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In the House of Commons some days ago J. A. Bradette. member for North Temikaming in the Dominion parlia- ment. spoke on the question of the Trans-Canada highway. There are many interesting and helpful points in Mr. Bradette’s address and accord- ingly it is published herewith in full, as it appeared in Hansard. the official ll‘eports ot the House. pages 196, 197, 98:â€" Last evening I referred to the fact that in 1919 millions of dollars were voted for highway improvement throughout Canada. but that we in the northern section of Ontario did not re- ceive one single dollar of that money because of the fact that there is no highway commission functioning in that part of the province, and all the Mr. Bradette: I hope those sitting on the governmmt side of the house will not become too impatient with me if I take up a little time to-night. I have the same mandate that any other member has, and I represent a riding which is directly interested in this money which is being voted. so I am going to take a little time to deal with several matters affecting the consti- tuency of North 'I‘imiskaming in parti- cular. I do not quite agree with some of the remarks which were made this after- noon by the hon. member for North Waterloo (Mr. Euler), who said that most of the money for highway construc- tion should be spent in southern On- tario for the reason that any highawy constructed in northern Ontario will be built through the wilderness. In south- ern Ontario naturally the agricultural people are more prosperous than the settlers of our section of the province. and no matter how distant the settlers in northern Ontario may be from their work they are always able to follow that work because they have very little land cleared and no stock to look after. Cost of Lake Superiorâ€"Igute, Mr. Bradette Says Would be Prohibitive. Quotes Hon. W. leayson and Others in Support of his PrOposal. In the House of Commons Mr. Bradette Asks the Premier to. Give Assurance Re- garding Route of Trans-Qaggda Highway. Federal Member Advocates Northern Route for Highway Congratflztiqns to this months BNMS H" ' S R ED Rose TEA Rename Rev \MEUEA 101 KEEPS BEFBIGERATOBS Sweet and Clean \Neho‘m gun will \R van; humus. Max; we. 1m 1122. 1.5m; to tug Rea. RoseTea 7. All during the discussion, for the last three days at least, I have been under the impression. and we were told by the Prime Minister himself, that the expenditures on the trans-Canada highway were purély and simply a pro- vincial matter, but here we have the statement of the premier of the pro- vince of Ontario that the expenditure of that money is purely and simply a federal matter, so really we do not know where we stand on that impor- I believe this is also the time and the place to discuss the route of the trans- Canada highway through northern On- tario, because I read with some aston- ishmentâ€"I should call it great delight -â€"an article in the Mall and Empire this afternoon which is as follows: Province to Aid Highway As soon as the federal government makes a start on construction of the transcontinental highway, money for which is included in the $20,000,000 asked for by Premier R. B. Bennett for unemployment relief, the Ontario gov- ernment will offer every assistance to- wards constructing the Ontario section of the highway. This was the statement made by Pre- mier Ferguson last night when asked what steps should be taken by the pro- vince in the matter of route, cost and other phases. “It is a federal matter and no dnubt the question of route will be decided” said Premier Ferguson. “Ontario will offer every assistance to the Dominion authorities." sible iE'piécE’ii we; hi;- ’gufieRi‘éx'Jn of the highway commission. money spent in that section is spent under the direction of the northern deveIOpment branch. I presume the same principle will apply in this in- stance, and I believe the government should see to it that any money for highway purposes is spent under the direction of that branch: if it is impos- RED Rosa ORRNGE fime‘Ym STANDARD BRANDS LIMITE D cuuz'r'r PRODUCTS Toronto biontrcal Winnipeg Vancouver and ofl‘ices in all the principal cities of Canada. 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GILLE'IT’S L ye “Eats Dirt” E "The national highway definitely pro- lmised by Mr. Bennett during his cam- . paign, and early consideration of it will undoubtedly be given, in view of its. iclose relation to the problem of. un- :employment, which loomed so large in - the campaign.” l There is also the fourth clause of the lmanifesto issued in northern Ontario. 1 as follows: The Premier of Ontario has stated that the trans-Canada highway is pure- ‘ly a federal matter. and if such is the case then it should be the subject of discussion on the floor of this house. Three routes are suggested for this highway. One would cross the south- ern section of northern Ontario, pass- ing through North Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Fort William, and Port Arthur to the Manitoba border. An alternate route would pass through North Bay. Sudbury, and continue northward until it joined the northern section at Moba, a point on the Algoma Central about fifty miles south of Hearst. The northern route, which in my opinion is by far the best, would pass through North Bay, Haileybury. Cochrane, Kapuskasing and Hearst and ccntinue westward along the Canadian National railway up to Sioux Lookout where it would converge with the southern system of highways. I hopt the Prime Minister will not‘think that we are trying to interfere with the busi- ness of the house. The Premier of Ontario has said that this matter has become almost wholly a federal matter. and this is the only place in which we can discuss it; the hon. Mr. Ferguson has put it before the House of Com- mons for discussion. “A policy that will build a national highway across Canada, instead of forcing motorists to use American roads to get past the great lakes. with the result that they now leave in the United States the money which they spend by the way instead of spending it for supplies in Canada, as they would do if Canada had a through road.” The hon. member for East. Algoma (Mr. Nicholson) 'is to attend a meeting next Tuesday in my home town where the route of the trans-Canada highway will be discussed. There are many phases of this matter which should be taken up by the house. First, there is the question of cost, and in this con- nection the hon. Wm. Finlayson, speak- ing at Port Arthur during the last elec- tions, is quoted as follows:â€" “Hon. William Finlayson, Minister of Lands and Forests for Ontario, while in Sault Ste. Marie recently, said that he was confident work on the lake Superior highway would be prosecuted before long. This, however depended to a large exent on the attitude of the Dominion government, he added, which had not yet accepted the proposal of the province that the work be under- taken on a 50-50 cost basis, as an un- employment measure. I know that my hon. friend the Min- ister of Immigration (Mr. Gordon) will bear me out in the statement I have made as to the Conservative party com- mitting itself to the trans-Canada highway through northern Ontario. My opponent in the last election made the same utterance. as did the present Minister of Railways and Canals (Mr. Manion). They all said that if the Conservative party were sent back to power the trans-Canada. highway would be constructed. The newspapers of the country contain the same statement, as is borne out by the Kapuskasing Nor- thern Tribue, an independent paper. which reports as follows: “The trans_Canada highway, of which the lake Superior stretch is referred as part is a. huge undertaking, and may cost Ontario $50,000,000.” the minister I was surprised to hear the criticisms voiced a few monents ago by the Prime Minister when we were denouncing some of the things that happened in the northern part of the province with regard to public expenditure. I believe that under the circumstances we are absolutely warranted in bringing up these matters. During the last election the Conservative party, now the gov- ernment of the day, committeed itself to the construction of the trans-Can- ada highway through northern Ontario. and really I cannot see how I could be blamed for bringing into the discussion. policial activities that I feel positive are deeply resented by all throughful citizens regardless of their political affiliations. tant question THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO said. “And the province is prepared to go ahead with a reasonable amount of support from Ottawa. In the United States the government takes care of reads like the Lincoln highway and goes 50-50 on all state and interstate roads. We regard the trans-Canada highway as a similar undertaking and we are very anxiousfito start the work at once in view of the tremendous amount of unemployment in the coun- try at the present time." The people of northern Ontario claim that the highway should be construct- ed from the Quebec boundary to pass through North Bay. Haileybury, Coch- rane, Kapuskasing and Hearst, then to follow along the Canadian Railways to converge with the southern systems of highways. To construct the high- way through North Bay, Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Fort William and Port Ar- thur would entail a prohibitive cost and it would be at least ten years before such a highway could be completed. The Minister of Lands and Forests of Ontario has stated that the cost of such a highway would be $5000.00. while the cost of constructing the nor- thern route could not be, at the very most, more than $10,000,000. It has been stated that the southern route would be the more scenic, but northern Ontario contains the best scenery of that part of the country. We are will- ing to accept fair compromise on this question, and if the Prime Minister will listen to me for a few moments I will put a direct question to him. Mr. Bennett: I have followed my hon. friend; he had just finished a quotation from a speech made by a dis- tinguished statesman and now he is go- ing on with the main theme. “Yet these statistics, upon careful analysis, justify an optimistic outlook, at least for the coming fall,” Babson said. “My reason for this statement is as follows: During the past year consumption has fallen off only about 10 per cent. taking all lines of indus- “At first glance.” he continued. “sta- tistics show up very poorly at the pres- ent time. The subjects which I gave you a year ago as our barometers or business. then showed for the first seven or eight months of 1929 as fol- lows: 35 subjects showed improvement over the preceding year; 11 subjects showed declines “To show the marked change which has taken place in 12 months, I will say that for a similar period for 1930. nine subjects show improvement; 3? subjects show a decline. To sum up the situation. although a year ago 76 per cent. of the subjects showed im~ provement. today only 20 per cent. show improvement; although a year ago only 4 per cent. showed decline, 80 per cent. show a decline today.” Thus, he points out, in the aggregate, there was a drop from 10 per cent. above normal for September 1, 1929, to 15 per cent. below normal for September 1, 1930. Mr. Bradette: I would like the Prime Minister to corroborate a statement re- ported in the press of Toronto with regard to the construction of the high- way. i ' ____ Relief from the current business de- pression may be expected this fall. Ro- ger W. Babson. famed statistician. pre- dicts. ~. Though refusing to discuss the out- look for 1931, he told the 17th annual national business conference that “the tremendous drOp registered by the Bab- scn chart since last September must soon strike bottom, if it has not already done so,” and he was confident there would be a definite busine$ pick-up the coming autumn. “The predominance of optimistic statistics was very favourable. These naturally led the new generation to believe that they were living in a new world, under new conditions, and with new standards. Hence, their mistake is throwing the cycle theory into the scrap heap and of recommending com- mon stocks as the most stable and {3.0- fitable investment. Babson declared that “with the haughty spirit prevailing a year ago, a decline was inevitable, but with the humble spirit existing today. a turn for the better is sure to come." 101%. Bennett: I am sorry but I can add nothing to the hon. gentleman's knowledge. Mr. Bradette: The Premier of On- tario, who is one of the first lieutenants of the present Prime Minister, should be in the secret as to how this money is going to be spent. Mr. Ferguson be- ing the first citizen of the province of Ontario, would not make any state, ments without having received a cer- tain amount of information from the present government. He is quoted as saying: NUIEU EXPERI ADVISES MORE ADVERIISING NOW Roger Babson Looks for Business Re- vival Soon. Pick-up May be Ex- pected This Fall. Four Sug- gestions to Industry. ~ "J â€"_'U ' “It is a federal matter and no doubt the question of route will be decided" said Premier Ferguson. “Ontario will of! er every authorities." He had said previously that this was primarily and solely a federal matter, and I would like to have a definite ans- wer from the Prime Minister on this important question. éome hoxi. Members: Proceed. pro- ceed. Mr. Bennett: I think the report of the discussion on this bill will show how patient I have been. Job has re- ceived honourable mention. but I think I will be ahead of him. Mr. Bradette: When I sat on the other side for four years I believe I was very patient, but it must be understood that I am vitally interested in this mat- ter. assistance to the Dominion ‘7‘ “v“““‘v‘r‘ “ ‘~ ‘ fillllllll’lll/lld Declaring talk about over-production was “largely hysterical," Babson said the real solution to the problem lay in the speeding up of the circulation of money. To accomplish this, he made the following four suggestions to in- dustry: At Cochrane on Monday appeals were made directly and indirectly to the meeting there of the Northern Ontario Associated Boards of Trade to “com- promise" in regard to the Trans-Can- ada highway. The compromise asked was that the Northern Ontario Associat- ed Boards of Trade should go on record as in favour of the highway running from Sudbury to or near Oba to join up there with the road being built past Hearst. There seemed to be an intan- tion to leave the impression that all towns concerned with the exceptions. perhaps of the Sault. would be favour- able to the proposed compromise. Yet at the time this was going on at Coch- rane, just see what was in progress at Port Arthur. Ont. There prominent people of the city and district and some outside points gathered to discuss the very question before the Northern On- tario Associated Boards. However. the Port Arthur meeting was held on Mon- day evening, while the Cochrane meet- ing was held on Tuesday. Accordingly to the visitors at the Cochrane meeting everything was all right if the North- ern Ontario Boards of Trade would support the compromise. Yet that morning a despatch covering the night before was in the papers this week:â€" “At a meeting of representatives of the Port Arthur and Fort William city councils and Chambers of Commerce. held here to-day and addressed by John Lang and R. A. Gibson, delegates tries and all sections of the country. Yet. while consumption has fallen off only 10 per cent. production has fallen off 20 p.31 cent" and transportation of goods has fallen off 30 per cent. ‘This means that the ‘inventories of manufacturers, jobbers and retailers are becoming abnormally low. If con- sumption, production and transporta- tion had fallen off about the same per- centage, there might be no logical rea- son for improving business this fall. “Under the existing circumstances, however, it is very possible that there may soon be a stampede of orders and congestion of freight in certain lines and sections. “I am making no forecast as to 1931. which may average to be a quiet and uneventful year; but I certame am optimistic rdgarding this fall. It is just as evident today that business is now bound to improve. as it was evi- dent a year ago that the high pace of early 1929 could not be kept up." Yet This Part of North Was Asked to Compromise WylwrwwVIVIIiiilfiiliylgi’iirlllg’l?fi”¢fl’1’»...lylylfiléilrlylIlyiliilfiyflill13Iuflflgu :‘V‘ s\xvsxmxxxx\smxxmxxmeMfissxmmxxaccesses”;smxxsxxsxxsxsxxfisxxxsxxxxxxxx‘ allllll; xvii 1. Reduce overhead. 2. Give better measure. 3. Increase research work 4. Advertise more. WOWWWMW M'W N m 0”" W meW ’W o’"" “WM’O 'OMNOoM Evening Vocational Classes will be opened in the High School, Timmins, on Monday, October 6th,1930 and will continue until Easter, 1931 Instruction will he offered in the following subjects: English for foreigners and non- v English speaking students. English for advanced students (second and third year stu- dents). French (Conversational and Busi- ness). Arithmetic Prospecting and Geology Chemistry and Assaying ENROLMENT: Students may enrol for the respective courses in the principal’s office at the High School, from 7.30 to 9.00 o’clock Sep- tember 29th to October 3rd. EQUIPMENT: The school has been fully equipped in all departments to meet the requirements of the various courses offered. TEACHERS: The classes will be in charge of trained teachers holding certificates from the Department of Education. FEES: A minimum fee of three dollars will be charged for each sub- ject which will be returned at the end of the term to students that attend 70 per cent. of the lessons. Any subject in the above list will be cancelled if a sufficient number of applications for that course is not received. Instruction in any approved subject not included in the above list will be offered if a sufficient number of applications is received. S. E. HENRY, Principal, High and Technical School TEMMINS HIGH SCHOOL TERM 1930-1931 For Further Particulars Apply to from Sault Ste. Marie. a resolution was adopted approving the Lake Superior route for the proposed trans-Canada highway through Northern Ontario. The meeting was unanmmus and ac- cepted the view that while the cost per mile of construction might be silghtly higher. the aggregate cost. be- cause of saving in distance. would be considerably less than for proposed al- ternative routes farther to the north. In order to get action on the matter. the Fort William Chamber of Commerce some time ago adopted a resolution approving a compromise route which would touch Chapleau and Oba. con- siderably to the north and adding 145 miles to the 275 'miles between Port; Arthur and the Soo. Representatives’ present at the meeting said the Fort William Chamber of Commerce would! probably be willing to reconsider the} matter and join Port Arthur and thei 800 in urging the all-lake shore route”; only 20,000 maple. and no crooners and ‘ no saxophones and no Tom Thumb! golf courses. I Sudbury Stanâ€"Toronto has a man who remembers when that city had Business Courses: (a) Typewriting and Steno- graphy. ( b) Book-keeping and Busi- ness Practice. Machine Shop Practice. Wood-Working Shop Practice Practical Theoretical Electricity Cooking Sewing and Dressmaking H. C. GARNER, Secretary, 25% Fourth Avenue Thursday, Sept. 25th. 1930 comfort m3 lo‘ngaludni enjoyment. 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