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p '* Ll OT , V+��t��ri��, l^rl THE PACIFIC CANADIAN ��� < Weekly News Digest and Journal of Observation and Comment. Vol. I. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, FRIDAY, April 14, 1916. ��� = Number 6 RAKED WITH A POP-GUN That political enfant terrible, P. J. MacKenzie, according to the indulgent and admiring Columbian, has been "raking the Opposition in the Legislature fore and aft in his effective speech in support of the Returned Soldiers' Homestead Bill." P. J. (to give him his full military title, which is something like the copper-toes to the small boy of an earlier vintage) Lieut. P. J. MacKenzie has quite a characteristic preciosity for saying smart and saucy things at his political seniors and betters, but he is not taken very seriously, as may be imagined from tlie role which he fills and the inconsequential and unconvincing nature of his jejune lucubrations. A sort of bored amusement Is about the only reaction to these performances, and the "raking fore ami aft" exploit we find to be no exception to the rule. The criticism of ^the Bowser Government bill referred to, by the Liberal leader, Mr. Brewster, in the Legislature, on Friday last, was characteristically thorough, serious and analytical, clearly distinguishing uetween the principle and general purpose of the measure (borrowed bodily from the Liberal platform), of which he approved, and the numerous defective and objectionable features which an examination ot the bill by clauses disclosed, which he unhesitatingly condemned and pointed out the better way. Among other criticisms Mr. Brewster made, was the evidently set purpose of the Government to yet favor the speculator from whom these lands were supposed to revert on account of non-payment; the tying up, out of any other use, of hiuch more land than would probably be availed of by returned soldiers; and the manner of allotment and selection���Mr. Brewster pointing out in this connection that the Government had spent thousands of dollars of the public money on an expensive Ttoyal Commission (Agricultural), which had toured the world practically to obtain for the Government information on all matters affecting the industry of agriculture, "and yet," said Mr. Brewster, "the bill proposed to perpetuate this system of scattered settlements which the Agricultural Commission condemned as leading to expense to the Government and dissatisfaction to the settler." It could not be expected, of course, that a docile political neophyte of the McBride-Bowser school, brought up to swallow at a gulp, aad with an upward jerk of the thumb, every unbaked concoction of the.chief cooks placed before it, could understand such a thing as approving of the principle of a measure and yet criticising the details. Such a thing was never heard of in the "golden age" which produced the Dominion Trust, C. N. P., P. G. B. and similar freak and fraud legislation, with all its dire consequences to the people. Could anything be more fair, straightforward or statesman-like than Mr. Brewster's concluding sentences in his review of the Bowser Government's alleged new land policy bill: "Until such time as the Government sees fit to introduce such amendments as will make this work out, I would say that, while we will not oppose the second reading, and want to see an act which will give every soldier his just due, and a chance to every settler, we reserve to ourselves any action we consider wise in committee In order to make this a good and workable bill." But Lieut. MacKenzie didn't approve of this sort of criticism, so he trained his pop-gun on the leader of the Opposition, and, as the esteemed, but too indulgent and complacent, Columbian declares, "raked him fore and aft," with such foolish prattle as this, according to the Columbian report: "The leader of the Opposition took every method possible to damn the bill. He first accused the Government of stealing his policy, liis 'thunder,' so to speak, and then proceeded by a lengthy argument to prove it was no good anyway, even if it was his idea, as he claimed. Does it not seem too bad, sir, that that narrow, partisan view should show up so prominently, rather than a broad, healthy, statesmanlike stand on a bill of this nature." And so on ad nauseam, concluding this part of his mimic fusilade by declaring that Mr. Brewster had threatened to "torpedo" the bill���because he had intimated the intentions of the Opposition to make it a "good and workable" measure. Anything, everything, but an attempt to answer Mr. Brewster's serious and detailed criticsms and really discuss the measure. The people have stood for so much of this "make-believe" public discussion, this toy politician bombast, with its almost tragically serious consequences, in the past decade or so, that their patience seems to be considered inexhaustible. We miss our guess, however, if the people are not really more than "fed up" on it all, and waiting, with what patience they can command, for their long denied opportunity to end It and its perpetrators with one good, swift, decapitating stroke���where the chicken (we beg the chicken's pardon���Tisdall and Plum- erfelt) got the axe! % THE SINEWS OF WAR We heard a good deal before this war, and have heard more since, about German thoroughness, efficiency, effectiveness, as manifested in the systematic and scientific organization and mobilization of the military and industrial resources of the country, in deliberate preparation for the present great .struggle, and we have been compelled to admit the tremendous initial advantage which this ruthless thoroughness and foresight have given to the Prussian aggressor. We have even felt disposed at times to accord to Great Britain an unmistakable back seat, in the military procession at least, with the gratifying reservation that she wae rapidly remedying that defect and supplementing her unquestioned naval superiority by the raising and equipping of an army, contributed by every portion of the Empire, that will be one of the greatest in Europe. In addition to her acknowledged mastery of the sea��� which has been and is destined to be a paramount and compelling factor in this world war���there is another vital destiny- controlling particular in which Great Britain has been easily supreme from the first, and in which, after nearly two years' strain and stress of the titanic conflict, her supremacy is more apparent than ever���that is, in her possession and command of what has been aptly termed the sinews of war: the financial resources and reserves, required to an almost unlimited extent, and without which all the colossal activities of the war must falter and stop and the country relapse into helpless bankruptcy. Never was Britain's splendid supremacy in this respect more strikingly illustrated than in the fourth war budget presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, last week, which, in the coolest and most matter of fact terms, called for an expenditure in the current financial year of nine billion dollars���nine times the record expenditure of the year before the war���an expenditure estimated at $25,000,000 a day! These estimates of expenditure included, it was explained, the sum of ��450,000,000 covering anticipated further advances to Britain's allies and the Dominions. Considerable increases in tax- tion were forecasted, to make up the total estimated revenue of ^509,000,000, the balance required to be obtained by borrowing. In explaining his budget, the Chancellor said he had first to obtain sufficient revenue to meet the country's obligations; secondly, to pay as large a proportion of the cost of the war as possible; and, thirdly, to distribute the burden as far as possible. There wae no suggestion that the country was getting near the end of its resources. Owing to the expansive power of British trade, it was noted, the estimated revenue of the past financial year had been exceeded by no less than ��32,- 000,000, while the year's expenditure had been nearly as much below the estimate. The Chancellor was able to draw an interesting comparison with German finances, in that, while Great Britain "had been raising more than ��300,000,000 annually by taxation, the Secretary of the German Imperial Treasury was announcing a "doubtful increase" of ��24,000,000. In these strenuous and stressful times, it is something to be proud of and profoundly thankful for -that Britannia ���due in large measure, no doubt, to more than half a century of British freedom of trade���still rules the wave, and has given ample demonstration as well of possessing unimpaired, as yet, those essential financial resources and reserves���those pussiant sinews of war���which will go far toward turning the scales in favor of herself, her Dominions, and her Allies^, in the final and crucial stages of the great world conflict that "has now, to all appearances, about reached its climax. The good old Victoria Colonist, whose long since repudiated pledge to go back on the Bowser Government if it didn't implement to the full its legislative programme as laid down in the speech from the throne, appears to have suffered from a momentary recrudescence of conscience, on a recent Sunday morning, concerning that pledge; for it actually, in a grandmotherly way, warned the Government, in its leading editorial, that "there exists a very general desire on the part of the public that the Premier shall bring down in the form of- bills the Government programme for the session at the earliest possible day." Why, bless you, Premier Bowser is so busy bringing down bills growing out of various political jobs in which he is more or less interested, for the people to pay, that he has no time to think of "bills" in the legislative sense. And as for legislative programme, he has forgotten that he ever had any. It was only for use In the by-elections in any event, and, anyhow, he has one ear glued to the receiver of the Prohibition 'phone and the other lined up by the Merchants' Protective Association, while listening between tinles Tor the voice of his master, the Liberal leader, whom he' recognizes as in touch with popular requirements and demands, in the hope of being able to patch up soni'.1 borrowed legislation that will catch the most vUes. TRIMMING GERMANY'S COLONIES Referring to the fall of Erzerum, gateway to Asia Minor, to the Russians, over a month ago, an American writer says: Serious as this loss is to the Turks, it means far more to the Germans, for it is the Initial move in the passing away of what was, for commercial purposes, a magnificent German colonial possession, rich in mineral and agricultural resources, with unbounded possibilities of future development and trade. When the war began Germany, directly and Indirectly, held sway over other lands of backward peoples whose total area was twelve times as great as her own. Asia Minor was not a colony, but was rapidly passing under German economic control. The Bagdad Railway concession closely resembled a monopoly of everything in those parte that was upon or beneath the earth, or In the waters thereof. Here was an undeveloped land so large that Germany, Austria, Hungary, Prance and Belgium could be encompassed In its area, with a population of but 20,000,000. Coal, iron, copper and petroleum are among its minerals. Wheat, corn, cotton, fruits and vegetables, silk, wool, sheep, horses and cattle are included in its agricultural possibilities. Capital, engineering skill, business capacity and enterprise are needed to make this land what It was when its cities teemed with life. With this land developed and supporting the German overflow population, its trade possibilities would strike the imagination like an Arabian Night's Dream. In Africa, China and the South Seas also, Germany possessed a colonial area six times as large as herself. The colonies were: . . ' Sq. Miles German East Africa 384,000 German Southwest Africa 323,000 Cameroon in Africa 191,000 Pacific Islands 96,000 Togoland 34,000 Kiaochow 200 HERE AND THERE Villa is reported to have lost a leg���to have lost his life��� again and again. One thing is certain, he is still lost to Uncle Sam's pursuing soldiers, whose task will not be finished till they get the elusive bandit, dead or alive. More power to their elbow! The first act of Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, on receiving Premier Borden's summone to return to Canada and explain himself re fuse contract frauds, was to cable ahead re- taing three of the best lawyers in Canada to help him explain. Must be a complicated case! A Macedonian cry has gone out to Hon. Martin Burrell, 'Minister of Agriculture at Ottawa, to come out to B, (.'. and try, as captain-pilot, to salvage the Bowser wreckage. It would be a patriotic task, but, as it would be submarine���In the cold shades���for years, we doubt if Mr. Burrell will leave his happy home to follow that sub-aqueous gleam. To run the very expensive political machine down at Victoria, it requires nine Ministers now, a new one just having boen created, at $6,000 "per, with extras, travelling expenses, retiring pensions, etc., etc. That means three vacancies at the Cabinet round table, which the Government dare not fill, until the eve of the overdue general election, which they are afraid to bring on. Premier Bowser, in defending the Agent-General (London) building extravagance,, in connection with the whole money squandering deal, which it has been shown will cost the Province about a round $100,000 a year, is reported to have said that it will be a credit to the Province. It will certainly not help the Province's credit, on top of the general reckless financial management of the Government. The failure of the Dominion Trust Company, without legal liability for vast sums obtained from confiding depositors, whose money was taken illegally through legislation obtained from the Provincial Government of which Premier Boweer was Attorney-General, is going to cost the people of British Columbia a quarter of a million dollars, that sum having been voted last week in the estimates. The Province was taking a chance, explained Mr. Bowser, on securing the fulfilment of guarantee bonds covering that amount. If it failed, the tax- payere would have to bear the loss. Of course, as the Government was responsible, the people will have to pay. J. P.'s Weekly, edited by tbe varied, versatile, and virile "Bruce" of the late Saturday Sunset���in propria persona, J. P. MeConnell���is good enough "from the lofty pedestal of its twelve week's seniority" in this vale of tears and meal tickets, to welcome The Pacific Canadian as an "up to date weekly journal of comment." We try to keep up with the almanac, as to date lines at least, and, although we can't.follow J. P.'s rather sharp political curve as a tangent from the Saturday Sunset of shining memory, we Lope it's only a sort of loop-the- loop experiment which will land the daring aeronaut right side up again. One of the big four, who broke away from party bondage, and registertd their votes, last week, in favor of Sir Wilfrid La'urler's resolution calling for a thorough and unrestricted inquiry into the Shell Committee charges, was Hon. Andrew Broder, recently made a Privy' Councillor, and enjoying the sobriquet, "Honest Andrew," who told Premier Bo.rden that he would have to vote against him if an investigation were decided against by the party. "I am getting too near the end of my life," he said, "to be expected to object to holding an investigation into the work,of the Shell Committee." Evidently, the Royal Commission, confined to the fuse contracts only, did not strike "Honest Andrew" as an adequate investigation, in the circumstances. One might imagine, from the line of talk the Bowser Government and its apologists are putting up with regard to the various scandals being probed by the Opposition at Victoria, that nothing would fizz on these gentry short of disclosures* landing two or three of the Ministers in jail, a la Sir Rod- niond Roblin et al. So far have they progressed in cynical disregard of all sorts of political remissness and crookedness, that they would only laugh at anything short of a true bill or a policeman's warrant. The high court of the people, however, takes cognizance of offences against the common weal more colossal and fa^-reachlng than many under the criminal code, and the Indictment was complete even befor? the corroborative evidence of the scandal investigations was adduced 1,028,200 Even with the limited population in these countries, the roreign trade aggregated $100,000,000 a year. All that now remains to Germany is a precarious fragment of the East African possession. Judging the future by What has gone before, lt ie safe to say that before the war ends a writ of ejection will be served for this possession also, and the last vestige of a vast colonial empire will have been ��horn f"om The Sir Charles Davidson War Contracts Royal Commission is still sitting���occasionally���and has not yet reported. Last week lt took another little Instalment of evidence regarding the B. C. Government'e purchase of two refused submarines nearly two years ago at $550,000 per, a big advance over the price at wliich they were contracted for by ('bile. The latest witness, examined last week, at Ottawa, was G. C. Davidson, vice-president of the vendor company, who said Chile's reasons for refusing the boats were trivial. Mr. Davidson also put forward the opinion, as evidence, that these vessels had protected the Pacific Coast from invasion at the time the German squadron was supposed to be snooping around, and boldly declared: "If tlie German vessels had put in an appearance, they would most likely have been sent to the bottom by these submarines." Now, will the Germans be good? the German crown. It is a pathetic ending to thirty years of striving lor a "place in the sun," but at the beginning of the war Germany announced that the colonies of Prance ware to be taken from her. The result is the arbitrament of the sword to which sho appealed, under the delusion that her own trade could be broadened only by the destruction of others, and here is th<? first Instalment of the verdict. Page 2 THE PACIFIC CANADIAN New Westaiinster, B.C., April 14, 1916 THE PACIFIC CANADIAN Published every Friday from the Offices, 761 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster, B. C, by the Pacific Canadian Printing & Publishing Co-, Ltd. GEO. KENNEDY, Editor and Manager Subscription Prices;��� $1.00 per annum [in advance]; 50c. for six months; 25c. for three months; 10c. per month; 5c. per copy. Advertising rates on application a ��� ��� ***** RETURNED SOLDIERS' AID Summary of Report of Returned Soldiers' Aid Commission Laid Before Provincial Legislature���A Non-Partisan Matter. The Returned Soldiers' Aid Commission, of which Hon. Dr. Young, ex-Minister of Education, etc., is chairman, was laid before the House recently. It is generally recognized that this important question should be discussed and dealt with in _a non-partisan spirit throughout. It will be the duty of the Opposition, of course, to criticise details of definite Government proposals in the matter; but. as to the desirability and necessity of land and other aid along the lines suggested by Ihe Commission, there is only one opinion. The extension of such aid to embrace a general land settlement policy is. it will be recalled, in harmony with previously announced and strongly advocated Liberal policy. Dr. Young, in explaining in the House, the vote of $15,000 lor carrying on the work of the Commission, gave his fellow- members a resume of the report. In addition to helping the returned soldier, he pointed out, the community settlement idea would help the ordinary pre-emptor and remove many of his difficulties. Incidentally, Dr. Young remarked that more work had been done for the future of the soldier in British Columbia than in any other province. In a conversation with the leader of the Opposition, he said that gentleman had expressed the opinion that the Board of Commissioners should not be the board to be appointed under the Agricultural Credits Act. In this view he (Dr. Young) acquiesced. The care of these men who had fought for the Empire was the concern of the people, and should be looked to in a nonpartisan spirit. Mr, Brewster heartily congratulated Dr. Young on his work on the Commission, his report, and the speech the House had just listened to. He hoped that the latter could be delivered in an expanded form at. a public meeting. Mr. Brewster spoke of the importance of the permanent Commission being a thoroughly non-partisan one, and suggested that it should be appointed by the Legislature and be responsible to it alone. The responsibility was one which would be cheerfully accepted by every citizen, and it was too great a responsibility to allow any suggestion of politics to affect it. A summary of the report of the Returned Soldiers' Aid Commission, as presented, shows that 149 applicants from returned soldiers had already been received, with 114 men provided for. There were 29 in the convalescent Jrome at Esquimau and nine in Tranquille Sanatorium, so the Commission accounts for 152 men. The bulk of the men returning from the war to be dealt with, it is said, will be handled at Victoria, Vancouver, New Westminster, and Nanaimo, in each of which cities are strong local committees. Land Settlement Recommendations. On the matter of land settlement by returned soldiers, the report says: "In the recommendations embodied in our accompanying report, your Commission hae endeavored to lay before your Government a plan which will not only express our appreciation of what is due from the people of Canada and this Province to those men who have fought and suffered in the defence of our national liberties, but which also contains the nucleus of a plan or system which may be enlarged to meet the requirements of a far greater number of settlers than we can expect to find supplied from the ranks of our returned soldiers. "Our primary consideration, however, has been the recognition of what is due to our returned soldiers, and in our recommendations we have endeavored to place before him a not unattractive plan, by which he may go on the land and become self-supporting under the most favorable conditions. "To briefly summarize the advantages to be enjoyed by the holder of an allotment in one of our suggested co-operative settlements, we would point out: He becomes the owner of a 'picked' farm with enough cleared land to enable him to make an immediate start; buildings, live etock, and machinery are supplied in accordance with his expressed wishes, at rates far more reasonable than he could hope to obtain by buying individually; he enjoys good transportation facilities; the support of a co-operative system of purchasing al! supplies and selling all surplus produce; the benefits to be gained from having the assistance and advice of experts always at his service; the ability to avail himself of courses of instruction in agricultural matters and the advantages of social life as compared with the isolated condition of the majority of our settlers. Co-operative Settlements. "We have recommended that the advantages of these cooperative farm settlements be available to all returned soldiers. We have made no discrimination, and think they should be open to any man who has served the Empire either under our own flag, that of the Motherland or any of the other overseas dominions. "It is readily conceivable that this Province, owing to its climatic and other advantages, will attract large numbers of those settlers who will after the war seek new homes in Canada, and that we will be called upon to make provision for those who left this Province for the front. "It will be seen, therefore, that the problem or providing for these is not in any sense a local matter. It is one in which not only the provinces of our Dominion are equally interested, but which is of vital interest to the Empire at large, and we feel that the responsibility and cost of making provision to meet the problem is one which should be shared by all those interested. "The problem is of so complex a nature as to probably be the subject of a federal Inquiry. No doubt, however, each province will be required to devise some plan in accordance with ils own resources, and this your Commission has endeavored to do in so far as this Province is concerned, but we arc of the opinion that the matters of the allocation ol' the lands and the adjudication of the expenses in connection with the entire scheme should be borne In part, at least, by the Imperial and Pederal governments. Imperial Suggestions. "There has recently appeared in the London Standard a summary of the primary features of a report issued by the departmental committee appointed by the Earl of Selborne, president of the Board of Agriculture, to investigate and make recommendations with regard to the matter of land settlement for discharged soldiers and sailors. "With the exception of a clause relative to 'tenancy,' the recommendations offered by this Imperial committee coincide exactly with the principles which had been already formulated by your Commission. "The Imperial committee, in concluding their report, em: phaslzed 'that preparations must be made at once to meet the need which will arise when the war is over. Unless demobilized men obtain regular work without delay, there is some danger that they may acquire habits of idleness or swell the ranks of casual labor.' The force of this will be apparent to all who have given consideration to the matter," .Winner of Allotment. The recommendations' of regulations on which land grants should be issued include the appointment of an independent hoard of commissioners to select suitable lands, direct preliminary land clearing or equivalent improvements, approve of the purchase of stock, Implements, etc., and to adminliter funds in connection with co-operative settlements. The land grant should take the form of farms of such acreage as might be best adapted to the different classes of farming to be followed���poultry-raising, market gardening, fruit growing, mixed farming for dairy farming���in block? in such districts as tlie Board of Commissioners select of such size as to provide for at least sixty allotments. These blocks to be laid out in such a way as to leave sufficient area for a demonstration farm, central organization plant, roads, recreation grounds, all to be within easy access of the farms. The central organization plant to comprise a general store, creamery, blacksmith shop, carpenter's shop, public hall, school, and residence to give temporary accommodation lor soldiers going to look over land and suitable to take in their.wives as well. Those eligible to be all returned soldiers irrespective of point of'enlistment and without distinction or rank or length of service, son of eighteen or over of a deceased or permanently disabled soldier (with provision lor mother or guardian to take up allotment until he is eighteen), daughter of a deceased soldier if there is no son, wife of a permanently disabled soldier, or widow or a deceased soldier; only one allotment to a family and only to be made where it is the intention of the beneficiary to make bona fide settlement on it. "It is not intended that these allotments shall be made available for purely speculative purposes," says the report. Improvements and Loans. Improvements, to be confined to land clearing, draining and fencing, to be made at the expense of the Provincial Government at a cost ol' not over $500 for each allotment. Further assistance to be given in the way of a long-term loan (maximum $1,350 to an allotment) at a low rate of interest lor the erection of buildings, purchase of machinery, stock, seed, fodder, household necessities, etc., or further clearing, draining or fencing, purchases to be approved by the board and remain the property ot the Government; the loan to be a mortgage against the farm. Taxes to be remitted lor the year in which an allotment is taken up. Training and Education. That arrangements be made whereby a limited number of returned soldiers receive assistance in establishing at the centre of the settlement such industries and occupations as, in the opinion of the board, directly contribute to the need of the settlers. That full opportunities to obtain training and instruction in agricultural matters be placed at the disposal of returned soldiers who may wish to avail themselves of this opportunity to acquire land, under the direction of the College of Agriculture of the Provincial University; that a short course of three months' duration be ofrered in general agriculture, and repeated as often as deemed advisable; that in this course laboratory work constitute the major part of class-room instruction, and that practical work in the fields, orchards and stables receive special attention. Tuition to be provided by the Provincial Government free of cost; board and lodging to be provided by the Dominion Government. A trained agricultural adviser to be appointed ror each settlement, to undertake field demonstrations in co-operation with the farmers and generally to assist them in conducting their work according to beet farm practice. It is recommended that where a returned soldier had taken up a pre-emption before enlisting he may be assisted in the form of land improvements to the value of $500 to be made by the board in not less than three years nor more than five years. Technical Instruction. Recommendations with regard to education, technical and agricultural training and employment are made calling for provision to the extent or $14,600, to be borne by the Dominion Government. It is recommended that arrangements for training men tor civil lite be undertaken���by obtaining admission to business colleges, by apprenticeship and by supplementing this by study at central classes���in commercial courses, lettering and show-card writing, stationary engineers, care and operation of gasoline engines, electrical work, modelling and designing and navigation. That suitable places be provided for hoard and lodging, and provision ror maintenance be made by the Military Hospitals Commission. That classes in general subjects, as English, arithmetic, etc., he established at the Convalescent Home, Esquimau,' that work-rooms be provided and instruction given in manual arts, such as woodwork, light metal work, basketry, brush-making, etc., and also that equipment be laid down for developing a factory based on economic lines for brush-making and basket-making. Employment Bureaus. Regarding the establishment or Provincial employment bureaus, the Commission says: "We are of the opinion that the establishment of such bureaux will do much to benefit the employment-seeker, the employer, and the Province at large. "In order that our recommendations may not work any unfair hardship on really deserving employment agencies already in existence, we have recommended that the Board of Commissioners appointed to deal with this matter be given discretionary powers with regard to the renewal of the licenses of such agencies. This is aimed to provide for the continuance of bodies doing a business of proven respectability and legality, and is intended primarily to apply to such bodies as the Y. W. C. A., the Salvation Army, and other similar organizations which deal principally with the supply of female domestic labor." A STRIKING PARALLEL To the Editor.���iDear Sir: I notice in the Columbian ot April 1 where Mr. Taylor has been telling a few of the faithful that graft does not exist in B. C. I would like you to teU us about the following cases: What about the Price coal rake-off? What about the Price Ellison episode; the Young affair; the Green scandal (some years ago); the Songhees Matson deal; the Alexander Read holdup; the land rrauds, mining and timber deals; Mackenzie & Mann favoritism; the McBride-Bowser jobbery in connection with Turner's job in London; the Bowser oyster beds at half price; the Hannington case; the dredging scandal at Victoria? These are all in this Province. What about the great Roblin robbery; the Pallis horse deals; the boots ror the army rrauds; medical supply frauds; the horse I'eed rrauds; the shell frauds? Why, Mr. Editor, the whole country rrom sea to sea is one mass of corruption. I came across, the other day, a description or the deplorable state or arfairs which existed in France in 1643, which I think very aptly deecribes the condition of afrairs in this Province in this twentieth century. "During the twenty years immediately following the death of Henry IV, the superintendents of the finances either gorged themselves with wealth���all the other financial officers following their example���or, if they were upright men, they did not have sufficient penetration to perceive the abuses, malfeasance, thefts and waete which went on under cover of their authority, and even under Fheir eyes, so that the state was always in need. Their maxims were: This realm can only exist in contusion and disorder. Tlie secret of finance consists solely in making and unmaking; in bestowing emoluments and new honors on old officers; In creating new offices of every kind and character; in alienating rights and sources of Income; withdrawing these and then re-establishing them once more. In causing the payment of taxes on all kinds of pretexts; in consuming for current expenses the ordinary and extraordinary receipts of the two years following; in giving the opportunity to the treasurers of the public funds, other financial agents, and Tanners or the revenue, of making immense profits; maintaining that the grandeur or the state consists in having a small numiber of persons who can furnish prodigious sums and astonish foreign princes." 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Get yours while the cloth is O. K. You may be disappointed with future shipments. J. 7f. J&'tchison Importing Tailor Spring Showing Our first showing of 20th Clothes for Men are now ready for your inspection SEE THEM AT M. J. PHILLIPS, 071 Columbia St WESTMINSTER TRUST COMPANY HEAD OFFICE-NEW WESTMINSTER B. C. �� J. J. Jonks, Man.-Dir. J. A. Rknnib, Sec.-Tres. OUR BUSINESS Acts as Assignees, Liquidators and Receivers. Agents for the Sale of Real Estate. House and Property Agents. Insurance in all its Branches in Standard Companies. Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent, $2.50 and up per annum. Agent for the Canada Life Assurance Company. We act as Executor and Trustee under Wills, and we will be pleased to advise and assist you in drawing up your Will. Westminster Trust Company 3l3 New Westminster, B.C., April 14, 1916 THE PACIFIC CANADIAN Page 3 LOCAL AND GENERAL. Mrs. W. H. Elson left, on Tuesday, for London, Ont., on account of the serious illness, there, of her brother. There is a growing movement in Canada in favor of some form of conscription, which may materialize in action soon. Your friends can buy any thing you can give them���except your photograph. Hurndall does fine work at 624 Columbia St. Phone 125R. The Women's Auxiliary of Knox Presbyterian Church, Sapperton, will hold a concert in the church this evening in aid of the auxiliary work. The City Council, at its last meeting, decided against participation in the advertising scheme put before it by representatives of the Vancouver Rotary Club. A special meeting of the B. C. Lacrosse Association will be held at the Russell Hotel, Tuesday next, at 4 p.m., when plans for the season will be discussed. Richard Harding Davis, famous Am- ican war correspondent and novelist, died suddenly, Tuesday last, at his home, Mount Kisco, New York, at the age of fifty-two. Two thousand soldiers���the 121st and 131st Battalions at Queen's Park���will march in the May Day procession, May 5, making an interesting and unique feature of the celebration. The final session for this term of the Senior Literary Society of the High School will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. Parents aud interested friends are invited. Mr. Frank .Major, son of Mr. C. G. Major, and one of the Royal City's most popular native sons, has heard the call of his king and country and this week joined the ranks of the 131st Battalion for overseas service. We are etill doing busine��i at the old stand. If there is any. Mag We can do for you in the plumbing, heating or sheet metal line, 'phone 586. Mannerlng & MacKenzie will give your needs their immediate attention. * Joint action is being taken by the City Councils and Boards of Trade of thiscitv and Vancouver to protest against the proposal of the Canadian military authorities to concentrate at Vernon, this summer, all Mainland troops in training, instead of leaving them in their present training quarters until sent to the front. This week the girl pupils of the city schools are voting for the young lady who will have the honor of being crowned May Queen, at the annual festivities to be held this year on Friday,' May 5th. Candidates must be between the ages of 10 and 13 years. Polling will take place up to Saturday noon next at the Columbian office. Mr. Justice Irving, Judge of Appeal Court Court of B. C. for past seven years, died at Victoria, Sunday, at the age of 59, after an illness of some months. Out ���of respect to his memory, the flags of court houses throughout the province ���were half-masted. The late Justice Irving is survived by a widow and two sons, both on active service in France. The death occurred, on Saturday last, of Mrs. Daniel Hanna, 1214 Nanaimo street, aged 80, and a resident of this city for the past eight years. She leaves one son, Daniel, meter inspector in the city waterworks department, and one daughter, Mrs. Alex. Christie, of this city. The funeral took place Monday afternoon, to the Fraser cemetery.. Five sons of Mr. Joseph Savers, 109 Oakland street, have enlisted for active service. They are: Wilfrid, with the the Naval Reserves in England; Thomas, with No. 5 Hospital at Saloniki; Stanley :and Clarence, with the 131st, and Robert, a High School student, who has joined the Western Universities' Battalion, now being formed in Vancouver. The annual meeting of the local branch of the Auxiliary Bible Society was held in the Reformed Episcopal Church, Wednesday evening, Warden J. C. Brown, of the Dominion penitentiary, presiding. Dr. John Knox Wright, provincial secretary of the society, and Rev. Dr. Sanford, principal of Columbian College, gave addresses, and Miss Eileen Gilley sang. On Monday last, in County Court, Judge Howay dismissed an action of #1000 damages, brought by Charles and Mattie Bombard against the B. C. Electric Railway Company. The action arose out of a collision between the automobile of the plaintiffs and a Fraser Mills B. C. E. R. car. The learned judge held that the plaintiffs had failed to prove negli gence on the part of the defendant company. Premier Bowser, as predicted he would do, has announced his intention of sidestepping woman suffrage bv submitting it to a referendum, instead of allowing his followers to vote for Mr. Place's bill, which would give the women the ���vote at once. By the Bowser plan they won't be able to vote for the next Legislature or on the prohibition referendum either. It's a gold brick Mr. Bowser is handing the ladies. The battle of Verdun, which has passed its fiftieth day and has cost the Germans over a quarter of a million men, is stillbeing continued intermittently, with no advantage gained. The Canadians, who were holding a difficult position at St. Eloi, near Ypres, are reported to have been engaged in some very heavy artillery, rifle, and hand to hand fighting lately, of whicli particulars have not been received. The whirlwind campaign for recruits for the 131st Battalion to bring the unit up to strength is now in full swing and the recruiting committees report gratifying response in the city and throughout the Fraser Valley. The canvass of industrial and mercantile establishments is being pushed. Recruiting committees are busy looking up every man whose name and address is turned in by men of the battalion as a possible recruit. The liattalion paradeil through the streets again this afternoon, Valuator Money to Loan for Sale Farms H. A. EASTMAN Notary Public Guichon Block, Columbia and MeKenzie Sts., NEW WESTMINSTER The Westminster Symphony Orchestra, Tuesday evening, gave one of their popular concerts iu the Opera House, to a much smaller house than the performance merited. The soloists were Miss Eileen Maguire, Mr. Emerson Abernethy, Mr. Oliver Wrenals, of Vancouver, and Miss Alvina Munn, this city. The accompanists were Miss Vass, Miss Elsie Alexander, and Mr. Maurice Taylor. The piano was very kindly loaned by Mr. J. H. Todd. The proceeds will be divided between the St. John Ambulance Voluntary Aid ami the Returned Soldiers' Fund. Will Show War Movies. Sergt. Fred. F. Wells, of the 104th Regiment, who lost an arm at Ypres last April, being also gassed, and was taken prisoner by the Germans and subsequently exchanged, will arrive in this city next Sunday morning at 10:30. Arrangements are under way to give him a fitting welcome. The City Council has authorized Mayor Gray to extend all the courtesies of the city to Sergt. Wells, and the Council will meet next Monday afternoon in order to leave the evening free to attend the show in the Opera House, when Wells will lecture. The 104th Regiment will probably march to the C.P R. depot on Sunday, and the bands of the 121st and 131st Overseas Battalions will furnish the music. The films of Canada's fighting forces, with the accompanying lecture, will be given on Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesdav evenings of next week, with matinees on Tuesday aud Wednesday afternoons. Tercentenary of Shakespeare. In connection with the observance of the tercentenary of the birth and death of Shakespeare,' in New Westminster, a lecture will be given in the auditorium of the Duke of Connaught School, on the evening of the 19th inst., by Mr. J. Francis Bursell, F. R. Hist. S., under the auspices of the Fellowship of Arts. His Honor Judge Howay will preside. The lecture, which will be entitled, "Shakespeare, the man; his home; his haunts; his friends," will be fully illustrated by lantern slides and will be interspersed with Shakespearen music, vocal and instrumental. Mrs. Marshall, Miss E. Gilley, Miss Harris, and Miss M. P. Cave-Brown-Cave have kindly promise d to take part in this portion of the programme. The Society has also invited the ministers of the various churches in the city and district to make some reference to the works and influence of the great poet and dramatist, on Sunday, the 30th inst., and many have consented to do this. Announcements will be made in due course. POULTRY. Hens Springs Poultry, dressed, young.. Poultry, dressed, hens ... Ducks, iive weight Poultry, live weight lb.. Geese, each VKC,KTAIH,KS. WHOI.ESAI.K MKAT Beef, carcass Beef, hindquarters,,,. Heef, foremiarters..., Pork, per lb....; Pork, heavy, per lb... Veal, No 1, per lb. . Veal, No. 2, per lb l.ive pigs, young Grant's Doughnuts II A sure - thing bet to stake against a morning appetite and particularly to - morrow morning. IF 15 cents a dozen. T. H. GRANT ?*^s**************** ^���<��x��xkkkkkkk^^<m^-*<^h~:^'**-> OTJJ.SM ^^ I ��s �� r-JTT f Here are Wonderful Values in f Women's Suits. All New Spring Models COAL New Wellington, Lump, Nut, pea and Slack JOSEPH MAVERS Foot Sixth St. Phone 105 GARDEN TOOLS SHOVELS, SPADES. HOES, RAKES, TROWELS, SPADING FORKS, GARDEN BARROWS SPRAYING MATERIALS Lime, Sulphur and Salt Mixture, Black Leaf ' '40,'' Spray Pumps and Fitting T. J. TRAPP & CO., Ltd. Phones: Store 59 Office 196 Machinery and Auto Dept. 691 ...JpZb.UU... % This wonderful offer comes like a good gift from the clouds. X Nothing could he more opportune. Nine women out of ten are X on the look out for New Spring Suits. Eight out of nine have .�� a leaning towards Suits at what are termed "popular prices." X Not one out of the nine but wants a really Good Looking Suit, �� made of best materials, cut a la mode, and perfectly tailored. ~ The regular prices of these Beautiful Suits are up to $32.50. On Sale Easter Week $25.00 i^x��x^~:~x��x~x-W":~x^~:~>^:~:^K">^ ���I* Citv Market. Good market to-day, in attendance and supplies. Practically no change in prices, except in case of onions, which have advanced from $ 1.50 per sack to J2.75 to $3. Potatoes in little better demand, at $17 to $20 per ton. Veal and pork were an average supply, with demand, at quoted prices, considerably in excess. The first oolichans of the season were on the market, at 10c per lb. The following prices ruled: I. LIMITED The People's Grocer i *? 4 4 '4 Grass and Glover Seeds We have a complete stock of No. 1 Government Standard Seed, the best that money can buy Seed Grain New Victory, B. & K. Garton, American Banner, Swedish or Alberta Oats, Marquis Wheat (the best yielder for B. Ci), Golden Vine Peas, Beardless and Hulless Barley, Crompton's Early, Minnesota No. 13 and White Cap Yellow Dent Corn Sutton's Mangels, Swedes and Carrots. Send us your order Catalogue mailed on application Cbe Brackmtm=Ker milling Co., EM. . New Westminster, B. C. 4 4 phones: :���: Main Store - 193 and 194 4 Sapperton branch - 373 4 West End branch - 650 % 19c to 22c 20c to 23c 24c to 25c 22c to 24c 26c to 27c 21c to 22c $1.50 to $2 Potatoes, per ton...: $17 to $20 Potatoes, per sack !)0c to $1 Onions, per sack $2.75 to $3.00 Carrots, per sack ..75c Turnips, persack : 75c Cabbage, peril) 'Wc Beets, per sack. 75c Parsnips, per sack 75c FRUIT. Apples, per box $1 to $1.25 EGGS AND BUTTER. Hggs, retail ....30c Eggs, wholesale 25c to 20c Butter, dairy, retail 37)��c to 40c Three Big Stores of Plenty x ���f k X X X y i :: <- Fraser River Fish Co. Retail ?re$l> Ji$b Wholesale Smoked Sail and Kippered ?i$b MONK & CRAIG W.R.Jaynes FOR Oxy-Acetyleue Welding and Brazing , Auto and Motor Boat Supplies and Fittings First Class Machine Work New Westminster Phone 275 724 Front St ..lOKctoUKc 13c lie . ...12c to 14c 8c to lie lie to 16c 12c to 13c $3 to $4.50 ���> TRAVELLERS' DIRECTORY, For tha busy business man nnd the travelling public, the following' concise summary of the railway time table*, giving times of departure, etc., of passenger trains or trams from this city, will be convenient for reference! B. C. ELECTRIC RATIjWAY. Westminster Branch (Central Park Lino���For Vancouver: 5.011 and 5.40 a.m., daily except Sunday; 0.00 u.m., dally; 0.20, 0.40 and 6.60 a.m., dally except Sunday; 7.00 a.m., daily, and every twenty minutes until 11.20 p.m. Last ear, daily, 12.00 midnight. Fraser Valley Uraneh���For Chllllwack and way points: 7.20 a.m., daily except Friday (for Janline only); 0.21) a.m., Friday only, for Mt. Lehman; 9.20 a.m., dally, for Chllllwack; 1.40 and 5.05 p.m., daily, for Chilliwack. Lulu island Branch���For Vancouver and Steveston: 7.00 a.m.. daily except Sunday; 9.00 and 11.00 a.m., and 1.00, 3.00 and 5.00 p.m., dally; 6.00 p.m., dally except Sunday; 7.00, 9.00 and 11.00 p.m., dally; 12.30 midnight, dally. Burnaby Lake Branch���For Vanenuyer: 5.30 and (i.30 a.m., dally except Sunday; 7.30 a.m., dally; S.30 a.m., dally except Sunday; 8.80 and 11,80 a.m., dally; 12.30 p.m., Saturday only; 1.30 and 8,80 p.m., dally; 4.30 p.m., dally except Sunday; 5.30 p.m. dally; O.OO p.m., Sunday only; 0.30 p.m., dally except Sunday; 8.30 and 10.30 p.m., dally. EASTER GROCERIES! Easter Candy Eggs 3 for 5c. 5 for 5c and 40c per lb. Easter Chocolate Eggs 2 for 5c, 5c each & 10c each Easter, Ducks, Roosters, Etc. Each 10c, 25c. Bacon Finest Sugar Cured Back, per lb. 24c and 28c. Eggs per doz. 27 l-2c. Buttercup Milk Per 20-ounce tin 10c. Royal Crown Naptha Soap Per large cake 5c. Phones 15 and 16 ,,Ltd. | T ? x *? ? ? s X % Crushed Rock, Sand and Gravel, Lime, Cement, Plas- | ter, Drain Tile, Etc. -Dealers in- ���, , Forge, House, and Steam Coal. Agricultural Lime 902 Columbia Street New Westminster, B. C. The Cake Palace Cor. of Sixth and Columbia When in Town Call at Quick Lunch-Cafateria Style Ice Cream Parlor A. HARDMAN, - - - Manager <. ^���������������������0^<^><'����M'<HM��;��'fr��H^<~;..K^^ t Lime and Sulphur Spray. Blue Stone. Whale Oil Soap, Etc., at Ryall's Drug' Store Phone 57. 701 Columbia Street f Page 4 THE PACIFIC CANADIAN New Westminster, B.C., April 14, 1916 LOCAL LEGISLATURE. ter of Mines, Minister of Public Works, Minister of Railways, and President of �� i i a~ �� b..���������.;i,ii the Council. The two latter do not re- Government Acknowledges Responsibil- ���fe &ny ^ y dutieg q{ Minister ity re Dominion Trust, and Taxpayers Qj ^aiiways being by statute performed Must Pay���Nine Ministers Provided by the Minister of Public Works, and the For--A����nt-Gencral Deal Put Through president never being . paid, as he does not administer a portfolio. As noted briefly in last issue, the $11,- The Tondon Extravagance. 000,000 (to be exact, $11,301,374) esti- whtn the vote {or the Agent-General's mates of expenditure for the year be- office was reached, Mr. Place (Nanaimo)' ginning the first of this month���against thought that an explanation was needed, an estimated revenue of only $5,933,015 Premier Bowser stated that the salary of the A^ent-General would be increased Prunes the and and col- ���were all run through the big Government majority legislative hopper, early last week, practically as presented, without change, although the small but vigorous Opposition of four, representing more than half the population of Province, questioned, -halienged, protested against many o. the items votes. There is not space in these limns to report at length the discussions in Committee of Supply over many of the appropriations presented' and put through by the Government, but the following, from the proceedings of Monday, the 3rd inst., will serve as an illuminating illustration: Protection of Game, The vote for game protection (including temporary salaries, travelling from $10,000 to $15,000, which accounted for the increase in the total vote from $30,000 to $35,000. The reasons for the increase were many. In the first place the Agent-General had left the old office and moved to Regent street into commodious offices which were a great credit to the Province. Naturally the man and the expenses would mean a greater cost. In the past the Province hail paid Mr. Turner's income tax, which was 3s. 9d. in the pound, or nearly one-fifth of his salary. Sir Richard McBride would pay his own income tax, something under i.'6(IO sterling. The expenses of living in London had increased about seventy- live per cent, since the war began, so instead of decreasing the salary there was every reason for increasing it. Sir Richard was a striking figure iu London, not only on account of his being so popular but through his knowing the Province so thoroughly from boyhood until pe'nses aiid incidentals of oflice) was$31,- to-day. No one knew it better than he. 700. This was in addition to $44,000 He had been doing splendid work since already voted under the head of civil he took oflice, in working for the release government for the administration of the of interned German ships to place them Oame Act by a game warden, four clerks in the lumber trade, etc. If he was and thirty-nine deputy game wardens. worth anything to British Columbia, he Mr. Williams urged that the Province was worth $15,000. In the position he could get along with fewer game ward- occupied, a certain amount of style was ens. The positions were only useful to necessary, and a certain amount of en- give jobs to heelers, anyway. tertaining was needed. Mr. Macdonald called for an entire re- Half Was Not Told. Mr. Brewster said the impression from the Premier's remarks would be that, after all, this was a modest increase and the Province was to have a better service. Why did he not take the House and country into his confidence and say that this was but one phase of the increase? He did not say that there was to be a retiring allowance of $6*000 a year for the retiring Agent-General, a sum of something like $5,000 as a cash bonus, and a continuance of tlie allowance at a smaller figure to Mrs, Turner should she outlive her husband. On top of this, the Province was called upon to keep up an establishment which has cost $199,000 so far as had been voted, a further sum being voted this session and a sum of .��60,000 being carried by the contractors for 30 years at a tremendously big rate of interest (7 1-2 p.c) for London, so that the Province was sssum- irtg something like an obligation of one million dollars before this mortgage fell due, and an annual amount which would closely approximate $100,000. Further Opposition Criticisms. Mr. Williams dealt with some of the things that it was claimed Sir Richard would do as Agent General. It was no use saying that he would bring labor or settlers to the Province, when we were jS^" ! I11"' shipping labor out and settlers were leav- pu.uuu in tie | in shoals It was equaily USeless to m1 L0;:.S :' talk about bringing capital here. The investor, especially the British investor, had been hopelessly skinned aud robbed iu recent years, and, if capital front the old country was netded, the soft smoothness of Sir Richard McBride would not bring it. The Canadian Northern operations might be adduced as a horrible example of what happened to the old country investor. Mr. Macdonald referred to thcextrava- gance of erecting a palatial building in London . No province spent anything like the amount on its Agent General iu London that British Columbia did, and none had suffered one lota from following along business lines and maintaining offices on a business basis. Ontario paid its Agent General $6,000 a year, and $3 a day for expenses; Alberta paid $6000, and Quebec $6000 with a proviso that the aggregate of salary and all expenses shall not exceed $11,000. The Agent .General for the State of Victoria, another McBride, had just been reappointed for three years at a salary of .0,500 ($7,500) a year, and he represented a population over three times that of British Columbia. There was no answer to these criticis- ims, but, of course, the obedient Govern- ernment departments during the year ment majority did what was expected of $15,000 was voted, and for telephone service $22,500. On votes of $25,000 for temporary assistance and $75,000 for "miscellaneous, not detailed in estimates," Mr. Williams and Mr. Macdonald protested that the Government should be able to estimate more closely what unforeseen expenditures were likely lo aggregate, instead of taking a large blanket vote which might be made use of for any purposes the Government chose. The Premier's explauetion was that there was something turning up all the time for which there was no vote, and the Government did not want to ask for more special warrants than were absolutely necessary. Mr. Brewster pointed out a payment to the Colonist for printing in 1914-15 which was included under miscellaneous instead of under the printing and publicity vote. "And right under that is a payment of $5 for burying a dead horse," said Mr Williams. In the laughter which the remark brought out he hinted that a change of government might result in more dead horses. Nine Ministers for Province. adjustment and reduction iu the outside service. The only game that game wardens looked after was political game. There was no reason why the provincial police, properly reorganized, should not look after the duties of game and fire wardens as well as constables. The Premier accused Mr. Macdonald of scolding and of wanting to see the protection of game wiped out. lie asserted boldly that politics had absolutely nothing to do with the appointment of fish and game wardens, the duties of which office took a peculiar class of men. Mr. Macdonald said he was, quite content to leave to the judgment of the House and country who was more addicted to scolding. In what he had said in this matter he was simply voicing a growing conviction of the need of retrenchment in this and other branches of provincial service. If the Province had a mounted police system, with some sort of military discipline, there would be an increase in efficiency and a great saving in expense both in this branch of the administration of justice and the fish, game aud fire wardens. Taking It Out of the Taxpayers. The sum of $250,000 was voted to the Minister of Finance as an advance for administration purposes on account of the Dominion Trust Company under the two guarantee bonds of Loudon Guarantee & Accid< and of $200,000 in the Railway Passen gers' Assurance Co. The Premier explained, in reply to Mr. Macdonald, that litigation was going on over the larger bonds and was near the point of trial. In the case of the smaller one, a writ had not yet been issued, but was being considered. The delay was due to there being not enough information from the liquidator of the Dominion Trust. Both bonds applied only to depositors and beneficiaries of trust funds in this Province. There were difficulties as to who were entitled and on what basis the distribution was to be made, and this entailed a legal reference. The Province was taking a chance in securing the fulfilment of these two bonds, and, if it did not secure the payment of them, the taxpayers of the Province would have to bear the loss of the quarter-million dollars. Mr. Macdonald remarked that this in itself was proof that, even in the opinion of the Government, it had a serious liability in the failure of the Dominion Trust Company. "Miscellaneous" Again. For telegrams to be sent by the Gov Before the House adjourned bills were introduced respecting the Department of Agriculture and amending the Constitution Act so as to provide for a separate it aud stolidly voted the appropriations asked. Eggs and Retiring Allowances. The estimates having been railroaded through, night sessions were discontinued after April 3, and the afternoon of Tuesday, Aprii 4, registered a considerable slowing down of the legislative machinery, the principal matters before the House being: A resolution urging the passing of legislation by the Dominion Parliament whereby eggs coming from China or other foreign lands should be distinctively marked, showing their origin, when exposed for sale; the second reading of .he bill providing a bonus ami retiring allowance for Hon. J. II. Turner, retiring Agent-General; and amendments to the Constitution Act, providing that the duration of future Legislatures should be five years from tlie return day named in the election writs. Everybody was in favor of labelling Chinese eggs. With regard to the $5,000 bonus for Mr. Turner, it developed that this was to liquidate certain London debts incurred, of which the Government wouldn't give particulars nor bring dowu correspondence regarding the whole McBride-Bowser-Turner ileal, on the pretext that it was "private and confidential." The sitting of Wednesday, April 5, Department of Agriculture, independent was chiefly devoted to a thorough ven- of that of Finance, with which it has tilation by the Opposition of the appro- been nearly always connected. priations for the Agent-General's office There will now be nine Ministers for and the Government's refusal to give the Province, seven receiving a salary of full information thereon. Among other $6,000 each in addition to their sessional things, Mr. Brewster pointed out that it indemnity. These are the Provincial was evidently intended that the Province Secretary (who has always administered would have to pay income tax as well on the Department of Education}, Attorney- Mr. Turner's retiring allowances. A General, Minister of Lands, Minister of division was demanded, and the deal Finance, Minister of Agriculture, Minis- carried by a straight party vote. A Few fruits can boast of higher food value than Prunes, for they contain large amounts of Protein and easily digested sugar. They are also valuable as a laxative. They are always in season, and can be used in a variety of ways. Prunes, large size, per lb 15c " per box of 25lbs $2.85 medium size, per lb--12 1-2 per box of 25 lbs $2.65 Smaller .size, per lb 10c " per box of 25^1bs $2.35v Mission Black Cooking Figs 3 lbs - 25c Choice Peaches, 3 lbs 25c Choice Apricots, lb 15c Table Figs, lb 15c Table Raisins, 1 lb. pkg. 20c value 15c Model Grocery Matheson & Jacobson 308 Sixth St. Phone 1001-2 East Burnaby, 2nd St. Phone 598 Edmonds, Gray Block Phone 1111L Sapperton, Guhr Block Phone 1012 James & McClughan PLUMBING and HEATING Auto Tires & Accessories HARDWARE New Westminster, B. C. FRONT and SIXTH Sts. Phone 302 e\ p p >. Pacific Meat Market Fresh Supplies of Meats Daily from our Packing House at Sapperton Support your home concern 735 Columbia St. New Westminster, B. G. WOOD AND COAL at prices that are RIGHT Quality, Quantity and Service is our motto Phones: 150-732 Belyea & Company, Ltd. 827 Carnarvon Street Up=to=Date Shoe Repairer Quick Service and Best Workmanship Guaranteed GOODYEAR WELT SYSTEM 65S Clarkson Street Opp. Court House. New Westminster Gossard Corsets Now Made In Canada The leader in the realm of Lace Front Corsets The growing demand for Gossard Lace Front Corsets is owing to the fact that well dressed women are quick to realize that a well-fitted Gossard Corset means a perfect figure ���the foundation for comfort and stylish appearance in dress. The demand amongst Canadian women was such that the makers*"iof Gossfrd Corsets established a Canadian factory, hence lowered prices on every style of this make. Arrange for private fitting. New Dress Muslins Some of the most attractive Spring 1916 Wash Fabrics yet to hand include wide strips in voiles and creapes, flowered voiles, blue and white middy suiting, sheer batistes, wide and narrow pique. To see them is to appreciate their worth and appearance. Spcial showing Saturday. W. S COLLISTER^, <& CO. New Westminster. B. C. The Merchants Limited We beg to announce to the public generally that we have bought outright the entire stock together with the fittings and fixtures of 7/fcj(llisiers jCunited New Westminster, B. C. We have also acquired the lease to the building recently occupied by that firm and it is our intention to carry on the business of a department store. Our buying facilities will enable us to retail goods at the lowest possible prices, and new merchandise will be immediately added to the present stock. Your patronage is solicited for The Merchants Limited P. O. Box 933 Westminster Iron Works JOHN REID, Proprietor General Machine Work, Engineering and Blacksmithing Manufacturers of Structural and Ornamental Ironwork Agents for REGAL GASOLINE ENGINES New Westminster, B. G. Office and Works: TENTH STREET Pioneer Furniture Dealer and Undertaker Is Doing Business as Usual at the Old Stand Cor. McKENZIE and AGNES STS.. New Westminster, B. C. Fair Dealing, Goods of Quality at Right Prices. Phone 176 Phone 1198 Phone 1198 (Sorfcon Si Walters The People's Gash Store Special showing of��� Ladies' Suit�� and Stylishly Trimmed Hats For the Easter trade. Make this store your headquarters for Easter shopping We can show you the best in merchandise. Our prices right. 50 and 52 Sixth Street
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