v :3. a w '.h at ul ‘Ju n. a in it "n l1 ie w;i'ies1al~..-a snsra sea a c“ at: a: n. PAGE TWO THE CHAR IDTTETUWN GUARDIAN MAY 9. 1941 Increased Prices For Bacon Exports Discussed In Commons Details of the increased Pr!“ for bacon exported to Great Iri- Qam were given in the House of commons on May 2. Followin: i8 the Hansard report of the discus- pe read with gen- pml interest: On the orders of the day: Hon. . s: niowlll (Dumm- 00c): “In view of the statement this momings press that higher ices are to be paid bY- U19 blcim find for bacon shipped to the United Kingdom. I should like w git-cot a question to the Minister 0! grlculture. Aqeording w the press stats- mcnt the bacon board will DI "1 “rm $1 per hundred poun to Britain, making the Price f0? Fade A N0. l Wiitshire sides $17.10 D9!‘ hundred pqllflfiS, and the new price goes into effect on "all FY0511"! put into cure for export from hogs purchased on and Blitl’ MflY 3- ‘zrhe report goes on to say that the ndditionnl payment by the 533°" board will increase prices in the ‘flumestic market and thus cut down consumption and have a slabmllnl effect on prices within Canada. Ilon. .1. G. Tazsart. Sflskrwhfi“ axriculttire minister and bacon ‘board chairman. sardine Cmlld 11° sztv whether the additional $1 l)" 10o pounds would be carried by ti"? (‘mtg-d Kingdom or Canada, He nuid announcement in (hi! T9811?“ rvoud bc made later by federal ailthoritles. “the United States Bwemment announced it DYODO-‘Pd 3° 11°“ “v9 1mg pricfis ndearflthe $9 mark W 9n‘ a o uc on. “Qi-liqtgt-htfftri therefore like t0 Mk the Minister of Agriculture: (ill what steps are being taken’ t0 as- I s a mm this increased l)?!" ‘mg 1» '1 the Canadian Producers- t. l-ins the Canadian governmicnt any plans to hold live hOlZ l)? 995 51mm!» t0 the United States 80V" Emma“, pians? t3: will the extra 51 per hundred pounds be Carried b‘. the. United Kingdom 0r Canada? Minister's Sta Wm?!“ Hon. .1. o. GARDINER iMlnisttrer O1 Act-iridium: Mr. sneoker- P hon member was kind enouEYfl i‘? m“, me a (‘flpv of vthe questions m. h hhfyyynpnsml to ask. I would In u; ruotvst _ "‘U\\'il\l;l in higher prices in the United States hog mfikfll- and m‘ ‘posed demand in l-hfi Cflnldm“ dwmPSYlC marks-t. for Pilrk l>r°duci5i the bacon board has been imam? tifmcot the request of the British Mtnttny n; Food to forward larger arm-lake shipments of bacon to the Unmd Kingdflm. To obtain larger Itvpplles for export the bacon board has increased the price o! bacon by $1 per one hundred pounds, follow- ing an agreement with the British Ministry of Food that the price of Bacon for shipment to the United grngdom wguld be increased 5 “shillings w: n2 pound! Ii w- lboerd for the be-lmce of the con- tract, with flue understanding flint- gny flu-thei- advances which may {be moose-cry to secure the required supplies wil be met by the Canad- 11m government», and that should Rmver prices obtain n s result of changes in trhc Uniud States hog rlces, lihe pfleo 0f bacon to the nfted Kingdom will be adjusted- accordingly. "It will be recalled, Li’. 6p! that on re the agreement with Great Britain to Nu home, I itidieatcd to the house that there was an undertaking that if the grice of hogs went up h the United hates to a point which endanger- ed the mipment of bacon to Great Britain, the price would be recon- sidered. The price has been recon- sidered, and an offer h accordance with the terms I have flit recited been mode to the boson board the Bcrltim government and has been accepted by this government. "The hon. member's first ques- Mon is: What steps are being taken to assure that the incrmsed price will reach Canadian producers? The some step! ls have been taken h the agreement up to date. That the matter is under considera- on at all times by the bacon ‘b01113 it“? are getting in contact with tho different organizations l hich are urchaeing mm farmers ere and t ere across Canada, and peeing that the prices do beg-r g, mpgrakrielations-hip to the §fl¢g be. Steels In Ihmge . flAliN (York-lunbury): t about the stocks h storage the hands of the pecker-s?" Mir. GARUINDR: "The sirochg in liiorage that have to do with this tirade have been put in storage on order of the bacon board. Mr. HANSON (York-Sunbury): "Bo that they have control’) Mr. GARDINER" "Yes" m. sown; "nu effective only lfter May 2. is it not?‘ Mr. GARDINER: “The order was - made effective yesterday, May 1," Mr. ROWE: "But that u not to nix’ to bacon already penned. rvrr. GAIIDXNER: "No. bacon already process ‘. U. B. Guvcl neat Plan "The next question k whether In Oumdinn government ha; any to hold ve hog prices etml. to the malted ltstes govern- mt plan. Well. as 1 understand United States government plan, It is operated under the surplus . board which has been oning for some time in the Unfled Qtates, purchasin surplus hell llppliel and distribut ng hum, I hilt on the issue of ltsmpe, to pollen; who are on relief or other- wiee unable to purchase, and in other ways to people who would not be as lug; quantities of these zrrunodihtes. y understanding is at lint some board is empowered pt present to purchase certain food products, including hogs, on the diflerent markets in t e United Shoes, and some of them may be ding-muted under the lease-lend act to the British market as well as to the United states market. 111st 1| the only control that I know 0f. and it is exercised only by number“; in; off the msrket from time “ma, w; have bu! in effect exact- 1y the same thing ever sinceuthi British agreement came into a ~¢ an 1909. ‘Phat is, we have been P11!‘- ehasi all the surplus hos! M! the canad an market and INPP"! them to Great Britain under He}: agreement, which resulted, n e 040.1 h stendi -atl ifitrlt-"s-“Qw-fimm not to eentl hllher than the market PY1¢°~ Th; United States during that Per‘ iod were buying certain surpluses. but not sufficient to keep their price up; there was too large a pro- duction of b085- “The next question is whether the extra s1 per one hundred pounds will be carried by the Uni- ted Kingdom of Canada. That is explained in the answer which l have already given. Under certain circumstances it will be carried by Britain and in other circumstances it will be carried by Canada, as i1- dicated in the statement I just made." Mr. ROWE: "It will be the same ls a bonus?" Mr. GARDINER: "No. it will I10! be the same as a bonus. The orlcc now paid by the British is five shillings higher than it was. Under the original agreement it was 80 shillings per 112 pounds; it is nmv a5 shillings per 100 pounds, which results in there being available about one cont a pound more. or $1 s, hundred pounds. If the price should advance beyond 85 shillings on the United states market, the Canadian government undertakes to be Nsponsiblc for that increased amount, and if it drops on the Unltccl States maria-t, we have tak- en on oursclvcs the obligation of reducing the price to Great Britain by the amount of that drop below 85 shillings." Mr. ROWE: “I did not send a copy 0f this question to the minis- we are to understand that if the price gocs either up or down in the United States, our hog prices will be governed accordingly?" Mr. GARDINER: “I would as- sume so, Mr. Sneaker. That has been the effcct so far. We should then have to make the choice whether we were going to purchase supplies on this market at a price which would compote with the United States price and send them to Great Britain. If we did that. Britain the Canadian govcrnment would have to born" the expense." UNION ROAD WOMEN'S INSTTFITTE The regular mooring of the Union Road Women's institute was held on April 8 at. the rnme of Mrs George Mellish. Six members were present. at the meeting. Receipts for Red Cross knitting, subscription to Institute News, and donation to T. B. Loa- que were road by tho ssrretarv. It was moved and seconded that small bills presented by the sick committee and the secretary be paid. Motion carried. It was agreed to hold Dclllll’ collections at. Institute meetings. these funds to be used for small emergency bills. The committees gave their re- ter, but perhaps: I may ask whether ‘ under this atzrecmont with Great, ports and following are the new, Command. TV. F. W. Honor Com. G. A. Duval The following taken from the Woonsocket. R. I. Call of May 1st. will be of interest to the friends in this tptzovvirlce of Commodore George A. Duval. vmo has visited P. E. Island on several OCCJSlOHS. He has friends in Summerside. tho George Harris and . K. Llyowellvn faxrrlies, the Willard Oulton. frniily in Aiberton- and the James A. MacKinnon and W. Rus- sell Rcgers families in Coleman. u-here the last ones named. were his hosts on these occasions. and numerous others in OLearv and the Brae. "We are verv proud of Mr. Duval, here. in RhOtie Island.“ write; the ‘some? “and his fondne>s for Can- ada can be attributed to his very close friend, Lieutenant Colonel Guy McLean Matheson. who dis- flnxlfshed himself‘. with the 25th Canadian Infantry of Nov-rt Scorn- 9nd Canadian Division and hails from Baddeck. Cape Britain. now gal-cling his home in Woonsocket Past Deparfinent Commander George A. Duval and Mrs. Jessie I Miler past. department president of the aux‘lior_s' V.F'W.. will represent Wcorsocket. at a testimonial dinner honoring VF.W. leaders of Rhoda Island in the McKenna-McAllister Post. rooms. Providence, tomorrow. The testimonial is being arranged by a committee of State auxiliary members. indudinz Mrs. Frances M Fhnrai- of Wconscckct. a dstrlct prordoni. ' Duval. an inswance bicker. twice rcnvuctided by the Canadian G(“\‘i"I'h'.'Il"l‘l for his ivcrk in caring for disabled Cau-"lnn veterans. was chafirman. of VFW. national omn- Wthos for thrccvrzvs Ccrrrvnder of Harold F. Flynn Post Woon- srckct. for tuna twns. He served also as r"c=i:"""t o‘ the Aliod "~- erans’ Council repwventeti New England in Washinaim. DC.. as a mcenbcr of the- V.F.W legislative corrmittec. an-i is an associate member of tho G. A R. l-le is 3's: a former head of fir,» Wonsocke’ Flks and served as chcrdnan o‘ the Wocnsocket Chapter, American lRed Cross. Mrs MilYer has occupied a'l the vhefirs in the State auxiliary. being the only Wconscckct woman to be- come State auxiliary pesidegt, committees appointed for the month of May: Sick. Elsie Mollish. 9nd Mrs Everrtt Moore: Program Evelyn Ross and Irene Ro5s. The Pantry 81"- C/"flnutice re- nortcd that the proceeds of the sale he'd in Mach amounted to ap- proximately $6.00, Lunch was served bv the hosies!‘ and an interesting program rvas enioycd by all. Next. mcetng will be held at. the horre. of Irene Ross. roll-call to be answered by an exchange of dams or garden seeds. _ uauszoreifni pawns .. LEEDS. Encrlnnrh-CP-Iis Own mouth-organ b71111 with E"Pl'_‘,l unit. on the ma ch is the aim of Major A. R. JT“1(".C‘.ll'9f cnteltairmant officer‘ of the Northern British ivy. ' A W0man’s View By Alice [lemming in Vancouver Province There is something especially ex- hilarating about Vancouver's fresh spring greenery, after the almost seasonless green of California. And i; nice to see Vancouver's sun- shine. too. after two months o! c.1- most constant rain in the South. One of the interesting people I met. in Hollywood was the English actress, Heather Thatcher, who is officially collect war relief funds. under auspices o the British Ac- tors' Equity. She has traded her glamorous actress role in life for a small flat in Hollywood, where the chief ropertles are a typewrit- er on wh ch she writes "csdgizig" letters with two fingers for her fund, and a sewing machine with which she has learned to turn out " numbers of flannelettie py- jamas for her branch of the Brit. lsh War Relief Association. She has succeeded in getting many actors to sign for permanent monthly subscript ons for the dura- tion, and she has sent thousands of dollars home to England already. Lynn Fontanne has now written to tell Miss Thatcher that she will give the British Actors‘ Fund all the royalties from the newly-made record of that moving Anglo-Ameri- can poem. "The While cum." This was the piece that Lynn Fontanne recited over CBR to the delight of radio audiences when she Was in Vancouver some months ago, CATS AT PREMIUM IN ENGLAND I_t is interesting to learn that, while shortage of {god has enmhh ated most pets from EHEIMKL 3M5 B" Hi a Premium. so many cats were destroyed at the outbreak of war that mice and rats have in- lcirkeased enormously. Mice apuggr h e rlnéaglc in districts where there as en severe bombing, sh cats and kittens are fetchinq top pflceg All ordinary kitten will sell for $2.50 and a fully-trained mouser will tch as much as $10, The sale of dogs is smaller than before the war, but good ratters are now in great demand. Manv child. ren are asking their nrents to buy them a hen. because a number of schools are installing tiny pQulh-y farms, A Cousin of mine, an officer who is a prisoner of war, has lately been removed from his officers‘ prisoner 95ml? 1n Germany to a privates‘ Driron in Poland. This is in retails- tion. we are told, for the trest- ment of Nazi prisoners of war in Canada, What the new. lower life for the British officers removed to Poland will be like. I shudder to think. My cousin was captured last May. and the food in the better class prison consisted of one cup of er- satz coffee and a hunk of bread in the mornings, and a litre of soup w‘th seven potatoes in the evening. Nothing else. no meat, fat. sugar or anything like other vegetables The chief danger of such a meagre diet over a period of months is d1- zestive ailments and b distended stomach known as “potato belly” Welsh Bombed Areas To Be Sent Relief Fund “The appeal lg“ Welsh Bomudbehg eas, s camps naugun the Welsh Ladies Guild of Mon- treal, registered under War Char- ities Act, with monies deposltcd in Barclayb Bank (Canada). is pro- gressing steadily. The members of the Guild would like to hear from every person of Welsh origin or descent throughout Canada, who would care to make some contribution to the relief of the Homeland through this Welsh Fund. It ls needless to state how urgently this Fund is needed throughout Wales. The Young Welsh Girls of Mon- treal, calling themselves the "Dra- gonettes" are also doing their bit with "penny boxes" amongst their school friends: Their Motto "The Red Dragon leads the way". As it is the intention of the committee to remit the initial amount overseas shortly, those wishing to contribute should send subscriptions to "WELSH FUND" care of Mrs. D.'I'. Williams, Honorary ‘Treasurer. 6874 Sherbrooke Street W. Montreal, Guebec. from whom an official recemt will be issued._ which k very difficult to treat even when the victim returns to nor- mal life. PARCEL DELIVERY ‘IS SPASMODIC. Delivezies of Red Cross parcels. sent by various members of the family, have been very spasmodic. and people in England are allowed to send only regulation parcels through the Red Cross. So far a parcel sent direct, many months a- go from the United states, has nev- er been delivered, but in answer m the letter announcing that it had been posted our prisoner wrute' “It 1s difficult to thank you en- ough for your letter and the troub- le you have taken without sound- ing fu‘some. But this sort of holi- day makes one absurdly auprc/“a- tive of kindness and generosity. You will get a card to say when it ar- rives. “It‘s annoying how “food" seems to edge into every letter we send, but it's rather a persistant master when you go short, and only peo- ple who have can understand what a present of food can mean. You chose excellently, for our rations leave fat a suspicion and sugar a memlliy- That is the measure of my gratitude. "If. later on. you could produce tinned margarine and some sort of ship's biscuits I should bless you again for something hard to bite for a change; and soap and boot- laces are a permanent shortage. "We try to keep fit with exer- clses. and are busy picking each others brains . . . Just now I'm learning Spanish, German, and Diesel engines. We have talks. plays. and orchestra and dance bands- boih excellent after working six months together. Luckily we boast experts on practically everything. “Oh, they're fine occupations I eke these two 1 To get uiell, see your doctor 2 To keep well, watch your lxnbils For a clear rninrl, an alert body- make sure elimination is camplele. Indoor workers especially will be wise to est this telnptiilg, mildly- laxalive cereal every day and so gel needed extra "bulk" right through the year. SERVE BY SAVINOI BUY WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES! know, but one thinks endlessly of what we aren't doing and of when we may get away. 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