in" a" ?rt'I ? Ptty th8 tt"ount of their i.lJr xaa 10 me torthwith. DATED At. Prlnon D,,.. r. n .. . -09 OORDON F. FORBES Offlclil Administrator. GEORGE HILL & SONS LTD. COMPLETE STOCK OF MEN'S AND BOYS' SHOES AOEISTS FOB SLATER SHOES 824 THIRD AVENUE Next Commodore Cafe For That Party . . . PARAMOUNT CAFE t Port Edward, B.C. CHOP SUEY ouow m E I N a-m. to U:00 p.m. dor quality nnd of workable di mensions. Numfctf- of workable seams uncovered six, with an aggregate thickness of 28 feet. Quality of the coal anthracite, named tn fnnnlrp tntn tv, i ...... j i . , .. " tun v i un&iio, unu nuru uno oi ex- supply of Canada. This evidence cellent steaming quality, corn- was given by J. G. Scott, an or ficial of the B.C. Skecna Coal Company, controlling thirty-four thousand acres of anthracite coal lands situated at around. hog Mountain, on the head waters of the Skeena River. In appealing tor aid for the develnn. ment of this coal field, he had this to say at one nolnt. "T way which would follow the Valley of the Skeena River, n di. tance of about 150 miles. Rv. ondly, a route for whleh nn in dependent railway once had' a charter, from the mouth of the Naas River on the Pacific Coast a little north cf Prince Rupert, to the coal neid, a dtstance of 180 miles. The Dominion Government voted a subsidy of $40,000 in 1612 to thft pnmnnnv which was going to build a railway .on this' route. Third on Al ternative line could be built from the Alice Arm or Stewart on the Portland Inlet, a distance that way of over a little over 100 miles. These are the three routes by which this coal could be moved. Mr. ScoU, further in his evl-; dence, pointed out that just prior to the 1914-18 war. he correspondence with Lord Rbon-! oa. tne coal baron of Great Brit- ' am, aDOUt the Ground hoo- fiiH Lord Rhonda was 50 Interested m tnis matter that he took an lnl...l ... . . uitcicii, jn tne comnanv nf which Mr. Scott was a member. vyun tne outbreak of. World War I, LOld Rhonda's Internet moo of course,, discontinued and he oiea shortly arterwards. Mr, Scott. V" " 1-1.0HU11UI3 or Mr. Douglas.'an M P. fnr "cwjii, reveaiea a report of a Gust'av Gro&smau: a nla engineer, who examined the neia. Mr. Grossman nad thU to say: "During mv visit t Groundhog Mountain coal fieJd from May until October, 1912, for the purpose of investhratinir (u economic value at fnr n v haustive superficial examination and insnertinn .r ife .i... ... ii "HUM ex- 1. j'ploration workings could disclose also examined amnn nth, holdings of your Syndicate! Without going Into details as to 6e0l02v; transnnrfoflr. ..i , . -i-u. autiuil iULlll- . t?es, etc., a general synopsis or' iw ui your property may W given as follows 47 sections, 30,080 acres, situated 58 degrees 45 minutes north latitudeand 128 degrees, 15 minutes west longitude, in the west portion of the Groundhog Mountain coal field, a considerable portion of which Is favorably located, and containing coal .seams of supe- parlng ravorably with the Pen 11 sylvania product." Mr. Scott, rurther in' his evidence, had this to says "No extraordinary or unusual engineering difficulties will be en countered in the opening up of mis property, which could bs capable of producing a laree daily tonnage of a superior quality of fuel and I would con sider the development of this group of coal claims an inviting business proposition which should be attractive to investors. There is no coal mine in thi Dominion of Canada which is of the same or similar aualitv ns mis, euner in physical or econo mic properties, and So far no such coal has been dlscnverpd hi commercial quantities in the Do minion, practically speaking, there is no anthracite west of Pennsylvania in the United States. Judaln? bv the of Pennsylvania anthracite that is used in the U.S. and Canada, it may readily be .seen what a gap In the coal supply in the west will be filled by the opening of this field. The smokeless character of this coal should open for it a large market in the Coastal cities, where the .jrtoke nuisance is prohibited. Its cleanliness for household use and its steady burning properties should bring it into general use for domestic purposes. In HIusl-.-atlnT the comparative imuortant-p nf such an area as thus. It mav b? stated that this area alone prob- aoiy contains as much coal. possibly en tiroes as mnh as is found in all the prwenl known ! coai areas in the Province or Nova Scotia." : Mr. MacKenzle N.S.. had th! to eay Cn the lat- j tiE statement: "I am afraid that damns that report very I bady This is a hint to you thit ! I am rrpni Nova Scotia." I James McEvoy. grological and mining engineer, rormerly a member cf the staff of lhe Geological Survey of Ottawa, had this to say: "I have no doubt ' that a larg market can be found j fr this coal and at nood prices. ' GtNUINC ASPIRIN IS MARKED THIS WAY I m -torn Til r t n - H r I ; TOMORROW DEPENDS UPON UIIATVAI I rxrt. Tflll IUUUUTV TODAY TOM McKEOWN No. C Smith Block PIiohm; Office, fjreen 007 Krsirirnrr, Blue 210 The domestic market will be the most important at flrt and as the coal Is practically mokeless acd will not make dust and dirt all over a haute, as the soft coals of the West Invariably do, lt will be seU-advertislig." ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF COAI, IN AREA The quantity or coal In this great Held has not been corns puted; Two experienced mining engineers who examined 47 stjtiaVej miles or the territory, owned bv Quebec and London capitalists, estimated that on the 30,000! acres in question, there were one billion, one hundred million tdns of coal. At the present time, all licen ses and leates have exDired In this area. There are no existing alienations. Therefore, a government which Is Increasingly becoming concerned with the lacic or industr allzation n the West could afford to survey the whole area for development of its coal resources, as well as other resources that could be tied in with development or the coal field of this area. Pur .economy under Dresent conditions consists of a series of econcmlc islands each runc- tionlliff within IHAlf hut rlirlntri cr 11$ full measure of success, due to the hack or a balanced overall Industrial oollcv. Instead cr our economy expanding and developing towards the maxi mum seir rurficiency we are drifting more and more to wards becoming a colony of the United States. This tendency must, be checked and I would I urge the Government as one step away rrom this drift, to sur vey and open for development such resources as are found in the'Groundhag coal field. 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