OTTAWA DIARY ' r Prince Rupert Daily News CONSUMER PRICE INDICES ; Wednesday, June 10, 1953 oy iNorman M. V.acLeoo As I See It . J Of Federal economists have been is being aburt k. looking south of the internation- riuht n-.., "f 115 tttm.- al boundary line durlne recent whinh Which fn' t.H. V.' . DOar1 10 .1, .. "Cre him,,. An Independent dally newspaper dvod to the upbuilding of Print Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. Member of Canadian Press Audit Bureau of Circulations Canadian Dally Newspaper Association. Published by The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited. J. P. MAOOR. President H. CI. PERRY. Vice-President Subscription Rates: mpii a'-count'te m. ' upon uieolre weeks. And A nH uhnl what lhW they've seen hasn't been too re-assurlng. In fact, It's giving them considerable food for long-term The nmhif, L . the exuert, i. rr, Per ween, -J5c; per month. $100; per year, tiuoo. IE. siBJ By carrier- ! CANADA nrjAvTt I 194911. MAY I . 114.4 A 120 SUHj'' " ' I UNIT CD '. 194? - 40 - :00 . . i 'IN 1 1 '--.1 ' M ! - ' I I i ! MMllMMi J 4 If 1 1 1 l I ; 1 9 5 1 ' ' 1 9 5 Z ' ' ' ', .19 5 3 V when vlrtnaii,,' "at Ilv malt Per month. 78c: per year, $8 00 Ottawa Authorized as second class mall by the Post Office Department For one thing, they've noted disposable i.,..". .h ! that in April industrial Drodnc- Is commute ... 01 th ft tion In the neighboring Republic ; merit payment i "! registered Its first downturn downturn ; have nave Pnm., eontrnpiwii .,..,hi That This Year See B.C. IT IS STRANGE but true that when the people of since July, 152, and that the isn't regarded Socreds Getting Mandate one is pleased or not with the WIIKTHKR developiner results of the provincial election, month of May just ended failed I is or too far remnvT . Ann, to show any recovery a feeling thai must he fn,,rf ... "i"' If this two-months' marking i 1 r i uie time on the part of United State if serious dlslocati, . . industry snou a De i.ne siprmi fur n c,.,,. I the levelllng-orf movement In economies Is to be aviiriZcJ 1 the Republic's economy which I Problem Is looked 1 i some of the evnert.n huv knnn ihr t.in .., CANADA'S CONSl'MER HUCE IMKX declined by one-fifth of a point during April to 114.4 from 114.8, the sixth month In a row that liv.ng cast,- have dropped. The decline reflected lower prices for a number of food items, gasoline, and seasonal price drops for coal In Ontario and Quebec, The peak was 118.2 with 1949 prices equalling 10O - was reached In December, 1951. The dotted line shows the Unifd State." consumer price Index which advanced between mid-March and mid-April to 113.7 of the 1947-49 aveVage.' Living costs there now are near the peak set last November when the Index was 114.3. These Indices measure percentage changes in prices In each country but should not be used to compare actual lrL of twite between the two countries. i .,. . " , .r. ! mg ih authorities .. ... of the two Z M fa'i6 Inn Itself. British Columbia go away Ion their summer vacations they pour south ! across the border, hellbent for Hollywood. t Yet B.C. itself is one of the finest lands in all the world to travel in. In B.C. you can pet just about any kind of holiday fun you want. If you want a nice relax- ing sea trip, with a sure-firs i guarantee that you won't get 1 more than one or two hours' ; rough, water on the entire jour CHMC Talc. : )ji ma uiik iscvci m nionms . past, the repercussions upon f 'nnnda's economy could ho in- 1 deed, would be of a major nature. But an even more specific feature of the United States j tconomic scent Is rivcttlng the ! eye of government experts here. That Is the monumental total to ! which consumer credits there 1 have climbed. They're now well ray POLITICAL ROUNDUP Over Proje Reflects and Reminisces VANCOUVER tin excess of $26,000,000,000. To Mortgage and Hwising Cor, Canadian economists here thattion has taken over Irom i . . by J. K. Nesbitr promises, isn't It? Some of them are so wild they'll never be implemented. And the party leaders: Arnold Webster of the CCF, 53. pative of Vancouver. Ueane Kiiiluyson of the Conservatives, 33, native of Vuncou- VICTORIA Out of the catcalls, the cries of liar, the personal abuse, the wild promises, the scandals and smears that have deluged B.C. the last six weeks, the poor voters, holdlg rching heads, went to the polls yesterday to try and sort out ngure seems aangerously high. couver Associated Contra, Canada, Including a not in- rceeenuy canauian consumer i me si-nouse uncomp, f-ignlf leant number of British , creaits auraciea warning state- i rrawrview noaslng protect. Columbians, scored In Coroni- j menu from both Department of T. B. Pickersgiu, CMHC r iin luok aweomtflke Rut then I Finance and Bank of Canada I said in a statemm the confusion and come up wit'i i ve ney, there is the voyage to Prince Rupert. The whole Pkeena is a wonderful country to explore. If you want to travel by boat, bus or train you can pick any one of a hundred wonderful places for a holiday. Vancouver Island sea-bathing Is unexcelled anywhre in the world. Our family splits on points the majority holding out for the Cariboo country, around Lake Canim. But I am an unshake- there is this single overriding consideration B.C. apjrears at last to be on its way to having a government in firm control. . As the dramatic story 'unfolds, it becomes evident that the people meant what they said at the last election and are now underlining it. Barring some strange development in the mechanics of the alternative vote, they are giving the Social Crediters a definite mandate which will oblige that party to settle down without more ado to the tough and demanding business at hand. The fair chaice which Premier Bennett asked for is being provided. The public can now expect action of the most emphatic and useful sort. Locally it is apparent that the voters felt less generous. If the present trend is sufficient indication, this riding will again be represented in the opposition. No doubt there are a number of reasons for thl but we suggest one is that the Social Credit government of the past did not show itself particularly impressed with our potentialities up here. Certainly not much attention was turned in our direction. f If the Social Crediters are returned, we earnestly hope that this will lie corrected. Our progress will contribute the whole province's. Meanwhile, without forfeiting their right of censure, the constituencies of this area will assuredly give the new government their full support whether they are represented in it or not. Right now leadership is needed far more than abuse. it Is just as well to remember ; officials by rising from $407,000.- ; the company Involved ;m there was a queen among those w lo oio,uuu,uuu in me past;"" "-n expenencm? fir.a' present whose horse didn't win i yf The corresponding figure difficulties and is mauie to oil her ! to the Canadian total In terms of;ceed with construction " some kind of an answer. j Arthur Lain of the Liberals, When historians a century 49. native of Vancouver, from now look- up the news- W. A. C. Bennett of Social papers of today, they'll Insist Credit, 52, native of New Bruns-that B.C. in 1953 was InhablteJ wick. I the eenomy of the United Stntes t Tne contract prw was r Vnthln S nolle sr. so dlsenn- would $12,500,000,000, ' by a race of madmen who ; Only a foolish man or per In sit down certlng as to . - .1 .... irni w .. . screamed and ranted in the streets in the dark of midnight. Khne store and then realize that i ,uu" more "la" lw,ce lne . .. "" ' " mm. i hih ure which would be Drooortion- the Antarctic eonunem trying to get elected to the Leg ate 10 tne wnlch lr ' ni,ve been seen has the hole in it sum Canada only from to haps a brave one would have tried to predict the outcome of this one. But for those who liked predicting, here's what happened last year: Social Credit, 19; CCF, 18: Liberals, six: Conservatives, four; Labor, one. i is regarded as close to the danger islature, at $3,000 a year. They'll decide that everybody kept talk ' point. HARDLY POSSIBLE fir Recognlzjng the extent to' which the United States and I ing and talking for weeks and weeks, and It didn't matter much what they said, as long as they said something, any V 15 Hrt. 40 Min. We liked the one that a New York columnist told about a friend who tried to get two tlck-i-U to Queen's Elizabeth's Coro- Canadian economies now are Interdependent, government econ-omlsU here aren't too happy over 'Unions Urge thing, in a Herculean wooing the voters. I the long-term outlook. able Rocky Mountain fan myselfRadium Hot Springs being my favorite spot, especially In early or late summer, when the crowds are not too dense. THERE are dude ranches galore in BC. for those who like dude ranches. You can be as lazy or as energetic as you choose. There are camps for millionaires. But one grand thing about holidaying in B.C. Is that you can stretch just about any size of purse into a really grand holiday. B.C. has a whole network of government-run picnic spots ; nd camping grounds. You can i nation from a Broadway ticket I .'.calper. The scalper said he Last year but 68 per cent o Fr T.r.i.t W HONOLULU $203.50 That the Instalment purchase ; VCTU fo Adopl the registered voters bothered could let the applicant have tw. u to system nere 8Uy govern turning out at the polls. Yes Peace Program VANCOUVER f Adoption of i .seats mr wesim.iu.ier OUr,-, m(,nt e,.onoinlsls aren't foolish but they were not together. j enough to question. They recog- t nize the highly useful and essen-I "Don't miss seeing Newfound- tlal function which It fulfills. I land's fine capital Halifax," But there's an uneasy feeline terday there were 229 candidates, of all parties and political beliefs, fighting for election, and i.ll but 48 will be bitterly IK Canadian (Patiftf AIRLINES t ! 1,V a peace program will be recom amongst them that the system ,-Sjj-p-inl- mended to all national unions . edvised a United States maga-afflliated with the Women's sine the other day. A total of The political eyes of all Can Good Neighborliness ada were on this province for christian Temperance Union. I 543 miles of open Atlantic sep Tho nrrm .... .3raie si. jonns ana me nova rpend two weeks or two months travelling by car throughout BC. If you carry your own family tent with you, and stop lined here to the" 1.500 delegates f0" metropolis But nothing to the choice of suggested as , from mm 32 32 countries countries now now attending attending , :.wimmlni? or waixmg. i the world WCTU conference. Thf recommendations Include the second time witnin a yeir. Not for 60 years have two general elections come so close together. The rest of the country eyed this province for, as B.C. goes, so could well go the rest of the west in the federal election in the late summer. ir v rJ A new vitamin has been found maintenance of personal attitude of universal goodwill; support of, In hash, announces a dictltlaw. , neacef ul negotiations in everv i This should not. in the slightest i B.C. has often shown the wav, .i.nrernntinn;.! (iKniiie-KtniHort nf degree, be surprising. If there; at the government-provided spots, you will not need to spend e cent for hotel accommodation. For the grand outdoors Is there ready and waiting. And there is no spot , on all the earth finer than B.C. in summertime. PEOPLE go to Switzerland from the ends of the earth, in win and the bandwagon idea quickly ,' lonE-ranee policy for peace by Is enywhere on earth where It j catches on. It was this province combatting poverty, ignorance ought to be discovered, surely It that gave the CCF its first and ahutaf.e by the United there.. great mrcngin, out now wirair lions ir social credit wins it ii oe in ruLiuai. ftw nt Untt nifiht Vcrc Oilier clauses Include aid to tertime. I Kashmir is held by many ex-, perts to be the loveliest beauty The persistence of Himilayan mountain climbers suggesU a new exercise In comparison ever, everer, Everest. Windsor Star. -two legislative terms. If ,t. refugees, stateiew person and goes down that will be the end mnjiHrant; festering informed I ir IXJ , The ..nulrle lrard V of it. That's why Lllierals apd work of U.N. , and a vigilant PLEASANT instance of good neighborliness A between our friends in Alaska and ourselves was provided with inauguration yesterday of a new service by Queen Charlotte Airlines between Prince Rupert and Ketchikan. Those who were on the special trip to Ketchikan were somehow' made to feel they were the most welcome visitors to be received in the city for a long time. There was genuine enthusiasm that another communication link was being forged between the two cities and a real hope that the citizens of each would spend more time exchanging visits. Good neighborliness not only featured the trip but made the whole service possible, for the air route is being pioneered jointly by QCA and Ellis Air Lines, of Ketchikan, who combined their efforts to start the operation and are sharing their facilities. Rarely does one find a competitive situation handled jn such a friendly manner. tL . ; q ., A fine 'international spirit 1 being showii'up here on the coast, and it is hoped, that we neighbors will get to know each other still better. watch on press and cinema lo relieve tension between nations. root on earth, especially when ; the lotus is in bloom, j But with all due respect to i those magnificent places, neith-I er one of them has any greater I natural beauty than has our iown B.C. I CCFers were so desperaU'ly anx- J ious for victory. They know it's now, or not for a long time. Social Crediters know it's now, or never. Take a last look at some of JUST ARRIVED ... ROGERS MAJESTIC Trading Vessel C.UOW OLD ALONG WITH MF.! I As wo grow older and more 'decrepit. Dr. R. L. Cecil, In an ; address to the American Geriatric Society, has almost recon- riled us to our own Impending ;old age. He make It sound so i attractive. The aged should hav.? I their small and amiable vices. Marine Battery Radios. the election promises: CCF More lor the taxpaye: at; Runs Aground from development of natural resources; socialization (govern The difference that I see between Switzerland or Kashmir and B C. is that in those famous European and Asia beauty spots the natives themselves are r.outely aware that they are living in a place specially favored by Old Mother Nature, j Here in B.C. we take it all too much., for eriinted,C.We-lf!,t ment control) of the BC. Electric, breweries, in time the $500,-000,000 aluminum Industry at Kltimat. VANCOUVER a-Tlic 270-ton In(U.ed, they should be enrour- motor vessel Fort Ross, former aB(d to indulge In them. Take Hudson's Bay vessel trading in occasional little snorts, says th" the western Arctic, ran aground rood Of)ctor. It's gdbd for the at. low tide in a heavy rainstorm f jreulatory system. Eat heartily at Bc-ar Point., 75 miles north of und, wrmt- you like. Smok,. if if Three bands: Broadcast, Marine, Shortwave. if Low borrery drain. Designed for Marine use. - if Highly sensitive receiver. ' Only 59-95 Other Marin Models from 42 !)5 up Conservatives A glass of milk . ........ . . , w ... ......ii. here, early Saturday, you're used to It. In other word.t look at those mountains often s(.hoo, cnlldrPn. pqual for enough and how lucky I say. we , worki rPgardless v0, the are. sex of the worker. sin makes the twilight of life seem happier. Let's have our pension cheque and a double inartlna, if you please! No injuries were reported among the crew of 10 and the vessel was refloated, leaking, assisted by the tug Hecate StralU. After temporary repairs, the RUPERT RADIO and ELKM IF THE Americans (and not the Canadians) owned Vancouvrt they would transform it into a summer resort far more magnetic than, say, Atlantic City. I'riniT t 1 1 n tumt. Letterbox ihi.i lii.'l mm i U Liberals $10-a-year motor licence fees; restaurant meals of any price exempt from the sals tax; no sales tax on articles under 30 cents; abolition of coinsurance. Social Credit 10-per-cent reduction in auto licences; sales Fort Ross headed for Vancouver under under her her own own power. power. Try l);iiy Newj Want Adn - ' ri u-juPlji-jiiljm " m We have the finest (undeveloped.! beaches on earth. It is a fact that the Americans I tax off restaurant meals up to are swarming up to B.C. while l: removal of milk price con CAMFRA THUS ALL The Editor. The Daily News; There was a letter in Tuesday's letterbox column headed "Flags Have Meaning" which was signed bv Jean Aird. slope of the staff, is actually ahead of the Stars and Stripes in the parade. And If you are not too blind, you will notice that all seven of the naval personnel in the color party are most perfectly In step look at trol above the producer level; the. people of B.C. are swarming to get away from B.C. We all know it is true that a change is as good as a rest. But this year, for a change-see your own country above all see B.C. txtra taxes on logging and mining profits; cocktail bars, not many, rigidly supervised, with bright lighting, as recommended ty the Stevens liquor Inquiry commission. That's a bunch of fancy their left feet Just leaving the ground In perfect unison! I think that if you take the See the Kelowna regatta. See both kinds of Kelowna peaches the kind they grow on the The letter states, in part, ". . . out of step sailors and the absence of the White Ensign May I suggest that Miss Aird, :.nd all other persons whose observation Is not up to par, take b good look at the picture in the top right-hand corner of the trouble to inquire you will find that in Queen's Regulations the place in a parade for the flag of a visiting unit from a foreign service Is to the left of the flag 1 1. .1 sniUc trees, and the kind that pick other kind of peaches. See Net-son where they run a wonder oi our own service unit. ful figure skating school every BOB CHADWICK. summer. Fish in any one of ten thou USED CARS sand lakes. Take the wonderful ill 'if jrv S"Z v v-r. J 1 trip on the Arrow Lakes, and if Fire Threatened Indian Village left hand panel of photographs taken of the Coronation Day parade which are on display In ' Van Meer Studio window? This photograph shows no evidence of the color party being out of step, or the absence of the White Ensign. When one stops to consider that in this photograph which you can visit the grand old 1951 Studebaker 4-door - $20.10 VK Studebaker gentleman and physician who runs the Halcyon Hot Springs- ana who doggedly refuses to 4-aoor $I7W CREEKSIDE. B.C. -Arrival of fire fighting equipment from 1W9 Studebaker 4-duM remoerton, seven miles away, saved this Indian village from . $113.1 destruction. was taken with an American camera, on film make to an American formula, and printed oa paper made to an American formula, and that the Stars and raise his rates inflation or no inflation. IF YOU WANT to combine a holiday with work that U fun and pays pretty well, why not try the Okanagan in fruit picking season, especially apple picking time? But for work or play- try B.C. thi3 year! : Fire destroyed the mission church and community hall and Stripes (if you can see It) was one home before it was control led. There were no Injuries. closer to the camera than the Creeksid is 62 miles north of Squamlsh on the POE railway. 1948 Stadebaker 4 -door with overdrive MCMo lf5I International l-kup $1:110 151 Austin AW Sedan $ 12.I 1939 Hudson Sedan $:t.10 SUPERIOR AUTO SERVICE LTD. it has a population of 500 When the ancient Greeks and Romans stopped warring in pur White En'iiP'n, one is forced to realize that our naval ensign must have been most prominent In the parade to offset the preponderance of Americanism connected with the photograph. On closer inspection of the photograph it will be noted that the White Ensign, owing to the More . man au nomes were threatened by the fire. Trinadad, most southerly of the West Indios, lies only seven miles from Venezuela, suit of peace, wonders of the ancient world were collected and shown at fairs, including works 1 01 art, litrature and culura.