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W. R. ROBIRreoN, Editor sad Masse"
44
Thursday, July Otte. 1934 '
LIQUOR ADVERTISING
hose big -new poetize
for a good Ticker.
. . •
budth, who o'ight to know
about it, aa7a that Is Den-
ali Ontario will have the
Minister of Agriculture It
since Hon.- John Dride• .
. • .
estx•e111ng appointments made
THE CURRENT WEEK
IN CANADA'S PAST
Compiled f Files of The
Montreal Gamete
by F. J. N.
"Huserelt mann wsraGwa"•
July 11
weer
claimed In tipper Canada, and the Lake Huron. at shier .lu, - aurora
y tl vary Government In, its last members of the first Laglsiature of June, was one lath i 'slier tiWY,
Fear olive he might recover the the province were elected from these 9 inches lower etre June. 1l%13, and
money re -Toronto_ for 1(4 eine counties. 4014 incises lower than floe r►erage
tennis% celebration.
1tt67.-What was pIObably-tits worst lore of Jnaa for ilo• Ina seventy-four
aceident in the htatory of Canadlau 7 Lke Erie. at t'••[ ('uliwrne, dur-
railways occurred at St. Thomas, Ing]ere was ne Of ru loch , dur-
when 115 people were killed and over caches lower thou
ther
100 injured. than Mal; and 2u y
1930. -Manitoba celebrated the dia-
mond ]nae, 1933.
Lake Ontario, at Jhiugstun, during .
jut, .and
, of her entryrsinto the Jane'was 3% tache- 4':u -. than May;
servaservants -and a festers the
the presen- and 13% Itches lu.r• • that June, 1933.
tatlonce of the event war the perms- �- Lawrence et.•• , to Montreal
ration to the Province, by Premier harbor, daring Jn.c. •.u� 37!1 !oche.
W. f.. Mackenzie King, of a cheque ower than jday . , t'+: ue�s lower
for $4.4t 4842.72 to compensate them than Jane, 1AA3.
for the natural resources which bad
bet'n-atfenated by alta. Dominiene etne't
_ GODERICH, ONT.
LAYR LEVUS STILL LOWER
Ottawa, 3117 7.- Wish the ezeep-
tloa of Late Superior, each of the
Orest Laktts /*pore'' lower water le-
eks In Jtaae than year ages it was
reported 1estit iy le the Department
of Marine.
Lake Smperler, at Port Arthur, dur-
ing June, was 3 iu he. testier than
Nay; % et as belt h•gher than June,
1903, and 4% inches, highest than the
age eel of Ju' c fur the last
k fo
r "ANYTIME"
the next time you buy STOCKINGS
Ms ratry Stockings feature the new stretchy ter, giving a sassed cliagiag at without Wig
Linoleum Rugs
NOTS THESE CLEARING PRIOR
3 s 31/2 yards. On rale $9.7s
All the better shades for Summer wear.
Full-fashioned chiffon. Regular $1.00 79c
• • •
Tea may teachers. too many nurses,
too many storekeepers, too many pro
Although nsr the new !truss leg• [eseleaal ;pen, too many laborers -
'station
lon t theM>sale of beer M again too many everything. The great ijtob-
to be allow4d in in Ontario, the regala- lent of atlatermanahip is to end mo-
tion prohibiting the advertising of 1l-
sius. The Signal L quite Dlo7aett for all who need It.
quor rem • • •
•
satisfied that this regulation should Korman O. Hipel, member -elect for
Asia. purity recent uottha the me Waterloo, is to be the Speaker
Egg bier -
aked en[ of this Permit of the new Legislature. 1 watt "116041
seed by three or -fiA7 ___ ______ ---- -
by many that thi-ltonor wires erved July -14
agenclea what its removal
de would be in for Mr. W. E. N. Sinclair, but 11 looks
the event of the removal or the banas if the former Liberal leader were
1820: The Danish explorer, Jens
on liquor advertising. Tb reply le
Munk, left New Denmark, now known
stir' on tits outalde. as Churchill. Man., atter spending a
• - alt cases -lila be a -that .- The !digital_ •
---_.- wetter In that vicinity. He Is the
would not deport *row the policy, It ba/ bean falai that under public first known et'piorer of - udson ;My,
adopted many Spars ago, of rstttdog ownership of Hydro in Ontario the though it is possible others had been
to advertise strong drink.peoAts, Ineltwd of going to petals
made exists of suc
there In previous years, but no record
While a good case might be h.
out for the tight of newspapers :o power harem. went in the shape o[ 11422- Chtrles Sangster was born.
open their telumna for the advert's blg salaries to a few people In Tor- He became a journalist and evil -
lag of a commodity that is sold antler onto. Ani from the salary list pub- known poet and died In 1900.
Provincial license, tawny newspaper►,
lashed a few days ago it looks as if 1923 -Hon. 0, H. Ferguson was
of Ontario. wheel
and e
and ryeJWi toe "country" weeklies, the stateinemt had some foundation. swortele* nhe held as tel November 28, 1930,
have no Satre to urge -that .igbt-4 a - �..• •
when he received the appointment of
mike' la that many subsc'riber& dei Stratford 1s protesting a bill for high Commissioner at London.
these papers would not like to see the $528 for Us share' of the expense of drib 17
virtues' of a particular brand of beer praparlmg•t>rm.votert' lirtta for the re -
1840. -The Ilrttanula,. the first
or wine or whisky displayed in the rant ProviSdal elusion. All over the steamship of the Cunard Line. arrived
papers that .come loto their homes. Province these bill' are being pr'- at Halifax. She had left Liver/toe
Another -and perhaps the compelling seated to tba local munieipelItla, anal on July 4th and completed her epoch
season -I+ that the publishers do not Hader the law they must be pair!. making voyage In twelve and a -half
thing. However, that the
day'' hating on board Samuel Cnn-
This 4 fie
care to make themselves responsible tie ani, Istel' Sir Samuel, who was a na-
for any tncreaae in the use of strong new Government should change. Tie rice of Halifax turd founder et the
drink in their respective communities. Province sheald pay the test of fro- famous Cunard Line of Steamships.
Boots and shoes, drygooda, groceries vinclal !Mellow. Though It may 1..t The Britannia was the "first ship to
•and such things -yes' the publisher said that Use money eolnee from the"L'ross the Attantic on westward entirely
unrk•r steam awl ,xhedule;' and
wants all tbe advertising of these be taxpayers In any ease. It 1s a good on this trip carried•the mall, the trans -
ran get: be knows that nobody goes je•lnctple that taxes should be col- fer of which from Halifax westward
home and beats hie wife or abuses the iected by the tardy which spends the is thus described by Fred Williams:
money•
"The postotfk•e officials of Nova Scotia
children, of [alb to And his way home -and of Canada were much Interested
at all, because be has spat his • • • "In the -arrival of the Britannia and
The ToroMu >;rrr, discutiting the ..,fid all in 'their power to rush the
earaiatga in clothing and footwear
and other necessaries or lite and cum- reduction ot salaries to Hydro ofilcia::. malls to Quebec. Montreal end Tor -
fort. But when a young fellow goes rea40 a little homily to those who, It "onto. They were given to a special
to the dell because lie cannot stay I urs' "rejsice that hitherto well -pail I .courier, who took them overland to
m along with less;' an, Ptetou, where, they were transferred
peopleflet to,a sailing Teasel which landed them
says they /pout(' be displaying a bet' I "at Quebec in the record. titee of Are
ter spirit V they booked forward lid -and a -half days from Hailtax; Then
stead to time when ill -paid people j "it took two . more days to get the
away from strong drink, It is sonte
consolaflon to tbe newspaper man to
know that his paper did not advertise
the fatal brew.
THE HYDRO COri7QSSION
Premier Hepbura'heti ark
to reorganise the Provincial Hydro
-1:Tomeslaeloa. The Ola meet
dare been dlsmlaead. and la tbetr place
are T. Stewart Lyon, former editor atf.
will baps -more." That la all right -mals to Montreal and another week'
iratlon; but the reason
"to land them In Toronto." That was
IA s pious a remarkable recond for a century ago;
some psopl et less than they should before the railways came into being,
11114 other people get mor.' i but now the Government la consider -
than they ntid. Twenty -Ave Tears i i1M-1L.aerrie5 _which will land mail In
es eret, wan considered ' Vancon-ie-efielistatragria,adneMese
enormous. to the Intervening years l 121121. -The death of Sir John S.
financial and ec000mle Pliantee In- Hendrie took place. Ile was Lleu-
i
.:Aldol/ GUN IMILNii
fifet.olt \cn-r
J. N. Darting, eke as 1S7ug." me
cartoonist, has trade wil,uus laugh, ,
recently said that hatuau avarice ac-
counts for the dust •tures that recent-
ly Swept over the ,•'turn'. lienwllug
tate toad et- feeeses-}tul-.driililing 17,•
000,000 acv* of lake.. creeks aur
marshes through cr,.,i for gait with-
out regard to conte -teen, e:, brought
about a condition w.,kiu: swell a *torte
possible. Clonaer+.r.i•ioi-t" a goners -
tion ago sounded slicli earning* l,u"
were not heeded. -
TiUDR RE TRH•T1OX-ti-
(Moose Ja" iiweso
Cartoonist Kae::. :ti Thc'Ftinencir'
Post, pictures Mr. St,•cen- discharging
his double-barr•I:'••1 ' iuc+wtigation"
MIR at a little -los-sage era'" rtrlpwL
back animal 1a the tame card, but hit•
ting also the "holiest ewpiuyer" lieu
and "honest maonfacttrcr': roo-ter.
pair AA
Pure silk crepe Hose. 81 to 10..$1.00
Full-fashioned. Special •
36 -inch Tubfast Prints
Guaranteed tub -fast. For your new house
dresser, aprons, children's wear:- A large
assortment of new designs. All colors.
Many are 25c and 30c quality. One 186
week on sale. Yard
Brussels Rugs
A large clearing purchase direct from
one of our largest carpet !Hills. Heavy
an the patterns and colorings for
11t• rooms, in nisei
3 x 31/:2yards. Regular.$25.00, for $1750
3 x 4 yards. Regular $28.00, for..$19.50
Linoleums
4 yards wide. New patterns in best 85c
quality. Per square yard
31/2 x 4 yards. On sale
4 z 41/2 yards. On tole
$13.75
$16.75
Flannelette Blankets
Largest double -bed size, finished and
whipped singly. Blue, rose; fancy plaid.
Regular $2.95 pair
White Gloves
t, A. $2.48
.rail.
Silk mesh and line ehamoisette with or-
gandy or pique ca3s. All sires 69C..
Lace Curtains
Filet net, tailored edges. Medallion and
floral border. 36`tnches wide, Ws yards
long. Reduced to, pair
$1.19
Butterick Patterns Lead the World - MI in stock
W. ACHESON -8c SON
It's "bot shot for e'er -tripe -It -and the
Unmeant bystander, t....' A. window- BELFASTt1i w1I1 1* bug for the nest two
dressing for a gen. ra! e e t►on It goo moult's, working on bridges, which
too far or not far ctio.rch. The way . they have secured the contract to build.
to get the "Ion -.•:.c.• evil" is to tee f BELFAST. July 17. -Mrs. Sid. Fer
at the cause of 1.» rise When In-; guson and sou Donald, of I...ndon, are
ternational trade e.n- g•asl. wages, visiting with Mr. and Mts. Thos. leer-
were good ; slid .. hen trade slumped guaon:
to only forty per •. ut et its prosper , Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hackett. of De-
ity rolume wages f'li'ed. Trade trolt, visited last week with the form
slumped brat, w'a_:- *till loin -ha -dna er's brother. Mr. James Beckett.
power followed ,f onward. What qtr. and Mr'. MM.ean. of Cloth -rich
caused trade to •'unite Trade restrle• I and Miss Cunningham. Port Albeit.
tions based on "tear- on the one hand. visited on Sunday with the ladle.'
and "greed" for -intro! of . markets I sisters, Mrs. Geo. lane and Mrs. Roy
and abnormal profits on the other. As I Alton.
Henry Ford ley,' The' depresston . The annual pbnlc Of Hackett's Sun -
AM because we ..'•r.•,a! a lot of soft day school is bring held ou Friday
[sorts." afternoon at _Kintall beach.
Mrs. Wm. Hogan of Ashfield spent
a few days last week with her broth-
er. Mr. John Kennedy of Calrms.
lira. J. A. Kennedy and children, of
Toronto. are spending the next two
I week+ with her Brister, Mrs. Lanes
Grails. and with other relatives in
' this district. Mr. Kennedy returned
to Toronto an Sunday.
WNW-Martfm.-A pretty wedding
tea. place at the manse, St. Helens, oa
Thur -.ley. July :►. when Miss laude
!'earl Martin, younger daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Martin of Feat Wawa -
:wet. became the bride of Mr. Mal-
'
DOW CANADA LOSES BUSINESS WIIITECIIURCH - I r -elm MacNeil, formerly of tacotland
(134g1ma L endeer Post 1 Rey. T. C. Wilkinson officiated. The
Newss rouses [rw \ns 7 stimulate of
N"iI ITEt'ILI'ROH, July 17.-A num- I bride Larks) charming in a fro•k of
that country ere tiling to wtGte crepe, with white hat .and.. Si. -
trade by greatly lowering its tariffher of carloads of cattle were shipped
trade ce'.orle.. A sumptuous wedding dirt- c
from this district on Saturday. y guests
agNew British g• -ods. Ser •wan' -erred 10 about fort
Irurii-la Toronto, un Frkiay, ]uly
New Zealand catling ejutiea on their return to the home of the
6.agto Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. wllaom
line.elM (:Hat ilei -i t. all al.nng the
bride. on Moodily evening last the
Quite ellfer'•trt, this, from the (vee !'vena Irwin, of East Wawanasb), hap g tospie were tendond a mla-
j� Yla a SOIL
shower la__ .lbs instants
Canada belles to itteliag�wlf elt-� � Lome � bear 4sllowtai t►h[cl the soaag peb/ftf
.plat- Dia e:neat.ng_- In alining:- Tart
Mannar . is, is
sh trade 'Yon' are alatighi'ritil est Um
trade between Cattada and England.' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henry. bride
The
saw friends in this cvmmna-
The Toronto Globe, as chairman, and (+eased prices of all kinds and sal- tenant-Govesaor et Gaieties 191.1.1>1.4aald a rept�-ei►tative of the British
Mr. and ]lr-. Robert pard
awl It' extend I,tst +r .Ira for a long and
two members of the new Cabinet, Ilon. tries were increased correspondingly. and It is said that he wan responsible shoe industry the other day in appear- family spent Suuday with bar parent,. ,-
for the formation of the F.F.O. Mite in for a lowering of Canadian duties Mr. and Mrs. Anile Anderson of Si. 'happy wttdd•� 1'."-
for
A. W. Roebuck and Hon. T. B. Mc- I Now that prices are back at pretty , , -
istry by not calling on the Liberal g
Questen, as temporary commissioners. mach their old level, In some cases leader to form a minter
Y.
As the two Cabinet Ministers are act- Uglier and in some canes lower than Job 18
Eng without salary as commi.,loncr., twenty-flv' Tears ago, the workman
1871. -The North West Mounted !to
I In coo fir(---
h ro a
the former chairman's salary of I farmer who ern barely make ends meet Fort Livingstone and Fort Edmonron
g1e,(t(14, a very considerable satin; between low prices for what he sells 1952.-A treaty was signed at Wash -
he, been effected by the reorganization , and comparativPly high prices fol Ington for the development of- the S.
it la noted that Mr. Roebuck and what he buys. the merchant whose Iawrenre waterway jointly by Canada
end the United States. Fortunate.y
Mr. lleQuesten are serving tenipor- ; profits have fal:en nearly out of sight � the U.S. Senate refused to ratify It.
d rily on the commission. When per --the:e men hate a right to ask why- 19.33. -The death of Sir Francois
against fattish footwear. Helens.
To get a tenerete Iden of the man- Mr. awl Mrs. Andrew Wilson spent
last week with relatives at 8t. Cath-
arines and Hamilton.
Quite a number from Whitectaurc:i
egi rittl �eager�jr. Ma.- attended the picnic at the 14th brld �
kenxie King at '-mje_r-writ What
is today tinder Mr. Bennett, notwith. I and It'hltechureh i'nitel churches pe-
n',stewees -eke. Ottawa agreements of ked together.
two year- ago. - I 11r. Ernest Robinson left on Sunday
Where tin. King tariff against Brit- I for Toronto. He was accompanied by
lah triune printed piece goods was Is' Mr. ('soli Wheeler of Morris.
per cent. it stands today at :oa.5:I Mr. George Falconer, who has been
where the Thing tariff on British wool teaching In a seboiil In British Colnm- I
tier 1n whie,h Mr. Bennett has -ought
to "blast" itritish goods nut of t'ttn-
eda. it Is interesting to compare ..or
.., , r on marc n,
at giO,O(W) a year, as compared with with what he earned In the '20''), t a;t pre r rem 1�` J
x tuck place_ lie was an fir• Iplece goo.!. wai 23% per eent., under I bin, returned last week and 1' with
ant prilitielan and et lawyer And jurtat I ]tr. Bennett it is 8 �
t per tent.; where{+t e-- lir. George Falconer of
out -landing abl lty. In 189 7 he was I the King Lila? on British hosiery and i Culross.
ppointed judge of the Superior Corot: I wool was from 18 to 24% per cent,.! MIs. Anna May Carrick is visiting
1911 was acting Chief Juati.e and under Mr. I:.•unett it Is 82 per cent.; in Amheratbure with ber sister. Mrs.'
1915 Cnief Jeerer -es The most not -
raiment appoiuttncnts •are made. care wahines or 23.000 and over sloe►id+i emtew
should be token to have ou the commit still 1.e glien to men who In former d
don a representative of the rural and times we're well paid at $2,o00. If of
outlying districts, as distinct from the the high-s,iIari.d feliowa will see that "in
urban and interurban distrlets of the the farmer roil the merchant and the In
Province. Mr. Lyon and Mr. Roebuck ' workingman- get tbe same money as a
are reaidants of Toronto and Mr. Mc nee dirt tem err Ifteen years ago, the 1'
Questen b n Hamilton n,au, and It i+ farmer Ind the Meerchant andthe gi
fe
ble of the cases he handled as a !ste-
er
sw•er was the trial of innls Riel at Re-
na in Pet". when he was chief &e-
nding counsel.
altogether iwprdbable that, 4117 on.' I workingman .* .:1 quit grumbling about
of them has of t e Teeve fegardibg, TTtdro Adrian -1 -'Ire high snlarir+.
y equate conception
Istration held in the outlyiug dl -tracts. "•Yet is nn• of man'sa. greatest bias -
Ostensibly Mr. Lyon's c'hh•( recon men -
dation for Ills new position is that as There are more government -spot►
editor of The Globe he was a strnn,i I .oral exhibits from foreign countries
supporter of Sir Adam Beck's policies. i nod from (oi,ntrles within the Empire
than boCanadia•
The Financial Post, discussing the+ 1iuunl Feverxhieft.iireon teteatthe leer. an N
matter, points out that Mr. Lyon :,,
lite der+ltlon to the Reck leadcreltp I'T0 PREVENT DROWN -
supported the scheme of meeting On•' . LNG FATALITTES
tarso with- radial electric lines =a
... t have -Y-- +To the Editor of Signal -
11
that would-llare,lt,l to. dfsestgr
11 It had been carried out. the rea. i Deir air,- \ ],*'n re bad a deplete Meet 'hi what 1r new the scants -«t
son It wee not carried out was that Ing fatality nt the harbor two or three Elgin.
Mr. Drury, then Premier of Ontarlo,1 years ago there was a feeling that 19(N). -Hon. William Mulock, who
there Dight to he a lifeguard at the was Poatmeeterfieneral, wag also
In, spite rf abuse and bony ing tuns beach. and edtrn the doctors were sworn as the first Minister of Labor,
the.itek trowel put his eweittowh no working on the toting man a Tidy 01 471 -Lyon Mat-IrensleKitttiva.
appointed Deputy Minister of LaMar.
July 111
1429. -Quebec surrendered to the
British- under Admiral - Kirke. tint
three years later 1t we. restore.' to
France by the treaty of St. Germain-
en-Loye. For 127 years it remained
under the Freneh flag. passing in 17110
permanently to Britain.
1771. -Thomas Talbot was born 1n
.Ireland and wan destined to be one
of the most colorful figures In On-
tario. He was in the British Anny
and took dart• In the Battle of Water,
loo; was an aide to Colonel Simms In
the early days of topper Canada. and
was the founder of the Talbot settle -
the project and tints saved the Pro (terra to start a snbecriptlon for a put -
vette hundreds of millions Of doltnr. motor.
(The Flnnn.lal Post's Ctllnialc 1- I Nothing wa• dune, however; every•
t tatty it141 gra•s on hoping that nothing
gt1A(i'000.0 *)).
1 like that will happen again.
The Financial Post stigge-ta the top- ! In reading of all the drowning fatal
pointment of Mr. Drury to one of Ila' , Me. that -hare occurred within the
Hydro temmirslonershipa. The sag-! last few Keck•, one la constrained to
/potion fns a good one. Mr. Drury': , n.k that «rnir fling should be done
tmemteerrihtp on the sommisalon would herr to pr.'yctit these things, it
mol lost a few dollars. bet Town'
be et gwgrantee .teed - the •iniereett -44 tire* arvwprttr tar more.
the whole i'rovinee In the Hydro 1,1 almost (eery case the young
undertaking would receive attention. People were unable to swim. sorely
At prevent the cities get the cream of some plan mull he worked out to give
the Benefit front the real swimming le -..ons st least two or
g public own' titres limes it neck. Tela might help
erabip enterprise, while the snm44 a little, amt If anyone could give the
pawn' and rural districts have to get
along with the aklm-milk.
older boys a course la life-saving It
emild he a wonderfil help.
Some per>I.h• may, Why worry?
There ane lots of people there who
ran swim. Maybe so, but a thing that
-e anybody!► Weems- le-aatiody's boal-
ratess. - Here's hoping the tows council
+It-tteiniteseise wee: is.takt
matte'. Drowning fatalities - alt It
fa yoreble ptibllkity.
Thanking you far tris space,
JUT A MOTHER.
Gedertea, Italy 17,
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4/KY EDITORIAL NOTES
••. • - ow -II - nettlas the Ain UAL..
4
t,-IAS•, , lir. f a IR'-ades his pruning with'
.
am aaa.
a«,, e e .
Ube thaw Wee 516 demos late forte
X11 t"*
r.1 err
Job t•
1803. -Water pipes were first laid at
Montreal. which pat an end of th.
profitab'e business( pf selling water
from door M door.
1875. -Sir Francis' Bond Head (hy
some Ironlrally called Bene Head)
died In England. He had been Llen-
tearntolovernor of topper Canada In
1a3ik3S, end the responsibility for the
rebellion of 1837 has Aeon laid at h1s
door.
Jab 21
1A11i1.--The Great Eastern began the
hying of the owned Atlantic sable
The fleet hail been opened by at ex-
change of m,eagea Ietwe•en Qne±t
'Victoria and President Buchanan on
August 12, 18191, hat It broke on Sep
Mosher 4. The second cable broke es
August 12, 111181, and it was net natll
August. 10. lolls, that cable comment.
cation aeras* the Atlantic
wasra_ssnrrxeeeel..
nam wtlarra 1!N tfa
drat aobearlae Able beNreee Feisty
!Edward lidded and New Bromwich.
!AOI -Toe Respire Rtouoasle Con-
ference opened at Ottawa
where sic king tariff on British blan-
kets was =rr.; -per cent., Mr. Bennett
has rat-.•il it to 78 per cent. Mr.
Bennett, -111,0 1m took office, has-,
raisell `tic tariff four times, bringing
It up to Heights never known before. Mrs. Carl Lott. at the home of Mr. and
This is hi- wanner of selling Canadian Mrs. Walter iett.
wheat and ..ther farm products to Mr. Arthur Moore and sons, Russe'.
Britain ami ether reentries et the and Stanley. left ou Menda7 with
world. their cement outfit for Meafond. wbe"re
Fred Clarke.
Miss Lucinda Etfert and Mr. John
Eltert. of Buffalo, and Mrs. Victoria
Wemtorf, of Hanover, visited one dad•
asst week with the latter's daughter,
Mr. Stevens Criticized
XA (Financial Post )
The incident et the Richelieu Cor- what right Mr. Stevens or any other
minister has to grant public funds to
people to form a dummy company on
a shoestring. Mr. Stevens protegee,
to hare.gotiea a.D Dun and_ Bradstreet
report- on the firm. hut with unusual
tact and de:leacy he 8e•lined to read
ttie report to the Honee, stating that
ouch reports were e(infldentlal and
should not ire made mettle. This Is
a sera hie atttttrtte- to be -taker ter -thee -
gentleman who has published the most
Intimate figures of large Canadian�
eorporatione and has even commented
on them In the pulpit. '
It 1' quite obvious that Mr. Stevens
never got the advice of the Minister
of Agriculture in this matter. The
Minister of Agriculture world never
lave permitted this snt►sldy to lie
granted. in fact, when one of the
speakers ie the Hoene of Comdata
Mild that perhaps lir. Weir .may not
hare had anything to do with it at
all," Mr. Weir emphatically inter-
jected "nothing whatever." 11 Mr.
Weir were not, bound by the tradi-
tions of (abinee solidarity and bad
been permitted to speak his mind on
this transeetton, the ratters of thio
Parliament Need ga would have trem-
bled from the force of his erftirlam.
The net result of tits trenssetiot
la that Government blade were paid
net In the form of a snbeldy to r
perfectly worthless corporation and
ttlat w
thus gIVSO' f file t iiintWISMIL tarsi:
era Vera Indu'c'ed M pet their heck.
In a Brawls' noose that waa then
drawn tightly.
poratlon can hardly be regarded as
(10.041. The ineptitude shown by the
Minister at -Trade and Commerce. Hon.
11. H. Stevens; in this matter 1s hanl-
ly cnlculatel to win far him the re.
putation feu sontd businesa judgment
that 'bond los emjoyPd by a politician
undertaking to put all business under
the microscope.
it has been shown by evidence pre -
meted to the House of Common, that.
the Richelieu Corporation was st prac-
tically Inanivent, penniless dummy
company, set up by three men in Mon-
treal. They acquired -two "tube"-
toata whroe aeav►orthinean waw de-
r•Id dly under amaplclon. Then they
went to Ottawa and .eked for a nub-
ed; from the Government to tnetalt
rattle atalla 1n tits boats. For this
purpose, they got tome -$13,000 from
Mr. Weren't Making the 1,011 nee of
the fact that the Dominion Govern-
ment had . npported them, they lettered
a great many farmers to ship rattle
with them and the net result to the
farmers was a font of route $40,000
and hankrnptcy for at loue twenty
of the shippers. Non-partisan repre-
sentatlonei made to Mr. Stevens
bronglit the reply that the Government
cannot amuse may responsibility for
the farmers' loin
Mr. Stereos claims the Gorern-
let the bnata and dM not nndeeleke
to altareatee the Aasaclal worth or the
charaeter of the area. This hardly
sowers the apostle*. however, of
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