Page 24ggThe Guardian.  gMey 19 1953 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     AGRICULTUURAL DEVELOPMENT 
     
    
   
   
    
     FISHERY DEVELOPMENT 
     
    
   
   
    
     INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 
     
    
   
   
    
     WILL ALL BENEFIT FROM THE 
     
    
   
   
    
     INDUSTRIAL 
     
     EXPANSION 
     
    
   
   
    
     PROGRAM OF THE 
     
    
   
   
    
         MATHESON 
     
     ' GOVERNMENT 
     
    
   
   
    
     The lndusfrial Expansion Program of fhe Mafheson Governmenf has already benefifed 
     
     eur farmers. fishermen and labouring men. . 
     
    

    
     A fillefing planf af Souris employs over I00 persons and a new fish meal plani is also a boon 
     
     fo fhe laboring force. Souris is one place fhaf has come ahead fremendously in fhe lasf few 
     
     years and when fhe census is faken nexf year many new and hard-working cifizens will be 
     
     enumerafed fo show a big increase in populafien. 
     
    

    
     Tlge new cannery af Bedeque is a revelafion so far as fhe excellenf fype of producf pro- 
     
     cesse . 
     
    

    
     The new chicken processing planf af Charloffefown will call for 3.000 chickens per day as 
     
     well as ofher producfs. 
     
    

    
     All fhis has been given sfimulus and assisfance by fhe Depf. of lndusfry and Nafural 
     
     Resources of fhe Mafheson Governmenf. so capably presided over and direcfed by fhe 
     
     Hon. Eugene Cullen. , 
     
    

    
     Whaf has been promofed fo dafe is only an index of fhe fremendous lndusfrial Expansion 
     
     program fo come. Our Province has become a megnef for large U. S. and Canadian firms seek- 
     
     ing fo esfablish processing planfs here fhaf s'io'-ld employ from 500 fo I000 persons. There is a 
     
     bright fufure for our smaller farmers fo sell fruifs and vegefables and fhe same expansion is 
     
     expecfed of fhe producfs of fhe sea. 
     
    
   
   
    
     RECORD OF PERFORMANCE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
     
    
   
   
    
     Esfablished off shore fishing in I954 draggers employed 60 men whose gross earnings 
     
     amounfed fo over 3229.000. 
     
    

    
     Gave assisfance fo esfablish firsf frozen fillef planf in Province. Thus providing for over 
     
     I00 persons. . ' 
     
    

    
     Granfed assisfance fo fishmeal planf lhere by providing a rnarkef for fish offal. low priceal 
     
     fish and employment for a large number of men. 
     
    

    
     Granfed assisfance fo erecf fwo smokehoses in fhe Egmonf Bay area. 
     
    

    
     Provided cold slorage for our farmers and fishermen fhrough which over l4.000.000 pounds 
     
     of our producfs were markefed in fhe lasf four ears. 
     
    

    
     ' Because of fhe governmenf cold sforage p anf our fishermen and farmers receivd beffer 
     
     prices for: fwo and a half million lb. of fish. 2.222.000 lb. of cheese. fhree million lb. poulfry. I.800.. 
     
     000 lb. buffer. I.300.000 lbs. sfrawberries. l.220.000 lb. blueberries. ' 
     
    

    
     Oblained foresiry ranl of l5.000 per annum. Already fhousands of valuable frees have 
     
     been planfed on wasfe and. Two graduafe foresfry engineers are available fo provide advice 
     
     and assisfance fo woodlof ewners. . 
     
    

    
     lnaugurafed farm improvemenf service which provides 4 bulldozers for sfumping. difch. 
     
     ing. grading. moving buildings and ofher purposes. 2 
     
    

    
     Passed fhe Village Service Act. There are I3 villages now incorporaiecl. Villages receive 
     
     a gran? ef SL25 per eapifa. . ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     VOTE LIBERAL 
     
    
   
   
    
     FOR EXPANDING PROGRESS IN THIS PRO 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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