,7ERN d :- nnakntere, Water It. nte Bake?!» Water M. Boyltivllerdeyorlueper ‘ column is reserved for new: . I interest but advcrtlaln of . nature may be Insert; n, "ord strictly payable in ad. ‘I DOUG" MIXTURE r5- ‘ wughs. 50c at Taylor Drug i 44 ington. ' Ir WORM POWDER, 19¢- by Dept. of Agriculture. g sample, Drugstore, Kea- ‘ . Il-1531-4-7-3i. woken 001m, Commeal, u low quantity prim at . t, L-1565-4-9-2i. _ OPPORTUNITY to save w your summer permanent; ‘ to all patrons tments before April , , Marcel permanents are the Don't miss this. chance. '5 Beauty Parlor. Phone L-lbll-i-d-Si. PURCHASE FERTILI- . CO-OPERATIVELY—'I'he Bedeque Fanners Imtit-ute 1t the home of Mrs. Rel h v on Wednesday and e decided to pinphaae their t,» and seed co-operatfvely. nutter had been under dis- t. for some time and the -,.; on Wednesday was to take vole on the matlen-s PERSONALS l.: Edna MacDonald 1g visit- friends ll'i Msnolon, N. B. ,Etliesi Crabbe of Borden a visitor to Sumimerside this .CF!lf'l(‘ Owen has returned ,- home m l-Iam\“on. after -~ : the yvinter on the Cove 1. i? i1. VOICES (tklntinucd ti £29061) ‘l Compensation Act placed on statute books oi this rovincc traced briefly former e forts of L P. U. which had been un- to have the act passed. Jrhen the late lion. J.- D. was premier. the act had ed first reading but at that the New Brunswick act, upon »- the one proposed here was - was undergoin amendment. ore it was d clcd to wait ther session. Before then, .Mr. Stewart took sick and further was done about the Hist move to have the act - was about 12 years ago. then several attempts had made. He believed, the speak- d, that the late Hon. W. M. lied intended to pass the act. not taking sides politically, Coughiin announced. i _P. U. was not. the cnfy i- tioii which wanted the not, llfih ll. ivns sponsoring i'.. The lllll Lucian, the Carpenters . 30 to 60 Women's Institute ches, and numerous other - were also supporting it. i argument was heard that. the . U. was driving work away _l.he waterfront. “What about Hry service at Wood Islam: i ls b01113 advocated?” MA‘. in asked. Would that not work away from Charlotte- ~ and did the L. P. U. oppose ey never interfered with any- ‘ that was for the good of the , farmers, businessmen. in- u agents. But when workmen - some security they were . Business men would not H meciings to. answer ques- ~ is to what their objections Instead they lobby around in l and halls oi the Provincial ' . Anything the Laborer after was above board and never lobbied, the speaker said. 0 um izct, rotection. however. let. them think we can't", Mr. u in continued. R. ht now were negotiating wit an in- " wmpany for protection for " n. It wouid between " and $3,000 and would have l v out of cargoes handled. l of tho Compensation Act d Rt a maximum be $3.00 P" ' Mr employee, the speaker de- - In the last five years aocl- ‘ in the L, P. U. where claims Wlllpensation would be award- d only amount to bevween "B18800. Most o. the accidents ll! a minor nature, ' lot was being blookedby busi- men and if it were not passed -~ a "la/ck of sincerity on the all the legislators, nothing . cs5]. --1- T. crotcau in e. short ad- tolu the meeting he ma‘ ‘ of the family eets with an l- A compensa ion act was industry." _ "cool. two. {occlusion Dr. Growl-u wished P . tilt; beet of luck in v . . Guardian will be delivered daily m m, ham in pa: order to the boy responsible for deliveries on GUARDIAN ' 4m. John Pond, u AGENT s m‘ Mmyyger Btreeéoliiuarztghone 259.1 DINO! Subscriptions, Advertising n,“ b, M, ‘m. M“ _ 1' °""'"“ m’ h "°""‘""'“¥ It Myer the following "m, u, Gourli u... tfitmr... ‘Mufti? Si‘ week. Phone 289-1 forage.‘ ‘f’; Bur route. -nousr.' MEAT. m: Tri H°“"“- 14"“- Wld rloht at M0521 i-isec-i-o-zi, -yaruvx lgeatm- sultgeztifiplliillgflfllfa%wallg ' summewd“ L-l538. -FAB.EWEI.L son. .Kensingtonsxft\iiiif ogitiltieirfiea- April 9th. 193s, at a P nit Adm, 9y‘ 10c and 15c. '1.-'1s5r-4.S§1‘f§‘ _Mlfi8 Helen Champion, B. A., oif OLcary who has been awarded the British Federation of Unit versilry Womenls Bcholirohip. valued at .500. Miss Champion look her B. A. degree at the Lon- don University and is at present taking s. Doctm- of Philoscphy course on an I. O. D. E. scholar- fhill. which was extended for a second year. Men Meet The regular weekly meeting‘ of the Summerside Y's Men was eld on Thursday at the Capitol Grill. Rev. Mr. MaoDairmld was the guest speaker. Dr. Hillard Hon. President, Mrs. B_ W. son was a guest; also Rev. Wilson. A nominating committee was ap- pointed to subunit a slate of officers for t-hc annual meeting which will be held the lo/tter part of the month. Rev, Mr. MacDair-mid gave a most interesting address orn his travels through the Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Flomiosa, Philippine, Bor- neo and New Guinea. He also told of his experiences while crossing the equatozg Mr_ w. E. Darby moved a vote of thanks to the speaker seconded by Mr. Currie-S. one wants w say anything against» the act. What is wrong is the 80V- ernment afraid to take a stand in the matter?" he asked. The same thing. he declared, ‘was true about the press. Ii any 0-1191‘ act was before the legislature one could 11nd out all about it press any day. with regard to the compensation act there waslnoth- ing said except letters that U16 committee nut in. I when the committee went bo-ore the Government in caucus a few days ago members oi the BS1518- ture declared they “outed more time to study the act. Some oi the same men were members of the legislature when the Aot W115 Mked for in former years. The L. . U. intended to Keel’! after the not until it was D9556‘! 1f it took the next l2 years to do it, Mr. Rum said in conclusion. Mir. Arthur clcnniey declared the stumblim block seemed to be 3:8 fact the employer had W be" e full cost. Speaking oi 0DP°$1U°T1 the speaker said he’ could not 8N why the Board oi Trade oould op- e the act when the same or; genizstion went boore the ROWE Commission and asked that the Dominion Government bear the lull cost at HOW Clark presided; the J. B. of the compells ma‘; when on the bopkll. he J. L. MIISO I [UNIIAL DIIHl/‘TUI KINIINGTDN Du and Nilht "l"! Pronptly Attended. PHONI 74- E. ‘ Fertilizer! Fertilizer! We are now booking W" dare for fertilizer anid WW1 t ton. 0 gmtntfopiligwolfle “OIL. fert- illrern in car load our-null" in addition to Island Goods, also chemicals if desired- Trllckage to farmers at min- imum charges. J. a. MILLMAN, ' Kensinflm" ‘#443 ifivd-u-Iil Robln- l ~ —»-__.- AND PRINCE COUNTY‘ CHRONIOLE , ' Warn Government Provznce Headed For Bank ruptcy fwm page l) been heard f , Th lourned untilniflmpm. dam}? m‘ Mr. Stewart's first complaint, was fifchlht; paved road Projects, m. m‘ had c) extra two cents Rflsollne be,“ distill?“ imposed. were not _ 8 rbuted fairly. His dis_ tiict was not receiving 1L5 due rm; gevte. he said, “on the old Bum green Charlottetown and en- Well miles shorwr than the road that was built by the Maclvfillan Government from Bor. den to Charlottetown. we have no provision this your, mg the contracts are let for next year, I dont think we are getting justice i", "l" Fifty 0f the country. f We are in a different ‘position rom Georgetown, whose delegation “wit? hi“? AS11111! L01‘ a road when they have an outlet by the rail. WB-Y- The Only outlet we have is by road." National Park Cost; "I don't know that. one single member of this House would have voted for the National Park if he knew the cost," Mr. Stewart Con- tinued. "We questioned the leader 0f the Government at the time, and he told us the cost would be _ gibie.--$4c.oo0 of which we were to receive $25,000 from the Dominion Government in return for the hotel at Dalvay. “We find instead that last year $60,000 was spent on this Park, and in the Estimates for the year coming we have $50,000 more, and this is not probably the end. Going Behind "I wish to call attention to the serious financial situation of the Province," Mr. Stewart. continued. “The revenue in i913 was $522,000 For the last fiscal year it was over two million dollars. We also find that for the same term of @s our expenditure increased from $460000 to an estimated expendit- ure for the coming year of $2.885,- 000—ovcr five tinios as much as the revenue in 1913, "The financial situation in any business can be judged by the debt it carries. We find that in 1913 the per capita debt was a little over $10. In i936 is was nearly A “Will-o-the-Wlsp" “This balanced budget. has been a will-of-the-wlsp, like the phan- tom ships that have been seen of’! our coast recently. The farther we go after It, the farther it goes." There were three years, Mr. Ste- wart claimed, that stand in the “red" as particularly bod; those were the last three years of the MacMillan administration. The Lea Government came into power on a certain definite promise made by every member of this House. “We guaranteed that. if returned to power we would balance our bud- get and we would balance it an- nually. HAVE WE DONE S0?" Mr. Stewart paused a few mom- ents. There was no reply. "When Mr. Lea took over the reins of office," he continued, “he made a great reduction in expen- diture in all departments, particu- larly in salaries and expenditures that could be cut down. Because of the lower cost of living it was easier then to do it than now: but not only for that reason but. be- cause he had promised to do so. “And I believe that if Mr. Leo's financial program-me had been carried into effect in succeeding mars, right up to date. we would on a sound financial standing todayg-not in the case we are in II object has been to im- press on you the serious financial situation we have drifted into. I am jealous of the financial stand- ing of this Province. Even in these materialistic days when we want to discard classics in our schools. we still pay respect to a concern that at least pays its way. My people have lived on the soil of this: Island for over a ccntu and a half. We have always pad for ivhut we got. and we have done without what we are not able to pay for. 'I‘liat is what this prov- ince, or any other province, must dd-stand on the financial foot- ing it should be on. Oui" people are asking today for things which ow. “My sole Mr. Annear in the debate said he the impression that have vernment muembexs would receded him. I think two POMOIO members have still w HD8811.” he continued. "But they will have gfinzlaghair mm was a. raid ghggetngl-‘lmfifl-slmture Was going to as b51118 chimed merely a mutual admiration society, 33d I think that would have been iillty. I think the danger of the miggral put?’ being considered a 1;: admiration society has lzhafeb because two member-g or Public e/vegfkligellli. the Minister of b“ hum (Pm and the senior meni- arlottetown, have t0 a gezflelgl olkxlnefslsixtetnt criticised the .- 8 n ra ion f0 n _ mg Justice w us. r °t d° "A Few Criticisms" “I have a few criticisms to make mYSQUr-Olf a kind. Perhaps they mlfiht Just be termed suggestions or constructive criticism. In 55 aniggi I intend to confine myself m I188 that particularly aflect e cmififltllflwy I represent, or the Province generally. ‘Bhere is only one way that we can make revenue and expenditurg ntgect in this Province, and that 1S w take care oi the expenditure. e cannot make very large say- 1088, but we can and should save sirknlsll amounts wherever it is pos- 5 e- mld P)’ 50 (101111; effect very substantial savings in the end " n Eoi o the b ‘ find certarimg til/liars to wlhuifihbgolwsisg ti} ctlalll the attention particularly o". e Minister of Public Works. t~f»-°‘i3'."‘il.‘;'°§....'““......’ i” "““° indicate um they are, d° m‘ N I find the iteon for coal on the thW/Poft ferry, $91.00. I think Rt is about right, because that, 1s about the amount that has been Spelli- every year for the last Hum. ber of years on that ferry. 0n the other side of the town of George- awlg. however. we find a ferry a of the same size, 1n~acticaily a Sister ship. and the coal ‘bill inst yell‘ was $359.00. uEtc-n .. The bill for coal in the Jail at Georgetown was $860.00 last. year. I must admit that attached to that item of coal in the public accounts there is the word ‘etch 1 have berm told that in some of the out- Doris of Newfoundland. if you land and wish to go overland to another place and you meet amen on the road who is unfamiliar to any extent with distances on land, and ask him how far it is to such and such p place. immediately he tells you, one, two or three miles, and so on.‘ I don't know whether this ‘etc.’ covers a very large item 01‘ l1 Vefy large amount oi money. If it does, the coal bill is substan- tially reduced. But I do subunit that if that ‘etc.’ covers any large expenditure it should not be put in the Public Accounts in that way. It is quite proper to have it at the end oi a statement, but there is no hope of intelligently studying the Public Accounts of this province if ‘mate's.’ mean the same as the outport Newfound- liuidexs mean by ‘on and on',—an indeterminate point." One speaker had referred to a delegation from Georgetown tit- ioning for a. paved road. an had also stressed the difficulties of government in controlling expen- diture. Mr. Hughes did not think the point well taken. “That dele- gation was here properly." he said. “The reason why it was here was because the Government. in the first place, did not act properly, in my opinion." When the Liberals took office in 1935, Mr. Hughes said. there was a substantial area of hardsurfaced roads in Queens and Prince Coun- ties, but not a mile in Kings County "or anywhere near Kings County." In season and out of season he and some others had endeavored to impress upon the powers that be the factthat that condition should be romediechthial. the distribution that now exists was unfair. “This Government now has un- dertaken projects for a hundred miles of hard-surfacing. and there are just two isolated bits of that in Kings County. Perhaps 20 per cent of the whole. and the rest is they can do without. Libraries are very fine if we can afford but I think we should, at least for the resent year, cut down on the E's imates, and I for one, when the imates come will see that they are re- duced to a minimum in all cases. On things that are absolutely "B0- essary we cannot cut down, but in all other items. because of an in- crease over last year there should be a decrease. Heading for Banlirupto! “The course we are proceeding on for the last number of Ya" leadl surely to a repudiation of debts. No country could be fol- lowing on as we are (10108 With- out a state of affairs that is e it- ornized by the Farmers Credi a ¢rmngement Act. That Act was ntended to relieve the condition of distressed farmers, and it h” been carried to such fantastic ex- u-mnes, both by the a plicantsend by the men who aillnlnlllvel "-- tnat the or? m our farmer-aha . ed. In rua m mofennere i3?» n0 That ls where they B" W111?- Th are not pa m0" W!’ no w a - fill“; °i Hubs“ °" “I do not believe that Llbenliun has died out in thiemlzrogpot- 1 hope that the time W119 ‘n, the people. 00781131182": glut-fine people and mono owl} don't mm: mu stain of main is gunk‘ bill IIIQ U‘ thh country have It in own , waay whether it eball er not." ‘ nt in Queens and Prince where they had too much before. in pro- portion." Mr. Hughes continued. “I cannot make any excuse for that because I don't know any BXCHM that could be made for it.” They had been told, Mr. Hughes said, that the Rustico highway was given to the people of the settle- ment of Rustico in lieu of a rail- way. The pwlfle- 0f Dundlm Bridgetown and irrunediate vicin- ity have been seeking railway fac- ilities for years. "My coliea-izilc (Mr. savillc) “years before he saw the light of Liberalism, was im- poi-tuning the powers that be for a railway, and I really believed that when he came to this House the Liberals would not leave out that district.” The people for whom he was speaking lived midway between and Sourls. fifteen miles from either port. By reason of the fact that these were winter ing did not start until all stripping at Char- and other rte had been completed. 'I‘hia meant that the farmers had to tnveree wlmer roads with their produce. “There could be no better alimhent for connecting up the ports oi Bouris Georgetown than that,” Mr. Ne Retort ‘fabled eibthat an eo- had which’ the president the necutive Council (Hon. B. elliinnen. "I have ma. IIUGIIIS’ oasnoanoh m. wm mains. n» mm III Iyllenueevrdorteftlmaur- l he ma, "a safe in dralwinluttlfismmibxne ttgat when the Government went’ omtche trouble of holding an econ. bu“ WWW they were anxious to Drovmgp small industries in, this 9- when you are so anx- $331 dwndevelop small industries, not be our betrter to en- courage those the/t you have? Nfllflltlng Home Indua‘ , "My information is, Mr. Speaker gut under the Siewart-Maclvlillan overnment and the Liberal Gov- ernment that preceded them, large quantities of blankets and such commodities were purchased from our local mills. And my Inlflrmg- tlon is that a surprisingly gmgll quantity of those commodities have been purchased from our local mills since this Government came Int: power, "lf the Government is anxious to build up our smell industries, they should encourage them. If they hold an economic survey to 59B Whil- lihey can do, Why do they not support industries that we have? I could understand the Government saying, ‘No. we can- not co this, it. is not economical because these local industries charge such an enormous price for their products that we cannot af- roi-a to buy them.‘ But, lVLnSpeak- er, the Government didn't do that. They purchased a few from the local mills, therefore the price must have been in line with the others. or else the Government W85 Mlllls improperly in purchas- ing them at all. Loan Board Expenses “The people believe. and many of the members believe, that this House is one party," Mr. Hughes continued. "That being so. it would be right and proper that we should do something unique in or- dinary times. I understand that the Fisher-men's Loan Board, pre- sided over by the President of the Executive Council, has exceeded their estimates ONE HUNDRED PER CENT! National Park Mr. Hughes said he did not pro- pose io discuss the question of the Government's attempt to secure settlement of the claims of prop- erty holders in the National Park area. “For this reason, that prior to that. Act coming into force I went on record, early in 1936. I asked that this House be divided on the same section in the Road Act, which was an act of general application. My action speaks for itself. It places me definitely in a certain position with regard to such legislation." “I notice that the Minister of Highways (Hon. Mr. McIntyre) is now in his scat, and I regret that he was not here a few minutes ago. But no doubt the inforn-iat- ion will be conveyed to him, and may do it. Hon. Mi. LePage: “CertainlyP Mr. Hughes: “The hon. gentle- man in his remarks criticised the Federal Government rather sev- erely, I thought, for not giving due attention or devoting suffic- ient money t.o the conditions in this Province. That is his own business. And the hon. gentleman waxed eloquent on a, number n: occasions during his speech." Premier Campbell: “I don't think the Minister of Public Works mentioned any govem- merit." Hon. Mr. McIntyre: “I didn't criticise any particular Govern- ment. I said the Dominion Gov- ernment," Mr. Hughes: “I am quite satis- fied to accept that at any time. There was an old friend of mine who used to tell a story about. be- ing down in New Orleans. Going around one day about the wharves he met; an old man and they got into conversation. The old man told him he used to preach at dif- ferent times, although he was not an ordained minister of any par- ticular denomination. My friend asked him, did he not lose the thread of his discourse, and he re- plied that he had no difficulty in that line, because he could always ‘pound the Bible and abuse the Rcpublicans.’ Listening to the hon. gentleman last night. I won- dered whether he didn't have the slogan. ‘Pound the blue-books and denounce the Tories!" Verdict, Guilty! The Minister, Ml‘. Hughes 0on- tinued, made a comparison be- tween expenditures for other years, undcr both party governments, He h~i ro doubt that the comparison was correct. “But I think he is working from an en irely wmng basis. I do not think the idea is. ‘Did we do a little better or a lot better than the Conservatives.‘ The story is, ‘Did we do what we un- dcrtnok. nr did wt- do as well as we could?’ I don't think it mat- ters. except from a political stami- point. what his figures show u they do not show that. If wedidift fulfill our promises. did we do at least as much as we could? “I DON'T THINK WE DID. I will admit that the Government perhaps did make an attempt, but they were not operating from a proper basis. There was a remark made in the course of his address by the member from Southlport <Mr. Jonesl, with reference to his farm. that l think applies very well." Premier Interrupts Premier Campbell: "The mem- ber from Seuthport didn't e ." Mr. Hughes: “On the t. dress.” Premier Campbell: “I rise to a point of order. The melnbe can- not speak on n. subject. mentioned ln another debate.” Mr. Hughes: “I am lorry, be- cause I was going in commend thorn.‘ Ilon. Mr. LePage: "You have done nothing yet to commend them Mr Hughes: “ biy not. I have done what I thoqht Ill proper, and that relishes me. am afraid that union complete change over of method, wearefoingtobeontheroeke financial y. "Our fixed are increas- ing year by year. rently we cannot help that but there are other directions in which we mint take stops to retrench. Just now there is a bill in connection wit-h cooperative organizations, that may slvflnlfil lllll Flliflii DBLIGATIUNS Viscount _H—alifax Gives Stirring Ad- dress At Conserva- tive Party Rally. (By The Canadian Preae) BRISTOL, England, A", 3 __ A resounding declaration o! Great Britain's determination, as a country which "never oee back on its word", to onor her obligations through- out the world was voiced today by Viscount Halifax. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, at a Con- servative party rally here. He warned, however, that “a single false step by the Brit- ish Government rnay have in- caiculable consequences," and pleaded with the ldlbor arty to avoid “provocative »ang- page" which makes agreements with the dictator countries more difficult and increases “the risk of the only other method of solving differences- whloh ls war." “lit is not our habit to give as- surances that we are not abso- lutely certain oui-‘people would be prepared t0 carry out," he said in a reference apparently directed at those who urge a pledge of Brit- ish aid to Czechoslovakia. “These obligations (those a1- readw undertaken), therefore, we shall fulfill, should need ever arise, to the utmost of our abil- ity. At a time when a. large part of Europe is fermenting with new ideas and new aspirations. we may look back to the past to find strength in the example of others who had to meet times no less dif- ficult and no less perplexing. "And I know that the Govern- ment today. as in other days, will look for its support where it has always found it-in the clear. i111‘- daunted spirit of the British people." (In a speech at Shoreham, Earl Winterton, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with a seat in the cabinet, declared neither the Brit- ish nor Dominions Governments “are prepared to stand for a poi- icy of peace at any price, or they would not be rearmingf‘) It. was to put herself in a posi- tion to discharge her obligations that Great Britain yias rearming, Lord Hal fax proceeded. To the demands cf the Government for a more intensive effort from the nation in rearmament, the Foreign Secretary had no doubt “our peo- ple will respond as they will al- ways respond when they are plain- ly told which way their duty lies." In a possible hint he thought the Spanish civil war was nearing an end. Lord Halifax expressed the hope Great Britain would be able “to milder disinterested ser- vice in the task of peaceful re- construction." He re-affirmed the Government's policy of non-inter- vention in the civil war declaring “this nation will have no Spanish blood on its hands." The Foreign Secretary urged the theory that. in the present disturb- ed state of the world any localized easing of tension will result in additional easing elsewhere. “We have already succeeded in effecting an improvement in our relations with Italy-who of 0W oldest traditional friends in Eur- ope-lwhlch I am very confident will make its good influence felt, not only as between our two coun- tries. but in all the Mediterranean area, indeed over the whole of Eu . Proesibly hinting to the return of his predecessor Anthony Eden. to the councils of state, Lord Hal- ifax said he looked forward “to the time when the country will again enjoy the benefit of his ser- vice and guidance." Government To Continue In Power ADELAIDE. Australia. April 8- (OP-Rcutlorsl- The Government of South Australia today cibtained support, of a majority of the In- dependents in the new legislative assembly, ensuring its continuance in office. Final standing in tho ilale e- lecticui of March l9 was: LibcraL-Cruntry nary (Goy- ernmeni‘) l5 Labor 9 .3- Iudopendent-Laboi‘ 2 } . Independents l3 ‘ Total 98. ' KILL HIGHER HALIFAX -— Hunters killed 1.030 moose and 2,185 deer in the 10 day season last year. increases of 108 and 235 respectively over the fig- ures for 1936, according to e re- port of the ands and forests de- i-tment tabled in the Nova Scolia egislature. LUCK—IN NUMBER l3 REGINA-For nearly 20 years Frank Watchler, Regina, has paid $3 extra. for car license No. 13- and he has never had an accident. Any special license costs $3 extra Saska_ l1 _ . poeaibLy lend o increase our cost of officials. orlcmen's Compen- sation Act is another example. There is an ever narrowing field between the carrying charges of our public debt and thoae other charges I have mentioned, and that is the only field in which we have to work What are we going to do when that narrows too for? llt is narrowing e0 far that very soon we will have to call a halt. "There is yet time to see that. it does not happen. but I am fully convinced that if we go on going behind year after year. in a very few year-a, whatever Government is in power in this Province, will find not only the treasury empty, but the credit of the Province exhausted A report of the other speeches lhll lllt Milli/l ddfltk Will lvhwil‘ Thousands Driven From Homes As Storm And Floods Take Heavy (A. P. by Guardian’: Special Wire) CHICAGO. April &—I"lood-burd- ened rivers drove thousands of southerners from their homes to- day while a blinding blizzard ra/k- ed the western plains of the Uni- ted States. The south bore the brunt of the elemental onslaughtAsurve mow- ed 13 persons had been k led by a tornado in Aliceville, Ala, and. 13 others lost their lives when a. mountain. torrent gushed down Tulona Creek and can-led off a. galvanized iron store building at Whitestone, Ga. Seven persons who apparently had sealed their house against one of the worst biizzards in the his- tory ot the Texas Panhandle were found dead of asphyxiation neer Pampa. Even as these casualty lists were compiled, Alabama marshalled its forces to cope with a serious flood threat. Thousands fled from the endangered districts. CTFUPERATIVE AS suciinui Bill nlsgussin Continued from page 5 prevailing prices. Other coopera- tive businesses had been started in this Province and they had near- ly all failed. “We don't want. this to happen again. For the protec- tion of the shareholders and gen- eral public we must look into this matter very carefully." Mr. Jone-s and Hon. Mr. Mc- Intyre agreed. The latter said it should be compulsory upon each organization to set aside a sinking fund in order to take care of any losses. He cited the Potato Grow- ers‘ Association. wihich had met with losses and had no funds to meet their obligations. “If they had set aside even one-half cent a bushel they would have accumu- lated a fund of seventy-five or a hundred thousand dollars and it would not have been necessary to call upon the Government or any- body else to tide them over their difficulties," he said. “Every sound business is done in that way.” Mr. McIntyre did not think the co- operative store should undersell the general store. It was not a iviszc policy. They should have a certain margin of profit and at int end c. me year the profits, after overhead expenses are met. should be given back by way of refund. Mr. Jones: “Not only when sell- ing but when purchasing, they should follow prevailing prices. We have in town here a Credit Union which made a contract for the purchase of milk away below the prevailing price, and it has raised rather a turmoil. If those people were cooperating they would have bought that milk at the prevailing price and if they had any profits. divide them up. Otherwise they are violating one of the basic prin- ciples of their cooperative system. The whole system depends on that and the election of the directors. I studied 2000 cooperatives one time for the Government and they all-broke up and went t.o _piecea eventually. The first principle is that prevailing prices must go all the time." Mr. Hughes: “There is no ques- tion that the practice oi following prevailing prices should be main- tained, but there is no means of enforcing it. The Minister of Pub- lic Works has quoted an crimpin- tioii handling potatoes. They had a statutory provision for setting aside a reserve fund, yet when the crash came there was not a dollar of that fund there." Hon. Mr. Hessian: “Are you re- ferring t0 the Potato Growers’ As- Bociatioxi?" Mr. Hughes: "I am Hon. Mr. Hessian; “You are right there." Mr. Hughes: “The sanue thing happens in Charlottetown. An or- ganization comes in and cuts a- cross established lines of business improperly. The only way that can be gotten at is by educating the individual cocperator, and the unfortunate part ls that tliese men have heard the word ‘coop- erative’ and jump to the conclus- ion that they are going to make a fortune. They don't realize that they have got to earn their profits before they divide. We can't edu- cate the people in this matter by statute." Mr. Mclsaac agreed that every cooperative society needed a reserve fund. “We as representatives of the people should go back and act as missionaries. end advise the people to be very careful not to confuse credit unions and study clubs with cooperative societies, If we ourselves don't study the sub- Jccl. and bring it to the people, how do you expect them to know? They have got to have a reserve fund if they want to be successful, and sell and buy at the prevailing price. We all agree on that. The object of a great many cooperat- ive societies that are trying to or- imnize now is m put the merchant out of business. That should not be so. If we are going to have cooperation, we must have it with thiel merchant. He is a necessary ev ." Mr. Hughes: "Thank you." Mr. Miclsaac: “We cannot get along without him, and the exper- ience he has had should be of great benefit to the people who are trying to organize. The prin- be done is cooper- ate with the merchants." Mr. McKinnon thought the wife- gutmls as to government supervis- ion. under the Act, should meet the objections. Hon. Mr. McGuigan referred to the provision for set-ting aside l0 perdcent of the profits as a reeerve un . Mr. Hughes: "But they set. out not to make any profits.’ Toll In US. Prattville and Wetumpks, in the central sector of the state, were the focal points as record-break- stages were forecast along the a'"a.ma and Tomblgbee Rivers. ‘The Wabash and White Rivers a. preached flood stage in Indiana. et and rain doused the state. The Mississippi lsipped up to flood stage at Quincy, _l. The st. Fran- cis and Red Rivers swelled in Arkansas and Louisiana. Simultaneously, strong winds whisked heavy snow across Texas, central Oklahoma, eastern Kanas. western Missouri, northern Illinois and lower Michi an. Southern Pacilc officials at. El Paw reported the "worst. rail tie- up in 20 yea/rs." Many motorists were stranded en highways buried under mounded snow on the Texas plains. > Deaths attributed to the storms included two each in Missou’; and Indiana and one each in 1. irois and Oklahoma. Birmingham, A's, recorded one drowning. 70?} fifllrtk progrea vras reported on the bill. Other DI: h Committee 0a motion ct Harmer CSITIPbOh mittee Stock Companies Act. The Premier explained that tho bill is to clear up an ambiguity in the existing statute. It was agreed to without amendment. On motion of Premier Campbell the House went into committee with Mr. Foley in the chair on an Act to amend the Insurance Act. The bill extends llie definition of “actuai-y" and provides, as Sec. 295a that “any person licensed as an agent for life insurance under this Act who induces, directly or indirectly, an insurance to lapse. forfeit or surrender for cash, or for paid up or extended insurance, or for other valuable considerat- ion. his contract of life insurance with one insurer in order to efiect a contract of life insurance with another insurer or make any m!!! or misleading statement or rep!!!’ sentation in the solicitation or negotiation of insurancvt or coerces or proposes, dir- ectly or indirectly, prospective buyer of life insurance through the influence of a busi- nes or a. professional relationship or otherwise, to give preference in respect to the placing of life in- surance which would not other- wise be given in the effecting of a life insurance contract, shall be guilty of an offence." The amendments are for the purpose of bringing the present Act into uniformity with other It was wiped t0. On motion of Premier Campbell the House went into committee with Mr. Jones in the chair on an. Act to amend the Bill of Sale Act. The bill amends the exLstlng provisions for registration and was in accordance with suggestions of the Law Society. It was agreed to without discussion. On motion of Premier Campbell t-he House went into committee with Mr. Barbour in the chair on the Foreign Judgments Act. ‘The bill deals with the manner in which judgments obtained outside the Province can be proceeded upon within the Province. It is uniform with] isiation in other Provinces, the emler explained m. was agreed to without discus- sion. On motion of the Premier the House went into committee with Mr. Wright in the chair on second reading of the Reciprocal Enforce- ment of Judgments Act, with re- gard to which a similar explana- tion was given. It was reported 9879511 - . The House took recess until 8 pm. when the budget debate was resumed by Ml’. Seville. _________-_-_- FORMER’ z<~liplmwdlwrtg=szlQ Caillaux, referring to yesterday's Leftist demonstration against the Senate, added in his s/ixeech: “The Senate shop's perfect ser- enity to all attacks in the street and in the press which are not even worth our disdain.“ As the acrid debate came to an end with Caillauxs parting shot of scorn, a vote was called for on whether or not. to discus Blums bill by articles. The result was 221-49 against Blurn and a second vote normally would have been expected 011 whether the Senate should discuss the bill as a whole. But the Upper House. in what parliamentarians termed a display of what its scorn “really alnount- ed to", announced after a few moments that it would not take B second vote. As Jules Jeanncny. nrvsidcpt pl the Senate, announced the vote. ha was interrupted by shouls "W" the gglkvry reserved for_ members of the chamber of deputios. v “Take Caiilaux to Vinccnnes.’ the cry was heard. Persons con- victed of treason were shot ‘at dawn at Vincennes during t 0 Senatorsstood on their benches iu-id demanded the deputies be thrown out of the Senate building imrned l . Senaltbgesllkancois Milan called: "We will not let ourselves be irli- suited by biackeuards- neither " the street nor in the press"nol‘ even in the deputies K511917- Gruards cleared the gfilhelrgumm unce - Blum later annoufi o! the sock which he is the leader. and then went with his strikers swelled the total of more than 50,000 workers occupying metallurgical factories in demands for new labor contracts. Iimployeee of the I-Iispano Suiea automobile and airplane plant and two other la factories outside Paris quit wor . -‘---a-.--‘~ .- .r-. -wvga<. i. . q m: ____’ A Q '1" 0-. ~ -- ._ .. .~ o» wQ-H-afiPfi-Hf. “O ihfidflr? .'33,s_-,i- hhn-lgpurl- " Wm as as z, i-