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. CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1949

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RASTIC IREDUCTION IN CANADA’S MERCHANT FLEET URGED

iii-yHour General Strike Called In France

Visiting Show Judge Optimistic Over Fox

And Mink Ranching

Enal Appraisal Nears Colnpiellon

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PARCELS FOR. BRITAIN

department Canada have raised \lli‘_\' to send 1.810 l"(‘i~is to people in the Since January, employees have xilnatcly $45,000 — .1» svnd 0,800 parcels to

Coming Events

"Mal: VPllr Films to Garnhum

Optimism tn the future of the fox business and good news for mink breeders regarding this year's market was the key-note of a speech by Mr. George H. Mayors of Lamaon, Fraser and Huth, Ltd., New York, at the annual Prince Edward Island Fur Exhibitors‘ banquet at the Queen Hotel last evening, Mr. Gordon MacMillan, president, presiding.

Mr. Mayors is judging the mink

today It the second annual live mink show at the exhibition grounds.

Guessing 220.000 foxes aa the total carry-over from last year and this year's take-off in both Can- ada and the U. S., Mr. Mayera said this number "means nothing if they come back. And can you im- llgine the demand for breeding stock? If you are financially fixed. you are crazy to go out of them." he declared.

The speaker pointed out that "toprlats bought more foxes in Canada than anyone else last Year." l-Ie urged breeders to raise and maintain the highest quality in breeding stock, especially in heavily veiled foxes, medium plat- lnums and good pearls.

Dileuasea Mlnk~

Speaking of mink, he said with overall production down over 25% and the carryover smaller than last year, breeders coll look for u “pretty good season". He felt there should be no difficulty re:il- izing last year's prices and sold that standard mink were now 20??» higher than in December. He warn- ed against pcltlng the animals too early as happened last year. "They are slower finishing this year," he added.

Mr. Mayors spoke highly of the new sapphires as "the coming mink" and said he hoped to spook of them at the show today. He nd- vised breeders to get size, point- lng out that it cost $10 per skin to make n wrap. If the skins are small the price is thus consider- ably higher.

Fox Judge Speaks

Mr. George A. Callbeck. judge of the foxes which finished yes- terday said he was pleased with the fine showing of standard silver foxes but ivas a little ills- appointed ln the mutations. He called for more strength of fur and guard hairs in the mutations with blue underground.

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“I'm one of those who thinks the industry has ll future not only in the U. S. but in Europe." declar- ed Mr. Callback. “Although I nm operating ln the red at present. l

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Gives Views On Fox. Mink Prices

CiALT, Ont. Nov. M — (CP) _. Manuel Cabral, who supplies food to fur farms said tonight that dis- trict fox and mink farmers nre trying to form a co-operatlve to combat an influx of Russiankpclts allegedly being dumped on tho Qanadlan and United States mar- kets.

Cabral said the red fox pelts now are a drug on the market and silver fox is so low in price that many fur farms are being aband- oned in Ontario.

Business in mink fl fl good, butnotasgoodolrjh. he added.

Unions Vialll Bonuses. Lifting Of Wage-Freeze

By Preston Grover

PARIS. Nov. 24 —(AP) _A 24- hour general strike closed in on France tonight. The ggunflfy gMed a day of industrial paralysis.

The shutdown was ordered t0 be- gin in the hours after midnight.

The Strike was advertised by the major French- unions as a. demon. stration for payment o! bonuses and lifting of the salary-freeze so that workers could bargain freely with their employers for more pay to meet rising living costs.

While it seemed certain France would experience one of the worst shutdowns in recent years. never. tlieless there were to be many de- fectlons.

Plhalrnacy owners and the heads of schools said they would rimaln on the job. One of the three major unions—but the smallest—has told its workers not to strike. Scme in- dependent unions are for the strike, others against.

The FYEHSH press scorned agreed that the picture would be something like this:

1. Factories for the most part will shut down.

2. Railways, bus. subway sys- tems will be virtually at a standstill.

3. Gas and electric manta will be slowed down or stopped.

4. Ports will be idle and sea transport stopped.

5. Department. stores and pharmacies will be orpen.

d. Some movie houses and theatres announced they would stay open.

7. Banks and the stock ex- change plan to stay open.

8. Schools will remain open. The general strike was called

first by Force Ouvriere, a union less radical than the Communist- dcmlirated Confederation Gen- eralc du Travail. The Force Ouvrierc broke away from the C. G. T. two years ago and since then has been trying to gain ascendancy in the labor field.

Bnrcly had it called for the strike of its 000.000 members than the C.G.'I'. Jumped into the fray with its 2.200.000. The C.G.T. began demanding not. only the lifting of the wage-freeze imposed by the Government, but demanded a bonus immediately. The Christian Feder- ation ordered its 700,000 members to slay out of the strike.

The Force Ouvriere, influenced much by the Socialists. hoped by their call to drmonstrate their ef- fectiveness in getting benefits for laborers, but as usual the Com- munist leaders in the larger union demanded bigger and better labor benefits.

Liberal and Conservative news- papers in Paris and elsewhere have denounced the strike as useless and generally ill-advised. Paris-press calculated that the strike would cost France 10.700.000.000 francs

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FARE"--- thinks it would be stole, for Alaska and for Ui-Cflncrfion lolnt deiollu if c railroad wen built across vlfllm Canada to Alaska. Alosiiofi Gov. Grinning thinks so, too. Congress thought enough of tile ilieo to okoy President Truman's negotiating with Canada "if Mrmission to survey o route for o line orlllectlll Prince George, B. C., with Fairbanks, Alaska-HOS _ But the Canadian govern. rnenl rs reported taking o dim view of helping Io pay tile cost of a U S. railroad across its territory Al Fairbanks the road would connect with o present lme t "mm"! film" h Anchorage to Seward A! Prince ; 560110 Ii coud top the eastern seaboard m: the Canadian Nlliwliul R R and cal-noel with Pill t Pacific Ozeun by hooking up Vi"! the Pacific Great

The 19th annual live fox show of the Prince Edward Island rm- Breeders’ Association cattle to a close shortly before 5 o'clock yss- terday afternoon. It was consult cred by many experienced -'o‘< ranchers to be one of the best lll a decode.

Good color was a featlue of practically all the foxes SIICIWI‘, no matter whether silver, white lace, platinum or pearl platinum that was placed on the table. This ls a most important quality and one of the first things a good pelt buyer looks for. The fur was well up, considering the season. and the foxes were uniformly well develop- ed. the result of good feed and plenty 0f it. The majority course, were standard silvers. the white faces being confined to the one class with four sections. Moat or thoso displayed were light ill color and very attractive.

The platlnums were a classy hilnch, displaying that bluish cast which is the hallmark of the rest types. Both the La. Forest and Norwegian types were exhibited, and sometimes it was difficult to make a choice. Perhaps in the extra lights the Norwegians may have had the best of it.

Pearl platlnums. which some claim had their first developlncnt in the Dennis ranch near Cir-ir- lottetoivn. are now llllilt? plDiliiif

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That is about $33.000,000.

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WASHINGTON. NOV. 2-4 —-(OPl-— Canada today questioned the de- sirability of an international com- IIIOIiHlY clearing house. as prrposed by offliial: or the Focd itnd Agri- culwirr- iuegauzznllon.

Tho D minions Agriculture Mill- ister. Jrlncs G. Gardiner, told the United Nations agency's annual conference that he wondered wheth- er establishment of such a body

would bring any improvement over

Europe Would Welcomt Training Plan In Canadv

OTTAWA, Nov. 24—-(CP)-—-Brl- taln’; army chief laid today any Canadian offer to train British and Western European troopa in can. ada would be received "very grate- fully” in the countrlel involved.

Field Marrhal Sir William Slim was told at a press conference that such a role was among those reported under consideration by the Government as part of Can- ndu'| participation in the Atlantic Pact.

The Chief of the Imperial Gen- eral Staff lald any such offer "la entirely a matter for Canada to decide." He had heard no luggcl- tlon of It in the United Kingdom.

The U. K. already had "quite a number" of officers in Canada.

Sir William, in the midst of a day of conference: with govern- ment and military officials, also made these points:

1. The Germain atlll are the "molt dangerous end moat val- uable" people ln Europe,

2. Western Europa-the alliance of Britain, France. and the Berle-

lux countries-hes made "immense progress."

3. The type of equipment used in training troops doesn't mutter

so much just lla long us they are’

trained to ‘accept discipline and moot certain basic requirements.

Sir William conferred with Prime Minister St. Laurent, De- fence Minister Claxton, and the

chiefs of staff during the day. Ho leaves inmorroiv for Kingston.

Reporters told him Field Mar- nhrll Earl Wavell said recently the Gcrmllns will eventually be a big- ger manor» than Russia. Sir Wil- llnm said "the Germans are both the most dangerous people and the most valuable-to have on your ride.

Aa for the possibilities of war, he was no Prophet.

Hi; refernces to equipment came when a reporter asked him if rockets and kindred developments Qrp in quick proapect. Everyone want; modern weapons, he laid. but the man, particularly the in-

Gardiner Questions Value Of World Food Bank

fantryman. remained the Moat im-

portant factor in war. ~

the present atlon.

However. Gardiner said. Canada is Prepared to give “serious rrlnsidfr- atlon", to any lnl9fllllill‘l.‘ll c. .p- eration for the bcst use cf world food supplies.

The clearing-house proposal has| been advanced by dirrctor-general Norris E. Dodd of the FAO. a1 an international agency to handle un- marketafble food surpluses and see that they reach food-deficient countries through acumplex (m. anclal aJTimgement which would overcome monetary blocks to nor. mal trade.

supply-handling situ-

U. S. Opposes Plan

Stanley Andrews. United States foreign agriculture director. said the clearing-house plan ls “not suf- ficient" u a solution to the world's hunger and dollar-shortage prob- lems.

Without United slates support. the plan la regarded as virtually dead.

The plan was apparently fore- doomed. officials’ said. because of IIOWIBB congressional opposition to further vast Federal spending for foreign aid.

Gardiner suggested an internal- lenal agency might perform a use- ful function by keeping the supply and demand for food constantly under review and by exploring the possibility of facilitating adliust- n-lenla between those countries with a short supply and those with aur-

pluses, It then could bring together groups of governments of such

countries to discuss the disposal of those surpluses.

Gardiner stressed the vital cori- cem which Canadian farmers have for world markets for their produce. and noted declines in Canadian ex-

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Championships Placed At Fox Show; Judging Of Mink Planned Today

Claims Supply 0f Reefer Cars is “ExceiIelll"

/ OTTAWA, Nov. 2'4 —- (Speciall- Supply of refrigerator cars to more the crop oi’ Prince Edward Island potatoes to markets was described by Transport Mini=tcr Chcvrier this morning as ‘excell- ent." The minister was rep.yillg to a question riliscd by J. Watson MllcNaught, Liberal member for Prince. Asked for a statement on the refrigerator car question in the Province, Mr. Ohevrier said:

"The information I have on lily desk this morning indicates that the position with regard to refrig- erator cars on Prince Edward Is-

~laild ls excellent. As a matter cf

fact at the moment there are 276 cars on the Island ready for load- ing. which is more than there has been at any time at this time 0f the year, and there are 152 car's in transit."

Mr. Chcvrier just rctilrned to tne Commons today after a. week's absence when he was suffering from influenza Transport Depart- ment officials supplemented the minister's statement with the us- surallce that tllc Canadian Na- tional R-aiiivzlys was making a spe- cial effort to meet the nccd oi‘ re- frigerator cars on Prince Edward island. This effort was made, they said. despite heavy pressure for this type of rolling stock from other Provinces needing them to move their crops to markets in Canada and the United States.

Prominent N. B.

ioiaio Man Dies

FREDERICTON. Nov. 24 —-tCP) — G. C. Cunningham, director of the New Brunswick Potato Mar- kciing Service and one of Can- ada's pioneers in potato certifica-

tion, died in hospital tonight at Camden. New Jersey. Mr. Cunningham. an outstand-

ing authority on potato diseases, suffered a heart attack yester- day. With Mrs. Cunningham, he was en route to Florida to repre- sent the Agriculture Department at the annual demonstration of New Brunswick seed potato test plots there.

Heavy Export Of Christmas Trees

SAINT JOHN, N. B., Nov. 24 -— (CP) -— A record high number of about 9.1100000 Christmas trees will be exported from the Marl- tlme Provinces this year. mostly to the Un-ited States. shippers esti- mated today.

Cutting will continue until the first of December. when activity becomes concentrated on shipping the trees. The annual seasonal occupation places thousands of dollars in the pockets of fanners. truckers, buyers and shippers.

More trees were reported being made available by farmers and woodlot owners because of the shortage of pulp and lumber ex- port markets and loss of pitprop markets. - >\

Tonnageiilll Of Aimosl 40 Per Cent Mentioned

Would Require 26 Mil- lion In Subsidies To Maintain Present Fleet.

By Harold Morrison (Canadian Press Staff Writer) OTTAWA. Nov. 24 — (CF)

Canada's ocean-going merchant fleet must be "drastically reduc- ed," the Canadian Maritime Com- mission said in its annual report made pulbiic today.

However, it advised the main- tenance of a nucleus ship-building industry and ocean-going fleet capable of rapid expansion in the event 0f war.

Tabled in the Commons. the report reviews the $70,000,000 shipping industry during the l2- month period ending last March 31.

Conditions have deteriorated still further since that time. l spokesman for the Commission said later. Devaluation has just about “knocked the skids from under the w-hole industry."

Meanwhile, the government still is considering plans to give some fol-m of financial aid to both the ship-building and merchant fleet operators. Measures providing for this assistance were forecast in the throne speech.

The Commission, viewing Can- adaka shipping troubles against a background of world currency re- strictions and declining markets. recommended:

l. Canadas deep-sea merchant fleet be reduced from its cur- rent deodwelght tonnage of I,- 200,000 to 750,000. The 750,000 tons would be adequate to care for Canada's needs in the early stages of war.

2. Since the country could buy ships cheaper in the United Kingdom than it could bul-ld here, Canadian shipyards could meet Canadian requirements if they reduced employment to about 7,000 men, of which 8,500 would be employed in re-galre and conversion. The industry. which had about 15.000 workers last year, now employ: a little more than 8.000.

The report, submitted by J. V. Clyne, the Commission's chairman. considered that only by an annual Government subsidy of about $20,- 000,000 could a Canadian flas fleet maintain competition with foreign fleets.

Since the report was written be- fore devaluation. a spokesman said. the subsidies which would be needed now would amlourlt to about $26,000,000 a year.

Shipping Hard Hit

Canadian slllppinz was crlvpied when Britain and other sterling countries blocked currency w?!‘ veriibility and depressed rates by 30-pcr~cent currency reductions.

Although Canada's chief problem during the next few years “will bf: tn dispose of her export-able sur- pluses." the Commission dld not belicvc it "possible or advisable to force overseas buyers to ship in Canadian bottoms if they dld not have dollars to pav in trelshis»

It did not believe the industry had to go entirely out of business.

OTTAWA. NOV. 24 —(CPJ - Justice Minister Garson today was told by an Opposition member in the Commons tha- he should re- sign from the Cabinet.

The suggestion lame from Angus Maclnnls rCCil-Vanccuvcr East) during a sustained opposition at- tack against thc Goverluneilfis ad- ministration o! the Combines In- vestigation Act, now before the Commons for revision.

The Government was charged with breaching the act by falling to make public within 15 days after first receipt of a report on an a1» leged price-fixing oombirle in the flour-milling industry.

Mr. Garson had no opportunity to comment immediately on the sug- gestion of Mr. MacInnis. who spoke Just before the luncheon adjourn- ment. At that point, debate on the combines legislation was adjourned indefinitely and. when the after- noon slttirlg began memlbers re- sitmed study of Defence Depart- ment estimates. Earlier, Mr. Garson rose to his own defence against attacks by George Drew. Progressive Con- servative leader. and M. J. Coldwell. GOP‘. leader. Works Minister Four- nier. Government House leader, stepped in at one point and said that in the three-day debate c.n combines the Government and the Opposition have expressed their views several times.