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Cwada Timmins, According to reports ber industry are to be with a View to promoti is said to be likely to recent requests of the stumping bonus and a According to reports from Toronto concessions to the lum- ber industry are to be made by the Ontario Government with a view to promoting logging operations. Consideration is said to be likely to be given by the Government to the recent requests of the lumbermen for a reduction in the dispensation of timber dues. If the y sort of concession to the lumber] industry, there should be strict provision made to prevent any possible wage abuses. If the Ontario Government needs to give any further favours to the lumber interests. there is certainly some consideration due to the interests of the workingman. The wages paid recently by some lumber con- cerns in this North Land are a shame and disgrace. In this age of the world a dollar a day is a wage that is worse than ‘ unemployment. In this age of the world and under present day conditions a dollar a day means only that a man wears out his life and his clothes without receiving in return even enough for mere existence. The longer he works at such a wage to-day, the more hopelessly he is entangled. If the Government is passing out any favours it should favour the workirgman with the regulation that lumber companies must pay something like decent wages. If a dollar a day is the limit of the lumber industry the sooner the business is closed down the better for all concerned. ~...v.--~M GRAVEL AND SAT Hon. R. B. Bennett, premier of Canada, made reflections on the accuracy of the newpaper press in an address last week in the House of Commons. From the premier's re- marks it would appear that newspapers generally were unfair and inaccurate in the reporting of political addresses during the recent Dominion election. That is the sort of talk that every lawyer is a rogue and every politician is a crook. Surely that is not the sort of ideas that the present premier of Canada holds. There are exceptions of course, but gener- ally speaking. the newspapers of Canada are fair and accm- a e in their reports of political addresses and usually give more space to such things than the speakers often deserve. It would appear that Hon. Mr. Bennett owes an apology to the newspapers of Canada. The Ottawa Journal seems to be the only daily newspaper in Canada with temerity enough to call the premier to order for such cheap and thoughtless slander as he carelessly uttered in the House of Commons last week. If Mr. Bennett is as big a man as people have _ £.-.-. Juuv ....... â€"_ _-_- . been tempted to believe he is he will make due apology for the serious mistake he has made. Surely Hon. R. B. Bennett is not ready to allow himself to be classed with the shallow- thinkers who pretend to believe that all newspapers are inaccurate. all politians venal, all good people hypocrites and all lawyers worse than the people they defend. 'WCE rid umbreua. Traffic Off blcycle with the umb with brooding eyes ax was but ODE ture cent 1'1 in the be judg the qui to 11 CW works an talled 14 lace and other 1'01 tor For the amount of space given recently to the matter of the Trans-Canada highway question The Advance has no apologies and no regrets. There is no other question of such pressing importance to the country in general and to the North Land in particular. On the building of the Trans- Canada highway. or. rather on the conpletion of the strips of roadway necessary to link up roadways to form a high- way across the Dominion. depends in large measure the advancement of this North, the relief of unemployment here and elsewhere in Canada. and the progress and prosperity of probable cost or the compleuon 01 mt adad highway. Mr. Shaw points out roadway is now necessary to camp} highway. That stretch of uncomplct them Ontario. All other parts of the pleted or at the least the contracts 10 CC of the Canadian sation of all it aarticular idea 0 the advancen >ective of what ; to Mr. Shaw‘s .ble cost of the highway. Mr. Published Every '- GEO LAKE. Owner .'eel~: a gentleman in town received an unusual pic- m Jack MacFarlane formeil3 of Timmins but re- ngaged in prospecting and exploring wo1k in the far The picture was a photograph taken on the Thelon :1 showed scores of dead caribou lying on theii sides vater near the banks of the river. So far as could .‘d from the picture the animals had been caught in lzsands of the river and had been unable to extricate ves. Lovers of wild life could not help but regret )urteen bicycle the rear of ne of those Subscription Rates 82.00 per year United 5 ary supplement. of one 1 ers says that the number (1 new editions, published 399. Some of these were some by Phillips Oppen} )minion Ont., Thursday, Sept. 18th, 1939 rung out 0 wt just 521 mo: Vie“ TIMMIN S. 5t amusing sights on street w of a miner returning in the rain, and holding (2 Officer Moore studied 9 umbrella, watching him yes and thoughtful mien. out of the ordinary abou' -PHONESâ€"â€"â€"-RESIDENCE 70 11 CW h. umbre NDâ€"â€"AND PLACER ONTARIO U mted States .. 83.00 per Thursday bv: r and Publisher ‘ust nheim on street one evening last turning home from work holding aloft a wellâ€"worn studied the man on the ,ing him for a long time 11 mien. He knew there in E no (1 Or f the ' of boo about th Perhaps ’r perhap 11 1t gland last year to- 1bt by Edgar Wal- mt who wrote the ndon Llcluding new cm was no he thought year (111' )1'01‘1 .ar made to fifty million dollars or two hundred million dollars and equally absurd figures as the likely cost entailed in com- pleting the Trans-Canada highway. When Mr. Shaw press- ed one gentleman for particulars as to how ”00.000.000.00 could be spent to complete the proposed highway all he could learn by the most persistent and insistent questioning was that it would cost something like that for a paved road from coast to coast. As Mr. Shaw says, the United States I with a quarter century advance on Canada in the matter of highways across the continent can not boast of any paved roads on the route from sea to sea. .The best that anyone could ask in a Trans-Canada highway would be good gravel highway construction most of the way. Such a highway would. be ample for the needs of the day. It will only cost seven or eight million dollars or less to complete. That fact can not: be over-emphasized. In the south the false esti- mates of fifty million dollars and more have been used to sidetrack the whole proposition. There is a general belief that nothing like fifty million dollars could or should be cpent for the proposed highway at present. With this idea : there will be general agreement. But seven million dollars or less is a different matter. At such a price, the Trans- Canada highway should be completed at the earliest possible moment so that the money may return the sooner to Canada in the way of receipts from tourist traffic and advantage to . ‘ the country from the standpoint of settlement. i 3.11 11d In an article last week on the question of roads for the North The Northland Post of gochrane. suggests that the question of bonuses for settlers may have been sidetracked for the present. The Advance hopes there is no ground for ‘ such a suggestion. During a recent visit by Premier Fergu- ‘ son to the town of Timmins he told a deputation of settlers l who interviewed him that the petitions sent to him by the settlers were receiving careful thought and consideration. These petitions asked among other things for bonuses for the clearing of land. In this connection Hon. Mr. Ferguson 1 said that the system in vogue in Quebec was being studied. This was believed by the deputation here to b ea hopeful sign for it was evident that the matter was receiving the personal attention of the Premier himself, and it is felt that once the Quebec plan is fully considered it is almost sure to be adopted by Premier Ferguson who is statesman enough to recognize a useful method and patriotic enough to adopt it for the country‘s benefit. The Advance will be greatly dis- appointed if the Ontario Government does not before long ;::_‘-_opt means and measures to assure a fair chance and a square deal for the settlers of this North. A Timmins lady who previous to her marriage and con- sequent retirement from the profession, held high place in the ranks of trained nurses, this week suggested a wise and witty definition for free sneezing in public places. Such sneezing she described as “broadcasting the flue.” A few days ago while the early morning train was stand- ing at. the station a man on his way to work at the mine crawled under the train. A few minutes later the train lurched forward rather suddenly as sometimes happens in starting. Had the man been a minute or so later in crawl- ing beneath the train the consequences might have been serious for him. He could have gone around the end of the train, or he could have mounted the steps of the coach and gone through at the other side. As it was he saved a minute, but might easily have lost a lifetime. It is not the fault of anyone in particular, but really due to circumstances and conditions. but nevertheless it may be of interest to note that in the 36 miles between Timmins and Porquis Junction there are no less than seven times that the roadway crosses the railway track or the railway track crosses the road. Still more interesting is it to note that after leaving Porquis Junction some 36 miles may be passed on the way to Cochrane without the necessity of 'rcssing the railroad track once. An ancient proverb used to say:-â€"â€"“There is no royal road to learning." Since that day there have been great im- provements made in roads, even in the road that is pro- 5 verbially paved with good intentions. There may be no royal read to learning. but certainly the highway to an edu- ‘ cation is greatly improved. The mudholes have been filled up, the obstacles removed. the road made safe and easy, and the journey to knowledge and power is no longer the arduâ€" ous task it once was. Princes of by-gone days. and even kings. might well envy the people in general the opportuni- ties for education, advancement and betterment offered by the evening vocational classes at the Timmins high school. These classes are under the mosx: skilled of instructors and are specially adapted for those who wish to better their edu- cational advantages while still continuing to attend to their daily duties. For those who wish to review subjects of special interest, and for those who wish to take up the study of one or more subjects with the plan of profiting either in 'their daily work or their hourly satisfaction should give more than a passing thought to these evening vocational classes. “This royal road to learning” is an all-Ontario highway that might safely and satisfactorily be followed by any Canadian youth. An"one 3"en 01 CCUI’C 2 only figures Ll'gument abc Canada high 911 of the mill ill be content coming down Pin'e Street at forty minutes 1: Monday night of this week would have noted me. This was the apparent fall of what is u THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO .111 Mr. J. A. Bradette Deals With Unemployment, Pulpwood, Etc. Text of Address in the House of Commons Last Week by J. A. Bradette, Member for This Riding. Unemp‘oy- ment, Embargo on Pulpwood, Alleged Scandal in North Land in Last Election, and Other Questions of Interest J. A. Bradette. MP. for this riding of North Temiskaming. was one of the speakers. He touched on several ques- tion, and his address as recorded by the official Hansard is given herewith practically in full. the only omission being a couple of quotations that do not alter the purport or effec: of the tex-t. In regard to Mr. Bradette's re- ference to “election scandal!” as he armears to view them. the official re- not alter the purport or enec: 01 we text. In regard to Mr. Bradette's re- ference to “election scandal!” as he appears to view them. the official re- port is given in full:-â€" Mr. Bradette: I wish for a few min- utes to deal with unemployment as 1: effects Northern Ontario. I am in ( f In the House of Commons last week . mitted itself to the construction of a r. A. Bradette. MP. for this riding of trans-Canada highway. which involves ~Iorth Temiskaming. was one of the‘the construction of some six or seven :peakers. He touched on several ques- ' hundred miles of road through the Lion. and his address as recorded by i wilderness. Now if that. money is not ,1 :he oiiicial Hansard is given herewith l ear-marked to some extent. to ensure a ‘ t l t c I :xractically in full. the only cmissionicertain portion of it being spent int: aeing a couple of quotations that do‘Northern Ontario for the construction I; not alter the purport or effect of thelof a trans-Canada highway. the same tex-t. In regard to Mr. Bradette's re- I. thing will happen that happened in! ferenoe to “election scandal?” as he; 1919 and we shall not have a singlet appears to view them. the official re- dcllar spent on highway construction} port is given in full:â€"- in Northern Ontario. In Northern On- 1 Mr. Bradette: I wish for a few min- ‘ tario we are not unanimous in ouri utes to deal with unemployment as 1’, ' choice as to the best possible route forI effects Northern Ontario. I am inla. trans-Canada highway. The people!| sympathy with any measures that will 3 of Sault Ste. Marie, Fort William and afiord relief to the unemployed under L Port Arthur maintain, with some logic. present conditions. There is one ques- . that trans-Canada highway should pass tion that 1 want to ask particularly of 3 through that section. Others of us in the Prime Minister, and of the 0011- l the northern section of the province servative party as a whole. This afâ€".maintain. with more logic, that it' tei'noon I listened with a good deal of | should follow the transcontinental from I attention to the remarks that were the Quebec border straight to Winni-. made by the hon. member for Musko~ peg. The Prime Minister .on different ka-Ontario and the hon. member for I occasions during this discussion has} Labelle. in which they pointed out that i said that none of his money would be tearmarked for any purpose. but during there had been very little census tak- ing of the unemployed in Northern ! the last election the Conservative party 'committed him to a trans-Canada Ontario. The hon. member for Labelle .. 3.153 stressed the fact that there would ; highway and something concrete should ,be a lot of unemployment during the | be done. This is not the place to dis- c:ming winter on account of slackness i cuss the best nossible route for a trans- Canada highway. I believe. however. it in lumbering operations. | I wish to refer to one of the planks I 15 In order for me to DOiI’lt out that of the platform of the Conservative l during the election campaign the pres- party during the last election. It was ‘ ent Minister of Immigration maintain- i stated that the policy of the Conserva- ed that a trans-Canadian highway tive party would provide jobs. Para-i ! graph 6 of the Conservative party plat- l form reads as followszâ€"“A policy that will prohibit the free export of pulp-, ‘wood instead of allowing it to be shipâ€"i ped out to keep American paper mills ‘ A‘lt‘ l'vvâ€" operating, while Canadian mills working part time. At Conservative party meetings in Northern Ontario some of the Conser~ vative candidates, and I would men- tion particularly the Minister of Lands‘ and Forests in the Ontario government, said that if the Conservative party was returned to power it would immediately stop the exportation of pulpwood to the United States. This is a matter of “ery great concern to the settlers on the timber lands in Northern Ontario and elsewhere. They are in the same position with regard to pulpwood as the wheat grower of the west is in with regard to wheat, and as the manufac- turer of automobiles is in with regard We his product, So far as the settler lis concerned,"upulpwood is his finished product, and the only logical market. indeed. the only market that he has intour Section of the country and in Northern Quebec, is the American market. I have in my constituency three great newspaper and sulphite mills. located at Kapuskatin'tg. Iroquois Falls and Smooth Rock Falls. It may "urprise some hcn. members to know -:ha‘. even these big industries in my constituency can take only a portion CI :11: pulpwcod that the settlers produc: So I would plead with the leader of the Conservative party to withdraw that plank from the party platform if he Dealt With by that at. the last session 01' the parlia- ment I had a battle over this very same question with a member of the LiberalI party, who brought in a motion to pro- ' hibit the exportation of pulpwood to the United States. There is only a limited market locally for that pulp- wood. I am firmly convinced that dur- ing most of last summer our American . friends bought their supplies of pulp-l wood very largely from Russia. If my! information is correct, American vessels have brought in 500,000 cords of pulp- wood frcm Russia. and I think some of that importation can be blamed to that '- plank in the very platform. I hOpe. therefore, that the Prime Minister. making in the name of the Conserva- tive party. will, for the sake of North- ;ern Ontario. Northern Quebec and the timber sections of the western pro- vinces and British Columbia. withdraw] that pledge from the Conservative pamy l platform. will relieve unemployment. The pre- blem is not as acute in Northern On- tario as in other sections, but I would Iagain stress the fact that lumbering operations this winter will be more sluggish than they have been for some time. Our mining operations are be~ ing carried on pretty fully, but work on the railways is not as good as it has been in the past and construction ac- tivities are almost at a standstill. I notice in the resolution under dis- cussion the word “highways." High-' | ways in Northern Ontario mean some- 1 thing difl'erent from the highways in the southern section of the province. for ithe very simple reason that in North- {ern Ontario we have no highway com- mission. but moneys for that: purpos- are spent under the jurisdiction of the ;northern development branch. .5 Moneys were voted by this parlia- . ' ment in 1919 to meet a very similar un- employment situation to that now ex- isting, and it may be a revelation to quite a few members of the house when , I say that not a single dollar of that _’ money was spent in any section of Nor- thern Ontario. I am not saying that in l a spirit of criticism. During the last election the Conservative party com- I hes ba Min 3f hi >uld plead with the leader cf th: vatlve party to withdraw the from the party platform if he to relieve unemployment in the. the country. I don't wish to revivl ;tlc that took place a few week would again urge upon t1 {er that he withdraw pleds platform. I well reznemb last session bf the parli: a battle over this very 5311 h a member of the Liber . Bfadette, MP. 'the Quebec border straight to Winni- peg. The Prime Minister .on different Ioccasions during this discussion has isaid that none of his money would be earmarked for any purpose. but during | the last election the Conservative party {committed him to a trans-Canada ; highway and something concrete should {be done. This is not the place to dis- ! cuss the best. piosSible route for a trans- } Canada highway. I believe, however, it h is in order for me to point out that during the election campaign the pres- ent Minister of Immigration maintain- ed that a trans-Canadian highway For Sale In T Immm sat This is an absolute and definite pre- mise made by the party in power to- day. and I hope under the circum- stances it will be possible for the gov- ernment to earmark a certain amount of this $20,000,000 for starting the con- struction of a trans-Canada highway. The distance to be constructed is longer than the Prime Minister stated a few days ago. From North Bay to the Manitoba boundary is approximately 700 miles; the road from North Bay to Cochrane. 425 miles, is already con- 1 structed; but from Hearst to the Mani- toba border there are still 550 miles to be constructed. Taking the figures given by hon. Mr. Finlayson. the con- struction of the trans-Canada highway along the north shore of Superior will cost 350.000 per mile. A question of that nature. as the Prime Minister tru- ly said the other day. although origin- ally the concern of Ontario. becomes national when considered as a means to bridge the gap between east and west. In our section of the country the construction of such a road. instead of costing $50,000 per mile. will cost only $5,000 per mile. and I hope the I government will deal with this problem k in a logical and practical way. giving .at the same time attention to the re- leional and economic aspects of the at the same time attention it) we re- gional and economic aspects of the situation. In the handling of a fund for that purpose, I want to say a few words with respect to the activities of the provin- cial government during the recent cam- paign. I am not going to revive the Lold battles in any spirit of bitterness. [When we came up to Northern 0n- tario. over a quarter of a century ago we were not asked to go there as Liberâ€" l 8.15 or Conservatives. as Labour men or Progressives; we were asked to go there as pioneers and Canadians. I am sorry to say that in the section of the coun- try I have the honour to repremnt tin provincial authorities treat some of the people as though they were slaves. I. have seen this treatment. in the cave of my own family and friends amen: the labouring class: they have been told that simply because they ha‘t . ~11- ed to be Labour men or Liberals they would not be given any work on gov- ernment undertakings. The Prime Minister has 'said that there will be no politics played in the distribution of this money. I hope this will be so. this money. I hope this will be so. Certainly the spectacle during flue last federal election of provincial ministers using provincial funds for purely elec- tioneering purposes was far from edify- ing. and I hope there will never be a repetition of such reprehensible prac- tices. We are a free people and I am (Continued on Back Pag