IfliA-vW-IW” ' I . srt Well‘. m mmmmg up the parliamen- 1 the Dominion flgigrcgullaiiillnlagxt‘ week Hon. Rob- Minister of aanculiure. reviewed not only the P11500998 °I bill but the nature of the crit- £32m which had been urged against 1g by Liberal Opposition speakers. ms gpeflflh, which was a. clear-cut ‘nunciation of the principles in- volved in this important issue, is of particular interest to our agri- cultural readers. and is reprinted herewith from Hansard of May 2: Hon. Mr. Weir: when I pervious- 1y spoke. in opening this debate, I expressed the hope that this bill would not be thrown into the realm o! controversial partsan politics. I asked most sincerely for construc- tive suggestions with reference to we bill, suggestions that would im- ____._____ iexrltory involved there is very small in comparison with ours; the dis- tance limitations are quite differ- ent and their agriculture itself is not nearly so diverse as ours, so that their problems are entirely different. Further, the problem to be solved there is to assist the pri- mary industry of a country that is chiefly an importing one, whereas our primary indutry is concerned greatly with the problem of ex- ports and of properly regulating the flow of products abroad as well as to our ’ mestic markets. Specific Canadian Problems Further, they have one parlia- ment, not ten as we have. They are not confronted, as we are. with the question of provincial rights and title of the bill. - (§41‘:(_X .- s_x-=s= afi-éx-‘aua- appreciation of and constructive suggestions r- isrerflr-r-rrvuev for his efforts. Yoints of Agreement 15 r :rq‘='q1:.~,'-:+~n.-.s-. s» introduction 0f this bill. means further if: .1 ass; i: yfrar 51-91:»; 1.. great difficulties. y First let us consider this-and I n: shall not attempt to answer in each >2.) case the points made with which 1., I disagree; I think it will save the ,,, time of the house if I do not trav- ,_ erse the ground I have already cov- M ered, but rather give my interpre- ‘ tation of the bill and at the same 5,‘; time, without dealing specifically with each objection taken, refer in a general way to the various types of objection taken by different members. f: m nylon. Marketing Act There are those who have stated that if our bill followed the pattern of the British marketing act they would support it. I do not think any hon. member who understands the Brliish marketing act and who has an appreciation of the difllcul- tics with which wc are confronted and that we are endeavouring to solve would say that act is adapt- able to any great extent to meet our problems. In the first place the ¢¢_-i 4I*I1l-.2ii¥!r£1.'!lr>~1 :r~:~‘¢;-.rx.-_ wmcuzvs Aaomurs Hfvlllfilssnnswzrus",4!: 1v ~ prove it and make it more possible to effect the aim as set out in the I should like to take this oppor- tunity to express most sincerely my the conscientious that have been made by members on both sides of the house, which sug- gestlOhs. in many instances, I be- lieve will at least be of benefit to the measure. I left no doubt that there were great difficulties con- fronting tho bill, and that the first year's experience with it would per- haps do more to perfect it than any other problems that have arisen by reason of the British North Am- erica Act. One of the chief prin- ciples in the British marketing act is price fixing. In this country there is a great body of opinion that is against price fixing includ- ing even some of those hon. mem- bers who spoke freely in favour of the British act. There is also in the British legislation provision for restricted production and I maintain that restricted production is not referred to in any particular in our bill. Therefore I say that for those reasons the British mark- eting act which is applied to meet further suggestions that might be made. I felt hon. members onlboth sides would agree that the fact that obstacles of various kinds stood in‘ the way was not a sufficient reason ’ WMWIIUBB lll- W8 have consider- why an honest attempt should not 6d our problems and have endeav- be made u, 501W 553m 0g these dig. , cred, after study to produce a bill ilcultles and overcome these ebstac-i flint. when P885“. W111 iinfi-blc 118 les, in order that the primary pro- to set 11D lnildlille ducer might reap a greater return W11 11'1"?’ i118 P9011181‘ M6115 I think it is generally agreed. no matter on what points we may have differed in this debate, that there‘ is a very great wastage in the pres- ent system of marketing primary products and that some effort should be made to’ avoid that wast- age. I would say then, at the out- set, especially because of misinter- pretations that have occurred in connection with the bill, leading to the belief that established trade will be wiped out or interfered with. that this is the very opposite of the whole spirit that has led to the That means destruction, and destruction wastage; whereas the thing we are endeavor-ing to overcome is the wastage which we agree exists. Only those who have given a. good deal of thought to 3» the problems that I have mention- ... ed and to a solution cf them are .. really fitted to appreciate the different conditions and different problems arising out of those con- ditions does not adapt itself to any great extent to solve the problems that we think and overcome the special dimcultles with which we have to contend in Can- ada. in the marketing of our prim- ary products. In so far as certain principles that we have found it necessary to adopt are the same as those appearing in the British act. we have taken advantage of them because to a certain extent they have been tried out and been found successful. The First Difficulty ,The first difllculty that confront- ed us in attacking our problems was the limited Jurisdiction of the federal government as a result of provincial rights as laid down in the British North America Act. I think hon. members who will earn- estly study the bill with a desire to see the best in it will agree with me that in it there is nothing that will confict in any way with the British North America Act. The whole bill is based on a spirit of co- operation to fill that need which I believe the great majority of the Canadian people feel, irrespective of the province in which they live, namely, to create e, more economical system for marketing the products of cur primary producers. In that connection, because of the flexib- llity that has been forced upon us in any bill we introduce, I believe we are sound in the first principle I have enunciated. I hope, more clearly than I evidently did when I.last spokm-namely, to put the power for the regulation of the marketing of the products of the primary producers lnto the hands of the primary producers themselv- es in so far as they give evidence that they are anxious to have that power to handle the regulation of the marketing of their own pro- ducts as shown by the extent to which they are prepared to organ- ize to do this. In this connection they may use their own cooperative organizations or established chan- nels of trade. I believe there is in this country a great body of opin- ion in favor of cooperative mark- eting, while there are others who are in favor of marketing by what has become known as private enter- prise. In this regard I am remind- ed of a statement made by a noted Anglican divine of Toronto whose church I used to attend regularly when I was at the university. l-le was dismissing the question of church bazaars. My colleague, the question. This Anglican divine said in reference to ers in this country are not par- ticularly anxious who markcis their products as long as they receive tha greatest returns from them and the work is done efllciently. In con- nection with marketlng I believe healthy competition is essential but there must be no monoilifly- BASIS OI‘ THE BILL ‘rhebasiscifthisbiliisthata representative body 0! Pmdliwl’! will submit a. scheme that they have carefully thought out and in which they are interested in a way that no one else is. iOl‘ $116 lnlfkfli- ing of their primary products 801119 hon. members have sumilted that n we had stated in the our that thero should be a poll and that i! producers representing seventy-ii" per cent of the production WWI in favor of a particular scheme and authority would b6 81W" 1°? t" Aggricultaragl Minister ,Y,Sums iUp Discussion On A Federal Marketing Bill salami Arguments t. Opposition d. Leglislation Intro- duced at“ Request _.of Farmers and‘ Producers ,17zroughou_t Canada Answered in Informative Speech By Hon. Robert Weir, that we have in the marketing of Primary products in Canada it is not possible to insert such a pro- vision. For example. let us take one of the simplest of the primary pro- ducts-apples. The problem of mar- In Nova scotia for the crop year 1933-34 eighty-nine per cent of the apples were exported, so that their of their apples were exported so that their problem is chiefly a do- mestic one. In British Columbia some forty-seven per cent of their apples were exported; their prob- lem therefore is pretty well divided between domestic and export mark- eting. That ls one instance, but I could give a large number, showing why we do not consider that wc should flx any limitation as to how this scheme shall be brought into effect, lest by such definition we should make it inadaptable to dif- ferent products in different parts of the country. Further, it has been left open in order that bodies of producers may meet their provin- cial government, submit their scheme to them, and if the pro- vincial government thinks well of the scheme and allows them to form a local board with the powers given in this bill, or perhaps with differ- ent powers, we can if necessary use that board as our agent under the Dominion Marketing Act. ‘The basis of the bill is to put powers into the hands of the producers them- selves, in so far as they indicate through their own organization that they wish it. and thus there will be no conflict with provincial rights. For these reasons I believe it is scund policy to leave the pro- visions as flexible as they are. Hon. members have sugested the pos- the extreme case stated by one hon. member, might consist of a num- ber of Chinese laundrymen. I do not know whether there is anything in our legislation setting up the railway commission to prevent Chinese laundrymen, if they were British subjects, from being ap- pointed to it, and it is just as ra- tional to expect that they would be appointed to it as to this board. The clause here is very clear; it has been referred to by so many members of the Uposltlon that I think it well to nod it. I quote section 5. sub- section 5: (5) Every scheme as approved shall state, (g) the number of persons who shall comprise the local board and the basis of their selection. The Primary Object That is, the group of producers in their scheme must stdte the nature of the board that is to handle the scheme that they pro- pose. I know that in some branches of the industry they feel that the board should consist entirely of producers; others are very decided that there should be producer rep- resentation, and representation from the trade that is vitally interested in the marketing of that product, and also that consumers should be represented. But the primary object of this bill is to give power to the producers even to the extent of recommending and setting out the manner in which the board is be appointed. The second principle of the bill is that power shall be taken to in- vestigate the spread, using the term in the general and popular de- ilnition. What we have in mind is this. Here is a product and here is the consumer, and thei cost of get- ting the product from the producer to the consumer is the spread. Therefore power is taken to ensure if necessary that there shall be no unfair profit taken, no unfair manipulation in this process that takes place, to increase unduly the cost between the time the product leaves the producer and the time it reaches the consumer. To meet that situation, if a small group of producers wish to organize solely for the production of the best qual- ity product in uniform supply, they product. I do not think any hon. that he did not believe m’ men or those two principles. namely, first. i in into the hands 0i’ the 91'0- m,fi,‘jffi’iffe"fifke§°fj mfi’... :3: guvcez? the power to handle his own that is to come forward. That is of the Lord than in any other way Pwdlwt- "id ‘°°°"‘1- “m”? m" ‘ha’ W“ '““”“°“' I think many farmers and produc- the protection of both producer and consumer that there shall not be any artflcial manipulation by people who made no contribution either towards the production or towards the rational, honest mark- eting of the products. Imports and nxporil Then in the third place W6 111W Lgken power under this act to limit, if necessary. 111190"! "d exports. I do not think that any one can take objection to that. W8 have had instances which I would iuwgqelteto thehcuse. but because they are connected with individuals closely associated with members 0f the house 1 shall not do so. I shall be glad, however, to show l0 8113' hon. member a descriptklfl. 9°? 1n‘ stance, of one shipment 0i WW9 to the old coun within the last few months that ad a vary film‘ other twenmfivo fir‘ “ing T.” b‘ ‘yo r r1? t‘ . bllfelillulelhto in’; di.'_...nt prooxlna 11* : aging effort cn the relllltiltfmlilbtff CT T .......“..> - t. ..t such a outlaw s1 1' ldi- I my} u‘; m feel thai keting apples in Nova Scotia is dif- ferent from that in Ontario and also from that in British Columbia. major problem is one of export. In Ontario only thirty-seven per cent sibility that the local board, to take‘ *'l‘HE CHARLOTTETOWN GUAi§l2I§_I_f{_____ would have been in the interest oi." the producer himself had ho been our cattle in the United Kingdom to take the best advantage of that kt their . marmeodgussnding bestqual Certain amendments have been prepared that will be submitted in connection with this bill._. some hon. members: Oh. oh. Hon Mr Weirz-oot to change the principle of the bill in any way but to clarify certain points such as that referred to by the hon. member for Yale (Mr. Stirling) and I believe the hon. member for New Westminster (Mr. Reid). It E are ready and will be brought down Wllitetleleflho bill is before the com- m . Liberal Criticism Answered of their hands and ed to the boards, ijection to the member mentioned be struck with his that the illustration, to scratch the fail down and than in the erection bers ill t type Yhouildsfee hat rmnle of that tion on the board " .._. HON. ROBERT WEIR. MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE Answers Mr. Kinfs Contention I have dealt so far with criticisms Nlleatcd by various hon. members opposite. I should like for the few minutes remaining at my dispqggi to deal with scrne specific criticisms raised by the right hon. leader of the opposition King.) In fifteen different places in his speech he referred to the Principle of this bill as being re- striction of production. in one place he ls very emphatic that that is the chief principle of the bill. I would not for an instant suggest that the right hon. gentleman did not in his own mind understand that to be a fundamental principle, but I maintain that nowhere in this bill is restriction of production to mentioned. It is simply for the pur- P986 of regulating the products go- ing on the market. The right hon. gentleman stated that producers had to be licensed. He spoke in fa- vour o1 orderly marketing, and in his amendment put himself on rec- ord as favouring it. What orderly marketing could we have of any product in this country if we did not know the quantity of that pro- duct that was to be placed on the market in any given time? The only way in which that information can be obtained is for the produc- ers to submit what they expect to produce, the acreage seeded, the number of head of live stock and so on. That work is done now by various branches of the agricultural industry that have approached us already with schemes they wish set up, under which they under- iii be assured of that protection “kt t0 lii-‘Bn-‘le Ploducers of their fi‘,‘;“,‘,§;,°,‘,,‘f,§,?§“;,°,° ,,‘,‘,‘§§;,,“,“f,‘,°‘§if,§‘§nd of efficient marketing of their own product hr the very reason that it is ‘ possible for this gov- chumh ma“, member can object to either of cmmenhto have any orderly Infill!- eting unless they have some know- ledge of the volume of the __roduct Producers‘ Request In this connection I should like to say in passing that every branch of the industry that has approach- ed us has asked only that it be al- lowed to stand on its own feet. But these are the branches already or- ganized. They do not wish any money from the consolidated rev- enue fund, but there are other branches of the industry that are not so thoroughly organized, and we feel that it is necessary, in order to tide them over until they can organize for orderly marketing, to insert some provision in this bill so that such branches may be look- ed after in the meantime. That is the only reason for that provision in the bill to which a number of hon. members have objected. Many branches of the industry are so up- set that they are not in a position to organise at once, perhaps be- cause of the number of p-toplc in- volved cr the area ccverezl by that pnrtldlllll‘ branch, and those bran- I have dealt in a general way with the criticisms that have been develled again-attire bill; first the objection that the producer; lone control. that control is taken out put into the hands of whoever may be aPPoint- i, the ob- WDB of board that may be set up. Ithink one hon. _ that it might consist of about fifteen old decrepit Politicians. I could not help but the thought, when he was speaking. that he had in nu mind. a very definite picture of the ma" 11° thought capable or being chairman of this board if it were in power to set it up. But I feel his opportunity in that dir- ection will be very slight. I believe he is better qualified. If I may use to uric a ligtle ‘pick mo ar ou o a 59311111118 b1l11d1118. hoping it will be destroyed, rather to take any! corgstmctive step o a u . have said before, the mix-fiend; thiablll is construction, not dc. Biructicn. and I am sure hon. mem- not look for any posi- (Mr. Mackenzie ches are in the greatest need of as- sistance. We also feel that condi- tions may arise in the fuzure, as they have arisen in the past, which will make it highly desirable for us to extend sufficient assistance. under the powers we have taken by this bill, in the marketing of that particular product in order to make such marketing profitable where otherwise it would be conducted at a loss. That is one of the chief reasons why some of the power taken under this bill may seem ex- cessive though I do not consider that power excessive at all. We are simply applying what are recog- nized as sound principles in success- ful enterprise in this country. Authority Necessary The least that we as a govern- ment and as members of parlia- ment, irrespective of party, can do is to use the resources of the country where necessary to assist the primary producers. In that con- nection I would say that if any persons attempted, by means of the machinery set up under this bill, to revolutionize the entire mark- eting system of the dominion in a month, in six months or in a year, undoubtedly they would do a great deal more harm than good. but we do feel that it is necessary to have this power, which will be used as any sane man would use it and as we, in our heart of hearts. all agree that it should be used, irre- spective of the opposition that has been raised. A further argument used by the right hon. leader of the opposition was that this bill took away the rights of parliament, that there was too much compulsion in it, and in his amendment he stated that he was unalterably opposed to com- pulsory legislation. I think perhaps the hon. member for Melville (Mr. Mother-well) has. answered that argument in a better way than I could answer it, and in a way which must impress the right hon. gen- tleman. The hon. mcmber for Mel- ville cited the compulsion that was necessary to enforce the policy in regard to bovine tuberculosis and the testing of cattle. I think there was almost civil war in Nova scotla whtn that policy was first enforced, but now there are no further com- plaints wherever it is applied. I be- lievc it is one of the most construc- tive policies we have ever had in connection with our live stock in- dustry. I believe the hon. member for Melvill estated further that they had proceeded even without order in council to prevent cattle from being shipped out of this country. Partisan Criticism Hon. members on this side of the house have spoken at length and have cited the legislation "of a com- pulsory nature introduced by the right hon. gentleman when he was in power. One cannot but feel that this objection or criticism was rais- ed not from tho standpoint of merit but rather for effect. The right hon. gentleman referred to the Magna Oharta and said that this bill af- fected the rights received by the people under the provisions of the Magna Giarta. I am sure I was not tha only hon. member in the house who wondered, when the right hon. gentleman made that statement, if he could have been transported. with the attitude of mind that he has exhibited towards this bill, back to Runnymede on that fine May day in i215, whether he would have been on the side of the barons or on the side of the king. Tho barons were spreading authority; they were delegating it to a place where it never had been delegated before. Further in this connection I might ask the right hon. gentleman if there ever has, -1's Bard to, “Good Tea” define, easy to appreciate THE CEYLON TEA BUREAU sought a descriptive phrase for better quality tea and selected the words "Good Tea”. It is an apt choice because “Good Tea” has brought added plcasureto many Canadian homes. we had incorporated the slogan “Good Tea” in our QdVCITiSiIIg in 1894. .“Good Tea" is hard to define, easy to appreciate. No product can acquire a ‘lgood name” over- night. In the business world a good name may only be won by a sustained standard of quality over a period of years. ‘After forty years of uniformly high quality the name “RED ROSE” is your guide to “Good Tea”. ROCI R056 T93 good gtea ” 66 0 1S been a session of parliament in Canada since confederation during which parliament did not delegate authority to bodies outside parlia- ment. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I sub- mit that whlle this bill is a long way from being perfect- Some hon. members; Hear, hear, Hon. Mr. Weir: I greatly appre- ciate the fact that only two hon. gentlemen opposite applauded that remark; it is the highest compli- ment that could be paid to the in- telligence exhibited across the way. This bill can be perfected only through experlencevand the over- coming of obstacles which will in- dicate what changes should be made in the pm. I 01050 my remarks, Mr. Speaker, with a. further appeal for construc- tive suggestion when the bill is in committee. I had thought, follow- ing the suggestion of hon. members of different parties, that it might be well to refer this bill to the agriculture committee or to a sub- committee of that committee, but as time is the chief essence, as the risht hon. leader of the opposition has put himself on record as being unalterably opposed to it, and as it has been stated that the official op- position will fight this bill last ditch, I feel-and I regret lt- m the that there would be little gain in wasting the tme of any committee if the bill is to be fought out in the house clause by clause and phrase by phrase. (At the conclusion of Hon. Mr. Weir's remarks the House of Com- mons dlvided on the motion, the bill carrying on a. vote of 120 to 60. All the Conservative members-in- cluding Hon. J. A. MacDonald, Mr. W. Chester S. McLure and Mr. J. H. Myers, from this Province-sup- ploriod the bill, as did the Progres- s ve, members and two Liberal members, One of whom. Hon. Mr- Mother- WB11. was Minister of Agriculture in the late Liberal Government, Mr, A. E. Macbean, sole Liberal rep- resentative from Prince Island, absented himself from the House while the vote was taken: but he had previously pair. ed with Hon. Mr. Jones, Conserv- ative member for Royal, and must be regarded as having opposed the legislation.) United Farmer and C.C.F. Edward being Party Scale; Five Peaks In scaling five peaks inihree days, three members of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club recently broke all climbing records in New Zealand. The first ascent of the Snow Dome (about 8600 feet), the second ascent and traverse of Mount Whitcombe (8655 feet) and Erewhon Peak, the third ascent and first traverse of Malcolm Peak (8236 feet). fourth ascent of Mount Nicholson (7500 feet), and the climbing of Mount Roberts (about 7.000 feet). was reported by A. Anderson, C. H. Turner and W. M. E. Miriams on the return to Christ church. They told of crossing three large glaciers, and said they suffered severely from cold. especially on the second night when a stonn broke. the ‘auto meeting at PUBLIC FORUM This column la open for flu- discussion by correspondents nl‘ question. of lntorolt. The Charlottetown Guardian does not necessarily ondoru the aninlonl of correspondents- (Continued from page 4) many amusing experiences on our trip up Queen Street. The late Os Hewitt refused to give us a cent. Sterns held him while I took his watch which he redeemed for twenty dollars when he over- took us further up the street. Jam- ieson refused to give anything. Stems held him and I took twenty dollars out of the tlil. After the house prorogued in 1913 we went to the Prolific!‘ 8nd asked him what roads the Gov- ernment proposed to Opén and We were informed that they had decid- ed not to open any roads without a petition signed by at least '15 per cent of the voters on that road. We had in mind the restoration of the tourist trade and thc first road we lottetcwn to the Cliff Hotel, St. Peters square about ten o'clock, that road and very shortly allian- sive work began improving this road attempted to open was from Char- ‘lor, then pastor of Zion Church. only led me up and asked ma if I woul take lidblsean home. I replied Bl once that I would be glad to do so They fined me $200 or two months for this. but we had considerable - fun over the case which came up before Magistrate D. Edgar Shaw. We got the case adjourned for, ,I think, about a dozen times and had a lotof fun. Ipaidnorlnes in any of the three oases in which I was convicted and what was the use of sending me to jail at the eupense of the Government? - when the Victory Loan campaign Longworth was appointed General Executive Chairman for the Pro- vince and I was appointed Chair- man and Organizer for Queens and Kings Counties. ‘This meant my travelling over every port of the two counties and it is difficult to see bow the work could have been us. I used my automobile on every day of the week, sometimes speaking at four meetings a day at places many miles apart and scarcely ever getting home before midnight. The people everywhere were kind and considerate and no one ever sug- gested I was violating the automo- bile law every clay. Especially do 1 B01141 V? Un1°11 393d “m” Unm“ remember the courte of Mr. J. A R0011 i0 511911191’ WW1 “men the“ Dewar of New Pertliy. Mr to Stanhope. We had to wait until the maiifiutlirlemlp before w; could do any g. an we ma e up m 1a three teams of canvassers-George a night meeting held m e ha} a E. Auld and George McDonald, L. H. Beer, now CoLBeer, and DI‘. plain to me the best road to Char- Alley, Bruce Stewart and myself. lettetown, totally ignoring the fact We would meet on the market three horses and wagons, and be back at night with at least 80 per cent of the names from the districts we lied canvassed We soon opened Dewar had been one of the strongest op- ponents of the automobile but after New Perth he came out with me to my car and took great pains to ex- that I was violating the law by running my automobile on any road on that particular day I held the same position with tho Victory Loan in 1918 and 1919 and did the work in the same way with- out any complaints. Of course in 1919 the new Autbmobile Act was until it was the best on the Island. and the roads were gradually open- ed up, we had s. great picnic at the Cliff Hotel the summer the road was opened and the automo- blles drove all the people along the road from Charlottetown to‘ the Cliff to the picnic. The night be- fore the picnic the people on the Brackley Point rcaci held an anti- Harrington at which some violent spflwlws We" made and an anti-association form- ed at which a gentleman residing on the Union Road beyond the GilmeY Road gum wee, elected President. On the day of the picnic, after we had all the people transported to the Cliff, Auld said to me: "I see Mr.— was elected president of the Anti-Auto Association at Harring- ton East last night. Suppose We bring him to the picnic?” So away we went and after a very excellent lunch we had the newly elected President of the Brackley Point Road Anti-Auto Association making a very fine speech on the lawn of the Cliff Hotel in the favor of the running of automobiles. This picnic was an annual event for several summers. And so the feeling in favor of the automobile spread. In 1914 war broke out and we did not pay much attention to days or roads when called \‘on to help in re- crulting or war work, and I think in only two cases were complaints laid, both against myself. The first was when ihe late Col. S. R. Jcnk- ins ordered me 1o take him to Tlgnish after a deseftef- They fill- ed me $200 or two months in jail. The second was for taking Lieut. McLean to Georgetown to scc his family before going ovcricB-S- Limit McLean arrived in Charlottetown frm ValCartler on the late train Saturday night and was sailing overseas from Halifax on Tuesday. Sunday mOmlng he tried to get a team ‘out could not do so and afie church the late Rev. Geo. C. Tay- ln force and the trouble was all This example set the ball rolling over. As I said at the beginning this should be of some interest to the younger generation, possibly to some of the older. It makes me feel rather sad as I review this period and our fight to find how few of us are left. I am Sir, etc. W. K. ROGERS ROUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES TO TR UR O Friday, May 18, 1934 date, tickets will be valid in day coaches to connectin, points the day previous.) RETURN LIMIT: May 21, 1934 $3.50 enretfillmowy Equally low fares from other Stations on Prince Edward Island. Children o! flvc and under twelve years of age, half fare. Tickets good in Day Coaches only. BUY YOUR ‘TICKET EARLY. Consult nearest Ticket Agent for further Information. Canadian National Railways WB-s started in 1917 Mr. C. H. B. 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