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REPOR

Comprehensive

Review

Of Year’s Activities At, Annual Meeting Of Body

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

Following is the text of the an- nual report cf the ictiiiiig Presi- dent, Mr. iwforrls:

"On April 26th., of this year, your Board will celebrate its fif- tieth birthday. On that day, in 1887. s number of progressive citi- uens, seeing the need of united action to further promote the ni- trest of the City, its environments and Province as well, formed a Board of Trade. Our first Presi- dent and Chairman was Mr. Louis Carvell, one of the IOUJICCIS of the successful firm of Carvell Bros, Ltd, of this city. an expert ac- countant, and a brother to the late Lieutenant Governor J. S. Carvcll. He held office as President from 1887 to 1891. We are happy 0.711011.‘ one of the chartered mcmbcrs. lifr. G. H. Taylor is still an active member. This Board honored Mr. Taylor by making him an l-lonor- cry life member. and we ivish him many years of health and happi- “P55.

Continuing down those years of

success alto revere. your mem- bcrs carry the torch of progress rvcr onward, and around this

Board tonight lire lxv-v men who

attend meeting after Pnocting, giv- ing their time and energy illi- stinlinply, still building tor our future generations.

"This evening, zileincn. it is riv pleasant pri to report to you the activities i. .oii: Board for t‘: war. Mi‘ hveuttvni is to

lightly on sonic of the lllill- ‘ivhicli \'.'i'l he gone into t oroughly by the Chairman r-f our (Yc-mmittecs.

‘Sixteen Council ineetnrrs. UHC special meeting. and font quarter-

lv titer-tings ‘were held. Several dciegationsi met ilic executive

znvmbcrs of our Provincial Legisla- izirc.

"A special meeting was sponsor- ed by your Board for the purpose nf giving the cztizcits of Charlotte- town and the Rural Districts iin opportunity of expressing their views relative to surveying in con- nection with the proposed bridges across North and West Rivers. At this meeting COllIlClllCl‘ E. A. For- ter represented his Worship the Itfuvor. extending a hearty vvcl-

" to the vi.=iii~r.~..

' ‘/i'l\il(‘§(‘ of finch...‘- HITS \\".l ll '1'.‘- Duiiring, alinis- .and lion. C. I). of Transport. pirsona addressed . R. P Bower. lor-

. ' . . Trad" C mmkssio . it Bataiizu-gavc intorestim: aiscription of J

Col. Stlbhard and Mr. Kiiburn Caneiiliaii biuticnal RllllVvflj/S dis-

J. \V. Kerr on Stczimsliip Sill;- it".

“The Province was honored b‘; lllf‘ nicnibl-ri oi theCtuizulitiiitloon Roads Association. who held tlzrir i-onvciltion here on Sept. lf-l-liffl .11.‘ o.’ thew:- ilclcgutes

home, wcll 'iprcsscd “1l.l\ our Pioi-urc. it: a and hospital- ltv. The \l"f"l . Board of Tragic also hcld 1Y3’ ...n1al meeting: m thus UllY. Oi " vnerpvtic incitibcr. Dr '. .~i. CI . .'i..:. the PFPSldCllt.

Your Board ]7l'f‘~l‘lllf’(i several ini- poi-tart. resolutions. I um pleased to state ‘hcsc rchluiions ivvrc lllvirr‘. special attention. "On Animist 25th the Nfaritiine ' "h of ‘he (Liiindnin Plflt Will“- ‘wcld th - convention in ...*"“)ci's from New .. aiil PIAIHL‘. Edouard I:- nitcndcci ‘his convention

Bi

liianv n! these delcvaics had ncvcr

‘wrltbtl our island before. Trtiilspnriniitiii

"Your calrvimittcc on Titmsuorfo. tion was ngru“ confronted

passenger accommodation. (‘flllSltlClliblC COl‘i’i".3[)IJll(iO!lf'l". 11ml. C. D. Howe, Minister Transport, met this Board ust 17th last. were titlvantrcd for the need of con- 1111110115 communication and. at “"35? d5 200d F1 lmsseligci" i::ir ;~f‘l'- .'.' e as thc other Provinces; i-nyny. 5T1’. Howe rcplit-d flint tho ilififlll! of Prince Edward l~..ind mint. patronize the railway. if they ivant ztcr service. However. improve- merit. has since been noted. Olltvr matters came under ihiri commit- 1H‘, and were lukcn up, such (I.-

After flit.

of Oil Al] '-

striiinsliip subsidies. wiitci" and frright rates. rind auto l: inodnlitin on tin: I“f‘l'l'_‘. Charlottetown.‘

Harbour IIIIpVrDVOIIIPIII.

‘The port of Chiil‘l0llCl0\Vl‘-, one of the finest on the Atlantic ‘m ; has been sadly neglected. Ship; Jias bccn passing riiir

‘Iillllb of proper docking i:i..li.i~.<'..'

The Harbour Improvement. (‘tini- inlticc mridc every effort. to have Illfht‘ in authority gzivc the 11cc":-

snry attention to our demands. We are glad to notr: that. ports. like Saint John, rind lfzilifzix are being kcpt up to (lntc.

1t is to be hoped that with the gradual return of prosperity. our harbour will receive its rightful share of freight and passenger traffic. We cannot expect an iiii- provement until the survey is completed. dry-docks built and our wharves put in proper condition. We feel that our committee has done ycoman work. They are thoroughly familiar with every dc- tall. being active on this: commit- tee for several years.

“The different other committees

ve been quite active. Our mem- - rlblp shows I slight increase and

(‘ll.~'.»f‘(l lill])!'\')\'t'fl Rtiil\"a_t' scr"l\P,, l

r1 -..iirncrl i

with ‘ roznpleint; rr,=."irri'ng pivot" Railway .

Strong argument‘

‘flirt-r zit-v over ri hundred thous-

we fccl that there is a. wonderful opportunity for the y-oung man in becoming a member of such an in- tercutipg and viseflll organization My humble opinion is that no tip- to-oail: community‘ can do without a Board of rradc oi‘ a Chamber of Commerce and progressive citizens will find interesting matters to be discused at our meetings. We, therefore. publicly invite those young men to become more inter- estcd in our Board.

Fisheries

“The Board of 'I‘riide, for many years. has been working on the improvement and the development of the Fivhiiig industry of Prince Edward island. As you know. we have a. committee devouted to this work. During the year a number of fishermen petitioned your Board for .\llPD0l'l» in their en- deavor to obtain assistance to en- able them to market and cure their fish. We gladly gave our support. us. wc have done in the past, real- izing the wonderful opportunity ly- int: dormant lit our very door. We understand both the Provincial and Federal Governments have come to the aid of our fishermen in order that. they may purchase supplies tinti we liopc that. increased aid inn‘. be ‘(Hull this industry. Fresh fish could be put up at very little cost and shipped to foreign mar- kets. if facilities were near at hunil. Distance to ready markets has been lessened by up-to-date trainportzition and permanent liichvvayus.

"During the year we lost one of our esteemed members in the per- son of Mr. Robert. N. McNeill, who was an active member of this Board for quite a. number of years

"'I'l"ic day following our last an- nual meeting. this Province suffer- ed n. great loss in the death of its then Premier, the Hon. Walter M. Lea. Your Board felt his loss keenly. He wtu ever ready to lis- icn to our requests; was never too bury to grant i ' an interview; 6V6!‘ obliging and s pathetic.

"The Province of Prince Edwar-i Island is. in no small measure, en- joyitlg the general return to nor- miiligv. Increased prices are of-

fcrcil for many of our farm pro- ducts.

There is a demand for lob- ‘her sea foods. Fox ing reasonably good m; 115.5 tieeri active zit {Hill arounu Charlottetown. The Itiistico-Hunter River highway has

i teen oompliztai. bringing the pro-

plt- of that district closer to our :s.

“Ibis should give us every rca- \O‘l to look forward with assur- iiiii-e to a sound prosperity for 1937.

"in conclusion I offer my sincere thiiiiks to all of the members n .0 assisted me as your President. llift~t especially" the members of our (join; 1 and different committees i and lailt. but not least, our valued I ziizil ' ’\l)lll.ll‘ Sci-rotary. Mr. W. L. .

a I wish also to thank the for its co-operation at all‘ l INDUSTRIAL REPORT

‘Fro following was the report o! the induszrial committee under the chairiniiiiliii) of Mr. Nelson Rat- llfllbllfj’

Ur. I‘: ' t; As Chairman of your Industrial Committee I beg in rvpoit a; follows:-

At our iunual meeting in 1935 Zlll\'i\‘i.'l'lll‘_' uuiuli-ie.» from the St. John Board tf Trade we dealt in Ill!‘ derail on our trade relations We recom- that the Dominion Gov-

m-nt It] pcnit a trade Commis- “rioi... ill t zit colony. On our re- ~;v~'~.tt':eii<!.'it 2 czxlorsed hy the ' it commissioner ii appointed. (‘-~ir.mi sioner will visit this ‘ii liic lltllr future to coil- li cur Bcaid. shippers. and interested in improved

2 -< E w o a: :1-

othcgx." trade fPl1ltl0lI$ with Newfoundland.

’l‘h.'it mlony is a buyer of most oi‘ the fnrm products of which we have n surplus. In a recent year

Jfcafoiuitllantl imported batsrcled

l.~.ilt. pork in value $753,000, and ivixtlr- butter. cheese. hay. oats, ‘ ".1, ego; and vegetables in

rvvr a million dollars.

lllPs to the zncs in tlic Mari line Prov- lintr» Quebec. and Eaetcrn On- i tano. ll. may be that our producers wnnnot. ("HllDFlU for thc barreied lnoil; bn-u .~ in Newfoundland. 5.1: orinaiion it.» to tlic quality- 6059 , m t‘l'lll$llllll"l‘.», lffllillll rates on bar- ‘rclvrd pork and other farm pro- file: \\'0lll(l be of interest to our lshrppciu.

timers ni. tho stations on ffmvloiititllriiirl railway and the ll{‘!'.\ .11. our railway stations lllilVd‘ the produats those consumers lll"‘fi, but the cKr-"stsivc frelllht 173"." prevent. blLTlllP .:. Continuous .h:-iil rrifcz: from stations on the _I.=l;ind rnilwiiv ll) switlons on the TiwllClllldlillltl Ffllluliy’ on the nun" barls as continuous hauls on flu‘. (Janadiaii National Railway Wlllllfl facilitate the movement of produce. ’I‘llis nrraiicemciit would reduce transportation cnargcs ap- proximately onc half.

The Industrial Us of Cull and Surplus Potatoes

Potato growing is one of our leading industries. Our soil and climate arc adapted to the pro-

duction of this crop. It t: discouraging to our farm-

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itr year. Some years there is no de- mand for our surplus at any price. An effort might be made to stab- ilize the industry. To make potato (rowing in this Province a sane and. profitable business.

‘n Germany which, for its acre- age, is the largest potato prodlw- m; coiuitry i_n the world. there m six thousand factories turning the c. ..'l: and surplus potato stock into sock food, in a highly concentrat- ed form. '.l‘hls is the main pllfl>°5° of the industry and the alcohol 1W motor fuel produced 1s in German)’ looked upon as s by-Pmdllcl- n” potato industry there is stablllzvd- travellers in Germany Temflk °“

the fine appearance of the 111/9 stock in that country. The Irish Free State has one

factory on the German model M *~rk. Four more are about to be- c“. operations. The output 01 P1" cohol will reach one million five hundred thousand gallons yearly-

Subsldles have been granted by the Dominion Government toward the construction and equipment 0i cold storage warehouses in all the Provinces. The total yearly 011ml! 1:. over two million dollari. this l0 help the dairy industry.

Our potato farmers might ap- peal to the Dominion Govemment for some assistance to start a fac- tory, say in each county. to stab- ilize the potato industry in our Province.

At the last annual meeting of the P. E. I. Womens’ Institutes held in Charlottetown an interest- ing report on Island Industries was submitted by Mrs. A. A. Alley. She said in part, “if we can buy any article of hqme manufacture at a reasonable cost it is our duty to buy it in preference to any import»- eci article. It is our duty to trade with our ifierchants in preference to those of any other country. Next we should encourage our mer- chants to place home products on the market when it ispossible." and in this connection she recommends as a. new industry a fruit and vegetable canning factory. Within two or three years our Board sug- gested to one of the large Ontario canning companies the building of a. branch factory here. No action was taken.

‘This industry carried on. for the most part, 1n the Central Prov- inces, reported an output in 1930 o: forty three million dollars. with a capital investment of forty six million dollars, and what is 0f 11111611 interest to Olll‘ farmers. nmvlded farmers near the factories with an enormously extended market. The output is nearly all consumed in the Dominion and averages ap- proximately 50 cents per head o! the population. The population 0f the ltfnrltlmc Provinces and New- foundland is one and l! Qllllfiel‘ million, so that our consumption of calmed goods is approximately $425,000.00 yearly. We can supply the raw material in this Province. and the pack here would be near Maritime and Newfoundland mar- kets.

No local factory oould meet the competition of this powerful OISE"- izatlon.

The Compatiles are on friendly terms with the government. They

en that prices flucwsu from flu

have tariff protection of 2 cents

I per pound on corn. beans. tomatoes. y. and peas. and on all other

vege- tables 27 1-2 per cent. and Wflllld.

- it is thought. be disposed to con-

tider favourably the recommend- ations of the Government.

We respectfully recommend that our Minister of Agriculture and the Dominion Minister of Agriculture meet the Executive of the Can- ners’ organization for a friendly discussion of’ the question of branch canning factorie= in this Province.

Nelson Rattenhuiy Chairman.

HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS

The following report was sub- mitted by Mr. J. O. Hyndmnn. chairman of the Harbour Iniprove- mcnt Committee.

Your committee ls pleased tore- port. that some further progress’ has been made during the past season in their cffot ts for improve- ments at. the port of Charlotte- town.

From a report recently received from Mr. R. .r. Fraser, Hydrogra- pher, of the Surveys and Engineer- ing Branch at Ottawa. we quote the following:

“With regard to the charting of Charlottetown I-farbctir I can iii- form you that this was practically completed in the summer of 1935 with the exception of a portion of Hillsborough River above the r. way bridge. As a. result of this preliminary chard-known as a, process print or black-and-whltr, edll.ioii—was pilbiished in lVlay. 1936. Last season the work o sounding and charting the llills» borough River was completed an? when the preliminary edition o‘ this chart has become exhausted i coloured, lithograplicd edition wlii then be issued. With rcgurcl fir»

I-lillsborough Bay, it is expect d that the charting of this \vi.l c finished during the coming iilllll- mo," and a new chart. will tlicii we published as the result of the coil- pleted work.“

Now that the surwgvs of thc liar- bour nnd llillsborougli Bay are about completed. your committee feel that the time him arrived for united action. in order to obtain modern facilities at. the Port of Charlottetown. With the depres- sion past. and greatly improved financial conditions prevailing. large expenditures for necessary public works are being provided. the lat- est announcement being that many more millions are to be spent dur- ing the coming summer for ini- provements and additional facilit- ies at the Port of Montreal. when you consider that this province has no railway competition. such BS other provinces enjoy, we are surc- ly entitled to have our facilities for water transport brought up to sinn- rlard. in order to accomniodatcthi: larger type of freight and passen- ger boats now employed. with ouch

modern facilities installed to meet our requirements. it. would greatly benefit not only the nr- ‘

able to our flailing populs ion to acquaint them with the technique,

shippers of our province. but also the tourist business, which traffic benefits trade in general. dition it would add greatly to the opportunities at our port for the labouring man to earn a living.

Your committee would againlllcn to POlnt out that at the annual meeting of the Maritime Board of Trade held in Halifax on the 20th of November 1935, a. resolution that had been passed at the Coun- cil of this Board, dealing with the question of harbour improvements at Charlottetown", was unanimously endorsed by the Maritime Board.

In addition to modem docking and warehouse facilities, your com- mittee has also advocated the con- struction here of a. dry dock, so that the port can cater to the nec- essary annual overhauling as well as general repairs to government and other vessels and dredges. This would create very considerable ac- tivity on our waterfront and be an important acquisition to our port.

During the visit of Hon. C. D. Howe, the Minister of 'I‘ransport,to the province in August last. at a. conference held in the Confedera- tion Chamber. thc need for im- proved harbour and dry dock faci- lities was brought. to the attention of the honourable minister and it was urged that early action be taken to implement the Duncan Commission recommendation in this respect.

As pointed out in our report last year, the building of modern dock- ing facilities here will mcan an expenditure of a large emf-Wilt C! money for labour and materials which should help greatly in solv- ing our unemployment problem.

If we all take an cnthuslasticin- terest and co-opei-atc withiour Fed- eral representativc it will ensure the early completion oi’ this ini- portant undertaking so vital to our port and province. _

Your committee. therefore. ex- press the hope that the recommen- dations contained in section 1B of the Duncan Report will com: nearer to fulfilment in the year 1937.

Fisheries Report

Mr. Presldentiand Gentlemen:

Your Committee on Fisheries beg to submit the following report on the fisheries of Prince Edward Is- land for the year 1936.

The lobster fishery, which is the most important branch of the Pro- vincial fisheries, shows a. decline c! 61.6% from the previous year, with a landed value of $570,306 an 1n- crease ovcr the previous year of $81,337. During the last four years ‘hi. fishery" shows a. decrease of To arrest this decline drastic measures should be enacted and rigidly enforced for its protection and possible rctoration to its for- mcr state of produictiveness.

The Cod, Hake and Haddock fishery show an increase of 2.536,-

560 lbs., with a landed value of $56.- 397, an increase over the previous year of $9,340. The low price foi this class oi.’ fish shows little, if any. improvement. After cost of equipment and gasoline is deduct- ed, the fishermen have very little lcft for their labor.

Oysters. This fishery shows a rather alarming decline of 949.800 lbs. from the landed quantity in i935. The chief canoe of this de- cline is due to falling off’ of the catch in the East River area, which in i935 yielded between three and four thousand barrels, in 1936 only 104 barrels, the beds having be- come depleted. Scientific investi- gation by the Department of Fish- eries to discover the cause is now in progress. Cultivation of Oys- ters by individual and co-opera- tive efforts in progressing favour- ably. A number of new‘ leases were issued lost your. This branch of the Industry appears to bc in a healthy condition. and capable of extensive cxiraiision.

The Sllli-lt fishery showed an in- crease over the previous year, both in quantity and value. All other branches of the fisheries are in a normal condition.

The total value of the Provincial fisheries for 1936, was 8732.955 an increase ovcr the previous year of $89,203.

This Board has for some years host. advocated Government Fin- ancial assistance to fishcnnen to replace equipment. It is gratify- ing to know that an initial movc has been tnadc in this direction. Last _vc:ir it Fctlcral grant. of S-

, 000 wriz. obtitlnccl which ivris supple‘-

inentcd by n. s-iinilur amount. by tho- Provinclal Ciovcrniticnt, which ap- pointed a Committee to adminis- ter the fund. Our information is that. tho Coininittcc has dlscharg- cd its duties in a vcry efficient and satifuciory nizitnici". 1n addition to "ndvllnll lwsistanco to deserving fisherincn to restore cquipzhgnt.’ 1i; has investigated and discovered large Scallop beds between East, Point nnd Murray Harbor, and next your fishermen will bc m. wllfflglrd to operate in the Scallop fishery. Arranccments, we under. stand. have born made with the Fisheries Department to supply n ronipcticnt. person to dcvotc full llfllt‘ Vto instructing our filmflfmgg] iii scientific methods of curing aim Pfcpflfillf! fish for market, and it 15 Dflsilblr‘. in the near future small curing plants may be bu)“, 1n fishing centres.

We note with satisfaction that an organization known as the Adult Education League of Prince Ed~ ward Island is now functioning in the province. From recent Radio

lks it appears that, at the prgg- cnt time. its efforts are chiefly ai- rected to the farming population We hope thnt in the near future it may be able to extend its educa- tional efforts to the fishing popula. "0". where adult cducntion is lllflclltly needed. Adult education has brought such remarkable beni- fical results to the fishing popula- tion ln many fishing sections in

NOV! Ecol-ll. hould be mods avail-

_ cently begun the

G John in about two hours.

in the establishment of air services.

s and - y for the ‘ ‘ oi their problems. “ r 'u1ly submited, is In ad- W. F. TIDMARSII Chairman

BOARD OF TRADE All SERVICE

Mr. R. L. Cotton chairman of the Air ‘transportation Committee, re- Ported:

On the daily air service between Charlottetown and Monet» only one and a half round trips were missed from the regular schedule during the whole of the y.» 1938.

his a remarkable record-better- ing the best heretofore-and de- monstrates very decisively our free- dom from fog and hurricanes and the general suitability of this area for safe and regular flying. And that without any of the accepted radio and other aids to aerial navigation. Ours is a preferred coastal area. for air transportation. The operating company. its local manager, Mr. Walter Fowler and its other offiwrs here are to be congratulated and thanked. ‘There was again an increase in the number of passenger andin the weight of mail carried. More mall is can-led between "Moncton and Charlottetown and Summer-side than on any other air mail service in Canada.

A new company promoted by Maritime men and capital has re- operation of additional services in the Maritime Provinces. .As no mail is carried on its routes flights are only made when passengers offer. Its sched- uled routes include St. John-Monc- ton-Hallfex; IIalifax-New Glasgow Charlottetown. and service to. Sydney will beghi when conditions permit landing with skis. Its plane~ from Halifax to st. John makes connection at Moncton .-with the regular service from Charlottetown so that it is now posrible to get through from Charlottetown to St.

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Particularly or late the news- papers and magazines are continu- ally carrylns feature articles 1n- fofmlnk everybody or the wonder- ful strides being made in Canada and throughout the world in air transportation. Active preparat- ions are being made for the es- tablishment this year of the trans- Canada. mail and passenger service and large expenditures are being made by the Federal government at a. chain of airports and landing fielc- right across the continent from Moncton to Vancouver. Charlottetown might well, as a. community, be more active in this regard in maintaining the early and excellent start which it made

be

be

Connection with the itwo through trains on the mainland could be made at very little additional cost to that involved in the one round trip a day connecting with the Ocean Limited, and would provide 5

have nature as the site of Caitadirrs principal base for the military and

eastern coast.

Magdalen Island: winter a radio station has been es-

rient steamers wintering in Char- lottetown. This local airport to keep close touch

attendant upon that run. This

TRANSPORTATION COMIMITTEE

the Transportation Committee.

the Charlottetown Board of Trade. I beg to submit the report of the Trnnspoi Jtioti Committee of this Board for the year 1936.

just passed has been a busy one for your Committee and I feel that your Committee has handled

areas cast and south of Charlotte- town and west of Summerside, and make great time savings possible for those travellers to whom time is valuable. Proper docking, mooring and other facilities for rea. plane; must eventually be pro- vided here, and improved landing facilities are required to make pos- sible the landing here of such Dlanes as will be u1ed in the trans- Canadrt service. The sooner such facilities are provided the better. Charlottetown would seem to been especially fitted by

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Tr

naval air services centered on its

As an aid to the operation of the air service this

tablishcd on one of the Govern- its

will enable the o1

with weather and landing condit- ions at the Magdalens and so my mitigate somewhat the hazards year the first landing has been made at the Maedalens by a plane fitted with wheels.

ROBERT L. COTTON

Chairman. Po

The following was the report of

Mr. President and members of

. 1 'l‘he year through which we have m

its

eraited by the S. enjoying a. lame trade especfln-llv in the export of turnips and potatoes. This should augm- well for the 0011- tlnuance of this service during 19374 and your Committee would busiest that a service should be urged 1°!‘ 1937. to coimneuoe in the early summer so that the tourist. lamina-i. would be encouraged and taken w"

nitrogen gathered and of produced and stored in the land f0!’ future crops.

Oats and barley, grain gave yields above

granted and this Province Li. r5811‘ up to the present time. enjoylflB I ltemiship service to the New Ens- land markets.

Your Committee informed that this tervioe as 0P- S PUTDOTUI i8

Your Committee iiirouzhout the

year were also actively enzfllfld l" matters dealing with our Railway transportation problems. On Mil’ 4th, 1936, your committee present- ed to this Board a. resolution ask- 111g the Dominion Government to implement in full the recommenda- tions of the Duncan Commission in reference to Railway services. This resolution was duly owed by this Board and forwarded to the prop-

authorities. On the same date

your Committee fully presented to Colonel Stlbbard of the staff 0f the Board of Railway Commission- ers an outline of the menu requested. tee were pleased to have the OPPO!" tunity of meeting the H0"- Howo, Minister of ‘Iransrloffl Wm visited here on August 17th, 1986. Advantage was taken of this 0!!- imion, and your Committee pre- sented its case for impfllvfid 59"‘ foes to him. especially alone "w lines of s. speeded up service tween Charlottetown and Moncton- Following Mr. Rowe's

Committee prelim“! l1 _ dealing with the Railway SBYVIMS

improve- Your Commit-

Ml‘.

b3-

visit, your resolution

general, which resolution was

duly approved by this W375i and presented and P4135911 by the Marl‘ time Board of Trade at its Annual Meeting here in September. _ Many other matters dealng with our transportation problems have been dealt with by vwr- CQ-ienll“ tee arid

recommendations have

en made. I would r001‘ l0 Such

matters as increased auto...obilc eommodation belwwn :4 Tqmuitine, a Pullman service freight rate was more than cut In

Bordm

tween hero and Moncton. “w

making available of sa1va86 BT15?‘ ment at this Port, tile necessity for repairs b61118 m!“ 1n m“ “my sprfng w the oar-ferry Charlo te- town. the deslgsliilillly 0! passenger stea P Charlottetown a port of wll- m‘! also other local subjects bmuahl» W our notice.

Your Committee would like t0 point out that 1n the matter o! Railway Servloes. vermin improve- ments were awdie follcwinz the P"- sentation of our case to the Hon. Mr. were made by the car-ferry Char- lottetown, and for a tme an early crossing at seven o'clock in the morning. and we are now enj:ying

having Ines make

Howe. Additional crossings

Pullman service on three days a

l. a further speeding up of business Week-

y‘ Co lit have not per- correspondence, particularly so for hflguzem “;‘"1:»;s°ful m an the“,

dertakings, but we feel that good

progress has been made and ‘the ef- forts put iOrth will bear fruit at a later date.

Submitted on behalf cf the

ansportation Committee. R, R. BELL Oiialrlnan.

Charlottetown, P-E-L January 13th, i907.

AGRICULTURE uproar

To the President. Charlottetown Board of TIME! The past season was favorable for most Agricultural Province. most abundant in many years, a- bout, 20 per cent above average. and the large percentage of clover in the iiiiy aria pastures greatly added W

crops in this The hay crop was the

nutritive valuc. lleavy CHIPS clover are not only valuable the

year in which they are harvested. but they add greatly to the fertil-

of the land by the amount of humus

and mixed average.

tatoes were a fair crop and

where well sprayed. were suitable for shipping with a compflratlvellf large percentage of marketable p0- ta-toes. heavy, much yield. and the quality was excellent. Wheat, injured by 105K“ disease, was about the only CF91? 5°‘ low average in yield.

Manketing conditions and 1111095

The root crop was V811! above the average

and

ve been well ntaintalned. I feel

“f; m saying Agriculture ha had a successful year. The Field Days and Ptouzhin:

Annual Meeting;

(Continued froix_i_paze_ i) ‘ _

many occasions been of great service. Mr. mass canard-allied the veteran member on his excel- lent report as chairman of the in- dustrial committee.

Major McNutt, member of the civic improvement committee, gave an impromptu report in the ab- rence of’ the committee chairman, LL-Col. G. E. Full.

Major McNutt congratulated the city for the fine breastwork at Vic- toria Park and the improvement project at Government Pond.

He recommended an ash walk along the south side of Brighton Road from Byers‘ Corner as far out as the hospital at least and per- haps as far as the shore. It would be a project which would be 100 per cent labor. he said.

The improvement of Dead Man's Pond in Victoria Park, the plant- ing of a, row of trees along the north Itidl! of the park roadway. that greater attention be paid to Hlllsboro Square, and that more rigid building regulations be en- acted were suggestions made by Major McNutt. I-Ie also suggested

manufactures to the city to pro- vide much needed employment for the people should be considered.

children, the most valuable aszet to any place, there should be less hypocrisy in the liquor law of the province. Major McNutt declared.

Mr. A. Belcher, reporting as chairman of the entertainment committee, said that the most im- portant activity of his committee was. the entertainment of the Mar- itime Board of Trade.

During the meeting Mr. C. E. McKenzie. as the secretary of the Central Farmers Institute, asked the Board who got the benefit from the $20,000 subsidy granted the Famortb on the Charlottetown. Boston, New York service. Although he understood that the turnip

two it did not result in one cent increase to the farmers and he thought that, if the subsidy was to be continued, the farmer should get at least part of the benefit. otherwise they would probably op- pose such a. sulflidy.

Mr. R. L. Cotton asked if it was t-hvuaht the shippers here sot the benefit. He did not think business was conducted 1n such a way.

that the large shippers had been cutting prlcw and that the raving on freight rates perhaps went that way.

Mr. R. E. Mutch declared that the largest user of the IFarnorth was the farmers own co-operative and that they should be able to answer the question,

The required information could not be obtained from that source, Mr. McKenzie replied.~ Turiilps were retailing at five ccntsiipound in Boston and the farmers here We" Belting" 13 cents a bushel so there was obviously too great; a SPNM somewhere. lie declared in conclusion.

Firemen Elect tlfficers lit Annual Meeting

(Continued from page 1) years.

Company meetings preceded the main meeting. Captain Louis Ste- wart presided over the meeting of the Chemical and Hose Company which elected the following ofli- cers: first lieutenant, H. Cameron; second lieutenant, E. McTague; secretary, Pat Ready. Two new members were accepted into the company, John MacLeod and Bruce Williams.

The Hook and Ladder Company meeting. presided over by Captain H. H. Jewell, elected the following officers: secretary, F‘. R. MacLalne; lieutenant, Arthur Dover.

The meeting was held in the flremerfs quarters of the City Building.

work and duties to the very best Of course. this is a matter for you to judge, but your Committee is satisfied that some results. beneficial to this Province. have been returned for the efforts expended.

Early hi the year your Commit- tec took under advisement the ne- cessity of the continuance oi a sub- sldlzed steamship service between this port and the ports of New England, Montreal and the O_n February 11rd. 1936, a resolution ivas prepared by your Committee and duly passed by ttfs Board in mgard to said service and this was followed by n personal presentation of our case m the Pre- and Government of

of its abilities.

Indies.

inier

Demonstrations at the Charlotte- town Experimental Station and at the Illustration stations throush- out the Province. were more lprilell’ attended than ever before. Interest. in Agricultural experiment and re- search work, and in Pfflfiflwl dfm’ onstmtlons is rapidly “M Many study clubs have been organ- imtin the Province and the Wom- en's Institutes have asked for ml- m-iiii on agricultural subjects to be studied at their rezular meetlnlls- The past, season was very favor- able for live stack and increases were reported in animal products. A number of outstanding sires We"! brought w the Province. Thl: free- dom from disease. lfldlmled by lghe last. test completed by the Heath of Animals Branch, continues the

Province. granted and enjoyed to the year

eral Government, your Committee were obliged to redouble their ef- forts in pressing for a suitable ser- vice. and the matter was further tel-ken up with our Rderal Repre- sentatlves,--the proper ments at Ottawa. with Mr. J.W. Kerr, Inspector of Steamship Sub- ventlons who visited here on May

Dennis, Minister of Agriculture

Due to the subsidy

1935 being (liscontlnued by the Fed-

Depart-

i3t.h, 1936. rird with Hon. \v.l1.

this Province. We are hnjipj,‘ to

remrtthotsaiiiddl! Ill

Vi.

Island as s Restricted Ares.

J. A. CLARK.

"I don't see how football players

ever get clean!"

“Silly, wrist d0 You giuiwmle the

scrub teams are for?"

Too Iiittl

Clasify

NTED IMMEDIATELY EX-

izorfenced maid fur general

BEAUHARNOIS

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Ho also awarded costs.

Chief Justice Rose dismissed the Company's action as against the Attorney-General of Ontario and ruled the Company should pay the Attorney-General! costs.

Ontario's cancellation oi‘ power contracts between the Hydro Com- mission and four Quebec compan- ies was first challenged in the court-s by the Ottawa. Valley Power Co. Ltd. which was succensful in Ontario Appeal Court. The court ruled parts of tho Power Commis- sion Act, 1035. were ultra. virea the Ontario Legislature. Tno case now is before the Privy council.

the company

T0 PROTECT PROVINCE

TORONTO. Jan. 13-(CP)—Flrst business of the Ontario legislature at the coming session will be pes- sage of blls to nullify the effect of

chm-mm Alrleulhrll Comm lice. any poxfble decision of the Privy

Council holding Ontaro fable for payment for power contracted for under the canceled agreements

with Quebec eompznles, Pruner‘

Hepburn arnounced today.

turning to his o lice ancr a week's illness with bran hitfs, the Premier commented when a Su- preme Court of Ontarb judgment ordered the Ontario Hydro Electric Commission to pay $573,750 wllh

imirewpj-k, “ply H, clo Guard- interest and costs to the Beauhar- M; hfil-l-Il-Ofmois Illht. Host and Power Com-

the possibility of bringing more’

Mr. McKenzie said he had heard

And finally for the sake of the“

The lleiitral Guardian

-___ FBACTUBES- ANKLE-Mrs. R J. MacDonald. City, suffered Q fractured ankle yesterday when ‘he fell down the basement step; at he, home. She was resting comfortably last nlzht. _

FUNERAL NOTICE-The fungm] of Mrs. Nelson MacEwen win b, held today, January 14th, from m, home of her father, Mr. Neil Pen.