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Mall $5.00; Subacrlp"ons Delivered $6.00.

other Provinces ill U. B. 87.00,

N. S. MINISTER SURPRISED AT CNR CURTAlLll/[ENT 0F SERVICE

“Canadian Farm Income Shows Increase This Year

Labor Minister Makes

Optimistic Prediction; Labor Leaders Disagree

By John LeBlano .

t)'I"I‘,»\WA. D21‘. 29 -—(CP) - l..lll.)‘_' Minister Mitchell made an ' "mistic" forecast for 1950 in

l.-,= year-end message released lo- (iay but leaders cf Canada's two n13] r labor corgresses cxlpressed rear of unemployment or possible industrial strife.

Both the union leaders-presi- dent Percy R. Bengough of the nudes and Labor Congress of

Canada and president A. R. Masher of the Canadian Congress pl labor-misc tinited in demands lo;- higher old-age pensions and elimination of the means test for pensioners.

.\ir Bengough, leader of 460.000 union workers, said "the fear of_ tlnelnplcrvment is still s. disturbing festor in- some sections of Canada." lie called, too, for full social secur- lty on a gotrernmcnt-labor-industry financing plan.

Mr Masher, whose congress has 250,000 mum-hers. said that "in- dustrial disturbances" in Canada might result frcm opposition of certain employers to granting im- provements in wages and working conditions.

The Labor Minister said Canad- hns could look back on 1949 with thankful hearts.

"For the third successive icar," he said, "employment topped the 5.000.000 mark and. st the peak period in Septem- ber. stood at Ebcport demands and domestic needs sustained the general level of production. Actually the phy- steal volume of production ex-

ceeded the previous year by about three per cent.

ll» continued:

"one of the most important

incurs supporting a high level of

plttluction and cmployvnent was

the absence of serious industrial ‘ltnles. Both labor and manage- ment are to be congratulated for

Milling their problems in the tmmon interest.

“In addition, Czmatlians in all walks of life are indelbted to responsible trade turionlsm for the litp taken to deal with com- mtmistic elements.

"Predicting what the future has in store for us is always difficult but. when we consider the trem- endous world consumer devmand lllll unsatisfied and relate this to the productive capacity 0d Can- Ida, we should be optimlstic-. .."

Labor Leaders’ Comment

ltlr. Bengough said Canada's workers were willing to do their Part hy co-operatlng fully with Government and industry in mak- ing 1050 a productive year. But Organized labor could not do its full share in establishing indust- rial peace unless gainful 2111010)’- ment was available for all able and willing to work.

0n social security, he said the T- L. C. wants protection for all lililllt-"t ‘chess and old age.

TllPrc “has need of incrcaslngthe "lllvlllzre allowance" of tho aged. lie said, in the light of present commodity costs arll increased rents, Pensioners should not have l0 qualify through the means lest by proving themselves “paupers ln n land of plenty."

President Mosher said the mtcuns ill-ll and the government's "failure"

to increase old-age pensions in- dicated a "callous attitude" to- wards many Canadians who.

llllvllgh a lifetime of work, have iggtributled to building 1p 0on-

lle said many other matters lltsded redress on the part of the llovernment. It had failed to pro- ltct the people's interests in relax-

Coming Events

“Mail 70111’ Films to Cisrnhum Ph°l0 Studio. Charlottetown.

"Variety Concert. Pic Social Ind Dance. Lot M Hall, Friday "lrht. Deoemiber soon.

"Attention! Hunter's River. 8W Glasgow, North Wiltshlrc and w "llllw. Shows cancelled for this ‘if: Watch preu for next week's

"gzeolru K Meeting Abcgweit - - - i ton. Frid , Dec- lfllm- soul. Dgices. W

"Annual Meeting of Wood n- lllehd Pleebytverisn Church will m J l5 in the Church on Monday. mllflry 2nd. st 1 oclock P. M.

“Bee "Fl lit m: ~ t Mulllvnlld ‘Bro: will". otibnlgliiz.

"tinder. January 2nd, "Mibolt W. 11;; wit-lacy‘ " JmuAaGymSr-d. “In n a r. u. ' "'1

ing rent controls and devaluing the dollar. It had failed adequate steps

housing situation.

While 1949 saw improvement ln relations between organized labor and employers. there hmfbeen "YEW definite opposition" by cert- Blll sPouP-s of employers to grant- llrg wage increases and better working conditions.

"Th-ls may lead to the same in- dustrial disturbances in Canada as were experienced in the United States." Mr. Masher said.

P.E.l. Man Dies Of injuries Ill Forl Churchill w

FORT CHURCHILL, Mara, Dec. Zfli-(CPP-Frsd Prougm of Grand River. P- E- T-. one of four men injured in a Christmas eve lire at the home of Colin Pratt, of Fort Churchill, died in hospital last night.

MF- PFRUKht Who was suffering from third-degree burns and shock, contracted pneumonia’ Tuesday night. His body will be brought out by plane.

Two cf the other three men in- lured in the fire, John Paul Chlasson and Morris Belle-rive, both of St, Boniface, Mun, are m. Dolled lmlifvvlllg. No details were available as to the identity or con- dition of the third mun, a soldier.

to remedy the

MP- Pmllght is survived by his widow and four children. They re- side nt Summersldo. Ho W115 a veteran of the Second World War and was employed will: (he you“. datlon Maritime LttL, a consfrug. "OH firm. He was a son of Mrs Leo Praught and the into Mr: Pmllfiht of Grand River, P, a, I,

New Ice-free Record In SI Lawrence River

MONTREAL, Dec.- 29 —-(QP) _ The Slsnal Service reported today that for the first time since 191g Bl this Part of the year there is no ice in the St. Lawrence River between there and the Gulf of st. Lawrence‘. Alfred Dumont, chjpf clerk. said the service's reqgpdg g9 back only as far as 191B. Tm» service based its report cm, mes. 588% from the Transport Depart. ment Icebreaker Ernest Lapotnte.

Cily Clerk Ol Sydney Dies

SYDNEY. N18,, Dec. w _.‘ (Cp; __ James MacDonald, 78, gydney-s city clerk, died here today. He, had been employed at city Han for the last 25 years.

Death or Mr. MacDonald length- ens the already long list of City H-all vacancies.

A week ago the Mayor, Dun Jack MacLean, resigned. He now l5 i861"! A charge of murdering Joseph MacKinnon, city reglstrgr of voters. Dec. 1s. City Treasurer D.J. O'Connell is oonvslescing from a stroke. Deputy Police chic: George Peck died six weeks ago.

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Slight Min ln_P.E.l.-N.B.; Increase In N. S.

OTTAWA. Dec. 29-(0?) — Cash flowed onto Canadian farms to thtytune of 513194200000 in the

.first nine months of 1949.

Higher payments for wheat. coarse grains, tobacco_ cattle and WIVES. coupled with increased payments from the Canadian Wheat Board. raised the farmers’ inconc for the first three-quarters of the year 2 6 per cent higher than the 1048 figure of $1,749,200,- 000 and 40.9 per cent over the $1.- 273,600.000 realized in the first nine months of 1947.

Larger paytmcn-ts by the Ca-nad- ian Wheat Board. totalling some $218,000,000, were mainly respon- sible for the over-all increase. The Payments mostly were in the form of equalization payments made on wheat delivered by Western farm- crs from August, 1945, to ‘March 1049.

Cash income from sales of grains, seeds and hay in the first nine months of this year totalled $668,- 086,000 compared with $586,413,000 in the corresponding period last year. Income from sale of live- stock -- S532,700000—was slightly

above last year's total of $525,180,-

000, the greatest gain occurring in cattle and calves. A declime in the marketings of hogs during the same period more than offset an increase in prices to lower live- stock inctme 6.3 per cent. Inca-me from sales of dairy products during the nine-month period was approximately $277,- 000,000 compared with $308,000.00!) in the same period of 104.8. A drop of 8.2 per cont in cash retuims from the sale of eggs to the end of September was largely due to a decline in markotlngs. Income {mm the Sale of vegetables and other field crops was down slightly

at $110,523,000 compared with 31115731100. Income from sale of farm

products for the nine months in the Maritime Provinces. with 1048 figures bracketed: New Brunswick

$218 7715.000 ($10,673,000) ; Nova sooti-a $135,501,000 t$24034,000). and Prince Edward Island $15.-

123000 ($16,017,000) .

Ford In Canada Seis New Record

WINDSOR, Ont. Dec. 29 — Ford Motor Company of Canada today turned out its 1l1.388th mo- for vehicle for i949, setting a re- cord for Canadian automotive pro- duclion.

The record breaker. a shiny new Ford. rolled off the final assent- bly line this morning. Almost two full working days still remain in 1040 and company officials esti- mate the 1949 output will exceed the 112,000 mark.

The figure represents the largest numtber of vehicles ever produced‘ in one year in a Canadian auto- motive plant. The previous record. 111,387 vehicles. was set in i941 when the Ford of Canada plants were iurninig out war vehicles.

The con1pany's 1949 production up to last night consisted of 65,130 passrnger cars and 20,160 trucks for the domestic market and 7,125 cars and 9,916 trucks for export.

Company officials said these fig- urcs would have been several thou- sand higher but for loss of pro- duction due to material shortages

in the early sumsnqf

Colder Weather Flood Threat In B. C.

VANCOUVER, Dec, 29—(CP)— Colder weather in the mountains —where floods are started-to- day brought hope to storm-haras- sed British Columbia. o

The rsins and snow ceased, The flood menace abated as s mass of cold air moved over southern storm districts, Clear, cold weather is forecast for tomorrow.

The storm of rain, snow and sleet, buffeted by high winds, left COITIITIUHILnIIOYII in a shambles, and railway services disrupted.

The southern interior centred st Princeton, 183 miles east of here, bore the brunt of the blizzard. Floods took heavy

sections,

' property toll on Vancouver Island.

An estimated 2,800 Christmas train travellers were either strand- ed or delayed in snow and mud- ch ked Fraser Valley mountain ps lea.

Fourteen passenger trains of both railways were either stalled or crawling through the interior between Cbllliwack and Lytton, 17!! miles east of here. .

Food supplies were low on some of the snow-trapped trains. Sec-

t

tion workers rushed supplies to two Canadian National Railway trains in the canyon, In some sec- tions fotlr feet of snow covered the tracks.

Hope, the gateway to the in- ierlor, 100 miles from Vancouver, and Honeymoon Bay, e Vancouver Island hamlet nesr Cowichsn, 38 miles from Victoria, were isolated. Slides cut the highway to Hope, and floods surrounded Honeymoon Bay,

Hope, crowded with stranded motorists, was running short of breed, milk and other food.

Both the Hope-Princeton and Fraser Canyon roads, running through the mountains, sre block- ed. The Trans-Canada Highway is impassable west of I-lope.

Hundreds of men worked amid ice-laden wires to restore crippled telephone and‘ telegraph services. Trans-Canada circuits were routed over thousands of miles of wlre via the United States to the east. Hundreds of poles were down, car- ma earthward by ice-heavy wires.

or frost-snapped trees which crashed across the lines.

MONTREAL, Dec. 29 - (CP)- Cigaretis went up one cent and candy bars clown two cents in price announcements today by two leading companies in each industry.

Some competitors expressed sur- prise but there were indications other leaders would follow suit.

imperial Tobacco Company in Montreal and the Tuckett Tobacco Company in Hamilton announced that effective immediately the price to dealers of a package of 20 cigarets is increased one cent.

It was left to dealers. whose present stocks were bought at old prices, “then the increase will be passed on to consumers. New prices will range from 36 to 40 cents, the variations caused by provincial and municipal taxes.

Two candy companies in Mon-

trcal announced that candy bars will be reduced from seven cents to five, with slight reduc- tions in the sizes of some bars.

The Walter M, Lowncy Company announced its price out will be effective Jan. 1. A later announce- ment by Fry-Cadbury, Ltd., said its cuts are effective tolnorrotv.

Spokesmen for the candy com-

panies said the decreases to con- sumers should coincide with the effective dates of the change be- cause “wholesalers will be credited with the difference, The tobacco companies said the rise in cigaret prices is due i0 large increases since 1947 in cost of leaf tobacco. packaging ma- terials. labor, supplies and services and other factors.

Iron Oui Bacon Coniracllleiails

OTTAWA, Dec. 29 —- (CP) ~- Representatives of bacon shippers today met with Agriculture De- partment officials to iron out de- tails of shipments to the United Kingdom under the proposed 1950 Anglo-Canadian bacon contract.

Details of the contract now are being completed and likely will be announced in s few days.

The all-day conference was be- lieved to have discussed methods of packing and shipping the 1050 contract and the time and schedule of delivery.

The shippers will be paid 32.5 cents a pound under the Govern- ment's floor-price program and likely will be asked to deliver about 57,000,000 pounds. The con- tract price likely will be about 30 cents.

Deliveries may be made in the early months of 1950 to seaboard points-Montreal, Halifax, Saint John, N. B., and New ‘York, Most of the shipments overseas pro-b- ably will be made in British ships.

Maclean Hearing Adiourned To lan. 6

SYDNEY, N. 5., Dec. 29—tCPl-— Preliminary hearing of 1011M!‘ Sydney mayor Don Jack MacLean on s murder charge today was let over to Jan, 6 st the request of I the crown.

Donald Finlsylon, crown PW!- ecutor, requested the adlfillfllmslll

so that police could complete their investigation. Mr. MacLean stands charilrd

with murder in the Dec, 1B death of Joseph MscKinnon, the 63- yesr-old cripple who was the city's registrar of voters.

Defence counsel Ross MacKim- mie said he had no objection to the adjournment but asked that "l8 hill"!!! be held as soon as possible in view of the nearnesl of the next term of the Supreme Court in February.

ARGENTINE PRICES TOO HIGH

LONDON. Dec. 29 - (Reuters) — Britain will shortly have to cease buying many Argentine pro- ducts because Argentine prices are too high. an authoritative fin- ancial loums said today. The in- formant said manipulations of the exchange-rate by the Argentine Government had priced Argentine goods out of the British market. Britain still wanted to buy many Argentine products. particularly hides sndflinseed. but would be able to do so in the future only if Argentine prices were competitive. ‘This did not apply to Argentine meat. since the price was still Iixed under s trade agreement.

Cigaret Prices Up, Candy Bars Down

The candy-bar makers said it has been policy to bring about re- duced prices when possible; that manufacturing methods are im- proved and salt-s have increased, although the prlcc of the cocoa been is 50' per cent higher than 10 years ago.

The last general price increase of cigarets by leading companies was in December, 1947, when the rise was two cents. Compared with 10 years ago, the new prices are five cents a package higher,

The New Prices

The new prices in the various provinces for the QO-cigaret-pack- age brands made by the price-lift- ing companies are:—-

Ne foundland, Nova Scotia, On- tario. Manitoba and Albert-a, 36 cents: Saskatchewan and British Columbia, 37 cents: Quebec. 39 cents: New Brunswick and Prince Ed-ward Island, 40 cents.

The Federal tax on clgarets in Canada is heavy. Each pack-

age that has been selling at 35

con-ts means a return of 21.58 cents to the government trea- sury which in 194R collected

$l7tl.000,000 in cigarel taxes,

The Imperial Compmly’ aLso an- nounced an increase in one brand of its cigars. Instead of selling for 9 l-2 cents it now will sell for 10 cents.

Two other Montreal clear manu- facturers, B. I-Ioude and Grothe. Ltd, and H. Simon and _Sons, Ltd. said they had no price increases to announce.

Sees Canadian Farmers Faced With Major Crisis

TRURO, N. B., Dec. 29 -—(CP) —C. G. Groff. secretary of the Canadian Federation .of Agricult- ure today told delegates to the annual convention of the Nova Scotia Farmers‘ Association there was a job ahead for farmers "so long Es there are selfish forces seeking to block policies in the interests of the agricultural in- dustry."

A major crisis was at hand for Canadian farmers nnd the Feder- al Government should use the Agriculture Prices Support Act. It was up to the farmers to see that the Government used theact for what it was intended.

“To save our agricultural econ- omy," said the secretary, "I think the lltmc is n-ow at hand when we must show a good deal of milltancy if we hope to make the poyvers that be see the light in respect to what has to be done."

The farmers had been told they must take lower prices at the sa-mn time the Government in- creased retnts frcm 18 to 22 per cent,_ he said.

IS. Leefe of the Dominion Ex- perimental station at Kentviile. N. S., told the farmer delegates that a trench silo. tunnelled into the ground. could be constructed at negligible cost. Grass would keep in "this hole in the ground" as Well as in wooden constructed silos built above ground.

Daylight Time

Delegates passed a resolution asking the Nova Sootia Govern- ment to continue its lime policy at no increased cost to tho farmers. They voted in favor of daylight saving time, but only during the summer school vacation period. It was the first time the Association had agreed to compromise on the daylight saving time issue. They asked that freight subsidies on feed graim be continued.

Agriculture Minister A. W. Mackenzie said steps were being taken to employ a veterinary trained in cattle sterility and arti- ficial insemination pmbletms.

COMMUNIST! DEMONSTRATE Dee. 29 —

CAIAUTIA, India, (ASP) —- Bomb-hurling demon- strators attacked police in Cal- cuttws buslnem district today. as thousands of office workers duck- ed for cover. Several policemen were seriously injured. The st- lack occurred when police broke up a Communist procession pro- testing the trial of several nurses in connection with s local hos- pital strike.

BID FOR. NEW MOTOR

ROME, Dec. N — (Reuters) _- Italian scientist Giuseppe Belluz- zo, formerly a Fascist minister of state, said today that he had bids from Esstem Europe for his in- vention of s new type of motor turbine "which reduce; the nm- ount of fuel used by two-thirds." He added that the new motor would "permit Russian planes based in Biberis to bombard the United States and return to their

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Declares-Tie Shortage 0f Coal In Easl

HALIFAX, Dec. 29 — (CP) - Mines Minister Patterson of Nov: Scotia tonight expressed "sur- prise" that Canadian National Railways has announced curtail- ment of passenger train services because of a coal shortage,

Mr. Patterson said in an intel- view that as far as he could learn there was no shortage of coal in the Maritime: and that he under- stood "that no coal operator in Nova Scotia has been asked to supply additional coal to the C. N. Ru

i The Minister said he found n “remarkably strange" that the

Canadian Pacific Railway was not compelled to curtail their services while a Government-

owned railwav had found it nec-

essary to do so.

Mr. Patterson issued a state- ment at the same time which said:

“I was surprised to see in the morning paper that a svstem-dvlde Z5 per cont cut in steam-operated passenger trains in the Canadian National Railways would have to be made effective Jan. 9, and I was particularly sin-prised to find that certain trains will be discon- tinued for a time out of Halifax and other Maritime points.

“It is remarkably strange that the Canadian Pacific Railway are not compelled to curtail their services and that a Government- owncd railway has to curtail their services to the public.

"As far as I can learn there is no shortage of coal in the Mari- time Provinces, and I also under- stand that no coal operator in Nova Scotia has been asked to supply additional coal to the Cen- adlan National Railways,"

Contract Filled

SYDNEY. us, Dec. 2b - (c?) — Harold Gordon, coal operations chief for Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, said tonight he cannot understand why there should he a shortage of coal in the

He was commenting on the an- nouncement of Canadian Nation- al Railways that train services will be curtailed Jan. 9 due to "seri- ous depletion" of coal reserves. which the railway said was caused by work stoppages and shortened

MONCTON, N B., Dec. 29 - (CP)——'I‘he Maritime Pit/wood As- sociation today criticized the Fed- eral Government for what it claim- ed was its plan to ignore the dif- ficulties cf the hard-pressed pit- prrm industry in the Maritime-s.