‘smrsox-at say View, \ . THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN - I " Two objects at a great height "id leaving vapour trails in their mire passed over the city yester- ‘any afternoon in s northwuterly direction. , » ' Many residents of -the city and nxbunbs reported Ilshtins the ob- jectl in a eioudiess akyiietween 4 and 4.iLp.m. They were dea- cribed alternately as two streaks '01 light moving slowly across the ';ky and two balls of white with streamers attached. A check with the Radio Range .01 the Department of Transport here elicited the information that they may have been two jet planes from their base at Cbatbam, N.B. on mflIlO9I.IVEl'I. , Many res'Iden~ts mindful of the reappearance of “Flying Saucers" in many parts of the country con- nected the jets with these strange objects. - A resident of the Royalty area reported fighting a strange ob- ject in the sky Tuesday evening. It also was travelling in a north- westerly direction and was des- ulbes so perfectly round and very .rcd. it had no tail like a comet. nol‘ did it show any trail such as might be caused by the exhausts of a jet plane. it was stated. The eerie mlssle was accompanied by, a peculiar humming noise. From the R.C.A.F. station at‘ Summersidie. it was learned that a squadron of six jet planes from Chatham were over the Province at about 2.30 yesterday afternoon. they passed the Summerside sta- [ion at an altitude of about 32,000 feet. They were heading in a south, south easterly direction and about five minutes later tum- ad back towards Chatham. They were very high, and only two planes of the six were visible when over the Summerside station, although a short time later, when they turned for home, all six were seen. However, there were no re- ports of jet aircraft over the Pro- vinc later in the afternoon. ‘ Royal Bank ' Appointments The Royal Bank of Canada an- nounces that Mr. M. J. Barkhouse. Accountantodthe local branch for ihe past four years. has been pro- moted to the position of Assistant Manager and that he will be succeeded by Mr, 1), M, 3,” .5 Accountant. Mr. Barirhouse en. tered the service of the bank at Bridsewlter. N. 5., in loss and. after’ working at a, number of the banks branches in that province, was transferred to Charlottetown in March. me. as Accountant, which position he has held since that.\tIme. He is active in com- munity affairs. is a member of the Charlottetown Y's Men's Club and secretary of Trinity Men's Associn. tion. Mr‘. Reid entered the service or the bank at shubenaca ie, N. 3., and has served in vario s bran. ches in Nova Scotia. He joined the R. O. A. I". from Sydney in 1941. spending three years overseas as a Coastal Command pilot where he won the awsrd,of the Distin- guished Flying Cross. Discharged =5 a Flvins Officer. be rejoined the service of the bank and came to cuorlottstown in 1047. lie is a member of the Y Grads and Treasurer of Trinity Men's Associa- tion. The many friends of these ‘°°WIar young men will join in “lending best wishes for their ioiitinuod success in their banking Iarsers. ‘ mar noasa asomhn-r _ The 1st Royal Dragoons. organ- "-Nli in 1601, is the oldest cavalry Ytzlment in the British army. my I Mona on an rtosn Ontario had 1.976.000 licaised automobile drivers in 1949. com- Dared with 971.852 in 1946. slim-is. Maaaiaoss beams 50: For Insertion BIITIIS I Mural-in-..Ac the P, E. I. Idol-. IJIIII. March 17. 130. to Kr. and mrs. Albert Murphy, a sea, 0% ,_ . MAIIIAGII 953-3 — JONES — At Wlnsloe Manse. March’ 22nd. 1900, by RM’. 1. R. skinner. Lois nateue Jones oi Hllflnston. to Allison Edmund fled Bridge. DEATHS March 39. Arthur Simpson, aged 71 years. Remains will be forwarded from Dsvlsoi-i's Funeral Parlors, Ken- alngton. to his late usidence tb- lllv. Funeral from Cavendish Bap- list Church, Friday at 2 pm. In- terment Cavendish cemetery. l0WA'l'l\—At 44 School Stroll. Un Wednesday, March 22, Mr ,A. la. Hewett in her 0Ith_year. 5 0. . . ;|'l|‘luMft:'l'iI liar late. r,esidenc:. ea; :;:l,ock. yi.i.'.'vII.... i-...BI_.~ coine- caaswna. in monographs. _oooir'_s for A’ VAlL’l-flit Kant for Radio Rs- put.‘ ' i \ .. lNOr - Old . Sydney Icregned coal today. ‘Week; coal Yer . ' , I . ' WHY NOT BUY the came for that spring Job? Hardware Co. Ltd. ‘ I IIEAB LT.-COL. L. 1-‘. MacDon- ald speak on Red Cross over CFC! today at 1 o'clock. ulraons silos: Prices slashed to clear. Saturday. March arm. ‘HARD COAL and coke.l If you want. the best in hard coal and coke call Week; Coal Y’;-a, HEAR El‘-COL. L. F‘. Manhun- ald speak on Red’ Cross over CFCY today at 1 o'clock. Fl.ItE_ ALARM-— City Firemen were called out to a fire at 82 Fitzroy,St. about 11 o'clock yes- terday morning. There was no damage. EN(lAGEMENT—Mr. and Mrs. Vernon S. Munn announce the enllgement of their eldest daugh- ter, Marjorie Eleanor, to George Lawson, son of Mrs. Lawson Cros- by,- and the late Mr. Crosby, of West Royalty, P. E. I. The mar- riage is to take place in.April. DEBATE CONTINUEP — The Budget debate was continued in he Legislature yesterday by Mr. . L. Mathieson. I-Ion. Eugene Cullen. I-ion. E‘. A. Large. Mr. Philip Matbeson and Mr. Macxinncn, the latter moving the adjournment when the House rose at 6 p. m. The. House meets this atternoomat 3 o'clock. . FUNERAI. YESTERDAY -— The funeral of the late Russell Smith was held yesterday afternoon from his late rsidenee, Appln Road. Services at the home and grave were conducted by the Rev. o.A. l-lidrs. Pallbearers were. Jack Mac- ‘. nt now Rogers . E ALE. — Slle entk, lsachern, Louis Gordon. James Gordon, Andrew ‘Crosby. James Onodby, Wilbur Gillespie. Inter- ment was in the Appin Road cem- etery. INVITED T0 CAMP — It is In- interesting to note that all boys who were auditioned by Mr. Her- bert. Huffman, Director of Colum- bus Boys Choir several weeks ago. have all been invited to attend their summer camp at Chautauqua Lake in New York state. This will be a wonderful opportunity pr any who is in a financial position take advantage of it. INS!’-[DING TALK — '.l.‘he.JunIor Soda-iity of Notre Dame Academy heard an inspiring talk on Catho- lic Action by Rev. Owen Sharkey at their regular monthly meeting last Sunday afternoon. The meet- ing, presided over by the presi- dent. Min Alma Sheeban. was well attended. Tea was served by-the socinl committee and a prayer by Father Sharkey closed the meet- ing. FUNERAL YESTERDAY — The funeral of the late Roland Alchorn was held from the MacLean Fun- eral Home to New Dominion Un- ited Church yesterday afternoon! Services were nducted by Rev. G. Carlyle Webster. Interment was in Now; Dominion Cemetery. Pall- bearers were. Howard Smith. Newton Taylor. Arthur MacKin- non. Bruce Smith. Percy Arfbing, Ralph Gorvett. BILL! INTRODUCED -‘In the Legislature yesterday first read- ings were given to two bills. one to restrict the use of white canes to blind people and the other to authorize the P. E. I. Livestock Marketing Board to ,tra.nsfsr all of its assets to Island co-op services co-operative Association Limited. The first bill was introduced by Premier Jones. the other by Mr. W. EA. Stewart. Gypsum Estld New Record 'F°r1949t . including income taxeetof t0$,000. 00, net earnings of Gypsum. Limo I sssfva sales of- III!‘ forts. A dividend of 01.40 per share (I6. cents quarterly) has been de- ‘iaabom: 5.300.000 equaara Millie .. ‘a The need of at least 100 students entering rlgrtnal school for teach- er training cacti year was stressed by HOIL. 1-.. A. mail ‘unmet of ;J:'ucatl”o;1. mtgmth; mnegislsitiirre terse oo on ths_Budget' debate. my "3 As encouragement. Mr. Large noted that the Government had 1ncrpued.teschei~_ traini t :$.;.l'o‘,ans‘frcui .000 iI'i'.1o'3"¢.'. .000 in ism. loo will be given touevery student in Normal school , , Yllnslbiltllosainrieedofiuri ' wlllbe 0101'" 1| ‘ ‘ill Iatance Elven VlIIl:‘?Il9 provision that it I10 Paid back -after-_ the student berina'i:o i:each.. No interest will I’°‘°hlI'8e.d during -two year inter- val ~ - .- Gmpta for-teacher training in the summer will a.mount't.o 05,000 he stated. He also indicated that courses for leadership will be held The es luratos for the Education Doparun . I, 8911.500, wore slightly increased over those for last year. Adminlstrstlon'oosts for the two years were about, the same. he stated. Increases of :15 were given to the teachers at Prince of wales College’ and an ‘additional $.00!) was granted for the P. E. I. Lib- rarles. , l Library hallities In speaking of the libraries, Mr. I..arge,rroted that PE]. is the only Province with a library net- wcrk centering around a depot in Charlottetown. The inspection of schools. would cost nearly $4,000 extra this year as the inspectors re- ceived increasesin salary from $1.- 175 to $2.000. Expenditures on visual aid have been increased from $8,000 to $10,- 000. He said that film councils had been organised throughout the Province and in 1949 over 100.000 people had attended shows and councils. During‘~'the month of February 00.000 people have at- tended. these functions. Subvaition Increased The text book sub-vention policy has been increased from $10,000 to $15,000. he pointed. out. 32,000 has been granted. for curriculum in- vestigstlon and instruction, and in this oomectlon-. he noted theta our.‘ ‘urn committee had been set up. , The Land Evaluation Board has been granted $0.000 he stated and service to districts in this connect- ion will beprovided free. The first school unit stParkde.1e. is now functioning. he said. and he felt that the dlstricfii throughout the province would study this system for a time before they de- cidc on taking any action. Approximately $12,000 has been granted ,for assistance in the deaf and the blind. .l~le noted that a teacher in the Provincial Sanstorium was looking after 20 students and -that the City school Board had sent a teacher from the city to Toronto to take spec into work in .o.-medial teaching. ere credo students at ..I3'9§. .._1n.."1.’.1!‘£11 "_°"W°m W‘ °1 3”‘ and sixteen "failhg" cau.rses7"ne' stated. ~—— $50.000 has been granted for making’ lm ovesnenis in schools and new co tructions, he said.. He felt that there were schools in the Province that should\be replaced. New Dormitory He expressed the hope that work on the new dormitory at Prince of Wales College would be started this year. ‘ Dealing with the cooperation which has existed between the rtments of Education in the Marltlrne Provinces. he believed that H011. of llducition. for Nova Bcotia and Hon. Mr. Brittain. Minister, of Education, for New Brunswick would visit here in April. He expressed his appreciationfor the worlrthat had been done in the district. he represented. one mlle of the Bea View Road had been rebuilt and the Graham's Road project had been completed. I-ic noted that the reconstruct- ion of_the Clifton Bridge would be completed this year. He recall- ed that eight miles of mvernent had been replaced at Springfield and that 351.800 had been spent in hisdiiatrlct in 19¢. _ , He stated that he would in no way obstruct any Federal a.id to education and oiitnied the differ- ent graritr and aids that the Dom- inion Government had given to the Province in this connection durltrs the past two score years. Ila noted the great interest shown on the part of producers to- wards marketing boards and he balieved that mar etlrig board s fines should started on a moderate scsle.. .lf joined with marketing boards in Nova scotia and New ggunswlck, more success would be achieved. . The over-all picture. Mr. Large said, was one of ty with increases in capital equipment and tech cal know-bow. In conclus- ion h invited the members to visit the ‘lat District of Queens which he believed to be the finest in the province. , .______.,__ smuasr IIPUIILIC Uruguay Is the sinsllait rqniblic in South America. with an‘esthn- ated populatifl} Iif 2.040.400. V so swnmmo mrbstotsl areaof the Arctic ..u..'.'.I snilas Ira IIOIIIIIQ I301 which a.soo.ooo scum-4 covered with x .- E 1 I'll s’. r’ :1" - .3 3 2 so I'll ’uI.'.‘..'..'.i.‘.'." n .1. o. L.‘ astsaalle nry Hifis Minister _ .Fori . ..l V‘ cliins°rn-mi: W 79 Suffel Charges thatthe farmers were the fim class of people to sums: from the restrictions of Federal {rants while‘ the Provincial Gov- ts at moneys extravagant- 1¥ 1n~l—vt$r_ , way! were made in the ‘Legislature yesterday after- noon by . Phillip Mstheson (PC. 304 Qu _) in hIs_.speech on the Budget debate. “Why do we always have to take_ the first crack of the axe?" he asked. ,"When the prices begin to, gllp who’ but the producer is the first to feel it?" He pointed out that perhaps the Island should not'have to put up as much money. In mlI¢h1n8_lrants as other Pro- vinces. "but when the Treasurer said that the Province could do away with certain services why did they turn to the farmer?!’ "We might mention items which the Government could be econ- 0311081 On." he said. “We were told by the ex-Minister of Agri- culture that the barn at Falcon- W°0d C083 $0.000. ‘The statement tabled in this Houpe said $21,000 and we did not 'gst(it all yet. If that 15' the way things are carried on It is no wonder that -we went $1.000.000 in debt last year." A this point Premier Jones ask- ed the member where he got his $30.000 figure as the cost of con. struction. Mr.‘ Matheson replied from the ex-Minister of Agriculture, where- upon the Premier stated that the $30,000 might have included the pastcurizing ‘plant. “I hoperit does," he replied, “but if not. the over-expe iture 3,; so evident that even I can criticize 3 little." He’ referred to the travelling expenses of Government members and officials, pointing out that a trip to Ottawa for one man cost $1.800. "He must have travelled an awful lot," he said, "or he must; have had-a great time travelling." I Farmers Brief He entered into a sharp cross- fire with the Pi-em.ier over the matter of the Federation of Agri- culture brief and the reported ad- dress of the Government leader at a recent Rotary luncheon. ‘He stated that the brief was Riven in the spirit of good fellow- ship and cooperation but was re- buked by this House. _Premie-r Jones retorted that it did not receive a rebuke from the House as the mernbers were not in session. Mr. Matheson: "He does not feel too good about it." Premier Jones: "I am feeling all right. how are you feeling?" . . 134!-__II4_I.‘.tII.:¢§°;n.s;1:I.e suggests to the ‘Rotary Club that they buy a 1,000 acre famn." " Premier Jones: “I object again. I did not suggest." 4 Mr. Matheson: “What did 1 read in the paper? Perhaps I should. have used the word ‘out- lined’. If the businessmen: took hold of it. it would look to me as if we were going back to the days 0d the landlord. He had iihc idea. on the one hand of sending the ‘"'m°l'3 Iwme. and on the other hand he turned around and out- lined to the businessmen that they could sit in their office chairs and direct the farm." He compared the attitude of Liberal members to the Federation brief with that of the Romans in "Horatio” at the Bridge. ‘.‘The Ro. mans were like brothers in the brave days of old." He pointed out that only one Liberal member voted in favor of the recent mo- tion for the House to dissociate itself from the action taken by Prem.ie_r Jones with regard to the brief. Several others, he said. were scared to come from the out.- sr room into the House at the time of the vote. Undecided He had taken no stand on the draggers. He said he talked with fishermen from his district who wanted them and with others who did not want them. He pointed out the ditflcuity which the fisher- man faces in the winter months of maintalninga livelihood. Perhaps some fruit-growing. in those com. tin or some small industry giigbt be the answer to the ques- on. He ex-pruned regret that so many schools were manned by inefficient teachers. ‘He noted that a certain road in King's County W31 WIDE to be paved in the com- inl year. but that the 1st. 2nd and 3"‘ Dlliflfilfi of Queen's look as if they are going to be left very shy of road building during 1950. He noted that the members of thelGovernment were elcpregglng fear of the increasing debt. “Some Government must face the facts," 110 Hid. “we can not go on and on into debt. The Dominion Gov- ‘emliflli may have to take us out and in roturntltey will demand a lot of services." ‘I1 _ atulated Hr. Fulton who owned the steer ‘ihll Md Milled his class of Here- forflatthe Amherst Spring Show. . -—--F-—-%—— srcnr lllAl.'l'll auazaans UPMWA. .2... is —— ‘(CP) — I ‘file Health Departanent today an. flounaed formation of a new sec. tie? to study problems of poten- ill. .IIlQa hazards can by, in- .o use of radioaetve mate- rials and,»radiatlon '- ‘producing sip. xparetua. ‘Dr. ('!.‘‘R._ Guest. ‘former head of In health radiation branch in the, Na h Conn. sire atomic ens:-gy__.,p1-ojaot or fine Provided . For Violating Highway Under Sec. 113 of the Highway Traffic Act. the Lieutenant Gov- ernor-in-Council may prohibit the operation of motor vehicles on all or any of lths highways in the Province for such period of time in each year as may be deemed 9;. pedicnt. _ Teeth ere inserted for the en- forcumcn of this provision yester- day in the Legislature when High- ways Minister H. E. Cox moved. seconded by the leader of the Op- position. that for violating this section a. fine of from 025 to 350 be imposed, or alternatively 10 to 30 days in jail. In addition. the offender’: motor Ve'hIc3e may be impounded for tine period during which the normal traffic is sus- pended. I-lon. Mr. Cox said it was sur- prising the damage which heavy trucks do over the roads at this season. The amendment was put through while the House was in committee on second reading of the bulky bill consolidating the Act. which was finally reported agreed to. Truck Licences sec. 103 of the Act also came in for discussion. This provides that the motor vehicle fees may be prescribed from time to time by the Lieutenant Governor in Coun- cil. Mr. Bell said he un‘ registration fees for trucks had been increased, and he pro- tested against this.. . latlons were discriminatory. The fees were raised from $8 to $137 or $138 on gravel trucks while flat bottom trucks rates had been re- duced by $30. The explanation given was that this year the trucks are registered according to their weight. and the steel bodied trucks are approxim- atcly 1.000 lbs heavier. Wlhere this puts their total‘wclght over the 6,000 lb mark the rate per 100 lbs jumps from $1.50 to $2.25. Provincial Treasilrer W. E. Dar- by said_that there probably would be injustices but that the Govern- suggestions for changes. Previously the Vehicles were re- gistered according to the igross load to be carried and this meant that it was up to the honesty of the truckman. It also meant that the truckmen set his own charge as he might register for a total gross weight of 10,000 lbs and actually have twice that weight. Mr. Darby claimed. Says Minister. Noi Blamable _"'T orrA"wA. March 2e —(Special) —In discussion of Transport De- of Commons today, W. Chester--S. McLure, Progressive conservative member for Queen's made it clear that he placed no personal blame on Transport Minister Ohevrler for the shortages of reefer cars to handle P. E. I.’s potato and tur- nip crops. In his appeal: to the Minister, Mr- 'lVloLure said. he simply want- ed to be assured that Mr. Chev:-ler had been correctly informed as to actual conditions of the short.- a e. . 8“.-it no time.” the Queen's mem- her said. "was I complaining about the Minister of Tl'8lL‘*pOI‘I‘. so far as iihe supply of reefer cars was con- cemed. At all times lwaa en- deavoring to give him information, and I accepted what _he_ said as his understanding of what was correct. having in mind the source from which he was getting his informat- ion. “I do say. however, that I knew it was not correct because the source from whim I gained my Ill‘ formation indicated clearly that there was a shortage of reefer cars." V In N. 5. Too Prince Edward Island is not the only section of the Ma_ritimes suf- ferixrg from a refrigerator car shortage, it was revealed In the House today. H. H. Hatfield. Progressive Con- servative member for Victoria- Carieton reported a severe short- use of these cars in New Bruns- wick. Reason for the shortage was contained in a. telegram Mr. Hat- field received from tlie head-office of the Canadian Pacific Railway which read: “Your message yesterday to gen- eral freight manrager Canadian Pacific Railways. Shortage refrig- erators in New Brunswick due to the l demand this class car for movement apples from British Columbia to Vancouver account donation British Columbia to nig- land. also as result slow return our equipment from U. 5... due shortage ooal United States rail- ways. we expect gradual improve- ment. E. E. Taylor." Wins Scliolorslaip -.-(CP) — Malcolm Henry Stan- ley, 13.11.. of Montreal. has been awarded the 1030 Lord Beaver- brook overseas scholarship. Bishop's University.- degree in the faculty of arts. The scholarship, donated by Rt born British newspaper peer. stltutio London. .—s..._j..____. INDIAN! IITTIIII ISQAND chalk River, elnrflofliaua-In . Ont, will take’ LENNOXVILLE, Que. March 22 The announcement was made here today by ,Dr. A. R. Jewltt. principal and vice-chancellor of where Ilr. Stanley is studying for s masiar's lion. Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian‘-l _ tenable for one year at the vari- ous coleges and educational in-I under the University of Ceylon was first settled by ainhalea. colonists from the vallllr. of the Ganges in India, abmt H3 l:uili_:_i_aovr. (Continued from Page 1) ..._._...__.._.._._g——— under which boatrundsr 100 ft. in length, from other Provinces in Canada, may not operate. ‘'In other words, draggers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or Newfoundiand, under__100 ft. In length, providing the water is deep enough, can come right up and flsh——not three miles from shore but three feet: from shore". Mr. Cullen said. “There are regulations which prohibit fishing on grounds that are occupied by set. lines or traps. or other fishing gear. There is also a three mile‘ limit-figured from headland to hsadland—which applies to foreiln bolts 01 III? size. “So you can see that any reg- ulatioris made about dressers will have to be made to apply all over Canada, or over a certain area, to all the ships of the Pro- vinces that might be concerned. Nor have we any right under the British North America Act prevent boats from Nova Scotla fishing off our shore. Mr. I-Iughes: "Can we even pro- test?" I-lon.‘Mr. Cullen: “Yes, and I think we will have better grounds for protesting when we have our own draggers, Ottawa will not be able to say that it is a case of mom» grapes’, because we will be making regulations to control our own draggers as well as drai- gers from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. I think we might get somewhere -in that case." The Minister said that he will "not. entirely sold" on the dragger a fair trial. Hrchided the 09‘ position (with the excePtI°fl I’! Mr. Bell) for not having taken A vice was to ‘go slow’, which I think is a pretty'weak-knecd, wat- ered-dcwn policy.’ he said. Newfoundland Trade "In Mr. Agnew's report he Ital- ed that he believed our trade with Newfoundland last Yell‘ W°“Id be about the same as for the pre- ceding year.” Mr. Cullen said. At. the time, he didn't have the fig- nreg from the railway for rail shipments to Newfoundland, nor have we been able to secure those figures to this date. But since his report was written Mr. Agnew ha! very conservative estimate. "it" nu. ma. will «now approxlma 6- ly $200,000 increase over the P1‘¢"' ious year. «This appears a small figure in view of the fact. that we expec- ed a great increase in trill‘! WM“ Newfoundland been-me I "‘°“‘I’°" Province of the Dominion. But ; 1 t which there He cert,“ a'I‘l:trr'imeni'. of have worked to the our trade last V9311 P1'°b5"Iy II" greatest of these was the floor price on potatoes last. Spring. “When our agent ‘"35 In‘ New’ foundland on the 1st of May. I19 saw thousands of bass Of N°‘i" scotla potatoes in warehouses n St. John’s, because they could buy potatoes in Nova. Scotia for a few cents less than “'40 fl°°’ rice, and naturally. they WE" “Mr. Agnew further inform me that these potatoes were very well graded and nicely packaged- The result. was that in the Fall. when our new stock came in. man)’ of these dealers In Newfoundland who had been able to purchase from Nova Scotia at a lower WW9- continued to do business with Nova Scotia. Our IBCIIII 5“¢°¢¢d‘ ed in securing a return of some of this trade, but was not success- ful in getting it all away from the Nova Scotia dealers. _ Other Competition "Another factor was the III!‘ that during ms. as well as dur- ing the war years. cheese from On- tario and Quebec was held for ex- port, and the Maritime trade was more or less if Prince Edward Is- land market. Last year this was not so. During the summer of 1949 Ontario and Quebec cheese competed with us for the markets in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. and in one definite case that I know of Quebec dealers undersold our cheese in Newfoundland and we had to seek'a market else- where." Mr. Cullen went on to stress the keen competition last year for Newfoundland markets. and the handicap this Province would have suffered had i‘. not taken some action. ‘‘I believe that a‘ few YGBTS hence the people will realize what this Government has done to hold our trade with Newfoundland at this time. when every Province in the Dominion was seeking to oust us and get a foothold," he said. "Had we not sent a boat to the outports of Newfoundland, do you think for a moment that trade would be reserved for us at St. John’s7 Do you think the people of Montreal and the St. Lawrence are asleep? Had we not got in there first, many large .C0nCe|‘n5 would undoubtedly have sent ships in. and they would develop that trade to the utrrwst. “At: St. Johln’.-. last year they appointed a Commlmlon to in- vestigate living conditions in New- foundland. and at the first stage of the investigation they discovered that the cost of living was 10 per N Jo Why? Simply because a are known as Millionaires’ want a monopoly 0 Inc 2 1* cent lower on, the south coast of ousidland than it was in St. crowd of people in St. John's who ‘the Twenty-one 4%; am. GIIEEIIIIII CHIIIJS late. They want ,a closed market which they had for years in New- foundland. They don't want open competition from other Provinces. it was all right as long as they were protected by high [tariffs on the foodstuffs the poor fishermen needed." Publicity Efforts Mr. Cullen referred to an in- formative booklet issued by his department, which is being mailed to business concerns all over the Maritime Provinces an-d- rnany other parts of Canada. Favoralble responses have alredy been ceived. "We intend immediately to pre- pare a directory of shippers for the Province which will be avail- able to all who write to the De- partment for information," he .l.'¢' A J scheme, but was willing to give It added. “Our next effort will be a book- let to advertise the products of our canneries. It will have colour- *1“’-'- D°I“‘°Y “Id “*9 "W Wu’ stand on this issue "Their 35' ed illustrations, with details list- ing all the products which our cannerie. manufacture. In this way I think we can do a great deal for the cwrining industry, which next to our primary indus- tries Is the most important one we have. “Last year, in our trade with Newfoundland alone, our export of canned goods increased from 7,877 cases in 1948 to 10,687 cases in 1049. “Mr. Agnew informs me that the biggest item of our exports to Newfoundland was canned beef. men?» W01lId be ready I0 listen I0 made what he considers to be a We think that -by advertising pro- perly we csn increase this trade for the canners to Newfoundland and other parts of the Maritimes. probably ten-fold. Reefer Cars “Our trade. of course. is very de- penden‘ on transportation. and at this time the thought uppermost in our minds is the refrigerator car situation. For the information of the House. I may say that in the past eleven days from March 10 to March 21, there have been 460 cars of potatoes shipped from this Province. In the same period last year the number was 305, or an increase this year of 81 care. ‘'In the same period we shipped 60 cars of turnips, as against 25 cars for the same period last year. P‘“"'m°“" ‘5”““I'°5 I“ the H°“’° good enough business men to do —- and an increase of 41 cars. The total number of loaded reefer cars shipped in, the eleven-day period this year was 512." Mr. Cullen conceded that there was a shortage of reefers owing to the exceptionally heavy danand for potatoes during the past two weeks. but he maintained that from the figures he had quoted, the supply “does not seem too bad." He quoted assurance» from the railway officials that cars are com. ing in as fast they can be dbta'in- ed. The empties have to be de- iced and are being distributed to more than 100 stations on the lsf land. He anticipated, as a resul, that the shipment of loaded cars gt ‘ pleat.-awe i 7"‘. -one F I‘-gt‘ .s“"“I%ov*‘ GXYTA ‘ova SELECTION corn-amp. CARDS AND GIFTS F0 avnnvomc ‘ correctly." in speaking on potato warehousing loans he had ‘made some reference to loans taking “a hundred years" to be repaid. "1 would like to take that back." he said. “I didn't mean it in that sense. Some of the ~warel_1ou.ses- have made excellent payments on their loans. In other cases, what I meant to say was that it would take a long time. It was just a casual statement which I didn't really mean." Mr. D. L. Mathieson: “A poetical license.” Hon. Mr. Cullen: exactly." "In-the case df each of the ware- houses that were built an agree- ment was made with the Potato Warehouse Committee," Mr. Cul- len said. "They agreed to certain conditions, one of which was to make a charge of one cent. a bushel, which they were to pay back to the Government. No man has yet come to the Committee. or to my department or any member of the Government that I know of, asking to be relieved of that agreement to pay." He referred to an Opposition statement grouping loans for pc- tato warehouses in the same cate- gory as hospital grants in tho Health and Welfare Departrnen-t and said that this was taking “a dim view" of the farmers as ob- jects of charity. Mr. Plbllllp Matheson said the statement he had made was that if “matching grants" were to be turned back, the fanneps should not be the first to feel the pinch. “While I think assistance for pots-to warehouses is a good thing.- I don’t believe our farmers -want assistance in building them to ‘be considered as charity." Mr. Cullen replied. ATTEIITIOII Sorry Folks too Busy for Big Adv. BIG WEEK END SALE NOW ON See Sale Shoot Your Soap Coupons are worth more here Creamery Butter, lb. . ._ 59! cash & carry stores 137 Gt. Geo. St. Phone 741 '.;."_._—’—“"‘__.:_'“: V ATTENTION PERSONNEL OF l’.EJ. RE® MEN1‘ (l.'lt.Is. BECCE.) CHAR LOTTETOWN SQUADBONS. "That was it . from the Island will increase daily from now on. Potato Warehouses Mr. Cullen said the only fault he had to find with the Press was that they sometimes quoted “too . furnace. Lot 80 x 100. 2 and 4 fly. Owner, CORRIGAN BROS. AUCTION SALE OF NEW SEVEN ROOM HOUSE Mount Edward Heights SATURDAY, MARCH 25th AT 1 P.M. Seven room dwelling and bath; electric lights. running water, cement basement, entire house insulated, hot air Open for inspection today and tomorrow hciwoen p.m.; 6 and 8 p.m., and before the sale Satur- . LABOIIEB8 PROTECTIVE UNION ANNUAL MEETING FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 24 AT 1:80 P. M. All members are urgently requested to stir- this meeting. All personnel will parade 1 7:30 p.m., 28rd March, IBM. Past ads on Friday evening has been cancelled. I Auctioneer, W. H. BEATON rid WILFIIED HUGHES. Secretary. All Goods i...i...... on aim. Weekly Payment! in annals onoaon st. -‘casawrmmwn, P. n. I. - PHONE 2311 J