APRIIJ23 1948

9

Plans To

Increase

Prosperity Begin To illseForm In Maritimes

riditofe Note: This ll the last of 2m stories dealing with the eco- nomlc life of the Mari-times. The first story dealt with the back- ground. 'Ibda.y‘s deals with what lies ahead.)

(By Dave Mclninsli)

HALIFAX. April 23 (CP)-~ there is today a general pulling up a! socks in the Maritimes.

The scurry has no connection with post-war fever but is an at- wmpt by Mavltimers to haul themselves within close range of the higher economic standards of Central Canada.

Harassed for decades by i008 freight hauls. lack of heavy indus-

try and water power and wage dif-

ferentials that lose young people to other Provinces and the United states. the Maritime: are embark- ed upon a general. if still unco- hesive, plan to overhaul the eco- nomic structure.

The movement is not obvious bu". 1g is Showing in many separate act.-

lqas b_v go. ants and indivi- duals. It is a contrast to the in- ertla that gripped most v1 the Maritlmes after the First World

War and led, for instance, to the

phrase attached to Halifax: "for- gotten port between \vars."

Members of all political parties in the three Provincial Govern- ments are calling for broader and more efficient use oi farm and forest resources and rehabilitation of industries growing out of those resources.

Biggest lndustrie

The biggest industries in Maritimes are

lumber. coal, apples. potatoes and

tourists. Here is what is being done

in some of them: Agriculture-New Brunswick 1nd Nova Scotia have laid plans for the reclamation oi near their common border the surging Bay o Fundy.

from

better quality in potatoes. her main cash crop, and trying to fos- ter trade with agriculturally-back- ward Newfoundland.

Lumber-The biggest develop- ment. which will not get into pre- ducidon until 1950. is a $55,000,000

at Lepreau. N. B.

their cut for export, especially to Britain, Tile Maritime Bureau was threatened with of the British market but will sell 60,000,000 board feet to the United Kingdom this year. Reforestation programs are under way.

Agriculture Minister mid the Nova Scotia Legislature a few days ago that 1.000 orchard- zsis in the Annapolis Valley could

market. That would mean

work. ‘- graft and re-plant in the

(he domestic market to cooking apples now grown for ex- port. The program will take two ffii-RTS.

Cosh-Nova Scotla miners, who x-alse one third of all the coal hoisted in Canada. have, in the last eight months. jumped production to 2.3 tons per man-shift. one- tenth of a ion off the all-time re- cord of 1M.

The Nova Scotia Government and mine operators are undertak- ing an extensive program oi coal research. This will include experi- ments into the gassiflcatlon of coal. probably this summer. It will oe

The United Mine Workers Dis- ‘rlct 26 has asked for natlonallza lion of the coal industry because.

subventlons to allow it"to com- pcie at all u-ith American coal m Central Canada. Before the ival‘ nlllllons of tons of Nova Scotla coal were sold on ilic Montreal market. last year it amounted lo only a fcw thousand tons.

But the Government and opera- tors believe that if new uses are faurll for coal and mechanization proceeds the industry will be able to stand on its own feet, Fleets if colliers might replace the box cars

the agriculture, fish,

marshlands

Prince Edward Island is seeking

pulp and paper mill at. tidewatcr

Both the Nova Scotia and New ‘Brunswick Governments are urging operators to improve the quality of

Liunber loss

Apples—~'l‘he_ British market has disappeared, temporarily at. least. MacKenzle

grow enough apples ior the current 1.500 families would have to find other

However, the Province is set to Valley

new varieties of eating apples for replace

the first such aiirmpt lu Canada.

for one reason. it already requires ~

BUZZED BY REDS

Mrs. L. J. Barret, of Carmel. Cal, is shown above with hel adopted daughter Michele. 2. told authorities. when she arrived in Washinston. D.C., that the piano on which she was travelling was buzzed by Russian fighter planes over Germany. The plane. she said. was about a half hour out of Ber- lin an route to Frankfurt. W11"-

the incident occurred and the American pilot was forced to change his course. Mrs. Barret

is the wife of Lt. L. J. Barret. a liaison officer with the U.S. forces in Berlin. that have t.o trundle miles west. picking up hlghcr freight charges as they go.

Other Aetivitiel

Tourlsts—-All three Provinces are shoving their publicity campaigns into high gear. Before the Nova Scotia House ls a bill to relax the liquor laws. .

Power-Both Nova Scotla and New Brunswick are building new. if comparatively small. power pro- jects to aid industry as well as the ordinary consumer.

Shlpbuildlug~ Though Maritime shipyards tamed out big ships dur- ing the war. the industry has slumped. Attempting to fill the gap is the small shipbuilding in- dustry on Nova Svcotllrs souti. shore. Yachts, sloops and fishing boats can be sold as fast as the; slide down the ways. At Halifax yards only a luck of steel is holn ing up a $7,000,000 Argentine con tract.

Shipping _ Acadia Overseas Frelghters of Halifax has assem- bled the largest fleet in Canada. saint John is in the middle of a small shipping boom although Hall- iax has not yet recovered from a bad slump lust winter.

Steel-Construction of new coke ovens at the Sydney plant of Do- minion Steel and Coal Corpora- tiqn. one of Canada's big three in basic steel. probably will start this spring.

There are also the revived cam- paign for a bridge or causeway across the Strait of Canso, Nova scotias intention to make loans to embryo small industries, the ividenlng scope of the co-oviirll- tlve movement, and other signs that point to an economic uplift.

It is too early to determine ivlle- ther the goal will be reached. The recent freight rate increases were roundly condemned by the Marl- tlrnes as an added burden.

It will add one more difficulty on an already high hurdle that the Marltimes are trying to leap.

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FUR CHANGES COLOR.

The fur on a \veasel's back is reddish brown in summer, but becomes white during very cold winters.

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THE

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on sale at “Tl-IE GLORIA” . i all this week

i Good Prints in Florol and Striped Patterns. ‘Sizes l4 to 46. Regular $2.50 to $2.98 value-

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ilawall Building Fishing Empire in Vast Pacific

By KEN‘ LIKES

HONOLULU. April 2! - (A!) —Hawali, which once wreated much of its living from the sea. hopes u. build on the ruins of Jg/parfg sampan fleet a fishing in- dustry spanning the Pacific.

Wartime restrictions temporar- ily scuttled lie-Wall's doillhty ill.- tle fishing fleetspdapan‘: defeat closed rich fishing grounds Nippon.

Within less than three Years since the war ended. Hawaii's sampans manned largely by Nlsel have swept back for near-record catches. High prices tripled the value ofrthe 1947 catch over the beat pie-war year.

But this United Slates fishing outpost has barely touched on the fringes of the watery frontier of the Pacific. The big catches and big money lie westward in grounds vacated by Japan. Across millions of square miles oi the Pacific, fish norw run unmolesled by not or line.

In blue Hawaiian waters today. the No. 1 contender for big bus- iness ranks is aku. In less roman- tic language of a mainlander it's tuna. So far, one medium-size cannery in the islands has taken care of all the export trade in tuna. Hawaii landings before the war didn‘t begin to compare with what California boats took from along ihe coasts of Mexico, Cen- tral and south America,

"But we have caught practically all our tuna within 40 miles of the islands." reports Vernon Brock. director of the territorial division of fish and Game.

Huge Catches

In i937, the Japanese probably took a ihird again as many tuna. from Pacific fishing grounds as did the United States, Brock says. A single year's catch for the Jap- anese may hnve totalled some 4P0 000,000 pounds.

The Pacific tuna. grounds "may well interest any Asiatic nation. including Russia," Brock adds. "and unless we exploit it actively, or- allow other nations to enter this fishery. we can be placed in the position of preventing the use of a major food resource."

“It is not a question of the pres- ence or absence of resources. The fish undoubtedly are there, Lack of know-how limits us now. For instance, what are the movements of tuna schools? What are the best ways to catch the fish?"

Explorers and researcher-s have fitted together a few pieces of the underwater puzzle. It looks as if more sleuths may go to work on the big job.

A (‘flfllmfly subsidized by the Reconstruction Finance Corpor- ation has sent two boats on an extended Pacific survey, Congress has passed‘ - but not yet approp- rlated money for _ a, 31500000 rcoarch program. Tho navy an- nounced recently that mainland and l-la/waiian companies are ne- gotiating for cannery sites in the trust territory r- the former Jap- anese mandates, including the Carolines, Marshalls and Mari. B-IIES.

Like the ancient Polynesians. islanders are turning seriously tow-ind fishing, ‘llhey aren't, think- ing of ‘fish for local eating, though, They are looking toward an in- dustry which may rival the ls- lwds sugar cane and pineapple business _ and make a big splash in the world's food production,

Says Autonomy Main Issue Facing lluehec

QUEBEC. April 23--(CP)-—Pre- mier Duplessis last night held up provincial autonomy as the main issue facing Quebec in the period oi‘ its greatest prosperity,

The Premier, speaking at a birth- day anniversary banquet staged by the Union Natlonale Party. de- elated:

"The horizons of Quebec are too vast for us to content ourselves with a Federal oxygen tent."

The Federal Government's offer of annual subsidies of 865000.000 in exchange for provincial taxa- tion rlghts "add up to sale of the Province for QOSOOQOM.‘ he ail.

The Premier who was 50 ‘rues day addressed nearly 1.000 party followers packed in the main bail room and adjoining chambers of Quebec City's largest hotel.

He spoke for more than an hour vter hearing addresses of praise from several other Union Na ‘iorlale orator: at a head table hacked by Quebec's new fleur-de- lls flag.

Premier Duplessis made no an- nouncemert about the date of provincial elections due this sum- mer.

In an election reference he said the acclaim of banquet kuea was a "prelude to a triumph without. pmcedentp-the triumph of a race and a Province which want ‘to live and will live." -

He, said there would he no eleo tions next month “because May ls moving month and we are not moving."

"The elections will come toe soon for our opponents." the Premier added.

GOOD IAP FIJOI WXDCIUOK. Ont. - (G9 - ll N-

cellent results.

THE GUARDIAN. A CHARDOTTETOWN

Reviewed By

Following is the text of the BDeech on the railway freight rstes increase given by Mr. W. Chester s. Mciiure, Liberal Pro- gressive melnbcr for Queen's, in the House of-Commons on April i5:

Mr. Speaker. before beginning m? remarks on this serious qua..- tlon of transportation and freight rates. may I be permitted to do something that will no doubt glv; rise to a smile on the face of the Minister of Transport (Mr. Chev. rler.) I should like to read a few items from a press report I have before me. _

An hon. llfcmber: About reefer cars?

Mr. McLure: You guessed right. This press report is dated Wednes- day, April 1i. and appears in ‘he newspaper ‘The Guardian of the Gulf.‘ The heading of it‘ is this:

"Reefers now in excess of all demands."

Mr. Chevrler: Hear. hear.

Mr. McLure: Hon. members arc smiling. The article reads, in part, as follows:

"With 200 refrigerator cars on hand and with about .40 arriving daily. transportation facilities have, at last caught up with island ~- tato shippers’ requirements and are even in excess of the demand. according to railway officials in- terview yesterday."

Then another item:

"All through the season. strong complaints were voiced with re- gard to the refrigerator car short- age . No criticism was made with regard to the local railway officials . . "

There is a great deal more to the item, but that is sufficient fo." me to read. Another item of iri- terest reads:

“Kingston. Ontario, April l3. Tile first of i8 diesel locomotives being built for the Canadian National Railways left the plant here to- day.”

That was on April i3. The item

continues: “The locomotives are destined for Prince Edward Is- land.”

Having been permitted to in- troduce my remarks by reading those items. I shall be content. There is a great deal more of

them. but I have read just the im- portant parts. and I shall be glad to hand the paper over to my hon. friend the Minister of Transport. It will save my writing him a letter as I did on a previous occa- sion.

Mr. Chevrier: Or asking a. ques- tion.

Mr. McLure: No. I can assure the minister that if ever again there is a shortage or a near shortage, he will be bombarded with more questions.

Most Important Question

The question of freight rates is, without doubt, probably the most

- important question that has been

brought before the house in some time. Perhaps anything I say on this occasion will he more or less a mattcr of repetition. However. there are a few things I wish to touch on that are vital in connec- tion with the problems of Prince Edward Island.

In speaking on this question s. few days ago. I said it was my op- lnlon-tliat the Board of Transport Commissioners have no authority to set fixed rates for the railway ivhen. as I see ii, the authority l0 fix those ratcs rcsls entirely ivith the gzrverilnlent of the day, Bill. they were entitled to nlake sugges- tions to the Government; and then it was icr the Government to dc- aide.

I do not think the Commission has the authority of a court. In fact, while they can bring in sub- missions io the Government. l do not think the Government should lose sight of the fact that they

P. E. Island Disadvantages Under Ry. Rates Increase

Mr. McLure

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MR. McLURE. Ml’.

have the right to say, right there and then. either that they accept or reject them.

In this case, however, the Min- ister of Transport. acting for the Government. seemed to be in a great hurry to out these increases into effect immediately without due consideration being given to the provinces that were most af- fected. In my opinion it would have been a better policy had the Minister of Transport listenrcl to the protests that were immediately raised by the seven Provinces of Canada in regard to what they called discrimination in reference to them.

On this point i might say that I believe the Premiers of the seven provinces will be in attendance herc in Ottawa in the course of a ciav or two. but in the meantime this question may be definitely decided. Whether the vote goes one way or the other. the question may be de- finitely decided and the Premiers of the seven Provinces will not then have a hearing that is worth- while.

C. N. R. Statement

As I said in speaking about the Canadian National Railways a. few days ago, that railway is Govern- ment-owned and. during the last few months, submitted a statement to the Government pointing out that it could not operate under present conditions and asking icr a thirty per cent increase in freight rates. The Board of Transport i Commissioners, after reviewing the case, come along and say, "No, ,W.: can recommend to the govern- ment a horizontal increase in the freight rates right across Canada oi only 21 per cent.“

Perhaps if another investigation were made, the next report would look at the finances of the Canad- ian National Railways and Canad- ian Pacific Railway Company m a different light, and we might have only a ten per cent horizon- tal increase right across Canada. Therefore I think the Government were in too much of a hurry in bringing this matter up for an im- mcdlate decision, I think the Gov- ernment should have done us ihe Premiers of the seven Provinces had urged upon them. namely. wait at least. thirty days until some other consideration had been given to the matter. _

In reference to the railways. he- fore this matter was really brought into the open, when I was speak- ing on the Speech from the Throne I urged strongly on the railway department that certain things should be done with reference to railway mon in each Province. For instance. I urged that there should be an increase in the pensions given io railway inch, especiany those who were in the lower wage brackets. I also _urged that ill:

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Outlines Sll-Year Plan To Beautify National Capital

OTTAWA. April M - (GP) — Amid blunt statements of Ot- tawa's "knpatiellco." a Riva-plan- ning emit outlined today the 50-year plan for dressing up the Oalplhl.

"This ls the new world." Jacques Greber told the Senate Buildings Committee. "and in the new world things‘ happen quickly."

Mr. Greber, a Pirenchman. heads. the National Capital Planning Committee, charged with beauti- fying the Ottawa area. as a -na- tional war mmiorial.

l-le explained charts and maps of how the district may 100k "50 years from now, or perhaps soon- er." Mayor Sianl Levi/is. ex- pressing bhe City's "lmlpatlenx." urged definite action soon.

Mr, Greber raid the plan in-

r eludes:

l. A new Government printing

‘plant in Hull, Que, atross the Ot- wawa River.

2, New Government buildings along Wellington Street. the thor- oilghfare on which the Parlia- ment Buildings face.

3. Restoration of the Chaudlere Bridge area as a park.

4. Removal of cross-town and other railway tracks and use of the xlghhofdwrays as fast-traffic parkways.

5, Relocation of rail lines in a. belt system two to five miles south of the Ridcal. River, with a new Union Station about four miles from the heart of the City

6, A new bridge over ihc Rid- eau Canal.

7. A two or three-level parking garage near two of the. canal bridges.

8, A new railway bridge asross the Ottawa River, by ilvay of Duck Island,

9. A cultural centre. national theatre and doivninwn Oitsrvm. l0. A driveway and park area fringing the north bank of the Ottawa.

11. A great war-mcnwrial lor- race on a high rock ledge in the Gatineau foothills north of l-lull.

Mr, Grcber said Otialvn today is planned for accommodation nf about 5.000 persons, He envisaged a. population of 500.000 within the next 30 years,

int-hiding a museum.

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People Of World Dominated By

‘ilope For Peace

NEW YORK. April 22- (AP)- World-wide studies by Rockefelie: Foundation representatives indi- cato that "people are dominated by}. passionate hope 1'61’ peace, security and better life." ' '

This was disclosed in a report made public today by Raymond B. Fosdick, who will retire as Found- ation president next July l. Fos- dick said in his annual review (n: 1947 that representatives visited all countries except Russia and Bulgaria and found that:

"(Pcoplei seek a. world in which men may grow in strength and dignity. They want no world in which war periodically tears to pieces the bright promise of the future.

"That is the pattern of think- ink and planning everywhere. lilen differ as in the means by which these ends are to be secured. bu‘ as to the goal itself there is little diversity of opinion."

He said that "the world of the future-if any world silrvives-ivill be a world of diversity. held to- gether by a conception of common interests, It will be a world in which many political faiths and economic creeds are tolerated and widely differing points of view fertilize each other for the com- mon good."

OPIUM ADDICTS After a month's use of opium.

the user becomes a confirmed ad- dict.

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