this the .0111? "- Guardian every day. Edward island. Inn,“ Gurdlu, Pounded gpprioitetovvll Q p 38,000 people in ve Province — 8.000 in Read The The Guardian is read in practically every worth- while home in Prince llfl Guardian Two Cuts - - u ~ CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. WEDNESDAY, ‘Coalition Move In Management . Of Associations ResolutionPassedBySwineGrow- ers Advocating Co-ordination In Co-operative Organizations. Illat steps be token to bring bout some-form of coalition of monazclnent between the d‘fferent _~:0-0p0l'l1tlVe marketing 005001310)"; with a view of lesgenlng the @051; of distribution and of increasing tile efficiency of the service being rendered, was in put; m; Lexi; o; a resolution adopted at the annual nlectlllg of the Swine Growers As- mllliiil" held 9989910111’ afternoon in the Prince of Wales College Hull. The President, Mr. W. J. Bold, presided. After the reading of the minutes and financial statement by Secret- "Y. lvtr. 1-1. W. Clay, committees were nominated and the president Mr. W. J. Reid. Kinkora presented his annual report. The financial statement was divided into two parts, one covering the show and sale, the other the entire work of the Association. On the first the net cost was shown to be $15.70 The present worth of the associ- ation was $308.55. The resolutions committee nominated was as fol. lows: W. R. Show. W. H. MoGregor James Cain; and the nominating committee: Ernest Houston, Mom Aneer, Peter McIsaac. President's Address iiIillilliY Bill ans slculn R E A _n_ | N ll Senate Bill Based On Duff Report Seeks Closer (lo-operation Between Two Rail- way Systems. (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, March 7.—The report of the Duff Commission was on ex- cellent summing up of transporta- tion conditions in Canada, Hon. R. J. Mallion, Minister of Railwaysund In his annual report, Mr. W. J. Reid stated that when he said that better times were in the near fut- urc, he was repeating the state- ment made frequently during the last few months on both sides of’ the boundary. Production of swine was on the decrease in United spite adversity, there seemed to be n. bright spot in the holding of the swine show and sale. At the last (Continued on Page 5) u; s. Dollar To lRemaln‘ At Park Minister Of NE-df-ional Revenue Says “Par For Par” Until Ex- change Situ_.n_t_i_on Is Settled; (Canadian Press) OTTAii/A, March 7.-The valua- tloll of the United States dollar at Dar for cllsioms purposcswlll upply, at least, until next Friday, I-lon. E. B. Rycknlall, Minister of National. Revenue told the House of Commons today. MF- Rvckmon was answering‘ s. question by Rt.H01l.W.L. Macken- liskcd him tovexplain the Depart- melllul ruling of yesterday which hlld increased the, Canadian dis- count on the U. S. dollar to 25 pcr rent. Hc himself had had no knowledge l of that circumstance, Mr. Ryckman ‘kl. It frequently happened that lives necessary to determine on trelltcd. The result of an enquiry l0 that effect yesterday was that customs officials had consulted with "Enid to un entry and the rate of duly tillltshould be applied to it. Th0‘ had inquired from "one of the ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS, E'i C ‘h: ézllflnimzesrsngn Ir:- Inserted in _ oeu per word, "m"! payable In adv-nee. krgprft miss Carnival at Wheat- ver rink tonight. 0297-11 Bixmlft miss Married Men v5. qkaue ors at Cornwall tonight, 7.3 . ' "8 fliier- snag-ll A "Club "W008 at Murray River 52:31 14th. List your stock, .1. w. “\- iiwretorv. r ssaa-s-a-ll. "CW9 to Concert in Hartsvills “d Wednesday. March Bib, by ffleton talent. p, 0270-34-11. “Reserve mil-all 21st for Skate Ii in: Forum m no of st. Vincent's “=84 a2s7-s-7-sl. "Belfast Club losdihg hogs st Marla}? lsifliiifl. Tuesday sftsrnocn, Wm fifth. Please list stock. J. R. l-rns. Secretory. ossf-o-s-u. O 0 ‘ii Resum- nlonthl “"1" Hush-l E51: “’ “b11101, Wednesdl! st 8.80. flfifiefifleil. “Bezel-vs March no. for n; "i “w, mu" u. Afton nail. 1 m‘ 14-017. opposition lender, who had I m“ fillet how an entry should be‘ I pectlng the S08E93." TEITOUBEXOUE the YEN‘, d6‘ purposes)’ Canals, informed the House of Com- ’ morls today. The Minister was mov- ing second reading of the Senate l Bill based on the nun Report, The l act is entitled “an Act res- Cenadian National Railways and to provide for co- operation with the Canadian Pa- cific Railway System, and for other The legislation might be divided into three parts, Dr. Mnnion said. The first was chiefly concerned with the Canadian National Railways; the second suggested co-opcration between the Canadian Notional and the Canadian Pacific; the third provided for the setting up of ar- The People's Pape 71/, ' 014' Strong THE WEATHER easterly wind; am] In” with snow glld nip, MARCH 8, 1933 8 PAGES Annual S b I ti ll , ... .... 1:91;. ";7"..*:.',',~. nt§ S Prov. Auditors Statement Shows Sound Financing Practice Of Rigid Economy In Various Departments Enables Government To Close The Year ,With Substantial Credit Bal- ance Apart Fr_om Sinking Funds. I t The Ptublic Accounts for 1932 were tabled in the Legis- hue 11;; ales ehrday afternoon. The balance sheet ls published It will b; Segwltl-lhg tfllllél revenue and expenditure in detail. finkin f 5d nth a a 01711112 for the amount set aside for 10ml B lill S e total expenditure was $1,189,358 and the T§V¢Yil~l° $LZO6>0Z5HI¢RVIIIE fl surplus of revenue over expenditure of $16,667. ‘The provision for sinking funds uids $88,042 to the expenditure side of the balance sheet REVENUE 70F 111B Y“! ended December 31st, 19?: Dominion Subsidy ....................... .. Canadian National Railway-Propgyty Tax ___ FEES COLLECTED : bitral tribunals. The bill was based oll the report of the commission, the minister continued, and he proceeded to out- line the steps which led to the es- tablishment of this body in the month of November, 1931. Estab- lishment of the commission had been proposed by the Heads of the two railways, he said. i i largest banks" and the ullswer was um ulc- lust available quotation was ‘ $1.18 Cazladilln money to one Unlt- ,_ ed States dollar. Desiring to be secure against any rise in the value , of the U. s. dallor, the officials had ' added to that figure and establish- ed the rote at $1.25. Due v to indispositlon, said Mr. Ryckman, he was not in the House yesterday, but he had read it in the ‘ newspaper. He considered the mat- ter and consulted with those inter- ested. As e. result, he concluded ' that, in view of the special-emer- gency CHEW in the United States and with no exchange quotations ‘ available, the fair thing to do would | be to establish the rate at par for , per. This, the Minister said, would continue until the exchange situa- tion had been cleared up - he! thought, Friday. "Saturday, March 11, special Skate. s w lu p. m. Admlfislufl luc. ltnti Z00. baua-e-u-Al "Borden , hockey tonight, Kenslngton adles‘ vs. Cape I'm- Admission 15c. and 82911-11 verse Locales. 25o. Skating after game. "Friday, March l0, 8 p. m., Cope Traverse niood- Hounds vs. 130111611 Nationals. Skating after game. 82119-3-8-21 "Buying live hogs Thursday. March 9th, Hunter River, Everett Haslam, Emerald, Alden Moose, Kensir‘ buying same date. Sign- ed Allan wedlock. 8289-3-8-11. "St. Patrick's Entertainment in Borden Hall, Thursday evening. March 10th and in 7 Mlle Bay Hall Friday evening, March 17th. Full evening's programme. Admission 25c and 15c. 8290-3-8-21. "Club loading hogs at Soul-is, Tuesday afternoon, March 14th. Hogs m t be listed by Monday the 13th. 0P5. MoKinnon, n "Listing Kenoro. Clover. Tim- othy and Mixed Seeds to April ll!- Logding 110p g1; Ulgg Station March 14th, sfteruooll. W. D. Rose. Bee’!- 8285-34-11. "Two hundred thousand new poi- lok llbafifl bousht 111N311" l" The Sun measuring the dsmmn ~JVhy not Insure in hi! Company? consult J. A. more. ' ' r first iiue night following. , 0500-8-74}. aasa-s-r-sl. Miss EvsnBellne Grin’ ‘ -‘ lone , to the Charlottetown Hospital for Cmetgency operation. Dr. Ohaisson, Magdalene Islands, secompslfed. Miss Psinchsrld. Pilot H. S. Jones was in control, with mechanic H. Brown. successfully for awenoldzls last QVOHEDI. town yesterday at 12.30 and en- countered heavy weather going our. She olrried 800 pounds of mil. The return trip, as stzi-l, ‘ was made in exceedingly gees time, the plane arriving here st 3,50. A isndingwss made on the lee at n00 slums» Til 15s n iii Canadian Rafiio Com- mission ToTake “Over Stations In Moncioll, Ottawa. And Varoouver. (C-lvvcdiavl Press) O'I'I‘".‘!'\ M"l'f3l1 7—-'I‘l~e "wad- il-ln Radio Commission will pur- chase the radio broadcasting sys- tem of the Canadian Nlvional Rail- way, it was announced today by Hon. R. J. Manlon, Minister of Railways. The staff of the rail- way stations will be taken over by the commission. It was understood the sale would consist of three sla- tions, one in Vancouver, the other in Ottawa and Moncton. Plane Brings Passenger For City _Hospital The record t‘me of one hour and five minutes was made by the Canadian Airways plane in its 125 mile flight from the Magdalene Islands to Charlottetown yester- day afternoon. The plane brought Public Lands ........... 5 931 Provincial Sccretalys 133550 Prothorwtary .... .. .. . . . . . . .. . . 5,410.27 Rcsistry Offices 5,757.75 County Courts . 1739533 i Falconwood Hospital 4,280.14 Private Bills .. . . . . . . 195.00 Prince of Wales College Sessional Fees 3,253.50 Prince of Wales College Matriculation and Public School Certificates ...... 1,221.25 t 22,855.34 Fines and Penalties . .... 53333 SUCWSSIGn Duties .. l 3535233 Casual Revenue 2,5353; COMPANIES, ETC. TAXES : Fire Insurance Companies $ 12,4999!) Life Insurance Companies 8,345.11 Accptance Corporation Companies 000,00 Accident and Guarantee Companies . 1,012.50 Domiciled Companies . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30,220.91 Trust and Loan Companies .. 1,700.00 Telegraph Company . . . . . .. 300,00 Electric Light Companies 2379,43 Tciephone Company 2,500,110 Steamship Companies .. -. 600,00 Brokers 1,325.00 Banks . . .. .... 14,920.16 $ 77,003.10 LICENSES: Peddlers 602,00 Life Insuronc .gc...s 255.00 Fire Insurance Agents ..... . 42.00 Motor Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,456.44 S 123,435.44 DEPARTMENTAL RECEIPTS :- lto counteract thc advantage F REIJIIBTIBN IN VMIIATIBN DEEMED UNWISE Hon. E. B. Rycklnan Says Time Is Inop- portune To Make Any Change In Previous Arrange- ment Re British Pound. (Canadian Prom OTTAWA, March T Tirlllgr-ll conditions with changed require- ments may come quickly but r the present it would be unwise for Canada to consider any reduction in the valuation of the pound ster- ling, Hon. E. B. Ryckman, liflnisicr of National Revenue told the $ 491131-88 House of qommons today‘ The m‘ that the agricultural department 40,000.00 mum“ “was its Ad vawmm was inactive under Mr. Sharp's ad- Duty on Britsh goods on the bas- is thot the pound is worth $4.86 2-3. ‘Howevcr, when the value of sterl- ‘ing depreciated a special dumping duty was imposed on eertdll go the depreciated currency gave the British producer. It applied to goods which came into competition with goods produced 1n Canada. The special duty at first was the (continued on Page 7) PUTATB cumrnnmhl nrrljln Bermuda, Offers Can- ada Terms-Re Pot- ato Marketing. (Canadian Press) MONTREAL, Mur. 7—Should Canada allow Bermuda ‘extra pre- ference to ensure the marketing of ' the whole of the Bermuda potato Department of Agriculture .. . 36,024.53 Depariment of Health . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .. 15,244.45 Department of Justice-Jlrohibition Com- mission .. -. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 27,000.00 Department of Finance, Ottawm-Direct Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. 11,864.34 Department 'f Education . . . . . . . ..... 140.00 S 00,273.32 TAXES : Amusemzn. 6,902.66 Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,480.24 Real Estate, Income, Property and 153,378.31 S 316,761.21 $1,206,025.75 Total Ordinary Revenue . .. CAPITAL REVENU Dom. Govn. Share of Unemployment Relief $124,730.36 IFire Insurance-FWD. and Felconwood .. 257,500.00 Interest earned on above Insurance . . . . 7,551.19 Interest and Exchange earned on Sinking Fund Investmen‘ . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28,249.58 Dom. Gown-Amount toward salvage work- Falconwood . . . . . . . . . 12.72834 $ 430.7593’! Total luvcuue Received ..................-..-.-- 0153030513 Increase in Liabilities 1932 200,096.06 1082 Sinking Fund Apportionment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. s 88,042.00 I $2,014,923.78 (Continued on Page 5) rsulcllsna, _ p. 1 Miss Painchand was operated on no mail pllne left cuss... North River, where an ambulance we» Early Naqigation Season Forecast (Special t0 the Guardian) MONUION, N. B., March 7-111- formstion reaching Canadian Na- tional Railways headquarters here indicates an early opening of coast- wise lisvlgauou in Nova Ecol-in. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Due to the exceptionall- mud winter the Bay of Fundy i now practically clear of lo: while the miisboro Rivcl‘ in P. n. I. 1s wide open between Charlottetown met the plane. Pilot Jones reports that there is now practically no ice in the Gulf- NOTICE The Guardian Office will be closed this morning from 0.80 so 10 sun. out of respect late. Iuomas E- Oorrigsn, whose funeral fakes plus so us. crop in the Dominion it might be possible to give Canada a free mar- ket in Bermuda for her potatoes during certain months of the year, W. R, Evans, Assistant Director of| Agriculture at Bermuda, said today in an interview, "As the position exists at the present time it would be very dif- ficult to let Canadian potatoes in free because we are a potato-grow- ing country," he explained, "but li you would grant us an additional. preference during the months of! May and June so as to allow us‘ to dispose of the whole of our p0- tato crop in Canada, we might be, able to reach a satisfactory agree- ' ment. “As it is we are not able to use so many of your potatoes on dc- oount of our own supplies but with the additional preference in the two summer months we could leave our market wide open to your growers in August, September and October. That would open up a truly wonderful market for the Canadian potato," Mr. Evans said. of ten miles. Usually the Hlllsboro River has afforded o nice highway until the first week in April but rc- course has had to be made to row- boats in crossing, the first time this has happened within forty years according to older residents. MOSCOW, March 7.-(A.PJ- The Soviet Government refused today lo participate in the Lea- gue of Nations consultative com- mlmlon which is to deal with the Sine-Japanese conflict. The Reviews Work Forlmprovement Of- Agriculture Hon. G._S_helton Sharp Answers Opposition Criticism And Pre- dicts Favorable Trade Arrange- ments With United States As Result Of Bennett Governmenfs Tariff Policies. - Important activities of the Pro- villciui Dcpnrlnlcnt, of Agriculture were reviewed in tile Legislature yesterday by lion, G. Shelton sharp, former Minister of Agricul- ,ul'c and rlow holding the portfolio lf Public ‘Works. Mr. Sharp's re- narks were made duflng the debate on the Draft Address and were oc- casioned by the allegation of the Opposition leader, Mr. W. M. Lee, ministration. Mr. Sharp made special refer- ence to the assistance given by the Department to calf clubs, bull loaning organizations, cow testing work, judging demonstrations in connection with Field Days, on couragemcnt of sheep and swine breeding, and co-opcration with tllu federal authorities in eliminating expensive duplication of depart- mental activities. He also predicted a favorable trade arrangement with United States as a result of the Bennett Government's protective tariff pol- icy and the agreements negotiated with Empire countries. (Continued ‘on Page 3) Central Farmers Institute Meets Reduction In Number Of Legis- lative Repres entatives, And Action Re Foreclosure On Mort- gages Requested. Many Farm Problems Discussed. Resolutions advocating the re- duction of the number of repre- sentatives in the Provincial Legis- lature to sixteen, and requesting the Provincial Government to take measures to prevent foreclosure of mortgages on farnls till econ- omic conditions right themseivee were adopted among others at the annual meeting of the Central Farmers’ Institute held in Prince of Wales College last evening. The president, Mr. Peter Brodie, York, presided. Pasture Improvement A lecture by J. E. McIntyre, Moncioll, N. B., on the subject "Posture Improvemeht with Fer- tilizers," was illustrated with lan- tern slldes to bring out salient points. The slides showed the necessity of proper balance of’ nitrogen, phosphorus and potash for maxim- um crop yields. Experiments conducted over a period of‘ years in New Brunswick and Nova Scotlo. showed that with comparatively small amounts of complete fertilizer at rates of 500 to 800 lbs. 4-8-7 per acre, the num- bcr of grazing days per acre have been increased by an acreage of 2% times. Other advantages derived from this method of pasture improve- ment wcrc: Earlier grazing by one week to ten days; a. longer gratin! season by four to five weeks in the late summer; very littic if any meal required while cows sre on pasture; a great improvement in the general health of animals, especially in the growth of younger stock, due to the presence of more minerals. provinces, and had produced $6." 000,000 in products from the sc"., a fact which indicated a satisfactor! yield. The difficulty in procuring markets was referred to by Mr. Brodie. While prices for butter and (Continued on Page 3) The WeathenEctI, AiPLluuuc, AMovlr AcfoR ls Sara, ill: CAN'T (our BACK To Q01: AN ENcoec! .\lE'l‘I~I(|iiilI.0iilf‘.\i. l)l"1l‘|('l-J_ m.,... onto, lilllrull T--.\ilnilnulu .'1nl| nl-lq. ulllul iempernillrosz—- Dawson . . . ‘Jill! Vi! riklnrik . . . . .. . " Victoria . . .. . Vnncourver I-lliluvlllion . linnff . Calgary" Saskatoon . Regina Winnipeg . London Toronto .. Kingston Ulirlwn .. bfonirvnl Quebec .. The nominating committee ap- pointed the following directors: King's, Alex Richards, J. E. Ding- well, J. W. MacLean: Queen's, W. D. Ross, C. E. McKenzie, d. L, MacGulgon; Prince. X. O. Gallantl J, B. Hayes, C. D. Taylor. President's Address reason ascribed “gs Lil‘. "..o;;..l- it!” of the major participants toward the Sorts-t administra- lion. and It. Peter's Island, a. distance In, “L. c.'..‘.;:;s the "esidzztt Mr. Saint John llnllfllx (‘bnrioitcilnvu . . " FORECAST‘ Vnrililvl» vTlI\'lii4"‘“‘-— $110111: ulst- erly ulvuls nnli gulps u-‘lll ruuw llilll rflill. High lillo this morllinu at 8.1.‘. flili‘ this evening at 7.31. Sun nein [his nflervumu nl rim-s folllorrow Ilififnlli]! ni l’ Full luuon Sunclny’, .\illrrl\ s. m. ' flllnlrnersillo flllo fllirlliwll zli: later umn vharluilviouu. (‘AB FER-III‘ IOIININYLE Week l|l'l)'fl—EA‘i\\‘('l Hflfulvli (lolly 0.1.’. n. m Brodie, remarked fl Prince Ed- ward Isiand had not felt hard times so severely as had most Week days-Icarus (‘ope ’i‘orluou- tine 2.55 p. In, liow Surplus