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Better Railway Equipment Edward Island. Urges That Maritime Provincial Premier-p and Members of House of Commons are in Better Position

to Inform Govern

MaritintesThan All! Royal. Commission Which Will Only Delay ‘

Claims.

Mll, J. A. MaGDONALD, (Kings) M, speaker, l would scarcely have “k8,, part in this debate were it not for the fact that I represent a cqnfltlillfillcy in the . province whlclhot all the provinces has perhaps suffered the most through the failure of Canada to carry out the terms of confederation and, n; the resolution puts it, "to keep fglth with the assurances and und- ertakings of the government and parliament oi Canada. 1 do not lntend to cover the ground of the rewlution generally. lbut to refer briefly to some parts that apply particularly to the province of Prince Edward Island.

Prince Edward Island held out for better terms than those origin- glly proposed in 1867, and having secured them entered Confeder- ation in 1873. At that time the island had been a self-governing colony for over one hundred years. and ln the interval had made great progress. People from the Old Country settled there and hcwed farms out of the wilderness and eventually became prosperous They developed a thriving trade and established industries suitable to their needs, such as cloth mills, knitting mills, boot and shoe fact- orics and agricultural implement factories. In the thirty years the- fere confederation the populstlnn doubled itself, the revenues were buoyant and sufficient in every way to meet the colony's expendi- ture.

Now, the last speaker (Mr. Brown] asked in what way the terms of confederation were not carried out. One of the terms under wllich Prince Edward Island entered the Dominion was:

Efficient steam service for the

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Second Car Ferry and for Prince

ment of Needs .of Adjustment of

does he_ think Prince Edward lg. land was fairly treated? Wily.’ 511'. under the conditions I have described between 1900 and the present time our trade has fallen "if ihrvush the non- fulfillment of 1111B ilarticular term of thewcon- tract. and as a result many firms have gone into bankruptcy owing to losses incurred by degtrnctlon 0i Perishable products through de- lay in transportation. _ These dis- astrous conditions have seriously iillured our people. until today our former thriving industries are a 111919 111911101‘! and our population has dwindled from practically a hundred thousand people in 1873 to less than 90,000 today.

‘Now. this ls one of the failures of Canada to implement its pro- mise that we thi-nk ghould be dealt with. ‘Whether the royal Oommiaflion that has been appoint- ed will deal with our grievances fully and fairly is something that I do not care to discuss. ldo feel, however, that we should not be put off with a royal commis- sion, that the facts can. be fairly represented to the government by the members of this House and by the provincial governments of the three maritime provinces. The

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Makes Strong Plea for

(Canadian Press). a OHdC-Afi llls-. April l8.- The United States ilovcrnment . lest its first slr piracy case to- dsy when Federal Judge Jam- Uh rt. Wilkerson, found for the defendant. the Zenith Radio cwliorstlen and its President, E- F- McDonald. Jn, who had been accused of violating the wlrelsso sdt of 1912 by broad- casting en s wave length ap- Pwtioncd to two Canadian Station, one in the east and the other In the west.

EHEWE THlll-Ill- ENC ll] TIE llP SHIPPING

Unless Their Demand For Higher Wages and Shorter Hours is Settled.

TEN HOUR DAY

Principal Contention of Marine Workers —Raises Asked for Vary From $10 to $5011 Month.

(OInaKPreQs)

NEW YORK. April 16. — The crews of four hundred tugs con-

three premiers are now engaged n preparing the case or the marl- times for presentation to the fed- eral government. I know that the premier of Prince Edward ls- land. in conjunction with the pre- miers of Nova ‘Scotla Brunswick. has -been working on the case for two years. that those gentlemen and the members in the House represent- ing the maritime provinces are iu a far better position than any roy- al commission to present to the

IWorkers

set and New| A

veying and towing 'shlps in New ,York‘ harbor went out on strike last night. The strike was ‘order- ed -by the Associated Marine until their demand for higher wages and. shorter hours is t led.

Grace Steamship Line, Moran Towing Company.

and

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mong the tugs tied up by the l benavestrike were said to be those tow-

ing liners for the Munson line, the the

The principal contention of the marine workers is for a ten hour

was cnaanonsrowa cuannmz

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On Account of , Tariff Changes, Which Threaten Both Domestic and Export Trade, Entire Plant is Closed Indefin- itely - Crisis Fe ared . in Canadian Automobile Industry - Actual Prem- ium on. Importe d Cars.

1y made by Labor in its recent me- morial to the Premier and mem- bers of his cabinet

information ls not available, ,he said, as to whether there is to lbe any increase in exemptions on ac- count of children or other depend- ents. Labor would certainly ex- pect that, he said, rather than de- creased tainee for wealthy people. “Any other reductions possible in taxation in our opinion" said Mr. Moore “would have been bet- ter if brought about by greater re- duction or even total abolition of the sales tax, rather than by inter- ference wllih protective duties. But the matter of tariff reductions needs detailed investigation before any opinion can be expressed‘ on it" he said.

"it is satisfactory to know that the time has been reached when there is a possibility of reducing taxation but it is to be hoped it does not mean curtailment of ex- penditures in needadl social legis- lation such as old age pensions or improvement in conditions for em- ployees in the government service."

(Canadian Pres!) IPORONYDO. Ont, April iii-Tho plant of the General Motors Cor- poration at Oshawa. Ontario, sus- pended operations today, and three thousand employees were temlpor- arlly out of work. On arrival at the the factory they found the follow- ing notice displayed:

'10n acount of tariff changes the entire plant is closed indefinitely until the company is able to arrive at an intelligent conclusion as to what future course may be consid- ered advisable.

lt. S. McLaughlin, President of the company. declined to make any comment.

Comment of other motor car manufacturers on the tariff chang- es, which they claim wild result in a crisis in the Canadian motor car manufacturing industry. was with- held pendlng the outcome of the meeting which assembled at the L msden Building today, of mem- bers of tlhe Atom-otlve Industries of Canada. T. A. Russell, Presi- dent, was in the chair, i lMr. lMldbaughlln stated his stall.‘ "had lbeen. working through the night on the matter. He would is- uue a statement later in the day. iieads of the corporation in con- ferenctptodny went over the situ- ation. '

Tsri-ff Changes ‘Effective As From April 16th

OTTAWA, 0nf., April Iii-Tariff changes lprovidetl in the Budget, in-

New York Stages

Prohibition Offensive

(Osnsdlsn Press)

NEW YORK. N. V-. Andi 16. -The largest . prohibition offensive ever staged has re- sulted In the psdlociting of .42 night clubs, csbsrcts. raid HOUIII, and cafes In the Met- ropolitan district. "Jolly Frlsrs/i- one of Greenwich Village's orbs! prominent “Bohemian” resorts, was among those closed.

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Cancellatiponof Penal- ty Imposed on Iriqu-l 0r Schooner Criticis-i ed.

POLITICAI: INFLU- ENCE

Mentioned by Hon. R. B. Bennett as Prob- able Reason of Schooner’s Release

(Canadian Press)

(yrqlAwlA, April lli-illelease of the, 1|)“ enlburs Schooner ‘W. C. Kennedy and her cargo was sever- ely criticised in the ‘Customs Probe this morning.

1W. J. Blair, legal adviser to the Customs Department was told that as a lawyer he was not 111811-1181! 111 recommending cancellation of the penalty imposed on the liquor schooner, much less the return of

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lto retired employees.

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Pill] llll EMPUIYEE

ENSIIIN

Revealed in Nineteent h Anhual Statement of

Board Supervisin Lines Provident F ficiaries and 75 Di

MONCTON. April 16.—A total of $632,848.30 was paid out 1n pen- sions to employees coming under the provisions of the ‘Provident Fund Act, according to the 19th annual financial statement being issued to employees today by the board supervising the lntercolonlal and Prince Edward island Rail- ways Employees’ Provident Fund. During the year 102 employees were placed on the fund and 75 who had been receiving allowances died.

Whereas there was a balance $202,215.94 to the credit of fund at the end of the year there is now no balance and dur- ing the 12 months’ period the pay- ments exceeded the contributions of the employees and the usual contribution by the Canadian gov- ernment by that sum plus $72,251.- 44 paid out for the deficit and $4., 505.80 which has been contributed annually to provide for the increas- ed retiring allowance paid to those getting minimum pensions.

One of the features is the in- crease ln the average pension paid in 1907-08 it was $25.49. Last year it came withlln 11 cents of being double that. $50.87. In all the payments made under the provisions of the act total more than $5,000,000 vary- ing from $24,913.04 in 1907-08 to the total paid out last year, which was the highest.

Starting 6ut_with the intention

of the 1924.

g I. C. R. and P. E. L und; 102 Made Bene- e in Year.

of having the government pay dol- lar for dollar, up to a total of $100,000, which was deemed audio‘- ent, the government contributed $82,707.74 the firstyear the act was in force. but by 1914-15 the contributions of the employees far exceeded the $100,000 mark and ‘they kept going higher until 1921. when they paid ihto the fun $322.- G-iiluii). This has gradually fallen off with the decrease in the num-

ber of enlployeea since that peak.

{period until last year when they contributed $255,084.50. This com- ‘parcs with $172,251.44 plus the

special minimum of $43,505.80 paid in by the federal department.

Members of Board

The Provident Fund Board which ladmlnisteréd the fund last year consisted of W. U. Appleton, gen- eral munalzer Atlaanllc region. C.i\'. R., chairman; H. H. Melanson, gell- eral passenger traffic manager, C. N.R., Montreal; A. '1‘. Weldon, traf- fic manager, Atlantic region, C.N. ,l‘t.. appointed by the Minister of Railways; B. Allourgeois, treasur- er. Atlantic region, and J. f‘. Graves, travelling auditor, C.N.li... elected by the employees. This {year's board i185 the same mem- bership, with the exception of J. C. Graves, who was defeated in the elections held at the first of the year by Daniel A. Sullivan. Con- ductor, of this city.

lllabor M. P.’s Banished For ‘ Two Weeks

(Canadian Press)

the cargo. . ‘it was Hon. R. B. Bennett, wlho,

eluding the reductions in duties on

The General Motors staff appar- momr earth g0 “no enact today.

ently had had previous intimation of the possibilities of changes in the tariff in the way of lowering the duties on motor cars. it is said

also effective as apply "no all goods imported or

took the officials of the Depart-

The changes in the sales tax are'111°111- 1° 141911 m‘ 111° mime‘- “P° 111 i111! 1mm tad,” and litical influence" was freely men- House of

tloned by him and Hon. H. H. Stev-

LONDON. April 16. ~— The thir- teen Labor memlhers of the House of Commons who were suspended nil night session of the Commons Wednesday night by a vote of 163 to 76, on mo- tion of Neville Chamberlain, .\lin-

Dirigible Norge Arrives in Russia.

(Canadian Press)

Iil-ININGRAD, April 16. — The Amundsen - Ellsworth dirlgibie Norge arrived at Trotsk, a suburb oi Leningrad. inst night after fl flight begun at Oslo yesterday morning.

Musso1ini’s Out-

ltaken out of a warehouse for con-EB"! i" i116 1110111111119 11188011 W11)’ 111° gnmptlqn 0,, and alts,- [hat datelCus-tolns Department. a year after ister of Health, for "wilfully ob- and to gggdg previously lmportadythe seizure of the W. C. Kennedy structlng buslnesey- must remain for which no entry for consumption 111111 1190111911 11"“ 191° 11°55“ w“ “my m’ two weeks‘ mid“ the m‘ was ma“ lmlare that dale {outside territorial waters when B141 11111111111181111111’ 11119-‘1- 111111 ii 1111i’

Tl, l, l tl, t l l l iselzed and that there was no proof 11118 01 1119111 111 10111111 Wiiilill 111" _ _ec 1mg” u e “if o“ p” "311",, 13 cues o! “quot transfer,“ precincts of the House before the ca“ from 8 and 15 “in” m a to a motorboat outside that limit 11181191151011 “Xvilfli- 11° W111 1w ziligiizigcifitloggys a imam“ 3°“ was smuggled "no Canada. 'liable to summary removal.

The Budget provides that the in- 1141'- 119111191- 59-111 1119 m9 amwed

come tax changes are applicable to‘¢i9111‘1l' 111111 i119 niiiimm“ w“ i

day with pay lfor overtime, it was said, rather than the present working wcok nrrangemejnt n sixty to seventy hours. The wage raises asked for vary from increases of l0 to 25 dollars amouth in the pay of cooks to in- creases of fifty dollars a month ill the pay of captains.

The Olympic is scheduled to. sail at midnight lfor Southampton

that a week ago men in certain de- purtments were informed that if these changes were made effective the factory would have to reduce tllc stuff or close down entirely.

federal government our local needs and claims.

While our claims have much in common with those of the other two maritime provinces, we have n claim peculiar to the island; l re- fer to ollr mainland connection, which is not yet satisfactory. Al- though in i912 the Borden govern- inont made a. start to implement this clause of the confederation

conveyance ol‘ mails and passe-ug- ers to be established and main- tained between the island and the mainland, winter alnd slimmer. thus placing the island in contin- uous communication with the 1n- iercolonial railway alnd the rail- way system of the Dominion.

Now, Mr. Speaker, l would ask the hon. member: Does be know how faith was kept wlllrPrince

bursts Cause Worry in France

lPlARls, April 16.—~Premier Mus- solinfs outbursts in Tripoli are causing some worry in certain dual‘ tors bore. Without wishing to take his granllilolluent phrases too ser-

Protection Wlped Out ' In One ‘Stroke

‘TORONTO, April lil.——"lt ls the

_ to b8 followed a few 1111111118! 1B1"? ummlmious View or mo“ present income for the year 1925 and each V1111?“ 11"“- 111“ Kimnedyl” “at” o’ iuusly, French politicians insist will?“ ‘Bland Wm] vmspsct w 1111;533:3211, 31ft? ttligainaillrlllanfiolis by 11'“ Pmmhmd 1°’ Amwerp" {§““,,,‘§,‘° ,§"“"°,§,,'“,,""“‘f""“§,,,,§,‘} veer thereafter. 994 “"5 w“ “imam 1°’ 01mm‘ FflrflsifFrom the Italian dictators Napoleonic {cited aid]: (iltllifllle "H110". dve ‘not entireiY katisfactory. but i am Tm.“ “"88 ships’ Berengaflm ddtrinestlllzaarid gxlport Irtarilalicltia An mhe-pruvmon “mums the Bm” m" shores and that the department - gestures 11118111 W811 11111111118 111° failure of Canada l’: (git-rancid. lnsiieedv w admit that it ill-much bet- smurf" and Con“ Ros“ am analysis of the situation discloses is" 1"°'°"°“"“i m“ 1° 5”,“ '22“ n31: thdaefim; Landscape 1"*"'°“““ °' ‘m °"""“bi° 95°11"

- ' _ ° “Y- ‘ when conveyed without traasho @- ° - - 5 like the Italians with disastrous Part ot the bargain. lil 1000,1111‘ ""111 i1 1111911 1° 1'"- i "111 "i" “e l l u, _ l|| tl the fact that the whole of the pro- -- _'- , (lune, llm lgaurlo, gown-Hmong u“, citing the action ol’ the Borden “:21”, Sfigksfirpgiizgam Phi; ‘garbore’ ‘action “Home” m t|he_8u,0mob“o'ment lo sea or river ports of Cana- Wilt/TIT‘ ‘illsgiiolgltzamiiililfggrfiied ms (canadlan PM”) consequences to the peace of Eur-

govennment for political reasons, because l‘ am quite ready to give the Lnurior government credit for recognizing our claims in i900. but the Borden government went a long. way to improve conditions when they began to standardize our railway and provide a car lorry service. But what is the condition today? More tllau hall of the Prince Edward island rall- way is still narrow gauge, and lion. tnsnrbers, unless they have had the experience ot‘ haludliul: traffic trom a narrow gauge to a standard gauge line, cannot under-

‘cislms of Prince Edward island for dalnill-zes in that regard were recognized, and the government of that day granted an additional 11111114111)’ of $30,000 a year in settle- lnent of nil clalmson that account 11D io 1000. That represented ltroballly a capital sum of a million dollars at that time. lBut would 1111)’ hon. member say that a mil- llon dollars would compensate for the hardships we suffered for twenty-seven long years by rea- son of that failure of Canada to carry out that term of the con- federation pact‘!

industry has been wiped out in oncida becomes enecuve on January l’

stroke, because the reduction of duties in greater than the margin

ope. it would be n grave mistake

with the exception or m” burg“ lllcrofore to pay no attention to his

and other‘ craft handled by rail- road and government tugs. Shipp- ing men, however, were convinced lt would not stop shipping, though it ‘might cause delays.

_ report, submitted to the lMinlsterll llliilfl), T. if!» 1111111 1111- — T1111 »O'l"ilAW.A, April Iii-The newml Customs in MW- 1914- a YB" “V” m" m“ "°"‘°""‘°“' m“ llttcrarlces or acts.

tarlrr 0,, aulomoblle, become, 9,‘. later than the seizure. and-his rec- 111s 81111111111 01 11111111111. .1011 Wercl “ma, we member,‘ o, me “and, ti t i't.d s-n th - -- ~- - ~-| n - - ~ p23“ ‘if 55w mimilizgiturere oiulllsgqfectlve today. Under the terms erpmmelnieiien11111111l9§&LB9...1111P"111fj§gfdoffgflkfif§wlfig“Jdnlfjffszfffj Cartel Des Gauchos majority think nluteria’; and Una-l conpcmd‘ on mdtho budget resolution the new rat-"boTfiturrllled .for fail’; ol élurisdicdilfln feel yévido and ten we, “m” m“, is expressed by 11C Quotidlen in an , _ . ' es are applicable to all goods tak- 8W 08 111189 118B 011 8 q 85 ' ,'_ ,1 _ _, mlllorlaljm a a v t. w.

Y a? ° tlqn on and alter tqdny and. tmand lMr. Bair said he was still try-T

. ‘ flomeneaders He," “,0 .O,,-, maintain his dominion by keeping ‘goods previously imlported forlinfl lo Bet a 111011111‘ 1191111131111 01“, the pa", o; “,8 muvhuglaiuulatlollal feeling at fever heal by which no entry for consumption the torm-

llnve .5551“, l0 vncnte thel, placnsjgrandiloquent phrases and the gee- was made ibeforo iodlly- The lava already has blotted nituros oi’ a gladiator. Therein lies There 1B I10 P81916506 10 stocks pr-gat forest from the landscape, ill!’ danger. held by (leaders in the resolution.

.‘\\’llai are the limits of the de- lHou. J. A. Robb, Minister of Fin- lirium of a people cleverly doped

entire protection removed against filo mass production of American factories and with an actual prem- iuln on imported cars." ~

lTbe foregoing were the princi- pal points of a statement handed out this afternoon after a. lengthy

Spanish Aviators Reach India

(Canadian Press)‘

Rev. J. J. MacDonald

DELHI, India. April 16- — 711° ance, is out of the city todaynand l i i i111 ti sia and But suppose we say we were 111111111 tho hardships 111111 i“°°"' Spanish aviators, Captains G011" 419°11'19")" by diriwmr“ °1 the Awofflclals of the department decline Lacturfls 0n- Quebec 51311710213111?lTfflflflllfldflllllOi3:1‘ from adequately settled with up to 190m venicuce it entails. Not only Cale,’ Calm.“ and Lorlgl], m, their tomotlve accessory and tire makers m ma“ any statement “I "an", The

Tripoli. Duce's lieutenants claim Corsica. “Eliot will they not claim if the Roman Empire be re- constituted as it was in the days of Ceasar?

Season Well Under Way

of the country, following the Budg- et announcements of yesterday lby Hon. J. .A_ Rolalb, Finance Minister of Canada.

"The President, ‘T. A. Russell of

1 would point out to the House some of the things that happened later. in the winter of 1902-03 we were {l5 days without steam con- nection of alny kind with the main-

that, bllt the our ferry service can- O a“, tr, the Philip- not. carry ilnytiliug like the quant- gilgg; ffnTsnsp at Agra today. ity of freight that ls offered. A The", “mm "on, Knrnchl to Agra few weeks ago there were two w" 800 mu“,

hundred cars ‘of freight lying on Advmes from Qlflfl)

to the stocks in hand. The lpoint will probably be raised during de- bate on the resolutions.

European Trip

A large audience was present in ' the Agricultural Hall, Summer-side

“"11 ‘M’ Will carry on Until

, t - (Canadian Press) "France is not the only nation 02:1: any?“ ‘airing “wins? l.e:vty‘etcl2gnf<;nclenr::;1 3.2.22.5" Bfzinidhztr rézpttl-tgelazieygz Toronto was in the chair. Stocks are Llquldsted ‘irilfiifuyygeglalmté sl-IERJBROOKE. Que. April m. mennced. "rue hegemony which the