I ,' f1!, \ " v " ' V' = ' ��������� " "- till \j4 , * *��������� - <<, ������ < CSS,; ^, -<��������� ; ^\ ^ *f 3. the Western dilT ?<!V\ '* , TodyjrX., .*> %v ^ Published in the Interests of Greater Vancouver and the Western People VOLUME VI. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, JUNE 12. 1914 5 Cents Per Copy, No. 5, i \������ ���������>v :���������'-/ ! Gpv^rnor=General Prorogues Parliament Todav ..A% , ������ ' 5- l>-"- ,(' I Pv v*/ ^ OILY AL^RTA-The Ethics of the Oil Boom-A Strong Plea for Falrplay for development of New Field ?, X Home First! Insistent Demand that Bridge Contract Be Let At Home i F OILY ALBERTA THE ETHICS OF THE OIL BOOM Human nature is a very curious proposition and civilization is brought about mainly by the | restraints put upon it by wise legislation. Unwise legislation and illegal or ill-consid- i ered restraints put upon it cause conditions such ' as we have seen in Russia in dayspast. and now in Mexico/ In our CeltoSaxon world we have long been accustomed to the greatest measures of liberty, ; and we all believe, theoretically at least, that the 'more freedom we have the better and the happier 'we will be. The Britisher the world over is an ��������� extreme individualist, and prides himself on the fact that he is able to take care of himself without interference of Government. The idea of government interference with the~ 1 selling of stock���������the closing of tbe mails to pro-- looters of oil companies���������is not only un-British;. i it is anti-British in the very strongest sense of the word. v - If the wild-catter transgresses the law���������let him suffer as other swindlers and criminals do���������but to brand the promoters r of" oil companies as swindlers simply because people have got the oil . craze and are prouring out their money by the millions for the exploitation of an exceedingly interesting and promising developmental^ only senseless���������it is a criminal abuse of authoritative (utterance. , , A Men and women take all kinds of crazes. ���������There is the Tango craze, from which we are, all ['suffering.' The e&batfet craze that haa turned our best hotels into cafes chantants., Then .there is ���������)the fashion craze that ruins thousands of honest, hardworking husbands to deck a-female fool >with feathers and furs. And the drink craze. \ Talk about millions poured out 1 The U. S. pours out 2,000 million dollars every year for dnuk��������� / i and gives each booze promoter in the Republic a 1 certificate of good character ito enable him to further the drink boom. And the tobacco craze. 800 million dollars a ^year goes up ip smoke, and does not even leave a \ faded certificate in the hands of the investor as [evidence of his money gone. But the boosting of all these erases is consid- ; ered good, honest, legitimate business. . i Now, along comes a craze that diverts the I stream of money for a while .and men and women press their money upon those who are offering to drill into the ground to find oil and develop the natural Resources of "bur country, and immedi- [; ately the Pharisees cry scat! If never a hole was drilled���������if no more than a barrel of oil wasfound���������if every dollar of the 250 millions was subscribed and paid and ten times more on top of it, would the people be any the worse off,or as badly off as those that spend annually 3,000 millions for drink and baccy. We think not. So let the oil boomers alone. They are doing a good and much needed work. If there are swindlers and criminals amongst them hunt them | down/as in other branches of business, but we would much rather see the people spend their money in an effort to develop our country than in a hundred other ways that are never questioned - in ottr present day social and business life. Sure it is that not one in every ten companies fthat are floated will ever amount to anything. I But it is also sure that .not ont in ten business men (who start in business succeeds. Oil stocks are unquestionably a pure gamble [with the odds against the purchaser���������far greater khan at roulette���������but the man who puts his money into an oil company has, at least, the possibility of [helping on a healthy -development���������whilst the [man who gambles at roulette or the stock ex- [change has no such possibility before him. People are mortgaging their homes, selling Itheir farms, borrowing from the Jews, to buy oil 1 stocks, they^ .say. Well they did the same by ^thousands to; go to the World's fair at Chicago. They do the same now to buy autos, dresses, ^ bonnets, drinks, and smokes. The Western Call is [interested in no oil flotation, but it desires to see [fair play given to a class of men who have undertaken the extremely difficult task of opening | up a new oil field, which all experts agree has the ] most tremendous possibilities before it. Hands off, gentlemen, and let the good work go on. ^There will be difficulties enough without your Interference. v V The writer'was ���������present- at Cannon street meeting when Oom Paul presented the Rand situation to the London brokers in the early 80 'a. "We have the land, and we know the gold is there, but we have neither the knowledge nor the money to go after it.' Come over and help us;" Thus spoke Kruger, and the Kaffir Circus started. It took 1,000 millions out of Britain and f people went crazy scad Barney Barnato jumped into the sea and bankers defaulted and people did just as they are always doing���������aU kinds of fool- 19 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH. COl-tJMBI A' =F *>'���������������> EDWARD GOLD 3 " ' m?; THE WESTERN CALL ET AL GENBBAI. "m Urtt of &ttt������ tttmui 1 ~ M ^= Tntis Wbit was i-toied by ^ *��������� rf* Israel I. Rut>lnowitB whose addieu for service i������ R60ED 320-321 Rogers Bldg, 9 470 Granville St, Vancouver, B# <?# Solicitor for the B������id plaintiff who rertde at ISRAEL 1. RUBIN0WITZ, A Thomaon Stotioai-T Co.. Ltd, Printer* and Stttioners V������ncoav������r. B> C Writ for \M Issued Against Western Call el allro by Edward Cold 4> III ��������� ��������� 1^, This issue is now in the hands of the Court and custom precludes further comment. Every statement made in the Western Call has been made in good .faith i.nd in the interests of public good. The action will therefore he defended and, by the advice of counsel, Mr. Royal L, .Maitlandrtbe case will be fought out on its merits,- involving, as it does,theiiberty of the Press in Rritish Columbia to stand out boldly for the public weal when occasion demands. DESPATCHES Washington, June llth.���������Repeal of Panama Tolls Exemption for American Coastwise Shipping, passed the Senate tonight, by a vote of 50 to 35. This is another notable victory for President Wilson. 'Paris, June llth.���������Ex-Premier Clemenceau expresses the opinion that the present political crisis in France, is the gravest since the Revolution. If the Socialists, who have a theoretical majority of one defeat Premier Ribot, the financial situation, already threatening, will become serious. The continuation of the Triple Entente is invplved for Russia will have nothing to do with a Socialist Ministry. ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� - ��������� ������������������.'���������' ���������'.'- " ' *������ '"��������� .>���������������������������'..' . ���������-.-.��������� Ottawa/June 12th.���������Hf.R.H. The Governor General prorogued Parliament at 3 o'clock today, ���������winding up the Session's proceedings with the usual formalities. ^ ^ From Our Own Correspondent. Calgary, June 11. Western Gall, Vancouver, B. 0.: ������ Great confidence in the situation here. Owing to the fact of no other strike being announced since the Dingman strike, wild catting, which was getting altogether beyond bounds, has received a set back, which is not to be deplored. However, quite a lot of serious developments are being undertaken about which little is said. It is being conducted under the highest geological, advice obtainable,-and there .seems every reason to anticipate a successful issue in the not distant future. Announcement of another strike would have an, electrical effect. Great confidence being felt in Edmonton as to the outcome of the Morinville situation. As Cunningham Craig said in his speech here, the change in title from Sunny Alberta to Oily Alberta looks as if it would be justified. - -y; ;��������� -. ������������������-,--' : ."' " ��������� ���������'������������������������������������ .ish'things, but who) will say today that the Rand has not justified, in a business way, that expenditure of capital. We believe that Alberta has a greater future in oil than the Rand had in gold. , " The situation in Alberta has been known for over 50 years. Twenty years ago the Canadian Government spent some money in trying to develop oil at Pelican Rapids.. They quit after obtaining the most amazing flow of gas the world has ever known. For 16 years they let that gas burn, the flames shooting 100 feet in the air, and the roar of it being heard for miles. It was a.national crime for which some one should have been impeached. Hitherto it has been well nigh impossible to get money to develop this new oil field. Deputy minister of mines says: "No one should invest in oil prospecting money that he cannot afford to lose, and before investing he should assure himself that the company has capital enough to put down several wells with due allowance for possible difficulties met with in drilling." Good advice, but where is this capital ever going to come from if you kill this oil boom. Human nature/is,. as we have already said, a curious proposit ion, some of it may do well under paternalism, but undoubtedly British human nature thrives best under liberty. Without perpetrating a pun, we say: "Let wellenough alone." , SPANISH RANK APPEAL CASE. The case of Attorney-General df Canada vs. Ritchie Contracting Co., over the ownership of the Spanish Banks, is now being argued before the Court of Appeal at Victoria. The case has developed into a .fight between the Provincial and Dominion Governments as to whether English Bay is a public harbor or not, the judgment of the trial judge, Mr. Justice Macdonald, being in favor of the Provincial Government's contention. Robert R. Maitland is 'appearing on behalf of tbe Dominion Government, appelants, and Mr. ���������__. G. McPhillips, K.C., for the Provincial Government, while S. S. Taylor represents the original plaintiffs, the Silica Sand Co. HONE FIRST SECOND NARROWS BRIDOE The people of Vancouver and the adjoining municipalities are still anxiously waiting the long , deferred award of the contract for budding the; Second Narrows bridge. Thai this projeot has already dragged a nam- berof years is well known,'but all credit is due to < those 'wh* initiated the scheme, disposed of the many difficulties that .are, always to be found in " the way of ..any large undertaking' and put tbir project in such .shape that the present directorate are*able to now make a defunite Start. These obstacles having been overcoine,* the way is apparently dear and there can be no good reason for further delay. , , The directors bave before them -three proposals; all providing practically the same facilities as the original plans and all baaed upon Dominion'Government .specifications, coverage the construction of bridges. ".'', Of these three tenders, two are fi^m Jhu*em concern*, and the third is that of C. A. JTu_ner, associated with J. Coughlan ft Sons and the Canadian Northwest Steel Company, two large loss! fabricating firms. This, latter tender is some $3(X),0()0"ioWer tton fiose of Hie Eastern com-, petitors, ana prbVmes tor completing the. structure some ten months sooner than the JBastem bidders. In addition, it means that every hit of steel in this entire bridge will be fabricated in our locad factories. These factories are'today prac: ticaUy closed down* owing to' the present slackness of trade, and the securing of this contract would keep both concerns busy for the next year and a half and enable them to, Srovide employment for several hundred men uring this period. The local factories are fully equipped to successfully complete this work, and the necessary skilled artisans are available. The Bridge Company has been given unimpeachable references as to the, financial ability of these firms to carry the contract through, and have been offered bonds in any reasonable amount that might be required- These aire the facts as they stand today, and it would seem that the problem before the directorate was not dificult of solution. The natural ' action would be to give the local people thiB work for these idle factories and the hundreds of men they have been obliged to discharge, and get this connecting link between two important - communities under way. -- ~ ��������� This course has been strongly advocated by the public and semi-public and associations of Van-, couver, and the adjoining ^municipalities. The British Columbia Manufacturers' Association has bent its energies in this direction; the. Press has strongly echoed the public sentiment to the same end; Mayor Baxter has both publicly and privately expressed himself in the strongest manner along these lines, and the Vancouver City council has endorsed the Mayor's attitude. This bridge is being built for the people of British Columbia with the public funds, and the directors are on the board by reason of their public office, to carry out the will of their constituents and to conserve v these public funds, and further the good of the whole community they represent to the best of their ability. ' The foregoing facts are irrefutable; yet there is a certain> clique working strongly to prevent the awarding of this contract to the local firms- and lowest bidders. This clique is diligently casting unjust reflections upon, and questioning the ability and stability of our own manufacturers. Untrue and misleading statements have been made and the most contemptible tactics used to further their incomprehensible desire to have this work done elsewhere than at home. It is strange that a director whose mind is so strongly impregnated withi doubts as to the abilities of our own local manufacturers cannot find time to inspect these local plants (although invited to do so) and thus satisfy himself as to their : capacity. Yet this same gentleman can find opportunity to hob-nob with a representative of an Eastern bidder. ; f_ There is no ddubt but that a proper measure of support will be extended to the interests of British Columbia by the Hon. Mr. Carter-Cotton; also by the Vancouver representatives and by Reeves May and Lawson. The attitude of North Vancouver representatives has been one of much speculation, and the peculiar indications in connection with, a resolution recently passed by the North Vancouver council shows anything but a spirit of intention on their part to foster Home Industry and support. the. home institutions in this particular matter. "Mayor Irwin, was.present at the council meeting at which this resolution was passed, and there is no record of his having spoken against it. The inference might well be (Continued on page 4) it !\ j/J i 1 I, . T 1, VBM WESTERN CALL. Friday June 12,1914 ' ! Law=Druggist Wants to See You _____________ y The Reason Why It is better for you to use our preparations. First and foremost, we know what, each preparation contains. The formula is worked out after years of experience and repeated trials until we have as near a perfect article as it is possible to obtain. This is what we do not know about the ordinary Patent medicine. We do not know what it contains any more than you do and so neither one of us knows that it is the preparation which you need. You might easily take the wrong thing and do you no good. Then again we make our own prep's in the store and exercise far more care than average patent medicine receives, which is made in large factories, in large quantities and made only to sell. Our own preparations are made to build up a name. We stand back of them and will be glad to refund you the price of anything you buy if it is not satisfactory. Headache Powders and Tablets Dyspepsia Cure v Blood Purifier ; White Liniment , Syrup Hypophosphites Syrup White Pine and Tar . Beef, Iron and Wine Witch Hazel Cream Cold Cream Cough Balsam i law the Druggist Us Building, ' Broadway and Main Pbone Farimont 790 Plume Fairmont 1852 (A Trust Company) Thrift and Providence Me primary qualities necessary to all who are to make the moft out of life and its opportunities. Every normal man has the ambition some time to own the roof over his head. It is the right way to live; and to accomplish this he must depend largely upon himself, calling on energy, self reliance and determination. Therefore, Start a Savings Account and Force Yourself to Save KCRBEMBffS *-*-* BOUGHT ano COtUCTED. Short t-0*I\3__ M*d< MONWr CMEQVf , Dow,Fr&^er c. C,> I:1 - 51/ :S_M CvnUt: Street FRY DEPOSIT Closed at 1:00 O'clock on Saturdays Specially insured against burglary and hold-ups. NOTARY PUBLIC Dow, Fraser & Co. LIMITED 317-321 Cambie Street 2313 Main Street Between 7th and 8th Aves. McKay Station, Burnaby VANCOUVER���������British Empire Port of Pacific Her Supremacy is Unchallenged By W. A. BLAIR, See. Vancouver Board of Trade ���������'VANCOUVER is the Terminal City of the Itl Canadian Pacific Railway Company in the -IP* West, and the "Gateway to the Orient." It was incorporated in May,-1886. It contains a population of 135,000 souls, being exceeded in size in Canada hy but Montreal, Toronto and Wininpeg. In 1885 it was but a hamlet of a few hundred people, and received the first impetus to its growth by the announcement of'the removal of the Pacific terminus of the Canadian Pacific Rail-, way from Port Moody to that point In June, 1886, the city was completely wiped out by fire. Since then its growth has been tains, snowcapped hills, waterfalls, narrow gorges and beautiful streams, no city in the world is so rich in treasure at its very door. Where on this Continent can be found a park' with such natural quiet beauty as that of Stanley Park? Where is there scenery to* compare with the Capilano, the North Arm, Indian River, Howe's Sound? . The city abounds with recreation facilities. Stanley Park, famous throughout the world, provides 1,000 acres of the original forest, through which wind roads, lanes and paths, so that in an A Corner of Vancouver's Busy Harbour phenomenal. In 28 years it has grown from that of a village situated amongst large fir stumps, to that of a great-commercial and shipping port, with many streets of magnificent buildings and miles of paved highways. Vancouver's situation on the British Pacific is not generally appreciated. Its geographical position makes it the entrepot for tbe commerce of the great provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. It occupies on the Pacific coast a unique position. ��������� There is more natural wealth tributary to it' than that of the combined cities of Jjos Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. ' v No one understands this more clearly than the.great railway magnates of the Continent as demonstrated in the roads represented by Shaugh- nessy, Chamberlain, Mackenzie & Mann, HU1 and Rockefeller. J3very road represented hy the above far-seeing and astute nation builders, is heading for Vancouver as fast as money can carry it, while the C. P. R., the first trantcontinental system to reach the pacific is spending about $100,000,000. in improving that great highway. ,. In three years' time Vancouver, will-be the- greatest railway centre on tbe Pacific coast. "All roads lead to Borne," was the very terse but expressive phrase which described the supremacy of tbe capital of the Boman Empire. The supremacy of Vancouver in the new Western World can be tested by the same standard. All railroads of Western America, at least, must come here, and they are making their plans accordingly. . There will be at least 30,000 miles of railroad tributary to Vancouyer when railway plans now in hand will be matured. The dominating;position of Vancouver, situated as she is on the great world routes of ocean travel, will be. made emphatically predominant when that construction is accomplished. Every line built, building, or to be later constructed, must practically converge at this point. Even if riot building directly into Vancouver, every line on either side of the boundary will add its quota in upbuilding the great Port of Pacific Canada. Apart from her prominence as a building and shipping centre, Vancouver Js destined to be the Mecca where hundreds of thousands of tourists will annually gather. This side of Vancouver's greatness has never been faithfully and systematically put before the leisured public of America and Europe. - It is true Vancouver has no ancient castles or ruins to inspect, no renowned art galleries for the esthetic, nor historic battlefields to linger over, , but -forNature's most beautiful pictures in moun- instant one. can lose himself from the bustle of the cijy in the quiet of Nature. - Many other parks have been provided in different parts of the city, and these, together with well equipped bathing beaches at JSnglish Bay and Kitsilano, are administered by an elected Park Board in the interests of all the people. The^qutft waters of Burrard Inlet, Howe Sound and the North Arm, are a haven for boats, canoes and all smill craft, while the adjacent coast waters, protected by islands, invite with safety long cruises by launches and sailing yachts. The amateur as well as the professional mountain climber finds sport suited to his requirements in the mountains that guard the City on the North- Hunting and fishing, unrivalled in most parts of the world, are available in a few hours from its centre. In fact we bave every inducement and attraction for the tourist. Commodious hotels, good theatres, extensive water trips, where scenery of almost unparalleled beauty can be seen, beautiful parks, splendid bathing beaches, drives, and walks, but a short distance from the centre of tbe City. - Besides, "Vancouver is- bright, clean and - attractive, with hundreds of miles of well paved streets and sidewalks. Our educational institutions give exceptional advantages to the student. Our schools are free and non-sectarian, and the child has the advantage of a splendid primary training, while at the new University, now established by the Government of British Columbia; the higher culture of the adult is assured. The moral forces of the City are quite as progressive as its business spirit. Denominational lines are not sharply drawiy although every important religious denomination is represented. It is estimated that Switzerland receives.from its tourist trade $30,000,000 per annum, and it is known that Los Angeles, a city of 400,000 souls, exists on its travelling public. In contra-distinction to Los Angeles, Vancouver is pre-eminently a shipping); distributing and manufacturing centre, but has many features peculiarly more suited for a tourist trade0 than that city. In fact the scenic grandeur' that surrounds Vancouver is not dulicated anywhere, at least, on the Pacific coast- Vancouver citizens should wake up to the tremendous potentialities for good, latent in its climate and scenery, and inaugurate a campaign of education with respect to those factors which would not fail to attract annually to bur city many thousands of tourists, whose spendings would materially increase our bank clearings and add to the wealth of every citizen. REBUKING A BLASPHEMER ALTHOUGH A GREAT KING Von Zealand, Frederick the Great's greatest general, was a Christian and the king was a scoffer. One day the king was making his coarse jokes about the Saviour and the whole place was ringing with guffaws of laughter. It was too much for Von Zealand, the general that had won numerous and great battles for Prussia and had really put the crown on the king's brow. With German militariness he stood up and said, amid the hush of flatterers shaking his gray head solemnly: "Sire, you know I have not feared death, you know I have fought for you in thirty-eight battles, and thirty-eight battles I have won. Sire, my hairs are gray; I am an old ���������man; I shall eooon have to go into the presence of a greater than thou, the mighty God who ���������; saved me from my sin, the Lord Jesus Christ, whom you are blaspheming against. Sire, I cannot stand to hear my Saviour spoken against, I salute thee, Sire, as an old man who loves the Saviour, on the edge of eternity." Frederick the Great, with a trembling vofce said: "General Von Zealand, I beg your pardon; I beg your pardon." The company dispersed in silence, and the king reflected as never before on that Greater One, whom his general reverenced, even, above himself. Phone Seymour 943 Davies & Sanders General Contractors ;: 55-66 DAVIS CHAMBERS 615 HASTINGS ST. W. b: c. equipment co. 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THEN THE Western Metbodist Recorder V (Published Monthly) Is almost indespensible to you. No other medium will give you such general and such satisfactory information about Methodist activity in this great growing province. Whether a Methodist or not you are interested in Methodist movement. Send your subscription to Manager Hetiiodlst-RecorrJer P. & P. Co., Ltd. ��������� - $1*00 - One Year Victoria, BX ���������1 i*****4,*4>*****4!**4"l'4'**'X'*'*4 0<"t- ���������!��������� ���������!��������� ���������!������������������!' * >1> 4* i * * ���������!' *"M' >"M ���������!��������� * * ���������!��������� * ������ Strawberries. 1. Make pickings as soon as the color of the berries indicates the proper market maturity. For long express shipments -pickings should be made when berries show about one- third color, the degree of color depending upon the distance of the market. 2. Make frequent pickings, going over the vines on alternate days. Immediately after a period of rain go over the whole patch, cleaning up all the fruit and sending the fruit that is fit to the cannery. 3. Pick7 in the cool part of the day if possible, and do not allow the fruit to stand in the sun or dust after picking. Carry the stands to the packing shed at once after they have been filled. 4. Each picker should be provided with stands holding six cups. Remove the berries from the vine by breaking the stem over the fore finger in giving the berry a little side motion. Do not injure the berry in any way, either by pressure or by tearing it loose from the calyx or "hull." Pick the vines clean and place soft berries in separate cups for the cannery, throwing the culls away. 5. Pack the berries in a cool shed, having plenty of light. Before packing remove the berries from the picking cups, placing them upon a cloth covered packing frame. Be sure the berries are perfectly dry before packing. Forcing currents over the berries while they are upon the frames removes all moisture, brings out the lustre on the fruit, and leaves it in a cool condition. 6. Use experienced packers.' For long distance shipments make at least three grades. A. Distant Market Grade, using only sound partially colored fruit. B. Local Market Grade, using, sound and well colored fruit. C. Cannery Grade, which includes a good quality of ripe fruit. All berries showing the least indication of decay or deterioration are culls and must be thrown away. Such berries will spoil the rest of the crate. 7. 'To determine the proper color that berries'should have for long distance shipment by express the best plan is to study the train schedules, and determine the amount of time it will require the berries to arrive at the destination. Pick several cups of berries at different stages of maturity,-and place them in a temperature of 65 degrees. At the end of the given time inspect the berries and determine which is in the best shape. For this test the cups should be wrapped up in newspapers and the time of the test should be two or three days over the actual train time. 8. When packing for market use uniform sizes of berries, placing them in clean, new cups. Have the top layer of berries come slightly above the outside edge of the cups, and have the rows faced evenly so as to give an atttractive appearance. 9. As soon as packed place the cups in the crate and keep in a cool place. In nailing on covers use four nails to the cleat. Do not nail superfluously as it irritates the consumer and deflects from the packers' reputation. 10. Cool the berries down to 60 .degrees before shipping. This may be done by leaving the fruit in the night air, and shipping in the morning. Raspberries. 1. Pick the berries as soon as the fruit will slip off the core without crumbling or mashing. Every berry that is red must come off the vine. 2. Pickers must use small carriers attached to the waist so as to hold the cups. Pick directly into the shipping cup, and never transfer from one receptable to another any raspberries that arc to be shipped. Have a separate cup for cannery berries. Throw away the berries showing decay. Do not put one over-ripe berry in the shipping cup, as it will spoil the rest and the market condition of the whole crate will be ruined. 3. Berries should net be picked while, the bushes are damp, either from dew, rain or fog, except for cannery purposes. 4. See that the cups are filled full, having all the corners filled to the top. "5. Pickers must not pinch the berries, .nor hold them in the hand to be crushed. The berry should be taken firmly between the fore finger and the thumb, with a lateral twist removed from the core and placed directly in the shipping cup. Pinching makes a red discoloration after the berry has been on the market a few days, which is. followed by premature softening and decay. 6. As soon as picked place the cups in the crate which should be kept in a cool place. Never allow berries to stand in the sun or dust after being picked. For express shipments cool the berries to 60 degrees by fanning with night air and ship the following morning. SNAP FOR CASH OR ON TERMS Four Good Lots at White Rock, B. G. APPLY TO OWNER,- WESTERN CALL 20& KINGSWAY A\ ii Mil MM*1 Mill H H 1 M H -H H ������ H 111 Hit t M 1111 ������ M 11' 'Navigable Watera Protection Aet' Chapter 116, M. M. 0--1SPS. TAKE NOTICE that Peter G. Drost. of tbe City of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia, has deposited ln the r Land Registry OffIce at Hie City of Vancouver, 'in the Province of British Columbia, and in the'Office of tbo Minister of Public Works at Ottawa, a de- scrlptlon of the site and plans of a pro- ���������������frposed bulk-head and fminer to bo eon- ''. structed upon the foreshore and in the '' bed of Burrard Inlet, Vancouver Har- - ������; | bour, in front o*'Lots,3. 4k 5, ������. t. 8,r t, * 110. and 11, Block 175. District Lot ST., < City of North Vancouver, Provlnoe of British Columbia. ^\ . >AND TAKE NOTICE that after the , expiration of one month from tho date of the. first publication of thl* Notloe,, the said Peter G. Drost will, under Section 7-of the said Act, apply to tho Minister of Public Works, at his office ln the City /of Ottawa for permission to For Rent and Sale Cards 10c ea. Come to the Western Call Office HOW CAN YOU IFESO EASILY? erect, the said bulk bead and filling, n by metes and bounds la ALL AND' SINGULAR The description by as follows: ALL _ that certain parcel of land situate in th������ CJty of North Vancouver. Provlnoe of British Columbia, and beta** part of the foreshore and bed of Burrard Inlet,* adjacent to the above, described lots, < and whieh parcel may be more particularly described as follows: ~, Commencing at the point of Inter^ section of the western boundary of tbe said. Lot 3. with the original blgh water mark of Burrard Inlet, thence ln an easterly direction following the said original high water mark a dletanee of 450feet to the point of Intersection of the easterly boundary of the aald Lot 11, with the original high water mark; v thence south a distance of ITS feet; thence west a distance of 4S* feet; thence north a distance of 17S feet to the point of commencement. ������ ��������� _ Dated at Vancouver, a C, this Met day of April, l������14. MAITLAND. HUNTER * MAITLAND. Solicitors for the Applicant. ��������� , I Stocks Investor's Bttlktfa A hatHkboak for seeeeMM invwtora sad Mwatetota. free on leeoast. write for rear Cettee Do*U������ ML MecfietSM Mbr. Veaeoover sad Seattle 8toek Tftrchansse. | Wise, ���������siWIsg Pieae tp-..r MSI OEDA.R COTTAGE PRESBYTERIAN OHURCH Rev. J. O. Madill. Pastor. Sabbath School and Bible Classes at 2.80 p.m. |. Prayer meeting at 8 p.m. on.We4* neaday. , ' ������ ' \/~'-- Young People's meeting at 8 p.m. on Monday night. Seats Vaacsttvcr Usfarttkers ,, Hamilton Bros. 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The Play selected for each morning's story is the one which The Tribune's Moving Picture Editor has selected as the best of all those being shown that day. You can read.the Moving Picture Stories every morning and then as these fascinating plays are exhibited in your locality ydur enjoyment of them will be doubled and trebled BECAUSE YOU HAVE READ THE STORY. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE not only gives you a complete Moving Picture Story EVERY DA Y during the^^ week, but it also gives you on Sunday, in serial form, the greatest Moving Picture Story ever writteny " The Adventures of Kathlyn," by Harold MacGrath, the thrilling romance from which has been produced the famous "KATHLYN"^Moving Pictures which all Chicago is standing in line to see. Read the Daily Moving Picture Story in the Chicago Tribune Read "The Adventures of Kathlyn " in The Chicago Sunday, Tribune k^w^^^M"*************^**^ V.V-V 11- W -r *��������� u * ?\\ y-v ;>>> 4<\ 1 -1 -;������ '��������� ~ .< > * $ 'Ct- ���������' 1 THE WESTERN r.AI.1. IHE WESTERN GALL PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE TERMINAL CITY PRESS, LTD. HEAD OFFICE : 203 Kingsway, Vancouver ' Telephone Fairmont 4-40 Subocrlptlons One Collar a Year In Advance 01.0O Outelda Canada If you do not get "CALL" regularly it is probably because your subscription is long overdue. Renew at once. If paid up, phone or write complaint today. WHY ULSTER WILL FIGHT BATHER THAN SUBMIT A story in the Record of Christian Work may cast some light on the reasons why the Protest ( tants of Ulster are so desperate in their determin-' ation not to be put under the rule of the majority - in Ireland. The Record says: , \ . "Some of the bravest Christian pioneering of the present time is going on, not in the Par'East, ndR in the Mohammedan world, but in Ireland- The Hun.an anti-foreign fanatics of twenty years ago constituted a dangerous mob to face, hut not more dangerous than the bitter and ignorant Irish" Catholics of Munster. In 1898 J. J. Long, M. D., the son of a clergyman of the Church of Ireland, was sent to open "a medical mission in Limerick under the auspices of the Irish Chureh Mission. Limerick if ay or may not be considered a Christian city, according to one's definition of Christian. Long was told that if he spoke of Christ's Gospel to the people of the place he would some fine day be found floating in the Shanon, face downward. In Christian places one does not generally run such risks- In Christian lands the 'documents of Christianity are honored and read. In 1907, 1908, 1909/ a search for Bibles and New Testaments approved by the Church of Rome waq made in various cities and towns throughout Ireland, and not a single copy could be purchased in any bookshop of Progheda,' Wexford, Clonmel, Wicklow, Balbriggau, Mullingar and a host of smaller places. In- only a few shops cquld they be found in Dublin, Cork Limerick and Galway. In Kilkenny, Athlone, Tralee, Killarney, Listowel, only one, copy of the Bible or New Testament could be obtained in each town. In some instances it was offered at a reduction as "the Bible.was never asked for." Doctor Long estimates, after long personal observation, that not one per cent, of the people of Limerick have had the New Testament in their hands. Yet this city of 38,151 persons boasts, besides its ample supply of Catholic, secular clergy, five varieties of monkish communities���������Jesuit, Augustinian, Franciscan, Dominican and Redemptorist. In the early part of 1898, Doctor Long opened a dispensary, where he not only gave away drugs but the GospeK It prospered for several months, then the storm broke. His mission was denounced in all the Roman Catholic churches in Limerick. A priest, dog-whig. in. hand, rode up and down before the mission. The bishop announced it a sin to goyto" the mission, so great that no priest in Limerick could pardon it. Absolution could be granted only by the bishop himself- Patients were assaulted and beaten. A Protestant who sent for Doctor Long to attend a sick daughter, had his doors and windows broken? his family - stoned and finally he was forced to leave his tenement. One former Catholic and his wife attended services in the ^Episcopal church. They were thrown out of employment and their house attacked by a raving mob. Severn families of converts emigrated to Ontario. For, as usual, persecution has not always achieved its purpose. It has rather' had the contrary effect. In latter years, Dr. Long's patience and fortitude have impressed the people in his favor. The people are becoming more friendly to him and more independent of the priests. It is certainly such experiences as those of Doctor Long which have led Ulster Protestants to a grim determination to take up arms rather than to submit to the possibility of a clerically controlled government. Friday, June 12.1914 THE WAGE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE ENGINEERS -AND FIREMEN AND THE WESTERN RAILWAYS. A statement by the Conference Committeee of manjtgers: A. W. Trenholm, general manager of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway, and chairman of the Conference Committee of Managers representing the Western railways which has been carrying on negotiations on behalf of these railways with a committee representing their engineers and firemen, who have requested general revision of rules governing compensation and in addition increases in rates of pay, made public the following statement: The negotiations which have been going on for about three months between committees repreV* senting the Western railways'and their locomotive engineers and employes, were suspended today. The railways concerned in the negotiations number 89, and include practically all lines in the United States we%t of Lake Michigan and the Illinois Central railroad, including this road, and all lines in Canada west of Fort William, except the Grand Trunk Pacific. The total mileage of the railways involved is approximately 140,000 miles. The number of engineers and firemen involved is about 55,000, and the wages now paid annually to them amount to about $67,750,000. The final request submitted by the employers' committee proposed increasing the nupnber of arbitrary" (alllowaneesj, reducing th������ number of hours of work .after which overtime would be paid by 50 per cent, in passenger service and 20 per cent, in freight and- other service, increasing the rate for overtime 100 per cent, in passenger service and 50 per cent, in freight and other service, and in adition, advancing substantially the rate per hundred miles of service, as well as creating many new positions. These and the other concessions requested would increase the pay rolls of the railroads represented more than $33,- 000,000 a year or approximately 50 per cent; The original requests of the engineers and firemen'were presented on October. 10, 1913. These original requests, if granted, would increase their wages approximately $27,000,000 per year, or 40 per cent, /according to a careful estimate made by the conference committee of managers on the basis of the pay rolls as of October, 1913. Upon receipt of these requests, the individual Western railways gave notice of their desire to terminate the wage schedules in effect with their engineers and firemen and to enter into negotiations for the purpose of making new agreements. The main object of the new agreements proposed by the railways was to secure uniformity as well as simplification of the wage schedules, which have become complicated and frequently require extra payments for services which are a part of the regular work of engineers and firemen. The actual negotiations began in Febniary, 1914. It was claimed by the Employers' Committee that the; adoption of the proposals of the railways would involve a reduction in the compensation of the engineers and firemen. For reasons which were fully presented,, the Conference Committee of Managers did not believe that the railways would be justified in making any increase in the wages of the employes, to say nothing of the eh- * ormous increases requested. But it was not intended to make any reductions in wages. Therefore, the Conference Committee of Managers advised the Employers' Committee that if the latter would accept such a revision of the rules as was suggested by the Managers, the Managers' Committee would join with the Employers' Committee in adopting revised rates of pay whieh would secure to the employes as large compensation as they had been receiving. In the original proposal of .the employes there was not a word even hinting that it was desired that the basis fors computing overtime intraih service which, except in some places in passenger service, is universally 10 hours, should be reduced. When, however, the employes' first pro-, posal was definitely rejected, instead of modifying their request, the Employes' Committee came back with another proposition which asked practically all of the concessions requested originally, and, in addition,.a reduction in the basis for computing overtime of engineers and firemen from 10 to 8 hours. ' ; ' ; .The employestknow that it~ would be imprac: ticable to reduce the actual day in train, service to 8 hours. To do so it would be necessary to shorten practically all railway divisions, to relocate yards and shops���������in fact, largely to reconstruct the railways at a prohibitive cost. The employes know the only effect of changing the basis of a day's w^ge from 10 to 8 hours would be enormously tov increase the overtime paid. The Conference Committee of Managers ber' lieyed that' the original requests of the engineers, $nd firemen wefe unreasonable. Naturally it regarded the nm requests of the committee as much more so. It believed that, in view of pres-, ent business conditions, there could be no justification for the railways taking any step that would add greatly to their expenses.1 It believed that the two committees were so far apart that my agreement on a revised schedule was highly -improbable. It, therefore, suggested to the employes' committee on May 25; 1914, that all proposals of both sides be withdrawn and that the schedules in effect on October 10, 1913, be restored and kept in effect not less than one year. This suggestion the employes' committee rejected. A repetition of the refusal of the Managers' Committee to grant the excessive request made was followed by the suspension of negotiations at the instance of the Employes' Committee until July 14, pending the result of a strike vote .'of.."the"'engineers'and firemen to be taken on the various railroads involved. The Conference Committee Of Managers recognizes the fact that railways'are engaged in a public service. It recognizes the fact that, therefore, the managers of railways have no moral right to accede to unreasonable requests of employes, the granting of which would unduly increase the expenses of railway operation' because, in the long run, the public is the chief sufferer from whatever impairs the adequate maintenance or efficient and economical operation of railways. This- committee also recognizes the fact that should the Western railways be tied up by a strike the results would* be calamitous, and . that hero again the public would be the chief suf- fererV Finally, the committee recognizes the fact that in the long run public opinion usually determines the outcome of controversies between railways and their employes. -For this reason the committee believes that it is its duty to the public to make a full statement of the requests which the employes have made and of the committee's reasons for rejecting them, /."'-���������- Here follows an itemized setting forth of the demands of the men, showing the increased cost to the roads on each set of demands should tlie roads accede to their requests. The total of these itemized demands amounts* to over $27,000,000, as a 40 per cent, raise on present wage scale. As has been already stated other requests now bring the raise asked for up to 5b per cent, on present wage. SOUTH VANCOUVER SCHOOLS. The school attendance for May was 4,453; for the previous months of this year it was as follows: January, 4,389; February, 4,361; March, 4,370; and April, 4,498. AN IMPORTANT UTTERANCE The only way of Civic Government, an address to Ward 6 Ratepayers' Association, by W. Porteous Jack There is a Revival of the movement for annexation, which is inevitable. The first task is the laying of the sub-structure of this municipality on solid constitutional lines, providing for the edifice of a Greater Vancouver. In seeking your attention for a little in dealing with this subject, we do not promise any con-s tribution in the way of a variety of arguments; simply a plain talk, with reasonable and intelligent men who understand Jiistorical facts, ."^d who have no desire to shirk them. - We are a race who have possessed for 800 years a constitution which has proved its full practicability, its full sufficiency in that, which pertains to the highest interest and welfare of\ humanity in the Empire, in the Nation, in the Community, in the Municipality; and during the long years it has been the pride of the British people to honor their constitution, and to obey its laws, but this appears to have been an error, and it has been" left to the 20th Century, and to certain "cute" men amongst us to tell us it is no good; it's so "cumbersome," it is no use for the Terminal City of the North Pacific coast. Truly: Wh^re ignorance is bliss Tis folly to be wise. The longer we I've in this world we realize the moral truth: '.'That there is good in everything; the depression that we are going through is leading men to think���������to ask what is the reason of it? For,there s nothing that happens in thifr world by chance, everything is subject to natural,law cause and effect, and an enquiry into the regrettable conditions reveals that conditions are much aggravated by the confusion that1 has got into the affairs of this City. It has brought this about���������a common opinion that the Civic Government of Vancouver is. not sound, is not right; it is neither one thing or another; it's not representative; it's not autocratic;-it's not Democratic. There is a noted lecturer across the line who comes to the city every winter. On his last visit he choose as his subject: '' Obedience to the law.'' He proved that this was the first principle in communal existence, and that the confusion and trouble that ensued in municipalities.was by reason of disobedience, the evasion and ignoring of existing laws. ��������� This brings us to the point of the argument. The only way of Civic Government is in the fullest obedience to existing constitutional laws. The "Learned" tell us to be logical; we have to lay the basis of the argument and from it reason to a conclusion. The basis of argument is this': Up to 1867, the Province of B. C. was a Crown Colony, pos- -- sessing autonomy and the benefits and privileges that are embodied in the constitution; and that while in that year the autonomy was merged into the Confederation of the Dominion o'f Canada, there was no surrender in any item or detail of the rights which accrue to us from the .Constitution, and which declares us to be free-born, self- governing British subjects.- ! '��������� The pursuance of the argument raises the question: What is this British Constitution that we are1 part of? What are the existing Constitutional laws that we have got to obey? (for there is only the alternative, obedience or non- obedience (by laws or. amendments on the Constitution are ultra vires). In correspondence with the government over . some schemes (which have been attempted) this is plainly reyeated. The Administration over wihch.Sir Richard McBride presides, stands clear in their knowledge of the relation of the Provinc- ial_ Legislature__towards the_Constitution,and_its laws; they are not makers of the laws; only administrators, while beyond it all there is the jurisdiction, the force and power of the Imperial Privy Council as the guardians of the people's rights. The British Constitution can "be dealt with in two forms. ��������� First, by comparison; second, by ex- / plaining what it is. A comparison with America, a great country, a great people, who have a written constitution, in documentary form, which begins : "All men are born equal." . As a moral document it is excellent; as a legal one it is largely a failure, and is continually in the law courts, seeking definition, for the reason that there is neither section, sub-section, clause, precedent or practice, that determines the nature and form of civic gov- v eminent in the municipalities ,of the U. S. (every municipality is_a law unto itself). The result is Tammany Hall, Board of Control, Commisison government and other schemes, ending in inextricable confusion- The British Constitution has never been written down, does not exist in any documentary form. 0Has been maintained and safeguarded for centuries by the wisdom and common sense of the Celto- Saxon race; broadening down from precedent to precedent, is as practical today as it was 800 years ago, when the Barons obtained from the King the charter of the People's rights. How and why? Because it is founded on���������it is the practical exposition of the eternal principles of liberty and self government, expressed in representative rights in proportional form. That is the secret of its greatness; its completeness. . ' The British Constitution determines that every human being that comes into existence under the flag is free-born. That is.the birthright! the most glorious that has ever been possessed by any people or civilization. (The Roman Empire, which lasted for 1,000 years, was in some respects a great civilization, but there was only a section of the people free-born. 'The Constitution further determines that every male subject, ���������when he reaches the age of 21 gets a vote. That is his individual possession to be withheld or* exercised as he thinks fit. With a six months' residential qualification in any town, borough, municipality or eity, he is placed on the electoral roll in virtue of his birthright;. a free-born British subject. The place on the roll and possession of the vote finds expression in representative rights in proportional form. In municipalities the proportion is one-to four thousand, or six thousand of the population, and this is regulated from time to time by redistribution- The question now, arises how ought Vancouver stand, in all this. The section of the Constitutional Law. which regulates the representative rights of the people, determines that in a city or municiality of the area and population of Vancouver the proportion is one representative to 5,000 of-the population. The city is divided into approximate wards (that is the only way of affording protection and repre-. sentation to minorities.) v This city ought to be divided into 12 wards- each ward returning two members for two years-Tone retiring; annually. /'���������' - The mayor should be elected by and from the council for two year. In order to consolidate authority, the police commissioners, the parks commissioners, the library board, should be absorbed by the council. The licensing board as they are the mayor ex-officiochairman. Board of Education, the Consolidation of Finance, the abolition of the mischievous policy of raising money by by- lawi the readjustment of taxation in the proper application of the Single Tax.. The qualification for voting or representation should be simply to be on the voters' list This is the outline or basis of a measure which has got to be adopted sooner or later if we are to remain in the1 British Dominions and continue to be British subjects. The Provincial government (whatever the color may be) can no more retard or withhold it then they can go down to English bay and keep back the waters with a'broom. There are 40 per cent, of the electors of the city denied their representative rights, and this anomaly in a British municipality cannot continue without trouble The detrimental agencies that have been at work in the schemes attempted have affected tfle credit of the,city, and the only method to restore confidence is to show that we are capable and determined to conduct public affairs after Constitutional and sound.business methods. To maintain the present irregularities is to open the flood gates to further trouble; weakened confidence leads to disaster, and where there is no confidence, there is nothing doing. . f<M HOW FIRST fContinued from Page 1������ / gathered from what transpired at the meeting at which this resolution was passed,, that, the North Vancouver council had no confidence in /_ the ability of our local manufacturers to construct this .bridge, and that their representatives Should, therefore, not hesitate to advocate making an Easjtern .award. A splendid way, ^indeed, to build up and foster Home Industry! No suggestion of a way to assist the local concerns, but just a doubting Thomas attitude, and let us quietly send the work away as being simpler than taking steps to verify the contentions of the local concerns that they are quite able to do" this'"work. Why-this attitude? .We"venture to say that the citizens of North Vancouver will not endorse this wonderful process of reasoning. Many of them, indeed, will want to have a proper explanation of such conduct. The last lias yet to be heard in( reference to this resolution. It' is certainly high time that those members of the board (and fortunately they are a majority), who have the best interests of British Columbia and Vancouver at heart and firmly believe in giving our own people a fair deal, should take \ matters in their.V)wn hands, put an end to this"' foolish quibbling, and let this contract as it should logically be let. There is no doubt but that the next" meeting of the Bridge Company will be fraught -with in* teresting "developments, and before this matter is disposed of the public will know much better than they^ dp_ now. just what, account- of their-- * stewardship can be expected from some members of this directorate who have not as yet been sufficiently long in public life for. a correct opinion to have been formed in* this regard. REDISTRIBUTION. Ottawa, June 11.���������Redistribution Bill gives / Vancouver three members; Vancouver proper, two; and South Vancouver and Point Grey, the third. ' . " ���������".������������������������������������ ��������� *. '..*.- EXHIBITION OF WORK At Manual Training Centres in South Vancouver Carleton Centre, June 15th 7 to 9 P. M. MacKenzie Centre, June 16th .7 to 9 P. M. Selkirk Centre, June 17th .7 to 9 P. M. Brock Centre, June 18th .......' 7 to 9 P. M. Tecumseh Centre, June 19th ....... .7 to 9 P. M. Mie public interested are cordially invited by the Board of School Trustees. THE REAL KING. The French king Henry III. said to Palissy, the Huguenot potter, one day, that-he should be compelled to give him up to his enemies unless he should change his religion. "You have often said to me, sire," was the undaunted reply, "that you pitied me; but as for me, I pity you, who have given utterance to such words as 'I shall be compelled.' These are unkingly words, and I say to you, in royal phase, that neither the Guises nor all your people nor yourself, are able to com-, pel an humble manufacturer of earthenware to bend his knee before statues." NOT ASHAMED General Henry Havelock was told, when only a lieutenant, that his religion would prevent his rising, for the, authorities did not believe that any one could be at the same time a saint and a soldier. He replied: "I humbly trust that in this great matter I should not change my opinions and practices though it rained garters and coronets as the reward of apostasy." *j?j< &*> I i ',"j-'Jsr,__ . v. '.W',V Us Friday, June 12, 1914 THE WESTERN CALL. Industries are Being Developed " Itet Vancouver Flourish By Her Industries " is the Brave- Mottb of the Manufacturers' Association oj B. C, and the People are Living Up to It v By JAMES HART, Sec. B. C. Manufacturers' Association. AT THIS TIME of trade depression ana general tightness in the money market one hears on all hands the hackneyed saying, "What we want is more industries"���������and generally by parties who repeat parrotwise or who have not studied the question. A review of manufacturing conditions and possibilities in British Columbia might not be amiss at the present time. In the first place, I think it will be admitted that industries must have a market for their output, and if those gentlemen, who' talk so much about new industries will just take the time or trouble to figure out this%narket question, we won't hear so much about new" industries, but will assuredly hear a great deal more about the necessity of [patronizing existing industries- A manufacturer i is not in business for the fun of making things or [for his health. He, like all-other business men, is fin business for his living. He has, in a new country, an uphill tfight, and naturally expects, looks Ifor, and is entitled to, support in his home market. British Columbia is particularly adapted to months "ago the manufacturers formed what is knt_wn as the Manufacturers' Association of British Columbia ''for the purpose of looking after manufacturers' interests in regard to freight, tariff, etc., and to educate the public to the necessity of supporting home industries. All goods now manufactured in B. C. bear a label with the words, '"Made in B." C. Let B. C. flourish by her industries;" and the manufacturers are, meeting Eastern prices, and producing such quality that one large buyer was overheard saying "That's a trademark with a conscience." The B. C. Manufacturers' Association and Mr. H. H- Stevens have done a lot to get the Provincial and Dominion governments to specify British Columbia goods,' but there still remains a lot of leeway to make up. In regard to the development of this province there are two points to keep always before us. The one is that we require population and payrolls and the other that the more successful the existing industries are, the greater the attraction An Intersection of Main and Hastings Streets ThiB Has Become in the Cast Four Years, One of the Busiest Corners in the City. mnufacturing, and will ultimately ,become the [foremost manufacturing provincev in the Domin- Jion- She has within, her borders abundant [supplies of raw material. She has unlim- lited supply of timber, wonderful deposits [of ore, for the production of iron and steel, and water power, in abundance capable, of [cheap development. Those are the essentials for lanufacturing. She has millions of acres of land suitable for agriculture, the rearing of sheep, .attle, hogs and horses, fruit growing, etc., a good larket at. home for the general products of her factories,���������lias unsurpassed , facilities for har- yors and shipping���������three transcontinental lines Opening a market on the prairies���������and with her reographical'position the cheapest of airfreight Foutes���������the ocean. The manufacturer develops ie natural resources of a country. He converts le raw material into the finished product, using |killed workmen in the process, and thus provides market for the raw material. He creates wealth \y putting the value of labor into the raw mater- il, thus increasing its value. He provides a. market for the agriculturist. The money he pays out wages circulates in the community where it is famed, necessitating the establishment of stores, Professions and other businesses, essential to the juilding of a commercial centre, and it should be [he aim of all progressive communities to foster [nd encourage industries, to take care of its raw laterial, develop its natural resources, increase ts population and provide work for it. Manufacturers in our Province.have.had a hard row to ioe, and are entitled to great praise for the mag- iificent fight they have made against prejudices knd adverse conditions in the way of freight fates, etc. They have shown a wonderful faith In the future of the province, and are making this a manufacturing centre through pure grit md perseverance. The old adage that "No man Is a prophet in his own country"-is particularly ipplicable- The purchasing public did not seem ������o realize the necessity of patronizing home pro- lucts, and unfortunately the Government, cities ind other public bodies, instead of showing them m example, seemed desirous of encouraging im- >orts. Some concerted action became necessary factories were to be kept running, and six will be to outside industries to establish, bringing in further capital, further population, and greater payrolls, and so develop our natural resources, extend our power and trade and build up our cities. It will be a surprise to many to know that outside of the lumber, mining, and fishing industries, we have in our Province between seven and eight, hundred factories���������large and small���������and that even under existing conditions, British Columbia is the third largest per capita manufacturing Province in the Dominion. Those factories coyer a large range of products, and it may not be amiss to mention, a few, taken from the directory of the B. C. Manufacturers' Association. Aerated waters, boiler^ marine and stationary; babbitt metal, bronze, brooms, bedsteads, brass and iron and steel; belting, bricks, boots, beer, biscuits, cattle feed, cider, chocolate, chairs, cigars, concrete pipe,- cement, creosote, clothing, cereals, cans, dies, dynamite, elevators, electrical machinery and light fittings, engines, marine, gasoline, oil, hoisting, logging; fencing, furnaces, fruit syrups, fish cured and dried, furniture, furniture springs, flooring, flour, fertilizer, gasoline lights, glass work, glass bottles, glove's, harness, ice making machines, iron working, including structural iron and steel for buildings and bridges, ice, jam, jellies, kalsomine, lead, lamps, ladders, labels, leather, lacquer, lithography, machinery for, can- ners and shingle manufacturers, metal stamping, macaroni, mattresses, muratic acid/nails, nickel, nitric acid, oatmeal, overalls, pipe, wood and iron and steel; pumps, pickles, pillows, paints, paving, paper boxes, refrigerators, roofing, rice flour, solder, saws, stoves, shipbuilding, "sauce, syrup, shingles, show cases, saddlery, sewer pipe, stone cutting and art stone; shirts,' sulphuric acid, stumping' powder, 'tins, tools, veneer, vacuum cleaners, varnish, wire, washboards, wagon builders, zinc, zinc chloride. The above shows that our Province is a manufacturing country, and that our industries are worthy of support. The Government gives the manufacturer protection through the tariff, and Eastern Canada, through this protection and through demanding home made goods, compelled seven hundred and fifty-five American factories to' establish in Eastern Canada in the last ten years. Those" and other Eastern factories are shipping their goods into B. C, and it is up to the people of British Columbia to apply the same medicineyand compel them to establish branches, so that if they wish to sell the goods here, they must also pay the wages here and keep our money in the province. Our Coast cities are certain to develop rapidly as shipipng ports, increased shipping means reduced freight rates through com-, petition, and better access to the markets of the world. Our vast mineral wealth has only been scratched so far, coal fields of fine quality coal are only now being developed. Our iron ore mines are being exploited, and recently the first step towards the utilization of same was taken by the incorporation of the B. C. Rolling Mills. Electric power is available when required for steel manufacture. Oil prospects never were brighter. A step in the right direction haa recently been taken by the Railway Comrision in freight rates. Other industries attracted by cheap electric power are the manufacture of fertilizer, aluminum, etc., the electric treatment of metals and concentrates, and the manufacture of chemicals. Wider markets mean the establishment of furniture factories, carriage and automobile factories, the extension of the lumber and shingle indus* tries, and the manufacture of flour, cereals, biscuits, canned goods, fruit products, fish and all other food stuffs���������the manufacture of chemicals, ��������� fertilizers (fish and' natural resources), paper, twine, rope (wire and hemp), wood pulp, pigments, cutlery, builders' hardware and hardware of 'ill kinds���������the establishment of potteries���������the development of lime, cement, brick, stone, etc., industries���������the manufacture of leather goods of all kinds, tobacco and cigar factories, spinning factories with kindred industries tot cloth, woollen garments, all kinds, carpets, rugs, etc., and other lines too numerous to mention. The machinery plants already established take care of present requirements, but with increased demand, there is a great future before them. Owing to her geographical location British Columbia can import by water the raw material she lacks for manufacturing purposes, and it is only a question of time when she will be taxed to her utmost to supply the needs of the growing population in the prairie provinces. Those provinces will, with the advent of the Panama Canal, use our Coast as a shipping point, necessitating the establishment of huge storage elevators. The Orient is becoming a market for flour, and there is no reason why the grain should not be milled here. The N. W. Miller of Minneapolis, the recognized authority on the milling industry of the world, stated recently: '' The miller who is able to grind the Canadian crop will be the miller of the future, and where he is, there will be the great mills of the world." - The possibilities of British Columbia are great, hut to make them accomplished facts every inhabitant of B. C. must assist. We won't gain anything by simply talking of ou* wonderful resources; we must develop them, and let the results talk for themselves. Nothing succeeds like success, and it is only the apathy of our own people in regard to existing industries that is keeping capital out- We must show that there is a ready sympathetic market right at home for a factory's initial output* No factory can work profitably or prosper on half time and idle plant, vlf the people of this Province were supporting local industries/as they ought, every factory in British Columbia would be running full time, and building extensions���������our population would increase by leaps and bounds; there would be an end of hard times, and outside capital would be eager to come in. Let us all unite in a campaign to encourage and promote legitimate industries, paying legitimate wages and legitimate profits, and establish co-operation in all lines" for the upbuilding of the greatest province in the Dominion. THE PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN WILL KEEP 6,000 WEN RUSY The president of the Pacific Great Eastern Rail-: way, J. VW. Stewart, has just completed a trip right over the railroad and the work noAV under, way. Mr. Stewart was accompanied by P. Welch, the well-known contractor, and his son, J. Welch. In the course of an interview, President Stewart' remarked that with the exception of some thirty odd miles, the entire line of the Pacific Great Eastern is now under contract. Grading is in progress along the whole right-of-way from Squamish to Fort George and is expected to be finished this year. The president added that a uniform force of no fewer than 6,000 men will be kept on the work for the remainder of this year. Tlie steady work on the railway would help to a great degree the m<any who would be otherwise unemployed at this slack season of the year. Before the close of the year, stated the president, there will be put in operation an accommodation train service between Squamish and Lil- looet .to serve the very fine tracts of agricultural lands which will by its means be made accessible to the settler. That within a few weeks development work will be started on-the coast tei*minals of the Pacific Great Eastern at Squamish, was the president's statement. Large expenditures will be involved in this undertaking, particularly for the improvement of the harbor and the laying out of the town- site. It is stated by competent authorities that the harbor of Squamish is one of the best on the coast, and every advantage will be taken by the P. G. E. of this great natural asset. cleared away from the mountains and the corn- have been ideal for the rapid pushing on of railway work. Save in the higher levels the snow has cletred away from the mountains and the company is confident that the whole of the grading to j Fort George will be completed before the end of the present year. DEPUTY MINISTER ON THE OIL STRIKE. We publish herewith an interview with Mr. R. ' W. Brock; Deputyf Minister .of Mines, after visit- . ing the oil strike near Calgary. We omit only the' technical-portion of his statement. Mr; Brock said: ' - ' "The strike of oil in the Dingman wety, near . Black Diamond in the Calgary district, Alberta, may be an event of some importance in the h&tbry ,.. of the development of the province, as it strength' ens, if it does not yet justify, ihe conviction that ;��������� has always been1 held by the Geological.Survey that the Northwest affords one of the m<& prom-7 ising fields for oil prospecting which still remain . undeveloped. ' ������������������ ������, . * v - "It does not, of course, establish the existence , of an important commercial field; while much ,. more profitable as a producer than a well of similar capacity of ordinary crude oil would be, it is not as satisfactory an indication, but it does add V materially to the already widespread evidence of oil in the Northwest, and justifies business-lilce, technically directed, intelligent prospecting. *��������� "At a depth of 2,700 feet oil was struck that " quickly rose to a height of from 2,000 to 2,200 feet * in the well. With it is some gaa which occasion* .'- ally causes a spurt of gas and oil from the mouth of the well. The oil is a 'white-oil,' like the small ' amount of oil encountered higher up in this well last fall.* It is about 64.5 Baume, almost puree 'gasoline, so that in its crude state it is a satisfactory substitute in motors for the refined gasoline * of commerce. ' (, Not Equipped With a Pump. "At the time of my visit the well had not been equipped with a pump, or storage facilities, so that it was not known what the daily capacity ,( would be, nor how it will stand up against pumping, but the small amount bailed out has had no effect upon the level of oil in the well. ,. . . . Last summer gas was struck that was almost wholly gasoline. This was considered a favorable indication, as it might represent the lighter, more > volatile portion of oil that had been filtered from ' a main body. When 'white oil,' almost pure gasp-' line, was encountered in small quantity last fall this hypothesis was strengthened." The present strike of similar oil in some volume leads naturally to the supposition that the drill has made an ap proach to an oil reservoir. There may perhaps be a notable quantity of this high grade oil itself, but this has still to be demonstrated, and the al- ' ( most universal history of other fields has' been' ' that these white oils are rather limited in quantity. The strike, therefore, is encouraging, but' . has not demonstrated an important commercial field. ' ; , . . , * "The area for prospecting is limited in an. east and'west sAse, for immediately east'of this anticline, not only is the structure unfavorable but, the possible oil-bearing rocks are too deeply buried" for much hope of the oil horizon being reached by* the drill. The belt of highly disturbed and broken - ground in the foothills puts a western limit toVany - possible oil zone. It is therefore a relatively narrow belt with a trend roughly,-parallel with the mountains that affords any reasonable prospect for oil. "It is also to be remembered that drilling in these formations is unusually expensive, especially if the drillers have not had experience with these particular rocks; that at best oil prospecting is speculative, and that to reduce the speculative element to within commercial bounds it should be undertaken only under intelligent technical direction. There are places which afford a reasonable chance of success, there are others which may be- immediately alongside, that it is an absolute waste of capital and energy to attempt to prospect. While science may not be able to guarantee the presence of oil in commercial quantity, it can at least often guarantee its absence. There are too many points worth prospecting in Alberta and capital is too valuable for this country, to have money available for prospecting squandered on hopeless undertakings.,, __ _ "No one should invest money in oil prospecting that he cannot afford to lose, and before investing he should assure himself that the company has capital enough to put down several wells with due allowance for possible difficulties met with in drilling, and that an expert of repute has examined the ground that it is proposed to drill, will locate the holes, and that he has expressed confidence that this particular ground is worth prospecting. "All will remember the.evil effects of the min- ing boom in' West Kootenay, from which that district has not even yet recovered, of the vast amount of capital wasted, and scores of investors ruined through ill-advised and reckless investment and development. Oil prospecting is still more dangerous and requires quite as much, if not more, technical knowledge and skill. "The development of a commercial field would be invaluable to the country, but this end is to be attained by sane, common sense, intelligent work. Reckless gambling on the oil prospects of *the Northwest may give legitimate prospecting a set-^ back that it may take a generation to overcome." ���������ni -t h jy : II - V>M v P-i t'j. **w- TEACHING SEX HYGIENE. South Vancouver School Board in Sympathy With Movement to Teach Subject in Public Schools. South "Vancouver, June 9.���������The School Board afe in sympathy with the idea of teaching sex hygiene in the public schools of the municipality, but before introducing it into the curriculum they must take up the question with the Educational Department at.Victoria. Trustee C. M. Whelptou, chairman of the School Board," made this announcement at the meeting of the Board this evening in answer to a delegation from South Vancouver who asked that sex hygiene be taught here. We.notice that the London School Board, after the most exhaustive study on this point, have concluded to leave sex hygiene alone and trust that tlie South Vancouver Trustees are not amongst those who rush iri "where angels fear to tread." This is undoubtedly a matter of supreme importance and .one of the deepest needs of the day. All the same, it is a matter in which it will be best ��������� to make progress slowly, as there are many very serious points to be considered. ������������������-<���������- "V TS ,*. l,*l mmm^mf^imm W^PlX^fr'^Sr ' ':'V ���������^^? THE WESTERN CALL. Friday, June 12,1914 +*************tt^>*******<~1r**********^*^ WfWtV**���������/***., ii Mount Pleasant Livery TRANSFER Furniture and Piano Moving Baggage, Express and Dray. Hacks and Carriages at all hours. Phone Fairmont 04B ; Corner Broadway and Main A. F. McTavish, Prop. 4**4**********4 % I'l I'M���������!��������������������������� 11,1 M"."I������M"M'������4"I'4'**������4*������**'M"������ .M^.^H'-H'^*^^*^-^***** -"i- ������������������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������t"i������.t. ������������������ ���������������������������������������������������������������^i' '������������������ ������������������ ii l11 n * H" i VANCOUVER CUT-RATE FRUIT and CANDY CO. :: J N. Ellis. Mgr. 2452 Main St. tor. Broadway i * All Fruits in Season il | Largest Stock of ConfecllODeryFnilt. Tobacco on Hill ii PHONE Fairmont 638 Free delivery to any part of the city. 'llllllllltllllttttttT*'*- IIII1 IIHI'HH'K I* IIMIII' FLY TIME Is here and we fovea large stock of Screen Poors Screen Windows Wire Screens at prices that will interest you. Mad* fo 18 coins a������4 ������������tar*4 (ctour) ��������� rvMwt . ���������fcrfUiiaf pirn celtar to f������ir������t . We carry a complete stock of JAP-A-LAC in all sizes. Just phone us your orders. We deliver promptly to any part of the city and surrounding districts. W. R. Owen .1 Mor rison The Mt. Pleasant Hardware Phone Fair. 447 2337 Main Street ��������� t' ���������!��������� tV<< 4' ������������������������ t- ���������!��������� I' 1"! 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What more so than that of an artis- .; tically made home nestling among beautiful flowering plants; rones, .] flowering "and evergreen shrubbery; shade trees, all encompassed with .j hedges of holly, laurel or privet. A Cultivate a habit to spend your time to .make such a home, and 4 visit our Greenhouses and Nurseries; see our stock, and get expert ad- ������! vice from our capabie and courteous employees, which will greatly aid ������j you in your effort. Our stock was never better, larger or of greater "j variety. In our stock of over $100,000 we have everything that culture j and refinement demands to make a home a credit to the owners and 1 . pleasing and interesting to the community. 1 Catalogues mailed free on application. \j Royal Nurseries, Limited j Office���������710"������������m__io_ Bldg., 807 Hastings St. W. >| Phone Seymour 5556. < SXOXS���������2410 Oranvllle St, Pbone Bay-lew 1986. 1 Greenhouses and Nurseries at Royal on B. C. Electric Railway, J Eburne Line, about two miles south of the City limits. v Phone���������Eborne 43. ****4'**lll M VX I 11 11 11 1111'4->***********************<^ ���������Ay Horace. Hazeitine Umm * * #'. i|ii������'������'������'#'������'iii'������'*���������*+���������%���������**���������*; *���������������>* t. ;���������*;.*������������������* ;*���������������*���������%,**���������*������������������������*,���������������* m* *���������*���������������������������* m . I vl We have always on hand a large selection of STAPLE and FANCY FOODS for POULTRY. Diamond Chick Food, $4,00 per 100 lbs. Fourex " " $2.50 per 100 lbs, DAILY DELIVERIES TO SOUTH VANCOUVER M Phone Falrnont 186 r. T. VERNON Hay, Grain and Feed 256 Broadway East drrtwtr. tat., tt. ������5 *H*C4.u*Ct tf CO. there's W Uttle thing leanda f la began; but I Interrupted him. "There's a very big thing you ean ,N I corrected. And then I told him. "What a lark!" he cried, refuting to recognlie the serious aide of it. "Tancjr one of your American multl* millionaires paaalng coal on a British freighter." "Pasting coal!" I exclaimed. "What rot! Surely they wouldn't���������" "Oh, wouldn't they?" he broke In. "That's juat what they would do: He, ftn't an able-bodied seaman. Is bet* Ton can lately wager he's sn expert* enced stoker, or at least a trimmer by thla time." "Don't, Hartley, don't," I protested. "It'a too cruel to think of." "Never mind, old chap," was bis re* Joinder, "There's a good time com* Ing. We'll have him out and washed and dressed and sitting at table with us an hour after the old tub lets her anchor drop. And 111 wager you a tanner that there wont be a miss la any part of Jie programme." When, at breakfast. I told Evelyn the good news���������omitting, of course, all reference to the coal-handling suggestion���������she demanded that I hunt up Hartley, at once, and present him. Discretion, however, seemed to me In this instance, the better part of obedl- enoe. I did hunt Hartley up and I did present him, but not until I had si- lowed time for the first flush of Bro* lyn's fervor to cool. He was a very good-looking young chap; Bvelyn was both grateful and Impulsive, and I���������was ln love. Our landing at Port Bald was mate ���������a the morning of Saturday, tha fifth ot Deoember, and all that day and the) next, we waited tn more or less eon* stant expectancy and a bolUng temper* ���������tare for tidings of tha tardy Glamor* gsnthtiw. Hartley, meanwhile, wti ��������� motel of hospitality, but Port Stld it primarily * coaling station on ths fss-sdft of the tetsrt, and aside from ths con* crete docks, the ships, ths light bouse, and ths nearly naked Nubians tbat ���������warmed everywhere, It proved utter* ly lacking in objects of Interest Sunday night brought some small relief from ths intolerable heat and grateful for ths respite, all four of our little party were early to bed. Gradually we had come to believe that our! waiting waa likely to be prolonged. The earthquake at Malta having de* layed one vessel would In all probability delay others as well. Including that which we bad come ao far to Intercept So, utterly worn out by nervous ten*' ���������Ion and the fatigue of the tropical ell*' mate, we found rest grateful, and slept ���������oundly. Just how soundly waa 4em������ onatrated when, at an hour after mid*, night, three resounding knocks on my hotel chamber door only roused me,, dully, and left Bvelyn.and bor maid, and Pr. Addison, who occupied adjacent rooms. In deep slumber, totally undisturbed. __ -- . - , ��������� -- -' With what seemed almost ���������uperhu* man effort, l spurred myself , to consciousness and struggled up on elbow. "Who'a there?" I called. "Hartley," came the ana-far. "Open the door. I thought you'd died of Port Said ennui." And when I had sleepily risen and admitted him he went on hurriedly. "Hake baste, now, old chap! The bally freighter has Just! come ln, and I dont propose to loss that tenner through dilatory methods on your part." But I needed no urging. Wide awake at bis first sentence, I was already Hinging on my clothe*. He still chat* tered on in his chafltag way, but I, scarcely beard blm. Conscious only of the murmur of his pleasant cheery; Bngllsh voice, my thoughts wens out In the night, across the waters of the harbor, down In the Inferno of a maty ocean tramp, where a sweating stoker wss giving battle to despair���������a sweating stoker who, in far-away America, owned a pleasure craft almost as big as the ship whose fires be had been feeding for forty days across two seas. | "How about the doctor?" Hartley; asked, as I slipped my anna Into my ooat sleeves and snatched a cap front* a closet peg. I "It's too late now," wai my an* awer. "You should have reminded me. I forgot all about him." And it was: true. I had forgotten everything, ek- oept the Imminence of the rescue snd; the urgency of haste. To one In Cameron's plight every fretting minute must count a drop of torture. The heavens were splendid with, troplo stars, and a faint breese fromj the sea gently ruffled the spangled! black harbor waters, as Hartley's! launch, guided by a pilot of experience, headed for the twinkling lights of the recently anchored freighter. Silently I sat with gase straining;; watching the indicated sparks grow! larger and brighter, moment by mo-i ment until at length their gleams re-j fleeted in the waves, and their back-: ground emerged In a great -ark; shadow, which silhouetted itself 1( against the less opaque sky. . j %here she is!" Hartley cried In en-'' thnsiasm, as her funnel and masts somberly defined themselves above. I the Mack of her boil. "Well be able ������|s ������$������ s{m|s||s ������frsfr ifr *\$ ^������������������{M$M|������������gM$M3������fr������3M}M}M3M$������������}M3������������{Nfr loliaU bar in anot&er minute." Then I Heard the voloa of out helmsman ring ont and presently there waa an answering shout from above, snd an exchange of greetings* succeeded by directions; and the next moment I waa following Hartley up a swaying rope-ladder to wbesv i outheid lantern glowed overhead. "Yes, Secretary to tha Governor Oeaaral," I heard my Mend saying; as I put foot on tbe Iron deck. "You're, Oaptaln Murchlson, I suppose." i The captain's affirmative was more than deferential; It waa obsequious. He wss not a tall man, but broad, rag* ged and bearded, with long; powerful, gortlla-like arms out of all propostian to his stature.v I could readily Hums him an ugly antagonist Unaided by Hartley, I concluded, I should have had small chance Indeed of success, But the low-born Briton's respect for oflldal authority was evidently strong In him, and I felt that If Cameron was aboard we should be able to effect hia rescue with a minimum of effort . "I should like to see you In your cabin. Captain," Hartley proposed, and when we were closeted there, he con* tinued: "There Is a report that you have among your crew a United States subject wbo was brought aboard, drugged, and forced to remain aboard against his will. His government haa interested itself ln his behalf, and unless he Is restored at once to hia friends serious complications will undoubtedly ensue." The captain, despite his respect for authority, frowned. "There's nothing to that report, sir," he aald, boldly. "I'm not shanghaiing men ln these days, sir. Every,mother's son I've got on this boat shipped for Hong Kong, sir, of hia own free will and accord." "I dare aay you fully believe that Captain Murchlson," was Hartley'a diplomatic rejoinder, "but this time yon happen to be mistaken. I dont suppose you have any objection to our Inspecting your crew, bave you? Suppose you have,both tbe watches piped forward, and well settle this, little business for ourselves. Mr. Clyde, here, knows the man." Captain Murcbison'a glance at me was undisgulsedly venomous. Reluct* ently be rang for his steward. "Send the bo'sun here," he directed, doggedly. "Well begin at the bottom, Captain," Hartley suggested,. when tbe boatswain, cap ln band, stood In ,tbe doorway. "First, I want to see every man Jack you have working In the stoke hold." Although tbe master gave the necessary directions I mistrusted htm. Be* .tween tbe boatswain and himself I telt that there was an understanding which required neither voicing nor ���������Ignal. And as, a little ater, we stood on4he forward deck, under tie bridge, and by the light of a lantern viewed one after another of those swarthy, grimy laborers who bad crowded up from below, I was convinced of tbe correctness of my Intuition. For Cameron wss not among them. And then a chill fear gripped me. Could s man of hia habtta and training, suddenly called upon to assume such labor, survive Its rigors? He was naturally robust, but he had been weakend by an '-Uness. Might be not ���������therefore bave succumbed to tbe strain died, and been burled at sea? ��������� But one consideration sustained me. In their cunning cruelty, tbe Chinese who had arranged for his transportation must have stipulated tbat be be delivered In China alive. Otherwise their vengeance would not be complete. It was not likely tha, anything had been left to mere chance. The probabilities were that Murchlson knew definitely what was required of blm snd was to be well paid for his services. Upon hia seamed face, now, there waa something of a sneer as, our examination concluded, he said: "What next Mr. Hartley?" But for a moment* Hartley, who was standing thoughtfully with brow contracted, bis lower lip gripped between finger and thumb, made no response. Before he spoke his attitude changed. Quickly be bad assumed a pose of listening lntentness. Behind us, somewhere, a clamor had, arisen. Voices, excited, hoarse, fremescent, yet muffled by distance, echoed dully. "That man, next, Captain," he said, coolly. "The man they're trying to' keep below." It may have been that his hearing was more acute than mine, or it may only have been a guess. I don't know. But, whichever it was, it hit the mark. It scored a bull's eye at long range. Captain MurchiBon's indifference gave way instantly to palpable uneasiness. His hands, which had . been deep ln his coat pockets, came out as though Jerked by springs. One of them canted his cap from his brow to his crown and the other clutched agitatedly at his beard. And ln that moment the riot advanced, the voices- waxed louder and more distinct; scurrying feet resounded on the metal desk, (To be continued.) T. S. Baxter *H"l"l"l'iM"t"M"l"I"t"l"l"t"l"l"l"l"t"l"i"l'il'������ Peter Wright ���������' FURNITURE Complete House Furnishers Agents for Ostermoor snd Restmore rtsttresses Davenport Bed Bave yon tried our Easy Payment? Come In and talk It ever with us. BAXTER & WRIGHT (Successors to Hutchings Furniture Co.) 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It has never occurred before, possibly never will again, in the history of city building, that such a pre-eminent place in financial and commercial circles was attained by a city in the short space of time which has elapsed i since Vancouver was called into being. The rec- i ord of the city in financial affairs is one of which [the citizens have every reason to be proud. In [all the remarkable excitement of finance which [the very rapid growth of the city has evoked, the fsolid, underlying basis has been conservative, ind not to be disturbed by any speculative tendencies. Such rapid development as Vancouver' [has experienced might well have been attended >y a number of financial disasters such as have )een the fate of older and more fully established centres. Yet in the less than thirty years of Vancouver's life, there has not occurred an instance )f financial wreck of widespread effect. Any Reverses which have chanced, have been of local lature, and confined to one or more concerns, not Involving the general credit of the community. One of the best indexes of the regard Vancouver is held in, in Canada's financial circles, san surely be seen in the attitude of the banking Institutions of the country. Sixteen of the leading chartered banks,of Canada have head offices' |or British Columbia" located in Vancouver. For Purposes of local business in the city, these sixteen banks have soine forty-seven branches, making a total of sixty-three banks doing business nth the merchants and business men of Vancouver. The sixteen banking institutions represented |jn Vancouver's finances have a total capital of .100,000,000, so that the support which the city las from such establishments quite equals that rhich the largest cities of Eastern Canada enjoy. [That the banks of Canada have every confidence Vancouver's future as well as her present Icareer is shown in other ways. Most of the principal banks have secured very prominent corners [in the city, on main business thoroughfares, and juite a number of them have already erected large and handsome bank'buildings. The fact is that in all the upward movement of realty values [n the buisness centre of Vancouver, the banks lave been readiest to pay the highest prices for .roperty. The record stands today for the two ugliest transfers in the city, in the purchases lade by two banks of sites for future office wildings. The Royal Bank of Canada paid fe5,750 'per foot for the northeast corner of Hast-. |ngs and Granville streets, and it is the intention >f that institution one day to erect a handsome btructure, worthy of the prestige of the bank, ind a fitting counterpart to the imposing and passive structure of the Canadian Bank of Commerce on the opposite corner.' The Dominion tank paid $6,000 per foot for the southeast corner of Granville and Dunsmuir streets, across from the Bank of Montreal. Here, too, a banking louse is to be built for the headquarters of the istitution in the Pacific Province. "At the present moment the magnificent Standard Bank building at tbe corner of Hastings and Richards Btreeta is approaching completion. This is to be >ne of the largest blocks in the city, being fifteen stories in height and on a seventy-five foot cor- jer. The Merchant's Bank of Canada only last fall completed one of the finest bank buildings [in the city on the corner of Hastings and Carrall Btreets, opposite the B. C. Electric RailwayCom- oany's large terminal building. Many other .anks have built handsome, substantial blocks Fin the city, and several of them bave two and loan companies which have their head offices in Vancouver, and which were originally founded here, have pushed their connections eastward and to the old land, until they have branch offices in many Eastern Canadian cities, and some of them maintain a London office, with complete staff and doing large business in England. While naturally proud of, and giving prominence to those financial corporations founded and built up by Vancouver enterprise, there must not be overlooked the large element of Eastern finance, aside from the chartered banks, which is , to be found actively engaged in the city and province. Nearly all, if not all the leading loan companies of Eastern Canada, and not a few of the eastern trust and guarantee corporations, have established offices in Vancouver. Some of them have developed very large business connections, and particularly is this true of the mortgage corporations, for with the rapid up building of the city, there has been a demand for permanent investment funds, on first mortgages, which appealed to these mortgage companies having control of large amounts of just that class of funds. If additional evidence of the regard Vancouver is held in, by financial leaders, was required, it could be found in this readiness of ultra- conservative mortgage companies to invest their own money in the buildings of which Vancouver has erected so many in such a short space of time. There has never been any hesitation on the part of the loan and mortgage companies to accept the securities which substantial buildings erected on Vancouver realty offer. The limit of investment has merely been the funds at their disposal. What Makes Up the Volume of Trade. Three, factors have been prominent in the make up,of the business done in Vancouver and British Columbia, as indicated by the turnover of the banking houses of the city. They are - first, the production of the natural and cultivated resources of the Province; second, the shipping and importations; third, the building and construction being carried on, together with the sale and purchase pf real property in the city������and province. It has been the habit in times past to look upon the products of the Province of British Columbia as a somewhat unimportant quantity. But it is worth while emphasizing the real facts in the case. One cannot do this better, or in more striking manner than by comparison. Take the familiar and important grain production of the three western prairie provinces of Canada, which are looked on, and justly, as a most valuable asset, not only of the tWee provinces themselves, but in the total of trade of Canada, and as being capable of such large" increase, that one day it will add amazingly to the wealth of the Dominion. The statement is made without fear of successful contradiction that the grain trade of the three western prairie provinces of Canada does not greatly exceed in value the aggregate value of the annual production of British Columbia from her resources, natural and cultivated. - To point this comparison briefly, it may be, said that in 1913 the total production of grain in the three provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, was roughly 200,000,000 bushels- A fair price, all round, for all varieties, is 50 cents per bushel. At that, the total value wduld be approximately $100,000,000. Contrasted with that splendid total the statement of British Columbia's total production for 1913 is roughly $90,824,738, a sum not complete, for in the nature of things the full details are more difficult to get than, such a compact return as that "of-grain yield. But the result is" near enough for the purposes of contrast. It also demonstrates the value of the products of British Columbia, and the vast possibilities for the fu- At the Corner of Granville and Hastings Streets, Vancouver's Principal Thoroughfares [three such buildings in various parts of the city, lousing one or other of their branches and mak- ig, by their solid character, permanent financial [centres for the various localities they serve. Trust and Financial Corporations. Of purely local companies, engaged in trust [company work and various branches of loan and [financial business, Vancouver has a number;tof concerns which compare very favorably in point [of capital invested and magnitude of business [handled,-with those of any of the older cities. In fact two or three of the well known trust and ture, for it is at once to be'conceded that the very slightest beginnings have been made in some of the'most important. The four chief sources of productive revenue in British Columbia, together with an approximate of the value produced in each for the year 1913 are :��������� Mining .... $38,158,793 Fisheries 14,500,000 Lumbering ." 11,050,000 Agricultural Products ...' -.."... 35,115,945 Total .........................$90,824,738 These figures, as just stated, are not more than approximate, though fairly close, and certainly conservative:1 They have been . secured from the most reliable authorities, official and unofficial, and can, therefore, be relied on for accuracy. There are two or three points to be noted in connection with this aggregate of wealth production for British Columbia. One is that in all foui lines of activity, and more particularly in the first three, the very large proportion of the amount involved goes in wages, in the various processes of production, which accounts at once for the presence of such a large percentage of wage earning population in the city and province. Another point, and one which cannot be too strongly emphasized, is that in the year 1913, when Vancouver and British Columbia shared in a period of financial inactivity and uncertainty with the rest of the world, yet the production of wealth in the province showed no diminution, and nakes a total comparing well with the returns in the o\her producing provinces of Canada. It is to be further noted that in all four of the departments iof industrial production named, British Columbia ia like the grain-producing provinces, but at the beginning of her development. The total which can, and will be, added to the wealth from the resources of the province will be increased many-fold in the coming years. It is not claimed that Vancouver receives the entire volume of trade due to production of wealth in British Columbia. But as the commercial capital, the major portion of that wealth is in one process or other, tributary to this city. The other two main sources from which Vancouver derives financial activity, imports and shipping, and construction, may be briefly summarized. The Customs revenue collected at the Port of Vancouver for the year 1913 were $8,920,527, which is sufficient, though brief, indication of the value of trade in imports. The shipping returns are difficult to summarize, and place in total, but the total of freight handled through the Port of Vancouver, and responsible in dockage fees alone, ito" say'nothing of employment in trans-shipment, for a large net revenue, reaches to several million tons. ' -' The construction phase of activity in business in Vancouver and British Columbia is, and still continues, a very large element in .finance. The building permits in Vancouver f*r 1913, while less than for 1912, the banner year in the history of the city, reached the great total of $12,651,000, inclusive of the adjoining suburban districts. Add (tip that the railway construction actively conducted by six railways in the province, much of which expenditure came to Vancouver in one way o. other. The Canadian Northern Paeific Railway expended an average of more than one million per month during 1913 in British Columbia. The figures of C. P. R. expenditure on double- tracking the main line in the, province, and in other large construction works are not given out, but they easily total as much. The Kettle Valley Railway, under construction in the near interior is also responsible for several millions���������$10,- 000,000, was estimated by Sir Richard McBride in a speech in the legislature last session���������and the Great Northern Railway, with construction and reclamation at the head of False Creek, in this city, and with construction east pf Hope Pass, a hundred and twenty-five miles away from Vancouver, adds several millions also to the amount expended on railway construction in the near neighborhood of Vancouver- The Pacific Great Eastern made a small beginning in 1913, and is this year carrying on construction which is reaching into millions of expenditure, all of which is directly^ tributary to Vancouver- The sixth line, the Grand Trunk Pacific, while not directly building into Vancouver, has yet been , the means of sending much revenue to this, city, through the heavy outlay on tbe construction of * its main line through the middle section of the province. This railway construction phase of provincial activity has still a number of years to continue, even if no other' projects than those now in hand are undertaken. But the development of British-Columbia has but begun.- There are yet many miles of railway to be constructed to serve in opening up and giving transportation to districts which have little yet done for them. Vancouver has shared, Is sharing, and must continue to share in the benefits from all the vast construction projects now in hand- The development of British Columbia's natural resources of forest, fisheries and mines is in its infancy. Especially is that true in the mining industry, for the day of many big smelters on the coast is coming, and minerals not yet produced will be mined and reduced to commercial values __ next few years. The resources of the coast -_.- inland waters of the. province in.fishery, wealth ���������have b-sen but lightly touched. The same is true' of the lumbering industry, and the whole field of agriculture is just opening for production. The;, future of Vancouver--financial and commercial; capital, of the province-^-and Pacific pprt of the - British Empire, is one which .justifies the civic motto: "By Sea and Land We Prosper.'*,/,, '������'' VANCOUVER STATISTICS ' / ��������������������������� ' ''���������" r"* Vancouver has 19 financial organisation! operating 61 banks. ' '" ' . <. Vancouver industries number 178, with a cap-V\ ital investment of $22,815,375; an annual output of $16,000,000 and an annual payroll of $6,- 500,000. Vancouver's flour milling industry, still in ito * infancy, is represented by two mills with a combined daily capacity of 675 barrels. Vancouver improvements include: Paved streets, 49.3 miles; rocked streets, 141.5 miles; cement sidewalks, 191.3 miles; sewers, 153.5^ miles; water mains, 259.1 miles. Vancouver has 111 miles of. street car tracks, connecting with 155 miles.of interurban tracks. During 1912, passengers to the number of 57,- ' 231,118 were carried over mainland lines. During 1912 twelve miles of dwelling houses ' were erected in Vancouver, at the rate of one solid mile of residences each month throughout the year. The.average cost was nearly $2,00.00. Vancouver lighting and. heating rates are as follows: Gas, $1.00 to $1.15 pefthousand feet; ". electric power, about $20 per horse-power per." annum; coal, $3.75 to $7.50 a ton. ' Greater Vancouver consumed 394,000,000 feet ,- of lumber in 1912. The total cut for the year was 1,262,000,000 feet, of which 902,000,000 feet were produced by the coast mills. .- Vancouver'8 water supply of 36,000,000 gaW Ions daily comes from, the snow-fed streams of the C6ast Mountains near Vancouver. The city , reservoirs have a capacity of 40,000,000 gallons in addition to this supply, and the available " supply is 100,000,000 gallons. Vancouver is the eastern terminus of the Can-' adian Pacific Railway and Canadian-Australian trans-Pacific ^ liners; the Hamburg-American and Royal Mail Steam Packet liners from Europe via Panama Canal and the coastwise shipping .of the Pacific also make Vancouver an important port" of call. ^ /* Vancouver is the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern' Railway, Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, and, Chicago, Milwaukee and St- Paul' Railway. SCHOOLS. School enrollment, 1913 .12,990 * Teachers on staff 368 Special Instructors- Supervisor .Manuel Training I Supervisor Domestic Science % Supervisor Music 8 Supervisor Primary "Work % Supervisor Drawing 1 Supervisor Drill and Physical Culture .. 1 Musketry Instructor ��������� j Director of Night Classes % Teachers in Night Classes 49 Expenditure for 1912 (corrected) . .$1,643,287.63 Expenditure for 1913 1,192,953.74 fQUCV DEPARTMENT >aat'ai������r j^Vf-1 30 Officers 232 Men 14 Mounted squad 3 stations 2 Auto patrol wagons 1 Auto ambulance 1 Detective auto 1 Auto for Chief Erecting new police costing $175,000 Salaries from $75 per month up FIRE BRIGADE _ Vancouver's fire brigade js the third most_ef__ ficient in the world, coming after London and Leipsig only, according to the reports of London fire underwriters. The fire fighting equipment includes 1,102 fire hydrants, 8 miles of 2 1-2-inch hose, 4 turret pipes, 1 ladder pipe and 216 Game- well alarm boxes. 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Hastirs, ltd., Ijt, Eiglaol MASTERS' LTD. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE may be seen at 203 KINGSWAY any day between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday till 12 noon. Orders left with V. Odium r < '���������. f'li _rt ]_ . \* v-^b,. r.^i,oaii������._ ar���������������assisrt_H4jnre���������Bsspi ������*-WH���������������BP*-������������iPWBWS--5Wi-B" ���������~������p-4--|p-|������PIPIWIP psMDHPiqpiMlPMlpilHHIl 8 THE WESTERN CALL. Friday, June 12, 1914 FOR SALE���������SACRIFICE Double corner, good revenue, 3 blocks from new Government Dock $12,BOO Good terms. EDWARD CLOUGH Phone Seymour 2852 441 Homer Street I NEWS ITEMS | San Diego, Calif.���������The "Exhibits" Mast but not least, the profits of the >yil������X'4'*4'******************** "SAFETY FIRST" J Has been the watchword of The % Mutual from the day it was or- % ganized in 1868 up to the present * time. Y Only those forma of investment A consistent with the absolute se- * eurity of policyholders have been ? adopted. % The result is an institution that ���������{������ ia among the most stable in the ������ Canadian Financial World. $ Business in force over $87,000,000 Assets over 22,000,000 Surplus over 8,800,000 The Mutual life ot Caeada It would be a business mistake for YOU to place your application with any company without consulting our Agents and familiar* icing yourself with the model policies issued by CANADA'S ONLY 10T0AL favwticatian ooata notbtac and nm X , Write, phone or call for rates, etc. Wm. J. Twin, District Mgr. OT4I9 iHtn IM|. VUCMW.I.C. t*. 1 ill !��������� II II II II111 I l"l 14**4 J 8T. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH. .(Anglican.) - Corner of First Avenue East and Semlin Drive, Gratutview. Rev. Harold "St." George Buttrum, B. A. B. D., Rector. , - Residence, the Rectory, 2023 First Avenue East SUNDAY SERVICES���������Morning prayer and Holy Communion the first and third Sundays of the month at-11 a. ���������������; morning prayer every Sunday a* U a..m,; Holy.Cbmmunioo 2nd and prayer every' Sunday at 7:30 p. xa. All heartily welcome. x Roses Herbaceous Plants for Spring Planting ALSO GLADIOLUS All in first class condition. ' Prices moderate. Heeler's Nursery Comer 15th & Main PHONE Fairmont 817 St. . ^ The Water-Mobile The first 8-passenger WATER- MOBILE is rapidly neaiing completion. If you want to get in on this wonderful invention at the present price of 60 cents per share, you must act quickly, aa only a few shares are to be had before the advance. , THE WATER-MOBILE UNDERWRITERS $o$. Carter-Cottott Building V������tncoover) British Colombia have begun to arrive at the Panama- California Exposition, the first installment in the form of six Indians from the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, who will be stationed on the, "Painted Desert," the spectacular exhibit of the Santa Fe railway. These "exhibits" are not purely- ornamental. On the contrary, all six Indians, led by their chief, Julian Martinez, who is distinguished by a bright beaded waistcoat and extra long braids of hair tipped with beaver skin, were put to work immediately preparing the abode for the long row of dwellings and the stockade to surround the reservation. Not even the opening of the Exposition on January 1, 1915, will end., their work, for all the year they and their companions, several strong, will be building new dwellings on he "Desert," showing the white visitors how the little brown houses are tonsructed. Details of he large Russian and Japanese exhibits definitely arranged for San Diego's'- great fair of 1915 were announced today by the Panama-California Exposition. Reservatons made by the merchants of these two countries are among the .largest in the Foreign Arts building. Both countries have adopted the San Diego idea'of showing processes rather than' products exclusively. Consequently, ��������� the most notable'feature in Japan's exhibit will be the weaving, and embroidery of the rare silk costumes for which Japan ' is famous, the hammering of he bronzes and the laborious carving of wood and ivory. Similarly, one of he Russian exhibitors, Madame Vera de B lumen- thai, will show what the peasant woman of her country can do. Cor. ST. MICSUMCL'S CHURCH Proe4wer ������m4 Piine* IMwai-4 ���������t . JMD. Poly cot&touidos aysry 8und������r at ��������� a.m I Pease Pacific Foundry Limited! . HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS industry, little thought of it in the past, but now well recognized and appreciated. Production is increasing' at an extraordinary rate, while the quality of the product shows wonderful im- j provement. The value of the flock! depends upon the production cf the' birds selected, but the productiveness! of any bird decreases after a certain | age is reached. It is very important, j therefore, that the breeder be able ta> tell with some degree' of certainty' the age of the fowls which he desires' to retain or purchase for breeding, purposes, otherwise he will be exposed to the risk of having individuals that are past their prime and that do not pay for their keep. Record books have been established for horses, cattle, and many other animals, where information pertaining to pedigree, age, etc., are kept for reference, but it has remained to Victor Fortfer, assistant Dominion poultry husbandman, Central Experimental farm, Ottawa, after much personal observation and study, to publish a method whereby the age of hens can be accurately estimated. This information, which is meant specially for the breeder, and the judge, has been published under the direction of the Hon. Martin Burrell, in a profusely illustrated . bulletin; which is No. lb>������Second series of the Central Experimental farm. Copies will be mailed to those who apply for them to the Publication branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. MANUFACTURERS (( _*_.������,������. *_*������.*���������_������-" Steam Heaters and Ventilators for Public Buildings nCOfl II III V Warm Air Furnaces -r Combination* Furnaces ���������wVISlavra-lJ steam and Hot Wat������ Boileis. Registers . ������������������ IA p ��������� I " Steam and Hot Water Bdhers 1U C dl Radiators, Pipe and Fitting*.? ��������� A. 1136 Homer St. Vancouver, B.C. Tel. Sey. 3230 i. j������.*..fr.$4.fr,fr.fr.fr,|44$.>$4,fr>$M$M$M}M{M^fr.fr4_..}.C^$.4|..fr.fr^^ ��������� *% Wilson, Rsefbr HOW TO TELL THE AGE '-:���������;>, OF HENS AND PIGEONS "' -7-��������� ' -^ There has been" a great development of late years in .the Canadian poultry industry." This development has been brought about by many factors, chief ..among which are he. untiring and, highly successful; efforts" of breeders; the experimental work-carried on at the various poultry plants of the Dominion and Provincial ^Experimental farms and Agricultural colleges, the information given put by these institutions, the poultry.exhibits, in which the people of Canada are now.taking a great interest, and, JOS. H. BOWMAN ARCHITECT 910-11 Yorkshire Building: Seymour Street Vancouver, B. C. i \ Kamloona-Vanoouvor Meat Co., Ltd. Oorm Main and Powall Sta. f840 Main Mratf Phone Seymour 6561 , Phone Fair. 1814 for Choice Meats of large variety and reasonable prices, this house cannot be excelled. It stands to the very front. RHODES 8CHOLAR FROM VANCOUVER. Mr. Basil Elmo Atkins of Vancouver has been selected as the Rhodes scholar from British Columbia.' by the British Columbia scholarship committee which met in Victoria last week.. He ia a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Atkins, bf 1898 Robson street, and wi]} be years of age next.October. He attend-; ed the Lord Roberta School and the'j Kins Edward High School in this city, from which he graduated In-1906. Af-\ $ ter two years at McGUl University College here he went to McGlll University at Montreal, where he received hia B. A degree with honors in 191|. While at Montreal Mr. Atkins took an active part tn tennis and basketball, and as secretary of the McOtU Union he identified himself closely with student activities. 4..1. .t..|. ���������!��������� ���������}��������� <��������� .t- ���������!��������� .|. ���������!��������� ���������! ������.|. <��������� ���������!' ���������!��������� ������������4- ���������!��������� <��������� <��������� -l-l-���������������!��������� .|.it..Milt'111"t">'t-M"i"H"H"t'l"t-������*' South Shore Lumber Co. LIMITED Lumber Manufacturers I Front St., Foot 61 Ontario St. | PHONE Fairmont 1*4 VANCOUVER, B. C ���������Monday, Jun������ 29, 1914. tor the construc- of r -- -" ���������- Hon of (he aforesaid Wl4ln*. Plana, anbefftestton *������4 form of contract- can he seen and forms of ^ tender ofcteibw.!*t theofflces. <>f,;Messrs. Perry ^ and Fowler, Architect* Vancouver, 8.C., ������t tbe office of Mr. Win. Kehderaon, Bee-1; ���������+f++if^+l|.tiiHnH'>t4'f>fr*tt'M<lW . this Pepartment. Persons tender! tenders made on ���������lifted _ r are noMrted that will not be considered- unless the, printed forms supplied, and d . .printed forms suppll . wljth their .actual ulgnatwre*. 'rei .ting their occupations and places ot , Mdence. in the esse of Arms, tbe actual signature, the nature of the occupation, and place 'of residence of each member of the Arm must be given. -.Esch tender must ne accompanied by an accepted .cheque on a chartered bank, payable to, tbe order of the Honourable the Minister of Public Works, equal to -ten per cent.-(10 p.e.) of the amount'of the tender, which will be forfeited If the person tendering decline to enter into a contract when called upon to do so, or fail to complete the work contracted for. If the tender be not accepted the cheque will be returned. * The Pepartment does not bind Itself to accept the lowest or. any tender. By order, R. C; DESROCH33RS, Secretary. Pepartment of Public Works, Ottawa, May 23, 1914. Newspapers will not be,paid for thin advertisement If "they insert It without authority from the pepartment.���������60651. : Ultimate Cost of the Qrand XrmH Pacific Ukejy to ftench fcOO, 000,000 ������ i**i*MM',M'<'d,'l"H'iH'lM,'M''l''H''H'M^ ���������l4>j..M'W',W**ltHMl*tlHlWlMllll ���������<���������<'���������?��������� .g"i"t-*t���������������!��������� *t-���������!>���������;..|..|..t..3..!���������������������������������?��������� .|*.i������<t-���������!��������� ���������!��������� ���������;.. AH JU--STAJtS������D SNTOtfJlOT. Watch Our Windows for Bargains Open Saturday Evenings STANLEY & CO. 2317 Main Street Phone Fair. WR FOR SALE CARDS HERE Ultimate Cost ot tbe Grand Trunk Pfttffie likely ' to ^ottch $300,000,000. "tn the first pamphlet issued by the-Grand Trunk- Pacific Railway Company the following passage occurred: , ' "From surveys already made, the cost of the railway is estimated, for the Prairie section, to be from twenty to twenty-five thousand dollars per mile, and for the Mountain section from ' fifty to sixty thousand dollars per. mile, and the Eastern division at thirty thousand per mile, or a total cost for the entire main line of $123,- 500,000." As a matter of fact, the Government's outlay on the Eastern division down to March 31, 1914, was no less than $143,000,000; and at least fifteen millions more will be required to complete it. The company's expenditure on the Western half of the ' road down to the end of March, 1913, was $86,- 000,000. We do not know what the expenditure was down to March, 1914, but it may be put down at $20,000,000 or thereabouts, and the company needs twenty millions more in order to finish it. Three Hundred Millions. All told, therefore; the actual cost of the entire' main line from Moncton to the Pacific Ocean will be at least $280,000,000, or considerably over twice the amount estimated by the Grand Trunk ' Pacific Railway in the publication referred to. It is only fair to note that the company's estimate of the cost of its own half of tbe line, though sadly wide of the mark, was not so atrociously faulty as Sir Wilfrid's estimate of the cost of the Eastern half. In his speech in the House, July 30, 1903, he made this bold assertion: "The whole of the liability -which is incurred by the Government for the building of the section from Moncton to Winnipeg is simply seven years of interest. The sum total of the money to be paid by the Government for the construction of that line of railway from Monoton to the Pacific Ocean will be in the neighbourhood of twelve or-thirteen millions, and not a cent more. Now, sir, what is thirteen millions in the year 1903? It is about the surplus of our revenue over the expenditure. The surplus this year will pay for the construction of this road." Double the Estimate. The real author of this estimate was Mr. Fielding, -who subsequently revised it, and placed the cost from Moncton to Winnipeg at sixty-one mil-; lions. The actual cost down to March last was, therefore, a good deal over twice that sum. No single project has done so much injury as this one to Canadian credit abroad. It is no wonder that a liond,6h financial paper said: "iJereafter who can believe Canadian esti- 1 mate_8_? Either the Canadians_donpt_khow what ~they are talking about, or they deliberately try to deceive the investor by minimizing cost in the most outrageous manner. In any case, their assertions should be accepted with great 'caution." * Forth* benefit of the Western, or company, portion of4: the line, the Dominion has already jparapteed bonds, principal and interest, to the "amount of $70,000,000, besides paying the difference between their selling price in London and their face value; in addition to which it has advanced the company loans aggregating twenty- five millions. ' Better Terms Secured. .. It is now tasked to guarantee sixteen millions of bonds more; to enable the company to complete the Mountain section, and rather than see the work stop Ifor an indefinite period, the present Government will do so, but oh terms more favourable to the'.country than those on which the guarantee was granted by the Laurier Administration. * Weighed j down by a gigantic load of fixed charges, the Grand Trunk Pacific will be of no use to the "JVestern settler, or to any one else, as an instrumentality for reducing rates. Mr- Smithers, the president, on the eve of leaving London for Canada, said he would ask the Borden Ministry either to restore -the rates which have been reduced by the itailway Board, or to give _the company compensation for the loss inflicted. Yet we all Remember how laboriously the Liberal press toiled to make us believe that the Grand Trunk Pacific would of its own motion reduce rates, locaf and through, when completed. The End Not Yet In the history of railroading there probably has never been so conspicuous afi instance of blundering by wholesale and retail as that displayed in connection .with this huge enterprise. And the end is not 5rct. When the time comes for the company to take over the Eastern half, it will be justified,' in'-view of the enormously enhanced cost, and of other circumstances, to ask for the revision of the terms prescribed when the conditions were altogether different from those now existing, and the country may count itself fortunate if it is not loaded with additional burdens. DOMINION VYOOP YARD CO. Cor, front ������mf Ontario St*. Pfwne Fairmont 1894 All Kiwis of WW Wood Stored linger Cover *t* 'I' 'I' 'I'*!1 '1' *!* 't* 'I* *1r>I' C^' 't' 'l"l' 't' 't* ��������� 'I' 't' 'I* ������3' *I"|' *3' '^M2''������' ������l' 'X' 'I**?* 'I*'I*'������' '1* 'I' *I* 'I' *������* ������t* 'S'^"!' ^"t1 'tnl' ���������I'^I'mE , Every Telephone, Whether In Your Office or in Your Residence, is a Long Distance station Ready for Service Pay ant) Niflht. By Long Distance Telephone Service You Can Talk to Your Business Associates Miles Away. YOU can sell goods or buy goods. YOU can give orders or receive* them- YOU can talk with your family when away from home. YOU can make the fastest kind of a "flying business trip." YOU can utilize Long Distance Telephone Service in hundreds of other ways���������too many to enumerate. i Company, Limited
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Title | The Western Call |
Publisher | Vancouver, B.C. : Terminal City Press |
Date Issued | 1914-06-12 |
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Notes | Print Run: 1910-1916 Frequency: Weekly Published by Dean and Goard from 1910-01-07 to 1910-04-01, Terminal City Press from 1910-04-08 to 1915-12-24, and then McConnells from 1915-12-31 to 1916-06-30. |
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Date Available | 2012-09-14 |
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