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CHAR 615s AGARDINER

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it was an evasion of responsibility.

“Since the outbreak 0f war the administration has been marked by a degree of hopeless incompetence and grave derellction of duty unparalleled in Canadian history."

Unlike Mr. King the Conservative Party does not arrogate to itself a monopoly of the idea of a united coun- try “but conceives of a unity of purpose supported by per- sons or parties holding varying or different social or eco- nomfc views."

"It is our contention that there should be the widest tolerance in qustions of personal opinions or beliefs, and that all are entitled to fair and equitable treatment, as re- gards contracts or purchase of supplies, or in the distribu- tion (at relief, irrespective of what their political affiliation way e.‘

lQNliELlEVABLE INCOMPIYPENCE

The foriucr Conservative Cabinet Minister said reports of uur supply board purchases disclosed a degree of in- competence "which is unbelievable yet discernable at a glance." 4

"Judging from the manner in which war purchases and \ii'.l‘ contracts are being made. it is clear that by national unitv .\lr. King means a united Canada under the domin- ation of one party. and that party the Liberal party. “Patronaqe. in its most vicious form. characterizes the ad- ministration both before and since the outbreak of ivar.”

LACK 01:‘ I4i£x'\l)k:l‘SHll,

(‘anuda was united in its determination to resist force and would stand firmly by the side of Great Britain and "rance but this unity was not a spasmodic or emotional impulse on the part of the Canadian people. It grew from a quiet and somewhat detached contemplation of the prog- ress of human ziffairs. especially in Europe.

The King tiovernment during the months immediately preceding" the outbreak of war had failed to give leader- ship or guidance to the people.

"During those months of c‘

s on crisis and for nearly

two weeks following the declaration of war by Great Bri- tzzin, thisDominion was kept in absolute ignorance of the mind of its Govcrnment,”~sziid Mr. Stevens.

vlcurtfpre- - peincn frcrn i: m prejudicial safety or the

Vacillation and Worse _ llll_\' pitufc.

ilu- safety of the static." "Under rI(’('f'.UIi ill! of the Crimin-

“Indeed we now know had l”

Parliament been allowed to proceed and had we drawn l 1 from the Prime Minister the-Jpn. correspondence which had” J passed between the Iiritisli|g Government and himself, it would have disclosed an at- iltlidc 0f vacillzitiomif 110i 0f “One cannot but come to the

ncnm] l-gjecflon of Cowper. conclusion that Mr. King. satiated 1H0" .. \\".1l‘l a €’l1.~.f'(.li power cont-erred ‘ - _ _ by an ovclwvnclnlmg majority in Events carried a fair warn- Parliament. and by iii-.- dumb BC-

lu the lit-l w»- lilI-fi°“’.§f.'.§.i%..°§..“ “i; was inevitable and '

Somelabandon hie-long adherence to measure of preparation was “b” f'§."°.§."'.‘d°s.§luillfoiiiltllziiitenlaiy . t - l ~ t i‘ E - to be expected. But Lanada g m? “any Syswm cunmgély had entered the war period ecu under the p.001 of unity." without the simplest and "ii most primitive of provision.

a1 C lie the accused had all the - protection afforded by -ncv.' if 2s tre If‘ n ifzr .l.eile and \v.lh clue pro- law W110 decides." said Mr.

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Mr. King Satiated and Tyrannical

The Central Guardian

This column is reserved for new; of local interest but advertising of a newsy nature may be inserted at 5 ceiits a word strictly pay- nble in advance.

Rogers Less (‘ompetent than Mcckenzie

Contract reports of War Supply Bsard orders bewr-een Nov. 1 and Zcc. 33. i939. showed hundreds of r. fcr ulflltltii‘ fii'llCl€S or sup- ] 0i kss than S100 in value. ‘lnctlcat ng the haphazard manner (‘Illfliiitilllf IJIRICIICQd bf,‘ {he DQITnQQ

* in making requisi-

LIFE INSUR- L-97BU-7-2I-31i.

CONFEDERATIU}. ANCE.

er was not an in- llc o improve con- - ' lent til. Hon. R-"lvts. hLs 5110395581’. is giant than was Mr. Mae.

Britain Buys All Canada's Aluminum

(By Sam Robertson. Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, Feb. 28—lCP Camel- The silpplv ministry announced to- nigriit purchase of the entire ex- pLHEZlJL‘ surplus of the Aluminum Company o1 Canada for the re- malllrlcl- of 1940 and all of 1941.

It was understood accordingly

a British Columbia district ivhere 111.1113." vrcrc cn rcljcf. Since the elec. t.on was announced Liberal Gov- er n: otllccrs had warned re- TQID-ults if there is not a beral mnjurzty" in the dltrlct. ‘t. fr relief would be cut off.

i-Ivadlng Unemployment Responsibilities

"This is not an isolated case but is an .ncf:cntion of tvhat is meant ‘by Canadian tiritty tn official Lib-

eral quarters." that 1\I'l‘{\ilL‘.l.'IlI8i1i»§ had been com- Ty“. GQynrI-nnen!’ raced cam, m pleted for increasing Canada's war- ifliiti With on illtcmplrylnent criszt; “me Ollwm or “WmMmmTlhQ m‘

ilnpnxlailt miiat vital for the coli- diff‘! of an". sca ild land wavfule --' u a point. \\'ll'.‘!? her production vvii almost rnilnl Germany's,

T British Aluminum Coin- iii-ill output also has been <1.

llEl(l. lll\l(‘fi(l of “CCIIIKUJOOILKIy fac- iill! the WWW." appointed a com- Ill1:l0ll 1o investigate uremplrqv- moi Alter two year's research the ‘lnnierldatlons of the coming- . . wzih one or two exceptions ucrc ignored,

file C0i1llIilS<lf7li had served as "a screen for ti». Government for tvi-o years or more.‘ Then the gov-gm. nient had evaded mspcnszbillty during a period of dzsputotion with the provinces as to reiponslblllly lpr relief by appointing the Rowcll ( ‘ITIIILSSIOD to study provincial and

rrangemeilt with lnnziny of Can- “ .1 substantial increase" in the oiiipilt of aluminum is paral- lelcd by a similar one with the British Aluminum Company cov- ering the United Kingdom pro. duction.

The companies linve also under-

l. i1 rcsponslb _ inn mm. tqkrn lo rficpcrate \vlt-h the Bri-

111.5510“ ylvipilff. la". _v In-l Jul,’ h“ fish (itlVflflllilfllt in developing

not yet. bean matte public, 1111'.’ tui they increases which mgy be required.

Extent to which the productions of the two countries is being boost- ed Was not revealed. but some idea nlav b0 iZ-‘llnctl bv tin official coin- [)f_ll‘l':Oll of Czinatilrs i939 output with (‘vennanws capacity which ts between 130,000 and 140,000 tons annuniv.

At 11w Drosciit rate of produc-

lleni-ived 0| Liberties

Mr. Stevens fiS§6ll0d paragraph 21 of the Defence of cllliliflillRtig. illatiolls its being ‘Xnllnllely mere (lrastc 1111" rc il'lf‘l1\'{‘ of human l lureims" Clan ivas section 98 of‘ ll“? l‘ lmllllll C ' ivhlrh, he said.

111" Tflme M‘ -.r liii'l repealed HQ“ U,

,, . . . _ . c ‘ a I c arrangement would in- “gcml” ll ‘We _l°° wvem and lm- volve somn lino-co tons tirvrbh £10- lt-gerrl upon ammo" law rtirhts." lorlnnn trilioiil a-fozaoooo). How- Cqlil-élgffg)“ 2i of ti“ Defence of over. these ftuurcs must in.

“"3 5- ‘Fl_'_l"l1°l‘< ‘illlllflvlers the creased grcat1v~pg5s1blv M, much Justice Mlllls.vl' to lifipOfie certain us fl‘llllllf"tl——llv stcppinn up Dm_ -—--_- ouclimi and tht- basic prices for

_____ BIRTH. the metal to approximately the '—** "- " ' ‘ " ' “' ' will“ as their prevailing before the COTTON-At Kmsillolon on Fcb W"- 32ml. 194d to M,- angi M“ MM] ‘rho _ an-lnlqcmcnt. moans that Cotton. inn-war Cnlladas enilll- production of ’_'“~_-‘~ 1 .- aluminum this and next. year will

flow into ih- war machine. with

thr- cxreptlon nf that needed for tlclnc c" sumpi-i-zil and for [filing 1

___,_ D|lFFY—Dl"d at his home in luc- fluvial" , cm: Feb. zli, ilwi. James P. Dii“.'_\‘. ' lire 88 yrenrs. Funeral not-ice later.

GUISBOROITGH. England _<c-

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a: IPP-R/rfiillcjinll ‘gilmslelf g foftftn, Wil- ,1 § am gus, .pace tyagu 1' jet. lay iii ft. turned on the gas, :: N' D' MacLean l! and was foilnd dead in the morn- UNDERTAKER v1.11 IN NORFOLK

" EMBALMER NORWICH. England ~10?) -—A.n I influenza epidemic threatens to dis-

(Jlinrloltotown and North Wlltchlro

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locate Norwich buslnesn One of ev- efy four bur drivers ts ill. and relief drivers. including girls registered for gar emergencies. have been called

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T. J. lnman Gives Report To Sheepmen

Mr. T. J. Inman of Bedeque subaittted the following report of his trip to the Canadian Co-Op- eratlve Wool Gzowera Association at the meeting of the P. E. . Shee Breeders Association on Tue: ay:

"I wish to again thank you for the confidence you placed in me by electing me as your representa- tive to attend the annual meeting of the Canadian Co-o ratlve Wool Growers Limited. at oronw, and will try to give oil a very bief outline of some o the ideas that I gathered. It was a splendid trip. across the strait throu h very heavy toe. up through te vast timber lands of Northern New Blunswtck. on into Quebec with its quaint old farm buildings. all pre- senting a very t-ldv appearance. with their whitewashed ivalfs and colored trlrrunings; skirting the mighty St Lawrence; crossing over to Quebec that old historic titty with one half down by the waters edge wfth narrow streets and very old uildings. overshadowed by a more modern half built mi a plateau some 300 ti». " "*3 \"'th a very formidable looking mill- tary wail dividing the two halves of the city. Out some 20 miles by electric railway _to St Anne De Beau Pre; iaclsslntz Montmorency Fails and one of the largest Pro- vincial bridges in the Dominion. Then a short stop in Montreal. and a day in Ottawa. where the new war memorial was nearing completion. and Parllamtnt was lrl full string. On to To'onto to that wonderful Royal York hotel with its 12 hundred rooms. where the delegates were stationed and here, the meetings we“: held in the Li- brary of the he'll.

Visit Warehouse

The first mornlniz we were nil taken out to the Weston ware- house to look it over: this is the main assenlbling plant of the Can- adian Co-operattve Wool Growers. the warehouse is valued at $74009» and equipment at about $6.000 making a total of $80000: ‘there we were shown verv mam‘ differ- mr grades of wool. samples of which I procured and have broil-slit rare for your inspection: their; was several wool presses. 0'1"“? somewhat an the same principal as a hay press; with this press they put up bails not larger than our haiLs of hwv, but they welsh 50o lbs. Here the wool 1S graded bv Govt. graders on large tables. om‘, (he be“ nudes are passed on to the press. the 11ml" PM!“ é‘: regraded and the tugs rernov - Last year 32.000 lbs. of taES _-V {e taken out of the wool c‘ this ww- - rouse. The Canadian CO-ODEY-“tlve Wool Growers Limited had a fair- ly successful year. 'I‘hev 501d 4 1'7 million lbs. of n-oo‘ dilrinc 1938 of this quantity 3.100.000 was from the 1938 clip the balance was held over from the year before. Those of 115 who sold our wool through them know that we recfllYetl mark" nice at time of de ivory and a re- bate of 2e per 1b; and you share- holders will notice bv the copv of vour annual. report that after pav- ing this rebate of 2 cents oer lb- they still made a nett profiti I01‘ the year $2‘Z.481-05.

Must Maintain Vfllllmfl

Both the Pesident and General Manager of the Company stressed the importance of the maintenance of voiume of a reasonably 80°11 grade of tvcol in order to retain out established markets for Canadlpll wool. They stated that. their telill- lar consistanf. shippetspf wool ivere to receive first consideration p regard to fair grading and market- ing of their clip. and that through thc-se satisfied cil=.t:irers_t1".c§' P011‘ ed to increase their business 10m 152,11}: iekiglgl-cussion took place a- bout the different. 8115195 0t WM‘ imo as it ts not ccmplll§9fy to llllge wool graded before leavtuZ Qfllla a some of the smaier shtpries. l"? shipping to foreign countr cs W308 o; a very low grade under (

good name of Canadan W001 mll-‘ll to the detrlrgiiexikt $00019 Ieplllllllm ofligl-ll Si“; lxfcMlllan of the Live Stock Division. Ottawa was Dre- smt and stressed the lmboztance of maintaining a. uniform stand- ard for Canadian wont. If sheep are in good fresh pasture at’ tint. of shearing it tends W P-“lllfe more tag ends; which tf not re- moved from the fleece will dampen and ton considerable of the wood wool. causing it to be‘ i111‘: l“ z lower grade than it wou d '13:“ been placed if the tags 12a P}; separated at time of shear pg. we perly rolling the fleece flesi s

out, in a. neat bundle and tieinll it with paper twine added 1:11:61‘; to the appearance. He advoua e’ especially for the western llfij inces where large flocks are ktdfli. to have a separate man to do .0 rolling and tielng of the fleeces.

Advocate! Detuchinr, 0f T!!!

He also advocated a System adopted in the Old County‘ <>l d; tnchlng tags and wranlng hem a separate bundle so that the g wool will be prevented from cont‘; lng in Contact: with taB-‘i ln "we and storage p-rvious to K1216108- lvn. McMillan also spoke at length on the care of sheep. deserlblhll silltable bit-tidings, nbilfldBIiCtaQI good feed was necessary in wtlincl. and frequent chanlw 0f Dist-lire during the summer. Sheen’ are vety susceptable to PhRAsTF-s both inwardly and outtwaidly‘; they should be immersed lshortlv after shearing time each rear with some v-eliablg gheelp to prevent. Sheen Keds or what wc ecmmotflv call ticks this same treatment 0111 also kill the Biting Lice and the Sticking louse both very compwu parasites on the sheen. Thee i‘; also the Sheep Scab Mite the Head Mange ‘Mite and the Foot Maul!‘ Mite all very small and almost. llvidlcernable. . m‘lt!$ placed head and tall measure m'\,'\~ than one inch. nrri eighty coillri be placed side by stdo tn one inch space

‘Forumll For Mites

The dip for the control of these scab mites ta called u lime-sulphur dip and is preMred according to the following: Flowers of sillohur 24 tbs. Unslacked lime lolbs. Water 100 gallons. The treatment. for the head and foot mange mite is some- what different and CUFRISLI of sul- phur 2 lbs, oil of tar 8 m ‘aw lin- seed oil 1 gallon. The sulphur tar and linseed otl are heated together but are not allowed to boll. This mixture should be weii rubbed into

Mporbwtth

the akin. in ten days wlah the nf- O. B. the fee Joan and wannitm -u price I un sure we

water and repeat the dose. Sheep are also the prey to many differ- Ent parasites such as the Hook Worm the Whip Worm and Tape Worm. Lung Worm, and cit-hers; and should have a box in their quarters of copper sulphate and salt to lick at to aid in the re- vention of these intestinal paras tes; mixed at rate of 5 lbs of copper sulphate to every 100 lbs of salt; however should the flock be suspected of being already worm- rldden me folowtn drench should be given: Copper ulphate 3 oz. 40 per cent Nicotine Sulphate 2 fl. oz.. soft or distilled water, one im- portal gal. Heat a quantity of the water and dissolve the copper sulphate tn it. Then add this to the rest of the water, Add the nicotine tnunedlatri." before use only. as the mixture will not kee .

In preparing the solution -ny clean blue copper sufphate cry- stals should be used: remove all

whitened crvstals. Make the solil- tion in a glass. earthenware. or enameled container. as it reacts with bare metal. Doses: Aduft sheep 2 oz. Grown Lambs one oz. Smaller lambs ‘-’.» an oz. Keep sheep away from water for 2 hours after treat- ment.

THE WOOL SITUATION 01" TIIE CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL GROWERS

Up t about the middle of Dec. 1939 1. .000 pounds of wool sold during spring and summer montrs up to Sept. 3rd, 1939. This is in keeping with an established policy of monthly selling whenever and wherever there is a. demand for wool. Prices were about in keep- ing with i938 values, and the salcs include oil Quebec and Mart- time consignments, about two thirds of the Ontario consignment and about one third of the west- ern. i.200,000 pounds sold after Sept 3rd to a wide coverage of Canadian mills-no sales were made for export after the declaration of war. These wools. all sold in Can- ada and we.e cbiellv i'or mlitarv requirements and were mostly of the low and medium grades. 1.300.- 000 pounds in stock and awaiting sale at the grading warehouses — Weston and Lennoxville —chteffy of the choice range type of the fine grades that ordinarily go to the export markets wnere they are accustomed to start from this semi-manufactured stage of wool tops, and which are usually im- ported. Consequently with an an- parent shortage of wool in Canada there has been all the while l1 sub- stantial supply o! graded fleece wools within the country and for which insufficient combing ma- chinety ts available to process from the fleece or greasy wool state to the top stage. In short Canada has an incomplete textile industry when taking into consideration the w-izirst possible assimilation of its own woo‘. clip. Hence a great part. of this 1.300.000 pOtindS must either be sent out of the country for combing into “tops" and re urned as such for Canadian account -or perlnission granted to make sales for elcpcrt.

300.000 pounds of wool in Eng- land at Manchester. Bradford and London, fwvalttntz the outcome of British Wool Control regulations and appraisal. ‘This wool was shipped to Englgand on consign- mcnt prior to the declaration of war

WHAT IS “45 CENTS CLEAN BASIS?"

Whfe the Wai- Tlliiis Price Board have set a price of 45 cents per f. o. b. at usual distributntlon

state as removed from the sheep. However suchds not the case. he- cause depending on climatic con- ditions. feed. and other causes Canadian greasy wool shrinks ony- whcrc from 40 pet: cent. to 65 per cent in the scouring process. This simply means that a pound 0f greasy wool is not "cund of pure wool fibre. A pound of greasv wool shrinking 50 per cent ‘consists of 1-2 pound of pure wco _ fibre and 1-2 pound of grease. drt. chaff. seeds and other foreign matter complete loss. so far as any com- mercial value is concerned. Natur- ally, therefore it. takll 2 pounds of such greasy wool to make one pound of clean scoured wool. and 1f this wool is worth 45 081th. the 2 pounds of greasy wool required to give me 1 pound can on.;." be valued at. 22 1-2 cents per pound. Todays true value of farm clip wcols. (1-4 bloods) under the 45o clean basis arrangement is from 20c to 24c per greasy und F’. ‘O. B. Eastern farms an from .74: to 21c vt-esfern firms. lvflurnnv w00i.s

VS. CIVILIAN WOOLS

Canada has about 3.400.000 sheep producing around 18.000000 pouns of wool per year of which about 120110.000 lbs. is classed as cross- bred wooi and is in strongest de- mund for mllitarv purposes. it is commercially termed as 1-4 blood staple or low and low medium grant“. In peace times Canada uses these lolw and low medium grades for cloth. socks. and knit goods for farmers. ilshermcn. lumbermen. and miners; for blankets; and for the felts used by paper manufacturers. Nonnallv our taxtiie industry uses about 40,000,000 pounds of cross-bred wools corn- prired with our smnunl product on of about 12.000,000 pounds; a dif- fcrence of about 28.000000 which was mostly importe New Zealand -

The mcrtrro or ftne wools are chiefly 8011"‘ to civilian use and with crow-bred wwr-l B0 0111011 1n demand for military flllrllfYifi-Q. ll 15 inevitable that where cross- reds ale used under peace condtttcns a very material substitution of) the finer grades must now take rnce.

Our own production in Canada of there finer wools amount to a- bout 5.000.000 pounds and we use around 15 to 20 million pounds per year so that with full textile equip- inent to process the 5,000,000 pounds we would sttll have to im- port. considerable

WIIAT LII-IS AHEAD

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No one can prophesy oorrectjv. but a. glance lull the past vfilll sometimes provide some guldapc’:

for the future. Prices of Canadian y ll-nw wool soared doling the la. Great War. some grades reaching ‘l5 cents per lb 87985 Ind 9- lien" eral net return to e Qnfldllfl farmer und laneher for the years i914 to 1919 has beeziconservatively |flgured at 50 cents. The fill 111 price immediately after the WM‘ W08 very heavy 22 oenio in 1920 and l4 cents in IBZL-disaatrous to sheen and textile industry alike. Then from 1923 to 1939 a mason- uble prosperous agriculture period the avera e net return works out to about centa per lb. Hem 1930 to September 3rd 1939. an average net return of l0 cents F. farm is not for Wt 0f

mining diEtrTct. appearance fought cn the eve of