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c. r. Summary oi l'he Legislature

(By Canadian Press.

George l Seville (L-Btb 38$) yesterday told the Prince Ediward

_Island Legislature that temper-

ance leadiers had failed to keep public opinion behind them dur- ing tho last 25 years and pre- dicted a J1me as plebiscite would favor Government-controlled ii- quor sales.

Ihere had been a great irwrease in the number of persona who

v saw no objection in the sale of

aloohoiki beverages, he said, I-Ie thought most “drys" hoped the June referendum would reinstate tho strict Prohibition Act in e1- fect bore until three years ego.

Notice was served that Attorney General Frederic A. Large would introduce an act to amend pres- ent liquor legislation by remov- ing the requirement for s. doctor's

grrascription when making pur- . ehsseo 1K liquor, beer or wine.

'I‘he proocriptien system was in- simirsted in the Cullen amend- ment and provided the Province

with a legal ioophol in eur- mounting tho Prohi ition law. _.l>reocriptioria are valid for six

months and entitle the bearer to

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so s weeis st Govern- ment s rel.

Premier J. Walter Jones of the Liberal Government said the new ieiw would not increase an in-

’ llkifilllidlqlibl‘ consumption but

. would do eway with the "ridicul- v our requirement" for prescriptions.

Ho said s Provincial Liquor Com- mission would probably be formed after the legislation passed.

Mr. levilie urged members to

. .1" mu gupport to the fisheries

industry, claiming it was e most

-~ important means of livelihood in

the Province. Though UPON ill-

-ures for financial results of fish- ing were not compfllfltlytly llllll-

the amounts represented s. good

. share oi profit to the men cei-

Us winter ferry service

Illied.

He advocated establishment of between Georgetown, 1'. I. L, and Piomu. us, which would increase trade

if between tho two Ilwyllwefl-

Agriculture Munster W. F. L

lstewart, who will present his De,-

portmentfls report next week sairl die Island produced 5.000900 bushels of feed grain annually but imported another 2.000.000 bushels- Though this came at a high cost.

~ he said, it was beneficial to the

is-

‘g time

Province because the chance of variety enriched the soil.

In line with a Liberal Party rvtanlfcs-io last autumn that means of ellrninatifl8 mustard weeds from farms would be encouraged. he announced experiments with the chemical fl-tD had been con- ducted with "excellent results" at s cost ‘of B0 cents an acre.

hector‘ Richard (Ii-lat Prince) whose district traditionally elects a trench-Canadian representative. raid fishermen were inactive for two months every summer 2100M!" of lack of bait add time that re- frigeration plants be built.

some. minimises. IERTIIS 50c Per insertion

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l. Island Hos- flnd, 1946, to

ism-i. e _ Milo Lsurino. Weight sits. s ens.

DEATHS

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radars. n. Robert _ , . l , I'll! i

from they, . of his brother, James at 2 dclpok.

airtmnent units seems Corne-

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HACK-Dill! _- At her leto re- IGOMO. N IMO!“ Avenue, IUD.

u“. “I Olthfllfll Hlbv in her 00rd year. formerly '4 _ d lfhe remains rest- 4118 at the uutaiiffe Funeral Home

where fun “service will be held "curry st r.so. Inter- Imit will in Hsrtsvilie ceme-

tery. ‘nreodoy, at a pin. _

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0""? rib column b reserved for nowe 0| lonl inland» but odvonflng ol swam .....-"* ......- W, s; resumes . mi

cook's‘ for rustegrapus. sunnnoraxs. Phone

PIONI IAUNDIIB iloe fag srou and wedding pictures or loco on. ' ‘

llurnaacsnwuibsth. ION-kl! on the Baptist brosdcut, 81-May st 1.10 not. Station OICY.

GINIRAL ' ELECTRIC Kettles, Irons. ‘locates-s, Riding, vgqmun l‘ Toombs Musis store.

DON'T M185 T!!! . . . Y's Men's Varieties od i046. at the Empire Thesis-e on Mes-ch 8th and 9th. Pun for ail.

IIAIITIMII CENTRAL AIR- WAYS three tknes daily to Mone- ton. Air and flilconnectlons ti: Mogioreel sud Boston. Phone 206i or .

RESOLUTIONS 0F BYMPATIIY ——iRHdRIUOIl8 of sympathy we“ (“flowed forwarded to Mr. J. W. Bouiter, semetary of tho pg, 15. land Potato Growers’ Association, and to Mr. Earl Imgs, Mount Her- bert, by the Federation Agri- culture before it conolud its an- nual meeting yesterday. Mr. Boul. tea‘ is undergoing liowpiial treat- ment in Boston, Mass. and Mr. Ings is a patient at the P.E. Island Hospital as the result of having recently received serious blunts in an accident at his baa-n.

OITY POLICE COURT - At theQt-ipendldny Magistrate's Coin-t yesterday, Patrick Earl Mc- Court, charged with attccnipted arson in connection with a recent attempt to set fire to the‘ Char- iot/mmwi Forum. was remanded

until Tuesday on ssoo bail. Oth- ers appearing yesterday were. four drunk and incapablcs. two

of whom were eadh finbd $10 and ooeia or 20 days, while the other tiwo were remanded until Monday. Two drunk and disorder-lies also

. and were each fined $20 and coeta or 30 days. A case under the Prohibition Act wee adjourned until today. while an adjourned case under the Income War Tar iAct. was further adjourned ltferch fifth by age-content.

FUNERAL SERVICES -— The funeral of Mr. John T. MacKin- non was held yesterday morning from his lace residence, 06 Dor- cheeior Bi... in St. Duiistank Be.- siiiea where Requiem High Mass was celebrated by the Rector, Rev. Dr. McMahon. Rev. Dr. T. P. I. Olianiey of the staff of 9t. Dun- sun's University was present in the sanctuary. The pail bearers were: Messrs. William Hughes, R. I... Bulge, ALLA, Frrsnk Mc- Kearney, Patrick Murnagihan, San, Anthony Houghey and D. Jerome Gillie. Intcnient took pioce in the Catholic oernetaby where services were conducted by Dr. Mcivfahon.

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IJGION AUXILIARY MEETS- The register monthly meeting of the Indies’ Auxiliary of the Can- adian Legion 312.81.. was held in the Legion Home last evening. In the absence of the President. We. S. G. Poppin. cMrs. Ira Brown, let Vice-president. pre- sided. A number of reports were reari. one of which woo for the Bridge and Aucglgrrn Party held on Monday, Feb. d which was monsored by the (Ihariottetown Branch and Ladies’ Auxiliary for the Canadian Almost for children. The sum of 0184.70 was realized. Mrs. Drown thanked‘ all the mem- bers for their splendid support in connection with this party.

Personals

Friends of Mrs. J. T. Ibbott are sorry to learn she is now s patient in the Prince Edward Island Hospital.

Miss Nancy B. Allen of King's College. Halifax. will be the Iueet this week-end of Miss Elisabeth Machine, Grafton Ctr-eel.

Ilr. and Mrs. George dinciair and child of Amherst are visitini-i m qhgg-loeesiown, guests of Dr. and Mrs." Reohmol. North River Road. .

Mr. Walter lornard meat sev- eral days this week visitini Wm‘!

his parents. Heist-Governor and we. Bernard at Govern-mt!" Hones. '

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Ilse lie Cronin arrived home yeotorday um a cslirhtiul holl- day spent in Montreal. OttBWM ‘Ibranto and New York-

The mantra of an. Wilfred tho- Donald. may. will be wry t9 learn he has entered the Qtlflfi voter-ens i-ioqitol. MWWIHL for tleotrnen/t.

it. R. l. lamp. 00 11PM!‘ Hills‘- boro Street. City. underwent oil operation for scoendldtls yfllm" d" gt "ch. Prince Edward Island floapitel. His many friends "l" be pleased to learn his condition is satisfactory.

who any frivrids of am. ‘Betty Qgir, -m ‘ in of the 14th U!!!“ lottetown Girl Guide Company- mgleatokawthstshc h“ ma; a good recovery foliowius l motor operation performed in the P. l. Island ‘Hospital some weeks

Isa llosraoolom

mloglenery of my brother

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T0 HALIFAX in 55 minutes. via Maritime Central Airways. Phone 2061 or 540. _

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Al! YOU u runner-m in taking s firs aid course? If an osli Rod Cross 2010. Afternoon and evellint classes will be organized.

PIOPQTY DOES NOT QELIF- The Tidmanh property at the coir- ner of .Rochford and Fitzroy Streets, oiifered for sale at auction yesterday, did not sell. Top bid received was $8.700. The fur- niture from the dwelling will be a?” nbrt Friday at the Sporting

TRINITY Y. P. U.—Tha weekly meeting of Trinity Y. P. U. met in the social Hail last evening. The meeting opened with the business period with the president presiding. Recreation followed, led by Miss Betty Barwise and M. Claude Campbell. The meeting then adjourned to Heart: Hui.- when a film, “Camp for Undtr- privileged Children" held at l-loig land Cove was shown by John McLem-ian. The meeting was brought to a close by the devo- tional period led by Miss Jennie Barwise and Miss Beverly Smith. Planists for the everiingwere Mia Hazel Wrlgiht and Miss Phyllis MacFadiyen.

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said, there was a definite tit-Rd oll the part of the Government to do thinga {or people which they should do for themselves. should such lin- creases be made. "W0 might lllld ourselves sometime in a position where we should have to borrow money from those soda-month pensioners", Mr. Dewar said. The Government is now helping to maintain all children un to l6 years 0f age by means of family al- lowances and then. when they reach the age of 05. the _Govern- mant looks after them again,

Mr, Dewar said the situation has got to the point where one-half the population is keeping the other half, He thought $50 o. month was too much. The questions of family allowances, and old 890 Denim!“ were "political dynamite" and no Government would dare 8501151 them or even lower them. Conse- queiitiy, u» ask for an increase in them when there was always the possibility of s, depression would mean that, should a depression come, the allowances and the pen- sions would continue to remain at their pro-depression level.

“Something For Nolillifll"

Ma’. Dewar said he was not in favour a! passing the resolution even as a gesture. There was n0 one present atthe meetinQ. so fur as he knew, who was looking for- ward to receiving the old a-ge pen- sion, Every attempt to get same- thing for nothing from the Gov- ernment was a vain attempt, Such handouts rlcmoraiized the people and encouraged laziness. People should learn to stand on their own feet.

Capt. J.J. MacDonald, Glerifin- nan, said he agreed with Mr. Dewar. He wondered "where we are going to drift" and why the Gov- ernment had not thought of some scheme whereby they could fill the age gap between l6. when the chil- dren cease drawing the family ai- lowance, and 65, when the 01d 8B9 pensions begin. Personally, he had never received anything for noth- ing and had airways had to make his own way.

Rev, W.O. Simpson of St. Dun- otanfs College. silld he would "like to clap Mr. Dewar oh the back". Mr. Dewar had the right idea. However, Father Simpson said, i! "we had the right system, there would he no need of old egg pcn- sions. But we have not the right system and the chances are we never shall have it". Ntliei‘ Bil-nil- son said he would like the Feder- ation members lo consider ser- iously the advantages accruing from an investment in Government annuitieo. The)’ were a splendid investment for those younger per- sona who wished to assure them- selves of a comfortable old age.

Mr. George McKay, Albany, said he thought $60 a mon-th too much as an Old Age pension. It was his opinion anyone should be able "to get along on 575a month.”

Mrs. MacLecd, introduce-r of the resolution, said it had not been her intention to encourage laziness by ahking that the pension be in- creased for persons '10 years 0f age or over. Many farmers were living on poor or small farms. They had socrified to bring up their famil- ies and in many cases found themselves with no earning power when they reached advanced age. She thought that in such cicum- gtances a oso-s-monlh pension was only reasonable.

Property Vote ' .

The discussion on the resolution recommending that the Election Act be changed to the "one-marl, one-vote" principle was participat- ed in by several of the hderation members. Col. Allen McLeod. Hartrviiie, said the resolution should be struck out. The property voter was the only person really interested in voting and he thought suds a person should have more to lay in an election than the non- property voter.

Mr. Louis O'Connor‘, Clifton. said there were too many abuses sl- iowed under the present Ilection Act. One man should have only one vote.

Mr. Jlu. Dewar’ asid there was a cor-thin amount of merit in the resolution. A proper holder should not be allowed o vote in more than one electoral district but the property voter was the greatest stabilising influence in politics. He was not an easily cor- rupted as the non-propérty voter.

Mr. J.J. Trainer, Redford. said the preoea voting practices in tho Province were riot consistent with

Canada's democratic .. em. Ho

stood for policy. _

A standing vote on the resolu- tlon was overwhelmingly in favour 0! the Election Act being to. conform with those of other Provinces respecting‘ the one-inan- ‘one-vote system.

Resolutions were also passed od- vocating that (l) the sale, manu- facture. and importation of oieo- margarine into Canada be prohib- ited; (2) that rural electrification be made available by the Provin- cial Government to all cltigeng throughout the Province; (3) thgt the Dom ion and Provincial Gov- ernments set up such Boards as will enable them to settle quickly on a fair and impartial basis any packing house strikes which may arise in thefuture.

A committee was appointed to look into the business of the Live- stock Marketing Board and u, N. port back to the directors of [he Federation. The discussion dn the question of the business status of the Marketing Board centred about l-‘llflrges made by Col. Alien Mec- Leod that the Board had been or- lginaliy set up under the provis- ions of the Cp-operaliv-e Act but that the directors had not had a meeting within the last four years. The committee appointed to look into the-matter comprises Lieut- Col, Allen Maelood, l-isrisvliie: Mr. Norman Maul-cod, Bridgetown: and Mr. Samuel Hume, Kinrorr.

tho one-anon one-vote

Marketing Legislation

The resolution advocating that s Natural Products Marketing Act be set up by the DOminIon Gov- ernment which wiii, with Provin- cial legisiatlon, institute an orderly and uniform marketing system within the Province, was not puss- ed but will be considered further by tlhe Board of Directors,

Mr. Fmnk Clark, Charlottetown, told the meeting such legislation W8! urgent. l-le also condemned a situation which, herald, allowed an American company lest fall to charter several large freight, steamers and thereby force Char- lottetown potato shippers to use the services of those cargo boats at exorbitant freight charges. The American company, Mr. clerk said, Charged the same for the were; rate as the shipper would have had to pay for rail transportation,

Mr. John MscIntyr-e told yester- day morning's meetlnfl that fertil- ilvr of double strength was imposs- ible to procure at present. Fertil. izer of 10-20-20 strength would, of course, be more economical in that a buyer would save on freight rates since he would only need ha]: m; fiullllmy of that of ordinary gel-tu- izer but the purer the fertilizer the less trace eirments would h; Pr“. ent. He had nothing to say against its use but its efficient spreading Wflllld require more care,

No‘ officers were elected at y“. lerillyb msstlns. ‘rh will be op- nolnted. it was learned, ylthln m, 1198i few days,

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simple: they are the same in w? htirnan relationship-fair, square, 0P8". honest dealings.’ That is ex- ECUY ‘Whfif. I think this Hulls; mould provide. It can be done and it has been done in other Provin- ces.

"We may have certain qualifica- tions hers because of our small industrial population. But the basic Principles remain the same. Give ti! Till‘. Square. open, honest deal- lnas’ and we will have no trouble."

30311118 to the seizure of the lo- wl backlnc plant. Mr, Mathleson said he found it difficult to believe "that the members of the Govern- ment reaiiy believe that it does not make any difference whether it was legal or not -— because they have set a precedent. Ffom "Won. sible Ministers of the Crown that is a surprising statcment, and we have been waiting for some ex- planation, not only in so for a; m, legal aspect is concerned, but also 85 6011RPM; the operation of- the lllant after lflg seizure.

Searched Royal Gazette "W! llflrt dff with the question? Was there an order-in-councii Pflflscd at all? No order-in-council that I can find has been pllbllghed in the Royal Gazette. However, the Gfwefflmvflt was good enough to have an order-in-councll published in the Guardian and Patriot new‘. papers. I made considerable inquiry dllflfl: the month of November to obtain an official copy, and I was directed from. one department to the next and found there was nono that I could get. This is a most ex- traordinary Way to publish g law which takes over a plant worth Pwblbly halt e million dollars.” Mr. Mathieoon lmicooded to read the order-in-council as pub- "llwd in the Press. in which it is stated that owing to "an smug" emergency" existing regarding the primary producers of hogs and Mk - ‘nets. the plant and other facilities of Canada Peak. ers m. "ore declared to be taken over temporarily for operation by m! Mliflty in the right of the Province of Prince Edward Is- land." and that the Ron. Horace Wfllht- be ‘appointed “the Minis- ter reeponoiblo for the care, con- trol and management oi the said iiiarit while sosopersted." wihrée ‘Questions werfimoilod’ l3 . s as or g o this transemr: u (l) As to the légoiity and con- stitutional regularity of the seis- ure by the Government ~(2) Aa to the legality of the continuance of the seizure after the emergency had poised; and (f) As to the losses suffered by the plant and probably by tho farmer!" and community due to the continuing disruption of the plant after the strike had been settled. i Premier Intrrlrpte

lie recalled that the men of the local Union went on strike on Sept. ii last-Sixteen days later the Government by order-iii- coifiroii took the plant over. On Oct It tbs local union voted to

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accept en arbitrator and the com-

TIN weed that all employees

could be returned to work with- out discrimination on Oct. 24. . com-

Premier Jones: "What pony?"

Mr. Mathieson: “The Canada Packer-e Ltd."

Premier Jones: "It didn't “m. We had taken them over." ,

Mr. Mathieoon: "Canada Pug. ers did not go out of business."

Him- Mf- 14m: "In ‘Toronto, you mean."

Mr. Methieson: "Canada Peck- ers Ltd. are. I presume. a Domin- ion-wide concern. They have Dower to carry on business in Il/cry Province in Canada."

Mr. Dougsld ailacliinnon: "Are they your clients? Are you pleading for them?" '

Mr. Mathieson: "I am not act- ing for anybody. but I am plead- ing for law and order in this country. 0n the 24th there was an agreement between the men of the Charlottetown Union and Canada Packers Ltd. that the men could go back to work in the Charlottetown piont without dis- crimination as to the strike."

Premier Jones: "Was that agreement made here?"

Mr. Maflaieoon: "The men here were offered this agreement, They had a meeting and they accepted V.

Premier Jones: "They got the word from Toronto."

Mr. Mathieson: “But they agreed here."

Premier Jones: "Not at all."

Mr. Mathieson: "I submit that they did. Let me put it this way: there was an agreement made be- tween the representatives of the Charlottetown Union in Toronto. and the representatives of the Company who were also in Tor- onto. becauso that is where the arbitration proposal was made. The representatives of the Union were asked to get in touch with the men here. A wire was serui to the Charlottetown branch snq they hold a meeting and agreed to go back to work. That agree- ment was binding on the local plant as well as on the men.

"On Oct. 28 the local Union advised the Company that they could not get control of the plant. Then the question was what to do. The local Union voted to apply to the Government controller ask- ing if they could S0 back to work. Immediately twenty-five regular enuployees were taken on. 0n Nov. 10 there were l9 men, regular employees, whom the company had agreed to take back; and my information ir that at least five of the regular employees are still unable to get back. I don't know whether the controller appointed by this order-in-courlcil is still in control." '