LCWBER ‘Zliia-nn,“ J____=fi ~ aui;__qiii\izi.o'r'ris1'owi~i connotes recs gljlyi . P Vflutmtfilylil, of landiincapable of providing a decent living for e i

FOR FAIR DEAL "" run: FOR AGRICULTURE .-~~::. :~:.:~..~'.E~.=I~il'..-""ii.-iiifiirr-i All she imnw. is a

(ainilmitiif-“ii "[919 n that v+ill give to farmers their fair share of the nation's income. if‘ 511p; TQWA") Rbqoyiny . o help reduce the cost of producing farm crops, we shall

_ _ _ _ reinforce exi t‘ I ' I r‘ ,b 5' - a ' ,_ n i, our first and primary obrective to correct Canada's greareir trode; take ssteliisg ltlegllllssflildolllltl: pride’: mall‘; ‘pd; Q! v social ineqiIitY, " l" "'i"'°' ‘Ciiiiiiiiiic position into which are truly competitive; inquire into ways and means of increasing ,-

ggrlClllllIfQ has been allowed to fall, and for all ta_o long, exce r the efficiency of manutacrurin nn imihurin in n ,- for a few years of tlie liiet war, to remain. p other goods; encourage former: to dpilltClltlll osgwell ti: ‘iiiloflsnetf We are setting out to remove the fear of a post-war collapse goods on a co-operative basis; and generally assist them to ya- rn agricultural income, such o_s occurred within two yeare after diice as well as to buy more efficiently. rhe last war, and such_as manifested itself so disostrouely in the u- _To increase the efficiency of marketin , we shall make ren years preceding this war; and to secure for those engaged in provision for a thorough and impartial stu y of the relative ' agriculture a Pqlitiq" iii l¢°"°""_¢ "liiiility with others giving a "m" °i "limb and possible marketing methods and costs‘ comparable service in thn Canadian economy. provide for continuous investigation and control of price spread; - When I speak of agriculture, l do not mean farms and mat- i" tlie interests of producers and consumers alike; put into effect eriol onsideratlons alone. l mean farmers and farmers’ wives I Federal Co-operative Act that will, among other things clar- nnd children and all those, both in urban and rural arena, wha ify the position of co-operatives with respect to taxation df sav-

are dependent upon the prosperity of farming for their material l"'ll "lid promote in every legitimate way, the practice of co- welfare. operative marketing and ca-operation generally.

There are nearly three-quarters of a million farms in Caa- l5- The above are constructive measures toward the establish- gda, and over three million farm folks living on them. merit of a sound agricultural economy. We mean to take these

The farms are iii all Provinces - 12,234 in Prince Edward and any other step th r b fa d Island, _26,372 in British Columbia, 3i,88l in New Brunswick, the agricultural poissiilofionnlillth: Ql::l\'l:lelc:ls:l\ytlhzlz;tngtlllq . 32,963 in Nova Scotia, 58,022 in Manitoba, 99,716 in Alberta, adian standard of living, based on the objective of equality for 133,703 in Saskatchewan, 154,629 in Quebec and 178,169 in the industry within the Canadian economy. That much ne

Ontario. _ The _farm folks livin on_tiie_se farms are normal reasonable person can deny to agriculture. Less than that, no human beings with the hop_es an aspirations of other Canadians. reasonable person can wish to perpetuate.

A; a class, they hov_e not _in peacetime had a fair deal in Can-

|da's economy. it is on inequity that is no credit to us. lt is COLD STORAGE FACILITIES

one that ought no longer to be perpetuated. 1 in our approach toward equality for agriculture, we shall l6. To guard against a shortage of supply of food for human

enlist the co-operation of th_e organized farmers of Canada and consumption in Canada, we shall plan, in the general ‘ ‘ af other representative rnen in t_he industry; we shall at all times of all, to maintain a reserve of supplies of the maior storable consult with representative agricultural groups in the formula- fond products; and we shall encourage the establishment of tion of agricultural policy; and we shall see that agriculture is private as well as co-operative cold storage facilities for the represented on all administrative as well as advisory boards that more perishable products, such as fruits, vegetables, meat, have to do with important matters respecting the industry. poultry and eggs. j, We shall appoint_as Minister of Agriculture, a man who Other reserves — international ln character - for insur- ‘ ie trained in the practice of agriculture. And in addition we once against shortage of human food will be needed, if the

. ehall appoint an Under_Secretary_of Agriculture, who also shall world outside is to be fed adequately. We shall help to produce be trained in the practice of agriculture. Should the Minister a generous share of these reserves, but we shall regard it as the be from Eastern Canada, the Under Secretary will be from responsibility of the co-operating notions - including Canada Western Canada and vice verso. it is in the interests of both -— lo’ provide and carry the cost of this protection against human Eastern and Western Agriculture that both be fairly represented wont.

hthe administration of the Department. l7. Since the provision of reserves to insure against possible future shortage of the more important food products is clearly n RESPONSIBLE MINISTRY the responsibility of the state, we shall see to it that, either

_ directly or indirectly, the state, and not the farmer, shall bear We shall place under the Ministry of Agriculture the the carrying charges of thus insuring itself against any shortage

,8 IKE hundreds of other little girls and boys, s.’ n

nsibility for developing a co-ordainated plan of production of human food. n rs - an marketing for Cnnada. We shall place _under that Ministry l8. in order to help make the use of credit available to farm- :';,°|,|;r‘:g°,-r:,:iif Tfizrjlltgtldldiildledhailzhiiefeyr‘rdzwn the / not only the administration of all production and marketing ere who require it, and to co-operative Institutions which _need rhriii er a real, live, hold-you-elose-ln-his-arms daddy." i n dngnggr 5AM; err “us! T‘ plans, but also the growing responsibilities cognized by ‘to it, at as low rates pf interest as ore economically possible, in an Then dnddk, d,’ o", m." ndnnnd w "m, yon u,‘ n" T“ \X} En _ . Governments of the Allie_d Nations ot the recent Conferdnco on effort to serve agriculture with the some efficiency as the com- n, “ma” and “now “n”, y" nnn,‘ d, "m. add,“ - —' c» Food and Agriculture, with respect to‘ food and its distribution. merciol banks and other lending institutions are now serving “k Yunnan i, yon d" hvnnnnd d" y“ “n, ,0 spud d,‘ We_ shall provide for Canadian agriculture a _speciai foreign business, — we sh_all enquire into the success and experience yinnny wnkn w," bnnn nnn,‘ n“ dddd," u," n" ndmnn; S ‘ agricultural service, the personnel of which will _be located at of the Farm Credit Administration of the United States rind “m. ‘nndm, w“, m“, m“, n‘. h" u", mun“ n" noun“, strategic food importing points, and tn occupy itself with the other countries, assess the success and scope of present loaning ‘m, Pun,” "m, on,’ “dd,” ‘m, n," ,, h n, yén, "w" n, ‘ enlargement of the markets for Canadian agricultural products services with a view to promoting their efficiency; and we shall Mn, mnkd,,,n,,d,,,,,,nn “mflnm Md,“ n]. “m” hnd, ydnbw w le other countries. _ ' see to it that such additional credit institutions as ere needed, d mnn,‘ wnnd "m, w," “n, bnnn "u" evc.ndb..,,‘ dnddhnr, h“ r l. We shall appoint a laard of Livestock Commissioners, in especially equipped to serve agriculture, are provided through k, nnnn, ynnnn n,n,,_

which shall be vested power to regulate and direct all aspects of the agency of a central farm bank. .- llvestocli marketing, in somewhat the same manner as the Board l9. in order that losses on farm loans may be lessened and ' of Grain Commissioners regulates the handlin of wheat. interest rates thereby reduced, we shall see that the state gives W

To do away with the risk of llllvlll too sequent riiinously constructive aid by surveying- and classifying all lands in farms or likely to be farmed, so that the most efficient soil and crop-

low prices for a ricultural products and, at the some time, reach

higher standar s of living for all, we shall raise farm prices, ping practices may be developed, the respective capacities for

not by decreasing the supply of farm products but by increasing economical production made known, their relative value as ,

the demand for them; we shall set out to build not a world of security for loans more accurately ascertained, and potential '

scarcity, but a world of plenty. _ in th_o interest of agriculture losses on farm loans thereby avoided. (and much", res, nnnnend) w,“ be mnnbed ,n dn d" “d, yo, “d,” n, n" a,“ n, “m. ndm. nnnnni" d,” nnn b. ndid rd,‘

lm" ""4 i" ti"! "1""! ‘if Qiitiiiliiifl "95""? "idiiiiiiiil "ii""P|°Y' for which under present practice more are needed; and we shall which is the condition toward which the world's economy must FARM DEBT ADJUSTMEN-ls . plan for supplementary employment for farm workers in off- be brought. Let us determine to use our fortunate position oi

aient, we are determined to see that the purchasing power of foodproducers to accomplish three things much needed in Con-

seasons by encouraging the development of complementary en-

Ciinoda's farmersnas well as her workers in other spheres, is no T h H f I d d b h maintained at a reasonable level. . . o meet t e pro em o an e ts in areas w ere it has [eppfisgg and n; far a; rnay be practicable by promoting rural d d ' ' t ti s:

l. In the interest alike of agriculture and of Canada an_d of been or con be demonstrated that they are beyond the earning niecmflcnnnn nnd otherwise ,,,cn,,,nne "n, dnndnndiizdfinn n, ayaxgcnnlzdaz: ‘d: 1:, nnnqdnnn, nmdnnn" n, n ,,,ndn_ world peace, we shall deal with the problem of low prices arising capacity of the land, under good management, to meet, ade- indnsn,’ nnd ,|,, “union in ,,,,,,| men, n, and, ,n.,n||_,cn|d ;n_ nun“, fin“,

IliKtiB", ""9" "Qim- dustrial enterprises as may be suited to the locality. (1) Feeding at hungry ngtiaere poet-war yeare as a humanitarian

from agricultural surpluses by, amongst other things, expanding quote provision for re-adiustment and re eur export markets to the fullest extent that we can. in pre- stry, of such debts, by Federal legislation, will be made. it will _ dn". nnd war days, there were 30 million acres in Western Canada devoted not be the intent of such legislation to make possible the avoid- 7 EDUCATwN (3, Rnsnnannn n, w,“ nnn and wndd "dd: on "n, rnnndn, to the production of products for export. There were onl l7 ance of obligations by inefficient or incompetent borrowers but “on n, nndw," nnd nn nmnndinn n, nn innnnnnnnd, nn, million acres of crop land in all five province of Eastern on- rather the adjustment of only such debts as an examination by 15_ sin" in Canada, education depends upon land taxation ior cessity or world order world progress and enduring peace- odo. if Western and other Canadian farms are forced _throu_gh independent and_ competent persons _ieveols could not be met in n h,” n“, oi n, mun“, and ",8 n,“ n, puxaflon nn |nnd in ' - ~ failure to obtain export markets, to enter into_ competition with fiill, even by efficient farmers. if in a_ny Province this iegisla- mun, own, i, excessive” bigi, and no, wirbin d“ nnrsdicfinn n, CON¢LUS|ON Eastern farmers for Eastern markets, what will happen to the tion should not be desired b_y its Provincial Legislature, we would in, Dominion Gnyemmen, n, mdn“, nnd ye, doe, nn, nnnddn -, _ - ' Wesperity of Eastern Canadian farmers, who now supply these be disposed to accede to its recommendations with respect to ‘ufficienf “venue in, edncnrionn] need,’ of,“ nunifinn in “n. 3Q n, "d" n, “an, h, ,,,n ,n,.,n,nn nnnnnnnn,’ “bin-y, i, no, Eastern Canadian markets? The_ answer _is obvious. _ t must the matter. _ , _ _ _ justifiable inequity to children in many parts of Canada, — in well Qrggniggd, aqualiry at status in the Canadian economy, with be clear that the problem of agriculture in Canada is one at 2i. in the interests of both efficient production rind rease_d y," of "n, cnndirion n, sin," s" rbn, rnn_|:,,|,,n| G°y.""n.||f' wdnniud |nbnnn dnd Mnnnilnd indnsn,’ nnd on," dds,“ equal concern to oth Eastern and Western farmers. it ls uses for farm products, we_shall extend the facilities_ for agri- nigh“, inrufenng Wm, pfgyinciul inrisdicrron, nmyidn, n mg“. which n" W" Mnnnind, we snn", b, denennnbzing ndm,n,,,,n_ not a Western problem only. It is one of our outstanding cultural ‘research. A National Research labornltorly is_ ‘ililready n" or g" ' ' I nssnrnncn in 9,“, rbnr in, Pfoyiggces n,” may, n" fnnnnnn, nnd cnnnny, n, mncb n, ndssibh, b, wnmnnnn d,“ ""°“°' """"°““" mn MARKETS 12123:. '."..5::::'"..‘ii:"<i.;' 321m... d; .:,':..,.".".."::: ::::';'r..i..".'.2r::.:'2:::a1"* '" i‘ "iriir" 7"," Fri" "t t’ I , - mea o eera eisoion,i ,omaeaeuae ""5 of qiiiiciiltiirfll Pmducls for lnduilallfllbpuip“?! ‘l: bmncllhn‘ 25. lit. VlEW 0f the_heavy drain llpOll tlié fertility tllld pfbdllCtiVQ firrqxing gf gffectiyg agricultural grggnliyzgtion r. _ '1' ; 52d by l- Te bring about an expansion of our export markets and llil Nfltiiimil Rfltiiifii "iiiifiiltltiii" WI I "till? i! Id l" t "i capacity of Canadian farm lands caused by the exhaustive type giving rha industry ireeli a large share at rg§p0|1§|b|l|ty rar wnrh. thereby higher standards ot living generally, we shall be prepar- till"; 9° ‘it'll iimiiiiiiiilli‘ Willi iii" """"°| Wiiiiiiii ‘it lii/"iiick of farming many producers are foijced to follow, we shall put into ing out its own salvation—in these ways, we shall help agriculture ed, in accordance with the principles of the Atlantic Charter, tliieiiflli diiiiflicntjc ‘"0" ciiflliliili, tlitiiiitlliflic "Willi 0i A"li"' operation plans for the conservation as well a_s the development nae anly ra pranrare a larger rngggurg at equity tar melt bur also to progressively lower the barriers to trade; we shall sci up a als Branch, additional and adequate. facilities for a thorail9h of the vast store_ of, wealth in our greatest_herit_age - the upper ta defend its own as well as the general interest when public special export agency charged with the responsibility of prernar- study 0l'_C0l\l'tlgi0l:‘S animlal dilseasgsl, for reksearclbl workron Olin, foot of the nations soil. Tliatlwealth is_ being detrimentolly bodies are giving consideration to such demands of any group ing international trade, maintaining and xpanding export oral agricultural, Ofiltllldtstd on _ivest_i;c pro dams, jniinc a‘, drawn upon today to the nations great disadvantage, because a; call far Igrggr nanrrihurinn; a, concesmn, from "113 “are, .01 markets for primary products, ensuring that domestic prices ""5"" Vi" "1"?" e i° """°"|' "Li, ""0 tiliif" iii"! , the incomes of many of tliose engaged in the_ industry do not which agriculture i; such a large part and in far ran many shall not be depressed because a small surplus may happen to alleges; and t0_ WP lcm"? "i! "'7 Vi!" °_°"_ i"°"_'"° b“ Wm" "'9!" '°_d° “lmw” "m" "m" "'9 "il- Th" Qlilillelfii instan not on equal, beneficiary of its policies. result in making low export prices apply to both; and developing t°° liitlc iiRPiwuit Wiitk °i "it ¢°""tY "iiiiflittiifit "Qiiiiiiltiiitll every_ province in Canada. Although damage from soil erosion In it; relatively ufiorgqnhed condition, agriculture has not c positive program of international collaboration, on the part ot "Pilifltiitiilce, cYciY iiieiiiiii‘! 0t fiii-iilicitititiii Will lic Qiifcii- by wind has been particularly severe in parts of Western Can- been in a position ta speck with a united voice and its ciprscals both exporting and importing countries with a view to furthering ~-» »- ado, where more than 2 l_-2 million acres of land onco_cultivat_ed have yelded but temporary and sometimes umoiind e=i~"":o's the exchange of commodities and better international undet- TRAN5P°RTATl°N _ has been abandoned, sell erciieii ltY Wiitci’ i! iiflfliiiiiiitl _iiii "i- for the redress of ills which require basic treaimcnt. Until such mndinn nnd nnndwm _ creosinoly serious problem _in many pai_'ts of a_ll other sections at time as it is possible for agriculture to achieve scmctirinci like l- To find additional outlets for our surplus products, we shall 11 li_i Vi" iii "i" 9'9"‘ i_"iP°_i'_ii‘i"¢c 0i iijiimliiitilitlti" l" llil the nation. _ A natinnal soil conservation policy including ‘re- {all arganizai-ian for itself, the state must see that its legitimate llpaiid our home markets by increasing the purchasing power Canadian eclplnomy, tze desiinaliility of kfidiillii freight rates_as ferestatian ll1 certain areas must be dstablished if increasing interfere are protected ‘in order that the intquities of long ales" people, raisin the average standard olbnutzition, gevelop; Lfztnftiriielziiiigd ¢lnigr.°i'pfi:fiici:nufnli ‘clam: c ‘(I31 0:‘ fl-pzitziinm: numbers of farms are not to be forced into abandonment. branding‘ will not be still further unnecessarily perpetuated oi indu ' oducts an nsti u n , I _ . r ncrease . ..“in4f'1."*~.t::,*’;,2%"i‘~»’i~r-r=*~- -' .. 112228.122‘;2l2"°%il%,.°',fil?f"2§..£;"",i..tl21G '*"**i"=*""*=*v"=*= " ' rm ricer _ _ r_ _ _ I , . In "d" M ‘mm.’ with fluctuumn‘ o p ' billet "lid l" "Wit", -' Piiii/"ili" Vi" l" "it'll" 9° "4""! 27. in view of the inadequate medical and hospital services now , g

.~» l- ll - a rs ‘d flee . . . . i,§.'r,':|,'.'§',,r°,',’§§ ,i,i,y°‘i,'rrin,','r',i'r,zi,ifr',l,rmaii fla wish: shall "it" i"! "ltltiii" 0i il tiilllfl imltlitlieii iYitfi" iii "iiiilliiiitfltiii" ' prevailing in many rural districts, due chiefly to unfavourable ‘um, N n" pmduc." n,“ band", of any advance flnygom Ill Canada, lldlphfll M fllflllSll llil lifltl0ll Willi EliC CllQQPQSE lllld, ggglrigmic cqrrdifiqrrg, wg ghgII cg-opgygfg with ‘fly’ proyiyiggg yifl] ‘m! “Exm WADDBLL

Since price ceilings are now being maintained to prevent form Wilt lfiim" "Wife liQsillile consistent with _the maintenancei a view to placing and keeping the health services of rural areas - l "7 ti" miilfimliiii "hiimY °i "it ti" 9"" "iilWilY ‘Ylltiiil tllitl, on a par with those of urban areas and to raising the standard The new, mama in Mgdtcrd,

. . - p ' prices from rising to high levels in wartime, we Iliflll l" l‘ without any amalgamation or unification. - of both. oer. 1o, 194a. ot Mary (Maclnnls) widow o! Alexander Weddell. age

hat rice floors are rovided, to prevent farm prices from _ _ , _ _ _ dropping r9 nnini, ha“, in nnncnrinm Th". nhonid no, he 23. _ln view of the nor_mal increase in population in rural nreas at 2B. in order to help bring more modern conveniences to the aid .,, "n, “mun, "M", ,, m, n,“ ‘dung, on hm, W“, n, wnvnn, inflnnnn n, vafflm.’ a time when the agricultural industry is over_ eveloped in relo-, e_f women m rural homes and to farmers in their productive ac- West, Medtara Baptist,“ Cixintlrch, without price flea" ra reyenr deflation in peace time. Sh" i° ifiliiliiil ""5 Will" liiciefiliiil "iulitimlfltiiiii 0t lflfiiiliitl. tivities, at the lowest possiblo cost, we shall co-operate with the ‘mmnm adfii-ogzn-klxi-lgd-er nibadden We shall pare each Federal inerketina legislation as may is Ilxdsendng‘ rather tll‘ian_ LIICIRIIGSIIIQ the numb'e‘r of workmen provinces, through works prorects for providing employment, in n“ m“ “r m, n", bu. necessary ea prayide for orderly marketing. 2" ' "i" "i" V" i I =°""§l""i¢e t at Yeiina peep e, on _effort to extend such self-lrnuldatlng pro|ects as the dlstri- ioixengdbeinc the dare Jtoe. lbdililcinlnils '°"i "i" hi"! ti" Pitt!“ l"i° "iii" l" "Flt!" "tilt", settled button of electrical power, the improvement of rural homes and "n, m‘ flduaf m, ‘Law d‘,

' ~ ' ' t f heat as to _ _ e Sh“ so "m, our markm" ‘y! m or w times with but little or no specialized training-we shall, through the construction of better roads, to as many as practicable of mourn in. 1mg or n kind m, 10v- mothe . Bowley. Welter, Percy,

t ' I i t ti" . . . . . . . his:lzliliiiiiiiitelml:lthofhiiiisyvlsfcriiliilrellyudylhehidcdidiigeudf the co-operation with the provinces assist in providing vocational the rural iarmsteods and communities as are in need of these g5“, Mum“, ‘my Arm M" Professional s eculotor. For this purpose, We lliflll, 51 ltllilii" “M”. l" "m! 7°", 9”?“ i“ "H °‘ “M”; “"4 w‘ "W" "MC"- isees: ' Mri. Atisérr Maximal ' provide opportunities for those seeking work or changes of ein- 29. in order to remove the fear from son's minds that surpluses eta oi Viagra c-eneaa; Rpm

9W

"m prov“. or ‘my Mumuyfulnnhh". pletllilflt, tglrciigh the more effective organization of employ- hangina over markets may recur an?‘ aoain drive farm prices to away,‘ ""5 h" l p RM; ineiit ogenc es. , _ _ _ _ uniustifiablv low levels, we must see that these surpluses are 3r, ni n, “,4 I SUMMRGINAL A 24.‘ ln o'r‘der to pieierv; the family farm‘ llli Canada, a III"; whic: pllowed nieither to impovLeIrish their producers nor to be wighheld g-gnllnofiifggzrgmtisd crligedliiirgi l. A, n “y, n r ,,,|,|;,|,inn-n,,|¢u|rure en a sound I MW i ieiiieii v t e competition o aroer units in t is on rom serv ng their possi e humanitarian functions in o unorv n n , H, _ n ° “_ """ll\l”ltaei°;, w: giiallyiriauturate a vigorous policy of better! ether countries, we shall speed up and systematize the use ol_ world, they must be so managed that thsv will neither uiidiil" plenelnedn tialchglgslllliflsll.‘ liieertiftlig- n“ ‘Mn, n_ wnnnen m, o, n,’ land utilization and through it, facilitate the transfer of sub-, plans by which the overhead cost to farmers of securing the ad- depress farm_ prices nor vet be delayed in the service of their ginniaiaiexigiaafgigyziiitfigacd a: ‘v h“ A "mm, “fink-m M _ "'"~inn| turn, in“; n, rnnre eeanarnlc uses; and we shall, inso- vantages of mechanization may be lowered; lrr co-ooeration and prooer function, the feeding of the human race. mum“, o, he, n,,',, gnu,“ 1-,, ° ' ’ " ' ’“"= the ternity end all sorrowina ec-rh-n ovIseee tor the post. eye