FIRES PARTING SALUTE

Following the opening of the Lobster Season at Rustico yes- terday Father L. J. Ayres of Rustico Parish fies a parting

Briefs Strongly

‘Continued From Page I thinking of Mr. MacDonald. He was promptly told he "was al. ways a timid soul”, by Mr, MacDonald who added “in my home I'm the boss”.

STRONGLY CRITICAL

The brief of the Co-Operative Union strongly supported that of the Federation and was also strongly critical of the specula tive aspect of potato marketing and price fixing by interests out- side the industry.

The brief also drew attention to the great spread between the price to the farmer for his tur- nips and what the consumer has to pay. It said the farmer re- ceived from one-half cent per pound to two cents while the cus- tomer had to pay as high as

eight and never less than. six cents. - Once again the spokesman

was Donald A. MacDonald who; was accompanied by Louis O'Connor, president of the Co- Operative Union, and Dr. La-. Belle of Saint Dunstan’: Uni- versity. » ~

FARM FEDERATION‘ BRIEF Following are excerpts from

the brief presented by the P.E.I.

Federation of Agriculture:

“The farmer Is chiefly inter- ested in what he receives and the consumer in wha-t she pays, _un- fortunately. neither has given a great deal of thought to the charges in between the two which now account for a large portion of the food dollar.

“.’l"he Canadian farmer has been the unwilling ‘victim of the cheap food complex and has dur- ing the past six years been also the victim of. spiralling costs which he has not been able to pass on to the consumer who in most cases fails to realize that

COMING EVENTS

Bingo Hope River Hall tonight.

Movies Oorram Ban H-all every Saturday, 3 p.m.

Movies: St. Peters Holy Name I-[all every Tuesday 8 p.m.

Dancing Gordon Lodge, Friday night. Burns orchestra. For com- munity enterprise.

Cleaning grain until further no-

‘ tice. Jack Howatt, North Wilt-

shire.

Unloading car Oil Cakes, Fri- day and Saturday, May 2nd and 3rd. Price off the car $3.80. Wilt- lhire Dairying Company Limited.

Regular dance in Elliotts Hall Saturday night, Weatherbie Or- che-stra.

Dancing Instructor for children twelve to sixteen years. Borden Legion Hall tonight 7.30 p.m. Ad- mission 25 cents.

Showing at Morell Friday, ‘The Silver Chalice." from the novel by Thomas B. Costain. The might- iest story of good and evil were told, ever lived, ever made into a moving picture. Starring Vir- ginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, and Jack Palance, “You should seek the lost silver cup — for sin is rising like the swollen rivers." Show time 8.30 p.m.

salute’ from his Victorian age Pistol while Hon. Angus Mac- Lean, Federal Minister of Fisheries looks on. A collector

Increases in t-he food lndicies are largely chargeable to nonfarm charges for labour, transporta- ilon. Packaging and merchandis- ing.

TRANSPORTATION

“Prince Edward Island farm- ers do not have the advantage of any large domestic market close at hand, many of our pro- ducts must be transported great distances and their bulky and Perish-ible nature adds‘ greatly to the cost of delivery. Transpor- tation costs are one of the heavi- est items which the economy of this province must bear. Total charges for incoming freight collect and out-going freight prepaid are probably in excess of $10 million per year, a heavy burden to be borne by a com- munitly of 100 thousand people.

“We would hope that your Commission in its studies will be able to devote considerable at- tention to the effect of trans- portation charges in decreasing farmer's income and in increas- ing food costs.

“The farmer has today prac- tically no bargaining power as an individual. realization of this fact has been the primary rea-

2 non for the farmer's interest in

-developing buying and selling, organizations which have taken the form of farmer-owned joint stock companies, co-operatives and more recently marketing boards established under legis- lation and having authority to direct and control ‘the market- ing of farm products.

“We realize that these efforts on the part of the farmer to re- gain his bargaining power are viewed with concern, even with alarm by .3 portion of a society which has more or less happily adjusted itself to the idea of professional fee fixing through associations, ~barg«aining by lab- our unions. and to the assumpt-

of rare firearms. Father Ayres has over 200 guns of various types in his possession.

grounds for belief that specula- tive profit making contributes nothing to the value of consumer goods. At the present time the Canadian potato market appears to be perhaps unduly influenced by the operations of the New York Mercantile‘ Exchange which is the stamping ground of people who make their living not from producing or marketing but purely from speculation. While at times the producer may ap- pear to benefit from speculative profit taking there would ap- pear to be little justification for Including in consumer prices the cost of keeping people who live entirely by their wits.

“We would like to make it clear that our reference is not to the type of speculation which consists of farmers holdingtheir produce for a more favorable market or to the risks taken by the legitimate dealer who invest their capital in the product. “The dairy indiislry allfords an example of good organiza- tion in its various branches. Quality standards are regulated and with few exceptions consum- ers who purchase dairy products are guaranteed good quality and fair value. Butter which is one of the most widely used food products carrys much below average spread between produc- er and consumer. In fluid milk, regulations are established and producers and consumerd prices regulated, processing margins set, all of which are open to the scrutiny of the public. We be- lieve that much of value can be learned from a study of t-he dairy industry, its methods of organization, lbs quality stand- ards, health protection. and the charges involved in handling its products.

C0-OP UNION BRIEF ' The following excerpts are

ion that invested capital is en- titled to a fair return except possibly when invested in agri- culture. MARKETING EFFICIENCY “In our opinion agricultural survival depend to a large ex- tent on efficiency in marketing and upon the success which the farmer attains in perfecting and controlling his marketing organ- izations. The consumer should not expect in a highly organized society and in an agriculture which is continually facing in- creasing costs that farmers can continue to trust to the law of supply and demand while other industries operate in a control- led and manipulated economy. “In far too many cases food products are offered in conjunct- ion with premiums and bonsuses which the consumer may not re- quire and which do add to the cost of merchandising and to the cost of food. We suggest close scrutiny of the long term effects of such practices. If the consum- er requires breakfast food it should be bought without adul- teration of fire trucks, kiddie cars, rings or bobby pins. We believe a useful service would be rendered by your Commis- sion in studying and reporting on the economic implications of such practice and in indicating what legislation if any might be ‘desirable in the way of control. SPECULATION _ “To what extent speculation contributes to the cost of food products is difficult to say. Cer-

tainly there would appear to be

Owing to, the

Guardian office on

SPECIAL NOTICE

Building. Iv_vi‘II carry on my egg business 1:1‘ my plant on Clark Street. opposite The

M. AND A. PETERS.

fire In the Market

Prince Street.

closed until Friday due to fire damage.

NOTICE

Sherwin-Williams co. Ltd. will be

merning, May 20¢-

from the brief presented by the P.E.I. Co-operative .Union:

“Farmers in this Province have grown tableturnips for in- terprovincial and export. sale for many years; In fact. our Province and some areas in the Province of Ontario. such as

ties, producemost of our domes- tic requirements and a substan- tial exportable surplus as well. Our production is basically high quality and, generally speaking, is mostly sold in mar- ket areas such as ‘Boston and New York.

“Chart No. 1 and Table No. 1 will indicate to you the

which Ontario farmers receive,

farmers receive one-half cent

Huron, Elgin and Oxford Coun-

of

much lower price levels prevailing in this province compared to those

and we point out most definitely that no matter whether Island

‘ Thur.,*May 1, 1958 The Guardian Page 3

Nickel Industry Confident,

By FORBES RHUDE

‘ TORONTO (CPI — The nickel ,industry, though faced with cur- ‘rent over-production. is confident .of the future and is continuing ‘With its Plans to make more nickel available.

This was empliasized Wednes- day by officials of International Nickel Company of Canada Ltd. —the world's largest producer-— at the company's annual meeting and at the annual press confer- ence held in connection with the meeting.

Dr. John Thompson. chairman, said at the press conference: “We have been asked many times, in view of the current re- cession, whether we are consid- ering suspending our project in northern Manitoba—a $175,000,000 undertaking.

“I wish to say that we intend

per pound or two cents per pound consumers of this product usual- ly pay six to eight cents

per pound for same. A suggested remedy, for this intolerable situa- tion is required.

“Prince Edward Island has a world-wide reputation for qual- ity production of both seed and table potatoes. This phase of our agricultural production repre- sents the Island‘s chief cash crop. Each year from 40,000 to 45,000 acres of potatoes are grown which produce an export- able volume of from 10,000 to 14,000 carloads.

“Producers of this product have always had to contend with drastic price fluctuations and the present season has been no exception. In fact, during the past several months market levels have been jumping up and down to such an extent that day to day values no longer bear any resemblance to stability for either producers or shippers. PRICE CHANGE

“Our chart compares price to Island shippers from Toronto dealers, and wholesale to retail prices for same. We suggest to you that such price changes bear no proper relationship to either available supplies of the product or consumer requirements, but are brought about by outright speculations on the part of cer- tain buying interests in this country whose actions are close- ly aligned to what happens each day to price levels for Maine potato futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

“Other charts will show you the price changes on the Ex- change and a comparison will tend to prove the opinion that gambling interests supported by extensive financial resources can manipulate the Mercantile Exchange in such a manner as to control the price structure of potatoes not only in the United States but in our country as well. This contention is supported by the fact that Island shippers must now usually wait until after 11 a.m.. each morning, when the opening Exchange prices be- come known, before they can re- ceive firm quotations from Mon- treal or Toronto dealers.

“In conclusion, this organiza- tion deplores the existing condi- tions outlined and also the fact that Island potato growers this year have had to accept price levels so far below those pre- vailing in the State of" Maine. We trust the learned members of this Commission can and will suggest a proper remedy."

Is Making Expansion Plans

to go ahead with the Manitoba development as though we were in the full rush of business."

I n c o’s Manitoba operations, plus expansion in Ontario’s Sud- bury area, will raise the com- pany's nickel-production capacity to 385,000,000 pounds per year by l961——compared with a current capacity of around 300.000,000—— and 75,000.000 pounds of the in- crease will come from Manitoba.

Henry S. Wingate, president, told shareholders that two cut- backs in Canadian production- whihc affect all company pro- ducts, including copper-—will to- tal about 20 per cent and will cut nickel output to an annual rate of about 250,000,000 pounds. com- pared with some 290,000,000 pounds last year and a peak rate of about 300,000,000 pounds.

Sales this year, however. are running at a rate of only 20,- 000,000 pounds.

“The favorable factor in this is that we are able to tell nickel users that the days of nickel- shortage are over and they can return to specifying nickel in their products.

“Accordingly, in the long-term the outlook is good. but in the short-term it is necessarily sober- i-ng."

Fireman Not

Seriously Hurt

Mr. Claude Field, City Fire- man, was reported resting com- fotrtably in the City Hospital followihg injuries received when the west wall of the Mar- ket Building collapsed during the fire Tuesday night. Mr. Field is suffering from bruises and shock and will be’ in the‘ Hospital for a short time.

Cases Heard In Police Court

The City of Charlottetown con- tinued their efforts to clean up the unclean premises within the city boundaries when a resident was ordered to pay court costs Wed- nesday morning on a charge 115- ing out of the Sanitary By-Law.

The accused was given until May _2nd to raise the needed money.

A 28-year-old Chestnut Street man charged with break, entry and theft from LePage’s Shoe Store had his case remanded un- til today.

One of the heaviest fines ever handed down to a first offense drunk and incapable cahrge was meted out to a. 25-year-old Hun- ter River man when he was fined $20 and costs or 10 days. The only other drunk an dincapable charge on the morning docket to face Magistrate K.M. Martin was a 19-year-old Summer Street youth who was given a 10-day suspended sentence.

Another Hunter River resident,

appearing on a charge of drunk- en driving, was remanded until this morning. ‘ A 58-year-old Elm Avenue man was fined $20 and costs or 10 days when he was convicted of going drunk and disorderly.

HISTORIC SPOT Construction of a fort where the city of Kingston. 0nt.. now stands, was supervised by Front- enac in 1673. -

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House Wiring Is Discussed

A very lively discussion of the need of the “Red Seal" Standard of electrical wiring by H1 9 homes of this Province was the highlight of a meeting of the El- ectrical Industry on Monday eve- ning, April 28th.

Sponsored by the Electric Ser- vic League of P.E.I., the met- ing was held at the National Film Board office in the Domin- ion Building. with a good repres- entation from Summerside among those present.

The evening was the first in a series as part of an educational program to be carried out within the industry. and wa.s open to all members of the League and their employees.

Mr. V.W. Burke, Chairman of the League. opened the meeting, followed by remarks by Mr. H. B. Bugden, League Secretary - Trcoasurer. A series of coloured slides entitled “The Housepower Story" was shown, accompanied by a running commentary by Mr. Bugden. Following this the {fleeting saw the premier show- mg of a new human interest film. “Family Affair”.

_, The question‘ and answer per- 10d which followed. with Mr. Burke. 1n the chair. proved to be most interesting, iiiformative and enlightening, with the public ser. Vice program of the League re- ceiving the whole-hearted support

of those present.

Draws 5 -Month Theft Sentence

A young city man was sentenced to flVE‘ moiiths in the Queens County Jail when he appeared be- foer Judge (J. St. Clair Trainor in C01111f_.V Court on Wednesday morning. The accused was charg- ed with the theft of a quantity of cigarettes and money from Tom Davies Red Indian Texaco Ser- vice Station on the corner of F 1t7-TOY and Great George streets. On sentencing the accused, Judge Trainor said that in view of the previous record acquired by the man, a suspended sentence was out of the question.

“I am inclined to think," Judge Trainor said, “that you are not of a criminal nature, but, society must be protected.”

The accused has been in jail since he was apprehended along with his companion, also from the city, while in a taxi stand on Queen Street early in the morn- ing ‘of March 20th. The Compan- ion is olso appearing on the same charge of bleak enter and theft. Prior to passing sentence Judge Trainor told the accused to “re- habilitate yourself into a useful serivce. And don't bring any more disgrace to yourself or your family."

RECONSIDER MISSILES

THE HAGUE <AP)—The Dutch government will reconsider its earlier agreement in principle to accept NATO intermediate-range missile bases if other nations should refuse, parliament was told Tuesday.

I

TO ADJUDICATE

For the first time in the his- tory of the P.E.I. Dra-ma Festi- val A-ssoc. a local adjudicator has been asked to adjudicate both the Junior and Senior Finals.

‘Air. Bugden, one of the best

qualified adjudicators of the Mar- itime Provinces has had wide and varied experience in the theatre. While living in London, Ont., he was a member of the London Lit- tle Theatre and played leads in

a member of the London Little Theatre Troop Show. Charlottetonians will recall his work in the Charlottetown Little Theatre. outstanding of which were the plays “Papa is All" and “Angel Street.” Both these plays were chosen to compete in the Dominion Drama. Finals.In “An- gel Street” Mr. Brugden won the award for best actor in -the Re- gional Festival. At the finals in Sher-brooke. Quebec this play re- ccived top award for visual pres- entation for which Mr. Bugden had designed the stagesct.

Mr. Bugden has in the past ad- judicated in play—offs for the Pro- vincial Drama Festival and last year handled the junior plays at the finals, also adjudicated finals of the New Brunswick High School Drama Festival and at the Mount Allison Drama Festi- val.

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Give Suspended Sentence In ‘ lottery Case

A Parkdale serx-ice station op- erator was given a two-year sus- pended sentence Wednesday morning in County Magistrates Court where he appeared on a charge of offering lottery tickets for sale on a quantity of mer- cliandise.

The case had been adjourned since last Wednesday for consid- eration by Magistrate Gilgert E. Gaudet.

A Millview man, appearing on a charge of having in his possess- ion parts of a still. had his case come to a surprise ending half- way through the crown’s evidence Defence council, R.R. Bell, Q.C., said that certain pieces of evi- dence being introduced by the crown, which included a number of exhibits and certain statements made by his client at the time of the arrest, appeared to make the charge clear cut.

He referred directly to a state- ment made by Cpl. Raymond Lively of Liquor Detachment of the R.C.M.P. who was on the stand at the time. Cpl. Lively

,toI(I the court that the accused had told his that “he had made moonshine before and wondered if it would be possible to settle the matter out of court."

After consulting with his client on this point along with other items of evidence, Mr. Bell ask- ed the court to change the “not guilty“ plea to a plea of “guilty“.

The acuscd man was fined $100 and costs or two months in the city prison. He was given two weeks to raise the needed funds.

Three traffic violations were in- cluded on the docket. A Char- lottetown man was fined $10 and costs or 10 days when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving in a manner contrary to the laws of the highway. Another city resi- dent was fined $5 and costs when he pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle without an operator's license. '

A North Wiltshire man was.re- primanded by Magistrate Gaudet-v when he appeared on a charge"of driving an unregistered vehicle.

WRONG ORDER? . NANCY, France (Reuters) »—~- Two prisoners escaped from near- by Ecrouv-es prison Wednesday and drove off in a guard’s auto- mobile after being ordered to ‘re-' pa-ir the prison gate - -- fromthe outside.

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