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Crowded Program Faces
British PM At Ottawa
OTTAWA (CP) — A crowded program — topped inevitably by discussions on Germany — is be- ing prepared for Prime Minister Macmillan’s one-day Ottawa visit next week.
The British prime minister, earrying to North America his current role as travelling co-or- dinator of Western diplomacy. will arrive by air from London early next Wi y and go on the next' day to Washington for talks with President Eisenhower.
In Ottawa, Mr. Macmillan will meet Prime Minister Diefenba- ker, External Affairs Minister Smith and senior foreign service officers for intensive talks on
_ Germany.
Canadian leaders are eager to learn whether the British prime minister, fresh from journeyings to Moscow,-Bonn and Paris, comes here with any new ideas for resolving the central problem of the cold war.
Canadian and British views, notably on the need for flexibil- ity in negotiation, are believed
* virtually identical, COMMONWEALTH ISSUES
' Though Germany dominates the agenda, observers say other matters may ‘be discussed. An _exchange of views is expected, “for instance, on how the Com- monwealth should react if the former British colony of Cyprus, rejoicing in newly-won freedom, makes a formal application to join the Commonwealth.
Without elaborating. one in. formant said the ‘evolution of the Commonwealth’ in general would be another likely topic. Under this head, ministers might discuss Nigeria's assumption of full and independent membership in the Commonwealtia, slated for
' Some speculation has been aroused in Ottawa by Mr. Mac- millan’s decision to open his North American visit here in stead of in Washington.
Officially, this is described as _ an “accident of timing.” Unoffi- cially, there is some disposition - te speculate that Mr. Macmillan Chose Ottawa delibereately, feel- img he could use some Canadian Moral support before meeting
President Eisenhower.
In this analysis, the -British leader is believed to have felt he might have a better case for a‘ “soft” approach on Germany if he could go to Wasnington armed with assurance of full Ca- nadian backing.
BOTH SEEM RECEPTIVE
Both the British and Canadian governments have indicated in public statements a greater re eeptivity towards proposals for military disengagement in Eur-
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ope than has either President Eisenhower or West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
In a statement this week, Mr. Smith obliquely expressed Can- ada’s interest in disengagement and said it is “‘not without sig- nificance’ that disengagement
tioned in the Anglo-Soviet com- munique issued after Mr. Mac- millan’s 10-day visit to Russia. Mr. Smith urged a gradual ap- proach to Gernian reunification,
was one of the subjects men-}
saying first steps might be taken “right in the city of Berlin.” He said co-operation between the two sectors of Berlin has been in- creasing recently.
In discussing possible Canadian initiatives, officials here are at pains to note that theugh Can- ada is intensely interested in all moves on Germany, the primary responsibility rests with the four occupying powers—Britain, Rus- sia, the United States and France. :
Legislature
(Continued from page 1) ed to agree with the Crapaud member and he would be quite happy if the federal govez:ament were to implement a creilit scheme which would provide the legislation the Island government
was preparing to implement. However, Mr. Cullen pointed out that while both forraer Minister Gardiner and the present Min- ister at Ottawa were both s)m- pathetic to extended farm cred- it, the provinces after waiting
dream. IMMIGRANTS
Mr. Rossiter noted that in Nova Scotia there was some sort of agreement entered into with the former government of new im- migrants whereby the both gov- ernments could establish new farmers in the province. He ask- ed the minister if this matter had been looked into.
Mr. Cullen said the Department had been in touch with
and from information received from this source it seems quite Possible that such an agreement could be reached in relation to Prince Edward Island.
The Agriculture Minister said the act which provides assist- ance up to $10,000 for farmers be- tween 21-35 allowed the borow- er to obtain a loan up to 85-per- cent of the assessed value of the farm. It did not lend money for the purchase of live stock but noted that the young farmer once having obtained the farm could use it as collatoral to buy stock or machinery.
MOST GENEROUS
* The Minister said the Island plan was the most generous of any in Canada in so far as_ the assessment percentage was cor- cerned. He said Ontario which has almost the same plan has recently reduced its borrowing percentage to 60 percent.
Premier Matheson «said, ‘We don’t want to take busifless away from the Farm Loan Board. what we want to do is help those whom the Farm Loan Board can- not help.”
Premier Matheson said he was not adverse to Mr. Bell’s pro- posal to raise the age limit but at the same time pointéd out that if a\man age 50 were to
ernment would be left with a farm on its hands.
“You cannot adopt the attitude —‘here you are, see how you get along’—this is the people’s money
| We are using and we have to ac-
count for it,”” he said.
INTERPRETATION
Mr. Matheson explained that the Board would have a most im- portant function to perform. He noted from his 20 years experi- ence as solicitor for the Farm Loan Board that the Act was good, but those charged with its administration at Ottawa did not seem to interpret it fully. \
He recalled an instance that came to his attention some years
\} ago. The local manager wanted
to give a certain amn a loan but the Ottawa representative made up his mind in driving up. the
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“Fortunately for the farmer,” the Premier said. “He was a Scotsman and so was the Farm Loan Board official. After a few Gaelic phrases had been ex- changed between the farmers mother and the Board représenta- tive, he changed his mind and granted the loan.”
FAITH JUSTIFIED
“I had the privilege of being at one of our country exhibitions last year and this farmer and his son were taking quite a number ,of prizes with their pure bred cattle,” the Pramier said.
In another instance he recalled that the officials had re- fused a “g- certain farmer
but Ottawa maintained he should get it.” I must say that neither
of the loans ever defaulted, so
you see that every scheme has its faults.”’
R: R. Bell said a man in the City can obtain a loam of up to 8 percent to build a home, he could not. see why the same privilege could not be extended to farmers.
“We want to get the best act possible,” Mr. Bell said. He not-
‘ed that in the Province of Que- | bec, their farm credit burzau has
advanced $160 million to farmers win less than $300 loss.
and waiting have not been able! ‘to see the fulfillment of such a}
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obtain a loan on a 25 year term! and it turned out that ‘his son! did not want to farm, the yov-|
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WOULDN’T BE SWAMPED
The Opposition Leader said he could see no reason why the Board would be swamped with applications if the age limit were raised. He said the normal pattern for a man between 40-
| 50 was to have boys 10-15. years
of age.
He felt that this opportune time for hanes to buy vacant farms, since they were never lower in price. ‘‘The farm- er has to have more land in order to keep his power machinery working,”’ he said
Mr. Bell said he had gone over the act thoroughly and «had no serious objection to it exc the age limit to which he was. re ferring.
Morley M. Bell. who said he had wide experience in negotiating farm loans for farmers, said one very good reason for not increas- ing the age limit was the fact that most. reliable farmers over the age of 35 had the 65 percent
was a most
collateral required under the Farm Loan Act. POOR BUSINESS Relating his experience fur-
ther, Mr. Beil said it was often found that farmers looking for a loan owed more than the 65 per- cem they were -seeking> In such cases, he said the loan was de- ferred.
“If we raise the age limit, this will be the type of person who will be coming to us and we could never afford to carry, bugi: ness on -that basis,” ite dictor)
George Saville (L-5th Kings) said the administration of the act would be most important. If it were handled too. loosely it would be bad and similarly if it were administered to rigidly it would be equaly ineffective.
Mr. Saville felt that farmers re- ceiving the loan should be given some leeway; that is.to say, they should be given the privilage of working at some work to supple- ment their insome. FARMER-FISHERMEN
He said that in his district ev- ery farmer whose farm bordered on the shore spent a few months of the year fishing. He knew one
man who wired his house and had}
$90 to the good on his first day's catch of lobsters. : ss
Mr. Cullen said some of the be of the opinion that farm credit schemes in other provinces were on a very wide base. He declared that noth- ing was further from the facts.
He agree that Nova Scotia had a fairly generous plan but ex- plained there was a reason for this. Nova Scotia agriculture, he said, had sunk to a pretty low ebb during the past few years. The N.S. plan provides credit up to $24,000 dnd the age limits are 21-55.
In New Brunswick, Mr. Cullen said, the scheme has emphasis on the establishment of farm- ers,on new land only. The loan limit is $7,500 and ‘the age iimit 50. : DIFFERENT SETUP
In Qu ,the .minister, said the setup’ was different. There, the co-operatives along with the parish got together to under- write the loan for the borrnwer. While admitting that the plan had met with great success in Que- bec Mr. Cullen pointed out that 800,000. acres of land have gone out of production and the num- ber, of farms have decreased sharply.
In Ontario the age limit is 35 and the percentage of borrowing is only 60, the Minister report- ed.
Manitoba has a_ reasonably generous -act but Saskatchewan has no credit establisiment act although they have disirgss acts
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On the previous evening a banquet ,was held in honour of Mr. St. Laurent and attended by many of the leaders and friends of his party.
All those who knew the for- mer Prime Minister will wish him best of health, and many years in. his well-earned re- tirement.
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Recently the House of Com- mons held its first full-dress de- | bate on External Affairs. The Hon. Mr. Pearson, Leader of the Opposition, himself an. ex- pert in that field, had been re- questing the discussion for some time. In view of the gravity of the Berlin crises and increas- ing tempo of the cold war. be- ing waged by the Communists
in every sector of the world, the debate indeed seemed necessary.
Even though these debate are often somewhat inconclusive, they do provide the House and the people, through the medium of Hansard and the newspapers, with a great deal of up-to-date information on many aspects of External Affairs with which they are more interested today than ever before. Naturally, shades of the Arrow. debate crept™in and the whole defence picture was referred to at vari- ous times. Our obligations un- der NATO and NORAD as well as our Commonwealth ties were also a subject of discussion.
The Secretary of State for Ex. ternal Affairs, and other speak- ers on both sides of the House reviewed their activities at the United Nations and dealt with a number of the problems discussed in that world body.
One of the topics on which Mr. Smith spent some time in detail was on the recognition of Red China. He outlined the various pros and cons on the question and summarized by saying that Canada was not in a position to recognize Com- | munist China as yet. It was an interesting and necessary de- bate which cleared the air on | at least some of our national problems. : COMMITTEE WORK '
During the past few weeks Committee work has begun in earnest.. After preliminary short | meetings to set-up the various executives, iron out a few pro-
Fuller Brush Founder Gets
Annual Award
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP}—Alf- red C. Fuller, a native of Wels- ford, N.S., and founder of the Fuller Brush Company was an- nounced Friday as tie recipient of the annual distinguished citi- zens’ award of the Association of | Newspaper Classified Advertising | Managers. |
The award, a_brass on maho- | is presented an-; nually 'to a national businessman | who started: his business by us- img newspaper classified adver- tisements. ie,
Half a century ago Fuller, then a. young brush salesman who manufactured his own brushes, placed his first help-wanted ad in the Syracuse, N.Y., Post- Standard.
Three. months after the ad ap- peared, Fuller had 100 agents selling his brushes.
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ALBERTA’S PLAN
In Alberta the credit is handled | through the--municipalities bu‘ if | any municipality does not have; an agreement with the govern-! ment, the farmer canont get as- | sistance. %
In British Columbia there is a fa loan scheme; Mr. Cullen said. |
‘re are distress schemes which come to the aid of the! farmer in the event of floods or) early frost. There is a loan scheme in op | eration in the Province of New- | foundiand but in spite of this the farm area has dwindied by 30 percent, the Minister said. Premier Matheson told the House before the weekend ad- journment fie would like each and every member to give the mat- ter careful thought so that they might renew an intelligent dis- cussion on it wheh the House meets again on Monday. :
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cedural details, and outline terms of reference in The Com- mittees, we immediately got down to hard work. wt
The standing committee on Veterans Affairs which was
but it is not antici- pated that this committee will be as spectacular as last year’s was in its consideration of the Public Printing Bureau. -In addition to these two com. mittees,: the Committee on Mar- ine and isheries will be meet- ing shortly which will provide more work in that field. Besides these committees I am on the steering group of a party Defence Committee which will be investigating all phases of National Defence. When
time permits and there are | 500
matters of interest which are taken up in other committees, such as Agriculture, External Affairs and Estimates, and we often sit in on these to hear the discussions taking place.
With this additional work added to the hours of the sit- tings, and the time allotted for cofrespondence there is not much time to waste. CORRESPONDENCE
As mentioned above, the time allowed for correspondence is crowded by duties in the House and in Committees, neverthe- less this is one of the most im- portant aspects of a Member's functions and must be held in high precedence. Although my constituency of Kings is not considered a large one, I §ave one of the heavier amounts of correspondence among the pri- vate Members.
This I am very pleased to re- ceive; as I know I am keeping in close touch with the people who pregent me with a wide of problems. Many of these I am able to ‘solve and in all cases I try to give them my very best attention. May I make the observation again that all letters are most welcome and please remember that dur- ing the Session a letter to your M.P. does not require 2 stamp.
I regre: that I ‘cannot always get this column out as regularly as I would wish. for the reasons mentioned above, and wish to thank the many who have com-
mented favourably on it in their |
letters to me. I am deeply appreciative of
Inter- | this paper for allowing me to |
use their space and am writing these comments without _ re- muneration in an effort to as- sist you in keeping informed about my work as your repre- sentative in the House of Commons.
Fuller.Brush Company has spent |
millions of dollacs for want ads.
In accepting the plaque, Fuller said, ‘“‘newspaper classified ad- vertising has been the greatest single factor in the success of our business. Without classified adyertising
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AMHERST, — An increase in the’ -future industrial develop: ment of Atlantic Canada was forecast here «yesterday.
The optimistic opinion was. ex- pressed by Lawrence Maclsaac of Moncton, industrial engineer
Industrial Development Seen Likely In Atlantic Provinces
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Mink breeders can Graw en- couragement from. the. sales re- ports which are appearing from various parts of the world, and all show a good demand for mink, with prices either unchanged or in the upward brackets. ©
A despatch from Oslo, Norway, dated March 5, to Fgirchijd News Service in New Yopk> states that Pastel mink prices“Went' up ten percent over January,, and other, mink prices: were unchanged to firm, with all skins sold, at the March § auction of Oslo Fur Auction Company.
United States buyers took a! large portion of the goods, with Maly and West Germany also ac- tive. Topaz, Silver Blue and Sap- phire were firm to January pric- es, and Palomino was unchang- ed. Approximately 40,000 Pastel, 4,000 Topaz, 3,0000 Palomino, 7,- Silver Blue and 7.500 Sap- phires were sold.
Here are some of the prices (cofverted to American money): Pastel males averaged $25.50: tops got $39.25. Topaz males av- eraged $21.25; tops for $28. Pal- omino males averaged $20; with a top of $30.25. Silver Blue males {tops) brought $26. Sapphire males average $22.75, with a top of $37.75.
SAID DICKENS
This is the way a clever wrner sums up the mink market in New York: “* ‘It was the best of tim- es, it was the worst of times’;... thus, Charles Dickens might have described February fur business in mid-town New York, had he talked to buyers for department and specialty stores there.
“Volume and unit sales aver- aged about five percent above February, 1958, but levels differ- ed widely in some areas. Some buyers reported that it had been a good month, sales deinitely ahead of the comparable month of 1958; others said it was only fair, with sales about even with last year; and a few others re- ported sales below those for last year.
**Mink, of course, was the most wanted Ror in all garments, with Pastel the favorite color choice. Running even behind Pastel came
to information from the buyers. NORWAY BLUE
fox from Norway. ‘Norwegian blue fox prices were slightly low- er than December levels at Oslo Fur Auction, Lid., March . 4th. The offering of 15,000 skins was 100 percent sold. New York buy- ers were active, with Haly and West Germany also buying.
Finer skins averaged $32; top prices rose as high as $46. The overal] average was $28.
Ed Gold, reporting on the re- cent Hudson’s Bay Company Fur Sales Auction in New York City, states that 60,000 EMBA dressed Cerulean types were 76 percent sold over the two-day period.
Price levels were described as “very firm” to the previous H. B. C. sale. Here are some of the results: Ceruleans - $43 for top males and $18 for females; Ste- warts - $45 for top males and $19.- 2 for females; Breath of Spring -$52 for top males and $18.75 for females;; Azurene Winterblues; -$68 for top males and $25.50 for females (85 percent sold); Homo Sapphires - $100 for top males and $39.50 for females (87 per- cent sold). Both lots ‘homo sap- phires' Weinig and Son, New York. EARLY START
It may interest our readers to, know that when silver. fox pelts were first introduced to the New York market by the late W Chester S. “McLure in 1918. Weinig and Sons were one of t
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Institute Wednesday night, March 4th., with a large attendance of members present. After routine business was com- pleted, a contest was put on by Mrs. Floyd Jay, won by Mrs. Edward Jay, Gladys Birt and Mrs. Harold Jay, drawn by Gladys Birt. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess assist- ed by her daughter Mrs. Robert Leard
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