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interesting address on the “Oyster Fishery" by Hon. Shelton Sharp, Minister of Agriculture in the pro- vincial government. In a clear and lucid manner he clearly pointed out the opportunities opened up to the fishermen by the proper develop- ment of this industry, and its pos- sibilities as a great source of rev- enue. The development and restock- ing of the Malpeque oyster beds during the past years is evidence of what 1s being accomplished in this clhection.

Air Mail Service

One of the matters of great con- corn to this Province was the re- csiobllshment of the air mail ser- vice largely brought about by our representations. This was put into effect early 1n January and contin- ucd until April 30th. After the sus- pension early last November of the Char-lottctown-Pictou steam ship

service operated by the S. S. l-Ioch-

elaga. our Board became active in 3 endeavouring to have the air mail

service reestablished. I am happy to

report that our representatLons .were suwessful and. that the air 5 mail service was put into effect on ' ‘Iovember 16th. It has been felt for some tune that the seniority ruling practised by the Canadian National Railways, ‘" whereby the seniority of the firemen ‘ of that railway has for some years

past run through the Atlantic Reg- ion instead oi being confined to the - Island division only, had been work- ‘lug a great hardship to our Island railway men. I am pleased to be able to report that through the cooper- ; ation of our board wth the Premier land our federal members of Parlia-

fmcnt the petitions of our local men ,

:have been granted and many oi our _7mcn have been reemploycd.

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British Embargo on Potatoes

"’%Tlic" British embargo . agiliist ' oil?

potatoes is a matter in which the board as well as our asriculturist-i and shippers is greatly interested. It is pleasing to be able to report that representatives of the Brltsh Gov- ernment commissioned to investi- gate this lhatter visited this Pm- vince while on their tour of irlslleil‘ tion last autumn._We feel lwflellll that their findings will result in the lifting of this irksome embaffli). B thing. wh'ch will greatly help to in- crease the prosperity of our DW- vince.

In March last a delegation from this board waited on the Premier

" and members of his government in

connection with the creamed Workmens Compiinsation Act. Our dclcgaton took object-ion to the draft of the act as not belh8 WW- \rly framed.

We are pleased to be able to re- port that the representations of the commitee appointed from this board to wait on the Provincial Diginecr lo lay before him the desireability cl having the narrow driveway on the Hlllsboro bridge widened While the same was being r-eplanked, were acceded to and the driveway W" widened accordinaly-

Firq Prevention

I would suggest that a commit- ice be appointed from this board lo deal with the matter of fire pre- vention. This matter is one of, great importance to all our citizens

‘both by the reason of the dange of fire and the question of fire in- surance premium rates.

Early in the year a grail mP-lly‘ questions were received from the Canadian Chambe of Commerce relating to Empire ‘Prado. Answers to these were compiled by a num- ber of our business houses and re- turned to the Chamber which, wn

' are pleased to say, made very good

use of them in preparing their statement for the Empire Confer- cucc. In July our vice president on behalf of the president of the

Chamber of Commerce read an ex-

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cellent paper on Inter Empire

I Trade.

Last June this board brought to the attention oi the post office in-

; apector the lack oi proper mail

v u a

service on the south aide of the

a Hlllsboro River, owing to the rc-

rluced railway schedule. As a re-

In August last our board present- ed to the Canadian Chamber oi Commerce a report on better health and accident prevention. This rc- port was entered in a competitio held by the Chamber with the re- sult that Charlottetown was a very close second in cities of its class throughout the Dominion.

lute. ‘ lnlng Delegates

In September we had the pleas- ure oi entertaining the delegates oi the Canadian Chamber oi Com- merce while on their convention tour. The entertainment, which took the form of a motor drive to the principal points of interest fol- lowed by a luncheon at the Can- adian National Hotel, was very suc- cessfully carried out, the visiting delegates being loud in their praise of the treatment accorded them while in the city, Their only regret was that they could not remain longer. I wish here to convey the thanks .01 this Board to the Pro- vincial Government for their as-

sistance in providing this enter- tainment. In October the ‘council oi this

board considered the question“ oi the port wardens ices at the port of Charlottetown, and suggseted to the department a new schedule oi fees which, it is expected, will be put into effect next summr-r.

Maritime Convention

On October 25th and 26th this board had the honour and pleasure oi entertaining the Maritime Board oi Trade at their annual conven- tion held at Charlottetown. The meetings which were held at the Canadian National Hotel, were

fully carried out. The Charlotte- town Board of Trade presented a

accounting of the car ferry service

service may no longer be charge- able to the Atlantic Region of the Canadian National System. This resolution was passed unanimously by the delegates. It must be appar-

the terms on which this province entered into Confederation was that the federal government prq. vlde continuous communication with the mainland. The cnr ferry service must necessarily be operated by the railway but the cost at least should be a direct charge against the consolidated revenue of the Dominion, and the Atlantic Re- gion relieved of the unfair charge. In this connection too, it will be well to recall that we are the only province 1n the Dominion where it is necessary to pay a fee of $4.00 before we can drive a car into an adjoining province. I feel sure that our Federal members will strongly voice the justice oi our claims in this matter at Ottawa in season and out oi season until this injus- tice is riglrted. '

Indiutrl

A glance over the condition of the three primary industries of our province, agriculture, fur farming and fisheries, gives us much to be thankful for. In agriculture we have more than sustained our repu- tation for quality production In po- tatoes, dairy products, live stock, poultry, hay and oats. Fox pelts too have been of an unusually high quality and seem to improve from year to year. It is pleasing to note that prices have increased fully 25% over last ycnr. In fishery also, one learns with pleasure that the catches of oysters and lobsters, in particular, were greater in i932 than in 1931 though it is to be re- gretted. that prices were not higher and marketing conditions some- what unsettled.

It is fitting to chronicle theNeath of two of our members, the late Hon. Donald Nicholson and Mr. E. D. Stems, both citizens of the high- est integrity. Both have added in no small measure to the well beins of this community, when they dwelt among us. "Sir Donald," as he was affectionately known among his friends, was for some time presid- ent of this board and Mr. Stems was a faithful member. Together with the rest oi the community we mourn their passing.

suit of our representations other,

_,rne:n|- of conveyance for the car-;

m»: of msill 1m provided.

In concluding this report I wish 15o convey my tbenh to the pron

for their read! °°'°P¢ratlon in furthering our efforts to advance the public’: welfare. I wish most sincerely to thank the vice prgg- ident, the members of the execu. tive, and all the members of the board for the whole hear-ind 511p- port and assistance they have al. Wflyl Riven me. A non-political body, such as is this Board or Trade, is a great force for good m4 for rnuutal assistance in the i119 0g the community. It represent; we best interests of the people and 0°" b11118 them to the attention of those who sit in the seats of power in the governments of our land 1n I Voice that commands attention.

Let me ‘vacate earnestly, in closing, a closer measure of co-op. oration with the other Mirrmme Boards of Trade. We, in these provinces by the sea, have very lllllfih ln common, and these com. mon interests can best be further. Ed by such co-oporation in the spjr- it of unity.

Transportation KQPQgQ

The following report, o; me Transportation Committee was pre- sented by the chaimian, Dr, J, A, Clark:

The transportation Committee of Wu!‘ Blmld "D011 that meetings of the committee were held from time to time as matters were referred to them by your Council. ‘Ihese meetings were well attended by the members and interested parties in~ vited to meet with them. A repres- entative of the Canadian National Railway came from Moucton to discuss with the committee freight rateson Oats for export, and a freight reduction of 5c per bushel on oats to Ncivfoundland and other countries was obtained.

A meeting was held with shipping interests re themaiix-r of port war- mus’ fees, etc., and after going carefully into the problems, recom- mendations werc made to this Board that should alleviate com- plaints previously made.

Your committee prepared a “so. lution and brief re accounting on the car ferry, and presented them to the Maritime Board of Trade at their annual meeting in cimriogw

largely attended and most successl

.Rcprciicntali\'es of these resolution in support of the recom-Y lccs mct the Premier. Hon. J. D. mcndations of the Duncan Com- Stewart, by appoinlment, and dis- misslon relating to a change in the Irllised these problems with him.

‘ problems ancl the accounting 9 connection with the car ferry ser- ent to all that the present system‘ vice betweos. Prince Edward Is‘and la unfair to our province, one oil and the mainland. Your committee

town. These were udopicd unani

- mously.

The Transportation Conmriitec worked with the special committee

' appointrd by this Board to meet i wlththe Provincial Government re

railway and lrailzporlatlnn prob- lems. Several scmilns were held, commit-

Practically the entire member-

so that the cost _of operating 9,1115 ship of boih committees were pre-

sent at a conference with several of the Federal Members of Parlia- ment ili regard to transportation in

believes that satisfactory progress was made and recommends that the suggestion 0f the Federal Mom- bers, that n delegation from this Board and the Provincial Govern- ment should proceed to Ottawa to present the case for Prince Ed- wards Island when. Parliament is in session, should be carried out.

Air Transportation

The following report on air trans- portation was presented by Mr. R. L. Cotton:

'I‘hc President in his report has referred pretty frilly to the Air- Mail service which operated last

30th, commencing again on N0- vcmbcr 16th and opcmtigg up to the present time with n. remarkable degree of regularity. This season the plane is making connection with the Ocean Limited east bound as well as west bound and mails and passengers which leave Mont- real or Boston in th; evening are landed at Charlottetown the fol- lowing afternoon at 4.30, a faster delivery than ever before experien- ced at any season of the year. A passenger service to and from Moncton was available throughout the summer and there is a steady increase in the number of passeng- ers carried. It is understood that the Company arc planning for the continuation oi‘ ihc passenger ser- vice this year after the mail con- tract expires.

In October Canadian Airways Limited took over urderatwo year's icase, the mnnagcsneut of Upton Air Port arid are making their headquarters here for the Char- lattciown-Monctlon service and also for the Magdalen Islands service. The advantage is apparent and the community is to be congratulated 0,1, the position io which it has at- tallied upon the air map with such slight expenditure of public funds. Surveys have been made as to the possibility of trafflc for Halifax. Sydney and Newfoundland if an air gervioe is established between Char- lottetown and New Glargow ard while th; results of thc survey do not sccm to worrnnr. the lmmcdlac operation cf this route on a. passen-

gel‘ schedule only ii, is altogether likely that with the Iialllb of all

year from January 13th to April?

THE CHARLOTTETOWN ' GUARDIAN ,

sci-view in the Iloritlmes this route i; on, that will come in for early guqqflpn, In. the meantime when special circumstances dfimllld F115!‘ mpg g, plane for charter is always available at Upton air pm- m6; ' Committee

The followinl "D011 WI! PW‘ 5mm; by Mr. S. A. MacDonald. chairman of I Special Economic Committee:

Several months m. the 13ml"!- hm chamber of Commerce which h“ my, up a bureau for the com- pilation and dissemenatiurr of 1n- formation in respect to the in- creased costs of government and taxation _ln Canada, asked that the Charlottetown Board appoint I cgmnflflgg- to gather local data, etc., along that line and assist 1n the formation of a public opinion that would lead to a. reversal of the increasing expenditures so particu- larly noticeable since the war.

A committee consisting of Messrs. A. W. Hyndman. J. J. Morris, R. E. Mutch, R. L. Cotton, with the un- derslgned as chairman, was named.

The Canadian Chamber asked that tabulations be made showing the comparative revenues and also the expenditures of the Provincial and Civic Governments in the years 1905, 1914, 1922 and 1931: the years chosen for compari un for the Federal Government and all the Provinces.

Your committee have assembled the figures for the Province ac- cording to the forms provided and some work has been done in respect to the statement of civic revenues and expenditures.

After announcement had been made in the Press that an archi- tect was preparing plans for a new Falconwood Hospital to involve an estimated expenditure of $750,- 000.00, pour committee waited upon the Premier and the Minister of Health and Education and in db- cussing the matter with them, sug- gested that it might be wise to delay proceeding with the project at least until the uncertainty of the present financial situation had cleared, and pointed out that the present Prince Edward Island Hos- pital would probably be available quite soon at a. very low cost, which might help to retrieve theprcsent congestion, tide over the situation and not involve a greater expend- iture than a. year's interest on the cost of the new building.

The Premier and Minister receiv- ed the representations of the com- mittee most kindly, the former pointing out that the original pro- posals were being scaled dovm to a cost considerably less than that at first proposed and, he promised to again discuss the matter with the committee when the plans were firrther advanced. ,

Among the figures compiled for the Canadian Chamber are the fol- lowing:

Revenue of Provlnc."

1905 . . $ 313,445.02 1914 525,555.19 1922 . . . . 723,379.94 1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,239,570.52

Expenditures of Province

$ 359,561.39 514,982.72 803,142.87

1,866,600.77

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Debt of Province

5 771,583.35 934119.59 1,397,060.78 3,332,241.71

Paid for Interest and Sinking Funds

9 34,770.23 50,374.18 104,970.59 220,950.38

A number of comm were referred to the incoming ex- ecutive.

The time-table report presented by Mr. S. A. MacDonald showed the changes in the railway time-table during i932.

Mr. P. W. Turner for the Mem- bershlp Committee, reported a dropping off in members. Of 152 members 30 resigned and two died. There were 29 additional members. The net loss was three.

Mr. P. W. Clarkin reported for the Publicity Committce.

Mr. S. A. Macbeod for the En- tertainment Comrnlttee reported that several entertainments had been sponsored with no financial outlay on the part of the Board.

Mr. R. E. Mulch in moving that the president's report be adopted, stated that of the various pres- idential reports he had heard never was there one showing a greater’ amount of work covered, or one so Wmlllete and comprehensive. The mot was seconded by Mr. S. A. MacDonald. Mr. W. L. n gins, “mt-IV. read the annual finan- cial statement which shows n small

Illriilus on the year's work. A bonus was awarded the Bec- rotary.

- community centre of health activi- i ties was indicated as likely to pro-

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Tire future of the hospital as a

vide even greater opportunities for public service for such co-operatlve agencies us the Ladies’ Aid Commit- tec.

Economy Ncce sary

Some of the other matters dealt l ivith in the address follow:

The demand for increased and improved hospital accommodation can only be met if the capital cost for buildings is kept within econo- mic limits. Inasmuch as the welfare of the patient is dependent on ad- equate *' l, nursing and dietetic service, squandering of public ahd private funds on buildings to house such services is one of the most destructive ways of reducing the amount available for the real work

, tlon on its typical floor for patients,

oi restoring the sick to normal ac- tivity.

That these principles have been followed by the Board and Commlt- l tees of the P. E. I. Hospital and the authors of the new scheme is evid- enced by the fact that the cost of the new building is approximately $900.00 less per patient accommod- ated than for any other hospital on the American Continent, giving equal facilities and conditions for the care and comfort of patients. This result has been obtained by the careful study made of the type of plan and the construction meth- ods used.

As indicating the influence of type of plan, it was pointed out that a recently finished Canadian hospital shows an increase of 60 per cent of exterior wall construc-

as compared with the P. E. I. build- ing and the heat waste per square foot of such exterior wall is three

in the Charlottetown building Fire-proof Construction

Reference was made to the rcpoz-a. ‘ of the Building Code Committee, is- sued by the U. S. A. Department of Commerce on "Recommende Min- imum Requirements for Fire Resist- ance in Buildings" to show the trend now being followed in build- ing structures designed to meet ba- sic fire requirements to ensure pub- lic safety and at the same time pro- mote economy in construction.

This report outlines the procedure now being followed by municipal authorities of the highest standing viz: to classify buildings according to occupancy and then match struc- tural protections of known cfllclency against the fire hazard to be ex- pectecrfrorn‘ "the" occupancy, so-that tho pathway to exits may be guard- ed, premature collapse of support- ing members prevented, and a poss- ible conflagrntion through spread- ing to other buildings stopped. Any logical basis for requirements must thus not be confined to narrow grounds, but must take into cori-. sideratlon the whole possible series of events.

In connection with this subject it must be remembered that no ma- terials used 1n building construction are “fire-prooi." They can all be destroyed provided they are sun- jected to a high enough tempera- ture for a long enough period of time. ' ’

In the construction of the P. E. I. Hospital, the most careful consider- ution has been given to the degree of fire risk in such a building, not only from the patients standpoint, but also on behalf of the employees. As a result, it can be emphatically stated that the degree of protection

quiremeuts, but in many respects goes far beyond the recommenda- tions in the Conrmittees Report. Mr. Govan's professional position with regard to fire protection in builifirigs may be judged by t_he fact that he was invited to present a paper on the subject at the joint meeting oi the Canadian Fire Pro-

The question of freight rates on small cattle shipments was brought up by Mr. George Wheatley, who stated that the rate on such ship- ments was too high-

Mr. Whcatley complained on the charge of slaughlcr rates on cattle which were killed for shipment to Newfoundland. He mousht that there should be an inspflllfll‘ ll?- pointed for the smaller plants.

The secretary was instructed to write Davis 8c Fraser with a view to ascertaining slaughter rates.

There was some discussion on the subject of unemployment insur- ance which would be brought up at the conference of provincial premiers, and in the House of Commons, at the coming session.

Mr. R. L. Cotton was appointed Ia "a member of the National Com- mitten and was nskcd to make a atudy of the question.